cabanafrau
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- May 10, 2006
I have no idea how much truth there is to the movie the Queen, but the whole Kate secrecy reminds me of the movie at least.
The Queen of the opinion that Diana's death was a private matter. The public thought differently.
That was a different time without social media and conspiracy theorie are much worse today. But still similarities are there.
The clamor there arose out of silence from the monarch. Perhaps that would have been cut off at the knees if she had simply issued a statement acknowledging the understanding that people were grieving along with the family and that the family really needed to focus their attention on the boys. Let's face it, simply lowering the darn flag would have spoken massively with essentially no effort whatsoever.
I don't see where the public has cause to feel aggrieved in the current situation? If it's about not getting value for their money out of the royals, I think they'd be better off sharing that with the people who make the laws instead of losing their minds over photos and who's not showing up for work without clearing it with John Q. Public. If that won't suffice, maybe they should insist their monarch take a moment out of cancer treatments and reign in his diletante family members or have them evicted from official residences and cut off from public funding until they present themselves for a full photo call and in depth public interviews to explain their whereabouts and activities.