A battle royal for America's heart: Within
days, William and Kate and Harry and Meghan
will be feted at glitzy events in the
US. But 30 years after Diana took New
York by storm, who will prove the True
heirs to her humanitarian crown,
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Richard Kay
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
11/26/2022 1:02:38 AM
Almost 40 years ago Prince Charles and Princess Diana were about to embark on their first overseas trip, a gruelling 40 days of heat and dust criss-crossing Australia and New Zealand at the height of the southern hemisphere summer.
Charles was 34 and the Princess just 21 for a tour that was to see not just the birth of ‘Di-mania’ but also the beginnings of the mistrust and resentment that were, within a decade, to overwhelm the marriage.
Four decades on and William and Kate next week will leave for their first official visit abroad in their new status as Prince and Princess of Wales.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesse Jenkem 11/26/2022 1:33:47 AM (No. 1342350)
Better question is who cares.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
LadyHen 11/26/2022 1:34:05 AM (No. 1342351)
To Will and Kate I must say "Why?" Stay home. Love on your babies (and another). Enjoy life with your family and do stuff for great Mother England. This "Commonwealth" tour stuff is nonsense. Sorry. And i don't give a rat's patootie about Harry and Megan.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 11/26/2022 1:55:58 AM (No. 1342354)
I just threw up in my mouth. Meghan and Kate are not Process Diana material and their hubbies are no Dodie Fayed’s.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
kono 11/26/2022 2:37:58 AM (No. 1342361)
I don't mind having the royal couple and the couple pretending they didn't renounce their royalty visit.
I'll just ignore all the hare-brained media coverage of it and ignore the whole thing.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
PostAway 11/26/2022 4:13:08 AM (No. 1342367)
Thumbs up, #2. What is with these ubiquitous and cheesy awards anyway? Obviously they are cash cows and it is clear that Harry and her need free publicity but why do the heir apparent and his wife bother with them? Do they need the accolades? If earnestly doing good work for the benefit of the people of Britain isn’t enough to sustain the Windsor’s in the eyes of the British then flying hither and yon to attend award ceremonies won’t cut it. Being seen at glitzy public events celebrating efforts to guarantee that elites remain in privileged positions while impoverishing everyone else and calling it “saving the planet” is not going to help. Without unrelenting dignity the Windsor’s are nothing but frauds.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 11/26/2022 6:37:36 AM (No. 1342397)
I care about this duo almost as little as I do about soccer, which spuds in down around 0.000000000000
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
pros7767 11/26/2022 7:12:08 AM (No. 1342425)
There's no battle for America's heart. Many could care less about either couple.
I, on the other hand, think William and Kate are excellent role models for their generation, focusing on their children and each other. The mental health programs and early childhood programs they are involved in are exemplary. Kate won my heart a long time ago!
As for Harry and Meghan, she's a gold digger and he's a wimp, being led around by the nose. King Charles should pull their titles and let them earn a living on their own. Meghan thought she was going to be the new Princess Di. When that didn't work out, she screamed racism and dragged Harry across the pond.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jinx 11/26/2022 7:28:40 AM (No. 1342443)
The Prince and Princess of Wales are excellent representatives of their country. They do their duty/jobs with grace and dignity. The other two are a disgrace to the UK and the USA. They think they are important because he is Princess Diana's son. NOT. I am really tired of hearing about her every time they want attention. Go do something important on your own.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 11/26/2022 7:32:26 AM (No. 1342446)
I vote for the non tacky ones.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 11/26/2022 7:42:15 AM (No. 1342450)
So everyone has to be like Princess Diana? Or Kate? Or Meghan? Or ________? Fill in the blank. We are all individuals but it seems like we all are expected to be like __________? I choose to be the person that God created me to be and no one else. . .
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 11/26/2022 8:41:01 AM (No. 1342504)
I'm sorry but those two are the most boring people on the planet.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
chance_232 11/26/2022 8:53:51 AM (No. 1342513)
Our ancestors fought a bloody revolution so that we won't have to care about royals.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
lil dotty 11/26/2022 9:01:13 AM (No. 1342516)
Our fake media at work again. Find something on which to focus other than
what REALLY matters to Americans, WTP.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/26/2022 9:38:40 AM (No. 1342546)
#1 nails it right out of the box. The romance of the social-climber Diana and the lop-eared lusty prince did not move a notch on my GAS meter and neither does the current drama. Kate is probably the classiest of the bunch and that's no doubt because she is a commoner. Meghan registers on the negative end of the scale.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 11/26/2022 11:08:57 AM (No. 1342621)
The last member of the Royal Family I admired died in September. The rest are a bunch of woke fools who talk to plants and preach global warming while having a carbon footprint larger than most lesser developed countries. A pox on all of them.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 11/26/2022 11:12:34 AM (No. 1342624)
We got rid of the king over 200 years ago. No interest in going back. I don't find these people particularly interesting. My interest in the monarchy died with Elizabeth. The rest can just drop dead as far as I care.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
FLCracker 11/26/2022 11:40:57 AM (No. 1342656)
That red outfit Meghan is wearing is seriously ugly.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mc squared 11/26/2022 12:32:28 PM (No. 1342702)
Look. a squirrel. No, no, - It's the world's most useless people.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
MickTurn 11/26/2022 1:58:20 PM (No. 1342787)
The better question is why don't the Britts make the 'Royals' Pay to Play?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/26/2022 3:59:57 PM (No. 1342859)
What #1 said. None of them has the freshness and sparkle that Diana had. She was wasted on clunky Charles. Kate is a lovely young woman. Meghan rhymes with itch. William seems to be a nice guy. Harry is a publicity hound who is still trying to trade on his dead mother’s memory. Despicable.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/26/2022 4:05:06 PM (No. 1342862)
Re #13, the Daily Mail is a UK tabloid. Think National Enquirer. A gossip rag sold on the street.
Richard Kay is an unknown to me royal gossip guy.
Too much ado about nothing.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
lakerman1 11/27/2022 12:28:45 PM (No. 1343398)
#10, allow me to take a stab at explaining this to you.
Royalty in the western world was closely affiliated with the Catholic church, in sort of a gentlemen's agreement to not mess with each other too much. The term Divine Right came early - that a king or queen was authorized by God to rule us.
Then Henry VIII could not convvince the Pope, who was leery about Henry VIII, to grant Henry an annulment, based on the fact that Katherine was his cousin. (This was known to Henry prior to the wedding.)
When the Pope refused to grant the annulment, Henry set up his own religion, which was Catholic in every way possible without being Catholic. Henry, by the way, remained, in his own mind, a Cathollc to the very end, attending Catholic mass every morning.
Jumping ahead, and omitting im'portant historical events, war, Medici Popes, we in the United States disdain royalty, while simultaneously admiring royals. I don't understand that, but I believe it is true.
Harry is an object of interest, especially for those who can afford his personal appearances.
He has rejected royalty, but retains his aura of royal classification. And he married a woman who has drawn him away from his on family, just as some wives are wont to do.
He has created a miserable life situaton for himself - I suspect he knows that Charles is not his biological father. (Princess Diana, early into the marriage, gloriously shattered her marriage vows by having sex with many men - and in the case of Harry, may have been impregnated by the man in charge of the royal stables. And if Harry was the product of that haystack coitus,and he and Meghn know that, it helps to explain his disdain for the royal family, but not their royal money.)
I hope this helps you to understand why Americans are upset about Harry and Meghan.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
TXknitter 11/27/2022 3:28:01 PM (No. 1343523)
Yes #22, eloquent explanation as you always do. However, the continuing Windsor soap operas also make Americans bow down to God and thank Him we do not have a monarchy. The Sussexes are yesterday’s news and may God help them wake up to the truth. Wm and Kate showed us much when they slobbered all over the Obamas in their home with the Firm ensuring the many photographs made an international splash. May they have a lovely visit with the Biden’s. They are probably glad they don’t have to be anywhere near President Trump.
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