I agree with everything you've said. Context and truth is EVERYTHING and much of this was in short supply in the Oprah interview which was full of half-truths and inflammatory innuendo set against a RF who could not/would not defend themselves in a similar fashion. Not to mention that threatening to give a potentially "explosive", globally-viewed interview airing your Family's "dirty laundry"(to whom dignity & privacy is vitally important) could easily be construed as a type of "extortion" ... and disloyal in the extreme ... to a family who has loved and provided for you all of your life. It is also very "tabloid-esque" and commercially self-serving which is something I thought H&M were hotly set against? The British tabloids may well have been vicious to H&M but they are not the same as (nor do they speak for) the RF.
Racism is despicable ... but so is Age-ism, Gender-ism and Weight-ism ... yet none of these latter issues would have provoked nearly the same level of response in this age of BLM as H&M and Oprah shrewdly knew. They all knew a ratings bonanza when they saw one. Again, not to justify racism or pedophilia or any other despicable aberration....but neither do I justify what amounts to emotional extortion which somehow, miraculously, manages to conveniently and simultaneously: Significantly increase your public relations, increase your brand awareness and increase your Nielsen ratings -- all at the same time. It does not pass the smell test for me. Truly nice people do not sell out their family for money. And their words and actions are often diametrically opposed.
Hopefully M can make peace with her own estranged family, H can make peace with his own family and the two of them can find a way to earn a living by their own talents and efforts w/o having to continue to trade upon, exploit & commercialize the RF name. To do otherwise is to lower their credibility.
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Hopefully M can make peace with her own estranged family, H can make peace with his own estranged family and the two of them can find a way to earn a living by their own talents and abilities w/o having to continue to trade upon, exploit & commercialize the RF name. To do otherwise is to publicly lower their own sense of credibility and integrity.
The security issue is also connected to something less simple than 'daddy cut me off'. Scotland Yard does this on taxpayer's money; protection. When you no longer work as a royal, and want to be a private citizen, you do not get the bodyguards. Otherwise it is hard to sell to the public. Remember the row in Canada when they were asked to foot the bill? So the blame lies with the government here.
I find it bizarre that the richest woman in the world can't afford to pay security for her own grandson. Why did she leave him without any security? she knew when he became a private citizen that he would be left without any security, but she didn't step in to protect him. That's very strange.
Also if the richest woman in the world could forgo her wages from the public finances for a few years then maybe we could give our nurses a pay rise instead of giving them a pay cut after the pandemic. That would be really serving the nation instead of constantly taking large sums of money away from public finances. She is a billionaire.
but times must be tight, because she can't even afford to pay security for her own grandson, grand daughter in law and great grandson.
Shameful to leave them in the lurch like that. You should always look after your own family until they can look after themselves, no matter what the differences.
Especially when the media have whipped up so much hatred towards her grandson and grand daughter in law to make them a target.
To me this is mafia tactics of intimidation. "Toe the line or we'll leave you exposed to danger". Whoever is advising the Queen gave some very bad advise indeed.
It's weird to think that people think the Queen doesn't have any money of her own when she has a vast fortune of private money.
She does like to hide her wealth tho.
"The Queen successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public, according to documents discovered by the Guardian.
A series of government memos unearthed in the National Archives reveal that Elizabeth Windsor’s private lawyer put pressure on ministers to alter proposed legislation to prevent her shareholdings from being disclosed to the public.
Following the Queen’s intervention, the government inserted a clause into the law granting itself the power to exempt companies used by “heads of state” from new transparency measures."
Now that's corruption. The Queen should not be using her powerful position to lobby for changes to the British government to change laws for her OWN benefit. What has she got to hide? why is she so embarrassed about people knowing about her vast fortune? maybe because people will start asking questions. Hmmm.
Multiple Issues for the RF in this situation, but foundationally what stands out first is that ALL families have problems, it’s just that most of us handle them privately out of respect for family relationships. Is there anyone that believes that the correct path to heal these grievances was to sit down with a talkshow host for an internationally aired interview and then publicize the results of the post interview phone call with Dad and Brother? Let us all think about Family members we don’t trust and why. It always comes down to violation of trust.
I've never had a problem with racism in my family.
Perhaps they wanted to set the record straight after the media have controlled the narrative for so long.
I don't think the interview was for the RF only.
I can not begin to imagine the incredibly large and spotlighted aquarium the Royal Family must dwell within.
Perhaps if the world spent some time sending them love and positive energy, the more steps they might be inspired to take to create positive changes, which could ripple around the globe.
There are people in that family who can affect positive change. I am going to try something new. Each time I see the Royal Family in the news, I will send the family members some positive energy and some love. It will certainly be better than sending them my frustration right? Probably better for me as well.
Each time I see the Royal Family in the news, I will send the family members some positive energy and some love.
What a great idea! These are people whose power and influence came from an accident of birth. Anything to steer them in a direction to do good for the world while retaining their own sanity would be an act of mercy IMO.
@lovendures, a great idea! Your wealth doesn't amount to much if you don't have freedom to do or say what you'd like. Let's help them. ❤️