Reply #28: Well said, you've made some excellent points. [View All]

I'm sure there were faults on both sides though - I don't think the
Royals are very good at being sympathetic and considerate, because
they're not brought up to be. Everybody panders to their every
whim, so don't look there for a shoulder to cry on. I think Charles
is intelligent and thoughtful, and has the best intentions, but in
an intellectual way; I don't think he was equipped to deal with a
girl as neurotic as Diana. And with her background - darling daddy
was a bad-tempered, bullying shit - it's hardly surprising that she
was emotionally fragile. She was thrown in at the deep end with no
real training in how royalty behaves, but she was really expected to
do no more than walk behind Charles and murmur polite banalities
every now and then. Good for her for refusing the subservient role,
but her great mistake was to believe in her own publicity - I'm sure
she really came to believe that she was one step off sainthood, a
fatal error of judgment. And her judgment was way off with her
involvement with the Fayed family - they really were a sleazy lot,
and not people her sons should have been involved with, even if she
had no qualms about herself. Not meaning to sound snobby, but she
chose to marry into the royal family, and the mother of the future
king should have had higher standards.

But just a bit of a kick in the pants for Camilla - I have no
sympathy for her - she missed the boat with Charles, and should have
bowed out of the picture and stayed out. She had a husband and
children of her own, and clearly she is as selfish as any of the
other players in this sorry saga. Certainly she's not fit to be
lording it over other people as their queen.