tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post6114807614207144565..comments2024-03-28T20:00:20.542-07:00Comments on SHADOW OF A DOUBT: Quips and Quotations (Closing Ranks Edition)Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-15283385418019105652022-10-05T20:41:33.659-07:002022-10-05T20:41:33.659-07:00Royalty is a human construct, JM. Titles are best ...Royalty is a human construct, JM. Titles are best left for books.<br /><br />As for Princess Di, she was one of the greatest scene-stealers in British history, and I mean that as a compliment. Had she been Anne Boleyn, it would have been Henry VIII who got his head chopped off!Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-26475462374055579362022-10-04T03:27:37.016-07:002022-10-04T03:27:37.016-07:00Not sure how I feel about titles, who can give the...Not sure how I feel about titles, who can give them, who can take them away. In the end, what does it mean really? They took away Princess Diana's title (I think--if I remember correctly). But she still made her impact on the world--truly being a Princess and showing the world what it really means to be a true leader. JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144019552337738621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-79559592720942849072022-09-26T21:57:42.025-07:002022-09-26T21:57:42.025-07:00It is hard, Ananka. Charles' mother was only a...It is hard, Ananka. Charles' mother was only a princess for 25 years before ascending to the throne. But he was a prince for 74 years!Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-74186347046993322532022-09-26T15:14:53.179-07:002022-09-26T15:14:53.179-07:00I always liked Anne. And I am finding it hard to g...I always liked Anne. And I am finding it hard to get used to the term "King Charles", for all my life he was Prince Charles! I am still calling him that and correcting myself!Anankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07740104076569593569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-52685659987639532852022-09-25T19:52:12.021-07:002022-09-25T19:52:12.021-07:00Maddie, I confess to having to google Arthur Chatt...Maddie, I confess to having to google Arthur Chatto, but you're right about his looks. As for Princess Margaret's liveliness, her antics might not seem too royally out-of-place nowadays, especially when contrasted to her nephew Andrew.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-29924406096487041222022-09-25T11:18:59.914-07:002022-09-25T11:18:59.914-07:00I do think Princess Anne always had a lot of sense...I do think Princess Anne always had a lot of sense. And her children seem to have sensible heads about them. <br /><br /> And then there's the royal thirst trap...Queen Elizabeth II's grandnephew (he's the grandson of Princess Margaret, of course, the lively one...Arthur Chatto! Leave it to her to carry on the looks.Mistress Maddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098940220513091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-82285665613264757342022-09-25T09:40:58.040-07:002022-09-25T09:40:58.040-07:00Your Royal Highness, I humbly ask for your forgive...Your Royal Highness, I humbly ask for your forgiveness, and beseech you not to put my head on the top of a scratching post. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-65188906761588020712022-09-25T09:36:32.050-07:002022-09-25T09:36:32.050-07:00Andrew, somewhere during all the coverage of the Q...Andrew, somewhere during all the coverage of the Queen's death, I came across the fact that Princess Anne's children don't have titles, and that made me curious about the rest of the royal brood.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-85698373339535160342022-09-25T07:55:12.569-07:002022-09-25T07:55:12.569-07:00The honorific "HRH" just gets tossed aro...The honorific "HRH" just gets tossed around TOO MUCH! Only TRUE royalty like the immediate heirs to the throne and MYSELF deserve it. Everyone else is just a cheap POSEUR and WANNABE.Her Royal Highnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435815496034604442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-19826330753233973442022-09-25T03:20:22.052-07:002022-09-25T03:20:22.052-07:00Good research and an interesting read about some d...Good research and an interesting read about some details I did not know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com