More Andrew-related opinion 🙀 [that's a cat sighing]. The Times leader on Saturday discussed the saga and included the phrase "It is correct that the couple's daughters, Eugenie and Beatrice, caught up in this drama through little fault of their own, remain princesses." What? Are they 8yos, crying themselves to sleep at night if they are no longer princesses? These are mature women in their late 30s who contribute little or nothing to British public life and the only justification for their grandiose titles is the technicality of being the offspring of a person who is the son of a monarch.
But my issue isn't about these two women - I couldn't care less about them. My problem is with my newspaper. It's reasonable to expect reasoned argument from the leader writers. "It is correct" is stated as though it's fact. It's the kind of specious assertion I'd expect in the Sun, Express or Guardian. Not from the erudite journal of record. You need to say why it is correct.
And "through little fault of their own"? Little? Not "no fault". Is the Times implying that these young women could have had some influence on their father's behaviour?
Honestly, if they have any moral integrity, they should renounce their Princess-ships and we would all recognise they've progressed beyond the age of 8.
That's enough on this sorry tale.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/31/the-guardian-view-on-andrews-downfall-britains-relationship-with-the-royals-needs-a-reset
ReplyDeleteI don’t have much time for the Guardian but this is a good one. As for the foolish ‘princesses’ whilst I have no time for royal flummery, it must be awful to see your parents excoriated in every news outlet and on social media across the world. Who knows if they retain any affection for either parent, but if they do, they will be in a horribly conflicted state of mind. The shame rubs off on them too. Julie lent me Andrew Lownie’s book about them called Entitled, it will have been read by thousands with all the intimate details of their parent’s disgraceful lives, set out for the world to gasp or groan over.
I can’t imagine how they must feel.