SIR GUESTLING THORN

 I have written about her before but I never understood all the fuss over Princess Diana when she was alive or after her death? The unprecedented scenes of supposed grief when she died baffled me. She was just a girl who married the heir to the throne and came from a privileged family. Now all this fuss over one interview in 1995 by the BBC, who cares. She’s been dead 26 years, is it really an issue? Who really care whether she was duped into the interview? You cannot tell me she didn’t court publicity fuelled by her obvious resentment to how the Royal family had treated her. sure the circumstances of her death were sad and to leave her sons at that age is not something you’d wish on any child but is it really important, no! And as for the tabloids taking the high ground when they mercilessly harangued her and have published every type of gossip and slander over many many years would be laughable, if it wasn’t so reprehensible and hypocritical!

The Royal family are an antiquated institution, privileged, rich and outdated! There are those who believe that their worth to this country is immeasurable. I could care less about them personally but your all entitled to your opinion. Given a referendum about whether we should continue to support them I would vote no! They may put on a good show but the subsidies that are paid to them could be better spent elsewhere and they don’t need the money! I would agree that no royal can help the accident of their birth and perhaps the world wide fascination with them (Harry and Megan for instance) has some merit but they have not portrayed themselves in the best light for years. I understand they do a lot of good work and much of it selflessly but so do lots of people and with far less privilege than they have! Britain is unique in it’s Royal family and the status they command but be honest with yourselves if they were no longer there would you really miss them? Would it really affect you in anyway? Would their supposed contribution to British life make any difference? We have enough history and culture in this country that the tourists would still come (when they are allowed again). I care little if they remain, it makes no never mind to me but I am entitled to my opinion.  

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