Royals and Celebrities

You know, she really is a sad case as you've said. With the right upbringing, she would have been so much more, but she CHOSE not to go in that direction.

I think that the freedom that royals enjoy has been a blessing since we see them for what they are and they clearly really do not care. Her life is empty and non-fulfilling and it is regrettable since she was not raised well. She was not raised to accept that she is supposed to do more than just exist. She was raised in a media culture that glorified privilege and not sincere accomplishment and she, along with her dolt brothers, play to the press and it is startling to see that William ended up being the same, playing to the press by posing and smirking and condescending to the press and behaving as if he is, by virtue of a position of privilege, is someone who has a right to look down on anyone. It is clear that the Casiraghi Trio glory years are passed and I believe that Charlotte is uncomprehending that she is no longer an ingenue. She has no real access to the type of respect she might crave, but she refuses to do the concrete work and skills acquisition.

You know, I am surprised that Charlotte didn't wheedle an "HSH" out of her Uncle and manage to get at least that to give her some social cachet beyond being a socialite. I sometimes think that Charlotte would have loved to have married Harry or William (imagine the headlines with THAT), but regrettably it didn't happen. I find it irritating that royals still hold onto their grand attitudes despite their complete lack of accomplishment.

Chosen one? Chosen for what?

As for their attitudes, it is irritating that they condescend as much as they do and to all the wrong people. They are not better than politicians, they are not better than diplomats and they most certainly are NOT better than entertainers. Entertainers, for all that I've bashed them, EARN that money and appreciate their fan-base. Royals really do their best to distance themselves and I really resent how the British royals require a police escort to visit a candy shop and demand a complete takeover of the place until they actually leave. I also resent how they put themselves out there so much, or demand that a certain lifestyle be maintained for their 'rank.' I mean really, it's a complete slap in the face. A complete and total slap in the face. No one owes those nitwits a lifestyle and it is clear that the more modern the royal, the more asinine their apparent expectations are. Even Sophie who was lauded as being down to earth, is greedy for more cash. William and Kate have a HUGE KP suite and Mary of Denmark has been reselling her clothes and stashing the cash in her own private bank account. I just find it disgusting that little royals are outfitted in the best of everything despite the fact that it is taxpayer money, not private money. Royals do NOT work so hard that they can afford multiple palaces and castles and jets and huge staff out of pocket.

Charlotte might have been better off if her mother had been less fixed on promoting her daughter and sons as the future Princes of Monaco and it is clear that Charlotte should have been better schooled for that hype that she was mixed up in. Charlotte was not trained to live  stable life and she was not trained to live a nice life that would enable her to focus on the kind of schooling that would put her on the map as an ambassador for Monaco. She was not well educated, she was not raised to behave properly in public (sitting on a hospital step wearing dirty sneakers and smoking made her look cheap) and it is clear that she was allowed to run wild when she should have been getting better raised. It is clear that Charlotte was failed and I do not think it is healthy for royals to fixate on putting their nations on the map in terms of publicity since little good comes from that kind of 'promotion.' It's publicity seeking and really is kind of pathetic. Royals should just chill, go about their 'work' and keep their business among their own selves and not play to the gallery. If royals didn't put themselves out there in ways that expose them, they would be able to live far more simple lives when they aren't out at engagements. Look at how some actors/actresses live their lives. You almost NEVER see them outside of the time they are promoting a film and doing routine appearances, but other than that, you NEVER see them in the headlines.

Charlotte was the darling of the tabloids and pop culture public, but after a while, it has admittedly become passe and she is passe as a result. IF she had made something of herself, I am certain that she would have moved further along, but realistically, she was not raised with standards and expectations and it is regrettable that she wasn't raised better. Her mother really let her down and I don't think Grace would have been much better of an influence.

I'm not Charlotte. If I had been in her place, being the person that I am, I would have studied business, done coursework online, and spent a ton of time in the library. If Charlotte thought that she could use popularity to get into the 'real' power scene, she was mistaken. Diana thought that she would use the press and her popularity to overthrow Charles and she lost her marriage, title, and eventually her life. I do not think that Charlotte was raised to understand and accept that a HUGE part of it is behavior, not just looks and wealth and fame. Maybe like a celebrity, Charlotte thought that she would be a better idea of a princess, but she was not born to it and while she could have bought a title, regrettably Charlotte wants to create roots in regards to a royal past, but regrettably she does not really have that and she is not at all someone who made the right choices. She has to accept that she had time, had limitless resources, and should have emulated the American upper class rather than the British one.

All of it has been a joke, specifically celebrity culture, but thing is, that royals were supposed to be more substantial, stable, and preferably better dressed. Royals are supposed to be respectable and something special. These days they're as cheap as they come and it is clear that taxpayers are getting nothing in return. I do think that after the H&M interview and more comes out, the more politicians are going to strip these fools of their excessive privilege. This isn't at all money made through the hard work of royalty and it is clear that far too many royals were weaned on adulation and ease and are not being groomed to be independent at the earliest possible age and living in their own place. That is not healthy and they should have been learning how to use their resources a lot more wisely as well. I honestly think that if William and Harry had started having their own households in their teens, it would have been better. Shouldn't it be obvious that the 9-5 integration into royal family life isn't a good one? It's not like William or Harry were being forced to live in a gutter or foster home setting. Realistically it would have protected the princes from the domestic turmoil that both were subjected to.