Royals and Celebrities

It is also why they will never get the respect and gravitas that they crave so much. William is DYING to be able to make a speech about something serious, but he will never be invited mainly since William has done nothing of substance and he still fixates on press coverage rather than just getting on with things. He keeps making every little thing in his life a big deal and it is clear that he refuses to do things that would make him more acceptable in those circles he craves to be treated as an equal in. It is also clear that he is someone who could have been mixing with Putin or Jinping, but he did not do what he should have been doing in his twenties.

I honestly regret that William threw himself away on low rent bars and dance clubs and jet set resorts when he would have been better off doing the work with the struggling or even actually do his duty as an officer in the military and look after the men under his command. I mean really, after completing officer training, he should have been LIVING on that base and staying away from the clubs and looking after the men who were under his jurisdiction as their commanding officer. I mean really, clubbing with Kate was something that should have been the last priority on his mind and it irritates me that even during the time as an officer, he was in London two-thirds of the time and ignoring the men under his command.

Thing is, that alliances and ties are not automatically transferable. HM is partially immune, but now even she is getting zinged by the media and who knows who else. William parties and plays at being a country gentleman and it is clear that William is unaware that if things go up a creek for him, he will not have rescuers. He will not at all be someone who anyone will either want to rescue and if he gets into a mess, the media will not help him since their job is to sell papers, not assist him in actually getting out of the mess he is writing about. Sophie is too busy grooming her daughter into being a Victorian dolly and keeping her son out of the public eye and it is clear that she is salivating over being a royal duchess and grubbing for more money. It is clear that Sophie is bitter despite her already good life and it is clear that Andrew is dead-weight. Realistically Andrew will remarry and it is clear that Fergie is in the running. Charles is fixated on crowning Camilla and his love for Camilla leaves him with a horrible blind spot. That family is a terrible mess and there is no way that the taxpayer should support it since there won't be much taxpayer money to be had since the economy is literally on the verge of a complete and utter collapse.

As for celebrity, celebrity coverage has done nothing to benefit the nation since royals in their respective countries have not at all been able to help in any concrete way. Videos are not enough and the majority of them have been jet setting as if nothing is amiss. They have not helped the politicians in getting things helped and none of them have put a cent in the coffers of the treasury to help the government keep things going at least financially.

Given her limited education and her complete lack of interest in really delving in, I am certain that she would have been less than impactful. As for anyone being a French princess, that would take a TON of training and a TON of discipline given the amount of privilege that a French princess would have access to. Thing is, that it would be tabloid heaven and it would take HUGE self sacrifices and HUGE strict boundaries. I do believe that a French royal family would cause media havoc and thing is, that the French are as proud as the devil at times and a French princess would be a HUGE target for marriage hunting social climbers. I think the biggest problem dealing with royalty and celebrity is the issue of education. Royals want power, but they do not want to put in the kind of training and education that anyone in power has. An art degree and then playtime until marriage is a complete joke and if royals emulated politicians, they would be far more respected.

Just like in Hollywood, they love to get together and wear their best stuff and celebrate each other on a regular basis. Not a month goes by when they are not hosting one another at a new gala event.

Diana did not have that temperament and did not have the emotional and psychological stamina. She was not interested in settling down into cozy nights studying and making anything of herself and it is clear that she never even managed to stop her bulimia. As a princess consort, she had already been a roving ambassador for the British nation and it is clear that she didn't see that. If she had stopped listening to the press and started focusing on what actual experts were telling her, I am sure that she would have been able to still remain married and still be future Queen Consort. She was insane to think that she would be able to use public pressure on heads of state to get a concrete position or manipulate Tony Blair into giving her a role (a role that she ironically had as wife of the Prince of Wales) and that role would be one of actual substance. She was NOT entitled to any kind of concrete role and I bitterly regret that she introduced celebrity activism where instead of just protests and petitions, that celebs actually sincerely believe that they are entitled to and qualified to hold actual office and use that office as a vehicle for 'social justice.'

Diana made a huge misstep in thinking that she would use her popularity to get what she wanted out of life and other people; she got the ring, got adulation, but she was wrong to think that she had a right to use it as a weapon against someone who had been protecting her all along, that is, HM and others. She would just NOT STOP going after Charles in private and then in public, Panorama, she crossed that line into outright treason. Like a celebrity, she thought that good press meant that she had a right to what she wanted and I think near the end of her marriage, she wanted that crown for herself. She made choices that sent that message and she was accommodated in that marriage in almost every angle. Like a celebrity, she never did THINK that maybe there are limits and just being a highly pampered consort would be one of them. She was not living in a trailer and was not poor, and she already had the position of riving ambassador as Princess of Wales. She was not without ANYTHING in life and she was not at all without any kind of help along the way. A lot of celebrities think that wealth and fame and looks is qualification enough, but there are MANY positions you can't just market your way into. She had no right to try to overthrow Charles and despite the adultery (that she engaged in as well), she had a remarkably fortunate life. If she had not tried to overthrow Charles, she would have had the title, lovers, money, fame, and adulation and would still be alive. There is no reason that she had it rough.

With celebs, they literally do not know how to stop. These days there are entertainers who actually believe that they should be present at the signings of treaties and should be involved in high level negotiations and it is clear that many of them think they should be able to skip over education and training and dues that actual diplomats and politicians pay. I bitterly regret that Diana inaugurated this celebrity activism culture and made the choice to think it was a GREAT idea to overthrow Charles and replace Charles with her son.

At the risk of being completely flamed, I am fed up with hearing about Diana. She's been dead for nearly THIRTY years and it is clear that her life near the end of her life was not a good one. She was a deeply messed up woman and I am sick of her self destructiveness being blamed on everyone but her. If she had not pulled some of the things that she did, her sons would NEVER have been as indulged as they were and I am angry about how she let 'in' people like the royal reporters and actually made people think that they really knew her and her sons to the point where literal strangers on the street were exhorting Prince Philip to look after the princes, as if the BRF had not surrounded them right away after the death was known. There were people who did not realize at the time that right after Diana's death the entire BRF was in a state of complete shock and there was no way that the princes were fit to be in public, much less expected to perform the role of grieving sons. Ever since Diana's death, William and Harry were assigned the roles of perpetually grieving sons and it hasn't had a good effect. Neither prince was able to grow out of that and I do think that the 'normalcy' BS has been nothing but trouble. Each prince made the mistake of thinking that they were ENTITLED to a 'normal life' (which version I do not know) and I wish people like royal reporters or royal fans would STOP viewing each prince as a 'boy.' I also believe that Diana regrettably didn't THINK that there was no road map for 'normalcy,' and royalty either way. There is no way of balancing anything, ti is simply impossible. Neither William or Harry have the kind of intellectual and mor@l stamina and you can't do it. One or the other and Diana's version of normalcy is one where a person has fun and has no need or obligation to answer to anyone. You just can't.

William and Harry and other royals have morphed into celebrity territory mainly since they have nothing of substance, other than PR. William could have gone into the world of royal life and enjoyed life still, if he had not been brainwashed to think of his role as more than it actually was and it is clear that William just isn't special at all. If he had kept Kate out of his life and managed to just get on his mapped out life, I think he would be further along and a much better and happier man. He was never raised to accept that his life is a good one, an easy one, and one to be embraced. If he had not been brainwashed by his mother to view his life as dull and boring, he would likely be better off and more accomplished. Like celebs who have been too spoiled for too long, royals really do think that 'normal life' is some kind of idyllic, undemanding area where there are no problems, no struggles, and no lack of opportunities. It's not like normal people have guarantee health coverage or guaranteed protection against starvation. A prince has better access than the son of a dentist. It's not like William struggles to pay bills and he really does seem to think that all his wealth and fame does nothing for him, but it does EVERYTHING. Throughout this pandemic, he and his family have been the most protected in the world and he really hasn't a CLUE about the realities that his people face. He plays at being a country gentleman farmer and it is clear that he views this as 'normal' and not privileged. Celebs are the same. I do not believe that he really has any kind of ability to grow beyond PR anymore.

Royals used to be something special, but regrettably they are little more than fodder for magazines. Yet they still prefer deference from politicians and those who actually accomplish.