William and Catherine, Prince and Princess of Wales

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Sharont2305 said:
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Wow! Sorayah Ahmad will go through life knowing the Queen once held her in her arms. Catherine and William are so gracious and unpretentious. My personal regret is that odds are I will not have the pleasure of seeing them on the throne. They will be brilliant. (Not wishing ill for King Charles, but I’m older than he is.)

I love Mary Berry and bet she will be touched by his comment.

A visit to this thread aways perks me up, thanks for posting this.:flowers:
 
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A1aGypsy said:
I mean, look, I’m no fan, but you have to be pretty enlightened, happy and comfortable in your own skin to be able to shrug your shoulders and say, “that’s fine. He gets to be the king. I’m cool figuring life out over here in the shadow.” That’s a tough division to swallow.

He didn’t have the childhood to make that possible, I don’t think.
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Brits can correct me if I'm wrong but I think when they were younger the perception was that not being the heir gave Harry a freedom that William didn't have - so he could/should be happy with that. I mean compared to almost all other people, he had a very privileged life. Hearing them complain from their mansion is super annoying. There are literally people starving.
 
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sdkitty said:
Brits can correct me if I'm wrong but I think when they were younger the perception was that not being the heir gave Harry a freedom that William didn't have - so he could/should be happy with that. I mean compared to almost all other people, he had a very privileged life. Hearing them complain from their mansion is super annoying. There are literally people starving.
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Yeah, I don’t disagree that there are those who have it infinitely harder. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t / wasn’t lonely, challenging, tough etc such that he wouldn’t be jealous.

There is a freedom to move around a gilded cage. Everything is calculated based upon the longevity of the monarchy.
 
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A1aGypsy said:
Yeah, I don’t disagree that there are those who have it infinitely harder. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t / wasn’t lonely, challenging, tough etc such that he wouldn’t be jealous.

There is a freedom to move around a gilded cage. Everything is calculated based upon the longevity of the monarchy.
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I'm sure wealthy people can have challenges but we don't all need to hear about it
 
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A1aGypsy said:
I mean, look, I’m no fan, but you have to be pretty enlightened, happy and comfortable in your own skin to be able to shrug your shoulders and say, “that’s fine. He gets to be the king. I’m cool figuring life out over here in the shadow.” That’s a tough division to swallow.

He didn’t have the childhood to make that possible, I don’t think. So jealousy or friction is to be expected. And I also imagine it would be SUPER tough to marry into all that nonsense and be expected to follow the rules and be always less popular.
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I don't know, being popular has never been my goal in life. I'm shy by nature and at the same time I don't care all that much what strangers think of me.
 
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QueenofWrapDress said:
I don't know, being popular has never been my goal in life. I'm shy by nature and at the same time I don't care all that much what strangers think of me.
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:clap: Well said! Popular has never been my goal either. I learned long ago to be very suspicious of the popular myth.
Thank you for saying this.
 
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