Hello Angela, You call it the freedom of the media I call it intrusion. To me, the media are scum, following the American way of badgering rather than true reporting. They make a story happen if one doesn't exist. The Royal family should have stood their ground and forbidden the media to intrude instead of becoming more "user friendly". Now they pay the price. And have done dsince Di was done away with. > I personally prefer it that way as from babies we were brought up to think > of Kings, Queens, Princesses and Princes as like fairy tale characters and > it was fantastic if you caught a glimpse or better still shook hands with a > member. > Now everything they do is muddied. For years they used to have a go at > Princess Anne, but did anyone credit her endless diary of charitable events > and work for UNICEF ?. Anne knew how to deal with them. She simply said, "Piss off!". There, that's my view! Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela" <titina23@spidernet.com.cy> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] England and St George. > You can't compare the presidency to the Monarchy really as the president is > not groomed from birth. He actually chooses his destiny. > the monarchy is like an old established school where the training is > traditional. > I myself am in favour of the Monarchy as it does make us that little bit > more special. > Look what happenned to all the Countries that got rid of their Kingdoms, > they've had nothing but trouble since. > > I think the freedom of the media in our lifetime has made all these events > appear more than they are. The sad thing is the Queen cannot defend herself. > I mean she can't give an interview like Diana did, spilling all. She also > knew what she was marrying into (the firm as I think Fergie calls it) after > all it is a an old established firm. > Before the advent of on the spot media coverage etc, IT was going on, it was > just not covered as much if at all, and we plodded along happily living in > ignorance. > I personally prefer it that way as from babies we were brought up to think > of Kings, Queens, Princesses and Princes as like fairy tale characters and > it was fantastic if you caught a glimpse or better still shook hands with a > member. > Now everything they do is muddied. For years they used to have a go at > Princess Anne, but did anyone credit her endless diary of charitable events > and work for UNICEF ?. > > I think myself lucky that I wasn't born with Royal blood as I couldn't do > the job. > > Off me soap box now..... > Angela > Marged said > > "And yet, we are expected to think that being born into the Royal Family is > enough to make one fit to be the Monarch." > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > If you are a blood donor please ask to go on the Bone Marrow > Register. You won't be told about it if you don't ask. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 28/01/2002