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MelodyK

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  1. Same, but I’m in my 50s and I think consideration of others has become somehow insulting these days. People don’t like having to interact with strangers in person. It’s just habit for me to check behind me as I go through a public door. Not because I think anybody can’t open their own door, but because it’s commom courtesy! I’m sure with each generation, manners die off a little bit, and this has been going on long before I was born.
  2. Just a quick post to say I read through this entire thread and you all are so interesting and informative and delightful. A breath of fresh air on forum message boards. I thought I was pretty well informed on the British monarchy and I realize that is not the case and I have so much more to learn. I can’t wait to jump into that journey. Just want to say thank you.
  3. I'm not either. I'm older and remember those years vividly and am still quite tired of them. For so many years it seems every magazine had Diana on the cover, and then the drama of the divorce and then later, sadly, her death. While I admit being glued to it back then, I really don't care to visit it all again. I was never interested in the Fergie/Andrew drama though, and definitely not now.
  4. I actually think Charles is and has always been a great father. I liked Diana and feel for Diana and all she went through very deeply, but I’ve been following Charles since years before he married her. He’s a good man with a tortured soul. Even more than Diana, my heart bleeds for him. He met and fell in love with Camilla in 1970, and prior to and after finding his true love, the only person who understood him, he had extreme pressure to marry the appropriate person. To have to finally marry someone’s he didn’t love is very sad. I think the press adored Diana so much that they made Charles into the villain. When in fact he was a victim too. They both were. I can’t blame Diana for many of her actions, except for her manipulating the press to make it look like she was the good parent and he was a bad parent. He was as close to his kids as possible, and they adored him and still do. Remember that famous picture of Diana on the balcony running to embrace her kids? The big question was “where is Charles? Absentee father, etc.” then a couple years later a picture surfaces from the same time, same day, of him hugging the boys too. Naturally the press didn’t publish that at the time. How often did this happen? I think after Diana’s death he became even closer to the kids because he tried to make up for their loss in any way he could. I believe Charles is a good man, vilified by the press for years. My heart goes out to all of them, Diana included. I just feel the most heartbreak for him because people don’t see his side.
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