The Duchess of Sussex may think she has a good case in her legal battle with the media. But just look at how these other royals fared …
Has there ever been a more cruelly miscast “candid friend” to the royal family than Her Majesty’s Press, who are neither truly candid, nor remotely the sort of people one knows socially? And, yes, I obviously include myself in that.
In any case, the ONLY acceptable way to look at the royal family is that practised by Princess Michael of Kent, of whom the Queen is once said to have remarked: “She’s rather grand for us.” (Remember: children of former Nazis always marry down.) Unfortunately, this simple shtick has not been grasped by so many of our great newspapers. They embody Sybil Fawlty’s lament over Basil’s relationship with the guests: “You never get it right, do you? You’re either crawling all over them, licking their boots, or spitting poison at them like some Benzedrined puff adder.”
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