How to keep up with the Windsors

wannable · July 28, 2011, 10:35:06 PM

QuoteThe words "Who does she think she is, royalty?" might not be far away from their lips. To which the answer, in the case of Zara Phillips's mum is: "Yes. She is."
At the same time, the Ma'amgate disclosures will set the rest of the country contemplating, once again, what it must be like to marry into a family where p's and q's have to be watched not just round the house, but round the clock.
"It has to be the in-law relationship from hell," says Sarah Gristwood, co-author of The Ring and the Crown. "How are you going to keep up with those particular Joneses? For example, when the Queen Mother, at that point merely Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was marrying the Duke of York, her family had started to make all preparations for the wedding, only to be moved aside, so that the royal household could take over.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8663292/How-to-keep-up-with-the-Windsors.html

Trudie · July 29, 2011, 12:42:12 AM

What a wonderful family to marry into :willskate: Nothing like moving into a wolves den, where one small slip up they circle around and make a meal out of you. :cheese: Especially the courtiers who seem to be more royal then the royals themselves.

WOW · July 29, 2011, 12:47:49 AM

What are courtiers?

Trudie · July 29, 2011, 04:22:35 AM

WOW is that a serious question? they are the advisors private secretaries, ladies in waiting etc. that attend the royals.

Hale · July 29, 2011, 08:38:51 AM

WOW, those courtiers are said to suffer from Red Carpet Fever.

WOW · July 29, 2011, 12:53:38 PM

Quote from: Trudie on July 29, 2011, 04:22:35 AM
WOW is that a serious question? they are the advisors private secretaries, ladies in waiting etc. that attend the royals.

:laugh: Yeah it was. I was having a :blond: But seriously I knew what a general term for couriters were but I wanted to see if what I thought was right.

Trudie · July 29, 2011, 02:22:56 PM

WOW you are too funny :hehe:

Mia Luvs Prince Hashem · August 01, 2011, 10:16:31 AM

Quote from: WOW on July 29, 2011, 12:53:38 PM
Quote from: Trudie on July 29, 2011, 04:22:35 AM
WOW is that a serious question? they are the advisors private secretaries, ladies in waiting etc. that attend the royals.
:laugh: Yeah it was. I was having a :blond: But seriously I knew what a general term for couriters were but I wanted to see if what I thought was right.

LOL :hehe: :laugh10:

Honesty · August 06, 2011, 08:25:43 PM

Also called " The little grey men", I understand. And I agree more Royal than the Royals.