Exactly two weeks after the queen, the fiercest critic of the British royal family, bestselling author Hilary Mantel, also died. It was as if the Windsors had lost all appeal with the death of the figure of the century. What didn’t Mantel say! Like this: “Our current royal family doesn’t have the reproductive problems that pandas have. But both pandas and royals are expensive to maintain and poorly adapted to modern environments. But aren’t they interesting? Aren’t they beautiful to look at?”
Or this: “Kate Middleton, as she was, seemed designed by committee and built by craftsmen. With a perfect plastic smile and thin limbs that were hand-turned and painted to shine.”
Mantel’s description of ‘Plastic Kate’ sparked much laughter and shouting in England in 2013, but in 2015 the author was named ‘Dame Commander of the British Empire’ by her biggest fan, Prince Charles. And the queen had already awarded her a medal. You have to give the British credit for not only being able to dish out irony, but also to accept it.
If Hilary Mantel were still alive, she would tell us that the British monarchy was truly over. There is Charles, the man who waited 73 years to become king and who, just nine months after his coronation, finds himself in the darkest fate due to a cancer that raises the question of whether he will be fit enough to continue his life in the future. exercise office.
There is his son William, who would prefer to retire until his wife recovers from her mysterious and apparently serious abdominal surgery, about which the public has still not been informed. And with Harry all the good spirits flew away anyway. Hilary Mantel would probably look around and tell us that what’s left of the company is no good. Too old, too dilapidated, too damaged.
That means you no longer need Hilary Mantel for something like that. The “Guardian” knows that Charles has also been hit hard by his cancer, that too many falls from a horse had caused permanent damage to his back, and that he once broke his finger while working in the garden (well, whatever that has to do with permanent damage, only the Guardian knows).
The news platform ‘Business Insider’ reports that the few other remaining royals who are still classified as ‘working royals’ and are allowed to hold representative positions are unattractively overage. Currently, these are the Duke of Kent (88), Princess Alexandra (87), the Duke of Gloucester (79), Queen Camilla (76), Princess Anne (73) and, like a true spring chicken, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie. (both 59).
The problem is not a lack of commitment; Princess Anne surpasses everyone when it comes to hard work, but for how much longer? The problem is that the media and public generally prefer younger royals. Fresh meat, pop stars, love stories, weddings, babies, beautiful people are the things from which simple collective dreams are made. After all, the British allow the royal family to entertain themselves. The PR consultants are concerned. It doesn’t help that Charles and Camilla are by far the longest and greatest love story among the “leftovers.”
Therefore, shortly after Charles’ illness was announced, the media suspected that the two previously useless princesses Beatrice (35) and Eugenie (33) would now have to be used more. The daughters of Fergie and Charles’ brother Andrew, who is no longer allowed to be a working royal due to his involvement in the Epstein scandal. He could now make an undercover comeback in the guise of his daughters.
A few questions now arise: How resilient will Charles and Kate be after their respective recoveries? Will he be able to continue the many trips and performances? After such a short time, will he pass the crown to William and devote himself to watercolor painting and organic farming together with Camilla? Wouldn’t that be best for everyone? But would Kate, who has already suffered far too much during her three pregnancies, still want to do that? Will there now be a major reconciliation with Harry (he is currently in London) and Meghan?
Wouldn’t it be best for everyone if the British monarchy became smaller, more modern and cheaper? A handbag monarchy like in Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark or the Netherlands? Aren’t the royals happier? And what are their kings called again? Alexander Skarsgaard?
When Hilary Mantel wasn’t criticizing the royal family or predicting the assassination of Margaret Thatcher, she also felt compassion for the subjects of her prose. In her courtly historical novel ‘The Mirror & The Light’ she wrote: ‘Is a prince even a human being? If you add them together, does the sum equal one person? He is made up of shards and broken fragments from the past, from prophecies and from the dreams of his ancestors. The tides of history break within him, their current threatening to carry him away. His blood is not his own, but from of old.”
That does not sound well. In principle. We further wish King Charles a speedy retirement after a speedy recovery. And William and Kate have an easier life. Maybe Harry and Meghan weren’t so wrong after all when they rejected the golden prison.
source: watson
I’m Maxine Reitz, a journalist and news writer at 24 Instant News. I specialize in health-related topics and have written hundreds of articles on the subject. My work has been featured in leading publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and Healthline. As an experienced professional in the industry, I have consistently demonstrated an ability to develop compelling stories that engage readers.
