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I’d Love to be a Jane Austen heroine, admits Camilla – but not Before also Choosing Winnie The ....
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | February 25, 2015 | Rebecca English

Posted on 02/26/2015 4:14:02 PM PST by Cecily

As one of the most beguiling characters in English literature, Elizabeth Bennet has been described as high-spirited and honest to a fault.

Little wonder, then, that the Duchess of Cornwall has admitted she rather admires the Pride And Prejudice heroine.

Asked yesterday which storybook character she would like to be, Camilla initially gave the odd response of Winnie The Pooh.

Her reason soon became clear, however, as she explained: ‘I would love to have my fingers stuck in honey’.

She then revealed that her all-time heroine is Jane Austen’s feisty Lizzy, who defies social conventions – and her own prejudice – to fall in love with the proud Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy.

The only question is whether Prince Charles would be her Darcy?

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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I see her more as Lucy Steele or Mary Crawford - scheming opportunists to the max!
1 posted on 02/26/2015 4:14:02 PM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

She has excellent taste in role models. Too bad she doesn’t live up to them.


2 posted on 02/26/2015 4:18:38 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cecily

She’ll always be known as a homewrecker.


3 posted on 02/26/2015 4:19:20 PM PST by RginTN
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To: RginTN

More like a homewrecking rottweiler. Did Elizabeth Bennet have a dog?


4 posted on 02/26/2015 4:21:41 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Cecily

She could always be the family rottweiler.


5 posted on 02/26/2015 4:35:08 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: Cecily

I rather thought Becky Sharpe would be her favorite.


6 posted on 02/26/2015 4:37:52 PM PST by BusterBear
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To: Cecily

I have always thought her and John Kerry should get together, they look like a matched set......


7 posted on 02/26/2015 4:38:51 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (Get the USA out of the UN then get the UN out of the USA; send bamaboy back to Kenya ASAP!!!!)
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To: Cecily
. . . or the execrable Lizzie Eustace in Trollope's The Eustace Diamonds.
8 posted on 02/26/2015 4:41:40 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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Time to get Serious!

March starts on Sunday!
FReepers, Let's GIT_R_DONE!

9 posted on 02/26/2015 4:53:24 PM PST by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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