Posted on 02/26/2005 3:58:41 PM PST by wagglebee
Turning over inherited wealth to able business managers who in turn produce a profit is not an accomplishment.
Why did he marry that collie when he could have been a pimp with all that loot he`s got?
Waaaa. So the public doesn't approve of his adultery? Gosh, that's too bad.
Ping, not pint.
ABDICATE! Tell the Brits to stuff it and they can be a republic. Ya can't have it both ways Chuckie.
See #17.
Hilarious. I'm cracking up!!
Dear wagglebee,
"Turning over inherited wealth to able business managers who in turn produce a profit is not an accomplishment."
Actually, you'd be surprised at the number of fortunes lost in the second and third generation by individuals who cannot achieve even this accomplishment. Managing inherited wealth, and growing it isn't quite as easy as it looks.
However, it was my understanding that previously, the Cornwall holdings were not especially lucrative in terms of income. It was my understanding that the prince himself helped to devise a business plan to make these holdings the crown jewel of his business holdings.
Taking an unproductive inherited asset and making it very productive is an accomplishment.
I've pinged some gentlemen who might know a little more than me about this topic.
sitetest
Just saddle her up and be done with it.
Dear Churchillspirit,
No problem. Although I'm happy to be a citizen rather than a subject, monarchies don't get me bent out of shape.
Perhaps Europe wouldn't have gone to hell in a handbasket if folks hadn't been so darned hellbent to eliminate every last vestige of monarchy in as many European countries as they could in the last century.
sitetest
You know, I'm starting to actively dislike the all too many Freepers who are so nasty on a consistent basis. No wonder the FR website gets knocked for the meanness of a lot of their posters.
What did Charles ever do to any one of you? What do you have against the monarchy which is pretty much in name only? Without the monarchy, there wouldn't be much reason tourist-wise to visit that rainy country. It's the monarchy that draws people to it. Plus, without the monarchy, the tabloids would be out of business (which would probably be a good thing as they are as vicious as some of our posters). Charles had to produce an heir to the throne and thus was pretty much told by his family to find a young virgin, thus he married Diana. It was his royal obligation. For the first years of their marriage they got along fine, obviously had a close relationship as they produced two sons, and it was only, I believe, when Charles gradually discovered that his wife's head wasn't screwed on too tight, that he went back to an old flame Camilla. (Example of Diana's instability: while pregnant she tossed herself down a stairway, much to the horror Charles, as an attention-getting mechanism, or because of her schizoid tendencies.) Leave Charles alone to enjoy the later years of his life with a woman he has been loyal to for 30 years, and had circumstances not been what they were, should have been with from the get go. Get off his back.
I'm almost afraid the ask the sex of your friend.
I have a problem with adultery in general. I don't have to accept the mistress once she becomes a wife.
I wonder why you singled me out. Compared to some comments on this board, mine was pretty mild. What's up?
Char :)
Said by someone who has obviously never been there.
Plus, without the monarchy, the tabloids would be out of business
We have no monarchy and our tabloids are still in business.
For the first years of their marriage they got along fine
That's a whopper. Diana threatened to stop the marriage because of Charles' adultery with Camilla. Her friends convinced her to go through with it lest it damage the royal family. Even as she was walking down the aisle you can see her looking around. She said later that she was looking to see if Charles had brought Camilla there!
when Charles gradually discovered that his wife's head wasn't screwed on too tight
She went crazy from Charles' constant open bedding of Camilla. What would you do if you knew your husband was in bed with his mistress before and during your marriage? Even as you were pregnant with his child?
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