Posted on 09/19/2009 3:58:05 PM PDT by Niuhuru
I'm writing this in regards to the increasing sexualization of royalty. Ever since Diana the young royals of Europe have been increasingly subjected to the standards usually held by celebrities. Royalty, like celebrity, is expected to be 'hot, young, sexy," and instead of dignified and doing their duty, they are supposed to have excellent PR. They are now supposed to socialize with celebrities, be on their good side, and prove their 'relevance' in the same manner as celebrities do.
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This is not new. George IV, anyone? Prince Bertie?
Dunno. This has been true since at least the 1960’s. Of course back then public discourse was more polite, but Royals have always been “celebrities” and (also sexual) fawning about them isn’t especially new either.
The lamestream media has been doing this with everything, and everyone - increasingly year by year for forty years; so why would they let the “Royals” escape what they have ensnared everyone else in?
This is new?
The other day I was working with an electrician on a project... Things turned political during break and this guy ( a Negro ) went on and on about how ‘hot’ Nancy Pelosi was..... I told him to stop or I was going to puke right there... He laughed and said I was too uptight....
I did tell this union effer as he was leaving that he needed to be nuetered and that zero could help him with that.
Catherine the Great celebrity, superstar, and sex symbol.
“Royals have always been “celebrities” and (also sexual) fawning about them isn’t especially new either.”
Only in the sense that they bestow titles, cachet, etc. Not hanging out with Naomi Campbell.
Now, their celebrity is all they have left. Why take it away?
Yeah, in the old days they'd just shag Madame de Maintenon, Lucy Walter, etc.
I'd hit it.
with a 2x4?
The Queen says, “we are NOT amused.”
“Close your eyes and think of England.”
I think I’d have to wear a blindfold, so as to take no chances.
I’ve always had sympathy for her, she loved Albert and never recovered from losing him.
Celebritification
That’s British celebration?
“and prove their ‘relevance’ in the same manner as celebrities do.”
Well at least she put “relevance” in quotes so far as celebs being relevant. They are mostly relevant in their own minds.
Oh, it's a little older than that...
Royalty are the oldest welfare recipients, living off the backs of the populace and the largess of the state. Before there was socialism there was monarchy and nobility..
I’ve always respected Elizabeth II. Unlike those around her, especially Phillip and sonny boy, she’s had the good sense to keep her opinions on controversial public issues to herself, and to maintain the dignity and decorum of her position. My guess is that she’d have liked to retire years ago, but couldn’t stand the thought of sonny boy ascending.
Good points.
Young, cute and ruling the largest empire in the world. She was hot before there was photography.
I think you've hit on a good point. Before photography, what painter would dare create an unflattering portrait of a queen, king, emperor, or president? He might fear, if not physical harm ("Off with his head!"), at least damage to his career.
Ever notice that our pre-Lincoln Presidents all seemed reasonably handsome and/or distinguished in appearance, whereas there was a real row of ugly mugs thereafter? This coincided, more or less, with the advent of photography.
Even later, as first photography, then newsreels, and then TV came on the scene, ugliness became a real political handicap. But from roughly the Civil War to World War I, there were just enough photos to demonstrate unsightliness after the fact, though they were not in widespread enough contemporary circulation to have much affect on elections.
They liked robust figures in earlier ages. Even when Queen Victoria (as would be) was a good distance from the throne, she was described as an attractive and voluptuous young lady
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of Nell Gwyn. It’s amazing how they used so much fabric to make such revealing outfits in those days. Might as well have saved the cloth for 15 other dresses!
I think FReepers have comprehensively demonstrated that the author’s thesis is in error.
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