[Pharmboy]

Well, I think we've all had the experience of trying to have a nice dinner out and having the time ruined by a noisy table nearby. It happened to me last year, and ironically, it was a bunch of English folk.

However, the remark was uncalled for (someone tell her that they LOST the RevWar).

[Pharmboy]

Here' more on her from the same paper:

HORRIFIED BRITS JUST KENT STAND THIS EUROTRASH

By BILL HOFFMANN

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May 26, 2004 -- If there's an equivalent to trailer trash in the British royal family, it would no doubt be the surly Princess Michael of Kent.
The Czech-born socialite, whose links to royalty are by marriage, has freeloaded off her connections for years — and repaid Buckingham Palace with an embarrassing litany of bad behavior and insensitive, foot-in-mouth remarks.

Living free of charge in a seven-bedroom apartment suite at Kensington Palace, to the chagrin of taxpayers, she's nonetheless made no secret of her contempt for the British public, once referring to them as "the wogs."

"The English love failure. Ambition is a dirty word in England," the princess sniffed.

It's no wonder that London papers have dubbed her "Pushy Galore" and "Her Royal Haughtiness," and consider her one of the biggest black sheep the royal family has had to endure.

Princess Michael was born Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, the daughter of a Nazi father who was a member of Germany's feared SS, a secret shame she hid, even from the royals, until the truth was bared by a newspaper report.

In the mid-'70s, following a failed marriage and a dye job from brunette to blonde, Marie-Christine met Prince Michael, younger brother of the Duke of Kent, and promptly latched on.



It was a costly move for the prince, who was forced to give up his place in the line of succession for the throne because his new wife was a Roman Catholic divorcee.

It also exposed the two to unwanted gossip: within a few years, the princess was rumored to be trysting with Texas oil scion John Ward Hunt and, later, the Earl of Suffolk.

But the pair, fueled by Princess Michael's love of wealth and privilege, continued to perform royal and semi-royal duties, as well as supplement their storied lifestyle by eagerly accepting lecturing fees and travel junkets.

The endless freebies they've enjoyed and cash they've collected has earned them the dubious nickname the "Rent-a-Kents" — but it's the princess who's the real shill of the royal name:

* When she penned a book on royalty, it led to accusations of plagiarism.

* She once demanded the Duchess of York and her daughters be booted out of first class on a flight to make room for her.

* As a guest of famed romance writer Barbara Cartland, the princess exploded when a shooting party left without her, screaming: "How dare they go without me! Don't they realize I'm royal?"

* She insulted supermodel Kate Moss, who had dated her son Lord Fredrick, saying she was no good for him, being "so flat-chested."


* Of the nation that has been so good to her, she said: "I will never become British even if I live here the rest of my life!"

* And as if to make good on those words of disdain, she ordered a garden kept by Princess Diana at Kensington Palace torn down — telling landscapers to rip out the shrubs and burn it until there were "no reminders" of the past.

[piasa]

Apparently this is the UK equivalent of Hillary?

[blanknoone]

Both the name and picture suggest that 'Princess Michael' is one of those 'born a man, got his wings clipped, became a her' type of 'woman'.

[weegee]

I thought this was Princess Michael:

[mewzilla]

We obviously have not come as far as we think we have.

I take it Young is using the royal we.

[ovrtaxt]

"Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never run into that kind of racism in my life," Young said. "To think that this kind of thing could happen here — in 2004! We obviously have not come as far as we think we have."

Note to Young-- that was eurotrash talking to you. If that was the worst you've ever received, and you have lived among regular Americans your whole life, I think you have indeed come a long way.

And these leftists turds from Europe have the nerve to look down upon American culture!

[gcul]

Reminds me...

Americans deserve reparations from England.

[JudgemAll]

"You need to go back to the colonies!"

Oh, but when they say women need men like a fish needs bicycle, it's ok.

[elli1]

The New Yorkers had been in the eatery two hours, chatting on and off with owner Silvano Marchetto, when Princess Michael was seated next to them around 10 p.m.

I'd expect the place to be getting a little boisterous by 10 pm.

[dougherty]

Good for her. I hate people that act like that in a restaurant. If you want to act like a table of loud schoolchildren in public don't be too shocked when you are called up for it. I don't want to hear that crap.

[Constitution Day]

She's probably still angry for being named Michael.

[Junior_G]

I once knew a woman named Michael in college who was quite attractive; but that name alone was reason enough not to date her. After the umpteenth time explaining "No I'm not gay----she's a woman named Michael", I think I'd have to bash my head into a wall.

If there are any freeper parents out there that have actually named a daughter Michael, I'd love to hear what the thought process behind it was.

[Charlespg]

looks a h*** of a lot better then that old bat

[Darnright]

Sheesh, and they have the nerve to call US "ugly Americans"???

[agrarianlady]

"Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never run into that kind of racism in my life," Young said

Wait a minute . . . I am very happy to hear this . . . but it doesn't exactly jive with what we've been led to believe about how people of color are the constant victims of racism . . .

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"I have never experienced anything like that in my life," said Young, who was dining with investment banker Merv Matheson, music honcho Philmore Anderson, BET and "Extra!" reporter A.J. Callaway and entertainment lawyer Tamera Reynolds.

Whose the princess here? Sounds like Young don't get out much. And if she does, then she's hypersensitive. Better call the whaaaaambulance.

[freekitty]

How can they know exactly what she was saying. I don't even know.