[Galroc]

Memo from someone who was born into his station...

[brothers4thID]

I'm no lover of hereditary monarchies, but Charles himself never said "rise above their station". The secretary took it that way, which indicates a lack of critical reading skills in my opinion. None of us possesses the skills or natural ability to be good at everything. I, for instance, will never be a nuclear physicist. I can ask for on-the-job-training all I like, but I still won't be good at it.

[KurtAZ]

Remember that a Royal Family believes that they were put in that place by God and are in training all their lives to be statesmen. I don't entertain to even understand the mindset, but I realize that it is a situation and environment that I will never experience.

[dljordan]

Right, and not the sharpest pencil in the box either. I've never been able to understand why people fawn over royalty when most of them seem to be rather dull. Charles was in Nashville, Tn. a few years ago for the steeplechase and Nashville's elite were killing themselves to get a place near him.