As a royal fanatic and internet-historian on all matters involving the House of Windsor, I have five things to say to this:
1. Andrew was so totally in on this shit but the royal P.R. company is pulling out all the stops to keep his ass covered so the extent of his involvement will never come out. At least not any time soon.
2. She's going on Oprah because the Brits are mad at her, but the Americans are way more forgiving when it comes to stuff like that. Plus we love royals. There are society types who are Princes from weird countries that haven't had monarchies in decades who coast their entire lives on their "royal" status. Fergie wants to come to America and do that.
3. The Windsors threw her under the bus for this scandal, and they've done it before. These people operate with a certain mentality "us and them". Fergie was with "us" for a few years, but after her and Andrew's marriage went sour she immediately became one of "them". That means they will not protect her, and slyly encourage the media to go after her as long as it means they keep their mouths shut on what the rest of them are doing. Also, patriarchy. It's always the woman's fault. They were way nicer to Princess Margaret's ex-husband than they were to her. See also, Wallis Simpson. She made a great scape-goat in the 1930's and Fergie makes a great one now. People think Fergie's been treated kindly, but that's only because of Andrew. The rest of The Firm hates her. And by The Firm, I don't just mean the family. I also mean the "gray men in suits" as Princess Diana called them and all the assorted hangers-on.
4. At the same time, Fergie was way wrong, and shouldn't have been involved with this stuff. If she's broke, it's because she's irresponsible. Though I firmly believe if anyone in the House of Windsor found themselves cut off from government support and financial advisors, they'd spend themselves into debt a thousand times over. But Fergie cannot spend the rest of her life as an ex-royal. In the twentieth century Europe was full of ex-royals and there was a procedure for it. But it's 2010 and sympathy for her "plight" is running out. She needs to learn how to organize her life and live on a budget. She could easily live comfortably. She's only poor by royal standards. And they all think they're poor at some point. Prince Philip actually once went bitching to the press about it.
5. Andrew and Fergie are still in love on some level. They're like Charles and Camilla. They can break up, spend years apart, but they belong together and deserve each other and that's how it will always be. But this scandal, even if the whole thing was Andrew's idea, has ruined any chance of them getting officially back together in the Queen's lifetime. But I'm sure they'll still see each other, and I'm sure they'll never really be done with each other. That's why neither one of them has remarried. In fact, I bet they've slept together loads of times since the divorce.
1. Andrew was so totally in on this shit but the royal P.R. company is pulling out all the stops to keep his ass covered so the extent of his involvement will never come out. At least not any time soon.
2. She's going on Oprah because the Brits are mad at her, but the Americans are way more forgiving when it comes to stuff like that. Plus we love royals. There are society types who are Princes from weird countries that haven't had monarchies in decades who coast their entire lives on their "royal" status. Fergie wants to come to America and do that.
3. The Windsors threw her under the bus for this scandal, and they've done it before. These people operate with a certain mentality "us and them". Fergie was with "us" for a few years, but after her and Andrew's marriage went sour she immediately became one of "them". That means they will not protect her, and slyly encourage the media to go after her as long as it means they keep their mouths shut on what the rest of them are doing. Also, patriarchy. It's always the woman's fault. They were way nicer to Princess Margaret's ex-husband than they were to her. See also, Wallis Simpson. She made a great scape-goat in the 1930's and Fergie makes a great one now. People think Fergie's been treated kindly, but that's only because of Andrew. The rest of The Firm hates her. And by The Firm, I don't just mean the family. I also mean the "gray men in suits" as Princess Diana called them and all the assorted hangers-on.
4. At the same time, Fergie was way wrong, and shouldn't have been involved with this stuff. If she's broke, it's because she's irresponsible. Though I firmly believe if anyone in the House of Windsor found themselves cut off from government support and financial advisors, they'd spend themselves into debt a thousand times over. But Fergie cannot spend the rest of her life as an ex-royal. In the twentieth century Europe was full of ex-royals and there was a procedure for it. But it's 2010 and sympathy for her "plight" is running out. She needs to learn how to organize her life and live on a budget. She could easily live comfortably. She's only poor by royal standards. And they all think they're poor at some point. Prince Philip actually once went bitching to the press about it.
5. Andrew and Fergie are still in love on some level. They're like Charles and Camilla. They can break up, spend years apart, but they belong together and deserve each other and that's how it will always be. But this scandal, even if the whole thing was Andrew's idea, has ruined any chance of them getting officially back together in the Queen's lifetime. But I'm sure they'll still see each other, and I'm sure they'll never really be done with each other. That's why neither one of them has remarried. In fact, I bet they've slept together loads of times since the divorce.
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