Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there is something phony about these scenarios. What the heir to the throne can do is circumscribed by public opinion. To survive the royals must be acceptable, if not popular. The ubiquitous royal commentator Brian Hoey puts it this way: "Even though they were both guilty, all the blame in the relationship goes to Camilla. The people of Britain will never, ever forgive her, and that's why she will never become Queen. If Charles decides to marry her, he will no doubt lose the throne. Even though constitutionally nothing prevents him, the success of the monarchy depends upon...
...indifference to the monarchy that has grown. This is partly because the country is more democratic and informal. But another factor may be that the royal spectacle is often not very edifying...
...arsenal to survive his singular fate. He seems to have inherited his mother's relaxed manner and something of the paradoxical shy self-confidence that so rivets her public. He may also be the most media-savvy person in his family. When Diana was offered the presidency of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the avid gamesman advised her, "You can't do that--every time I kill something, they'll blame you." It looks as if he may make it after...
...beginning of the end for the House of Windsor in this country. Diana has consented to the divorce knowing that she would be stripped of her title and that people will find this the final straw in the terrible saga of bullying and oppression that now make up our royal family. With typical heavy-handedness, they've just behaved like morons again. But she is an English rose with thorns, and she will have her revenge. Charles' future? Shoot him--put him out of his misery. He is Hamlet. He is a man who equates being worried with being intelligent...
...Prince Philip. "I was enchanted," she says, "by the eerie slow pace and pomp of the ceremony." Since then Duffy, now a TIME senior writer, has avidly tracked the Windsors, editing three cover-length stories on Princess Diana and writing two more, including this week's report on the royal divorce. Her fascination is less for dynasty than for star quality: "Diana was always eloquent about herself, through body language. She has the concentration of a fine actress." Through all the scandals, Diana has kept mesmerizing the world. As Duffy says, "We can still look to her for surprise...