Thought For the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
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Prince Henry should start being a real man, stop this nonsense, return to his duties, and tell Markle to either comply or go. Sadly, now, a child is involved and as always, love is blind. He’s in a real pickle with this worthless woke feminist.
The anti-Fairy Tale: The beauty kissed the prince and he turned into a frog. This is buffoonery at its level worst. But, it pays well.
Years ago, a traditionalist priest dissatisfied with JP II tells me, “the Pope’s not supposed to say too much” (because more words, more theological confusion).
IMO, Britain and the continental monarchies have gone way overboard in effectively depriving the monarch of discretion in certain matters. That having been said, ceremonial is important and she’s not supposed to say too much. I think the same obligation applies to anyone who is graced with a royal style. That would be her husband, her children, their respective spouses, her sons’ children, and their respective spouses. If Prince Charles wants to stick a stilletto into any annoying professional guild, that’s fine; 99.9% of the population are not architects and do not share the home of an architect. If he wants to talk about organic gardening, that’s fine. For his daughter-in-law to be sticking her nose into neuralgic public controversies and talking for a living is just de trop. If Harry wants out of the charity promotions circuit (and, note, the children of Princess Margaret, Princess Anne, and Prince Andrew have their own work life and are patrons of only a few philanthropies each), that’s not a bad thing. He should be working for a security firm in Toronto or selling insurance, not podcasting.
You look at her, and you have to ask what he sees in her. She’s attractive and not fazed by papparazi (supposedly, in contrast to the two previous numbers). She doesn’t come from a good family, by and large. Her maternal-side relatives have had the sense to keep their lips sealed, but what’s known of her mother is that she’s an adherent of California New Age / Self-Help attitudes. That’s rather at odds with adhering to the life of a British royal, which is suffused with rubrics and keeps self-expression off-stage. She’s a performer. She’s already given one husband the gate. Everything about her says ‘take a pass’. Walter Lippmann once said, “Love and nothing else is very soon nothing else”. He should have taken that to heart. He’s got 2d and 3d cousins up the wazoo. It’s a pity that lisping uncle of his didn’t hold a few shindigs at Althorp so he might find someone who fit.
Interesting comment, Art. Royalty and celebrity look like the same thing, but they’re really nearly opposites. Royalty is born; they’re famous no matter what. Celebrity is created, often self-created, and if it’s not fed it dies. The best thing a royal can do is convey stability, but that’s the worst thing for maintaining celebrity status. One has to do well on podcasts, the other predates the printing press.