Issue #9a - Dec. 2002
Washing Off The Muck
Why people seem to believe that Queen Elizabeth hampered Burrell’s trial out of deceit and treachery is beyond me. She tried to stop it ‘to avoid embarrassing revelations’, as some have claimed, thinking the embarassment must be about her or Charles personally. The only REALLY embarassing thing I see is Diana’s many love affairs.
Di’s activities tarnished her reputation, from my perspective. Emerging details from Burrell and others only helps to further dispel the myth that she was some doe-eyed innocent. Her image had already taken a beating with James Hewitt, Will Carling, and Oliver Hoare. Then came revelations about Hasnat Khan, the Pakistani heart surgeon she had desparately been chasing.
What was already known within the aristocracy - that Diana was highly sexed, spoiled and conniving - is now being broadcasted to the British public at large.
The Queen is probably fed up with the accusations and wants Diana’s ghost laid to rest. She cares a great deal about her grandsons William and Harry, and therefore tries to protect them from any further damaging news about their mother. Not only that, but she doesn’t want to have Diana’s scandals attached to her monarchy. Charles was technically an adulterer with Camilla, but he was truly in love with her and wanted to be with ONLY Camilla. This is not a scandal. Diana and her sexual escapades ARE scandal.
This is simply my own personal theory. I do not feel that the Queen is a vindictive person, so therefore halting the trial was not done to hamper justice. If she wanted to cover up something, this was certainly not the way to do it, was it?
Things aren’t made any better by Burrell giving ‘exclusive’ interviews and taking a tour of New York as a quasi-celebrity.
What about the alleged rape though?, I hear you ask. That could’ve been embarassing. Perhaps that’s what they wanted to ‘hide’. But, how would the Queen know about it? The alleged rape involved people in Prince Charles’ staff, so how would she know? Or how could Charles know every single thing taking place within his staff?
It has been alleged that Charles was told, yet still did nothing. When told of the accuser’s past false claims and cries of “wolf”, he decided that the problem would work itself out between the two parties. I am not sure. However, it is ridiculous to hold the family or Charles responsible as if they are the ones who committed a crime.
All of this scandal happening because of other people, and it’s the Queen and the monarchy that gets blamed. MPs are calling for her to be stripped of her powers, and for what? Is this how you thank someone for working so tirelessly for your country for 50 years? Diana blows through London and sets a record of royal backstabbings, and undoes all of the serious dedication and work by George V, VI, and The Queen. Now everyone else, out to make a buck, is taking up the same reigns.
Even in death, the family is still harrassed by her in some form or another. Whether it’s snippets of a Diana book, a dress tour, or Earl Spencer - living in SOUTH AFRICA - complaining that he never sees his nephews. It never ends.
I’ll bet Diana didn’t bank on her legacy harrassing her sons though. Or did she care to think about that?
©2002 Mandy’s British Royalty Amended 10.28.03
