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I completely agree about everything. I don't feel sorry for anyone involved - and I feel tremendously sorry for those who were not, most especially the children. This is a high bail, but this is a big, big charge. If Cristina is charged, then you have some more bail. And both parents...

True enough, Lindy. Cristina will never be free from that kind of media attention. Given what is starting to come out about her in the press regarding this matter, that's really too bad. :whistling: I'm thinking of the four innocents here. Children in the U.S. are completely oblivious to...

I agree! :flowers: Better a POW who cares about real issues, and who has the ability to carve out a role for himself than Edward VII and VIII. As for Charles' popularity as King, he will never be as popular as his mother, but this does not mean people will not support the monarchy in...

I think he has raised some eyebrows, but I do agree that I prefer to assume that when he becomes monarch, he will remain neutral. He's not a dumb man. And most of his meddling has done quite a bit of good. I'd rather a Prince of Wales meddle for the common good than one who behaved like...

I thought that they might be renovating the house for sale. (Although could be the days are now numbered for Inaki's career in D.C. as this matter unfolds). As much as Cristina and Inaki may long for Spain, I think it would be a great disservice for the children to move back. Not only the...

I know that I have read that he does write countless letters and attempts to contact political figures on issues with which he feels strongly. Not sure where I read it, but the Daily Mail is not generally on my reading list....;) I'm with you on Charles and Camilla - they would make great...

They may be in love with each other, but there are other fish in the sea. Perhaps it's the fact that they are each forbidden fruit to the other is what keeps them going. They're both rather young as well - too young to make a decision about whether or not to marry into a royal family.

I agree. Maybe she wanted to get out and do something, but then at the time it all became too much for her.

I like Charles myself, and admire his efforts with sustainable farming. I think he'll make a good king. Life goes on, and he has raised two fine sons.

I'm not sure if the royal houses knew of Victoria's gene, or understood it completely. Leopold was the only child of Victoria's who had it, he was born in 1853. Her daughters started marrying in the late 1850's and early 1860's. Unlike today, I'm not sure if his hemophelia would really have...

I also wonder at how "marriageable" these girls would have been ultimately. Alexei's hemophelia was a big secret, but at some point it would have been revealed, particularly if he had died young. At about the same time Victoria Eugenie of Spain began bearing children, some of them sons with...

I think that because of the large latino population in the U.S., there is some recognition of the SRF, but only the superstars like Felipe, Letizia and their daughters. They do make the pages of some online sites, such as Huffington post, but never Elena or Cristina. I do think Elena and...

From what I have read about Alexandra, it's very possible that she would not have allowed any or some of the girls to marry. I think part of the court's isolation was her, and I don't think she trusted other people. I see OTMA as aging spinsters surrounding their mother, much like the...

Duke, I cannot see them returning to Spain. Whether or not Inaki is imprisoned, somehow, someway, Cristina will get a job in the U.S. Their lifestyle will continue much the same, everyone who follows them will wonder how, JC and Sofia will most likely support them because of the...

Poor Mabel, indeed! What she must be going through, especially with the uncertainty, and the need to support her own two children through this. Such a nightmare I would not wish on anyone.

Look at Charlene's dress at the Grand Prix!!!! What a fun dress! But I can't help thinking she can only get away with it because it's the Monaco Grand Prix - imagine is she had worn it to a Nascar event ;) P.S. Love the new hair. Who knew that short hair could be so versatile?

I admire Victoria for coming forward with that, and also for coming forward with her food disorder issues. Princess Beatrice is also dyslexic. I'd go one step further and say I applaud anyone in the public eye who comes forward with a revelation of a disability, a disorder, an addiction...

Yes, I agree, but I'm guessing that the Urgandarin kids are NOT sorry to hear it, esp. their oldest son, who at his age must be completely aware of the situation, and is relieved to live in relative anonymity. ;)

Yes, I agree. I am glad that the Urgandarin children are living in the United States. I hope they remain here. The royalty of any country other than Britain is the stuff of big-point trivia or game show questions here in the U.S. And even Britain - I just played team trivia and a question...

I don't know how these princesses manage to be so trim with all of the banqueting, etc, that they have to do. I suppose it is discipline, discipline, discipline.

I think it's no coincidence that the most popular show in Britain these days is Downton Abbey. Reading other message boards, I think the British posters are waxing nostalgic over a simpler era, and trying to recapture something, whether that something is elusive or definable. I think this is...

Great thread!!! It must be kept in mind that all disabilities are on a spectrum of severity. Let's take autisim for example, which is among the most prevalent. It is a spectrum. It ranges from quite mild cases where the child/person has full intellectual capabilities and some mild sensory...

I don't think the BRF are going anywhere. Mind you, when Diana died 15 years ago, I thought they were on their way out, and I thought that the only thing that saved them at the time was the idea that Diana's son would one day sit on the throne. The support for the monarchy will be even...

Princess Luisa is a very pretty name.

I've been following this case from the beginning. What a mess!!! I feel sorry for the four children of Inaki and Cristina - and I can't imagine what tension they feel in that house. It's best that they are in the U.S. at least for the sake of the kids - their peers in the U.S. would not...