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 I was reading some of the parts from the new book and and thinking about all the little flashing yellow lights released so far. Like the troubles of all the assistants written off as just Americans can just be direct so it is a style of behavior.  Well, maybe?  But humiliation towards someone  is not the same as being direct.  Direct can be a little abrupt without a please or thank you but it is more about getting to the heart of solving a problem.  Humiliation is just mean.   A polite way would be: I wonder if you tried reversing those two parts to see if that can get them to fit? A direct way would be: Reverse those two parts and they ought to fit. A humiliating way would be: I can't believe you are so stupid that you need me to tell you this.  Reverse those two and it will work!   It does, however, give some ammunition to the charges of bullying.   Or "control the press or I am leaving you." Yeah good luck with that on...

 Now is the official time of mourning after Her Majesty was laid to rest beside her husband and near her other beloved family members.   During the lead up the funeral there was a stunning amount of press about certain grandchildren finally receiving their titles, uproars about uniforms and epaulettes (or not), when someone learned of her death, rumors of needing to start claims for the will, rumors of a PR firm no longer at the helm, a book which may or may not be happening any time soon or maybe later, or possible a different book focused on a love story not the deceased though, flowers not handed off to staff or questions raised of  Were people placed for a filmed touching moment to be shared on social media?  And then, the claims of invitations offered and then rescinded.   And not enough of how people stood in line to show their respects (and some could easily have jumped the line but chose not to).  Ordinary people who were focused on the re...

This is not Game of Thrones now that Queen Elizabeth has passed. I've been catching a lot of PBS lately.  Most of it was Lucy Worsley, LW Investigates or the three parter on the Boleyn family ("People come and go so quickly here.").   There is an obvious point, especially in the Boleyn family and the Lost Princes, of the intrigue at court, power grabs for the throne/marriage and how people moved closer and farther to the center of highest power of that moment, your ally today but enemy tomorrow.  Something innocently said could get your head chopped off after a kangaroo court with witnesses tortured to give the prosecution the "truth".  And, the absolute power displayed traipsing about the dim corridors expecting every wish immediately filled without thought to what it meant to the recipient and their life/desires/dreams.  Pawns in the hands of family and enemies.  Treason was not just planning and doing but even thinking of benefiting from the King's ...

|  We say good by and Godspeed to the Queen. 

Not a good sign.   Dreading what this means on many levels.  And short and long term repercussions.  

 They're back! Smiling and looking tanned and relaxed.  Things look ever so wonderful in the limited pictures offered.  Such fun (read photo ops) planned. Sure they have to dig up to pay for not one but two security firms as they still have not been given what they consider proper (tax payer funded) security when visiting his home turf.   Granted they appear to have turned down a chance to visit his father and stepmother (which would have put them within distance to drop by for tea with his grandmother).  One wonders if he will look back with that missed opportunity with any regrets.  Or his dad - I worry about his health as well but not as much as HM. And the whole proximity to his brother but no plans to have their paths cross.  So many articles about this.  A space filler I guess for a slow news day.   The next several days will have a number of events which will be dutifully covered by the press.  I'm hoping that people rem...