And the Band Played On

 All these terrible revelations.  They keep coming out - like a never ending clown car.  And, there are supposed to be even more of them when the book is officially released.  And that, is only hours away.

Some of this is planned.  Other is an accident (of sorts or so they say).  Either way, these releases always seem to wind up as a flash in the pan before something else (hotter, bleeds better) take that spot.  At any rate, no matter how well planned these things seem to go, they don't seem to achieve how well run a Palace function seemed to go most of the time, for most senior BRFs.

Short term gains versus the long haul strategy.  No one is saying "It's only a flesh wound." from a palace but ... man.  It must be tiring to sound like you are smiling as you are saying: "The Palace has no comment." day after day after day.

Tiara stories - And yet another slightly different one.  Now we read that she could have worn a Spencer tiara.  Not certain how many they have but if she had been offered the chance to wear the one Diana wore - would she turn down the chance to cement that Diana 2.0 look?  But wait, she is offered a cozy visit with Queen and a few others at the Palace for a private viewing of some of the Queen's tiaras (in the Queen's private dressing room no less).  Trying on options and then some back and forth with Ms Kelly about the tiara chosen.  But wasn't there something in Finding Freedom with a long description of where all the jewels kept kept and it wasn't in the Queen's dressing room?  People expressed concerns about that as a potential security leak (I thought).  

But in the end, * wore a bandeau which isn't technically a tiara.  Tiaras extend in a full or almost full circle and tend to be raised - especially in a graduated height way - while a bandeau is more like a headband and they tend not to have graduated height and are worn more on the forehead.  Perhaps the earlier conversation about what was chosen was just muddling the terms of tiara and bandeau.  What is consistent is that getting ahold of it for the hairdresser was not easy on them.

After listening to HG Tudor's talk about the Queen saying yes to 5's engagement, there is a part of me which wonders if the Queen really told * that tiaras look good on her, was it a head game or was it something now which can't really be proven.  

Balmoral Banned - telling his father, who is dealing with not just the immediate death of his mother but the weight of his future now as king, that his father is disrespecting the woman who has only known the Queen for a nanosecond compared to the years and years of his father.  To be on the receiving end of that accusation - brutal.  

Prince William and his wife were devoted to Suits?  Really?  Really?  It was available (so technically possible) but is this realistic?  that in the down time of new parents, more kids, raising those kids, learning about how to read the boxes, learning how to think like HM, learn about early childhood, gardening shows and so on special interests, that they would find an obscure (not mainstream but cable) USA show which was less about the legal cases than maybe the sex?  Or is it more likely that this was some sort of dig about feeling some negativity about what she did in her episodes (you know - the sex scenes)?  It would not explain why Prince William appears to be not ever really looking at her in some way.  Really, it's just odd timing that this explanation now appears instead of long ago.  You know, like in that first book they had a hand in - Finding Freedom.

.And we keep reading of demands for accountability (to which the response seems to be "For what?" because it is never very clear just how or what was wrong).  I suspect what he really is trying to demand is: Respect.  Respect for him, his choices and for his wife.  The reality (IF that is what he is really trying to get) is that you can't force people to respect you just because (insert your good reason here).  You have to earn it. Threatening people also doesn't make them respect you either.  

  

And we aren't even two weeks into the new year.  What's next for the Montecito people?  A letter from the IRS?