Our Royal “Celeb” obsession

The “Celeb” obsession has at its apogee the Royals. And Soap Operas always have characters who are Good, Bad and Ugly as Sin. Here’s the current scorecard:

Good

Duchess of Wales. Almost saintly. Beyond criticism. Courageous. Fashion icon. Wonderful mother. Don’t call her Kate and never refer to her maiden name, previous boyfriends, dodgy mother…

Prince William. Paragon of virtue. His Mum would have approved. Hard Working. Heroic. Don’t call him Wandering Willy and never refer to his baldness.

Princess Anne. Hard working good egg. Tells it as it is. Much nicer than her brothers. Bit of a goer in the past. Sporty in her youth. 

Bad

HM the King. Rehabilitation going slowly but steadily but still seen as an adulterous nasty from the way he treated the saintly Diana. Very odd at times. Establishment hasn’t succeeded in casting aside the detritus of his past.

Camilla. Despite determined attempts to get us to refer to her as the “Queen” we don’t, because she isn’t.

Duke of Sussex. Phoney Hollywood glitz hasn’t worked. Upsets Daily Mail readers. 

Meghan Markle. Beyond the pale. Modern day Mrs Simpson.

Ugly as Sin

Handy Andy. Unchallenged. Should really be Duke of Windsor not York. Girls, Golf and Gormlessness.