Prince Charles's hypocrisy?

Question

does anybody else think it was hypocritical of Prince Charles to lead the procession alongside his sons at todays memorial service for Diana, after all he made her miserable when she was alive?

Answer 1

yah big hypocrite... he is the caused of  all Di's misery

I hate  charles and camilla they dont deserve to this hapiness

they have now.

Answer 2

Just a bit but if the boys were happy then why should we object?

Answer 3

Maybe right now he is feeling some guilt and is wishing he did not do such things.

Answer 4

Totally agree with you 'emptedee'. I also don't think Charles should have been there. If his beloved wife Chameleon...oops I mean Camilla wouldn't attend, he shouldn't have either. I also wander why they sang the God Save The Queen at the end of Diana's Memorial Service. It was supposed to be about Diana, not the Queen. Also, when the Queen and Prince Philip first went in the public were cheering for them. Fair enough cheer for the Queen if you want to, but Prince Philip is one of the biggest arrogant ******** there is. I guess Prince Charles was a chip off the old block eh? I think I may start another question...Who will support Charles and Camilla when they become King and Queen of this Country? Ha ha - now that's a good one.

Answer 5

I think they pretty much made each other miserable...having said that, he's still the boys father.

Answer 6

I agree with Andrew L, she was no saint and the interview with Morton were she said Charles wasn't fit to be king was unforgivable, so obviously staged and scripted.  She was after all talking about the father of her children.  It was pure manipulation and spite.  I think the marriage was never about love but about duty and Charles acted typical of all Royal men through history.  Diana was not a suitable candidate to be Queen as this would mean duming down and putting duty first.  Charles has fulfilled his duty as Prince regent and father.  Good on him.

Answer 7

No - if he has learnt from his experience of life.

Answer 8

I don't think that he made her miserable it was the pressure of the monarchy (QUEEN ELIZABETH)! Diana and Charles were just not meant for each other.....i think it was a good thing that they both left each other to be with people that they really loved.....And after all Charles was the one who flew to Paris to accompany the body back and went against his mom saying that Diana deserved a royal Funeral...If it was up to the Queen she wanted to leave the funeral arrangements to The Spence Family saying that Diana was not part of the Royal Family anymore....And Although Diana And Charles were not meat for each other I do think that she left a positive impression on his life just as she did anyone else she met!!!!

Answer 9

he was there to support his sons, nothing more!

Answer 10

He is used to weathering comments he is a walking book of what is wrong with Monarchy

Answer 11

Yes, but I don't think he had much choice.

I think his behaviour when she was alive was despicable, we don't know for sure how guilty Diana was, but at least she didn't start knocking anybody off before she was married. What I can't understand is why anybody would go to all this trouble for Camilla when they had someone like Diana to cuddle up to-assuming the Royals cuddle up like the rest of us!

Answer 12

Not really. He flew to Paris to collect her body remember.

It didn't work as a marriage but it doesn't mean there was mutual loathing.

Answer 13

Yes i totally agree it was the big eared t**t,s fault that she had to look elsewhere for love, as he was having it off with that thing called he is married to. As they say, there is no accounting for taste. She is one of the least attractive females i have ever seen in my life.

Answer 14

He did it out of duty & for his sons, nothing more.

Answer 15

The evidence is that the split was a two-way affair. Even if Charles had the chance to put his side of the argument, I'm sure he would refuse, because he is an old-fashioned sort of gentleman.

I don't see how Charles could avoid leading the procession.  He was damned if he did, damned if he didn't.

The way everybody treats Diana like some sort of saint is sickening.

Answer 16

Did you know Dodi has a sister called Camilla?

Answer 17

You took the words right out of my mouth....

Edit

Katrina

Whenever the Queen is in attendance at an official gathering, no matter what the reason, the national anthem "God Save The Queen" is always played....in fact years ago it was always played at the end of a theatre show or at the cinema.

Answer 18

yep especially when he was allegedly with Camilla when she was still with him!!! I suppose she is the mother of his children and he was probably doing it for them.

Answer 19

Yes, But it was his duty.

Answer 20

There are lots of times when ex-spouses even in "everyday families" still need to be there and do their duty such as when one of their children graduates from high school or college, marries..or if an ex-spouse becomes incapacitated, suffers illness, injury or dies.  

A perfect example of this sort of selfless attention to duty is in the case of an Australian man named Mark Brimble when he became the family spokesman/representative at the 2006-2007 death inquest of his ex-spouse Dianne, who in 2002 had died at the age of 42 in absolutely degrading and humiliating circumstances aboard a cruise ship. In theory he didn't have to take on the responsibility, since they had been divorced for more than 15 years, and he had re-married...but he chose to do the right thing by Dianne, their three children and the rest of the extended family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Brim...

but back to the royals....

Despite whatever feelings Prince Charles may have for or against Diana, she was STILL the mother of his children...and his children, despite being legal adults, needed the moral support of their father at this sad time.  I can respect that in Charles...and to me it is not hypocrisy. He is being there for his family.  It is the right thing to do in this circumstance.

It would've been wrong for Prince Charles to have Camilla there, though...and she too, did the right thing in staying away.

Answer 21

Considering they were legally divorced, I think the gesture was very thoughtful of him.  I am so tired of Diana being the saint and Charles being the evil baddie.  They both made mistakes, cheif of which was marrying each other.  They're human.  Move on.