Archie's Skin Colour

[choux]

Could this Royal be the one whom Harry (mis)quoted?

[barry1010]

To whom is she married? She divorced Colin in 1975, a year after they married

[THECORBYLOON]

From the comments on the video, she says it was Princess Anne.

[barry1010]

Naomi, she has no compunctions about making money from other people's secrets and private lives. Her book about the Queen Mother was a disgrace. I have zero respect for her.

[barry1010]

Thank you, Corby. Does she give the context?

[THECORBYLOON]

I didn't watch more than a few minutes of the video so I looked at the comments to see who she meant

[naomi24]

barry, oh thanks. I was unaware she was divorced. That said, she's not the only woman in the world to retain her married name after divorce - and neither is she the only writer who makes a living from the private lives of others. Many people seem to be happy to dish the dirt in one way or another.

[barry1010]

It is very unusual for a divorcee to adopt the ex-husband's first name, though. Just as Diana was no longer Princess Diana after her divorce (she was Diana, Princess of Wales), this woman's correct title is Georgia, Lady Campbell

[emmie]

did someone hear her actually say it was Princess Anne.

[Jackdaw33]

She was not Princess Diana before her divorce either. She was the Princess of Wales. In the absence of any other title she would have been known as Princess Charles.

[naomi24]

Still don't understand the nit-picking or how it is relevant to the topic.

[Jackdaw33]

It isn't, but I'm sure that this is not the only thread on AB to go off on a slight tangent☺

[barry1010]

emmie, I haven't listened to it but I have been thinking about the whole 'colour' thing. When my wife was pregnant we used to speculate about how the baby would look - eye colour, hair, big and lumpy like me or petite like my wife. The wider family joined in - I expect that is the same for every pregnancy. If my wife and I were different skin colours no doubt that would have discussed too - without malice, just curiosity. Would he take after his grandparents, or hers?
Surely that can be discussed without causing offence?
Not the same as saying 'Oh heck, I hope he comes out a whiter shade of pale'.

[barry1010]

naomi, isn't that how discussions develop? Start off discussing cricket and end up talking about fish and chips?
Unless it's a debate or moot, of course.

[naomi24]

barry, discussions do develop but this one hasn't really left the ground - at least not on the subject matter. In the main it's about Lady Colin Campbell.

[barry1010]

naomi, probably because none of us can bear to sit through the 40 minute video to hear the point that choux is making.

[naomi24]

Haha! Probably.

What are you having for dinner tonight? :o)

[Peter Pedant]

shwa please

In the main it's about Lady Colin Campbell.

isnt that what it says on the tin? Leddy Colin Campbell
anyway it is for the American Market -
and it is not surprising we find it too cloying and sweet

[Peter Pedant]

school dinner - do you remember dead mans leg and dead B*by and stodge and hair oil ? frog in the bog for French speakers ( allegedly)

[Barsel]

From what I can make out, Lady C is saying that no-one mentioned colour, that is Prince Harry's misinterpretation of what was said by Princess Anne, who has objected to MM joining the RF as she feels her character would not be suitable. H has then told M and between them they have decided it is racist.

[barry1010]

Thanks, Barsel