Sometimes you just gotta stop and wonder what kind of world are we living in, when yet another distracting little Royal scandal starts to simmer on the world stage, even taking priority on major network news shows while events of truly global concern boil over on a daily basis on that very stage. I am sure that I don't even have to elaborate further for everyone to know to what I refer, but I include the montage above in case there is any doubt!
Mere weeks after the debacle over Prince Harry being captured prancing around naked in Vegas like a frat boy on spring break, we now have the supposedly delightfully demure Kate Middleton being exposed to the public in a fashion that does not correlate with her new brand as a Royal Family bigwig. She and Wills were grabbing a few days off (as if the Royals actually ever have to do what commoners would refer to as "work") on Lord Linley's private estate in the South of France, when they were surreptitiously snapped sunbathing, chatting, applying sunscreen etcetc. The tragedy being of course, that our Kate went topless.
Bingo, and yet another Royal scandal erupts, which is most disappointing to HRH who has had a stellar diamond jubilee year, and who perhaps for the first time in decades began to feel that there was a new breed on the scene: the newly popular young Royals who were doing great things for modernizing a stuffy old Royal Family. Then again, if "modernizing" means the inclusion of titillating (excuse the pun!) scandals involving the Royals (in which nudity is emerging as a new theme) then it's sadly hardly progress; just the same old, same old and even more of the same.
Yes, yes, I can hear the bleating from the peanut gallery about privacy invasion, the outrageous acts of the paparazzi, and those poor pursued Royals. Guess what, it goes with the territory! For the lavish lifestyle that comes with joining this esteemed private club there is a price; it's one which we are all familiar with by now, and should need no explaining to anyone. I am not saying that it is fun, nor fair, but for their luxurious jet-setting media darling public adoration-filled alternative to a real job, just like famous actors or rock stars they are the subject of intense media scrutiny.
With all of their money, power and resources, are you telling me that if Kate Middleton wants to sunbathe topless that they cannot find a place where she can do it? Can they not arrange a sufficient level of security around the site of their mini-holiday to ensure that some guy in a tree half a mile away cannot have clear views of their antics? Do they not think that the future Queen of England merits such extra measures?
Additionally, what's so bad about a few tan lines? You know that the world and his wife will pay dearly for any shot of your royal appendages, so why not do what the huge majority of your fellow "countrymen" (read women!) do out on a public beach: cover up! Save the topless play for inside the balcony, and cover up with a tiny bikini top when outside? Especially given the recent shenanigans with royal nudity scandals?!
I could care less about this nonsense, really. What bothers me is how yet another Royal "scandal" of almost no global significance to anyone becomes a more important "news" item than either Syria or the current wave of anti-Americanism sweeping the middle East. Hell, news on the teacher's strike in Chicago is more worthy of scrutiny than this new nonsense involving an over-indulged overpaid under-worked group of snobs known as the Royal Family. No one who has real world concerns, employment or health issues, or a real life wants to hear about yet another Royal fiasco. Save it for TMZ of ET - where it belongs!
Of course I am aware of the bigger issues regarding privacy, the paparazzi and one's rights. But what's new about that? This has been going on for-ever for famous people, and it's all in the game. The game where we all know the rules: stay clothed and the paps won't get much money for any shots of the hot-tub, but whip it all off and bend over on a sunny terrace and the potential fee skyrockets, so they will be filling the trees!
Of course the Royals sued Closer, the French magazine that was the source of the photos, and given French privacy rules it is no surprise that the court found for the Royals: photos must be handed back, the photographer must be identified and a nominal fee paid. I am certain that a magazine such as Closer ran the photos having done a nice little financial analysis on publicity/sales versus any potential fines. It was a win-win. Furthermore, this is the digital age, so the photos are all over the place by now, and have already been expanded upon and published in both Italy and Ireland. In fact, they can still be found on the internet as of the writing of this piece.
The bottom line (excuse the pun, again!) is that yes, it is an issue worth discussion and worth perhaps introducing new laws to help control, but it should not be headline news nor divert any more attention away from global issues of much greater import back onto the already attention-gorged spoilt brat Royals. Perhaps a little more attention to their own "bottom lines" and covering them up might positively impact what the Queen's own bottom line must surely must be: no more bottom lines in public!!! ;) - Kevin Mc
The bottom line (excuse the pun, again!) is that yes, it is an issue worth discussion and worth perhaps introducing new laws to help control, but it should not be headline news nor divert any more attention away from global issues of much greater import back onto the already attention-gorged spoilt brat Royals. Perhaps a little more attention to their own "bottom lines" and covering them up might positively impact what the Queen's own bottom line must surely must be: no more bottom lines in public!!! ;) - Kevin Mc
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