(12-22-2022, 12:01 AM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:Now in my mind/world, if I'm the Queen, I tell them all to GAGFed and say "I am meeting my Grandson whether you like it or not".Therein lies the problem - the Queen and the Grandmother are two different people - one is an institution, the other the matriarch of a somewhat dysfunctional family. QEII understood that completely and always went to great lengths to ensure those two 'roles' were separate - her family life could not hold precedence over the Monarchy, and the institution of the Monarchy must be protected in all circumstances (in effect, she thought of herself as the 'caretaker' of the Monarch).
Instead she didn't so who has the real power in that establishment?
Hence, if the Grandmother wanted to do something that would be counter-productive for the Monarch, it would not be done.
This is now the longest premiership drought in the history of the Carlton Football Club - more evidence of climate change?