| Upon hearing that Barbara Walters was airing a | | | | fascinating facets of the Queen is her ability to |
| special on the inner workings of the royal family, I | | | | see people day in and day out and still act |
| was automatically intrigued. I have always | | | | interested and gracious towards them all. It takes |
| wondered how they operate. After all, I haven't | | | | great will and strength of will to do so. It's like |
| grown up in a monarchy. All my life I have always | | | | England is from a different time and place.....well, |
| known democracy. I have known what its like to | | | | definitely a different place. |
| have a president, but definitely not a queen. I | | | | What also was absolutely stunning to me was the |
| remember when I was taught about monarchy | | | | huge dinners they put on. They were beautiful, |
| by my government teacher in high school, that | | | | but quite old fashioned. Being in the royal family |
| the whole thing really amazed me. If, I thought, | | | | and presenting a dinner, they naturally have to be |
| there is a prime minister, what purpose does the | | | | very formal. It is expected of them. It must take |
| royal family serve? Are they just an outdated | | | | so much hard work to organize events for |
| tradition? In the past, I recalled that queens and | | | | officials. It also works the other way around. |
| kings were symbols of inspiration, supposedly | | | | When a dinner was given for the Queen at the |
| descended from the gods. Hasn't our new age | | | | White House, you can see how much hard work |
| ushered out the need for symbols? These are | | | | it must take just to be able to have a dinner that |
| some of the things I was still pondering when I | | | | meets up to the Queen's standards. Especially for |
| sat down to watch the special. | | | | George Bush who doesn't care much for dressing |
| I didn't expect to have all these questions | | | | up. |
| answered, after all, this is a Barbara Walters | | | | It is rather unfair that I have been jabbering on |
| Special on the "inner workings" of the family, not | | | | about the Queen, I think it is time to talk about |
| a Barbara Walters special on the answers to all | | | | some of the other parts of the Royal Family. It is |
| my questions. It was mind opening. I have to say, | | | | obvious from this documentary that as each |
| first of all, their queen is one feisty little female. | | | | generation is born they are getting more and |
| You have to give her props for that. From the | | | | more relaxed (I am talking about their |
| minute she wakes up to the minute shoe goes to | | | | personalities). Prince William and Prince Harry are a |
| bed she is constantly in a state of movement (be | | | | much more relaxed pair than the rest of the |
| it her mind or body). I hope I have half as much | | | | family. But, they are also as personal as their |
| spunk in my eighties. Think about it, she has been | | | | relations before them. Both are heavily involved in |
| queen for a very long time. Our presidents last in | | | | their charities and part of the country's military, |
| office under a decade each. Because she has | | | | although they are more adapted to the newer |
| been queen for such a very long time, she has to | | | | age than Prince Charles or the Queen. It could be |
| adjust to each decade accordingly. Apparently, | | | | because of their youth and energy. In any case |
| she has done very well (or at least that's what | | | | they could end up changing the monarchy into |
| everyone says). I think one of the most | | | | what they are....a little more relaxed. |