The Queen had always been very close to William and Harry, even before Diana died. The Queen had been teaching William 'the ropes" ever since he was a very young child.
The Queen was the grandmother who was available for her grandsons. Charles had hired a nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, after the divorce. It was Tiggy who assumed the motherly-big sister type of role in William and Harry's lives. Diana's sisters were also available to the boys.
She didn’t step in to any role, she continued to provide the grandparent role she always did. Unfortunately, the public were unable, or unwilling, to allow her to be grandmother to the boys and queen of the kingdom at the same time.
She remained their loving grandmother - as all grandmothers would do in similar circumstances. The boys had always been close to her and that has always remained the case.
No she didn't. Bizarrely she asked John Major to act as a mentor for the boys. The boys attended boarding school and during the holidays I imagine Camilla played the role of a stepmother.
No. The Queen was never motherly to her OWN children, much less to her grandchildren. Nannies were employed, like Miss Tiggy Legge-Bourke, to do the job of minding the boys after Diana died.
Yes. William has spoken about the fact she tried to protect them from the mass hysteria which was gripping the country and kept them with her at Balmoral.
No. They wasn't small kids, they wasn't hanging off Diana's boobs still, William was about 15 and Harry 13 or nearly, while it wasn't nice they could get by without a molly coddling. Diana was trying to normalise how kids are brought up and didn't act like the rest of them, I don't think she would have allowed them to need a Mother running around after them at that age.
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The Queen had always been very close to William and Harry, even before Diana died. The Queen had been teaching William 'the ropes" ever since he was a very young child.
The Queen was the grandmother who was available for her grandsons. Charles had hired a nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, after the divorce. It was Tiggy who assumed the motherly-big sister type of role in William and Harry's lives. Diana's sisters were also available to the boys.
She didn’t step in to any role, she continued to provide the grandparent role she always did. Unfortunately, the public were unable, or unwilling, to allow her to be grandmother to the boys and queen of the kingdom at the same time.
A little bit, she is a caring person, so did diana's sisters.
She remained their loving grandmother - as all grandmothers would do in similar circumstances. The boys had always been close to her and that has always remained the case.
No she didn't. Bizarrely she asked John Major to act as a mentor for the boys. The boys attended boarding school and during the holidays I imagine Camilla played the role of a stepmother.
No. The Queen was never motherly to her OWN children, much less to her grandchildren. Nannies were employed, like Miss Tiggy Legge-Bourke, to do the job of minding the boys after Diana died.
I don’t think she did, no.
Yes. William has spoken about the fact she tried to protect them from the mass hysteria which was gripping the country and kept them with her at Balmoral.
No. They wasn't small kids, they wasn't hanging off Diana's boobs still, William was about 15 and Harry 13 or nearly, while it wasn't nice they could get by without a molly coddling. Diana was trying to normalise how kids are brought up and didn't act like the rest of them, I don't think she would have allowed them to need a Mother running around after them at that age.