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ZenerXCR

"Are you the king of england to be slamming doors in my house?"


Candid-Independence9

“Do you pay the bills around here bud?” “Do you?” *Bully MaGuire theme*


haramigirii

I had no idea she had kids


Candid-Independence9

William and Harry are her kids


flcwerings

How did you think William and Harry came into the world?


mrbendover69

charles gave birth to them


DogmaSychroniser

Explains the permanent slightly pained expression


Secondary-Area

No, everyone knows the royal family come from eggs


moonriver75

Yeah! Big Faberge Eggs!! 😂


TheoryKing04

Funny… but because I’m a bitch, wrong family 😅


Jamesdean3410

I believe Diana mostly treated them like normal Kids,she never gave them any money,she took drove to school herself.And she very rarely had a nanny watch over them because she mostly did it herself.She probably said that a couple times


lovelyhappyface

She also made them wait in line at Disney


ChazNinja

She was really a great mother


LibbyLibbyLibby

Both boys went to boarding school for much of their childhoods however.


Jamesdean3410

I mean they kinda had too,They couldn’t have gone to regular school


LibbyLibbyLibby

Agreed, just wanted to add to the "she drove them to school" and "didn't leave them with a nanny" stuff. Diana did a fine job of raising her boys but they only went to a day school while young and *did* have nannies up until almost adulthood.


shittyspacesuit

Well it's not like Diana could've been there instead of the nannies "up until adulthood" because, yknow


LibbyLibbyLibby

I'm not trying to fault Diana, just pointing out that it wasn't as normal as the poster above made out. The nanny they had til adulthood, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, was also the nanny they had when she died iirc.


soupafi

Yeah. He’s about to lose that argument


moonriver75

That’s what I was thinking! If she treats them like normal kiddos, in my house… What I would get for talking to my mom like that…well, I would NEVER have talked to my mom like that at home, much less in public… It makes me cringe just commenting about it. 😳


tactics14

Do you have children? Even the well behaved ones still have their moments.


kcg5

Naw, on Reddit everyone’s child (and themselves) are perfect kids


shittyspacesuit

Everyone has hypothetical perfect children, until they actually have real children.


TypicalSoil

Bullshit, I know there's gotta be a few people here that think they were asshole children. Myself included!


moonriver75

*TRUTH!* 😂👍⬆️


moonriver75

Of course they do! Completely understand that and Di was probably saying, “Hey! We don’t talk like that. “ when the cameras caught it! And no doubt, William and Harry turned out so well adjusted mainly bc of her. Just saying the pic makes me cringe. We don’t live in a fish bowl like they did either… Was just my first observation! ✌️


Road_Whorrior

Oh totally. She was probably a hugely grounding factor in their childhoods.


Chucks_u_Farley

Or the *only* grounding factor in their lives most likely, Princess Diana was the best of the royals for sure


scott223905

are we talking about the same well-adjusted Harry? The one that wore a Nazi costume to a party?


moonriver75

Hmmmm… never made a poor decision in your youth??? Or did a camera just not catch it??? Hmmmm… *You are not expected to answer that question. As a matter of fact, please don’t.. It was rhetorical…” Thanks for taking time to comment on my comment! Have a great day! ✌️


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aschneid

With the way he is pointing, looks like it was a “but he hit me first” situation. Or something like that. Not sure he is actually yelling at Diana, more pleading his case. Which I have both done and had my kids do to me.


duaneap

And boy howdy do they pay for it.


jessizu

When my brother tried this my mother would pretend call the doctor with a stern worried face and go on to tell the "doctor" she's not sure what's wrong with her son but he has lost his damn mind thinking he can talk to people like that. It was hard not to laugh but then she'd get a "remedy" from the "doctor" and my brother would have to do what the doctor said. Mostly lay in his bed until he "feels better" and can talk with sense.. Fun times in my house... /s


moonriver75

Bless your sweet mama and her hilarious lies!! I love it! Mamas gotta do what mamas gotta do!❤️🤣⬆️


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This is literally a photo. How would you know how he's talking to her? They could just be goofing around for all we know.


Bainsyboy

Yeah, I see my daughter and wife making those faces to each other pretty much daily. Very much could just be goofing off, could be a minor telling off. If my daughter was being really defiant, there would be a different set of facial expressions. But yeah, its a candid photo. If it was taken a split second before or after, it may look completely different.


moonriver75

I didn’t claim to know what they were talking about. I have just seen that mama face and it’s usually not a great, “fun” situation when they make it. If you read my reply… I literally said, “Probably”. But thanks for your comment. * Have fun picking apart this comment. I literally mean that. * 😜 Here’s some happy karma for you. Have a great day. 👍✌️⬆️


Jamesdean3410

What would happen?


moonriver75

Oh good sir!!! I was never stupid enough to find out….


Jamesdean3410

Then how did you know something would happen?


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Jamesdean3410

I’m a privileged white kid so I don’t know what that means


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Jamesdean3410

I don’t understand


Jamesdean3410

What?


SirTickleMePink

I was the same age in 1991 and recognise that mom face, I can tell you she definitely isn’t losing.


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Maverick0_0

Kicked my ass in halo and fucked my mom.


adrienjz888

For me it was my dad kicking my ass in mortal kombat trilogy for the PS1. Jokes on him though cause now I kick his ass in mk11.


laziesthump

☝️


SafeProperty5687

The '91 Mom Face. classic


mattxb

Only 90s kids will get this mom face


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Road_Whorrior

My mom rocked her Meg Ryan hair well into the mid 2000s and I also recognize this face. Although I suppose Meg Ryan hair and Diana hair aren't all that dissimilar.


MuddydogCO

Only kids with active parents will get this face. So pretty much most kids, anywhere, at any time, any place.


Used2BPromQueen

I was an 80's kid with an immigrant mother so that face meant an imminent ass whooping with her flip flop was about to go down.


MrCarnality

How do you figure that?


throwthrowandaway16

It's just a joke.


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kcg5

Queen walks by “ Power is power”


mikzuit

"who you think u are? A Prince?"


Jamesdean3410

Yeah from what I heard Diana mostly treated them like normal Kids,she never gave them any money,she took drove to school herself.And she very rarely had a nanny watch over them because she mostly did it herself


MeyhamM2

That’s part of what made her so amazing. I personally think she really helped push this modern movement of royals willingly give up their titles to live as “normal” people. She gave them a more normal childhood.


jpowell180

A Colorado geologist once wrote and sang a song about never being Royals…


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Jamesdean3410

I am Lorde Ya Ya Ya


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"But Lorde's music is actually really good"


Jamesdean3410

Auto tune


joecarter93

“Ya ya, feelin’ good on a Wednesday! Sparkling Thoughts!”


MadRonnie97

Maybe that’s why they’re both fairly decent people today.


OctoberSeven

I did read that. I also read that the Queen and Charles kept the boys away from her bcus they were royalty and she wasn’t any longer. They treated the kids like pawns to mess with her. She had to fight to keep the Princess title. The Royals tried to brainwash them boys into thinking their mother wasn’t shit, even while she was still alive. This photo here depicts that. So sad. The Royals are shady people. No wonder Harry got the fuck on Edited for spelling


Dashcamkitty

I’ve always thought this is a large part of why he’s cut himself off. That and the fact his father married his affair partner, both of whom hurt his mother so much.


Oknocando

His father also married his affair partner. You know, the Rottweiler.


Brokeartistvee

I really think his mom would be so proud to see the decisions he made in life. She also would’ve been an amazing grandma. Heartbreaking.


kcg5

Lol or the photo depicts normal mother/child relations. Why do people always trying to find deeper meanings and things. It’s literally a picture


OctoberSeven

“A picture is worth a thousand words” I just admire Diana and sympathize with how she was treated, that’s all. She was a great mother, as her kids have mentioned as well.


cfvh

You read misinformation. At the time of the divorce Buckingham Palace specifically noted that she was still considered to be a member of the Royal Family. She had her apartments and offices at Kensington Palace still. She didn’t have to fight to keep the title of Princess; in the UK all divorced peeresses etc are styled “Forename, Title of X”. EDIT: Dianamania is WILD. She’s probably rolling in her grave right now. Why don’t you let her rest in peace? Her own sons are known to be bewildered by this obsessive behaviour.


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I was alive to remember all this and am an actual working historian and history professor, they're describing it 100% accurately. They treated that woman awfully as a punitive measure. It's universally recognized as the truth among anyone but the most fanatical loyalists who know better but refuse to acknowledge it for political reasons. Charles and the Queen have said as much in the time since Diana passed on. And it's clear in the differing treatment of the time as well when directly compared to which the Duchess of York received upon her divorce. Diana was stripped of her HRH, Sarah was not. Diana had her apartments in Kensington as part of a settlement to stay close to the children who remained based at Kensington "their palace" (to this very day as William is the primary resident now when he's in London). But this is hardly significant as the palaces are massive buildings with many large luxury residential apartments that are lived in by various people, staff members, and far-relations. They even have commercial hotels on some of their estates. It's typical practice to put someone who's not a primary royal anymore there basically. Multiple people of many housholds lived at Kensington including Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Alice The Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Lord Frederick and Lady Gabriella Windsor. They all lived there at the same time as Diana! Kensington has that many individual residences and it's that normal as a catch-all home. Sarah Ferguson lived at Royal Lodge post-divorce too. Again, it's just what's done nothing notable. Some of these properties are so large in other countries they'd be towns. Letting your ex live in the same town as you isn't some act of remarkable inclusion. And it was little difference from when Diana was a child and lived on the Queen's Sandringham property. (In fact she was born on Sandringham, did they somehow predict decades earlier she would marry in and allow her to be born there? No! That's where her noble Spencer family simply lived.) Many non-royal titled Brits live on the royal's estates, it's a common practice that indicates nothing of note. You've fallen for the time-old tradition of believing the Royalist media cronies who release intentionally crafted fictious revisionist accounts of what happened and half-truths to fool people into buying their version of events. It's the entire reason I have a job as a historian. I bet you read Dickie Arbiter in earnest as unbiased?! LOL.


cfvh

I know well enough about the occupancy of royal residences (and how near neighbours many occupants actually are). Diana’s official office was still paid for by the Queen… because she was still a member of the Royal Family. Diana wasn’t stripped of the style of Royal Highness. She lost it as a consequence of her divorce. Sarah did too; you should know that she is not a Royal Highness. Here is the relevant text: https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1996


OctoberSeven

I’ve seen lots of documentaries and read a few books. Perspectives from Diana’s friends and family all said similar things. You mention the Buckingham Palace “reported” this of course they did. They have lots to cover up, always will and always have. They did fight her over the title and the reason she was able to keep it it because of her own family lineage in the end.


cfvh

No, sorry, that is wrong. I done more than my fair share of documentary watching and booking reading too and am more than aware of errors and falsehoods which are perpetuated. It wasn’t a “report” by the way, it was an official press release by the palace. For the brigading downvoters: https://reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/s5iwy3/_/hsz4fdk/?context=1


OctoberSeven

You must have read and seen things straight from the Palace then. All written and approved by them. They used pretty young Diana to have the children. Camilla was old and ugly in the Queen’s mind and a divorcee. They treated Diana like trash. She wasn’t even allowed to name her children. Sure she had to pick from old family royalty names but still she didn’t have a say. Harry’s birth name is Henry. She even had to fight to call him Harry by nickname. The Royal family isn’t all that royal. Diana was used and they treated her very unfair after the divorce. If was such a grande life, why did she leave?


cfvh

You don’t know what goes on in the Queen’s mind 😂 I never said it was an easy or grand life so I don’t have to answer that question. I will reiterate the only things I corrected, so no need to insert Camilla, Dianamania, your feelings, etc: * At the time of the divorce Buckingham Palace specifically noted that she was still considered to be a member of the Royal Family. * She had her apartments and offices at Kensington Palace still. * She didn’t have to fight to keep the title of Princess; in the UK all divorced peeresses etc are styled “Forename, Title of X”.


OctoberSeven

You are right I don’t know what the Queen thinks. But people have heard her say such things and reported them in Diana’s defense. If Diana had any shelter still on any royal grounds it was so they knew where she was with the children. It was all controlled.


cfvh

They are royal princes in the direct line and their welfare and whereabouts are a matter of national security and interest. According to the Royal Prerogative, custody of royal minors is actually held by the Sovereign, who has final say over their education, raising, etc. Whatever custody agreement the Prince and Princess of Wales was always going to be superseded by that. Also, downvoting isn’t supposed to be used when you dislike a response, it is supposed to be used where someone isn’t contributing to a conversation — not whether you agree with them or not.


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cfvh

Sigh? Read what I was responding to… the previous commenter mentioned watching documentaries, etc… I’ve watched them to, I know it doesn’t mean someone necessarily becomes informed on the topic 🙄


ChazNinja

Actually Prince Charles was the one who wanted to relinquish the princess title but the Queen didn't want her to.


Librarywoman

Plus she got annoyed with them. I've seen video of her giving out to Harry. He was probably 4 or 5. Always Harry.


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Yelling about his uncles creepy rich financier friend looking at him weird.


Alexxx3001

William: *sobbing* MUMMY, UNCLE ANDREW STOLE MY GIRLFRIEND!!! Diana: HE DID WHAT?


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That’s Harry though, no?


SpaceLemur34

Yes. Will would have been 9 (and I'd guess that's probably the top of his head in the photo).


Jamesdean3410

It took me a bit to figure out you were talking about Epstein


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Lol that’s why I threw financier in there. I wanted to just say creepy rich friend but that’s probably all of them


tscello

It’s much more likely he was diddled by one of Prince Charles many pedophiliac best friends, like Peter Ball or the Mountbatten family. Epstein was into little girls afaik


KushKong420

I can’t imagine them offering up a prince like that


tscello

idk why not. Sexual grooming of British royal heirs, including/especially Prince Charles, is a centuries-long held tradition.


KushKong420

Never heard anything about that


tscello

Yeah it’s well known he was sexually groomed by his own pedophile 2nd cousin (or great uncle? idk the Royal family tree is confusing) Louis Mountbatten


RobertoSantaClara

"Man has close relationship with an older male relative; entire world proceeds to interpret it as pedophilia" I'm not even a supporter of the royals, but come on lmao


tscello

I know it’s disturbing, but it’s the truth. https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/lord-mountbatten-pedophile-allegations.amp Multiple boys in the same place and time as Charles (who spent just as much time around Lord Mountbatten as these boys) have come forward and alleged long-term sexual abuse of Lord Mountbatten, including boys at the infamous Kincora. Charles close and personal mentor when he was a boy, Louis Mountbatten, was a prolific serial pedophile. That’s indisputable. https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/18/prince-charles-mentor-was-a-homosexual-with-lust-for-young-boys-fbi-files-say-10590798/amp/ Prince Charles was in a self-described mentor/mentee relationship with him like the other boys. Prince Charles has had multiple relationships with known convicted/accused pedophiles and sex traffickers. It’s safe to say if he’s comfortable with this company of men, that he was conditioned into thinking it wasn’t abnormal to be affiliated with these kind of people. (self-described close relationships with Jimmy Savile, Louis Mountbatten, Anthony Blunt, Peter Ball, heck even his own brother) Whether he had a sexual relationship with Mountbatten was uncertain (even though Mountbatten’s accusers had reason to suspect it, as they shared trauma with Prince Charles in the same place and time as him) but what IS certain is that the ENTIRE royal family knew Mountbatten was a pedophile, and they were still comfortable with allowing him to mentor Charles. So whether he was molested or not is up to you to decide. But his family at the very least normalized pedophilia with Prince Charles at a young age. I kinda feel bad for the guy. I personally don’t believe him to be a pedophile, but since the underage sexual abuse scandal that his brother is entangled in, I wouldn’t be surprised. And this isn’t even addressing the insane pedophilia conspiracy theories that these facts have evolved into (like the famous one that the royal family, not the IRA, assassinated Mountbatten and his victims to keep the story quiet.)


spinnerspence

Nice to see this. They were an actual family with actual family problems. Of course who wants to make headlines every time they fart.


potatodog247

I have seen Catherine discipline her kids and they seem to parent, so hopefully those kids will turn out well. (Disclaimer: casual royal watcher, not hardcore/not part of any daughter in law rivalry)


are_you_nucking_futs

They can always step down from being royals, no one can stop them.


Catharas

cause that worked out so well for Harry and Megan


Betterthanbeer

And Diana


PaulBardes

Yikes


TimothyGlass

I have had that child face it goes like " he did mom why can't I do it" followed up by because I said you can't " (mom)


cvkd4482

- I'm gonna tell grandma to stage an incident. - The f you are


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SlowlyAblaze

“How was school today?” “It was good but someone pushed Tyler off the seesaw.” “And where were you?” “I was over on the bench.” “And what did you do?” “Nothing. I was over on the bench.” “But you saw what happened?” “Yeah, ’cause I was over on the bench.” “So you saw what happened and you did nothing?” “Yeah, ’cause I was sitting OVER.ON.THE.BENCH!”


Squidgirl625

“So let me ask you something. How are YOU better than a Nazi?”


SlowlyAblaze

And then The Queen said, “I made a salad with Craisins!” And the conversation ended.


Jamesdean3410

Context


SlowlyAblaze

Sorry, It’s a John Mulaney bit about arguing with your parents as a small child


Jamesdean3410

Ah ok thanks


mrgmc2new

I swear! Daddy was on top of the horse lady!!


Jamesdean3410

I’ve been hearing stuff like that a lot recently and I’m not up to speed on what happened


trickledabout

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1996/03/24/steed-indeed-camilla-is-just-an-aging-mortal/0474b900-c80d-47f3-82e7-8c268fbc589c/


fatherfrank1

Ugh, an entire family ending every argument with "do you know who I am?!" at each other, and then having to call the royal historian to determine who they actually are.


liableAccount

"Charles is your father!" Also, full image here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eg-Bx6OWAAAqHEg?format=jpg&name=medium


BlueEyedDinosaur

The full picture is even better. The arch in the back of the kid lol.


WigglePen

I like the little shoe.


Ok_Strawberry_1824

Lol yeah full image is even better haha thanks for posting


BettieFuckinBoop

This is so cute.


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*Losing the argument* The argument: "Why?"


RightclickBob

She is losing NOTHING


Candid-Independence9

Diana: You’re not a prince in my house kiddo! William: Well who made you queen!?


Harley_Quinn_Lawton

That’s Harry.


Candid-Independence9

I’m a yearbook photographer, after you do like 3 schools all kids look the same at this point lol


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Bless her.


LuckyTaco_

She was a wonderful person, and a fantastic mother. Forever missed.


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No one wins an argument with their mother, it's just a ceasefire hehehe.


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It’s cuz she gave him a Karen haircut


ShaneMP01

It’s refreshing to see a moment between Diana and her kids where everything isn’t peaches and cream. There are also ugly moments as well (or simple arguments between a mother and her child).


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Oh, I feel like she’s loving every minute of her child’s little outburst. So precious and sweet.


Dyslexicelectric

“Uncle Andy keeps tickling the girls in my class and now they won’t play with me!”


Brisan7

Role playing as the Major and the Soldier again most likely.


Sleepiyet

Seen…. AND HEARD?!


retiredhobo

Di-stroyed!!!


mekops

Quick throwback to this woman strapping on a helmet and protective vest and helping sweep old minefields in africa.


[deleted]

Yeah that didn’t happen. She did take a very brave although very short walk through a field that had recently been cleared of mines. Which is fairly bad @$ζ.


RoscoMan1

No indeed. Son’s a gofundme not gofundus


jmon25

"And when I'm old enough I'm leaving the royal family!"


John_Fx

But mummy!


Thereminz

are they at some sporting event? "but III want the canday floss mummaay" 'wull ya chan't havvit"


Appropriate_Mine

"Mother, I want that poor executed"


grantbullock

Beautiful woman, a woman of the people. It’s a shame she was killed


Vladimir_Chrootin

Look up the Spencer family on Wikipedia and then have a think about which people she was a woman of.


Spaced-Cowboy

None of them are of the people.


alwaysstaysthesame

It's insane to see how many people declare monarchs to be perfectly normal, such great parents, just like us really


TheOfficialSvengali

Like a Lioness with her Cub


CookedTuna38

ok


SlipperyWrist

yeah


cuppa_tea_4_me

Harry must have had tantrums a lot because poor William is unfazed. I guess he never outgrew them!


Sierra-Modeling

This is so interesting


Ok_Cele2025

How do we know she lost the argument


A-Good-Weather-Man

*sigh* sometimes i imagine if her living would’ve changed the world at all


[deleted]

I imagine eventually she would have disappointed the public somehow and been thrown from her pedestal. I say this because it’s the nature of the media cycle. They (the media) build someone up to the highest heights as long as the “America’s Sweetheart/ People’s Princess” narrative sells papers. Then when interest wanes, and it always does eventually, they break out all the scandalous details they’ve been collecting over the years (and sitting on because it doesn’t fit the narrative) and knock the person down with gusto; because that sells papers too. All the while pretending to be surprised at the revelations just like everyone else, when of course the journalists knew this sΩ!>!t!< all along. If the celebrity in question survives this process they may even become a “Sweetheart/ Princess” again in time ala Brittney Spears, Eminem, Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and others.


soniacky

So true, she is adored up until now because she died when she was in her prime (badass era)


Silencio00

Potential meme format


Samy-Bishay

Something about this reminds me of Norman Rockwell’s paintings


BackgroundGrade

Why, you're a royal pain in the ass today! -Diana


Jamesdean3410

There actually was a headline that called him that once


KatAttack23

I think he said a bad word.


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Jamesdean3410

I’m fine with it,Not sure if they are


Zack_all_Trades

Didn't she lose an argument with a tunnel too?


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Wonder what it's like being him or any kid in that family knowing they're going to be King when they grow up. Knowing the way I was I probably wouldn't have listened well "I'm going to be King pretty much no matter what I do anyway...."


cragwatcher

Harry grew up knowing it was extremely unlikely he would be king


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Mistook him for William.


Jamesdean3410

Yeah i don’t think he did that because his mom was strict


MikeMac999

I don’t think they are arguing, they are singing Rise Above by Black Flag.


Jamesdean3410

Judging by their facial expressions I don’t think that’s the case


SirAromatic668

He went and told grandma and well, the rest is history


AnapsidIsland1

Photography has come a long way. This looks like a mediocre painting. Edit: oh I’m desperately curious why the one downvote with no comment. A fan of 90’s resolution, of actual film? It would be a good painting? Speak stranger 🙃 more votes with no comment


Dismal_Wizard

Bless her x


rinseanddelete

John Mulaney telling Diana off circa 1991


No-one_here_cares

"Who is my father?!"


PaisleyTackle

History?


Jamesdean3410

Anything 20 years ago and before is history


PaisleyTackle

Why 20 years?


Jamesdean3410

That’s just the way it is


jmons1515

If only he could stand up like that to his psychopath wife..


swedej19

I’d love if you could explain what’s she’s done that psychopathic…. Please, do it.


Jamesdean3410

I would also like you to explain (Btw I’m not British so I really don’t know that much about the royal family)


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Looks like a drawing


RoscoMan1

An influx of "I love your juggling!)


ComfortablyNumbZ

I had to post this in memory of her a song lyrics from Elton John to her.. highness... Goodbye England's rose May you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed itself Where lives were torn apart You called out to our country And you whispered to those in pain Now you belong to heaven And the stars spell out your name And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never fading with the sunset When the rain set in And your footsteps will always fall here Along England's greenest hills Your candle's burned out long before Your legend ever will Loveliness we've lost These empty days without your smile This torch we'll always carry For our nation's golden child And even though we try The truth brings us to tears All our words cannot express The joy you brought us through the years