KEEP OPINIONS TO YOURSELF

BEING royal means that you will automatically always be heard, even when you just whisper.

It’s a magical power, given to very few and earned by even fewer.

Unlike a struggling actress, a princess will be listened to respectfully and in silence, bar a few polite laughs at the right moments.

This readily given approval can all too easily give the speaker an inflated and dangerously misleading perception of her own oratory and intellect.

The Royal Family usually does best when it follows the example of the Queen.

Despite having a powerful platform on which to share her views, insights, big ideas, wishes and prejudices, Her Majesty has resolutely kept her opinions to herself.