At some point in your childhood, did you wish to magically transform into a princess?
If you had a particularly active imagination, maybe you even thought you’d actuallybecomeone someday.
Of course, when reality set in, you had to make adjustments in your life plan.
Spoiler alert: It wasn’t always great.
In fact, it was downright depressing at times.
Here’s therealtruth behind the Queen and Prince Philip’s relationship with their children.
Next came Princess Anne, who was born one year after her brother Charles.
Elizabeth and Philip decided not to have any more children until a decade later.
Marvin G. Knittel, a retired professor of counseling psychology, developed an interesting theory after studying family dynamics.
He calls what he discovered the “Knothole Theory”.
Each sibling in a family views their childhood as if through different knotholes in a fence.
How does this relate to the royal family?
Well, firstborn Charles' knothole view is quite different from that of his siblings.
Let’s get his opinion first.
So, basically not much at all.
This certainly doesn’t sound good, but it doesn’t mean the Queen and Philip were horrible people.
Much like his grandparents, Prince William, along with Kate Middleton, also havea nanny for their children.
However, they definitely don’t shy away fromtraveling with their kiddos.
We can’t really faultQueen Elizabethfor gallivanting without her little ones, though.
After all, times have certainly changed.
This did not exactly sit well with his manly man father.
Philip felt some tough love would work to “counteract the spoiling.”
you’re able to’t help but feel bad for the little prince.
Is Queen Elizabeth a mother “lacking in warmth”?
When Charles would sit with his parents during teatime, it wasn’t exactly quality family time.
He added, “The Queen is not good at showing affection.”
This is not just the advisor’s opinion.
Instead, they simply shook hands with their then five-year-old son and three-year old daughter.
They weren’t a touchy feely family byanystretch of the imagination.
It’s the thought that counts, right?
Anne further dubbed the royal family a “happy unit” in which they all got along.
He actually did some things very right especially one thing in particular.
Lacey quotes the Queen as saying in hisbiography of the Queenafter Edward was born.
The Queen began to refer to Mabel’s night off as her favorite night of the week.
She was certainly a more hands-on parent than she was the first time around.
Sadly, though, there areno do-overs when it comes to raising kids.
Was Prince Philip a better father-in-law than father?
In 2007,The Telegraphreleased a transcript of letters written to and from Philip and Diana.
It’s hard not to wonder: Was he a better father to Diana than he was to Charles?
Picking favorites
Who is the Queen’s favorite?
According toExpress, the monarch’s preference is Sophie Rhys-Jones, who married Prince Edward back in 1999.
There’s no doubt about it, this daughter-in-law is in the Queen’s good graces.
The Prince and the Queen looking back: “Where did we go wrong?”
Queen Elizabeth implored her husband, “Where did we go wrong?'”
and “what can I do now?”
They’re the kind of questions that just about break your heart into pieces.
Those are heavy charges, to be sure.
Of course, not everyone thinks of her that way.
Some, like the Queen’s private secretary Lord Charteris, felt she was in line with the times.
Regardless, you’re probably not too interested in becoming a princess anymore, are you?
