[Daphne – What statement? There wasn’t one. Oh you mean at the engagement press call! That was different. Dignity, intelligence and sensitivity are not qualities particularly associated with men, Tim, but with individuals,whether men or women, who have the genes for intelligence and the nature/nurture combination for dignity and sensitivity. I don’t say that men are inclined to stab their wives just because there was YET ANOTHER ONE last night. You didn’t ‘gawk’ at the wedding not because you had better things to do – don’t we all, unless we are Michelle Muscat – but because you’re a man. Most women like such things, and most men don’t.]

‘Daphne – Italian taste as in…..? ‘

I seem to remember you (Daphne) saying something about how your Italian (male) friends thought Maltese women were gorgeous (and Maltese men hideous). No doubt this was an exception to the rule.

[Daphne – I said style, not taste.]

I wouldn’t kick either sister out of bed for eating crackers.

The Italians keep on harping on the “Made in Italy” style be it in fashion, food, cars but they have stopped short of innovation. They prefer standing still while others overtake them.

The Italians keep on harping on the “Made in Italy” style be it in fashion, food, cars but they have stopped short of innovation; they prefer standing still while others overtake them.

I disagree with you here, Daphne. I find Kate absolutely stunning and I thought she looked beautiful on the day.

[Daphne – Yes, she is. But sex appeal is something else.]

Daphne, this is pure conjecture on your part. The Abbey, the route from the Abbey (the same as Diana’s funeral route), the Spencers on the front row and especially the engagement ring are all references to Diana or could be interpreted as such. I suspect (of course this is my conjecture now) that no actual mention of Diana was made because there was no appropriate moment during the service to do so and also because that would certainly have added too much of a note of sadness to the happy occasion. We don’t know whether Diana was mentioned in the speeches during the private receptions after the service.

The Duchess of Cornwall, as Prince Charles’s legitimate wife and William’s stepmother had every right to be there in that role. Charles and Camilla are a great love story and an example of how happiness can be attained a second time round and in later years. If we have to apportion blame then yes, Charles made a mistake in marrying Diana, however, and to add further to the underlying theme of conjecture in your article, I reckon they were so unsuited that the marriage wouldn’t have lasted even without Camilla on the scene.

Of course had Diana been alive Camilla wouldn’t have taken on that role at William’s wedding but Diana is dead, killed in a car accident through no fault of anyone’s except that driver. To imply that Camilla felt triumphant and victorious to be in her place is just more of that conspiratorial gossip.

I would like to think that had Diana lived, Charles and Camilla would still have got married, everyone would have moved on and William would have wanted all three at his wedding instead of one over the other. We’ll never know.

Thank you. I’m so sick and tired of the Maltese constantly gushing about everything Italian and saying that everyone else (especially the Brits) have terribly lower standards, mostly in style (whatever that is) and cuisine.

No, not every Italian is stylish.

No, not everything Italian is perfect.

Not even their much praised food is the be all and end all in cuisine.

[Daphne – Italian style, like Italian cuisine, have run into a brick wall. Both are fossilised, a recipe for death and irrelevance. The restaurants of London and New York have long since taken over from those of Rome and Milan and left them straggling far, far behind. Fashion and product design are rapidly following suit. The Italian fashion houses which still have a major edge – Gucci and Prada, for instance – do so only because they are tailoring their product for the British and American markets, and for the Japanese market which follows slavishly anything the British and New Yorkers do. Italy’s crisis is not just due to political chaos and lack of proper democracy but to the inability to innovate because traditions are preserved intact rather than refreshed and made newly relevant.]

Hahaha, she’s up for the rear of the year award and there’s also a Pippa Middleton Ass Appreciation Society on Facebook, evidently she’s made quite a splash:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/columnists/mcgovern/2011/05/05/pippa-middleton-s-bottom-favourite-to-win-rear-of-the-year-for-115875-23107640/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippa-Middleton-Ass-Appreciation-Society/183120471735513

[Daphne – Shades of Tara PT. I hope she’s not going to walk or be pushed down that road.]

And Kate, now Catherine, broke with recent tradition and didn’t leave the bouquet on the tomb of the unknown soldier – leading many to conclude that it was destined for Diana’s resting place.

Just a thought.