'No future' for Di
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Princess Diana is "not much of a princess" and should be expelled from the Royal Family, right-wing Conservatives urged last night.
Forward, journal of the hard-line Conservative Way Forward Group, said in an editorial that the Princess of Wales had displayed "a voracious appetite for the privilege and attention" that followed her marriage.
The journal said: "If you join the firm, you take the package. One does not need to be judgmental about who is to blame for the divorce, but one is entitled to form a view about who is proving more damaging to the Monarchy in the process.
"The Princess of Wales has steadily forfeited the sympathy she so skilfully built up over the last few years.
"Her self-absorption has become increasingly apparent, and it is time to separate her irrevocably from the core of the institution which had earlier been so ready to embrace her."
Forward, edited by Sir George Gardiner MP, the right-wing MP facing reselection problems in his Reigate constituency, concludes: "The future of the monarchy is the Prince of Wales, and its future thereafter is Prince William. She may remain an excellent mother, but... she is not much of a Princess."
The council of Conservative Way Forward has a top-drawer membership. Baroness Thatcher is the president, Lord Tebbit the vice-president and Lord Parkinson is chairman. The current issue of the group's magazine also carries articles by Tory party chairman Dr Brian Mawhinney and Defence Secretary Michael Portillo.
The anonymous author of the editorial is careful to distance the Queen from the Tory Right's dislike of her daughter-in-law. "The Queen displays the virtue of constancy," the article says.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments