Don't blame the butler.. blame the monarchy; Prince Charles's former PR man believes the Royal Family will fall unless it changes - and quickly.(News)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: October 23, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: MARK BOLLAND

UNTIL Monday - when the Princess of Wales returned with a vengeance to the front pages - you could almost hear the Royal Family purring with self-satisfaction at what a good job they were doing.

Their post-Jubilee strategy has been to perform a music hall vanishing act. They wanted simply to disappear.

The diktat went out from the snooty men in grey suits at Buckingham Palace: no more stories about any member of the Queen's family in any newspapers, no more pictures on television.

Bar the odd photo of the Queen holding a posy of flowers and an ...

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