The Hilary Mantel and Royal family furore

[dweomeroflight]

Has anyone else heard about Booker prize winner, Hilary Mantel's, controversial speech on Royal Bodies, presented for the London Review of Books? I saw it yesterday in my twitter feed and clicked on it out of interest. As someone coming to it as a cultural historian, as a writer and as someone who comes from a country that has little love left for

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[a_phoenixdragon]

Not far off at all, though I found her questioning of monarchy a little less subtle than most people do - it was between every line, really.

A very thought-provoking article but (at times), poorly worded. Very well thought out, but I can see how it would cause outrage, really.

*HUGS*

[a_phoenixdragon]

Ahh - and one's ideas spark another's thoughts. The way it should be!

*Nods* I see your point there. I was probably late with the information, but if that is all the information there IS...well, that speaks all by itself. I am woefully ignorant of a lot of things (like royals and their movements and what not), so if I know just about as much as anyone else? Yeesh.