CHARMAIN NAIDOO: The UK royal family’s crown is slipping, somewhat
Extramarital affairs, Nazi costumes in the name of fun, pretensions at being a tampon — the British royal family is the world’s greatest (and sleaziest) reality show
22 November 2019 - 05:03
When I was an awkward teenager and hugely embarrassed by everything my parents did, said or thought, my father did something unthinkable. He got drunk one night, slipped on a pavement, fell and broke his ankle. I was mortified.
But as embarrassed as I was, my mother’s sense of debilitating shame was disproportionate. She was so ashamed she kept wringing her hands wondering if she could ever show her face in our small town again...
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