Those who have followed Miscelana for the last three years have noticed that Historical and Royal Family themes are and have been constant among the blog posts and I have commented and given my opinion on the drama unfolding publicly between the Windsors for at least six years. As the public violence over the story escalated, I became embarrassed and reduced any mention of the Royal Family in present times. I stopped. I will not write about it anymore, and I have deleted what was here. For a simple reason. Everything surrounding this family became unhealthy. Diana died chased by paparazzi, and her children are being suffocated by the press and social media. It’s too tragic.

As a journalist, I like to follow the personal stories of people who for one reason or another will enter History. However, I noticed a growing abuse and a forced hand to create drama, conflicts, and fights that do not concern anyone outside that circle, even though many consider that public people do not have the right to privacy. Since the family breakup became public, generating controversial interviews, podcasts, books, series, and parodies, it has become clear that there is a general behavioral illness of treating people as characters, without considering the consequences of what we are consuming. The furore over the launch of the book Endgame was the last straw of a decision that had been postponed for some time.

I didn’t deliberately read Prince Harry‘s biography, Spare, precisely because I found it excessive, but it was his story and if others are becoming millionaires at his expense, I understood that he also chose to monetize his intimacy to “change the narrative” and earn money for it. Unfortunately, he included words and facts calculated to hurt his family, in response to the hurt he also feels. Too public. Really unnecessary. Now, a journalist creating content that gathers all the gossip into a best seller is not for the greater good, it is not for History or institution, it is for ego, and it certainly does not measure its consequences. I do not believe in the law of an eye for an eye, nor do I support those who retaliate in kind. I just don’t think it’s fair. I understand catharsis, but I don’t think it helps at all. If you can’t forgive, move on and walk away. No one there will have the last word. And it is abusive for people who are not even family members to consider themselves experts to use this opportunity.

All we are following is conflict over money and notoriety. On both sides. And I was part of that reality, which I don’t want (anymore). Thus, old posts about Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton, William, or Harry were deleted, even interfering with Miscelana’s audience. I kept them few and far between and only because they can be related to on Netflix’s The Crown and I’m still re-evaluating.

The late Queen Elizabeth II had a rule of ‘never complain, and never explain‘, which is the opposite of the transparency that is today seen as authenticity. A discreet person can be authentic. There is a wise depth to this position, even if it generates pain, which no one doubts, but it protects dignity so that – at the right moment – everything becomes transparent. Anything that does not respect the desire for privacy, which is universal and timeless, is wrong. Silence does not silence slander, nor does it clarify facts, but it is an option that must be respected.

Therefore, content linked to The Crown may eventually appear here again. If you bump into a page not found, that’s the reason.