How Prince Edward ‘Shades In And Out’ Of Royal Role, Normal Life

The members of the royal family, particularly Prince Edward, reportedly shade in and out of their royal roles and their lives as normal individuals.

While speaking with CBS, royal biographer Andrew Morton said that it is quite difficult to walk the line between royal and ordinary life and the members of the British clan can’t get it quite right.

“Members of the Royal Family tend to, and Prince Edward particularly tends to shade in and out of being ordinary people and royal people. They will put their airs and graces as being royal and then they want to be everyman, to be ordinary, and Prince Edward is a classic example of this,” he said.

For instance, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip is a television producer, a theatrical impresario, and he also wants to be treated as Mr. Windsor. But when the going gets tough, he wants to be treated like a member of the Royal Family.

“This was the problem that he faced when he was in the Royal Marines, that one minute he wanted to be royal, the next minute he wanted to be an ordinary chap, and I’m afraid they can’t do it,” Morton said.

Several years ago, the dad of two received flak after he expressed his desire to leave the service. Among the members of the Royal Family, the Queen Mother was the one who felt disappointed the most.

Princess Anne was also shocked by her younger brother’s decision. After all, she thought that she had convinced Prince Edward to not leave the force, but she heard the news on the radio while she was in her car.

Prince Edward was also slammed for producing and for appearing in the show “It’s A Royal Knockout.” The series was dubbed as shameful and disastrous by a royal expert. However, Prince Edward stood by his decision to produce the show by saying that it managed to raise millions for charities.