Poor Pippa Middleton!  It is tough going for her as the “royal-adjacent” pretty sister to Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge.  Although her parents are relatively wealthy, she isn’t a trust fund baby and needs to earn her way in the world.  Pippa also wants to marry for love and raise a happy family. (more…)

With the upcoming celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 90^th birthday, now is a great time to look back at her long marriage to Prince Phillip.  Their generation is known for adherence to duty, loyalty and service – principles forged during the long period of fear, danger and deprivation Great Britain sustained during World War II.  However, their relationship has had to suffer the additional pressures of public scrutiny with Queen Elizabeth serving as a role model for a modern version of the wife serving as primary “breadwinner” and powerful global leader. (more…)