Saturday, February 1, 2025

The Unexpected Memoir

              What does a famous royal do after many months of staying in and caring for a recovering spouse?  They write a non-ghost-written memoir that contains nothing salacious.  Random Penguins brings you the memoir you've been dreaming of in time for Valentine's Day.  Keep dreaming:
      You were expecting the obvious title, Heir?  If royal life is predicable, why should the book title be, also?  

      Square: A Tale of Maturation; chapter headings and partial synopses:
  • Forward:  No More Wild Child
  • Aristos:  Allies or Adversaries?
  • This Rex Is Not Oedipus (moving from a childish to an adult view of parents)
  • Sneaking Camilla's Ciggies
  • Annoying Baby Brothers, Part 1: The Eton Years
  • Altered Reality & Moving On  (Harry has insinuated he has more sibling dirt.  *Yawn*  Almost no one would be shocked.  Some people move on.)
  • Discretion is the Better Part of Valour  (keeping "first times," and every time after, private)
  • Piloting Without Preening  (from 2009-2015, there were various military and civilian postings as a helicopter pilot)
  • Undergoing Therapy: It's Not a Whinge Fest (A good therapist tells you things you don't want to hear: it's important to listen.  Includes special insertion by various therapists discussing the phenomena and pitfalls of stubbornness.)
  • Care & Feeding of Staff:  From School Matrons to Protection Officers to Palace Staff
  • The Wedding of the Century 
  • 50 Shades of Grey Tweed: From City Boy to Country Squire
  • Adult Highs:  Bicycling with Children
  • Bratty Baby Brothers, Part 2  (with a special section by 'Pa' [King Charles III] on how his youngest of brothers, Uncle Edward, matured better than Uncle Andrew)
  • Environmentalism Is Not Performative Art
  • Royal Todgers are Private Business [There is no other text for this chapter; this is it.  Prince Harry went too far, not only in discussing his own nether regions, but also in alluding to his brother's on the matter of circumcision. --ed]
  • Caring for Catherine (no "naughty nurse" outfits, as in her past Halloween looks, just lots of love & care)
  • Epilogue:  "It's Hip to Be Square" (Huey Lewis & The News put out their song "Hip to Be Square" in 1986.  'Mummy' was fond of all sorts of 80s pop music.  The song not only brings back memories; it describes daily life now.)