"I find the treatment of royalty distinctly peculiar.……" — Helene Hanff

I find the treatment of royalty distinctly peculiar. The royal family lives… - Helene Hanff

"I find the treatment of royalty distinctly peculiar. The royal family lives in palaces heavily screened from prying eyes by fences, grounds, gates, guards, all designed to ensure the family absolute privacy. And every newspaper in London carried headlines announcing PRINCESS ANNE HAS OVARIAN CYST REMOVED. I mean you're a young girl reared in heavily guarded seclusion and every beer drinker in every pub knows the precise state of your ovaries."

— Helene Hanff

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