20 - Sunday, February 22, 1998 — North Shore News vintage Years IT makes you wonder a bit — what’s going on with the Rovals? T mean, Sarah, Duchess of York, deing an ad? And fur: thennore, doing it in our very own little hewspaper, pushing Weight Watchers? Has the Queen stopped her regular stipend? {f'so, wht And will it continue, and include the whole family? Shall we see Charles, wearing his usual questioning expression, assuring us of the reliable worth of the family Mercedes or his secret passion for the Jaguar? What's happened? fs the Royal Family having to restructure? We learned a while ago that the Queen and Company could expect to be included in the tax roles from here on in. Is that what launched Sarah into advertising, to make up the perks she would otherwise have to forego in the future? If'so, she should do well, judging by her picture in the paper, A lively, pleasant fresh face and lots and lots of hair. Nothing flashy certainly, a well cut jacker, no jewelry at all, just a pretty bright young face. And friendly, too. She describes the new Pointsfinder program of Weight Watchers and applauds it because it’s so easy to figure out and will really make you feel good about yourself. In fact, she suggests that you and she do it together. Now you can’t get more warmly involved than that. Royalty can’t be as sruffy as we have always been Jed to believe. Good for her. Of course some, maybe all of that relaxation of mores has to be north shore news =lAnN due to the shooting star of Diana who displayed no inten- tion of cleaving to the customs of the Rayals af any genera: tion, She had ner own agenda. OF course it was bound to have suggested to some others of the Queen's extended fami- iy thar they could go the same route and tie in to that same treedom, It’s all very well to have all that protection and care and envy and admiration | Antiques Poured over vou every day, Since vou obviously are close to the Queen, but i must alse be sort of stifling. Diana thought the price tor acceptance toe high, and Went too far in rrviniyg to live m her own stvie. For nwselt) P think the link age benween ourselves in Sore America and rite Monarchy in the ancient lap of Buckingham fas rusted our. The evcessively teudal | appraised | JULIA Slater of Time and Again Antiquities (ieft) helps Eileen Schmidt in the identification of a Ming Dynasty vase of the Cheng Tai period, circa 1450-56 at the North Shore Antiques and Collectibles show at West Van Seniors’ Activity Centre Feb. 15. “WORKING | “Oprortu: ‘FUND. Leaner e Time To Ruy Labour Sp The Good B carly class. 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