Should Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly Not Said "Hello!"?
In a rather unfortunate twist to what should have been the happiest day of their lives, newly-weds Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly-Phillips are finding themselves at the center of a media storm. The said storm is about the couple’s decision to let Hello! Magazine into their home and into their previously private life. It is being said that they received half a million pounds for the interview.
In the run-up to the royal wedding last weekend, Hello! magazine published a multi-spread feature complete with full-page photographs of them in Aston Farm, their cottage. The couple talked about their wedding, the preparations, how they met, their relationship, and so on. There are mentions of the other members of the royal family, such as Peter’s mom, Princess Anne, and Granny, Queen Elizabeth. But the bulk of the feature focused on the two romantics.
A lot has been said about this decision to essentially play to a media hungry for such access to members of the royal family. Reports say that The Queen and other senior royals are unhappy about the deal, going so far as to refuse to be in photographs that were to be taken by Hello! photographers. The magazine’s feature on the wedding is yet to be seen. So we don’t know yet exactly what photos it will show.
Have you seen the magazine feature? What do you think?
image used with permission from Newscom
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1 opinion for Should Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly Not Said "Hello!"?
Denise
May 22, 2008 at 8:12 am
I think it would have been tacky to sell their story to a magazine had Peter been a tiltled royal, but as it is, they need to live on 2 incomes and he does not get the ‘handouts’ enjoyed by other royals. They are privilaged, no doubt, but not in the affluent manner of the rest of the titled royals so let them take advantage of their celebrity and make a few bucks! I wish them all the best.
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