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Did the new royal bride get today off work

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EnormousGinplease · 17/06/2026 16:12

Noted that Harriet Sperling was at Ascot today .... as the press keep reporting she's an NHS nurse do you think someone swapped shifts with her today. Will her roster be flexible for the new jaunts???

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/06/2026 19:57

Indeed, @FiveGoMadInDorset - and it doesn’t even need to be annual leave - it could simply be rostered days off.

I don’t know why the OP finds it so hard to comprehend that, in a 24/7, 365 days a year service, like the NHS, having rostered midweek days off is not unusual.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 17/06/2026 19:52

The thing about Ascot is the dates are available months in advance to enable booking annual leave, I do the same for an event in our village every year, also NHS worker

gingercat02 · 17/06/2026 19:47

I had nearly 3 weeks off around my wedding, I work part time and have 30 days annual leave, plus BH. NHS staff.
She might be PT, she might work 3 12h shifts (which is classed as FT),she might have worked the weekend and have lieu days. Allsorts of reasons.

EnidVance · 17/06/2026 19:40

Next you'll be taking toilet breaks and dinner breaks.

No we won’t. 😂

Christmas2026 · 17/06/2026 19:35

Whitesapphire · 17/06/2026 16:36

I’m a nurse - I have tons of weekdays off, it’s great. Could never work Monday to Friday.

Bloody liberty if you ask me.
Next you'll be taking toilet breaks and dinner breaks.

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 17/06/2026 19:33

Presumably she doesn’t work 7 days a week. A lot of nurses need to work weekends and therefore have some days off in the week instead or work longer days and therefore less days in the week.

On top of that there is annual leave/ part time work.

Kevinbaconsrealwife · 17/06/2026 19:29

Whitesapphire · 17/06/2026 16:36

I’m a nurse - I have tons of weekdays off, it’s great. Could never work Monday to Friday.

Thank you genuinely for all you and your wonderful colleagues do….i would have been dead well over 10 years ago had it not been for a wonderful NHS nurses and doctors x

Kevinbaconsrealwife · 17/06/2026 19:28

RoniaCheetah · 17/06/2026 16:17

Indeed. A mum friend of mine had the nerve to attend our children's sports day today! And she works for the NHS! Outrageous.

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The slack bitch….id ghost her 😂

Kevinbaconsrealwife · 17/06/2026 19:26

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 17/06/2026 16:15

I have a friend who is a nurse and every time I see them not helping sick people I post about it online. It's bad enough when they are doing housework but if they're out enjoying themself it makes my blood boil

😂

sittingonabeach · 17/06/2026 19:26

EnormousGinplease · 17/06/2026 17:56

NO !!!! being an NHS nurse and member of the royal family ... geeze it's not that difficult

What do you mean by this?

I was lucky enough to be there today and went with a teacher (who works part-time so wasn't missing school) Is that allowed, knowing how stretched the education sector is too!

I assumed the royal bride was still on her honeymoon and had factored in Royal Ascot with their time off.

Cailin66 · 17/06/2026 19:22

hahabahbag · 17/06/2026 17:02

To anyone wondering, yes she still works:

Yes, Harriet Sperling still works as a pediatric nurse specialist for the National Health Service (NHS) in Gloucestershire.

source bbc

many nurses I know work 24 hours a week either 2 x 12 hours or 3x8 hours for work life balance.

Makes complete sense. Especially as she was bringing up her daughter as a single mother.Nurse Sandie Peggie only did night shifts so she could look after her family and her elderly father (now deceased).

Harriet looked absolutely stunning at her wedding and at Ascot. I’ve no time for religion or monarchy. But I can admire her family values, how well she looks, and how well turned out both her child and her husbands were at the wedding. At 45 she looks radiant. I hope she made the right choice in him, no idea.

(and I look forward to many more gorgeous frocks!)

Pinkchickenwine · 17/06/2026 19:15

I’m am as far from a royalist as you can get, but this is the biggest pathetic attempt of trying to stir up anti royal as it gets!

I doubt she was the only NHS worker at Ascot…

HBLpsy · 17/06/2026 19:07

Do you think everyone who goes to events in the week doesn’t work? 😂

Frequency · 17/06/2026 19:05

So what if she swapped shifts with someone. I used to shift swap all the time when I did shifts and I am neither royal nor married.

I didn't realise it wasn't allowed.

CloudyWithAChanceOfCustard · 17/06/2026 19:03

Fuckers…they’ll be wanting Christmas off next? And time off for their mam’s funeral? How bloody dare they??

BulbousNose · 17/06/2026 19:00

EnormousGinplease · 17/06/2026 17:56

NO !!!! being an NHS nurse and member of the royal family ... geeze it's not that difficult

It’s just a bit of a daft comment.

Clavinova · 17/06/2026 18:53

AprilMizzel · 17/06/2026 18:22

She not married to a working royal - seems to have quite a privilege background and still works for NHS.

I think PM wife also works for NHS - read that at one point.

NHS is a huge employer - and it's staff are under UK and allowed annual leave and a nurse is more likely to have shift patterns - I think - allowing time to actually live a life.

Are we suppsoed to be making NHS staff slaves or banning royals - even minor non working royals - from marrying people with normal jobs?

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I think PM wife also works for NHS

The PM's wife has been hobnobbing in France at the G7 this week.

TheAutumnCrow · 17/06/2026 18:47

Look, OP, I’m sure most of us ‘get’ the game the media are playing with the ‘NHS nurse’ angle … but do you not think it’s so chats like this are promulgated on sm? Thus continuing the game?

Just a thought.

ClairDeLaLune · 17/06/2026 18:47

Friend’s daughter is an NHS nurse, she works 15 x 12 hour shifts per month. That leaves 15 or so days per month to do what she wants.

You’ve made yourself look like jealous and mean-spirited OP.

TheAutumnCrow · 17/06/2026 18:44

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/06/2026 18:02

Why on earth can’t a member of the royal family and an NHS nurse be married, @EnormousGinplease? Baffling.

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Stop it! Grin I’m corpsing here.

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/06/2026 18:39

ginasevern · 17/06/2026 18:24

Well latching onto the "nurse bit" is spin and marketing. I mean, her high society upbringing, illustrious connections and wealth haven't been mentioned at all to my knowledge, and yet they are equally the basis of who she is. If you were to read almost any article about her, you'd come away thinking that Phillips had amazingly broken the mould and married a "regular" woman in full time work.

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I’m not sure I see plenty of articles about her background and the fact they met as her kids are at the same school, which costs 60k a year I think

UserNineNine · 17/06/2026 18:38

She always goes so probably she had it booked off, like people do when they know they are going to attend an event.

HelenaWaiting · 17/06/2026 18:38

EnormousGinplease · 17/06/2026 17:02

Not being snarky or bitchy as accused ... merely pointing out the juxtaposition and my somewhat jaded view of working in the NHS.

Yes, you absolutely were. You're backpedalling desperately now because you didn't expect so many people to disagree with you. Someone else's annual leave arrangements are none of your business, regardless of the status of their spouse.

aCatCalledFawkes · 17/06/2026 18:38

We have no idea if she even works full time? I thought one of the perks of working for the NHS was that it was great for flexible working when requested, let alone the fact you get things like annual leave.

Restlessdreams1994 · 17/06/2026 18:37

Not sure what the point of this post is. Are you concerned she might have pulled a sickie to go to Ascot? 😂