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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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Retunue · 17/06/2026 17:42

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???

I knew a nurse who had a day off work once, I was incensed. I thought they worked 7 days a week. Slackers.

PartoftheBand · 17/06/2026 17:41

Am I the only person who's never heard of this woman?? (Yes I've now googled her)

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/06/2026 17:39

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.

I’m not sure juxtaposition means what you think it means.

it means placing two things side by side to see the difference. There is no difference here. You’re allowed days off on the nhs. No nurse will tell you otherwise.

and I don’t beleive for one moment you work for the nhs as you’d know that. In fact most people who don’t work for tne nhs know full well you’re allowed days off. It would be illegal not to. Yoire also allowed holidays.

if you place a royal nurse v a non royal nurse, there is no difference both are allowed days off and holidays. In fact both get very many days off.

Springtimeinsunshine · 17/06/2026 17:39

Dammit! Did a pesky woman slip her chains and is out gallivanting?

May she be rounded up with the other escapees and flogged.

msmolli · 17/06/2026 17:37

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???

Weird

ithappenstootherfamilies · 17/06/2026 17:32

IdaGlossop · 17/06/2026 17:28

My post is sarcastic. Everyone who works has the right to time off, obviously 🤩

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I would still rather be tarting around in my finery haha

IdaGlossop · 17/06/2026 17:28

ithappenstootherfamilies · 17/06/2026 17:24

I was on last night I am on again tonight, then Saturday night

what I wouldn't give to be tarting around in my finery betting on horses!

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My post is sarcastic. Everyone who works has the right to time off, obviously 🤩

CeciliaMars · 17/06/2026 17:27

Blimey, she's not allowed a few days off after her wedding? NHS workers don't have to work 24/7 you know. I think she's beautiful and classy and think it's great that a normal working person has married into the Royal family!

ginasevern · 17/06/2026 17:27

@Screamingabdabz "She sends her kids to a £££ boarding school doesn't she? I don’t think she’s a regular bed pan and night shift type nurse, if at all…"

Her family are loaded and well connected, even to royalty. Her mother was one of the "girls in pearls" in Country Life magazine, which is basically very high society and debutante territory. She's being marketed as yet "another one of us". She really isn't.

ithappenstootherfamilies · 17/06/2026 17:24

IdaGlossop · 17/06/2026 17:12

No wonder the NHS is in such a mess when ýou've got nurses tarting about in their finery betting on horses instead of emptying bedpans and inserting catheters.

I was on last night I am on again tonight, then Saturday night

what I wouldn't give to be tarting around in my finery betting on horses!

BeckysNanna · 17/06/2026 17:24

Do you know what juxtaposition means OP?

AurielleBaies · 17/06/2026 17:23

lol what?

She’s a nurse who’s got the day off. Who cares.

RandomUsernameHere · 17/06/2026 17:22

Have you never taken a day of annual leave, OP?

ithappenstootherfamilies · 17/06/2026 17:20

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.

Do you expect us Nurses to be on duty 24 hrs a day 7 days a week???

Are we not allowed days off to do things with our families??

I wasn't aware when I signed a contract to work part time I was signing myself out of a social life!

Eideann · 17/06/2026 17:19

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.

Given her profile now @EnormousGinplease would she even be able to pull a sickie? 😉😀

Glowingup · 17/06/2026 17:16

SleepingStandingUp · 17/06/2026 17:11

So you've never taken annual leave? Got married on the Saturday, and was on shift Saturday night never to have another day off ever again?
I'm sorry you never met a nearly-Prince.

"Public Reception: Her ongoing commitment to the nursing profession and her background as a working-class single mother have been widely praised by royal commentators as a refreshing example of public service"

Dkes this help?
Maybe you can message her and get an intro to one of his mates!

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Working class? Are you having a laugh? She’s about as working class as Kate Middleton, that’s to say, not at all.

HelenaWilson · 17/06/2026 17:16

You never know, some of the other women at Ascot today, all dressed up and wearing fancy hats, might also work for the nhs. Is that allowed? Is it only people connected to the Royal Family who aren't allowed time off?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 17/06/2026 17:16

Not being snarky or bitchy

Brady Bunch K GIF
pinkyredrose · 17/06/2026 17:14

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.

I don't think you really thought this thread through.

Glowingup · 17/06/2026 17:13

Doubt she is employed full time. I suspect she picks up the odd bank shift to keep her hand in but I refuse to believe that she does regular shifts as a nurse. And yes she’s loaded and with links to the aristocracy.

IdaGlossop · 17/06/2026 17:12

No wonder the NHS is in such a mess when ýou've got nurses tarting about in their finery betting on horses instead of emptying bedpans and inserting catheters.

SleepingStandingUp · 17/06/2026 17:12

ofcolitas · 17/06/2026 17:07

She aint a regular NHS nurse they must think we're stupid to believe that.

No, she's a paediatric one. They're extra special

SleepingStandingUp · 17/06/2026 17:11

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.

So you've never taken annual leave? Got married on the Saturday, and was on shift Saturday night never to have another day off ever again?
I'm sorry you never met a nearly-Prince.

"Public Reception: Her ongoing commitment to the nursing profession and her background as a working-class single mother have been widely praised by royal commentators as a refreshing example of public service"

Dkes this help?
Maybe you can message her and get an intro to one of his mates!

Bobajobob · 17/06/2026 17:09

NHS nurses have to be at work 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. You should report her, CF. She is probably claiming benefits as well.

MissVerucaSalt · 17/06/2026 17:09

Do you think all nurses work 24/7 shifts or something?! What a weird and spiteful thread. Maybe she’s just not rostered on today. Maybe she took annual leave. Maybe she’s on nights and is working later. It’s really none of your business.