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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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outerspacepotato · 17/06/2026 16:41

What's your unreasonable beef with a nurse getting their wedding day off?

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/06/2026 16:39

I think it’s jealousy, she’s attractive, slim, wealthy. So people want to rip her down. And by people I mean other women. It’s appalling in this day and age.

but to think she can’t get a day off without putting another member of staff out as she’s a nurse is just insane.

HoldMyWine · 17/06/2026 16:39

It’s absolutely none of your business

KeyWorker · 17/06/2026 16:39

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???

Christ, we’re allowed days off you know. Perhaps she’s on annual leave, perhaps she’s on days off before weekend nights, perhaps she’s reduced her hours.

sittingonabeach · 17/06/2026 16:38

She was there yesterday (not that I have a problem with that)

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.

Miyagi99 · 17/06/2026 16:35

All NHS workers can take annual leave!

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/06/2026 16:34

Overtheatlantic · 17/06/2026 16:33

Bitchy thread. I hope she had a fantastic time at Ascot. She looked stunning and so happy.

But what a bonkers way to be bitchy. I saw it in the daily fail too, people complaining she had a day off. Utter insanity.

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/06/2026 16:33

Questi3nn · 17/06/2026 16:32

How dare she take annual leave. Or work shifts or maybe even give up work 🙄

Clearly special privalge as she married a royal. The rest of the nurses are in there 24/7.

Overtheatlantic · 17/06/2026 16:33

Bitchy thread. I hope she had a fantastic time at Ascot. She looked stunning and so happy.

Questi3nn · 17/06/2026 16:32

How dare she take annual leave. Or work shifts or maybe even give up work 🙄

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/06/2026 16:32

My friends child got married a few weeks ago, her aunt is a nurse, she was there, in fact for the whole weekend. I will write to her managers, nurse has day off! How is it possible!

alternativelh it’s like any other employment and you’re allowed holidays, ya know like the law dictates.

GreenWheat · 17/06/2026 16:30

Gosh yes, there's no way she could have a job and also time off. Because nobody does that do they?

Thebigonesgetaway · 17/06/2026 16:30

I think some folks thinking working for the nhs is some form of torturous experience. Due to the way shifts work they work 131 days a year. It is very easy to either book holiday or swap shifts. Nurses have days off. This would have been in the diary for a long time.

shes not down the bloody mines.

Fluffypuppy1 · 17/06/2026 16:29

Most full time NHS nurses do 3 x 12 hour shifts per week, so 4 days off to do what they want.

JustAnotherWhinger · 17/06/2026 16:27

Its a scandal.

that said nurses are obviously seriously slacking in general. I’m keeping an eye on my neighbours house as they are on holiday despite the fact they are both nurses… They’re away for a week

Outrageous I tell you.

ToffeePennie · 17/06/2026 16:25

I’m a health care worker. I have most Mondays and Thursdays off. Plus my 2 weeks annual leave each year. Am I not allowed to do that? Will someone tell on me to my boss? (Side note; that bitch is me)

AprilMizzel · 17/06/2026 16:23

Annual leave is a thing in NHS as is shift work or p/t hours are all things for NHS workers despite working for the NHS.

If I got invited to a wider family event of a family I'd just married into - I'd arrange time to go as well.

I was on train for other reasosn round big Cheltenham Racecourse races - train was packed with dressed up folk going very loud and clearly in party mood with huge age range most seeming to have taken the day off work and gone with family and friends.

Tigerbalmshark · 17/06/2026 16:23

Screamingabdabz · 17/06/2026 16:19

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…

If her ex could be loaded, or she might have family money. Or maybe her child is on a bursary (probably needs a review now if so!)

None of our business.

YouPromisedToStopPosting · 17/06/2026 16:21

I’d prefer that we didn’t have a royal family but this OP is ridiculous!

It’s not like Ascot just crept up on her out of the blue.

Assuming that she is still a full time working nurse then she’ll have done what every other NHS employee does when they have a family occasion and have booked annual leave.

Peter Philips isn’t a working Royal, he also has a job. I’d assume that (even though he runs the company) he also booked a day off.

childoftkty · 17/06/2026 16:20

Strangely enough annual leave / maybe she’s part time / maybe she doesnt work anymore / maybe her shifts aren’t today

what a dumb comment

StellaTheCriminalMastermind · 17/06/2026 16:20

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

🤣

BillieWiper · 17/06/2026 16:19

No I presume she didn't book in for a shift she knew she would not be there for.

So either she's on leave or working other times she's not doing things that aren't work?!

Similar to every other person in the world who has a job and leisure activities.

Screamingabdabz · 17/06/2026 16:19

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…

JustMyView13 · 17/06/2026 16:18

The NHS offer paid annual leave as a benefit, which is generally time away from your day to day responsibilities whilst benefitting from full pay. Additionally, as they often work rota across a 24/7 schedule, the rest days sometimes mean they are not at their place of employment during a traditional working week. Schedules are usually provided in advance, as is the opportunity to secure annual leave.

I expect she’s enjoying her usual time off, as she is contractually entitled to do.