Prince William to leave the armed services

[baffledmum]

I am a fan of the monarchy but this has just made me stop and think...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24065166

Hmmm – not going to a “full time royal” = part-time royal then. What's he doing with the rest of his time?

I'd be happy to give up my job to focus on royal work and charity duties if someone can tell me where to apply! Or am I just being mean and unreasonable that he can afford to?

Apologies, my last post was figures from 2011/12.

I'd be interested to know what job Kate should have been doing before having her baby? She worked for a while for (I think) Jigsaw and her every step was dogged by Paparazzi.

I wouldn't want to go out to work every day knowing that a load of scummy photographers were waiting to trail me everywhere hoping a gust of wind causes a flash of my knickers or I fall flat on my face.

Sidge, she gave up work looooong before she got pg!

She was obviously out enough to have her picture taken. How long ago did she leave uni? A short term part time job in all that time? The York princesses manage to work. She wasn't royal and she did nothing. I actually find that level of idleness shameful. She's certainly no role model.

I've always had the impression that she didn't work as then she couldn't have been at William's beck & call.

Might be wrong, of course.

Stitching I understand she worked in the family business until her marriage, then has 'worked' well into late pregnancy with Royal duties (her new job!).

I'm no Hello reader though so coule be mistaken.

Lets be honest though, the York girls aren't of as much interest to the press as a potential future Queen. Surely the whole "topless photos" and prank phone calls to the hospital just go to show that some aspects of the press/media just will not leave her alone?

Isn't the civil list irrelevant in the case of Charles's family?

They were after her marriage. If she hadn't been so intent on clinging on she could quote easily have worked. The novelty would have worn off with the press. She was still out and about getting pictured, it wouldn't have made a difference if it was of her on her way to work, apart from giving her more self respect. She's had every opportunity - fantastic education, close family, reasonable looks, yet she's done nothing. I couldn't respect somebody for that. In a supposed 'modern monarchy' I'm amazed he's married someone like that. Even his upper class mother worked before marriage. She is just a leech.

If she'd have been working, the paparazzi interest wouldn't have stopped at the doors of her workplace. I don't see how she could possibly have done an ordinary job, when neither she nor the organisation would know if contacts were genuine clients or hacks looking for anything that could be splashed in a tabloid.

"I'm amazed he's married someone like that."

I'm not surprised that someone who could run when he crooked his finger appealed tbh.

Happy to leave them alone. The very minute they stop spending tax money.

No one would ever say that about people on benefits. None of our business etc.

I'm sure there are lots of jobs where she didn't need to be on the 'front line'. Come on, she had years.
Good point, diddl (we'll have to stop meeting like this).

How much did the security cost for the Wedding, jubilee, George's birth/christening etc? never mind the day to day costs?

I bet the £40m figure has limited costs in the list, would be interesting to see the list of costs.

The Royal Family 'costs' around £40 million per year. Last year the Crown Estates 'bought in' around £170 million.

Someone has to do the job, I don't mind the Royals taking it on, I do mind how much they cost the nation, and how much weight people like Charles have in Westminister, though.

The poor man lost his Mum as a boy, and if he wants to put his family first then good on him. I think they're a lovely couple and will never be left alone (by media or mumsnet!), so involvement and private family moments should be guarded closely.

"No one would ever say that about people on benefits"

Are you absolutely serious???????

People on benefits are Public Enemy Number One at the moment - are you seriously claiming that no one ever criticises their lifestyle or moans about "taxpayers money" Do you live under a rock?

Cute, this makes for interesting reading:

royal finances

He won't be living off his savings or inheritance that's for sure.

Telegraph article for you CuteDesigns. HERE That is more up to date than the figures I posted above which I got from the Defence Intranet Public Spending Accounts

May have a bit more respect for him if he chose charities that really helped people ,particularly in our country, after all he is going to be our King one day. I don't think devoting his time to saving wild animals in other countries is the best use of his time.

Yes indeed-to help the animals in Africa-he's going to have to visit a few times isn't he?

And they didn't even get a rescue dog!

May have a bit more respect for him if he chose charities that really helped people ,particularly in our country, after all he is going to be our King one day. I don't think devoting his time to saving wild animals in other countries is the best use of his time.
Especially while shooting the buggery out of half of Scotlands wildlife.

He is involved in charities here - the homeless charity, is it CentrePoint, for one. Kate is patron of a children's hospice charity in the east of England, etc.

I understand people not agreeing to the principle of a monarchy, though I disagree, but I cannot understand people launching venomous personal attacks on other people.

It doesn't seem that venomous here - for a notorious nest of vipers