To think Prince William and his wife are lacking appreciation of their position

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and good fortune?

He just seems a bit of an over-privileged posh boy?

I know everyone says he has lovely manners, but we can expect a bit more than that, surely?

They have just hired a 'forrin' nanny a) after making an enormous PR fuss about not having one b) at a time of high UK unemployment.

The list of god-parents for their baby was a bit multi-barrelled and No foreign royals, as is traditional, but Not the slightest whiff of any demographic diversity either.

There seem to be a LOT of luxury holidays going on with these two.

The uni course he is doing has been especially designed for him and seems designed to prepare him for inheriting the enormous (private) Duchy of Cornwall. Not exactly public-spirited?

In the much-hyped first post-baby interview, he was keen to promote a charity saving Kenyan Rhinos. Nothing intrinsically wrong with that, but the line between animals he shoots for fun and animals he wants to save is unclear and anyhow a charity for under-privileged (UK?) children would have been the nice, publicity-shrewd thing to do, maybe?

For a couple with a great deal of expensive PR expertise at their disposal they seem to be slightly missing the mark a bit too often.

Do we have to judge her on her appearance? - it seems so shallow
Women are more than skin deep

I am of the mindset that if someone spends most of her life buying clothes and getting her hair done, and attending Pilates classes three times a week, then commenting on her appearance is fair game.

Nobody makes a fuss about Anne or Camilla's appearance because at least they are on horseback a lot of the time, in Anne's case representing her country at the Olympics and later working with Riding for the Disabled and so on.

If you are essentially vain, you set yourself up for comment, tbh.

KMs actions do seem to suggest that she considers her appearance to be of paramount importance. THAT is fair game for comment.

I have nothing against any member of the RF.
What bothers me is the idea, in the year 2014 that hereditary privilege is still alive and well.
That I am expected to kowtow to these unelected people and be happy to pay for the priviledge.
Surely this thinking has no place nowadays?

Kim, if I spent my life gardening or on a horse or serving meals in a local hospice I would just point that out and politely tell them to mind their own business. It can be done. People have choices. There is no law saying royals have to look perfect at all times. Frankly royals who do a bit more with their lives and fuss less about appearance make more interesting copy. I wish more of them would realise that.

The PR stunt where Kate played basketball in heels and jeans and a little t-shirt to show off her toned postnatal midriff was one of the crassest examples I have seen of the desire to attend to and display appearance at all costs. How shallow does she think we all are?

Kim, I worked as a celebrity news journalist for 10 years on and off, and believe me, even we got bored of the clothes stories.

I think an awful lot of people really are that shallow.
All that sobbing and a weeping and a wailing over Diana by people who had never even clapped eyes on her.
Only her friends and family knew her, she might have been the meanest old bag going for all any of us know.
But she was pretty, if she hadn't been I doubt very much she would have had so much attention.
Who's going to sob when Anne or Camilla die apart from their family.
Yes, it was very sad that a young Woman had died, very sad for her children.
But boy, didn't she know how to play the media.

Snub- nosed.

"Who's going to sob when Anne or Camilla die apart from their family."

It was the circs as well with Diana though.

Young, hounded by the press, tragedy of the fairytale that wasn't...

It was freaky and discombobulating and psychologically unhealthy.

Don't you think though, regarding the grief at Diana's death and at the funeral that not everyone can have a big, perfect funeral for their loved ones?

I think there was a lot of grieving for others going on at that time.
A national time of mourning really for those we had lost and see no more.

That's what I made of it all anyway.

It's not a bad theory.

People certainly seemed to be projecting something on to her death.

Good point juggling

They must be due back soon. Wonder how quickly the PR scramble will become evident?

And lie low in between? Probably.

He still has a course to finish presumably.

I wouldn't have wanted to leave my baby either.

And in their case they could have taken him with them and not had to look after him, but just known that he was close by iyswim.

It's a different way of life, isn't it?

How expensive are a few cans of beige paint ffs???

She is one perfectionist, the whole thing repainted, wow, has she not heard of a colour patch.

I think she is spoilt due to William projecting Dianna on to his wife.