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AIBU to loathe the Royal Family

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InWinoVeritas · 21/04/2017 18:29

The way the media is so gushing about everything Wills, Kate and Harry do, just been watching the evening news, there is a story about Wills and Kate doing a radio broadcast, makes me want to vomit..
And the issues about mental health - really? Do we need Royal 'endorsement' just to get more funding?

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Renaissance2017 · 21/04/2017 19:03

Good for you OP. Move to a republic.

Pinkandwhiteblossoms · 21/04/2017 19:03

Losing your mother is hardly unusual!

Bejazzled · 21/04/2017 19:03
Biscuit
ToughItOut · 21/04/2017 19:06

I love them. Must be hard growing up and living in public scrutiny all the time. Every single thing they do is analysed and commented on. Yes they are privileged but that comes at a price. I imagine they are on constant alert of their children being abducted, I wouldn't want to swap places with them.

Plus they do do lots for charities and they do bring in revenue from tourism, especially the Americans, they love them!

AgentCooper · 21/04/2017 19:07

I am not a fan of the monarchy in general and cringe at how the money we spend on them could be used elsewhere.

However, I do think that William and Harry seem a lot more decent and human than the rest of them. I suffer with MH problems myself and get pretty fed up when people in the public eye are lauded for talking about mental health because all the famous people in the land opening up about their MH difficulties is not going to pay for therapy waiting lists to be shorter in the hideously underfunded NHS, is it? Or for more, better therapies to be offered. But I admit, when I heard Harry talking about it, I thought he sounded extremely responsible and frank and that if anyone in the country has any chance of influencing the situation it's him. I really, really feel for those two boys, losing their mother so young, and I felt for her too, getting chewed up and spat out like she was. No amount of privilege will bring back your mother. Obviously being very wealthy means easier access to excellent quality private therapy but I do feel that those two do their best to acknowledge their privilege and do good, altruistic things through their position.

sunnydalegottobedone · 21/04/2017 19:07

BU I'm a big fan of the Royal Family, they are very much a part of our culture and do a lot good for this country.

Plainlycrackers · 21/04/2017 19:08

OP from your post really it's the media that is the party at fault... now I really hate the media😡

MongerTruffle · 21/04/2017 19:10

I'd love to see a balance sheet of what they cost compared to what the 'tourism' brings in.

NorthernLurker · 21/04/2017 19:11

I don't think Margaret does anything much. What with her having been dead for fifteen years and all.

hottotrotsky · 21/04/2017 19:13

Yabu to loathe them if you're serious about wanting a republic. Hate will get you nowhere. Level headed revolutionary intent will.

user1471545174 · 21/04/2017 19:16

They seem nice enough and they lost their mum in horrible circumstances.

Grief isn't mental illness, though. It's a perfectly natural response to loss of a loved one.

Cheerybigbottom · 21/04/2017 19:17

I'm sorry for their messed up personal life, but that's it. How do I tell my wee boy about the royal family? There's people ok, and they are better than us somehow so no matter who they marry their kids get to become king or queen. I can't understand it so I can't support it.

NotStoppedAllDay · 21/04/2017 19:19

Why do you have to tell your 'wee boy' anything?

He'll understand like any other kid!

Get a grip!Hmm

Want2bSupermum · 21/04/2017 19:19

I live in a republic. It cooled my jets to a practically frozen state regarding my dislike of royalty and the Royal family.

The way the British royal family works is great. They raise issues that force politicians to then take action. This MH awareness was extremely smart because services have been slaughtered. It's going to result in an increased focus on funding from charities as well as from taxes.

I don't think the princes could have picked a better cause to champion.

Sirzy · 21/04/2017 19:21

Grief itself may not be a mental illness, however that doesn't mean it can't be a trigger for mental illness.

Abraiid2 · 21/04/2017 19:23

Not a royalist - I don't think anyone should be un-sackable (I'm looking at you, Prince Philip).

If you're looking to sack royals you would be unfair to sack him as he has carried out more engagements than most of them and some of them have been truly tedious.

Bourdic · 21/04/2017 19:26

YANBU . I actually think that what they are doing will do harm. It's sanitised MH into something very easy to sympathise with and easy to fix. Not a word about the dreadful number of prisoners with MH problems who shouldn't be in prison at all. The teenage girls who can only receive treatment 100s of miles away from home. The appalling discharge arrangements and follow up care. The lack of crisis beds so that people with really really serious chronic MH issues spend the week end in a police cell. The wait for an appointment. Instead it's becoming a celeb cause celebre - let them campaign for higher taxes to fund better services for all - especially the stigmatised, the unpopular , the unattractive. Better services for their worn out carers. Then I'll respect them - not this jazz and razzmatazz and celeb stuff - better state services with better care for those that never figure in this type of 'show'

Bourdic · 21/04/2017 19:28

Anyone who thinks they'll be increased funding is seriously deluded - it will be a zero sum game with money transferred to those parts of the service that are politically appealing and taken from those who get no celeb endorsement

harshbuttrue1980 · 21/04/2017 19:30

I don't understand Kate and William bleating on about mental health in children, when they have two kids of their own, don't work, barely do any royal duties and still have a full-time live-in nanny. No doubt they'll pack the kids off to boarding school soon too.

If they are really concerned about mental health, they should actually spend time with their own kids. Why on earth does a SAHP need a full-time live-in nanny?? I don't think I'd have felt very loved growing up if my mum had packed me off with a nanny just so she could have unlimited "me time", which I presume Kate is doing as she doesn't work. Totally different for mums who work, but surely the point of being a SAHM is to bring up your own child??

Abraiid2 · 21/04/2017 19:33

She's not an SAHP.

AwaywiththePixies27 · 21/04/2017 19:37

YNBU OP.

They should know their place and stay in the palace drinking tea out of cups and saucers and making more heirs and spares ans keep their noses out of current affairs. God forbid they should actually do something useful like, use their publicity to highlight something as important as mental health. The entitlement of them, anyone would think they've had a family member suffer from MH or something.

Storminateapot · 21/04/2017 19:39

I think William & Harry seem like decent sorts who genuinely want to be useful. I live in the area covered by the air ambulance piloted by Prince William, he donates the money from that job to charity & he genuinely does do the work - he's airlifted someone I know from a local accident quite recently.

stella23 · 21/04/2017 19:43

They're people, just like anybody else

But isn't that's the point, they are meant to be royalty, better than us, something to be proud of, to look up to. Might be all smoke and mirrors, but once you take that away what are you left with? Normal people? Then what's the point.

Polarbearflavour · 21/04/2017 19:47

Well I wouldn't curtsy to any of them - that's for sure - especially not the daughter of a flight attendant. Kate is certainly not royal, she just happens to be married to a prince.

And I have nothing against flight attendants - I used to be one!

Juliancopescat · 21/04/2017 19:47

The thing that makes me most uncomfortable about the royals is exactly the reasons other people use to defend it as an institution. 'It's tradition' and 'it bring in millions of tourist pound's. Both of these points are correct but think about what that means. You're basically breeding a person to be an exhibit. For all their wealth and privilege a kid from a dodgy, London housing estate has more real choices in life than William or little George. It's pretty horrible, even if you abdicate you can't be free.