It must be great to be royal.....

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Seen pictures in the papers recently of Kate etc, all done up at events, looking lovely, lots of family around
I'm jealous!!!
I know they are under pressure and if course I wouldn't swap my anonymity but it must be nice dressing up in gorgeous new clothes all the time, with somewhere to go and no worries about babysitters, house a mess, cost of day out...
Beats always going to asda and lidl on your day off.

Someone else holding your brolly in the rain.

Ah, but you can't slouch to Tesco in your tatty joggers....

I always imagine it must be great to be a royal as a new mum. I imagine people telling you of course you must rest and look after yourself and having armies of people to facilitate that and ensure you don't end up on your knees with tiredness.

But that could be because exh was a shit.

Yes but think of Diana with all that family around - she wasn't exactly happy, was she?

I think it would be horrible. Having to look fabulous all the time, forced to make small talk with strangers all day every day, constant media scrutiny, huge pressure to conform to the popular image of what a royal should be. I wouldn't swap my life for theirs.

I would hate to be a royal

The financial security and comforts would be nice but I’m quite private so it wouldn’t be worth it for me, having to attend dozens of functions a year and put on a show for the cameras, have your outfit/body/personality cruelly judged in papers etc. Even on MN you get put who create threads just to slag them off, or ‘worry’ about how thin/fat they look. I couldn’t hack it!

I would worry about my DC being kidnap targets a lot.

I'd not want Catherine's life in a month of Sunday's but Sophie Wessex seems to be able to get on with things without too much hassle.

Being jealous of those who are materially and financially better is a pointless waste of emotion. I wouldn't swap my life for that of the royals any day. I admire how they cope with the constant intrusion and demands, always looking cool and capable, never or rarely going off sick. I would hate that life and am happy with mine, my home, my family; I know that I'm never going to be chased by someone with a camera who is just waiting for me to have a long face or even not feel all that well.

There's a great deal to be said for being content with your lot.

I’d happily swap with one of them.

They don’t have to read the papers. Meghan could quite happily go the rest of her life without reading a word anyone has said about her!

And if it honestly got that much there’s no reason they can’t take their squillons of pounds and build some beautiful house in Kenya or the Caribbean and never come back.

I'd be like Sarah Chatto or possibly Zara Tindall. No higher than that.

I don't think William and Kate could just disappear. He sort of has to be around to be King in due course.

The only aspect that appeals to me is that they seem to regularly see their extended family a few times a year. My family is scattered to the four winds but I would love to have designated spots in the year when everyone shows up and catches up

He doesn’t have to be king.

He can say no and disappear off. Nobody would die. He could take his kids and they could refuse it to.

He has a choice. He may not like it but he has a choice

"He can say no and disappear off"

I think it's a bit more complicated than that.

Teen neo-Nazis plotting to kill you, inciting others to do the same...

I think they must have good things and bad things about their lives like the rest of us. I wouldn’t like the constant scrutiny( the media would have a field day with me, fat, ugly, old).
But they do live a life of extraordinary wealth and privilege.
I would be happy as a minor royal. Zara or Eugenie.

I think reading MN comments and criticisms of everything the Royals do or wear is enough to put most people right off the idea!

They did look to be having a lovely time today and a similar thought crossed my mind.

Ah, but you can't slouch to Tesco in your tatty joggers....

Even better because you'd have someone to go for you. If you woke up at 3am craving a bacon sandwich and a can of Red Bull - you can guarantee you'll get it.

Tis a charmed life indeed.

Yes but at the same time you'd have to face judgement (and there would be!) if you wanted something fetching at 3 am. It would be all around the palace in no time!

It has serious perks but the constant intrusion in your lives and security being with you all the time must be very annoying

Given how much of a struggle life is for most people - I frankly wouldn't give a damn if it meant I had to have armed security guards watch me changing my tampon. Better that than counting my pennies in Tesco wondering if I can afford a loaf of bread or having to pray the transaction goes through every time you used your card. Or wondering how on earth you're going to afford your electricity bill that month or whatever.

I would hate to be an iconic figure, forever in the news. The media is so fickle, celebrating a person one minute and trying to drag them down the next with rumours and half truths.

Neither would I want to be so poor that I worried about my card being accepted in a supermarket - or not having the fare to go to work. I went through some of that when younger and definitely would not want to go back there (though it taught me a lot), so am not blind to poverty.

A middling, comfortable life with no financial worries and good health is a good life. Certainly sufficient for me, I have no need to be a princess but am content with my lot.