It’s absolutely bizarre, the hatred for these two. I can see some validation in the climate change argument with the private jet use, but the same could be said about the Cambridge’s. Flying to Scotland, commercial or not, yet they were praised for it? They use helicopters to get to uk engagements, yet they’re stood in Pakistan saying more needs to be done about climate change - if the issue is about hypocrisy why do we say nothing about this?
Personally, I don’t care how they get about. They’re raising awareness to a very valid point, there are bigger issues than a few flights, but at the end of the day it’s also impossible to be completely economically efficient. We’d all slip up somewhere. Admittedly it’s a good life when you can slip up by ending up on a private jet, I get that. But let’s not forget, the campaign of hate started well before that.
As for this, all this work to bring mental health to the forefront, to tell us it’s okay to not be okay, yet we’re begrudging a man who’s campaigned for better mental health awareness for crying in public? That’s where this shut down culture comes from. It’s not embarrassing for a new dad to feel overwhelmed with his new understanding of what these children and parents go through. He was showing empathy with the parents and thanking them for making him aware of all that they do because it’s something he’d never find in a book. He’s lucky, for all we know, and maybe that’s where the emotion comes from because his eyes are opened to what it would be like to be in their position. But, of course, the media manipulate it in a way you suck it up that he made it about him. And then you have the batshit brigade saying he was laughing at them, Jesus Christ.
Yes, he’s privileged, he was born into this position and certainly didn’t have a choice with press intrusion. He’s doing his job, he’s got his causes that he will champion, much like any royal and, of course, that comes with coverage but there is a line that is crossed when papers choose not to focus on these causes but instead publish private letters, hack phones and print lies about their personal life. You can’t begrudge them for that, like any of us would stay quiet about our family being bullied, regardless of your position.
Also, a gentle reminder, the public purse paid £4.5 million for William and Kate’s renovations. You either care about that sort of expenditure or you don’t, but if you do, why not hold them to the same regard?