So what the fuck are Kate and Willy doing?

[RogueV]

Isn’t there a princess in Europe that’s now working as a HCA?

A queen somewhere in Asia cooking for the poor?

Harry and Meghan delivering meals?

Bet if Diana was here she’d be out doing everything in her power to help the ordinary folk 💪

The royals do a lot for charity

The Queen is patron of the very large charity that a friend of mine works for. It's a good charity that does a lot of excellent work and funds vital,research. It has actually loaned its staff to the NHS and it's labs to help analyse Coronavirus testing and supporting the search for a vaccine.

It is estimated to loose a massive chunk of funding this year because of Coronavirus and it's staff are having to either take a reduction in pay and hours or be furloughed.

The Queen, it's patron, could bail out this charity and thus support all the (fairly,poorly paid) staff and support the ongoing work of this charity.

She would barely even notice the money gone. But she hasn't.

Like others I'd suggest that some of you apologists for this appalling family reads Norman bakers book.

It's always 'being the face' of the charity, never giving money themselves or doing the hard work.

Being the “face” of a charity means little more than putting their names to it. Hardly taxing, in fact there’s more to gain. Makes them sound good value for money, that we need them. Not forgetting they get a lovely day out with free lunch when they turn up at these charity fund raisers.

Ok maybe giving Money is not very "Royal". But what about sending out supplies?

Leave them alone.

William was born into it he didn’t choose it and look what happens when you try to leave!!

I think Kate is great, I love her.

Leave them alone

Very happy to if that also includes not bothering them with public money.

When he did earn a wage he gave it to charity.

When he did earn a wage he gave it to charity.

Yeah, he gave the absolute buttons (by his standards) to charity while keeping his hands out for the multiple millions.

The PR teams must love you btw. You’re an absolute gift.

look what happens when you try to leave!!

There's inevitable publicity at first but it soon dies down if the individual genuinely wants to live in seclusion (look at the late Duke of Windsor, for example).

Harry and Meghan seem to want to maintain a high profile - they've just launched their new Archewell brand - so they will continue to receive media attention.

I should add that I think the racism-driven media attacks on H&M have been appalling and I don't condone them in any way.

@MadameBee why do you love kate? She lives off your money and doesnt even know you exist.

She does have nice hair

I don’t understand what people genuinely expect William to do.

He has been brought up to accept that being King is his destiny, people just expect him to say “fuck this I’m off” And leave his family the D&D of Windsor were reviled by the British Public for the rest of their lives!

It will remain to be seen how this affects Harry in the future.

we didnt say anything about him leaving @madamebee . We are discussing why, rather than do anything useful, our young and healthy future Head of State is hiding away in a mansion, doing 5 minutes of PR a week. There is plenty he can do.

You do realise that it’s much much cheaper that he stays at home?

The security involved in him doing anything would be massive.

I don’t understand what people genuinely expect William to do.

There are many, many things he could be doing right now, from the safety of his own home, to cheer, lead and support the nation.

But instead he’s sitting on his arse, presumably enjoying the pool and the tennis courts, making a very occasional phone call.

What a poor show from the future heir when his grandmother is very old and his father sick.

And he isn’t the Head of State, the Queen is.

Loads of suggestions on this thread of what he could be doing from the safety of his own home.

The residents of my street are doing far more. It’s actually embarrassing.

Oh we’re back to the pedantic point scoring rather than addressing the argument.

I missed that tactic. Oh wait.

So you think they’ve donated millions without telling us. Why wouldn’t they tell us, it would make people happy to hear that surely?

That's the thing about charity. Anything you do or give really is best kept to yourself.

Would it make me happy to hear what they contribute? No. Absolutely not. Im trying to remember the saying that goes along the lines of 'when it comes to giving a persons left hand shouldn't know what his right hand has spent'.

@MadameBee

I said future head of state.

Ah now the old 'security nightmare' excuse...

What next? The 50p a year argument?

I think people need to get a life rather than attacking people they don’t know, personally.

Unless you have a daily schedule of that they are doing all you are doing is bitching and speculating.

*what

The PR teams must love you btw. You’re an absolute gift

And you're a gift to the people who'd rather the Royal Family than the alternative.

You catch more flies with honey than vinegar you now.

eta 'you know' not 'now'

@madamebee

You're the one that 'loves' a person that doesnt know you exist and I'm the one that needs to get a life? Lol

Its not bitching it is critiquing a public figure. If a thread was started on Boris' handling of the epidemic would that be bitching?