So what the fuck are Kate and Willy doing?

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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 💪

That the best you can do? Where's the well crafted argument about how this family enrich our country

Where’s the well crafted argument about how they don’t?

I think the royalists have legged it.

Don’t flatter yourself.

Where’s the well crafted argument about how they don’t?

Yet more question avoidance... honestly you couldn't make it up, it's like Question Time!

Ok, forget a well crafted argument. Just a few bullet points? Anything other that tourism and emergency leisure centre openings. Oh and schmoozing various heads of state (unless you've got good evidence that they bring in trade etc).

Before anyone starts quoting the number of engagements you need to understand how they are counted. Say, for example William goes to watch the FA cup final. Before the match he is introduced to FA& club officials, 30 mins glass of wine and canapes. He walks to his seat and watches the match. After the match he goes to the dressing rooms and congratulates the winning team. Each of those counts as a separate engagement, so that's 3. A 2 hour visit to a town can easily generate 4 or 5.

A quick glance at the Court Circular reveals the Cambridges have been holding video conferencing meetings about once a week recently.

Her Maj has dished out a couple of gongs, made a few phone calls and ordered underlings to make a few more.

Tough work but someone has to do it.

Prince Philip sent us all a message this morning; something about Corona Virus.

@eddiemairswife

Thank you for that insightful and informative post.

Prince Philip sent us all a message this morning; something about Corona Virus.

Did he.....I need to see this message. I’m sure it’s going to be enlightening and beneficial to us all.

Before anyone starts quoting the number of engagements you need to understand how they are counted. Say, for example William goes to watch the FA cup final. Before the match he is introduced to FA& club officials, 30 mins glass of wine and canapes. He walks to his seat and watches the match. After the match he goes to the dressing rooms and congratulates the winning team. Each of those counts as a separate engagement, so that's 3. A 2 hour visit to a town can easily generate 4 or 5
That doesnt even take into account that sipping wine and canapes in a private box at the FA cup final before watching the match would be most peoples idea of a leisure activity and a luxury once in a lifetime one at that! They would do that alongside their job, in their leisure time!

Their “engagements” that they call work, would be to us an expensive day out. When you consider how little effort the royal has to put into these jaunts its ridiculous to call what they do work. From the minute they get out of bed, everything is run like clockwork by their minions to ensure the royals have to do little more than dress, eat, and step into their chauffeured car. No wonder the queen hasn’t stepped down yet.

What a life.

minions to ensure the royals have to do little more than dress

They get help with that too.

I would hope they manage to go to the lavatory on their own, though at one time there was the Groom of the Stool, who assisted the monarch with his or her ablutions and toileting.

I'd hope they can wipe their own arses but given Charles' penchant for having toothpaste put on the brush by a valet it can't be certain...

noodlenosefraggle yep, a lot of people would pay a lot of money for that experience. I can't imagine anyone paying to do my job or most people's 😄

lot of people would pay a lot of money for that experience

To go further, a lot of people would want the kind of job where you get to meet a lot of amazing people and learn what they do.

This kind of work should be reserved for people who actually care and want to do it, like a president in a constitutional government.

It shouldn’t be for a lazy family looking for something to do in order to justify their keep.

I never understand why people are eager to hear their speeches. A lot of these functions they go to where they’re often surrounded by intelligent high achieving people and yet the people hang onto the royals every word. I’m sure the under achieving royal family care or know little about any of these charities or organisations, yet for some obscure reason anything they have to say is eagerly lapped up by the adoring, reverent crowd.

It’s embarrassing really. I remember watching Theresa May curtesy to Wills and just cringing at everything it represented.

Like May or not, she is a highly educated, intelligent woman who’s achieved an enormous amount in her own right.

What is she doing curtsying to the very unimpressive Wills, who hadn’t done anything of note except being the spawn of Charles?

It's disgusting that anyone should be expected to curtsey to anyone else in this day and age.

I don't think Cherie Blair curtsied to the Queen. The Daily Mail disapproved.

So did I!

Cherie Blair is from a modest back ground got a first and is a top barrister all by her own efforts and skill no old boys leg up for her. Like fuck should she curtsy to the queen! The opposite.

The Daily Mail disapproved.

An almost infallible indicator that I’d be on board

Like fuck should she curtsy to the queen!

Quite.

I remember the Aus PM put his arm round the Queen. Funny times