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William & Kate gone to Norfolk

202 replies

justgeton · 20/12/2020 00:21

If they did this after school ended in London did they do it after London had gone to tier 3?

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SantasBritchesSpelleas · 20/12/2020 10:01

They do work hard, how many of us would want their jobs.

I'll take their 'jobs'. An income of millions for being chauffeured around everywhere and fawned on? Yes please.

fakenina · 20/12/2020 10:05

Rest assured this gov would not bring in onerous conditions before the rich can dodge them 'legally'.

Dominicwestsscooter · 20/12/2020 10:06

@PizzzaExpressWoking

At least they won't be traipsing around the country, attending mass events without masks, or using keyworkers to stage ridiculous photo ops for the foreseeable future.
How utterly pointless was that trip. It was just an excuse for Kate to air her old coats.
EmilyinWolverhampton · 20/12/2020 10:06

Genuinely baffled as to why so many people are so vitriolic in their insistence that Will and Kate should be absolutely, utterly above criticism and that anyone who doesn't worship the ground they walk on needs to be personally attacked.

And where the hell where you lot when Meghan was being called a whore on a daily basis?

Royal stans are really really really fucking weird.

Golly imaging picking a whiny manchild who looks like a thumb and his wife who has the charisma and work ethic of a baked potato as the people you've decided to stan for.

cherrypie790 · 20/12/2020 10:07

Jesus wept, William and George are future heirs to the throne. It's perfectly acceptable that they've moved out of the capital and decamped to rural Norfolk. Far safer healthwise, and given they have a huge private estate, they're hardly spreading their London germs around the locals Hmm.

C130 · 20/12/2020 10:07

Jobs, work. What work? What a joke. How easily pleased some people are.

fakenina · 20/12/2020 10:10

Im not espicially a fan of either couple but there does now seem to be a world of difference as to how Mehgan and Harry as treated by the press compaired to Kate and William.

forwardsbackwardsrebound · 20/12/2020 10:11

It was just an excuse for Kate to air her old coats.

Grin That made me laugh, thank you! So true.
Applesonthelawn · 20/12/2020 10:13

So what?

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 20/12/2020 10:13

Hmm I always think of Anmer as the DoCs home. Kensington is where they stay when they come into London for Work. They happen to work more during term time so send the kids to a school closest to their office.

Rather than Anmer being a weekend retreat.

Imapotato · 20/12/2020 10:18

Who cares. They’re going to be on their huge private estate, not walking around the local Asda coughing their London germs on people!

I bet the people getting so het up would escape to their country homes for Christmas if they had one.

thelumberjack · 20/12/2020 10:25

@lazylump72

Err sorry and all tat for chipping in my two pennath but I have to say HRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have done far more than could or should have been reasonably expected during thiis pandemic.They have been brilliant in keeping up the countries moral as many Royal watchers could testify.They have done so much work on Zoom and Teams from issues like mental health,family problems.isolation and lonliness ,by visiting charities to boost moral to helping in foodbanks non of which was expected or demanded they just quietly got on with it and I know many people were grateful . The train ride was in effect work which they willingly carried out. Give these kids a break they are only human and have done alot more for this country than people who are very brave sat behind a laptop who wouldnt know how to find a foodbank let alone help out........this nastiness of people snipping and being mean on here lately with anything to do with any aspect of the world we are living in at present is just deplorable and so unhelpful.......Pulling together? Yeah right.....
Are you taking the piss?

I don't know know why anyone is surprised that they have gone to Norfolk. They will do whatever they want regardless of any rules.

cdtaylornats · 20/12/2020 10:31

I know one MP whose child went to a private school before being arrested - Dianne Abbott, hero of the left.

EleanorRigbyWasReal · 20/12/2020 10:35

They can, and do, what they please. They are different.

EleanorRigbyWasReal · 20/12/2020 10:37

Oh, and I’d take their “job” any day of the week. Any time they want to swap, please please contact me.

TeddyIsaHe · 20/12/2020 10:38

@cdtaylornats

I know one MP whose child went to a private school before being arrested - Dianne Abbott, hero of the left.
I wonder why you’ve picked up on DA? With hundreds of white male politicians who have done far, far worse than her. Interesting.
rollinggreenhills · 20/12/2020 10:41

@Chloemol

They have been there a week, before London went into T3
Ah, but people never let facts get in the way of a good story, do they?
longwayoff · 20/12/2020 10:44

Diane Abbot's son is seriously unwell. I thought MN was keen on supporting those with mental health problems. Neither of them have a place in this discussion.

orangecinnamon · 20/12/2020 10:44

@EmilyinWolverhampton

Genuinely baffled as to why so many people are so vitriolic in their insistence that Will and Kate should be absolutely, utterly above criticism and that anyone who doesn't worship the ground they walk on needs to be personally attacked.

And where the hell where you lot when Meghan was being called a whore on a daily basis?

Royal stans are really really really fucking weird.

Golly imaging picking a whiny manchild who looks like a thumb and his wife who has the charisma and work ethic of a baked potato as the people you've decided to stan for.

This made me laugh even though painfully true. Grin
forwardsbackwardsrebound · 20/12/2020 10:49

@cdtaylornats

I know one MP whose child went to a private school before being arrested - Dianne Abbott, hero of the left.
What the fuck has that got to do with anything?
ShowOfHands · 20/12/2020 10:51

Anmer is their home.

They've been back here for quite a while. But as others have said, don't let that get in the way of your frothing.

NeedToKnow101 · 20/12/2020 10:53

'a whiny manchild who looks like a thumb'
GrinGrin

Peregrina · 20/12/2020 10:54

Anmer is a second home - however much anyone tries to pretend that they send their children to school in London, because they 'work' there.

I am surprised that they couldn't find a little private school in Norfolk that their children could go to.

BlackCatShadow · 20/12/2020 10:57

@Peregrina

Anmer is a second home - however much anyone tries to pretend that they send their children to school in London, because they 'work' there.

I am surprised that they couldn't find a little private school in Norfolk that their children could go to.

I seem to remember that they weren’t allowed. George went to nursery school in Norfolk, but they were made to relocate to London when he started school.

I don’t get the hatred. They’re just people. They haven’t actually broken any rules or done anything wrong. So, why is this even being discussed?

Peregrina · 20/12/2020 11:01

Why is it being discussed? Because they are in a position to set an example and being seen to do so would be good, and it looks very much as though they are not doing so.

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