Kate and William - what are they doing? Thread 2

[Pelleas]

A continuation of the thread discussing the Cambridges' contribution to the pandemic.

The unquestioning defence and support of strangers who think (or claim to think, as I’m not sure they’re all that stupid but they’ll claim to think it anyway to keep the gravy train rolling) that they have been divinely appointed to rule over the people, and who expect subservience, with people older and more accomplished than they will ever be curtsying to them, is genuinely baffling but highly amusing to me.

The brigade who dress in union jacks and stand outside the maternity hospital or the churches waving flags, sleeping there overnight etc are pitiful. Apart from reality tv, they are the closest thing I can think of to a modern version of a Victorian freak show.

The excuses proffered here are getting more tenuous as we go on. Royals furloughed, I mean, really??!! Shows the extent to which some will go to defend those whom they profess to love, despite not knowing them personally.

Kate an expert in child development? Don’t make me fucking laugh. That’s an insult to academics who spend their entire lives studying this stuff. When she’s got a PhD, then we’ll talk.

@RogueV Apologies for hijacking your thread subject - it was at 998 posts yesterday and about to run out.

I can’t get wound up about what the royal family should or shouldn’t do, surely the issue is what the Government should or shouldn’t do, or should have done months ago.

Is it easier to get annoyed at people who don’t actually have the power than face reality

As for the poster who is ‘team Harry and Megan’ - seriously, are you 12?

@Pelleas

No need to apologise at all!

I can’t get wound up about what the royal family should or shouldn’t do, surely the issue is what the Government should or shouldn’t do, or should have done months ago.

That is an issue in its own right - but the difference is that the government will stand or fall by what it does. Come the next GE, the opposition will not forget any perceived failings and we, the electorate, can get rid of them if we choose.

We don't have that option with the Royal family. No matter what they do or don't do, we are stuck having to pay for them. We are still paying for Andrew, for goodness sake, and surely even the most ardent Royalist wouldn't defend his conduct.

Will the Government be held to account though? Or will people still be ranting about Kate not batch cooking?

Diversionary tactics.......

Sammlady37 - What a nasty post. Who are you to judge other people and call them pitiful.

If someone wants to wait outside a maternity hospital or church or camp outside overnight what's it to do with you? It might not be to everyone's taste but if it makes them feel happy where's the harm in that.

Burney - Who has said she's an expert?

The harm is perpetuating a ridiculous harmful class structure that exposes even the royal kids to a toxic upbringing in the public eye.

Mama Mia so if she’s not an expert, we’re letting enthusiastic amateurs set the direction for our future child welfare policies now? Oh well that’s good.

See that pisses me right off. Whatever “research “Kate did would’ve been better done faster and more cheaply by a post doc who needed that funding.

What I don't get is people defending the royal family. Like it's their duty to defend them, like it makes them a better person.

The startling fact is the royal family are most likely to be brought to an end by their own actions.
Philip - using racist, sexist, patronising and highly offensive Language at people who turn out to see him
Edward - a tantrum throwing idler - achievements nil
Sophie - willing to trade on royal name for personal profit
Andrew - 'air miles' freeloading, arrogant and corrupt, calling known and convicted paedophiles his friends on national TV
William - idle, entitled and extravagant with public funds
Kate - whose idea of modern woman is simply to breed, have no opinions and be a walking advert for haute couture

and don't get me started on the extended royal family

Burney - So basically if Kate doesn't do anything she's criticised and if she does do something she's still criticised. Think I'll leave you lot to. Moan away...........

Mamamia456

So basically if Kate doesn't do anything she's criticised and if she does do something she's still criticised.

Well, why doesn't she do something she's able and/or qualified to do?
Eg:

Giving people tips on how to take decent family photos during lockdown;

putting her degree to use and giving talks on history of art at a level older children could enjoy & understand;

explaining to frazzled women who don't have staff how to make their hair look Zoom-ready without having a hairdresser to do it.

Think I'll leave you lot to. Moan away...........

Thanks. That would be excellent.

Hey, she lines ‘em up, we knock ‘em down

So basically if Kate doesn't do anything she's criticised and if she does do something she's still criticised.

She could do or not do what she liked if she didn't expect to live off taxpayers' money.

An ordinary person in an ordinary job expects to receive feedback on their performance (or lack thereof) from a representative of their wage-payer - why should the Royals be any different?

@Mamamia456

Sammlady37 - *What a nasty post. Who are you to judge other people and call them pitiful.

If someone wants to wait outside a maternity hospital or church or camp outside overnight what's it to do with you? It might not be to everyone's taste but if it makes them feel happy where's the harm in that.*

Well firstly, we all make judgements about people all the time. You apparently judge the royals to be better than you and worth the expenditure on them. I could ask who are you to judge that?

And the harm is in perpetuating a clearly unequal, elitist anachronistic institution that is a drain on public finances and actively tells others that these particular human beings are their superiors by virtue of who gave birth to them or who they married. I have nieces and nephews growing up in the UK and it both saddens and angers me that they are subjects rather than citizens, that they are taught in school that the so-called royals are divinely appointed over them, that they see democratically elected PMs bow and curtesy to this lot, that they will grow up and have to pay tax to fund their luxurious lifestyle. It is wrong to teach children that these people are their superiors. It is wrong that anyone believes they are superior to anyone else because of who their parents are or who they married. It is wrong that people will suckle (And feast lavishly) at the teat of the public funding for their entire lifetime without doing one single honest hard days work for it. the slavish devotion some have is truly mind-boggling.

I think it is rather pitiful (they are to be pitied) these people who camp outside hospitals, and outside the church on Christmas Day wrapped in blankets shouting out cringe worthy greetings.

All those foolish people hanging lurking outside hospitals for news of a royal birth and other similar things.......is that really something we want our children to see.....servitude and sycophancy to one family. They aren’t our superiors, far from it. Yes they are pitiful.

One thing that upsets me is the mountains of gifts sent to the Royals when they marry or have children - not just by individuals but on behalf of organisations and local councils. I don't doubt the Royals offload some of these to charity, but it's so short-sighted when you think that the money could have gone directly to charities to use for what they need most.

That reminds me of the huge mound of rotting flowers outside Kensington Palace after Diana died. Such a waste of money.

The hysteria following Diana’s death was unbelievable.

^ it absolutely was, and you will still see posts from people saying they miss her. Wtf? No wonder the Royal con machine keeps on going with people that gullible and feeble-minded around.