I don't understand how any of what he is doing is making him a better parent. His child has no contact with any of the wider family on either side (except the maternal grandmother). They seem very concerned about a title for his child and yet surely the best thing he could do would be to do as Anne did and gift commoner status (ie no title) to his children. Especially as surely there is no point in having a title if they are living in the USA and are USA citizens. Meanwhile living in the USA where every other person has a gun, worrying about security - how can he say he can go out and about feeling a little more free, taking Archie on the back of his bike (followed by security in a gas guzzling car)?
I was thinking recently how some wealthy people manage to keep very private - no doubt the wealth helps, and it's quite possible if that is what one wants. For example, I'm a tennis fan, follow various players and tennis news on Twitter, great fan of Andy Murray. I was quite surprised to read recently he and Kim have just had a fourth baby - I didn't know they'd had a third! They stay totally under the radar. And JKRowling - her children are, I believe, about 27, 17 & 15. I haven't a clue what any of them are up to, the eldest presumably went to university and has a job now, the younger two at school. I can't recall reading anything about them in the press.
Even Madonna's children - I occasionally see pictures of Lourdes and there was a custody problem with her son, but for the most part they seem to go under the radar.
It's perfectly possible if you don't court publicity.
Then there is the issue of security. Personally I would HATE to live in a country with no gun laws.
When I was a student nurse, a lonnngggg time ago, I worked on a very strict ward, one didn't speak to the sister or staff nurses unless spoken to. One of the staff nurses went on a trip to Hollywood and California for her holiday. When she came back she gave us a blow by blow account of her trip, as us students sat there silently listening (
) and ended with the memorable words "and we even saw someone shot"!! I cannot think why I didn't ask a string of questions, starting with "did you run for cover or did you give first aid?" but I was so surprised none of us said anything!
Anyway, if one is concerned for the safety and privacy of one's child, I believe it can be far better achieved here in the U.K.
And if H&M had wanted to settle into a Cotswold estate like Anne's Gatcombe and more or less retire from the RF, maybe just doing the odd big occasion, living quietly in between, I doubt anyone would have begrudged them that, and they could have had security and privacy quite easily.