William's Life's Work Is To End Homelessness.

[BucksorHerts]

Just seen this post about an article in the Daily Mail.
William say's life's work is to end homelessness. His father is (and soon enough himself) the largest land owner in the country.
Instead of posing with the same homeless guy year in and year out asking commoners to end homelessness surely he can carve out some of that land to build low rent flats and studios for the poorest. He never gives up any of his money for anything but is always asking. His expenses are paid for - holidays, children's fees, accommodation etc.
Or even use all the money that comes to them from people who died intestate. It's unhealthy to accumulate so much wealth without doing any work. Even doctors who study for years and save lives do not get anything close to this. It makes no sense.

https://twitter.com/IncaDove/status/1732261729869201635?s=19

I think this sentiment has been expressed earlier but I thought this was an interesting point too:

*Dr. Ed Owens, a royal commentator and historian warned: "By 'capturing' this issue as an area where royalty is legitimately able to take a lead in offering solutions, the monarchy is working to transform homelessness from an issue that was once the responsibility of government to something that will instead increasingly be the focus of philanthropists, voluntarist groups and the private sector."

Dr. Ed Owens also noted that, historically, there are other reasons the royals attach themselves to issues like homelessness.
But it's also about trying to maintain visible connections to the poorest and most vulnerable in society: the royals have long-recognized that their public images as sympathetic, caring individuals are enhanced when they align themselves with the interests of these social groups.
“This makes it more difficult for critics of monarchy to complain about the institution, including the royal family's own massive personal wealth and lavish homes.
“Royal philanthropy of this kind was, and continues to be, about the survival of monarchy. It was developed as a specific response to revolutions in Europe both in the 1840s and again after the First World War, where popular uprisings got rid of crowned heads of state.
“We should interpret William's work on homelessness as another iteration of this PR strategy: it's crucial to be seen doing good at a time of growing social unrest and political disenchantment.”

from https://news.yahoo.com/problems-prince-williams-plan-royal-161458317.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2VsZWJpdGNoeS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGlZCaDIe5GNotcJN0JWz52VqOb1OyUtUgiMYEi_kQzzlZh89t8v4XWd1zf0psqFzbQd2uZZ2mif9h622n7QmoSKiAT2Nc2sgsw6tvn5VsX1AToJv0VSqgVYL3qAHreouUr54_KbLVshsJ3DU8oCcqXtmAHftPiNkh9xj7tWQ2G_

Which takes us back to the beginning of the thread, andthe truth of the matter.

Such a simplistic and jaundiced argument. Plenty of wealthy people engage in philanthropic activities - some from a desire to do good and make a difference, others from a position of utter self-interest.

IMO the only 'royals' conspicuously engaged in the latter are Harry and Meghan with their strange 'Archewell' enterprise.

Every single Royal thread of anyone from Queen Elizabeth to William comes back to slagging off Harry and Meghan who are not even official members of the Royal family any more.
Some people seem obsessed with them.

Of course the difference being that the working royals take public money and need to do charity work in order to keep taking that from us. They are not engaging in philanthropic activities in their own time or with their own money, the public fund them.

Seem?! They are!

I remember a thread about the Coronation quiche. It ended up laying into Meghan and her lavender cake or whatever!

They all engage in the latter, because they are all brought up in the same system. Harry and Andrew aren't outliers. They are just the ones either too stupid to cover thrir tracks or who haven't been able to cover it up anymore with PR and deals with the press. They are brought up with a sense of entitlement based on very little and knowing they have to do whatever it takes to keep the show on the road. Which isn't a lot, because whatever minimal work they do is greeted with a chorus of praise heaped on them as if they have done something ground breaking.

Or even use all the money that comes to them from people who died intestate.

Whaat? Is this true??

see this thread: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/the_royal_family/4949542-duchy-of-lancaster-theft