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smilesy · 06/03/2024 08:25

Nono22972 · 06/03/2024 08:13

I'm sorry this needs to be said:

While everyone worries about "Where is Kate", the true question should be Where the hell is William.

Kate, at least, has an excuse. She's sick.

He's only had 3-4 engagements last week. This is way too low.

People are criticising Camilla for taking a break but she's old and has apparently been dealing with back issues for years.

Charles has cancer.

William, as the only senior royal currently available, needs to do more.

If it were anyone else, I would cut them some slack but given William's famous poor work ethic, I have to wonder if he's not using Kate's illness as an excuse not to work

There's no reason why Edward, who's 11th in the line of succession (I think?) is working more than William

Carole is clearly around. She can stay with Kate at home while the kids are at school and William can carry out engagements then.

I like K&W but I've always said that their work ethic is proof that they don't really care for the royal life like that. Of course, they love the privileges but don't want to do the work.

I've always said that I think William sees the life of his aristo friends and this is the life he truly wants. Rich, privileged but without the spotlight.

He also seems to hate the media (which is understandable given what happened to Diana) and seem to be a control freak regarding privacy, which is why I think this whole Kate saga has now been a PR disaster (although the media and Twitter hysteria has been ridiculous especially when they've told her when she'd be back from the very beginning but the way it was handled after that was messy), but William forgets he's not a private citizen.

This is exactly why I think the monarchy will crumble. I'm not particularly a monarchist but not a republican either but if you look at Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, yes they weren't the greatest parents but all their children seemed to have picked up their work ethic. We know how much of a workaholic Princess Anne is, carrying out multiple engagements in one day, Charles' numbers are extremely high and we know what he did with the Prince's Trust, Edward has always been one of the highest working members looking at the numbers and yes, even Andrew (Ugh). When he was a working member, he worked 2-3 times at more than William.

William is not sick. He's not old. He needs to do more

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MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 06/03/2024 08:28

*While everyone worries about "Where is Kate", the true question should be Where the hell is William.

Kate, at least, has an excuse. She's sick.

He's only had 3-4 engagements last week. This is way too low*

Can I ask, if you work do you look at your managers schedule and say 'You only had three meetings this week, that's way too low?' or your colleagues? you do realise that public engagements aren't the whole picture, don't you? same as the number of meetings your manager or your colleagues go to isn't an indication that that's ALL they do every day.

AlbertoDilemma · 06/03/2024 08:38

Don't go there, Mrs Danvers, we'll end up with the tedious, "He has eleventy billion staff and a cleaner and a nanny" discussion yet again. They must think he's Joe 90 or something, plugging himself in everyday for knowledge, no effort required.

Nono22972 · 06/03/2024 08:47

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 06/03/2024 08:28

*While everyone worries about "Where is Kate", the true question should be Where the hell is William.

Kate, at least, has an excuse. She's sick.

He's only had 3-4 engagements last week. This is way too low*

Can I ask, if you work do you look at your managers schedule and say 'You only had three meetings this week, that's way too low?' or your colleagues? you do realise that public engagements aren't the whole picture, don't you? same as the number of meetings your manager or your colleagues go to isn't an indication that that's ALL they do every day.

You can't compare a regular person's job to royalty. It's not the same.

As the Queen famously said, you have to be seen to be believed.

I've said several times that I'm sure that they work behind the scenes but how are we supposed to know that? Their PR is horrible. They could easily release a photo once in a while of them working in a meeting or a short video giving an update on a future project but they don't which has created the narrative that they're lazy and don't do anything

smilesy · 06/03/2024 09:24

Nono22972 · 06/03/2024 08:47

You can't compare a regular person's job to royalty. It's not the same.

As the Queen famously said, you have to be seen to be believed.

I've said several times that I'm sure that they work behind the scenes but how are we supposed to know that? Their PR is horrible. They could easily release a photo once in a while of them working in a meeting or a short video giving an update on a future project but they don't which has created the narrative that they're lazy and don't do anything

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MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 06/03/2024 09:31

AlbertoDilemma · 06/03/2024 08:38

Don't go there, Mrs Danvers, we'll end up with the tedious, "He has eleventy billion staff and a cleaner and a nanny" discussion yet again. They must think he's Joe 90 or something, plugging himself in everyday for knowledge, no effort required.

Yeah, sorry. I posted this and then thought, I bet I get called a pearl clutcher or a genuflecting serf or whatever the insult du jour is from the book of Witty Ripostes That Aren't Really.

Back to cheese.

Turtlerussell · 06/03/2024 09:43