Post your unpopular royal family opinions?

[DreamyPombear]

I will start
I prefer Harry to william

But the programmes to help people acquire these skills need to be funded. And challenging why the (past) Tory government won’t fund them is very political. Even trying to raise funds charitably raises public questions of why the government isn’t funding the programmes in question.

In my view the type of programme you’ve mentioned above and any consideration of whether it should be rolled out on a large scale is a political hot potato that Kate can’t go anywhere near.

We all know that the person at the top is a figurehead, a well known person who attracts others and yes experts into a concerted group. They are not at the coal face just like Harry with Invictus.

@CandidHedgehog funnily enough the programmes I know of were funded under the Tory Government.

Perhaps this is the same as the costs involved for Harry and Meghan with Invictus?

If you don't understand the role of a figurehead then I can't really explain it to you. Would you say Harry is not needed at Invictus in his current position ? Maybe there should be experts who have trained for it ?

But her work involved her own research and writing a report we are told. Pointless.

I’m also interested in your view on how Harry contributes to Invictus?

@HucklefinBerry this was true for one of the pregnancies more than the other re: weight gain.

@sausawyee I can well believe a moon bump could be used for sartorial reasons - what a brill idea esp in the earlier stages ‘is she just fat’ & latterly for a perfect shape for couture. Do you think I can pull it off for an overseas wedding to disguise gluttonous chub? ;) They don’t know me well.

@sausawyee Yes, I am familiar with the concept of a figurehead. But I'm not sure how a figurehead for "early years" works. What is she a figurehead for? What value does she add?

Can I make it clear that I believe she was pregnant as yes she did show it on her face and elsewhere. For some reason my name seems to have been pulled into the fake bump thing by bad quoting.

As I said if you can't understand it then I'm not going to explain it . 🙄

@HumanBurrito Definitely an MA. One of the advantages of a degree from a Scottish University! 🤣
CurlewKate MA Hons

@sausawyee "
As I said if you can't understand it then I'm not going to explain it "

An odd approach to take. But hey ho.

https://centreforearlychildhood.org/latest-learnings/news/

Kate hasn’t gone in for showy announcements but think her Early Years work will actually be very impactful.

She funded a trial for health visitors and it produced “overwhelming” positive results. The next phase of the project involves expanding the trial to several new locations.
But the bigger hope is that this system will be used by all health visitors in the UK.

news.sky.com/story/amp/overwhelmingly-positive-results-for-trial-funded-by-princess-of-wales-as-part-of-early-years-work-13098747

My thoughts on figureheads broadly are that a) if an issue is important, it should be funded centrally through taxation rather than relying on the whim of a figurehead and b) if figureheads are needed, someone from civil society who has actually achieved something on their own merit is more inspiring than a rather dim aristo who is there by dint of birth.

But it shouldn't take Kate taking a politically expedient interest in early years as a "safe" option for that work to happen.

@PrettyFlyforaMaiTai You say she funded it. I'm amazed-and delighted to hear that. I didn't think they personally funded things. I'm glad to be wrong.

@sausawyee have you actually watched the ‘popping’ belly video on YouTube? I find it really hard to believe that you, or anyone, could think it is proof of anything at all.

Meghan crouches down to pet a dog and then stands up again. Her stomach at all times looks like that of a pregnant woman. At some point (quite obviously in the background) there is a faint noise a bit like someone dropping a book in the next room. That’s it.

I did NOT SAY IT WAS FAKE! Read the flipping posts!!!

Does that apply to Harry and Invictus? And Meghan and her cookbook? And Meghan and her bananas?

Not odd at all. I'm not your personal tutor.

@TheWoodlanders

Well, quite. It also shouldn’t take a footballer to tackle free school dinners, nor a Prince to champion injured veterans. But that’s the state of the world we find ourselves. Hopefully a more compassionate government will champion these things. But at the same time all these initiatives require money and there’s only so much budget. And that’s why society benefits from kindly patrons who have money to support causes they are close to their hearts.

Meghan put on very obvious pregnancy weight around her face, back, arms and thighs.

And I thought she looked great with it - really glowing - in the picture with the late Queen and Archie.

I know I'm wasting my breath...no celebrity wants to be what my granny would have called 'bonny' these days! And Hollywood wouldn't accept anything so healthy-looking.