I think this is a good point in all seriousnesss.
Not trying to score cheap points against the RF, because a cancer diagnosis whoever you are, is devastating. Particularly when you have young dc.
I do think William has to be careful of public perception though and not continually remind the public of how different the RF’s world is compared to that of an ordinary Brit.
A member of my family has had to have preventative treatment for cancer and had a bowel operation with colostomy bag. Their spouse has only had one day off supply teaching in special schools throughout this entire period, as they had no choice in order to pay the mortgage and support their dc.
And the operation to reverse the colostomy bag six months later was postponed several times. And they have really struggled on one wage as my relation is freelance, and they have struggled with the logistics of it all, as they don’t have servants, nannies, chefs or chauffeurs. They don’t even have a garden or a car!
So to us mere mortals it’s quite surprising that. William had had to take quite so much time off, especially when he has staff to cover all of their domestic duties. Unless there is something they are not telling us of course, in which case I have even more sympathy for them. But taking this at face value, I really think he is in a very privileged position indeed and should be doing more to earn it.
So in answer to your question Derxa I think the monarchy needs to take a long, hard, ruthless look at their strategy over the next five years, the work they will be focusing on, and their personal circumstances in terms of houses and estates, especially KC who has access to ludicrous numbers of residences!
Imho, they need to slim down their material assets drastically and really start working for the people without so much privilege themselves, or else they will end up losing public support.
There are so many people in the UK to whom we owe a huge debt, such as NHS surgeons, firefighters and bin men, long distance lorry drivers, for example, who all worked non-stop throughout the pandemic, sometimes in very difficult circumstances, and they all live in fairly normal houses without staff, save for the odd cleaning lady maybe, so it is achievable. And if you have servants, and several lovely homes, that should all enable you to do a better job than ordinary folk, not worse!