William the Quiet Disruptor - Future of the Monarchy

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I just read this Sky News article “My Week with Prince William: The Quiet Disruptor” and found it really interesting.

The article paints a picture of someone who’s trying to do things differently, more of a “quiet disruptor” than a traditional royal. He seems to want to modernise the monarchy, focusing less on ribbon-cutting and more on community projects and real social impact. It might not be flashy, but it feels more in touch with what people care about today. He wants to be seen as a trustworthy global leader who uses his influence for good in a time when there is a lot of distrust in leadership worldwide.

It talks about how, although some still label him “work-shy” because he schedules his engagements around his children, most of the people interviewed actually saw that as a positive. They praised him for putting his family first and being a present dad.

It acknowledges that not everyone will be happy with this new version of monarchy, and some people will criticise the change in ethos.

I suppose time will tell whether this new approach will change anything long term. Charles also said he wanted to modernise, so let’s see it sticks this time. But it’s an interesting read if you’re curious about how William’s trying to shape his role.

William the Quiet Disruptor

What, what, what, Neddy? Doesn't like Les Mis??? Do you hear the people sing? It is the sound of angry men.
Neddy is part of a loopy 1950s programme - it followed the words 'what, what, what',- no reflection on anyone here.

Well Lorraine Kelly managed it for donkey's years 🤭

I mens I know his not king currently but what do we actually expect of royalty really.

Yes it’s quite old fashioned since our kings and queens are no longer battling to keep or gain new land. But I don’t suppose many of them in history were cutting ribbons or donating or promoting any types of charity.

Kings and queens ruled and conquered and were assassinated and killed people for treason. Thats what royals did. We moved passed that and so yes there could be argument for a republic but basically they are royal because they are royal. Cutting a ridden 100 times a year doesn’t make me go oh that royals so good so hard working and not does cutting only 5 make me go eugh dirty slacker.

They don’t have to do anything let’s face it. They could stop and hide away tomorrow if they wanted while still reaping rewards.

Good for William for actually being home with his children unlike his father and his grandparents. Many parents would be hime
more if they had the chance. It’s not his fault he was born into a family that makes it possible.

Talking about how his only a name for earth shot. Yes I suppose Harry does oh so much for invictus… all the grunt work. Never a stolen idea either.

@jeffgoldblum This may help:

https://www.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/investing-ideas/disruption

The idea is that these changes may ultimately prove profitable even though initially risky.

Thanks 🙏 @BemusedAmerican

So.

70+ auntie visits Liverpool to visit the injured and chat to the heroes while our heir releases a SM statement but remains steadfastly unseen, presumably too busy half- term daddying.

Not a good look.

Well said.

Also, he is not yet in a position to take the lead, he, unlike some others, understands that he needs to heed his place in the hierarchy. The time to judge whether his vision and approach have worked is when he is King and his ideas and approach have come to fruition.

Why don't you enlighten us. I don't see any charisma or drive, there's nothing that I've seen so far, that makes me want to be a follower.

Isn't he President of the FA or something? He probably doesn't want to reveal they are on their 5th holiday of the year.

Yes, his vibe is ‘bearded bystander’.

Talking about how his only a name for earth shot. Yes I suppose Harry does oh so much for invictus… all the grunt work. Never a stolen idea either.
Harry is irrelevant apart from as gossip fodder. He is not expected to be Head of State and his child is not expected to be Head of State, no questions asked. He has titles that the RF could take away if they wished, but for some reason they don't want to, so he's entitled to use them. Invictus is a charity run by a random famous person just like many others. Both Earthshot and Invictus need to be scrutinised to make sure they are achieving their aims and are not just vanity projects. Earthshot gets little scrutiny compared to Invictus, which got little scrutiny when Harry was a member of the RF but suddenly now he isn't is somehow dodgy.

Reality is nobody will care about meeting him as King in the way people used to care about meeting the Queen. Plus he isn't a global statesman, he's effectively a nepo baby.

Surely the entire Royal family are nepo babies though? Including the late Queen. Thats how the RF works.....its a succession of the same family None of them applied for the position or got it by merit?

he is only a name

he's only a name

his name is M or N

I imagine when people start to have lies exposed it raises alarm bells.

It made me laugh that an article clearly planted to mitigate the "workshy" accusation shadows him for his working week of 3 days!

Disagree with the last sentence. The heir gets protected whether or not he is a knob. It’s the only way to protect the institution and ensure its continuity.

Quiet disruptor 🤣 wonder what PR marketing person came up with that, who would be dumb enough to fall for that

Yes because if the whole thing starts to fall apart under scrutiny then everything needs to be scrutinised, whether or not the vanity project is done by someone who is a working Royal or not. I suspect all Harry is is someone who is exactly the same as he always was, and is exactly the same as the rest of his family. The only difference is that he doesn't have armies of people covering up for him. It is a mighty coincidence that the two Royals who aren't favoured have suddenly actually always been awful, but no one knew about it, but they are still the only ones! If we have a family as Heads of State who aren't accountable to the electorate they have to be accountable in other ways- to Parliament at the very least, as do their charitable endeavours. But we have a Parliament who refuse to even talk about them and a press who will publish whatever puff piece they are given because otherwise they get threatened with loss of access.

I think that one is as simple as Anne was already in Liverpool for the Cunard anniversary thing.

Sending another royal requiring more security and policing would be OTT when the city has had so much on imo.

@Tomatotater such is life. Parliament and politicians are not really accountable either. They may pretend they are but they are not really. It's the same the world over.

I can't agree however that because Harry is a proven liar that means the rest of his family are. That would be like saying because Meghan's mother and father have both been bankrupt she must be awful with money as well or because her cousin was in prison she must have criminal leanings too. That's not logical.

However when someone is exposed or they expose themselves then people tend to look that bit closely. Eg take the Macron situation which is currently doing the rounds.

* such is life. Parliament and politicians are not really accountable either. They may pretend they are but they are not really. It's the same the world over.*
As we have seen, they either get chucked out by their parties ( Bojo, Truss and counting) or they get chucked out by the electorate, so they are actually accountable. They also have to report their interests in Parliament and what they do is scrutinised in the press. This is not the case for the RF, so they need to be scrutinised more, not less. If only because enabling people to do what they like, covering up for them and handing them everything on a plate doesn't work out too well for them, when they don't know how to behave and then get caught out because they feel they are entitled to more money and respect than they deserve.

Gosh have you been sitting waiting for my reply all day ? So sorry - I was getting my nails done 😂😂

The problem with him organising his work to fit around the children is thst he is a position of enormous privilege and with that enormous privilege comes this thing he and his cohort of roles have forgotten DUTY and SACRIFICE.

once you have a monarch or next in line picking and choosing and doing a part time job in order to be a part SAHP you will see the public questioning why they are entitled to the enormous privilege they happily enjoy. Because would’ve all like to have that opportunity 🙄

The Queen got it. This lot don’t. This is the definition of entitlement

Some of you seem confused. William is not the monarch yet! 🤭