William's non attendance to important events

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Since there is a flurry of discussion on another thread its probably best to create a thread for it to take place here and not derail another one.

So William is not attending a number of important events the recent one being the VJ day..lots of you think he should have after all he is the future King and if he can't make time for these things then it begs the question what is the point of them?

So discuss away...what should he turning up to, what is his actual role if he starts to not do these types of things...

And where did their wealth come from? Taxpayers? Generational? Earned it themselves?

Veterans of the war in the Far East always said they were overlooked and forgotten about. They had the worst experiences of Allied troops anywhere.

William should have been there. He should have proved that these soldiers were not forgotten like they always suspected.

Soon to be head of state then.

From the title of the thread I was wondering to whom 'Williams' referred, thought it might be something about one of the Williams sisters. Then you went on and said, "William".

I don't think it was necessary for the Prince to attend any VJ commemorations, presumably the king and queen did, probably Princess Anne. I didn't notice.

William's turn will come.

How on earth do you know this?

We don't even know what the procedure was.

It’s not about his turn in the spotlight. It’s about not showing respect.

Oh no i made an error in one post...so what its a mistake.

Seeing as that’s the line they’ve used since the beginning, we know this.

They stated that she had a planned abdominal surgery in January 2024. During this surgery, cancerous cells were present. This was announced in March 2024, by Catherine herself.

From the title of the thread I was wondering to whom 'Williams' referred, thought it might be something about one of the Williams sisters. Then you went on and said, "William".

This has to be the best comment on the thread 😆😆😆

This. 100% agree. The fact is that there are some very strange people who have some weird loyalty to a bunch of people who wouldn't offer you so much as a donut if you were starving. I absolutely loved Queen Elizabeth and believe she was different, I miss her terribly but I believe she is the last true Queen we will ever have. What is happening now is farcical, I can't take any of it seriously. I understand things do change with death but Charles and Camilla are a joke - especially together. William should have been next. Kate may well make a lovely consort if she can look after her health. It must be incredibly stressful and rumour has it she was addicted to laxatives much like Princess Diana. I do like her but I don't agree with the pressure and stress that she and other royals are put under, it's dangerous and not healthy. Unless it's Camilla. I couldn't care less about Camilla, literally. She could explode in a fiery ball of flames and I wouldn't feel anything but joy.

You don't know what the planned abdominal surgery was. It could have been making her very ill. She didn't look well.

I'm no royal fan but people assume they know all about them because of internet and media gossip. You don't.

71 so far this year? The heir to the throne is way down in the royal league tables. His wife may be coping with some after effects of her treatment but they have ample staff.

99.9999% of partners would simply be required to get on with their work, without all those resources. Some of which we pay for.

What on earth?

You asked how we know how the cancer was discovered. It’s because that’s what they said.

at the end of the day, no other person would be afforded the grace they are. If you or I were very ill, we’d be on the sick or working fewer hours and getting paid less.

Well, if the president's son was one day going to be president himself, simply because of being the current president's son, and if he was receiving public money for that reason, then yes, he might be expected to attend.

But for me it's not about this particular event. Perhaps there was a good reason for him not to be there. But he and Kate have now established a history of taking months off in the summer and not doing much the rest of the year either. And I say this as someone who generally thinks they are doing a good 'job'. They just don't do nearly enough of it.

Do you have anything to say about the Far East veterans, or are you just obsessed with Kate's insides?

Having had cancer myself I agree with this. I have been left with long term side effects from chemotherapy which I will have for the rest of my life. You wouldn't think so to look at me as I look "healthy".

Some people in remission are left with chronic fatigue syndrome, digestive issues or heart issues etc.

On the other thread people were commenting on how thin Kate is or the fact that she looks tired and making comments about her hair. Just leave the poor woman alone.

“They just don’t do enough of it”

I think that’s the crux of the matter isn’t it? Whether you think they’re doing a good or bad job, they just don’t do enough. Need we forget that just a couple of days before she died, the queen carried out a public engagement. She averaged over 300 engagements a year. Charles has completed over 200 solo engagements this year. In 2022, William completed 126 engagements. In 2023, it was 172, tying him with the Duke of Gloucester. In 2024, it was 166.

Between 2022 & 2024 he has averaged 155 engagements a year, in the same period Charles averages 427 a year. Nearly three times as many. While having cancer and being much, much older than William.

I think it is absolutely disgraceful that William and Kate couldn’t be bothered to commemorate them.

So he’s doing less because he wants a slimmer monarchy? Fine, but can we slim down the financing then?

Do you know how long it takes to recover from cancer? It takes years, especially you have had chemo. And what are 'normal people'?

But he and Kate have now established a history of taking months off in the summer and not doing much the rest of the year either. And I say this as someone who generally thinks they are doing a good 'job'. They just don't do nearly enough of it.

And it's not like they did loads before the cancer.

@IcedPurple can I ask what you see as a good job? is just the general representation? hence why you would prefer them to do more events

And before anyone chimes in with “Charles does more because he’s king!”, between 2002 & 2022, as Prince of wales, Charles averaged 547 engagements per year. In 2019 he completed 521 a year. William’s hardest working year was 2023, when he completed 172 engagements.

It’s just unacceptable

Need we forget that just a couple of days before she died, the queen carried out a public engagement.

That's why she earned my respect, she took her duty seriously and did work hard.

I mean you or I.

if either of us got sick long term, or had cancer, we would be expected to either return to work, go on sick leave, or take a significant pay cut to work part time.

They are an embarassment. And what they subject the kids to is embarassing.