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...

It is interesting the comparison to the number of engagements the late Queen and Charles did/do.

Looking at the massive issues with their children - Andrew and Harry specifically, maybe a few less opening of community centres and a little more parenting wouldn't have been a bad thing.

I mean the whole concept of a royal family is quite insane and I do not think any of them work hard in the traditional sense. I mean what exactly were all those boxes of documents the Queen was reviewing back in the day - it always reminded me of the post office set I had a a child ;)

Is that where some people on social media thought that she had died and the Royal family had covered it up, or she'd had a face-lift or that her and William had separated.

Even on this thread you have people claiming to know every aspect of their lives. It's madness!

Andrew’s issues are not down to the fact his mother worked hard. Neither are Harry’s.

the fact of it is, the next generation of the royal family enjoys the celebrity aspect too much and the work aspect too little.

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I think he had a crap childhood and doesn’t want this for his kids. He does want he has to and no more. He didn’t ask to be royal and gas even spoken out about how his life is dictated by others and he slipped his police escort many a time. Nobody knows his thoughts on the future but i could envision him on becoming king putting the crown estates into full government controls d refusing the civil list instead just taking expenses when doing tasks asked by the government to undertake. He seems pretty uncomfortable being in the limelight and prefers charity focused work that doesn’t appear on the court circular (so not official engagements but perhaps more helpful to society). Buck house etc are essentially ceremonial they can be managed by the government.

What does that even mean? William working is nothing to do with our duty of care. No one else in the country would be allowed to work as little as William because his wife was ill. I have to go to work, as does my husband. The duty of care from my employer doesn’t extend to not me or my husband doing our jobs.

The levels of excuse making for the Waleses is astounding.

I do think he should have attended one of the events, it is a bad look, he has the luxury of being able to fly in and out even if his attendance if only for a half day event.

That's just your opinion though. I wouldn't judge anyone who's been through chemotherapy on what they should or should not be capable of doing.

Yes , that was exactly it!

Oh the heart bleeds. He could easily step away and live life privately if he so wishes.

It’s my opinion and I stand by it. They both come across as lazy and entitled.

Yet you are okay to call other rich people names like grifters etc. Your okay to criticise other rich families living a rich life...

The Gloucesters have been working hard to support the Monarchy for over 50 years! The Duke even had to give up his career as an architect to do this, after the death of his elder brother, Prince William. He just got on with it, and his wife supported him.

You come across as someone with very little empathy.

I'm not sure what you are referring to.

They are idle, dim, posh and entitled.

Give anybody else the job for a week, we could actually make a diffference.

I brought up 2 kids and worked, absolutely zero extended family. Now that was tough.

I have work colleagues who are working well into their seventies, while their partners are in care homes, just to make ends meet. I have colleagues who have been through awful health struggles and have to work, relying on food banks because they can’t work full time. I have colleagues whose lives have been ruined over much, much less than some of the accusations the royal family faces.

So excuse me if I don’t feel sorry for them, sitting in their castles, so out of touch with reality that they call going to the tennis and the football “work”.

Except we know they were on holiday...its not like this is their first holiday of the year that could be used to justify it...

So the Queen and Charles were just very poor parents? And in my opinion part of both of their jobs was to manage their children and their roles within their business and they have both failed at that.

@LifeOfAShowGirl you don’t, you’re fine. You just come across as someone who hasn’t drunk the Kool Aid.

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You have three lots of colleagues! Well done.

I don't think anyone is asking for sympathy for 'them'.

Potentially, or the entire concept of royalty which puts people on a pedestal for the sake of their birth is one that creates unsavoury characters. I guess we’ll never know.

(I also don’t think Harry is anywhere near as bad as Andrew. Harry has had missteps, but he’s never been accused of the things Andrew has)

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit 😉

Royalists' arguments are truly baffling sometimes.

Of course a President's son wouldn't attend anything. He's not going to be the next President is he? He didn't become the automatic next-in-line when his father was inaugurated and he has no constitutional role does he?

And obviously William doesn't have to go to 'every single bloody thing'. But he's currently at absolutely no risk of that is he? The problem is he hardly does anything.