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...

Great. The next step is to email your elected officials and KP.

Be the change you wish to see.

It’s publicly available information. They sell this story of being a relatable young family, it’s all lies.

Depends who you work for. Where I used to work people with a cancer diagnosis often had more than a year off with full pay or full pay for six months and then half pay.

Wouldn't it be more positive to be campaigning for better support for people undergoing treatment or recovering from cancer rather than moaning about someone who gets just that.

I am referring to veterans associations that you originally referred to.

Perhaps they could be using their vast wealth and resources to start this campaign?

Your thread title states that William did not attend an important event and you don't want people to talk about money?

What's the point of the thread. William is costing us money and his views are different but you don't want to talk about it. I ask again what's the point?

I’ve seen a lot on Mumsnet, but accusing someone of using their wife’s cancer as an excuse to be lazy is low. Disgraceful, actually.

you don’t just magically become restored to great health when declared cancer free and you have no idea of how Kate’s health is looking.

William has had a dreadful few years - losing his grandmother, issues with his brother, his wife and father being diagnosed with cancer at the same time, all of this played out publicly. That’s without the small day to day gripes that any person will have as a parent/spouse/etc. If it were anyone else he would be lauded for prioritising his children and recovering wife. Those children will have a lot of pressure on them and so deserve downtime and a holiday with their parents too.

As for Wimbledon and Football - maybe the kids wanted to go and so they worked it in. They also have interests as patrons/previous patrons of the FA and the organisation behind Wimbledon as well as others.

The rest of the royal family has had just as difficult a time. They all still work. Charles is fighting cancer right now and works more.

if it were the case that he had done as much as the others before the diagnosis I think people would be more forgiving, but he’s never done a lot.

I think Catherine is a lot more unwell than is being made public, and it's been going on for some time. She had some sort of surgery that lead to a 2 week hospital stay so pretty major, and on top of that she's had to have chemotherapy. She may have had a glossy wig on and clever make up but at the last engagements she's made, she has looked tired and drained. And is likely managing a chronic condition behind closed doors that lead to her surgery. And I think that's why she's never had a full diary because that condition is tough to predict.

William - I'm unsure about. He's not just a husband and father, and yet he doesn't appear to have his father's sense of duty. I can't see how on earth he's going to balance his role of King when he and Catherine seem so driven to give their children a "normal" childhood when their family is everything but normal.

@LifeOfAShowGirl I don’t think anyone can deny that the way the entire thing was handled was absolutely bizarre

How so?

Kensington Palace announced on 17th January that she had gone in for planned surgery the day before; that she was expected to say in hospital 10-14 days; that she was not expected to take partin public engagements until after Easter. They also said she wanted to maintain as much normality for the children as possible, and asked for privacy.

On 23rd March she made her personal statement sayinf that cancer had been found in tests after the operation, that she was having chemotherapy, and that they had taken time to break the news to the children in the most appropriate way.

What is bizarre (other than the horrible level of speculation at the time)?

This makes Kate look a bit useless. She never developed a career, despite her 2:1 from St Andrew's. With one child, she needs two nannies and her mum! Not a very good example for her daughter.

No work for cancer charities beyond the patronage for the royal marsden. No work to raise awareness around anything to do with cancer. The whole thing is just strange to me.

I was on this thread much earlier today and have just come back. You’re honestly wasting your breath.

There are people on this thread with a chip on their shoulder and a clear agenda. Apparently wealthy people don’t warrant compassion.

I said earlier it’s a race to the bottom in the eyes of some, and the repeated unreasonable - and unfounded - comments and claims from certain posters demonstrates that perfectly.

Unpopular opinion: Slimming down and the frequent references to Scandinavian monarchies are not going to produce the results that some people are hoping for.

Slimming down is going to happen naturally anyway. Charles' generation aren't going to last forever. Andrew and Harry are out. The Queen's cousins are winding down; I think Princess Alexandra has mostly stopped doing engagements and the Duke of Kent clearly isn't well. That's a lot of people who aren't going to be replaced - in 15-20 years the working RF will be William, Catherine, their children, and possibly Edward and Sophie if their health allows them to work.

What people are realising is that this doesn't mean that the taxpayer costs reduce (apart from maybe security). Charles still gets the Sovereign Grant, which is not linked to how many family members are working royals. He just uses less of it to fund extended family, who are now expected to make their own way, and more of it on personal/household expenditure.

Basically, 'slimming down' is just window dressing. It's never really mattered whether the extended family are on the BP balcony during Trooping the Colour, or whether they get peerages or orders, or whether Catherine wears her regular tiara or a bespoke designer headpiece at the coronation. What matters is whether the public think that the core RF represent good value for money.

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Or sons - childcare shouldn't be down to women.

Amazingly unpleasant thread in parts. Some people have been on this thread all day. Almost as if they are lolling about their parents' house without a job, not doing anything. I'm sure this isn't the case, as the whole thread features so much criticism of people who don't do anything useful with their time.

I don't think that William or Catherine have much interest in their roles at all. I don't think they want to be royals, I think they just want a private life. Happy to take all the privileges though.

Maybe he should just step down and pass the line of succession over to Harry and Meghan. I know how wrong that sounds, but they're clearly dying to be top dogs, and William and Kate couldn't care less. It's better to have people in the roles who actually want to do it, instead of constantly shying away from it. William won't even pretend to be religious, even though he's going to be Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith. I couldn't care less if he's privately an atheist, but he's well-rewarded for his roles, to put it mildly, and it's incumbent on him to do a good impression of caring about it and being into it, like we all have to do at work. For a fraction of what he gets.

Really not impressed with W and K lately, between that and their THIRD enormous luxury house renovation. Still don't see why they need three houses at once.

But I continue to feel very sorry for them over Kate's illness, and I hope she only does what she comfortably can.

What the actual f.. is wrong with people on this thread?? My mum had cancer when she was 45 and it completely destroyed her life, she survived but she was a shadow of her former self and 30 years on she still is, she never fully recovered, not even close, I won’t even begin to go into the issues it left her with. She had ovarian and was bloody lucky to survive but even watching her go through it was hell let alone let alone what she went through enduring it physically and emotionally. How dare people sit on their little thrones saying ‘They need to be careful not to ham up the cancer ‘stuff’ too much’, that’s actually sick. And please don’t come back with the I’ve had cancer I know bs because a lot of us have and you clearly haven’t had it to that extent. Grow a god damn but if compassion you haven’t got a clue what these people are going through. These posts should be banned mumsnet is just full of nasty nasty people.

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I don't think it's true that Kate's mum moved in with them. Where did you hear that? She might have stayed with them for a while, but that's not the same as moving in. She'd have had to leave her husband and everything. I'm sure that's not true.

Can you give me a link to this "publicly available information" please? All I can find is some unverified gossip.
Thank you.

I’ve been on it all day because I’m working out my notice at work and bored as hell.

I know. Why is it always the woman who is criticised?

I get SSP from the start and my husband doesn’t get any pay for being off either me.

I’m not moaning but pointing out that it’s not a situation that everyone is lucky enough to have.

You know zero hour contracts etc.