PA & Sarah - problems stem from not enough £?

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Sarah said in 1996 in all years together Andrew’s income never exceeded $50,000. Neither seem to understand money.

Has so much of this mess happened as neither had the funds for the life expected? PA had only a moderate sum from civil list & most went on official engagements & staff & his office.

An evening dress cost $4,000 & Sarah said in mid 90s (in her book ‘My Story’ written for USA audience hence dollar amounts) & she needed a lot, she began to quickly run up debt. She was expected to host Christmas parties for 250 & have hairdressers & make up artists, nannies etc. She was young & had no guidance & a spendthrift if unchecked by own admission - often buying very generous gifts for others.

The Queen seemed to give gifts NB: house but neither had money to run in manner expected.

If PA & SF had a steady & generous allowance would he have avoided ‘Epstein’ & much seediness? Presumably Will & Kate have always had access to bigger funds?

So you think that he was best mates with an evil man because his mum didnt give him a large enough allowance?

There will never be enough money for greedy people like them.

Read "Entitled" by Andrew Lownie. They burned through a fortune because they are entitled and without morals.

I think that venal spendthrifts get greedy by hanging around billionaires and becoming envious.

Not enough money 🤨 yeah right

It is thought the royal family were shelling out something like £1m in annual allowances to him.

So they were hardly skint.

Poor judges of character, not very bright etc.

Sarah Ferguson probably more money orientated (plenty of evidence of her saying she’s skint).

Lucky she met her very special friend Mr Epstein with his friendly smile and deep pockets then isn’t it

I wouldn’t worry too much about the finances of people who sold the house they were given as a wedding present for £15,000,000.

i would worry about the people who worked for them who didn’t get paid for work they had done for them.

Sarah was trying to secure meetings with her husband for 10’s of thousands.

Unfortunately the Sheik she was courting was an undercover journalist.

They are greedy.

I think their greed and their iron-clad sense of entitlement made them more open to fixers like Epstein. I certainly don’t think it’s because they didn’t have enough money.

The amount of food waste alone SF created without any sense of shame would make you feel sick, physically sick.
She has been bailed out time and time over by her mother in law and still has not learnt an iota of financial responsibility.

I think it is a combination of factors.

Wealth distribution is not equal in the RF but none of them are getting by just on any salary they earn.

It must be galling to hang around with the very very wealthy when you are royal and feel you are better than others for some reason, but see you dont have the kind of funds they have.

Both of these people seem to be naturally greedy and come from a family where there is a history of minor members trading on their names and connections.

She says in ‘My Story’ whilst not materialistic liked a good time & had no guidance & previously pampered life no preparation. Parents not good role models.

Hardly on uppers but if a bit dim & expected to make own money - PA -.what do you draw on & what could possibly go wrong?

It feels all very unclear - no Duchy to draw on like big bro.

Oh please. He’s never paid a bill in his life and has currently ‘downsized’ to a detached house in the Norfolk countryside, with servants. He has many shortcomings, but a lack of financial support is not one of them.

I agree & am no SF apologist but she couldn’t finance the facade & expectations from off.

If Queen gifts you a ridiculous mansion & says expectation is ££ on couture, & you need a chef & nannies & a driver & PA has no clue. What do you do? Especially if you know you don’t have the money for upkeep? Did they hope & assume she’d have her own generous trust fund?

If anything, I think the issue is he was given too much.

I agree but reading SF’s book the Queen was setting the pair up for a different age & therefore a big fall. Saying their entitlement & need for status so important. They couldn’t finance & keep up with life they were being told their birthright.

Has so much of this mess happened as neither had the funds for the life expected? PA had only a moderate sum from civil list & most went on official engagements & staff & his office.

Anne and Ed seem to have scraped by just fine and even thrived.

MW was once cited as the third richest royal.

Where did it go?

They could have actually got jobs, it’s not forbidden. He did work for the navy for years, I presume he earned money

Not enough for the £ life he seemed to want. SF wanted to work but it wasn’t easy in marriage. She got so little guidance on anything & was often lonely in early years. Or so she said.

There are threads on here by people who can not put the heating on because they can't afford to.
Their cupboards are empty.
They don't know how they're going to feed their kids.

AMW and SF were never that.

And I can't take their "poverty" seriously.

I work with families who are properly struggling financially. They are not them!

How to Edward & Sophie maintain lifestyle & home? An allowance?

And a pension?

Hang, on, I'll get out my tiny 🎻

It's just soooooo hard when your diamond shoes are too tight

The royals mix with billionaires, and while the top royals (heirs) can live that life full time, the lesser royals can only experience the serious luxury (private jets, security motorcades etc.) in small bites. They're surrounded by serious wealth, but not much of it is theirs. There seems to be one in every generation that struggles with that.

So in SF’s mind, the issue is she wasn’t given enough? I mean, we’d all like to live a luxury lifestyle, but most of us recognise we need to earn a wage and cut our cloth accordingly. As I understand it, she’s something of a spendthrift, so perhaps the issue is that, whatever was given to her, it would never have been enough. Her avarice seems unquenchable.