Royals attending high profile events - business as usual or tone deaf?

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Over the past week Charles has been at London Fashion Week, Kate at the rugby and her and William at the BAFTAS. They may have attended other things, I don't know.

These are all very high profile events. the sort of thing my late mum would've described as 'glitzy' so I suppose not the less glam outings, or charity events.
In light of the fact no official statement has gone out from the BP, do you think it's appropriate they're still attending this sort of thing, or it's a bit tone deaf considering the conversations happening about the future of the monarchy, how much Charles already knew about Andrew etc?

I mean he did know though...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15581065/Email-proves-Charles-warned-brothers-Whistleblower-Palace-Royal-Family-Andrew.html (Daily Mail so people might not want to open but you can see from the headlines what happened)

Also William will have been well aware of the allegations for years now, I mean we all have.

Exactly . And we would have a rerun of Where’s Kate? Lazy Kate and William etc .
The legal process could take months/ years . Are they supposed to hideaway permanently?

Exactly . And we would have a rerun of Where’s Kate? Lazy Kate and William

Going to the Bafta’s & sports stuff wont stop the lazy accusations

So going to the BAFTAs makes you think they're some way not lazy?

That's part of their job. Whether one agrees that it is a real job is not really the point. It's what they do. And PW is the chair of the BAFTas so it would be pretty off to not turn up.

I think they have more pressures on them as individuals than they are given credit for. But the perks of the lifestyle certainly make up for it thousand-fold.

It's their jobs.

Exactly.

While it's not their fault how their uncle has acted they could start to do / attend events that maybe showed there was some self reflection within the family as a whole.

It's their job.

They are sticking to pre-agreed arrangements. It would be rude to let people down and none of them has done anything wrong.

If my relative had done bad things I would still expect to go to work

So which events would you find acceptable?
They are invited to events . They go. It’s their job .,

These things were probably booked a year ago and cancelling would be worse.

These aren’t some last minute thing just for fun.

It has to be business as usual. They can’t stop because someone who used to be in the royal family is being investigated or in the media.

Maybe it's just me then ;)

William is the president of BAFTA. He kind of had to be there......

I don't think he went last year though... I might be wrong.

Exactly this.
What should they be doing- wearing a horse hair vest and flagellating themselves?

If anything I don’t see any member of the royal family as being extravagant. (Apart from Meghan and Sarah, are they still considered to be royal?) I don’t think it’s in their nature.

Charles isn’t pulling down a wing of a perfectly good royal residence and erecting something that resembles an Olive Garden.

I also don’t see Kate Camilla, Sophie or Anne etc as being extravagant clothes horses. They always appear to be in outfits that will be brought out again sometimes years later

It’s a mixture of showing off British designers recycling outfits already seen by the general public and wearing outfits that are loaned for £0 to them

By doing what, exactly?

It's part of their jobs. It's their duties. They are a family but also an organisation working for the crown.

If it was a senior NHS/Police/MP or other public role, would you expect them to stop working to demonstrate 'self-reflection' after a family member who also worked for the organisation but is now sacked was arrested?

No. And you also wouldn't expect them to make comments outside of official statements.

Absolutely should carry on.
people prepare for months for these visits it’s not fair to pull the plug with hours or days to go.

Saying or doing anything more seriously compromises a fair trial.
his lawyer is already going to have a field day on this, as I’m not sure how he’s going to get one.

He’s the fucking President of BAFTA for gods sake, this trying to pin Andrew’s crimes on every member of the RF is so tedious, there are a loads of other threads blaming Charles, William, Anne, Edward, join in in one of those pitchfork threads, you don’t need to start another one.

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It appears a whistleblower has come forward to say that Charles was warned in 2019 about AMW's activities.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15581065/Email-proves-Charles-warned-brothers-Whistleblower-Palace-Royal-Family-Andrew.html

While it's not their fault how their uncle has acted they could start to do / attend events that maybe showed there was some self reflection within the family as a whole.

Like what?

They attend events they are invited to, and which align with their individual areas. They cant all go chasing the same causes

So KC has always been passionate about the environment, sustainable farming, UK farming etc. He is also big on arts, he's a sensitive sole not really a warrior king.

PrincessofW has decided early years is her thing.

PrinceofW is going hard on the environment, maybe a bit of a crossover with his Dad there.

QC I know she likes books! She also supports causes around domestic and sexual violence.

DuchessesofE supports women's rights and has had some visits abroad in support of women victims which is truly harrowing and should have been given more air time than it was as it could have been used to bring so much more attention to the dire lives some women are forced to live, mostly due to male violence.

DukeofE is young people based.

Princess Anne seems to just to anything any everything she is asked to!

Just because Andrew has been caught out in his despicable behavior it doesn't mean the family should give up any support of the environment and become campaigners for justice for the women who were victims of Epstein and his cronies. Just leave QC and Duchess of E to continue their work all women victims as they have been doing.