Princess Anne

[Mylovelygreendress]

Love this photo of Anne at the rugby today . She is such a brilliant supporter of the Scottish Rugby team

Around 450,000 people in the Uk have the Platinum Jubilee medal that Jack and Edo were given, by the way. It was also distributed in other countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc) that share the Head of State with the UK.

@Serenster
Presumably all the others got them for some other reason than just marrying in to the family ?

They wear Coronation medals too. Well... I suppose they look good and make someone feel important

My DH is the CEO of a large organisation. I can assure you he writes his own speeches, and he actually runs the company as well as rocking up places to shake hands with people and deliver those speeches. Also, the speeches are about his industry experiences, innovations etc. There is absolutely no comparison with the kind of tokenistic, ribbon-cutting nonsense the RF do on their charity drive-bys. I’m still waiting to hear instances of all the ‘hard work’ they supposedly do for charities.

Some of us think the RF are excellent value for money and a net good for the country. Some of us don’t. Never the twain shall meet.

Some of us believe PR and puff pieces. Some of us don’t. Ditto.

I do not know how the Windsors did not see this coming. I remember AMW flying here there and everywhere (on the taxpayers dollar) and thinking decades ago, good god, what is this man doing? He wasn't called Airmiles Andy for nothing.*
Yet the royals did what they always do, stuck their heads in the sand and hope it blows over.*
Because it was covered up by successive governments, and Parliaments who decided to let them just do whatever they liked. It was only the unintended consequences off the MAGA's believing Trumps lies that has led to this. If not for the release of the Epstein files by a foreign government they would have hidden all this for another 50 years, then William would be an old man, and George could say he was a child at the time and they could all have carried on. Now they all have to scramble around leaking stories about how they never liked Andrew and were forced to drive him around/ spend holidays with him/ go riding with him etc.

Yes it was covered up by successive governments.

Are they a government department or are they above all that?

Imagine these sort of shenanigans with the Dept of Trade, the Treasury, the Dept for Health, Environment, Work & Pensions, Trade & Industry, MOD, and many more.

The MOD is being investigated as I type for toxic culture, misconduct and an RAF flights review enquiry into Epstein's plane landing at RAF bases.

Why can't there be an investigation into the Monarchy and what they do, or don't do?

Come along now, you'd want a medal -at the very least - for marrying into that family wouldn't you?