William denounced as "workshy" due to lack of royal engagements he performs

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I read this article in the DM which was originally brought to my attention by my MIL, who has a very keen interest in goings-on involving the RF.

'His absences have not gone unnoticed': Norman Baker asks when 'workshy William' is going to step up https://mol.im/a/15908021

I must admit I was surprised to learn that William has attended fewer events than KC and Anne over the last 3 years. I agree with the sentiment that he needs to step up to ease the burden on his father.

I honor and respect them for their service.

What ‘service’? He’s work shy as others have said, he’s done nothing worthy of respect that I can see.

I very highly disagree with that assessment.

There are some very ugly comments in this thread. Describing humans as accidents, for example. These types will NEVER be happy or have a positive word. They’ll never have perspective.

They are ultra wealthy yet choose to live a life of service.

They don't have to lift a finger. They don’t owe you a thing. Yet they feel a duty to carry on.

Again, many have zero perspective and will always be angry with anyone who has different circumstances than their own. No need to try and appease or convince those people. Same types that will lose their mind on the board if someone mentions having a household help, for example. They exist at every level of society and remain blind to their own personal privileges as well.

ES appears to be little more than a greenwashing vehicle buffing the public image of a royal hypocrite.

You can report your greenwashing concerns to the charity commission then. Why don’t you try that and come and tell us how you get on?

Why does Harry have to be brought onto every thread?

It is almost like a derail - don't talk about the Windsors - ball...

Applying the "the horde" to people who have an opinion on how their country is ruled, and the systems in place smacks of entitlement.

Indeed, HMTQ came very close to losing the lot by not listening to the horde. Most Royal families have lost everything, even their hearts by not listening to the horde.

This thread is about an article which brings up Harry.

When did The queen almost lose the lot ?

this is not revolutionary France you know!! The monarchy won’t just disappear because a loud minority shout loudly!

currently in this country the amount of people who support the monarchy is higher than those who don’t!

They are ultra wealthy yet choose to live a life of service.

Don’t make me laugh. They are ultra wealthy because simply because they have been born into it. Their status is entirely undeserved. And as for ‘life of service’, what bollocks. Showing up to the odd event and having your name on the headed paper is not a life of service. It’s an insult to those who do serve.

Let’s check the stats.

Rather than discuss whether or not William is 'workshy' (cringey word), imho a better discussion would be what 'work' do people want and expect from royals.

Posters are comparing him to his Aunt Anne, who embodies the 'ribbon cutting' royal model which came into being maybe half a century ago. Lots of appearances, often brief and superficial, the idea being that the mere presence, however fleeting, of the monarch's daughter, sister or whoever is a huge boost to an organisation. By contrast, William, in theory at least, is moving to a different model of royal 'work' whereby royals have fewer public engagements but work more 'deeply' with a select number of organisations.

Whether William is actually doing this, or simply using it as an 'excuse' to do less, is up for discussion, but that's not really my point here. Do those who say William is 'lazy' on the basis of Court Circular 'engagement' listings want a return to the 'ribbon cutting' model? Do they believe that sort of work is valuable? Because my impression is that most of those criticising William for being 'workshy' generally think the royals are pretty useless and that their 'work' is just PR anyway.

If that's the case, does it really matter if William is 'lazy' or not?

I know you love him...

The Daily Mail is incredibly pro-royal family. So if they’re saying this then William must really not have done very much!

Also just FYI it’s totally acceptable and fair to criticise the royal family. We pay for them and they work for us. It’s not the 16th century any more, you’re allowed to criticise them 👍

Those are official you gov stats ! , are you arguing against them ?
or is your comment because you have no counter evidence.

You brought up the men in the family and how the married-in women are treated.

Why mention this then balk when someone replies with a relevant example?

Harry is still a Windsor, too.

Are you 12?

Are you attempting to make this about my personal feelings because for you it is only about such?

But no, I didn’t participate in the poll.

The article is from the republicans darling Norman baker !

Linen and William sittin in a tree…

I highly doubt you pay even a ha’penny that goes toward their personal upkeep. Two of them alone contributed nearly £20M in taxes. I think they well cover themselves.

You may be in favor of stripping all ancestral wealth and prohibiting the passing down of any wealth going forward. Doubtful you’d get the rest of us to agree to it and until then, they are well set.

This is why Republic will always fail, in my innocence I always thought it was the Institution itself that they railed against, but it’s not, it’s a literal hatred of anyone (apart from Prince Harry and her) within the monarchy, there is never one single good word to say about any of them, no matter the good causes they support or the individuals they platform. William could find the cure for cancer and they would still come back and say it was “cancer washing” because he hadn’t found the cure for Rabies, the work shy lazy bastard.

I have no issue with anyone wanting a republic, put forward a good case, acknowledge the good and the bad of the monarchy and it would be an interesting discussion, but no, all I’ve read on here in the past couple of days is pure spite of individuals, complaining they don’t scrub the bathroom, Catherine never had cancer, W&C despise each other etc. etc. and honestly it just comes across that they are resentful of their wealth and lifestyle, it really does.

So what if it it’s undeserved? It is fact. Also fact that they could walk and haven’t done so.

Is that what you are upset about? People who enjoy unearned privileges? I’m sure you do as well. Doubtful there is a soul posting on this board today who does not.

I wonder what women born into cultures where women enjoy no rights at all would think about our unearned privileges including the right to sit here and chat shit about someone with more money for no real purpose.

This.

Why have Charles, Camilla and Ann been brought into this thread? I see you are not complaining about that.

Those figures are meaningless. If they’re trying to be transparent, give us the headlines. Without any surrounding details, it’s just pointless a PR exercise. It should include the full picture of wealth, public funding, and costs. The tax disclosure looks less impressive when set against the fact that the sovereign grant has grown exponentially in recent years.

I think you have posted on the wrong thread! This is the William is lazy thread!
you want the the rf finance transparency one!