RoyalGossip 2011 Archive: The Does William Work? And When?

Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Leila on March 15, 2011, 12:02:31 am
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yeah, but what does he do all day? :- Watch TV or what? Unlike WK he's got no hair look after.... :tehe:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Wombat on March 15, 2011, 04:52:13 am
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Probably has sex with Kate all day cause he's not much good anything else, she's got limited abilities as well and putting out to the future King is the sum total of her skills to date. We've seen how good she is at laying on her back with her legs in the air - albeit whilst wearing rollerskates but hey..different strokes for different folks :James: Wills' job is a front just like Kate's PP and Jigsaw jobs were. Neither have any work ethic IMO. :snob:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: serene grace on March 15, 2011, 06:09:27 am
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: June on March 15, 2011, 12:39:05 pm
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Great thread, Alexandrine. :thumbsup:

Seriously, Wombat, your witty and accurate posts, IMO, make me proud to be Australian. :worship: :stars: kisss :lips:

You should be a writer, if you're not already. :flirt:

You forgot a few other things she's good at:

- fiddling with her hair;
- all leisure/sport activities (tennis in the freezing cold, with full makeup, hair splaying, suntanning on yachts, reading fashion/society magazines, etc);
- being William's handbag/slave;
- getting others to pay for her lifestyle;
- grinning, especially at inappropriate ceremonies, like condolence signing;
- flirting with all men;
- showing off her yoga moves in public (ie weddings);
- upstaging brides;
- ungraciously declining invites;
- putting on way too much black eyeliner;
- flashing her crotch to all and sundry;
- dressing in hideously skin-tight/ill-fitting clothing;
- reading Harry Potter books;
- acting like an adolescent;
- playing demure;
- reeling in a vulnerable prince and getting a proposal, ergo serious, gold medal winning social-climbing/gold-digging (I have to really give her that one);

And ... the grand finale - she can heat up frozen pizza! :James: lols :spooky: :laugh: lol

See, her CV could be jam-packed, after all. Wills pales into insignificance, for sure. :bored:

Ok, I'm sure I've forgotten a few things! :tehe: :KEZZA:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: windsor2 on March 15, 2011, 02:39:01 pm
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This is like history repeating itself. Edward was a selfish, lazy womanizer who married Wallis Simpson. Like Waity, she wasn’t a domestic goddess but was said to be good in bed. Wills is like Edward because he’s quite selfish and lazy. Perhaps he doesn’t care if the royal family collapses because he doesn’t want to be king. As I said before, the more that I’m reading about him, the more he’s ticking me off. He should realize that his life could become nothing just like Edward. He gave up the throne, and what did he do with the rest of his life? P**ssed it away commissioning hideous jewelry for his w**ore wife, going on holidays, being friendly with Hitler, waisting his life.
With all this time off, shouldn’t he be discharged from the RAF? :oooh:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: mousiekins on March 15, 2011, 02:45:40 pm
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He is PR and leverage

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Alexandrine on March 15, 2011, 03:24:51 pm
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He is the golden boy, he cannot have bad press. Unless the monarchy ends or William ends up like Charles we will not really know him.

Thank you June! And thank you mods for making this a sticky! We can report here when he doesn't work for sure.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: windsor2 on March 15, 2011, 03:42:33 pm
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He's going to get bad press after the wedding. The press knows that Waity's has no business being the future a princess or Queen Consort, yet they're praising her to the hilt. You know they're dying to get to the good stuff after the wedding. Wills will get bashed in the press.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: mousiekins on March 15, 2011, 04:02:05 pm
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A thing to remember is that nearly all Journalists are Republicans.

They know Kate is bad for the Monarchy which is why the love her.

Most want the Monarchy to end and she will help

Plus she is a guaranteed tabloid dream with her inability to function like a normal human being.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: True Brit on March 15, 2011, 04:22:29 pm
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I did read an interview with a senior RAF bod who said he had been in charge of "devising" William's training programme. He admitted it was unlike any training undertaken anywhere else in the RAF and he said something along the lines of it had to be shorter than the usual programme so as not ot waste public money (yes really) but long enough for PW to get something out of it.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: mousiekins on March 15, 2011, 04:38:13 pm
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I remember his 'special training and schedule' too :bored:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Wombat on March 16, 2011, 12:56:09 am
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Someone needs to calculate how many days he's been at work over the past month. :baby:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: YooperModerator on March 16, 2011, 01:14:22 am
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Eurm before making such calculation define 'work' please! :tehe:
Do you mean royal duties, RAF or both?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: princess_elena on March 16, 2011, 01:33:06 am
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What about Harry? Is he working too or he get the treatment like William?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Princess Alucard on March 16, 2011, 01:34:13 am
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I wonder if him ( and even harry ) can handle true hard work. Have them be waiters or something :tehe:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: June on March 16, 2011, 02:28:50 am
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Quote from: Alexandrine on March 15, 2011, 03:24:51 pm
He is the golden boy, he cannot have bad press. Unless the monarchy ends or William ends up like Charles we will not really know him.

Thank you June! And thank you mods for making this a sticky! We can report here when he doesn't work for sure.

You're welcome, Alexandrine. :BFF: I enjoy the opportunity to have a dig at William these days. :tehe: lols

Mousie: re his colleagues not respecting him and him pulling rank - that is truly disappointing. :thumbsdown:

windsor2: Waity even reminds me of Wallis to look at, but I doubt she is as intelligent. :think:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: mousiekins on March 16, 2011, 07:45:07 pm
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Quote from: princess_elena on March 16, 2011, 01:33:06 am
What about Harry? Is he working too or he get the treatment like William?

Harry is the complete opposite!

He works hard and expects no special treatment, he refuses any special treatment offered.
He works the most he can. He tries his hardest to fit his duties around his timetable but on some occasions has been unable to.
He is 'one of the lads' and gets on well with his fellow comrades.
They all love and respect him and are happy to serve under him as he is a great Leader.
He puts on no airs and graces and treats everyone the same.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Dahlia on March 16, 2011, 08:07:30 pm
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Quote from: mousiekins on March 16, 2011, 07:45:07 pm
Quote from: princess_elena on March 16, 2011, 01:33:06 am
What about Harry? Is he working too or he get the treatment like William?

Harry is the complete opposite!

He works hard and expects no special treatment, he refuses any special treatment offered.
He works the most he can. He tries his hardest to fit his duties around his timetable but on some occasions has been unable to.
He is 'one of the lads' and gets on well with his fellow comrades.
They all love and respect him and are happy to serve under him as he is a great Leader.
He puts on no airs and graces and treats everyone the same.

Maybe, maybe he will be King. And William & Kate are in their exile in New York. :tehe:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Scarlet Flowers on March 16, 2011, 10:00:26 pm
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Thankd for that information, Mousie. Wow. William sounds dedicated, doesn't he?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Wombat on March 17, 2011, 10:22:37 pm
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He met some real helicopter search and rescue people in NZ. I wonder if he asked them what it was like to do it for real?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Wombat on March 21, 2011, 10:16:43 pm
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So I guess it's back to work then Wills? :rolleyes:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: YooperModerator on April 02, 2011, 02:21:08 am
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hmm just found a tweet from libbyrose (thanks for the info honey!) 'bout his job.
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libbyrose44 Prince Harry Hunter
Prince William has completed 35 operational shifts at RAF Valley, each lasting 24 hours which saw 12 search and rescue mission

and royalreporter has the same info (dunno who found it first)
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RoyalReporter Richard Palmer
There's TV footage and stills of William flying his RAF Sea King helicopter today. He's done around 35 operational SAR 24-hour shifts.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Wombat on April 02, 2011, 11:38:17 am
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I'm staggered by that figure. How long has he been there for? 35 operational SAR 24-hour shifts. He would have ground time where he can't fly and needs to rest within that time - in that he wouldn't be in the air for the full 24 hrs. That's not many shifts IMO and it's even less than I thought he would have done. That's 840hrs in total or 21 weeks of work [normal 40hr week] - or 5 months of work. :think:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Alexandrine on April 02, 2011, 11:56:10 am
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I would like to know how much does a normal worker in the RAF.

It seems that they are trying to say that William works a lot, coincidence? :June:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Leila on April 02, 2011, 12:25:36 pm
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I don't get it either. :think: If he works two 24h shifts per week then that's only four months. You can't tell me that they normally only work one shift each week. :- He's been operational for a year, right? So that's, let's be generous, 45 weeks. :unsure: someone explain this please. :help:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Scarlet Flowers on April 02, 2011, 03:38:54 pm
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Can it even be explained?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on September 11, 2012, 06:33:18 am
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This is pathetic; I will never believe he spends substantial amount of time at base with his fellow officers mainly because he went from the paralympics to France and now he's going to the South Pacific and will have a "second" honeymoon during the trip like he did with Canada.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: starlite on September 14, 2012, 09:39:23 pm
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I bet his co-workers are laughing their @sses off. They are probably saying that he should've had his butt at work instead of going on another vacation. otherwise the photos would have never been taken.
HAHA!

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on September 14, 2012, 09:52:33 pm
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How much do you guys want to bet that William might end up coming home to a letter of dismissal from the RAF on his desk? I wonder if he lied to the RAF about preparations for his trip and go figure, he's exposed as having been on the South of France in a posh villa while his fellow soldiers work their arses off?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: True Brit on September 14, 2012, 10:03:13 pm
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There is a sublime irony, nay karma, in that they wouldn't be in this mess had they done their duty and foregone another luxury holiday and attended the paralympics instead of lying about too busy working/preparing for tour to attended paralympics.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: rollinginthesouth on September 14, 2012, 10:33:08 pm
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Well we already know from recent events that "work commitments" could be code for vacation. So maybe we should track down all articles from the past two years or so that has those two words in it and hold those likely to be fake. All of them might not be, but the suspicion is now there.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on September 14, 2012, 10::31 pm
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So, any bets as to how long his RAF career will end up lasting.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Spice on September 15, 2012, 01:01:31 am
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I think the RAF itself will never fire him, because they are too scared of the RF. But HM might see to it that he is moved into fulltime royal duties within a pretty short time. I think this would be a smart move on her part. Let's hope she realises this and rips her head out of that sand it's been in for years.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on September 15, 2012, 01:10:10 am
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I hoep he accepts it and goes along, not using his passion for teh RAF and as for the RAF, there is only so much they should have to be intimidated into putting up with.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Spice on September 15, 2012, 01:17:53 am
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Unfortunately the UK military is intimately connected with the RF and is part of the "establishment" with it. There's no democracy or transparency in the UK, as long as there is a hereditary Head of State.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Emperor on October 28, 2012, 05:34:42 am
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I don`t know if this is the right place to post this but here goes.

PW is Lazy. I don`t mean that he is a slob but his work ethics leaves much to be desired no matter if he`s in the RAF or if he`s doing royal duties. PD did over 100 Royal engagements in her first year as a Princess.

So lets see here..
-Naive 20 years old with very little training on Royal Protocol - Check
-A 2 week or so Honeymoon Plus having a baby within 11 months of her wedding - Check
- Didn't create a massive scandal within 18 months of her wedding ala Titgate - Check

And she still did over 100 engagements -- Massive respect for her.

His Father has made the Duchy into a very profitable business and that gives him a very healthy income and that income alone puts him in the top 200 richest people of the Uk. I admit that the taxes he pays is a point of contention, but lets ignore that for time being.

Back to PD, She had immense influence in her charitable duties. The picture of her shaking the hands of a HIV patient in 1987 changed global perception of people to Aids and HIV. Her contribution to changing the public opinion of Aids sufferers was summarized in December 2001 by Bill Clinton, former US President, at the 'Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture on Aids', when he said: "In 1987, when so many still believed that Aids could be contracted through casual contact, Princess Diana sat on the sickbed of a man with Aids and held his hand. She showed the world that people with Aids deserve not isolation, but compassion. It helped change world opinion, helped give hope to people with Aids, and helped save lives of people at risk". This was 7 years into her live as a princess.

She was 27 years old who changed world perception. PW is 30 and the only perception he's done to change around the world is that his lazy wife lies and sunbathes topless.

I wouldn't mind if PW did his RAF duties full time if he didn't do any royal duties but he goes on soo many vacations with Boney that its impossible that he works as much as his colleagues in the RAF.

I truly believe if he comes to the Throne one of these 2 things will happen- 1) he will put an end to the monarchy with his incompetence. 2) he will lets the courtiers do the work and waste his life with Boney and leave the monarchy on the verge of collapse.

Rant over.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on October 28, 2012, 05:45:32 am
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Quote from: Spice on September 15, 2012, 01:17:53 am
Unfortunately the UK military is intimately connected with the RF and is part of the "establishment" with it. There's no democracy or transparency in the UK, as long as there is a hereditary Head of State.

It doesn't mean that William couldn't end up being made redundant; there are a lot of ways to get him out and if the military wants him out, they can get him out. They can leak to the public about William shirking his role and can point out that he doesn't even live on base, so what is the point?
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His Father has made the Duchy into a very profitable business and that gives him a very healthy income and that income alone puts him in the top 200 richest people of the Uk. I admit that the taxes he pays is a point of contention, but lets ignore that for time being.


Charles also runs the Prince's Trust (after literally inventing it from nothing) and he pretty much did that while single and a young man. It was fully established while he was in his twenties and apparently was in full swing by the time he was married and having kids. Charles also never let girlfriends get in his way (except Camilla) of his work.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Alexandrine on December 18, 2012, 06:49:39 pm
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Is really Will making the hours he should? Before the pregnancy announcement they said that he had to work very hard until christmas because due to the jubilee he needed many free days. Well, it doesn't look like that.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: memyselfandroyals on December 19, 2012, 12:37:17 am
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well, with cambriges we never know..

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Snokitty on December 22, 2012, 04:21:22 pm
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phil dampier ‏@phildampier
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William was involved in dramatic airlift of ill baby from N Ireland to Newcastle last week. Security problems were ignored to do his job.

I wonder how he managed to do that while he was attending Christmas parties in London.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: lothwen on December 23, 2012, 07:03:00 am
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He's superman? :dontknow:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: rogue on December 23, 2012, 12:26:24 pm
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Security problems were ignored to do his job.
:sly: :easter-sly: So are we supposed to pat him on the back ??

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Anne-Elliot on December 23, 2012, 09:42:23 pm
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What security problems? I doubt one of the IRA splinter groups had prior knowledge that a baby would require airlifting to hospital, & that PW would be navigator on the helicopter!!! What a pile of BS!

:BS:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: rollinginthesouth on December 23, 2012, 11:04:36 pm
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LOL, last week was also when Kate did the awards show. So is Billy-boy wanting attention too and is now saying that while Kate was looking all pretty in green at the BBC awards, he was off saving babies? Like seriously UK Press, William needs some love too...duh! *to be said in a valley girl and/or Kate pre-engagement accent*

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: rollinginthesouth on December 24, 2012, 12:33:06 am
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^^^To add to my post, Harry has reportedly "killed his first Taliban commander in Helmand, Afghanistan." So me thinks William also wants to be cited for some kind of military achievement.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: rollinginthesouth on December 29, 2012, 10:50:29 pm
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From November 2004:
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"Depending on which course I take after university, it's unlikely that I'll suddenly jump into public duties just like that," he said.

"Naturally I'm a bit wary of them because I don't want to start too early and then be stuck doing that for the rest of my life."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-326899/Id-fight-frontline.html

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: lothwen on December 30, 2012, 12:21:58 am
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Ummmm, Willy? I *despise* to be the one to break this to you, but unless you abdicate, you will be "stuck doing this" for the rest of your life.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Snokitty on December 30, 2012, 12:30:02 am
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He doesn't think so because he already gets to do anything he wants.

I think the Queen should just admit that William is like Uncle David and send him off to an island to live a life of lazy luxury without the rest of the world having to watch him and his Wallis doing nothing anyway.

They could have a red carpet on the Island and have the Islanders come out and wave at them ever so often then they would both be happy and so would the people who have to read about their lazy butts.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: windsor2 on December 30, 2012, 01:45:00 am
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^ :tehe:
That would be best for all concerned at this point.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: True Brit on December 30, 2012, 02:22:14 am
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Hmmm! The knives are definitely out for PW


www.express.co.uk/posts/view/367735/Prince-William-s-Christmas-bust-up

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Adeline on December 30, 2012, 02:51:24 am
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Quote from: True Brit on December 30, 2012, 02:22:14 am
Hmmm! The knives are definitely out for PW


www.express.co.uk/posts/view/367735/Prince-William-s-Christmas-bust-up



WOW!!
Finally the truth starts coming out- its going to be so much fun to watch the downfall of these two!

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: windsor2 on December 30, 2012, 03:08:42 am
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I agree. It's about time too.
It's unbelievable that he ruins so many people's holiday just to throw his weight around. It's a shame though that he's able to do this and not have HM or PP or even PC overrule his bs. I imagine the workers really looking forward to relaxing watching Skyfall and was pretty pissed that his royal twit ruined it for them.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on January 01, 2013, 05:26:43 pm
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I wonder if he might end up removed from the RAF and then ordered into full time work without being able to retreat into a position as part of the Household Cavalry.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Snokitty on January 02, 2013, 01:24:53 am
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www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-spend-1514054

When I read the story about the rescue team whose helicopter went down while trying to rescue a man lost at sea (they were all rescued) I thought they will use this to tie in William for some sort of rescue.

They didn't actually say William rescued the other crew but that he left Kate at home on New Years while she is pregnant to search for a man that was not found.

If they want me to believe William is out there rescuing people then they need to show a more recent photo.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Mon Roi Henry IX on January 02, 2013, 01:45:53 am
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@all,
To be a Royal one must work. William does not want to be a royal who works.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100105089/how-prince-william-resisted-johann-haris-advances/

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: rollinginthesouth on January 02, 2013, 02:32:22 am
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Quote from: Snokitty on January 02, 2013, 01:24:53 am
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-spend-1514054

When I read the story about the rescue team whose helicopter went down while trying to rescue a man lost at sea (they were all rescued) I thought they will use this to tie in William for some sort of rescue.

They didn't actually say William rescued the other crew but that he left Kate at home on New Years while she is pregnant to search for a man that was not found.

If they want me to believe William is out there rescuing people then they need to show a more recent photo.

Funny how when there's weeks of downtime for William and Kate we never get stories of him saving someone (it's rare, usually when their image is down), but it's almost expected now or it's tradition for a story like this to come out during any national or family holiday. We had stories like this for William for the Valentine's Day before last, the 2010/2011 New Years, last Valentine's Day (for the Falklands training), etc. I can't remember them all but it seems like he always "saves" someone and has to leave Kate while on a national holiday. I'm not going to say it's because they want to give William an excuse for not being near Kate for a holiday but because they want to white-wash his image into "Hey, ya know how you were having fun with your family during this holiday? Well, William wasn't afforded that luxury because he's a heroic, hardworking rescue pilot! Just remember that when you get pissed off at him for not working for several weeks!"

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Snokitty on January 02, 2013, 07:26:46 am
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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/9774974/Duke-of-Cambridge-joins-search-for-missing-man.html
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William and three Sea King crew mates were reportedly dispatched from their base on Anglesey in North Wales after the alarm was raised in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

They worked with RNLI lifeboat crews, a police helicopter and coastguard units searching the water for 90 minutes.

But William’s Sea King was finally stood down after battling 50mph winds.

The search was suspended last night and was due to resume again today.

William, a Royal Air Force pilot, is understood to have been on standby for search and rescue duties between Christmas and New Year.

When on stand by wouldn't someone need to actually be in Wales instead of Berkshire or Norfolk? The royal reporters are sounding stupider with each passing day. :laugh:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Alexandrine on January 02, 2013, 02:06:35 pm
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He had to recuperate a lot of days because all the holidays he had to take last year and only went this week. He mustn't have done all the hours he should in 2012. No wonder the RAF is at the end of their tether.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: memyselfandroyals on January 02, 2013, 03:30:53 pm
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Sometimes i believe he's happier there rather than with his wife

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: giamodel60 on January 02, 2013, 10:58:14 pm
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If he was really there he would be away from her 1/2 a year s nights
If that diesnt say stay away I don't know what does.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: June on January 05, 2013, 06:52:55 am
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Quote from: Snokitty on January 01, 2013, 04:04:55 pm
Quote from: Ivy on December 31, 2012, 11:12:09 pm
It is sad that mental illness has such a stigma. Diana had psychiatric/mental/emotional problems. She said so herself. The Morton book discusses her suicide attempts and eating disorders. Diana herself is telling the world that she has these problems. It is a very brave thing to do and she should be applauded for it. She also tried to get treatment, although it was a long rocky road. She saw a therapist, Susie Orbach, for several years in the early 90s.

Diana had emotional problems not psychiatric/mental problems. A therapist treats emotional problems not mental disorders or psychiatric problems.
:thumbsup: In any event, not all 'psychiatric/mental problems' equate to being 'disturbed', as in being psychotic.

William is on permanent holiday, IMO, because he believes it is his due for being forced to marry a woman with whom he was never in love.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: CathyJane on January 05, 2013, 09:58:53 pm
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William is on permanent holiday, IMO, because he believes it is his due for being forced to marry a woman with whom he was never in love.

If he wasn't in love with Waity, why did he want to spend so much time with her? Other than her mattress tricks.

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Post by: rollinginthesouth on January 05, 2013, 10:04:15 pm
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^^^Are they spending time apart now because she can't play any "mattress tricks" right now thanks to morning sickness?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: scarlett on January 06, 2013, 07:39:33 am
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I used to think for some strange reason he actually loved Waity, but the more I saw of them, the more I came to believe they just have an arrangement and live separate lives for the most part.

Wills doesn't appear to work much, they really don't have to spend so much time apart. I think it's all part of the deal.

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Post by: June on January 06, 2013, 10:53:59 am
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Quote from: CathyJane on January 05, 2013, 09:58:53 pm
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William is on permanent holiday, IMO, because he believes it is his due for being forced to marry a woman with whom he was never in love.

If he wasn't in love with Waity, why did he want to spend so much time with her? Other than her mattress tricks.

Oh my, Cathy, are you that naive? If you cannot present any other possible reasons why William married Kate, then I'm not going to answer such an open-ended question.

In any event, I think you have answered your own question to your own satisfaction. I don't agree, but anyway ...

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Post by: Snokitty on January 16, 2013, 06:39:15 pm
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Richard Palmer ‏@royalreporter
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Prince William sent a video message to the Football Assocation today congratulating English soccer's governing body on its 150th anniversary

Prince William was unable to attend an event today celebrating the Football Association's 150th anniversary because he was on RAF duties.


Since no one believes he is ever on that base I guess they decided it was time to announce his being there either that or W&K are on another holiday they are trying to . :think:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on January 16, 2013, 09:03:59 pm
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Quote from: Ivy on December 31, 2012, 11:12:09 pm
It is sad that mental illness has such a stigma. Diana had psychiatric/mental/emotional problems. She said so herself. The Morton book discusses her suicide attempts and eating disorders. Diana herself is telling the world that she has these problems. It is a very brave thing to do and she should be applauded for it. She also tried to get treatment, although it was a long rocky road. She saw a therapist, Susie Orbach, for several years in the early 90s.

Diana had an eating disorder which she got under control in the nineteen eighties. She went to the therapist who treated her sister Sarah. Diana's issue was being in a marriage with a dysfunctional man who was emotionally abusive to her. I think he needed help more than she did.

I think William has issues with work and uses the RAF to out. The public really does not know how much or how little he does there.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Jane23 on January 16, 2013, 09:08:26 pm
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He has been caught being on Vacation (or elsewhere) when he should be on his base so many times that is hard to believe it when it is claimed he is on the base.

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Post by: starlite on January 16, 2013, 09:14:31 pm
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Quote from: sandy on January 16, 2013, 09:03:59 pm
I think William has issues with work and uses the RAF to out. The public really does not know how much or how little he does there.

haha I have issues with work, but I still get up and go 5 days a week because if I dont there are consequences.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: YooperModerator on January 16, 2013, 09:36:45 pm
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Yup me to but, once again, apparently that's not the case for Billy

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Post by: One of the Peasants on January 16, 2013, 10:37:55 pm
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Quote from: akasha2411 on January 16, 2013, 09:36:45 pm
Yup me to but, once again, apparently that's not the case for Billy

In his mind he might, but I think he puts more effort into not working than the actual act itself. Of course he does get photgraphed working so maybe that is work to him. Mostly he just 8) from it

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Acornia on January 17, 2013, 11:43:33 am
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Victoria Murphy ‏@queenvicmirror
Prince William described football as "part of the very fabric of our society" in a recorded message for the FA 150th anniversary launch

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Victoria Murphy ‏@queenvicmirror
Prince William also said it was a "huge honour to lead the FA"

A tweet from another user says he couldn't come because he was working for the RAF. I forgot where it was though...

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Post by: Snokitty on January 20, 2013, 01:05:08 am
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www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/293999/
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PRINCE William is set to stay in uniform rather than take on a royal job with the family firm.

Speculation is mounting that he will carry on in the RAF.

It has been fuelled by reports he and Kate are to move into Anmer Hall on the Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

The RAF Wattisham helicopter search and rescue base is nearby.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Jane23 on January 20, 2013, 08:13:16 am
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^ Shocker!!! Both brothers use the Military to get out of being Royals !!! :June: Chuck needs to sit them down and tell them that if they don't want to be Royals no more Money and Palaces for our Lazy Brothers see how they like THAT!!! Chuck needs to grow a pair what is going on with the man?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: One of the Peasants on March 01, 2013, 02:14:25 am
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Quote from: rollinginthesouth on March 01, 2013, 01:42:40 am
Well he's not working anymore. He's been sighted in Zurich. Apparently his friend is getting married this weekend. He was spotted on the plane and people tweeted about it.

I think this story is bogus :lie: and how nice it coincides with his brother in Africa actually trying to do something. :pc-problem: What an :*butt*
Logically,
I saw a poster on RM mention that she is not, she has a *coughing up hairballs* job on Tuesday. She need a few days to prepare. *coughing up more hairballs* I wonder if this is his vacay from the vacay with her. Funny how Pippster went straight to another vacay and Harry and the Yorks were on theirs and no one invited her. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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Post by: rollinginthesouth on March 01, 2013, 02:37:08 am
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Apparently this friend is a friend of William only (from what I've heard) and as of right now it's just a men's getaway time. Maybe it's the guy's stag-do?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Cressida on March 01, 2013, 09:02:58 am
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William and Kate hardly ever seem to be together - trouble in paradise?

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Post by: Alexandrine on March 01, 2013, 11:27:25 am
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I was going to say she is pregnant but she went to Mustique! And her next even is 5 so they had time to come back. There was an article in the DM about it, but I cannot find it! They mentioned that others would attend but I don't remember who.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: benign on March 01, 2013, 02:38:32 pm
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Quote from: rollinginthesouth on March 01, 2013, 02:37:08 am
Apparently this friend is a friend of William only (from what I've heard) and as of right now it's just a men's getaway time. Maybe it's the guy's stag-do?
Mark Tomlinson is getting married this weekend in Zurich.. Harry Meade tweeted about the wedding...wonder if he will go skiing...

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: True Brit on March 01, 2013, 03:07:50 pm
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Without knowing about the wedding I was going to guess he's on a secret skiing trip. That's why we had that pointless snippet that he'd rode to the rescue of some stranded hiker or something in Wales.

The pattern's the same with him and Waity when something "ordinary" is leaked you know an "extraordinary" holiday is coming up.

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Post by: Snokitty on March 01, 2013, 04:11:48 pm
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translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.suedostschweiz.ch%2Fvermischtes%2Fwilliam-und-kate-hochzeit-arosa%23.UTB71WxPPxA.twitter
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Prince William and his wife are expected on Friday in Arosa. Reason for the visit of the English prince pair is the wedding of her friends Laura Bechtolsheimer and Mark Tomlinson.

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Post by: Kuei Fei on March 01, 2013, 05:31:22 pm
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When are they going to accept that the jet set part of their life is over and should be in their past, not their present? They are like teen parents who want to end up running around with friends who are unmarried and childless, but go figure, aren't and should be seeing to their kid, not running around partying.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Stephanie on April 21, 2013, 09:57:40 am
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www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-william-owe-taxpayer-400000-1844015

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Post by: YooperModerator on April 21, 2013, 12:36:50 pm
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Why am I not surprised by this development
Of course its up to the taxpayer again to settle the debt of the prince :thumbsdown:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Snokitty on April 21, 2013, 02:04:27 pm
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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10007882/Duke-of-Cambridge-makes-secret-visit-to-Manchester-United-training-ground.html
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As president of the Football Association, the Duke of Cambridge could just turn up on Cup Final day to present the trophy. The future king is, however, taking a much more hands-on approach to the role.

Last week, Prince William made a secret visit to Manchester United’s training ground, where he saw the Premier League leaders put through their paces. He was then given a tour of the Red Devils’ facilities at the Trafford Training Centre in Carrington, Greater Manchester.


I guess their new thing is private visits where they do not have to mingle with the public at large. It also helps William avoid the cameras and some real work with charities at the same time.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on April 21, 2013, 08:30:09 pm
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it's still more sports fun events for Will however Will's PR packages the event.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Snokitty on April 21, 2013, 09:56:11 pm
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I don't think organizations like the FA are the ones who need to have attention brought to them.

He watched all the drills and then went to lunch so it really wasn't even an engagement so much as an outing for William personally.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Snokitty on May 23, 2013, 10:18:15 am
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Centrepoint ‏@centrepointuk 1h
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We had a bit of a special guest pop in yesterday! @clarencehouse @cpparliament pic.twitter.com/HAXDgb2zoo

pbs.twimg.com/media/BK7zscDCUAAz63L.jpg:large

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Post by: Stephanie on May 23, 2013, 10:30:36 am
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:thumbsup:
I feel bad for Wimpo being bald so young. Wish he had done something about it.

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Post by: Snokitty on May 23, 2013, 01:09:40 pm
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Centrepoint ‏@centrepointuk 6m
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Someone got a big hug off Prince William yesterday! (that's our chief exec btw!). pic.twitter.com/clbx8driUx

pbs.twimg.com/media/BK8tVolCIAAU80T.jpg

The DM was wrong about William working again. :tehe: He was actually finally visiting one of his charities that can make a difference in people's lives.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: mysha on May 23, 2013, 01:38:12 pm
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Wimpo has lost a lot of hair in last 12 months ?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on May 23, 2013, 02:40:20 pm
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Quote from: Snokitty on May 23, 2013, 01:09:40 pm
Centrepoint ‏@centrepointuk 6m
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Someone got a big hug off Prince William yesterday! (that's our chief exec btw!). pic.twitter.com/clbx8driUx

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The DM was wrong about William working again. :tehe: He was actually finally visiting one of his charities that can make a difference in people's lives.

He usually took a vacation or went to a party after the Stress of visiting Centrepoint. It will be a while before he deigns to visit them again IMO.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Maria on June 29, 2013, 10:15:41 pm
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Perhaps William already had a vacation or two since Easter??? What do we know? The press is only watching Waity....who lives in Berks with her parents. He can do whatever he likes with whoever he likes...

By the way, has anyone seen that video of William working hard as a RAF pilot in Wales? I´m new here and have to admit that I haven´t read all the comments posted... :shy:

Had expected that it would air on tv in my country...but nothing. They were a lot of programmes on royalty during the last month with the Swedish royal wedding and after Trooping The Colour. Nada on BigWillie.

Was it any good? Or just another proof that the world is not as keen on Willy&Waity as the press wants us to believe?

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Post by: Snokitty on July 31, 2013, 10:06:42 am
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Paul Harrison ‏@skynewsroyal 2m
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#royal Prince William will visit the Anglesey Show on Aug 14th - his first public engagement since becoming a dad #Kate #George
#royal #Kate Prince William will meet local Young Farmers and view some cattle judging at Anglesey Show - no #Kate and no baby #George

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on August 02, 2013, 10:07:53 pm
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A week and two fourths until he makes an appearance and he plays polo.

I wager a huge reason that WK aren't active on the international stage is because the last thing the RF needs right now is a mess-up from William and Kate, with her starting some drama and it ends up costing the BRF big time (and by proxy the nation), leading to a type of fallout that can't be fixed. She is vulnerable on the world stage and I kind of agree now that the RF keeps her out of the world stage and keeps her as local as possible. Perhaps she is more ambitious to go do world tours and the Palace forbids it and so she give them the finger by refusing to do any local engagements/charities unless given a complete ultimatum and given marching orders. I believe William would love an international position, but his weak spot is his lack of education and lack of appearances in his past.

I wonder how different things might have been if he had ended up doing charity work and appearances for a decade instead of partying.

Since polo is his main interest, he's going to be waiting a long time until he is welcome on the international stage.

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Post by: True Brit on August 02, 2013, 10:14:19 pm
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Well we know he's returned to KP as confirmed by the registering of the birth this morning. Perhaps he arrived last night? So looks like a night out with the boys tonight then.

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Post by: Kuei Fei on August 12, 2013, 04:13:14 pm
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Prince William "plans a family holiday"
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“It was his idea that she move in with her parents while he finishes up work in Wales. He’s then planning to whisk Kate and the baby away to a secluded lakeside villa, which a friend owns in Switzerland, so they can wind down after the craziness surrounding the pregnancy and birth,” an insider told British magazine Closer.
www.independent.ie/woman/royal-baby/prince-william-plans-a-family-holiday-29467727.html

Another holiday, I wonder if he'll bring his son.

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Post by: sandy on August 12, 2013, 04:31:45 pm
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I doubt they would want the work involved with the baby. He of course will stay with his Middleton grandparents while William and Kate go on the trip, she will aim to lose the baby weight.

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Post by: Kuei Fei on August 12, 2013, 04:41:29 pm
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WK will go up in flames once they are on vacation without the kid.

Barely a new mother and go figure, already dropping the kid off with the parents and going partying.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on September 11, 2013, 03:13:32 pm
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It'll probably be sports related stuff, more time for "fun" events.

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Post by: Snokitty on September 11, 2013, 03:14:54 pm
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-24049779
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The Duke of Cambridge has completed his final shift as an RAF search and rescue pilot at Valley on Anglesey, according to BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt.

Prince William's last shift was thought to have been on Tuesday.

It has been reported he could return to his regiment in London, the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, which would allow him to carry out more royal engagements in support of The Queen.

The Duke has said the island has been a "special place" for him.

His final shift brought to an end a three-year posting on Anglesey.

In a speech at Anglesey Show in August, the Duke thanked the island's people for being so welcoming to him and his wife.
'Immensely special'

"I know that I speak for Catherine when I say that I have never in my life known somewhere as beautiful and as welcoming as Anglesey," said the Duke.

"I know that both of us will miss it terribly when my search and rescue tour of duty comes to an end next month and we have to move elsewhere.

"From the bottom of my heart, thank you for making my wife and me so welcome when we arrived here, as you do thousands of visitors each year."

He said the island had been their first home together and would always be an "immensely special place for us both".

"Catherine and I look forward to returning again and again over the coming years with our family," he added.

The Duke graduated as a search and rescue pilot in September 2010, having started his training at Valley the previous January.

He carried out his first rescue the following month during his first full operational shift.

The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt tweeted that Prince William's last shift at RAF Valley was on Tuesday.

He also tweeted that it was not yet in the public domain what the Duke was going to do next.

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Post by: Nighthawk on September 12, 2013, 05:43:20 am
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Quote from: sandy on September 11, 2013, 03:13:32 pm
It'll probably be sports related stuff, more time for "fun" events.

yup seems like PW and PH both like doing the "fun" events

I am waiting to see if PW does actually start doing more than partaking in sport charities...the tusk fund charity seems to be once a year

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: gingerboy24 on September 12, 2013, 04:06:04 pm
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LaTEST FROM dUCHESS OR dIVA


katemiddletonduchessordiva.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/oh-boy-here-comes-another-transitional-year-for-the-lazy-duo/

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: RoyalWatcher on September 12, 2013, 04:16:09 pm
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She has valid points.


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Post by: CathyJane on September 12, 2013, 09:40:16 pm
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Yes she does.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on September 12, 2013, 09:49:05 pm
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For the sake of his skin, I hope eh doesn't run around the planet jet setting while he leaves the kid at home on its own; the press will be hard pressed to justify it and the public will flame him like they did Fergie.

New dad William's gap year: 'Transitional' 12 months as Prince quits military to move family to London and become full-time royal

Duke of Cambridge has completed his tour as RAF search and rescue pilot
He is now looking to expand charity interests, particularly in conservation
Prince is in a 'transitional' year and is considering 'public service' options
He rescued 149 people during his time as a search and rescue pilot
Head of the RAF has praised the Duke's work in the air force
He received gifts from his colleagues when his last shift ended on Tuesday

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2418522/Prince-William-gap-year-quits-military-wont-increasing-number-royal-engagements.html#ixzz2eiD7EyzH
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"Transitional year", I think you mean transitional life, he hasn't done much to earn you taxes, except to sue photographers. So will Katy be taking yet another year off too, this is the job to have. His own mother had accomplished more long before she turned thirty.

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How nice for you William. Now spare a thought for the soilder in wales who after being reposted to Capel Curig for a few years, a job which has damaged his feet, now has been told that he has to go to a desk job in London leaving his home, fiancee and dog with no view as to whether he can ever return. Enjoy your leave.

The other negative comments are even worse and I wonder just how long until he starts at least getting nasty looks from the public when he makes appearances.


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Post by: sandy on September 13, 2013, 01:28:10 am
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It's incredible I am posting on People and some others too commented on his laziness and his adoring fans get offended and how dare people criticize him. It's absolutely like being on another planet with all his adoring fans.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Nighthawk on September 13, 2013, 05:11:22 am
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^^yup know that feeling when I criticize Prince Harry for doing the same things that his brother does....can't criticize Prince Harry but can kick Prince William to the curb and that's just fine

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Post by: bluetee27 on September 13, 2013, 05:27:51 am
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The press is kept a bay and nothing damaging is written about the golden prince. The RAF was for PR and I doubt he did any real work while he has spent all of his time living on base. I bet he wasn't even present most of the time. It's so easy for the royal pr to send out an article along with a picture and the majority of the public will believe it. If the UK press is aware of the truth they will keep quiet out of fear of losing their job and reputation. Almost the majority of the time, we don't know what the royals are up to unless it's announced or we have actual paparazzi pictures of them in the action and the PR photos do not count.

It's easy for them to show up to these fancy events and play dress up and then get at least a month or more off until their next public engagement. Why is their not more of a public outcry? :spy:

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Post by: Countess of Holland on September 13, 2013, 01:59:11 pm
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I guess that with this 'transitional' year, a trip to Down Under will not take place. Or will the lazy duo make an exception because Australia will give them another opportunity to copy-paste Charles & Diana in their first years of marriage?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on September 13, 2013, 02:25:29 pm
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Quote from: Nighthawk on September 13, 2013, 05:11:22 am
^^yup know that feeling when I criticize Prince Harry for doing the same things that his brother does....can't criticize Prince Harry but can kick Prince William to the curb and that's just fine

Harry has admirers at People Magazine, even Cressida is getting press now. But most of the readers put William way way up on a pedestal and get angry i8f he's criticized.

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Post by: Venus De Milo on September 13, 2013, 03:23:50 pm
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Quote from: Countess of Holland on September 13, 2013, 01:59:11 pm
I guess that with this 'transitional' year, a trip to Down Under will not take place. Or will the lazy duo make an exception because Australia will give them another opportunity to copy-paste Charles & Diana in their first years of marriage?
A trip to Australia and NZ in januray when it's cold in Britain will be like a treat, plus they can then vacation on the Gold Coast after the "work"

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on September 15, 2013, 11:33:58 pm
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I wonder if a lot of this will be spent working out some agreement with Kate about how things will be from here on out. I don't' think this withdrawal from public is going to end up being all roses and leisure and staring at the sun while talking about gum drops. I wonder if the majority of William's work problems come from having to drop what he's doing and deal with Kate's latest drama. I always viewed her as someone who kind of is stuck in a vicious cycle and is determined to have someone else deal with it. I wonder if William might have ended up different if he hadn't been always running back to protect and coddle Kate. Every day he spent indulging her drama and taking her on vacations she wanted to go on, it was another day delayed for his own development. If he hadn't had to do a bunch of travel right after his marriage chances are he would have ended up working at base in Wales and ended up with a much more solid career experience. It's the same while he was dating KAte, he wasn't living on base with his fellow soldiers, he was playing house with Kate and making it a point to put up with her self created problems with the press.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: buflesse on September 16, 2013, 02:55:48 pm
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Excellent article in The Independent. www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/special-perks-for-duke-of-cambridge-who-but-prince-william-gets-a-years-paternity-leave-8816796.html

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: RoyalWatcher on September 16, 2013, 05:08:38 pm
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The Wealthy live by their own rules........always have, always will.

But, its interesting to see even the most ardent defenders of a monarchial system question the truth worth of the Royals.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: bluetee27 on September 17, 2013, 04:03:06 am
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Kate and the Middleton family was William's escape from royal life. I don't think he loves Kate but enjoys the "normal family" environment attached to her. I think he enjoys the royal perks of being a Prince, (i.e security, vacations, endless money, polo, blue-blooded friends). Everything has been done to appease Prince William, Kate, and the Middleton family because they do not want him to abdicate or a repeat of another failed marriage. :king: :Kate:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Fly on the wall on November 08, 2013, 04:15:59 am
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What is the work count so far?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: quo on December 30, 2013, 02:34:45 pm
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Wilikins is going to Cambridge uni for a 10 week bespoke programme in agricultural management...according to sky news reporter on twitter... :dontknow:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on December 30, 2013, 03:32:23 pm
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More smoke and mirrors. He'll probably have vacations and "fun" during the ten weeks.

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Post by: One of the Peasants on December 31, 2013, 12:11:11 am
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Bill is going to be hanging out with bankers and BP execs. Completely out of his depth. Yet so completely in with the elites. This whole course reeks of :BS:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on December 31, 2013, 12:20:33 am
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I don't think he'll last the ten weeks. Somebody will find out he's on a vacation in the Caribbean.

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Post by: Fly on the wall on December 31, 2013, 12:29:13 am
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^oh boy if that happens i would love to see how the royal reporters come up with excuses for him. will they say it's part of a field trip for school?

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Post by: YooperModerator on December 31, 2013, 01:59:28 am
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Well of course didn't you know: the Caribbean way of farming is soo usefull for the UK, so much to learn from it, he must study it up close for at least a week or so! :king: :snob:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on May 14, 2014, 11:55:32 pm
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You know, if William wanted a regular 9-5 life, he could get up, eat breakfast, dress, go to one of his charities, and then work there for ten hours a day during the week. He could then end up having just the kind of life where he is part of working hours, but charity instead of having to worry about making a living. So he can lead a fairly normalized life and do a handful of appearances on the weekend and he will in a sense be leading a normal life of a well off, prominent young man. In fact, if he had married someone who wasn't shiftless, he would have a kind of working life similar to that of a lot of his subjects and be able to find some kind of commonality. He would have a normal set of working hours, he would have a social life, he would have a family life, just with a title, palace, and complete financial security.
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Yup, he always does. He loses that tense look, the clenched jaw, the mean look and seems to actually be himself (as much as he ever can be). Amazing.

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^Frightening. To have a man change so drastically before our eyes when he is with/without his wretched wife.

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This marriage shows what the effect of living with complete evility will do to someone.

He just adopted the habits that she's had for a long time; shiftless, living below his potential, wasting all that energy on dissolute behavior, and certainly, booze. It is a shame, but it is his choice and something that he knowingly entered into when he proposed to and married Kate.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Rock n royal on May 15, 2014, 12:36:16 am
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Quote from: gingerboy24 on May 12, 2014, 05:00:28 pm
Yup, he always does. He loses that tense look, the clenched jaw, the mean look and seems to actually be himself (as much as he ever can be). Amazing.

I'm going to go with scary rather than amazing gingerboy. The reason I say scary is, how can a union of two people make such a difference to two people. Wimpo is, as you say, clenched, tense, almost like he has a muscle stiffening illness when he is around Waity. The engagement last night showed a man relaxed, calm, no taught muscles at all. The difference is quite staggering really.

Waity is simply a Waitybot with Wimpo or alone. The main difference; her key seems to be on judder mode when he is around!

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on May 15, 2014, 04:45:05 am
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William calls in Ralph Lauren to turn castle into Windsor Wonderland: Prince follows Diana’s footsteps with huge fundraiser
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Windsor Castle to host star-studded party sponsored by Ralph Lauren
Royalty, rock stars and actors to attend huge cancer charity fundraiser
Prince William said to have asked Queen's permission to host gala dinner
Supermodel Kate Moss and actor Cate Blanchett on guest list for party
Duke is president of London' s Royal Marsden cancer hospital
Event is to raise awareness of the unit, one of Princess Diana's favourites
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2625276/William-calls-Ralph-Lauren-turn-castle-Windsor-Wonderland-Prince-follows-Dianas-footsteps-huge-fundraiser.html#ixzz31PGXrQcO
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On Tuesday night, Windsor’s medieval halls and Georgian salons will be crammed with an astonishing gathering of Royalty, rock stars, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy philanthropists, invited to a star-studded party sponsored by American designer Ralph Lauren.

Kate's charity gala no-show 'angers' donor Ralph Lauren: Fashion house 'paid £1.2m to sponsor soiree... not knowing duchess was staying in to babysit'
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I hear that U.S. fashion designer Ralph Lauren was less than thrilled when he discovered that the Duchess of Cambridge would be conspicuous by her absence from the glitzy charity dinner at Windsor Castle held on Tuesday, which he paid a rumoured $2 million (£1.2 million) to sponsor.

‘Ralph Lauren was furious when he found out less than six weeks ago that Kate would not be there,’ claims a source.

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‘He considered pulling out but was told by his PR advisers that it would look terrible. The company thought they were getting Kate, the most famous clothes horse in the world, and also a runway show at the castle.’

A Kensington Palace spokesman is keen to make clear that the Duchess, who has often been pictured in Ralph Lauren clothes, was never due to attend the event,

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2628694/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Kates-charity-gala-no-angers-donor-Ralph-Lauren-Fashion-house-paid-1-2m-sponsor-soiree-not-knowing-duchess-staying-babysit.html#comments

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Kate vacationed halfway around the world for a week leaving her baby behind with a nanny which she has hired, even though she rarely ever works. So, she can no longer claim to stay home because she is babysitting or because she can't bear to be separated from her baby, that excuse is no longer valid... Kate Middleton has a full-time deluxe nanny and, according to this magazine, 27 employees, so, babysitting... who is the DM kidding? Given that she has worked in the UK four times since December and has only been seen shopping and at Bucklebury since the Tour, which, according to royal reporters was the lightest tour of any royal ever, how tired can this 32 year old grown woman who has only "worked" two days in a row on royal tours be? What a ridiculous claim...

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Staying in to babysit? Rubbish! Galas filled with celebrities is one thing Kate excels at attending; she has a nanny and has left the baby alone to holiday before so something else is definitely going on. I'm guessing Kate has become a complete media clothes horse (i.e. a celebrity) and the palace are trying to tone down her Barbie image especially with all the hard work that went in to making her look "motherly" during the tour down under.

Kate can't win anymore, can she? Even the celebs are irritated that she isn't showing up as she's supposed to.




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Post by: cate1949 on May 15, 2014, 06:31:45 am
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I wonder what motivated this column? It certainly is a nasty bit of work - Lauren donates a wing to a hospital and his reward is to get pilloried in the comments section of the DM and to have this little secret revealed. Is it resentment against Lauren? Resentment against an American donating a hospital wing?

Have you seen the notice - documents were recently released from the Clinton library - they relate to then FLOTUS - Hillary Clinton's representation of the US at Diana's funeral. The release was of embassy exchanges with the State Dept and they emphasize how brutal royal family politics are and they want Hillary to avoid playing into them by answering no questions or making any off the cuff remarks.

Now that is quite a thing - to tell the First Lady to keep her mouth shut because of the "weird" royal family and their brutal internal politics.. So when I see something like this it makes me wonder what the real motivation is to release such a story - who is behind it - what is the game being played here. Too bad a philanthropist like Ralph Lauren got caught up in it. Take the wing back Ralph -

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Post by: Kuei Fei on May 15, 2014, 06:50:43 am
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When are William and Kate going to STOP this delusion that somehow they can get away with something like this?

Second, I am sick of our politicos being told to be sensitive to the politics of the RF (it's only one thing after another with the RF anyway) and WK need to grow up and William needs to get his wife in line and tell Kate to start making more appearances.

As for Ralph, I hope other potential donors see how Ralph is being treated and start thinking twice before donating anything to any royal charity.

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Post by: Stephanie on May 15, 2014, 12:42:06 pm
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www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2628646/Cocaine-Kate-worrying-question-Are-royals-dazzled-money-fame.html

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Magnolia on May 15, 2014, 05:48:18 pm
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^Good article the events he always throws now seem to resemble Bafta nothing serious like the after parties at the Golden Globes feel to it.Yes a few celebs donate so what the average Joe sees this IMO_as just a spoiled man not really in touch with the people who does this to look good so they won't donate.

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Post by: Fly on the wall on May 24, 2014, 11:45:20 pm
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William eyes new job in the sky

The Duke of Cambridge left the RAF search-and-rescue service a year ago (John Stillwell)

PRINCE WILLIAM is expected to take a job as an air ambulance pilot rather than embark on full-time royal duties.

A year after he stepped down as a search-and-rescue pilot with the RAF, plans are being drawn up for him to take a “day job” with the East Anglian air ambulance service near his country home.

He is understood to have told aides he is not yet ready for full-time royal engagements, a stance supported by Prince Charles, who is said to have regretted leaving the Royal Navy too soon.

Sources say William has consulted the Queen about his plans.

A royal aide said: “The duke is fully committed to his foundation and charities, but he feels he has not yet got flying out of his system.
www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/article1414770.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2014_05_24

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: CarryingOn on May 24, 2014, 11:55:27 pm
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Another article on the royal runaway taking a job that involves him avoiding full time royal duties. Hmmm... :laundry: :cookie:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Rosella on May 25, 2014, 12:14:05 am
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I do think that IF this report is true then it is another sign of a reluctance to become a full-time royal that has been present since William's teens. To me that is going to be THE central problem of the monarchy in years to come. I very much doubt that Charles, regarding his mother's increasing age, would be as deeply encouraging as this report suggests, but maybe he feels that if William can get a year or two's flying out of air ambulance duties it will dampen down his restlessness.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: CarryingOn on May 25, 2014, 12:29:37 am
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I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, that the palace has already stated that he won't be taking another job flying but anyone without rose-tinted glasses and tale fantasies can see and figure out that William does not want to be a full time royal. Hell, if he did he would've been done so! I'm not behind the scenes so I don't know and can't say for sure that anyone is putting a fire under William's arse, or not. BUT I do know, because this is just universal fact, that you can't make someone do what they don't want to do. If he truly doesn't want to step his game up, rise to the task and become a full time royal, they can't force him into it. If William is allowed to take another flying gig, regardless of what they said a couple weeks ago, it won't be about tamping down restlessness but them giving in because they can't make a grown man do what he doesn't want to do. He's just like Kate, only she's worst. I'm sure it gets tiring constantly have to tell someone what they should be doing and trying to entice them to do something, instead of them taking some initiative. And though they'll lose the battle (and, in the end, quite possibly the war) over him becoming a full time royal, he'll be out of their hair, but still be doing something, instead of lazing about and contributing absolutely nothing to society. And of course they'll let bubblegum for brains stay her arse wherever she is because she's even more hopeless and useless than the one they're actually related to and have to put up with because he's family.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Rosella on May 25, 2014, 01:20:51 am
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The lack of enthusiasm from both of them with regard to getting stuck into meaningful charities/ royal duties is dreadful, but i(and it's only my opinion of course) William's reluctance to do so is worse than Kate's because a monarch is central to a monarchical system (stating the obvious!) whereas a lazy consort is not so important.

If William is not willing at almost 32 to get stuck into full time royal duties, when is he going to be? When he is 43, with his father elderly and most of the older royals dead? When he's 53, when the situation will be worse?

I don't *despise* or even dislike William but I'm just baffled by him. There's no semblance there of even seeming to care about royal duties most of the time. Just going through the motions. To a monarchist this is worrying.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on May 25, 2014, 01:47:23 am
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Quote from: Fly on the wall on May 24, 2014, 11:45:20 pm


William eyes new job in the sky

The Duke of Cambridge left the RAF search-and-rescue service a year ago (John Stillwell)

PRINCE WILLIAM is expected to take a job as an air ambulance pilot rather than embark on full-time royal duties.

A year after he stepped down as a search-and-rescue pilot with the RAF, plans are being drawn up for him to take a “day job” with the East Anglian air ambulance service near his country home.

He is understood to have told aides he is not yet ready for full-time royal engagements, a stance supported by Prince Charles, who is said to have regretted leaving the Royal Navy too soon.

Sources say William has consulted the Queen about his plans.

A royal aide said: “The duke is fully committed to his foundation and charities, but he feels he has not yet got flying out of his system.
www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/article1414770.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2014_05_24

Charles never expressed regret leaving the Royal Navy. As I recall he was not the best royal navy man--he got an anchor stuck on a cable in ocean. He also was supposed to be getting married when he was 30 or so he said and his work in the military did not prevent him from doing a whole lot more than William does now.

Charles is weird if he supports William's laziness. WIll would probably sit at some base and do nothing and when he's supposed to be "working" be on a vacation.

He is not ready for royal duties because WIlliam is lazy. If he's not ready now when will be be? By the time he's ready he can plead he's too old.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: YooperModerator on May 26, 2014, 12:56:47 am
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I can dream, but maybe this is the first step in a plan to step down a notch in his role now that George is born and he can hand the reins over to a trusted advisor to guide George and he and his disturbed wife can go off and live at Anmer Hall in oblivion, until special occasions arise. Works for me. :cookie:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Nighthawk on May 26, 2014, 01:00:12 am
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lols maybe PW needs this job to escape his wife that loves to show her bits off to the world instead of divorcing her he keeps her locked high up in the towers....no wonder Kate hasn't been seen since down under...I'd be embarrassed too if she were my wife and would do anything to stay away from her....PW fly away as fast as you can

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: CarryingOn on May 26, 2014, 01:01:09 am
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^^I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you. Unless that advisor will take over raising George, he'll still remain firmly entrenched in the hands of Wasty and her Waste of a family, so hope for him is slim too. These people had three children and all three of turned out to be nothing, just imagine the number they'll do on George. #sad #pathetic

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: benign on May 26, 2014, 02:56:07 am
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Quote from: Fly on the wall on May 24, 2014, 11:45:20 pm
William eyes new job in the sky
The Duke of Cambridge left the RAF search-and-rescue service a year ago (John Stillwell)
PRINCE WILLIAM is expected to take a job as an air ambulance pilot rather than embark on full-time royal duties.
A year after he stepped down as a search-and-rescue pilot with the RAF, plans are being drawn up for him to take a “day job” with the East Anglian air ambulance service near his country home.
He is understood to have told aides he is not yet ready for full-time royal engagements, a stance supported by Prince Charles, who is said to have regretted leaving the Royal Navy too soon.
Sources say William has consulted the Queen about his plans.
A royal aide said: “The duke is fully committed to his foundation and charities, but he feels he has not yet got flying out of his system.
www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/article1414770.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2014_05_24
If flying was his passion, why didnt he just requested to be transferred to another RAF base, why the constant move? ahh PW always finding excuses to prolong what is inevitable. Wouldnt PC be a little concern coz what if something happens, would PW be prepared at all? No wonder PH is being sent off to represent the BRF.

No wonder Ammer hall was being renovated because of him. Wonder if PW will ever spend his time there and WK too..

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Stephanie on May 26, 2014, 12:41:01 pm
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Wimpo IMO has been swindling the RAF out of money.
They have invested half a million in him and he didn't fulfill his duty there.
They were too polite to demand a refund because Wimpo cited royal duties as the reason for his quitting.
Now it turns out he has been sitting on his lazy behind most of the time and wants to be a COMMERCIAL CIVILIAN pilot while the RAF paid for his training.
Nice work, Wimpo.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Freya on May 26, 2014, 03:18:42 pm
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It's the right thing to go and work for the Air Ambulance. I have been saying he should do this for some time on here. It's a good cause and funded purely by donations. The service will also help any person so it's not specific to a particular group of people. People in the UK are very supportive of this charity and he could also raise funds for the charity. This might be a turning point for William.

He still is not that into royal duties though and that is so obvious. He said when he was in his late teens that what he wanted to do was fly a helicopter so he should use his skills to save lives.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: gingerboy24 on May 26, 2014, 04:28:36 pm
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^^ About sums him up really doesn´t it. A spineless fool with such a huge feeling of self entitledment, loads of money but prefers to be funded by the taxpayer for everything. Not known for his generosity either.

I was wondering if maybe it was a way of spending little time with wasty, the old body language Down Under was not overly good was it, and what with the furore of "Crotch-gate" and "Butt-gate" he must be absolutely furious with her. If that were me I do not think my husband would be talking to me yet, other than to possibly ask me to sign the divorce papers. Yikes, behaviour like that must be very hard for a husband to deal with.

Maybe he will enjoy the ambulance work, but sadly I am rather skeptical, can see is as an excuse to do his own thing and get out of royal duties.

We will see, it might work out really good for him, and give him some space from wasty.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Rock n royal on May 26, 2014, 04:40:01 pm
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There will be someone out there better qualified and with a family to feed, denied this position because spoiled brat Wimpo is jumping up and down, stamping his feet HE wants the job. Did he fill in an application form? Like hell he did!

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: gingerboy24 on May 26, 2014, 05:51:07 pm
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That is the problem RnR. HE DOESN´T CARE. All he cares about is himself. Living a luxurious and privileged at the expense of the good old tax payer, one of whom he will be depriving of a job. Even if he does it free, he is still depriving someone else of a paid job. Future King? About time they got rid of him, he could care less about anyone other me, me, me and me again. I think Princess Diana must be looking down and feeling very disappointed with how he has turned out. I would certainly not be proud of him if he were my son.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Freya on May 26, 2014, 06:13:43 pm
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I don't think that he would get the glory for "shouts" on the Air Ambulance as often there is a doctor on board. Can be quite dangerous as they attend motorway pile ups when a normal ambulance cannot get through.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Maria on May 26, 2014, 09:19:12 pm
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What a surprise! :bored:

Whimpo didn´t like his studies at St. Andrews, his job in the military, his royal duties, his studies at Cambridge, doesn´t want to be a fulltime Royal boohoo..... It all intervened too much with his holiday schedule and social activities! :king:

So, now Whimpo wants to return to his military "career". Why do they all have to bother him with work? Why can´t the taxpayers, the government, the Palace and the media not all shut up and just pass Willy and Waity a big fat check every month?!? I feel for him.... :bat:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Freya on May 27, 2014, 05:03:40 am
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It's not the military Maria, It's a charity that provides an air ambulance emergency service that can get to the person more quickly than a vehicle. Often used when there is an accident on a motorway. The service is totally funded by the public so I cannot imagine that they will want a lightweight as it is charity money.

He may be just doing the odd shout on a voluntary basis for PR purposes.

He has never wanted to do Royal Duties and IMHO he should have had the b---s to bail out years ago.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on May 27, 2014, 05:37:02 am
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Look at all the opportunities he's wasted:

1. Wasted four years at St. Andrews, swanning around and partying during the summers when he should have been doing duties and working on school related projects or getting to know the processes of the Scottish government.
2. Wasted a gap year getting drunk and taking occasional trips to Africa to do token volunteer work and
3. Wasted the entire decade of his twenties getting drunk on a regular basis when he could have been making appearances and learning the government
4. Wasted his time in the RAF on token rounds, but didn't really spend time with his military buddies or doing actual shifts and actual rescues beyond a few
5. Wasted his chance at the agricultural college; he should have been studying and should have been learning, but threw that away.

Now the fool wants to waste time and space at Air Ambulance.

He had his chances and should have done so much better, but he should get to work and stop moping around. He's such a loser.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kit on May 27, 2014, 06:34:09 am
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Is this the only "job" he could find close to Amner?

How does this prepare him in any way to be King?

How does HM even begin to justify this endeavor to her subjects?

What's next? Is he going to become a volunteer fire fighter?

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: gingerboy24 on May 27, 2014, 11:38:04 am
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^ Great comment Kit, love it. Volunteer fire fighter? Best laugh in ages. Whatever was on fire would be completely obliterated by the time wimpo even considered getting into the fire engine to go and put it out. We are talking about lazy wimpo here, he who had a stand in for his sand bag shifting during the floods, and only stepped in to replace him for the paps :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That guy just wants to loaf around, doing his own thing, how and when he likes, but with the tax payer to fund it all. That would make him very happy, and nobody of course to question him as to where he is going, what is he up to, and a strict ban on the papperazi, full stop. How dare anyone want to take his photo, do they not know he is a "normal" person, he has the right to privacy - not, only in his dreams.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Freya on May 27, 2014, 11:45:32 am
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People rattle tins outside of supermarkets for the Air Ambulance so he better be serious and have some commitment to the charity or this could backfire.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Rosella on May 27, 2014, 12:09:00 pm
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To be fair though, the Air Ambulance rumour has been around for some time and it might be just that ---a rumour!

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Freya on May 27, 2014, 12::01 pm
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What I meant was that if he does decide to join Air Ambulance that he needs to be committed. He did seem to have a lot of time off when he was at SAR. I don't think that he should take a full salary and then have time off for various events/holiday/duties if he does decide to take the role.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: CarryingOn on May 27, 2014, 12:59:28 pm
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Keyword being might, sweetheart. Which implies there's another side to the coin where it might not be a rumor. It might have been circulating for some time but that's probably because A) Someone or some people out there has always known this was a possibility B) William hasn't done a damn thing before or after this nonsense gap year, so it can't be squashed, and C) He's totally predictable.

It may be a rumor but it's one that's starting to be given credence looking like it has a very real possibility of coming true as:

A) Emily Andrews recently talking to the palace and they, this time around, did not deny the story as true, which they did the last time they were asked, and

B) William's comments on missing flying and admitting to the Australian public that he was training/studying for his commercial flying license.

What the hell does he need a commercial license for if he's not going to do anything that involves flying members of the public around, in some form or capacity???

Then there's just the common sense, reality of the situation

1) William is a grown man who constantly seems to be running away from Royal Duties

2) He doesn't have any viable skills to do well in anything else I can think of that would be good for a Royal to be involved in, like Diplomacy and no personality or work ethic that would make think he would rise to the occasion and find a will to make a successful way.

Then, as I've said before, you can't make a grown man (or woman) do what they don't want to do. Here you have him avoiding anything royal, and constantly talking about missing flying. The courtiers, The Queen, Charles, and whoever else has to put up with this brat, would most likely just glad to have him out of their hair but still doing something.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on May 27, 2014, 03:40: pm
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If he does not want to be a future King and do royal duties he can leave line of succession set up George as next after Charles and leave. He can be like the Duke of Windsor and travel the world and not have to work. He can't have it both ways, avoid his role as heir to the heir as far as work yet grab the perks and privileges with both hands. Hopefully George won't have the same hangups his father has.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on May 29, 2014, 07:03:48 am
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Thing is, he has no more time to play around or volunteer; he isn't schooled in what he has to be. By now he should know at least one other language, he should know etiquette in and out, he should be fully able to recite a speech without a gaffe (barely knowing how to pronounce 'philanthropy'), and know economics and be aware of what is happening on the international scene. He should be able to end up attending one banquet after another and attend regular receptions at embassies.

If he had done piloting training as a teen and graduate as a certified pilot by he was twenty, he could have spent summers flying around with various organizations and could have easily established himself as a humanitarian by the time he was a uni graduate and been more than ready for either appearances or ready for military duty. In a handful of years he would be well educated and trained and certainly he would be more than a little intimidating. He would likely have passed Kate by.

Stupidly, he let himself get sidetracked and whined about being King. He should have gotten all of his interests in before marriage and long before uni.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kit on May 29, 2014, 07:16:33 am
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I'd much rather seem him do this on the weekends vs. polo charity events or stag parties.

I don't expect him to be in the royal clock 24/7 but this is something he needs to find time for not something that should fill his days.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: cate1949 on May 29, 2014, 07:18:45 am
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he had to spend time in the military - it is a necessity for royals - his Dad did the navy as did his uncle. I think PC was in the navy for ten years. So a military career was always in his future.

Will though seems to have no idea what he will do now that the military part of his life is over. As for a foreign language - he speaks French.

I just suspect he does not want the constant round of meet and greets, committee work, and visits to endless schools, charities, workplaces etc that he sees as his future. He clearly does not enjoy meeting all these people - his brother seems to be able to handle that better than him. He is uncomfortable in that role and it shows.

It is really true that the whole "reluctant king" does describe him - somehow he needs to accept this or he will be unhappy for the rest of his life.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kit on May 29, 2014, 07:51:59 am
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His military career is about the only thing on his "resume" that prepares him for his future role.

He needs to accept that "work" is called work bc it's work.

While his "career" isn't something I would pursue. I think it could be fulfilling and rewarding if he made it that.

When life gives you lemons..... Instead of making lemonade, William squirts lemon juice in his eyes. He's pathetic.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on May 29, 2014, 08:45:04 am
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Quote from: cate1949 on May 29, 2014, 07:18:45 am
As for a foreign language - he speaks French.

I just suspect he does not want the constant round of meet and greets, committee work, and visits to endless schools, charities, workplaces etc that he sees as his future. He clearly does not enjoy meeting all these people - his brother seems to be able to handle that better than him. He is uncomfortable in that role and it shows.

He has energy and stamina, he has had charisma and the ability to really do well, but he threw it on boozing and such.

As for meet/greets, along with the rest you've mentioned, that is all he's qualified to do. He hasn't been as well educated as his ancestors; in the past, they learned diplomacy, war, economy as training for ruling, but since then, the intellectuality of the RF has deteriorated. He could learn these things and inspire respect to be allowed to have more of a voice, but he threw that away a very long time ago. Instead of spending time in Kate's skirts, he should have been spending time in classes and working on extra projects and exploring using his limitless resources. He should have had the discipline at university to kind of keep the distractions out of his way and should have stopped trying to be like a normal kid and start reveling in his opportunities and how different he really is as a student.

He could have faced facts, that university, like high school, is in fact a place where people start going in different directions. Look at how in high school some girls get pregnant, some drop out, some never graduate, some succeed, but fail later in life, some do okay, but do better in the wider world. William was at some point moving in a different direction than the party crew, but he let himself get sidetracked and regrettably didn't build more for himself and do something groundbreaking. instead he looked at getting to know his own people ("kissing babies and cutting ribbons") as some sort of martyrdom. Ironically, even his most powerful ancestors didn't shy away from making it a point to spend time with their people, even when they were absolute rulers.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Countess of Holland on May 29, 2014, 08:56:06 am
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Quote from: Freya on May 29, 2014, 06:32:05 am
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It would raise the profile and he could also become involved in fund raising. Kate could also become involved in the fund raising. It takes a lot of money to maintain the service so any increase in income would help.

William never seems very happy doing royal duties. I personally don't think that a person should do something that they *despise*. Problem is though that the royal role as a lot of fringe benefits but he should not stay in it just for the benefits. It's a dilemma, hates the role but likes the perks. A bit like a woman that stays in an unhappy marriage because she likes the lifestyle.

If Wiliam is not happy doing his royal duties, he should step down for himself and for his son (if that is possible, not sure in the UK situation). You have to remember he is only two heartbeats away from the throne. And he was for many years obviously but until the age of 18 a Regent would have been named. Now he would be on his own and he is extremely ill-prepared for the job at hand. And not just that...he doesn't even like the idea of becoming King one day.

In that latter respect, he is not alone, many Crown Princes (and Kings) have said in the past that they had a problem with their destiny while in their teens (among the ones on record are Haakon of Norway, Frederik of Denmark and Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands). But at some point in their lives, more often than not during their university years, they embraced that destiny and saw the positives in it and worked with that. And they have been able to craft their own place, as heir, doing what they liked and combining that with their position as heir. And all of them have done more than a little international work; the Dutch King as chairman of a UN comittee on watermanagement, the Norwegian Crown Prince has worked at several Norwegian embassies as did the Danish Crown Prince who is now also a member of the IOC.

Now I understand that William is not the heir yet, but in reality he isn't much further away from a throne than say, Crown Princess Victoria whose father is only 2 years older than Charles. One can expect that if nature takes its course, Charles and Carl Gustaf will die approximately the same years (not more than 5 years apart I'd say). The Swedes will get a well-groomed Queen in Victoria, the Brits will get William who has no experience in diplomacy, who has never visited the UN or EU (not even NATO). All he has been doing is flying helicopters or bunking at the RAF airbase (and mostly the second I think).

He should get serious with his preparation for the throne, or he should step aside and live of his mothers inheritance (which will be gone soon with Kate's shopping habits).

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Rosella on May 29, 2014, 09:41:12 am
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Charles, I think, is an example of an heir who has carved his own destiny. With William there may have been a combination of damage due to observing his parents' marriage break-up and difficulties dealing with his mother's death that marked his character.

All the other heirs you mention, Countess of Holland, come from happy homes/ intact families. It could also be William's personality, and a sense that his destiny won't arrive for years yet. (His grandmother seems immortal!) There is a particular difficulty too, in being second in line rather than Crown Prince or Princess.

I agree William should have taken a different degree, perhaps politics/foreign affairs, but to be fair since the beginning of the Queen's reign the focus of the BRF has very much been on the Commonwealth rather than Europe or anywhere else. It can't be over-estimated how important the Empire/ Commonwealth has been to British monarchs since the First World War.

That having been said, I think a combination of the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Commissariat for the next 12 months would do William more good than flying.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Countess of Holland on May 29, 2014, 11:34:23 am
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The Crown Prince of Spain hardly comes from a happy home; his father has been cheating on his mother for ages and it has been a marriage of convenience from almost day 1.
The Dutch King has had his share of troubles as well; when the King was 14 years old, his father, the late Prince Claus, was diagnosed with severe depressions and spend more than a year in a clinic in Basel, Switzerland. For a boy in his early teens, this must have been very hard as well. And on top of that, his mother had just gotten the top job (in 1980) and had less spare time to spend with her sons than Charles has, since he was only teh heir after the death of Diana.
The Norwegian Crown Prince grew up in a family where his mother was still not-liked by his grandfather, King Olav, who had fought tooth and nail to prevent the marriage between Harald and Sonja. Something that must have given some tensions in the household as well.

Fact is, no family is perfect and no family is happy all the time. But everyone else copes with it and many people make a success of their lives nonetheless. And although it must have been a terrible situation for William seeing his parents fight their battles in the press, he still had many advantages over a lot of people who lost a parent or who have gone through a parents' divorce from hell (fathers refusing to pay alimony f.e.). He spend most of his time at boarding school in a safe environment. His vacations were spend in lavish palaces, he never had to worry about money, he never saw one of his parents worrying over how to pay the bills. He had his nanny and former nannies, he had his grandparents and maternal aunts.

William just loves to take the role of victim but doesn't realise that he has had a life 10x better than many other people who have been through the divorce of parents or the death of a parent. And he seems dedicated to play the victim-card anywhere he can and as long as the UK press and people willlet him get away with it, nothing will change and he will remain the whining, do-nothing spoiled brat.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on May 29, 2014, 10:02:59 pm
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Basically William is the heir to the heir and should not be put in dangerous situations as has been the tradition. He may be kept away from flying and be able to swan around and do little which is probably what he wants to do. JFK Jr is a terrible example--he took those flying lessons and his life was cut short--he could have been a leading player in the political scene today. Apparently Will appears to be allowed to do whatever he wants which is not a good thing.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on May 29, 2014, 10:06:53 pm
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Quote from: Kuei Fei on May 29, 2014, 06:47:49 am
This is going to sound harsh, but here it is:

William needs to understand that his years of experimenting are over. He's where he is in life because he threw those years away on booze and a tart.

It would be one thing if he had been doing duties like crazy and wanted to get some serious schooling in, or if after school, he wanted to buzz around and stuff, but he's way too late in the game for this kind of life. Most people who go to school, or think up stuff in their thirties, do it because they've been unable to get to school for one reason or another. He can't claim he couldn't go because of circumstances and Kate isn't enough of a reason.

If he had trained and contemplated this stuff in his teens and early twenties, it would be admirable, but since he had so many advantages, he should have been out doing one or another during his teens and early twenties, not boozing around being shiftless on an expensive yacht. He is way too old to not know what he wants to do with his life. If he didn't lie to himself about being normal, or any other BS, he would certainly have a lot more accomplishments to his name.

So he chooses to be normal, chooses to throw his life away, obviously people think of him as a loser now.

If a man has no focus during his thirties, yes, he is a loser. He had his chances, had a decade (and more) on his hands to figure these things out. Frankly, marriage isn't supposed to be about doing the 'right thing' and then discovering the rest of the world.

KF I don't understand why Will was allowed to drift. The Queen generally reacts when things seem to be going to hell in her family. She needs to stop Lazybones now and get him working for the Firm. And Charles should get William out there. How the thirty something could watch senior citizens doing work that he should be a part of is a total disgrace. This would be different if he were younger and single but he's a married man and a father and supposedly a grown up.

Even the Duke of Windsor did not out when he was heir and did not go into avoidance mode. William is even worse--if he keeps this up he may never get near the throne but what's making him stick to the place in line of succession would be those Perks and Titles and PRivileges.

I am astonished he is getting away with it. And if he plays the Poor Me card he needs to think that successful people today had rotten childhoods but made their way in the world and succeeded.

What a spoiled brat.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Nighthawk on May 31, 2014, 11:11:14 am
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He wobbled over Kate. Now Wills is wobbling over a choice that'll define his life
www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2644414/He-wobbled-Kate-Now-Wills-wobbling-choice-thatll-define-life.html#ixzz33Ho1iH5s
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William stepped down as a rescue pilot with the RAF a year ago
Since then he has spent time raising his son George
He now plans to work with the East Anglian air ambulance service
Sources say he has consulted the Queen about his plans
Prince is taking what palace aides have called a 'transitional year'
He always said giving up his flying career would be a wrench. But even Prince William’s closest friends are surprised by quite how strong the pull of piloting his own helicopter has proved to be.

Little more than eight months after quitting the Armed Forces and his role as an RAF search and rescue pilot, it emerged this week that the Prince is itching to get airborne again.

Plans are being drawn up that could see him joining the East Anglian Air Ambulance service, based near his country home, Anmer Hall, in Norfolk.

Some will doubtless see this as perverse, but then William has always been something of a ‘reluctant royal’.

Even with last year’s announcement that he wanted to devote himself to conservation and charitable projects, it was also made clear that he had no wish to become a full-time working member of the Royal Family.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Stephanie on May 31, 2014, 11:43:25 am
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www.express.co.uk/news/royal/479402/Kate-Middleton-Duchess-of-Cambridge-splash-cash-fireplaces-Anmer-Hall
Wimpo: while other pilots found their first time flying awesome he was skeered. :ick:

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: cate1949 on June 22, 2014, 10:43:11 am
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right Countess - I think the pay back time in the US and other NATO countries for a fast jet pilot is 8 years - after you are winged so it usually amounts to ten years. But that is for F 18's - 16's 15's etc. Helo's may be much less. Most fast jet pilots do not want to leave!

But as we know - the rules are always different for a Royal. So in some ways the discussion is not worth it - he left - probably because of the privatization of search and rescue as well as perhaps some pressure from Kate and/or the RF.

He has had his gap year - now he needs to be focused on some goal - as long as he is working this makes sense to me. But I do see Rosella's point - he may end up being ill prepared for many of the tasks associated with running the Duchy etc. I guess it is their problem - they cannot force him to be diligent at something he does not want to do.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: meememe on June 22, 2014, 11:11:03 am
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Charles regularly takes William to meetings to do with both the Duchy of Cornwall and The Princes Trust e.g. this past week they both attended a meeting (chaired by Charles) for The Princes Council.

William has been a Counsellor of State for 11 years - so has been carrying out The Queen's duties when called upon since then.

He is getting 'on the job' training and not being left with no training at all.

The recent farming course and then living at Sandringham will probably see him being involved in the management of at least one of the major royal estates.

He has met Prime Ministers in one on one meetings on overseas trips already so there is no doubt that the BRF are training him in the reasonable knowledge that he will be ready when the time comes. He is already 7 years older than The Queen was when the job fell to her and he probably has at least another 20 years of waiting before he will be left on his own to do things.

When The Queen dies he will still have Charles' accumulated wisdom as a fall back.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on June 22, 2014, 11:23:39 am
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William should have been doing this a long time, to sucking off of his father and as for meetings and everything, he should be doing this a lot more often. I am sure HM and Charles will be around a long time, but frankly put, he should be regularly attending parliamentary meetings and spending time in HM's office learning the ropes and learning fully how to handle the courtiers and the court politics and learn how to handle all of this.

As for the farming course, what course, as far as I know he wasn't at all attending or learning much with his running around. In these uncertain times, he should be a lot more involved. Contrary to what he might think, normal people are currently at a point where they are well into their careers/work. He is in fact less and less normal by the day. This is his normal and he should accept it as it is or walk away and let Harry get involved in real training.

He should in fact be supporting HM more and more, not leeching off his grandmother and his father.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on June 22, 2014, 12:32:30 pm
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I also am dubious about the farming course. One course does not make him "knowledgeable" about running the Duchy. Did he complete the course? None of the public will ever know. I think it was about the time he took those vacations.

As far as "working" on ambulance rescue, how is it going to be known how little or how much he does? There of course may be blurbs or photo ops of his "single handed" rescues. But I don't necessarily think that it means he will work hard, he'll just be able to out and avoid royal work.

I don't see this as a breakthrough, just more of the same. His father is a senior citizen, his grandparents are elderly, this able bodied 32 year old should be helping them. And as far as how long his father and grandfather will reign nobody knows. WIlliam would be an ill prepared forty or fifty something perhaps with years of idling away his time and still avoiding work. The longer this is played out the more difficult it will be for him.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on June 22, 2014, 12:38:43 pm
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Quote from: meememe on June 22, 2014, 11:11:03 am
Charles regularly takes William to meetings to do with both the Duchy of Cornwall and The Princes Trust e.g. this past week they both attended a meeting (chaired by Charles) for The Princes Council.

William has been a Counsellor of State for 11 years - so has been carrying out The Queen's duties when called upon since then.

He is getting 'on the job' training and not being left with no training at all.

The recent farming course and then living at Sandringham will probably see him being involved in the management of at least one of the major royal estates.

He has met Prime Ministers in one on one meetings on overseas trips already so there is no doubt that the BRF are training him in the reasonable knowledge that he will be ready when the time comes. He is already 7 years older than The Queen was when the job fell to her and he probably has at least another 20 years of waiting before he will be left on his own to do things.

When The Queen dies he will still have Charles' accumulated wisdom as a fall back.


I disagree. I see him as feeling very self entitled, grabbing the perks and doing little work. So a ten week course gave him all that he needed? I doubt it. First of all, he may not even have completed that course. And certainly attending one meeting with his father is not enough. He needs to actually take on running and not wait for someone to die to start working.

I see lots of doubts with William's preparedness. His father is a senior citizen and his grandparents are elderly--William should be at 32 taking up the slack instead of going off playing at being "normal" when he should get on with his work as future King and let someone who really needs the work to have the helicopter ambulance job.

A Counselor of State is probably more honorary in Will's case then giving him much work to do.

He may not have 20 years to wait--that is a real possibility. The Queen expected to have more time as Princess but look how that turned out.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Countess of Holland on June 22, 2014, 01::01 pm
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Quote from: meememe on June 22, 2014, 11:11:03 am
Charles regularly takes William to meetings to do with both the Duchy of Cornwall and The Princes Trust e.g. this past week they both attended a meeting (chaired by Charles) for The Princes Council.

William has been a Counsellor of State for 11 years - so has been carrying out The Queen's duties when called upon since then.

But anytime a royal attends the Privy Council, this is mentioned in the Court Circular and I have been reading them almost daily (provided on the British Royals Message Board) and I have not seen his name pop up for years. So how much training is this?
And talking is all nice, but what about the groundwork.

William is only two heartbeats away from the throne and if I were a UK citizen, that would scare the cr@p out of me. He is ill prepared, he doesn't know a thing about international affairs, about royal protocol, about big challenges that face the people of the UK. And yes, I know, the Queen was thrown into the deep end without any real education, but I am willing to make the bet that she was better prepared for her royal role than William is. And of course the times are changing. In the 1950's the monarchy was still beyond reproach, doubting the role of the monarch was not done. Now there is a vocal (and growing) group of people, press, politicians, businessmen who favour a republic and William doesn't have the training, the work-ethic or the personality to curb that.

At 32 he should start to seriously prepare for his future role. Why not send him to a UK embassy to Berlin, or Brussels, Washington DC or another big trade-partner of the UK? Or let him work for the Home Office for a couple of years. He will get to know the problems the country is facing and that will never do him any harm.
Instead he will be able to fly in his helicopter again and frankly, I see this as another way to go into hiding. There have been several stories about William not doing a lot of flying at RAF Valley and the pilots and crews were told to say it was William who was flying if someone was saved because 'it would give the person saved such a good, uplifting, feeling'. I can see this happening in the future again. And not because it is uplifting for the victim but because it will be good pr for William.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on June 22, 2014, 02:03:03 pm
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In HM's time, HM was never allowed to forget who she was and was trained with that in mind, to be at the forefront of her mind at all times. Second, HM hasn't really felt any prejudice against her courtiers and against her class and against the Throne in general. She doesn't have any self imposed angst or spoiled sense of entitlement and certainly she's someone who apparently grown up earlier during WWII, seeing her own palace get bombed.

By the time Charles was William's age, he was running the Prince's Trust (after founding it no less), had trained in various divisions of the military, and had ended up engaged to Diana. Meanwhile he was doing hundreds of appearances and tours a year and expected the same from his new wife. For all his meddling, he does keep himself informed and does like to be as up to date as possible and ensure that he's aware of everything going on.

William is quite frankly the least prepared monarch in history and certainly, he is two heart attacks away from inheriting. He can't even pronounce philanthropy effectively, smoothly, and can barely make a simple speech without turning it into an 'act' of sorts. Something that to me is quite frankly what you would expect out of a teenager, not a thirty year old man and not someone who should inherit a throne. He doesn't even make his wife work.

William should understand, that for a man of his station, his times of carefree fun and experimentation are now effectively over and he should end up manning up and see to his responsibilities. Pelly himself is working at his clubs and certainly, William is behind the majority of his peers. He's no longer hte cute teenager and I still say HM and Charles made a huge mistake when they failed to make him work at appearances during his uni holidays.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Rosella on June 22, 2014, 02:37:46 pm
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Good idea, Countess. I think a few months at least in the Foreign or Home Office, or the Commonwealth Secretariat would do William the world of good. The problem with assignments at Embassies abroad is that he wouldn't be available for royal duties in Britain, if he had to suddenly step in if HM wasn't able to perform an engagement. But certainly all those in London would be valuable experience.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on June 22, 2014, 04:57:48 pm
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I just wonder, would William be more of a hindrance than a help; right now the embassies are on high alert and there are so many things going on that he would likely end up just being an annoyance. They have too much on their time to babysit a dipwit prince and his idiot wife.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: cate1949 on June 22, 2014, 09:35:30 pm
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the foreign service is what he should have done - and I think that was what they were hoping he'd do - hence the rumor he would do that. But - he did not want it. Cannot force him - it is troubling - really does act like he needs no preparation to become King or that the Queen and his father will live forever.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: sandy on June 22, 2014, 11:50:25 pm
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He is getting the name "Willnot" in the comments section of the Daily Mail. And deservedly so.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kit on June 25, 2014, 05:38:57 pm
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global.christianpost.com/news/prince-william-abdicating-throne-to-become-pilot-official-word-expected-soon-122050/

While the headline is a bit misleading it does illustrate where public opinion is headed.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Mandosiel on June 25, 2014, 05:59:08 pm
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Lord, they might as well just stand in front of a public and media made firing squad the way they're half-baked ways are leading them.

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Title: Re: The Does William Work? And When? Thread
Post by: Kuei Fei on June 25, 2014, 07:42:14 pm
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Quote from: cate1949 on June 22, 2014, 09:35:30 pm
the foreign service is what he should have done - and I think that was what they were hoping he'd do - hence the rumor he would do that. But - he did not want it. Cannot force him - it is troubling - really does act like he needs no preparation to become King or that the Queen and his father will live forever.

The real problem is, that he views royal duties as just cutting ribbons and kissing babies, not 'real' stuff.

Thing is, that it's just ribbon cutting and kissing babies because of the fact that he isn't trained to do anything else. If he had been making simple appearances on a regular basis as a teenager, he would likely be a lot more immersed in real international stuff. No one starts at the top and we all know that he would be doing a lot more, if he had done more as a teenager. He's no different; he's at a point where he's so narcissistic that he thinks that he should be handed a position based on some vaunted gloriousness and on some kind of destiny just because he's the future king.

Foolishly, he can't even make a decent speech, but apparently he thinks (as far as I theorize) that he should be doing 'more', despite the fact that he's no different than any other thirty year old who flips burgers because he didn't bother getting learning or training to better himself.

What William is doing is living the equivalent, royal equivalent, of being a thirty year old who threw his life away on booze and parties and low life women and so now like it or not, he is still at square one and someone who is certainly not facing the reality of his wasted life.

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