Prince William and the Air Ambulance

Yes indeed, Lona!

Lona

Anniebach if William had chosen charity work I'm sure he would have chosen the wrong charity!

They do, Leticia. I'd class myself as a Royalist, but don't take a fraction of the interest that some of the non-Royalists seem to.

What exactly does Charles contribute to the Prince's Trust other than his name?

Well, he isn't working in a factory is he? He enjoys flying so has chosen to combine his hobby with an occupation. Far more interesting then visiting charities, helping out at centre point etc. I think he should do charity work, bring in money for charities who are really struggling ,so I can't applaud him for choosing to fly air ambulances , am sure he would be bored sitting in his country house and couldn't go hunting every day . Charles was just a little younger I think when he started up the Princes Trust which has helped thousands of young people . So sorry to royalists but I think this job is Rsther self serving

Yay Leticia!

People seem to know a lot about the royal family!
Personally I just think he is to be commended for doing a worthwhile job when he doesn't need to work at all.

Do people really think he is just going to be doing the job and nothing else going on? There will be his bodyguards hanging about-costing more to us of course. Will he be working unsocial hours and covering Christmas rotas? His Gran will expect him at Balmoral so maybe not. He'll probably be sent on a tour of somewhere for a few months. This job could have been given to some young man who really needed it.

Yet he abused his first wife, fought her in court for custody of their children, his mother in law supported him, they separated 1969 he didn't marry Raine until 1976 when Diana was 15, Sarah Spencer was already in an affair with Charles . The day of the engagement Johnnie Spencer gave an jnterview and expressed his delight at the engagement and declared Diana was a perfect specimen when born ! mmmmmmm his mother in law was a close friend and lady in waiting to the QM and he had been equerry to the queen , he lived at sandringham and holidayed at balmoral with his children long before Raine was on the scene, he was so close to the windsors the queen attended his first wedding

I think PW is a very sensible and clever man who wants to ensure he has an enjoyable and worthwhile job to go to every day. I'm sure he'll instill this work ethic in his children.

I would blame Diana's stepmother and step-grandmother Barbara Cartland for engineering the match, not her father. He seemed to be thoroughly under the thumb of "Acid Raine", and it suited Grandma down to the ground to be connected with the Royals.

Gosh poo aid! Those royals have everything!

Sorry paid not poo aid.

I certainly don't love, admire, envy the windsors , only thing in their favour for me is they save having to vote for a president every five years , they have no effect on my life , I wouldn't cross the road to greet one when they do their walk abouts , I watch their weddings because I like weddings and like to see what is being worn , that's it

I am a Royalist and believe that without them we would just be a tiny overcrowded little Island, however referring back to a comment I made 14/7 I think his PR team made a mistake saying that ' with the job comes a salary of £40.000 which PW will be donating to charity. ( or words to that effect ) It was this that I felt was ridiculous for reasons I have stated and also as my DH pointed out.......He (DH) gets an occupational pension + a state pension...which is considerably reduced with tax poo aid. Surely with PW wealth he would be taxed so much there will be nothing left? I would have been quite happy had they said he was working voluntarily.

We will never know Anniebach.

As I said I wouldn't want to read a book about/by the royals so it could say anything at all.

I am sad for a beautiful young woman who died in such tragic circumstances but as I didn't know her, that's as far as it goes.

Thank you Eloethan I was beginning to think it was just me who didn't "love" the royals. What puzzles me is how anyone can love a family who they don't know other than the little snatches they see on TV and photographs in the press , together with the occasional carefully choreographed speech. But hey ho it takes all sorts to make a world.

.gillybob, she wrote the book , she was very much alive when it was published . It's a time long gone now and I think so sad she was so troubled but I also think it so wrong that the allegations of murder are made. I thought of her as a breath of fresh air in that family and my opinion of her is not based on rumours in the press. The poor woman danced with the devil and paid a very heavy price, but her death was brought about by her own actions - and the Fayeds, I am no royalist but I think to lay her death in the hands of the windsors is terrible

I too object to people who question the necessity for a Royal Family being described as "mean and envious". I don't envy their wealth or their way of life but I do think the millions of pounds that are spent to maintain a system that legitimises inequality by reason of birth could be better used.

As I've mentioned before, during the 50's and 60's the Royal Family began to be seen by more and more people as an expensive irrelevance. In order to rectify this situation a "reality-type" documentary was produced with the express aim of "humanising" them and increasing their popularity. Social commentators have said that this strategy worked and they learned that it is necessary for the Royal Family to constantly be in the public eye, creating an image that they are part of our own "family", in order to maintain its position. They call the tune as to when, where and how they are filmed or photographed and any intrusion (in this country) into their privacy is firmly dealt with.

I think Diana was an emotionally and mentally fragile young woman whose difficulties were certainly not helped by her marriage to Charles. She may have been unstable but I still think she made an important and positive contribution in helping to dispel the myths surrounding HIV and leprosy and in raising awareness re land mines. Without really knowing someone, it's difficult to make a judgment about a person's true nature or motives, but from what I saw I liked her.

I haven't read "the book" Anniebach and have no desire to really. Although I am sure it's quite easy to write a book about someone once they are unable to disagree with you.

There is of course no proof that anyone of them "spoke the truth" and unless you know/knew them personally I doubt a book will be entirely gospel either.

I was sure that I did hear that the Queen Mother had quite a lot to do with the matchmaking, but could be wrong as I really don't know them.

Tbh I really couldn't care less.

gillybob, what proof is there that Diana spoke the truth?

Diana was disturbed before the marriage , her obsession with getting rid of every nanny her father employed, eating disorder

She was not hand picked to marry Charles , he was with her sister before her, have you read her book? I do believe the villain in that sorry saga was her father, he wanted one of his daughters in the windsors family as did his mother in law. Elder daughter didn't work out so Diana was next in the queue, she was brought up on Sandringham, holidayed in balmoral , she knew the family well . The poor woman craved attention and I doubt anyone could have given her all she demanded . What of the rumours Camilla was with Charles on the royal train just prior to his marriage ? The log book showed the blond was in a car registered to Francis Shand Kidd,i doubt she loaned her car to Camilla . Charles said he resumed his relationship with Camilla after the marriage had broken down, I do know they started meeting in certain houses after the marriage was rocky , things which happened then did not happen sooner . Sorry but she was vindictive , she was so jealous of the fact her sons were close to Tiggy she publicly accused Tiggy of having an abortion, this was wicked

I do hope that wasn't directed at me Lilygran . Are you saying that unless you LOVE the royals you are mean and envious ?

Actually I am a little bit bored at the moment (hence why am playing on GN) as we have a team of visitors in the factory and I am on tea, coffee and falling about duties, so can't get to my usual desk.

Of course there are no gossips here are there?

We are all entitled to like/dislike whoever we want to. It is a free country -- at the moment-- and as far as I know there are no guidlines on GN to say we all have to love and respect the royals.

There does seem to be a vein of bitterness and vindictiveness running through quite a few of the threads at the moment...

The Royal family pays more in taxes than they get from the UK public which is often forgotten. They gained their estates over time by astute investment and marriage just as many wealthy people have done. You may not like it but that's the way it is. We, the UK public did not just decide to give them their land! Its a business that they've been developing for centuries. I believe Prince P even refers to it as "the Firm"!