Mouth open duchess

I don't think it's hard work to be honest but it's not a life I would want and the last sort of life I would want for a daughter (I only have sons).
I have done 12 hour and 24 shifts but my life was my own. I increasingly think one of the best arguments for abolishing the RF is what happens to the people within it.

Callistemon21

No-one works a 12 hour shift in Tesco.

Actually, GrannyLaine I did work for a while as a shelf stacker at Sainsburys.
No-one cared what I looked like as long as I was clean.

Your post reminded me of the occasional extra overnight shifts my daughter did as a shelf stacker in Sainsburys before she went to university. At the time, I was working 12 hour nights as a Delivery Suite midwife.
Her take home pay was higher than mine.

Oh yes, we've definitely all got different ideas as to what constitutes hard work. And I STILL wouldn't swap with the Duchess.

I'd swap some working days with Kate.
I do 12.5 hour shifts.
I can't see her rushing to swap, though.

No-one works a 12 hour shift in Tesco.

Actually, GrannyLaine I did work for a while as a shelf stacker at Sainsburys.
No-one cared what I looked like as long as I was clean.

Yes, we've definitely got different ideas of hard work...

Me neither Callistemon
We're clearly workshy.
Would I want to put in the huge amount of preparation required beforehand to make an official visit a success, do all the necessary with hair/makeup/clothing whether I felt like it or not, all the time being careful to look engaged and interested? Repeat again the next day? Not to mention the constant presence of journalists and photographers
Now that to me seems like really, really hard work.

Does she work hard? Not in the usual sense of the word. She's never had to work a 12 hour shift in Tescos, then go home and feed the kids on a fiver

Are they the criteria for working hard?

If so, I never qualified.

You might think you're a peasant and a subject, Paddyann but I know I'm not!

Is she a nice lassie? Don't know, never met her.
Is she good at projecting a "nice" image? Definitely.
Does she work hard? Not in the usual sense of the word. She's never had to work a 12 hour shift in Tescos, then go home and feed the kids on a fiver.
Does she have a huge weight of responsibility on her shoulders. No. No. No.
Does she care about people? Quite possibly. She can afford to.
Had she dedicated her life to an institution which I believe to be unfair and anachronistic? Definitely.

Would I do her "job"? Not in a million years, but not for the reason you think.

You miss the point where my comment was leading, Alegrias. Sometimes it is right to concentrate on the qualities of the individual, not on those of the institution. The thread is about Catherine's effort, however we choose to view this.

I think this discussion about royal values is as daft as the usual misconception on here that private schools beget a mentality of entitlement in their pupils.

No!! Surely not!! ???

What is?

Astonishing.

I think this discussion about royal values is as daft as the usual misconception on here that private schools beget a mentality of entitlement in their pupils. Yes, certain members of the RF may think they are different to the rest of us and are superior beings, but from what I see of Catherine, I feel like she constantly recognises how lucky she is, how many privileges she has, and how it is her responsibility to make people feel genuinely better and happier.

She wouldn't know a hard days work if it bit her on the nose.I do believe shes a great actress though ,often looks really grumpy when caught by a roaming cameras...BUT she knows to get the lifestyle and the peasants cash she has to toe the line.

No, nice tracksuit. She's good at lineouts. ?

Most of my ancestors were farm labourers, so I guess in a way we were peasants

Mine too Alegrias, but I’ve not ever felt inferior to anyone- is it cos I’m Welsh?

I don't think she was wearing a nice frock at the rugby.

Anyway, most of us have Royal ancestors in our genealogical tree.

I don't, at last not for the eight generations I've been able to trace. Before that, I think its pretty unlikely still; we really were peasants. Maybe that's why I think that wearing nice frocks doesn't really amount to "work".

It says that I think that the RF think they are different to us and that they have blue blood.

I really don't think anyone believes that, even the RF!

Anyway,most of us have Royal ancestors in our genealogical tree.
Just checked my wrists, my blood is blue!!

Pantglas2

“But I don't think being a teacher has got anything in common at all with wearing nice frocks and waving at the peasants.”

“...and waving at the peasants.”

What does that say a lot about you?

It says that I think that the RF think they are different to us and that they have blue blood.

Other people will think differently, I'm sure.

Most of my ancestors were farm labourers, so I guess in a way we were peasants

Pantglas2

“But I don't think being a teacher has got anything in common at all with wearing nice frocks and waving at the peasants.”

“...and waving at the peasants.”

What does that say a lot about you?

I'd answer but I've got a bit of straw stuck in my teeth and my forelock has been tugged right over my eyes.

I've seen numerous pictures of Kate Middleton. Sometimes she's smiling, sometimes she's laughing, sometimes she's looking calm or serious. She always looks beautiful and appropriate to the occasion.
Can't understand the issue here.

“But I don't think being a teacher has got anything in common at all with wearing nice frocks and waving at the peasants.”

“...and waving at the peasants.”

What does that say a lot about you?

even if you're feeling like shit a bit under the weather you have to paste on a smile and summon up enthusiasm when teaching.

I'd call that acting a part.