William and Harry - I'm puzzled.

I think it is time that I left this repetitive thread.
I shall keep an eye on it- just to see if anyone answers my question- they haven't as yet.

A 'normal' Air Ambulance pilot won't be having time off to undertake an official overseas visit on behalf of his grandmother. I also doubt he'd be holidaying in Mustique.

There are various shades of normal. I think Prince William has found his kind of 'normal' with the Middletons and it's not necessary to try to find a parallel with the rest of us.

merlot

Has he started already. I thought he began later this year?

April, I think, POGS but I could be wrong.

Leticia, you must know your question can't possibly be answered satisfactorily, and I'm with merlot about the various shades of 'normal'.

I think this is turning into a silly conversation. Prince William's life can never be like ordinary people simply because of who he is, so whatever he does has to be tailored round his official duties, which in turn.is always going to give rise to criticism. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't!

The conversation got silly some time ago when Prince William was described as an "underdog".

An underdog on this thread!!
How can you criticise someone when absolutely no one can come up with a decision that he can take that won't upset someone?!
I can take any decision I wish- no one outside my circle of people who know me can criticise it.
That gives me something that money can't buy. Money can't buy the really important things in life

Most people in his position have at least chosen it- and if they don't like it they can- unless they have done something notorious- opt out.

There's really only one person in Prince William's position at a time. He can opt out if he really wants to. His mother's uncle did – quite late in the day.

His mother's uncle never opted out of anything other than the throne- his life was ruined. He coundn't be a normal person. He got all the worst of it without even the perks!

I will amend that- he did opt out but he was still famous and constrained in what he could do. He was never a 'normal' person.

Helping yourself to other men's wives whenever you felt like it could be seen as a perk of the job don't you think?

Life could have been easier for Edward if it hadn't been for his vindictive sister in law and a vitriolic press . I wouldn't want William to walk away, we would be landed with Harry as future king, the Peter Pan of the windsors.

Since he would upset lots of people as he did, and would always be recognised and up for criticism I think he would be mad! Much better to stay and get the best as well as the worst.

His SIL was vindictive because it put her husband in the throne- not something either wanted.

Can't agree Leticia. George didn't but how his wife did . It has been said by some she wanted to marry Edward, she was chosen to marry him , he didn't want to marry her, she settled for number 2 but not before turning him down several times . If you have read Edwards auto biog you will have read the snippet where he referred to her . Quite sad really, all those arranged marriages

Very sad to have arranged marriages. One thing that William managed to avoid.Not that it pleased everyone.

I doubt William would have had an arranged marriage even if Kate Middleton hadn't been on the scene. All the old meddlers like Mountbatten are long gone so who would have done the arranging?

merlot The last old meddlers were surely the Queen Mother and Ruth, Lady Fermoy and look at the disastrous mess that created.

Yes. They were a class act.

Prince Harry 'the Peter Pan of the Windsors'?

He's only 30, for goodness sake!

I think a 30yr old being described as 'a Peter Pan' is sillier than any of my statements!!

I don't, classing William as an under dog was the daftest

I said Peter Pan because he isn't willing to grow up , a teenage prankster is amusing, not so a man in his late twenties , not in public

Oh for goodness sake.