I wasn't going to comment on this thread but since when does sympathy have to be rationed? It's possible to have sympathy, and indeed empathy, with many different situations, some obviously more desperate than others. My dad, a widower at the time, would have loved to meet his great granddaughter born in Canada (his 3rd great grandchild) but his health wasn't up to the travel and there wasn't the money for the Canadian family to come here. And anyway he died just over two months later. He'd not have managed to get down on the floor either, would that make him unworthy, despite being only 81?
It's illuminating how many feel able to make negative assumptions about the Royal Family, yet deny others the same ability to make more positive assumptions. Of course the plight of refugees is awful, but sympathy for one does not exclude sympathy for the other. Just because you personally couldn't care less about seeing a grandchild or great grandchild doesn't mean everybody shares the same indifference. No child ever suffered from too many people loving it.