Kate & Will's Caribbean Trip

TBH, I'm sick of seeing them in the news everyday. I don't mind where they are or what they're doing, but I don't need a blow by blow account. Although, they have at least knocked Liz Hurley off my news feed, so that's one thing to be grateful for.

It's the cost that bothers me. I would love one of those couches
that they find all this money down the back of and a cutting from the money tree please.

I will never get out of my mind the image of those two scuba diving in Belize while the people of Jamaica were standing there on a rough bit of ground protesting their arrival.

Tone deaf or what?

The Queen has worked hard at keeping the idea of the Commonwealth alive but apparently the Cambridges are not being universally welcomed in some places. I think it’s time for the next monarch to be content with being King of the UK and let the other Commonwealth realms chose for themselves.

I appreciate that it is the Queens jubilee but it does all seem a tad in poor taste giving what is happening to the world.

The Queen is grown up I’m sure she would understand, that shuttling back on the jollies is a much better look.

Fed up of seeing them and the cost! They just seem oblivious to how they will be received and carry on regardless.

Probably couldn't or didn't want to hear through the water.
Wealth, influence and power make you deaf.

It's their job. They go where they are told to go. I doubt they get much choice, to be honest, and probably don't particularly enjoy it either. I wouldn't.

Yes. It must be awful to eat chocolate and have to go scuba diving in the Carribean.

volver

Yes. It must be awful to eat chocolate and have to go scuba diving in the Carribean.

OK, you have me on that one, volver. What about the boring speeches, interminable dinners of weird food and dad dancing in public? Wouldn't mind her lovely clothes though.

We are extremely privileged to have a royal family to represent our nation abroad. If the Jamaicans don't want to share a head of state with us, they should hold a referendum, but they might just prefer a British connection to keep them from being overwhelmed by the USA or China. It's up to them.

By the way, we should be preparing for a celebration in 11 years time: 200 years since the British abolished slavery.

Can UK have a referendum too please?

NotTooOld

volver

Yes. It must be awful to eat chocolate and have to go scuba diving in the Carribean.

OK, you have me on that one, volver. What about the boring speeches, interminable dinners of weird food and dad dancing in public? Wouldn't mind her lovely clothes though.

Sounds like every wedding I've ever been to. ?

Kate and Wills get a lot of freebie holidays RF don't have to pay though they can well afford to. Australia don't want to pay for anymore royal tours.

Glad that Jamaica is going to become a republic this year

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Sorry, what was that Petera? I was too busy doffing my cap and tugging my forelock

Parsley3

The Queen has worked hard at keeping the idea of the Commonwealth alive but apparently the Cambridges are not being universally welcomed in some places. I think it’s time for the next monarch to be content with being King of the UK and let the other Commonwealth realms chose for themselves.

I absolutely agree.

I’m not even sure we should have a monarchy ourselves, but that’s another question really.

Bit strong there Petera. Actually nasty is a better word.

Grany

Kate and Wills get a lot of freebie holidays RF don't have to pay though they can well afford to. Australia don't want to pay for anymore royal tours.

Glad that Jamaica is going to become a republic this year

In all fairness Grany, I absolutely would not want a holiday where I had to meet loads of people that I didn’t know, plaster a smile on my face all the time, wear loads of different clothes every day, and show huge interest in lots of things, some of which might nearly bore to death. I’m a coward too, so wouldn’t want to go diving in the sea.
I prefer to relax on my holidays and do as I want to do.

I am a similar age to Kate and William and I know enough to know I wouldn't be going over the Jamaica showing such privilege, they are a pair of dinosaurs

I am beginning to think that the monarchy has had its day.

I was actually embarrassed for and of them

This tone deaf tour seemed like something from the 1950s.
Barbados became a Republic recently, apparently many other Caribbean nations are considering following them. Time for a Referendum here.