Are the Royal Family losing their touch?

Did they pay or were they guests

Does it matter?

How can anywhere cost 19k a night. It is disgustingly obscene, just think what that money could have done for the homeless any worthwhile cause people can’t afford roofs over their heads or food and heat. No one’s worked that hard to accumulate that much wealth to do that, it’s down to enterprise, luck and ability, others work just as hard. Andrew lives that life but free loads of people so rich they seem not to mind, so they are not that clever.

I do find it difficult to process the obscene amounts of money some people pay for luxury whilst others live in abject poverty.

The Royals don't pay they have lots of free time so spend public money day in day out on their own private interests.

Kate and William loved their time there so much they will bring their children next time.

agree Allsorts and Maddyone

Charles was key to Savile's standing. That Savile had become a valued friend of the famous and the powerful — such as the Prince of Wales and Margaret Thatcher, who reportedly pushed for a knighthood for him and with whom he was invited to spend Christmas at Chequers — was not down to chance.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10693583/As-new-letters-lay-bare-relationship-did-Prince-Charles-know-Jimmy-Saviles-abuse.html

JS fooled Everyone

No disrespect to Attenborough but being a friend to the RF is hardly a badge of honour! Andrew was great friends with Epstein and Charles was great friends with Savile and Peter Ball..until they weren’t.

No one can accuse the Royal family of being intellectually astute or actually having much common sense between them where their ‘friends’ are concerned.

To be fair a whole generation of people were taken in by JS.
What that saying ? Hiding in clear sight !

What a hilarious picture. The Royal Family all bobbing up and down curtsying in order of rank (and farting). Do you think they play a fanfare?

Bridgeit hmm..A lot of people were very wary of JS once rumours & evidence began to surface. I believe Private Eye Magazine were not fooled!

John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) was the first to publicly expose Savile, and he was effectively banned from the BBC as a result.

youtu.be/esKnWAIgpLY

I'm sure not everyone was taken in by JS

Your wildest dreams are vivid Grany.

The Cambridges have been having a break from public duties after their Caribbean tour as their children enjoy their Easter holidays. But William does now have one engagement announced. He will attend the London’s Air Ambulance Charity Gala on Monday April 25.

Surely their engagements are when they take a break from their lives of leisure. Two weeks since their disaster tour and another two weeks before he goes to a gala.

It's a hard life!

nadateturbe

It's a hard life!

Yes indeed!

From public duties , meetings etc are not public duties

Grany

I'm sure not everyone was taken in by JS

Really?
I don’t recollect voting (of any sort)
Really scraping the barrel Grany

My reference was to the photograph of Princes William and Charles- not anything to do with JS.

I really think there might be an army of secretarial & administrative staff including personal assistants who will be doing the heavy work. To attend a meeting to be briefed about the event is hardly exhausting work for a young chap like William or his efficient Aunt.

Some members of the RF are good at their job which is Public Relations.
Ann in particular is good at that, works a room with ease, mostly keeps her nose clean and kept the public on side by being clear, early on, that her children & extended family had no place in the public RF.
On the other hand not all her brothers manage that quite so well .......

Surely their engagements are when they take a break from their lives of leisure. Two weeks since their disaster tour and another two weeks before he goes to a gala.
You have no idea what he is doing during that time! There is a lot goes on behind their public profile which may involve their time and commitment.

Chestnut some believe the working royals have no need to
read, discuss, make decisions, they have staff who read out to
them telling them what to say and what to think.