Prince George starts school

kjl

My sister send her kids to that school. It's a fantastic school and worth every penny.

Hammer89

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

There's no girls at Eton.

That's because he'd be Eton them all out if there were.

Junkyard Tom

Valmont wrote: »

I'm not entirely sure the royal family do scrounge off the taxpayer. They own an awful lot of land the income of which is taxed at a very high percentage and they live off the admittedly large portion left over. Would you say the Duke of Westminster was a dole scrounger? Or indeed anyone in the UK who has inherited a large estate?

All this property acquired through hard work, innovation, adding value, and contributing to the the greater good of humanity?

This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.

That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt, of which vice and folly are the only proper objects, is often most unjustly bestowed upon poverty and weakness, has been the complaint of moralists in all ages.
Adam Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments 1759

endacl

endacl wrote: »

And in fairness, his aul pair seem like decent people too.

Sorry. Am I doing the 'all brits are bad' thing wrong?

I like William and Kate. I love looking at her pretty dresses and photos of their little kids.

A Little Pony

steddyeddy wrote: »

I don't get the fascination. They have an interesting history but they're basically C-list celebrities at this stage. Famous because of who they are rather than talent.

They aren't C list, they are the Monarchy, as A list as you can get. Her Majesty is a very important world leader.

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MadYaker wrote: »

This. Yeah they may be minted and never have to worry about all the stuff that normal people like me worry about, decent career, buying a house etc but I wouldn't trade places with any of them in a million years. Imagine being famous from the day you're born and constantly being in the public eye, hell imo.

Oh god yeah. Like this is the picture of him leaving hospital shortly after his birth, nice family picture.



But this is the reality of it



Three days old or whatever and he's more photographed than many eighty year olds. It's a phenomenally pressurised life, a lot of privilege obviously but at the price of massively curtailed personal freedom, and not by choice.

Not a fan of monarchies in general and come from a republican background but goddammit there's such an overwhelming bang of decency off Will and Kate and Harry, I do like them.

Hector Bellend

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

There's no girls at Eton.

They have fannies though

Sleepy

TBH, I find their tolerance of the press astounding. If the paparazzi had posted photos of my wife topless while she was sunbathing on private property, nevermind having to all intents and purposes killed my mother, I'd have a long charge sheet from decking any of them brandishing a camera near me.

riffmongous

Alexandria Brief King wrote: »

Oh god yeah. Like this is the picture of him leaving hospital shortly after his birth, nice family picture.


But this is the reality of it



Three days old or whatever and he's more photographed than many eighty year olds. It's a phenomenally pressurised life, a lot of privilege obviously but at the price of massively curtailed personal freedom, and not by choice.

Not a fan of monarchies in general and come from a republican background but goddammit there's such an overwhelming bang of decency off Will and Kate and Harry, I do like them.

That's sick.It's warped forcing a child into that position with no choice in how they live their lives imo. Hopefully for their sakes once the boss lady passes on they'll pick up the courage to tell the papz to **** off and they can live a semi-normal life.

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riffmongous wrote: »

That's sick.It's warped forcing a child into that position with no choice in how they live their lives imo. Hopefully for their sakes once the boss lady passes on they'll pick up the courage to tell the papz to **** off and they can live a semi-normal life.

I'd wonder how much Diana's death and the lead up to it influence their attitudes to the press. As in is it better to just co-operate and give them their shots somewhat on your own terms rather than try to run and hide.

Maybe it's easier for the ones who are born to it and just have it as normality than the ones who marry into it, though Kate seems well able in fairness :pac: It's amazing more of them don't go fully balls to the wall off the rails, Harry's the 'crazy' one like

Sleepy

I dunno, if even half the rumours about Andrew are true, he'd put Harry in the shade in terms of crazy behaviour...

Hercule Poirot

riffmongous wrote: »

That's sick.It's warped forcing a child into that position with no choice in how they live their lives imo. Hopefully for their sakes once the boss lady passes on they'll pick up the courage to tell the papz to **** off and they can live a semi-normal life.

While I do agree with you there are two future kings of England in that photo, not a chance that will ever happen

branie2

George will probably follow the family tradition of going to boarding school in 4 years time

Hector Bellend

Sleepy wrote: »

I dunno, if even half the rumours about Andrew are true, he'd put Harry in the shade in terms of crazy behaviour...

Yeah. In fairness, he wasn't the only person who's been on that flight

retro:electro

He got sent home apparently for wearing the wrong trouser. Not even joking.

Sleepy

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Yeah. In fairness, he wasn't the only person who's been on that flight

Well, there's a lot of rumours of extremely dodgy behaviour from Andrew... including allegations of underage prostitutes.

Valmont

Sleepy wrote: »

Well, there's a lot of rumours of extremely dodgy behaviour from Andrew... including allegations of underage prostitutes.

Here is a picture of prince Andrew with an underage prostitute (by her own admission):

But they could've played chess for all we know.

steddyeddy

I walked by a newstand with an issue of Hello magazine featuring George's first day of school on the cover. Am I wrong in think parents should shield their child from the press?

murpho999

A Little Pony wrote: »

They aren't C list, they are the Monarchy, as A list as you can get. Her Majesty is a very important world leader.

They are not "the monarchy", they are "a monarchy".

Other countries have monarchies too.

The British Queen is not a world leader she is a head of state just like Michael D.

Referring to her as her majesty on an Irish internet forum just sounds pathetic to me..

steddyeddy

They're c-list. Famous because of who they're born to.