The Cambridges News and Updates ( Prince William, Kate Middleton, George, Charlotte and Louis)

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

Wow. This truly makes the royal family look terrible. Why on earth can’t they pay their staff a living wage?

This is sick. The whole institution is rotten to the core.

Were you all born yesterday? A royal job on the CV can lead to better oppportunities down the road for many of these people. Does it say that they are being press-ganged into service? Look at Diana’s butler now. SMH at Meghan’s stans.

Diana's butler stole her clothes, personal letters, and stationary days after her death and sold them to the highest bidder.

A royal staffer tried to do that during the pandemic and got put in jail for 8 months. Of course, if you're paying people starvation wages they're desperate enough to risk it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

Wow. This truly makes the royal family look terrible. Why on earth can’t they pay their staff a living wage?

This is sick. The whole institution is rotten to the core.

Were you all born yesterday? A royal job on the CV can lead to better oppportunities down the road for many of these people. Does it say that they are being press-ganged into service? Look at Diana’s butler now. SMH at Meghan’s stans.

One person…also if you are one of the non-white collar staff does a CV line really matter? Does anyone care if you were a housekeeper for the BRF? It’s cleaning toilets.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

Wow. This truly makes the royal family look terrible. Why on earth can’t they pay their staff a living wage?

This is sick. The whole institution is rotten to the core.

Were you all born yesterday? A royal job on the CV can lead to better oppportunities down the road for many of these people. Does it say that they are being press-ganged into service? Look at Diana’s butler now. SMH at Meghan’s stans.

Diana's butler stole her clothes, personal letters, and stationary days after her death and sold them to the highest bidder.

A royal staffer tried to do that during the pandemic and got put in jail for 8 months. Of course, if you're paying people starvation wages they're desperate enough to risk it.

If they were paying high salaries, you would be attacking them for spending so much money. The '"taxpayers"!!!

Prestige and salary are rarely linearly related. That's true for many professions.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

Wow. This truly makes the royal family look terrible. Why on earth can’t they pay their staff a living wage?

This is sick. The whole institution is rotten to the core.

Were you all born yesterday? A royal job on the CV can lead to better oppportunities down the road for many of these people. Does it say that they are being press-ganged into service? Look at Diana’s butler now. SMH at Meghan’s stans.

Diana's butler stole her clothes, personal letters, and stationary days after her death and sold them to the highest bidder.

A royal staffer tried to do that during the pandemic and got put in jail for 8 months. Of course, if you're paying people starvation wages they're desperate enough to risk it.

If they were paying high salaries, you would be attacking them for spending so much money. The '"taxpayers"!!!

Prestige and salary are rarely linearly related. That's true for many professions.

No. Labor laws apply in the U.S. regardless of who you're working for - prestige doesn't put food on the table. As for the taxpayers, the fact of the matter is - they should be attacked for spending $230 million on a single palace's renovations during a pandemic while UNICEF is feeding Brit kids and their housekeepers/gardeners/butlers/chefs/personal assistants can't even make a living.

Disgusting leeches.

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Anonymous wrote:Question-

Can the BRF keep the properties and jewels if monarchy is abolished or is there some sort of “divorce settlement”? I know QE2’s father had to purchase Sandringham and Balmoral which would imply they are privately owned. I’m sure they cost a fortune to maintain.

Was there some news about Buckingham Palace becoming accessible to the public for longer than just August or was that a Charles thing?

The Queen would hold on to her vast personal jewelry collection. The Crown Jewels will probably revert to the state. And if they have to personally pay for upkeep I’d imagine the BRF would jettison most of their properties.

They're going to be going through some strong financial problems in the next 5 years anyway. When the Queen dies anything she passes on directly to family members (and not the next monarch) will be hit by a 40% inheritance tax.

Imagine being given a jeweled choker worth $800,000 and being told you need to pay $375,000 for the pleasure of keeping it.

That's what her broke children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren have to look forward to. That's also the reason Princess Margaret's children sold her beloved home on Mustique and her only personally owned tiara.

That's horrible. The royal family should be exempt from all that. How can they keep their jewels and palaces if they're made to pay taxes like regular people?? Isn't the whole point of royalty to put on a show? How can you do that without jewels and palaces and so forth?

I bet the Queen and her direct line is exempt. How could they not be? The whole point is that they're superior and above regular people.

Isn't this what most people do? When their parents pass the kids inherit the house and they usually sell it to split the proceeds. It's not always due to the taxes its just practical rather than trying to figure out how to split a house or decide who has to maintain it.

Yeah but the royal family actually NEEDS all that stuff to be royal. Without it they're just regular people...

Well, that's royalty in the 21st century. They try their hardest not to reveal just how stupid they are (can't look like an idiot and still be chosen by the divine right of god) and they look for ways to squirrel away money. But no matter how much you squirrel away - success generations with no jobs have problems paying for the costs of 50-bedroom homes without some way to finance them.

That’s why the tax payer pays instead.

You say this but that's not exactly how the BRF works. They have a tremendous amount of wealth and, decades ago when other countries were getting rid of their monarchies, the BRF "gave" their wealth to the state and gets "paid by the taxpayer" all the interest every year.

They bring in lots of money in tourism and live off of interest. They don't really cost the taxpayer anything. Without the BRF, taxpayers would lose out on direct and indirect revenue.

You say that but France has the largest tourism market in Europe - primarily due to the palaces they've opened to the public and guess what? No royals.

The tourists come regardless to see Versailles. I don't recall any dates the Queen stands outside of Buckingham Palace and shakes hands with thousands of people.

You may be ready to get out the guillotine and start the beheadings. I don't think there's a large amount of people in the UK who will join you though.

No one's beheading anyone. Just pointing out the fact that the royals aren't net positives to the economy like you seem to think.

The majority of the people aren't looking to abolish the monarchy. Do you know any Brits at all? You sound like an out of touch American. You're just pissy about the Meghan and Harry situation and want to burn it all down. You don't speak for the British people with your rants.

You’re the only one on here ranting. Beheadings, really?

I'm not that PP. You're just butt hurt about the Harry and Megan drama. Your opinions about the future of the royal family aren't based on any logic or reasoning. You sound like a nut.

Take your meds. Lashing out at strangers isn’t healthy.

Says the moron railing about the royal family. Touche.

No one’s railing. What kind of dumba$$ says touché after their own comment?

Ok. Says the fools whining in here about the royal family in a country they don't live in and don't pay for. You're probably some moron who has never even left the US.

Says the idiot who makes baseless assumptions about strangers on a forum.

Yawn. Try using facts instead of emotions to make a point. Do you even have a point?

Do you? It’s all word salad from you at this point.

If you think the royal family is on their death bed why don't you post something that backs up your opinion? Instead its been pages and pages of boring shit about tax codes, fantasies about George, Louis and Charlotte in exile, wondering who the queen would be without her jewels, and why Harry and Meghan should have been the stars. It's perfectly obvious this is about Harry and Meghan bitterness and not rooted in actual fact about the future of the royal family. If Harry and Meghan can't be the stars then their fans want it all to go down in flames.

Not PP. But H&M don’t live rent free in everyone’s mind. I think they would be just as impacted by the reduced profile of the BRF because that’s the only reason they’re famous.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/young-british-people-want-ditch-monarchy-poll-suggests-2021-05-20/

Why don’t you post some facts?

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

Wow. This truly makes the royal family look terrible. Why on earth can’t they pay their staff a living wage?

This is sick. The whole institution is rotten to the core.

Were you all born yesterday? A royal job on the CV can lead to better oppportunities down the road for many of these people. Does it say that they are being press-ganged into service? Look at Diana’s butler now. SMH at Meghan’s stans.

Diana's butler stole her clothes, personal letters, and stationary days after her death and sold them to the highest bidder.

A royal staffer tried to do that during the pandemic and got put in jail for 8 months. Of course, if you're paying people starvation wages they're desperate enough to risk it.

If they were paying high salaries, you would be attacking them for spending so much money. The '"taxpayers"!!!

Prestige and salary are rarely linearly related. That's true for many professions.

No. Labor laws apply in the U.S. regardless of who you're working for - prestige doesn't put food on the table. As for the taxpayers, the fact of the matter is - they should be attacked for spending $230 million on a single palace's renovations during a pandemic while UNICEF is feeding Brit kids and their housekeepers/gardeners/butlers/chefs/personal assistants can't even make a living.

Disgusting leeches.

It's certainly true in the US that most of the most prestigious jobs don't pay well. As for the UK, why would it be different?

There also seems to be some confusion - the BRF is prestigious but they're not the government and they're not supposed to be feeding poor children.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

Wow. This truly makes the royal family look terrible. Why on earth can’t they pay their staff a living wage?

This is sick. The whole institution is rotten to the core.

Were you all born yesterday? A royal job on the CV can lead to better oppportunities down the road for many of these people. Does it say that they are being press-ganged into service? Look at Diana’s butler now. SMH at Meghan’s stans.

Diana's butler stole her clothes, personal letters, and stationary days after her death and sold them to the highest bidder.

A royal staffer tried to do that during the pandemic and got put in jail for 8 months. Of course, if you're paying people starvation wages they're desperate enough to risk it.

If they were paying high salaries, you would be attacking them for spending so much money. The '"taxpayers"!!!

Prestige and salary are rarely linearly related. That's true for many professions.

No. Labor laws apply in the U.S. regardless of who you're working for - prestige doesn't put food on the table. As for the taxpayers, the fact of the matter is - they should be attacked for spending $230 million on a single palace's renovations during a pandemic while UNICEF is feeding Brit kids and their housekeepers/gardeners/butlers/chefs/personal assistants can't even make a living.

Disgusting leeches.

It's certainly true in the US that most of the most prestigious jobs don't pay well. As for the UK, why would it be different?

There also seems to be some confusion - the BRF is prestigious but they're not the government and they're not supposed to be feeding poor children.

Except the tax money used to fund their estates and servants comes from the government and from the people they represent.

RE US prestigious jobs - pay well and paying at least minimum wage are two different things. If the BRF was trying to pay the salaries they do in the U.S. in the most expensive city in the U.K. for the work they require they would be investigated for employment fraud.

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Anonymous wrote:Kate's new initiative is very impressive and important.
https://people.com/royals/kate-middleton-royal-foundation-centre-for-early-childhood-launch/
https://royalfoundation.com/the-duchess-of-cambridge-unveils-five-big-insights-research-early-years/

I was reading the report her team published in partnership with researchers from Harvard and LSE.
https://mk0royalfoundatcnhl0.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ipsos-MORI-SON_report_FINAL_V2.4.pdf

Very impressive work that will leave a great legacy in the realm of mental health.

It might be able to help Meghan Markle the next time she is suicidal and her husband has no idea how to help her.

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Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened to this thread

The Colonials. They have never learned how to behave properly.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I just say the royals are idiots? Like...publicly acknowledging you want free serfs is a look. To garden for you no less, while your heir's heir looks for his 3rd 10-bedroom house to sit in.

Royal couple are scoping out facilities and homes amid a possible move to Berkshire
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1451926/prince-george-kate-middleton-prince-william-berkshire-school

I suppose you never participated in swan upping on the Thames. Each year hundreds of volunteers count the swans on the river. It is a British tradition, not unlike the US tradition of eating red velvet cake on Juneteenth.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

And free housing in Central London is nothing to laugh at.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

Wow. This truly makes the royal family look terrible. Why on earth can’t they pay their staff a living wage?

This is sick. The whole institution is rotten to the core.

Were you all born yesterday? A royal job on the CV can lead to better oppportunities down the road for many of these people. Does it say that they are being press-ganged into service? Look at Diana’s butler now. SMH at Meghan’s stans.

It's like at the trustfarians in this area. They work for NGOs, faux magazines, art galleries, and similar because family money pays their living expenses. See, for example, Monica Lewinsky.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I just say the royals are idiots? Like...publicly acknowledging you want free serfs is a look. To garden for you no less, while your heir's heir looks for his 3rd 10-bedroom house to sit in.

Royal couple are scoping out facilities and homes amid a possible move to Berkshire
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1451926/prince-george-kate-middleton-prince-william-berkshire-school

I suppose you never participated in swan upping on the Thames. Each year hundreds of volunteers count the swans on the river. It is a British tradition, not unlike the US tradition of eating red velvet cake on Juneteenth.

So...the Brits work for free for another one of the Queen's personal possessions (those swans are her property) and that's a good thing? Are you serious?

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Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the fact their regular servants are paid less than minimum wage and the ones who would be considered 'white collar' get paid half a salary that anyone in government or the private sector would. I remember reading once that the Queen's kitchen staff get paid 12,000 pounds a year to work in London and I just laughed.

Wow. This truly makes the royal family look terrible. Why on earth can’t they pay their staff a living wage?

This is sick. The whole institution is rotten to the core.

Were you all born yesterday? A royal job on the CV can lead to better oppportunities down the road for many of these people. Does it say that they are being press-ganged into service? Look at Diana’s butler now. SMH at Meghan’s stans.

It's like at the trustfarians in this area. They work for NGOs, faux magazines, art galleries, and similar because family money pays their living expenses. See, for example, Monica Lewinsky.

Trustfarians are not sweeping and moping floors, scrubbing toilets, and chopping thousands of onions for their employers to eat off goldware.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I just say the royals are idiots? Like...publicly acknowledging you want free serfs is a look. To garden for you no less, while your heir's heir looks for his 3rd 10-bedroom house to sit in.

Royal couple are scoping out facilities and homes amid a possible move to Berkshire
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1451926/prince-george-kate-middleton-prince-william-berkshire-school

I suppose you never participated in swan upping on the Thames. Each year hundreds of volunteers count the swans on the river. It is a British tradition, not unlike the US tradition of eating red velvet cake on Juneteenth.

So...the Brits work for free for another one of the Queen's personal possessions (those swans are her property) and that's a good thing? Are you serious?

Do you not know what the word “volunteer” means?