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

[Anonymous]

Does William have a project he organized like Invictus for Harry? I know they had that Heads Together thing but that was William, Kate and Harry together so that doesn’t count. I mean something that’s just his that he obviously cares about. Anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does William have a project he organized like Invictus for Harry? I know they had that Heads Together thing but that was William, Kate and Harry together so that doesn’t count. I mean something that’s just his that he obviously cares about. Anything?

Earthshot but deliverables are debatable. And it’s funny you mentioned Heads Together because the Cambridges insisted via sources that it was Kate’s idea and theirs. So much so that Harry left it behind when he was kicked out of the Foundation in 2018. Guess what? Heads Together has basically been dead in the four years since.

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Anonymous wrote:Does William have a project he organized like Invictus for Harry? I know they had that Heads Together thing but that was William, Kate and Harry together so that doesn’t count. I mean something that’s just his that he obviously cares about. Anything?

William doesn’t have to do shi$… he will be King. Harry will just be… Harry. Indict us helps for sure to keep them in lights but nothing else much.

[Anonymous]

Indict us should read Invictus lol phone chose words

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does William have a project he organized like Invictus for Harry? I know they had that Heads Together thing but that was William, Kate and Harry together so that doesn’t count. I mean something that’s just his that he obviously cares about. Anything?

William doesn’t have to do shi$… he will be King. Harry will just be… Harry. Indict us helps for sure to keep them in lights but nothing else much.

William does indeed have to do sit. The tentative arrangement that the Royal family has made is that they do “charity” work in exchange for living high on the hog. We can argue about the effectiveness of the charity work, but Elizabeth, Philip, Charles, Anne, Sophie and Edward, Meghan and Harry when they were there, Diana when she was alive - they all did or do the work. A Royal can’t just not do the work. Why do you think a 95 year old woman still has courtiers? Why is there any expectation that she should keep working? It’s because it’s the deal.

And William won’t do it.

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Anonymous wrote:I always leave this thread shaking my head. Yeah, the big secrets seem to be that 95 year-old woman is no spring chicken, grandchildren with difficult relationships with their grandmother's might visit privately when they realize said 95 year-old woman is no spring chicken, and sometimes we might not like an outfit that someone else has chosen and worn. These are all normal things but you guys get super weird about them!

You’d actually have to follow royal news more often to understand this one. The courtiers are the ones that plan out the schedules and for the last year or so have been trying to carry on more or less as if the Queen is still in her 70s. No one finds it surprising that a 95 year old woman who lost her husband last year, suffered a medical issue that landed her (secretly) in the hospital in the fall and then had a bout of covid this spring is getting old and doesn’t feel up to her job duties, we’re surprised that the royal powers that be are admitting it.

Yep. They were really insisting a 95-year-old widow was going to pull out the stops on engagements any day now. Like she was immortal. Of course if you’d been looking at this family for the past five years, anyone with eyes would recognize the roster is staffed with senior citizens on oxygen and two lazy 40-year-olds.

Charles is going to have pull Eugenie, Zara and Beatrice in or that entire family is tagged out.

I really think that something is going to break with William at some point. It’s pretty clear that he has absolutely zero interest in doing royal work and he was allowed to chase away his brother who had been carrying their generation’s “burden” of royal work. One of the rumors I’ve heard about William back in the day was that he was threatening to pull and Uncle Edward and abdicate, hence the ridiculous lengths to keep him happy and appeased and not having to work.

if neither Will nor Harry wants it, who's next in line?

George is ahead of Harry, as are Charlotte and Louis. I can’t envision their father giving it up and forcing it on one of his kids.

I don’t think that’s right. If William pulled out, then wouldn’t his whole line be removed as well? It would revert to Harry and if he didn’t want it or Parliament or whoever didn’t approve it then Andrew’s line would be next. Right?

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I don't think so. I think William could decline/abdicate for himself but not for anyone else. Succession is governed by Acts of Parliament, and I think that the only way a parent could disqualify his/her child from the succession is by raising the child as a Roman Catholic, but even then I think that the child could, as an adult, "reclaim" his/her spot by converting to CofE. I think.

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Anonymous wrote:I always leave this thread shaking my head. Yeah, the big secrets seem to be that 95 year-old woman is no spring chicken, grandchildren with difficult relationships with their grandmother's might visit privately when they realize said 95 year-old woman is no spring chicken, and sometimes we might not like an outfit that someone else has chosen and worn. These are all normal things but you guys get super weird about them!

You’d actually have to follow royal news more often to understand this one. The courtiers are the ones that plan out the schedules and for the last year or so have been trying to carry on more or less as if the Queen is still in her 70s. No one finds it surprising that a 95 year old woman who lost her husband last year, suffered a medical issue that landed her (secretly) in the hospital in the fall and then had a bout of covid this spring is getting old and doesn’t feel up to her job duties, we’re surprised that the royal powers that be are admitting it.

Yep. They were really insisting a 95-year-old widow was going to pull out the stops on engagements any day now. Like she was immortal. Of course if you’d been looking at this family for the past five years, anyone with eyes would recognize the roster is staffed with senior citizens on oxygen and two lazy 40-year-olds.

Charles is going to have pull Eugenie, Zara and Beatrice in or that entire family is tagged out.

I really think that something is going to break with William at some point. It’s pretty clear that he has absolutely zero interest in doing royal work and he was allowed to chase away his brother who had been carrying their generation’s “burden” of royal work. One of the rumors I’ve heard about William back in the day was that he was threatening to pull and Uncle Edward and abdicate, hence the ridiculous lengths to keep him happy and appeased and not having to work.

if neither Will nor Harry wants it, who's next in line?

George is ahead of Harry, as are Charlotte and Louis. I can’t envision their father giving it up and forcing it on one of his kids.

I don’t think that’s right. If William pulled out, then wouldn’t his whole line be removed as well? It would revert to Harry and if he didn’t want it or Parliament or whoever didn’t approve it then Andrew’s line would be next. Right?

No. The reason Edward's abdication brought his brother to the throne was that Edward didn't have an heir. Maybe that's what you were thinking of?

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Anonymous wrote:I always leave this thread shaking my head. Yeah, the big secrets seem to be that 95 year-old woman is no spring chicken, grandchildren with difficult relationships with their grandmother's might visit privately when they realize said 95 year-old woman is no spring chicken, and sometimes we might not like an outfit that someone else has chosen and worn. These are all normal things but you guys get super weird about them!

You’d actually have to follow royal news more often to understand this one. The courtiers are the ones that plan out the schedules and for the last year or so have been trying to carry on more or less as if the Queen is still in her 70s. No one finds it surprising that a 95 year old woman who lost her husband last year, suffered a medical issue that landed her (secretly) in the hospital in the fall and then had a bout of covid this spring is getting old and doesn’t feel up to her job duties, we’re surprised that the royal powers that be are admitting it.

Yep. They were really insisting a 95-year-old widow was going to pull out the stops on engagements any day now. Like she was immortal. Of course if you’d been looking at this family for the past five years, anyone with eyes would recognize the roster is staffed with senior citizens on oxygen and two lazy 40-year-olds.

Charles is going to have pull Eugenie, Zara and Beatrice in or that entire family is tagged out.

I really think that something is going to break with William at some point. It’s pretty clear that he has absolutely zero interest in doing royal work and he was allowed to chase away his brother who had been carrying their generation’s “burden” of royal work. One of the rumors I’ve heard about William back in the day was that he was threatening to pull and Uncle Edward and abdicate, hence the ridiculous lengths to keep him happy and appeased and not having to work.

if neither Will nor Harry wants it, who's next in line?

George is ahead of Harry, as are Charlotte and Louis. I can’t envision their father giving it up and forcing it on one of his kids.

I don’t think that’s right. If William pulled out, then wouldn’t his whole line be removed as well? It would revert to Harry and if he didn’t want it or Parliament or whoever didn’t approve it then Andrew’s line would be next. Right?

No. The reason Edward's abdication brought his brother to the throne was that Edward didn't have an heir. Maybe that's what you were thinking of?

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The line is only removed if they haven't been born yet. The BRF got lucky in that Edward (who was fairly young) never had any kids of his own for any reason. But William pulling out doesn't affect George and there's the question of concern if a minor can even abdicate before they reach legal majority. Although I'm sure its happened in English history, so they can reference it surely.

[Anonymous]

Lots of references to William not “doing the work” and suggestions that he is lazy. Can someone explain this or offer examples?

Is it possible he is just playing the long game knowing he has a lifetime of royal duties ahead of him?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of references to William not “doing the work” and suggestions that he is lazy. Can someone explain this or offer examples?

Is it possible he is just playing the long game knowing he has a lifetime of royal duties ahead of him?

There’s no long game that somehow only he has figured out. I think people think he is lazy because he does very little events compared to his nonagenarian grandmother, yet takes twice as many vacations. I think one example was that Charles wanted him to take over the prince’s trust and he declined. There was also the whole period where he was a part-time royal because he was a part-time air ambulance pilot but also wasn’t actually working part-time at that either.

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Anonymous wrote:Does William have a project he organized like Invictus for Harry? I know they had that Heads Together thing but that was William, Kate and Harry together so that doesn’t count. I mean something that’s just his that he obviously cares about. Anything?

William doesn’t have to do shi$… he will be King. Harry will just be… Harry. Indict us helps for sure to keep them in lights but nothing else much.

William doesn’t have to do shit but the Queen and Charles do? How does that work lol?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of references to William not “doing the work” and suggestions that he is lazy. Can someone explain this or offer examples?

Is it possible he is just playing the long game knowing he has a lifetime of royal duties ahead of him?

Royals are supposed to show up places, entertain people, cut ribbons, etc.

They keep track of this (though, oddly, somewhat unevenly. Sometimes some royals are given credit for working while another royal would not be given credit): https://www.royal.uk/court-circular I picked a random week in June 2019 and compared Elizabeth’s and William’s weeks. The Queen worked multiple days, multiple events per day and William barely worked at all. Go have a look for yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Does William have a project he organized like Invictus for Harry? I know they had that Heads Together thing but that was William, Kate and Harry together so that doesn’t count. I mean something that’s just his that he obviously cares about. Anything?

William doesn’t have to do shi$… he will be King. Harry will just be… Harry. Indict us helps for sure to keep them in lights but nothing else much.

William doesn’t have to do shit but the Queen and Charles do? How does that work lol?

He makes plenty of appearances and is regularly at events, championing causes, etc. He’s also a father of three little kids and maybe he wants to be a more present father and husband than his father and grandfather. Or maybe he’s depressed. Or facing other issues. We have no idea. But William seems as engaged and devoted to his role as one could expect and these criticisms seem mean spirited.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of references to William not “doing the work” and suggestions that he is lazy. Can someone explain this or offer examples?

Is it possible he is just playing the long game knowing he has a lifetime of royal duties ahead of him?

There’s no long game that somehow only he has figured out. I think people think he is lazy because he does very little events compared to his nonagenarian grandmother, yet takes twice as many vacations. I think one example was that Charles wanted him to take over the prince’s trust and he declined. There was also the whole period where he was a part-time royal because he was a part-time air ambulance pilot but also wasn’t actually working part-time at that either.

Smart. He would just be asking for trouble to do that, fights with his dad, etc.

He's been the grandson of the monarch for his entire life, not the son, like Charles, but the grandson. An absurd position. He's supposed to behave but has no responsibility and can't upstage his dad or his grandmother. Not a surprise that he has a temper. Miserable.