The Royal Mega Thread, Part II

[sassiness]

Jun 8, 2023 19:12:11 GMT czb said:

i just don't understand the level of vitriol towards meghan. she may be annoying but she isn't hitler.

She's American and she's black. 

Do not underestimate the impact of racism. The entire cult of royalty is embedded on the idea of social hierarchy which is deeply embedded with racism and classism. 

[Sarzy]

The Duchess of Edinburgh was all smiles this evening as she joined her nephew Prince William for a rare joint engagement







www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12191131/Duchess-Edinburgh-joins-Prince-William-documentary-screening-Battersea-Power-Station.html

[louiswinthorpe111]

^^That's a great dress. And why does Sophie get to wear nail polish and Kate can't?

[no1novice]

Jun 14, 2023 17:00:32 GMT louiswinthorpe111 said:

^^That's a great dress. And why does Sophie get to wear nail polish and Kate can't?

[czb]

i think some of the QE2 rules/restrictions (like nail polish) died with her. as if nail polish is gonna be what brings down the monarchy.

[felix]

I guess it's because I'm old, but I think short nails look better with clear polish, otherwise your fingers just look stubby.

[MsDark]

Yeah I kind of agree

[Sarzy]

Trooping the Colour - The King's Birthday Parade

[lindsaywhit]

That's a GREAT color on Kate.

Chuck and the side-piece clash.

[dowcat]

Prince William and Kate share joyful new photo of George, Charlotte and Louis to celebrate Father’s Day

[Taniwha]

That’s really sweet.

[sputnik]

i love kate's green jacket/coat whatever that is, the detailed buttons are amazing. i wish she'd worn a different hat though and i hate the twee shamrock pin on that, the buttons are enough, no need to add a brooch.

[no1novice]

So, Charles is "cutting back" but this is the biggest display we have seen in a long time.... So which is it Charlie?

[mostroop]

Cutting back for everyone else, he stills demands his pomp and glamor

[no1novice]

As much as he is putting "his" land into "ending homelessness" I hope that he understands that just providing houses isn't a solution.
People need jobs, services like doctors and mental health support, education, etc etc etc.
Aw much as building houses (or will it be dormatories or something else?) on Duchy of Cornwall land - how are you going to move everyone from the cities that they are sleeping rough in? Do they even want to live in Cornwall?


Or is he going to pave over the Oval + pop them into the 16 flats & 23 houses it owns in Kennington??

Prince William is use his own land for social housing in a bid to end homelessness, he tells the Sunday Times. In his first newspaper interview since being elevated to Prince of Wales he says he is "absolutely" committed to establishing social housing on the Duchy of Cornwall estate that comes with his new role. He will announce a five-year nationwide project to tackle homelessness, backed by his Royal Foundation, this month.

The Prince of Wales tells the Sunday Times that he will establish social housing on his Duchy of Cornwall estate, in an attempt to "end homelessness". He says that homelessness has for too long been "managed" rather than "prevented", and claims this challenge "is not insurmountable". The paper says Prince William was inspired by the work of his mother, Princess Diana, who took him on a visit to a homeless shelter as a child.

Prince William: Young royals 'will definitely be exposed' to homelessness

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Prince William with Prince Louis, Prince George and Princess CharlotteImage source, Millie Pilkington/Kensington Palace
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Prince William beams accompanied by his children Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince George in a portrait released for Father's Day
By Andre Rhoden-Paul
BBC News

The Prince of Wales has said his children "will definitely be exposed" to homelessness as he prepares to launch a new project on the issue.

In a Sunday Times interview, Prince William revealed he wanted them to know "some of us need a helping hand".

The prince said he has been thinking about the right time to take them to a homeless shelter, like his mother Princess Diana did with him aged 11.

He is set to launch a new five-year project tackling the issue this month.

The interview comes as a new portrait of the Prince pictured smiling with his three children has been released by Kensington Palace to mark Father's Day.

In his first newspaper interview as Prince of Wales, he told the Sunday Times he had spoken to his children, Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte, during the school run about people they could see sitting outside supermarkets.

He said: "When I left this morning, one of the things I was thinking was when is the right time to bring George or Charlotte or Louis to a homeless organisation?'

"I think when I can balance it with their schooling, they will definitely be exposed to it. On the school run, we talk about what we see.

"When we were in London, driving backwards and forwards, we regularly used to see people sitting outside supermarkets and we'd talk about it.

"I'd say to the children, 'Why are they there? What's going on?' I think it's in all our interests, it's the right thing to do, to expose the children, at the right stage in the right dialogue, so they have an understanding," he explained.

"They [will] grow up knowing that actually, do you know what, some of us are very fortunate, some of us need a little bit of a helping hand, some of us need to do a bit more where we can to help others improve their lives."
Prince William visits The Passage with his brother and motherImage source, The Passage
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The prince visited a homeless shelter run by The Passage with his mother and brother in 1993

The prince would be following in the footsteps of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who took him and his brother in 1993 to visit a London homeless shelter run by the Passage, an organisation of which he is now the patron.

Earlier this year he recalled the experience and said: "My mother introduced me to the cause of homelessness from quite a young age, and I'm really glad she did.

"I think she would be disappointed that we are still no further on, in terms of tackling homelessness and preventing it, than when she was interested and involved in it."

Later this month the prince will launch "a really big project" from his and his wife's charity, the Royal Foundation. He is hoping it will provide "living conditions up and down the country that improve people's lives who need that first rung of the ladder".

It will be a new advocacy for the prince who primarily campaigned and spoken up on the issue of mental health in recent years.

He says he is particularly concerned about youth homelessness, and part of his project will be about preventing that. The number of 16 to 24-year-olds homeless or at risk of homelessness was 122,000, according to Centrepoint's freedom of information requests to councils.

"For me, 122,000 is a figure that's way too high," he said. "We need to get ahead of the curve to stop this becoming more and more fixed."

The prince also revealed when asked there are "absolutely" plans for social housing on the Duchy of Cornwall - the estate given to the heir of the throne, which provides him with an income.

The royal spoke to the newspaper after opening a homelessness-charity project for young people in work or apprenticeships who need help finding affordable housing.

Prince William, who is also patron of homeless charity Centrepoint, previously made headlines sleeping rough in Blackfriars, London, for one night to highlight the plight of homelessness.

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