Just like Brooklyn Beckhams wedding will be a small and intimate ceremony with close family and friends, eh? Nice try though. :smug:
You really are such a H&M fanboy. :flutter:

Cambridges lead royal Easter service as the Queen stays home

https://www.theage.com.au/world/euro...18-p5ae2r.html

Crawling back out the woodwork after their tour disaster, no doubt to take attention away from the Invictus Games... how calculating :rolleyes:

https://news.sky.com/story/why-willi...to-be-12576357

"Why William and Kate's Caribbean tour wasn't the disaster certain photos made it out to be."

Sorry to disappoint you, but it was very far from as ‘disastrous’ as you and certain media badly wanted it to be. :thumbs2:

Right at the top of your own link;

"ANALYSIS: William and Kate's Caribbean trip shows it may be time to rethink Royal overseas tours"

Sounds like a PR disaster to me :think:.

Maybe it wasn't how it appeared in the photographs but...... That doesn't matter. Public perception dictates Royal reality and the PR optics of their tour were simply awful. Too bad so sad.

More from the article;

"Time and again, the answer I got in all three countries was "feelings are mixed here".

:joker: not exactly a great positive spin jet. Did you even read this before you sneezed it into the thread?

Yes I did read it. All of it. I thought it was a fair and balanced analysis. You posted some negative bits, but none of the positive bits.

Like: Outrage thousands of miles from the visit, was getting more traction than the feelings of the people they were actually meeting,

And: Yes, there were protests - but also cheering crowds. (the protests were actually quite small, and Harry got the same when he visited serveral years ago).

Great negative spin though. :hee:

BTW Which 'optics' were simply awful that weren't put across in a way that were deceiving, and most now know were deceiving? As I said, it was far from as 'disastrous' as it was being made out to be by certain media.

The disaster for them WAS the spin from the media, what actually happened there is largely irrelevant (and was at best mixed - you seemed to be making out that the people there were actually all happy about it but the article is clear. Mixed.)

I'm sure you understand that jet. For puppet royalty public perception is everything. You can't say "it wasn't a disaster, the media just made it look like one". The public is fickle and the media holds the royal fam's keys to the kingdom. If the press turns on them, we'll be a Republic faster than you can say "Oh ffs not another sex scandal, Andrew!"

I will state upfront that I am not a royalist, i can see people would support the queen because she has been around for so long, but after she has gone what comes next?

i genuinely question if anyone thinks royalty will survive. No-one respects charles like they do the queen, he has been a laughing stock for decades. William may be a nice chap, i honestly have no idea, but, again, he couldn't compete against the queen. Edward and Anne hide away and ... Andrew, well, enough said. So the senior royals up next are either a laughing stock or have hidden away for years. How is that a viable future

I think there were high hopes for William and Kate back when they got married, they were sort of seen as the "new young face" of the Royal Fam and if William had been a "young monarch" like Elizabeth I think he'd have done similarly well in terms of popularity. I think that becomes less and less the case by the year. He's lost his hair and his spark, and it could be another 20 years before he's on the throne if Charles goes easy with the hipflask ... I think the interest will well and truly have waned for 60-year-old Wills & Kate. It already is now. Essentially ... I suspect perhaps the ONLY reason the British Monarchy has continued to do so well as an inactive/puppet monarchy is because Elizabeth was on the throne at 25, that was novel and interesting, and then it gradually morphed into familiarity, as she became a permanent fixture in living memory.

But yes tld;dr I think 75% of the "British Monarchy" both in terms of UK support AND in terms of international recognition is, in fact, "Liz II, The Queen". If you think about it... she's been "The Queen of England" since before the birth of modern pop culture. I suspect she's the whole brand.

I was clear that the article was mixed :conf: but that you only accentuated the negatives within it and ignored the positives.

I would like Charles to take the helm for a few years until William and Kate’s young children are a bit older, then he should hand it over to William, who has made it clear he will run a different, less regimented kind of Monarchy. Charles himself has already stated he wants a pared back institution, which is the way forward I believe.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both a Monarchy and a Republic - would a Republic be preferable? I don’t think it would. I think the majority of the British public will give Charles his chance, I can’t see them being ready to abolish the Monarchy anytime soon. It probably won’t survive into the very far off future though - or maybe it will in a different form. :shrug:

When people lose respect for an institution, they want it replaced. If andrew makes a return to public life, people just wont put up with that.

A republic will take a bit of getting used to, sure, but it's going to happen sooner or later

I don't think he's going to be up to much when it's not mummy making the decisions. That's not even really a criticism of her... it's inevitable and totally understandable that people are going to want to be supportive of their kids, no matter how old they are, and no matter what they've done... she's not going to stop caring about Andrew because of his actions and it'd be madness to expect her to. That's just being a parent.

I doubt big bro Charles has the same soft spot for him though so he'll be put back in a box somewhere.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...e-b995520.html

Glamorous Kate and William visit Disasters Emergency Committee in London


The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have hailed the generosity of the British people as “extraordinary” and “incredible” in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

They commended on the global response to the Ukraine crisis as “inspiring” as an appeal helping those impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine reached more than £300 million.
They spoke to aid workers out on the ground in conflict zones and those recently returned from Ukraine and neighbouring countries....etc.

Talking about war and death and Kate's there giggling away. Immoral and inappropriate, needs more sessions with the Royal Etiquette Instructors I think, you'd never have seen our Queen tittering away like a school kid in such serious circumstances. Absolutely disgusting behaviour. Self-centred and rude.

https://inews.co.uk/news/queens-birt...74?ITO=newsnow

Queen’s birthday well-wishers led by William and Kate as monarch marks 96th celebrations

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have led well-wishers on the Queen’s 96th birthday.
In a tweet, William and Kate said she was “an inspiration to many” and noted that this year’s birthday marked 70 years on the throne.
They said: “Wishing Her Majesty The Queen a very happy 96th birthday today!
An inspiration to so many across the UK, the Commonwealth and the world, it’s particularly special to be celebrating in this #PlatinumJubilee year.”

The post was accompanied by two photos, one of the couple with the Queen, and another of the monarch, Prince Philip and their grandchildren.

:lovedup:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...ew-photos.html

[Howzat, Louis! Barefoot prince flashes a cheeky grin as he plays with a cricket ball and races across the sand in new photos taken by Kate to mark his fourth birthday]

Four already!
Lovely photos of Louis taken by Kate. He’s adorable. I like how proud Mum Kate shows her gorgeous kids off with great photos she takes herself.

Happy Birthday Prince Louis!

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/04...0643589145.jpg


Yes
keep Fit.

Cutie and that jumper will sell out

Lovely looking boy...he resembles Kates side of the family.

Looks like Kate's dad

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal...tribute-update

Prince William attends Anzac wreath laying ceremony at Cenotaph as Kate joins Duke

PRINCE William laid a wreath at the Cenotaph as part of Anzac Day commemorations before he was later joined by Kate for a service.
Anzac Day - April 25 - marks the anniversary of the start of the First World War Gallipoli landings, and is a national day of remembrance for Australia and New Zealand.
William laid a wreath on behalf of the Queen, who has faced mobility issues in recent months, at the Cenotaph.

Hundreds are also taking part in a parade, including members of veterans' associations, service and ex-service personnel and their families.
Kate looked elegant in a cream coat and headband as she joined William at Westminster Abbey.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/gallerie...ment-ever.html

Kate Middleton joins the Queen's daughter Princess Anne for their first joint engagement ever

Visiting their respective patronages, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Royal College of Midwives in London.

....The royal duo also share one of the same royal titles - The Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), which was given to them by the Queen to highlight their service to the Royal Family.

Quite unusual....but really nice to see.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/04...1070072827.jpg
[The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, and
the Princess Royal, 71,
arrived together at the headquarters of their
respective patronages,
the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG)
and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), in London.]