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Originally Posted by AnnieK

They are doing their job though. Dedicating their life to service is no different to any person doing the job they are paid to do. They are paid handsomely for what they do - if they didn't have the money and trappings they were born into they wouldn't be doing what they do. Personally, I don't think any "celebrity" type people are role models.

The role models I hope my kid looks up to are the local heroes who work for charities in their free time, provide hope to the hopeless and actually make a difference to people's lives. These are the types of people who should be classed as role models.

Not celebrities, royal or otherwise, who do their job, cut a few ribbons and endorse a charity whilst other people actually do the graft.

But it’s not like any other job, is it? Always having to be on your best behaviour and dignified at all times, being gaped at and photographed wherever you go, having security tagging on to you every time you go out, the press always looking for you to mess up, endless boring engagements and charity functions, speech giving, research, tours, letter writing (I read a while ago that William and Kate write around 250 handwritten letters a WEEK between them (charity related, thank you’s etc)! Representing your country in such a prominent way is a huge responsibility.

Harry was born into it and look at him - he scarpered and doesn’t have a job to speak of.