Lumutqueen
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What harm is she doing exactly?
What harm is she doing exactly?
Spending time with her daughter and shopping is no big deal. It is the style in which she chooses to do so that is ridiculous and is simply fodder for those who constantly complain about the cost of the BRF. Shopping and spending time does not require a chauffered Bentley, IMO. And though I question the real need for a protection officer that is not really an issue either.
I have to wonder if it might be her and Andrew's idea of keeping their daughters "out front" with all the (useless) activities and chauffered automobiles. If they don't want to deal with parking they might want to try hiring a cab.
"Mother and daughter go shopping" - typical DM non-story, whereby they pick any aspect of the York ladies' day-to-day lives (shopping, eating out, etc.), and work up an overblown sense of outrage over their supposedly extravagant lifestyles, before hordes of their moronic readers spew out their bile and hatred into the comment section.
As for the Bentley - do these people expect them to take a bus, or what?
What?
Prince Phillip drove a tax cab London? This is the first I have heard of that.
IMO, the criticism of Sarah comes from the fact that not that long ago, she tried selling access to a member of the BRF for money, presumably because of her own dire financial situation. As a result of this financial situation, some people have lost their jobs, reportedly former employees were not paid all their dues, creditors have had to settle for less than what was due to them......... all very unsatisfactory. Too then see Sarah eating at some of London's most expensive restaurants and enjoying trips to exotic destinations regularly is clearly not very palatable.
I think it's crazy that Pss E (and her sister) don't have security. I still don't 100% believe it. I'm not saying the British taxpayers should foot the bill, but the BRF has enough $$$ to pay for it out of its own pocket. In this day and age, with terrorism (or the threat of it) to the left and right, not to mention crazy and desperate people out there, I think it's an awful risk to have the York girls unattended ~ these are HM's grandchildren, after all. I know the argument is that neither Peter nor Zara Phillips have protection and they are also grandchildren of the Queen, but they are not as high profile as Pss B & E, nor do they have the title. And while that might not entirley matter, I do think that if some lunatic wanted to get some attention or whatever, kidnapping a royal princess would get far more attention than abducting a banker or an equestrian.
One could argue that Zara is more high profile considering her career.
That career was a personal choice. Being HRH Princess Beatrice and HRH Princess Eugenie wasn't. They hold their titles because of who their father is - a son of the monarch and thus their profile will be higher for a lot longer.
Beatrice, at least, will be part of the royal family establishment and have some behind the scenes duties to perform over the next at least 22 years. Unless the Queen lives another 22 years Beatrice will be a Counsellor of State and thus will be performing the official role of the monarch on occasions e.g. signing legislation. If William is King in 22 years she will still be serving until there are 2 children over 21 so she is rather more central to the monarchy than Zara.
Zara didn't chose to be a champion horse rider, she became one through hard work.
Please provide proof of this.
You might want to check out Counsellor of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .
It begins with:
the United Kingdom, Counsellors of State are senior members of the British royal family to whom the Monarch, currently Elizabeth II, delegates certain state functions and powers when she is in another Commonwealth realm, abroad or unavailable for other reasons (such as short-term incapacity or sickness). Any two Counsellors of State may preside over Privy Council meetings, sign state documents or receive the credentials of new ambassadors to the United Kingdom.
Currently, the Counsellors of State are:
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- HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
- HRH The Prince of Wales
- HRH The Duke of Cambridge
- HRH Prince Henry of Wales
- HRH The Duke of York
When the DoE dies, I would imagine that Princess Beatrice of York will take his place, and when the Queen dies and Charles becomes King, Eugenie will than take Charles's place until William has children and they reach 21 and they (Beatrice and Eugenie) will be replaced. Its interesting to note that Edward of Wessex and the Princess Royal were Counsellors until William and Harry of Wales turned the magical age of 21. And in the past, the Gloucesters (Richard and William) and the Kents (Edward and Alexandra) have served as Counsellors.
I read an article about the history of the Spares and one of the sources (can't remember the specific name) indicated that Margaret took her role as a Counsellor very seriously and was hurt when she was replaced, I think she was a Counsellor until Edward turned 21.
She chose to become an equestrienne. She could have chosen to become a school teacher. That she is good at it doesn't take away from the fact that it was her choice to put in the work to become a champion.
Princess Eugenie: orthopaedic surgeons saved me from curved spine
"The royal said she was now a role model for children with the potentially-disfiguring condition known as scoliosis as she toured the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) with her father the Duke of York..."
The law states who could serve not who will. I'm not saying they can't but considering the talk of taking them out of the loop there's reason to believe that they may not be included in this.
Zara has an MBE, is a former World Champion and European gold medalist. Yes, Eugenie is Princess and that would get news but at the moment Zara has the higher profile and, as Eugenie leaves school and tries to find her legs she could find herself out of the spotlight for a number of years.