Catherine never appears to mind any duty she does but goes about them good-natured. So she doesn't come off as someone who is workshy or lazy. Those people can't cover their true attitude when they are forced to do things they detest.
I agree with most of your post bar this part. It's pretty hard for Charles to be sidelined more than he already is: the press doesn't pay attention to his many charities and only reports controversies. Kate could have been making 1,000 engagements a year, and that would hardly reflect upon Charles in any way.Charles is pulling the purse strings here. If he wanted Kate to be doing more, he could make it happen. On the contrary, Charles seems very happy with Kate. It suits him for W&K to only be part-time royals, as he'll know as soon as that changes Charles is going to be sidelined in the press.
She completed the tour of Canada and is now embarking on a longer tour.
This tour is shorter.
Rosana, again you astonish me with your way to count things. Where do the 4 engagements come from?
Even those few that come to mind immediately: Fortnum & Mason, Jubilee Pageant, Jubilee Concert, Trooping the Colours, Olympic Opening and Closing ceremonies, Visits to hospitals, meeting with queen and Philip somewhere north... are a bit more than that. Plus the upcoming State Visit...
I accept that you don't like either William or Catherin nd believe them to be lazy. But couldn't you at least get the facts straight? For it makes it really difficult not to point out that that's not the whole truth and thus your opinion could be flawed, even though it is a honest opinion to be accepted?
You are right, they were not 4 but 10!!! You can go through the current events thread and check as I did: Feb 2 was the first one (I didnt write down the name), National Gallery, Liverpool, Fortnum & Mason, Oxford College, Olympic Park, Irish Guard, 1 Speech in hospice, Scouts, Royal Academy of Arts. Then I think she was in Denmark with William, let´s say she attended a couple more (I can admit the Olimpic ceremonies, not the Jubille sorry, royalty celebrates itself and I should consider that as an engagement? no way).
The girl has done around 12/14 engagements in 9 months, amazing! No wonder they take so many holidays.
And no, I´m not comparing her with Maxima, how could I? Maxima can deliver a speech on microcredit in 2 different languages other than hers for about 15 minutes, and she´s the Crown Princess.
I am quite impressed by how shes handling herself generally. The palace seems to be happy with her performance, as well. She is on the right path.
I wonder when the palace will announce the regiments The Duchess of Cambridge will become Honorary Royal Colonel, Royal Colonel, Colonel-in-Chief or Honorary Air Commodore? I'm hoping since Ctherine is the future Princess of Wales that she Will become Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. A role she would share with Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and since the regiment haven't had a British Royal Colonel since 1996.
Its leaks for the Welsh Guards and Shamrocks for the Irish Guards.
Exactly. William and Harry have never done more than 90 engagements a year, so it seems a bit silly to expect Kate to immediately take on 300 engagements. Now if William starts doing full-time royal duties and Kate doesn't, then I'll understand the complaints. As of now, they are part-time working royals and I don't expect them to have the numbers that the Queen, Prince Philip and their children do....Kate as the wife should NEVER be expected to do more royal duties than her royal spouse. The fact that last year she outperformed William should be enough to quiet the anti-Kate faction but the silly comparison continues.
It's true that her numbers are low right now, but she does have a few engagements coming up next month and I imagine she'll do some engagements after her maternity leave ends. So I don't think her numbers will stay low. Plus, she did do more engagements than William or Harry in 2012 (in 2011 she did more than Harry but less than William).Kate has done 24 - hardly close to full-time and really for a woman who doesn't have another job she really hasn't done much at all.
Yep. I'm glad the BRF has learned from the past and is allowing the wives to be eased into their roles. For instance, Sophie didn't start off doing 300 engagements. She did between 120 -205 engagements a year (until last year). I imagine that helped her feel more comfortable and less overwhelmed with her role, which I think is really important for any new royals marrying into the BRF....when William and Catherine got married it was said that Catherine would be eased into taking on more duties.
......Kate as the wife should NEVER be expected to do more royal duties than her royal spouse. The fact that last year she outperformed William should be enough to quiet the anti-Kate faction but the silly comparison continues.
I take your point about bad habits and Catherine not working. BUT.......if the reports are true that The Queen didn't like the fact that Kate didn't work before the engagement and that there is a push within the family for William to do more royal duties and leave the RAF...
To be fair, the comparison between Sophie and Kate isn't really accurate. Sophie worked when she first became a Royal and still managed to do 100 odd engagements a year. She quit her job/was forced to give up in 2002 to support the Queen in her Jubilee year and was pregnant in 2003. Since then she has worked less because of Louise and James, but she still worked more than Catherine did.
The only place I've seen that mentioned the Queen being unhappy with Kate's work pre-marriage, is in the DM. So I take that with a huge grain of salt. As for any unhappiness with their current schedule, there really is no way to know. It was announced during the engagement that they would take a few years off to settle into the marriage, so it's not like their part-time status came as a surprise to the Queen.Actually we don't know if they are happy with the numbers done by Kate and William - if the reports are true that The Queen didn't like the fact that Kate didn't work before the engagement and that there is a push within the family for William to do more royal duties and leave the RAF then the evidence suggests that there is some disquiet within family