General News for the Duke of Cambridge 1: April 2012-March 2017


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I might just add that the it has been a long standing policy of the family to have their private time be private.

Everyone like s to pretend William is the 'difficult' one when it comes to the press and he should just invite the paps into his living room at Anmer Hall.

Well here's an article from 2009 and the Queen makes it crystal clear what her position is. She backs William and Kate 100 percent I'm sure.

The Queen has authorised a crackdown on the paparazzi amid her growing anger at intrusions into the private lives of members of the Royal family and their friends.

The new get-tough approach has the full support of the Prince of Wales, Prince William, Prince Harry and other senior members of the Royal family, who are now prepared to take legal action against what they see as the "intrusive and unacceptable behaviour" of photographers.

The new strategy is likely to be tested later this month when the Queen, accompanied by other members of the Royal family, enjoys her traditional Christmas break at Sandringham, her Norfolk estate.

Several freelance photographers usually spend many hours a day touring Sandringham in the hope of "snatching" photographs of the Royal family on the estate.

However, senior aides at both Buckingham Palace and Clarence House have told The Sunday Telegraph that they will no longer tolerate photographers using telephoto lenses to capture pictures of the Royal family in "private" situations.

Until now, the Royal family has, reluctantly, turned a blind eye to such photographs provided they were taken from public roads and they did not involve trespass on private land.

The Queen and Prince Charles have instructed Gerrard Tyrrell, a senior lawyer specialising in privacy and media law, to mastermind the new privacy strategy.
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Read more: The Queen gets tough on paparazzi in royal privacy row - Telegraph
 
The Cambridges are getting bad press recently, and criticism from some portions of the British public, because of the paucity of their charity work and the perception that they are putting their family life, in two very expensively renovated homes, above their public life.

The tabloid press will go on complaining IMO until things change. If Kensington Palace feels that the Cambridges are getting too much bad publicity and the public are reacting unfavourably, then more engagements will be added to their diaries (especially Kate's) as has happened before.
 
Pure flight of fancy. Since April 29 2011 Kate is slightly ahead of Harry in engagement totals. Now while the CC doesn't tell the whole story surely the paucity of Kate's charity work is just another of your exaggerations.

What Kate chooses to do with her private time is her business. Focusing on family and her children for the time being is just as noble as Harry wandering around Africa for months.
 
It must be a difficult one to balance out but everyone needs 'time off' and privacy. I have witnessed Paps in action and it was ugly.
 
The only public money used on the Cambridge's homes was for structural repair, updating the wiring and asbestos removal. Everything else including all of Amner was paid for privately. The public money was part of the sovereign grant paid for from a small percentage of the profit of the Crown Estates. The majority of which goes back into the treasury.

But asbestos removal doesn't make good headlines but two kitchen Kate does. Reinforcing the myth that the tax payers support the Cambridges private life.




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Prince William just landed outside my front door!! Amazing that he is flying the East Anglia air ambulance, makes me so proud to be British and good job William keep it up!!

https://instagram.com/p/7INHybQQJ0/
 
God... that headline... :bang:


Also... the picture is taken down from her instagram :p I guess she sold it instead :p
 
Doesn't mean she sold the picture. Tabloids always take pictures from FB and Instagram.
 
If she removed it from Instagram she probably did sell it. I didn't realise it was taken down.
 
Yes, nothing surprising about the prison guards being there. Its a prison. That was confirmed by a bystander. The Sun added the bit about the protection officer.
It is thought that a royal protection officer travels on all of the second-in-line's emergency flights
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The Home Office is in overall charge of royal security. Kensington Palace declined to comment on security matters.
 
Yeah, exactly! I mean.. ofc there would be guards when transporting an inmate!
 
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There was a documentary series on the SAR rescue helicopters on the BBC Wales a few years ago and they followed the SeaKings of RAF Angelesy to various rescues. One of the episodes followed a helicopter piloted by Ft Lt William Wales that rescued a person injured in a quarry. It was just the 4 man crew on the helicopter. I think the same for the air ambulance. Harry's Apache only had room for two. The unpredictability of where the helicopter has to go and the randomness of who could be flying it is a means of protection. Also William being a trained military officer could have a means of personal protection on himself.

The can't really waste the weight carrying a RPO that can't help in the rescue. That's more equipment or gas that they could use.

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Complete rubish, is critical thinking and common sense something that you lose when you become a reporter, especially when talking about royals?

The prison guards were there for the prisoner, to make sure he is always accounted for and that he doesnt harm ANY of the people he will be in contact with.
I work in a hospital in South Africa and the prison is responsible for providing guards for admitted prisoners. The number of guards depends on what type of prisoner we have. They usually have a minimum of two guards at a time for all the prisoners but can have more if indicated.

Its also unlikely the prison would have known well before hand that the emergency helicopter that would land would be the one with William. The closest available team takes the call.
 
The Prince was part of the East Anglian Air Ambulance’s Anglia Two team that responded to a call from Royston, south of Cambridge, following reports that a man had gone into cardiac arrest.

After collecting the man, the helicopter landed at King George V playing fields in Papworth, at about 2pm, and the man was taken into hospital for further treatment.
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Read more: Prince William lands air ambulance in Papworth after responding to cardiac arrest emergency - News - Hunts Post
 
Honeybees said:
The sad thing is that it is interfering with their work apparently.
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Very much so. The contact number for EAAA needs to be a public one so that those in need can call and request assistance and most times when an air lift is needed, it is needed right away. To tie up the phone lines with unnecessary trivial communications is not only interfering but also when its a dire situation of life or death, every second counts when it comes to getting them the help that is needed.
 
Osipi said:
Very much so. The contact number for EAAA needs to be a public one so that those in need can call and request assistance and most times when an air lift is needed, it is needed right away. To tie up the phone lines with unnecessary trivial communications is not only interfering but also when its a dire situation of life or death, every second counts when it comes to getting them the help that is needed.
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Is that what is happening though? I thought that people in need of airlift rings... uhm... 999 (that's the UK one, right?) and they get the ordeer. As I figured it, they are calling the more administrative part of the charity? But I could be wrong. And it's stilll really bad!
 
hernameispekka said:
Is that what is happening though? I thought that people in need of airlift rings... uhm... 999 (that's the UK one, right?) and they get the ordeer. As I figured it, they are calling the more administrative part of the charity? But I could be wrong. And it's stilll really bad!
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I thought a bit after posting that and thought the same thing. You're right. Here in the States its 911 and the our central dispatch sets off different "tones" for different stations to respond to and then pertinent information is given over radios.

Still, it has to be very annoying to have the phone ringing with people that actually think they'll get in contact with William.
 
If they are sending letters, emails, calling the regular phone line, a person at the charity has to deal with it instead of what they normally do.

I don't think you can just call 999 and ask for a helicopter. There is going to be a dispatch system in place. The first responders are going to assess the situation and decide helicopter or regular ambulance.


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Osipi said:
I thought a bit after posting that and thought the same thing. You're right. Here in the States its 911 and the our central dispatch sets off different "tones" for different stations to respond to and then pertinent information is given over radios.

Still, it has to be very annoying to have the phone ringing with people that actually think they'll get in contact with William.
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Yeah, as I said, it's still crappy and annoying and interfearing with their work. But at least not as bad as clogging the emergency line!
 
Curryong said:
The DM asserts that there have been discussions about William taking over the Princes Trust but William has said 'he'd rather not' as he wants to lead a normal life for as long as possible.

Prince Charles increasingly takes on duties from the Queen, but will Prince William do his duty? | Daily Mail Online
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Seems legit..... Even their "bulletpoints" say William is thought to have said... I mean.. Who have thought about him saying that? The writer of the article maybe thought he did?
 
The article also talks about the Royal Foundation of WKH and established his own projects. As someone will inherit almost everything, William will want to establish something through his own hard work and merit. That is what his flying is important to him. It's his own skill and training not because of an accident of birth.

Harry would be in the best position to help with the Prince's Trust. In ten/fifteen years, William will be in the same position as Charles is now. Heir to aging King. He will be doing the long haul travel and tours that his father does now.


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