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Originally Posted by Duchess
correct me if i'm wrong but as monarch isn't he going to be the ceremonial head of the armed forces? and if this is the case, shouldn't he have some training so that he knows what he's talking about when he talks to armed forces members? as for never seeing action, there are thousands of former armed forces member, all over the world who trained but never saw action...are they a waste of tax payer money as well? one day he will have to address soldiers and they will have far more respect for him for having gone through the training that they did even though he never went to the front line. some day, he will visit injured soldiers and that visit will work wonders for the morale of many of them and then all that training will completely worth every penny it cost to train him.
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Ceremonial being the operative word. He can give out medals in a suit, he doesn't need to waste our money playing at soldiers. It's ridiculous, he'll NEVER see action so how on earth can it be worth money training him to do something he doesn't and will never have to do. Can't he address soldiers in a suit? Can't he visit them in a suit? The Queen's the ceremonial head of the forces and she does it quite well in a floral two piece. Ok she wore a uniform in the early days of her reign but now she doesn't, why does William have to?