Duke and Duchess of Cambridge: Official Visit to Ireland - March 3-5, 2020


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victor1319 said:
I see, the Cambridges fall back into old habits: Transforming every trip abroad into a children's bithday party...
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The Royals often try activities they may not be particularly skilled at or even like, just to be good guests/sports when they are visiting on tour.
 
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There've been some nice pictures of them walking along the cliffs at Howth - just the two of them, looking very together.
 
O-H Anglophile said:
The Royals often try activities they may not be particularly skilled at or even like, just to be good guests/sports when they are visiting on tour.
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Yes especially if the activities are a part of the host nation's cultural heritage which is why we'll often see the royals graciously taking part in some sporting activities or traditional dances.
 
TLLK said:
Yes especially if the activities are a part of the host nation's cultural heritage which is why we'll often see the royals graciously taking part in some sporting activities or traditional dances.
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Has William had a go at hurling?
 
This trip is bound to be deemed a huge success for The Cambridge’s & Ireland’s hospitable & welcoming reputation.!No distracting background documentaries that we know about: tick, no political faux pas: tick, and certainly no whining & selfish self-promotion like other royal tours with you know who: tick!
 
O-H Anglophile said:
The Royals often try activities they may not be particularly skilled at or even like, just to be good guests/sports when they are visiting on tour.
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Yeah, may be, but I just can't see her Majesty The Queen doing circus tricks, or The Prince of Wales... This might be, because they are too old. What leads to the question: When will Prince William be too old?

My suspicion is: He, William, is especially asking for this kind of activities in the planning phase of his trips abroad. Maybe he thinks, this is funny... I don't! But this is just my humble opinion!
 
victor1319 said:
Yeah, may be, but I just can't see her Majesty The Queen doing circus tricks, or The Prince of Wales... This might be, because they are too old. What leads to the question: When will Prince William be too old?

My suspicion is: He, William, is especially asking for this kind of activities in the planning phase of his trips abroad. Maybe he thinks, this is funny... I don't! But this is just my humble opinion!
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Yesterday The Duchess of Cornwall (72), chose to step inside an air raid shelter for a photo op and joked that she was self-isolating.

We all have different understandings of humour, to believe that Prince William is arranging events to show of his humorous and relatable side is an odd thing to assume. However, these events with children do show exactly that.
 
Dalriada said:
This trip is bound to be deemed a huge success for The Cambridge’s & Ireland’s hospitable & welcoming reputation.!
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There's a very positive vibe from the 3 day Visit here and it was as one said a mix of the Fun and the Serious!

The crowds of well wishers really in Galway were there since 7.30 am on a frosty and foggy March morning to wish them well.

I can imagine that Traditional Irish music session for the Duke and Duchess at Tig Coili will do not but good for its publicity.



 
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I love all activities and the this trip! Great turn-out despite Corona's scare.

Looking forward to their next trip!
 
I thought a minute about what I was writing before... and now I know, what I really mean! Sorry for the texts from earlier this day!

I did recognize this at first at the Pakistan trip: What kind of Pakistan was shown to us, the interested western audiance: A very traditional,(.....) country...

And now in Ireland: I have seen funny activities, a dairy farm and some politicians (I don't know, if Sinn Fein folks were among them...).

(......)

So, if William wants to horse around, why not where it could count into the near future? And we, the audiance, could learn something new and exciting and modern about Ireland. Instead we see cows....

Just as an example!
(Sorry for my longer as ususal and boring text here! :flowers:)
 
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victor1319 said:
And now in Ireland: I have seen funny activities, a dairy farm and some politicians (I don't know, if Sinn Fein folks were among them...).

(....)

So, if William wants to horse around, why not where it could count into the near future? And we, the audiance, could learn something new and exciting and modern about Ireland. Instead we see cows....
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(....). Please bare in mind that this was a visit to the Republic of Ireland, where William and Catherine didn't just meet some politicians they met the President, and the Prime Minister (Taoiseach).

The "cows" they saw were on a research farm that was promoting sustainable farming research in Ireland. That's something new and exciting? They were shown cows and their baby calves before meeting children from local primary school, Kiltale School, who have been working on projects about healthy eating and nutrition. This links perfectly in with the work Catherine is doing for early years.

What did you want exactly?

I know I want to see my future King and Queen, visiting people, being with the people and understanding their ways of live.
 
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The speech of the Irish Foreign Minister and HRH The Duke of Cambridge at St Stephen's Green in Dublin on Wednesday night.

 
A couple of posts have been edited to remove off topic references, as well as a derogatory comment about a country.

Please stay on topic!
 
victor1319 said:
I thought a minute about what I was writing before... and now I know, what I really mean! Sorry for the texts from earlier this day!

I did recognize this at first at the Pakistan trip: What kind of Pakistan was shown to us, the interested western audiance: A very traditional,(.....) country...

And now in Ireland: I have seen funny activities, a dairy farm and some politicians (I don't know, if Sinn Fein folks were among them...).

(......)

So, if William wants to horse around, why not where it could count into the near future? And we, the audiance, could learn something new and exciting and modern about Ireland. Instead we see cows....

Just as an example!
(Sorry for my longer as ususal and boring text here! :flowers:)
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About cows/farming (Teagasc):

1. Catherine's Back to Nature and William's climate change
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0304/1120087-royal-visit/
Beef researchers at Teagasc Paul Crossan and Edward O'Riordan showed the couple the Derrypatrick demonstration suckler herd.

They were told about steps being taken to ensure beef is produced in an environmentally sustainable way.

The royal couple were also told about technologies that have been developed and adopted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the herd.

Teagasc's countryside management specialist Catherine Keena spoke to the couple about the initiatives on farms around the country to promote biodiversity.

Local primary school children from Kiltale National School also got to meet the royal couple.

The students had completed projects on the environment, nutrition and food production and spoke to the royal couple about what they had learned.
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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ire...a-as-kate-and-will-inspect-the-beef-1.4193006
They were actually talking about the importance of farming, sustainability and the environment with O’Riordan and Crossan.

“They were very knowledgeable and particularly interested in the farm-to-fork concept and the distance between consumers and food production,” Crossan said after the tour ended. “They were also both very interested in countryside stewardship and the important role farmers have to play in that.”

Crossan said they had discussed farm sustainability and “whether or not farmers are being adequately rewarded for what they do. They were talking about how in an increasingly urbanised world, consumers do not realise exactly how food is produced.”
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Many may not aware that food industry contributes huge number in carbon footprint, from how it's produce and where it comes from. E.g. local food product will have higher carbon footprint than imported one mostly from transportation.

And Teagasc also working on research in reducing carbon footprint of beef production.

https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/beef/research/beef-systems/beef-carbon/

For William personally, he can learn for his future role as Duke of Cornwall.
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/successful-visit-to-teagasc-grange-for-william-and-kate/


2. Brexit
Agri-food trade between Ireland and UK
https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/brexit/tradeandstatistics/
Agri-food trade and exposure to UK market

In terms of specific sectoral exposure:

Almost 50% of our beef exports go to UK,
About 22% of our dairy exports go to the UK, of which:
41% is cheese, 26% is butter and 12% is SMP;
Cheddar is the largest dairy export to the UK - 47% (81k tonnes) of Irish cheddar cheese is exported to the UK.
Some 47% of cheddar exported to the UK is of Irish origin.
99% of mushroom and 71% forestry products and more than 62% of prepared consumer foods are exported to the UK.
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https://www.independent.ie/business...-dependence-on-ireland-for-beef-37614229.html
The EU is the biggest source of beef imports for the UK market and accounted for 94pc of all beef imports during the first nine months of 2018.

Beef imports from the EU totalled 200,095t during the 2018 period with imports from the Republic of Ireland accounting for 76pc of this at 151,469t.
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How Brexit will affect it:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business...ctor-so-exposed-to-a-no-deal-brexit-1.3800197
After a no-deal Brexit, food exporters to the UK would face a range of immediate and serious issues. For many, the most serious is the threat of tariffs, special import taxes which would face food products entering the UK from the EU.
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A no-deal exit is the worst possible outcome because everything would change overnight on March 29th – or possibly at a later date if the EU and UK agree to extend the departure date but still can’t reach a deal. This means the introduction of customs and regulatory checks immediately on goods entering the UK market and the imposition of tariffs.
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That's where it could count into the near future. So yes, this particular trip represents important issue for both countries' future.
 
Beautiful and natural
 
victor1319 said:
Yeah, may be, but I just can't see her Majesty The Queen doing circus tricks, or The Prince of Wales... This might be, because they are too old. What leads to the question: When will Prince William be too old?

My suspicion is: He, William, is especially asking for this kind of activities in the planning phase of his trips abroad. Maybe he thinks, this is funny... I don't! But this is just my humble opinion!
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Funny because I've seen Charles dancing awkwardly iwht pretty girls, or doing something like tryng hurley or lifting a glass of Guinness.
 
I think what I like best is that even though William and Catherine are very much in the public eye and are very professional in everything they do as future King and Queen and all that role entails, we still get to see them as a down to earth, ordinary couple that still very much enjoy being with each other.
 
Denville said:
It is a very lovely part of Dublin..... Im glad they went there....
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So close to the city but yet so peaceful.

Tourism Ireland must be on cloud nine ;)
 
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Osipi said:
I think what I like best is that even though William and Catherine are very much in the public eye and are very professional in everything they do as future King and Queen and all that role entails, we still get to see them as a down to earth, ordinary couple that still very much enjoy being with each other.
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It’s kind of like how maybe kids don’t know they need to see their parents being happy together...but they do, for their own sense of security. Kate and William are stable and loving - a “we four” for the 2000’s, except it’s “we five” - and there’s a sense of security that the monarchy is in good hands (following his father, who started to thrive after he’d found happiness).
 
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