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How dreadful. This is definitely a poignant reminder that so many of the current working royals are aging rapidly and could use some help and support.
Thoughts with Edward's family and wish him well and a speedy recovery.
Elly C, it is just Andrew, Edward and Sophie who are in their 40's and 50's at present. Then the next gap is early 30's with William, Catherine and Harry.
Hope the Duke recovers fully - it is a sad reminder that the many of the working royals are eldery and past retirement age yet continue to do so many engagements. I think i read that the Duke of Kent last year carried out about 250 engagements including foreign visits during the Diamond Jubilee. I do believe that the time is now for the young members to increase their workload to ease the burden on the family - William, Harry, Kate and to an extend when they can Beatrice and Eugenie.
Does anybody ever stop to think that maybe the older generation is perfectly happy doing as many engagements as they do? Maybe most of them don't want to lessen their "burden". and if they did, I'm sure the Queen would tell the younger generation to step up or lose title/privileges, etc.
Young royals can't simply replace older royals.Hope the Duke recovers fully - it is a sad reminder that the many of the working royals are eldery and past retirement age yet continue to do so many engagements. I think i read that the Duke of Kent last year carried out about 250 engagements including foreign visits during the Diamond Jubilee. I do believe that the time is now for the young members to increase their workload to ease the burden on the family - William, Harry, Kate and to an extend when they can Beatrice and Eugenie.
In a video interview Prince Andrew said when partonages have to be filled, the family meets at Sandringham. The name of the partonages are written on cards and laid on a card table. Everyone picks cards until they are all gone.
At this point, for some of them, it's not a matter of whether they want to or not. It's a simple fact that many of the elderly members of the royal family have ongoing health problems at this point, and that this problem will continue to crop up again and again. They need the younger members to start transitioning into a full time role so that this can be worked around.
My grandmother is a bit like that- she's 87, and she's had cancer twice, and last year she broke a hip. My mother and her sisters have to be at the house all the time now to prevent her from trying to go about her life as she always has, because it's actually dangerous for her to do it now. If they didn't watch her like hawks, she'd be walking around, trying to lift heavy things, and she'd probably be back in the hospital with another broken hip pretty quickly.
True; but on the other hand, mightn't it be, that one would be happier continuing doing the things one loves, and maybe poping off earlier, but fulfilled?
I have such a case around me atm. One relative would prefer to protect the old lady - which means for her, to leave her beloved cottage & garden and move in an one room apartment for the elderly, where she has nothing to do but wait around and misses her garden - and gardening sorely? In the past years she broke a wrist, and another time sth or other, because of falling - but overall she was happy in her home. I can see her point in wanting to stay in her home and doing what she loves to do...
I am surprised no one from the "proper" RF went to visit him..Maybe some of the Queen's children did go, but it was kept low profile, anyway media hardly cares for the old Duke..
He is the Queen's first cousin. How many first cousins would even visit? Siblings maybe and children definitely but first cousins or further distant relatives - no.
Queen Victoria had a particularly close relationship with her first cousin!
I am surprised no one from the "proper" RF went to visit him..Maybe some of the Queen's children did go, but it was kept low profile, anyway media hardly cares for the old Duke..
I am surprised no one from the "proper" RF went to visit him..Maybe some of the Queen's children did go, but it was kept low profile, anyway media hardly cares for the old Duke..