muriel
Imperial Majesty
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I think calling the points raised by people 'whining' is rather insulting, whether you meant it to be or not. I see no need for William to have spent useless time in any of the services, by the time he is King it will all have changed. He will never be a real soldier, a real member of the services.I think you will find that the decision to place him in each of the services had little to do with William. From the very short time he has been with the Army, RAF and now Navy he will still have absolutely NO idea about the life of a real serviceman or woman. Even if he had been asked to do what normal servicemen and women have to do, he would have been as overly protected as Harry was, so it is an insult to real servicemen by suggesting that his little forays into each arm make him any more than someone playing at it.Why, he will not be allowed to become involved in anything political, any decision making. Why not just have him train as a Civil Servant, a Benefits LO1 officer perhaps, where he can learn how 1000's of less fortunate people are 'dealt' with.No press should have been allowed on site, he should have commenced his training without fanfare, just like ordinary service men and women. CH at least got that right with the ArmyI have never complained that they should be normal, I don't believe they should be 'sold' to us as normal, they are not being treated as normal, they are being treated as privileged young men. I never did welcome the approach of a 'normal' life. The royals are not approachable to the majority of people, just try getting past their security to give them a hug and you will find out just how approachable they can be! Only in your opinion of course!
Skydragon - I am just trying to understand what is it that you would think would be suitable training for William before he enters full time royal duties, given that you don't really think it is useful for him to either be in the forces or work as a civil servant for sometime. Extending your argument that relatively short stints in various roles are not of any real benefit to Will, I'm not sure how working as a Benefits officer for a brief time helps either! That said, I am not opposed to him doing an attachment there as well, though as a working royal he will get a lot of exposure to underpriveliged people; a stint as a benefits officer will not add very much to that! The idea of rotating W through the 3 forces may not have originally come from him, but I am sure he was reasonably involved in structuring his time in the forces.
I appreciate that you personally may prefer your royals stuffy and distant (and you are absolutely entitled to your views), but the vast majority of people in the Kingdom prefer to have them appear as approachable and "normal" as possible. This, if anything, was one of the lessons the BRF learnt in the 1990s! Security restrictions may mean that they are still cannot as accessible as some of us may like, but that the reality of the world we live in! I'm sure most senior royals would like to have less security present around them, than more.
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