Here are some photos of Prince William flying solo at the Tusk Conservation Awards last night in London. William is very involved, consistently, with the Tusk Trust, a conservation and anti-poaching foundation. William often goes solo to Tusk Trust events, possibly because Kate doesn’t care that much, possibly because William wants at least one issue that is solely “his,” and possibly because Jecca Craig is also involved with Tusk Trust. Incidentally, I heard that Jecca Craig got married a few months ago, but it was just a random Twitter report and there was no mention of it in the British tabloids. Suspicious? Absolutely.
William helped hand out awards at this event, and he made a speech about the importance of wildlife conservation, which you can read here. We complain about William and his petty tyrant act so much, but I’m perfectly willing to acknowledge that his work on conservation is fine, even admirable. It also strikes me that William has stepped up his “work” schedule more in the past two months, and whatever happened to his job at East Anglian Air Ambulance? Is he already bored and taking time off constantly? Probably, but so far, the British papers are keeping quiet. There was this absolutely fascinating story in the Daily Mail though:
Prince William’s employers are appealing for people to donate essential household appliances for the East Anglian Air Ambulance offices. The charity has launched a Facebook appeal for 55in televisions to furnish new offices built for the Duke of Cambridge and his colleagues – just months after he joined as an air ambulance pilot. The EAAA plans to put the televisions in the boardroom and training room so the crew can watch training videos.
The charity is also appealing for a large larder fridge, under counter fridge, under counter freezer, dishwasher and microwave for the new two-storey operations base at Cambridge International Airport, believed to be at least a quarter of a million pounds. Until now, Prince William and the crew have had to use a tiny room at the back of the main airport building as a base, which staff have previously described as ‘cosy.’
The new building, which is set to be unveiled next month and is much bigger than the current offices, will feature a canteen and sleeping accommodation. The EAAA wrote on Facebook: ‘EAAA needs your help! The crew and clinical team are moving to our new base at the Cambridge airport very soon. We are asking our lovely supporters and generous companies to help us furnish the new accommodation. We need a large larder fridge, an under counter fridge, an under counter freezer, a dishwasher, a microwave and 55′ TVs. If you can support us by donating any white goods, please get in touch!’
One Cambridge resident, who did not want to be named, said on Tuesday: ‘You would think William would have a spare microwave or fridge after taking out his old kitchen at Anmer Hall in Norfolk.’
Dear anonymous Cambridge resident: I love you and your sick burns. Marry me!!! It’s true. William and Kate got bored and spent millions of pounds doing neverending renovations on Anmer Hall and Kensington Palace. The Anmer reno included ripping out a perfectly beautiful kitchen just so the Middletons would have a more modern kitchen in which to get sh-tfaced on organic daiquiris. I wonder what happened to all of the stuff they didn’t “need”? I wonder why the EAAA needs those donations when the royal family had to “donate” an air ambulance just so William could play-act normalcy? And is he still pulling a salary and claiming that he “donates” it to charity?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Anyone have a spare air ambulance to donate because someone needs to pick up William after that sick burn.
LOL
What is a “sick burn”? Is this more younguns talk?
I think a “sick burn” is probably a variation of the old schadenfreude, Citresse. Someone correct me if I am wrong. I am not really au fait with young ‘un speak.
antipodean – Oh, the schadenfreude aka taking delight in others’ adversity.
My understanding is that a burn is an insult.
Sick means amazing or really good.
So a sick burn means a really good insult, as in one that was rather on point and hit it at the truth or heart of the matter.
Hahaha I even forgot he has that ‘job’ , but he did give an interview maybe it was a deal after that he must not be followed at work.
I actually wondered about this last week with the surge of appearances made by the Cambridges. I think he jumped ship. Has it ever been reported which charity(ies) received his salary/wages? It should be made known.
Cee
It was reported William would donate his entire salary after taxes to a single or multiple charities. Then it was said he was considering his choices. Now it’s thought he will funnel it into his own foundation that has a strange way of operating. As best I understand it their mission is to support themselves (the foundation) so they can assist causes they support.
Or a simpler way to attach a name to a name and take credit without actually doing anything past photo ops and hand shakes when things are achieved.
He is still working there. I just saw a story yesterday: http://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/news/prince_william_lands_air_ambulance_in_saffron_walden_to_help_man_in_80s_1_4323055
I’m with you on that one, Cee. Perhaps Bill could personally donate all the necessities as a, you know, parting gift to EAAA, because if he hasn’t chucked the job yet, he soon will.
To be honest he should NEVER be followed at work. Any distractions etc could put lives at risk. The air ambulance needs to focus on getting as quickly as possible to the people who have had accidents and desperately need medical help and getting to hospital.
@ Bluebell yes why does he not just do some admin work.
I agree, Bluebell. I think he’s dropped off the radar due to those apps that can track his flight. I am surprised he’s still working there, though. Between working there and being seen out recently, dare I say he might have been busy?
To be honest, he shouldn’t be doing this EAAA gig. It causes too much disruption and danger, for the patients and his fellow employees. I’m sorry Billy the Basher doesn’t want to be king, but all he’s doing is making everyone else’s lives and jobs more difficult.
For what it’s worth to this issue I agree with Nota…. Because…
It’s like Harry with his fellow soldiers to a lesser degree. His presence put their lives in greater danger becausee he was of value if captured. Something to single out. And threats had been made and broadcasted to this. As a result when his location had been revealed he left. He didn’t want to, but did so for the safety of his friends and peers.
No William is not at war. He is publicising his job and ilocation is known in a broad way that could bring harm to those near him. And really what good is he doing there that someone else isn’t? His role isn’t needed and was tailored for him. When he leaves the job will be gone as it was only to give him a job.
He’s sriking me as a fair weathered worker. Committ or leave it.
EAAA Needs those donations because they are a charity. A charity that created a position for William. A position that required his salary be donated in so they could pay him for a post he barely holds. Although his contract requires not even a single day of work for a part time salary.
And while EAAA got bumped up the list to get their new heli that does not require a copilot they hoped having William on staff would bring in some funds for a needed rescue charity that requires millions annually to function on bare minimum.
Now it looks like they are so jilted from being used they’re almost calling him out which everyone saw coming.
If William truly cared about these rescue services past showing up to fly here and there he’d either fundraise for them, spend hours actually at work, or make a small and private donation of maybe his salary they’re paying him?
My best guess if that money sits in a savings collecting interest and he will donate it years later. That he hasn’t even named a charity over this length of time is shady as hell.
There are so many ways he could have handled this better that wouldn’t require much attention if he wanted to be private. And so many ways he could fly without the extremes of getting this job he worked for a few weeks. And so many ways he could have an actual impact on this and other rescue based charities. That he has yet to do any of that shows what he values. He’s the issue.
Preach sister! It is funny but reading the list of “requests” before I got to the anon comment, I was thinking that it is ridiculous for Will not to contribute these items. Really, either donating his appliances, or even buying new ones – he can afford them! But I guess he is too normal for that, poor darling.
+100000.
The mayor of my city was in the private sector and made a fortune before going into politics. For 8 consecutive years he donated his salary to a charity in the city that feeds impoverished people, and he visits every now and then to make sure his donations are being used properly and not “spoiled”. This man is now President Elect. I find it shady AF that William has not stated which charity or charities will benefit from his latest game at being Normal Bill. Where is the money? Where and how is it being spent? How many hours is he clocking in? This has the potential to be a PR nightmare.
@Cee are you in Buenos Aires? Just curious, I was there last month and know the election was just decided.
@Patty – Yes, I am. First time my candidate wins! Excited for the good things coming our way after 12 years with these fascists.
@Cee that is awesome. I’m excited for you. It must feel great to be free of the Kirchner’s after all of these years. I recall when I was in Argentina, people kept saying Macri didn’t have a chance. I was very excited when it went to a runoff and excited by the outcome. I hope he does great things for your country.
Seconding FLORC.
Just to say: air ambulance charities are very popular here. You’ll find a collecting box in most convenience stores and supermarkets in rural areas. I always put my coppers in the box for my local air ambulance at my local shop! Also, as FLORC says, it’s common for charities like this to seek freebies from business for non-charitable items as it gets down their overheads percentages. And EAAA’s is quite high, at 22%.
You can see their full finances on p12 here: http://www.eaaa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/EAAA-AnnualReview-Feb2015-PrintReady-Spreads.compressed.pdf
Well said, Florc. Everything about Willie seems kind of furtive, for lack of a better word (“shady” might be too strong). I really don’t *get* him or Katie. They worry about presenting a good image, but fail to realize that all of their actions taken together (not just showing up for the occasion photo op and handshake event) are scrutinized and they come off looking a bit greedy, a lot lazy, and too secretive versus just wanting privacy.
ITA. Harry has focused on veterans so he’s organized events celebrating them and raising awareness. William is focused on helicopter rescue so he’s… had himself photograped in helicopters and released stories praising his efforts as a rescue pilot.
William said something interesting in his interview before he started there -he talked about wanting to be associated with a list of good qualities, but he didn’t mention actually wanting to have them or develop them. Considering how hollow his pr is, maybe he let his real viewpoint slip out.
Really good point there, Natalie. I don’t remember Wills in his interview, pointing out the financial /daily needs of his Air Ambulance company. It was all about him.. as usual.
If the salary is going to his foundation there will b a myriad of tax benefits to hat he will be taking advantage off I.e. It goes into his foundation so that he can claim his tax back. It will then be distributed to what ever charity he’s decided should benefit.
The man is secretive and for him to b this sneaky means he’s up to no good. Like toddlers who r quiet and then when u go look in on them they’ve painted the cat purple. He’s on the scam building up a financial nest egg for then the inevitable happens and he’s shunted off the throne or from the succession. There is a serious scandal brewing around him or so says my tin foil hat predictor.
Pulling up my chair and putting on my tinfoil hat (AKA Sweden’s Steel Cut Tiara).
*waits for 10 Dec for some Swedish slayage*
God I so wish that were true (it might be, who knows). The entertainment! But I think he’s just paranoid and entitled which means he doesn’t feel like he owes anyone an explanation. Ever.
For Nota and COS, just a reminder of what may come, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2VGvD9hn4 Look how shiny that bad boy is. It’s odd, but I love it. This is also one of my favorite looks ever too, http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_L7JC05D4BC0/TQbTPZYJbtI/AAAAAAAABQs/NaVMd8EGWxs/s1600/2010-12-10–VictoriaHairNobelCeremony.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L7JC05D4BC0/TQbTLKNH0HI/AAAAAAAABQk/DpP1taRwSQU/s1600/2010-12-10–VictoriaFullLengthNobelCeremony.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L7JC05D4BC0/TQbTNex-2wI/AAAAAAAABQo/v2JlCJj_6fc/s1600/2010-12-10–VictoriaBackNobelCeremony.jpg Slayage all day from Vickan.
Hopefully the Connaught & Leuctenberg(the entire parure) will get an airing out.
That gets me. This money was donated to a deserving charity so he can be paid. And it then becomes his private funds that post taxes while accumulated interest builds he will profit off of a charity paying him and then not donate back to them? Or make them wait and see? As it goes he will profit on this and get to claim 40k+ of personal money donations to charity. It will likely in the end go to his own foundation that is unclear on its mission goals of fund distribution.
Amber, I’m waiting to see if there will be repeats of Madeleine’s maternity ballgowns, or if they’ll go all new for the Nobels.
I always love reading speculation about the William and Jecca. Royal affairs are my big guilty pleasure.
You’re horrible!! But move over. I want to sit next to you. 😀
Save me a spot! I will bring Cheez-Its and Champagne, FWIW.
I’m waiting for the next Rutherford/Giersch court date, coming up on Nov 28. For that, I’ll bring chocolate.
Cheez-Its? Champagne? Chocolate? Alright, I’m joining this party–scoot over! 🙂
I just had a thought (off topic). Kate’s not cutting her hair until after Jecca does. I just googled Jecca and Kate’s been SWF-ing her look for years.
Willy has a type. Ultra skinny with long hair.
Maybe they could check their local online listings. I suspect there have been several gently used, upscale appliances listed recently by an associate of an associate of an associate of a certain couple.
When I saw the headline – and before I read the article – I did a doubletake, wondering to myself “his employer??” and thought it was a reference to the UK taxpayers! Forgot he had a conventional “job”.
This article is so snark heavy:
William only does Tusk events consistently…. because of Jecca (or does he really just like colonialism: Africa/Asia and soon to be India get to hear his lectures)
William is stepping up work…. but what happened to being a pilot
The charity that bought a helicopter and is giving him a salary, although they did not have the money for either when he was hired, now needs a new kitchen…. they could have used 3 kitchen Kate’s leftovers
“This article is so snark heavy:” they usually are on this subject!
@ Kate +1
Someone please fill me in. What is suspicious about Jecca getting married and it not being in the tabloids?
Jeanne, I don’t find it suspicious. She’s not a celebrity and, IMO, it’s never been shown that she some kind of deep, emotional relationship with Willie that still warrants tabloid interest.
Whereas I think it is clear she’s his touchstone, the one voice he listens to.
@ nota, you have a point about Jecca being his touchstone. I can definitely see her a confidant. She’s his peer (which maybe easier for him to take advice from), but likely much more mature and thoughtful than he is.
People want him to be having an affair for some sick reason.
I don’t necessarily want him to be having an affair. But if he did with Jecca, it would seem logical since Jecca would be more of his equal, especially in power in a relationship, since the one he has with Kate seems more to be one-sided with her whole life’s goals dependent on William’s whims.
Maggie
No one wants him to have an affair. That’s awful and quite a stretch to claim here. The gossip surrounding that is what some have a guilty pleasure in reading. You are here too reading cheating threads.
Now, we have facts and established behavior that makes it beyond difficult to exclude. And they do share a large bond. If anything it appears that William has always respected Jecca in a way higher than any other female in his life for years. Even Kate had a major issue with their bond.
So, it’s with a heavy hand of salt you make that flimsy claim.
I thought William’s Camilla was Isabella? So has it been Jecca this whole time?
Isabella turned him flat down. I don’t think he pines for her but for Jecca. He even missed 1st cousin Peter’s wedding(where Kate was ‘sent’ as “proxy”WTF?) to attend Jecca’s brother’s wedding. What’s quite interesting is that throughout the years Jecca & Kate were barely in the same space together. IMO if Jecca came knocking Bill would drop Kate like there’s no tomorrow.
That burn was 2nd degree. It’s also very true. Why can’t William provide those things for his employers through his salary or…I don’t know his inheritance?
That and every other charity in the country? And you don’t know what he has or has not provided to be honest.
No, only the charity he’s taken money from as a salary to provide him with a job that he doesn’t really need. And we kinda do know what he’s done because they are asking for those things they don’t have.
Neutral
We know William’s pr will play up any good deed or even things that have yet to happen but will. That this shot has been taken is more than an unknown. There’s just too much of a known pattern to claim otherwise.
@ FLORC
Exactly! If W&K had helped this donation drive in any way, including publicizing it on their social media accounts or by donating ANYTHING AT ALL, Jason would be all over it and the UK media would have been given a list of EVERY SINGLE ITEM the Cambridges deigned to donate.
That it seems as if it’s radio silence on W&K’s part is very noticeable.
Anne
This is bothering to me. WK’s staff only have to be given the OK to work for a cause by simply a typed up statement with their name attached or a tweet on their official twitter. That WK have yet to really use that outside of boosting numbers is telling they aren’t considering their causes outside of having to.
He appears to have an aversion to people having expectations of him. It is a common theme through his interviews for over a decade. He doesn’t want expectations placed on him, he’s suffocated by them. I can see that same attitude being made known to EAAA too. He leaned on the government to get them a helo, his work is done.
@ notasugarhere
True. It seems as if William is the type that if the EAAA asked him to help with the donation drive, he’d think they were asking him to lower himself and pressuring him to do them a favor instead of how a normal person would think: Suck up to the bosses and maintain job security
Just in case people aren’t aware: Air Ambulances in all (I believe) areas of England are charity funded. I regularly get “charity bags” through my door asking for donations of old clothes, books etc. for the to sell to raise funds. So there isn’t anything bad about this request – they are just benefiting from Will’s profile to try to raise funds for training and the well being of their crews. Personally I don’t have a problem with that.
That’s what I was wondering about. I also assume that they have a designated employee or volunteer who does fundraising for them and secures other donations and this solicitation may be that person doing his or her job.
I think the irony come from the fact that William is a multi-millionaire employee with connections to the richest people in the UK and even the world, yet there’s no hint from his own PR team that he’s doing anything directly to help his (pseudo-) employer in their donation drive.
Yes, the EAAA benefits in a way from having William as a (pseudo-) employee, yet where is his personal involvement in helping to publicize this donation drive or even his own contribution to it?
Normal people would try to help their bosses in order to get on their bosses’ good side and try to maintain job security, but since the donation for his salary and copter are earmarked just for him, W&K don’t seem to want to help out in this donation drive in any way.
I’d just like to add that this is a guy who can afford to move his pool and his tennis court (the latter partly because he could see it from his window and that is {{{{tacky}}}, right?) and reportedly created a karaoke room for himself at his country estate while taking the biggest apartment with the most rooms at KP.
So donating a fridge, a tv, or a dishwasher wouldn’t be too extravagant for this guy, especially when it’s to his own workplace.
Unless…. he doesn’t care if the new HQ he’ll (allegedly) work at has such amenities since he doesn’t spend much time there anyways? He won’t use the EAAA fridge because his chef prepares his meals for him? He uses his own dishes and cutlery so they’re not washed in the EAAA dishwasher? He doesn’t feel like doing any more training so he doesn’t need the TV? Is it about whether these ‘white goods’ benefit him or not? Is it all about what William can get out of this PR-based ‘job’ and not giving back?
Kaiser, I cannot say that he’s doing that much good re. wildlife conservation. He keeps putting his foot in his mouth, a la Prince Philip, because he has no diplomatic skills. He threatened to destroy all the ivory in the Royal Collection. He visited a wildlife park with questionable practices towards elephants, and he was warned publicly in the press before the visit. He couldn’t even deal with someone who casually mentioned that a certain Asian instrument was made of ivory.
His contributions appear to be shallow at best. He created an umbrella charity to take credit for the work of other organizations. He goes to Jecca’s galas. He says he wants his (invisible) children to see animals in the wild. It isn’t much of a contribution, when you see what Harry has done working actively with Sentebale.
That comment about destroying the royal collection of ivory was so cringe-inducing. Uh, William, the royal collection does not belong to you. You have no authority to destroy anything. He was a royal Emily Litella.
Very good point that his is an umbrella charity.
@ notasugarhere
I agree with you that his sincere intentions may not necessarily be with what charities he picks and is involved with. I get the feeling that he just couldn’t care less about conservation if it weren’t for the fact that Harry is actually doing the leg work in it and Jecca, his girl buddy (?) might have influence over him with this topic.
And yes, to the idea that he’s using an umbrella organization that helps give him credit for what work others are the ones actually doing.
He seems to like to ride the coattails of his brother’s work with conservation, veterans, housing for veterans, etc. He’ll show up to garner good publicity for himself after everybody else has done the work.
Remember that YT video of Harry and William at the Invictus Games that Harry was co-hosting? As Charles was walking towards his sons and though I don’t think William was a co-host, the latter held out his arms as if, in part-jest, expecting Charles to greet him first before he did Harry, even though this was Harry’s work and moment in the sun. As a big brother and someone knowledgeable in protocol, William should have let Harry have the privilege of being acknowledged first as in order to honor Harry for his work and let him have his bit of the glory. But William made it into a very public ‘game’ of seeing who’s more important to their father. Thankfully, Charles had enough sense to greet and hug Harry first. It seemed to me as if Charles knew what game William was playing.
Anne
Not sure. Maybe another possibility was William just forgetting himself and his brother for a moment. Charles had such a look of joy on his face with Harry. Fatherly pride.
And for what it’s worth I can only imagine Diana being extremely proud as well.
I am not seeing any recent indicators that William and Jecca are close in a romantic way. I don’t think the hunting trip to Spain was a smoking gun since it included several others from their mutual social set and the reporting was merely that they both were part of the same hunting party. Yeah over a decade ago Jecca got pride of place at one of William’s birthday parties and when they were teens they staged some kind of engagement ceremony but that does not mean that the feelings they had then still exists.
Back in the day when the press was considerably more circumspect, stories about the royals included bread crumbs about Charles and Camilla. In today’s much more intrusive environment if there was something there there with William and Jecca, I would expect, at a minimum, bread crumbs being dropped about them like what happened with Charles and Camilla, if not flat out salacious reporting of their relationship/affair.
I think it’s based upon how unequal W&K”s relationship is and how it makes much more sense with a more developed, stronger person, who will accept only an equal footing. Same with how I think Charles regarded Diana vs how he thinks of Camilla.
Yes, I know there are successful relationships in which the man is that much more dominant. With W&K, it all seems to rest upon kissing up to William (including by the Middleton in-laws).
I just don’t feel as if William respects Kate’s thoughts or as a person as much as he would a stronger, more intellectual and emotionally mature person. If that’s Jecca, then that may have been noticed by those who’ve been paying attention. After all, that’s what his father did by marrying Diana yet craving the presence of Camilla to satisfy his emotional and intellectual needs. So maybe people are noticing a pattern? Anyhoo, jmo.
Actually, there were no breadcrumbs until Diana named Camilla personally in the Andrew Morton book in 1992. Not only that, she gave intimate details of times and places.
Given the volume of photographic evidence over the ten year marriage, where Camilla and other ladies like Kanga etc never bothered to hide their relationships with Charles, the public re-examined the photos, spotted Camilla in many of them – previously glossed over or merely identified as ‘friend of Charles’ – and came to the conclusion that Diana had painted for us.
Camilla’s name being in the public domain was a complete shock. That’s how strongly the fairytale of CD’s marriage was sold.
The press knew about the affair, but not a word was printed. Instead they continued to sell the fairytale.
The first person to say that the fairytale was nonsense was Lady Colin Campbell and she was derided and abused for it. You can google youtube interviews she gave to shows like ‘Sally Jesse Rapheal’ in late 80s/early 90s in which other royal reporters call her deluded for saying this. Including James Whitaker who later re-wrote his version of events by saying he publicly denied the truth because it was poor show to comment on them.
When Diana publicly named Camilla, that allowed the press to write all the details. And to admit the truth publicly.
With regards Jecca, the Middletons themselves forwarded the idea that Jecca is William’s Camilla based upon that spanish hunting trip. Until that moment, she was merely one of his many friends. The photo was largely insignificant beyond noting the hypocrisy of William hunting on the eve of a conservation conference until the Middletons specifically named Jecca as his Camilla.
Most people will continue to dismiss the allegation because there is no obvious evidence of a romantic connection. What we know to be true is that William is exceptionally close to Jecca, works consistently and frequently for her charity, and visits her family every year. She is the non negotiable in his life. However, IF Kate implicitly points the finger at Jecca, all the innocent times William and Jecca have been spotted together, all those trips to Kenya, will be re-examined and we shall all say that we knew all along based on the same evidence we are currently dismissing. Same thing happened with Camilla.
On the flipside, it was cruel of the Middletons to publicly name her thus if it’s untrue.
To suggest there’s more to their relationship than friendship is simply put trash talk or wishful thinking. Get real!
^ Yes i agree it was nasty for them to put that out however i think it was done to support their narrative that Kate was the ‘official’ gf and not the ‘constantly on call go to girl’, and a shame on Jecca for sniffing around their daughter’s fairytale romance kind of snark.
The marriage campaign waged by Kate and her family was nasty and I’ll bet their are other stories out there that are just waiting to be printed by the press.
Maggie: it’s the Middletons saying it. Not me. Tell *them* to ‘get real’.
Betti: calling Jecca his Camilla was to poison that relationship to the public. Until then, she was simply William’s friend. Most people understood that. Publicly labelling her was exceptionally cruel if they only did it to further their games, and downright nasty if it is true because it automatically casts Jecca in the ‘evil witch who never allowed them to build a marriage’ narrative that obscures the reality of the marriage. With added bonus that William and Jecca can never have a public relationship without incurring wrath of the kind faced by Camilla. I don’t think William would be forgiven for repeating his father’s romantic narrative.
I haven’t seen any data that points towards Jecca being a person of substance. Her bio pretty much consists of her dating William when they were teens, dating/being engaged to other notable men, having a rich father, “pursuing” a degree, and being involved with the Tusk Trust but it does not seem like she’s high up in that organization. Perhaps Jecca is doing amazing things outside the public eye, although her dating life and presence at social events manage to get media coverage, or perhaps she’s an even bigger limpet than Kate.
The stories about Charles and Camilla were not merely retrospectives of them dating prior to her marriage but mentions her, and Kanga as well, as married women who were “close friends” and “confidantes” of Charles. One story that came out prior to Charles even dating Diana was that a girlfriend Charles allegedly proposed to dropped him because of his attentiveness to Camilla. After the marriage, but prior to the Morton book, most of the stories that touched on Charles and Diana’s marital problems focused on the time they spent apart, but Nigel Dempster to name one, mentioned Charles reconnecting and/or increasing ties with Camilla as well as other friends.
Don’t get me wrong if there were multiple incidents of William and Jecca cropping up at the same events or trips with seemingly innocuous comments about their close friendship, I would find that suspicious, but I don’t recall that happening.
@AAA I love this entire comment, and the last sentence of your first paragraph might be one of my favorite things I’ve ever read on CB. If people are going to be so critical of not only Kate but Pippa as well for not having enough “substance,” which many are, then they should at least be fair and levy those same criticisms at Jecca as they are true of her too.
Only time will tell but a lot of people could be underestimating Kate!
Jecca has loads of substance. She is her own woman and she doesn’t compromise.
Kate Middleton has had 15 years in the public eye. When exactly is she going to hit the ground running and amaze all of us?
Nota
Agree.
There’s quite a lot Jecca has accomplished and pursued. Quite a lot she’s taken on as steps to reach goals of unselfish nature.
To her credit though her passion is what she does so it’s easier to be so involved if you enjoy your work.
To say there’s no substance is to not know your subject in this case. And regarding Jecca not much is covered in detail or her actions unless it is linked to William or you’re actively looking into it.
It would have been interesting to see what W&K threw away when they redid two of their kitchens. So maybe this is why there weren’t any PR stories about them donating anything from their previous kitchens? The public might have seen how wasteful and spendthrift these two are?
I’m sure W’s secret charity that he donates all his donated EAAA salary to is appreciative of the money, but maybe he can donate it back temporarily to his pseudo-employer in order to help fund the new HQ?
Have W&K’s social media accounts advertised the EAAA’s need for donations? Have they showed up anywhere to help garner publicity for this donation drive? Or do they think it has nothing to do with them? Normal people would try to help out their workplaces, especially since they would feel obligated to do so in order to keep their jobs and suck up to their bosses. But I guess when your wealthy grandma or dad donates money to your workplace in order to pay for your salary and their influence got you your work vehicle (copter), job security and getting on your bosses’ good side aren’t part of your worries…
And thank goodness Jecca works with the charity or else William might have never shown any interest at all… in the charity that is.
Fun fact: Bill tried to learn Swahili(which Jecca is fluent in) but failed miserably and gave up.
@ COSquared
Interesting. I wonder if William would have spent any time on learning a new language if Kate was ever capable of speaking it.
Jecca sounds like she has more intellectual influence on William than Kate does.
^ @anne – i think Jecca has more influence over William period. Didn’t Kate kick off once when she found out he was confiding in Jecca about his mothers death and not her? If there every was anything romantic between them thats now gone – Jecca seems like a classy woman and I don’t think she’d want to get involved with the boorish man-child that he’s become.
The DM comments: “Why do they need 55in tvs?” True. 55 seems far too big and the fact that the charity has exhorbitant overheads is just bad.
I’m thinking it’s for group-training. So that they can have rows of seats filled with pilots and medics in front of one big TV wired to a dvd player.
It’s probably more time efficient to have one training session with as many involved than multiple ones with smaller groups.
In the room of an average home, 55 inches would be large. In a larger room (such as a conference room that can seat dozens), it would look appear smaller. Especially if one is trying to view text or detailed images, such as training.
I would imagine a small beamer would be most appropriate as even the smaller ones deliver bigger “screen” size than most flatscreens.
A smallish beamer would be even cheaper than a flat screen. And if it is merely intended for watching training videos in a darkened room then …
http://www.amazon.com/Abdtech-Projector-Lumens-Portable-Theatre/dp/B010YZTOSO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448533428&sr=8-1&keywords=beamer
Whereas a tv flatscreen would be more practical if you intended to use the flat screen to watch tv while you wait for that emergency call…
I think that is it. They (Weewee Willy) want(s) a tv for their (his) room.
PT
When I was a paramedic we had a rec room that we would also watch training videos in. In our downtime we watched TV shows. It also worked for us with news coverage not in our area. If there was a disaster somewhere we saw it and in a way got an early alert that chaos could follow in our area.
Of course tvs will be used for entertainment, but it’s not the sole purpose. From my position I see little issue with it.
Also, it was cheaper for fmorc and I to buy our 60inch over a 50 inch at our local big box stores.
Although I’ve never measured it, we have a humongous TV at work for teleconferences. That’s the thing these days, teleconferences. They prefer it to people driving all over the place to attend meetings.
Perhaps all the stuff the Cambridges didn’t need ended up in some Middleton home?
Could somebody check?
I bet they need this stuff to provide for William’s security detail.
Is Richard Palmer away?
ps- the last comment was some conflict with an American???- so I guess a little break.
He may have just been frustrated that so-called journalists at People Magazine keep trying to make the inaccurate title happen.
It’s amazing how some extremely rich people wants to get things free. And that guy/lady was right, they can use some of that stuff from their other homes.
wow
That is how many rich stay wealthy. They refuse to spend their own and expect items for free.
Regarding the Cambridges numerous renovations on several kitchens there’s been no record of discarded items as donations. And this is where anything donated from them is covered to excess with fine detail.
I’d imagine items were discarded after being damaged as they had no expectation to reuse or outside plans for the items.
I’m confident someone would have made note or written a story or Jason would have made it known if even a microwave made it out for another purpose.
Not regarding the charity. They are far from wealthy. What they require is a great deal as a non profit with expensive overhead. They are not wealthy and not asking for free luxury items. Over the documents and requests it’s all reasonable.