The Prince and Princess of Wales currently “have” at least five homes, by my count. Kensington Palace Apartment 1 (a mansion within a palace), Anmer Hall (a 10-bedroom mansion in Sandringham), Adelaide Cottage (a family home on the Windsor estate), Windsor Castle (where they will eventually move full-time) and Tam-Na-Ghar (the Scottish cottage near Birkhall). Plus, William now has all of the Duchy of Cornwall real estate at his disposal. My point is that this family of five lives large and they are making zero effort to downsize at all. It’s going to look worse and worse in the months to come, as Britain and Europe experience a huge energy crisis and skyrocketing heating costs over the winter. There’s also global inflation issues, which are affecting European markets and cost of living. So… William and Kate are briefing the media that they are aware of the cost of living crisis and they’re working on it! They’re very keen about the issue.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are focusing on the cost of living crisis as they look to revamp royal visits to create a “lasting impact and legacy”. Sky News has been told the rising economic pressure faced by many people has become a key focus for William, Kate, and the team at their Royal Foundation, with a source saying: “The cost of living crisis is a lens through which they’re now looking at their work.”
A visit to Scarborough later will see the Royal Foundation pilot a “Community Impact Day”, showing how it can use its profile to help organisations in deprived areas secure long-term funding. The move has been prompted by the royal couple’s desire to have more of a long-term impact on the places they visit, with an intention to follow the progress made in helping some of the most vulnerable in society.
While it is understood William and Kate are mindful of their own privileged position, Sky News was told that “they are not shying away from the issue” of the rising cost of living and are keen to “support the hard-pressed” in “parts of the country that need a light shone on them”.
During their engagements in North Yorkshire they will hear how the Royal Foundation has been working with local organisations to increase funding for groups supporting young people’s mental health. Mental health, homelessness and supporting families have been the cornerstones of their work for some time.
What? “The royal couple’s desire to have more of a long-term impact on the places they visit, with an intention to follow the progress made in helping some of the most vulnerable in society…” They want to have a long-term impact on the places they visit, so they intend to… follow the progress made by other organizations? Instead of using the Royal Foundation to directly help people or creating a program which might have lasting positive effects, Will and Kate are going to chopper into poor communities, flash their jazz hands and buttons at local charities and say “keep up the good work” and then chopper out of there in less then an hour. That’s the gift they’re giving poor communities: Will and Kate will “shine a light” on them and then fly on their private helicopter back to one of their five homes.
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This absolutely tracks. All they could give to a Ukraine charity was an odd smile and some brownies or something. I expect Will to make a comment that maybe having less children will ease the burden of the cost of living for the commoners or something and Kate will solve all the problems with her jazz hands
LOLOLOLOL
They are a shoddy lot aren’t they… no shame
William and Kate will show poor people how nice it is to be wealthy, and that will motivate the poor to work harder and become rich themselves. Problem solved!
Meanwhile, the grasping snakes will be demanding a sovereign grant top-up from the taxpayer when their investments take a hit.
What the heck are they supposed to be able to do about the cost of living crisis when they’re not allowed to be “political”? If the Tories weren’t like what the worldwide right-wing is now — heartless p.o.s.’s who think caring about other people is a sin — then I could see it. Well, I could see it if Will and Kate were totally different. But theoretically, a totally different set of royals could do something if they were allowed to by a totally different government.
As things are, though? Uh maybe Kate will bake another teeny tray of brownies.
Raise money for food banks. Host fundraisers for shelters. Charities need money. Why are these two so simple. It offensive how little they contribute and how much they cost.
Indeed and start buying from charity shops
There are so many in the UK and plenty have clothes in their sizes.
They are painfully inept at all aspects of this sort of work. Really they could be doing so much to create visibility around these issues, they could be privately fundraising, donating clothes and toys, encouraging people with the time and means to volunteer in their communities. Like you have to try to be this incompetent.
They could donate some of the money that came from QEII’s secret will? That’s just off the top of my head..
@Emily_C Yes, let’s never forget those tiny, dry-looking brownies! I mean, these people are so stingy, they couldn’t even be bothered to make enough so that everyone could at least get one. They have zero shame.
the tories have always been like that. it’s not new. not for nothing were people referring to Truss (remember her?) as Margarine Thatcher. actual Thatcher took away milk from children’s school lunches!
Thanks for the laugh of the day. So clueless they are
LOL Agreed!
This mish-mash of keenness with a side of word salad reminds me of my undergraduate (college) days when I had no clue how to answer the exam question so I would throw some words together.
I’m ruining my phone spitting coffee on it every morning with these stories. Please stop!
So where is the grant money that they are going to offer these communities and organizations… smh
It will be just like earsht where most of the money is spent on vanity and PR while just a small portion is spent on the actual recipients.
It’ll be $10 million spent to give out $1,000 spread over 5 years and 10 nonprofits.
lol but really smh
Their foundation has been around for a decade and how much money have they actually donated?
I wish a real reporter would investigate meanwhile they’ve left Archewell alone now because they are actually walking their talk.
I didn’t know that the California lottery commented here
Just a smile or two I guess.
Journalism is the US is in a crisis with so many journalists happy to just be PR pieces. But at least in the US there are real journalists who are interested in integrity, the truth, and facts. What has happened in the UK? Is every single news outlet on the dole or what? It’s like one, long PR campaign for people who do not care one iota for anything or anyone but themselves.
What? All I got out of that complicated tangle of words is that they are going to “shine a light” on issues. Isn’t that what they have always claimed to do? Or is this the replacement for “listen and learn”?
I thought I was the only one who didn’t understand what they are going to do because English is not my first language… the wording seemed pretty complicated for me and meaningless
In English, one term for it is “happy talk,” which is basically using pretty words to say nothing of substance.
English is my ONLY language and I couldn’t begin to tell you what the fuck they said.
Don’t forget, ‘follow their progress’!.
William: How’s that group doing?
Secretary: What group, sir?
W: You know, that place we visited last year that helps the poors.
Secretary: I’m afraid I don’t know, sir.
W: Right, do we have anymore of those biscuits I like…?
I doubt they’re even aware of the cost of living crisis beyond a throwaway line here or there that their staff has given them so they sound like they are “sensitive” to it. Why would they be? It doesn’t impact them. I’m sure Kate is picking out new curtains for Windsor or wherever as we speak.
Kate hasn’t worn repeat clothing in ages either. She only did that when Meghan was pregnant with Archie and the press attacked Meghan but pretended like kate didn’t wear designer outfits all the time herself.
Now with Duchy money it’s been new stuff the few times she bothers to step out.
And it all looks like “Rich Villain (Female) in a late 80s to mid-90s slapstick comedy”.
Well, now we know how she spends her time: clothes shopping…and probably fondling the royal jewels in the vault and drooling at the prospect of wearing them. Charles is a senior citizen. Tick tock.
Storm all their castles.
Blargh. This reads like how I would expect any 0.5-percenter to say. And the British aristocracy just seems so outdated. Clearly some staffer briefed them “hot button issues”. Honestly, the cost of living is something they can’t fix nor any organization they support. That’s macro and micro economics that no one charity or organization is going to be able to tackle. It’s political and global and even governments can try to rectify and fail. I guess they started the conversation…but I don’t know how many rich people (including many famous rich philanthropists like bill gates, buffet, would imagine even Meghan and Harry) can relate to every day struggles when they can just go back to their multi million dollar houses and have generational wealth. Really the only thing they can do is highlight the issue and keep bringing it up to the people in government. In their case…this seems particularly forced and eye roll inducing.
If I got this right they hope that visiting community organizations will shine a light on and highlight the issues the organizations tackle. Weren’t they doing that all along? What makes this new programme different?
Maybe they will bring highlighters and a huge spotlight?
There’s a definite need for pie charts!
It says they are going to listen to how the Royal Foundation helps these organizations increase funding. So, um, nothing new here. Just more listening, head tilting, lip pursing, concern faces. They aren’t giving them anything; just allowing the topic to be brought up.
Maybe kHate will give a training course on how to make pie charts on powerpoint.
Yeah…does that say the Royal Foundation will give them advice on how to apply for more funding?? Is that what that means?
Don’t you mean ‘working’ on the cost of living crisis. Because there is no actual work being done here, it is not meant in a literal sense.
Plus a property in Wales
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/secret-estate-prince-william-kate-28133422.amp
I truly have no words.. my heart breaks for those that are going to be loosing homes and family members because of the crisis. What good is this family? Their “Royal” children will be throwing away more food than others can feed theirs and the taxpayers will still be expected to pay for the royals extravagant lifestyles. The current “Working” Royals really need to stop focusing on briefing against the Sussex’s and be very worried about their own future. Good Luck with that May coronation ceremony.
I like her earrings. I am sure they cost as much as the average UK citizen’s entire monthly mortgage payment though.
I was eyeing those earrings also. The top photo in the white pantsuit, right? How about a charity raffle and donate those sparklers with all proceeds going to charity. Every penny to charity.
Remember when “everything they do” was going to be “through the lens” of the COVID pandemic? This is their PR team looking desperately for a substantive hook to which they can attach their random appearances and make it look well thought out. And if the “Community Day” becomes an annual thing, I’ll eat my hat because if there’s one thing Kate and William have made clear it’s that they don’t want to be relied on in any way, shape or form. They show up randomly when they feel like it (or when they need numbers by the end of the year) and that will never change….
I’d love to know the criteria they are going to use to measure the impact of their visits. And, will we see pie charts? 😎
“During their engagements in North Yorkshire they will hear how the Royal Foundation has been working with local organisations to increase funding for groups supporting young people’s mental health.”
Do they… not already know?
Loooollll!!!!🤣🤣🤣
Lol, there will be a whole tour of them “listening and learning” (for the cameras) information that should be in the top sheet of the most basic of briefing papers.
It’s the classic “could this meeting have been an email” but tenfold.
I’ve noticed time and again with W&K, they are very careful to not raise expectations surrounding them or their work, with words like “desire”, “intention”, “keen to”. I recall that William was “keen” to volunteer at a crisis help-line or continue to fly helicopters during the pandemic, neither of those activities or his involvement were mentioned again. It seems that for many people, W&K “saying” that they want to do something, is the exact same as them actually doing something.
That’s about right. Such a scam! SMH
I dated someone who thought saying something has equal value to doing it, so routinely would hear “I walked past someone selling flowers and I thought about surprising you with some.” (Never got any flowers in 3 years though…)
Frankly to me it’s worse to hear about the possibility and then be let down than to never even know it existed… I wish they just focused on ribbon cutting ceremonies and stopped implying they want to help because they’re never going to put their money where their mouths are and actually make a difference.
OMG, Ceej, I laughed at the audacity. Glad you wrote “dated” in the past tense.
Your broader point is spot-on. The royals make things worse, especially these two work-shy malingerers.
Kathy and Bill don’t know anything about the cost-of-living crisis and their cluelessness is only going to insult those who are struggling. Just stay in your privileged lane, Wailses, and let real professionals do the work of helping.
the reply is “I thought of banging you today and it was really spectacular” as you leave and drive home.
On another note, Kate’s photo in the white suit could become a gif for BORED!!!!
I’ll never forget when they visited Centrepoint in December 2011. Kate literally rolled her eyes out of boredom. It got scrubbed from the internet when Meghan appeared on the royal scene.
It’s really hard to tell the difference between rota articles about royals and propaganda stories from North Korea or Russia.
I’m saddened by the fact that the Wails think shining a light on poor people will earn them respect. And that people are fooled by these photo ops.
At the end of the day, it’s the local communities that do the most for the suffering. People who have lived through hard times & know what it’s like are on the front lines making a difference. If the Wails want to help, they can call their rich friends & ask them to donate. They can make it a challenge! They could put a huge ad in the Daily Fail. Is it political to help the needy? I don’t think so. But maybe their government thinks it is.
You know what might actually be helpful doing a big charity auction, like when Diana auctioned off some of her clothes, with all the funds going to food banks, homeless shelters, etc
It’s this part that gets me the most:
“During their engagements in North Yorkshire they will hear how the Royal Foundation has been working with local organisations”
*They* are the Royal Foundation, but they have to hear about the work their own foundation is doing from someone else? And that’s their “lasting impact”—visiting places to learn about things they should already know.
There is shady language in a PR release for the visit. A quick read would have one believe that money is being donated to the organization in Scarborough by the Royal Foundation. But I’m closer reading that is not the case and a local organization is going to set up a panel for grants.
They want to act like Archwell without giving the money.
They are admitting they are FOUR TIMES removed from providing direct help to anyone! Here’s the breakdown using their own quote: (1) William and Kate will hear how (2) the Royal Foundation has been working with (3) local organisations to increase funding for (4) groups supporting (5) young people’s mental health. That’s four distinct layers between William and Kate, and young people. I know the royals never do anything directly themselves, but four layers of bureaucracy seems excessive.
Removing the excess fat from their statement, it boils down to William and Kate will “hear how” the four layers below them are doing. Great work, guys. /sarcasm/
I read their little press release. They’re basically taking a leaf out of Harry and Meghan’s book with giving to more grassroots organisations, getting them both money and spotlight and getting out of the way (though I’ve been screaming internally for H&M to work with community foundations).
the pandemic really brought about the OPEN YOUR PURSE era when it came to celebrities (which, despite their teeth gnashing is what the RF are) and philanthropy/public service which is why H&M actually “won” the pandemic contrary to reports by Tominey and Nikkah, because they weren’t parading around offering nothing but their presence. I will never forget W&K showing up to a FOOD BANK empty handed! Basically W&K have had to step up and flash the cash, to show their worth and where the money is going because the masses won’t read an annual report but they WILL see the monetary figure in the news.
Also, I realised with their long as hell press release they basically wrote all the media’s articles for them. I mean… surely it’d be up to time and impact reports to reveal whether or not their contribution had made a “lasting legacy” on the communities instead of saying so in advance?? This like Earthshot being called THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS whatever and K’s survey embiggening all over again. Yeesh
@Afken
LOL Its a three-card trick. LOL
The Wails arent giving away their own money. Re-read their press release. Slowly this time. Theyre definitely co-opting the ideas and some of the language of Archewell. But NOT the actions.
And BTW, Archewell has partnered with several community-based organizations as well as large partners. The very latest Archewell partnering info that was released recently and on which the Wails’ puppeteers have based their latest 3-card trick, is the Archewell Foundation & VING Project Team Up to Grant $1 Million to Women in Need.
How this works is: VING already existed. Archewell’s partnership and influx of funds has allowed Ving to scale up.
Meanwhile the Wails’ proposed version, which they may or may not do once a year, LMAO, is this “impact day” thing which they supposedly “launched” today, in which they will meet with community organizations that are the ones raising funds to donate to their community members in need. TRF just wants to attach itself like a barnacle to these hardworking folks.
One rotarat has an article out today in which Bulliam is supposedly lamenting that in escaping his clutches, H&M has forced him to have to “start from scratch” when he was counting on “the fab 4” to do projects. I’m sure you can translate THAT!
And btw, what nerve! what gall! “Start from scratch????” A whole heir who’s a heartbeat away from billions as king and who just inherited more than 1/2 billion as PoW, crying about “starting from scratch”????? In which universe?
Stop buying ridiculously overpriced brands.
Start buying from starting designers or charity shops to support.
I have mixed feelings about rich people buying up the nice clothes at charity shops. I’d rather they just gave a donation and left the clothes on the racks for people who cannot afford retail or designer stuff to buy.
Kate could donate some clothes — that would be a tangible way to help, especially if she donated professional clothing that other women could buy for job interviews. Or she could hold a clothing swap on the grounds of one of their fancy properties and feed people who come to take part.
William and Kate don’t care about the homeless problems or mental health issues they just get their staff throw some vague word salad . About how their keen to do this or they are going to do this with no follow up . They know the royalist or their stans won’t pay attention to wording of their statement they just praise them to high heaven their trying their hardest to be like Meghan and Harry without the work without actually helping people.
One thing that is happening in my part of the world (Vancouver Island) is a huge increase in people using food banks combined with a shortage of food being donated to these food banks. I’m sure the UK is suffering this as well — will someone please bang Keen and Mean’s heads together and come up with something as simple as a food drive? You know, donate money, get some of their rich toff friends and celebrities together to do a sponsored event? Perhaps get some well-known musicians together for a concert to help food banks? It’s so effing simple but they just show up like a couple of cardboard cutouts, look faux-concerned, say dick-all and f*ck off back to their filthy rich lives.
The title should just read, “They’re Not Shying Away from Working.” Because, of course, they are. Nothing new here.
Charity comes from the heart and is not directly related to politics. I’ve never seen this couple come bearing gifts. What prevents them from donating cases of water, milk, juice, and canned food to food banks through the Royal Foundation? It’s not that they can’t do it; they’re not thoughtful, and there’s always an excuse for not contributing.
Spot on, Robin!!! These two definitely do not lead by example, they? I don’t think they will ever have to worry about being accused of being generous lol.
With all of the associated costs and fanfare, their “work” actually costs organizations money.
And they could EASILY purchase supplies to donate, if not make several cash donations. They’re lazy, stingy, and selfish and I think they’re all about to start having an interesting time of it this year.
Tense smiles are all they ever have to offer. And (empty) jazz hands.
The peasants should be grateful for their mere presence.
Why is it worded “not shying away?” Normally, wouldn’t you just state what they are trying to do to help? I think all this verbiage is being used to say they’re actually not doing much, or at least nothing impactful.
So, their keen focus is like day of the week underwear. And 4 days are missing.
“The cost of living crisis is a lens through which they’re now looking at their work.”
Hmm. Could this be a way for Kate to quietly drop this “Early Years” bs?
How about donating the expenses incurred to visit these places instead of wasting the money on a photo op?
Cost of security, transportation, wardrobe & makeup, etc. probably adds up to a tidy sum. Not to mention these organizations are most certainly wasting limited resources to host their visits. 🙄
Since she counts sending letters as a royal engagement, she can send a letter AND tweet about the donation 😊
They don’t understand the meaning of the words “cost of living crisis” let alone how to do anything about it.
This is a problem of inflation/price -gouging is directly related to lack of consolidation healthy competition & deregulation.
This is about governmental inaction due to a dogmatic approach centred on trickle down economics.
Private non-profits cannot fill that hole, no matter what spotlight they bring.
That approach is not original, it was employed by the Obamas’ method of dealing with Africa’s youths attitudes towards democracy and and and the Commonwealth Trust under the auspices of Prince Harry and his wife.
There is no need for said approach in the UK, they are representing the Head of State, not the government.
So Kate will be an economist to solve the problem then. And get some charts
She’s also in charge of the budget and governmental regulations.