Well why are we paying for her to have a nanny then? Also, if her ' big thing' is the importance of early years, how is saying that she can only be a good parent by being a stay at home mum for 5 years help parents? Who can afford to do that until their youngest child is 5? Is that who her programme is targeted at, people with rich husbands? ( although her husband thinks he needs to work part time too!) Early years is about suitable, affordable childcare and early years education. Both things that are highly political, dependent on funding from government and family income. Its clearly something that some courtier has told her to do as a response to the 'lazy' accusations and she knows little about.
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No indeed but I wish they would stop trying to pretend they are.
Yes they don't have a clue about struggling to afford childcare or having to hold down a job and juggle child care .Its insulting!
I think it is a PR move as well but we are not as stupid as they think we can see through it.
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But she wasn't exactly a normal stay at home mum either. She did some royal work. Obviously not enough in the view of most here.
If a family can afford it I don't begrudge them having a nanny either. Even if the parents don't both work 40 hour weeks. (Granted, they can afford a nanny for reasons which annoy people here
). I wish all parents had the option of childcare support.I think we will see whether Kate's work with the early years foundation has any fruit in the next few years. I hope we do anyway!
I'm surprised you've got the impression they are pretending to be normal parents? They've always seemed quite aware about how lucky they are. I suppose we all read things differently!
On a more fun topic (sparkles!) It turns out Charlotte's little brooch was once the Queen Mother's:
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It’s not a case of begrudging anything … it’s a case of don’t have a PR campaign of cracking on for 2 years based on how normal you are when you know and we know you are anything but. You, apparently, have a divine right to be where you are so don’t pretend you need to wait on a train station for Granny’s train to appear. Have a nanny (or several) but don’t pretend you have to be at the school gates or no one else will be.
Same as Mike and Zara, who always seem to be touted as the most ‘down to earth’ when in reality they live in a house on her mum’s estate, own and train horses worth megabucks, have sponsorship deals with top name brands, he has had a position as a brand ambassador for an online betting company and was publically bemoaning how the pandemic might affect payment of school fees (because grand daughters of the Princess Royal are absolutely bound for the local Grange Hill). If that’s down to earth, most of the rest of us are subterranean.
Basically, don’t wee down my back and tell me it’s raining.
Same as Mike and Zara, who always seem to be touted as the most ‘down to earth’ when in reality they live in a house on her mum’s estate, own and train horses worth megabucks, have sponsorship deals with top name brands, he has had a position as a brand ambassador for an online betting company and was publically bemoaning how the pandemic might affect payment of school fees (because grand daughters of the Princess Royal are absolutely bound for the local Grange Hill). If that’s down to earth, most of the rest of us are subterranean.
Basically, don’t wee down my back and tell me it’s raining.
I thought wearing a horseshoe upside down (like the Queen Mother did and the art afterwards) was unlucky?But she wasn't exactly a normal stay at home mum either. She did some royal work. Obviously not enough in the view of most here.
If a family can afford it I don't begrudge them having a nanny either. Even if the parents don't both work 40 hour weeks. (Granted, they can afford a nanny for reasons which annoy people here
I think we will see whether Kate's work with the early years foundation has any fruit in the next few years. I hope we do anyway!
I'm surprised you've got the impression they are pretending to be normal parents? They've always seemed quite aware about how lucky they are. I suppose we all read things differently!
On a more fun topic (sparkles!) It turns out Charlotte's little brooch was once the Queen Mother's:
Yes me too! The IG post discusses this a bit, apparently some people think it's lucky upside too? Weird.
@Boring Monday I completely understand where you and the others are coming from, and your annoyances.
I thought that as well
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