Royal Users

[Kuei Fei]

These days it seems as if the world's royals are into using wealthy people to go on free vacations and enjoy cruises. It's as if to a certain extent they don't care who they are or what their reputation is as long as that person offers them something they want.

I see this as the reason the royals are getting such bad press.

[Windsor]

Examples of this?

[Mairead27]

Maybe its the other way around - those people using royals to make themselves look good? :

[Jenee]

I also think that it has a lot to do with the Royals just having a lot of acquaintances who are wealthy. That's the circle they run in. I read an article about Kate that mentioned Kate and William vacationed at someone's place in the Caribbean and instead of paying for it, they made a donation to a local hospital. :shrug:

[Windsor]

Princess Diana was about the only 'royal' to go about this practice of using wealthy friends... I cannot think of any other British royal doing this, normally as Jen said, wealthy friends insist on having their royal friends use their homes, yatchs, etc to make them look good and therefore 'go up' in society... :whoopdeedoo:

[QueenK]

Maybe its the other way around - those people using royals to make themselves look good? :

What comes around, goes around.

[wheet]

Princess Diana was about the only 'royal' to go about this practice of using wealthy friends... I cannot think of any other British royal doing this, normally as Jen said, wealthy friends insist on having their royal friends use their homes, yatchs, etc to make them look good and therefore 'go up' in society... :whoopdeedoo: 

I am confused about the difference.

Jenee, I believe the rest of the story (Belle Robinson's interview) is that Kate agreed to give the Robinson's company free publicity.   After that she asked for that superflexible job with the Jigsaw.

[Jenee]

Kate is not a Royal. William didn't do any of that.

[wheet]

Well, he stayed at the villa, though he supposedly made a contribution.

[Jenee]

Exactly, that was my point; William, the only royal in this situation, used the Villa, made a contribution to the hospital and was done with it. Kate doesn't have the class (IMO!) to know enough to leave it at that!

[alastair_r2008]

Have deposed and minor Royals always got jobs and social life by using their title. I don't see this as worse than someone using their looks or celebrity to get a job or an invitation .

[Hale]

I don't know the answer to that one, but I say use what you have.

[Scarlet Flowers]

Maybe its the other way around - those people using royals to make themselves look good? :

It does appear to be reversed.  Any small mention and all of a sudden they're your best friend.