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though the hard work is actually done by those that they visit rather than by them turning up and guzzling down tea and cakes and waving at a few humble people).
Worked on a (major) royal visit once, can confirm it’s a shit ton of work, nearly as much as a visit by a head of state.
But I will say that it takes an impressive calibre of people skills to do what the best of them do. Imagine having 400 stakeholders show up to a work function just see and speak with you, then spending >3 hours in the evening going through the crowd trying to give adequate face time to as many people as possible, all while remaining charming, polished and ‘majestic’. The senior royal I was with did that, without a single faux pax or social misstep, and still appeared energetic at the end.
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But then again, I really can't be arsed.
We get the reference, Clive, really, we get it, thank you very much.
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Every year, The Times publishes a letter from a bloke called O'Donovan, in which he lists the Royals and the number of engagements that they have had in the preceding year and applauds them for their hard work (even though the hard work is actually done by those that they visit rather than by them turning up and guzzling down tea and cakes and waving at a few humble people).
I have toyed with the idea of scrutinising the column inches that The Times devotes to Royal stories over the course of a year so as to show how hard that paper (and others) work on the Royals' behalf, pumping out vacuous propaganda to a gullible nation.
But then again, I really can't be arsed.