Do you think that royal families take too many vacations? deserved or not in your opinion and your thoughts about various destinations chosen.
I don't follow other European Royal families only our own British ones sorry about that.
First off, I should like to address the points raised about their choice of destinations.
I happen to think things have become more difficult for not only the RF, but high profile celebrities in general. There was a time when far more destinations were within the means of the very, very rich which guaranteed an exclusivity. Prior to the 80's, the British press were less likely to dispatch photographers to these exclusive destinations. The reasons for this is because photographers didn't have their photographs as widely circulated as they do now. The pictures taken were in the exclusive ownership of the newspapers due to the fact they had their own photographers on the payroll. Contrast that to today and newspapers are inclined to use freelance photographers or news photo agencies and whom are paid according to the photographs published.
Celebrity magazines weren't produced in the kind of numbers they are today. Today, there are a huge amount of celeb magazines who incidentally invite members of the public to send pics of any celebs which they happen to pap via their mobile phones and for which they can be paid a £100 upwards. Alternatively, depending on the pic they themselves will contact a photo agency in order to make what they can out of the pic. In other words, today everyone is a potential pap.
The point I'm trying to make here is that the nature of the media business has changed as has the cost of flight destinations which have actually gone down. That in turn has put the RF in easier reach of paps and members of the public alike who in turn are potential paps, therefore when seeking out destinations they naturally prefer those small islands which do everything to assist them in maintaining their privacy such as keeping paps at bay. In other words, for all their wealth their destination choices have become restrictive.
As for whether they take too many vacations? I happen to think in general people gage what the RF do by their public engagements and yet anyone who has watched a number of Royal documentaries such as Monarchy at Work, can tell you most of what the RF do actually takes place behind the scenes. The number of meetings they attend can be quite mind boggling. Heads of charitable organisations as well as regimental associations and so on and so on.
Then there are the public gala dinners, but there are also the private ones which are also part of their jobs. Smooching potential donors etc.....and this includes entertaining them at their country seats for the weekends. Therefore, how can we honestly judge whether they take too many holidays if most of what they do is out of the public eye?
So in answer to your question Trudie, no I don't think the RF take too many vacations. I just happen to think the press are inclined to hype things. Especially when there is a recession on and the mantra becomes, "Hang the rich."
Good luck with your topic.
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