TheMightyQuinn said:
Working class kid behaving like that is a thug, a layabout and a benefit cheat. He probably pretends to be disabled too.
A royal doing it is fine.
Christ only knows how much of the taxpayers money was spent on dildos for Diana and hitmen for Charles.
Not here to fall out mate but you're wrong on a few things here.....
1) I understand that point of view. But he's a serving officer who's done a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Hasn't he earned the right to let his hair down in the same way as other young, single soldiers do? He just wants to do his job, i.e. serve in Afghan. Then some dickhead leaks details of his deployment because apparently it's in the public's interest. Death by blunt stick.
2) We're not paying for his lifestyle either. The tax payer only foots the bill for the RF's official duties. Everything else comes from their private income from Balmoral and Sandringham, which they own. Even the Sovereign Grant is self-funding, being only 15% of the total income of the Crown estate, the other 85% going into Government coffers. So, you're not really even paying for that. And they've owned all that stuff for generations, so we're not going to miss it.
Hope that helps.