How is it to live like a royalty? What are the pros and cons?

Question

Hmmmm......just curious, but would anybody from this section offer me the chance to experience it just for a day!:)

Love, Gigi

Answer 1

Pros  -  It's nice that you dont have to work

Cons - You are missing what's life is all aobut.

Answer 2

Being Royal isn't what you'd expect it to be. Even Diana,the late Princess of Wales said that it was mostly "sheer slog." As a royal princess you would be expected to serve the monarch by heading many charities,military organizations,educational endeavors,undertake goodwill tours,put your personal wants aside in favor of duty.Add to that,the intrusion of the paparazzi.

Here are some of the things the Princess Royal,daughter of Queen Elizabeth II does:

"The Princess Royal holds a number of appointments in the British and Commonwealth Armed Services:

8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) (Colonel In Chief)

The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (Colonel)

Canadian Forces Communications and Electronics Branch (Colonel In Chief)

Canadian Forces Medical Branch (Colonel-In-Chief)

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) (Commandant In Chief)

The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (Colonel In Chief)

HMS Albion (Sponsor)

HMS Talent (Sponsor)

Portsmouth (Commodore-in-Chief)

The King's Royal Hussars (Colonel In Chief)

The Queen's Gurkha Signals and The Gurkha Transport Regiment (Affiliated Colonel-In-Chief)

Royal Air Force Lyneham (Honorary Air Commodore)

The Royal Army Veterinary Corps (Colonel-In-Chief)

Royal Australian Corps of Signals (Colonel In Chief)

Royal Corps of Signals (Colonel In Chief)

The Royal Logistic Corps (Colonel In Chief)

Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (Colonel In Chief)

Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Colonel In Chief)

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment (Colonel In Chief)

The Royal Regina Rifles (Colonel In Chief)

The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Royal Colonel)

Women in the Royal Navy (Chief Commandant)

The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) (Colonel In Chief until merging into the Mercian Regiment in August 2007) "

"The Princess Royal has a wide range of public roles, and a very busy working schedule. In 2005 Her Royal Highness carried out some 640 engagements in the UK and overseas.

The Princess began to undertake public engagements alone when she was 18. She first flew her personal standard in 1969 when she opened an educational and training centre in Shropshire. Her first State visit was in May the same year, when she accompanied her mother and father to Austria.

The Save the Children Fund, of which she has been President since 1970, was the first major charity with which she became closely associated. It has given her great insight into the needs of children worldwide, and an understanding of the issues affecting developing countries.

In her work for the organisation, the Princess has visited Save the Children projects in many countries, including Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Malawi, Botswana and Madagascar.

The Princess has been closely involved with the creation of several charities, notably The Princess Royal's Trust for Carers, Transaid and Riders for Health.

The Princess Royal's Trust for Carers provides support for the millions of individuals in the UK who are responsible for caring for someone.

Transaid and Riders for Health both try to overcome some of the difficulties caused by poor transportation links in developing countries.

The Princess also works with over 200 other organisations, to all of which she devotes a large part of her working life.

  In addition to working for her charities and regiments both at home and overseas, the Princess carries out up to three overseas tours each year for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in support of British interests overseas.

In 1990 she became the first member of the Royal Family to make an official visit to the then USSR, as a guest of the Soviet government.  

She also carries out a very wide range of official duties and visits in the United Kingdom in support of regional authorities and local institutions.



The Princess Royal is also a British representative in the International Olympic Committee. She took part in London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, and is now a member of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games."

The above information is from http://www.royal.gov/uk

And to correct a very wrong answer: minor royals are not on the Civil List! Princess Michael of Kent thought that she would be able to work her way onto the List but was turned down flat.Only The Queen and Philip can be on the Civil List.Charles earns income from The Duchy of Cornwall.Andrew,Anne and Edward are paid for their services to the Queen by the Queen herself.Everyone else is either independently rich or they have JOBS.

Answer 3

This seems kind of silly, but watch the Disney DVD, "Aladdin".  I think it brings out some good points.

Being in a high public position means most of your choices are made for you.  And you have to always look good.  On the other hand, your material needs are well met.

Answer 4

The only cons are if you are from a royal family that has been booted out on its *** and you want a throne back, haha

The pros are: you have a title, free food and accomodation, get to meet lots of more useful people than you are AND get thanked by them for the privilege. Wear great cothes, complain that you are followed by the media but get ticked off when they aren't following you. And all you might have to do in return is be oart of a breeding program for a pedigreed line that wouldn't pass muster in a dog show.

You could be a minor royal and get all of the benfits of the Civil List with none of the real disadvantages of anyone caring that you do so little for so much and that no one cares! You can pretend to have a career of your own without any possibility of hardship.

And didn't they make a reality TV show where royal-family sucker-uppers and snobs made over rather dull girls into princesses by teaching them how to walk and talk and act like ladies? LOL That's your best bet for feeling royal for a day.

And on a lighter note, what you are asking is to be pampered and kept for a day...and there is a name for that honey but 'royal' isn't it!

But whatever way you look at it, royals are little more than mules in horse harness and don't fool anyone!

Answer 5

Hello Gigi,

Royalty are similar to the Elite of any society and culture, there are those whom use the exceptional opportunity and advantages they have access to in order to benefit themselves and those around them leveraging their existence and value to the power of those they support in many forms and scenarios, though usually looked at negatively by those not wanting to be labeled as 'their pets'.  Once one has the opportunity to engage with them at a reasonable length of time and with enough interaction to justify the forming of an opinion of what 'that' particular royal is all about, it would be a fair assessment and it would be one that is generally limited to that royal who might be or not be similar to the others, include their own sibling or parent.

They are as luring to and attention grabbing as celebrities, though rarely gain their assets and leverage through being in the lime light.. to the contrary in most cases as is evident with many European examples.

So, the pro's and con's are different depending on what sort of Royal you are.. and I've noticed your question stating '..living like a royal' which might mean you're asking about a particular aspect of being a royal and not the whole package.. Such as, power, money, protocol and legacy so I hope I didn't confuse you further or went on beating around the bush and I apologize if I do as English is my second language.