It strikes me that, like most things in life, this is a matter of personal opinion.
If you are pro-royal then the....perfectly normal training flight, good
PR, its the 'Royal' Air Force for goodness sake, we've all done it, get a life, etc..... arguements come out.
If you are anti-royal then it's the.....waste of time, taxpayers money misused, rich spoilt brats, etc ....... arguements.
Personally I am very pro-royal when starting from the Queen and working down, but become less and less impressed when we approach the younger generation of 'Royals'. I think Zara gets it right, but I'm afraid I can't say the same for the young Princes. Any sympathy they may have had due to the tragic loss of their mother has long since evapourated in my mind. I feel they have the give:take ratio wrong at the moment. They have many opportunitys to misuse their position, the mark of their character is whether of not they take or decline those opportunities.......
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