Something sort of strange has been happening this year with Prince William and Kate’s travel between their four homes. For the most part, I suppose we can assume that Kate is based out of Adelaide Cottage, where she does the Windsor-based school run with her kids. We don’t hear anything about where Kate is or where the kids are on the weekends though – are they staying in Windsor? Because it feels like Prince William is mostly based out of Norfolk these days. He keeps doing these “unpublicized” and “surprise” appearances in Norfolk or close-ish to Norfolk. I get that no one knows where he is at any given time, but it does feel like he’s trying to do more Norfolk-based stuff recently. Almost as if he’s based out of Anmer Hall or the Sandringham main house these days.
Prince William is thanking medical staff. The Prince of Wales, 40, made a surprise visit to a hospital on Friday to pass on his gratitude and talk to first responders and other staff. Pictures emerged of the royal chatting with ambulance staff and workers at Ipswich Hospital and Ipswich Ambulance Station, joining them for selfies as they marked the visit.
Prince William, who was an air ambulance pilot, frequently supports and heralds the work of emergency services. The news was made public by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Trust, which runs the hospital that lies about 70 miles from Prince William and wife Kate Middleton’s country home Anmer Hall in Norfolk. Ipswich is about 80 miles northeast of London.
After sharing some pictures from the visit, the trust said, “It’s not every day the future king drops in! Thanks to Prince William for visiting NHS staff at #IpswichHospital today. The prince thanked staff and found out more about our local NHS.”
“Last Friday, we had the honour of welcoming @KensingtonRoyal at our Ipswich Ambulance Station. He took the time to meet and thank our staff for their hard work and dedication!” the organization said in a tweet. They added, “A big thank you to @kerryjgaskin for the incredible cakes, we heard they went down a treat!”
The outing was a private one, so Prince William’s office at Kensington Palace had no comment.
My explanation for the cupcake discrepancy is that William’s visit to the hospital was a surprise but people were informed at Ipswich Ambulance Station, thus they had time to pick up cupcakes for William. Since he and his wife always show up empty-handed, wherever they go, the people they’re visiting must give THEM gifts. Imagine how well it would have played if William had turned up to a hospital and ambulance service with food gifts for overworked first-responders. Instead, they had to make arrangements for cupcakes just for him. Cupcakes which probably came out of their budget. Besides, I doubt any of these visits were a surprise.
It’s not everyday the future king drops in!
Thanks to Prince William for visiting NHS staff at #IpswichHospital today. The prince thanked staff and found out more about our local NHS. #LoveYourNHS pic.twitter.com/I0cBjF0mIx— East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (@ESNEFT) February 10, 2023
A big thank you to @kerryjgaskin for the incredible cakes, we heard they went down a treat! pic.twitter.com/hIFGW4c5oE
— EEAST Ambulance Service (@EastEnglandAmb) February 13, 2023
Photos courtesy of social media, Avalon Red.
Whew. That man gets uglier and uglier.
I truly believe our souls and character are reflected on our faces as we age. Being incandescent with rage and catatonic with rage will take its toll.
Really fulfills the Penis with Teeth prophesy, the one where the ancestors said… and the first born shall inherit the small island, and his looks shall fade with time, and he shall resemble a penis with teeth. (I kid. I kid.)
A penis with teeth! Lol!
Absolutely brilliant, I can’t stop laughing, 😂😂
Oh, God. I swear I just flinched. Please warn people before you combine the words “William”, “penis” and “teeth” in the same sentence. Please. Ugh.
I have said this on another post but I can’t unsee Wallace (from Wallace and Gromit).
Why won’t these places say, ‘no thank you, we busy’ to these photo ops. There is no benefit to them and it literally cost them money they don’t have.
I wish one location would do so.
I wish schools would say sorry, we need each parent sign off first.
Somebody on twitter said her child’s school sent letters requesting permission for the children to be photographed meeting royals when they visited. The lady refused, as she didn’t like the royal family. Her daughter was upset but then afterwards said she was glad because they “weren’t that nice to us anyway”:
See Sistah Space. We saw how the media went after the founder for daring to accuse not an actual RF but a staff person of racism and made it so she had to shut down her charity and the media only backed out when she agreed to meet on the RF’s terms weeks later. If an org/nonprofit refuses expect it to “leak” to the press so they get harassed to the point they can’t literally work. No most ppl won’t see through it they’ll say “just suck it up it’s only an hour” and your org will be in the press and you get a photo with a royal you prob won’t see again for 10 years.
@jmoney. You absolutely right. I didn’t even factor in this group of con artist pettiness when it comes to hearing no, we don’t want you here. I would think org that are majority white ran would have the upper hand on that.
Nailed it, JMoney!
These visits feel almost medieval, when the king was travelling his kingdom and expected to be hosted by whoever he visited.
No amount of photo op appearances mean anything. If he wants people to respect him, stop showing up empty handed and stop briefing against and attacking the Sussex’s and their children. At this point I think we all have figured out that marriage is all smoke and mirrors.
Is this what passes as a genuine smile from William?
And the cupcakes, instead of him helping them, they’re spending money to amuse him. Talk about bass ackwards.
Well, the cupcake specially says HRH just for him. Cringe!
“A big thank you to @kerryjgaskin for the incredible cakes, we heard they went down a treat!”
Not with the royal visitor, apparently. How thoughtful of him to give his honest opinion…
https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/14/prince-william-calls-children-on-lunch-break-and-rinses-their-mums-baking-18280256/
What an ass!
@maremotrice, he insulted the woman who brought the cupcakes??!!!
Jesus. If they ever bring back guillotines…
He’s so charmless. This woman is apparently an employee of the ambulance service and made the cakes herself. So PW crapped on that gesture.
In the Mail article about this call, they said he was “laughing at his own jokes” (a bit of shade there), which I can well believe.
His ONLY f*cking job is diplomacy. He’s 40 years old. What is wrong with him?? The cupcake surely couldn’t have been that bad? Honestly. Pathetic.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM? And notice how he calls out the redheaded kid to pick on like he was Harry reincarnated? Uh, duh, this cupcakes is not good I just licked off the frosting like Louis does.
OMG. This is someone who has never been told he’s not funny, or that his jokes are mean, or anything similar. He just expects everyone to laugh at his jokes and they always have because he’s the heir, but he’s so rude sometimes.
He also made a joke about one of the kids looking like Ed Sheeran….
I thought after Spare, it was clear something is seriously wrong with PWT and the courtiers would have put him in some intensive rehab/training program. But no, it looks like he is still up to his rude shenanigans, obviously his staff are all bootlickers who can’t correct him without facing his wrath. He is a horrid person, teasing the redhead kid and insulting the mother about her cupcake. He’s gross.
Obnoxious prick. Mark of a true bully when their ‘humour’ always has a victim.
Oh Lordy, I was joking that his special cupcake had to say hrh on it just for him but I assumed they were good! Omg, this is why he can’t go out by himself. Where were his handlers? That’s not even funny. What in the world?
I would have thought govt workers in UK were protected from having to provide gifts for their supervisors.??? Or doesn’t it matter when they’re anointed by God?
After a long hard day at work, these comments made my evening. Thank you all for the laugh.
At least he wore a mask in the hospital.
A mask was the least he could do. He couldn’t even smarten himself up a bit. He looks like he’s just come in from a farm (no disrespect to farmers.) But if you go to one of the palaces you, an ordinary bod, are expected to dress smartly! He’s a disgrace.
Photo op drop in✔️. Bring nothing but a smile ✔️. My work is done ✔️.
Don’t forget they’re still learning – “found out more about our local NHS.”
@Kirk even though he “worked” for the Air Ambulance
There is no way they popped over to the bakery at the last minute, which just happened to have HRH captioned cupcakes in their grab-and-go section. Kerry worked on those for a while.
Hey, if Willy’s wife isn’t getting anything for Valentine’s day, what makes you think he would give anything to strangers?
Thank you! Someone else noticed. When I read about this ‘surprise visit’ on Twitter the pre-ordered or home made HRH themed cupcakes were my first thought too. Surprise visit my ar*e.
These visits are just a surprise to the public so they can’t assemble for a protest. I read somewhere that all of W&K’s engagements are embargoed now until the morning of.
Yeah, embargoed doesn’t mean its a surprise. It just means its not announced. This visit was last week, right? I can’t see the full tweets but doesn’t one say it was last Friday? Wonder if he and Kate are on vacation with the kids and so we’ll see a few embargoed visits being posted?
@brassyrebel
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. Expect the protests to ramp up the closer they get to the coronation.
JOJO, the only surprise is that he thought to say thank you. Christ I can’t wait for the day that some brave local reporter or radio presenter says “well people the ROYAL BALD EAGLE LANDED TODAY, and yes he was empty handed, did you expect anything else? Still as it was a” surprise visit, at least one bakery must be Able to read the tea leaves as she made some patriotic cup cakes. So there you go people, enjoy the rest of your day, grateful in the knowledge that the ROYAL BALD EAGLE, stopped in, ate cake and didn’t ask any of the first responders if they could pay their bills or feed their kids. But, we all know a royal smile is worth ZILCH
Mmm – yes it would be extremely telling if Kate is still doing the school run out of Adelaide and William is pitching up for random, ‘private’ visits in Norfolk on a schoolday. That would indicate that they are living separately. However, it is half term time right now in the UK so it’s possible they are all at Anmer at the moment?
Funny how all his PR centers around “future king”. Saying the POW or Duke of Cornwall stopped by doesn’t sound as impressive to KP?
I noticed that too. Charles was always referred to at PoW or Prince Charles, not future king so much. Also note that article linked above William manages to make fun of the red haired boy. He’s such an ass
Yeah, I don’t get that. How is that funny, poking fun at someone with red hair? Somebody needs to sit Willy Boy down & tell him point blank, he’s not funny so stop trying. The woman’s cupcakes were terrible & she’d never win bake-off? Why would he say that? How is that funny? And people laugh because no one wants to say, hey, that’s not nice.
He’s just mean. Humour, to PW, is making fun of people apparently. Why single out the kid with red hair? And the cupcake lady wasn’t trying to win a baking competition FFS, she was just making a kind gesture – which was thrown back in her face by this charmless oaf.
Our future king, god help us.
Read: He’s jealous of Harry’s gorgeous red hair.
Future king? Are you sure?
And ofcourse he turns up empty handed.
Interesting what you said about the Norfolk visit whilst Kate is at Windsor.
Just wanted to look at images of his eyes.
The signs will be seen there……
I mean, even medieval queens used to show up at churches with cash to hand out and they often made clothes for poor people as well.
Any “but tradition” excuse does not excuse this.
And the queens and her ladies would embroider items to give to the poor. Very true. I guess these “new school” royals think their appearance is enough. They act like celebrities.
Yet they scream with fury about how they’re “not just celebrities!” when someone says it. What a farce this entire family is.
William and Kate fail to understand that old school royal “work” is not effective. Just showing up, thanking people, handing out awards, “meeting with experts” and “raising awareness” mean absolutely nothing. On its website, the Royal Foundation is not very detailed about the specific work/projects/people it funds, how much is given and the impact it has annually. The website looks like a W & K vanity project. Plus they still list the Invictus Games as a “past project”! W & K are extremely out of touch.
The audacity of them to include Invictus games as a past project is astounding. Harry needs to make them remove it pronto!
That first photo is interesting. That poor lady looks like she’s holding FreeWilly up. If he leans on her any further, they will both fall down.
It’s a past project because it was started under the Royal Foundation.
If he actually “worked” in emergency services, he would know how overworked and understaffed they are, or at least how taxing their work is. So he would know not to show up empty handed with empty gratitude. Even children bring gifts as thank yous. But not the fk. You have to thank HIM for HIS time, like THAT’S the gift. His presence. SMDH.
I understand he blew off the air ambulance work whenever he felt like it. So he, at least, wasn’t overworked. And he was often the cause of short staffing.
in Spare, Harry mentioned how William was jealous of Harry’s work in the military, and how he was training to be a rescue pilot bc that was basically the most he was allowed to do, and he (william) was bitter about that compared to Harry’s. So I wonder if he always felt his work was not that important* and was bitter about it compared to what Harry had done, so felt fine blowing it off.
*I’m not saying being an air ambulance pilot is not important obviously, just that William seemed to think it was.
Also, wasn’t he a co-pilot? Still a critical role but IIRC to do with not doing the hours to be able to hold the full pilot role?
And we had a bunch of nonsense about how he couldn’t do royal ‘work’ on his non-air ambulance days because of the essential rest. I remember that being blown out of the water as an excuse.
Betty donated a new helicopter with an extra jump seat so Will could go on it as a co-pilot.
This came from a rando on Twitter so grain of salt disclaimer, but he said he’s a vet who was on a naval ship in the Caribbean and they got a call in which an air lift was needed but it wasn’t like a dire situation, so they didn’t send Will because the higher ups didn’t see the point of risking an heir to the throne on a call that anyone else was available to do.
I absolutely believe that. We see the sycophantic press coverage like this, fawning over William when he’s done literally nothing – this didn’t just start, this has been the MO from day 1 and I think it’s logical that his “career” as an air ambulance pilot was grossly exaggerated or misconstrued in the same way.
What bothered me was the fawning stories about how bill donated the 60,000 salary.from air ambulance to charity
Pocket change for bill.
I think Pegs truly believes that it is unwise to feed the peasants, because they might spread disease & breed like crazy. He’s the worst.
MSLOVE, Maybe he has been told by daddy that they are like the film gremlins, “Don’t feed them William or they will multiply 🤣
His father is an eco-fascist, so it would not be in the least bit surprising if Willy were too.
Does he know there are now ways to whiten teeth? It’s not the 18th century.
This isn’t much, and we know his true nature behind doors, but William is better with people publicly than Kate IMO; it’s something that strikes me whenever he does solo formal events. He is more natural at speaking and engaging. Now, this isn’t much given how bad Kate is at this stuff, but it is interesting to watch him when he isn’t with her. I sense she embarrasses him or that he feels some kind of disconnect – either it’s contempt or it could be that she is ill and he is fed up of dealing with it.
I agree. He’s actually a lot better without her.
I was reminded how bad he is at the job. Twitter is now replaying his unfunny so called jokes about covid and this back in March 2020
I do think he’s better without her. I mean he’s still William, so he’s still awkward with his dumb comments, lol, but he seems more relaxed and comfortable without her. At joint events he just seems to spend most of the time looking at her like he can’t believe what she’s saying.
I agree. It’s not a huge bar to beat, but he does seem less tense on his own.
Of course he showed up empty handed….is anyone surprised? I will say he looks genuinely happy in that pic, like his smile seems genuine. A stark contrast from when he does these photo ops with Kate.
He’s a billionaire now. He could have walked with some refreshments.
Willy has done something with his teeth. They look suspiciously white and strait. Or this is photoshop?
It could be some work, but with these two the answer is always first and foremost huge levels of photoshop, particularly Kate.
He’s still ugly tho.
Like i said, this man truly is Britain’s discount farquad
Discount, indeed.😆
His schedule reminds me of someone who has unpredictable good days and bad days.
100%.
I worked for years at SS Disability hearing office. That was a regular reference during hearings. Usually claimants that had mental health or drinking issues.
“ Pictures emerged of the royal chatting with ambulance staff and workers at Ipswich Hospital and Ipswich Ambulance Station, joining them for selfies as they marked the visit.”
I thought it was against protocol to take selfies with people. Didn’t they rail against Princess Meghan for taking selfies?
Did he really dissed the cakes during his chat with children? Publicly tell the kid that his mom isn’t the best cook (or something like that). He thinks this is funny? For kid or his mom? Unbelievable!
Also, teased some ginger kid in that group?
William is so stupid. Who says he has better skills than Kate? I don’t think so. At least no one can understand what she is saying. Bill simply insults people when he opens his mouth.
He’s revealing himself as a bit of a bully. (No surprise to any of us here, but still).
That kid will know his mum baked and decorated those cakes specially for PW, and it looks like she went to a lot of effort. And then PW just insults them. What a diplomat.
Right? These aren’t good people skills!
My jaw literally dropped when I read his “jokes” at the expense of the woman who baked the cupcakes and the kid with red hair.
He’s just an a**hole. Like most bullies, he punches down.
He and Sophie probably sit around and trade jokes.
He is such an asshat. People have said his humor is very British and banter, but I don’t think putting others down is British humor. I think it is just rudeness. As a fellow red-head I am so tired of all the red-head jokes. No, not all red-heads are related and no, we all don’t know each other. At least we have hair. Banter my ass. He is a Fu#ker.
I so wish that kid would have retorted, “At least I have hair!”
I feel like this man’s face should come with a trigger warning.
Warning , bald and ugly inside and out coming through.
Of course empty handed, because ambulance service and paramedics have been on strike notice since December and the government has the armed forces on standby to drive ambulances …
But sure lovely of them to take a minute to bring you cakes, Will 🙄
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64041820
And if he had brought something, it wouldn’t be good enough.
Absolutely right. What would have been good enough? Volunteering. Put in some hours, William.
At least have lunch delivered for all the workers who had to interrupt their day for his photo-op. Something to eat with the cupcakes they paid for. Ugh, William and his thoughtlessness.
He’s such a turd. Please, somebody put him in a brown suit.
Explain to me HOW everyone on Williams PR team is doing it all wrong?
I can not find the words to express my anger at this tool.
W&K #1. If you are going to call these self serving photo ops “work” then put some thought and work into it before you arrive.
#2. Bring a cash donation of say, $5K from your vast personal wealth. (More is better)
Bring along a big Powerball Winner size check for the photo op. Smile, shake hands, photo.
#3. Express Thanks to all who are actually doing the work. Shut up, no jokes. Your “jokes” are crap and generally offensive. Queen Liz did not joke, you royal tool.
#4. Get out!!
Do exactly this and no going off script, start to finish 15 minutes.
He should do/donate 1 a week. Or do 4 -6 in one day and then buzz off for the rest of the month. Can I make this any easier for him? Man!
How freakin’ RUDE of him to criticize the cupcakes. OMG, having to eat pleb food.
Imagine what he’s like at home, and the kids picking up on that 🙁
Even if he didn’t enjoy eating them (it happens), literally all he had to do was thank the baker.
QE 2 would never have made sure a faux pas. Just think “What would Grandma do” and do that… except he won’t, because he thinks he knows everything. What a nasty, ill-bred, horrible man child.
I noticed something. In all of the pictures Will has his hands in his pockets. It’s like he is using his jacket as a security blanket. The pics are very awkward.
He looks as if he just came out of a pub.
Partied all night.
Horrible pr
My for kicks and giggles conspiracy theory is he has some scandalous condition he needs frequent visits for and so he doubles it as a “surprise photo op” so no one knows he frequenting the hospital lol. Slow news day… refilling my tea.
It has to be something like this. It would 100% explain everything, including his lengthy disappearances from the scene, his secretive nature, and the fact that they were all so nervous about what H&M were going to reveal in their projects.
Just gracing them with his presence. For goodness sakes! My daughter’s Girl Guide group at least brought cookies to their first responder visit. He honestly believes HE is the gift! Ffs!
What’s funny is this is my local hospital. No one had a clue he was visiting and there didn’t seem to be any point to the visit? We’re in the midst of a funding crisis AND NHS staff are striking due to poor pay. This just seems like it was a fluff visit to try and distract from that.
He dissed the woman who baked him cupcakes? What an ass!
I swear, he has always reminded me of a grown up King Joffery, but I think I may have been too generous.
I hope all the fawning old biddies who worship the Cambridges and hate the Sussexes live long enough to see him crowned so I can delight in their disillusionment.
Sorry, not sorry.
Willy’s bullying is central to his personality and to his political outlook. He is a Tory through and through. And remember, for right-wingers, the cruelty is the point. This is true on every level of their lives.
He is a mean, mean person, and can’t even pretend to be otherwise at any time because he’s been told his meanness is somehow charming.
Rude. Rude. Rude.
I’d have had to say something to him if I’d been the woman who had made the cupcakes he insulted. What a small minded, ungrateful nasty piece of shit he is.
At least I now get why he bonds so well with Mike Tindall. They’re both gobshite bully boys who are somehow living with the delusion that they are natural wits.
He’s shown himself to be a petty passive aggressive dipshit when in public and a full on aggressive dipshit behind the scenes.
Can’t abide the man.
So he visited empty-handed and “found out” learned something. F-ck both these things: “empty-handed” and “learned” instead of doing. He’s 40 years old. He should KNOW what these charities do and come to HELP and BRING donations (I don’t know: money, supplies, ANYTHING) when he does so. How many times have they BOTH been criticized for this shit and neither does anything differently. Galling and disgusting.
William projecting by bullying the red haired child is so disgusting. I can’t even find anything else to say because I’ll be unforgivably crass. It’s just disgusting!