Prince William Helps Out in Kitchen

[Hale]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1162565/Following-mothers-footsteps-Prince-William-helps-kitchen-homeless-charity-newly-released-photo.html

[wannabe]

Thanks Hale, William - September 2006 !  I knew that people who have shared with him in private voluntary/charity works with no photogs - its really nice - glad the St. James is working !

[Stix Chix]

Chop off the old block--The Sun

[drezzle]

Comment: 

Posted by: Candy3

So the palace is so desperate for Williams image that they have nothing else to use other than a 2006 picture?And he worked there for two days in 2006?Thats it?Since then nothing.Bahbahabahabahabahaba h.These people must realy think we are fools.

Oops!  This sounds like a stunt dumb enough for the St. James Office.  With supporters like that, William won't have any need for enemies

[brittanylala]

I agree with the comment you posted above Drezzle. St James Office must really think we are dumb if they thought the public would blindly approve of some knock off pictures of Will from 2006.

Sort it out Head and Pinkerton! Get Will down to the kitchen in 2009!

[Jupiter]

his pr team are going all out to promote the image of  'william the hardworking caring guy'.

why are they releasing pics from 2006? has he not done anything recently since then?

[Jenee]

Trainee rescue pilot William, who is nowadays more accustomed to high-flying choppers than chopping lettuce leaves, spent two days as kitchen helper at the organisation in September 2006.

Other pictures were released in 2006 from those two days he spent there. I am pretty sure those are the only 2 days he's invested in that charity over the years!! My goodness, what are they thinking, bringing this up NOW?!  It is like they're saying 'gosh William hasn't done anything worthwhile lately and he's getting all this bad press.... lets publish some pics of some charity work he did 3 years ago and see if anyone notices!'

Dumb dumb dumb dumb duuummmbbb!


http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2009/03/17/william-centrepoint/

[Angelbaby]

     Hmmmm.  IMO Judging from the pictures of the last few public duties, maybe the palace might be trying to "RE-EVENT" the "prince" formerly known as the "eminent engagement prince" who IMO [could never even be pictured before without adding a "girlfriend and emminent engagement line"] to whatever he was publically doing at the time. 

   Now he is "RE-APPEARING" as Prince William, second in line to the throne of England, and there is no one "overshadowing" his public appearances or being written into his future as a given fact.

 

[miss]

In thw some place in Lublin I was making it.Vety funny

[topqueenb]

Now I'm thinking maybe they saw the timing relevant as he just did the dinner for Centrepoint and Hello magazine is featuring him doing the dinner and his time spent volunteering at Centrepoint.

[Angelbaby]

^^ Maybe they are reading these boards because a lot of posters were saying that William performed the last royal duties because of the "bad press" of the "idle prince" articles and by showing that he did actually volunteer "without publicity" and 3 years ago could put to rest these rumors.  I think that it puts to rests that his current duties are PR spin but it does look suspicious, no doubt, but I am incline to think that the rag mags are trying say that they "somehow" effect what's going on at the palace.  It is a fact that Prince Charles did way more royal duties than William at the same age but they overlook the fact that Prince Charles had not faced the death of his mother at the same age and it is completely unreasonable IMO to expect William to just "get on with it" and keep up with his father's appearances when he and his father faced extremely different situations at the same age.

 

[drezzle]

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p=prince%20william%20cooking&src=standard

Some of my favorite pics of William -- I do love a man who does the cooking.

[kellyfan203]

I think hes probably done more behind the scenes work in the past...(just my opinion)...certainly not this year what with him training and stuff, but I think they released the pictures more or less to coincide with Centrepoint's 40th anniversary, although I'm sure St James probably thought it would bring some good PR for William.

[sandy]

To repair this Wills needs to keep at royal appearances for a time before he heads for the pubs and the vacations. The problem is WIlls seems to like to take the "curse off" by going partying right after. If he wants to emulate his mother he should remember how she worked tirelessly--sure she took time off but not right after two or three visits to some charity.

[drezzle]

It's ironic that Diana resolved not to go to anymore pop concerts, or being seen coming out of late night cafes.  William is probably aware of how super image-conscious she was.  I really don't understand why anyone would expect William to follow in his mother's footsteps considering what it got her?  The Firm had their chance at real royal power, and discarded it.  I doubt William  wants to try and replace his mother's glory for that bloody family. 

[Ytsken]

I'm pretty sure the term 'news' implies new information but given how the Daily News is a tabloid, it makes somehow sense that 'news' to them means 'new pictures.

It is a fact that Prince Charles did way more royal duties than William at the same age but they overlook the fact that Prince Charles had not faced the death of his mother at the same age and it is completely unreasonable IMO to expect William to just "get on with it" and keep up with his father's appearances when he and his father faced extremely different situations at the same age.

Angelbaby, I completely agree with you that it's completely unfair to compare a 26-year-old grandson of a Reigning Queen in 2009 to a 26-year-old Crown Prince in the 1970's since both times and circumstances are very difficult. However, as devastating as it undoubtedly is to loose one's mother so young, it has been 11 years. After eleven years it can be expected that one has grown up, accepted the inevitable, and has moved on with life. If one can't do that, one can't be a responsible adult, let alone be a suitable king.

It would be nice if the royal princes were seen more doing things like these during these hard economic times however.

[sandy]

It's ironic that Diana resolved not to go to anymore pop concerts, or being seen coming out of late night cafes.  William is probably aware of how super image-conscious she was.  I really don't understand why anyone would expect William to follow in his mother's footsteps considering what it got her?  The Firm had their chance at real royal power, and discarded it.  I doubt William  wants to try and replace his mother's glory for that bloody family. 

Diana married into the firm. Wills was born to it. Big difference. He can't follow in his mother's footsteps entirely because of strictures that come with his present and future roles.

[Lucy]

I think hes probably done more behind the scenes work in the past...(just my opinion)...certainly not this year what with him training and stuff, but I think they released the pictures more or less to coincide with Centrepoint's 40th anniversary, although I'm sure St James probably thought it would bring some good PR for William.

Right, he's done a lot more for Centrepoint, here is from their own pages of 2007 through 2009:

http://issuu.com/a.g.lawton/docs/cp_annual_review_report_2007_08_impact/3

He is playing ball with homeless youth...there are more events for those interested.

[Angelbaby]

I'm pretty sure the term 'news' implies new information but given how the Daily News is a tabloid, it makes somehow sense that 'news' to them means 'new pictures.

It is a fact that Prince Charles did way more royal duties than William at the same age but they overlook the fact that Prince Charles had not faced the death of his mother at the same age and it is completely unreasonable IMO to expect William to just "get on with it" and keep up with his father's appearances when he and his father faced extremely different situations at the same age.

Angelbaby, I completely agree with you that it's completely unfair to compare a 26-year-old grandson of a Reigning Queen in 2009 to a 26-year-old Crown Prince in the 1970's since both times and circumstances are very difficult. However, as devastating as it undoubtedly is to loose one's mother so young, it has been 11 years. After eleven years it can be expected that one has grown up, accepted the inevitable, and has moved on with life. If one can't do that, one can't be a responsible adult, let alone be a suitable king.

It would be nice if the royal princes were seen more doing things like these during these hard economic times however.

Ytsken,  

   I agree with your rebuttal but as I wrote before that I think that William has already been "reinvented" behind the palace walls as a more mature, caring and dedicate royal.  Now if  he will only STOP "resurfacing" from clubs looking tipsy and bleary eyed in the wee hours of the morning, he just might be able to pull off this "reinvented image" and one can only wait and see.  Who knows with William and Harry because the media has clearly pulled the gloves off with these two princes and I hope that they don't adopt the attitude of "I'm damn-d if I do and I'm damn-d if I don't anyway" so why try and please them at the expense of my little bit of fun that I am allowed.

 

[Hale]

I just want to see more of my future monarch.  It would make me personally happy.  No harm in that.

[Jenee]

^^ Maybe they are reading these boards because a lot of posters were saying that William performed the last royal duties because of the "bad press" of the "idle prince" articles and by showing that he did actually volunteer "without publicity" and 3 years ago could put to rest these rumors. 

Good theory... except, this WAS publicized 3 years ago, with different photos. The only thing "new" about this, is the pictures of him in the kitchen.

The pictures that were released 3 years ago can be found here:
http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/prince_william_meets_homeless_young_people_at_centrepoint_467854629.html


A video of PW's speech at the 40th anniversary dinner can be found here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090312/video/vuk-prince-william-speaks-at-the-centrep-49bfa63.html

[Wickedly Good]

It may have been theorized by his crack pr team that they could release these old pictures under the guise of the Centrepoint anniversary and have a two-fold impact by giving him an image boost before he jets off for his luxury ski trip that the media/public will undoubtedly slam him for taking.   That...and it satiates the appetite for pictures of him without him having to be inconvenienced...which the media/public accept because they want to see them.  Tis a twisted cycle.

[Jenee]

^Very.

[kellyfan203]

I actually don't see anything wrong with him going on vacation with Kate but that's a whole different issue, anyways it certainly doesn't bother me that these pictures are old. Personally I think it's great William helped out and volunteered at Centrepoint, whether it be now or 3 years ago.

[sandy]

^^ Maybe they are reading these boards because a lot of posters were saying that William performed the last royal duties because of the "bad press" of the "idle prince" articles and by showing that he did actually volunteer "without publicity" and 3 years ago could put to rest these rumors.  I think that it puts to rests that his current duties are PR spin but it does look suspicious, no doubt, but I am incline to think that the rag mags are trying say that they "somehow" effect what's going on at the palace.  It is a fact that Prince Charles did way more royal duties than William at the same age but they overlook the fact that Prince Charles had not faced the death of his mother at the same age and it is completely unreasonable IMO to expect William to just "get on with it" and keep up with his father's appearances when he and his father faced extremely different situations at the same age.

 

Elizabeth faced the "death of her father" at a young age. She had to get on with her life and jump right into becoming a monarch. She probably felt as much pain as Wills and Harry.

Charles probably is so self pitying (read the DImbleby book) he probably thinks he suffered many more slings and arrows than anybody. Yet he still did his royal duties despite he extreme self pity.

Wills mourning period didn't stop him from drinking and clubbing and vacationing.I think he doesn't like to work.Diana encouraged him.I think without her, his jealous dad is happy to keep Wills less busy and less "out there" and I think it suits Wills that way.

Let's see if he follows up or if these appearances and PR weren't just bandaids.