If my house catches fire I pay to get it rebuilt. Given providence, I would be insured, which I also pay for. This business about the royals, among the richest people in the world, paying out for stuff "they don't have to," unlike the rest of us who pay out for everything, is a laugh a minute, frankly. It puzzles me that anyone would wish to compliment them for doing voluntarily what everybody else does compulsorily.

You asked me about my charitable giving and I told you, politely, to mind your business. Be assured that that was not an answer outlining whatever charitable giving I happen to indulge in. Now I've pointed out that the royal family spend vast amounts of their time hidden from view, shooting, hunting, fishing, riding, holidaying and getting killed on French jollies with playboys while nanny looks after the kids. "Working hard" for them entails having an army of servants preparing them in every conceivable detail for all their engagements, taking them there and bringing them home, often in Bentleys (which we gave them), private jets, royal trains or massive yachts. "Working hard" entails turning up, waving and going home again. The only hard work is done by that aforementioned army of servants.