r/BeAmazed Aug 06 '25

Skill / Talent The royal lifestyle

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u/TariqKhalaf Aug 06 '25

Bit of context: Paul Burrell is a free-loading chancer who will do anything to keep his gravy train going.

If you believe his claim about the paper in the bin, I'd like to know where you stand on his claim that he's being haunted by the ghost of Princess Diana.

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u/ChattingToChat Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25

That being said, King* Charles is definitely living one of the most privileged lifestyles of all time.

Edit: changed it to King

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u/Adam-West Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25

Depends how you define privileged. He’s unbelievably rich. But he can’t ever relax, he has to shake hands and pretend to be interested in about a thousand people a week. And he’s never in his life been to the cinema or a restaurant or any other normal activity without it being a gigantic fan fair. And he could never ever get drunk in front of anybody but his most trusted staff or family. He almost certainly has never had a truly authentic friendship. To see his mum he had to arrange an appointment. I don’t think I’d switch places with him. It’s not the same as being rich and famous like Beyoncé or Bill Gates. I think it rather swap places with anybody in the upper middle class than Charles.

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u/173slaps Aug 06 '25

I’m going to go out on a limb and assume he has access to the top Hollywood level of talent that could disguise him so he would not be recognizable in a public setting. If he did do that he definitely would not be telling people about it. 

I’m  an average aware global citizen and I could not pick him out of a crowd without all the fanfare.