r/BeAmazed Aug 06 '25

Skill / Talent The royal lifestyle

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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/TinkerTom69 Aug 06 '25

Poor Charles I will play him a very small violin 🎻

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u/Adam-West Aug 06 '25

Im not saying poor Charles but would you genuinely want that life?

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u/TinkerTom69 Aug 06 '25

Shaking peoples hands for a living ? Yes. Being a nonce ? No

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u/Clusterpuff Aug 06 '25

For real. people are working 3 jobs to afford ramen and I’m supposed to feel sorry for a guy eating caviar off the back of a platypus with a diamond spoon… because he has to shake hands with other wealthy people for his job? Big fuckin boo hoo

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u/Same-Instruction9745 Aug 06 '25

That is not nearly all there is to it. You may be rich, but your time no longer belongs to you. Good bye gaming. Goodbye driving where you want. Your entire life is now on display forever and you can no longer do..nvm other guy wrote it all out for you

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u/RipperReeta Aug 06 '25

I see your nuance and you are 100% right - but unfortunately people won't be open to nuance on a website that rewards single-mindedness.

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u/Samurai_Meisters Aug 07 '25

lol what nuance in that comment? They outlined a binary situation. It's also completely untrue.

No gaming? Charles gamed all the time, but his games were polo, hunting, fishing, sailing, skiing, scuba, racing, and way more.

Sure, he has obligations, but so does everyone else.

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u/RobinVanPersi3 Aug 07 '25

Fookin avvv it lad