I did not expect such a reaction. Just the info that photos were taken of Hasselblad equipment. But as we're at it. I guess you guys do not criticize anyone in the royal family, only the technique (the artistic aspect / quality) of pictures ...
As you see, we do have some odd personalities in the good old United (!?) Kingdom...
My view? God bless the Royals. At least they have some dignity and can do their duty/job well, and let's face it, they can't easily resign when they do something incorrectly or even feel that they are not cut out for the work. But then, duty is a concept almost unknown to many people today; it's listed somewhere as having a minor rôle in being a mug.
Never heard of anybody from abroad coming to spend dollars, euros or yen to see a friggin' politician. Trouble with elected people, many are in it to make money whilst the sun shines; why else would they take on a job where they know that they will end up being hated? And the rest? Possibly they are motivated by a streak of altruism, but then I'm pretty certain that ends up being washed out of them by the time they lose their next election.
The amazing thing is that more people with the opportunity haven't given up and just gone to live abroad.
Rob C