Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
It has been said that one of the great gifts Diana gave the Royals, aside from herself, was to take her sons out of the previously firm royal bubble so that they got to eat at places like McD's and do many such things as children that Charles would never have even known about. I'm glad Philip got to see your classroom in its natural state because in my experiences at several Royal events, not only the room but the kids themselves would have all been scrubbed down and whitewashed . I'm not blaming the Windsors, it's the way things are. Like being President, only involuntarily and for life.
What you say about McD's is probably true, but I could show you many people in the UK who are not titled, who would not dream of eating in places like that. That is just their choice, and I am not sure how their lives would be improved by being taken there.

The royal bubble is a bit of an exaggeration. When the royals join the forces, as most of them do, they live like everybody else. When the young royals go abroad and work with charities they see life in the raw, the likes of which most of us only see on television.

Peter