House of Brat

As I wrote here, while I am 100% on them having another kid, I haven’t definitively settled on a date range of when the little girl will be born. I haven’t taken a look at it in a few weeks. 

As I mentioned in this post, I’m about 94% behind the baby girl being born between 15 August and 06 September 2023. The reason I have some hesitation is that occasionally I think the kid will be born in September and perhaps closer to mid-September. 

I'd really like to see this man's math:

Speaking to the Daily Mail, royal author Norman Baker pointed to data that shows in the time from January 1 to June 15 this year, Prince William, 43, clocked in a total of 57 events – his elderly father, King Charles, 77, meanwhile, managed 76 and his hard-working aunt, Princess Anne, had a top score of 100.

I don't count Anne's engagements, but 100 seems a bit low for the six-month mark.

I do, however, count Charles and William's engagements. I currently have 117 for William and 309 for Charles.

Is that the backyard of Forest Lodge? Or part of Buckingham Palace? I can't tell.

Regardless, only ONE kid for a Father's Day photo? When you were willing to present yourself as a family of five on your wedding anniversary? Which could have & should have just been a photo of Will & Kate.

Was Charlotte the only kid willing to pose for a photo? Or is there more to come? We know you shot video on your month-long Easter/spring vacation.

After tumblr disallowed non-users the ability to send asks, my original rationale for allowing anonymous asks has basically been destroyed.

If you think you’re such a bad ass, then you can submit your attempted snarky statements to my account with your user name. 

But since most--if not all--of you sending me hate mail when I allowed anonymous asks are a bunch of fucking COWARDS, I expect to have a lot less messages to respond to in the near future. 

Oh, is it Transparency Week™ next week? Starting on Sunday, aka Father's Day?

The King and the Prince of Wales are to disclose how much tax they pay in an attempt to improve “transparency and understanding across royal finances”. In a “historic first” Buckingham Palace will this week announce the King’s personal tax payment for the financial year 2024-25.  It will reveal how much tax Charles pays on the profits of his 45,000-acre Duchy of Lancaster estate and his other private investments. Prince William, who has previously resisted calls to disclose details of his income tax, will reveal his tax payment for the same year when his Duchy of Cornwall, the 128,000-acre estate from which he receives his personal income, publishes its annual report this week.

Oh, will William The Terrible be providing a household income & expenditure report next week too? Seeing as he's avoided that for three-plus years...

Charles, 77, who voluntarily pays income tax on his private income from the duchy and capital gains tax on relevant elements of his assets, such as private investments, disclosed his tax payment when he was the Prince of Wales. He has not done so since he became monarch in 2022. The Palace said: “The decision to do so as sovereign has come at the express wish of the King.” Sources close to William said he was also keen to “deliver further transparency” about his financial arrangements. Last month The Sunday Times revealed that William pays up to £7 million a year in tax, putting him in the top 0.002 per cent of taxpayers in the UK.

The Sunday Times didn't "reveal" what William pays. They just did an estimate while THE KP TITANIC didn't dispute it.

Details of Charles and William’s 2025-26 financial years have not yet been fully audited, but it is understood they will be published next year and their tax payments will be disclosed annually. Last month William, who turns 44 on Sunday, said he wanted to be a “force for good” for the Duchy of Cornwall, pledging that his £1 billion estate, bestowed on every heir to the throne since the 14th century and which generates more than £20 million a year in profit, was “evolving” and must be “open to change where it is needed”. He acknowledged to The Sunday Times that the duchy had not got everything right under his stewardship and that he was “learning as we go”.

Oh, you mean William is trying to run a PR campaign regarding his Duchy money since he's worried about parliament taking it away from him. Hence, he's doing a long-range "plan" for ten years to make it difficult to interrupt him.

Sources close to the King said his decision to publish how much tax he pays was “another step forwards in the evolution and modernisation” of the monarchy and reflected the Palace’s acknowledgment that “there is a premium on transparency”. For the 2023-24 financial year, the Duchy of Lancaster estate generated a profit of £27.4 million for Charles, a 5 per cent increase from the previous year. In an effort to better explain how royal finances work, Buckingham Palace will this week publish a “new and extensive” royal household report on royal finances in addition to its sovereign grant report, which sets out its expenditure of taxpayers’ money on the royal family’s official duties. The report, which will contain Charles’s personal tax payment, will be made publicly available on the royal family’s official website, typically on Thursday night or Friday morning. The Palace said: “The annual sovereign grant report contains extensive detail of publicly funded expenditure and other core operational data relating to royal finances. It is subject to government oversight and scrutiny by parliament, the media and the public. “In order constantly to improve, and to encourage wider understanding of our accountability, the royal household has been considering options to enhance transparency still further — and can today announce additional measures in keeping with our public service priorities. Our aim is to explain all elements of royal finances in a way that further enhances clarity and accessibility, while also placing it in its historical and constitutional context.”

Charles has always been one of the more transparent members of the BRF, far more than his eldest son, who has declined to provide a household income and expenditure report ever since he became heir to the throne. William isn't participating in this because he wants to; he's doing it because he knows his ass is on the line!

William couldn't even continue the transparency that his father started. Where is that princeofwales.gov website? Oh, that's right, William had it removed from the internet after becoming The Prince of Wales. He could have used it to be transparent about all sorts of things. Instead he wants to rely on social media for everything. Dumbass!

[previous week]

For the week ending on 20 June 2026.

Official UK public holidays to date: 7 ~ 01 January (New Year’s Day) ~ 02 January (Scotland only) ~ 17 March (Northern Ireland only) ~ 03 April (Good Friday) ~ 06 April (Easter Monday) ~ 04 May (Early May Bank Holiday) ~ 25 May (Spring Bank Holiday)

Number of days in the year to date: 171

Number of working days in the year to date: 115 (excludes public holidays & weekends)

Queen Camilla’s engagements: 7 ~ attended (1) a chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in the Throne Room, Windsor Castle, and attended (1) a luncheon party for the Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter on Monday (15 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Tuesday (16 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Wednesday (17 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Thursday (18 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Friday (19 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Saturday (20 June).

Number of days worked this week: 6

Number of days worked this year: 59

Patronage engagements this week: 0

Patronage engagements this year: 35

Number of London engagements this year: 63

Number of Windsor engagements this year: 10 ~ two (2) engagements on Monday

Number of Cornwall engagements this year: 4

Number of England engagements this year: 100 ~ two (2) engagements on Monday ~ one (1) engagement on Tuesday ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday ~ one (1) engagement on Thursday ~ one (1) engagement on Friday ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday

Number of Northern Ireland engagements this year: 13

Number of Scotland engagements this year: 1

Number of Wales engagements this year: 3

Number of foreign (non-UK) engagements this year: 16

Number of engagements this year: 133

King Charles’s engagements: 9 ~ held (1) an audience with The Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Campbell MP, held (1) Privy Council at 10:30 am at Windsor Castle, held (1) a chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in the Throne Room, Windsor Castle, and gave (1) a luncheon party for the Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter on Monday (15 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Tuesday (16 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Wednesday (17 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Thursday (18 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Friday (19 June). ~ attended (1) Ascot Races on Saturday (20 June).

Number of days worked this week: 6

Number of days worked this year: 84

Patronage engagements this week: 0

Patronage engagements this year: 38

Number of audiences this week: 1 ~ one (1) audience on Monday morning at Windsor Castle

Number of audiences this year: 132

Number of audiences with the PM this year: 13

Number of engagements with foreign leaders this year: 27

Number of London engagements this year: 163

Number of Windsor engagements this year: 41 ~ four (4) engagements on Monday

Number of Cornwall engagements this year: 4

Number of England engagements this year: 245 ~ four (4) engagements on Monday ~ one (1) engagement on Tuesday ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday ~ one (1) engagement on Thursday ~ one (1) engagement on Friday ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday

Number of Northern Ireland engagements this year: 15

Number of Scotland engagements this year: 11

Number of Wales engagements this year: 3

Number of foreign (non-UK) engagements this year: 35 ~ eighteen (18) engagements in USA ~ seventeen (17) engagements in Bermuda

Number of engagements in Commonwealth countries this year: 17 ~ seventeen (17) engagements in Bermuda

Number of engagements this year: 309

[previous week]

For the week ending on 20 June 2026.

Official UK public holidays to date: 7 ~ 01 January (New Year’s Day) ~ 02 January (Scotland only) ~ 17 March (Northern Ireland only) ~ 03 April (Good Friday) ~ 06 April (Easter Monday) ~ 04 May (Early May Bank Holiday) ~ 25 May (Spring Bank Holiday)

Number of days in the year to date: 171

Number of working days in the year to date: 115 (excludes public holidays & weekends)

Proof of Life by Kate: 2 ~ watched (1) the procession for the Order of the Garter as an observer on the sidelines on Monday (15 June). ~ attended (1) the Ascot Races on Wednesday (17 June). ~ released an essay about her trip to Reggio Emilia via the Centre for Early Childhood website ~ last public engagement on 17 June 2026 ~ last seen on 17 June 2026

Number of days worked this week: 2

Number of days worked this year: 31

Patronages visited this week: 0

Patronages visited this year: 7

Early Years engagements this year: 12

Royal Foundation meetings this year: 3

Number of London engagements this year: 20

Number of Windsor engagements this year: 8 ~ one (1) engagement on Monday afternoon

Number of England engagements this year: 37 ~ one (1) engagement on Monday afternoon ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday

Number of Scotland engagements this year: 4

Number of Wales engagements this year: 6

Number of foreign (non-UK) engagements this year: 8 ~ eight (8) engagements in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on Wednesday

Number of engagements this year: 56

Proof of Life by William: 5 ~ attended (1) a chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in the Throne Room, Windsor Castle, and attended (1) a luncheon party for the Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter on Monday (15 June). ~ received (1) Mr Jesper Brodin (Chairman, Earthshot Prize) and held (1) a meeting related to the “Homewards” programme at Windsor Castle on Tuesday (16 June). ~ visited (1) the Apricot Centre, Huxhams Cross Farm, Dartington, on Thursday (18 June). ~ last public engagement on 18 June 2026 ~ last seen on 18 June 2026

Number of days worked this week: 3

Number of days worked this year: 64

Aston Villa games attended this week: 0

Aston Villa games attended this year: 3

Patronages visited this week: 0

Patronages visited this year: 18

Earthshot Prize engagements this year: 8 ~ one (1) engagement on Tuesday morning

Homewards engagements this year: 6 ~ one (1) engagement on Tuesday

Number of Investitures held: 5 14 January, 11 March, 24 March, 13 May, 19 May

Number of London engagements this year: 26

Number of Windsor engagements this year: 36 ~ two (2) engagements on Monday ~ two (2) engagements on Tuesday

Number of Cornwall engagements this year: 8

Number of England engagements this year: 92 ~ two (2) engagements on Monday ~ two (2) engagements on Tuesday ~ one (1) engagement on Thursday

Number of Scotland engagements this year: 6

Number of Wales engagements this year: 7

Number of foreign (non-UK) engagements this year: 12 ~ twelve (12) in Saudi Arabia

Number of engagements this year: 117

Previous weeks on vacation: 7 weeks (William) / 9 weeks (Kate) ~ 01 to 02 January (0.5 week) ~ 05 to 07 January (0.5 week) ~ 16 to 20 February (1 week) ~ 30 March to 03 April (1 week) ~ 06 to 10 April (1 week) ~ 13 to 17 April (1 week) ~ Kate: 20, 22, 23, & 24 April / William: 20, 24, 25 April (0.5 week) ~ Kate: 27, 28, 30 April & 01 May / William: 01 & 02 May (0.5 week) ~ Kate: 18 to 22 May (1 week) ~ 25 to 29 May (1 week) ~ Kate: 09 to 12 June (1 week)

14 days until the next vacation!