Should Prince William Have Been Allowed A Place At Cambridge?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/dec/31/william-at-cambridge-shame

[Prudie]

How convenient that when used to knock a Royal a 2.1 is now considered below standard - or is that just inadvertent proof of the dumbing down of University graduate ability in general?

[BlueToffee]

Privately funded, by whom? The taxpayer!

[NoMercy]

If a young man wishes to better himself by receiving further training or education and is willing to pay for it, what's the problem?

And if I, as a tax payer, made any form of contribution, then big fat hairy deal. I'd rather have a monarchy I could be proud of.

[emmie]

he should, and as others have said, it's being privately funded. No problem with this at all.

[sandyRoe]

Isn't there a course at an agricultural college in the offing? How does he find the time?

[emmie]

how does anyone, you just do. If things go to plan, he will be King one day, better to have someone with an ounce of knowledge than a total dimwit.
He seems a very personable and down to earth young man, i admire him and his brother the way they have dealt with being in the spotlight the whole time, and their mothers untimely death. That must have been incredibly hard, whichever way you look at it.

[mushroom25]

//WHAT having a fuedal institution still as head of state, by birth rather than democracy.//

king tony more to your liking? or king Cameron perhaps? both properly granted power by the electorate.

[BlueToffee]

Mushroom25, I think you'll find that most Republicans are looking to follow the Irish Republic model, not a political appointment with a say in how the country is run, more an elected figurehead.