Am I the only who finds the royal family's educational qualifications embarrassing?

Yes, considering Prince William's gotten himself into Cambridge, and though the course isn't a conventional one, I don't think anybody gotten in with more mediocre A levels than his. Then there's prince charles our future king, he's done 5 O levels and TWO A levels gettings Bs and Cs AND he got HIMSELF into Camb as well. Then there's the others who've done way sub-par subjects such Georgraphy, PE, politics etc for A level and have still gotten awful grades - Bs and Cs, the like. Then there's the cherry on the pie, the Queen herself - she's got no qualifications AT ALL according to the Telegraph.
Am I the only one who finds this disturbing? Surely not? We're being ruled by a pack of dunces. They admitted it themselves (Princess Diana did, at least)! What are we waiting for??? REVOLUTION!!!!!!

It seems you don't know English history. Cromwell killed the King of England almost 150 years before Robespierre killed Louis XVI.

PS : I'm not british either.

Yes, considering Prince William's gotten himself into Cambridge, and though the course isn't a conventional one, I don't think anybody gotten in with more mediocre A levels than his. Then there's prince charles our future king, he's done 5 O levels and TWO A levels gettings Bs and Cs AND he got HIMSELF into Camb as well. Then there's the others who've done way sub-par subjects such Georgraphy, PE, politics etc for A level and have still gotten awful grades - Bs and Cs, the like. Then there's the cherry on the pie, the Queen herself - she's got no qualifications AT ALL according to the Telegraph.
Am I the only one who finds this disturbing? Surely not? We're being ruled by a pack of dunces. They admitted it themselves (Princess Diana did, at least)! What are we waiting for??? REVOLUTION!!!!!!

Anything below an A is embarrassing to have. Considering almost everyone gets As nowadays.

Oh pipe down and get off your high horse. Snobbery and ignorance are not attractive qualities.

I don't understand what you're trying to say. This isn't an undergraduate course. It's a 10 week short course, and he's already a graduate. His A-levels are utterly irrelevant.

He's got an upper second from St Andrews. He meets the Cambridge Postgraduate requirements. I do not understand what you object to.

I object to the fact that no matter if this were a 10-week short course, undergraduate degree or any form of higher education he would have been given a place regardless of results. Hence why myself and those members of the University of Cambridge stand in protest.

I think the fact that they were able to go to prestigious universities is a bit disheartening for students who have put so much effort into achieving top grades to try and get a place :/ not really fair

To be fair what qualifications did they even have when the queen was in her teens My nans about the same age as her and I don't think they did things like O levels back then?

You StudentRoom lefties are starting to contradict yourself.
When BoJo said that the majority of people were stupid, this site was up in arms.
Yet here are the same people, accusing the Royal Family of 'stupidity'.
All the bitter Cambridge rejects, and those that have acquired an air of self-righteousness and superiority because they got 3As and higher: get over yourselves.
I care far more about how well the Royal Family do their jobs than their UMS and how well they dick off the exam boards. Anybody that says that a) qualifications really matter in life and that b) qualifications completely reflect intelligence is a fool (regardless of their 90%+ average).
And actually, Prince Will got ABC which in many people's books would be a fantastic set of grades- my father got into Cambridge in 1978 with AAB, which was about the average then by all accounts.

I am in the Belgian school so I know France better than England :P. Although I must say I know English history better than history of my own country (****ing school programme)

Your father's a fool

Now you're just making stuff up. You're retrospectively changing things. Earlier you made out that William didn't meet the minimums. Now you're saying that you object to something hypothetical and not in evidence. (i.e. William could have gone to Cambridge as an undergraduate with no qualifications) you don't know that - you've made it up.

I suspect you jumped on the bandwagon without even realising what the situation was, and now you've made a fool of yourself for making claims counter to reality.

I suspect your throwing phrases around such as "fool" and "ignorance" because you know you have been careless enough to assume no one understands the context of this news other than yourself. Get off your high-horse and stop being so lackadaisical in your argument.

1. We're not being ruled by them. They're merely figureheads
2. Removing them would be bad for the economy (tourism etc.). Also, too much hassle.
3. I do agree royals should not get into uni on account of their status. It should be meritocratic.

Ha Interesting how you're now relying on evidence:


Perhaps give me evidence for these things before asking for evidence yourself.

I suspect your throwing phrases around such as "fool" and "ignorance" because you know you have been careless enough to assume no one understands the context of this news other than yourself. Get off your high-horse and stop being so lackadaisical in your argument.