As if they had many reasons to not smile.
We learned “the Duchess of Sussex donned a black A-Line long-sleeve dress with a spiral-shaped fascinator (hat; explanation and parenthesis added here). Her new sister-in-law, the Duchess of Cambridge, wore an ice-blue fitted dress and matching fascinator” (http://www.cbs8.com/story/38610355/meghan-markle-and-kate-middleton-are-all-smiles-with-prince-harry-and-william-during-balcony-appearance).
How utterly fascinating.
And why shouldn’t the younger British Royals smile?
After all, none of them has to work at an actual job—a real job, to help pay the rent or mortgage, and put food on the table, and keep the kiddies in decent clothing---a day in their lives.
None of the British Royals, including Harry and William, ever has to be concerned, the rest of their lives, about money; or about the lack of money and not having any of it--as most mere mortals must worry about these things, at least sometimes.
None of them ever has to worry about being laid off or, worse, being fired or otherwise displaced, from their so-called jobs—and none of them ever has to be concerned about not being able to find a decent and decent-paying job.
Their boss-employer-grandmother-grandmother-by-marriage, the Queen, would never do that to them.
One online source (http://www.businessinsider.com/how-prince-harry-actually-earns-his-princely-fortune-2018-4) states the following points, mainly about Harry:
• “Prince William and Prince Harry both have an estimated net worth of approximately $39 million;”• “Prince Harry, who was born Henry Charles Albert David on September 15, 1984, is formally known as Prince Henry of Wales. He's currently 33 years old;”
• “When the royal (Harry) turned 30 in 2014, he inherited a trust of around $14 million from his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales;”
• While serving as an officer in the Army Air Corps, he (Harry) was reportedly granted a salary of around $45,251 per year;
• Prince Harry received between $50,278 and $53,286 while working as a helicopter pilot for the Army Air Corps (http://www.businessinsider.com/how-prince-harry-actually-earns-his-princely-fortune-2018-4).
Another site (www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/politician/royal/prince-william-net-worth/) states, mainly about William, “...William Arthur Philip Louis…Prince William and his younger brother Prince Harry inherited £13m in trust and after tax from their late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Since the age of 25, Prince William has enjoyed a lavish income from the £6.5m capital left to him by his mother, plus money from the estate of his great-grandmother the Queen's mother who died in 2002” (www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/politician/royal/prince-william-net-worth/).
This website also notes William earned a “decent salary” of £37,170 yearly as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force (RAF), and is given an allowance from his father and from his own income from the Duchy of Cornwall estate. And “should his father pre-decease,” his (William’s) “income will go stratospheric when the whole of that income is transferred to him. Investment income and inheritance make his net worth at $40 million according to WealthX” (https://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/politician/royal/prince-william-net-worth/). Pity poor William and Harry, along with their poor wives, Kate and Meghan, having to scrimp and get by with these mere pittances.
Maybe things will improve for them, financially, and they will really have something to smile about, on and off royal balconies, waving at 'the little people.'
