Monarchy -
HRH Prince Edward
Edward
never really made a name for himself or stood out
within the royal 
family. Having hidden
from public gaze and being reticent to bring the
people onto his side, neither expressing any view
nor support of them and showing no concern at
their lives, he should hardly be surprised that
they have taken such little interest in his own.
His Really Useful Company has not made a name for
itself in theatrical circles because it hasn't
done anything of any note, his Ardent television
production company hasn't managed to produce a
profit yet and the public see him as nothing more
than another individual who isn't doing very well
for himself; another failure, like everyone else.
Any successes he may have achieved stateside,
such as his tours discussing the rebuilding of
Windsor Castle, have been tainted by the fact
that such successes have only been achieved with
insider and privileged knowledge and the fawning
and toadying of those who attend such events
simply to claim for themselves the credit that
they've seen a British royal. So when he starts
whinging that the British people don't recognise
his success it's hardly surprising that they get
upset; he's neither a successful royal nor a
successful business man, indeed, he's not been a
success in any way. It's not surprising that his
comments went down like a lead balloon. He's
damaged his own, minimal, reputation more than he
can possible imagine.
Attempting to
offset the damage done, by suggesting his
comments were responses to derogatory media
coverage in the UK and not the people of Britain,
hasn't helped because everyone knows that the
press were uttering exactly what the people who
read the newspapers think; he's crap and has done
nothing worthy of accord. Old Eddie boy has,
right royally, put his foot in it. When Prince
Edward set up Ardent Productions eight years ago
he predicted it would be a success and said there
would be no cashing in on Royal connections. But
by 1999 Ardent had lost £1.7 million, and only
this year did it succeed in recording a pre-tax
profit of £30,000. Many of the 37-year-old's
productions have had a very royal theme -
including the documentaries, Crown and Country
charting British history through monuments,
Edward on Edward, about the life of his uncle
Edward VII, and a documentary on the restoration
of Windsor Castle after the 1992 fire.
Sophie
Wessex’s once-booming public relations
company now has just £100 in the bank and Prince
Edward’s controversial television firm owes
shareholders more than half a million. Sophie
remains a non-executive director of R-JH, despite
being forced to step down from her hands-on role
in 2001. She and business partner Murray Harkin
had been caught bragging about their royal
connections to an undercover newspaper reporter.
The figures, filed at Companies House, show the
firm made its first-ever LOSS in 2002-3, losing
£5,903. That compared to a profit of £52,847 in
the previous 12 months.
It also has an overdraft and bank loans totalling
more than £12,237 and earned so little money it
was not eligible for corporation tax. Ardent
Productions, where Edward is still a director
despite stepping down as MD, cut losses by
£12,052. But overall, losses during its 11 years
trading total £2,147,366. Shareholders have yet
to receive a dividend due since 1997. And the
firm, alleged to have stalked Prince William in
his first week at university, owes Edward
£108,500 rent for its offices at his home in
Bagshot Park, Surrey. R-JH’s Chris Clarke
blamed its loss on “restructuring”
following the exit of Sophie. Ardent director
Malcolm Cockren said, “We are restricted
because Ardent is not making any new
programming.”
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