{"id":2673,"date":"2021-06-30T12:58:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T12:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/en-gb\/would-you-want-to-be-the-royal-nanny\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T12:58:51","slug":"would-you-want-to-be-the-royal-nanny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/would-you-want-to-be-the-royal-nanny\/","title":{"rendered":"Would You Want to Be the Royal Nanny?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plush palaces. Royal balls. Luxury living. Ahh, the perks of being a Royal Nanny. We can all envision the regal perks and pleasures that go along with helping Kate and Will raise Prince George. But as a Norland-trained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/en-gb\/profiles\/nannies\" title=\"nanny\">nanny<\/a>, I can also tell you the nitty gritty of this top job.<br>&nbsp;<br>Here is my thinking on the pros and cons of being the <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.care.com\/articles\/everyday\/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-royal-nanny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Nanny<\/a>, you know, just in case one of us were to be asked!<\/p><p>&nbsp;<br><strong><i>The Perks:<\/i><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>It&rsquo;s the ultimate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/en-gb\/jobs\/nannies\" title=\"nanny job\">nanny job<\/a> in the Nanny world. You&rsquo;ve &ldquo;made it&rdquo; if you work for a royal family.<\/li><li>Influencing the formative life of a future Monarch. Every time you saw an image of the current Heir Apparent you&rsquo;d know that you had contributed to make them the person that they are.<\/li><li>&nbsp;Helping William and Kate evolve into becoming confident parents while the three of them settle as a family.<\/li><li>Bringing a sense of &lsquo;the regular and ordinary&rsquo; to the young Prince&rsquo;s life, &nbsp;encouraging balance in his life whilst appreciating the legacy that he has been born into<\/li><li>Working with families with very young babies is a joy, joining them at the start of their life as parents.<\/li><p><\/p><li>Glimpsing into a world that very few experience. Who knows who would be at the table for breakfast?!<\/li><p><\/p><\/ul><p>&nbsp;<br><strong><i>The Pain Points:<\/i><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Commiting for at least 5 years. Professionals should make long term commitments to their nanny roles to ensure consistency for the whole family and to give themselves time to settle in.<\/li><li>Adhering &nbsp;to confidentiality is expected towards all families, but not even a peep of your day could be shared with friend!<\/li><li>The life of a Royal Nanny can be isolated. &nbsp;&nbsp;No asking other Nannies to pop over for a coffee anytime or to spontaneously return a playdate!<\/li><li>Joining the Royal household can mean a loss of your own freedoms and privacy. Your own private and personal life is up for grabs in terms of intense press interest.<\/li><li>Where would you go next? Whilst the world may well be your oyster in terms of choice having worked as a Royal Nanny, how would you ever follow it?<\/li><p><\/p><\/ul><p>&nbsp;<br>Of course, many of these pain points might be worth the love and respect the royals would give to their nanny. What are your thoughts: Would you want to be a Royal Nanny?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plush palaces. Royal balls. Luxury living. Ahh, the perks of being a Royal Nanny. We can all envision the regal perks and pleasures that go along with helping Kate and Will raise Prince George. But as a Norland-trained nanny, I can also tell you the nitty gritty of this top job.&nbsp;Here is my thinking on <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/would-you-want-to-be-the-royal-nanny\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1092,"featured_media":15104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2021-06-30","view_count":236,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"member-type":[42],"vertical":[64,80],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-2673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","member-type-all-en-gb","vertical-child-care-tutoring-careers-en-gb","vertical-child-care-options-en-gb","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":"2013-09-12","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=2673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}