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Richard Warren said:I do not think you really understand the "workload" of a leader who actually has to make meaningful decisions.
As to Charles, what you describe as "official engagements'' and fund raising sounds to me a lot like what I would call "running around and looking pretty," except he just doesn't manage the "looking pretty" part very well.
And I don't think you really understand how much of the workload of a leader-who-makes-meaningful-decisions involves running around and looking pretty. It's certainly a big part of the POTUS's schedule.
More to the point, HRH is performing part of the duties of the Queen, the head of state, on her behalf. Those duties are performed for the US by the President, who is the head of state as well as the head of government. And much of the function of a head of state is, as you put it, "running around and looking pretty." Or, to put it more charitably, representing the nation and and inspiring, encouraging and listening to its citizenry.