Originally posted by BPSCG (bold text is my answers)
Which raises further questions:
1) How many vacation days does Harry get per year?
He may have to get a job, e.g. in the army. But your typical Royal has an exhausting 'schedule' of work such as opening a supermarket. Then they get the rest of the day off.
2) How does this compare with other government employees (I'm assuming the royals are government employees; please correct me if I'm wrong)?
The Royals are in charge of the country. We all look up to them (yeah, right 
). The Monarch is automatically the Head of the Church of England, so that angle is covered too. The Monarch never carries any money - why would she need to?
I have worked for the Government and I expect it's similar to the US. I started with 4 weeks annual vacation, rising after 10 years to 5 weeks, and finally 6 weeks after 25 years.
3) How does a royal accumulate vacation time? Here is the U.S., U.S. government employees typically accrue vacation at the rate of x, y, or z hours per two-week pay period, depending on the number of years of government service.
The Royals do as much or as little as they want. Who's going to sack them?
4) When a royal is on holiday, does the work typically pile up on his desk in his absence? Or is it redistributed to others? Here in the U.S., we have "backups" for work while you're on vacation, but the amount of work a backup generally does can usually only be measured with powerful electron microscopes.
See last answer.
5) Who is Harry's backup? Who is in charge of making sure Harry's backup really does Harry's work while he's on holiday?
Um, one of Harry's jobs is to find a breeder. She will need to be a fertile, white, Protestant Christian, English, straight, stupid, female virgin.
I don't think anyone could 'fill in' for Harry in this task. In fact it used to be an executable offence to mess with the Queen in that way.
6) Does Harry have to get official approval before going on holiday? U.S. government employees who have to meet and deal with the public generally have difficulty getting time off around Christmas if they have little seniority, as someone is required to staff the office between December 25 and January 1. I assume Harry has little seniority where he works.
If he gets a real job, he would have to 'fit in' like the rest of us. Of course, if he's in the Army, I'm sure the fact that his mother is Commander-in-Chief of the Army will have zero effect on his getting time off.
7) Does Harry's pay stub have a breakout of his hours worked? That is, if he takes three days off next week on holiday, does his pay stub show 16 hours worked and 24 on holiday?
We taxpayers just hand over the money. They can do as much or as little as they like. (I think Queen Victoria spent years mourning her husband. Nobody said anything.)
Oh, and the Royals own extensive estates of land, which provides a healthy extra income. Only recently have they paid any tax. Cushy number? What do you mean?
8) Who hands out the pay stubs? Or are they mailed to him at home?
9) Does he have direct deposit of his paycheck? Or does he have to stand on line at the bank with the (ugh) commoners?
10) What kind of job security does he have? How are salaries, raises, bonuses, etc. determined?
Among other things.
See above.
