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Harry and Meghan resigning Act 6: Harry’s first public Appearance since The Announcement

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CurlyWurlyTwirly · 16/01/2020 07:12

Previous thread

-Today Prince Harry is doing the draw for the Rugby League. (Not sure if it’s a public location but there’s bound to be a lot of press interest)

  • He has said he is going to stay in the UK for a bit longer to thrash out the details of “Megxit”
  • Meghan has been on a second surprise visit in Vancouver
  • Opinion coming out of Canada is that; not only do they not want to fund the Sussexes; having a member of the a Royal Family make Canada their permanent home is not acceptable.
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BoreOfWhabylon · 16/01/2020 07:20

Hope everyone is ok.

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Theromanempire · 16/01/2020 07:21

I weng down the rabbit hole of the 2 Twitter feeds mentioned in the previous thread...wow, there are some crazy conspiracy theories in there!

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MissEliza · 16/01/2020 07:24

Why is MM making visits to charities if she's stepping back from royal duties? She's infuriatingly hypocritical.

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SingingLily · 16/01/2020 07:25

The last thread went at a million miles an hour so I'm taking no chances and signing in now!

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Theromanempire · 16/01/2020 07:25

Looking at the photo of the charity visits, i do think the jumper is a strategic cover up of a bump!

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Haggisfish · 16/01/2020 07:28

I think there is a bump too!

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MissEliza · 16/01/2020 07:32

I looked at the Toronto paper Twitter feed. It's quite sinister.

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Guacamole · 16/01/2020 07:34

@MissEliza I think this is where she needs to be careful. She is either representing HMQ or attending in her own capacity. If she is attending to represent HMQ fine, they haven’t officially stepped back. If she’s representing herself it needs to be clear to all, she needs to ensure she picks causes that can’t backfire on HMQ in any way, so I hope she’s receiving guidance (I imagine usually there is a lot of research and background checking regarding royal visits). This is where everything is so flimsy. The stress and worry Harry and Megan must be under because of their actions. I be they’re wishing they could turn back the clock. This was all so unnecessary. Request fewer engagements from HMQ and Charles by all means, we would barely have noticed. This is a disaster for them. I genuinely feel really sorry for them, they’ve made a big mistake. Megan through lack of understanding and not being British and therefore growing up under a monarchy. Harry through love, trying to support his wife. Neither seeking alternative opinion or having good PR.

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userxx · 16/01/2020 07:39

I hope they just hurry up and bugger off now. Pair of entitled twits.

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SingingLily · 16/01/2020 07:43

Why is MM making visits to charities if she's stepping back from royal duties?

I've come across people like this in RL. With them, it was a combination of:

Look at me being so brave and carrying on being lovely and sincere.
Anything you can do, I can do better.
This just proves it's not me, it's you.

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roisinagusniamh · 16/01/2020 07:44

They are beginning to look pathetic.

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Parker231 · 16/01/2020 07:45

These threads are like Brexit - no one can tell you the benefits. Here no one can say what the Sussex’s have done wrong for such horrible and in some cases disgusting comments.

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BonnesVacances · 16/01/2020 07:50

Parker I agree. I've also noticed that speaking about this in RL there is a similar inability or refusal to look at the actual facts and instead they are basing their opinions on feels and joining their own dots.

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MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 16/01/2020 07:51

I feel like I just don’t understand what their motive is and what they want really. They say they want to step back, which for me is absolutely fine and understandable. I certainly couldn’t live like that.

But, as soon as they have done that, come these previously not arranged visits and photo ops. I thought she wanted peace and quiet? Just have that then-don’t do these “secret” trips, which are anything but...

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MangoFeverDream · 16/01/2020 07:55

I don’t know bout the rest of y’all, but I’m munching popcorn and gleefully addicted to watching this human trainwreck

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Parker231 · 16/01/2020 07:55

Do we really need to know about their plans - they are a family with a young baby planning on splitting their time between the UK and Canada.

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JeansNTees · 16/01/2020 08:01

"Meghan on Tour" Daily Mail headline LOL. That about sums it up. Playing the royalty game on her own, how sad and bizarre. Where on earth is the baby they had to take so many steps to protect? Commercial flights weren't good enough for their family's safety but now it is OK to leave him with a nanny while both parents go in different directions?

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Jillyhilly · 16/01/2020 08:04

I absolutely love these threads with their insight and discussion (and gossip) and of course the intermittent appearances from various pop-up scolds!

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willothewispa · 16/01/2020 08:12

Maybe she's doing it because she's bored, she's not got her husband with her, there is a nanny for Archie and she's stuck somewhere where she has no friends ? Bit of a gilded prison, albeit of her own choosing,

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bohemia14 · 16/01/2020 08:15

I'm enjoying these threads but there have been some comments that are just nasty - eg sweat patches.

What I'm gobsmacked by is her visits to the refuge etc in Canada. It's as if Meghan is presenting us with a fait accompli - she's launched herself into a role she hasn't even been offered of Royal in Canada. All she has to do is lie low in her luxury mansion with her gorgeous baby until Harry sorts out and agrees their future. What a cheek!

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MissEliza · 16/01/2020 08:18

@Guacamole of course she's not receiving guidance! That was part of the problem. She apparently doesn't want to be told anything. To me, it looks like she wants to play Duchess Sussex on her own terms away from the nasty U.K.

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MissEliza · 16/01/2020 08:20

@bohemia14 you're absolutely right. She is breathtakingly arrogant. I hope these visits get back to the Palace.

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Selfsettling3 · 16/01/2020 08:26

I’ve noticed lots today’s newspapers have photos of
Catherine on and none of Meghan.

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The80sweregreat · 16/01/2020 08:27

Hope we are all well !

So many charities they could have championed in the U.K. together as a team.
Harry has had so much positivity over his work with Invictus and they could have carried on with the heads together projects plus any others that Meghan felt passionate about. She was praised for her Grenfell visits ( not so much the latest one , but before that)
There was vile press obviously, but also positive press too : she could have listened and learnt so much and really made a difference with him as a team. Seems it's not to be and I find that sad.

The 'royal school ' in Sweden mentioned on the other thread is a good idea.
Lady Diane went to a finishing school ; same sort of thing for debutantes , ladies and royalty to learn protocol. Very old fashioned idea and mostly so very rich women could brush up on how to snare a rich husband but it was probably also good to learn how to behave in certain situations and which fork or spoon to use at dinner! I used to think they just learnt how to walk about with a heavy book on their heads to learn ' deportment' and not heads down!
For someone brought up on a rough council
estate in the east end as a kid , all this sounded very glamorous and the debutante '' dos ' at the palace encouraged groomed wealthy girls to hawk for a new partner! I wonder if they still have them but just a different kind of format? 😊

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