To think Kate and William saw Harry and Meghan as a real threat to their image?

Smoke signals?

They were probably relieved someone was prepared to take Harry on. It's worked out fine though with Meghan selling pancake mix and whatnot and Harry developing a career as a professional whinger. Power couple!

I agree

I presume Kate and William spend all theor time hugging photos of Meghan and Harry wailing and crying 'why did you leave me this way' wearing dressing gowns with egg yolk stains and fags hanging out of their mouth begging for forgiveness and are devastated they have a life

yes they had seen this before - circa Diana! They also knew how badly that had gone.

Meghan and Harry think they can copy Diana but make profit from it. Harry was not her only son - but you never see C&W trying to recreate "iconic" Diana moments. They both wanted what C&W had and were going to have.
Sad, as at the beginning I thought it was good and a different perspective but they blew it so badly. More Andrew less Anne/Edward.

Do you honestly think W & K would look at them and be worried?? That a B list US actress could outshine them? Look what happened last time an American had designs on the Crown

But William and Catherine are the next king and queen. Harry was always gonig to be second fiddle to his big brother. They have nothing to be "threatened" about.

I don't get these responses. Why would the fact you will be King mean you wouldn't be threatened? Charles was definitely threatened by Diana, I think the whole RF as an institution was.

Oh dear

looking forward to King Williams though. Williams I!

So does a wrecking ball...

Future King and Queen or influencers in California?
I bet Catherine and William are so jealous that they don’t spend their days making fake jams and promoting the me me me lifestyle.

You do realise Kate and William don’t actually make any of their own decisions? This was all orchestrated from behind the scenes by the establishment.

The engagement interview was the most cringeworthy, embarrassing performance of all! So false.

Katherine comes across as a genuine and kind person. Meghan definitely doesn't. The public sees that.

I actually agree with your original post but you do realise that Diana was probably the most famous woman the world had ever seen? Global profile! I don't think anyone's ever topped it.

But William and Catherine are the next king and queen. Harry was always gonig to be second fiddle to his big brother. They have nothing to be "threatened" about.

As for the Royal Family not having seen charisma and glamour before from an outsider before, have you ever heard of Lady Diana Spencer? Anthony Armstrong-Jones?

Elizabeth and Philip were seen as extremely glamourous in their early married life. Young, good looking, fashionable, happy.

And no, I don't think W&C felt in the least threatened by H&M. They had more important things to occupy them.

In photos together K makes MM look dumpy and badly dressed so no

This is untrue & completely unnecessary. Why would you write such a thing

The “men in grey suits” would probably have been pissed off that Meghan’s PR people (Sunshine Sachs?) were doing her PR rather than going through them and I suspect that they were caught by surprise on some occasions and had to change plans. I wouldn’t call it impressionable and impactful but being famous in the US was clearly a priority from day 1 and probably not even top 10 priority for the Firm.

I can imagine that William found discussion about the Sussexes at “work meetings” annoying as it probably took lots of time but I wouldn’t call that threatening.

As for charisma and glamour, Edward 8th had it in spades, imo, but while he was born into the RF, he took himself out of the RF like Harry did. I dare say George, Duke of York suffered a lack of confidence, at feeling compelled to be King in comparison. However at the end of the day, Edward and Wallis Simpson seemed to live shallow empty lives, as rich socialites - but were they happy? I don’t think so?

Whereas George was admired for his conduct throughout WW2, trying to keep people’s spirits up, despite ill health eventually.

Before I open these threads, I always have a little bet with myself about how many posts in it will be until the predicatable (prefect like) post telling the OP they should be posting in The Royal Family. Always with the first few.......

This. W and K are the heirs to the throne. In photos together K makes MM look dumpy and badly dressed so no, I'd say K & W made MM feel inadequate and insecure

@ginasevern yes I found them quite exciting & for the first time in my life I read about the RF. W&K appeal to the older demographic hence why I thought a foursome would have been great.

Maybe they were threatened. Maybe they were relieved. This is all literally conjecture.

What we do know is that Harry and Meghan wanted to be more than just the ‘Spare’. He wrote a book about this.

That’s not how hereditary monarchy works.

Then they had a strop and wanted half in and half out and to collaborate with HM.
That didn’t work out. See original statement from the Sussexes that was then heavily edited.
So they went to America and gave a trail blazing interview to Oprah with a lot of accusations.
Many of which have now been shown to be not quite true or they have rowed back on.
Then came the documentary.
And the book.

Since then they have struggled to carve out an identity for themselves that isn’t about being anti RF.
Harry’s security claims failed in court.
Sentebale is gone.

Meghan’s TV show flopped as per recent ratings.

As Ever as a brand is much of nothing. The Netflix contract ended.
The Spotify contract ended.
The new podcast was universally panned and even less interesting than the old one.

So we can only speculate about how W&K might have felt. What they probably feel now is some degree of relief.