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To love Meghan and Harry but think they need to let us see the kids?

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hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 20:00

I'm no Meghan hater, but, if youre coming back to the uk and royal life, I do think the kids need to be shown.

Just like i like seeing Louis and the others, theyve got little personalities we want to see 🤷‍♀️

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Plmnki · 29/08/2026 21:20

This is weird and creepy. Ugh. Have you imagined strangers gawping over your own children? This is intrusive and odd.

LakieLady · 29/08/2026 20:41

Ffs, they're children, not bloody zoo animals. It's positively weird to think that anyone's kids should be on public display for our entertainment.

Mama2many73 · 29/08/2026 20:31

Parker231 · 27/08/2026 20:09

They aren’t working members of the RF so not requirement to parade their children in front of everyone.

Exactly. That's one of the reasons they stepped away!

Poppinpoppinpopcorn · 29/08/2026 20:24

They are children. Children should not have their faces on social media when they are to young to agree to it. It dosent matter who their parents are or if they are part of the royal family.

CathyorClaire · 29/08/2026 20:02

It is the 'whether you like it or not' part that I have a problem with....given that none of us get a vote on whether we want him representing us.

Quite and as you say they're then ensconced for life unless they take the vanishingly rare decision to stand down.

I would however be quite happy to let a monarch or any other royal stand as a candidate in an election for HoS and see whether those oft quoted popularity polls really do stack up.

Beautifulhaiku · 29/08/2026 16:16

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 20:39

Well Louis seems funny and slightly camp - Charlotte seems the typical sister keeping Louis in line - and she looks so much like will!

The oldest seems very serious bless him, makes sense

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How do you know what they’re like? You don’t know them (which you shouldn’t). They’re kids - they didn’t choose this life.

Beautifulhaiku · 29/08/2026 16:13

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 20:20

Be as stunning and graceful as Meghan, and I might want to 👀

This is so weird. You want to see her kids because she’s good looking?

Messedupmyusernameagain · 29/08/2026 16:10

People have been saying that since those kids were born though! Why would you think no one has offered them 'squillions' yet? Surely they would do it when they were cute toddlers/babies? They are nearly at school. And why would someone offer them squillions' unless they knew that they could make that back easily? Which means there is huge interest in them.

viques · 29/08/2026 14:52

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 20:00

I'm no Meghan hater, but, if youre coming back to the uk and royal life, I do think the kids need to be shown.

Just like i like seeing Louis and the others, theyve got little personalities we want to see 🤷‍♀️

Oh be fair. Those kids faces are worth squillions to M and H. Would you stand on the street and hand out £20 notes to strangers? Because unless M and H very carefully control access to their kids faces that what they would be doing, I think the little faces will be kept secret until some commercial entity agrees to pay up big time for the opportunity. They are practically the last bargaining chip the Sussex brand holds, so they are not going to play it until the price is right. They are probably spitting feathers that Charles’ crew kept control of the photos of their meeting, imagine it, the children AND their grandad, pure gold.

Messedupmyusernameagain · 29/08/2026 14:45

HelenaWilson · 28/08/2026 22:36

I just can't bear the institution of the monarchy, partly because of the negativity it brings out in people.

More negativity than various elected presidents?

It is all just wrong to have a family like this that we are supposed to pretend represent the nation.

The King is Head of State. He does represent the nation, whether you like it or not. There is no pretence about it.

The King is Head of State. Most countries have a Head of State. They don't need to be supported by their entire extended family. The rest of them should be cut loose. The only reason the kids are even involved in this circus is because they know that wheeling out some cute kids is the best way to cling on to their popularity and keep the whole nonsense going for as long as they can. .

SoThatwasSummer · 28/08/2026 23:00

Viviennemary · 28/08/2026 21:20

A private life in obscurity with nobody paying them any attention is the very last thing they want.

Other people in the media have had more control over what is seen. Harry's situation is unique in that he was born into a role he don't choose and has massively suffered more than most people in the west at least but Megan chose limelight. So it's an interesting conundrum. But we should all be able to choose our media exposure

Futurehappiness · 28/08/2026 22:59

HelenaWilson · 28/08/2026 22:36

I just can't bear the institution of the monarchy, partly because of the negativity it brings out in people.

More negativity than various elected presidents?

It is all just wrong to have a family like this that we are supposed to pretend represent the nation.

The King is Head of State. He does represent the nation, whether you like it or not. There is no pretence about it.

Yes more negativity. If a president attracts negativity they can be voted out. We are stuck with a monarch for their life for better or worse. It is only a matter of time until we get a criminal like Andrew as monarch......who will be above the law.

'The King is Head of State. He does represent the nation, whether you like it or not'.

It is the 'whether you like it or not' part that I have a problem with....given that none of us get a vote on whether we want him representing us.

SoThatwasSummer · 28/08/2026 22:56

Wow three noses ago ? People have such a keen eye for those things I could never tell !

No we shouldn't be able to see their kids op.?

HelenaWilson · 28/08/2026 22:36

I just can't bear the institution of the monarchy, partly because of the negativity it brings out in people.

More negativity than various elected presidents?

It is all just wrong to have a family like this that we are supposed to pretend represent the nation.

The King is Head of State. He does represent the nation, whether you like it or not. There is no pretence about it.

Viviennemary · 28/08/2026 21:20

Vaxtable · 28/08/2026 14:23

Much as I dislike H and M the kids are nothing to do with the piblic. All of them are private citizens now not members of the RF

and one of the reasons I guess they are returning to the uk is because the press can’t take pictures on them

they want a private life and should be left to get on with it

A private life in obscurity with nobody paying them any attention is the very last thing they want.

Futurehappiness · 28/08/2026 21:17

I just can't bear the institution of the monarchy, partly because of the negativity it brings out in people. It is all just wrong to have a family like this that we are supposed to pretend represent the nation.

Unite the country? They can't even unite themselves, having had a very public falling out. One of them has been creditably accused of serious sex crimes against trafficked women, and will almost certainly never face any justice having been protected by the rest of them. When the first accusations were made our head of state branded the alleged victim as a liar.

I don't think much of any of them but H&M are the least bad because at least they don't cost the taxpayer anything....and I feel empathy for anyone who like them have been the victims of a years-long media hate campaign. It doesn't take much (just them moving back to the UK) to set it all off again. This thread is just one example of the results, we are now reading about the supposed cosmetic surgery MM has had; it is a degrading read.

The rest are only good for running a money-grubbing racket siphoning the maximum amount of taxpayer cash, whilst fooling the country that they are somehow responsible by doing a minimal amount of pretend work from time to time.

x2boys · 28/08/2026 21:13

Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 20:46

She WAS really pretty and that WAS 3 noses ago. Plastic surgery should be called out. MM has no need of any surgery she was and still is very attractive but her repeated surgeries have made her less not more. It's not nasty it's pure fact and should not only be acknowledged but shouted from every roof top to stop more young women falling down that rabbit hole. The pressure young girls come under is an awful by product of already beautiful women who have chosen to put themselves in the public eye choosing repeated surgeries. There was nothing wrong with her original nose.

Wether shes had three nose jobs or not or its just something the weirdly obsessed posters like yourself have made up its got fuck all to do with you
Get another hobby .

AcrossThisRoom · 28/08/2026 20:54

x2boys · 28/08/2026 18:40

Thats just plain nasty
What is it about posters like you that just cant help themselves about being so unpleasent about somone they have never met?

I always think people who say things like must be really unhappy people with something missing in their lives. It’s sad for them really and they should be pitied.

Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 20:46

She WAS really pretty and that WAS 3 noses ago. Plastic surgery should be called out. MM has no need of any surgery she was and still is very attractive but her repeated surgeries have made her less not more. It's not nasty it's pure fact and should not only be acknowledged but shouted from every roof top to stop more young women falling down that rabbit hole. The pressure young girls come under is an awful by product of already beautiful women who have chosen to put themselves in the public eye choosing repeated surgeries. There was nothing wrong with her original nose.

x2boys · 28/08/2026 18:40

Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 16:58

She was so pretty shame that was 3 noses ago

Thats just plain nasty
What is it about posters like you that just cant help themselves about being so unpleasent about somone they have never met?

CarbootJunction · 28/08/2026 17:01

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 20:08

That makes me sad as I genuinely didnt think I was

Its not like theyre some influencers or uk celebs - that would be weird to care

These are royals - funded by the tax payer, held up to us all as the UK's family.

Will and Harry had too much intrusion growing up, i'm sure, but i dont think wills kids do

If youre coming back as a working royal, living off the taxpayer - i dont see why a photo and a trip to Trooping the Colour is too big an ask 🤷‍♀️😬

Harry and Meghan are self-funded. They don't take any 'taxpayer' money. And even if they did, it doesn't buy you access to their kids. Stop being weird.

Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 16:58

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 14:29

Yes... i look like this but am hiding from my kid in the bathroom munching on a twirl, for the sheer fun of it

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She was so pretty shame that was 3 noses ago

Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 16:58

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 12:59

You said - 'you dont know them'

I explained that although I dont know them, i do care for them

Were David Attenborough a Royal, whos whole ethos was being Britain's family, I would be saying the same thing 🤷‍♀️

Let's see how Harry and Meghans return pans out - i suspect they'll become working royals again, in which case, we'll see the kids in the same controlled way we see wills and Kates kids

Prince Harry belongs on the stage doing royal engagements - hes excellent at it, and so is meghan tbh

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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 14:29

Sophue · 28/08/2026 14:17

just wondering if the Op is Megan! 😂

Yes... i look like this but am hiding from my kid in the bathroom munching on a twirl, for the sheer fun of it

meghan markle suits GIF
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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 14:28

Vaxtable · 28/08/2026 14:23

Much as I dislike H and M the kids are nothing to do with the piblic. All of them are private citizens now not members of the RF

and one of the reasons I guess they are returning to the uk is because the press can’t take pictures on them

they want a private life and should be left to get on with it

Now this is a shout

Do you think they were afraid of tmz 👀

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