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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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x2boys · 28/08/2026 14:24

Batcats · 28/08/2026 14:21

But Harry and Meghan aren't working royals. They don't attend Trooping of the Colour.

I'm not their biggest fan and I have absolutely no interest in seeing their children. They aren't public property, I've no entitlement to see them. I actually wish they'd go one stop further and stop actually keep their kids off social media altogether. I can't stand the hypocrisy with speeches at the UN from Meghan on child privacy and then pictures of her kids in their swim suits and the back of their heads on Instagram.

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You have no interst in seeing them but you have seen pictures shes posted?

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

Batcats · 28/08/2026 14:21

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 20:04

I'm surprised by the poll. Not intending to ask a silly question, but why?

Part of the royals deal is that we get a photo every year and see them during the Trooping the Colour, which I love.

But Harry and Meghan aren't working royals. They don't attend Trooping of the Colour.

I'm not their biggest fan and I have absolutely no interest in seeing their children. They aren't public property, I've no entitlement to see them. I actually wish they'd go one stop further and stop actually keep their kids off social media altogether. I can't stand the hypocrisy with speeches at the UN from Meghan on child privacy and then pictures of her kids in their swim suits and the back of their heads on Instagram.

Sophue · 28/08/2026 14:17

just wondering if the Op is Megan! 😂

x2boys · 28/08/2026 14:06

Messedupmyusernameagain · 28/08/2026 13:54

On what planet will they ever be working Royals again? Maybe Harry but only if they get divorced ( hypocrisy writ large but anyway- he'll be forgiven because his magic blood leads him to be particularly susceptible to hypnosis apparently) But the kids will be the equivalent of Bea and Eugenie who don't do Royal duties. We have enough of them grifting for the Monarchy on the public purse without adding the niece and nephew of the King!

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If the royal family want then to be they will
Charles was once very unpopular
And people said Camilla would never be Queen yet here we are
They are not going to tske any noitce of what some of the very Vocal people that despise H&M for no real reason think.

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:57

Messedupmyusernameagain · 28/08/2026 13:54

On what planet will they ever be working Royals again? Maybe Harry but only if they get divorced ( hypocrisy writ large but anyway- he'll be forgiven because his magic blood leads him to be particularly susceptible to hypnosis apparently) But the kids will be the equivalent of Bea and Eugenie who don't do Royal duties. We have enough of them grifting for the Monarchy on the public purse without adding the niece and nephew of the King!

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Oo see i think that the obvious way forward is

Charles and his wife
Wills and kate - Harry and meghan
Their kids

🤷‍♀️

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Messedupmyusernameagain · 28/08/2026 13:54

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:39

No we werent, lots of us have a healthy interest in them without being obsessed 😬😬

Show the kids, dont show the kids, I wont die. But I do think itd be a positive thing if they did, especially if they do end up as working royals again, which I suspect they will

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On what planet will they ever be working Royals again? Maybe Harry but only if they get divorced ( hypocrisy writ large but anyway- he'll be forgiven because his magic blood leads him to be particularly susceptible to hypnosis apparently) But the kids will be the equivalent of Bea and Eugenie who don't do Royal duties. We have enough of them grifting for the Monarchy on the public purse without adding the niece and nephew of the King!

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:52

Bigcat25 · 28/08/2026 13:49

Excellent at what, smiling and shaking hands, what a talent, who else could do that!

As for M, check out the video of her in Nigeria butting in front of Harry when they are presented with necklaces, or on the SA your when she ignores and is totally bored while a mum tries to tell her her horrific rape story. (Just two of many examples.)

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Yes 😄

Its hardly brain surgery but he's likable and funny

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AustenitesUnite · 28/08/2026 13:52

Bigcat25 · 28/08/2026 13:49

Excellent at what, smiling and shaking hands, what a talent, who else could do that!

As for M, check out the video of her in Nigeria butting in front of Harry when they are presented with necklaces, or on the SA your when she ignores and is totally bored while a mum tries to tell her her horrific rape story. (Just two of many examples.)

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IIRC M&H also got asked to leave a Buckingham Palace Garden Party early as M was complaining that she was bored (this was very shortly after M&H's wedding)

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:52

AustenitesUnite · 28/08/2026 13:47

Except when it comes to private details about the kids

E.G. their photos OP?

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No tbh

Staged photos of the royal family arent private imo 🤷‍♀️

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Bigcat25 · 28/08/2026 13:49

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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Excellent at what, smiling and shaking hands, what a talent, who else could do that!

As for M, check out the video of her in Nigeria butting in front of Harry when they are presented with necklaces, or on the SA your when she ignores and is totally bored while a mum tries to tell her her horrific rape story. (Just two of many examples.)

MassiveBackstory · 28/08/2026 13:49

This makes me feel a bit queasy.

AustenitesUnite · 28/08/2026 13:47

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:43

This is so interesting

Ive got to be honest, some stuff i'm grateful to the press for - let us be a bit nosy! (Except when it comes to private details about the kids).

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Except when it comes to private details about the kids

E.G. their photos OP?

Stopthattrain · 28/08/2026 13:43

I really don’t care about the royal family but I find it quite creepy that you think you’re entitled to see a stranger’s children and that they “need” to show them to you

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:43

godmum56 · 28/08/2026 13:41

its like the story that nobody knew about the King and Wallis Simpson. The papers agreed not to publish but Londoners knew because they saw them. Private house staff, restaurant and hotel staff shop staff...do you think they didn't see and go home and tell their families? My mother worked at Lutyens Couturiers and they used to see him waiting outside in a car for her. I bet the residents of Windsor knew too.

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This is so interesting

Ive got to be honest, some stuff i'm grateful to the press for - let us be a bit nosy! (Except when it comes to private details about the kids).

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godmum56 · 28/08/2026 13:41

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 11:19

So interesting - from the show, it seemed as though it was in the tabloids!

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its like the story that nobody knew about the King and Wallis Simpson. The papers agreed not to publish but Londoners knew because they saw them. Private house staff, restaurant and hotel staff shop staff...do you think they didn't see and go home and tell their families? My mother worked at Lutyens Couturiers and they used to see him waiting outside in a car for her. I bet the residents of Windsor knew too.

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:39

MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 13:31

😂😂😂 We were all aware of all of those things... it was you who was confused. Probably because your weird infatuation for Harry and Meghan has blurred your brain.

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No we werent, lots of us have a healthy interest in them without being obsessed 😬😬

Show the kids, dont show the kids, I wont die. But I do think itd be a positive thing if they did, especially if they do end up as working royals again, which I suspect they will

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MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 13:31

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:28

🙄 the thread has moved on since then, do keep up

We're now all aware that theyre back, not as working royals but somehow living here, their security arrangements arent public knowledge (tax payer) and theyre showing Instagram photos of the back of the kids head - which has led us to - the comment you quoted.

Please respond the comment youre responding to 💐

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😂😂😂 We were all aware of all of those things... it was you who was confused. Probably because your weird infatuation for Harry and Meghan has blurred your brain.

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:28

MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 13:23

It's not really clear though 😂
Because uptrend you've actually said you thought they were coming back as Working Royals. Elsewhere you've said you think they will become working royals again. You believe Haryy BELONGS there... again ignoring the fact it is a forced by birth role.

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🙄 the thread has moved on since then, do keep up

We're now all aware that theyre back, not as working royals but somehow living here, their security arrangements arent public knowledge (tax payer) and theyre showing Instagram photos of the back of the kids head - which has led us to - the comment you quoted.

Please respond the comment youre responding to 💐

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MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 13:25

DontBuyAnotherBook · 28/08/2026 13:20

Still wants the security though!

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Yes, I saw that.
Might need the security though if there are people trying to hunt down the kids 😳

I agree they shouldn't get the perks though. But at the end of the day, the innocent children shouldn't need to be paraded around (whether royal or not) IMO.

MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 13:23

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:21

I didnt miss it? That's clear from what I wrote 😩😩

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It's not really clear though 😂
Because uptrend you've actually said you thought they were coming back as Working Royals. Elsewhere you've said you think they will become working royals again. You believe Haryy BELONGS there... again ignoring the fact it is a forced by birth role.

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:22

DontBuyAnotherBook · 28/08/2026 13:20

I don't get showing the kids but not the faces. Just don't put any photos up then. 🤷

Agree, i love meghan but i find it so 'basic influencer' to do that

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 13:21

MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 13:17

Did you miss the part where Harry isn't a working royal anymore? And one the reasons for this is because he didn't want his children forced into it... forced into a life of the public thinking they own them.

They didn't ask to be born into the Royal family.

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I didnt miss it? That's clear from what I wrote 😩😩

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DontBuyAnotherBook · 28/08/2026 13:20

MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 13:17

Did you miss the part where Harry isn't a working royal anymore? And one the reasons for this is because he didn't want his children forced into it... forced into a life of the public thinking they own them.

They didn't ask to be born into the Royal family.

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Still wants the security though!

DontBuyAnotherBook · 28/08/2026 13:20

I don't get showing the kids but not the faces. Just don't put any photos up then. 🤷