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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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MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 13:17

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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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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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 12:59

MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 12:41

But do you feel because you like David Attenborough that he NEEDS to show you his family?

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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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MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 12:41

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 11:46

🤷‍♀️ I like them and i'm fine with that

I dont know them personally - I also dont know David Attenborough personally, doesnt stop me thinking hes an icon

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But do you feel because you like David Attenborough that he NEEDS to show you his family?

HRTQueen · 28/08/2026 12:01

Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 10:13

Just all the normal social conventions such as not putting your brother who you slated, his wife who you called racist and your stepmother who you've repeatedly attacked in a public facing setting where your gurning, camera seeking wife will also he

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oh I agree do it the Royal Family way!

your team around you feeds the press what is decided they need to know with a bit of extra information to keep editors happy to keep up a good public image

its worked so well for so many years and given how many mugs there are about it still is

nomas · 28/08/2026 11:56

Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 10:13

Just all the normal social conventions such as not putting your brother who you slated, his wife who you called racist and your stepmother who you've repeatedly attacked in a public facing setting where your gurning, camera seeking wife will also he

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The Royal fanily are all gurners. And you don’t know what hapoens behind closed doors so why act like the authority on the subject.

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 11:46

MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 11:29

I like them and think that,
You don't know them

as someone who's kept Harry in their heart,
This adds to the creepiness given you don't know them

its a positive thing to see the next generation 🤷‍♀️
A positive thing is very different to "Needing to see them".

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🤷‍♀️ I like them and i'm fine with that

I dont know them personally - I also dont know David Attenborough personally, doesnt stop me thinking hes an icon

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Fern26 · 28/08/2026 11:32

All children should have privacy they didn’t ask to be born in to the lime light!
There is no need to show Harry & Meghan's kids.
William and Catherine make sure they only release photos and let their kids appear when they need/want to, to try and keep their privacy as much as possible.

x2boys · 28/08/2026 11:29

Viviennemary · 28/08/2026 11:26

I agree. After all they 're probably still on their we want no publicity world tour. I see there's not been a mention of them on the news in the last couple of days . It should stay that way.

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This is hillarious you are one of the posters i see frequently on the threads about tthem if they suddenly went away you would hsve to find a new hobby😂

MonkeyMaze101 · 28/08/2026 11:29

hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 11:18

I dont think so at all, theres zero obsession here

I like them and think that, as someone who's kept Harry in their heart, its a positive thing to see the next generation 🤷‍♀️

Nothing crazy, just the same as wills and Kate have done.

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I like them and think that,
You don't know them

as someone who's kept Harry in their heart,
This adds to the creepiness given you don't know them

its a positive thing to see the next generation 🤷‍♀️
A positive thing is very different to "Needing to see them".

Viviennemary · 28/08/2026 11:26

Kirschcherries · 27/08/2026 22:19

H & M are not working royals they are private citizens. As such we should respect their and their children’s privacy.

Showing the children’s faces is a potential security risk. Privacy is the best way to protect them.

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I agree. After all they 're probably still on their we want no publicity world tour. I see there's not been a mention of them on the news in the last couple of days . It should stay that way.

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 11:19

FlowerUser · 28/08/2026 09:15

To be honest, much of what Princess Margaret did was kept very quiet. People were scandalised by her affair with Roddy Llewellyn because of the age gap, but it was only obliquely mentioned in the gossip columns. She spent a lot of time on Mustique where she did what she wanted.

It’s not like today where everything is filmed or recorded and was quite tame.

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

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hotmumshit · 28/08/2026 11:18

InterestedDad37 · 28/08/2026 08:43

Creepy obsession with children 🤔

I dont think so at all, theres zero obsession here

I like them and think that, as someone who's kept Harry in their heart, its a positive thing to see the next generation 🤷‍♀️

Nothing crazy, just the same as wills and Kate have done.

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Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 10:13

nomas · 28/08/2026 08:15

They can still attend the Trooping the Colour if Charles wants them to. There’s no law against it.

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Just all the normal social conventions such as not putting your brother who you slated, his wife who you called racist and your stepmother who you've repeatedly attacked in a public facing setting where your gurning, camera seeking wife will also he

Catdoorman · 28/08/2026 09:24

Try the zoo, you pay to get in and you might see some baby animals.

FlowerUser · 28/08/2026 09:15

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 21:19

I was making light convo tbh

I know that Margaret and Anne werent actually acting in the show...

But I think that they captured the personalities of them a little, as far as we know, no?

And I think Margaret was fun, wasnt she? I was born in the early 90s so missed it

But I did watch will and Harry grow up - there's a kind of attachment that comes with that

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To be honest, much of what Princess Margaret did was kept very quiet. People were scandalised by her affair with Roddy Llewellyn because of the age gap, but it was only obliquely mentioned in the gossip columns. She spent a lot of time on Mustique where she did what she wanted.

It’s not like today where everything is filmed or recorded and was quite tame.

Elsvieta · 28/08/2026 08:47

Eh? They're not "coming back to royal life". Highly unlikely that they'll be seen at Trooping The Colour or any of those things.

JontyGentooey · 28/08/2026 08:43

Wtf are you on about? Why on earth do you think you're entitled to see the children of total strangers who have absolutely nothing to do with you? Are you mad?

InterestedDad37 · 28/08/2026 08:43

Creepy obsession with children 🤔

Sartre · 28/08/2026 08:17

If I’m recalling correctly due to Diana’s death even William and Kate made a deal with the press from the start. Kate would take all photos of the children and release official ones a few times a year in return for them backing off and leaving them all alone.

nomas · 28/08/2026 08:15

HeyThereDelila · 28/08/2026 07:41

But they’re not working royals OP, so they’re not going to be at trooping the colour 🤦🏻‍♀️

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They can still attend the Trooping the Colour if Charles wants them to. There’s no law against it.

HelenaWaiting · 28/08/2026 07:41

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 20:18

Which i took as code for tax funded 😄

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Snide.

HeyThereDelila · 28/08/2026 07:41

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 20:05

Meghan and Harry - both of them

I dont disagree that the press coverage of will and Harry was way too intense

But the photo and the trooping the colour isn't too much?

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But they’re not working royals OP, so they’re not going to be at trooping the colour 🤦🏻‍♀️

HeyThereDelila · 28/08/2026 07:39

What? No.

Boomer55 · 28/08/2026 07:36

Why do we need to see any of the kids? 🤷‍♀️

Tontostitis · 28/08/2026 07:34

hotmumshit · 27/08/2026 22:11

This thread has brought a lot of people out of the woodwork wanting a pop.

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Mainly you who started it, fueled it and are desperate to keep it going