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Just seen on the news that Harry and Meghan will not release any details of Archie’s godparents

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Tarchie · 03/07/2019 19:26

What does everyone think? The papers seem really annoyed by their decision to keep Archie’s godparents secret. I’m not sure what to think. I don’t think it would hurt to let the public know these details and to see the christening party arrive at church.

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PCohle · 04/07/2019 20:49

And I always think it's odd how many posters come on threads about the Royals specifically to tell us all how little they care about the Royals, and indeed that caring about the Royals is for stupid poor people.

I don't go on threads about gardening to tell people I don't give a fuck about gardening and look down on people who do - but that's just me.

NeckPainChairSearch · 04/07/2019 20:49

Eh? Why is that "projecting?

Oh. Were you aiming for unbiased, balanced and objective supposition?

findingmyfeet12 · 04/07/2019 20:53

I'm someone who comes on these threads to give my opinion that having a royal family is stupid and embarrassing. Why wouldn't I care that my country is full of fools who support an institution that I'm forced to fund?

Someone gardening doesn't really have any impact on me and isn't comparable.

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NeckPainChairSearch · 04/07/2019 20:54

indeed that caring about the Royals is for stupid poor people

I've never seen any comments like that.

PCohle · 04/07/2019 21:51

Why wouldn't I care that my country is full of fools who support an institution that I'm forced to fund?

But given we are funding them are we not entitled to have a view on how they conduct themselves?

I've never seen any comments like that.

What do you think a PP was trying to convey with "Daily Express readers"?

findingmyfeet12 · 04/07/2019 22:42

Absolutely have a view. It just seems a little desperate that the view happens to involve their personal lives. In addition, the MM situation also comes across as good old fashioned bullying.

Moodyfoodie · 04/07/2019 23:37

Hide in plain sight, don't keep telling everyone you're not doing this that and the other just don't do it.

Nailed it!

LauderSyme · 04/07/2019 23:39

What do you think a PP was trying to convey with "Daily Express readers"?

Possibly alluding to the fact that the Daily Express is notorious for Princess Di headlines and is regularly mocked by mainstream comedy shows for it's obsession?

I generally don't consume Royal news because I am totally disinterested, and I don't usually read or contribute to threads on here about them either. But I have RTFT and I am shocked at the nastiness personally directed at these people. And perturbed that some of you expect every last little detail about their lives to be divulged in exchange for your 70p per year.

separatelives · 09/07/2019 10:27

Why is it only when it concerns the royal family that we try to minimise their enormous cost by breaking it down to the amount per person. Anything could be made to sound cheap if we broke it down this way.

The fact is the royal family take millions of taxpayers money, it's deplorable in these austere times that they remain unaffected by cutbacks. Damn right they owe us something for what we give them. H and M think they can have it all ways, they're acting like a pair of petulent kids, why so secretive and private now. Totally the opposite to when M was pregnant, loving all the attention,. Constant bump clutching etc. Such secrecy over a baby. So out of character for M not to bombard us all with pics and showing off (what she loves doing) . All very odd imo. And yes its right to say so without the usual pathetic responses of, it's because of her race and Catherine was the same but she didn't get criticised. No, she was nothing at all like that. Two different people, nothing at all alike.

RubberTreePlant · 09/07/2019 11:55

Good question @separatelives

JovialNickname · 09/07/2019 14:36

I would respect their right to have a private Christening and to have the names of the godparents kept secret, if it wasn't for the fact that they have chosen the Archbishop of Canterbury to perform the christening! It definitely smacks of squeezing the most out of their royal privilege - whilst protesting that all they want is privacy. If they just wanted a private ceremony like any other UK citizen they'd have Father Bob from the local church surely.

Itssosunny · 09/07/2019 16:39

Wonder if H told Me before getting married that people would be like vultures?

Itssosunny · 09/07/2019 16:40

If they just wanted a private ceremony like any other UK citizen they'd have Father Bob from the local church surely

That Father Bob could run to the newspapers like someone else.

separatelives · 09/07/2019 17:18

Wonder if H told Me before getting married that people would be like vultures?
Probably not, he and the rest of the royal family don't think about what us people are like, or their daily struggles,just so long as the money keeps rolling in. Still if those pesky "vultures" ever get too much they could always consider stepping down from those unnecessary public duties and never have any demands made of their ample time again.

Lllot5 · 09/07/2019 17:27

I understand they don’t want every aspect of their lives scrutinised, but I think they’re making it worse.
Making a big deal out of not telling who the godparents are makes the speculation worse.

separatelives · 09/07/2019 18:18

So much deception going on. That Christening photo, it's mind boggling.

Thump · 09/07/2019 18:18

Article in the telegraph today about her.

www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2019/07/08/team-sussexs-demands-ever-privacy-alienating-even-committed/

Apols if it's been posted already.

Most of the comments are pretty much sick of her diva like behaviour with a few die-hards calling them bigots etc.

BarryBarryTaylor · 09/07/2019 19:09

I would respect their right to have a private Christening and to have the names of the godparents kept secret, if it wasn't for the fact that they have chosen the Archbishop of Canterbury to perform the christening!

I suspect they wouldn’t have had a choice in this. They are probably duty bound to select someone of his stature. I don’t think the village vicar would cut it. And as PP said they would want someone who doesn’t blab to the press

EssentialHummus · 09/07/2019 19:14

So much deception going on. That Christening photo, it's mind boggling

What do you mean?

NeckPainChairSearch · 09/07/2019 19:18

Most of the comments are pretty much sick of her diva like behaviour

It's the Telegraph. What do you expect? A balanced world view?

I haven't heard a single negative comment about her in real life. She seems very popular!

Parker231 · 09/07/2019 19:39

I think she is brilliant - a modern intelligent women who can shake up the antiquated RF. If she wants to keep her DS’s childhood private, good for her.

separatelives · 09/07/2019 20:15

I haven't heard a single negative comment about her in real life. She seems very popular
I know one person who likes her in real life. But then she gushes over all them. I really don't think she has shook up the royal family at all. I also haven't heard anything that intelligent from her.

NeckPainChairSearch · 09/07/2019 20:28

I know one person who likes her in real life

Grin why isn't that a surprise?

The fact that MM is popular with real people never sits well with the little knot of MM detractors wallowing in their strange echo chamber.

She's a bright, independent, successful woman. She's apparently got a well-developed social conscience. She's a new mother and wants what she perceives as being best for her child.

I'm no fan of the royal family, but if we must have one, I rather like her being a part of it.

AutumnCrow · 09/07/2019 20:34

No idea what she's like in RL. But I don't like a lot of the narratives swirling around her.

separatelives · 09/07/2019 20:35

She's certainly entitled to keep their child's life private,but I presume she will be made aware that in exchange for the taxpayers keeping them in lives of extreme wealth and privilege they expect something in return. If they want privacy let them stand down from public office and earn their own way in the world. The monarchy in order to survive has to walk a very fine line. They can't have their cake and eat it, much as they'd like to. (when it suits) But I don't believe for one minute the pair of them want privacy. The opposite has always been true. Acted like Hollywood stars till recently. Time will tell.