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Harry - regretful?

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Brasschamberstick · 20/09/2022 10:40

Do we think after seeing the magnificence of yesterday that he is regretting giving it all up?

He looks so angry and unhappy all the time now?

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SilverLiningPlaybook · 21/09/2022 08:56

RaisingYankeesinParis · 21/09/2022 06:59

Umm. No. I am an American and I hadn’t heard of her until she dated Harry. That’s why she was in a Canadian series, because she hadn’t hit the jackpot yet in US and had no name recognition. I remind you that she was closer to 40 than not. Which like it or not is the kiss of death in that world. Plus I live in France and no one had heard of her here.

she was in a movie I love playing the UPS delivery girl for 2 minutes.

The Royal family has a hardcore prenup, as they should, and a divorce won’t bring her anything.

I think the Royal Family has been unbelievably magnanimous, testifying to how much they love Harry, by not stripping those kids of their titles after the Oprah interview.

A 50-yr old Meghan, without Harry, will do what? She can’t sleep her way up anymore, can’t get work, burned all her bridges … her last hope would be a dignified retirement with some 70 yr old silicon billionaire.

The prenups didn’t seem to work then in all the other divorces, did they? Prenup or not (which I very much doubt), she would get a LOT of financial support from the RF. she would be bringing up the King’s grandchildren. The kids don’t have titles, or didn’t pre the Queens death. There was nothing to strip.
Its a bit harsh to say she slept her way to the top. Harry obviously loves her.

scissorsandsellotape · 21/09/2022 09:19

Kissingfrogs25 · 20/09/2022 11:38

I think I could see more regret in a Meghan’s face. Harry just looked furious, not sad but furious. Disturbing to see at such a special funeral.

I thought it was petty not to sing the National anthem so publicly, that speaks volumes quite frankly of the direction he is going to choose.

I fear he will go ahead with the book launch regardless and become a really hated figure. I imagine he is used to being centre stage and is struggling with being sidelined

When did he not sing?

scissorsandsellotape · 21/09/2022 09:20

@starrynight21 do you have a link to the Un speech?

Puzzledandpissedoff · 21/09/2022 10:42

Why do (fellow holidaymakers) call her the Queen of England?

Probably because they can never remember if it's Britain, Great Britain or the United Kingdom? Wink

BasiliskStare · 21/09/2022 12:11

I think Meghan behaved dreadfully in the Oprah interview it wan't the British Press - she told untruths - whether she knew she was doing or not she should have asked advice . BUT BUT I would say she took a back seat and behaved nicely & respectfully during the funeral.

I admire Harry for the Invictus Games , if they could earn their money without constantly complaining about the RF Good for them. But they have many bills to pay.

I am not happy about the whinging about their children being Prince & Princess and the Royal protection. If they go and visit Harry's family I am sure they will get that. As a private family - if you think you need it , pay for it. Don't sue for it. I am sure this was made clear to them.

Anyway again , I hope there will be some rapprochement & all can get on well. I wonder if M knew what she was taking on.

I have said it before & will say it again I do not wish any young couple and their children ill.

Derbee · 21/09/2022 12:13

I think if you marry someone who alienates you from your friends and family, you suddenly realise how insular your life has become. It’s normal to have regrets when you see them carrying on their lives without you

Derbee · 21/09/2022 12:14

But he’s made his bed, so I don’t know that we should care

notanotheroneagain · 21/09/2022 12:22

Left "England"...so they still live in Scotland, Norther Ireland and Wales.

What? H&M had properties in Scotland, N Ireland and Wales? First I'm hearing of it. Last time I checked they lived in London (KP) and Windsor.

DocD · 21/09/2022 12:23

We fell out with my DP's family after we had our first baby. It had been fine up until that point - they are very old fashioned, upper middle class and live only for their social life (always to the detriment of their children) but it didn't matter when we were young and without children ourselves.
But when we had our first DC they were dreadful. They didn't understand why I was breastfeeding when I should be back out to dinner parties ASAP in their voiced opinion. They didn't understand why I didn't want to leave a tiny baby with a babysitter overnight to go to a glamourous wedding of one of their family. They couldn't understand that we were struggling with balancing work an d tiredness (neither of them have ever done much real work.) They couldn't understand why on earth we didn't do Gina Ford as that was what all of their posh friends' children did. When our DC vomitted when we were staying once, aged one, they told me to put DC in cot as they thought they were playing up and needed to learn to sleep.
You relationships with wider family change massively when you have a baby, and imagine that times a million with Harry and Meghan. Maybe they just couldn't bear for their children to be raised in such an old fashioned, stuffy, emotionally constrained family. My DP's siblings couldn't understand why we had fallen out with them and felt a need to distance ourselves to bring up our children in a way we found to be happy and healthy, but lo and behold they have done exactly the same now they have children . You just don't get what you need until you metamorphose in to a parent.

derxa · 21/09/2022 12:28

notanotheroneagain · 21/09/2022 12:22

Left "England"...so they still live in Scotland, Norther Ireland and Wales.

What? H&M had properties in Scotland, N Ireland and Wales? First I'm hearing of it. Last time I checked they lived in London (KP) and Windsor.

Little Englander

antelopevalley · 21/09/2022 12:50

Derbee · 21/09/2022 12:13

I think if you marry someone who alienates you from your friends and family, you suddenly realise how insular your life has become. It’s normal to have regrets when you see them carrying on their lives without you

Oh give over!
Harry is close to his cousins and has friends.

Derbee · 21/09/2022 13:11

antelopevalley · 21/09/2022 12:50

Oh give over!
Harry is close to his cousins and has friends.

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He’s got their friends, and her friends. His tight group of friends from school have certainly had much less interaction with him since Meghan came on the scene.

antelopevalley · 21/09/2022 13:18

I read that some of his school friends were racist and sexist. There may be good reasons if he is no longer seeing them. Not everyone stays in touch with school friends.
But it is not even true. Hello talk about his friends in 2022, including some he was at school with.

www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20220904149898/who-is-in-prince-harry-close-friends-find-out-his-inner-circle/

antelopevalley · 21/09/2022 13:21

And Harry may be seeing his friends less. It is normal to see friends less when you have children than when you were single with no children.
My friends are important to me but I see them less than pre-children. That is totally normal.

Ishacoco · 21/09/2022 13:21

foxlover47 · 20/09/2022 13:26

@Purplefoxes couldn't of wrote that better
Never get the hatred for Meghan
She seems to be a nurturing caring loving woman , the way she hugged that teenage girl
In the crowds last week was lovely too
Absolutely hate how she gets annihilated

That was staged - she knew them personally.

workinmums · 21/09/2022 13:27

Ishacoco · 21/09/2022 13:21

That was staged - she knew them personally.

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That is a big lie and you shouldn't go around spreading such. The girls involved even came out and debunked this. People jump on every bandwagon they sere in the media. Its disgusting.

RHOAD · 21/09/2022 13:28

The obsession with H&M never ends I see...

Wheresthebeach · 21/09/2022 13:36

I'm surprised by all the attacks on Sophie on this thread. First off she's grieving, it's not a cocktail party, secondly why it is Sophie as the 'bad guy' and not MM giving Sophie the cold shoulder? Honestly it's nonsense. Everyone was grieving and quiet, not chatting.

Frankly, MM and Harry can't expect people to be comfortable around them if they are worried about conversations being reported via Omid, or Gayle King or their PR team.

Port1aCastis · 21/09/2022 13:43

that was staged she knew them personally

Oh bullshit

WimpoleHat · 21/09/2022 13:56

She seems to be a nurturing caring loving woman , the way she hugged that teenage girl

This sort of stuff was how the Diana cult came about. They’re not supposed to go around hugging people. It was pretty strictly against protocol (and I think - like the rules about selfies and not signing autographs - that it makes sense). The Royal image is meant to be like a professional image and they are at events to promote the causes they’re there to support; they’re not pop stars meeting fans.

CatsandFish · 21/09/2022 14:02

Ishacoco · 21/09/2022 13:21

That was staged - she knew them personally.

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Stop lying @Ishacoco you come across as unhinged and determined to hate.

CatsandFish · 21/09/2022 14:04

WimpoleHat · 21/09/2022 13:56

She seems to be a nurturing caring loving woman , the way she hugged that teenage girl

This sort of stuff was how the Diana cult came about. They’re not supposed to go around hugging people. It was pretty strictly against protocol (and I think - like the rules about selfies and not signing autographs - that it makes sense). The Royal image is meant to be like a professional image and they are at events to promote the causes they’re there to support; they’re not pop stars meeting fans.

The girl hugged her. Not the other way around. I'm not surprised that Meghan is getting the blame for that, too though. Only thing she hasn't been blamed for yet is global warming. But give it time.

CatsandFish · 21/09/2022 14:06

Derbee · 21/09/2022 13:11

He’s got their friends, and her friends. His tight group of friends from school have certainly had much less interaction with him since Meghan came on the scene.

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Oh yes, it's aaalllllll the evil woman's fault. Such sexist and misogynist nonsense.

WimpoleHat · 21/09/2022 14:10

The girl hugged her. Not the other way around. I'm not surprised that Meghan is getting the blame for that, too though. Only thing she hasn't been blamed for yet is global warming. But give it time.

You misunderstood my post; I was objecting to the people who label Royals as caring/uncaring by virtue of whether they hug people or not. If someone hugged the Duchess of Sussex, then there’s not much she can do other than accept it graciously, which I assume she did. Same for the woman who gave the King a big kiss! But I don’t think we do want Royals (any of them, whoever we are talking about) behaving like pop stars.

JudgeJ · 21/09/2022 14:13

CaptainBarbosa · 21/09/2022 08:30

No idea, saw a few American YouTubers when DS was flicking through YouTube refer to her as "The Queen of England"

I've also visited USA a few times and I get the whole oh your British, where in England do you live? I then say I'm not English, they then go Scottish/Irish and I have to say no I'm Welsh and they look at me like I have 5 heads 😂

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When we said we were from the North of England, quite a few Americans said Oh, you mean Scartland!
We also had to explain the differences between the UK, Great Britain, and the British Isles, that was fun.