To have lost interest in the royal wedding because...

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If the council in Windsor wanting to clear homeless out ?

I mean why don't the royal couple open a shelter instead given they are 'humanitarian' ?

after the wedfing the media will set about doing what they are dying to do, dig up dirt on her less succesful relatives.

Sophie Wessex never had this kind of media attention to begin with.

I think Meghan will fill column inches for years to come. Certainly until the Cambridge children are old enough to be of interest.

I care that I pay for Sophie Wesex’s upkeep and for her kids and embarsssing husband. Layabouts - kept in luxury by the taxpayers.

I’ve been to palaces and estate ‘homes’ in many countries without royals and always had to queue with thousands of others - Russia (tonnes of palaces) France and the USA to mention a few. They have no shortage of tourists.

I agree. Until Charlotte gets a boyfriend megan will sell magazines and be clickable.

Sophie never had the same charisma, or dress sense. Megan is gorgeous and confident. I think she will do a lot for the charities she is a patron of.

It doesn’t really say much for the UK as a country if our top tourist attraction is an overprivileged family rather than all the historic buildings and beautiful varied landscapes.

If anything it might improve tourism to get rid of them.

People might like the idea of visiting palaces and monuments built for an institution that no longer exists. There's more of a romance to it, if that's the right word.

Sophie Wessex never had this kind of media attention to begin with.

That isn’t really true, remember there was the photo of her with Chris Tarrant where her breast was exposed and also she was busted several times for using her royal connections to promote her PR business.

I don’t think she’s going to find life as a minor royal quite as glamorous and exciting as she thinks. The media and public interest will wane - I mean who really cares about Sophie Wessex these days?

I agree with this totally. Fergie would be in the same boat if she was still married to Andrew. Sophie came to a uni locally to me and there wasn’t a single member of the public turned up to see her, she went in like a normal person. Crowds don’t turn up for Andrew either.

MM will have a couple of years of press attention but as the Cambridge children grow up she is going to be increasingly sidelined.

A few years down the line she is going to be on a round of ribbon cutting and visiting widget factories in provincial towns to gladhand foreign investors and it won’t be glamorous.

I think she may also run into a lot of similar problems as Sophie Wessex re the restrictions of royal life. Specifically, she has previously been very political and the royal family are apolitical. I suspect that she may very well end up causing some very big constitutional problems if she doesn’t reign that in.

I think a lot of Mumsnetters are labouring under the delusion that because they approve of MMs politics it’s okay for her to be political. But a constitutional monarchy doesn’t work like that. Even Charles has run into problems by trying to interfere politically. And if he can’t get away with it then MM certainly won’t.

I don't think Meghan will fill column inches. Most people are bored with her already. I know I am. She's a pushy self-obsessed pain in the neck from what I've seen so far. And that's now even before the wedding.

Of course Sophie Wessex had media attention but it was never anywhere near the current frenzy.

She was never as interesting (for the media) or divisive a figure as Meghan. I think Meghan's fame won't last forever but certainly for a good few years.

She's attractive, fashionable, outspoken and disliked. The media will love her for years yet.

Harry was also much more interesting than Edward ever was. I don't think anyone has ever much cared about what Edward might be up to.

Well, I suppose her nearest 'parallel' is Anthony Armstrong-Jones, made Lord Snowdon on his marriage to Princess Margaret (who was roughly the same place in the succession).

MM's clothes will probably get considerably more attention than his did. He continued to work in the pre-marital career if photography, but that was probably easier to manage than acting. But regardless of how much they put into day job and Royal duties, they were all over the gossip column for years.

But I agree that by the time the Cambridge DC are grown, their cousins will attract about as much attention as the Linleys and Chattos do now.

As a couple they have lots of potential to fill column inches.

Having said that so did Kate and William until they became beyond tedious overnight.

CelticSelkie

I agree. Until Charlotte gets a boyfriend megan will sell magazines and be clickable.
Sophie never had the same charisma, or dress sense. Megan is gorgeous and confident. I think she will do a lot for the charities she is a patron of.

Sophie Wessex dresses beautifully and appropriately and it is said she is a favourite of the Queen! I can’t believe you wrote that!

Early on, Sophie did have an unfortunate incident in a sting involving her PR company and her promises to get access to the Royals - but since then she has been an exemplary member of the RF.

Megan - er Rachel - Markle is a lightweight. Once she sinks into the background, she will find her life as a “princess” very dull. Bet she wishes she had bagged William.

Princess Margaret’s husband was a member of the aristocracy so no, she is not his “parallel” in any way.

Meghan and Harry are more interesting for the media as a couple.

Harry was tabloid fodder even before Meghan. Chances are he would always have married someone beautiful so whoever she was the media would have been interested. The fact that she's so reviled by so many just means she'll get more coverage.

The queen's children were never seen to be so interesting unless you count Charles and the speculation over who he would marry and then the marriage itself.

As a couple they have lots of potential to fill column inches.

Having said that so did Kate and William until they became beyond tedious overnight.

Kate and William are tedious because they are doing their job properly. They have an entirely humdrum and unremarkable personal life and don’t have a hint of scandal around them.

Diana and Fergie’s untediousness was a disaster for the RF as was their ability to fill column inches. Filling column inches isn’t the point of the RF.

If PH and MM are regularly filling column inches after they marry then it probably won’t be a positive. Not least because they shouldn’t be upstaging PW and KM.

Sophie Wessex quietly doing boring engagements and not attracting much comment is actually fulfilling the role of a junior royal properly. If MM continues to excite a lot of controversy and comment post marriage leading to lots of column inches, that won’t be a positive.

I can't see her fulfilling her role in a quiet way while carrying out tedious engagements.

With any luck she'll be the catalyst that is required to bring the whole monarchy farce to an end (although I doubt it).

Princess Anne is pretty rude and entitled too I've heard. Well she could hardly be anything else coming from that family.

Oh yes, the one who doesn't suffer fools gladly and scowls a lot like she's somehow badly done to......a bit like her dad then. I wonder if the "fools" are the ones who think they're just a huge unnecessary burden and don't believe in all the bowing and scraping.

She also for some odd reason gets called "hard working", probably because she does a bit more than her work shy family, namely getting chauffeur driven for a free lunch and shakes a few hands.

The queen's children were never seen to be so interesting unless you count Charles and the speculation over who he would marry and then the marriage itself.

How old are you? Because I get the feeling you’re commenting on something you don’t actually remember. Charles and Andrew were relentlessly covered. Charles cherry brandy incidents and his ‘action man’ prince image when single, Andrew’s helicopter piloting and the Falklands War. Edward was covered with his theatre career and there was huge speculation about his sexuality.

And the level of coverage after Charles and Andrew married was literally insane and you couldn’t seriously compare the level of attention their wives received to the levels KM and MM have.

And yet Andrew is now a bit of a nonentity.

It’s age as well. It’s the young royals who attract attention. Once Princess Margaret was the glamorous exciting princess but nobody was interested in her by the time she hit her 40s.

Meghan is 36. We have a press that obsesses over young women.

I can't see her fulfilling her role in a quiet way while carrying out tedious engagements.

Yes, you’re also making the mistake of thinking she has much say in this. She doesn’t.

If you think she’s going to be some sort of maverick or do things in a groundbreaking way like Diana did, you are very, very wrong. For a start Diana was the Princess of Wales and in a far more powerful position. MM is marrying the second son of the heir to the throne. He is sixth in line. In the scheme of the RF, they do not have a powerful or influential position and MM will be in a position where she will be doing as she is told and not striking out on her own.

Perhaps you're right Mightymucks.

I guess it will depend on how successful their marriage is. Any hint of discord and that will get them increased attention as well as having children.

There could also be an attempt to pit her and Kate against each other.

Kate and William are tedious because they are doing their job properly.

Hardly, they've made it perfectly clear that they dont want to do any work, hence Williams weak excuse for giving up The RAF in order to "help" the queen. Hmm how arduous that must be. They appear to have a love of "celebrity" types and don't seem to accept the fact that their highly privileged lifestyle comes with an expectation of certain duties, which they seem reluctant to do.

William is resentful of the press and seems to think their lives should be completely private.
Nothing about either of them tells us they're hard working. Quite the opposite, both come across as lazy and spoilt with a huge sense of entitlement to what is given them.

Harsh assessment above.

They might not be the hardest working royals but they do have a young family and it's William's father who is next in line. The focus on them is probably disproportionate given that it's Charles who is ''next up''
Also, they both have a crap ton of cash of their own so if they're entitled it's cos they were never ever going to be struggling with or without taxpayer cash

I'd say Kate is smart enough to diffuse any competition the media conjures up.

I don't think Diana and Fergie were as clever as Kate and Meghan. Or is it just that they're both older? It seems that way. Also, Diana and Fergie appeared within years of each other

Edward was covered with his theatre career

Career 😂😂😂😂

I’m old enough to remember his full blown tantrum at “Its a knockout’