.... but who announces their pregnancy at their cousins wedding!

[flumpybear]

Let's hope it was secretly and not to upstage poor Eugenie!

[LaurieMarlow]

I love the way people are naive (or willfully obtuse ) enough to think she has any autonomy over the timing of the announcement. It will all have been stage managed by the palace.

The queen will have been told weeks ago.

I suspect they would have liked to have kept the lid on it for another few weeks, but it will have been obvious to the wedding guests so they risked it being leaked if they didn't announce.

However let's not let practicalities get in the way of a good kicking

[SillySallySingsSongs]

@LaurieMarlow I do find it odd that people think that the first the family will have heard was Friday.

The Queen DoE and Charles will have known as soon as Meghan and Harry did. There is so much protocol and logistics to manage.

Do people seriously think that a huge tour like this in 4 countries with over 70 engagements could have been sorted without them knowing for starters?

[JayFul]

@Onecutefox refers to "plebs", I assume Onecutefox is a full blown aristocrat with her own stately home! I always LOL when people refer to the "masses" or "plebs" etc as an insult just because they disagree with something someone says!

[MartaTam]

Loving how its, "bad taste of Markle", not Harry, not the Queen just Markle. Hatred makes people sound unhinged.

[NoSuchThingAsAlpha]

Queen: Megan, is one not going to have some champagne?
Megan: No, I'll pass.
Queen: Go on! You know how awful these events are if you're not pissed.
Megan: I can't, I'm pregnant.

Or something like that.

[JayFul]

@MartaTam if you think it is "hatred" to say someone has "bad taste" then you must lead a very sheltered life indeed. It is logically always the woman who decides when she is going to announce her pregnancy, so yes it was her decision and not Harry's or the Queen's.

[NoSuchThingAsAlpha]

• Meghan. Not a royalist, obv.

[randomsabreuse]

There was no way a slim woman would have been able to cover it through a wedding plus long tour - it's not like she can use the "driving" excuse or the "heavy night last night" excuse and everyone knows that no-one believes the antibiotics one - so big event, celebs = busted!

As for wearing clothes that don't show - change of well known style = massive flag for yet more speculation!

The only option would have been not having sex at the relevant time that month but given her age better to just get on with it.

Far better saying yes I am now let me get on with my job than allowing a media frenzy of speculation...

[Snugglepiggy]

You see if someone close in my family had some good news and people found out on my wedding day it would only have added to the joy of the day.
But that was 30 +years ago and brides have obviously got more demanding about being the centre of attention.We none of us know how the announcemenr was made,but I doubt Harry elbowed the best man out of the way mid speech.
A wedding is a family event, and its known that Harry and Eugenie are very close as cousins and have socialised a lot over the years
Is it not inconceivable that he even talked to her in he days before and said we will have to go public soon .
And with a big tour and all the world's press monitoring their every appearance ,plus the speculation.already rife- given her age and the loose coat she was going to wear -that Eugenie gave them her blessing.I would.
Are people so mean spirited they can't just be pleased for them ?I'm not raving Royalist but Eugenie looked radiantly happy regardless.It's a good job Meghan wasn't full term and in labour last weekend or she'd have been selfish if she had pushed the baby out before the wedding celebrations were over .

[Onecutefox]

Totally agree with you Snugglepiggy but some folks are always going to be sad unless it's Meghan's half-sister has multiple accounts on MN .

[MartaTam]

@Jayful Like its been said your hatred is making you sound unhinged. There's a baby on the way, Meghan's baby. Harry is happy, the Queen is happy and you are an insignificant piece whose opinions don't matter.

[JayFul]

@MartaTam Quick lesson: it's a public forum dear, it exists to hold opinions. Your use of the word "piece" clearly show what kind of neighbourhood you originate from. It is you that sounds "unhinged". I suggest you get back to your Meghan fanbook as I won't be replying to anymore of your gutter replies.

[MartaTam]

@Jayful - Your time to step away from the keyboard has been long overdue. Run along now!

[JayFul]

@Neshoma I agree completely, it was bad taste by Markle & H and I found Eugenie's wedding far more Royal and tasteful. Btw: Outraged Markle fangirls save your ink as I don't care and won't be replying to any more of your replies about your "heroine"!

[SillySallySingsSongs]

Outraged Markle fangirls save your ink as I don't care and won't be replying to any more of your replies about your "heroine"!

Oh grow up.

btw typing on a forum doesn't require ink

[SillySallySingsSongs]

then you must lead a very sheltered life indeed. It is logically always the woman who decides when she is going to announce her pregnancy, so yes it was her decision and not Harry's or the Queen's.

Actually you are the one that's lead a very sheltered life if you don't think the Queen was consulted.

[JayFul]

btw typing on a forum doesn't require ink

Sigh! More proof that the blinkered and one-dimensional don't go in for metaphor.

[LaurieMarlow]

It is logically always the woman who decides when she is going to announce her pregnancy, so yes it was her decision and not Harry's or the Queen's.

You're a total idiot if you genuinely think this. She's not your average Joe. Her every move will be tightly monitored.

[JayFul]

Actually you are the one that's lead a very sheltered life if you don't think the Queen was consulted.

You have exactly zero knowledge that she was consulted before the reception. All reports, by insiders etc stating that she was told at the reception.

[Cherries101]

This was deliberately let out to minimize the bad press Andrew and Eugenie were getting prior to (and would have gotten post) re: the public money wasted into this wedding. Remember Eugenie’s wedding cost more than Harry’s and she’s not even 11th in line to the throne.

[JayFul]

You're a total idiot if you genuinely think this. She's not your average Joe. Her every move will be tightly monitored.

Hilarious! "Average Joe"? I didn't know Mumsnet was big in the New York ghettos... Anyway, yes the Royals are cloistered, but they are not monitored by close-circuit TV in their own homes.

[LaurieMarlow]

This was deliberately let out to minimize the bad press Andrew and Eugenie were getting prior to (and would have gotten post) re: the public money wasted into this wedding.

I don't think this is the case. Id say it's just practical. Lots of people will have seen her drink water at the wedding. She's about to go on a strenuous tour where she might have to pull back a bit if she's feeling ropey.

Better to have control over the info than field endless speculation.

[PortiaCastis]

Nobody knows when folks were told or not told it's all sheer speculation and some of it quite nasty

[SilentIsla]

This is all supposition - on both sides!

[myrtleWilson]

Jay how come there is zero knowledge re Queen being consulted, yet you are adamant Meghan announced the pregnancy based on nothing more than your assumption that it is generally women who announce pregnancy. To be clear, announcing is not limited to who opens their mouth and formulates words, rather 'announcing' will also include decisions about when and where and with whom. So I can't see the basis for your forthright assertion that this was all down to Meghan.
Unless of course you were in the bathrooms at the reception, saw Meghan leaving and she gives you a conspiratorial wink and says "Jay babe follow me, shit just about to get real" in which case I humbly apologise.