Next time I'm passing Buck House I'll demand to be allowed in because, as a member of public, I own it!
Yes I was being sarcastic people!
It's the line they like to trot out though, that they have all this grace and favour at our tolerance the power really resides with us, and we all have a part in it, don't you see? They are just taking care of it all on our behalf and doing a good job of it too. ((God bless them!))
Question: Seeing as they do privately own a couple castles, as well as a few piles and large sums of inherited wealth, jewelry, land etc....why bother with the hassle of having to jump through all the hoops, put up with public intrusion, bad press etc etc? They could have a life of riley without all of that. I was looking at the line of succession the other day and there are umpteenth potentials with no hope of ever reaching the throne who live very charmed private lives. But what is the point of it all? I mean the other day Boris literally held the Queen to ransom and she had no choice but to give consent to prorouge parliament did she really? No power to desist at all. It's all just ceremonial rubber stamping nonsense.
I can imagine Meghan's frustration marrying into what she might have thought was a position of considerable prestige and power only to discover it isn't really and she might have had more influence as an up and coming actress (there was a story about her being considered for James Bond) with a substantial fan base. Personally I think she's missed her calling as a senators wife she'd be bloody brilliant as a (democratic) political spouse, where there is far more freedom to front edgy causes, and having brains and an opinion is an actual plus, and not met with disapproval, where you are not expected to take a backseat role to your husband, (avowed feminism is a grace not a flaw) and don't particularly have to live by what you preach as long as you seem ernest preaching it. She would have had a lot Hollywood good will, and been able to use her carefully curated contact base to real PR advantage.
Instead of trying to find a British husband she ought to have looked for an American one maybe one from the established political dynasties, one with real ambition.
She's fiercely clever and will naturally feel confined by having to take a quiet more self-effacing role like Sophies or Annes. It must be a shock to doscover that by and large the British public expect Royals to look pretty but modest, shake hands, support your spouse, cut charity ribbons and all preferably whilst keeping as quiet and unobtrusive as possible!