Harry and Meghan resigning?

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See link. News just announced.

www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/01/08/prince-harry-meghan-step-back-senior-members-royal-family-couple/

It does sound like they might be escaping from the public scrutiny and online abuse.

H&M have forgotten they don't have the choice whether to be royal or not. Title they get to keep - the rest, all the rest, is up to the Queen and, shortly, Prince Charles.

Cash, houses, official status, diplomatic politeness, the invitations -- the Queen can stop the lot.

The Royals have form for wielding the chop - look at the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson. They were booted out of the family, the houses, the jobs and finally the UK.

Fergie didn't do that well out of it, either. And Diana was well on her way to being celebrity fodder when she died.

She didn’t need Frogmore

So why accept it and have it decked out to preferred taste? Why say they want to step back from being senior royals but still live at Frogmore while here if she doesn't need it?

If they are going to be part timers in the UK, then have a flat in Kensington Palace with the others where security already exists.

At the end of the day though, the role is UK based. That should be bloody obvious when it involves ANY drain on taxpayer funds.

I don’t think they’re going to get booted. Harry knows too much and would have way too much dirt on the royal family. Plus they all feel guilty and indebted after his mother - there’s more to that story we don’t know.

look at the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson. They were booted out of the family, the houses, the jobs and finally the UK.

The Duke of Windsor was an entitled asshole and a Nazi sympathiser to boot. And no, I don't just know this because of the Crown. They got nothing less than what they deserved and in fact arguably got off lightly.

If they ditch the titles then great go for it.

If they want to step back, step down, take a lesser role or whatever that is up to them. It's definitely true that as we move on, Charles becomes King and William's kids get older, Harry is a lot less relevant. Making the split now avoids a situation like Andrew's in that he's a spare part with no clear role and seen as a waste of space.

BUT. You can't do all of that and keep your royal status. It does seem very much that they want all the good bits of being Royal like the houses and titles and publicity, without any of the negatives. Yes you can go off to Canada, raise your kids there and host a chat show. But as Meghan Sussex and Harry Sussex, not as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

I also agree with a lot of what's been said about a woman who is estranged from all of her natural family apart from her mother apparently doing the same to her husband.

How are you supposed to "split" time between the UK and Canada when you have a child in school? Popping back and forward might work for the first few years, but once Archie is 4 or 5 they will be looking to make one place their permanent home, and that will be Canada or LA. No doubt about it.

The thing is...they should get the perks and none of the shit if thats what they want...
People are just jealous. The Royal family is changing and the public don't like it. We are far from a republican nation.
On a slight tangent...why hasn't the Daily Mail been banned yet?

What i mean is...people would love to see them stripped of all their assets. Like it or not..it aint gonna happen.

I think the pressure and politics behind the scenes would have been enormous and infuriating. Can you imagine being thrown under the bus in the press while the indiscretions or other people are slid under the rug while they play happy families & perfect princesses ?

This. Plus Harry has always rebelled a bit. Maybe marrying and having archie made him realise he doesn't want to have his life dictated to him anymore or have his wife at the end of constant negative press attention and certainly doesn't want the same life for his son that he lived.

Whilst i think they should have discussed it with the RF we don't why they didn't or what goes on behind closed doors. If it was all about monetizing a brand wouldn't it have made more sense to take a title for archie?

I think it's a very confused message.

Stepping back from being senior Royals - yet launching Sussexroyal.com with a stated aim of supporting the monarchy?

Stepping back from being royals - yet maintaining (his) dukedom?

The Palace need to remove their Sussex (and other) titles. Harry & Meghan very recently trademarked the Duke & Duchess of Sussex title, is that so they can make money off it?
How come they’re not “financially independent” already? Meghan has reportedly at least £6 million in the bank. How much do they need to be independent?
At least they’ll both have signed the official secrets act so won’t benefit from “tell all” books or interviews.

Saying all that though, I think they’ll be much happier as private citizens. Just dodgy they didn’t tell anyone before releasing that statement.

Good luck to them . He appears to be putting his wife and family first . Give back Frogmore ,scale down security and come up with a good plan for schooling and more permanent home for the kid(s) . If they still have a flat in Kensington Palace ,they don't need a country pile. I think using their royal titles for any charity they wish to set up or support is fine , but in a working life environment, they are Mr and Mrs Sussex or Mountbatten . I wish them well .

It’s so interesting how the royals are controlled by the monarch & advisors

This has obviously been announced to the public to take back control of their own lives, if they’d approached senior family members first then it would have been squashed

@LaurieMarlow that article you linked is hardly MSM

I watched the news last night and thought what a bloody lovely couple who fell in love and both have said they wanted to be parents. They've been treated shockingly by the press I think she seems lovely and Harry was the happiest he's looked in years when he met her. I love them and fair play to them for putting their family first spending time equally between the two countries their child's grandparents live that child will thank them for this in the future. Anyone who buys into the crap printed by the press should also feel sad that they've bought the papers and filled a demand for such bullying. Their own website sussexroyal explains quite clearly their heartache. Harry has his mothers heart and I can't wait to see what he goes on to do with his life it will be full of good things. I love the support and awareness he gives about mental health and am glad they're putting their own first

They can take the whole lot of them and go live on the moon for all I care.

The British press have never liked her from the start. Not all at the Piers Morgan or Daily Mail level, but the British press have torn her apart right from the start.

This is all reminding me of the Borgias!

They’re all rotten, the royal system is rotten. Huge indiscretions and awful behaviour brushed under the carpet. Andrew is the tip of the iceberg. Supreme privilege by birth should have no place in modern society.
At least Harry and Meghan won’t be leeching off the public purse, but will obviously be trading off their name and connections (albeit in a more subtle way than Fergie/Andrew/Wessexes tried).
Once the Queen passes away, that should be it.

This thread seems to be split between critics and those who think they’re wonderful and lovely and total humanitarians who want nothing more than to heal the world.

Folks, this is all about money. Look the new website. It makes very clear they want to monetise their status. No more photos to the media for free - they actually say that currently the tabloids profit from their photos - they basically plan to do paid photo shoots. Commercial deals. Sponsorships. To cash in. It’s all about money. The Clinton Foundation, if that’s their model, is a sham. Read about it.

All in the pretence of “charidee”.

But we still want to be royal and retain our status and have Daddy pay for everything and have security etc.

Cake and eat it too.

In her interview on ITV Meghan said they don’t have anything like the tabloid press we have here in America. I think they do, but she just hadn’t been exposed to it as she wasn’t particularly famous then compared to her level of fame now.

This is what I thought.. their crappy magazines publish completely fabricated stuff, how will they manage that?

Seriously, my heart bleeds for them. The public and the press started to be alienated when a member of the royal family who was much loved started to act like a precious Hollywood star. For example, would it really have killed them to do the traditional pose with new baby on the steps? I think these allegations or racism are complete bollocks. She is quite a popular actress... with the Suits fan base anyway. It was the actions that gradually caused the rift, not the ancestry. And if they didn't give the press the fodder they wouldn't have had such problems. Just think of how easy it is for them to get away from it all, as they have just done, and do pretty much nothing while living in luxury. They have plenty of opportunities to de-stress.
Now it seems they want their cake and eat it. They have decided, without consulting the Queen it seems, to decide what sort of royal duties they want to carry out. Thus retaining the priviledged and amazingly well paid lifestyle, while publicly wringing their hands about how awful it is and poor them how nasty everyone is to them. Are they really surprised?
They should have the courage of their convictions and leave royal duties now, and the income. I think their plans to monetise their royal connection are shoddy to be honest.
I honestly can't understand why there is so much hand wringing and sympathy for this couple.

It is about money. The one thing they can’t do now is cash in from their royal status.

She is quite a popular actress... with the Suits fan base anyway

Popular actress? Hardly anyone outside the US had even HEARD of her when she started dating Harry!