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To think Harry wants to Have his cake and eat it

572 replies

Lardlizard · 09/01/2020 09:25

If you want to leave fine, goodbye
But you can’t be half in half out !

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Sofacat · 09/01/2020 19:08

I wonder if Harry will want to come back into the royal family if he and Meghan divorce.

PinkPieAtNight · 09/01/2020 19:13

'Maybe we'll be treated to 'When life hands you lemons set up a lemonade stall' in flowing calligraphy shortly.'

Grin

There seems to be a change in tone on threads, the tedious 'racist!' accusations seem to be reducing as more and more people realise Harry and Meghan are using and exploiting their royal platform for their own very specific and woke agenda. What were they thinking launching that website without even running it by his brother or Dad, let alone the Queen.

RasberryRoyale · 09/01/2020 19:16

For once I agree with Piers Morgan about these two. The pair of them are hypocrites. Can’t have it both ways. Can’t be financially independent when they expect the public to pay for their security etc and whilst they are still living off Daddy’s money.

I don’t even like the Royal family but I would love for the Queen to tell the both of them to fuck off and take their titles off them.

Devereux1 · 09/01/2020 19:20

I wonder if Harry will want to come back into the royal family if he and Meghan divorce.

Yes, you bet he will. The RF will have made plans for this highly likely (imo) eventuality the moment he announced his crazy engagement. Then we'll have another 20 years of Poor Harry.

Kinneddar · 09/01/2020 19:22

I cant work out how a couple with an estimated £34 million wealth have to WORK AT becoming financially independent. They could give up all current income, never work another day and still live a life of wealth and luxury.

I hope the Queen removes their titles and HRH status. They dont need either if they're going it alone

I notice theres no acknowledgement of Catherine's birthday from them on Instagram today. Sad when you think how close Harry was to her in his pre MM days

beautifulstranger101 · 09/01/2020 19:25

I cant work out how a couple with an estimated £34 million wealth have to WORK AT becoming financially independent

Nor me and its hardly surprising that this kind of thing is going to get people's backs up.

BBInSleepsCounting · 09/01/2020 19:28

Good luck to them.

woodchuck99 · 09/01/2020 19:31

No, not duties carried out but the duchy of Cornwall is a royal thing.

Only in that you have to be the son of the reigning monarch ie. The parent has to do the "Royal thing" rather than the man who inherits.

catpyjamas · 09/01/2020 19:33

I don’t even like the Royal family but I would love for the Queen to tell the both of them to fuck off and take their titles off them.

^This with bells on!

Mysterian · 09/01/2020 19:33

If you've got cake why wouldn't you eat it? Why have you got cake if you don't want to eat it? You could have said no when it was offered to you. Now he's got cake are there any other ways he could use it other than eat it?

Olliephaunt4eyes · 09/01/2020 19:34

YABVU to not post this in the royals section instead of posting here for added attention.

Mrsjayy · 09/01/2020 19:35

They were very busy on their canadian holiday weren't they I wonder which media pr company are profiting from this hoha.

BelleSausage · 09/01/2020 19:40

I am a royalist and I think this stinks.

The role of the Royal is duty. It is a job and a tough one. No one picks it, you’re born to it.

So letting people opt out is fair enough.

But what you absolutely cannot do is cheapen and exploit what your entire family has worked towards for the past three generations by cashing in on your status.

It won’t be ‘financial independence’ if they are trading off their titles.

No duty, no titles. Simple as.

Let’s see how many branded pairs of socks you sell with out the HRH.

Cosyjimjamsforautumn · 09/01/2020 19:46

I dont blame them for wanting to leave at all. The UK Press have not treated her well and he's had the example of what happened to his mum to frame his low opinion of them.
However i do think that if they "abdicate" from their roles that they ought to pay for their own security and not receive monies from Her Maj.They've also said they wont use the Royal Pool for releasing stuff to the press which i think will unfortunately make the press even more rabid about chasing them for photos etc.
The RF should be declassified when Her Maj pops off Crown Sad

Mrsjayy · 09/01/2020 19:49

There was a royal correspondent on the news saying there had been talk of scaling down again maybe that promoted them to trade mark themselves because they can't live off 34 million £s they are paupers next to their chums George and Amil.

AlternativeReality · 09/01/2020 20:04

Talk that he’s seen what his mother had to go through and so is stepping back is false.

It was precisely after Diana left the royal family that the press continued to pursue her. Although Diana was no innocent victim and courted the press when it suited her.

I suspect that the reason for going to Canada is to avoid the press, because if they remain in the UK there’s no way the press will leave them alone. But once they’ve disappeared out of the spotlight for a couple of months they can come back to the UK and people will have stoped caring.

I certainly wouldn’t want to live that life and I have no idea why anyone would want to marry into it. But Harry knew what to expect. He’d seen it first hand with Diana, He saw it with William and Kate, and while he didn’t ask for any of it he can’t claim to be surprised now that it’s happened.

I also suspect that the royals are unhappy because while the press have been able to comment on Harry and Megan they’ve largely not been concentrating on Andrew. Now that Harry and Megan are out of the picture I suspect Andrew might become fair game.

MrsJoshNavidi · 09/01/2020 20:08

I wonder if Harry will want to come back into the royal family if he and Meghan divorce.

Don't you mean "when"?

NobdieTheNob · 09/01/2020 20:09

Are Megz and Hasbo having a Flounce?

If so, I think the standard MN response used to be: "remember to shut the door on your way out".

I bet they'll be back a month later, having NC.

Kinneddar · 09/01/2020 20:10

Now that Harry and Megan are out of the picture I suspect Andrew might become fair game

I'd say it's the opposite. This shit storm will run for weeks if not months. Theyve well and truly knocked Andrew off the media radar

Mrsjayy · 09/01/2020 20:12

But M&H were the darlings of the uk then they started showing themselves up by opening their mouths and talking shit and being hypocritical that is when the press turned on them.

Grinchly · 09/01/2020 20:15

Pink Pie Are you me? Grin
I was thinking exactly the same.

LittleSweet · 09/01/2020 20:24

KundalinRising I wondered that too. The Queen made it obvious she was supporting PA after he behaved so appallingly, in the interview, not just what VG accused him of. I wouldn't want anything to do with them either. Also if the disagreement with PW over the alleged affair is true.
I think their hypocrisy is staggering. How tone deaf to 'try' to manage without royal money.

ginandbearit · 09/01/2020 20:28

Lots of negative comments about them on their instagram page, including a few "happy birthday Kates !" and "I give it two years" 😆

lyralalala · 09/01/2020 20:32

The best way to break the chains is for him to renounce his and Archie's places in the line of succession.

He can't. He could only do that before Archie was born

Previously he could have done it in a roundabout way by having him christened as Catholic, but that's not an option now

God forbid the Cambridge's are all involved in a plane crash and Harry and Archie become the direct line of succession.

I think the Queen will be putting her foot down hard now. No more planes and helicopter rides as a family of 5 for the Cambridges

Doggybiccys · 09/01/2020 20:38

Yeah it’s all a bit “ Elton john’s final tour”

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