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Harry and Meghan Resigning (Part Two)

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TheMustressMhor · 10/01/2020 10:56

Following on from the previous thread, someone asked for another to be created.

Here it is.

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JulietJanuary · 10/01/2020 17:45

Leigh, well said.

DuchessofWoke · 10/01/2020 17:47

So there was a bizarre visit to Canada House to thank the Canadians for their lovely holiday (wtf?). Then a “secret” visit to the Grenfell charity. Was there a visit to his grandmother whom he hasn’t seen since the early autumn? That would have made a nice Instagram pic too.

APatchyTomCat · 10/01/2020 17:50

Was there a visit to his grandmother whom he hasn’t seen since the early autumn? That would have made a nice Instagram pic too

I think Granny was busy with other things, like playing happy families with her paedo son

BigChocFrenzy · 10/01/2020 17:51

She joined a disfunctional toxic family, the kind MN always tells people to leave

She's stuck it out for a couple of years and probably could have coped with the family longer

  • but what's probably driven her away is the virulent hatred that many monarchists feel for her, a cuckoo in their precious RF nest

Harry is in shock, because he's used to being adored by the public, but they've turned on him for his choice of Mrs

They are right to leave
and I hope the rest of the RF soon follows them, which will save us paying millions to a billionaire family who got their positions by inheritance, not merit.

Leighhalfpennysthigh · 10/01/2020 17:55

And while I'm on my soap box - to whinge and moan about a few harsh headlines while you are standing in a country where people do not know where the next meal is coming from is crass and insensitive.

And the country in which that interview was broadcast has people who depend on a food bank to feed their children.
Old people who don't see a person from one week to the next
People having to work several jobs to make ends meet
People suffering from mental health issues who will not get the right treatment because there aren't enough services
Parents of children with special needs who have to fight and fight for years to get the minimum amount of help and support that their child needs to just access their basic right to an education

Who asks those people if they are ok?

Wherearemyminions · 10/01/2020 17:57

Well said Leigh. Whilst I don't doubt that his Mothers death and the very public circumstances of the funeral etc would be damaging, the obsessiveness some people have about it is like a strange hangover from the frankly weird behaviour of a lot of the British public following her death. There are numerous people who have faced traumatic things who haven't had access to a fraction of the help available to a family with vast wealth. It all plays into their victim narrative and is frankly insulting to many people who are trying to overcome trauma in far worse positions.

Mollychristmas · 10/01/2020 18:03

Who asks those people if they are ok?

Absolutely, very well said!

BoneyBackJefferson · 10/01/2020 18:07

BigChocFrenzy

Harry is in shock, because he's used to being adored by the public, but they've turned on him for his choice of Mrs

What good old naked vegas sauna, nazi uniform wearing playboy, that everybody loves Harry, hated for his choice of Mrs because he hasn't done anything stupid before Harry.

Take off the rose tinted specs.

Jillyhilly · 10/01/2020 18:10

It’s ok guys, I’ve just read on their website that the Sussexes are now going to ”advance the solutions the world needs most” so we can all just relax about everything. Hooray!

MrsJoshNavidi · 10/01/2020 18:12

So there was a bizarre visit to Canada House to thank the Canadians for their lovely holiday

Harry and Archie can't just rock up and live in Canada, can they? They'll need visas and Harry will need a work permit if he's going to earn mine from there.

Don't know what the immigration agreement between America and Canada is.

Fraggot · 10/01/2020 18:13

World peace?
Ending poverty?
Truly non-stick frying pans?

Can’t wait. Never had a bad word to say about them.

DeRigueurMortis · 10/01/2020 18:17

advance the solutions the world needs most

How about the eradication of entitled, petulant, privileged woke posturing?

Seriously - what bullshit....the arrogance is staggering.

7salmonswimming · 10/01/2020 18:17

They really do believe they're great, don't they? They don't understand that the ordinary people they want to help look at them in this or that kitchen/ sports arena/ baby centre/ school with awe and gratitude only because they are the human embodiment of something bigger and better than their own lives, something they can believe in and that gives them hope. That's the whole point of the Royal Family: steady hope and faith in a higher being. Seriously: HMQ is head of the CoE.

It's not about Henry Mountbatten-Windsor or Rachel Meghan Markle, a couple of vainglorious, avaricious, self-aggrandized people who believe what their sycophants are telling them for their own financial profit or personal advancement.

Yes, the Kardashian-era level of wealth is on the wane. There's no substance to them and that's become apparent. As it will with these two.

Butterymuffin · 10/01/2020 18:18

no one made them Rush into an engagement followed swiftly by marriage after 6 months living in the country

No, but they had both said they wanted kids, the clock was ticking for Meghan in particular, and they will both have been aware that pregnancy before marriage would have been very negatively received. So on that point they played it all by the book because they couldn't afford in fertility terms to wait around.

Butterymuffin · 10/01/2020 18:20

the Sussexes are now going to”advance the solutions the world needs most”

Are they offering to take over Brexit negotiations? It would certainly be a chance to develop their diplomatic skills Shock

Notmyrealname855 · 10/01/2020 18:21

advance the solutions the world needs most

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! I needed a good laugh! Like having a meritocratic society with no royalty?!

ShatnersWig · 10/01/2020 18:22

advance the solutions the world needs most

Who really was Jack the Ripper?
Was there really a Mr Qualtrough and who killed Julia Wallace?
What/Who happened to Madeleine McCann?
Why did Waitrose change the recipe of their tarte au citron?

Mummyoflittledragon · 10/01/2020 18:25

I’ve just read a Sun article that the rift between the brothers was caused by William trying to encourage Harry to take it slower as he hardly knew Meghan. He apparently reiterated this after the engagement by allegedly recounting their mother’s advice not to marry in haste.

If this is the reason they fell out, Harry is very very immature.

Bluntness100 · 10/01/2020 18:25

Harry and Archie can't just rock up and live in Canada, can they? They'll need visas and Harry will need a work permit if he's going to earn mine from there.

Archie will have dual nationality. And Harry doesn't actually need to go to thr embassy or even fill in forms. You employ people to do that, there are specialist visa agencies. Althoug he has his own staff so doubt he needs an agency.

When I require a visa for work travel. Which I've need many times, inc for Moscow,, we employ an agency, someone from the agency, phones me, goes through thr details, fills the form in, I sign it, send it back to them with my passport and pic to them, and they then send someone to go queue at the embassy, get thr visa and courier it back to me. Harry doesn't need to front up to get a visa, work permit or anything else, that's not how it works. 🤣🤣🤣

BigChocFrenzy · 10/01/2020 18:26

"Take off the rose tinted specs"

boneybackjohnson
I never had any illusions about any of them, including Harry

I think the whole RF should be abolished
Ridiculous in the 21st century for a modern Western country to have a hereditary head of state instead of one that's voted in by the citizens

However, re Harry:
the public didn't give a shit about the Nazi insignia or anything else
He was fawned on nauseatingly until he chose a wife they hated
The sudden change from hero to villain would have been a serious shock to anyone.

e.g. Before his engagement, how many MN threads hating him for the Nazi insignia or being an irresponsible bellend ?
I didn't see any

Dio23489432489234 · 10/01/2020 18:26

They really do believe they're great, don't they?

I don't know –I don't know them. Do you?

time4chocolate · 10/01/2020 18:28

SussexRoyal sounds like a bad aftershave you purchase in the shit aisle of Aldi's

I see SussexRoyal and think breed of pig or type of potato😁

TheMustressMhor · 10/01/2020 18:28

@ShatnersWig

I would dearly love to know who killed Julia Wallace.

Wasn't it the milkman - and he confessed years later?

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APatchyTomCat · 10/01/2020 18:29

advance the solutions the world needs most

Hey if they’re going to invent a standard size can of tuna that doesn’t spit fishwater all over the shop when opened, I’m Down With That.

hambledon · 10/01/2020 18:31

Would a Grandson of the (future) King of England be allowed to be schooled in America? Genuine question.

Prince Andrew went to school in Canada.