William's alleged behaviour to blame?

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For Harry's departure , as suggested?
Is it all rumour or a genuine possibility in
Your opinion?
Surely William's personal life did not offend Harry so much that he would actually step back from his role and life in the UK?

Cities have a Councillor who takes on the ceremonial role, often called a Mayor. They are always a Councillor who is not ambitious or past that, who is happy to go to lots of events ribbon cutting and making uncontroversial statements. It is usually someone retired who is easy going and personable.

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We are not amused and rightly so

They're just milking this story for all it's worth to take the focus off of Prince Andrew.

The whole ‘crisis’ thing is so stage managed it’s unreal. Blaming Meghan, blaming William, blaming everyone and everything except the toxic culture that killed the mother of two little boys. I have no love for the royals and I look forward to the day our head of state is elected but it seems pretty clear to me that Harry has had enough and doesn’t want his family living in the same hellish pressure his mum lived and died in.

At last the Princes are hitting back at the muck rakers

Since when did the royal family need to announce that they are having meetings and crisis talks, who gives a fuck about them, they are just trying to position themselves as an organisation which is important and of some consequence
they are completely out of sync with modern Life, a useless irrelevant anachronism, they believe they can survive as a revered institution but in truth the only category available for them is that of vacuous talentless reality TV 'stars'

Not to defend PA (and Prince Pedo is a wonderful moniker) but pedophiles technically are those who pursue prepubescent children. There’s another term I cannot remember for those post-puberty (but still children)

What about Prince Parasite then?

HRH Hebephile?

Yes, as a sheep I think that the Royals are preferable to a Republic.
Can you imagine President Blair back in the day or President Corbyn?

Yes, or what about President Johnson Or President Farage??? Count your blessings, Trump is a nightmare.

And not all presidents have no power. The French President has a great deal of power, especially if it's their party in power. Nominally it's the PM who is in charge of domestic policy, but the President is the party leader and selects the PM.

Isn't it amazing how people make assumptions of people they have never even met, believing all the lies in the papers and on social media!
It was only a few months ago that the majority of 'the public ' wanted a smaller monarchy or to ditch the royals altogether.
And now we are getting the 'shock horror' from press and public alike that two royals wish to step back - Well how dare they!!!
Even today more lies and half truths made by The Times (owned by the same group who owns The Sun - need I say more?) are being written and published - why? Because some journalists can't be bothered to go out and do their job properly and are more that willing to jump on the bandwagon.
Don't they know that is the quickest way to ladder your tights???

There's no need to keep tagging me Karen
I'm obviously on the thread

Because if you understand the libel laws you will know that publishers also carry a legal responsibility

Yes, "also" as in "in addition to your responsibility".

I don’t think anything Harry or Meghan will do to earn money will bring the royal family into as much disrepute as Charles wanting to be Camilla’s tampon whilst married to Diana or Prince Andrew freeloading off the state and hanging out with sex offenders or Princess Margaret’s horrendous manners or Prince Phillip’s casually racist comments.

Not just hanging out with sex offenders ....gleefully and unrepentantly enjoying the largesse of sex offenders

Thanks everyone for bringing the tampon thing to my attention. I had happily lived my life without knowing that.

I think it’s much more likely that they are fed up of the nasty things being spread in the press, Meghan being hated and are concerned that this will affect their children as they grow up. It must also affect meghans mental health as well.

I honestly don’t blame them for getting out the toxic situation.

@MNHQ - to comply with your new moderating policy is this going to be moved to the Royal Family topic?

And not all presidents have no power. The French President has a great deal of power, especially if it's their party in power. Nominally it's the PM who is in charge of domestic policy, but the President is the party leader and selects the PM.
That's because they have a presidential system.We have a Parliamentary system. We could have an elected president in the same way Ireland has an elected president. Most of the rest of the world doesnt fall apart without a monarchy
Neither do any of them fancy restoring their own monarchs when they gawp at ours. At the very least a major cull is in order.

Princess Margaret didn't get to marry who she wanted to because her sister wouldn't let her don't forget...

Princess Margaret could have married Peter Townsend but the deal was that she gave up her rights and privileges as a member of the royal family. Which she chose not to do. Unlike M & H who want to do as they please while maintaining the funding and position that they currently receive from the RF and the British taxpayer.

Because it would fall under paedophile behaviour if she's under age for him

That isn't a definition of a paedophile

@noodlenosefraggle fair point. Although historically it was an absolute Monarchy, which is similar to the presidential system. I suppose we could make the role entirely ceremonial, like the Irish Republic or Germany. It could go either way really.

I think this debate will come to a head once the Queen has died. Then a referendum could be in order, although I think there might be less pressure for the Monarchy to be abolished if Charles does what he's always said he would do and streamlines the Monarchy.

It is a debate that needs to be had, I think.

Count your blessings, Trump is a nightmare.

And not all presidents have no power. The French President has a great deal of power, especially if it's their party in power. Nominally it's the PM who is in charge of domestic policy, but the President is the party leader and selects the PM.

And if the UK's political system resembled in any way that of France or the US, you might have cause to be worried.