Does anyone want a thread for people who are happy for Harry and Meghan? Thread 2

[DaveCoaches]

I wimped out of the other thread title I planned as I thought it might look goady.

But please let’s keep it as the reality-and-let's-avoid-idle-speculation-and-reliance-on-dodgy-sources thread (thanks Seneca!).

RethpoDad

What happened to the other thread? I watch Ben Fogle then bam 💥

Certainly happens to me when I watch Ben Fogle.

Possibly for different reasons though

Just like some people obviously want the marriage to fail, which is horrible.

I find that absolutely dreadful I must say.

However it’s an interesting insight into what might be motivating the nastiness.

He might not be dreading it at all, thinking all is fine. We don't know. I expect he just wants it all over with to get on with his new life.

Intense media scrutiny drove him away in the first place, I think he's dreading it

Pinkpeone: He was such a popular prince a couple of years ago and it would be horrible for him to have a different reception and having to process that. He's given up so much. Yes, you got it right, he has given up a lot. It has all happened so quickly, the change in his popularity.

I do like the positivity on this thread

I find it strange that they didn't realise that they'll always get intense media coverage wherever they go if they plan, as they do, on being public figures. It just seems they've swapped one country for another but taken the problem with them.

Harry is still popular. According to Yougov he ranks fourth.

Many people are happy for them, can make up their own minds and don't take their views directly from MSM.

nice to see you here annielouise

But the media climate is different in North America. We don't have the kind of tabloid culture that exists in the UK.

i forgot to make bold
nice to see you here annielouise

i missed all the people

I wonder if they could have 'retired' quietly from public life in the UK, which might have lessened to intense media scrutiny. I think one of the Queen's cousins did - was it the wife of the Duke of Kent? She became a music teacher I believe but obviously wasn't in the public eye as much as H is now but in time they would have be left in more peace. The problem is they didn't want to retire from public life completely so I don't know how they'll control the press, especially the press outside of the UK.

Well he has landed in Scotland

Indeed @SenecaFallsRedux. And no one takes the likes of The National Enquirer seriously.

Oh hi, bluebell

I don't think they wanted to retire and sit around in a random Palace eating bonbons

Based on the charities they support I believe they want to do some good I t the world.

So how does it work when they travel by regular planes? Obviously first class but do they book off all the seats round them too or can Joe public be sitting nearby? Same with the train, I know the Queen gets a whole carriage but would they just be on the train?

He's had a long day if he flew into London then got the train up to Edinburgh station. That's quite a slow train when I've looked to book previously.

And how many protection officers do they have I wonder separating them from Joe Public on the train / plane.

It seems weird (but right) for him no be flying commercial airlines and must be a security risk.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-prince-harry-spotted-edinburgh-21576007?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirror_main&fbclid=IwAR2XoBtrywU48sRSsNOOuDEULpK2EIwtd9-cQq69taCfWxva7bLXFt5_Cu4

I don't know of any international flights to Waverley. Never heard of it to be honest.

My friend flew back from NYC two rows behind them a few years ago. He sent us a surreptitious pic of them both. He was two rows back in business I think.

The Duchess of Kent certainly didn't retire to sit in a palace eating bonbons.

She was quite prominent at one time. She "did" Wimbledon for years and famously hugged Jana Novotna.

Look at the pic in the link I posted and see if you can spot the goon(s).

I think they book out a few rows, Shoe. Probably take First Class on the train, perhaps they book that out too, or a section of it, but not sure how big First Class is.

Although I think W has been photographed on low-cost airlines before where there isn't really a first class.

oh, yes, you're right february, just reading about Katharine, Duchess of Kent now. For some reason I remember the bit about her becoming a music teacher at a primary school but it was much later in her life.