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Harry and Meghan fly off into the sunset (soon)

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PelicanPie · 08/03/2020 08:33

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Bellehare099 · 09/03/2020 17:10

Kate looked lovely but drawn. No wonder.

beanaseireann · 09/03/2020 17:13

I think it's very sad that W&K's children who probably loved their Uncle Harry, who was bound to be great fun, probably won't see him much again and they won't get to know Archie and his sibling/siblings.
Meghan is beautiful but I just hope she's worth it Harry.

Nanamilly · 09/03/2020 17:13

Meghans dress was lovely but would have looked much better if the bodice fitted her.

Bellehare099 · 09/03/2020 17:13

Edward was nice in uncle mode - although he is bound to feel aggrieved too about the way the rest of the family have suffered recently.

SaidTheActressToTheBishop · 09/03/2020 17:14

Yes Kate wasn’t going to act all pals for the cameras was she

Made me like her more, it shows a bit of edge to the submissiveness and smiles

FiveTwoFaster · 09/03/2020 17:14

Prince Edward was kind to her and has good manners to talk to a woman who is part of a couple really making his elderly mother’s life hard work.

He’s been on the receiving end of bad press and his wife was blasted for quite a while - she ignored it, rode it out without complaining, got her head down in charity work and came out the other side. Story of a royal woman’s life. It’s not good and it’s not right but to be a successful working royal wife, you have to ignore the rough while taking your massive wage and free six bedroom house plus staff and wait for the good press to follow.

CanIHaveATiaraPlease · 09/03/2020 17:15

For all HMs message that HaM are part of the royal family I didn’t get that vibe from Kate or Sophie tbh. William tried & Edward was a star. But no I think they’ve burnt one too many bridges.

TryMeAgain · 09/03/2020 17:15

Looking at all the pics on the daily mail (I know but easiest place for me to view pics!) Harry just hasn’t “played his role” well during this farewell. He’s looked angry grumpy petulant. There are numerous pics from today where he looks down crest whilst walking in and angry in his seat whilst M is smiling away. Now I do think her smiles are fake and Im no fan but today she did her job if The pictures I’ve seen are to be believed. The queen wanted no awkwardness within the family and M smiled and looked like she was okay being there out one a great front at least. H in the other hand did nothing to quelled family rift rumours today. He’s moody. He needs to grow up. I do think the others have now washed their hands of them. I wonder what the cousins think too like Beatrice and Eugenie and Zara. I’d love to be fly one all of off record family chitchatting!

SaidTheActressToTheBishop · 09/03/2020 17:16

I wonder if Megs and Eds talk showbiz and acting Grin

yolofish · 09/03/2020 17:22

Kate's not having any of it is she? good on her, she's put in the time and the effort, and now her brother-in-law's wife has really dumped the rest of them in the shit...

SussexRoyalTies · 09/03/2020 17:23

He’s probably giving her advice on how to monetise It’s A Royal Knockout 2.

yolofish · 09/03/2020 17:27

sussex Grin

Dongdingdong · 09/03/2020 17:28

She, like Sophie, is such an asset to the RF

Camilla, an asset to the royal family? Don’t make me laugh. She and Charles played an instrumental role in one of the biggest crises the RF has faced in living memory! She’s tolerated these days but is certainly not popular IMO.

MrsJakeLovell · 09/03/2020 17:28

@Snog Harry made an effort - did you notice the lining of his suit matched the colour of M’s dress?!

And William’s tie matched Kate’s dress!

And there my sartorial observations on the men of the family must end - I didn’t notice anything else and one suit looks much like another Grin

SaidTheActressToTheBishop · 09/03/2020 17:32

sussex pour some drinks down them all this evening and we might just get a real It’s A Royal Knockout

I bet Kate would like to land one on Meg’s allegedly cosmetically enhanced nose

AllTheseThingsThatIHaveNotDone · 09/03/2020 17:33

Meghan looked lovely and made an effort throughout. Her and Harry were especially good with all the kids waiting. Edward showed class. Alexandra Burke seemed to get on with everybody. She'd have empathy with Megs even if Soph or Kate didn't, given how she got the Dan Wooton treatment too whose boyfriend gives the tabloids all the leaks from Kensington

Winterlife · 09/03/2020 17:35

Such a shame that the royal men don't make the same effort with their outfits as it seems weird only to be commenting on the women.

Not much to be done with suits. I do comment when Harry shows up looking like he just rolled out of bed. William is always neatly turned out, and Charles definitely has style.

Today, the lining of Harry's jacket matched MM's dress.

That's all I've got.

coconutpie · 09/03/2020 17:36

Why did they make a change to the order of service? I haven't seen the footage yet but was just reading the DM and it says that W&K were also ushered towards their seats ... I thought it was just H&M that were going to be ushered towards their seats.

SussexRoyalTies · 09/03/2020 17:37

Actually, I’d like to know what Alexandra Burke said to Meghan at the end. Meghan gave her a hug afterwards.

Poor Queen. She started her reign with an empire and has sacrificed her family like for her country. Now she has no empire, the Union looks shaky and her family is in disarray.

This is so sad for her.

ARoseInHarlem · 09/03/2020 17:37

Regular poster on these threads, annual name change.

Clothes: everyone looked fine. All the women looked appropriately dressed for church, except for MM who looked too fashion. She can't gauge these things properly, but who can blame her as an outsider - assuming, that is, that she intended to get it right.

Interactions: every family has an Edward. Props to him, stepping back and seeing the longer-term picture (life goes on and who knows what the future holds etc). Can't say anything about any of the others because I think they all know the cameras were on them and they deliberately kept things brief/curt. Except for MM: the constant smiling was weird. It was a church service, and not one to elicit high emotion. Nobody else in the photos, RF or other, smiled so keenly at any point that I saw. Can't presume to know why, best guess would be insecurity. I did notice that her attention was on William rather than on Kate, as was Edward's and Sophie's. I think there's lots of lots of old-fashioned "women know thy place", "[Catherine, for example], wife-of" in the RF. Also, everyone knows William's the future King, William's the one to defer to, he's the one on the inside, the one making decisions, the one getting the briefings, going to the meetings, the one carrying the responsibility. I think Kate is the supportive wife having babies and raising them, not an equal like H&M give the appearance of being to each other (maybe even MM pulling H along). All the more difficult for MM to get with, as an outsider.

Harry: looking at all the photos from the past few days, the man looks a wreck to me. Up and down, mostly down. He must be feeling like shit: tired, stressed, emotional, not on solid ground. I think MM was holding his hand mostly, not the other way round. He looks like a man teetering on the edge, only truly engaged with children who are guaranteed to be happy to see you and not give you a hard time. That emotion bubbling so close to the surface at the Royal Albert Hall was so reminiscent of Diana. I think he needs help from someone. Perhaps a father to take him under his wing and say "everything will be alright, son".

AllTheseThingsThatIHaveNotDone · 09/03/2020 17:39

W&K were also ushered towards their seats
Got changed last minute probably to avoid negative PR/them-us headlines

Winterlife · 09/03/2020 17:42

That comment about Camilla made me laugh nicely, not snarkily) 😆 You are definitely consistent. Maybe Cam should ask M where she got her Spanx!

I await the barage of comments on how "uncomfortable" posters are about me "commenting" on Camilla's body. Or that I'm racist against elderly Caucasian women (with, literally, white hair).

SaidTheActressToTheBishop · 09/03/2020 17:42

Sophie’s attention wasn’t just on William
She and Kate had a chat when Kate took her seat

coconutpie · 09/03/2020 17:43

Also MM wearing a cape to the service which also is their last engagement as senior royals? A cape ... seriously?

SpokeTooSoon · 09/03/2020 17:48

Actually, I’d like to know what Alexandra Burke said to Meghan at the end. Meghan gave her a hug afterwards

Meghan was lapping it up, wasn’t she? Presumably it went like this “the media are so horrible to you Megs, just remember we all love you and think you’re so inspirational and gorgeous and wonderful and we’ll adore you forever. Go and be fabulous with our blessing.” Something like that.

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