Harry and Megs in LA

[RosesandIris]

Continuing on from the last thread.

IIRC, the £20 million number was set out as a maximum number for the type of security their state funded security would cost, if privately funded. I recall reading no one knew the U.K. cost, or the Canadian cost, of providing security, as those figures are not disclosed publicly.

You posted an excerpt from The Mirror yesterday at 10:10 (page 16). That’s what Dandy is referring to.

@Mummy195 Winterlife is correct, although it’s Pg17 for me.

(Thanks Winterlife for finding that)

I did say on the post that 'even the Daily Fail' reported it and went on to attach a link as proof - though I have now been told this particular thread does particularly care for proof.

In general, I never link to that group as I don't want them to get more clicks, but I have no problem doing so here, as from the looks of most of the posts seem to be derived from the DM group anyway.

Sure. In your omniscience, you are aware what other posters read. 🙄🙄

^aware of

Who told you this thread doesn’t care for proof, your personal diary?

Speaking for myself, I almost always prove my points with links and references and videos. And have rarely linked to the Daily Mail (if at all - I can’t remember). I don’t have a problem with DM as a royal source though - they’re going to pay more and have better royal connections than some broadsheets.

Some of the DM articles will be bollocks some not. On the whole I’m old & savvy enough to work out whether they have adequate research & legitimate proof for what they’re saying.

A view from my side of the pond.

*not in any way affiliated with the Daily Mail.

torontosun-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/blizzard-harry-and-meghan-acting-like-spoiled-brats/amp?usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D&amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Fblizzard-harry-and-meghan-acting-like-spoiled-brats

Let’s try that again.

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/blizzard-harry-and-meghan-acting-like-spoiled-brats

Another one, tongue in cheek.

www.google.ca/amp/s/www.thestar.com/amp/entertainment/opinion/2020/03/27/after-breaking-up-with-the-royal-family-harry-and-meghan-have-now-divorced-canada.html

Harry and Meghan have chosen celebrity over duty

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/840e5710-71f8-11ea-a7b2-0673a3ece2ba?shareToken=60c4cc07c0726446c8c3bb4eb773ae43

There is a loose end, though. We must hope that as they embark on their new lives, Harry and Meghan do the decent thing and seek to cover their own security costs. For Britain to maintain protection for the US-based couple would always have been unpopular; in the light of the coronavirus hit on our economy it is inconceivable. If the Sussexes are no longer servants of the British people, they should no longer expect to be supported by us either.

From The Times today, expressing very similar views to those on this thread. I trust this is an respectable enough source?

That’s a great article @TimeLady. Sums it up perfectly.

Yes it is a great piece.
And from what’s considered to be the UK’s newspaper of record.

The Canadian pieces are very good too. And they’re all saying similar.

Yes, that article just about sums how I feel. They have no intention of having a 12 month review - the Queen might as well scrap their HRH and Duke/Duchess titles now and get on with it - because otherwise they will always ride on the coat tails of being British royalty

I wonder if the one year period before review will be extended in the light of CV?
Enjoyed reading all the links to articles. Very good.
I still want to know what is happening with the legal actions they launched!

Sadly the country is going to be broke to an extent not seen in living memory. I do not think there will be any support whatsoever for covering any costs with public money (overtly, definitely a no-no; via one of the Duchy deeply resented) as they are not working

Royal spending will also be pared back in general

They’ll either have to find their own security, or be at the mercy of the Trump administration. As US is also facing CV slump, I doubt paying anything for foreign ex-royals will happen.

My guess is Charles is footing the bill for security. So the Duchy estates in effect. The RF can not afford for anything to happen to them after what happened with Diana.
Great life: life in a mansion with security all paid for by someone else. Then moan and whine about how hard everything is and how badly they’ve been treated ad infinitum, preferably for money.

That unplanned visit to Canada House to thank Canada for their hospitality for six weeks seems even more fake, now that they left in a hurry with no word of thanks or goodbye after being there for months. Of course they left just before they had to start paying for their own security...

I can't remember who it was as it was some pages back now, but a poster made a good point at the time that they were not even going to be in the Commonwealth any more.

It's ridiculous that Meghan is remaining the patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities when she's not living within the Commonwealth. She's only been their patron for one year, it is not a longstanding relationship.

In fact it's ridiculous that after walking away and moving to LA she, and Harry to a lesser extent, are maintaining patronages that they only got because of his birth and her marriage. After all, the 'royal' part has now been removed, so they're no longer royal patronages but just Harry patronages.

How can someone living in a compound in LA really be the patron for the National Theatre, for example? Fair enough if they were an acclaimed British stage actor, but that's hardly the case here.

If Meghan really found it all so awful, she should have given up her titles and her patronages and used Meghan Markle for the Disney voiceover. It's not like that name is unknown, it would still have had worldwide recognition.

@RosesandIris that's about the size of it. Actually makes me feel sorry for Charles. He can't win.

The Times article is very good, especially

Disney’s writers didn’t miss a trick in the film’s tagline: “Powerful stories that show just how far family can take you.” Indeed.

Lol. This is such a high profile swipe I am amazed it got approved. But it shows what Hollywood thinks of humble MM.

Interesting to read (not!) for a hundredth time the tripe about evidence and sources on these threads.

I make no apologies for posting polarising personal opinions and I care not about justifying them to self-appointed Sussex Squad defenders. HTH.

... continued from my last post ...

And they’re remaining the President and Vice-President of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust ... while living in non-commonwealth La La land.
I mean it’s really quite farcical now. They have no shame.

That Times article really nails it.