Harry and Megs in LA

[RosesandIris]

Continuing on from the last thread.

Sending good wishes to everyone brought down by this thing. We will prevail.

CanIHaveAPenguinPlease - it seems to me that it was a disastrous pairing. Neither seems to bring out the best in the other. Of course, I don't much care about that on any kind of personal level but I do care about having to pay for it especially if it's to fund two people who appear to be treating the public purse as their personal trust fund (which, actually, they all do) without making any moves to be respectful of it (which they don't all do). As taxpayers, we would like to see respect, regard and acnowledgement that for M to have a one-million wardrobe means that someone else gets their funding cut (Charles with his patched-up suits, the Queen with her tupperware and switching off lights, Kate with her three coatdresses - I am actually really confused by this item of clothing and its quantity).

Just a side note, Harry in Russian is pronounced Gary.

Oh no, not another celeb writing a children's book. The ghost writers must be rubbing their hands with glee.

I give

7Pengunis it just gets better. Gary!!!

People will pay good money to tarry with Barry. They hope.

Sigh...
I remember when Haich was a lion ("Raahr!") defending his lioness and cub.

Now, he's veering closer to becoming Barry/Gary/Larry the easily-led lamb ("baaahhh...").

Inexplicably, didn't Fergie's Budgie The Helicopter books actually sell quite well?

Can I have a link for the first thread, tried searching, is it a different title (geddit!)

Inexplicably,didn't Fergie's Budgie The Helicopter books actually sell quite well?

Yes, they did. Of course they were completely plagarised, and they were written by a princess which - at that time - was a big drawcard. There was even a television series based on the books, and a line of toys . Fergie must have done well out of them .

@ DandyPenguin hope you and other poorly people are feeling better .

Dandy, flipper hold from me as well.

Winter, the Canadian - US double taxation agreement may be different, but I thought it could be some scope for leaving? Say you are resident in the UK and still subject to certain taxes home country. For UK tax purposes, you would top up any tax paid to your UK tax rate.

Say dividends (on home country held stocks) were taxed at 30% in home country and at 40% in the UK (tax bracket). Then you would pay 30% in home country and an additional 10% to the UK.

For capital gains, home country charges % from the first penny. The UK says the first 10k is no tax. You would be taxed at start in home country.

As outlined above, I think you are taxed item by item and always topping up in the UK if you are paying lower tax than you are supposed to, but never given credit for any tax paid in home country that would not have been paid here.

There are many more examples, but depending on home country tax and local tax, the overall tax pressure may differ depending on where you live. Would you agree?

''it seems to me that it was a disastrous pairing.''

This is exactly what I've thought basically from the day they married. Even if we all agreed that both Harry and Maghan are lovely people individually (for the sake of argument) together, for what ever reason they bring out the worst of each other.

I read this article where Lady Colin Campbell talks about the situation, I usually think she's talking nonsense and likely hasn't been within 5 miles of the RF in years so has no genuine insights but she says some very pertinent things here and one thing she said struck me as as completely right:

''..he as a personality functions best within a structured environment, while Meghan functions best outside one...''

www.goodtoknow.co.uk/royal-news/prince-harry-struggling-535169

@AmIbeingTreasonable Just choked on my tea!

Back with more comments not about strawberries...

Meghan won't want to be an actress. Not now. She has far loftier ambitions - she's the next Mother Teresa, Princess Diana. Globally famous for being lovely and kind and beautiful and ah-may-zing.

She'll drag her nice but dim hubby along with her until he's served his purpose, he'll return back to the UK to a family he has shunned, and she'll carry on with her appearances at the Oscars and whatever else.

Got to hand it to her, she's played a blinder.

Morning penguins, waddling in to report for duty! Dandy I brought you a nice fresh fish for your breakfast🐟 hoping all penguins are if not thriving at least surviving? Reading Lady C's article I am struck anew by Barry's reference to being normal. If as he would surely and rightly say, I don't and can't know what royal life is like, how the hell can he know what normal life is like? What exactly does he think normal is? I know and respect that he spent time in Afghanistan, but there is absolutely zero chance that he was not being protected more than the normal serviceman. Whether or not I think these are two cfs, surely this is a bad premise on which to abandon his previous life? On a side note at least it looks like they're going to be paying for their own protection and quite right too! Many years ago I threw out a cheating boyfriend out of my flat and as I - ahem- said then, just go and don't come back!

What will happen with the website???? 3 days to "launch" surely??? Royal's gotta go!

rainbunny
That article sums it all up really well.

dandy
Hope you are feeling better today. I hit a really low day yesterday too, but I haven’t had symptoms yet.

I read an article (Daily Mail) that said that in order for Harry to apply for US citizenship he will have to go through a naturalisation process which involves renouncing his royal title.
That's going to be awkward if they can no longer be Duke and Duchess.

Perhaps for the 31st we could organise a "Fingers for Fugitives"?

Instead of cheering for the NHS we go out and stick two fingers up (or the middle finger to give a north American piquancy) to wave B&M off.

I saw that article. I don't think either of them want to give up their titles. What is H without it? Or MM for that matter?

Harry's most notable achievements, Invictus and Sentebale, were pre-Meghan. Despite their lofty ambitions, it's hard to see what difference they have made together as full members of the royal family with all the advantages that brings.

I've moved beyond wishing them well in their new life I'm afraid. They don't deserve our goodwill. If H has stuffed up his life, as I believe he has, he's done it willingly. I think Lady CC is right, the way back to any life as a royal when it all goes tits up will be difficult if not impossible for him.

Poor little Archie is being dragged from pillar to post isn't he? This is the third country (and home) he'll have lived in and he's not even one yet. For his sake could they not have sat and planned this.

I was watching that Canadian property show (as one does) called "Buying and Selling". One of the twins made a reference to "thriving, not just surviving." Is it a Canadian thing? This was filmed, I suspect, a while ago.

Interesting post Alspenguin.

I am also struck by this take on normal life.
Does anyone recall the episode of the Windsor's when WaK were no longer royal and W discovered that he wasn't funny like he'd always thought?

Where did you read that they will be paying for security?