Omid Scodie says Meghan was wrong about Archie becoming a prince at birth

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He has publicly stated that Meghan was incorrect about her understanding of the protocol around Archie becoming a Prince.

Considering Omid seems to the M & H unofficial spokesperson, it is more than likely that Meghan now realises this is the case and his skin colour would not have been a deciding factor in it.

it does make you wonder why Harry did not explain it to her ? did he just not have a clue about about Royal protocol and succession, maybe he never needed to understand it. . Or was he so desperate to get her to marry him that he fed her a load of bull, i.e. our kids will be princesses and princes. Did he hope he could convince the queen to change protocol for his family?

Please don't get this thread deleted with comments which MN don't like, I am beginning to suspect there are posters who purposely troll M & H threads to ensure MN will delete them, so there is never a discussion allowed to stand..

From both Meghan and Harry on the Oprah Winfrey interview.

It's in the interview, she was explicitly told to go and work, because the palace "could not afford her". Why do you think people were so upset when hearing the revelations of the interview.

H confirmed this and pretty much said, he was realising that her acceptance into the palace was not going to be easy.

Did you guys not watch the interview?

No I didn’t watch it but most of it, at best, wasn’t correct or true so what makes you think this is?

So the media tells you.

Gosh, how many times do you have to bloody repeat it.

It's in the interview, she was explicitly told to go and work, because the palace "could not afford her"

But do we know that is what happened?

They say that is what happened and I believe them.

Do you believe the Queen or KM and W when they talk ?

Wonder why you don't believe MM

@Mummy194

They say that is what happened and I believe them.

Do you believe the Queen or KM and W when they talk ?

Wonder why you don't believe MM

No, quite often I don’t. I frequently don’t believe what politicians or celebrities say either. Too many people in the public eye have their own interests and image at the forefront of anything they do or say, so I tend to remain cynical.

she was explicitly told to go and work, because the palace "could not afford her"

The thing that makes me think this is bollocks is that she didn't go back to work.

and leave her husband behind?

she was explicitly told to go and work, because the palace "could not afford her"

This sentence definitely falls into the 'recollections may vary' box!

and leave her husband behind?

I'm not criticising her for not going back to acting, although many couples eg forces are kept apart by work and seem to manage. I'm saying she clearly wasn't forced to go back to work, because if she had been, she would have gone back to work.

I guess proof of pudding in the eating, Meghan didn't return to work though did she, so ignored the suggestion that she might be better off living glitzy life because RF protocol would be stifling for her.

Who was wrong in that situation? hmmmm, difficult one. M&H talk of shaking up something that isn't theirs to shake up. It's like someone walking in now and throwing you off your sofa, they've got ideas for it (people that live next door that is). It's not their show to change. They are bit players in the line of succession and required to follow protocol or goodbye.

Don't forget that they "single handedly modernised the monarchy" 😂

Do you believe the Queen or KM and W when they talk ?

Not automatically, no - and I believe the media's "version" of what they've said even less

But for some reason, when H&M speak, we're invited to regard "their truth" as indisputable ... I wonder why that is?

I struggle to understand why the palace wouldn’t be able to afford her. I could believe that they wouldn’t pay for certain things, especially if they were asked to provide a certain level of protection before she had married or become engaged to Harry.

I didn’t see the interview but I remember a clip where H discussed M returning to acting. My understanding was that the palace wouldn’t pay for M rather than couldn’t pay for her. I found H talking about having to provide for his family given we are in the 21st century and no one in the Western world expects the burden to fall completely on a man’s shoulders. Both partners in a marriage are responsible so why shouldn’t M work and given she was an actress before marriage, why wouldn’t she return to it? Is it beneath her now?

@Lauren15

I didn’t see the interview but I remember a clip where H discussed M returning to acting. My understanding was that the palace wouldn’t pay for M rather than couldn’t pay for her. I found H talking about having to provide for his family given we are in the 21st century and no one in the Western world expects the burden to fall completely on a man’s shoulders. Both partners in a marriage are responsible so why shouldn’t M work and given she was an actress before marriage, why wouldn’t she return to it? Is it beneath her now?

So a couple want a business that they don’t want to work for (and then resigned from) to pay for them as a couple and got annoyed at being told no?

I suspect that the bigger issue with Meghan joining the RF is expectation versus reality. It’s possible that Harry also didn’t really have any idea about it or how things would change when he went from being single and included with William and Harry to being just another couple within The Firm.

Personally I think Harry is a lot to blame for the the whole thing. Surely as her husband it was his responsibility to help her through - and teach her the national anthem. It's all a load of bollocks and is about to explode in their faces. The Oprah interview was to keep their profile up. They are just awful

Don't forget that they "single handedly modernised the monarchy"

Who said that? Apart from the DM and you!

@gottakeeponmovin

Personally I think Harry is a lot to blame for the the whole thing. Surely as her husband it was his responsibility to help her through - and teach her the national anthem. It's all a load of bollocks and is about to explode in their faces. The Oprah interview was to keep their profile up. They are just awful

I refuse to believe that someone whose career was about learning lines for a tv show couldn’t learn the National Anthem. It’s only 14 lines, including some that are repeated. We know Meghan can use Google and I don’t see why there should be an issue with her doing so to learn things; it’s what many people do for their jobs.

@Mummy194 I don't recal the Queen or Kate doing an interview with sensationalist claims much of which are dramatised for effect and proven to be untrue ... so maybe that's why

This thread (which is about to end) is actually hilarious!

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole whilst looking up the return to axing reference in the interview and I cam across this piece which seems to me to be a reasonable analysis of what was said and explains clearly the security and titles issue

www.macleans.ca/opinion/meghan-and-harrys-interview-a-royal-expert-on-what-we-did-and-didnt-learn/

Good grief how can anyone know what a person they've never met or never spoken thinks or expects, that's just assumption.