Thomas Markle coming to UK for jubilee

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So Thomas has announcement on GB news just now, they are going to pay to help bring him to the UK for the queen's jubilee and would love to meet Charles and Harry / Megan if they turn up, should be intesting. He would dearly love to meet anyone from the royal family as he feels they have much to discuss. I hope it goes well for him.

Not both at the same time.

No, I don’t see any gulf at all.

Yes exactly

I think when they’re in a ‘professional capacity’ such as meet and greets why the PDA’s? But that’s just my personal opinion

Mine too, but I've often wondered if W&K's avoidance of them has to do with the Queen's advice; after all you hardly ever saw her and Philip even touch each other unless she was taking his arm as formal escort

It's pretty well known that Queen Mary took a big hand in guiding her own grandchild, and it's possible - like Queen Mary knowing her own son was hopeless - that the Queen might have done the same

Anyone doing a professional public job shouldn’t be clinging to partner constantly or steering them around. It’s just bad manners. Yiu don’t see prime ministers behave like this or any other public dignitary. It’s just not appropriate.

@LilythePunk

It seems to be a big American President thing. You have to hold hands like you couldn’t walk without them🤣 or they might run for the hills

It was probably started by Kennedy and we all how great that marriage was , I’ve googled the origins without success so he might not have started it (but definitely did it)

Perhaps in Britain yes. We are not known for showing affection in public. A lot of people in other countries embrace and kiss when greeting others - this is normal for some people.

I’m not talking about embracing and kissing. I’m talking about clinging to each other and patting each other constantly. It just looks mawkish.

It doesn't matter what other cultures think , does it? Harry is a British Prince. Meghan married into the British Royal family. Therefore there are certain expectations. Just as there would be for any senior politician, state person etc. They aren't celebrities, they are part of a very ancient institution.

Harry is still a prince

Meghan isn't British and does not have to live up to the British standard.

Regular Americans do not pack on the PDA in all situations. Only celebrity desperados like the Kardashians and their ilk. I think it is a reasonably successful attempt to create an impression of being a younger couple than they actually are because it benefits the brand and speaks to it's target audience.

It is easy to forget that she is the same age as Kate and basically chooses the OTT celebrity style of dental veneers and fillers-plus over than the restrained choices made by other middle aged Americans. It is quite a common trend on social media for the mature influencers chasing their fleeting youth and that elusive demographic. Harry's glow up achieves the same for their joint brand.

That was just an example that we aren't known for showing any affection publicly and do come across as standoffish as someone mentioned earlier. It's ok too - that's the British way. It doesn't mean foreigners or people of different heritage have to be that way when they land on this island.

It is also disingenuous how some posters genuinely want to believe that it is an honest demonstration of the first flushes of 'young' love which cannot be saved for a private moment but even has to be demonstrated in right there, in church or else.... Somebody who has had several known long-term relationships would have done it with all the others. Yet, it is still so impactful for the gullible.

Are you just speculating that Meghan has fillers and veneers as you dislike her or are we talking about Kate?
She likely has good teeth and that girl has no fillers - she's naturally pretty.

There are lots of people with veneers - it's blatantly obvious when you do have them.
They've barely packed on any PDA - good grief! People have so much hate for a woman they have never met. What is it that makes people so uncomfortable? You will never meet her and her life will never affect yours negatively.

Say she had fillers and surgery - why would that matter or make her any less of a person?

Why is it important - what did they do in church which is unacceptable? I saw them walking in and sitting down. Beyond that I wasn't interested. I just wanted to see the fashion and the children who were not there sadly.

How absolutely ridiculous. A man and his wife show affection towards in public and some British people are beside themselves.

How pathetic!

Yet when William and Kate are told to do it and they remember to, we hear about it being cute. They tried to display affection for each on their disastrous tour in the Caribbean. Wasn’t that an official, professional engagement?

Kate and William are a gulf apart. During the service today, Kate tried engaging with William and he was as stiff as a board. The tension he always displays in his jaws are something else.

No one is under obligation to behave in a stiff antiquated way because some people get it in their heads that that’s the British way. Wake up, Britain is made up of all different peoples from different backgrounds. The monarchy needs to come into modern age. Will and Kate can carry on as if we’re living in Victorian times.

I think William is very stressed these days when he’s in public, particularly when Harry is around. It must be very upsetting for him to have lost the close bond he had with his brother . It’s his niece’s birthday tomorrow and he and his wife won’t be there. They have an engagement, which I’m sure is strategic. It must hurt a lot that he doesn’t know Harrys children. We don’t even know if he and Kate have met the younger child or seen Archie since he left the UK.
It may be he is also worried about the health of the Queen. He is going to have to step up in a major way now, and that has a lot of implications for his own life and that of his family. He probably feels he is very caged in. On the other hand, Harry is able to live carefree in another country . He doesn’t work and can do what he likes. It must be a bitter pill to swallow at times.
Of course we don’t know what’s in his mind, but that’s one way to see if.

@Why2why

i think the tension was Harry related, Harry clearly felt tense too judging by his facial expressions.

They were once very close, it must be hard to be in such close proximity with the world watching their every move and expression.

They were probably both relieved to go in separate directions after the ceremony and decompress

Apparently Harry and Meghan didn’t attend the lunch afterwards either.
I think Harry is trying to avoid both his father and brother. There must be so much hurt . It’s really very sad.

@LilythePunk

i don’t know if he was invited.

I’m guessing no-one wants to risk their conversations appearing on a Netflix documentary or on another Oprah interview.