Feeling sorry for the Duchess of Sussex

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It must be so surreal for her to be caught in everything that is happening at the moment. I know H&M are controversial to say the least but they came here to do a feel good tour and are now caught up in everything that's going on. If I were Meghan, I'd travel back to the US to be with my dc and leave Harry with trusted family and aids. It was odd that the Sussexes said they'd both travel to Balmoral and the media now say that King Charles said that Meghan wouldn't be welcome. I can understand why as only close family attendee's Balmoral.

To sum it up, I feel sorry for both Harry and Meghan, I think they are out of their depth. Their autobiography will be interesting.

He hasn't – a cursory Google will confirm it. He also contradicted during the same Oprah interview that comment about how dark Archie's skin would be was made before they got married, not while MM was pregnant as she claimed. He made a point of clarifying that.

Marriage is a legal concept

I agree with this.

No I don’t feel sorry for her.

Cheating Charles and Andrew are her children of course she loved them even if they caused her stress. Meghan is not blood , blood is thicker than water.

In another thread, someone said that the most democratic way would be to crowdfund the monarchy, instead of compulsory tax payer funding.

(as an aside, William gets the GBP 1 billion Dutch of Cornwall, which is a taxpayer resource!)

But that is completely disregarding the fact the the Queen was Andrew's actual mother. Megan was just a granddaughter-in-law who has only known the queen for a few years, some of which has been spent living in another country and having little to no contact

They are hardly comparable if you look at it from a family perspective. Of course Andrew would be there

Its not a taxpayer resource - he owns it.

I agree, Harry has exposed his family publically at the behest of his wife Meghan.
Idiotic, foolish disrespectful behavior. She couldn't hack the standards needed so decided to berate them instead. He's a disgrace to his family, and as a husband. I'm embarrassed for him.

Meghan can't expect to sell stories about in laws and be warmly welcomed. She hasn't forgiven her own father for that.

What I find extremely interesting is that both the Duchess of Sussex and Diana were vocal in their negative views about the Firm.

One is sainted, the other vilified.

Absolutely, can you imagine her next podcast?

So according to you, every single couple who have two weddings (which is extremely common and the norm in some countries), or who do the legal bit at a registry office then have a big wedding separately, and who choose to celebrate their anniversary not on the registry office day is an EVIL LYING LIAR WHO LIES who must be publicly called out as a LIAR at every single opportunity?

The updated Line of Succession confirms that they do not have royal titles.

They are plain Master and Miss Archie and Lili Mountbatten-Windsor.

www.royal.uk/succession

That’s a very good point

Not always.
You can have a religious marriage without the legal element. This is recognised in many countries.

I don’t feel sorry for her at all. She doesn’t need sympathy, does she? Not sure what the sympathy of MNers or the section of the British public who do not like her would add to her life.

She’s a gorgeous woman with two beautiful children, a husband who ( seemingly) loves her enough to choose support to keep her safe and sane. They live a very comfortable life.
She seems like a decent human who has created change since she was 11years old.

Feel sorry for her? Nope. I doubt very much she’d want the sympathy of any random tbh. Mine or any other random MNer, unless they’re close to her of course.

When this is all over, they’ll go back to their home and live their lives and carry on. Just as any of us who are lucky to have life will do.

Knowingly? She was given those by the Queen - probably not told where they came from. To my knowledge never worn again. To you this compares to a family that owned the largest slavery companies in the world and benefited off that to the point where in 2015 we were still paying back the loans used to pay back the slavers.
The colonialism, the oppression of other nations, stolen diamonds and "gifts" from the colonies, including shady deals and cash from the Middle East - I don't see the same hate dished out to the Queen and the rest of the family.

I feel sorry for her father. Maybe this will give her pause for thought.

Princess Diana surely did a huge amount of good in the world
Meghan Markle, not so much

Would u invite someone into your home who then goes on tv writes a book and splashes it all over the media

Not true.

The current law states that their new titles are automatic and happen the very second the Queen last passes breath.

The only way to remove their new HRH titles is for Charles to issue new Letters Patent.

it is literally the law.

Sorry, but a website does not overrule actual law.

Plus the succession website is often very slow to update. There have been changes in the past that took days to be updated there.

So where do you think Harry would go in the event of divorce @StolenWillowTree? He’s estranged from his family and friends and has basically isolated himself in the last couple of years. Where would he go? Where’s his support network?

Both enjoyed courting the media.

Both critical of the Royal Family.

One a saint the other a sinner.

If social media had been around in Diana's days, she'd have had her haters too. Social media has a lot to answer for the toxicity in modern society.