Anyone starting to feel sorry for them?

[Aspargar]

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No matter how preeningly narcissistic the couple may seem, surely even they must now have realised what the source of their woes is? The fact is: people were only interested in hearing what Harry and Meghan had to say when they were dishing the dirt on the royal family.Hence, in January last year, the record-breakingly vast sales of Harrys memoir Spare. with all its eye-popping claims about his brother, father and stepmother. But every time he, and Meghan, start talking about any other topic – be it sport, jam or social justice – the world turns off. No one cares. Now that the Sussexes have finished flogging all the family secrets, they’ve got nothing that anyone wants.

There is part of me that does feelsorry for them too. I mean 2024 has been a disaster, off the back of 2023 which was another disaster. It’s not going to get any better. Reap what you sow, so we knew it was coming their way but it’s all a bit sad and pathetic now. The faux tours, cards from ‘the office of’, as time goes on, the more pathetic that will look because they have lost all connection to the Royals

This must be their year of reckoning. He won’t win his cases, they will lose Netflix, the brand will face further set backs, they realise that their kids will never have a royal Christmas at Sandringham or summer at Balmoral, ever. In fact they are unlikely to ever meet the King again.

Its all came off the rails. We all knew it would happen. Many could even see the disaster impending from the engagement announcement. But it’s still hard to watch and that’s what makes me feel a bit sorry for them.

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I feel sorry for the children who would, I'm sure, have had a great time racing around with heaps of cousins at Balmoral or Sandringham.

I feel sorry for Harry,for being so monumentally, astonishingly thick that he couldn't see he was being rolled like a drunk for his wallet and Dukedom, and for being so ridiculously up himself that he wouldn't listen to his brother and friends, who loved him, when they suggested he take his time.

I don't feel sorry for her, at all.

@Aspargar His attacks on his family are unforgiveable in my opinion. He comes across as monumentally thick and boring. I have no idea how she copes with the relentless criticism. I also can't imagine they live a happy, peaceful life together.

William will never let Harry into his life again. He will never let him anywhere near his kids. Can't say I blame him. Harry can't be trusted.

It's their children I feel sorry for. They have such a small family unit now, H and M have cut off so many of their family members. Is it only Doria they are close to now? I'm sure some of the big Royal family get togethers (for the kids at least) are fun.
Christmas must be quite a small affair for Harry's family in the U.S, very different to his previous life and childhood. It's sad his children don't see their cousins and extended family.

I feel sorry for the RF because with the passing of Diana , the Queen and then H&M leaving they are lacking that celebrity / star wow factor that they need to remain of interest to us plebs, especially younger people.

Nobody is really going to relate to Charles and Camilla. William and Kate are boring as are the other younger ones, and William comes across as not giving a sh*t about anything. Zara and Mike are probably the most interesting ones left.

What a horrible article.

This x1000

Why would anyone trust the Sussexes again?

This.

Imagine growing up finding out you could have been a senior royal instead of a California nobody??

I think they must be happy with what they are doing, otherwise they would surely stop with the tv shows and tours that they get so much criticism for.

They look very happy to me and seem to have found peace.
Good luck to them

I don’t understand all this stuff about their “gorgeous children”. We have no idea whether Archie and Betty are gorgeous, we (thankfully) never see them. I suspect they are perfectly ordinary children.

No, you reap what you sow. I think their plan went spectacularly wrong and the average person doesn’t like their bad behaviour. H & M come across as impulsive and pretentious. Let’s hope they are happy in USA but we will never know as they are good at play acting.

I don’t feel sorry for them but I feel sorry for when the kids are old enough to be online and google their parents.

I don’t think that it’s a big deal that they left their positions as senior royals but how they left seems impulsive. I wonder if they’d do the same if they could go back in time. I don’t mean that they shouldn’t have left but they had choices like living more like Zara and Mike who seem to have the best of both worlds. Sadly they seem motivated by Harry’s jealousy of his brother instead.

MN is full of couples who've gone NC with their families for various reasons but I've yet to see a comment feeling sorry for their children. Oh, except this one.

I feel sorry for the RF because with the passing of Diana , the Queen and then H&M leaving they are lacking that celebrity / star wow factor that they need to remain of interest to us plebs, especially younger people. They don't need to remain of interest though, just chug along in the background for another few thousand years. It's not a celebrity popularity contest that they have to enter every year.

Once you start selling stories about your own family everybody realises that you can’t be trusted. People might like to read all the gossip about the RF but will avoid them in case they’re next.
If they tell it to you, they’ll tell it about you as my old mum would say.

And yet William and Catherine remain very popular in both the UK and the USA.

The RF aren't celebs, they are a part of the Constitutional Monarchy, they have a function and role.

The fact they are popular only benefits the UK.

Celebrity and "star power" isn't a required function of the RF. A point some fail to understand - Meghan Markle amongst them.

And recent events seem to show the RF (Charles & Camilla included) remain as popular as they need to be.

https://www.newsweek.com/prince-william-charming-crowds-new-york-city-viral-1828709

BBC News - King's Australia visit ends on positive note
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly6y951yzgo

And I don't feel sorry for them.

This is the life they chose. And I'm being constantly reassured that they are thriving and living their best life.

I hope they're happy, they're living the life they wanted, surrounded by the people they choose to be with, with the children they wanted. Harry is pursuing the litigation he has chosen to pursue. Why wouldn't they be happy?

Also with KCIIIs cancer being ‘managed’ and chemo continuing through the new year, it’s makes you think that Harry has wasted these 5 years through impulsivity and entitlement, and has gained very little.

Moving stateside doesn’t stop stories being written about you. The headlines over the 18months they were both working royals were absolutely nothing to the stuff being written once they moved. Moving doesn’t stop internet trolls either.

Yes, they have a beautiful house but they could have had that here. The only benefit they have is lovely weather. Lost absolutely everything else; respect, dignity, security, family, friends but at least he’s getting his daily dose of vit D.

I wonder if they have been told the full details of KCs cancer. Or would they not be trusted with that info. I doubt they know any more about Kate's cancer than the public do.

I’m not sure they have been told anything. I feel like he would be making a bigger effort with his father if he was privy.

Theres no reason why he couldn’t have visited with the kids, even for a very short visit. But he’s a martyr to his delusions and I think that the kids won’t ever get to meet the King again.

It seems clear that KC won’t be travelling. So it will be on Harry. Harry isn’t going to get a different outcome to the security arrangements put in place by RAVEC

He’s wasting so much time, his kids childhoods and his father’s winter years.

I believe all is lost with William, they will never reunite but I think he still has a chance with his father if he swallows his pride

But it’s still hard to watch and that’s what makes me feel a bit sorry for them.

I think it's fascinating to watch albeit in a behind a cushion kind of way.

Don't feel sorry for them though.

I can feel a little bit sorry for them. Harry has been raised in a goldfish bowl and the death of his mother, and the intensification of press interest in him and his brother has undoubtedly affected how he views the world. It's not a healthy place to grow up.

However, my pity is tempered by the way he stuck the knife into his whole family, and it really is only logical that his family are now reluctant to see him or say anything to him because nothing will remain private. He has essentially chosen to not be a member of the RF but instead to be a paparazzi of the RF - and the only way to deal with paps is to ensure they have no access to you.

So Harry has cut them off from his family, Meghan has a small family who she seems to not see much of - it's a shame for the kids to not know their wider family. They seem to be living an expensive lifestyle, and eventually his inherited money will be burned through - what then?

I think Harry has stated that he needs an apology to move on, "you know what you did and I know why you did it" etc, but he doesn't seem to grasp how far he crossed the line, especially in regards to how he talked about the Wales children.

Your father might apologise for some perceived slight, because you were once his smiling beautiful baby.

Sibling relationships aren't like that. Your sibling has always been there, sometimes a best friend, sometimes a hellbrat you can't escape. You can't expect the same level of forgiveness and tolerance, especially if you go after their children.

They inherited a lot of money and they seem to have thrown away opportunities others spend lifetime working for and never get.

I do feel bit sorry for Meghan - I think she had no clue what RF actually is - but then she could have taken it slower and taken any of the advice offered. I do think Harry is very deluded and not at all self aware.

The kids I will be fine I think - they may well want to get in through schooling with American upper class or get given opportunities due to their connections and it will be on them to make the most of them. They could get welcomed in own right into RF bit think that's unlikely and they'll make a future in the USA where they won't quite be royal but will still get some birth privileges even if the doors have been shut on their parents.

I don't think they know anything about any RF health or anything really they are clearly very much on outside and with their massive history of indiscretion that unlikely to ever change.