How can Harry be so deluded?

[HiRen]

The paranoia deepens

I don't really know what to conclude from this other than that Harry must feel the victim of a deep state conspiracy. Being a spoilt brat, and not understanding that he's there to serve his country rather than the country being there to serve him, can't help. Even if he did fear strategic delays, why would he jump to the conclusion that specific individuals have it in for him, rather than that there's a bigger picture to consider?

I just can't fathom the depths of misery and confusion he must experience on a daily basis. He must think his whole life was a lie until he met Meghan. I really do think things with Harry are much worse than they seem. Which puts an entirely different, and much darker, gloss on all of Meghan's utterings of her era of joy.

I honestly wouldn't want to be in their orbit. And I wonder whether those who remain in their orbit are desperate, whether as friends or employees. They're too much.

Saying nothing is the worst thing you can do do- didn’t they say that once? Calling out the Palaces silence when there were Meg articles.

Well, what are they saying now? Nowt.

Probably want to keep in the right side of Trump and they won’t say anything.

Absolutely. Hypocrisy.

It's hereditary, it goes to Archie, who is currently the Earl of Dumbarton.

Thanks for those links, @BemusedAmerican . I'm sure that the average American has far more pressing issues and concerns than following the desperate actions of a middle aged royal with no official role.
Those scenes you've linked are very troubling.

I wonder if that's something Charles/William will consider changing, all the royal Dukedoms reverting to the Crown on the death of the holder. Heir keeps subsidary title.

I don’t think it goes any further than Archie though. Can’t remember why but I’m pretty sure that the case 🤷‍♀️

I doubt it. They only did it with Edinburgh because it's a special title they wanted to keep in the RF. There will be Dukes of Sussex in perpetuity in the USA.

The Prince title stops with Archie. If he has a son, he will be the Duke of Sussex at some point. Rather like the Kents and the Gloucesters. The current holders are Princes, their heirs are not

Yep. "Silence is complicity". Funny how they have been silent about all the vile stuff heaped on William and Kate.

It’s too late to have the Ket and Gloucester titles come back to the Crown, and there are no shortage of heirs in those families, so the next generation of both will be non-royal Dukes, and just part of the UK peerage thereafter. But the Duke of York title - arguably the most historic of all - will revert back to the Crown on Andrew’s death, and so would be available to be bestowed on future second sons if desired. Like the Princess Royal title - given for life only.

There will be Dukes of Sussex in perpetuity in the USA.

Only as long as there's a male heir. If Archie has no son, it will end with him.

Yes, indeed 👍

It’s too late to have the Kent and Gloucester titles come back to the Crown

Which is a shame, because those have been royal dukedoms since the Middle Ages.

Saw a recent article about the Princess royal title - I hadn't realised there had been so few

https://www.tatler.com/article/a-history-of-the-princess-royal-title

I did a proper double take at one sentence in that article, bluegreygreen:

”Lauded equestrian, famed wit and the balustrade of the Windsors, Anne is known as one of the hardest working members of the royal family…”

I wonder if it was written by AI? Because that is not a usage of balustrade recognised by English dictionaries (and a bit unflattering to Anne! 🤣 ). Or was the author thinking of a pillar?

Can imagine Anne having a laugh at that vision, though!

"balustrade"! Brilliant! Yes, that would make her laugh 😂

The last DoS before Harry (Augustus, son of George III, d 1843) was an interesting chap. He more than once ignored the Royal Marriages Act and wed without permission. Anti slave trade and quite liberal and intelligent by the sound of it.

I know it's tainted by its current holder but think Duke of York will be used again, poss for Louis.

Yes, and get a better association, one hopes!

IMO they won't use the York title again for decades, if ever. Going to take a very long time for the stench to leave that title.

I wonder if giving it to Louis would get rid of that association, and be a positive link to George V and George VI who were both Dukes of York.
I remember people saying on here that Kate would never be the Princess of Wales because of the association with Diana. Yet here we are.
You can't let personalities get in the way of these things

I read that Harry didn’t want Catherine to be POW. He felt that his Mum should have been the last one .

Yes, that's exactly why it was important that she took the title. The tradition is more important than the person.
I wonder if that's a source of some of his petulance, and why he's never called out the awful treatment of Kate by some of his more devoted fans?

The current Duke of York should be the last one ever.

I heard someone day Archie's inheritance will be Invictus - as if the charity is Harry's to give away. However, Archie will need to enter the military. American or UK is the question. And would he be getting a soft ride through like his father if he did?