"He loves me so boldly...." - Haarpers Interview with Meghan

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https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a69289143/meghan-markle-cover-story-interview-2025/

She's a beautiful woman but i can't understand why she just doesn't drop the titles and be herself. And it's odd how she talks about how much 'H' loves her but not how much she loves him.

In that case I'm very happy to be corrected, @jeffgoldblum, but of course it still leaves the question of when Harry receives any inheritances, what mechanisms are used in "delivering" them to him and what he does with them

Because if it came to it I doubt he'd have the sense to protect himself, so we can only hope someone else will do it for him

Yes that is the thorn in the side isn’t it! , Harry would probably hand it over, and American rumour has it that Harry’s money ( possibly his inheritance from Diana) paid for the house but it was put in Meghans name! 😱
im hoping this is not true .

This is why they were foolish to give up the Frogmore property and decline the apartment in KP. They also were in the position of having a house on the Balmoral estate.
With all these properties came security and other benefits. Their choice.
They could also have taken on Highgrove, which was apparently KC's wish.

The Montecito mansion is interesting because Meghan has said that when it initially came onto their radar, she dared not view it as it was out of their league price-wise. Next thing, they own it…

She’s not exactly shy about making friends with wealthy elites. There’s definitely some Fergie-style financial associations going on. Is she still pals with Tyler Perry, I wonder?

I just cant understand how all of that wasn't good enough for them. On top of that, imagine complaining about Nottingham cottage, free lodging in the dead centre of London, on the secure grounds of KP, which also happens to be a historic building designed by Christopher Wren. The gall of it.

Traded all that for a money pit mansion and having to "borrow" upper east side brownstones, and staff to announce them, from acquaintances.

Harry was notoriously mean with money with previous girlfriends. I imagine all his money is being solidly managed by financial advisors somewhere.

I know. They were going to get the Gloucesters' apartment in KP because they were downsizing. Part of a palace - a very large apartment - with protection, housekeeping, cars available, insured, furnished and ready to go - as you say, in an historic building in the heart of London! Who turns that down!

Someone who wants the Californian sunshine & easy living & a mansion there.

That's a bit much. I wouldn't want to leave my family either, and he may have tried to not to mull over it initially(this had obviously changed & is unfortunate- Spare & the podcasts were a big mistake).

I do think there are credible clues that Harry was used as tabloid bait rather than Andrew. I agree some criticism was justified but otoh Andrew's much worse deeds were mainly covered up until recently. Whereas we know via Tom Bower in Revenge (no fan of Harry)that Charles acquiesced with his PR adviser's strategy to use Harry as bait to distract from any negative stuff on William- eg. The drug story in the Sun blamed Harry whereas Bower says Harry was less responsible than William. I suspect this continued, only to protect Andrew not William. I'm sure some tabloids must have known a lot more Andrew stuff that Lownie exposed.

Tom Bower is no conspiracy theorist nor Harry fan, and he says that Harry was deliberately exposed to press criticism while William was protected as part of Charles' PR adviser Bolland's strategy. Why is it so hard to believe that this could have also applied to Andrew (far more of a potential embarassmsnt)?

It is an art issue of the magazine, apparently; and apparently you can pay to play for inclusion in the art editions, as other brands and advertisers. So she may have paid for the whole thing.

Edited to clarify that art editions are brand promotion issues.

No, Harry was never used as "tabloid bait" and was certainly never used to protect Andrew. That's nonsense.
I think conflating the whole Andrew thing is a red herring.
The Palace did their utmost to promote and protect Harry. They could have shared a lot of crap about that bloke.
Can you imagine those drink and drug stories alone?
Turns out he's prepared to lie about the men in grey suits and his own father about this, which is shameful.

I agree he was protected to some extent (I still wonder if the 'he beat up sex workers in Afghanistan' rumour could have been true- perhaps one day we will know)

Otoh as I've said to pps, Bower, Harry's strong critic, says explicitly in Revenge that Harry was chosen by Charles' PR man Mark Bolland to be the fall guy, and take away any flack from William. I believe this credibly could have extended to Andrew.

I’ve always assumed that while the bulk of the assets and estates go monarch to monarch to avoid needing to break up the estate for inheritance tax issues that there are still the usual bequests and money left in trust for children and grandchildren.

I’m sure the Queen left some money to her children and grandchildren / great grandchildren - although may have tied it up tightly in trusts with conditions for some family members. I’m sure Charles would do educational trusts for Archie and Lili for example.

Do you think Tom Bower is lying? Or mistaken? He strikes me as a careful researcher. The book gives explicit examples. Eg. The Sun's 'Harry's Drugs Shame' was only about Harry even though William seems to have been more culpable.

Because there is zero evidence.
Harry is completely paranoid and keeps repeating nonsense about the men in grey suits, who actually did a good job.
As if his own father would do that! Laughable.
It's like an episode of The Crown. Fiction.

We order a burger and fries for the table

This is the most shocking part of the interview for me.

Right. So how come Harry never mentioned this in Spare or any of the other interviews when he was monetising his family's privacy?
No word about William and drugs, but would otherwise slag him off about dog bowls and all sorts? Nope.

Megyn Kelly has a mutual friend with Trevor Engleson. Friend told Kelly that Meghan had a “mood board” (during her first marriage), which I assume was some sort of manifestation board, which included a picture of Harry.

They could also have taken on Highgrove, which was apparently KC's wish.

I haven't seen that written anywhere, and I'm not sure how it would work, given that KC3 has Highgrove on a long lease from the Duchy of Cornwall.

The lease gets transferred.

They wanted to live in Windsor Castle.

So, even during her first marriage, she'd set her sights on Harry, is that the implication?

Harry has talked in interviews about feeling he was not as protected compared to other family members.

I suspect there was pressure from Moehringer to take some stuff out. He did say that he toned it down somewhat. OK, the dog bowl stuff made William look bad but otoh it also was so ridiculous that it backfired on Harry.

Anyone got a copy of Revenge? I've mislaid mine, but according to Google Books Bolland's strategy is mentioned on page 113.

I thought mood boards were things filmmakers used to plan. But yes, it sounds possible...