2026 predictions

[Mylovelygreendress]

Anyone care to make some RF predictions for 2026 ? ( slightly lighthearted)
I will start .

Liam McGuire will leave .
Harry will lose his Court case(s)

I don’t think anyone has bothered reporting the post attacking me, I know I haven’t, perhaps I’m not as sensitive to criticism as some 🤷‍♀️

I will admit I didn’t, and further admit I tend to skim read some posts , so probably missed it .

Despite arguments this thread raises some interesting questions!

I think the combination of AMW and H&M has had a horrible impact on the RF’s PR.

My prediction is that the King and Princess Anne will continue working very hard but that there will be changes to the way they do things by the end of the year due to the King’s age and health.

I predict that the Wales family will continue to slowly drop in popularity as they struggle to balance the demand to see them working with their wish for some kind of ‘normal’ life.

The Sussexes will lurch from crisis to crisis, as ever, and we will see the kids’ faces this year.

a lot of people who are basically monarchists (like me) will continue to lose interest in the RF and monarchy generally as the older generation dies out.

I will continue to waste my time following H&M and their ridiculousness.

Well said.
As for the assertion that there's not many harry & meghan threads compared to the rest of the royals threads... that is only at the moment.
I would think harry and meghan threads are up to four figures in general. The Royal family absolutely nowhere near.
The Royal board is primarily about harry and meghan. I wish they could have their own board away from The Royal Family board. They aren't even in the UK!

If you have a problem with a certain post then please report it to Mumsnet HQ.

Yes. And for what it's worth, I am going to report every single post that accuses those that don't agree with them to be sussex squad.

If I wanted to be part of that nutjob lot, I wouldn't be posting here

“The demand to see them working” is an interesting expression 😂. Earn their keep you mean? And we keep them in a level of extraordinary wealth while the peasants get buy on crumbs. But hey, let’s keep waving our little flags 🤷‍♀️

That there is proper debate in the HoC over the agreed tradition which prevents discussion of the RF in the HofC - yes, bit of a tricky one 😃 - to clarify which royals this covers precisely, with a view to changing this practice so that matters of public interest can be discussed especially when it comes to matters of alleged criminality, financial impropriety, or poor behaviour in office.

Erskine May already allows this.

My wish for 2026 is that the government doesn't hide behind (deliberate?) confusion and steps up to its responsibilities (such as allowing time for debates, clarifying scrutiny on finances etc).

I predict the ongoing defence of H and M despite poor behaviour . I also predict that someone will now come along and say what about Andrew ??
For posters who think H and M should have their own board , what would you call it ? Half in half out ? H and M very much want to be considered to be part of the RF so might be a bit irked if they are pushed to a different board .
I now predict an argument.

Has anyone actually accused anyone of being Sussex Squad? Haven’t noticed that but might have missed it.

@SisterTeatime I agree with a lot of your post - AMW has been disastrous for the RF and I expect will continue to be, but maybe the opposite is the case for H+M - I think there is a fair amount of sympathy for the RF members who were targeted, partly because lots of people know what it’s like when there’s a family falling out, plus the RF have refrained from engaging publicly, which comes across to many as dignified compared to the constant chatter from the Sussexes, plus much of what H+M said wasn’t that bad (eg the sausage), and in any case they lie so much and contradict themselves, they can’t be believed anyway. The worst accusation was probably that Archie was denied a title for being too brown, which of course turned out to be rubbish, and sure enough after a wait of 18 months and an award for tackling racism in the RF they denied they were racist after all. So a bit of a damp squib over all and H+M’s own reputation takes a hit.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the Waleses over the next few years, children getting older = perhaps a bit more exposure for them, plus parents able to be less present at home maybe. I think they’re doing the right thing prioritising the children at the moment - people (including Harry) blame his behaviour and mental health problems on his upbringing all the time after all. Nobody wants that to happen again. So it will be interesting to see what changes when the Wales children are a bit older and maybe all away at school.

Yes, it’s interesting, I think we all agree that by the time KC3 (77 years) and Princess Anne (75 years) are too elderly or unwell to carry on working as they are now, probably within the next five to ten years, a lot of pressure will fall on William and Catherine.

Prince George (12), Princess Charlotte (10), and Prince Louis (7) will not really be old enough by then to lend proper support, (George will be 22 years but could be in the forces or whatever, and by then it may be that the two younger dc are being guided to have proper, private careers if possible.)

So that is a lot of pressure on two people. And it’s not as if raising a family gets easier in the teen years, especially teens who are continually hounded by paps.

It is certainly going to be an enormous task for W and C to remain engaged as parents and “save” the RF at the same time.

So I can understand William wanting to take on a much more limited remit but I think it’s a really risky strategy if his assets in terms of grand estates and palaces, and his Duchy income, is not seen to vastly reduce alongside, and in proportion to, his work load.

That is why I think many people find it so puzzling that he is not prepared to publicly disclose the specific amount of income tax he is paying on his Duchy of Cornwall earnings, as King Charles is doing, as that would be a very positive signal towards future change.

In addition to that, as the late Queen knew, it’s a risky strategy to become less visible.

In summary, we don’t know yet how William will inhabit the role of monarch, but I predict that if he tries to do less, while holding on the same tax exemptions and vast property portfolio; then the institution is doomed.

After 6 years of insults I believe I was showing the height of restraint!

harry has 20m from mom

I’m not a monarchist but a constitutional/oarliamentary one where parliament is sovereign.

I hope one day posters will understand the difference between monarchist/royalist, constitutional monarchist and republican.

My prediction:- Not holding my breath.

I’m also open to a properly thought out republican debate; not off with their heads, get rid of the lot. Too much like Brexit.

My next prediction :- in 20/30 years we will be a republic.

My next prediction :- in 20/30 years we will be a republic.

I agree but think it will be more like 50 years.

I wish it could be in my lifetime, I'd love to see it happen. So 30 years is doable, 50 not so much!

My next prediction :- in 20/30 years we will be a republic.

As pp I think it will be a fair bit longer but I do think it’s coming. When my dc & their peers grow up I can’t see them having an interest.

On predictions that there's more to come out about Andrew...

Lownie has said that what is out in the public domain is just a small part of a much bigger picture.
He has had legal issues about going into it more but that has passed and there is more on Andrew's association with Epstein, wider patterns of financial misconduct, more questionable business dealings overseas and a complete lack of accountability.

He says “if the monarchy is to retain credibility in the modern age, it must confront these issues openly rather than relying on containment, delay, or managed disappearance.”

Maybe I'll make my prediction 40 not 50 years!

Was that the case a month ago, 2 months ago, 6 months ago an so on? No, it has become the Harry and Meghan board. Every time I looked on this board until over Xmas, the vast majority of threads were about Harry and Meghan. Some posters seem annoyed that there has been a change to that but I don’t see the problem. The Harry and Meghan threads can still be here, but more threads about other topics are welcome too. I hope other posters who want to talk about other things keep posting.

I think KC and QC will both suffer ongoing poor health this year.

William and Kate may well be riding high on popularity but they both need to stop trying to be a "normal" family and start supporting KC better. I like them both but do think they are workshy, especially William and he needs to up his game. Kate's ongoing medical condition isn't excuse for staying out of the public gaze when her diary can be tailored accordingly. Millions of people still have to work even with chronic health conditions.

AMW will be dragged through the media repeatedly as more comes out about Epstein. But he'll stay pampered and privileged - and the optics are going to get worse the longer it goes on.

H & M will carry on blindly like a pair of bulls in a china shop. And their titles will remain untouched.

It may very well be another annus horribilis heading their way. I don't have a good feeling for some reason.

I think W&C would be delighted to see the end of the monarchy. They've got enough wealth to last many lifetimes.

I’d like to eventually see us having a republic after a very slow and careful transition but I can’t imagine being in William’s position and being the one to end it on “his watch” as it were. Having been brought up solely to fulfil one role and then go down in history as the person who ended it. The pressure on him must be enormous.

If I were him I would feel justifiably angry at the position the late Queen put him in by hanging on so long, all the time rejecting change, and ditto with his father who seems to be changing very little of significance in terms of transparency, accountability and finances.

That is, assuming William wants significant change too, as he said he did in his recent interview, as we don’t know yet precisely what his vision of the job involves.

IMHO, all of the above.

Plus, the fact that the all-out assault against the Wales family was supposed to be kickstarted by Endgame but was derailed by Catherine's cancer diagnosis. The assault is back on (see proxy Omid "rejoining" X/twitter) but it will not succeed, as ever.

Monarchy is relative grading, and the Labour government is doing their best to achieve the greatest crash in polling from election day to present. By contrast the Wales family is flying high in UK polling and polling around the world.

This is why it is so crucial for certain individuals to challenge Catherine's cancer diagnosis or make insinuations about a "complicated cancer narrative". After all they have to be seen as being "kind" and attacking a genuine cancer survivor is a real no-go zone...it puts a real wrench in a vicious and completely malicious campaign of character assassination.