Harry and Meghan's Australian jaunt -part 3 it's nearly over!

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Continuation ....

I do believe the titles will go eventually though.

I think HRH will go, and there will be a clear delineation between working and non-working royals.

I'm less sure about the titles. Horrendous as Harry's behaviour has been, it's been mostly 'family' bad rather than 'country' bad, so not totally convinced that removal of titles is warranted. They have effectively devalued the Sussex name, and removing it would cause lots of publicity. Removing 'Prince' would go too far, in my opinion.

I just said similar on another thread. Titles for working royals only.

AMW’s titles haven’t been officially removed yet. It turns out it’s actually quite a long process, involving the agreement of other commonwealth countries. While I think the Sussex titles should be removed, as they were given on the belief they would be working royals, I don’t think W will try it because it’s not straightforward. H and M have become increasingly a bit of a joke and they will become less and less relevant as time passes. There’s no need to do anything.

They were told not to use HRH yet M still uses it .

I think no matter what label she wears she’s going to be criticised for it by some.

Meghan wore an Australian brand for this latest Australian visit. I think that is appropriate.

I just read that elsewhere again. Why were we led to believe it was a done deal, I wonder?

How do you mean 'appropriate'? She's a private citizen, not a royal on an official visit. She never much bothered with wearing British brands when she was an actual working member of the British royal family, so why care about being 'appropriate' when on a private jolly?

Anyway, my point was that she is wearing smaller brands not because she wants to promote less well-known designers, but because none of the more prestigious fashion houses want to get involved with her.

Personally I'd like to see everything go, including his birthday 'knighthood' from granny. I feel that H&M gave out a strong message that this whole country was racist, which they knew was a lie. The 'Sussex Squad' stans, whom H&M allegedly orchestrate, continue to do this. We still see it pop up on this board, though not as often as we once did.

IMO this level of insult is completely unacceptable in a royal duke and royal duchess. If Sentebale has evidence that H&M are behind elements of the 'SS' in any way, then I'd put good money on William already knowing about it and assume that he has his plans already made. Perhaps it'll be something like applying the Nolan Principles to HRH working royals.

There's also the issue of all the dreadful allegations about C&W last year, perpetrated and amplified by the 'SS'.

But there's nothing I can do about it, I know. I guess we'll find out shortly after William's coronation in a few years.

Because the Letters Patent exist and were published.

She does claim she invests in smaller brands because her "pulling power" is so great That's fine and I can see her wanting to be a walking advertisement if she will benefit from the company's growth. How much her "investing in women" trickles down to the workers , though, might be moot. Here
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meghan-markle-backed-cesta-collective-accused-paying-rwandan-women-pennies-700-bags-1729545

I think her wearing / using smaller brands is twofold. Definitely I think nowadays she doesn't have the image the big couture houses want , but I also think she's hoping some of these smaller brands will break through and give her a big financial return on her investment.

Didn't Alexander McQueen go shoutycrackers once because someone had sold Victoria Beckham a long tartan skirt of his , and he didn't think it fitted his brand.

I think you may have become confused with removal from the line of succession, which would require agreement of other Commonwealth realms (not all Commonwealth countries are realms).

For some reason, it keeps cropping up that AMW hasn't lost any titles. I've copied from one of my recent posts below:

Andrew is no longer a prince, from the date of Charles' Letters Patent.
He does retain his Dukedom, as removal of that requires an act of parliament, but was removed from the Roll of the Peerage, so cannot be addressed as Duke.
Charles III Letters Patent 03/11/2025 Letters Patent
Parliamentary briefing Removal of titles and honours

This is true, theAutumnCrow, but then they could remove prince, duke and god knows what else and still they'd probably go right on using them, doubtless yammering on about birthright, victimhood and establishment stitch-ups

Yes it makes them look ridiculous, but they're good at that anyway and what are the palace going to do about it - kidnap them and stick them in the tower?

I'm aware that many say it would "send a message", but what message when the RF do so little with the many horrors they've already got?
Leave them to go right on displaying their vulgarity and utter lack of judgement I say, or as the old saying goes, never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake

The Irwins declined to meet the Sussexes

https://archive.is/a0duw

Aligning with the Irwins worthy causes is something that Meghan and Harry could be on board with,' an insider tells this week's New Idea magazine

And then they'd get bored and dump them.

Nice to see some who have morals.

This 100%. They are becoming less relevant as each year passes and, tbh, if the bloomin' media hadn't pushed all this recent rubbish on us, I wouldn't even know (or care less) what they got up to in Australia. They seem to be living in this cuckoo-land full of sprinkles and titles and call-me-Meghan while most people are worried about the col and a possible war - a touch of Nero fiddling while Rome burns? It was amusing when they were just a soap opera replacement but now they've become ridiculous. As soon as G, C and L are young adults and (presumably?) stepping up, this middle-aged pair will become idiosyncrasies from the past, regardless of their titles. Phew, too much coffee I think.

If we take Harry and Meghan and their shenanigans out of the equation for the moment, going forward the whole set up does need a complete overhaul if the monarchy is to be fit for the modern era. Titles need to be limited to working royals only, none of this silly Dukedoms awarded on marriage nonsense, no Prince and Princess titles for grandchildren of the Monarch unless in direct line for the throne, it all needs streamlining and the spin we were sold that Charles would be the great moderniser, well clearly not as he has done absolutely nothing, whether William will do it or keep the status quo, time will tell.

100% agree.

Don’t get in the way and interrupt of their downward spiralling trajectory.

KC3 is hamstrung.

People in glass palaces shouldn’t throw stones. KC3 has a great big pile of steaming rancid shit right under his nose to clean up to prevent the collapse of his own glass palace. He is in no position to be tinkering with the H&M amateur pantomime.

I'll bet the Irwins were overwhelmed with gratitude that H&M could "get on board with them" 😂

To be fair, KC has had to deal with Andrew, plus his own cancer treatment. The weekly meetings with the PM can't be a bundle of laughs either. Perhaps some of his planning went into abeyance.

I wonder how many other core Australian cultural icons were also approached and declined?

True but it’s not like being King came as a surprise, he’s had his whole life to map out his so called modernisation, he could have implemented any changes he wanted on day one but hasn’t done anything of note so personally I just think it was spin, might be the same with William, we will find out in due course.

Well, I'm just saying. Things can get thrown off kilter.

At first glance at the picture where she has her hair scraped back and is wearing a sweater, I thought it was Sharon Osbourne crossed with Wallis Simpson.

Omg it’s worded like they would be doing the Irwins a favour. Actually when I see someone like Steve Irwin and his family mentioned in the same breath as H and M, it just highlights how shallow they are. The Irwins are so passionate about their cause and have dedicated their lives to it. H and M just jump one thing to another and also piggyback onto other people’s work.