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Harry and Meghan offered royal accommodation

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SparklingXmas · 20/06/2026 08:47

Will they stay at Royal Lodge? I really hope it all works out for KC and to see his grandchildren would be lovely.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yzlmkl7zzo

Harry is wearing a baby blue linen shirt and a black 'Invictus Australia' baseball cap. Meghan is wearing a darker blue and white striped shirt.

Harry and Meghan offered royal accommodation during UK visit

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to visit the UK with their children next month, for the first time since 2022.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yzlmkl7zzo

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IcedPurple · 29/06/2026 21:26

Vivienesarches689 · 29/06/2026 21:25

I was responding to a tedious jibe that’s why!

You are right. I should have known better.

But for the life of me I don’t know why stating facts about the deprivation in the midlands is silly? Especially when there are gifs picturing cheese blocks being posted?

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I couldn't give a fiddlers (in the context of this thread) about deprivation in the Midlands.

It was your statement that the Sussexes are massively popular there which had a few of us raising our eyebrows.

abigailll · 29/06/2026 21:28

PoppysAunt · 29/06/2026 19:20

No. He was married to Elizabeth Taylor.

No. It was definitely Elizabeth Arden not Elizabeth Taylor

PoppysAunt · 29/06/2026 21:31

abigailll · 29/06/2026 21:28

No. It was definitely Elizabeth Arden not Elizabeth Taylor

Oh dear. That awful passage in Spare... 🤮 🤢

LaMarschallin · 29/06/2026 21:42

Oh!
I heard Max Factor

IdaGlossop · 29/06/2026 21:42

PoppysAunt · 29/06/2026 21:31

Oh dear. That awful passage in Spare... 🤮 🤢

That's spoilt my chicken pie 😁 And now I have had the grotesque image of M using H's todger cream on her 💋 and not realising because she hasn't read the book: 'I didn't know anything about him'.

Viviennemary · 29/06/2026 21:44

Whosthetabbynow · 29/06/2026 15:19

Gets people talking. Raises her profile. Every decision they’ve made has been diabolical. Everything they touch turns to rubble. Why should the British taxpayer fund security for them? They didn’t want to be part of the Royal family. Why should Charles pay for their security after they’ve treated him and his wife so treacherously. We don’t want them here and I couldn’t care less about their kids.

Meghan is an absolute troublemaker. I suspected it from day 1 when everyone else was coo-ing and saying breath of fresh air best thing to happen to the monarchy for decades.

One member of her family in hundreds of guests. That was a red flag. But no still people thought she was great. But even I didnt realise she would cause such a rift in the family. Tbh I thought they would be divorced in a couple of years. Who knows where it will end. The saga goes on.

Mylovelygreendress · 29/06/2026 21:49

IdaGlossop · 29/06/2026 21:07

Could it be, then, that because H is impulsive and foolish, he took a chance on not giving 30 days' notice so he would get full protection (what's wrong with a condom?) and the Home Office has said: 'Too late, mate' or words to that effect? His reasoning would be that the HO would not want to be blamed for scuppering the king meeting his Cali grandkids but that thought never crossed their mind because, rightly, it's all about the process.

He'll be in big trouble with M. I bet he promised when they were planning their escape they would always have full protection because 'I'm a prince of the realm'.

He did indeed say that as detailed in Spare !

IdaGlossop · 29/06/2026 21:50

If outsiders like posters here can see what a drama queen Meghan is, imagine what H's family and staff must have thought. It must have been obvious from the very beginning that she wants yo paddle her own canoe. The warning from William znd Charles Spencer to slow down must have been heartfelt, especially knowing he's impetuous and not bright.

Mylovelygreendress · 29/06/2026 21:51

Viviennemary · 29/06/2026 21:44

Meghan is an absolute troublemaker. I suspected it from day 1 when everyone else was coo-ing and saying breath of fresh air best thing to happen to the monarchy for decades.

One member of her family in hundreds of guests. That was a red flag. But no still people thought she was great. But even I didnt realise she would cause such a rift in the family. Tbh I thought they would be divorced in a couple of years. Who knows where it will end. The saga goes on.

It was the engagement interview that made me stop and think oh oh here’s trouble .

abigailll · 29/06/2026 22:00

IdaGlossop · 29/06/2026 21:50

If outsiders like posters here can see what a drama queen Meghan is, imagine what H's family and staff must have thought. It must have been obvious from the very beginning that she wants yo paddle her own canoe. The warning from William znd Charles Spencer to slow down must have been heartfelt, especially knowing he's impetuous and not bright.

It’s like the Paul McCartney / Heather Mills shambles. Grandiose, delusional, fruitbat fantasist targets a weak spot and trauma bonds - the rest of the family see it instantly - McCartneys children call it out - he carrys on. Heather Mills also had the humanitarian stuff going on as well and triggered something about the person he had unresolved grief for.

Knauf wrote his letter to HR about MM bullying 2 successive PAs out of their role in Sept 18 and he was referring to the previous 12 months - she wasn’t even engaged then!

Pluschanges · 29/06/2026 22:03

abigailll · 29/06/2026 22:00

It’s like the Paul McCartney / Heather Mills shambles. Grandiose, delusional, fruitbat fantasist targets a weak spot and trauma bonds - the rest of the family see it instantly - McCartneys children call it out - he carrys on. Heather Mills also had the humanitarian stuff going on as well and triggered something about the person he had unresolved grief for.

Knauf wrote his letter to HR about MM bullying 2 successive PAs out of their role in Sept 18 and he was referring to the previous 12 months - she wasn’t even engaged then!

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Very true.

I also think John Lennon and Yoko Ono .

Whosthetabbynow · 29/06/2026 22:42

Viviennemary · 29/06/2026 21:44

Meghan is an absolute troublemaker. I suspected it from day 1 when everyone else was coo-ing and saying breath of fresh air best thing to happen to the monarchy for decades.

One member of her family in hundreds of guests. That was a red flag. But no still people thought she was great. But even I didnt realise she would cause such a rift in the family. Tbh I thought they would be divorced in a couple of years. Who knows where it will end. The saga goes on.

Same. Gut feeling. At the time I couldn’t believe what he was thinking.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 29/06/2026 23:22

abigailll · 29/06/2026 21:28

No. It was definitely Elizabeth Arden not Elizabeth Taylor

No you are so very wrong, it was Elizabeth Hurley.

jeffgoldblum · 29/06/2026 23:39

Rhaidimiddim · 29/06/2026 19:51

And was married to that twitcher Alan Titmarch, no?

Twitcher? No im married to Henry cavill!

jeffgoldblum · 29/06/2026 23:40

Mylovelygreendress · 29/06/2026 20:35

What’s the evidence that H and M are still popular in some areas ?
After the way H and M criticised the U.K. , it would be better if they stayed away .
Edited to add that I think you are remembering Cheeky Chappie Harry as portrayed by the MIGS rather than surly , grumpy, vindictive Harry that we now see.

Edited

Popular in the same way republic were a majority at trooping the colour!

jeffgoldblum · 29/06/2026 23:41

IcedPurple · 29/06/2026 20:40

That's what I thought when I read the same poster writing:

H & M have remained popular in deprived areas of the Midlands for these reasons

Oh yeah?

The Sussexes are huge in Wolverhampton are they?

Definitely popular in Sussex!! 🤣🤣🤣

jeffgoldblum · 29/06/2026 23:43

Vivienesarches689 · 29/06/2026 21:00

Where’s your evidence?

Loads of people move away from the UK because their other half is a different nationality you know? It doesn’t mean they necessarily hate the UK or its people.

It can be because the mother (often) wants to raise their dc where she feels safe and the education system is familiar or the decision is simply based on economics and who earns the most. Again, it doesn’t involve hatred of the UK or its people, it’s often a pragmatic decision.

On the other hand, having read the Jeremy Clarkson article about MM, and having heard some of Piers Morgan’s unhinged ranting, and having seen the cartoon where H & M’s prospective child was portrayed as a chimpanzee, I can fully understand why Meghan would not want to raise her dc here.

I’m definitely not saying this applies to you btw Talltreesbythelake
but I often think that a lot of the negativity aimed at H & M was based on some wierd tabloid brand of jingoism that they had “the nerve to leave our country which (according to people who hold this view) is better than any other” whereas, in reality, in most western democracies anyway, most countries are a mix of good and bad.

Imho, Harry had every right to move away and should have the right to return without giving a month’s notice in advance.

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Where is your evidence??
do provide something that isn’t a pr talking point directly from the Sussex’s ( who are proven to lie!)

jeffgoldblum · 29/06/2026 23:45

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PoppysAunt · 30/06/2026 05:32

jeffgoldblum · 29/06/2026 23:43

Where is your evidence??
do provide something that isn’t a pr talking point directly from the Sussex’s ( who are proven to lie!)

Many posters have clearly and calmly explained that whole security issue, with evidence.
Time and again..
We're just going round in circles though.
H&M sure love a psychodrama!
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AuroraCake · 30/06/2026 06:45

Problem is that people who are protected by RAVEC give way more than a months notice because they are IPPs and you don't do spontaneous international travel. But Harry doesn’t get this because he never really realised the reality of anything.

PoppysAunt · 30/06/2026 06:49

AuroraCake · 30/06/2026 06:45

Problem is that people who are protected by RAVEC give way more than a months notice because they are IPPs and you don't do spontaneous international travel. But Harry doesn’t get this because he never really realised the reality of anything.

You're right, he really doesn't understand reality. He also doesn't understand that his status has changed, and he doesn't understand how RAVEC works.

Pluschanges · 30/06/2026 06:56

PoppysAunt · 30/06/2026 06:49

You're right, he really doesn't understand reality. He also doesn't understand that his status has changed, and he doesn't understand how RAVEC works.

I do think though that Charles needs to take some responsibility for bringing up a son who doesn't seem to have the first clue about how the Monarchy works. He's enabled him and indulged him but not taught him how to survive as an adult dealing with the real world. He's hasn't had any teaching about how the whole system works and what is required of him. I guess that was reserved for William.

Talltreesbythelake · 30/06/2026 07:01

Pluschanges · 30/06/2026 06:56

I do think though that Charles needs to take some responsibility for bringing up a son who doesn't seem to have the first clue about how the Monarchy works. He's enabled him and indulged him but not taught him how to survive as an adult dealing with the real world. He's hasn't had any teaching about how the whole system works and what is required of him. I guess that was reserved for William.

He wouldn't have learned anyway. How many adverts for DFS have you seen in your life? Any yet H was still unable to understand how to get a new sofa until M arrived with her credit card! (This is by way of a joke and also a small illustration of how dim H actually is, just in case anyone thinks I am being very serious.)

PoppysAunt · 30/06/2026 07:02

Pluschanges · 30/06/2026 06:56

I do think though that Charles needs to take some responsibility for bringing up a son who doesn't seem to have the first clue about how the Monarchy works. He's enabled him and indulged him but not taught him how to survive as an adult dealing with the real world. He's hasn't had any teaching about how the whole system works and what is required of him. I guess that was reserved for William.

No. He's a 41 year old adult, he needs to inform himself and live accordingly. Plenty of us didn't have great parenting, but have learned to cope and adjust in the adult world.
Time to stop blaming daddy and act like a grown up. He is a father, ffs. He's acting like a petulant teenager.
William is managing well as an adult, but then he's not leading a life of perpetual victimhood and bitterness.

Pluschanges · 30/06/2026 07:05

IcedPurple · 29/06/2026 21:04

Imho, Harry had every right to move away and should have the right to return without giving a month’s notice in advance.

Anyone can leave the country at any time. It's not North Korea.

What they can't do is live as a private citizen on another continent and demand that highly trained publicly funded specialist police officers be available to them at a moment's notice.

If that's not good enough then to repeat, Harry can stay in California. He will not be missed.

Surely he and his family would be given protection to from the airport from BP but not to visit places on a faux royal basis? That's the issue. They aren't carrying out 'engagements', these are private visits. In any case they haven't even confirmed that they will stay at BP which makes it even more difficult. They are being very rude and inconsiderate. Nothing new there. In any case Harry has his own security team. They just can't carry guns.

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