H&M are currently doing a ‘Royal’ walkabout thing in Nottingham.

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A crowd has turned out to see them. It’s currently being covered live on Sky News. Why on earth would anyone do this?

They aren’t working royals. They are just a pair of chancers who have scuttled back to Britain with their tails between their legs because they have died on their arses in the US. And now people are tugging their forelocks to them here.

People really are absolute fucking morons.

It will be interesting to see if the estimation is correct.

And as for the follow-up argument that they attract interest to the cause... Malsla is finding that out.

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Exactly. £50,000 donated by Harry to Epic supported apprenticeships which they visited today. They first visited as a couple in 2017.

They could be private, plenty of people manage it. You've got to start by not seeking publicity though, and not putting your life and your children on Instagram.

I can't think of the last time that would have happened.
Maybe Queen Victoria?.

why do they have to be private though?

They are not public figures they are private citizens,

And I thought it was great that the news actually featured information about the charities.

What did they donate today?

Archewell’s coffers must have something in them?

There used to be, until recently, a 'kissing of hands' ritual between monarch and prime minister. It's been many, many years (Victoria's reign?) where a member of the public would have been expected, on meeting, to kiss the monarch's hand.
I imagine the King would have been quite taken aback and probably felt slightly uncomfortable with having his hand sucked kissed like that.

What?
I was responding to another poster.

I can't imagine any current working royal expecting someone to kiss their hand!

It's just really, really weird. They're famous because he's the son of someone famous. It's like Brooklyn Beckham and his wife suddenly deciding to do public charity visits, with a staged walkabout outside first. If they want to support charities, great - so do loads of actual celebrities. But they don't tend to prance around outside first, or invite a load of cameras. I can't imagine why any charity would want this sort of circus, though I believe they received a very sizeable 'donation' to play along?

I do appreciate this did used to be Harry's job, but he left. I too once left a great job as I believed I'd be better off at a new company, and I too was wrong. But I just kicked myself, and moved on. I didn't go back to the old company, sit down at my old desk and carry on with the work I'd been doing before I left, hoping everyone would just shrug and think they must have imagined my departure - whilst management kept releasing increasingly loud statements declaring I very definitely did not work there! It's completely barking mad.

I kinda feel sorry for them, because they obviously miss it so much, the cheers and the crowds etc. being royal is very important to them, so the last 7 years obviously haven't provided what they needed or fulfilled them. It's like they want to turn the clock back.

I wonder if they both could be described as nepo babies?

Technically I’m guessing that it would only really be Harry.

I think Meghan was likely responsible for soliciting all of her opportunities.

Harry seems to be lacking in that regard.

But the question remains? They can do what they like as it’s their life.

You've got the wrong poster.
I never said that.

But why does that mean they can’t do this stuff?

There are aspects of his life he cannot actually quit though, it's not like an employed role. He has been performing the role since childhood. He remains a prince, the son of the current King, and is 5th in line to the throne, having been third in line for a fair while. It's very clear he's not a working royal and isn't representing the official royal family, under direction from the King. He is representing himself, as Prince Harry and the Duke of Sussex. Lots of people seem to be interested in him in that role alone.

Celebrities absolutely do perform when attending charity events, get photographed, meet people, shake hands, do press. Of course they do, there are so many examples of other types of celebrities that do this sort of thing.

The entire royal family are nepo babies.

@MadeInGrimsbydid you not say they could be private?

Quite

What?

I wonder how much of a leg up - if any - Mr Markle gave Meghan initially. He would surely have had some connections?

Or was she solely responsible for laying the foundations of her career?