5 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Actually they wanted to keep their titles but were told they couldn't. They only wanted to resign from the duties and keep the perks, but the Queen wasn't having any of it (and rightly so).

 

This announcement seems a great way to ensure there are plenty of negative tabloid stories about them for the foreseeable future. 

They are still the Duke and Duchess of Sussex but are not allowed to use the name 'Sussex Royal' for their proposed business or to use the 'royal highness' term even though they still retain that title. They also get no more taxpayers money .

The negative stories will continue just as before as that is the nature of those 4 papers. Most of them owned by non-dom billionaires who are delighted to take taxpayers money, so long as they don't have to pay any (unlike Her Majesty).

1 hour ago, mrfill said:

The negative stories will continue just as before as that is the nature of those 4 papers. Most of them owned by non-dom billionaires who are delighted to take taxpayers money, so long as they don't have to pay any (unlike Her Majesty).

Rumours abound that the Scum is on it's last legs, financially. Let's hope some good comes from the COVID crisis such that, in the future, our newsagents are no longer polluted by such tawdry propaganda rags as it, the Mail and Express. Our country will certainly be improved if these hate mongers go out of business.

7 hours ago, stevenl said:

Thanks for the insight in the talks of the couple with the queen.

Good we have someone here who was there.

He can read.

7 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

He could get a job in the Thai government dressed like that!

He was rightly awarded the wings, having succesfuly flown helicopters in the Army Air Corps, unlike some of the wings attached to various Thai government issue uniforms, whose only training is watching planes take off from Swampy. 

So I do get where you are coming from.

Good for you guys. Harry you are a very decent chap and Meghan is lucky to have you. She is a very talented actress and charitable lady. Why should she have to put up with all the racism and bigotry from the likes of the Daily Mail?

7 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

UK taxpayers are still paying millions for their security. This cost will have hiked substantially after leaving their Canadian lair and moved on to the Harry and Meghan does Hollywood skit. It is hilarious watching these 2 limousine liberals desperately trying to remain relevant in the age of Wuhan flu. The photos of the 2 of them traipsing through the glitzy area of LA handing out 20 meals was a classic. If anybody can't see it's staged PR, well there is no hope.

 Harry is angry with the UK tabloids because they have been proven 100% correct in their predictions. Thomas Markle is a loving father that did not deserve to be treated as he was. Meghan is a grifter, she craved riches and adoration from the Hollywood A list where she desperately wanted to live and thrive. And just look what happened! After Harry and Meghans latest tantrum expect more negative press coverage. I like the comments under any story about them in the tabloids. 99.9% extremely negative, and rightly so. 

I think I'll have to print and frame this post, it's the first time I have ever agreed with you.

7 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I think I'll have to print and frame this post, it's the first time I have ever agreed with you.

Apparently they're paying for security themselves.

 

So since this is the first time you agree with him, it sets a bad example.

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

Apparently they're paying for security themselves.

 

So since this is the first time you agree with him, it sets a bad example.

I got over the whole Royal Family malarkey when I was a teenager. It would be difficult to imagine any family as dysfunctional, or more parasitic.

True, millions of people hang on their doings, fed by a media fawning on them. IMO the same level of intelligence as religious adherents.

The Queen and Prince Philip are held up as the apotheosis of the monarchy. According to a guy on the security detail at Buckingham Palace the image is a bit flawed, as Philip was shagging every chambermaid he could get alone.

8 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

He could get a job in the Thai government dressed like that!

But that was in the UK! Are the dresses of the British Royals similar to the Thai government employees? ????

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I got over the whole Royal Family malarkey when I was a teenager. It would be difficult to imagine any family as dysfunctional, or more parasitic.

True, millions of people hang on their doings, fed by a media fawning on them. IMO the same level of intelligence as religious adherents.

The Queen and Prince Philip are held up as the apotheosis of the monarchy. According to a guy on the security detail at Buckingham Palace the image is a bit flawed, as Philip was shagging every chambermaid he could get alone.

Wow, see you got the real news right there.

Straight from the guy on the security detail......

must be spot on and accurate, thanks for passing on this hidden gem. 

Just now, laosnative said:

Wow, see you got the real news right there.

Straight from the guy on the security detail......

must be spot on and accurate, thanks for passing on this hidden gem. 

You're welcome, probably made a change from the daily saccharine. According to my source, her majesty was not amused.

8 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

He could get a job in the Thai government dressed like that!

Well it certainly a lot nicer than the Nazi outfit he sported in the past. 

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

You're welcome, probably made a change from the daily saccharine. According to my source, her majesty was not amused.

According to my source, the chambermaids said that the old duke wasnt up to the job.

I reckon at 98 years old there could be some truth in that.

They did say, that his driving had suffered with age to.

I dont know who to believe anymore.

 

 

Yeah Tarraa, send us a postcard.........  Mind you he's still got less medals than a Thai bus conductor...... and nowhere in the league of our hero BJ !  

Edited April 20, 20206 yr by SupermarineS6B

How about going to work in a hospital and help out in the fight against C-19 ?

 

Not sure if any other Royals have done this ?

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/coronavirus-princess-sofia-sweden-frontline-hospital-battle-a9469866.html

 

But then the Swedes have the 'Janteloven' ...   ???? .

Edited April 20, 20206 yr by rvaviator
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Perhaps if the newspapers and media as a whole stopped reporting on them, as they requested when they said they wanted to live a normal life, we would not have to put up with seeing the drivel that comes from them in print. All media should stop reporting on them. The media makes them newsworthy, no one else I know thinks they are.

Please, leave them alone to make their own way in the world.

They were so popular in the UK and all over the world. They have thrown it all away. Time to grow up, fast. 

 

1 hour ago, laosnative said:

According to my source, the chambermaids said that the old duke wasnt up to the job.

I reckon at 98 years old there could be some truth in that.

They did say, that his driving had suffered with age to.

I dont know who to believe anymore.

 

 

This was about 30 years ago when I got the information, and the guy who told me had retired, so probably when the Duke was in his fifties. I know how he feels, takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.

9 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It seems you can't wait to read about her, or maybe just look at her pictures.

If you and your pals wouldn't care then there wouldn't be any articles about her.

Exactly. The point most posters are missing is that they H & M, really don't want that level of attention. It is the readers that are keeping the whole thing alive consuming the badly disguised racism in the tabloids. If we stopped reading this bs the whole thing would disappear. Harry said over 7 years ago about the tensions and frustrations of being a Royal who craved life out of the spotlight. (Link below)

 

I am not a royalist, but even if I were I wouldn't think that I owned the royal family, and that they ought to be behaving in a way that I saw fit, or one of the Mail's rabid journalists thought fit.

 

 One thing is for sure, Harry has guts, how many TV barstool heroes would do missions in Afghanistan. Then he has the balls to stand up for his wife against a barrage of twisted journalism. Finally he has the strength to reject the insidious stream of pressure from his IMHO useless family permanently telling him to "Be a good toff darling". 

 

Cherio Harry and Meghan, bad luck about the family, I hope you have a peaceful life now.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/21/prince-harry-afghanistan

 

Excellent Decision indeed . He will be Totally like us Common Chaps  soon. Wife Ducked Off and with half his Beer Tokens too, then fighting for Custody of the Rug Rats.

17 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

Excellent Decision indeed . He will be Totally like us Common Chaps  soon. Wife Ducked Off and with half his Beer Tokens too, then fighting for Custody of the Rug Rats.

I though that was just the problem, he was too like "Us" common chaps. The common chaps wanted him to be a good boy and act like the brainless toffs in the rest of the family (Princees Anne excluded). In their opinion his duty was to conform to the stereotype they had built up for him, not to have a life of his own. 

I’m not British but what I’ve read Prince Harry served his country in the military and he seems to be concerned about the World. As for his wife I don’t know anything about her so won’t comment. 

 

I’m fairly positive he earned those service medals on dress uniform were earned

Harry served 2 tours in Afghanistan. 

2 hours ago, DJ54 said:

I’m not British but what I’ve read Prince Harry served his country in the military and he seems to be concerned about the World. As for his wife I don’t know anything about her so won’t comment. 

 

I’m fairly positive he earned those service medals on dress uniform were earned

Qualified as a chopper pilot, hence the wings......

They are not elected officials, they have a right to privacy. I will side with the Royals on this.

11 hours ago, Nigel Garvie said:

Exactly. The point most posters are missing is that they H & M, really don't want that level of attention.

Well that depends doesn't it. She'll want the attention when she's attending the premiere of some movie she's in, or appearing on some talk show to discuss it.

 

She doesn't want it when she's attending Wimbledon or when it exposes her hypocrisy taking private jets around the world days after lecturing about carbon footprints.

 

Same as she wanted the multi million pound wedding, Frogmore cottage, a jetset lifestyle and paid for security. She just didn't want to have to open a hospital in Rotherham on a wet Wednesday afternoon. 

20 hours ago, simple1 said:

Where is the current link for this allegation? The couple announced some weeks back they are paying for their security upon moving to the US

 

A spokesperson for the Sussexes said: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have no plans to ask the US government for security resources. Privately funded security arrangements have been made.”

Yes I am well aware they announced they would start paying for their security, but there has been nothing further said. They also said people should not be flying off on holiday because its bad for the climate - while flying willy-nilly around Europe on private jets, so they have history for saying one thing while doing the opposite. Can you show me a credible link that states categorically that British taxpayers are no longer paying for their security in LaLa land?

 

 I can offer this from todays DM from serious observer Piers Morgan

 

"Nor will I take any orders about how I can or should behave as a journalist from a pair of spoiled little brats who contrary to their statement are still spending millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on British royal protection squad officers."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8236747/PIERS-MORGAN-Captain-Tom-shames-Beckhams-Meghan-Harry.html

 

Over to you....

2 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

<SNIP>

 

Over to you....

IMO Piers Morgan, with a few exceptions, is usually an attention seeking prat

2 minutes ago, simple1 said:

IMO Piers Morgan, with a few exceptions, is usually an attention seeking prat

Agreed. And any luck finding a link that backs up your aggressive assertion that the UK taxpayers are no longer paying for their security?

11 hours ago, Nigel Garvie said:

Exactly. The point most posters are missing is that they H & M, really don't want that level of attention. It is the readers that are keeping the whole thing alive consuming the badly disguised racism in the tabloids. If we stopped reading this bs the whole thing would disappear. Harry said over 7 years ago about the tensions and frustrations of being a Royal who craved life out of the spotlight. (Link below)

 

I am not a royalist, but even if I were I wouldn't think that I owned the royal family, and that they ought to be behaving in a way that I saw fit, or one of the Mail's rabid journalists thought fit.

 

 One thing is for sure, Harry has guts, how many TV barstool heroes would do missions in Afghanistan. Then he has the balls to stand up for his wife against a barrage of twisted journalism. Finally he has the strength to reject the insidious stream of pressure from his IMHO useless family permanently telling him to "Be a good toff darling". 

 

Cherio Harry and Meghan, bad luck about the family, I hope you have a peaceful life now.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/21/prince-harry-afghanistan

 

I think you have profoundly misunderstood the situation.I agree at some level and for understandable reasons Harry intensely dislikes press attention especially the aggressive paparazzi type. I speculate however that Meghan is very keen on celebrity type attention but only when it's framed in Hollywood/LA terms.

 

I don't see much evidence in racism, disguised or not in this saga - certainly not in the British public.Naturally however in these days of heightened woke culture this aspect has been held up as the driving force that led to the couple's exile.The tabloid press have always been a bunch of reptiles.Look at the treatment received by Fergie and others (not to mention Diana) It nevertheless required a supreme effort of stupidity and tactlessness for Harry/Meghan (or their inept American celebrity PR people) to issue that pompous statement at this particular time.

 

But here's the big big point.The royal family members owe their position entirely to their closeness to the monarch, in this case probably the most revered woman in the world.These two have consciously distanced themself from the Queen, indeed could be said to have betrayed her.Meghan probably doesn't understand any of this stuff.But Harry does.I profoundly pity him torn between love for his wife and child (who rightly will always be his main priority) but also agonized at the way events have turned out.In his heart he must surely be aware that their significance is draining away because it only existed in the first place due to the Crown connection.