Meghan & Harry: WE QUIT

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Wow. Prince Andrew has been cancelled, now we have Mexit. I wonder if interest will wane, my English friends are all pro royal though, they love them.

I'd say prince Andrew is secretly delighted he's not the main royal story.

bitofabind wrote: »

Predictable? Or will live to regret it?

https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1214979436396855296

I knew from the get go she gives toothy head.. but there's more to life than fellatio. I'm not throwing in the towel yet.

idnkph wrote: »

Harry wants out because Willy has been putting his willy where he shouldn't have been and has been caught out. Harry is not happy with big brother about this.

But I'm the eldest brother. I jumped the gun there, this thread is obviously about the other shower.

amacca wrote: »

I had to raise an eyebrow at the becoming "financially independent" line

As if they wouldn't be without having to lift a finger even after severing all ties.

Maybe they'll get jobs in Pizza Express in Woking.

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Let's just hope they won't sweat.

They ride their cousins usually, so all heartbreak aside it's quite pragmatic of them

Delighted for them, it’s great they’ve actually done it. I only wish they had gone the whole hog and renounced their titles/made it completely final, but that will probably be the next stage. Also would have seemed extra severe to do that now, if the other royals haven’t been told.

You have one life to live, and they clearly feel that being full-time royals in the UK is intolerable. The way Meghan is treated is shameful. Vile. Bullying, pure and simple. I heard Iain Dale on the radio earlier, saying “what explicitly racist things has the media done to her”- give me a goddamn break. Of course they don’t splash overtly racist headlines about her, but they’ll happily link her to negative issues (the avocado headline, anyone??) and criticise her in a far more vicious way than they do to Kate, and then let the hatemongers spew their bile in the comments section.

That, 5-10 times a day on their website- never mind all the abuse she gets across hundreds of other media outlets. People over there think they own them as human beings. The pathetic low lifes who comment on the Daily Mail website are truly the dregs of humanity.

Would be great if this, along with the Andrew scandal, precipitated the end of the royal family. Between that and Brexit, the British identity would truly be smashed to pieces.

cannotlogin wrote: »

So Meghan convinces Harry to leave the Royal family, while I struggle to convince a man to go for a drink!!!

Harry appears completely smitten by an actress who has fallen of with her family and friends, and now he's doing the same. Princess Andrew must be delighted he's no longer the focus of attention.

Expect divorce within 5 years when she's finished with him.

He’s no longer “Prince Harry”, he’s “Meghan Markle’s husband” , she seems like one of those controlling women that separates her man from his mates and family.

I'd give it 5 years too!

https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1214985449648902149

Foweva Awone wrote: »

Fair play to them tbh. It can't have been an easy decision and I'm sure no matter how they'd announced it, they would've been ripped to shreds. Hopefully they'll be able to give their son a somewhat more normal life now, without having to fall in with royal protocols and regulations every step of the way.

All fair enough, but if I were a British /Commonwealth taxpayer I'd be saying 'no half measures sunshine, no more titles, no more royal household, no more trains, planes and automobiles, no more grace and favour accommodation. You are now the equivalent of Mr Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne, who works and earns as a civvy and whose example you would do well to follow. Arise Mr and Mrs Henry Windsor of Nowheresville, Canada'.

This is huge news. Stop the press.
Some who does very little is deciding to do less.

Take a look at the official 2020 Royal portrait. See Harry or Meghan in it? I only see the current and future monarchs.

They've expressed sentiments that they don't like the media intrusion, that the media bully’s Markle. Surely Harry is not surprised that the tabloids are toxic and his marrying an American mixed race actress was always going rouse attention and was to be a potent source of vitriol for those outlets. Funnily enough the decision they've made (notably without discussing it with the current and future monarch) will result in an increased level of scrutiny and attention on the three of them. His role was always to meet-greet and represent the institution and charitable foundations. It is her role as well. I can only imagine how suffocating it is for her particularly coming from the lifestyle she previously had. Beyond the fairy-tale desires, the role is in actuality quite dull, very repetitive and vocational. She must surely have understood that when marrying into the fold. Harry was obviously bored of it himself and is in need of a renewed sense of purpose. I think this is a case of remorse, of someone who tried to have it her way, who failed and is now trying to have it both ways with a groomed spouse championing the decision. His listless attitude ripe for manipulative isolation. Her reputation with the Royal family, which wasn't great as it was considering the litany of staff turnover, is not getting helped by this but playing victim will come in handy again for her when the inevitable criticisms are made of this decision. At a minimum this should have been discussed with the Queen and Charles but it’s very noteworthy and inflammatory that it wasn't. What was the refrain within months of their marriage? What Megan wants, Megan gets. 50/50 this year but then its 60/40 then 70/30....

Boredstiff666 wrote: »

What a load of old tosh. I have never seen any as you say 'racist' remarks about her just justified criticism.

She put herself there. If you put yourself there expect criticism it goes with the job as a 'celeb' instead of playing the part of a royal.

As regards you condemning people who criticise her/them. They take millions from the taxpayer every year and cost many millions more in security.........If I was paying for that I would reserve the right to criticise what I like even down to the colour of their socks............simply because 'I' pay for it.............It's my money and 'I' will say what 'I' want.

They don't like it then get out of the job and f*ck off.........Trouble is they will still be taking millions from the tax payer when they do this so the tax payer can continue to say what they like about her/them.

When they dont take or cost the tax payer a penny and all is paid back what they have been given (property etc) then they may have some kind of case in how they are criticised by some.........until they day comes........live with it because you put yourself there nobody else.

Yes but your load of waffle is based on the assumption that the royal family should exist in the first place. I don’t agree. I think it’s perverse to force this life on a baby from day 1.

Saw a tweet that said it’s like the end of the Truman Show, where Truman sees the light, and rides off into the sunset with the one sane woman who was trying to show him that there is another kind of life. Couldn’t agree more!

They made sure they got their free wedding first

she seems toxic
falls out with her friends , ditches her family , makes her husband give up his mates and now his family.

any critical opinion of her is racist :rolleyes:

Good for them. Harry's not going to be King anyway so why not split from the Royal Family, do their own charitable work without the constraints of being an official Royal Family member, and cut the toxic media out of their lives as much as possible. Given how some parts of the media (The Sun and Daily Mail especially) have gone after her, they're doing the right thing by removing themselves from that as much as possible, while still being able to do whatever charity or public work they wish.

They'll live comfortably for the rest of their lives regardless, but this way they have more control over their own lives, and it doesn't really affect the Royal Family in any way. Seems like the best move they could have made.

paw patrol wrote: »

she seems toxic
falls out with her friends , ditches her family , makes her husband give up his mates and now his family.

any critical opinion of her is racist :rolleyes:

falls out with her friends
- Some people fall out with friends throughout the course of their lives. That's natural. She still has many friends though and has been seen regularly supporting them. But with the constraints of being a member of the Royal Family, it's far more difficult for her to do so. Even when she went to Wimbledon to support her friend Serena Williams, it was all negative articles bout some guy a few rows ahead trying to get a selfie with her in the background and security moving them way or something. This will give her more freedom to reconnect with friends.

ditches her family
- Her father before her wedding set up staged photo-ops for publicity to make money for himself, and since then he and other members of her family have taken every available opportunity to do interviews b*tching about her. They betrayed her.

makes her husband give up his mates and now his family
- She made him give up his friends? She made him give up his family? He's a Prince in the British Royal Family, if he didn't want to do something he wouldn't have to, and we have no idea how much she or him are driving these decisions. Either way, when you love and marry someone, they (and your children together) must come first. If he feels leaving the Royal Family officially is best for his family, absolutely he should so.


Criticism of Meghan Markle isn't racist by default, however most of the criticism of her since before the wedding has been designed to turn people against her, which has stoked people's racist tendencies (as evident by most of the upvoted comments on Daily Mail articles about her). Criticial opinion of her isn't racist, but it's largely unwarranted as per how Harry & Meghan called out most of the negative media articles bullsh*t about them in their suit against the Daily Mail.

I consider the queen a great woman she is head of the UK biggest tourism organisation and works very hard. The rest I am not sure what they do.

Its a bit selfish of Harry it will land more work on his brother.

cannotlogin wrote: »

So Meghan convinces Harry to leave the Royal family, while I struggle to convince a man to go for a drink!!!

Harry appears completely smitten by an actress who has fallen of with her family and friends, and now he's doing the same. Princess Andrew must be delighted he's no longer the focus of attention.

Expect divorce within 5 years when she's finished with him.

What makes you think she convinced him?
Her family come across as scumbags the majority have set up stories with the rags etc....no big loss, who says she has fallen out with her friends? And who says Harry has? Was it in the daily mail?! Lol

"Princess" Andrew....

The gutter press in UK has given them a really rough ride since they got married, I say fair play to them.