Royal drama
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Harry and Meghan messed up their announcement big time. If they had said they were retiring from being active Senior Royals, but not from being loyal family to those who are, they would have had a lot more good will.
I know nothing of the merits of Canada as a place to bring up kids but I hope young Archie has a happy and healthy childhood.
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@sparky said in Royal drama:
If they had said they were retiring from being active Senior Royals, but not from being loyal family to those who are, they would have had a lot more good will.
The announcement was a cock-up & I sense they'd have had a huge amount of public support if they'd told Brenda first.
I wish them well - anyone who's prepared to go incognito to see active service, as Harry did, is a GC in my book
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@Mokey said in Royal drama:
I'm becoming more and more convinced that Harry is a nice guy but pretty dim. New addition to the Sussex insta is a speech where he says he's not happy with the deal.
Look at his history and you can assume he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
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@Mokey said in Royal drama:
I'm becoming more and more convinced that Harry is a nice guy but pretty dim. New addition to the Sussex insta is a speech where he says he's not happy with the deal.
Seemed more of a "whatever, things will change once Dad is King" sentiment.
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Ideally would have had the deal sorted before announcing anything, but if the Sun were going to break the news anyway, not a lot of options. The deal seems reasonable enough - step back, stop using HRH and lose the taxpayer money. Getting someone out of the line of succession is painful (all realms have to pass legislation to that effect), so I can see why nobody can be bothered.
Side note - great-grandchildren of the current monarch normally wouldn't get the titles of HRH or Prince(ess) unless in direct line, but grandchildren qualify, so Archie probably would have been upgraded when the Queen dies if it was that important to them (I doubt it was more than a minor irritant).
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12302328
Be careful what you wish for......
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Nothing quite like walking away from all those riches and starting again from the bottom.....
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so of that Stuff headline and summary...
Meghan and Prince Harry check out $41.6m Vancouver mansion in hunt for family home
The Duchess of Sussex is on the hunt for a dream home in Canada, reportedly having zeroed in on a CAN$35.88mn (NZ$41.6m) mansion in Vancouver for her new life abroad with Prince Harry and baby Archie.
I thought those titles were no more?
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@taniwharugby said in Royal drama:
so of that Stuff headline and summary...
Meghan and Prince Harry check out $41.6m Vancouver mansion in hunt for family home
The Duchess of Sussex is on the hunt for a dream home in Canada, reportedly having zeroed in on a CAN$35.88mn (NZ$41.6m) mansion in Vancouver for her new life abroad with Prince Harry and baby Archie.
I thought those titles were no more?
I think he is still Prince Harry but no longer the Duke of Sussex?
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@Hooroo said in Royal drama:
@taniwharugby said in Royal drama:
so of that Stuff headline and summary...
Meghan and Prince Harry check out $41.6m Vancouver mansion in hunt for family home
The Duchess of Sussex is on the hunt for a dream home in Canada, reportedly having zeroed in on a CAN$35.88mn (NZ$41.6m) mansion in Vancouver for her new life abroad with Prince Harry and baby Archie.
I thought those titles were no more?
I think he is still Prince Harry but no longer the Duke of Sussex?
He is Prince Harry. And Duke of Sussex. But he can't use HRH. Apparently that is a big deal
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@canefan said in Royal drama:
@Hooroo said in Royal drama:
@taniwharugby said in Royal drama:
so of that Stuff headline and summary...
Meghan and Prince Harry check out $41.6m Vancouver mansion in hunt for family home
The Duchess of Sussex is on the hunt for a dream home in Canada, reportedly having zeroed in on a CAN$35.88mn (NZ$41.6m) mansion in Vancouver for her new life abroad with Prince Harry and baby Archie.
I thought those titles were no more?
I think he is still Prince Harry but no longer the Duke of Sussex?
He is Prince Harry. And Duke of Sussex. But he can't use HRH. Apparently that is a big deal
Oh OK. That makes sense. I knew the HRH thing but didn't realise he remains the DoS
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Providers of goods and services to the Queen, Prince of Wales etc can display that on their labeling for commercial advertising
I suppose the Sussexes could try that in some fashion. But I'm not sure how much value that mark would command on the open market
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@canefan said in Royal drama:
@Hooroo said in Royal drama:
@taniwharugby said in Royal drama:
so of that Stuff headline and summary...
Meghan and Prince Harry check out $41.6m Vancouver mansion in hunt for family home
The Duchess of Sussex is on the hunt for a dream home in Canada, reportedly having zeroed in on a CAN$35.88mn (NZ$41.6m) mansion in Vancouver for her new life abroad with Prince Harry and baby Archie.
I thought those titles were no more?
I think he is still Prince Harry but no longer the Duke of Sussex?
He is Prince Harry. And Duke of Sussex. But he can't use HRH. Apparently that is a big deal
Names and titles are a strange thing with them, watching some series on Netflix at the moment.
They changed their last name to Windsor during WW1 as they had a German surname...King George VI ( The Queens father) was born Albert..
The Queen and Dukes kids, Charles, Anne, the pedophile etc are in fact Windsor-Mountbatten ( Philip battled for years to pass on his last name to his children)
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@taniwharugby said in Royal drama:
@Hooroo @canefan ah ok, I thought part of the deal was losing thier 'titles'
Apparently the Queen considered stripping the Duke title, but decided it would look petty. Can't strip HRH or Prince other than by Act of Parliament.