UK United Kingdom Royal Family / Royal Families Drama General Thread - formerly "Prince Harry and Meghan to step back as senior royals"

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as "senior" royals and work to become financially independent.

In a statement, Prince Harry and Meghan also said they plan to split their time between the UK and North America.

The BBC understands no other royal - including the Queen or Prince William - was consulted before the statement and Buckingham Palace is "disappointed".

Senior royals are understood to be "hurt" by the announcement.

In their unexpected statement on Wednesday, also posted on their Instagram page, the couple said they made the decision "after many months of reflection and internal discussions".

"We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen."

They said they plan to balance their time between the UK and North America while "continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages".

"This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity."

A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said discussions with the duke and duchess on their decision to step back were "at an early stage", adding: "We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through."

The couple's announcement on Wednesday comes two months after the Duke of York withdrew from public life after a BBC interview about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in August.

Harry and Meghan to step back as senior royals

No other royals were consulted before the couple's announcement, the BBC understands.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

Outside of race grifters, none of this shit is flying with anyone with half a brain.

The monarchy as an institution has survived a thousand years, going all the way back to William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor and beyond. These two are tripping if they think they can compromise that.

Not to mention there's numerous examples of royals in the last century trying and failing to buck tradition and get their own way he could look too, like Edward VIII and Princess Margaret (who was literally in his position and he KNEW her).

But surely, the time will be different, he'll be the one who will change it all!

 

[MirrorNoir]

That said, I still don't understand how the fuck he ended up with her. He's a a prince of the british royal family ffs. He's not the crown prince or ever going to be king but even in his position there are far better women out there than washed up skank. If shes the best he can do there really must be something seriously wrong with him

There have been multiple theories about WHY Harry ended up with Meghan.

1. Harry getting revenge on his dad/grandparents by marrying an someone like Meghan for

A. Being a bastard who's true parentage was kept secret from him
B. Dad and grandmom/grandpa treating his mom badly
C. The whole "marrying a total bitch as payback for dad and the grandparents murdering his mother (allegedly)" thing

2. Harry being pressured to marry a black woman to appease SJWs who hate the royal family for being too white and "atone" for his early 00s Nazi-centric hijinks

3. Harry being manipulated by Meghan and other high up people, who (allegedly) know that Harry is (allegedly) a closet homosexual who fucked his fellow soldiers and possibly even Obama himself.

 

[WonderWino]

Right at the beginning when she was first introduced to the family she refused to go shooting on boxing day (Dec 26th) with the royal family, as is their long standing family tradition, and forbade Harry to go along.

Then she made him get rid of all his hunting guns as she claims she 'didn't approve'.
I don't think any of this is 'anti guns', it's just her setting increasingly unacceptable shit tests of him to break him and secure her hold on him.

Considering the royal families history of 'hunting accidents' in the royal forest i'd say she might want to learn her history a little better and not pick that particular tradition to make an issue of

She might be wise to remember that as king, charles can literally do whatever he wants and can't be criminally prosecuted for it

Speaking of which....

Not to mention there's numerous examples of royals in the last century trying and failing to buck tradition and get their own way he could look too, like Edward VIII and Princess Margaret (who was literally in his position and he KNEW her).

But surely, the time will be different, he'll be the one who will change it all!

Considering that the monarch is legally immune from prosecution and that the next in line becomes the monarch immediately upon the death of the current one, I wouldn't put it past princess hoodrat to work on harry and put it in his head that if, say, a bomb happened to blow up at some banquet that had king charles, william and his kids at it and managed to kill them all, that he would be the next in line for the throne and would become monarch on the spot, and thus immune from prosecution for it. I'm not exactly sure how that would work given the regicide involved but I wouldn't put it past him being stupid enough and her being cunty and ambitious enough to put him up to it. Considering his resources as prince its not exactly out of realm of possibility and wouldn't be the first time in history somebody tried something like that after getting it in their heads they're being treated like shit and treated as the backup

Not that I expect such a thing to happen, but I don't think its entirely out of the realm of possibility either. and I mean even if they did find a way to prosecute him for the regicide part of it, lets not forget if he gets the boot guess who the next in line is? His half black kid, which the hoodrat princess would be extremely happy about

Just a thought

 

[rel=alternate]

Considering the royal families history of 'hunting accidents' in the royal forest i'd say she might want to learn her history a little better and not pick that particular tradition to make an issue of

She might be wise to remember that as king, charles can literally do whatever he wants and can't be criminally prosecuted for it

Speaking of which....


Considering that the monarch is legally immune from prosecution and that the next in line becomes the monarch immediately upon the death of the current one, I wouldn't put it past princess hoodrat to work on harry and put it in his head that if, say, a bomb happened to blow up at some banquet that had king charles, william and his kids at it and managed to kill them all, that he would be the next in line for the throne and would become monarch on the spot, and thus immune from prosecution for it. I'm not exactly sure how that would work given the regicide involved but I wouldn't put it past him being stupid enough and her being cunty and ambitious enough to put him up to it. Considering his resources as prince its not exactly out of realm of possibility and wouldn't be the first time in history somebody tried something like that after getting it in their heads they're being treated like shit and treated as the backup

Not that I expect such a thing to happen, but I don't think its entirely out of the realm of possibility either. and I mean even if they did find a way to prosecute him for the regicide part of it, lets not forget if he gets the boot guess who the next in line is? His half black kid, which the hoodrat princess would be extremely happy about

Just a thought

Given the current state of the UK, there is no chance. Kings do not dictate the law anymore, you can't just kill your dad and get inheritance. Also, ginger is a fucking pussy, so this won't happen.

Regardless, I don't think anybody outside of bongland cares. Whatever happens there only matters to them, I can't be bothered. If anything, I am rooting for Megan to be Queen and fuck it up real good so I have a good trash-fire to watch.

I'd also go with a good old guillotine solution, but that's mostly nostalgia.

 

[MirrorNoir]

Meghan has long been rumored to have glowie contacts and Harry is BFFs with Obama who has friends who killed him a Supreme Court Justice remember....

The only thing that stops Meghan from calling in a few favors or forcing Harry to help her call in some favors to straight up MURDER Charles and William/Kate and the kids, would be the fact that the current British government would sooner shut down the Monarchy in it's entirety if Charles, W/K and their kids died, than let Meghan and Harry take the throne. William and Kate are well loved for the most part; so if it's the choice between finally abolishing the Monarchy or putting Meghan and Harry, who are WIDELY unpopular and who would be subject of INTENSE scrutiny and conspiracy theory mongering that they had the family massacred, that the British government would sooner abolish it all than deal with the PR nightmare of Meghan and Harry as the King and Queen .

 

[The Demon Pimp of Razgriz]

Considering the royal families history of 'hunting accidents' in the royal forest i'd say she might want to learn her history a little better and not pick that particular tradition to make an issue of

She might be wise to remember that as king, charles can literally do whatever he wants and can't be criminally prosecuted for it

Speaking of which....


Considering that the monarch is legally immune from prosecution and that the next in line becomes the monarch immediately upon the death of the current one, I wouldn't put it past princess hoodrat to work on harry and put it in his head that if, say, a bomb happened to blow up at some banquet that had king charles, william and his kids at it and managed to kill them all, that he would be the next in line for the throne and would become monarch on the spot, and thus immune from prosecution for it. I'm not exactly sure how that would work given the regicide involved but I wouldn't put it past him being stupid enough and her being cunty and ambitious enough to put him up to it. Considering his resources as prince its not exactly out of realm of possibility and wouldn't be the first time in history somebody tried something like that after getting it in their heads they're being treated like shit and treated as the backup

Not that I expect such a thing to happen, but I don't think its entirely out of the realm of possibility either. and I mean even if they did find a way to prosecute him for the regicide part of it, lets not forget if he gets the boot guess who the next in line is? His half black kid, which the hoodrat princess would be extremely happy about

Just a thought

If a scenario like this even possibly began to play out, the Brits would toss aside the monarchy and become a republic so fast, it would make your head spin. All that bullshit about "the oldest monarchy on Earth" would immediately go out the window. Which is why I almost want it to happen because it would be hilarious as fuck.

 

[teriyakiburns]

If a scenario like this even possibly began to play out, the Brits would toss aside the monarchy and become a republic so fast, it would make your head spin. All that bullshit about "the oldest monarchy on Earth" would immediately go out the window. Which is why I almost want it to happen because it would be hilarious as fuck.

It would be a disaster, on the scale of the collapse of the Soviet Union, in terms of the effect it would have on the world. The commonwealth would fracture and a dozen petty wars would start up almost immediately. We'd instantly lose the Falklands, after which we'd probably end up in a bit of a shooting war with Spain over Gibraltar, who would see the Falklands as precedent for taking the rock back.

But what's one more disaster to these islands?

Come to think of it, I'm not sure the commonwealth will survive Charles anyway. I don't see him having his mother's tact and diplomacy.

 

[The Demon Pimp of Razgriz]

It would be a disaster, on the scale of the collapse of the Soviet Union, in terms of the effect it would have on the world. The commonwealth would fracture and a dozen petty wars would start up almost immediately. We'd instantly lose the Falklands, after which we'd probably end up in a bit of a shooting war with Spain over Gibraltar, who would see the Falklands as precedent for taking the rock back.

The end of the monarchy isn't the end of the U.K. I don't see any of that happening unless Spain and Argentina want to go to war with the U.K. (and possibly the U.S., since America will back the British). And we all know what happened the last time Argentina came calling for the Falklands. As for the Commonwealth, its largely teetering on the brink of obsolescence anyway. Australia and New Zealand have been considering becoming republics for years, and Canada is only not a republic because at that point, they might as well join America. Just last year, Barbados ceased to be a Commonwealth realm. Only 15 remain now, and most are Caribbean and Pacific island nations that would do better joining the U.S.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure the commonwealth will survive Charles anyway. I don't see him having his mother's tact and diplomacy.

I think the monarchy has held out this long largely because of Elizabeth's personal popularity. I have long questioned whether or not the monarchy will survive in the long term if Charles remains king for a long period of time. And I question how interested William actually is in ruling, considering how little he or his family really get out of it. They own enough property that their personal wealth is all but secured, so that wouldn't be a motivation.

 

[FatalTater]

I'm watching Lady Colin Campbell drag Harry and Meghan on her youtube channel. She's a peach.

https://www.youtube.com/@ladycolincampbell1767/videos

 

[Ewan McGregor]

Harry is forced to mea culpa about Meghan's relationship with her dad. It's "his fault", you see, though for some reason this is never clarified. Harry is a poor victim of his Racist Upbringing, that he's valiantly tried to work against, but obviously he'll stil fail from time to timer and Meghan will be his saviour.

If he really is THAT self loathing he would have done better just converting to Catholicism. He would get to be ritually humiliated, but its cooler and at least you get to go to heaven.

Charles might even acknowledge Harry's not his biological son.

But he IS his biological son. He escaped the Windsor genes for many years but not anymore. He looks awfully like Charlie in this drivel documentary.

Harry being manipulated by Meghan and other high up people, who (allegedly) know that Harry is (allegedly) a closet homosexual who fucked his fellow soldiers and possibly even Obama himself.

This is the most likely one. All of these sort of guys seem to be bi.

We'd instantly lose the Falklands, after which we'd probably end up in a bit of a shooting war with Spain over Gibraltar, who would see the Falklands as precedent for taking the rock back.

This will never happen. Both the spanish and the argentineans have ridiculous military power combined with extreme soy-filled progressive brain rot. They're both countries massively on the german green party or Trudeau's liberal party brand of far leftism.

 

[teriyakiburns]

This will never happen. Both the spanish and the argentineans have ridiculous military power combined with extreme soy-filled progressive brain rot. They're both countries massively on the german green party or Trudeau's liberal party brand of far leftism.

A constitutional crisis is not the best time to be trying to defend overseas territories, especially given how little force projection we have available these days. Defending the Falklands would be beyond our capabilities for years. By the time we had the home front sorted out and could send a task force, Argentina could present its occupation as a fait accompli, which the US would likely support, just like they initially tried to make us give up the islands the last time around.

As for Spain, I never said they'd win, or that it would be much of a shooting war. I can easily see them pitching their claim to Gibraltar and sending a token force in, assuming that the turmoil at home would keep the government too distracted to order a proper defence. Defending Gibraltar is much easier, though, so they'd be sent packing in short order.

 

[Ewan McGregor]

A constitutional crisis is not the best time to be trying to defend overseas territories, especially given how little force projection we have available these days. Defending the Falklands would be beyond our capabilities for years. By the time we had the home front sorted out and could send a task force, Argentina could present its occupation as a fait accompli, which the US would likely support, just like they initially tried to make us give up the islands the last time around.

As for Spain, I never said they'd win, or that it would be much of a shooting war. I can easily see them pitching their claim to Gibraltar and sending a token force in, assuming that the turmoil at home would keep the government too distracted to order a proper defence. Defending Gibraltar is much easier, though, so they'd be sent packing in short order.

The current Argentinean political class would not put itself on the same boat as the military junta that ordered the Falklands invasion in the 80s, and Spain is on a similar position. None of them would like to put themselves on an "Imperialist, Fascist, Capitalist, Male war of agression" lens from what I understand about their politics.

 

[mold]

Meghan has long been rumored to have glowie contacts and Harry is BFFs with Obama who has friends who killed him a Supreme Court Justice remember....

The only thing that stops Meghan from calling in a few favors or forcing Harry to help her call in some favors to straight up MURDER Charles and William/Kate and the kids, would be the fact that the current British government would sooner shut down the Monarchy in it's entirety if Charles, W/K and their kids died, than let Meghan and Harry take the throne. William and Kate are well loved for the most part; so if it's the choice between finally abolishing the Monarchy or putting Meghan and Harry, who are WIDELY unpopular and who would be subject of INTENSE scrutiny and conspiracy theory mongering that they had the family massacred, that the British government would sooner abolish it all than deal with the PR nightmare of Meghan and Harry as the King and Queen .

hookers do not "call in favors" to assassinate heads of state you retard

to the rest of you retards: yes the UK losing Gibraltar and the Falklands would happen in a constitutional crisis. Spain isn't part of belt and road partially *because* they don't have Gibraltar. Their completely fake and gay government would take the deal that the PRC would offer and it would be the PRC that would take Gibraltar, not the joke of the Spanish military.

As for Argentina, just read a fucking foreign policy article once in a while. Why are you all so gay and dumb.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

The only reason Meghan isn't dead yet is because they know it would be too obvious that they did it.

Look you lil ginger bitch, you’re a prince from a first world country, start acting like it.

*invades California*

 

[gobbles]

The end of the monarchy isn't the end of the U.K. I don't see any of that happening unless Spain and Argentina want to go to war with the U.K. (and possibly the U.S., since America will back the British). And we all know what happened the last time Argentina came calling for the Falklands. As for the Commonwealth, its largely teetering on the brink of obsolescence anyway. Australia and New Zealand have been considering becoming republics for years, and Canada is only not a republic because at that point, they might as well join America. Just last year, Barbados ceased to be a Commonwealth realm. Only 15 remain now, and most are Caribbean and Pacific island nations that would do better joining the U.S.


I think the monarchy has held out this long largely because of Elizabeth's personal popularity. I have long questioned whether or not the monarchy will survive in the long term if Charles remains king for a long period of time. And I question how interested William actually is in ruling, considering how little he or his family really get out of it. They own enough property that their personal wealth is all but secured, so that wouldn't be a motivation.

The Commonwealth is very different from considering the King or Queen a head of state (referred to as the realms of the Commonwealth). It is its own organization, nominally with the British monarch as its head, but moreso dedicated to cross-cultural exchange.

My impression, but I am American so I’m a little ignorant, is that it’s heavily leaned on for worker movements between nations and for international university and sports exchange/tournaments. I mean, sure, it’s a way for the UK to stay globally dominant—most member nations are former colonies—but the interest in its maintenance is more related to its economic implications. Australians get to import cheap migrant labor (which they then ship back out after four years), and Togo etc. get to have better access to development resources.

You are correct, though, that most countries who currently list the King of England as their monarch are, at minimum, indifferent about it. Why does Grenada need a King who’ll never set foot there? (I also used to confuse “the realms” of the British monarchy with the Commonwealth, but they are different in practice.)

 

[The Demon Pimp of Razgriz]

which the US would likely support

to the rest of you retards: yes the UK losing Gibraltar and the Falklands would happen in a constitutional crisis. Spain isn't part of belt and road partially *because* they don't have Gibraltar. Their completely fake and gay government would take the deal that the PRC would offer and it would be the PRC that would take Gibraltar, not the joke of the Spanish military.

As for Argentina, just read a fucking foreign policy article once in a while. Why are you all so gay and dumb.

Argentina and Spain aren't going to do shit. The U.S. what slap that shit down so fast it would make your head spin. Spain's got too many existing internal problems to even think about it, and that's not even getting into the mess it would create of U.K.-E.U. relations, which are dicey enough as it is.

Argentina is a rung above banana republic. The Falkland Islanders would probably kick their asses on their own. Both territories are too strategic to be put in that kind of jeopardy. Especially Gibraltar. The CIA and Five Eyes probably run everything from listening posts to transit stops for moving VIPs and prisoners out of there.

The Commonwealth is very different from considering the King or Queen a head of state (referred to as the realms of the Commonwealth). It is its own organization, nominally with the British monarch as its head, but moreso dedicated to cross-cultural exchange.

I figured the comment I was responding too was talking about the Commonwealth realms, because those are the ones that matter. The Commonwealth of Nations is basically just a cultural organization at this point. It hardly matters in the grand scheme of things, and could probably continue even if the monarchy ends, since it already allows republics in to it. A few changes to the charter removing any reference to the British monarch and there you go.

 

[mold]

Argentina and Spain aren't going to do shit

why can't you read

Argentina and Spain aren't real anymore as political entities. the PRC is.

 

[One87five0]

Harsh, but true. She's the new Fergie, a shameless airheaded grifter.

Say what you will about Meghan, but at least she didn't marry a philandering pedo who caused her to eat her feelings to the point she is known as the "Dutchess of Pork," and had to shill for Weight Watchers just to support herself

Tbf, clout chasing was a lot different in the 90s, but Sarah looked like a whole ass fool even back then.

 

[neverendingmidi]

Say what you will about Meghan, but at least she didn't marry a philandering pedo who caused her to eat her feelings to the point she is known as the "Dutchess of Pork," and had shill for Weight Watchers just to support herself

Tbf, clout chasing was a lot different in the 90s, but Sarah looked like a whole ass fool even back then.

The word you're looking for is "yet".

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

King Charles just played 4D Chess

Harry and Meghan Will Be Invited to King's Coronation Despite 'Megflix'

Meghan and Harry will reportedly be invited to join next year's coronation of King Charles III despite publicly trashing the Royal Family.

www.breitbart.com

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will reportedly be invited to next year’s coronation of King Charles III despite publicly trashing the Royal Family in their recent ‘Megflix’ docu-series.

According to multiple reports in the British press, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be permitted to join the proceedings for the coronation of King Charles, should they wish to attend.

The ceremony, in which King Charles III and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, will be officially crowned, will take place at Westminster Abbey on May 6th of next year. A Royal source speaking to The Telegraphsaid that, while Meghan and Harry have yet to receive a formal invitation, “all members of the family will be welcome.”

It would be kind of funny to see King Charles flip out on Harry and Meghan the same way he flips out on staffers for pens not being able to work properly, but I’m sure he’ll keep it professional.