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

 

[Tasty Tatty]

eat pray love plot summary sounds like vapid self-congratulatory roastie nonsense
harry being all impressed and like "wow she reads books" over a pop culture reference like that is actually pathetic tbh, it's like being impressed by someone having read harry potter or star wars fanfiction novels

Meghan: "Harry, Beyonce just texted!"
Harry: *gasps*

 

[Almighty Space Duck]

Is the therapist from California? Because then that's your answer. I'm sure is the type of therapist telling him that all he does is right, that it's everybody's fault, that he should only listen to his wife, and that he's actually a woman trapped in a man's body.

Harry troon arc when?
I can see it now, front cover of some magazine, a still bearded Harry squeezed into one of his dead mothers dresses draped in a half Union Jack half tranny flag with a tiara on for good measure. Massive title stating ‘I have to be true to my truth’.

 

[RACISM]

If someone wanted to stop them, or was officially put into that position, they probably were overruled on removing any of the embarrassing stories because it's Harry's Truth(tm), even if that truth is he thought about his mother when slathering his dick in cream.

Um, Harry addresses this sweaty, near the start of the book.

Whatever the cause, my memory is my memory, it does what it does, gathers and curates as it sees fit, and there’s just as much truth in what I remember and how I remember it as there is in so-called objective facts. Things like chronology and cause-and-effect are often just fables

This book is hilarious. Piss poor prose, no self awareness, and with the tone of a 12 year old Tumblr user. I highly recommend, it's hilarious.

 

[Less Nasty Old Person]

Here's a screenshot of that page of the book open in Acrobat.

Jesus wept. That's Leto 2 adult beefswelling level cringe. Also, organ farming?? I thought reptilians could regenerate lost organs.

When Sparr inevitably gets remaindered after disappointing sales, I predict that Harold will go full Menendez Brothers / David Icke in the sequel with stories of how Daddy raped him and passed him around to all the male relatives for reptilian lizard sex orgies complete with graphic descriptions of Prince Andrew's hemipenes.

 

[mold]

Regarding Meghan's "yacht girl" hooker period; when Meghan and Harry first got engaged, there were stories that circulated that Harry damn near beggered himself using the money his mom left him in her will buying up ALL known videos/photos of Meghan as a prostitute sex worker the couple knew about being out there, to keep it from leaking. Meaning he knows about it and part of their financial woes comes from the fact that Harry had to buy up the hooker tapes/photos with his own money due to Charles/Liz refusing to do it.

how is this story remotely plausible? even a retarded inbred windsor has to know it has never been possible to do this, even before the digital age you never knew who had physical copies of the actual film, but it's completely impossible now.

 

[RACISM]

Another quote from the book showing the great literary mind of the author.

The past is never dead. It’s not even past. When I discovered that quotation not long ago on BrainyQuote.com, I was thunderstruck. I thought, Who the fook is Faulkner? And how’s he related to us Windsors?

Harry you fucking idiot. Who let this mess escape into the public? Every page I read is hard cringe.

 

[Pill Cosby]

Another quote from the book showing the great literary mind of the author.



Harry you fucking idiot. Who let this mess escape into the public? Every page I read is hard cringe.

Just to think he went to Eaton one of the most renowned schools in the whole of the UK or perhaps even Europe; and the guy has writing skills of a college drop out.

 

[RACISM]

Just to think he went to Eaton one of the most renowned schools in the whole of the UK or perhaps even Europe; and the guy has writing skills of a college drop out.

Oh come on, he did cite BrainyQuote.com. only the true upper echelons of the elite know of such a highbrow source.

 

[Friendly Primarina]

If Harry wants to get conspiratorial he only has to say, "my grandma had my mum killed and I have receipts." I know he won't but can you imagine the escalation?

 

[mold]

it's very strange they hired such an incompetent ghost writer

 

[Gunter Hatherer]

it's very strange they hired such an incompetent ghost writer

Someone who works cheap? Not strange at all.

 

[DumbDude43]

If Harry wants to get conspiratorial he only has to say, "my grandma had my mum killed and I have receipts." I know he won't but can you imagine the escalation?

but that wouldn't give him all the attention and victim points he wants.
it would cause a massive scandal and probably get a bunch of investigations started, but all the focus would be on people who are not harry - mostly on diana and elizabeth (both dead) and also on charles ("how much did he know?") but harry was a tiny little kid at the time so he would not play a major role in the situation.

 

[trekkor]

Another quote from the book showing the great literary mind of the author.



Harry you fucking idiot. Who let this mess escape into the public? Every page I read is hard cringe.

I have to believe this is just a shitty joke. This stupid cunt went to Eton, one of the most esteemed private schools in the world. And sure, you can still come out of it a retard, but that's more a problem with your actual mental state. How did he not know who Faulkner was? One of the most celebrated American writers, a Nobel prize winner? I understand if you've never read him, but I am flabbergasted by him being so ignorant of someone he most definitely learned about in his very high-brow school.

 

[RACISM]

I have to believe this is just a shitty joke. This stupid cunt went to Eton, one of the most esteemed private schools in the world. And sure, you can still come out of it a retard, but that's more a problem with your actual mental state. How did he not know who Faulkner was? One of the most celebrated American writers, a Nobel prize winner? I understand if you've never read him, but I am flabbergasted by him being so ignorant of someone he most definitely learned about in his very high-brow school.

Not just that, but he drops F bombs throughout the book when there is no need. Also, he spelled it in that quote as "fook". The only people who pronounce that word that way are the chavviest council house Northerners, and none of them spell it that way. Who is he trying to appeal to? Who is that affectation even aimed at?

A bit later in the book he says when he was at school, if someone wanted to find him "the library would be the last place to look". Colour me surprised, nigger!

I've had to stop myself from just quoting the entire book here, it's unbelievable. If he had billed it as a comedy it would be hailed as some ironic satire, I literally laugh out loud at this muppet on every page. Do yourself a favour and grab the ebook from the link posted earlier, it is fucking hilarious.

 

[George Floyd Sneed]

Just to think he went to Eaton one of the most renowned schools in the whole of the UK or perhaps even Europe; and the guy has writing skills of a college drop out.

Lmao, there’s no way Harry was actually involved in this book. They don’t even get his name right. This was all Meghan plus ghostwriters. The funny thing is that there’s no logical end game in mind with this book. One long rant about how he’s a poor victim doesn’t actually serve either Harry or Meghan’s needs. It’s just a testament to self indulgence that leads to humiliation and entertainment for the rest of us. I don’t think any royal family member is embarrassed by this, other than embarrassment for Harry. This does absolutely no damage to the royal family nor does it help Meghan get any closer to being Kween.

 

[RACISM]

It’s just a testament to self indulgence that leads to humiliation and entertainment for the rest of us.

That's exactly what it is. The press have quoted the section about him meeting Charles and his brother in the garden when he went back for his grandad's funeral, where they say they don't understand why he left. What the press didn't do, is quote the section that immediately comes after, which is the biggest tantrum in print seen for quite a while. Its literally a "Fuck you dad! Fuck you bro!" moment. Check this out. This was deemed to be so powerful it's the end of the prologue.

And if they didn’t know why I’d left, maybe they just didn’t know me. At all.
And maybe they never really did.
And to be fair, maybe I didn’t either.
The thought made me feel colder, and terribly alone.
But it also fired me up. I thought: I have to tell them.
How can I tell them?
I can’t. It would take too long.
Besides, they’re clearly not in the right frame of mind to listen.
Not now, anyway. Not today.
And so:
Pa? Willy?
World?
Here you go.

Loooooool what a faggot.

 

[LemonCake]

They don’t even get his name right.

September 15, 1984, I was christened Henry Charles Albert David of Wales. But from Day One everyone called me Harry.

I think it's just what William calls him, though that isn't explained

And just for fun:

Meg, Meghan, my wife: mentioned 466 times
William, Willy, brother: mentioned 408 times
Pa, dad, father: mentioned 398 times
Mum, mother, mummy, Diana: mentioned 353 times
Queen, grandma, grandmother, granny: mentioned 254 times

penis, todger, cock: mentioned 16 times

 

[BobsSpergers]

Actual quote from the book:

Even better in audiobook form.
https://twitter.com/domwakeford/status/1613099763020488704?cxt=HHwWgIDToYPs8OIsAAAA

 

[RACISM]

Even better in audiobook form.
https://twitter.com/domwakeford/status/1613099763020488704?cxt=HHwWgIDToYPs8OIsAAAA
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Oh. My. Fucking. God.
This makes Prince Andrew no longer the worst royal family member. This can't be walked back.

 

[Comicsgeist]

Not just that, but he drops F bombs throughout the book when there is no need. Also, he spelled it in that quote as "fook". The only people who pronounce that word that way are the chavviest council house Northerners, and none of them spell it that way. Who is he trying to appeal to? Who is that affectation even aimed at?

A bit later in the book he says when he was at school, if someone wanted to find him "the library would be the last place to look". Colour me surprised, nigger!

I've had to stop myself from just quoting the entire book here, it's unbelievable. If he had billed it as a comedy it would be hailed as some ironic satire, I literally laugh out loud at this muppet on every page. Do yourself a favour and grab the ebook from the link posted earlier, it is fucking hilarious.

I'm genuinely struggling to believe that you haven't accidentally got your hands on a parody released to capitalize on the release of Spare, either that or the script for the new season of Spitting Image... but one of the reasons that parody as a genre has died in clownworld is the fact that it has now become indistinguishable from reality.