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]

The fact that Harry's so-called truth telling book literally had to include a section about how he is so fucked in the head that his recollections are wrong is great. He clearly planned that as a genius effort for how to explain claims in the book like him getting an X-box from his dead mother 4 years before they were available, being at Eton when he heard about the Queen Mother's death despite being in fucking Switzerland and so on. This is Meghan through and through, it's the "we were already married before the public ceremony" that the damn Archbishop had to call bullshit on.

At the rate he's going, give him one year and he's gonna say he didn't write any book. Book? What book?

 

[RACISM]

I was right with my earlier comment about him not giving a fuck about the royal family. There's a section where he mentions a teacher loving his dogs like children, and keeping photos of them on his desk. This apparently makes him odd.

So it came as a roaring shock when I realized that Mr. Hughes-Games believed me to be the odd one. What could be odder, he said to me one day, than a British prince not knowing British history?
I cannot fathom it, Wales. We’re talking about your blood relatives—does that mean nothing to you?
Less than nothing, sir.
It wasn’t just that I didn’t know anything about my family’s history: I didn’t want to know anything.

Remember him saying this book was a direct message to his father and brother. He is directing that at them. He's an idiot, and frankly if I was Charles I'd be tempted at this point to get his chauffeur drunk.

 

[Calvin Coolidge]

"Strange how suddenly it's unofficial unlike their prior claims, "

It was real in his mind.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Remember him saying this book was a direct message to his father and brother. He is directing that at them. He's an idiot, and frankly if I was Charles I'd be tempted at this point to get his chauffeur drunk.

He could shoot him in the middle of the street and people would cheer, honestly, no need to be this subtle.

What are they gonna do, anyway? Arrest the King?

 

[The Periodic Gamer]

"I don’t know why I should’ve been reluctant to discuss my penis with Pa, or all the gentlemen present. My penis was a matter of public record, and indeed some public curiosity."

This is the best line, hands down. You cannot change my mind.

 

[PuffyGroundCloud]

Remember him saying this book was a direct message to his father and brother. He is directing that at them. He's an idiot, and frankly if I was Charles I'd be tempted at this point to get his chauffeur drunk.

eh, if I'm Charles, I'll just get my popcorn and just laughing with Camilla
Prime lolcow material

 

[The Periodic Gamer]

Okay, remember how I said you couldn't change my mind? Well, I accept my humbling with grace. I highly suggest anyone interested nab a copy and read it.

"What was the universe out to prove by taking my penis at the same moment it took my brother?"

 

[RACISM]

eh, if I'm Charles, I'll just get my popcorn and just laughing with Camilla
Prime lolcow material

No man. Check this private moment of Charles' he relays.

For instance, Pa confessed around this time that he’d been “persecuted” as a boy. Granny and Grandpa, to toughen him up, had shipped him off to Gordonstoun, a boarding school, where he was horrendously bullied. The most likely victims of Gordonstoun bullies, he said, were creative types, sensitive types, bookish types—in other words, Pa. His finest qualities were bait for the toughs. I remember him murmuring ominously: I nearly didn’t survive. How had he? Head down, clutching his teddy bear, which he still owned years later. Teddy went everywhere with Pa. It was a pitiful object, with broken arms and dangly threads, holes patched up here and there. It looked, I imagined, like Pa might have after the bullies had finished with him.

Imagine telling your son that, in confidence, and having him tell that story of being bullied to the world. Still carrying round a teddy. I would be mad. This is the current king of England and now everyone knows he still sleeps with a teddy.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

"I don’t know why I should’ve been reluctant to discuss my penis with Pa, or all the gentlemen present. My penis was a matter of public record, and indeed some public curiosity."

This is the best line, hands down. You cannot change my mind.

He's not completely wrong, though. In Ye Olde Times, allegedly, some nobles would witness the King fucking his wife to confirm it was all legal. Too bad it's not done any more, Meghan would have felt right at home.

 

[JannyJammy]

"I don’t know why I should’ve been reluctant to discuss my penis with Pa, or all the gentlemen present. My penis was a matter of public record, and indeed some public curiosity."

"What was the universe out to prove by taking my penis at the same moment it took my brother?"

Prime random.txt material

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

"I don’t know why I should’ve been reluctant to discuss my penis with Pa, or all the gentlemen present. My penis was a matter of public record, and indeed some public curiosity."

This is the best line, hands down. You cannot change my mind.

If this was written by the Ghost Writer.....was it him fucking with Harry and Harry being too dumb to realize

Imagine telling your son that, in confidence, and having him tell that story of being bullied to the world. Still carrying round a teddy. I would be mad. This is the current king of England and now everyone knows he still sleeps with a teddy.

But Remember Harry and Meghan don't bully people LOL

 

[RACISM]

I've thought about it, and him saying he found that Faulkner quote on "BrainyQuote.com" reminds me of someone. It's Alan Partridge. I'm surprised he hasn't ended every chapter with "Needless to say, I had the last laugh". Maybe he'll end the book with it.

All that stuff about his frostbitten dick and remembering his mother while treating it is classic Partridge as well. Steve Coigan must be eating his heart out.

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

I've thought about it, and him saying he found that Faulkner quote on "BrainyQuote.com" reminds me of someone. It's Alan Partridge. I'm surprised he hasn't ended every chapter with "Needless to say, I had the last laugh". Maybe he'll end the book with it.

All that stuff about his frostbitten dick and remembering his mother while treating it is classic Partridge as well. Steve Coigan must be eating his heart out.

Again: I think he and Megan pissed off the Ghost Writer

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

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WHAT
THE
FUCK

Ok that account was a Parody account

Poe's law is a bitch

Even for a joke, I’m willing to argue that Meghan would teach Harry how to be a better Patrick Bateman than Christian Bale ever could.

 

[The Periodic Gamer]

"Also, this time I’d know how to take proper precautions—snugger underwear, more padding, etc. Better yet, one very close mate hired a seamstress to make me a bespoke cock cushion. Square, supportive, it was sewn from pieces of the softest fleece and…"

The book definately has its moments of funny. But mostly its just incredibly sad. The game of kick the retard isn't so funny anymore because the retard is just that pathetic. The only thing this book makes me sympathetic to are the americans who dumped all that good tea into the harbor.

I mean, common, this dude has talked to his friends about his frozen cock so much that one of them hired someone to, what, make him a cuck cage out of high quality fabric?

I feel like I'm watching someone getting cucked in real time, and I'm vaguely embarassed by even being in the position to watch it in the first place.

If I was the royal family, I'd say "Fuck Harry."

No coming back from this. He's damaged goods. It's impossible to recover from this kind of emasculation.

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

"Also, this time I’d know how to take proper precautions—snugger underwear, more padding, etc. Better yet, one very close mate hired a seamstress to make me a bespoke cock cushion. Square, supportive, it was sewn from pieces of the softest fleece and…"

The book definately has its moments of funny. But mostly its just incredibly sad. The game of kick the retard isn't so funny anymore because the retard is just that pathetic. The only thing this book makes me sympathetic to are the americans who dumped all that good tea into the harbor.

I mean, common, this dude has talked to his friends about his frozen cock so much that one of them hired someone to, what, make him a cuck cage out of high quality fabric?

I feel like I'm watching someone getting cucked in real time, and I'm vaguely embarassed by even being in the position to watch it in the first place.

If I was the royal family, I'd say "Fuck Harry."

No coming back from this. He's damaged goods. It's impossible to recover from this kind of emasculation.

But given the Ghostwriter doesn't know material facts about Harry's life

This was probably all made up

Which is better

 

[RACISM]

The book definately has its moments of funny. But mostly its just incredibly sad. The game of kick the retard isn't so funny anymore because the retard is just that pathetic.

This isn't just any retard. This retard was born into the cushiest role ever. A prince of England, with none of the responsibilities. Which he has fucked up. He's also doing the classic lolcow trait of doubling down every time he's called out or his tactics don't work.

He deserves this. All he had to do is not be a retard and he could have lived the life of Riley until old age. Even Andy managed to make it to advanced years before being called out. He deserves every dunking coming his way, and he's going to provide content for years.

This was probably all made up

Which is better

Um, actually it's just his truth. Which he's already stated is just as valid as "objective facts".

Fuck this is all 100% true. There's nothing left to satirise.

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

Um, actually it's just his truth. Which he's already stated is just as valid as "objective facts".

Fuck this is all 100% true. There's nothing left to satirise.

Anyone who uses "my truth" doesn't believe in the truth

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

bespoke cock cushion

brb, changing my username.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

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.

I'm wondering if Megan is setting him up for the eventual divorce.
"See how mentally unstable he is? I tried with him, I really did, but he's not willing to work with me! So I need full custody and ten million a year in child support!"