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

 

[marjoram]

She might try, but unlikely to get anywhere near.

Smeg would surely as hell try. She’d mow down Harry in a heartbeat and any other women in the way would be trampled under her gigantic feet to get to Wills. He may hate her with the fire of a thousand suns but that wouldn’t give her pause. The only part of MeGain that hasn’t been penetrated eleventy billion times is her brain; nothing gets through to her. She thinks she’s THE most amazing person who ever personed so everyone else must think so too.....how could they not? She’s perfect, right? More beautiful, smarter, classier.......that “ Welcome me peons, I’’m gifting you the wonder that is ME” expression she wore on the Nigeria trip was something to see.

William wouldn’t stand a chance.
Long live Kate! A real person

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Besides, stranger things have happened in Clown World...

 

[Triplethreat]

If Kate kicks it, the UK can have a new reality show, "Who Wants to Be Queen?" If Charles got to remarry, so can William. Be hard for him to find someone as good as Kate though.

Kate is very NOT embarrassing. I hope William appreciates her. She shows up, does her job, doesn’t dress in a way that disrespects or distracts from her visit (I’m specifically talking about you, Megan) and never has to leak to the press to convince people to like her.

 

[lukewarm coffee]

I have a weird feeling Markle is going to go after Gavin Newsom. They're both the same kind of smarmy evil.
Gav is going to hit 2028 with a somewhat black princess duchess on his arm.

 

[marjoram]

Good thing Megsy outed herself as truly awful—stupid, shallow, vain, controlling, etc, etc; now she can’t creep up on any guy ( or women I guess , don’t think it would much matter ) in stealth mode and take em by surprise.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

If Kate passes, I hope it's around the same time as King Charles passing, and I don't mean that in a bad way, I respect and appreciate both, but I hope it sends William into a Mad King, William the Conqueror 2 : British Empire Boogaloo and he goes mucking fental. Reunites Europe under one banner, brings russia to heel, goes to war with and reclaims america, galumphs over the middle east, enslaves africa and floods China with drugs.

The Victorian Era was the greatest period in human history since the Romans and Greeks. The other nations who disagree can suck my English throbber.

 

[blue gopher snakes]

I hope it sends William into a Mad King, William the Conqueror 2 : British Empire Boogaloo and he goes mucking fental. Reunites Europe under one banner, brings russia to heel, goes to war with and reclaims america, galumphs over the middle east, enslaves africa and floods China with drugs.

Well considering that y’all are just the dried up husk from which we crawled, I highly doubt Willie Boy is going to reclaim Murica. It would be very amusing to watch him attempt it, though, so I approve of your sentiments.

Mad King Willie with Meghan Markle by his side as he attempts to unmake the world that has caused him so much suffering and misery would be an interesting change of pace for next season. Here’s hoping there isn’t another writers’ strike to interrupt filming.

I hope Kate’s chemo is successful and that she lives a long and healthy life, surrounded by her children and eventual grandchildren. I don’t much care if it’s her marketing team or her actual personality, she comes across like a nice lady.

 

[obsdj]

doubt it, Meg is hated in the uk.

Meghan: "Challenge accepted."

She truly does seem like the kind of person who would try to force her way into a club that doesn't want her as a member, not because she actually wants in but because she wants to stick it to the haters.

 

[babadook]

Anglo cope

Rofl

 

[Myrtle the Turtle]

They don't make portraits like they used to anymore.

I have a weird feeling Markle is going to go after Gavin Newsom.

She doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell at US politics. If Gavin wants a chance at being president, he's going to go after some midwestern working class guy, not the privileged housewife of a prince. He also would not want to offend a key US ally by stepping into leaders' family drama. Even the Biden admin was smart enough to refuse the couple a ride home on AF1.
Megans only hope is a CA state rep or senator, but that would be beneath her in her mind.

 

[marjoram]

Under all that makeup and filter fuckery Megs looks like a Komodo Dragon-an OLD Komodo Dragon; shell not be anyone’s trophy wife again. Can’t see any man, even a politician, crawling into bed with that.

Meg’s also in the running for being the first human to be infected with the “Zombie Cicada “ fungus.. She’s got the hyper sexuality part down pat. There’s no clearer example of fucking your way to the top. So feminist, much independent woman.

 

[isalaide]

Tories confirmed to the Telegraph today that under their batshit mental national service plan, none of the little Waleses would be exempt.

I eagerly await the outcome of sending the eighteen year old Princess Charlotte to the Army to rally it behind her. It is worth remembering that the principal manner of acceding to the British crown has been the willingness to end your political enemies. The dear little incredibly steely eyed Charlotte is the end product of centuries of natural selection. It would be most interesting to see the long term outcome of "the Princess' soldiers" taking the view that actually, yes, they really are the Princess' soldiers.

 

[DumbDude43]

Tories confirmed to the Telegraph today that under their batshit mental national service plan, none of the little Waleses would be exempt.

I eagerly await the outcome of sending the eighteen year old Princess Charlotte to the Army to rally it behind her. It is worth remembering that the principal manner of acceding to the British crown has been the willingness to end your political enemies. The dear little incredibly steely eyed Charlotte is the end product of centuries of natural selection. It would be most interesting to see the long term outcome of "the Princess' soldiers" taking the view that actually, yes, they really are the Princess' soldiers.

what about harry and megans kids
actually i dont even know if they are british or american citizens?

 

[isalaide]

what about harry and megans kids
actually i dont even know if they are british or american citizens?

No one cares about the chocolate drops

 

[Free the Pedos]

No one cares about the chocolate drops

White chocolate. They’ve got red hair FFS

 

[isalaide]

White chocolate. They’ve got red hair FFS

Archie had red hair as a baby. Who knows, now. You never see them because Meghan shat out two horrorshow dumplings and even the Duchess of Grifterton knows she can't make money off kids that ugly. All that nice California sun will make them a nice nut brown

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Chocolate flavoured ginger snaps

 

[$5.3 Million Dollars]

Its antiquated, but English does have a fitting word already.


And if I remember correctly, both kids allegedly have dual citizenship.

 

[AssignedEva]

what about harry and megans kids
actually i dont even know if they are british or american citizens?

Child of a British citizen is automatically a British citizen. Archie was born in the UK so his kids would be British citizens too; Princess Lilibet was born in California so her kids would not automatically be British citizens.

 

[DumbDude43]

Child of a British citizen is automatically a British citizen. Archie was born in the UK so his kids would be British citizens too; Princess Lilibet was born in California so her kids would not automatically be British citizens.

yeah but i think america has the same and i dont know how these countries handle dual citizenship or how this stuff was handled
i was asking about citizenship becuase i want to know if harrys and megans kids would also be subject to compulsory military service like williams and kates kids