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

 

[Joe_Welch]

the duchess demanded a meeting “and expected decks and plans,” ... This led to a dispute and “Ari was done with her,”

Assuming this is true... Imagine the level of ego that a power broker at a major talent agency has to deal with on a daily basis, and even he couldn't stomach the Meganator's NPD bullshit for more than a few months.

And then there's Harry, busily racking up good-boy points like a squirrel storing up nuts for the winter...

 

[Sean Andalou]

... along with a long list of products including jams and dog biscuits ...

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Just do onlyfans already.

 

[Sean Andalou]

(not exactly but maybe some here will appreciate it)
Meghan Markle Netflix Trailer With Commentary by President Trump

https://rumble.com/v6pwafo-meghan-markle-netflix-trailer-with-commentary-by-president-trump.html

Video less than 2 minutes long.

 

[nigel p poppycock]

I'd like a coat of arms, too. It could have poppies and...uh...ahem. Never mind.

As I'm learning more and more about the media PR machine, I agree that Meghan must have either pissed someone high up off or everyone's tired of spending money to promote her and getting nothing in return.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

I'd like a coat of arms, too. It could have poppies and...uh...ahem. Never mind.

I also want a coat of arms, mine could have two ostriches mating on it.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

Meghan attended the Inviticus Games with Harry, but left after only 3 days (it's a week long event) by private jet, reportedly to go back and spend time with the children, so it wouldn't be surprising if there's something going on behind the scenes.

Or...she went back to spend time with her small children. Aren't 3 days more than enough? Hate her all you want but perhaps leaving your 3 and 5 year old kids behind for a week is not good especially when both parents are gone.

If she would have stayed for a week people would have said that she cares about the Games more than about her kids and call her a bad mother. No matter what she does, it's always automatically bad, wrong and suspicious. And yes, she is responsible for that for the most part but I'd say she did something good for once.

 

[DespotCTM]

Or...she went back to spend time with her small children. Aren't 3 days more than enough? Hate her all you want but perhaps leaving your 3 and 5 year old kids behind for a week is not good especially when both parents are gone.

If she would have stayed for a week people would have said that she cares about the Games more than about her kids and call her a bad mother. No matter what she does, it's always automatically bad, wrong and suspicious. And yes, she is responsible for that for the most part but I'd say she did something good for once.

We know she doesn't give a fuck about her kids, she constantly leaves them alone for weeks for trips and vacations (the africa tours)

 

[OrionBalls]

Or...she went back to spend time with her small children. Aren't 3 days more than enough? Hate her all you want but perhaps leaving your 3 and 5 year old kids behind for a week is not good especially when both parents are gone.

If she would have stayed for a week people would have said that she cares about the Games more than about her kids and call her a bad mother. No matter what she does, it's always automatically bad, wrong and suspicious. And yes, she is responsible for that for the most part but I'd say she did something good for once.

She only cares about those children in the ways that they can provide her sweet sweet narc fuel.

 

[Rich Evans Simp]

Or...she went back to spend time with her small children. Aren't 3 days more than enough? Hate her all you want but perhaps leaving your 3 and 5 year old kids behind for a week is not good especially when both parents are gone.

If she would have stayed for a week people would have said that she cares about the Games more than about her kids and call her a bad mother. No matter what she does, it's always automatically bad, wrong and suspicious. And yes, she is responsible for that for the most part but I'd say she did something good for once.

They frequently leave those children for weeks at a time, despite having the resources to travel with kids and a nanny to any destination.

 

[duckling]

Im surprised nobody is talking about her absolute flop of a Netflix show. If anybody knows where to stream it that isn’t Netflix (I don’t subscribe) let me know.

Notable hits

- Mindy kaling refers to her as “Meghan Markle” and is swiftly corrected - it is “Meghan Sussex”. The explanation she gives is that she really wanted to share a last name with her husband and children. But… her children were born with the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. So Meghan is alleging that she changed her last name, the last name of her husband, and the last names of both her children to (improperly, i believe) honor the title bestowed upon her by the “racist” royal family that they estranged themselves from. Make it make sense.

- Meghan generously taught us all how to make bath salts according to some recipe but then the mixture she made was insufficient to fill the jar she selected so she just randomly threw in more salt.

- she decanted pretzels from a plastic bag into a different, unlabeled plastic bag and tied it with a string and made her own label to make it fancy. Very environmentally conscious, madame.

- she showed us the bees she kept and then started asking really retarded basic questions such as how long do bees live? I admit personally didn’t know the answer, but I also never claimed to keep fucking bees.

- on that note if she has the alleged bees, she could have just wrapped all her goods in home made reusable beeswax cloth instead of all that plastic that will just get thrown away. She could have even labeled it with her shitty new brand and then flogged it on her Shopify site. She’s truly shockingly terrible at everything she does, it is honestly impressive.

Anyways those are just the clips I’ve seen from other people. If anybody can show me where to stream it off Netflix i would love to snark more.

 

[Black Man Underwear]

Im surprised nobody is talking about her absolute flop of a Netflix show. If anybody knows where to stream it that isn’t Netflix (I don’t subscribe) let me know.

Notable hits

- Mindy kaling refers to her as “Meghan Markle” and is swiftly corrected - it is “Meghan Sussex”. The explanation she gives is that she really wanted to share a last name with her husband and children. But… her children were born with the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. So Meghan is alleging that she changed her last name, the last name of her husband, and the last names of both her children to (improperly, i believe) honor the title bestowed upon her by the “racist” royal family that they estranged themselves from. Make it make sense.

- Meghan generously taught us all how to make bath salts according to some recipe but then the mixture she made was insufficient to fill the jar she selected so she just randomly threw in more salt.

- she decanted pretzels from a plastic bag into a different, unlabeled plastic bag and tied it with a string and made her own label to make it fancy. Very environmentally conscious madame

- she showed us the bees she kept and then stated asking really retarded basic questions such as how long do bees live? I admit personally didn’t know the answer, but I also never claimed to keep fucking bees.

- on that note if she has the alleged bees, she could have just wrapped all her goods in home made reusable beeswax cloth instead of all that plastic that will just get thrown away. She could have even labeled it with her shitty new brand and then flogged it on her Shopify site. She’s truly shockingly terrible at everything she does, it is honestly impressive.

Anyways those are just the clips I’ve seen from other people. If anybody can show me where to stream it off Netflix i would love to snark more.

She's a celebrity evolved to a royal. She can't be trusted to tie her shoes without supervision.

If I were directing this dogshit, I would be afraid of letting her near a beehive.

 

[Milk Float]

Im surprised nobody is talking about her absolute flop of a Netflix show. If anybody knows where to stream it that isn’t Netflix (I don’t subscribe) let me know.

Notable hits

- Mindy kaling refers to her as “Meghan Markle” and is swiftly corrected - it is “Meghan Sussex”. The explanation she gives is that she really wanted to share a last name with her husband and children. But… her children were born with the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. So Meghan is alleging that she changed her last name, the last name of her husband, and the last names of both her children to (improperly, i believe) honor the title bestowed upon her by the “racist” royal family that they estranged themselves from. Make it make sense.

- Meghan generously taught us all how to make bath salts according to some recipe but then the mixture she made was insufficient to fill the jar she selected so she just randomly threw in more salt.

- she decanted pretzels from a plastic bag into a different, unlabeled plastic bag and tied it with a string and made her own label to make it fancy. Very environmentally conscious, madame.

- she showed us the bees she kept and then started asking really retarded basic questions such as how long do bees live? I admit personally didn’t know the answer, but I also never claimed to keep fucking bees.

- on that note if she has the alleged bees, she could have just wrapped all her goods in home made reusable beeswax cloth instead of all that plastic that will just get thrown away. She could have even labeled it with her shitty new brand and then flogged it on her Shopify site. She’s truly shockingly terrible at everything she does, it is honestly impressive.

Anyways those are just the clips I’ve seen from other people. If anybody can show me where to stream it off Netflix i would love to snark more.

There’s a legit beekeeper on Reddit (I know) who’s losing her shit over the poor bees. That woman needs to FOAD.

I’m surprised Harry hasn’t snuck back to Daddy with the kids.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

There’s a legit beekeeper on Reddit (I know) who’s losing her shit over the poor bees. That woman needs to FOAD.

HRH Catherine and David Beckham are beekeepers. Catherine especially cannot do anything without Meghan copying her or trying to overshadow her.

 

[AnotherPleb]

I’m surprised Harry hasn’t snuck back to Daddy with the kids.

Harry is pussywhipped to the highest degree.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

If anybody can show me where to stream it off Netflix i would love to snark more.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/s/HgtQz8oBtx

This person is offering a link to view.

 

[AssignedEva]

- Mindy kaling refers to her as “Meghan Markle” and is swiftly corrected - it is “Meghan Sussex”. The explanation she gives is that she really wanted to share a last name with her husband and children. But… her children were born with the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. So Meghan is alleging that she changed her last name, the last name of her husband, and the last names of both her children to (improperly, i believe) honor the title bestowed upon her by the “racist” royal family that they estranged themselves from. Make it make sense.

Here's a clip.

It's presumably scripted as a "teachable moment", unless this is genuinely what Meghan is like 24/7, which is possible.

She's not completely wrong. The royals have a funny relationship to surnames; Harry's name is technically "HRH Henry Charles Albert David, Duke of Sussex" with no surname. He used to go by "Henry Charles Albert David Wales". The Queen used to be Elizabeth Mountbatten, but became HRH Queen Elizabeth when she ascended the throne. They invented the surname Mountbatten-Windsor to be the surname they'd give to their descendants who weren't styled as HRH, so the first person who had that surname for real was Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor. As Prince Harry is a prince, and his children are a prince and a princess, technically they should not use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, although basically all the styled royals have used it at some point or another. The use of the ducal title "Sussex" does work in situations where a surname is required, but is no doubt tied to the decision from Meghan to push her brand as the Duchess of Sussex.

There’s a legit beekeeper on Reddit (I know) who’s losing her shit over the poor bees. That woman needs to FOAD.

Archive link.
An entertaining detail is that she says she doesn't like honey, but then adds honey to most of her dishes - drizzling it on croissants, pouring it on a Victoria Sponge etc. This is apparently because her first "As Ever" collection will include wildflower honey with honeycomb, so she wants to hawk it.

I’m surprised Harry hasn’t snuck back to Daddy with the kids.

Harry's not invited back, Charles apparently won't meet with him whenever Harry's in the UK. Although allegedly Kate orchestrated a secret meeting with him in Mustique that he snuck off to (sans Meghan) after the Inviticus Games, probably because the King doesn't have long left.

 

[Farsided]

If I were directing this dogshit, I would be afraid of letting her near a beehive.

Let her near the beehive, just get the Jackass logo ready.

 

[Otterly]

I highly doubt she keeps bees. I love bees. My neighbours have bees, and while most of the year you just leave them bee (lol) the bits if the year you do have to do stuff are not at all glamorous - the suit and the smoker and the inevitable occasional sting if you’re clumsy. And the smoker has guess what in it? Yes! Horse dung! Because apparently that’s the best thing to burn.
If you think megs is sweating her arse off in a beekeeping suit in California heat, smoking bees with horse shit then I have a bridge to sell you.
Bees also have this really beezarre (sorry, sorry) ability to gauge character. My neighbour warned me that if they get annoyed at me I get away as fast as possible and he generally doesn’t get stung but always picks a few up being clumsy. But they’ve always been totally fine with me being near the hive, sometimes I bring a bee back that’s been tangled in spider web in my greenhouse (I have spiders the size of dinner plates in there…) for cleaning for example. Pop her on the landing pad and she gets the spa treatment. But he’s told me that some people just set them off.
I want to see megs actually do some bee things. Put the suit on. Open the hive.
Love bees, simple as

 

[Krokodil Overdose]

Im surprised nobody is talking about her absolute flop of a Netflix show. If anybody knows where to stream it that isn’t Netflix (I don’t subscribe) let me know.

The British morning shows are gleefully savaging it. Patrick Christys and Jacob Rees-Mogg sinking their teeth into it is weirdly satisfying.