The Queen gave her blessing
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
January 13, 2020 1:04pm CST
I don't know much about it, to be fair. I haven't been keeping up with it. (I know, you all are so surprised, right? I said I liked the UK not their royals!)
Anyway, just saw a headline that basically said that the Queen let ol' Harry and Meghan step back from their more senior royal duties. I guess they'll still spend time between Canada and the UK.
Wonder how long it'll be before they come crawling back?
No, I guess I shouldn't think that way. I mean, I wish them all the best and I can't say I wouldn't want to be away from the limelight and all the responsibilities that entails, but come on, they had a good income BEFORE they threw this snit....
I digress...
What's everyone else's take on this?
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13 responses
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
13 Jan 20
I'm thinking even with not working another day in their lives.....3 million should last a long while.
I've not followed the royal family that closely. I wish the media would just let them be.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Jan 20
It would be nice if the media would let them be, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. They'll hound them for a bit until another story comes along.
@JESSY3236 (22247)
• United States
13 Jan 20
I'm surprised that a few days ago I read about a wax museum decided to not include their wax figures with the rest of royal family.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Jan 20
@JESSY3236 I guess everyone has their biases and their ignorance though.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Jan 20
That's kind of silly, isn't it? They are still part of the royal family, even if they want to step back from the royal duties.
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@JESSY3236 (22247)
• United States
13 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yeah it is silly.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Jan 20
May I ask why you are anti-monarch? I've never thought much about it to be honest. I know monarchies have a rich, and somewhat deadly history.
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
14 Jan 20
I think that one of the issues is that Harry appears to have changed and his relationship with William and Kate appears to have changed, too. Harry and Meghan won't last. She's manipulative and narcissistic, far worse than Diana, although she was a product of her environment and was young a naïve when she married. Meghan doesn't have that excuse; she knew exactly what she was walking into. Race doesn't come into it as much as maybe the American media is portraying; they simply married too quickly and they will suffer for this.
My understanding is that they'll only lose 5% of their income. The rest comes from Charles and his estate anyway. But I'm not that sure.
Also, she's an actress. Seemingly a pretty good one. ;)
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Jan 20
I'll admit, I haven't watched a lot of coverage over this, but what I have seen had the anchors talking a lot about racism and of cultural differences. If Meghan does try to cut ties with royal family, I just don't see Harry standing for it.
@thedevilinme (5216)
• Northampton, England
21 Jan 20
we knew meghan would do this
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Jan 20
I hope it will be good for them, and not something that Harry regrets doing. It's not just that they'll be living somewhere different, but they will no longer be receiving income from the taxpayers of the UK, and will be required to pay what they've received together.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Jan 20
@Moon24 It won't be easy for them, though. The press will still bother them for awhile, I think.
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@Moon24 (22394)
• Serbia
22 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I know. I think if they want to live like other people not like Royals it is ok.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
13 Jan 20
I don’t keep up on it but I would have to say let them do what makes them happy.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Jan 20
Yeah, I mean it's not like it's impacting anyone if they do their own thing. Harry is farther down the line of succession anyway.
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
14 Jan 20
My take on this is that Harry will rue the day he ever followed that witch Meghan.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Jan 20
I do wonder if he'll regret it. Some seem to believe that she's pulling the string.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Jan 20
I wonder if she regrets marrying Harry.
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@LadyDuck (502343)
• Italy
14 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Surely not she wanted to be famous and now she is. May be Harry regrets, if not yet, he will.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Jan 20
@LadyDuck It seems I need to read up more on what is going on with them. I know so very little.
I do know that Harry and William are not really talking to one another. I wonder if William told Harry that Meghan was only using him. She seemed to get pregnant rather quickly.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Jan 20
I think it's good that they do, but I think the news needs to stop covering it now.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Jan 20
Wouldn't that be an experience and a half!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Jan 20
@LindaOHio I am sure they do as well. I also am not being fair because I honestly don't know much about Meghan. Perhaps she has entrepreneurial dreams.
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@LindaOHio (222318)
• United States
13 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I'm sure they have a more than adequate nest egg.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Jan 20
All i know is basically what I said above. There's also apparently been some racist stuff said about Meghan Markle.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Jan 20
Some said it's fake news or maybe they want only to cover up. Go where your heart is, that's how I describe the situation.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Jan 20
Right? We can't always trust the media anyway, they want to sensationalize things.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Jan 20
@florelway Yes, they just want to get views and rating, stir the feelings of people, just to make a story.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
15 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum just to get media mileages at all cost they do all sorts of things.
