Maybe so, but does that excuse any of the alleged behaviour? Or make it fair game because they'd have been expecting it?

I've not really got much joy for either party, frankly – the monarchy was always going to become less and less relevant in a system where power lies with parliament, and in a world where 'Empire' no longer exists. They are like a fancy German shelf ornament – mostly forgotten about but occasionally glanced at to provoke a nostalgic, rose tinted memory of the past, or taken off the shelf and briefly held to show off to friends, before being put back again to gather dust.

In short, the power and meaning they once had (in current terms, not historical ones) evaporated a long time ago.

Their very existence is completely at odds with what they've tried to fashion themselves into – they have tried to make 'good work' the cornerstone of their reason for being but it's undermined by the very reason how and why they exist. Someone mentioned the hypocrisy of a millionaire talking to a billionaire about social issues like disadvantage, inequality or whatever... they're right, but to me the same logic applies when the message comes from them. If anything it's even worse as at least the millionaire and billionaire have had to work to achieve, rather than be immediately granted the spoon as part of birthright.

It's an unsolvable issue even before you realise the fact that they're all surely still very much set in their ways (protect the ideology! Toe the line!) and about as easy to turn towards any semblance of modern relevance as a grounded oil tanker.

The monarchy have played an integral part in who we are as a nation, but the role they had historically is so different to the role they have now... sometimes it doesn't help to flog a dead horse.

I could see the Queens death being the end of it in its current form – a brief period of uniting everyone before things start to unravel. Especially if Charlie boy doesn't step aside and let his willy take the throne, and even more so if said willy reverts to type rather than moving with the times. The media will turn and then it's game over.

It's basically – well, we got what she stood for and how hard she worked... but she had a legacy, a body of work. What exactly is your role? Why are you relevant? How can you lecture us on social issues etc. etc.

Then you've got Hazzle and Mejazzle, one hates the media and probably the entire stuck in the mud state of the RF (and the HF, probably), and the other is likely on the extreme end of the leftist spectrum AND with black heritage so will be even more (understandably) paranoid, plus has a driven ambitious mindset and will milk the cash cow for all it's worth. the Royal Family is not the place to be if you've got imposter syndrome.

Essentially, they're both as bad as each other IMO.

Edited by SW19 CPFC (08 Mar 2021 5.20pm)

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

Of all your many posts with dubious reasoning, this one is a classic.

There are no "white" institutions other than those that persist in the minds of people like you.

Meghan didn't choose her skin colour or decide how others would react to it. Harry didn't choose to be part of the Royal Family. Why should they behave in any way other than that they both wish to, whatever the "Royals" think? In speaking out they might just be shining a light on racism where leadership is to be expected.

It seems everyone has decided that she is a mercenary determined to milk a Royal and he is too stupid to realise it. Is it true? Has anyone posting in this thread ever considered that perhaps they actually love one another and consider that to be more important than anything else?

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

if that is the case then why don’t they just keep their mouths shut, show a bit of respect and get on with their lives in their new found home?

I would bet everything I own that if William, his Mrs and kids all died in an accident, she would be come flying back for a chance of becoming the queen

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

You would have to ask them that but it looks to me as though they both feel so upset with the treatment they think they have been given that they have a duty to expose it so future generations won't face the same issues.

I know that many posting here think that there isn't a problem to be solved and that those seeking to solve it are themselves the problem. I think they are wrong. The world has changed and has indeed "woken" up. Which has to be a good thing. Much better to be awake and aware than asleep and in denial.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Haha. A fair point

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.