The Sussexes & Hypocrisy

Doubt the royals are interested in making money from Marmalade.

I think the royals are probably making money from almost everything they use. Of course M will have to have the same pram/buggy as the Clooneys .

I don’t accept Royal Warrents are up for sale

I don’t think the royals are paid by companies awarded the royal warrant, although I find any specific information one way or the other. I think the companies receiving the royal warrant will feel that this endorses their product sufficiently without the need to pay the royal family. In fact I was under the impression that the royals try to avoid aligning themselves to any business, I thought that was why Sophie had to give up her job shortly after marrying Edward.

.....although I can’t find....

I don't like to criticise him or Megan. Being in the spotlight is bound to have all and sundry watching, waiting and judging them. They are privileged but still just a couple in a relationship. He wants to please her like all men who are relatively newly married. The shock will come when the baby is here and Megan puts baby first. I wish them longevity but personally I don't think it will last.

They are entitled to do as they please after all PH isn't likely to be reigning over us. The fact that the Duchess is having a home birth does worry me. The only reason being she is an "elderly mother soon to have her first child" in my day that would have flagged up problems. But maybe midwifery and obstetrics have changed in the last few decades. I hope future mothers listen to their doctors and not the duchess. Having a party and a holiday pales into insignificance in comparison they are incredibly wealthy after all.

They have announced they are not going to disclose anything about the birth and want time as a family. A sure way to draw attention from the press, keep them guessing .

Must be a celeb thing to make an announcement that you're not going to make an announcement.

Must be merlot , seems they will not release news of the birth until they have ‘family time’,

I was thinking on similar lines merlot.

They obviously have no problem taking tax payers money to help keep them in the lap of luxury, Courting the press when it suits, then expecting absolute privacy . They want their royal cake and eat it these two.

In exchange for deference, privilege, wealth and status a certain amount of privacy has to go.

I am not saying they should have a photocall after the birth or even release the arrangements for the birth, but a simple statement giving the sex of the baby and saying everything went well seems, to me, suitable.

You can't have all the benefits of being royal without giving something in return..

Do we really believe that they are sitting at home scheming & plotting up ways to generate the maximum interest by stating that there will be no ‘disclosures ‘.
Why such negativity towards them? Why assume that there are ‘ulterior motives ‘ ?
Even if they could be bothered what would they gain from such behaviour ? I don’t get the suggestions being presented here ?

Bridgeit, They have made a formal announcement that there will be no announcement! I don't blame Meghan for wanting to avoid the media circus but formally announcing the birth is what the royals do.

Tradition!

Ahh as the song goes - For the times they are a changing-
Nowt wrong with that.

If they want the privileges which come with being a Windor , if they want to live in property owned by the country, they need to remember the many royalists who are waiting for news of the birth.

I am thankful we will be spared days of crowded pavements
Press and public waiting being on tv, but they need to remember it’s a two way relationship

Difficult for Buck House, they can’t put the announcement at the gate .

I think it's just Meghan always wanting to buck the system and do things her way and exactly the opposite to whatever has been done in the past.

What doesn't make sense is that now they want privacy over the baby yet only last week they opened Instagram and other media accounts. They can't have it both ways.

It’s sure way to get more attention .

And living in Frogmore is certaintly not doing the opposite to what’s been done in the past, nor is having titles .

Do the Queen’s subject still await news of aRoyal birth??

Subject’s

How on earth are they going to keep it a secret? Somebody will give the game away.

Are the midwives etc., going to arrive cowering under a blanket?

Is the birthing pool already in situ?

Will Doria arrive disguised as the gardener?

Has she already had it?

Perhaps the midwife has been stowed away until needed.......... perhaps this could be the story line for a new Fairytale

They are being pathetic - if it’s to be born at home, they are not exactly going to be besieged are they? We’ll be footing the bill ( already are) for all their security. They are sounding more and more like the entitled priveleged narcissitc self absorbed idiots they are.