The Sussexes & Hypocrisy

GILLYBOB It amazes me that no one complains when Lizzie gets her rises in income ...she's taking £82 MILLION this year and thats just a fraction of the true cost .Apparently this spoilt old biddy is worth that while tens of thousand sof pensioners are having benefits they worked bloody hard for are being penalised .I always said ,even as a wee girl that all senior citizens should be treated as well as Lizzie ,even if it meant sharing her millions amongst them.But hey I'm a socialist so what would I know she's probably a reincarnation of jesus Christ and thats why so many worship the old biddy!!She'd have to be to be treated like a god!!

Oh Merlotgran. I've only just caught up with this and live the way you expressed the "dolled up" issue. One of the best laughs I've had in ages. Ouch. I think most of us would have sympathy with that, no matter who the thoughts come from.

I am amazed how anyone could describe her maj as frugal.

Here is a woman who has lived a very long and healthy life thanks to her own private medical team. She owns priceless paintings, jewels, racehorses, houses and land. She has servants, drivers, dressers, private secretaries and crikey knows who else....all at her beck and call.

I wonder if she's ever cooked mince or a chicken and spread it into 3 meals ? Ever shopped in a charity shop and mended her own clothes? Does she sit in front of a two bar electric fire?

She is no different to all of the royals. Over privileged and as close to reality as the man in the moon.

pinkquartz - the Queen is known for her frugality! Apparently she goes around turning off lights in Buckingham Palace (that could be a bit startling for anyone reading quietly in a corner, unnoticed).

I don't think this ostentatious extravagance befits the Royal Family really; perhaps HM will 'have a word' but I doubt it will have much effect.

That's true Anniebach - but given Meghan is more "celebrity" than Katherine, maybe we will find out anyway.
Just a thought.

They've just moved into the mega-renovated Frogmoor Cottage in readiness for the baby. They don't move house like the rest of us. They won't have had to lift a finger but as well as enjoying their new home Meghan is treated to an expensive 'babymoon'. for three days. They sure know how to take pampering to a whole new level.

My dislike of them is based primarily on the out of date institution of the RF and then that now at a time when many people in this country are really struggling to have a decent basic life they spend money so carelessly and extravagantly.
They can do so because they do not earn it like normal people and they know it will never run out.
To me it would be luxury to never worry about paying bills or finding a decent place to live.
I despise their hypocrisy.
I would not be so bothered if they were not on view all the time but they are.
I haven't liked Harry since he dressed as an SS officer for a party he thought that was funny. He seems to be quite dim and would probably struggle to work if he wasn't a member of the RF
She is what she is, but she does it with tax payer money....her security staff and homes are on us.

It is nothing to do with snobbery or skin colour. That is said to deflect the truth.

Keep Queenie but after her then the Royals should earn their keep and not just by having lunch and shaking hands.
Or they should learn to budget like most of us do.

My remarks about being "common" are not intended seriously btw.

Meghan: "describing her as "a nobody" and implying her unsuitability, unlike Diana who "came from an aristocratic family" "
Diana was 'a commoner' (but not as common as the rest of us, obviously).
Kate was even more common than Diana but is learning and adjusting - perhaps from observing other people's mistakes past and present.
It's early days but Meghan is not a shy young 19 year old and obviously has a mind of her own. It may be difficult to adjust to what are rather old-fashioned protocols.

I thought Harry was unwise in making comments about the evils of social media when he and his wife have availed themselves of it. I'm fairly sure his speeches are run past advisors so surely they could see that he would be left open to charges of hypocrisy. It may be that he could not see that there was something of a contradiction between what he was saying and what he is doing but, as I said before, there are other members of the family who have done much worse, with very little criticism.

I have no animosity towards Harry and Meghan - it is the institution that I dislike - and I think the continual nastiness about them is just horrible. I think Meghan's card was marked as soon as she became engaged to Harry. I agree with the poster who talked about underlying racism and much more blatant snobbery, describing her as "a nobody" and implying her unsuitability, unlike Diana who "came from an artistocratic family" (I liked Diana but I'm not sure why being of artistocratic birth is seen as a plus, given the behaviour of artistocrats and the monarchy throughout history).

We weren’t told about Kate

Well Anniebach, maybe we'll be told, maybe she'll breastfeed in public and we'll find out that way. Who knows.

Even The Queen has her own page

They are not the only Royals on Instagram,
Lovely photos of William & Kate, The Queen etc

This is all going to end in tears. The veil is going to lift one day from Harry's eyes.
Do royal spouses sign pre-nup agreements?

Oh Merlotgran you have no idea how much that made me howl with laughing. Thank you, thank you.
I can't wait to tell my daughter tomorrow.

How in earth can having her photograph taken with her baby offend her feminine principles, she has paraded around for 7 months clutching her bump.

NotSpaghetti. How will the world knows if she breasts feeds? Not filmed for tv I hope.

I've read she is also refusing to pose with the baby when she leaves hospital as it offends her feminist principles.

Is that another way of saying, 'I'm not getting all dolled up for you lot when my doofer feels like I've just passed a rhinoceros sideways?'

I don't think the apparent dislike of Meghan is much to do with racism but more to do with different cultures. In the UK we are self deprecating, with an ironic sense of humour. We expect people to come in quietly (like Kate) and slowly work themselves into a more prominent position.

Meghan has come in with all guns blazing, with the 'can do' attitude that is American. For a lot of people that grates.

Well whatever happens re the birth I do hope she breast-feeds and can do it with some style. New mums need breastfeeding role models if we are ever to increase the rates here in the U.K.
Our breastfeeding rates for 5/6 month olds are apparently the lowest in the western world which, when we know the benefits is particularly grim.

Frimley Park was a wonderful hospital back then. I moved away so have no idea these days.

Oh, I see.

Why not what - I’m relatively local and know the hospital

I know what she went to FP - I was responding to your comment about it being the Q’s doctors which I thought short changed the role of the NHS