In praise Of Prince Harry & Prince William(please read)

Big difference in being responsible for himself/herself, and putting self first at the expense of others.

I just hope Harry and Meghan are very happy in their new life with Archie.

I feel sorry for Charles. He must be very disappointed in Harry.

He cannot be involved with ‘The Queens Canopy , cannot make official visits to the Commonwealth, there is no one
who can take these on.

Queen could have bailed out 20 years ago and let Charlie have a bash at the job. She knows her and Phillip messed up badly there.

No, they have actually done a cowardly thing ( which may, or may not be interesting.)
Finding royal duties irksome, they have cut and run.
William now has no support apart from his wife, as the Queen is very elderly and Charles is no spring chicken.
Harry could have been a real help to his brother and may have gained something himself from the relationship, as they get older.
It’s a sad situation which the RF have to make the best of.

I now think that it is the best thing for Harry, he doesn’t have the will and mental strength for the royal role, and Megan was never going to be number 2 to Kate and Charlotte. I’m not being nasty, that’s the way it is. I feel very, very sorry for the Queen who many say was particularly fond of Harry, and as I said before, for William who will lose his brother. Perhaps this is the beginning of the end for the monarch which may be no bad thing, although it will leave us even more in the hands of whoever is PM ( because the Queen does have a wealth of wisdom and experience to offer).

However, the main reason Harry is successful at his Charity work is because he is a senior Royal working in a climate of, on the whole, lovers of the royal family at home and in the Commonwealth. It remains to be seen if he will be successful as Meghan’s husband (or possibly, one day, ex husband).

Nasty, sparkii

Which bit?

My own belief is that every person is resonsible for himself/herself. And they have done a brave and rather interesting thing.

Ohh & I believe William has or can pilot rescue helicopters .

I hope they will be happy, my own belief is you cannot find
happiness at the cost of others unhappiness

Respect and thanks to William and Harry. Good to hear the family is working to support Harry in the new path he wants to follow with his wife and their son. I hope it goes well for them

grumppa I agree, that is why we need a huge sea change in what we expect from our royal family.

We need a Head of State, we need to fund the whole business of Head of State whether that be through a monarchy or an elected presidential system which could be more expensive.

HM needs support now and Charles is 70, Anne is 68.

Charities, associations etc may need to look elsewhere for their patrons and presidents.
They may not do that with great success.

This could be the catalyst, but 'be careful what you wish for' comes to mind.

Nasty, sparkii

Did you speak of your own parents and grandparents in that way?

At a purely practical level, the removal from Royal duties of York and Sussex (not to mention the elderly Edinburgh) imposes a heavy burden on those who remain.

?love it Sparkii

The old uns will drop off the perch soon and it will all be over.

I sincerely have never been much interested in the RF apart from looking at the clothes and reading what Oliver James had to say. These long winter night, I find myself doing a bit of channel hopping and Googling. What do I discover?

An outmoded , anarchic, deceitful clan of people, manipulated by a few key players; Mountbatten, Phillip, the ghastly plotting Grandmothers scouring the horizon for a virgin bride for Charles.....so well done Megs. Nice One!

Yes totally agree with your comments Calliestemon.

I think that Meghan is Harry's route out of a future he was dreading.

I hope they can work this out, that the media leaves them alone and they can settle down together.

I also hope that he and William restore their good relationship and that the public do not put too many demands on William and his family in future.

We wanted a slimmed down monarchy so we must be content with what we wished for in the future, stop wanting to know about every aspect of their lives and let them get on with the duties we require from them - and no more.

And stop demanding that they give up their private residences and private wealth.
This is not a communist state although some may wish it to be so.

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Respect here to both of them from me Bridgeit.

We’d have to gossip about someone else. Or maybe they’d be like those ex royals of countries which don’t have royals who live in Monaco or the South of France, and we’d read about them in Hello.

He won’t , but if he did the next in line is George, I don’t think
William can do a thing about this.

Well it would be interesting, just imagine if the younger generation all abdicated
I think we are fairly safe we’ve still got Charlie.

What would happen if William decided to depart in a similar fashion?