Princess Anne thinks it was right for Harry and Meghan to step down

Sorry, missed your mention of the royal family , i was thinking stepping down and staying in this country

I doubt Megan would have settled for a quiet wealthy life, possibly Harry with his love of field sports and army connections but in fairness to Megan country life would have
driven her mad. Diana hated it, Fergie liked it .

But if they had stayed in the RF and the U.K. Prince Charles, and the tax payer would have kept them in luxury too.

However, probably not to Netflix standards.

It would not have worked for all involved if they had stayed in this country.

They couldn’t have made the money they are making in America

I think that Princess Anne wouldn’t want anyone to be doing something that they hate, too much bad publicity if anyone is seen to be scowling whilst on official duties.
Let’s face it anyone who doesn’t want to do the same thing for the rest of their lives is best going away and doing something else, I wonder if they were given the option to step away from the RF and stay in the U.K. with the freedom to travel to the USA as and when they wanted too?
Or if it was a case of ‘ stay in the RF or leave the country’ , we will probably never know.

I suspect that no one knows better than Anne that coming second means coming nowhere! She was always aware that only Charles mattered, as first born, and was happy to accept it which is why she never wanted titles for her kids.

Andrew seems not to have learned that lesson and insisted his daughters were princesses and has railed against them not having a role within the slimmed down monarchy.

Harry would have known and accepted his lot until he met and married someone who isn’t prepared to play second fiddle to William and Catherine - which is what they’d have to do if they remained in the UK.

That’s how I interpret Anne’s comments.

Just imagine if she supported them.......????

Wonder what her views are now

This is from the same Vanity Fair article

And she worries that the younger generation of royals may be in too much of a hurry to change the royal family’s tried and tested approach when it comes to philanthropy. Describing herself as “the boring old fuddy-duddy at the back saying, ‘Don’t forget the basics,’ ” she cautions, “I don’t think this younger generation probably understands what I was doing in the past and it’s often true, isn’t it? You don’t necessarily look at the previous generation and say, ‘Oh, you did that?’ Or, ‘You went there?’ Nowadays, they’re much more looking for, ‘Oh let’s do it a new way.’ And I’m already at the stage, ‘Please do not reinvent that particular wheel. We’ve been there, done that. Some of these things don’t work. You may need to go back to basics.’ ”

Good old Anne.

I would love to see that Lollin. Bet she would weild a long knife.

I wonder what her list of who should follow their example would look like!

She’s right and they were right I d have been on the first train out if I was them

That is weird Laura. I just double checked it and it worked fine for me.

Yes, I am not a monarchist, but she is a good, sensible woman. Pity we have Charles next, and not her.

Forthright, practical and down to earth is the impression I have of the Princess Royal. If she thinks it was a wise decision then I’d be interested in her reasoning.
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