Meghan on the Ellen show.

FannyCornforth

Oh Josianne I’m ‘barmy’ am I

What I say Fanny can be deemed crazy too, so your comments are in good company. Notice I didn't say YOU.

I thought the It’s a Royal Knockout which was done years ago was absolutely cringe worthy then. I didn’t see Meghan’s latest interview (didn’t see the first one either) but it also sounds cringe worthy. It seems to me that Meghan likes to be in the spotlight.

I would prefer if Meghan didn’t use her title as she was asked not to by the Queen.

Source?

Oh give up Alegrias. It was all over the every news outlet at the time that Harry and Meghan left. I’m not going digging to find one particular source when everyone and his dog knows this because it was widely reported.

No maddyone, I won't give up.

A bunch of rabble rousing papers said that they thought the Queen should remove their titles just to get people going. She never did. They are still Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

So its just another smear, isn't it?

And if people believe that lie, they'll believe others. About much more important things that what the Royals decide to call themselves.

No, it’s not a lie. Harry and Meghan were allowed to keep their titles, but not use their titles. I assume that was to try to prevent them making money from the use of their titles.
I agree that many people believe they should lose their titles, but that is very different from just not using their titles. Apart from anything else, I understand that in order for their titles to be removed, it would require an Act of Parliament, however feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on that one.

Apologies to you Fanny, reading back it wan't even your comment which I found perplexing and barmy, but a later one. Misunderstanding I think, (though personally I have no idea what value the information adds to the discussion.)

Lucca

TerriBull

"Harry has the money, servants and the time (no job) to be a perfect Father"

Lemon I think you have overlooked the fact that he is a Chief Impact Officer and we all know how hard they all work at chief impacting!

I believe I read he has also joined some corporation or other dedicated to putting the truth out in the public domain so that's good! oh the irony

Then of course there's all the drivel podcasts for Netflix, Spotify etc. etc.

He's done well for a boy with two A levels hasn't he?

Two a levels. Are you implying that’s good or not good ?
Just checking

Coming back to your question Lucca, of course A levels are an achievement, but much depends on the school, the pupil's home environment as to how easy or difficult they are to achieve. Harry would have received a very specialised education, small classes, it's one of the most expensive schools in the country after all, parents of pupils who go there would expect nothing less.

In his younger days, he was pretty open and honest about his struggles in an academic environment and I imagine it must have been hard for him at such a high achieving school. I was pretty sympathetic to him back then, but that was long before be started pratting around on the world stage taking private jets to tell the rest of us "we could all do better!"

maddyone

No, it’s not a lie. Harry and Meghan were allowed to keep their titles, but not use their titles. I assume that was to try to prevent them making money from the use of their titles.
I agree that many people believe they should lose their titles, but that is very different from just not using their titles. Apart from anything else, I understand that in order for their titles to be removed, it would require an Act of Parliament, however feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on that one.

That authority on all things Royal, the Daily Record:

In January 2020, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Harry and Meghan, who left the UK, would step back from official royal duties and no longer use the titles His Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness.

They have however been allowed to continue to use the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/meghan-markle-fears-losing-title-24230695

I expect I could have done better if I’d gone to Eton

Oh my Lord Alegrias, The Daily Record, that’s a new one on me! Never mind, every word that’s written must be the absolute truth.

Well the other source was the Daily Express, but I have my standards.

I think the point a previous poster made is that this term was originally coined by those condemning Ellen Dé Generes for being gay. For another poster to then use the same expression a few posts later... well it does come across as being unpleasant. If she hadn't read the previous post she could have just said so.

Thanks Josianne and Beswitched
I fondly remember The Daily Record from the early 90s. One of my student housemates bought it every day. It was always full of stories about kids and alcopops.

Algerias !
Never realised until now what a fan of the Royals you are....or is it just the Sussex family?
Don’t worry about them, they have squillions in the bank and many hangers on in the US who think they’re the best thing since sliced bread.

maddyone

I expect I could have done better if I’d gone to Eton

I do think that it’s rather shocking to have access to all the academic excellence that Eton must offer, any to come out at the end of it so poorly he can’t be very bright, can he

Alegrias

Re Harry and Eton
Going completely off piste here, but what the heck.
I’ve always wondered why a first from Oxbridge is held in higher regard than a first from Scumbag College.
Surely it’s much more difficult, and a greater achievement, to get a good degree from the latter?
Can anyone shed light? Thank you!

Eton was under huge pressure to get Harry that second A-level because it was the minimum requirement to enroll at Sandhurst's Officer training programme. Therefore the Art teacher was ordered to write his Art coursework for him.

It all came out at an industrial tribunal a few years later because they sacked the Art teacher when she complained (internally at the school) about being forced to help Harry cheat

Alegrias1

I didn't watch Breakfast TV

Its always the same story... you can't get away from it, its everywhere..

Its not, really its not. The only place I've seen any discussion about it is on GN. But then Channel 4 News thinks other things are important.

It's a shame channel 4 doesn't do any news in the mornings. I think the standard of all the others has got worse and worse. I've gone back to radio 4.

Fanny I suppose we could say that the royals don’t really need to have a long list of academic qualifications, do they? I know Charles went to Cambridge, but I have a sneaky feeling he didn’t need to do so well as my son did in order to go to Oxford. Maybe I’m wrong. I just have a feeling I read years ago that he didn’t have great A level results.

Maybe I read it in The Daily Record Alegrias

Cold

Eton was under huge pressure to get Harry that second A-level because it was the minimum requirement to enroll at Sandhurst's Officer training programme. Therefore the Art teacher was ordered to write his Art coursework for him.

It all came out at an industrial tribunal a few years later because they sacked the Art teacher when she complained (internally at the school) about being forced to help Harry cheat

Never knew that. Did she win at the tribunal?

I applied to Scumbag College Fanny, but they wouldn’t have me

MissAdventure

I expect she needs to earn a living.

???

Alegrias1

Sarnia

nanna8

Never liked Ellen Degenerate. Perfect guest for her, Meghan.

Suits her.

So we're calling gay people degenerate now are we?

That’s a huge and somewhat ridiculous leap!