Harry and Meghan ‘royal’ tour of Nigeria.

RosiesMaw

^So am I, according to an American genealogy website, so Meghan could be my twelfth cousin twice removed^
And counting?

Well, actually, I could be more distinguished because, according to someone on Ancestry the researcher, I and many others, are descended from Queen Anne Boleyn no less.

Work that one out! 😁

Does that make me Meghan's 12xGreat-Aunt twice removed?

Better keep the best china teaset in case they pop round.

It's ok though, Callistemon21, Meghan can bring the jam!

"So ridiculing them is light relief "

Yes it is because they are so ridiculous.
Laughter is the best antidote.

I used ailing to describe Charles and Catherine as in meaning not in good health. My husband battled stage 4 colon cancer for 7 years and I saw the horrendous side effects he suffered whilst enduring chemotherapy. He lost his balance easily from neuropathy and he lost feelings in his fingers and burning when they were cold. He got constant mouth ulcers and rashes. I was thinking that if they were going through half of what my husband did then they would not be feeling fully fit and well. Hence my use of the word ailing which I take to mean ‘not well’. I did not think it meant dying or at deaths door. I meant no insult or disrespect to either Catherine or Charles.

My point in making this post was to wonder if M and H were trying to set up an alternate royal court with visits overseas and what people’s views were. Just something to chat about.

I wanted different perspectives on it but the level of vitriol is horrible. I won’t post again as the distress the attacks on my post have had me in tears.

Please don't take the criticisms of a few to heart, Whether. There is nothing wring with the word ailing.
You know that and have explained your meaning. Some people just like to nit-pick.

Maybe try some of the calmer threads on GN

*wrong

Whethertomorrow I'm glad you started this thread it does
bring out some very humerous comments as well.
Unfortunately they have given interviews and written books
which alot of people feel has wounded the Royal family
and were unjustified and it never seems to end. It would
be preferable if they quietly visited Nigeria and not used
the Invictus games as yet another excuse to make the headlines.

Charles and Diana both gave interviews and wrote books. The late Queen must have been devastated when Charles condemned his parents for the way he was brought up.
H&M have been invited to Nigeria in view of the Invictus thing. H has always been very involved in army stuff, especially injured soldiers.
By the way, he is Royal and that can’t be taken away. Just saying.

I agree, I didn't see the use of the word 'ailing' to be problematic at all. In fact, I took it in the sense of what Whethertomorrow intended - just to describe someone who isn't well. Some people will take offence at anything, even where none was intended.

Isn't that comment a 'whataboutery'?

Germanshepherdsmum

I don’t understand the point of the thread. They are not working royals. They are going to Nigeria. Is that really newsworthy?

I agree GSM it isn't newsworthy. It is just another attempt to stir up ill feelings against two people who have no impact on any of our lives.

Often there are threads about people classed as celebrities, no
different

I don’t care what H&M do. I’m not interested in them at all. I had some interest at first but that ship has sailed. They can do whatever they like, I just hope it isn’t all over the news.
I do think Harry did a good thing when he helped set up the Invictus Games. It’s good that he still supports the games, but that’s it as far as I’m concerned.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Luckygirl3

I am going to Wales next month - could we perhaps discuss that?

Yes, lovely!
I'll try to arrange some better weather for you 🌞

Are you exploring your Welsh heritage?

Baggs

Please don't take the criticisms of a few to heart, Whether. There is nothing wring with the word ailing.
You know that and have explained your meaning. Some people just like to nit-pick.

Maybe try some of the calmer threads on GN

I'm not nitpicking.

Obviously others do not think as I do, that Gransnet had a kind of voluntary moratorium on starting threads about the Princess of Wales at the moment while she is receiving treatment.

Did they, or do they? I certainly wasn't aware of that.

I don’t think there have been any threads started about the Princess of Wales. This thread is about H&M.

fancythat

M0nica

I thought the recent health problems of the Royal family had led to an increase of concern and respect for them.

Why should 2 minor royals trundling around a country, even one that has ancestral links with one of them, attract a lot of press coverage in this country? They have received much more muted coverage recently. I think the press are as bored with them as most people in this country are.

What other countries may do is irrelevant.

We shall see.

Unfortunately, I think it will be widely publicised.
And if it isnt, there will be an "incident" to make it so.

What do you think this might be? Perhaps a Nigerian version of the 'terrifying car chase' seemingly undertaken in the rush hour in New York. Perhaps a revelation of the other 57% of Meghan's make up will prompt another tour. Isn't it all so tedious?

eazybee

"So ridiculing them is light relief "

Yes it is because they are so ridiculous.
Laughter is the best antidote.

This wasn't known to a number of my younger colleagues and caused great merriment in my office last year -

In 1993, the British press published the full transcript of a private conversation between then-Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in which the two had an intimate and sexual exchange. The conversation was notable for a number of reasons, not least of which because it involved the heir to the throne saying that he would like to “live inside [her] trousers” and joking that he would be reincarnated as a tampon, hence the name of the scandal. (Some publications referred to the incident by the name “Camillagate,” which has a more sexist connotation because it places the blame on just the woman involved.) Charles and his now-wife and queen consort Camilla were both married to other people at the time. The transcript not only confirmed Princess Diana’s claims that Charles had been cheating on her but threw gasoline on Charles and Diana’s already contentious separation.

Bit of light relief for those who feel the need of a giggle.

Not sure what this has to do with H & M but if it keeps your office in stitches so be it.

eazybee

Not sure what this has to do with H & M but if it keeps your office in stitches so be it.

"light relief"

maddyone

I don’t think there have been any threads started about the Princess of Wales. This thread is about H&M.

I'm not sure whether the thread was meant to invite comparisons or not? What do I know?
But it's worth referring to it for a bit of nitpicking while I slurp my Monday wine, (which is allowed on holiday).

I don't think I've ever considered Meghan as "youthful or energetic" in the physical sense. OK, so she walks her dog and does a bit of yoga, (so do I), but I've never seen her join in rugby, race a boat, play hockey, abseil a cliff or try her hand at archery. Despite her friendship with Serena Williams, I don't think Meghan actually plays tennis, does she? So no one, royal or not, has anything to fear that Meghan on tour might make them look lethargic or feeble. Even all the announcements about her various business projects never seem to come to very much. There's a lot of flitting about.

As for Harry "kicking his brother in the teeth" over a random visit to Africa, I'll wait for the day he shows the stamina and intelligence to stick steadfastly at one job before I worry for William.

So from me, it's a no that the tour will be "to the detriment of the rest of the family".
🍷

But still not to do with H & M.

The Camillagate tape - 1993 in love

Manakee Diana tape. 1985 in love

Hewitt Diana tape. 1986. in love