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Harry and Meghan. UK Visit.

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Calendargirl Sat 20-Jun-26 07:56:13

Just been reading about H&M’s forthcoming proposed visit to the UK with their children, pertaining to the Invictus Games which are due to take place next year.

Apparently, it’s a private visit, and accommodation has been offered to them on a ‘Royal estate’, but no mention of where or if it’s been accepted.

Security issues not revealed, plus whether or not it involves meeting up with the King.

We shall wait and see how it all evolves.

eazybee Sat 27-Jun-26 19:34:58

Shock Horror.
Harry has announced he reconsidering bringing his family to Britain because of a protection row; the security package for the trip has been denied.
The committee responsible for assessing their security is 'wilfully creating conditions that are making it nearly impossible for them to move around Britain', says a source.
No taxpayer funded protection, you see.
Gutted.

Violetbynight Sat 27-Jun-26 16:02:47

I agree with MerlotGran. I hate to think of the unkind things they will say about the Royal family this time round.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:46:57

merlotgran

I read somewhere they will meet the king at Sandringham.

Not in July, Sandringham House is open to the public from March through to October every year.

merlotgran Sat 27-Jun-26 11:34:55

I read somewhere they will meet the king at Sandringham.

eazybee Sat 27-Jun-26 09:31:35

Althorp was mentioned.
Nor royal, but Earl Spencer considers he is; working towards matching Henry V111's record of wives.

Jaxjacky Sat 27-Jun-26 08:47:33

NotSpaghetti

NEWS:
They have accepted Royal accommodation.

With Andrew?

fancythat Sat 27-Jun-26 08:47:06

eazybee

Headline in today's DT:
Meghan plans first UK engagement in six years
Apparently in July "she will join her husband at work ?? in Britain ..........and carry out a visit to a hospital. The couple will undertake meetings and at least one public event together."

Is this true, or is it yet another press release from H &M, eagerly promoted by Hannah Furness , DT's Royal Editor?

If it is true, who on earth has allowed it? They are not working royals and she is not patron of any charities recognised here.

In which case she needs to be told what is expected from her, in minute detail.
And maybe written down, so there is no doubt about it all, from anyone.

NotSpaghetti Sat 27-Jun-26 08:18:25

NEWS:
They have accepted Royal accommodation.

Usedtobeblonde Sat 27-Jun-26 08:12:56

The supposed itinerary was published yesterday and yes, it contained public events with both of them.
I can’t remember what they were.
I am not surprised.

eazybee Sat 27-Jun-26 08:06:29

Headline in today's DT:
Meghan plans first UK engagement in six years
Apparently in July "she will join her husband at work ?? in Britain ..........and carry out a visit to a hospital. The couple will undertake meetings and at least one public event together."

Is this true, or is it yet another press release from H &M, eagerly promoted by Hannah Furness , DT's Royal Editor?

If it is true, who on earth has allowed it? They are not working royals and she is not patron of any charities recognised here.

Rosie51 Sat 27-Jun-26 00:08:39

Whilst I don't for one minute think the children will be educated in the UK I'm sure the private establishments that would be considered are used to pupils from a very wide international background. They would be well able to accommodate Archie and Lilibet, and on top of any overt bullying.

Dickens Fri 26-Jun-26 21:16:08

David49

With all the bad public opinion about their parents, the Sussex kids will have a hard time at any English public school where Traditions are respected and bullying par for the course.

Unless their are parent are fully reconciled, not a good option.

A fair point David.

Those children must surely be integrated by now into the American nursery or educational system and the culture of American society, uprooting them to one of the typical public schools would be disorientating, to say the least, although an independent private school might be less so.

MarieElla Fri 26-Jun-26 20:07:46

Meghan is from a lower class background and it shows, regardless of how she tries to act the opposite ...
I was educated by upper class nuns and snobbery (not abuse because we were from well known families) was most definitely taught. It was wrong!
People should be valued on their own merit but...I know a fake when I see one and Meghan is fake!

Macaydia Fri 26-Jun-26 19:58:28

........Not of you but of Meghan not knowing British cutlery.

Macaydia Fri 26-Jun-26 19:54:52

Macaydia

I stand corrected, the word "racist" popped out of my mouth (fingers) before I thought about it. Using the phrase "correct use of a knife and fork" is not racist at all (I forgot that Meghan is of mixed race). It is naive. Or whatever that word is when you use us-and-them philosophies in order to make the us superior to the them.

MarieElla. Thank you for the.correction. i believe uneducated is correct.

Macaydia Fri 26-Jun-26 19:51:54

MarieElla

I have eaten food in India correctly , after being shown.
And yes, I am snobish, but not racist. Using cuterly the correct way (both British and Irish) shows class and education.

Maybe education shows class. Yes, class is involved in how the food gets from the table to your mouth.

(I imagine a midieval father in robes instructing his toddler, dressed in fur hides, throwing the cutlery.)

Macaydia Fri 26-Jun-26 19:45:12

I stand corrected, the word "racist" popped out of my mouth (fingers) before I thought about it. Using the phrase "correct use of a knife and fork" is not racist at all (I forgot that Meghan is of mixed race). It is naive. Or whatever that word is when you use us-and-them philosophies in order to make the us superior to the them.

MissAdventure Fri 26-Jun-26 19:26:57

Going on and on about someone you don't know over such trivialities shows neither.
In my opinion, of course.

MarieElla Fri 26-Jun-26 17:54:35

I have eaten food in India correctly , after being shown.
And yes, I am snobish, but not racist. Using cuterly the correct way (both British and Irish) shows class and education.

Rosie51 Fri 26-Jun-26 14:27:29

Macaydia

Meghan had to learn how to use a knife and fork correctly, the standard UK way? That is blatantly a racist comment. How would your fingers perform correctly at a Sri Lankan supper?

How would your fingers perform correctly at a Sri Lankan supper? Presumably correctly once the poster had been shown the accepted/usual way. If it was me I'd be happy to learn and fit in. When I'm with my Canadian family I usually adopt their way of using cutlery, especially when dining out.

Just because Meghan is mixed race does not make any criticism of her racist.

David49 Fri 26-Jun-26 14:19:49

With all the bad public opinion about their parents, the Sussex kids will have a hard time at any English public school where Traditions are respected and bullying par for the course.

Unless their are parent are fully reconciled, not a good option.

eazybee Fri 26-Jun-26 14:16:41

Meghan had to learn how to use a knife and fork correctly, the standard UK way? That is blatantly a racist comment.

It is not racist. It is simply snobbish.

NotSpaghetti Fri 26-Jun-26 11:42:51

They start at 6 in California but there's lots of homeschooling and home educators there.

Calendargirl Fri 26-Jun-26 06:37:39

I presume Prince Harry is intending for the children to be educated in England

I doubt it matters where Harry expects or wants the children to be educated. It will be Meghan’s choice, I’m sure.

The children are 7 and 5, I assume they already attend school over there.

Macaydia Fri 26-Jun-26 04:04:30

Meghan had to learn how to use a knife and fork correctly, the standard UK way? That is blatantly a racist comment. How would your fingers perform correctly at a Sri Lankan supper?