Prince Harry’s engagement

As harry is 6th in line to the throne and will soon be 7th I think the wedding should be in St George's Windsor, as Edward's wedding was. Less costly than Westminster Abbey , less guests .

I am very happy for them both, they seem well suited and grounded but I do think that now it is their own affair.
Yesterday the 6pm news was almost all taken over by it and today the DT has several pages and a special supplement devoted to their news.
We are going to be awash by the spring.
Let them get on with their lives without endless speculation.

FGS maryeliza, give it a rest! No one is criticising anyone for being a republican, but surely even the most ardent republican can wish a newly engaged couple well?! How churlish and childish to use their accident of birth as a stick to beat them. Even Jeremy Corbin seemed to genuinely wish them well. I agree the press attention is, and sadly will be, very tiresome but that's NOT their fault - how can they stop a free press.! If nothing else think of all that lovely tourist money and rejoice!

Yet again a thread on GN has descended to snipes and name calling. Would it not be possible for people to be able to post an opinion (any opinion) without others insulting them.

Lots of GNs are happy about and interested in the news of the engagement, others are not - cannot we respect each others views?

Joblessness - I have a job

eazybee when you disagree with a poster why not say openly to the individual poster ( as I am doing to you now) rather than just posting sweeping generalisations which roll up everything( fact, fantasy and totally unfounded assertions) and make ridiculous comments about people’s joblessness, hatred etc. There are much worse things than swearing on GN - such as nasty vindictive posts like yours which are personal attacks masquerading as a general comment. Grow a pair

paddyann, you were not one of the posters I was referring to. Every one is entitled to express their opinion and it doesn't have to be the same as mine. No, the ones I am thinking of seem a particularly joyless bunch, fuelled by a hatred of anything they consider to be part of the Establishment, or don't like: government, Royals, the church, anyone with money, dog-lovers, to name but a few. If you don't agree with them you are, in their words , as bad as the people they are denigrating. Then they resort to swearing.

Bit tricky trying to arrange a wedding around a birth. I’m really hoping late April/early May as I already have a holiday planned. For the last shindig, I had an amazing long weekend away with like minded friends - no TV, no radio, no papers and plenty of good food and wine and stunning remote countryside. No misery at all you’ll be sorry to hear. Republicans do fun?

I don't understand or get all the negativity. A young couple are in love and want to get married - nice news for a change. I equally don't understand what all the fuss about her being mixed race is - we're all mixed race somewhere along the line. Good luck to them both.

I hope they have a happy life, truly I do, but the hype is too much already. They will need all the luck in the world and the best thing they can do is to simply go off and have a life away from the spotlight.

Oh, and I do hope his grandfather watches his tongue.

.......”so much charity work is needed - especially for ex-servicemen”. Exactly Maryeliza, but while the rest of us stand around scratching our heads Harry has actually done something, Invictus.
Back to the engagement, been wondering when the wedding will be. Do you think they will wait until Kate’s baby is born so the bump won’t have a starring role?

FFS I am not a misery, I have not tried to spoil the excitement. I am a staunch republican and fully entitled to state my views on the existence of the RF. Ia few comments from me can spoil your excitement then you are not very excited are you. It’s absolutely pathetic calling people like me miseries, spoilsports, commenting on our joyless lives - just grow up. I have every right to state my views on this thread

Well just had a skim through this thread and on the whole there seems a positive attitude to the engagement.

I thought Meghan presented herself very well when interviewed. She was confident and happy. Prince Harry has at last found his special person. I can only feel happy for them.

I am now wondering what special wedding food M and S will prepare for us to eat whilst watching the ceremony. Or after the ceremony for those of you who don't approve of eating and watching at the same time ?

For all of you few miseries who have tried to spoil the excitement of the engagement, you better get yourselves geared up for this time next year when we will be waiting for the birth of a new Royal baby.

God Save the Queen. ??

Well it obviously is maryeliza, so it's a good thing someone has taken it up. I repeat, how can these young men help the family and situation they are born into? A lot of people are born into privilege and compared to a lot of people in the world, most if not all of us are extremely lucky and privileged! presumably we too be ashamed of our comparatively comfortable life styles that we've been born into? I really don't see why anyone would feel it necessary to make snide unkind comments about any young couple who are starting out in life together - lighten up and give it a rest all you Jeremiahs!
We never watch Mary Berry, but I was intrigued by the comments !!!!

ga it all depends what you mean by lazy - neither of them work full time and have none of the normal responsibilities that men of their age have to contend with. The whole point for me is the untenable fact of inherited unearned rank status and privilege and regardless of any good works they do that doesn’t make up for that. We might ask ourselves instead why in a supposedly civilised society so much charity work is needed - especially for ex servicemen.

Oh lemon the expert on everything including other people’s lives. I am in awe - and such an original post

And your point is Jal? Have you any idea how stupid your post sounds? It’s not even accurste. Pathetic

What have they done in the last month ?

I watched the interview, didn't warm to her, and thought they overdid the we are so in love, not fond of gushing.

I'm very pleased for the happy couple and hope that when the wedding is done and dusted they won't be mithered to death by the paparazzi.
Just to offer a counter view, I know first hand of some of the 'behind the scenes' work undertaken by the young princes and whilst I accept they are privileged by birth I don't believe they are lazy. I know of evidence to the contrary.

Mary Berry is the Queen Mother of Cakes

snowflakeryin all its various forms seems to be one of your favourite topics maryeliza.

You may be pleased to know that I'm sure I heard reports of snow in Kensington ...
Could be wrong

Think a few posters need a sense of humour, a sense of fun, and a bit of joy in their lives, talk about misery-guts’.

Well, as good as Merlot ( think Mary Berry has taken over from the Queen Mum.)

Talking of curtseying. We watched Mary Berry's Country House Secrets last week and couldn't believe our eyes (so we rewound it three times) when the (male) chef she was introduced to bobbed a curtsey.

So it's not just the RF that leave some people flummoxed and Mary Berry is royalty.......isn't she?

I don't think many people these days doff their caps or courtesy unless they want to, and the RF are certainly not parasites (what a horrible word, on a par with bitch). Judging by the street interviews on TV a republic would seem to be a long way off!