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bloody whinging royals

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paddyann Fri 18-Oct-19 22:45:32

we had Harry all over the "news" earlier now his wife has joined in with the whinging about how hard their life is!! Honestly ..they should have to live the lives of millions in this country and then they would know how HARD life can get .Why is it NEWS anyway? If its so hard they can always walk away .

merlotgran Mon 21-Oct-19 16:43:06

I wonder if her family have signed agreements not to divulge any further information?

They've gone very quiet. I would have thought the press attention at the moment would have had Meghan's half sister adding her twopenn'orth.

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 16:40:31

I am unashamedly not trying to be sympathetic but I did want to be fair.

Seeing people living their life and whinging has finished it for me.

I have nothing negative to say about any of the other RF, although I would like to know the truth about P Andrew

Gonegirl Mon 21-Oct-19 16:38:10

this shows where the money came from

If you cba to read it. I can't.

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 16:37:36

Documented or Paparazzied

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 16:36:00

who knew that Prince Albert did something akin to expenses fiddling to gae the money to buy Balmoral and the place on the Isle of Wight...?

it's not like they ever worked, other than the Organic Food which I love.

How did the Royals get their money?

There was a book published recently I must get a copy.

Meghan's relationship with her family has been widely documented Bridgett

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 16:32:59

Beckett

It was nicked back in the fourteenth century...still nicked

but anyway WE do pay for all their security and many other travel expenses so please we do pay

merlotgran Mon 21-Oct-19 16:16:38

British taxpayers paid for the renovations to Frogmore Cottage and also pay for his and his family's protection.

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 15:58:14

Thanks for that info Beckett, there is so much that many of us don’t know. Seems it’s just a bit of sport for some on here.

merlotgran Mon 21-Oct-19 15:58:13

I'd like to know what Meghan's version of being left alone is, Gonegirl. If she hadn't decided to sue the press and the announcement hadn't been made the day before they came back from SA. They'd have just gone home and not been seen again until their next engagement, just as William and Kate have come back from Pakistan and resumed their normal royal life.

The documentary was unnecessary and took the spotlight from the people suffering real hardship.

I am really trying to sympathise and not be critical but I still think they're making a lot of mistakes.

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 15:53:44

We know nothing about the true situation with her Father.
Perhaps I have missed her talking personally & in detail directly to the nation .

Beckett Mon 21-Oct-19 15:53:20

Harry receives his income from the Duchy of Cornwall - not from "struggling British taxpayers". The Duchy is a private estate established in 1337 by Edward III.

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 15:39:49

I think she wanted fame and then wishes she hadn't.

She wanted wealth and gets to keep that.

Justice is not what she has given her father. I feel sorry for him not seeing his grandson. That must hurt.

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 15:31:25

Just a thought
Given a choice would you want to swap lives with them? Lock , stock & barrel, not just bits of it ? The whole package
I know I wouldn’t no matter what was on offer .

Gonegirl Mon 21-Oct-19 15:16:30

Anyway, what's young Charlotte got to do with it?

trisher Mon 21-Oct-19 15:16:20

There's something weird about all the people on this thread who love the RF apart from the ones they choose to whine and bitch about. I've realised why you need them. I can't think of any other group of people who can be idolised one minute and unmercifully kicked the next. They're the Aunt Sally's of the UK just set up so someone can knock them down.

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 15:16:19

No one has to ‘feel ‘for her but neither do they have to belittle her. What does it achieve, do people feel better about themselves if they spend their time Hubble bubble toiling & troubling ? Sad !

Gonegirl Mon 21-Oct-19 15:15:44

Where have you been? Mars?

MissAdventure Mon 21-Oct-19 15:14:28

Its strange, because I have only ever seen about two pictures of Meghan.
I've never seen William and Kate's little girl, and I can't even remember her name.

Its quite easy to avoid.

Gonegirl Mon 21-Oct-19 15:14:02

I don't think she wants our sympathy. (Perhaps she wants us to leave her alone) She definitely wants justice. Good for her.

Gonegirl Mon 21-Oct-19 15:12:16

Well, a couple starting out on married life then.

Ok? hmm

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 15:12:13

It is very difficult to not see her at the moment. SHe is in my face.
Even the Guardian has her Orphan Annie photo expression in it shock

MissAdventure Mon 21-Oct-19 15:12:00

Shouldn't we all feel compassion for people who age out of their depth, whatever their circumstances?

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 15:10:39

I wouldn't call them a young couple. Both are late 30's!!

Meghan is playing to her audience. She is an actress, it is what she does.

They have no idea of real life for most of that is a fact.
She may well be out of her depth but so have I been for most of my life so why should I feel for her? She is not worrying about paying the rent/ bills/ new coat for DC etc
Yet she wants our sympathy ...no chance

She could have come across like a normal person and wanted to know normal people but she doesn't
it is all about jewels, expensive dresses and celeb friends.
What is there to like?

her sister warned and was mocked and jeered at . Surely that meant people were giving Meghan a chance?
I hope she does go back to USA and not with us paying for everything eg security for ever.

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 15:06:44

speckifoureyes, would you not care about, those who would loose their jobs ?

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 15:05:20

But many people love it & seeing them KALLISY, folks are not forced into also , journalists, photographers have the opportunity to make money from them , sooo it’s not just a One way street