Harry & Megan drop HRH Titles

The journalist is a friend, he was a guest at their wedding, I
doubt he would have asked any question they didn’t approve of.
I have read one letter from Phillip to Charles, Phillip was concerned that Diana wasn’t kept waiting , he didn’t tell
Charles to marry her,he told him to make a decision.

Their lives are going to be far from normal, Luckygirl.

They will have to employ people who are hard nosed business men. Everything they do from now on will be about money. They won't have advisers on hand who have years of experience to call on (not that they took any notice of them when they did)

Meghan is comfortable in the world of celebrity, she actively seeks it. Harry will probably end up trailing behind her as a bag carrier.

I do hope he stops giving self-pitying speeches at charity events. Nobody likes a whinger.

The journalist was Harry's buddy, Luckygirl

And all questions will have been discussed before the interview

I watched the house of Windsor documentary repeat the other night and it was clear that Charles had an emotionally distant martinet for a father - his letters show how painful this was to him, and why he turned to his uncle Mountbatten for solace. His marriage was virtually forced upon him - they read out letters from his father basically telling him to get on with it, in spite of knowing he was in love with someone else.

I am not surprised that Harry and Meghan want to distance themselves from this dysfunctional family.

On the visit to Africa, a journalist who was part of the media team ASKED them about how they were coping - they did not initiate the conversation, he did. Whatever they had done (answered honestly, told him to get on his bike, mumbled something incoherent) they would have been slated - this is their problem and why they are backing away from it. They have a child now and need to protect him from all this.

A little Christian charity and understanding might not go amiss.

Very well said Grandad1943

LuckyGirl

I am sorry but they are not young, And M is nearly forty years old.

You say "inhuman odds" and that is ridiculous.

I have terrible problems to overcome every day of my life and I cannot see what is so terrible about being so wealthy and even have the Queen support what you want to do.
Yes there is a downside to their lifestyle but who does not have a downside in their life?

Most of us have a much hard mountain to climb daily and reading about their sulks and greed is not making me sympathetic at all.

Both of them M&H could have chosen to quietly step down and move away but no because they are greedy for money.
So no sympathy. I save that for people with real life problems to do with either surivial or suffering.

Luckygirl how do you know Charles has poor parenting ?
His he the only person whose parents worked and he spent
much time with a doting grandmother? Is he the only child
who went to a public school ?

I wish they would just GO! This is turning into the long goodbye - and Harry making that pathetic speech to a select dinner audience about "we really had no choice" beggars belief.

OK Harry - why don't you and Meggie give up access to ALL sources of income and apply for Universal Credit. Then you really will have no choices.

Try reality for once.

Luckygirl I completely disagree.

Any criticism of H and M have been totally justified.

Their constant ‘poor me’ whining, even when on an official visit to Africa, one of the poorest, most deprived countries was quite frankly unbelievable.

They have brought it all on themselves and most of us are utterly fed up with the pair of them.

There is probably disgruntlement felt by M&H because of the British Public's (soon swooped upon by the Press) growing dislike for a touchy-feely social climbing Californian; the arm clinging , bump stroking, smiley-smiley writer on bananas had it coming! What they thought of as lovely behaviour was sneered at.
Sometimes, if your face doesn't fit, it is best to get out of the limelight. But this pair seem to thrive of limelight, so will need to be watched by the Palace and cut down to size, if and when necessary.

And what has remaining silent done to their mental health? Prince Charles is a victim of poor parenting; and Harry and Meghan want to break free from this and lead as normal a life as is possible for the sake of their son - and who can blame them? - not me for sure.

Luckgirl the whole family have been subjected to criticism,
they remain silent and carry on with their duties.

grandad43 - how sad that you cannot grasp that this is just a young family trying to find their way in the world against inhuman odds. People are so wrapped up in the fact that they are rich that they cannot see that they have been subjected to pressure that no-one could handle. Their every tiny move is scrutinised and torn apart by the whole world. Could anyone live like that? I know I could not.

The gutter press has a lot to answer for; and I am appalled at the failure of human decency and a British sense of fair play. When will something be done to curb our press, which is a source of shame to me? Can they just get away with anything now?

Grandad1943

I am also in agreement with you

Daily Mail says Harry and William and their wives have made up and are all friends again, with Meghan on dial-in at times. As I have suspected that it was falling out with his family ON TOP OF the problems with the press that drove Harry out, having made up with William might make it easier for them to return to royal life some way down the line.

The problem has been caused by the horrible gutter press in the uk and the unmoderated hateful comments they allow.
Even if M is controlling and selfish the press have made it easy for her to give up on Britain and Harry to want to protect her by stepping back.

Good grief grandad43, I 100% agree with you

I have commented little on the position of the Duke & Duchess of Sussex anywhere until now.

However, following last nights statement by the Duke, i have to say that i now find that someone I once deeply respected has turned into nothing short of a rambling, whining, self-pitying person with little grasp of reality and how he and his wife should treat and respect others.

He babbles on in regard to how difficult it has been to be born into the circumstance of being part of the Royal family. In that, perhaps he would have preferred to have been born into a family where there is illness, unemployment, or both, and the family has to rely on State Benefits and food banks for their very existence.

I also find that using a charity fundraising event to speak on little else but the self-created problems of himself and his wife totally and absolutely disgusting.

The sooner these two misfits are now gone from Britains shores the better it will be for this whole nation. However, no doubt we shall see whining Harry back in the UK when these two split up in the not very distant future.

He has learned ‘you can’t have it all’. Making their ‘we want list’ public was unwise, and his speech yesterday evening was
rather a sulk.

He is walking away from his father who has very troubling times ahead as does his brother.

I agree Daisymae Harry has lost a great deal with this move as have his father and brother.

It's does seem that what has been agreed is not what Harry and Meghan wanted. They made a major error by announcing their intentions before any discussion. They may have been poorly advised. Harry seems to have lost the most.

Also, everyone is very “disappointed” for the queen but it’s Charles who is the grandfather over here. He (and Camilla) will be missing out.

Bluedaisy - they haven’t had the title removed. The statement said they wouldn’t use it. It’s still there.

Trademarking a charitable foundation is pretty normal thing to do. It’s the Sussex Royal Foundation that has been trademarked. William and Kate did exactly the same www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9962791/Kate-Middleton-makes-her-mark-as-an-intellectual-property.html

Luckily for the press very few in the UK understand intellectual property law so they can use an entirely normal activity to write all sorts of vicious nonsense & stir up hate against the ‘uppity’ Duchess.

I am of the impression that Harry didn't want the total cut off that has happened. Judging by his speech tonight at a dinner for his Sentebale childens charity he was joping to be able to pick and choose what Royal appearances he made. Plus he didnt expect to be stripped of all his military titles. He certainly hasn't got just what he wanted. If they truly wanted to live quietly out of the public eye they could do so very well on the £2.3 million annual allowance from Prince Charles. But by registering the trademark Sussexroyal on so many items that they can market shows that it is not enough for them and they want more. So sad really.