Again, I’m trying not to oversaturate the market for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stories. When they get engaged, I want it to feel genuinely exciting and giddy, even if we all know that they’re totally engaged already and they’re just waiting to announce it. This month, Meghan finishes her work on Suits, which films in Toronto. We don’t have the exact date of her last day on set, but most people believe – and have believed for months – that as soon as Meghan is done in Toronto, she’ll be moving to London. Now the Daily Mail’s Girl About Town says that Meghan already has an idea for how she’ll occupy her time while in London:
Prince Harry’s girlfriend Meghan Markle is set to become a global charity campaigner when she moves to London this month. She may even set up her own foundation – which could clash with existing royal charities. The actress is moving to the UK as soon as she finishes filming the current series of legal drama Suits in Toronto, and she plans to rent a London office for her work, which will focus on women in need.
A source says: ‘It was always her intention to focus on her humanitarian work, and her relationship with Harry has merely accelerated things.’
I don’t get the tone here: “She may even set up her own foundation – which could clash with existing royal charities.” You mean like Heads Together, which Harry, William and Kate created as an umbrella organization for a dozen mental health-related charities, which actually might take away money from individual charities and their specific work? Or should we talk about Will, Kate and Harry’s central foundation, which does next to nothing other than bring in money and pay for office staff? I’m just saying – Will, Kate and Harry have no business lecturing anyone on setting up foundations with questionable motives.
Also: fashion designer Ben de Lisi made some comments comparing the style of Kate to the style of Meghan. De Lisi said:
“I think Meghan’s style is slightly younger than the Duchess of Cambridge, and slightly edgier, but that’s because Meghan is not walking in the role of a princess and Kate is. Kate has embraced it beautifully, with style and class. Sometimes it borders on being very safe but I always think she pulls it off beautifully. From photographs, I see [Meghan’s] style as classic chic. It’s quite clean, and I don’t see it as gratuitous fashion trends – I like the concept of her wearing a white shirt and jeans and flats with a beautiful statement bag. I think she’s all about the understatement.”
Everybody looks like a queen of understatement compared to Kate’s glorious buttons, endless doily dresses and four-inch cork wedges. But yes, I do think Meghan has better style, mostly because she has a “better eye” in general – she understands how clothes photograph, she understands her own body, and she just seems to like cuter, less fussy clothing in general. And Kate’s not a princess. When Meghan married Harry, Meg will likely be a duchess, just like Kate.
Photos courtesy of Wenn.
Engagement announcement to make me care Meghan.
I just love this comment 🙂
Mother Theresa in the making
I hope not, have you read Christopher Hitchens on Mother Teresa? An eye opener.
I have. And there was a documentary about how she treated those who ended up at her facility. It was quite disturbing. Skipping treatment of the poor and sick simply because suffering brings you closer to god is not even what they do at Catholic hospitals.
Best thing Hitchens ever wrote and it didn’t get enough attention. She was both cruel and a total fraud in every way.
The book is called “Missionary Position”, if anyone is interested, although I think it’s out of print now.
I agree with everyone. Christopher Hitchens was a great writer too.
Thanks for the suggestion. I just bought it in kindle format if anyone’s interested, thanks Pedro.
Agree, bluhare, and everyone else — Hitchens was an amazing writer and his well-researched book on Mother Teresa was an eye-opener.
And what was so understated about that gown she wore to the wedding she went to with Harry in Jamaica?? I hated that on her. She does generally dress more classic, which I love. That is my style, too.
I read here yesterday that Meghan can’t just move to England. There is paperwork, there are visas, there are time limits. And others said if the royals pushed all of that aside for Meghan, especially in light of the immigration brakes being put on by Brexit, it would cause an uproar. What is the situation as far as moving to England?
Just asking. Don’t kill me.
Well firstly I agree I thought the Erdem dress was ghastly, not my kind of thing and not the best for Meghan. It made her look frumpy but I think she deliberately chose not to look her best so as not to steal the headlines too much. If meghan wants to turn it on she knows what to wear to look totally stunning.
Well I am now beginning to believe that Meghan will come over to do some behind the scenes ‘charity work’ as a way of being able to stay in the UK, otherwise if she stayed back in Canada or the US it could take as long as two years to get a marriage visa to come to the UK. When she does start this ‘charity work’ I can just imagine DM and its trolls raging on about using ‘charity work’ as a pretence to get a visa. As far as I am concerned the royals should be given special treatment to fast track any potential foreign spouses.
We are supposed to like Meghan and dislike Kate therefore we are supposed to believe that Meghan has style and Kate is a lazy grandma looking free loader.
I wonder on what basis her UK visa will be issued, when she ‘moved over’.
As a Canadian, she wouldn’t legally be able to work without one. Or is she done with having a real job?
It can’t be as a partner/spouse, given you have to either be married, or live together for 2 years.
Highly skilled worker? She’d need evidence that there are no better candidates within the EU.
She’s not a Canadian. She’s an American who works in Canada. That said-same situation with a visa.
Ah, you’re right CynicalAnn, my bad!
+100.
Meg Sparkle may be dual British through her paternal family (?) The BRF/ Prince Henry must have her move sorted.
As to doilly waitie middleton lambridge – another similar grannie tablecloth is wearing her at KP event.
I doubt very much that the actual visa process will apply to her. I’m sure there will be an expedited process
I think they’ll have to be engaged when the expedited process takes place.
If they’re not engaged currently, I don’t get how she can set up a foundation without some kind of visa (not a travel one) in hand.
She could probably do the investor visa thing and bring money over to get a visa the quickest way if she’s not engaged. Whether that would conflict with having a foundation, I’m not sure. How you could set up a foundation without a visa or meeting certain residence requirements, I do not understand at all.
As far as I understand (as an American immigrant to the UK), you can’t set up a foundation without having legal residence here. For normal folks coming over as partners (as I did, you have to either show evidence of shared residence for 2 years, or marriage, plus evidence of money etc.
Legally, one would require a visa, or leave to remain, to work/set up a foundation/get a NI number which underpins setting up a foundation or company.
Leave to remain as an investor is theoretically pretty straight forward – I imagine she’d go the VIP route (which actually exists for same day service and you don’t have to wait in the same room as the plebs). In fact I think there is even a Super VIP option where they come to YOU.
I was mostly just snarking at how easy this will likely be for her (and being bitter about what a pain in my arse it is to renew every 2.5 years!)
Oh to be rich and shagging a Prince 🙂
There is the Tier 1 investor visa which requires either £50,000 or £200,000 in investment funds. That gives 3+ years living legally in the UK, if it could apply. I don’t know how that would play out if it was directed towards a charity and not “invested” in for-profit UK businesses.
Meanwhile Kate could have started a foundation without all this hassle and never bothered to lift a finger during the waiting years.
I read here yesterday that any expedited process will cause an uproar, especially with the brakes put on immigration with Brexit. I think it will cause hard feelings if they speed it up. Maybe they started the paperwork six months ago?
+1000
Especially if they are engaged – or is actually dual citizen.
+1million @Nic919
Lazy entitled waitie middleton would never feel the need to help the less fortunate – even with other people Taxpayers Duchy funds.
With her foundation, she will be bringing in money not taking someone else’s job. So the necessity for a work visa may not apply. She will likely hire people to help her so that is creating jobs. You can be sure her application won’t be stuck in the bureaucratic pile.
Good for her, very proactive and creative.
They’d have to make sure any visa situation was done on the up-and-up to quiet the screaming.
I think whomever Harry marries should start their own outside charity, like Sentebale, where they focus a lot of their time. As Queen Silvia of Sweden did with the World Childhood Foundation.
She can get an investors’ visa. But I wonder how that applies to a non-profit/charity.
+1000
Nota
Would Sparkle really need an ‘investors’ visa… the charities would be a global one – not UK specific. Technically, she would only operate – have her office based in the UK while Princess Henry in waiting royal lessons/duties are carried out.
After Remembrance Day, we could have an announcement -if not December.
Highly skilled worker probably. They make it so hard now for normal folk. I paid $400 to get a spousal visa now you need to earn about £80k and fork over £4k otherwise you can’t bring them over. She will need some sort of visa she can’t stay here for an extended period of time without one.
Hell if she did I would cause an uproar. I was once deported because I didn’t have the correct visa. I had £50,000 in a UK account, and a letter of acceptance from my school. It was total BS. They made me feel like a criminal. The whole process was insulting. They let a Nigerian woman flying on a registered stolen passport by Interpol go through. It was a joke. unfortunately I’ve heard of this happening to other Americans (detained and deported at the airport). I once overheard a girl crying in Starbucks because she had just been sent back to Paris. She said they looked through her belongings and determined she was not going to leave so they sent her back. So even if you can stay legally for 6 months, only being 3 outfits I guess because any more and you’ll look like you’re trying to stay.
Anyway I do hope this visa thing is questioned. I get it, she got a Prince so she’s no mere mortal but with the Paradise Papers it’s become increasingly clear that the Royals need to be axed and soon.
Not a fan of ripped jeans, but I do like her sense of fashion.
Totally agree.
Same here. Excited to see what she does w royal protocol dressing guidelines.
I think we’ll find out just how much of the “royal protocol” was Kate having really bad taste. If she can get away with jeggings and multiple flashes, I don’t see what kind of restrictions there really are.
+100
Even ripped Sparkle wears carries off chic! culturally i associate jeans as more an American (!??) Love -now global wear.
But do hope they are quickly relegated to private time wear.
Meghan makes ripped jeans look stylish. I really really hopes she continues to wear them in the UK….to let the jealous idiots know that she is her own person!
Kate also just doesn’t have the personality to make her clothes come alive. When looking at outfits on other royal family members around Europe, many times they’re wearing things I could see Kate wearing. However, the outfit on Kate would come off as dull/boring because she is not a vibrant person. I mean, my god, even Melania pulls off her outfits, and I wouldn’t call her vibrant, but she does have the wherewithal or sense of self to pull of her statement looks.
Kate has no idea how to choose clothes that flatter her figure and she is befuddled by accessories. A professional stylist could make her look so much better.
Why are woman expected to be clothes horses perhaps they just wear what they feel comfortable in
Kate also just doesn’t have the personality to make her clothes come alive. When looking at outfits on other royal family members around Europe, many times they’re wearing things I could see Kate wearing. However, the outfit on Kate would come off as dull/boring because she is not a vibrant person. I mean, my god, even Melania pulls off her outfits, and she doesn’t even speak. 😉
True.
The Superlative Saint Meg narrative continues.
Haha thought I was the only one who noticed that. I keep wondering what it is with the absolute praises for this girl and the bashing for Kate Middleton, it’s so bizarre.
So what? Differences of opinion keep things entertaining.
@Aurora. People here may side-eye Kate for her lifelong avoidance of work, her avoidance of her public duties as the wife of William, while being an apparent WAG-like spendthrift — and yes, her role comes with a title and is a job, an official role, not just a marriage. She is given funds to enjoy in exchange for her work, but the work is sometimes a matter of missed days, missed weeks. She even shirks appearances for groups for which she is the patron. Would you be paid and celebrated for missing most of your work days?
Her repeat flashing, and disclination to learn to give a basic public speech also have earned some raised eyebrows. She has a degree, yet apparently does precious little in what could be a meaningful role — a role that she actively pursued for ten years, and has been in for additional years. She often seems like a child being babied, even in her mid 30s, by mother and husband, compared to other modern princesses of non royal pedigree in her age group who are making their own path, making an effort.
Those of us who cheered her arrival years ago are thus rather disappointed in her lack of effort.
Meanwhile, Meghan works, started and ran a popular website, got a good degree, did diplomatic internship in a South America, pursues charitable causes, had lucrative business deals in Canada in addition to her acting. She seems on record to be the one with skills and promise, the one using her degree, whose goals are bigger than shopping, who learned to stand on her own two feet. And the tone of our comments tends to reflect that we notice this.
@ Liberty, Bluhare
I agree with you about both ladies. I am a 100% unashamed, pom-pom carrying FANGIRL of Meghans..
BUT, I just don’t get the need for us to keep drop-kicking Kate…….she IS everything you’ve said, (lazy, unambitious, unimaginative, etc), but she’s not a murderer, or a thief, or child abuser….etc. Some light ribbing, I can understand, but the passionate and consistent attacks is what i just don’t understand. It feels like watching someone scream at a slightly wilted potted plant.
Not saying you’re screaming, Liberty……of course not. You are a perfectly reasonable commenter as are many of her critics…………..But surely, there are tons of villains out there, far more deserving of the energy and creativity we waste on criticizing her?
The one other thing that makes me feel sorry for her is the fact that she’s never pretended to aspire to be anything other than Williams partner. We might be disappointed in her performance, but surely, that’s down to the expectations that we’ve placed on her, not down to anything she said or did to portray herself as more dynamic than she actually is.
For the $600 million a year these people cost, it doesn’t matter if KM never aspired to anything. The expectation is 500+ engagements a year. She is in the Family Firm now and like her workshy husband, needs to stop spending the salary without earning it.
Well when the standard is the bare minimum it isn’t hard to exceed.
Amen!
Make no bones Meg Sparkle is in a weighty load on her shoulders – to right the very wrong of lazy entitled waste – that is waitie do little middleton
Well it makes a welcome difference from utterly brainless garbage being spewed out on DM on a daily basis. At least the intelligent pro comments here about Meghan are rooted in truth and reality and not lies and racism.
The problem with people who date and marry the royals is people put their own image and narative of them onto the person and think they know them most of all public figure images are a pr narative but people think they know them
@ PrincessK
100% agree! While I think overall, we are a little bit heavy on Kate (sometimes, VERY), the criticisms are still reasonable and well thought out…………if anything, I think a lot of women here try to project their own high achieving, ambitious, self propelling personas on Kate and are disappointed by the reality.
I’ve also never seen anyone employ outright lies or half-truths as their basis for criticism, so there’s a WORLD of difference.
Well, she can’t very well say at this point (without the ring) that she’s moving there just for him, right? She has to do something work-wise. My guess is that the engagement is announced by Christmas.
Yes, because of the visa issue I think the engagement needs to happen sooner rather than later.
Is this engagement still on? If she moves to London it’s not confirmation. I’m starting to believe the commitment phobic stories about Harry.
We don’t know if they are engaged, even thinking about marriage, or deciding to live together for X amount of time full-time before deciding what they will do in their relationship.
For Harry? One long-term relationship when both were quite young, one short public FWB with Cressida, and this relationship of 15 months. I don’t see a commitment phobe. I see someone who has stated that he has to find someone for him and for the job. If these two date for 10 years without getting married, then we can compare Harry to his commitment-phobe older brother.
Funny how you’re ready to erase Cressida’s relationship with Harry just to elevate Meghan’s status.
We’re all on the outside looking in. Looking in at that one, which lasted about a year from what I could see? A casual relationship mostly brought about by being available, in the same peer group, and friendly with the York cousins. The statement last November from the Palace elevates this current relationship too.
I don’t see Harry as a commitment-phobe, but from stories I have read frequently, he might be a love-sick kind of guy. Many stories about his meeting a new woman and then obsessively texting, texting, texting her. I think he may be in love with love, or if not that, he was texting because he was desperate for a woman to love him, too.
Either way, it doesn’t sound like healthy young man behavior.
All those are are stories. Unless any of the women have come forward on record, likely more spin because he hasn’t given the press much to go on in his personal life in the last 5 years. What we’ve seen are three “public” relationships in his 33 years, and him going on record about wanting to get married, have kids, and the struggle to find someone who wants him and the job.
So @nota sugar, do you think we will ever hear any Weinstein-like stories from the BRF? I mean, I can’t imagine Wills is very gentlemanly. I know his uncle has some serious issues.
Oh, I bet there’s a few about Andrew.
@bluhare, more than a few about Andrew. He’d be wise to move full-time to Switzerland the second HM passes away.
The engagement is still very much on, she needs to find a way to move to London first for visa issues I think.
She is an edgier dresser, but she’s an actress. How often are pretty actresses not edgy?
Both Kate and Meghan are slim, and I think that helps them both in terms of looking good in clothes. Clothes won’t look sloppy on either of them no matter how good or bad the actual clothes are. I don’t get the big whoop about the beige dress MM is wearing in the top picture (the bow on the side is actually kind of ugly to me), but since she’s slim and in shape she’s clearly not going to look terrible in it.
Ironically, Kate has a more typical model’s body for clothing. Meghan is shorter and curvier than Kate. Meghan has to be more careful as to the kind of clothes she wears, but she seems to have a good handle on dressing for her good points.
Kate has not a clue. I think she cares, cause she spends a lot of $$$ on clothes, but she just doesn’t seem to have an eye for it. Which is weird, cause art history majors look at lots and lots and lots of beautiful objects in all types of genres and that can help develop an eye for proportion, at least. But she doesn’t seem to even have that.
Maren, your comment about Kate – Arts degree – fashion is so spot on. One more reason for me to think that she just floated through university to grab Bill. Absolutely.
@ Maren, SoulSpa
Is it possible that the issue here is nothing more than a difference in taste? I think Kate dresses very appropriately for her position. Is she perfect, no. But I think she get it right for her personality and silhouette.
Is she my style icon? Probably not. Is she the worst dresser ever? I don’t think so either.
In fact, I will go as far as saying she *SOMETIMES* dresses beautifully (in my humble opinion). (Its also possible I have terrible taste – at least according to many people here)
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/g1811/kate-middleton-outfits/?slide=7
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/g1811/kate-middleton-outfits/?slide=17
https://fashionmagazine.com/culture/kate-middleton-erdem-100-women-hedge-funds/
Disclaimer: I hate the nude shoe obsession too.
I’m looking forward to seeing what Meghan does with her foundation! I hope she’s serious about using her new position to do humanitarian work. And if she is, she will definitely outshine Kate.
It would be totally amazing if Meghan (after the presumed wedding) just got right down to work and showed Kate and Will how it’s done. Although, I suppose it’s possible that she would be discouraged from showing them up. Endless speculation is my lifeblood.
Meghan seems to have curtailed much of her charity work since hooking up with Harry. I think she will become a Do Nothing, just like Wills, Kate and Harry, who is a do-nothing, too.
@Maren-what’s your evidence that she’s curtailed her efforts? Didn’t she go to India last January? Didn’t she write an article for Time magazine right afterwards about providing sanitary products for girls/women in developing countries?
Well I think Meghan and Harry will get right down to starting a family and I for one would not want there to be too stressed out with a) Adjusting to life in the UK b) Trying for a baby in her late 30s and c) Trying too hard with charity work. She will have plenty of time to do good things in the future.
Won’t believe it till it happens. Yawns @ all of these stories wake me up when an engagement or break up is announced.
Have nothing to add but she has lovely legs, I ‘ m a sucker for a well turned foot and ankle. Also see Princess Eugenie.
Wnere do they all get trained to effortlessly cross their legs like that in pics? It takes me a couple minutes and a hand bar to manage, and that’s not even in heels.
really? she’s a slim woman, nice figure but her legs are abnormally skinny for her frame, like there’s pretty much no muscle tone there…her arms are actually bigger than her legs in that picture…yeah, i know, petty as hell…say what you will about Kate’s personality but she’s always had slim shapely legs.
I will also be petty here and agree..lol. I prefer M in pants.
Yes, Kate’s legs have always been her best feature IMO.
With all the thousands of established charities out there to me it is the height of ego to start another..
So it has your name on it?
So you can control it?
Why can’t she just arrive low key and work for a children’s charity or the Grenfell Fire support charity which is the wrong side of the Kensington tracks and close by or chose anything !
I would like one of these royals to support animal charity instead of shooting fishing and hunting anything that moves..
There are children’s charities galore..or work quietly for a hospital like Marilyn Monroe who gave money and left some in a her will to Great Ormond Street..even Princess Diana was low key on visiting..
I just get so mad when you hear of another start up…
That is a really great point! I too have never understood why every celebrity has to have their own charity.
As a longtime nonprofit professional, I see where your comment is coming from. You are both right and wrong, in a way…
Many of us would totally agree that it is better to merge a few projects instead of creating more that will compete for the same limited funding, meaning less for all, but a foundation is different. A foundation is a second-tier organization that manages funds and gives to other, smaller nonprofits. Unlike Heads Together, it would issue calls for proposals and give grants to specific projects within charities. It makes it easier to manage donations and makes charities accountable.
I don’t think we have too many Foundations, more are always welcome as soon as they have a clear mission and they follow through on what charities are doing with their money. As a future donor, it’s a practical choice, and much smarter than just lending “visibility” on a personal level.
Oh, and celebrities do it for the write-off. Again, this is for charities. Foundations are a whole other business.
It depends on the charity and whether or not it does something others don’t. Charles’s work (Prince’s Trust, Dumfries House) filled a gap.
We didnt hear this ‘start up charity’ formally from Prince Henry Sparkle (or KP). And should revisit this comment and others above (No engagement!), after MM is seen settled in London.
For potential King Henry Sparkler Couple to have ither plans than an royal engagement announced after Meg Sparkle IG appearances , businesses and work closure – would be very curious.
High profile prefer to start their own foundation/charities because they can control what goes on and prevent bad publicity. If you merge you run the risk of reputation damage because you cannot be sure of who you are getting tin to bed with. But above all most high profile people have these foundations as a way of using tax deductible money in a beneficial way.
My niece married a Englishman and moved there. But the govt. will not let her 24yr old daughter live with them. Even though she went to College there. He offered to sign papers he would be responsible for her. But it did not impress them I guess and she got the boot.
I hear you; and it’s just one of many, many such shocking cases – of highly skilled professionals (not that it should matter) who’ve been living with their British spouses for decades, and now they have to go.
I am very sorry for your family. I hope everything turns out all right.
No engagement for these two. She met the queen, queen said no need to rush. Hence, the 1 year wait. Still moving to London to try to get the ring.
You know, this could be. Funny, there is a supposed delay right after meeting the Queen. If she did meet the Queen. Or there is a delay?? We don’t know, but if that story is true, your comment makes a lot of sense.
The Queen may go along with Harry, but come on!! Does anyone really think she WANTS her British grandson to marry a divorced American actress?? Yes, yes, I know..Meghan will supposedly embarrass the rest of them with her work ethic, but a) she hasn’t done much since hooking up with Harry and b) imagine the pressure on her to NOT outshine Kate. And Meghan is better educated and seems more intelligent than Wills, Kate or Harry, but Harry is her beloved grandson, and as much as people say the Queen just wants her grandson to be happy, this is not a typical Grandma. She has their legacy to consider, and Meghan is an outsider.
Nah. Harry’s happy and does work, the Queen is going along with it. I would think it’s more Meghan herself-she’s giving up all her privacy, and her citizenship, to be a member of the BRF. That’s a bigger commitment than just a marriage. I still think engagement is imminent.
Harry doesn’t work. He did, what, 80 events last year, figure a couple of hours each one? And he blows into the Invictus Games for a week after all the work is done. I don’t think he even did any Sentable Charity events this year.
I don’t understand why Lazy Harry gets away with doing less work than Wills? And everyone thinks he is some ambitious, hard-working fellow. He is a playboy, a dilettante, he isn’t his mother’s son. At his age, with two young boys, she was doing hundreds and hundreds of events, before announcing a break. No, he isn’t either of his parents. At all.
But I agree with you that I think Meghan has a lot more to think about, and is giving up a LOT more, than Harry is.
166, nowhere near enough, but double the number you’re throwing around as fact.
IMO Harry has the best of both parents. Diana’s human touch and Charles’s organizational skills.
Like Charles is with Dumfries House, Harry is heavily-invested in Invictus Games and Sentebale. No, they do not run without him or without him working hard at them. He did the annual Sentebale Cup fund-raiser and gave a speech at the global HIV/AIDS Conference in South Africa, as just two examples. Does he work hard enough? Nowhere near, but I see no reason to lie and say he did nothing.
She is not moving to London to get the ring, she has already got the ring! She is moving to London to ease visa/settlement issues.
The beige bow dress and nude shoes in the header pic don’t really read “edgy” to me and the navy plus black plus grey mashup in the second pic doesn’t show a great eye for fashion. I think she has had some fashion hits, but ripped jeans, white shirt and flat shoes is a basic outfit most women own and hardly something to gush about. As a previous poster said, Meghan and Kate are both slim and attractive so most things will look good on them, but neither are particularly fashionable imo.
There’s really nothing edgy about what Meghan wears. Maybe her style is edgy compared to Kate’s but nothing she wears is particularly stylish. Her style is a dime a dozen.
Couldn’t agree with you more. People keep trying to make her more than she really is. No shade, but let’s be real people.
@Polly….My dear, it is the way you wear it. Meghan wore white shirt and jeans and looked stunning, the rest of us have those items but would just look ordinary, ordinary, ordinary!
Speak for yourself, Princessk. 🙂
Meghan is not stylish. She is just a relatively skinny woman who doesn’t necessarily have a bad fashion sense. I am no fan of Waity Katey but she dresses well for her role as future queen if all goes well for her. Yes she has the personality of a wet paper towel, but she is doing pretty okay in the wardrobe deparment minus her love of having “Marilyn Moments”.
Also, I see the palace trying to turn Meghan into some kind of Diana figure to show how progressive the RF now is. Good luck to them. She is not actually dynamic or captivating. She is just okay, much like her acting in Suits -_-.
Yeah, technically Kate is a princess, but Duchess is actually of a higher royal status than princess. Not that I very much care, but just sayin’…
I’m confused. I get that any title Kate has is just an auxiliary to her husband’s, but of the blood royals in line to the throne, doesn’t princess out rank duchesses? Wasn’t Liz a princess while next in line to the throne?
Yes, all of the born princesses outrank Kate Middleton. When she is with her husband, they are outranked by her husband (not her). When she is alone, the princesses outrank her.
It very much depends. Camilla is the highest ranking woman in the country outside of the Queen, and she is the Princess of Wales. After that, it’s actually Sophie, and she is neither a princess nor a duchess. Then it’s Anne, who is of course the Princess Royal. Then Kate, and all the other wives of the Sovereign’s grandsons. Then the granddaughters (Zara, who isn’t a princess, and Beatrice and Eugenie, who are).
That’s the traditional order, but modern practice is slightly different. In 2005, HM changed the order of precedence for private occasions, putting Camilla fourth in the order of precedence, after herself, Anne and Princess Alexandra, contrary to the usual position of the heir’s consort. (Diana had ranked above the Princess Royal and Princess Alexandra). Camilla continues to rank second in the order of precedence at official occasions, such as state dinners. Also. Princesses such as Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie, also rank above Kate when she is not accompanied by her husband. When Kate is joined by William, the roles are reversed with her outranking the Princesses.
It’s all bollocks, of course, but they all seem to care a great deal about it.
The change in the Order make sense – surely HM blood – daughter and cousin is ahead of marry ins.
Meg Sparkle didnt get this successful wealthy business woman as stupid. Surely there is a reason for her regular changes. This side bar charity could be a diversion to add some surprize spark to the announcemenr.
I never understodd why women are this stupid. If he drops her she’s left with nothing. She quit her job to be a princess and live a horrible life where every step you take is planned to the max and you’re basically a royal birthing machine.
If they marry, she has an automatic global platform for good. As long as she partners with the courtiers instead of fighting them (William and Kate, and to some extent Harry), she does what she wants with an efficient staff that WANTS her to succeed.
Courtiers are the people who magic “three days a week, five months of the year” into 500 engagements annually. Get the courtiers on your side, defer to their institutional knowledge, and you win.
The BRF courtiers are not the Japanese Imperial Household Agency.