We heard that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex likely exchanged gifts with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I had some thoughts about what those gifts probably were, but honestly, my guess is the gifts were probably more kid-centric than anything else. Regardless of the royal beef between Prince William and Prince Harry, I could absolutely see them putting aside their differences to send some lovely gifts to each other’s children. But make no mistake, William and Harry are still beefing. And how will that affect the – lol – one year review??
Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand’s book about Meghan and Harry, “Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family,” did not exactly help William and Harry’s troubled relationship. However, there had been hopes that subsequent events this year, including Covid and Meghan’s tragic miscarriage, might have helped the brothers get their quarrel into perspective. Alas not. Despite reports in the Sun that the two have “exchanged presents,” a source described as “a friend of the brothers” has told The Sunday Times that things are “still not great” between the two siblings.
The comment appears in a review of the year by the paper’s royal correspondent, Roya Nikkhah, who also casts an eye forward to the review of the terms of Harry and Meghan’s departure from the royal family which is due this coming March. She suggests that the feeling at the palace is that there will not be a huge amount to talk about and, bar a few minor adjustments, the Sussexes will be more or less cut loose completely.
“The feeling at monarchy HQ is that the Sussexes are making their way in a brave new world and good luck to them,” Nikkhah writes, adding that sources said “far bigger issues” have put the acrimony around the separation into context.
“Harry and Meghan have more control over their lives, but they have taken some major hits to their reputation,” a royal source who is described as knowing the couple is quoted as saying. “There is a portrayal of Harry in some parts of the media as to some extent having abandoned Britishness for a more progressive Californian style. That probably quite accurately reflects what a lot of the British public are thinking.”
However another source added: “They are a big loss to the institution and the nation. The biggest loss is on the family side of things; there’s a lot of repair to be done.”
“There is a portrayal of Harry in some parts of the media as to some extent having abandoned Britishness for a more progressive Californian style…” It’s hard to keep up with how the British press portrays Harry – as someone who is aggressively woke, and that’s terrible, except when William is also woke, which is great. And what parts of “Britishness” did Harry really “abandon”? Is it a national characteristic to just sit around and take endless abuse from your toxic family, a family working in conjunction with a toxic press? But I’m sure there are a lot of British people who feel like Harry “abandoned” them. And to that I say… oh well?
As for what’s being said about the one-year review… lol. For months, the press and the royal family were holding that review over Harry and Meghan’s heads, like the review would just be a litany of grievances and punishments handed down. But one year after Sussexiting, Harry and Meghan are rich, busy and still pulling focus from the Windsors’ clown show. Instead of wishing them well and saying goodbye, the one year review should be the Sussexes presenting the Windsors with the Sussexes’ review of what the family should do to improve from here on out.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
Lmaooooooo@”cut loose”
The Sussexes cut those ties and burned the rope a year ago.
Freedom, independence, financial security, liberation from the rat rota, warm weather, a £11million new home, a Harry Walker signing, a £150million Netflix deal, a £50million Spotify deal, lucrative investments, charitable collaborations with prominent organisations, Archewell Foundation and a growing family…
Yeah, keep dreaming about that “oNe yEaR rEviEw.” Harry and Meghan are busy.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I laughed so hard at that. The BRF is trying so hard to make it look like this was their decision when anyone with half a brain cell knows that H&M left all on their own a year ago. They cut *themselves* loose.
It’s so funny how the family/ROTA are placing so much importance on this “review” when in actuality it really means nothing, at least as far as H&M are concerned. It’s a joke.
yes, very funny! they also like to use that H&M were ‘exiled’ a lot LOL
This is like closing the barn door after the horse got out and won the Kentucky Derby.
@Truthiness what a perfect addition to the phrase! 😀
Hahahaha I’m going to use that
Very funny.
@Celebitchy: I think we might need to move to three or five comments of the week because there have been so, so many great ones recently.
Between this one and “They should have listened to the Platinum-level advisors” (I’m sorry, I forgot which poster wrote that) I’m howling over here. 😂
Royals call up in March to inflict their “one year review”
Hazza & Megs: “nEw pHoNe wHo diS?”
➕💯 Kaiser. Your commentary on this is spot on. The only place this one year review is happening is inside William’s and the Royal 🐀 Rota’s heads. They wanted them gone, their gone and thriving —— move on!
As if they have any support now anyways
“Making their way in a brave new world…”
They’re still hoping they will fail but at this point with $100milion plus in the bank it would seem hard to.
My prediction though is at the one year review they are going to “take back” Frogmore. Hence why Eugenia had to move out in the dead of night. They’re itching to take something and it seems hard for them to take their titles without taking Andrew’s.
I can see the Royal Family “taking back” Frogmore to show the public that they’re punishing Harry and Meghan for leaving. Now, that I think about it, I wonder if Harry and Meghan have already given up Frogmore and the Royal Family came up with the story of Eugenia moving in. There were stories during the summer of Frogmore being taken away from Harry and Meghan and given to one of the York sisters. Anyway, if Harry and Meghan want a place in the UK, they have more than enough money to buy one.
If I were them, I’d never stay at Frogmore again, no matter what.
I’d be way too afraid that it was bugged, and we already know they have the place under surveillance 24 hours a day even as it sat empty, just in *case* something happened, which is, I think, how we found out about Eugenie in the first place.
I definitely believe the family is petty enough to “take it back,” just so they have SOMEthing to give the press that looks punitive, but it would be an empty gesture.
Frogmore is under a predetermined amount of time lease. It cannot be taken back as long as the lease is upheld.
Even when the Cambridge’s wanted their current KP apartment. The charity that was in there had to willingly exit their lease. Same with Anmer. The lease holders had to consent. No matter how petty Betty is she doesn’t have the authority to take Frogmore away.
The Sussexes paid their rent for an undisclosed amount of time. So, the Royals won’t be “taking it back” until that time is up without the crown estates being forced to give them their money back. While the Queen can give working Royals free properties, they can also be rented to literally anyone who can afford them. So, unless someone else is ready and waiting to rent it, it would be stupid to kick them out. I don’t really believe the story about Eugenie being forced out either. Andrew would throw a fit and she’d never go against him. It’s more likely that they just didn’t want people to know that they were renovating their cottage at KP.
H&M: Leave, Forge their own careers, do some great deals, make some money, buy their new family home, and build on their charity work, all without so much as a backward glance.
BRF: We cut you loose!
LOL! “You didn’t break up with me, I broke up with you!”
We were on a break!
😂
At Tasha:😂🤣😂😂
Duh. This should be as obvious to that bunch of braindead inbreds as ‘can you test the smell by smelling it?’ However, as they’re working off centuries of manufactured arrogance, entitlement and privilege, they still can’t imagine that H&M don’t want to be just like them.
LOL. They are not coming back to work for an archaic institution that demands their silence! Yes, things are probably still pretty bad between Harry and his POS, back stabbing brother – and they probably always will be. The RF has done nothing but take cheap shots at H&M since they left. The worst kind of ex.
As I said a couple of weeks ago, H&M’s only contribution to the one year review should be to send them a binder full of the articles comprised of leaks from H’s “concerned” family.
The only “hits” they’ve taken to their reputation are directly from the RF’s sycophantic supporters in the media – and people outside of Great Britain have caught on.
In that binder they should include side-by-side comparisons of articles about them and about the Cambridges from the past 12 months, especially where Covid is concerned. If the BRF’s big worry is that their “sterling” reputation is being damaged, they’re right, but it’s not by Harry and Meghan.
I think H&M should present that binder but as their proposal to manage KP’s communications strategy… clearly the blundering fools at KP need help. It would be such a d—k move to use the “one year review” (assuming that’s even a real thing) to show KP everything they are doing wrong and I’m here for it.
So, nothing will change. From Harry’s perspective it was a done deal back in March. It was the royal family and the British media that were in denial. They REALLY believed that Harry and Meghan would fall flat on their faces and come crawling back.
This past years was like watching the stages of grief in real time. I guess they have finally reached acceptance.
@ Snuffles : I don’t know why but I have a feeling the BRF will take back the Sussex titles at the review (i.e. Duke and Duchess of Sussex). It will still be Prince Harry and MM will be Princess Harry (odd sounding, I know) as that is how they do it for Princess Michael of Kent. I don’t think it will have any real impact on H&M as they have moved on professionally from the titles. I think the BRF will say they are “sad” to do it but they will take the Sussex titles anyway.
They can’t just take away Harry’s ducal title – as far as I understand, that would require an Act of Parliament and a legitimate reason (which they don’t have).
A reverse review would be hilarious, but actually they are showing the way with what they do, like wearing masks and actually DOING things to help not trotting round on a train.
@Janey: I would truly pay any sum of money to see this
Interpretation:
My ex leveled up and I’m salty so I am going to tell everyone that I dumped her.
I know we all say this family is dysfunctional but they truly are. If I left my family firm to do something else that my family wasn’t totally on board with they would still say good luck and I would still be part of the family. Harry has had months away from the rf seething bitterness and my guess is he wouldn’t go back if they made him king.
I do believe however the review won’t be harsh because Harry hasn’t said one word about his family and you know he knows enough to write several books.
They won’t touch Frogmore, because the Sussexes have paide for it, rent paid ahead as well. plus none of the York’s can offer to pay it . They are not working royals , so cannot have it for free. The RF still wants to see the Sussexes once in a while, by letting them have Frogmore, will gives them hope to see Archie. I have always believed that the review talk was created for the Rotten Rota, and trolls. They have already had the big conversation. Nothing will happen. They need to be in good therm with the Sussexes, and if they keep on taking things from them, they know that that they will never see them again.
I feel like they’re going to have to come up with something that they claim they’ve “taken away” from H&M just to satisfy their fan base, who have been clamoring for the titles to be stripped, etc.
In reality there is absolutely nothing they can do that will affect the Sussexes in any material way, but the ROTA has been building up this asinine review for so long now that the family probably feels like they need to give them something that seems punitive toward the Sussexes, just to shut them up.
Nothing the BRF does can actually impact the Sussexes’ lives in any way.
It’s all so contrived and ridiculous.
But it’s all very unhealthy family dynamics even though the toxic anti-Stans are fine with it. Funnily enough they defend Thomas Markle but support the Windsors being apart from the Sussexes. The royals can get away with doing nothing and just reframe it as the family healing their rift.
Kalana, yes, the stans complain about how Tom was “so badly treated” and ignore the way he cashed in by getting paid to slam his daughter to the media. He even admitted it on that TV “special” he had.
Dysfunctional is right. When H and M were getting married and M had to cut off her toxic father, some people were commenting on how “lucky” she was to have Harry’s family. Even back then, I said the Windsors are no prized pigs themselves, so I don’t know how “lucky” she was to have them as in-laws. I only hope Harry can find the strength to cut his toxic family out of his life until they learn to change, the way his wife could.
I think before Meghan came along, William was being very unpleasant to Harry. Then when William started playing head of the family and “advised” Harry about Meghan it got a lot worse. It would have gotten worse for them as William increased his throwing his weight around.
I’m watching The Crown for the first time and it astonishes me that ANYONE can be anti H&M after watching that show and seeing how the family treats people they perceive as unworthy or “abandoning” them, like Edward VIII, whose story is SO similar to Harry’s. In the show they cry and whine about why Edward doesn’t miss his family and his country, and he’s like “umm, because you treat my wife like garbage?” And they roll their eyes because he married an American divorcée. Lol. It’s wild.
I don’t like the comparison to Edward VIII. Harry never cozied up to Nazis.
In romantic situation only – as I said, I only started watching the show and have no idea what else this person got up to in real life.
@Case nope not even romantically. Harry and Edward (David) are two completely different people. Edward was a straight up Nazi (like a lot of the European Royals at that time) who was dependent on the public purse until his death.
Harry and Meghan are self sufficient and keen to work.
Alright well please disregard my first comment then. I don’t have a lot of Royal knowledge and didn’t know Edward VIII was a Nazi. Obviously I love H&M and don’t think their Nazis, lol, was merely drawing the comparison because they both married American divorcees. My apologies for speaking on something I’m not well versed in, I shouldn’t have.
The Germans treated Wallis very well, like royalty, and Edward was pleased by this. This may have been some manipulation on the part of the Nazis, however.
Edward is not a good analogy to Harry but let’s give @Case a break, she said she just started watching the series – if you have limited knowledge of Edward prior to watching then it does take a few seasons (maybe the second season? halfway?) when his Nazi activities really get examined.
On the surface there are comparisons between the 2 couples, but scratch anywhere and nothing is the same.
I’m not going to pile on. The stories are worth examining though! But aside from both being BRF married to American women there’s not much there.
@Becks1 Thank you! Definitely did not intend to imply H&M are like clearly horrible people. I’ve learned my lesson not to comment on royal history when I’m only on episode 5 of The Crown, lol. A royal historian I definitely am not.
@Quietstorm quite a few European Royals had Nazi affiliations as they were terrified by what had happened to their cousins – the Russian Imperial family via the Bolsheviks. Also growing unrest in Europe often pushed Royals into the arms of the fascists whom they felt could protect them until they were told in no uncertain terms that those associations were not approved of by foreign governments.
I see a lot of parallels with the current BRF and the rest of Europe. I think eventually they will find themselves on the wrong side of history with a hugely diminished Union, at which point Chuck will need to do more than just ‘slim down’. Maybe Harry and Meg saw that all long. So another reason to leave the train wreck of an institution-family hybrid.
@Case, FWIW I totally agree with what Becks said and didn’t think you meant anything critical or negative by it : )
I see this discussion a lot here, but have never commented on it before. People are rightly infuriated about the fact that Edward may have betrayed the Allies to the Nazis. To be a traitor is despicable. Edward’s opinions and statements in later years, even after the full extent of Nazi atrocities were revealed, justify the contempt he arouses. However, the truth is the first half of the 1930’s saw a huge rise in popular facism in England, led by a prominent MP. I have seen photos of crowded rallies giving Nazi salutes and so on I would have sworn were taken in Germany, but were in fact London. By 1935, the tide turned, I think mostly due to the rising levels of violence and increasingly extreme ideas, public wearing of their blackshirt uniform was banned etc. After the destruction and disillusionment of WWI, people were looking to remake the world and movements that aspired to radical change were attractive. There is a well known link between suffragettes and British facism. I just think it is important to remember that this is the background of England of the 20’s and 30’s when we are talking about Edward prior to the Abdication.
I think the Edward situation was a bit different with him being a Nazi sympathizer who may have leaked classified info to Germany and all. I find it laughable anyone can sympathize with Edward. Very different situation than with Harry and Meghan.
A lot of history around Edward has been white washed. Him being a Nazi sympathiser wouldn’t have been out of the ordinary in his circles. Many in the British establishment supported the Nazis. Their stance only changed when they found out about the concentration camps. The British used that to differentiate themselves from the Germans and to elevate their status as a country for human rights, against tyranny and a global power at the same time they were subjugating people around the world in a similar way.
For everyone pointing there are so many differences between Edward and Wallis and Harry and Meghan, yes there are many. But in essence, there is a similar storyline here: two members of the BRF exited the royal life for the women they loved and both were equally dramatic. Edward was king when he was forced to abdicate because at the time marrying a twice divorced American woman was not possible. There were similar objections raised before Harry and Meghan even married: she had been divorced, she was American and the added objections of she was an actress and biracial. After years of abuse from the British media, Harry and Meghan decided enough was enough and stepped down from being working royals and escaped to the US. As with Edward and Wallis, it was a huge story.
Obviously that’s where the similarities end. Harry and Meghan aren’t Nazi sympathizers, are not depending on the BRF for money like Edward and Wallis did, and aren’t going to live a just live a life of leisure and high society. But in a way history does repeat itself in that family and there are so many examples to draw from.
Wallis Simpson was a nakedly ambitious, social-climbing, Nazi sympathizer who “stole” Edward from her best friend. She sold herself to the highest bidder but tried to back out of the marriage when he abdicated because she wanted to be Queen Consort. Any charity work she did was done under duress (i.e. working for the Red Cross during WWII when they were in the Bahamas) and she hated it. She was as cold and calculating as a rattlesnake. She and Meghan are as different as chalk and cheese.
Wallis reminds me of Top CEO (and her mother) in many ways – ruthless social climbers who were determined to ingratiate themselves into royal life at all and any costs.
Am not convinced Wallis wanted to marry Edward, I feel she was content to stay as his mistress – she pretty much said so in letters to her 2nd husband. She liked the thought of being the power behind the throne. She was backed into the marriage by his abdication and pretty much spent the rest of her life looking after him. It was said he was obsessed and would follow her around their home demanding all her attention.
Wallis was an interesting woman – certainly history blamed a lot of Edwards behaviour on her which is unfair as he was always a lazy and not very intelligent party boy. Wallis was the excuse used to get rid of him, the gov knew he was giving state secrets to the Nazis (Churchill covered it up) as well as the fact that he literally had no interest in his role as head of state and would not review/sign off on papers for weeks. He was a serious liability and she was scapegoated to get rid of him.
Thelma Furness was the previous mistress but she too was married. She trusted Wallis too much to say the least.
There are many differences between Edward VIII and Prince Harry. Harry is now way down in line of succession. Edward became King and abdicated. But he did get to keep his royal titles (except His Majesty the King of course)
and the HRH. Edward VIII was madly in love with Wallis and wanted to marry her. He was not allowed to compromise and have a morganatic marriage with her. The two liked the “social scene” in the US, spending time at the Waldorf Astoria in their own suite and wintering in Palm Beach. She liked throwing lavish dinner parties.
@Case, I know people have pointed out the fact that Edward was a Nazi. But the bare bones of the comparison are correct. This is a cold, and cruel, family to those they don’t think are on the “inside” so to speak. And I’m someone who honestly feels like Edward’s parents get a bad rep in this scenario, because much of the blame gets shifted to them for the coldness, but it’s not so much the individual aspects of any of their characters that are the problem here. The institution is cruel. It has rules that are cruel, and it incentivizes people to treat others in the family cruelly. It’s an institution that demands self-sacrifice, with no room for compassion for those who can’t fit. Maybe if it had been capable of that, there wouldn’t be so many issues with the whole show.
“cut loose completely” LOL what does that mean. The royal family has nothing to hold over their heads at this point. I know people keep bringing up the titles – but their titles are safe – they cant touch them while HRH Prince Andrew of York is waltzing around avoiding talking to various different countries’ law enforcement agencies. Harry and Meghan are done, there is nothing left to discuss. The “one year review” was always just to save the royals’ face.
It’s so funny! They already cut themselves off a year ago and haven’t looked back. This “review” was always a formality to give the appearance that the family was in control, which they are not.
Even if they did somehow find a way strip the titles, what they don’t understand is that to 99.9% of the world’s population, the HRH is meaningless and barely anyone would notice, let alone care. Like, do the royals think that Netflix and Spotify would drop them if they were no longer technically “HRH?” 😂 They truly have no idea how they’re perceived by the rest of the world.
Andrew is directly linked to three high profile child sex traffickers and yet the UK press pretends that somehow anything Harry does is worse. They are deranged and only bootlickers could not see the huge glaring red flag with this one year review nonsense.
Andrew keeps getting defended on social media which is rather awful.
The people who defend Andrew on Twitter horrify me.
When your best argument is, “It’s not pedophilia, it’s ephebophilia!” you should really stop and give some serious thought into what you’re typing and why you feel compelled to defend this man.
With the court case being delayed, the British press are eager for this one year review. Expect a lot of articles in the coming months previewing the Royal Family’s position. But I’m hoping Harry pre-empts all of that posturing by the press and the Palace by announcing in January that they won’t return as working royals and that they’re giving up their “royal” patronages. The only thing that the Royal Family can hold over them are their titles and I don’t think Meghan and Harry really care about that. So if the Roya Family decides to strips them of their titles they can go ahead. It maybe a popular move in the UK but I think would make the Royal Family look bad and petty around the rest of the world.
Harry cannot be stripped of his titles. HRH is his birthright and the Royal dukedom is an hereditary peerage to which Archie has a legal right of inheritance. It would take an Act of Parliament finding him guilty of treason to remove his royal titles. We are not at war with America and Harry is not conspiring with Britain’s enemies. He agreed not to use his HRH status in pursuing commercial work but even that cannot be enforced. See http://www.princessmichael.org.uk/ Both Prince and Princess Michael of Kent use their royal status in pursuing their various commercial enterprises.
And you know what. At the end of the day. If the RF is that petty, that they attempt to create some sort of legislative change and actually open that can of worms somehow in order to strip Harry and Meghan of their titles (which they do not want to create a mechanism to do, if they care about their own good), then fine. They can do that.
I said a long time ago that what these people want–the family and the press, is for Harry and Meghan to essentially be title-less, penniless, and working as a Walmart greeter or something. What they don’t get is that, even if they were to do that, they would still garner more popularity and respect than anyone in the royal family would. Actually choosing to do an honest day’s work for a livelihood is more than anything anyone in that family has done in generations.
They still don’t get it do they? Harry and Meghan did not want the 1 year review. They were done then and there.
I think at this point the rota wants them back.
My prediction is they will offer Harry back his military patronages but Meghan must give up all her patronages or something like that. They will try to get them back to regularly visiting the UK so the press can attack them and this way they can still reject Meghan.
And I think Harry will say no. They don’t need patronages to make a difference and to be loved (by the people).
Yeah, but it will be one last way to twist the knife as Harry not caring about the military.
Looking back the stories against the Sussexes are going to be seen as so strange. Regular people were furious for Harry choosing his wife and child and were questioning his mental health and insisting he either return to being told what to to do by the military or his family.
I think the family has given up trying to use his military ties to get Harry to come back into the fold. Their refusal to let a wreath be laid on his behalf at Remembrance Day was a sign that they can’t use the military to get him back so they decided to punish him instead. There’s nothing that can get them to come back.
@Kalana I agree that this is all a big show for the ROTA so they have *something* to write about. Especially since the trial date was moved, and they were counting on tons of derogatory coverage about Meghan for that. But in reality, there is nothing at stake here at all for H&M; they were done a year ago.
@ Kalana What they do doesn’t matter. Harry can always refuse bc as he said, they choose each other. If they reject his wife, he will continue to reject them. As it should be.
Of course the rota wants them back. They want their usual suspects to beat on in the press in order to whip up their latest culture war, after all. What else would they use distract from Brexit and the govt’s despicable COVID response?
How crazy- the british press/royal mouthpieces are phrasing it like the Sussexes will be set adrift on an ice floe. Cut off, abandoned.
Not even a grasp of the reality that the Sussexes left them and are thriving.
And have not given one thought to going back.
Hasn’t even crossed their minds.
They’re probably like- yeah the one year review- just send us an email- we’re busy, we’ll read it when we have time.
We might know the intention by the displayed pictures at the queens Christmas speech. If it’s a shrine to all family except Harry’s again then the writing is on the wall. However if Harry’s family is included then there might be some give in the queens stance.
The queen thought that in one year Harry would regret his decision. Instead it looks like the queen might regret her harshness.
According to the Kate stans, the Palace only puts pictures of the direct heirs on Queen’s desk for her Christmas speech. To be honest, I have never paid attention to her speeches so, I’ll give the stans the benefit of the doubt here. I don’t think Harry will be on the desk this year, the palace would be eager for the public’s focus to be on the fight back against COVID and the rebuilding of the nation.
@Amy Bee that’s not true bc the year they Harry and Meghan were married they were featured on a table in frame during her speech: https://hips-hearstapps-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/queen-elizabeth-ii-poses-for-a-photo-after-she-recorded-her-news-photo-1074720628-1545751888.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.754xh;0,0.179xh&resize=980:*
Also, both Charlotte and George were on her desk, PC no where to be seen, during Christmas 2017.
There’ll probably be a picture of their recent photo op at Windsor.
@KALANA, precisely.
So, does “cut loose” also mean the Windsor houses will stop trying to insert the Sussex into their news cycle for their own PR benefits?
Because it should.
Say it louder for the people in the back!
If cut loose doesn’t mean a stop to the incessant harassment and insertion of the Sussexes (specifically Meghan in stories), then I don’t want to hear about any “cutting loose”
After all that William has done to Harry, I don’t know how their relationship ever recovers from that and I don’t believe the exchange of gifts story. I think that story came from the Middleton camp who’s eager to re-establish Kate’s status as future queen.
I want to see the one-year review of the BRF sans Harry and Meghan. What have they accomplished on their own? Let’s dig into the financials, the scandals, the circular numbers. Let’s see what their actions actually changed in terms of charity $$$.
I don’t care about H&M’s one-year review. They have already taken the necessary steps to make the review obsolete. But the people who should be held accountable after one-year are trying to distract us.
I wish they wouldn’t even bother showing up to this over-hyped one year review. Or just send an assistant as a proxy to show how little they care.
Andrew……is a pedophile. British press *crickets*
Harry…….breathes. British press VELOCIRAPTOR SCREECH
You heard it here, Britons. If you dare ever leave the UK to live in any other part of the globe, you’re abandoning your Britishness! How dare you!
I don’t know if it will be cut loose or mutual. They seem pretty happy in what they are doing and while I’m sure they want to repair the family aspect (maybe not) I doubt they want to go back to being working royals.
Dear Royal Family-
They are just not into you.
Move on.
Does anyone, asided from the RR and possibly the BRF, think this “1-year review” is more than a note on H&M’s calendar, if that? Harry and Meghan have their life in California, new business , a new foundation, their son, and plenty of charity work and friends to keep them busy. The BRF can’t take Frogmore until the lease is up nor can they take away the titles or HRH. They’ve cut loose, taken off, ain’t coming back (except for visits after COVID or funerals/coronations), and seem very happy not to comment about anything other than said businesses, foundations or issue that they are passionate about (which doesn’t include the RR or BRF at this point).
I think that if they even remember it at all, they might have 15 minutes allocated for a Zoom call or something
>> “There is a portrayal of Harry in some parts of the media as to some extent having abandoned Britishness for a more progressive Californian style.”
Fuck. That.
Please don’t think that all British people are racist Tories!
Does anyone, aside from the RR and possibly the BRF, think this “1-year review” is more than a note on H&M’s calendar, if that? Harry and Meghan have their life in California, new business , a new foundation, their son, and plenty of charity work and friends to keep them busy. The BRF can’t take Frogmore until the lease is up nor can they take away the titles or HRH. They’ve cut loose, taken off, ain’t coming back (except for visits after COVID or funerals/coronations), and seem very happy not to comment about anything other than said businesses, foundations or issue that they are passionate about (which doesn’t include the RR or BRF at this point).
Yes punish THEM with independence you don’t need to be relevant anyway. TTFN🎶🖤
I think some of these obsessed weirdos would be truly happy if the Queen had the power to lock them up or have them executed for abandoning her. Since she doesn’t have that power they have to be satisfied with imagining her kicking them out of the family or taking titles away.
I think when the One Year Review Committee calls Harry’s cell phone it’ll come up as SPAM RISK and go straight to voicemail.
@Harper omg 😂
I really don’t understand “Harry and Meghan have more control over their lives, but they have taken some major hits to their reputation.” What hits? I am genuinely asking because I have only seen their popularity increase since the announcement of their intention to exit as members of the royal family. Is their reputation that tarnished in the UK? From what I am reading on this site, I do not think it is. I am wondering what Roya Nikkhah means by this statement? I am not familiar with this person and this is bugging me for some reason.
Just a shady way of trying to say Harry & Meghan have more control over their lives – and we’re mad bc they’re thriving even though we tried to ruin their reputations.
Nikkah and the rest of the rota repeatedly claim that H&M’s reputations have taken hits to convince the tabloid readers that H&M are the losers they’ve been insisting they are. If you keep repeating a lie in print and on TV, it seeps into the public’s perception, and it helps the Windors look better. It has no basis in reality, and it doesn’t work off of their island.
@So_LacVert The RR continue to fling a ton of lies in hopes of damaging H&M’s reputations, e.g., they lied that the queen was blindsided about the step down announcement when the RF knew about this for months, they lied that the Sussexes’ Netflix deal disrespected the RF because Netflix broadcasts The Crown, ignoring William’s failed attempt to get his own “documentary” aired on Netflix and William’s hypocrisy in the promotion of someone else’s Netflix documentary.
Funny thing is the reputations which have actually taken a hit by these lies, globally and with more and more in the UK, are those of the RF. The evidence to refute these lies exposes the RF’s own shady, sketchy, duplicitous, shallow, arrogant elitist and uselessness behaviors to people who had been neutral or completely unaware about the British monarchy.
I’m curious and annoyed by that statement as well. What hits exactly?
Is something wrong with “be a raindrop” speech? So what is wrong with California, except to xenophobic bigoted freaks hiding in their mother’s basement?
I’m sure that H+M have been bracing for the one-year review date since it was foisted upon them, not because they don’t know the outcome but because it will be emotional for them, especially Harry. It’s no small thing to walk away from one’s family and country, even if it is the healthiest and best decision one can make. So: I don’t think they will walk away in glee. But I definitely think, alongside a touch of sadness, they will feel plenty of relief and excitement for their new future, which only they will determine.
My thoughts are along the this line-until the royal family and the media in Britain treat Meghan and Harry as adults who make or decide their own lives nothing will change between the parties involved-Someone state above-it’s as if they can’t believe the Sussex would not love to live in a bigoted and snobbish bubble like they do. Live like they have no brains and have to be told what do 24/7. Lay down under the bus to help cover up other royals misdeeds-Being ruled by higher ranking royals with an iron fist- Disrespected for their ideas -Used as roadkill for the British tabs whether stories are true or not-Not being allowed to defend themselves from lies to defame their character-To be constantly reminded what you think or feel doesn’t matter to anyone with higher rank-Keeping a stiff upper lip is the most important British quality no matter how badly you are hurting-GOD SPEED FOR THE SUSSEX FAMILY-THEY WILL BE IN MY PRAYERS ALWAYS.
Ha! An airing of grievances – does the Brit press plan to celebrate Festivus at the one year review? :’)
This is exhausting to keep up with. First there’s hope that the one-year review will see the Sussexes take on some part time duties, now they’re to be cut loose.
Having said that, it’s been demonstrated over and over again that Nikkhah talks out her arse when it comes to these two and has a habit of taking a minor fact – such as “the Sussexes have now achieved financial independence” – and putting her own almost completely unrelated but certainly unhinged BS spin on it (e.g. “The Sussexes will be cut loose.”)