Prince Harry and Meghan Markle thread

[Vlad]

I kindly request that all members participating in the MM and Harry thread dial back the vile rhetoric.

I am not opposed to discussing public personas on TPF, including the constant torrent of news surrounding the couple from this thread. But I find it troubling when their looks are being nitpicked apart to a degree that is just not appropriate.

This thread has drawn criticism over the years, and I discussed it at great length with Megs and the mods. I am not looking to close it down, but the vitriol needs to be dialed back.

My personal feelings about hate threads aside, this ultra-negative vibe is something better suited for other forums, Reddit, or elsewhere. I am holding our community to higher standards.

Thanks for reading.

 

[charlottawill]

It is a slight- she should have been invited but with the proviso if she felt she could not or should not attend she could decline the invite

We don't know for a fact that she wasn't invited, just what the DM reports, and they are not always accurate. Like everything we've been reading for months. For all we know she could have spoken to KC and said give my seat to someone else, I'll watch from home. Many of us have been in the position of having to whittle the guest list for a wedding, and it's never easy.

 

[charlottawill]

How very American. Sounds like she is anti-monarchy or am I reading it incorrectly? What has KC done to earn his kingship? William? Yeah, please do give us a full accounting.

MM would use that logic to argue that she should be queen.

 

[CarryOn2020]

We don't know for a fact that she wasn't invited, just what the DM reports, and they are not always accurate. Like everything we've been reading for months. For all we know she could have spoken to KC and said give my seat to someone else, I'll watch from home. Many of us have been in the position of having to whittle the guest list for a wedding, and it's never easy.

Check her daughter’s insta - India Hicks. She says her mom was not invited.

 

[CarryOn2020]

MM would use that logic to argue that she should be queen.

Well, if that logic holds, then me first.

 

[charlottawill]

 

[pomeline]

Joke about the royal events missed by TW…

I'd go even further and say she probably wasn't present at the pregnancies either - let alone the conception...

 

[papertiger]

But... If Harriet was Kate's great-great-great-great-great-aunt, she wasn't her ancestor...? A sister of her ancestor but not directly an ancestor. Sorry for nitpicking!

Go one more gen and they would have been

 

[Handbag1234]

I can’t believe David and bloody Victoria beckham have got seats over the Hicks!! David “give me a knighthood” Beckham could wait until his mate Will gets the throne

No way!

 

[Rose100]

The lady is 94. She may secretly be thrilled that she isn’t obligated to go. She has attended many important events throughout her life, staying home and watching this one on TV is probably a relief.

When you feel the need to say you weren’t offended… you were offended.

 

[Handbag1234]

I doubt anyone else ever will. She was an iconic figure for seven decades. I don't think there are many people on the planet who have never heard of Queen Elizabeth II. Even if he surprises everyone and does a respectable job for fifteen or twenty years, he can never match his mother's reign.

Her reign will not be matched again, I’m sure. But it was a rocky ride at times. She wasn’t always so popular. When Diana died, she tanked in popularity and ‘allegedly’ only went back to London and did a walk about/looked at flowers because Tony Blair advised her to. She was very stiff upper lip and carry on- totally out of step with the British public mood re Diana.

I feel sorry for Charles, his mother was the last of a bygone era, that in the end the public looked back on with fondness. The nations matriarch.

I quite like Charles and I think after the coronation he will start modernising and streamlining the monarchy ready for a handover to William, working closely with William.
He is in his mid 70’s but is forward thinking. He was ahead of his time with his focus on the environment and organic farming. I don’t see anyone laughing at him now on those issues?

 

[charlottawill]

She wasn’t always so popular. When Diana died, she tanked in popularity and ‘allegedly’ only went back to London and did a walk about/looked at flowers because Tony Blair advised her to. She was very stiff upper lip and carry on- totally out of step with the British public mood re Diana.

I do recall the debacle surrounding Diana's death. The Queen underestimated the public's affection for her.

 

[Rose100]

More horse, please! Can never get enough horse

 

[Handbag1234]

I do recall the debacle surrounding Diana's death. The Queen underestimated the public's affection for her.

Totally. When Diana’s coffin passed the Queen, the Queen bowed. Was a thoughtful touch, as the Queen bowed to no one.

 

[Rose100]

That looks like a dracena marginata aka indoor potted tree. Have owned many. I think he did it on purpose to make it look as if he was in CA. I need more proof that he travelled back here.

I see others share our suspicions

 

[pomeline]

Go one more gen and they would have been

Yes, shared ancestors but Harriet is not Kate's ancestor herself. Everyone is somebody's cousin, my husband is the umpteenth cousin of Charles and all the other royals, does it matter in the grand scale of things? Not really (obviously, he's received no invitation ). Siblings and cousins are family but not directly related to your great-great-great-grandchildren meaning not their ancestors. I have no children and cannot claim my sister's children as my descendants. That's what I was trying to say.