Oh, but apparently many people know exactly what is in their hearts, their marriage, their relationships. Also there are people who seem to have ESP, giving them very confident insight into Meghan’s “motives” or"agenda."
There is no telling what will come of all this. I personally know very very little about H & M or the Royal Family other than what makes the main stream media. I don’t read tabloids, so maybe that’s why I feel I have so little authority to speak about things that 1)I have no personal knowledge of and 2)are really none of my business.
I wish no ill will to H & M, and I hope they beat the odds and have a successful marriage and life. I don’t have the mental energy for schadenfreude.
I was reading about Princess Anne last night. I didn’t remember that a kidnapping attempt was made against her and she had letters between her and her boyfriend (later second husband) stolen and published.
I find it so confusing that people question Meghan’s motives. If you didn’t watch Suits were you even aware of her existence before she started dating Harry? She was never one of those “look at me” celebrity types behaving badly or seeking our attention. She’s beautiful , well educated and independent - a catch if you ask me.
I think her “motive” for marrying Harry was falling in love.
These data represent the number of official engagements (which can be multiple events per day) and the “days worked” is then the number of days in which the family member had one or more official engagements.
Certainly there are other days worked not included here, such as time spent preparing for duties such as being on the board of some organization (unless it is an honorary appointment) or time spent organizing the Invictus Games including meets with founders, etc.
If that life is not fulfilling in any sense of “living one’s life out” they should not live with regret or unhappiness anymore than the rest of us. In fact, their stakes are so much higher - the exposure for it beyond anything most anyone else would endure - that I think it really takes guts and character to say “at this time we need to change the one life we have to live”.
The New York Times has been going WAY overboard with the number of articles devoted to H&M, but this essay is pretty funny: “Dear Harry and Meghan, Some Friendly Canadian Advice.”
My favorite line: “I wouldn’t worry too much about fitting in — by questioning the point of your relationship with the monarchy, you’ve already been spiritually Canadian for months.”
If they weren’t happy with royal duties and the 24 hour media circus that comes along with that job, they have every right to decide that they want to live a different life. Harry will never be king and Meghan will never be queen. Maybe she went into the marriage thinking that she could manage the job and the press and then realized it was not the life for her for numerous reasons. Who knows? But in my mind, they have the right to carve out their own life as they see fit. It is discouraging to see the hatred for them.
When Harry proposed to Meghan, it seems like there was a sentiment among a certain segment of “How DARE she seduce our precious Harry! She’s AMERICAN, she’s an ACTRESS, and she’s BLACK! He just can’t be serious-she doesn’t belong! She just wants to marry him to become a Royal and be rich and famous!”
And now: “How DARE she walk away! How DARE she cast a spell on Harry and make him leave, how dare SHE separate him from his family! She knew what she was getting into and plotted all along to make him give up his Royalty!”
It is and has always been her fault. She has cast an evil spell over Harry and made him do things he would never want to do. She’s a gold digging, evil temptress who married him with malevolent motives.
Hmmm, I don’t have any problem with them wanting to walk away from being full time royals.
I’m not fond of how they went about it. I’m not fond of them announcing on social media how they wanted to walk away without a deal in place. And I’m definitely not fond of Harry complaining about the deal they got, when they didn’t get the separation they wanted.
So I am hoping they get the peace and more important, the happiness they yearn for.
After picking up on sharp criticism of Meghan on her presentation in the documentary Harry and Meghan: An African Journey, I had to check it out. I found nothing there to justify the attacks. She seemed to do very well on their tour.
She’s now being criticized for how Archie is carried in Canada. There’s no end to it. No wonder they fled the UK.
I’m not sure that the Queen can do anything to Lady Spencer, but Phillips is just as closely related to the Queen as Harry is. It gives me more sympathy for Harry; if Phillips can “milk” his status as a member of the BRF, why shouldn’t H&M be able to do the same thing?
The British Royal Family, in its strictest definition, are those members of the Queen’s family who carry out engagements on her behalf. https://www.royal.uk/royal-family
By that definition, Peter Phillips has never been a member of the BRF. Regardless, he is not titled, and has never received $ from the Crown. Whether milk commercials are the best way for him to earn a living is a different question. And I’d argue that it’s just as tacky as the old Weight Watchers adverts that Fergie did. I’m not arguing that H&M don’t have a right to earn cash - they do. But I don’t want them launching a line of tea towels either.