Harry and Meghan - OP updated with Threadbanned Users 4/5/21

Nah I'd say she really thought she could live the celebrity lifestyle within the confines of the royal family. This is very, very much plan B for her.

I think she never intended to stay in Great-Britain and 'work' as a royal there. It was always her plan, when gotten married, (and having a kid) to go back to the US as soon as possible. She's very 'clever' in anticipating situations and people and I think it was obvious for her after her first visit to the UK as Harries girlfriend she never wanted to settle there, especially not with kids. People and culture where alien to her and the prospect of sticking to these royal traditions, sacrificing her life and that of her kids to it, never do I believe she ever considered this seriously. even playing second fiddle to Kate all her life must have been enough for her.😁

If her plan to use her duchess, royal status or however to call it works out moneywise now back in the US is a different story, but being married to Prince Harry (or after the divorce still 'was' being married) and having two kids of him is the life long insurance for the glamour (and money) she wanted and got. my belief anyway.

Many monarchies are slimming down and the British one is no different. It's aiming to be streamlined towards the direct line of succession. Harry's prospective family would have been facing the prospect of demotion under such plans (e.g. no HRH titles for the kids). They wouldn't be the only one's affected under such plans. They both knew what the protocol would have been and how the writing was on the wall for them. He was a minor rank and file working royal and once his dad becomes King then his brother would become Prince of Wales and inherit the Duchy of Cornwall. The prospect of deriving an income from his brother must have been a motivator to jump ship (part time at least). In parallel, you likely had a Dunning-Kruger addled Meghan being an absolute head melt for staff and it's plausible that tension and arguments between them all evolved into serial bullying via a perceived power imbalance (i.e. staff advising them because they are “advisors” and this being taken as an affront or slight by a self-righteous, perma-victim Meghan). I suspect this behaviour was covered up to protect them both and the Palace violated a duty of care policy. Taking all the above into account you add in a holdover PR firm telling them that their brand is worth multi-millions and they would covertly make plans to step away citing toxic media coverage as well as an unwillingness by the Palace to confront it as their reasoning for stepping away. They are never to blame being a common theme.

They'd make sure to draw a distinction between the family and the institution (i.e. the grey suits). It was all set to go according to plan when Megxit was announced. They are probably so self-absorbed that they thought their brand was an asset to the BRF and they would actually entertain their half in/half out plans. In reality, they were all probably delighted to see the back of their chaos and as a compromise they were given a 12 month sabbatical to establish their financial independence. Covid put the brakes on that and, lacking any wherewithal or any talent for leadership, they were reduced to irrelevancy. When the stark reality of their situation hit home with the money getting cut off then a mutual malignant streak came to the fore and, out of spite, they wanted to tarnish and smear those who refused to kowtow to their wishes. In addition, there was the elephant in the room regarding the bullying and the power of the Palace to torpedo them with it where and when necessary. Their gambit was then to engage with Oprah and generate their victim narrative of the toxic and racist Palace who were hell bent on destroying their mental health and their reputations with a smear campaign. Any accusations of bullying would be dismissed as the Palace looking to destroy a couple dependent on their compassion credentials. In short, a pair of supporting players who grossly over estimated their value and talent and, via acting like narcissistic sh*t heads, are now seeing their chickens coming home to roost while the machine of the BRF happily continues without them.

Her handwriting is something else.

Beautiful, but I don’t know how anyone would have the energy to put so much effort into such any every day task.

That was some grade A waffle. “…And Harry.” Jesus is he the family Labrador or what ? That part was like birthday cards you got from your parents when you were younger when they’d include the family pets. I’d never seen pictures of where she lived growing up but they don’t seem that bad. Its the old rages to riches story that mostly Americans(but not limited to them) love which is grand for genuine feel good stories, buts hers isn’t and his most certainly isn’t. In fairness they aren’t alone in the do as I say, not as I do crowd.

BTW with this letter she must has p***d off many high ranked democrats pushing for such a leave for years....

She changes her "angle" to suit whatever her current need is for narcissistic supply. Look at the engagement interview. All eyes focused on Prince Harry’s new beau and she sold herself as this confident, intelligent, educated woman, who was worldly wise with her **** together and a successful actress to boot. Then compare and contrast with the Oprah interview where she comes across as some naive innocent ingénue who fell off the back of a truck and doesn't even know how to Google but by gum golly she’d been well intentioned only to get abused, chewed up and spat out by those evil racist Royals. Look at her blogging days you can see her extolling in cringe inducing word salads about her privileged upbringing, dining out regularly at fancy spots and vacationing regularly then compare it to the current “woe was me” fantasy and historical revision in a letter to Congress playing the victim of having been reduced to eating at Sizzlers. It's utterly transparent but there still seems to be plenty who can't glean that she is so utterly self-possessed, manipulative and so helplessly tone deaf.

The Japanese royals showing how to behave, with honesty, humility and self sufficiency.

By doing what exactly ?

Don’t most monarchs just get on with it ? Just because the youngest son of the next king of England has gone for a ramble and has will end regretting it isn’t a blight on the whole lot of them. I see that queen Elizabeth was in hospital and won’t be going to Glasgow.