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

I'm not referring to the children (who were not invited anyway by their grandfather). As a parent of these kids I'd resent very much glorifying the woman who made their grandmother's life a misery. Diana was abused by the royal family. I'm sure she made the best of it, but they destroyed her life by using her like a brooding mare to induct some decent genes into the royal family. Bear in mind, the royal family didn't think Camilla was good enough to marry Charles. Its no thanks to the royal family that Diana seemed happy (though I don't know how you would know that). According to her son William, she suffered from paranoia.

Other world leaders either have their own protection (i.e., Biden has 300 secret service people looking after his security here in Ireland). A lot of those attending the coronation (royalty around Europe, Michael D. Higgins) would not carry such a risk as Harry does. Most will probably stay in their own embassies that have security anyway. Bearing in mind that the Met have said that there have been very credible threats to their lives, why would they want to put themselves at risk. Don't forget, Harry's family pulled H&M's security at short notice by Harry's father & brother at short notice in Canada (Harry was told by one of the security people that they were told to leave - Charles/William didn't have the bottle to tell him themselves. I'd imagine Harry might have a bit of a trust issue when it comes to security when left in the hands of his family. Now that they have other spares (George, Charlotte etc), Harry doesn't want to be William's scape goat anymore, so is dispensible.

nice to see romance is not dead 😂

Implying his cousins (children btw) are freaks? Lovely. Since it is a feakshow then I'd imagine coronating the head of that show is the freakiest show of the lot. It's also a show Harry, for all his guff, is confirmed to be attending.

Thanks for clarification. Royal kids fine (until they become indoctrinated adults). Royal adults freaks (except Harry who escaped but weirdly still goes back to the freakshows).

So why is Harry participating in a cult?

So many trains of thought on why he is attending. Does he have stockholm syndrome since he was raised in a life of privilege which warped/abused him via institutional abuse and he is still frustratingly beholden to it all? Has he been enlightened and has a messiah complex and feels compelled to save his "unconscious bias" family from themselves and the Corrie is the last chance saloon for forcing a public apology/acknowledgement? Is he a wound collector and is going to drum up more material for commercial gigs? Is he actually seperated from Meghan and looks at it as a chance to ingratiate himself back ahead of a divorce with fleeting public appearances done solely for the "Brand" and their commercial interests? Does he need to go because if he doesn't then it can have consequences for his status, peerage, titles etc. if he doesn't literally bend the knee to the new monarch and the woman who turned his old bedroom into her dressing room? It is easy to see how people on YouTube can create content using such arm chair psychology and personal musings. It's easy to see how the gossip/tabloid rags can conjure up such narratives using "insiders" and "royal experts" as sources to convey credibility. It being all done to generate click baitey articles such as them making a list of "demands" and there being a transatlantic tit-for-tat negotiations (Acknowledge Archies birthday! Seccuridy! We want a balcony appearance! Charles puts his foot down! etc.). All media BS. In reality, since things like this are prepped and planned to the nth degree, I think it was confirmed behind the scenes months ago that Harry would be there and would be alone. They would have both been invited. A show the face job for him sitting second row again like at the Jubilee. A glorified mass and off he goes back overseas to his wife and kids (albeit doing a pit stop at court beforehand).

I wouldn’t be surprised if he consciously upped his security threat level deliberately by speaking and writing about how many Taliban he killed, thus guaranteeing him lifetime police protection - if he didn’t do this deliberately then he’s some idiot leaving himself an obvious target for all sorts of terrorist groups- he was likely on some list somewhere anyway, but he rose to the top of that list with his autobiography - and that’s his doing, no one else’s- he’s deliberately placed his family in harms way.

Yeah it’s nearly like he’s inviting it. His comments though in interviews where he says “I didn’t ask to be royal, I was born royal” is kind of telling though- he believes all the trappings associated with royalty should be his- money, property, staff etc - regardless of whether he actually does any work. He’s demanding the elements that were associated with his previous life as a working royal.

He got a big wake up call when he left the RF and found that the trappings associated with his past RF working life don’t automatically travel with you.

Edward VIII pizzed off to France with Mrs Simpson and led a privileged but empty life, surviving off an allowance. I don’t think he was half the trouble Harry has become- Harry had money, inherited from his mother and no doubt the queen also left him a few Bob- he needs to put up and shut up- for a guy that hates RF life so much, he’s done nothing but b1tch about how he no longer has the trappings of that wealth and how he’s been demoted - like what did you think was going to happen Harry when you put 2 fingers up to everyone?

But Harry needs the "abuse" to stay relevant and keep his book deals flowing.

Hazza can't afford the family actually forgetting him. And its a shame he has dragged his kids away from their cousins and into the celebrity culture of America.

Doesn't matter what their title is - they are still the grandchildren of KCIII and great grandchildren of QEII.

Of which neither has/had a relationship with either grandchild.

Mrs Simpson was divorced* and thats why he had to abdicate. Look how times have changed. Two divorcees King and Queen.

*The real reason why he was forced to abdicate was because he was too cosy with the Nazis.

I actually don't think he thinks about the trappings of being a royal because in all fairness, its a horrible life. He couldn't blow his nose and it would be all over the papers. He has done 38 years of that, so deserves some respect for that.

He isn't demanding anything for when he was a 'working royal' - he is prepared to pay for himself and his family. How stupid of Charles to evict a paying tenant who had refurbed Frogmore so now that there is no income for it. I wonder did Charles pay back the £2.4 million Harry spent on refurbing it? He is prepared to pay for his UK security now that he has the funds, so I don't know how or why you would complain about that.

It really is like a trip to a parallel universe to read some of the posts of late

Harry and Meghan took their "freedom flight", carefully documenting it on video for future use in a reality tv series they already had under their belt. Freedom also meant no protection via RAVEC, as they had stood down as working royals. The response was classic "I want my cake and eat it" behaviour from H&M. If you don't want to be at risk, don't go on about Taliban headcount. That's just stupidity; alternatively, you could just try pinning a target on your back to achieve the full effect. Was any thought given to the possible risk he'd also brought upon his children? Does he live in a bubble where extremists don't exist?

RAVEC decides who gets what security. Let's leave them to do their job, can we? They'll take account of the threat and risk assessment, and respond accordingly. By the way, you can't hire a Met Police Prot officer.

The Canadians withdrew security when they were in Canada.

Harry was facing a huge dilemma about attending the coronation. Meghan would not be welcome and she really wouldn't want to be at the centre of the likely reaction from the Brits. Their "celebrity" status depends on their association with the RF. Please, cut the umbilical cord. I hope KC will be resolute in his dealings with Harry. He's torn, of course, as we all are in relation to family relations. But I sense that William, and Catherine, are stronger. How the Princess of Wales stayed dignified and serene on that walkabout with H&M after the funeral, I'll never know. But she did. She's worth a thousand fold in comparison with Meghan (In fact, it's bordering on an insult to speak about Catherine and Meghan in the same sentence. Never has there been two different people. One dedicated to others, one entirely self-serving)

Harry has brought all of this on himself; aided and abetted by Meghan. I don't think it will be long before Meghan sheds Harry - she has form in this area. But things are delicately balanced at the moment for Meghan. Expect some plot to be hatched by her in the next few weeks. it will likely come from the Planet Zog, in an alternative dimension, aka Montecito

IMO, Harry is a lamb being led to slaughter. It's a bit late for Easter, but these things can happen

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