I oyal influence giving one a hand up. From what I see the rest of Europe is a bit more open minded about it. I think things are changing and that the family who are not working are also making wiser choices these days.
As far as I can see the other European monarchies are more likely to allow younger sons and most daughters to cut loose and possibly give up their place in the succession while remaining part of the Royal family and keeping a title. so it doesn't matter so much what they do. If they make an unsuitable or controversial marriage, they just slip out of the Royal set up to an extent. Whereas the British RF is bigger and busier and wants more of its people doing the royal duties.
and perhaps because of the Abdication they are not keen on the idea of someone giving up their place in the succession.
But if Charles does want to slim things down and not have his siblings' children working (which commits him to helping them financially), Harry and his wife will be needed to do royal work and so a full time career for H's wife doing something else wont be possible.
(and Sarahs' working writing stories of Joey the budgie or whatever didn't work out well).
IN any case I think its very unlikely that H will pick a career girl. I think he will go for a fun loving deb who wont want a career.
However, there are different expectations from a man marrying a Royal and a female marrying a Royal. The only real exception would marrying the heir like Philip did. The men aren't becoming Princes marrying Margaret, Anne or Alexandra. The women marrying a Prince are becoming Princesses when they get married.
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Yes of course there are. And even so I beleive that these men who married Royal ladies had to push a bit, to keep their careers. Previously almost the only Princess who married a commoner in the 20th C was Princess Mary who became the wife of Lord Harewood. He was a well to do landed gentleman, and so his lifestyle wasn't that different to the RF, of tending his land, and doing charity and similar type engagements. But from the 60s, where the Princesses married men with "jobs" in the modern sense, it was an innovation.. Snowdon was "artistic" so that wasn't too big an issue as it is fairly acceptable to have a carrer in the arts. But Ogilvy had some flak over business dealings. And Mark Phillips was horsey so again not such an issue, but he didnt want a title and I think that caused some fricton.
But Philip had to give up HIS career because he was marrying the queen.
However women marrying into the RF have traditionally not had a career and been expected to take up the charty and similar work, together with their husbands
Presumably Harry's wife will become a duchess like Sarah Ferguson, heck even the wives of the two heirs are duchesses, albeit royal duchesses. I get what you are saying but to say a female married in has no choice but to become a working royal because she got a high-falutin' title, I don't think that Harry and his wife's options are going to be that limited. I think that if she wants to continue working she can and the BRF will figure out how to handle her title if it becomes an issue, perhaps she will get one of Harry's lesser titles and be the Countess of X.
