Prince Harry: Relationship Suggestions and Musings 2016-2017

[Queen Claude]

Originally Posted by Curryong

I am sure the media pack will soon be panting for an engagement announcement, the ring, the interview, then the wedding, but it might be wise not to get ahead of themselves.

Of course they will, and you got to throw in babies as well. They are going to run Harry and Meghan stories as long as they get the clicks, what really needs to happen is for Harry and Meghan to not feel pressure to get engaged or make other major life decisions because of media pressure. The media wants loved up pictures, engagement interviews and wedding processionals RIGHT NOW but my observation has been that the best royal relationships are the ones where the couple dates for years before determining whether or not they should get married. On my end I am willing to accelerate it a bit because they are in their 30s but my sage advise is that 2019 should be the earliest date for an engagement announcement.

[Al_bina]

Well... if the supposedly serious relationship in question ends in divorce later, it will not be surprising, and the British royal house is experienced in nasty divorces.

European royals continue tainting their bloodlines.

[Curryong]

I think the Ancient Egyptian dynasties felt that tainting the bloodlines was a bad idea. In consequence there were apparently many brother/sister unions and the like.

[Empress Merel]

Prince Harry releases official statement expressing deep disappointment with British media for their treatment of girlfriend Meghan Markle and their relationship in unprecedented move

[miss whirley]

Originally Posted by Mirabel

I'm wondering if the KP statement is, as some have suggested, a prelude to an engagement announcement?
Press reports say that Meghan will visit Harry over the holidays, and while she is in the UK perhaps there will be a meeting with the Queen and the rest of the RF?

I will fall over in shock if an engagement announcement is in the near future. The BRF are known for their long courtships since the late '80s. Whirlwind romances have been a disaster; Charles-Diana, Andrew-Sarah, and Anne-Mark all married after only about a year together. Hot mess.

Especially when you take into account extending factors, that his relationship with Meghan has been long distance with barely any in-person interaction. Also the fact that she's divorced. Stats and psychologists all say divorcees are much, much, more likely to get divorced a second time, than never-marrieds are likely to get divorced a first time. She would need a while to make sure she can really commit to Harry for the rest of her life, she can't get an easy divorce like her first one.

I also don't think Harry will be introducing Meghan to his family all that soon, with the exception of the Yorks and maybe Zara.

Catherine didn't meet The Queen until she had been William's girlfriend for 5 1/2 years, Chelsy 4 1/2 years. And in his 2 years with Cressida there is no evidence she ever met The Queen, heck there's no evidence she ever met Catherine. There's a chance she might have met William at the Percy-vS wedding, but he was only photographed with Chelsy there, so who knows.


Also, all these political posts in this thread remind me of when PM Tony Blair commented on then girlfriend Catherine Middleton and all the press harassment she was receiving. Thankfully, Chelsy and Cressida never had the indignity of a leader of a country chatting about their love-life with the press. Though, if it's true Meghan is friends with PM Justin Trudeau maybe he will make a comment about her romance, that would make everything go full-circle.

[wyevale]

I will fall over in shock if an engagement announcement is in the near future

I could not agree MORE with all you have written above... Over speedy commitment would pretty much ensure disaster at a later date, and no-one [except perhaps the press] whats that for either of these young people.

For the Lady it would mean [within a matter of a few months] PERMANENT relocation across the Atlantic and separation from her family/friends. NO further participation in Social Media, and the definitive end to the Career she has built, before even considering her 'new life' as a Royal Duchess in the most scrutinised Family 'firm' on the Planet...

[Empress Merel]

I read on a different forum where a user who is friends with someone that went to high school with Meghan and the press has been contacting her to get dirt on Meghan...

I mean, that is just astonishing. There is a witch hunt going on right now.

[Curryong]

Yes, I agree. It's been extraordinary, a maelstrom of speculation and innuendo and dirt-digging over one week.

[muriel]

Originally Posted by Al_bina

European royals continue tainting their bloodlines.

Are you able to elucidate? Not sure I get what you mean.

[Emme]

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Re: "Meghanry" (Meghan + Henry), I thought from the first it was true. The KP statement is odd, but I believe Harry strongly urged it, and wrote parts of it hmself. He and William get fierce re: paparazzi matters (as well they should).

I predict engagement by year's end (perhaps not announced until early 2017), followed by a royal wedding in May.

[Fürstin Taxis]

Originally Posted by muriel

Are you able to elucidate? Not sure I get what you mean.

She means Harry is marrying a commoner with no drop of royal blood in her family and her blood is tainting. So like this

https://66.media.tumblr.com/995462ba...lubeo1_500.gif

[Moonmaiden23]

Harry and Meghan may or may not be The Real Thing. They might be enjoying a passionate romance that eventually ends, or they may be enjoying a passionate romance that leads to marriage.

This guy lost his mother when he was twelve years old. He was a child. The sight of his downcast face as his father held his hand while greeting mourners at the Palace gates stays with me still...as does the image of the MUMMY card he placed on the coffin.

I have suspected for years the wound inflicted on both of the Wales boys by that trauma ran deeper than any of us can ever know. It's why even though I was not overjoyed with William's choice of spouse I was able to understand that he needed so much more than just a wife. He needed the healing that the security of a happy family life could provide and I am satisfied that he seems to have found it. My feelings about Kate Middleton and her family don't matter.

I want the same for Harry. I want him to find the woman that can give him a shot at joy and stability, something that he and his brother were deprived of in childhood.

So, if this is it let it happen for him...why not?

[hernameispekka]

Originally Posted by Emme

I hear you Skippyboo! I do live in a swing state, and I am so anxious for this whole election to be over. Today also happens to be my birthday, and I hope to finally be celebrating the first woman U.S. President.

Re: "Meghanry" (Meghan + Henry), I thought from the first it was true. The KP statement is odd, but I believe Harry strongly urged it, and wrote parts of it hmself. He and William get fierce re: paparazzi matters (as well they should).

I predict engagement by year's end (perhaps not announced until early 2017), followed by a royal wedding in May.

I've seen them shortened to "Marry" :P

[Dman]

Video:
Prince Harry tells media: Hands off his New Girlfriend-
http://itnsourcenews.com/?SearchTerm...0tells%20media

Prince Harry condemns press 'abuse' of girlfriend
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37908096

[LadyAlice]

Meghan sounds lovely compared to the other two he used to date. I really thought we were over the English prince dating and American and who knows they might not even marry

[Mirabel]

Originally Posted by miss whirley

I will fall over in shock if an engagement announcement is in the near future. The BRF are known for their long courtships since the late '80s. Whirlwind romances have been a disaster; Charles-Diana, Andrew-Sarah, and Anne-Mark all married after only about a year together.

Somehow I don't think Harry is the cautious type, though.

I don't see him waiting as long as his brother did.

[LadyAlice]

Originally Posted by Mirabel

Somehow I don't think Harry is the cautious type, though.

I don't see him waiting as long as his brother did.

And I don't see him marrying someone he's known less than a year.

They did this with cressie.

But what I do know is that Chelsey will always be his camilia

[Dman]

Why Prince Harry acted over attacks on girlfriend Meghan Markle

[Rudolph]

Already newspapers are trying to spin.

Like any man Harry is worried about his girlfriend Meghan Markle's safety and is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her. All very commendable.

But unless he is prepared to pay for a protection officer in his absence - there is not a lot he can do about the legitimate press interest in Miss Markle.

She is a well known actress, used to milking publicity for her own gains, who writes copiously on social media about her lifestyle and background.

Read more: Prince Harry's statement on Meghan Markle abuse 'will turn Caribbean tour into a circus' | London Evening Standard

[Moonmaiden23]

Originally Posted by LadyAlice

Meghan sounds lovely compared to the other two he used to date. I really thought we were over the English prince dating and American and who knows they might not even marry

Well, I guess we Americans are still considered uncouth barbarians as far as our cousins across the pond are concerned! Harry needs to summons the shade of his great uncle the Duke of Windsor for pointers on how to cope when the girl you love is American.

In all seriousness, I see her previous(very brief) marriage as being more of an impediment than the fact that she is an American. (Her ethnicity is a complete non issue as far as I am concerned... period.)

The fact that she is also a baptized Roman Catholic might not pose a problem if she agrees to raise any children in the CoE.

IF it even gets that far.