Osipi
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If Meghan says she wants nothing to do with anything Royal ever again; then I think their life now lies in Santa Barbara; does a house in a compound really cost 8 million, with neighbours all around you?
Christmas - they need not return to the UK.
Future weddings - not obligatory.
Funerals - it would look bad if they didn't return to the UK.
Future Coronation/s not necessarily required to return to the UK.
Her father - can't see a way forward with this?
So they might as well make a life for themselves as best they can.
Children do leave the nest and sometimes the child dashes his father's dream of added "& Sons" to the family business he runs and the child goes off to parts unknown to pursue raising penguins and designing sustainable homes made with the local ice floes that abound. Not the father's wish at all but he loves his son and looks to the younger brother that shows an interest in the business and life goes on.
The Sussexes have never stated anywhere or have given any indication that they were giving the UK and Harry's family the Bronx cheer and turning their backs completely on both. They've totally and completely left the "business" and are not part of the "& Sons" dream and went to their own parts unknown to make their own life (sans penguins and ice floes). They're still retaining the use of Frogmore Cottage for when they're in the UK. The Queen, Philip, Charles and siblings and cousins by the dozens are still family. There will be shared birthdays, anniversaries, milestones, coronations and Trooping the Color and summers at Balmoral going on. Why? They're *family*.
I think some people have a hard time differentiating between the British Royal Family and the "Firm". It happens when the family *is* the "Firm" but the reality is the "Firm" is only one aspect of what we know as the House of Windsor. Its the business side of things run like a corporation. The "& Sons" part is only pertinent to the "Firm". That's the part Harry and Meghan have separated themselves from and as time passes and things cool down, maybe will even be lauded by their families as having "guts" to go their own way and be proud of them and what they've accomplished.
Anyone that really wants to see this lesson truly hit home, spend a bit of time watching the movie "Dead Poet's Society". IMO, this movie should be required viewing for every parent. ?