I do not understand it anymore.They want more freedom, rigth? Charles wants a slimmed down monarchy.. so in that case I can understand it that they want to live abroad for a while.. maybe to find out how they want to shape their lives.
This is actually not so strange and also happens in other royal famillies. I already mentioned the Dutch royal family. The Danish prince Joachim and his wife Marie live abroad etc and have jobs.
It seems the problem is that they want it all.. and financial compensation and their titles and protection where ever they live , so that is not really financial independence Or is this all not true and only gutter press ( or whatever you name that in english).
What exactly makes it such a big thing ... what do they want?
Wowzers.
The undertone of “although we would have preferred them”. Shows how much they have forced their own families hand in this.
The Statement is incredibly 'personal' in tone..no reference to the institution of Monarchy, nor the quasi-state 'position' the couple hold/once held'...
The Statement is incredibly 'personal' in tone..no reference to the institution of Monarchy, nor the quasi-state 'position' the couple hold/once held'...
The Statement is incredibly 'personal' in tone..no reference to the institution of Monarchy, nor the quasi-state 'position' the couple hold/once held'...
I do hope however that the British tabloids and broadsheets will calm down after provoking the Dukes to issue a joint statement denying emnity between them.
There's a lot to ponder in the statement from the Queen. Clearly there was nothing agreed upon except the move to Canada. What is most interesting to me is the lack of any phrasing along the lines of " there has been broad agreement, with a few details soon to be arranged." That is the alarming part in this statement. Not what's in it, but what is missing.
To me, personally, the statement says that the half in half out nature that the Sussexes wanted wasn’t accepted. What we’ll now see is the workings out of how the title situation should be handled. I think the issuing of new LPs will take place, potentially not just for H&M but for other members of the RF as well.
I think something has been agreed today, now they have to work out the logistics and the legislature if required.
The statement itself shows how much The Queen, Charles and William were blindsided by this.
There's a lot to ponder in the statement from the Queen. Clearly there was nothing agreed upon except the move to Canada. What is most interesting to me is the lack of any phrasing along the lines of " there has been broad agreement, with a few details soon to be arranged." That is the alarming part in this statement. Not what's in it, but what is missing.
There's a lot to ponder in the statement from the Queen. Clearly there was nothing agreed upon except the move to Canada. What is most interesting to me is the lack of any phrasing along the lines of " there has been broad agreement, with a few details soon to be arranged." That is the alarming part in this statement. Not what's in it, but what is missing.
I cannot make up my mind if the lack of formal titles is because their retention is part of the discussion or if the queen wanted to emphasise this was a family matter as well as a royal matter.
She possibly wanted to emphasis how it affected them all as a family, over and above the logistics of the whole thing.
It felt sad.
If the transition period is that they live between the two countries , is that suggesting after the transition period they will leave the UK totally.
I know this is not an abdication but the queen was of an age to recall the affect of the abdication on her family, which was basically a family member leaving the family to live abroad and hardly set foot in the country again . She will have concerns that history does not repeat itself.
Hmmm...well, I think it was certainly smart to release a statement given the hubbub around all of this. I'm not sure that statement really told us a whole lot of anything but it was certainly very interesting as it appears to be a bit more personal that the usual statement s released by BP. It does appear that the Queen and Company aren't planning to keep the public totally out of the loop and good for them for reading the public mood and realizing that it would be a mistake to just say nothing.
The statement itself shows how much The Queen, Charles and William were blindsided by this.
Could Harry and Meghan ask for the title to be removed as part of their future plans to be self sufficient and not to be seen as trading on their connections?
They objected to the word “bullying” by William in describing the Sussexes leaving their FT role. Which was the right thing to do.
They haven’t been getting along per Harry, and I doubt things have vastly improved given what’s happened since.