Sussexs Lose Hrh

[chrissa1]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will LOSE HRH titles

Wow.

[anneasquith]

A nice wee holiday house Alba !!

[albaqwerty]

ideal for a game of hide n seek anne :-D

[Mamyalynne]

Yes - I find folk contradicting themselves irksome.

[sanmac]

What?

[tonyav]

I have a few cousins that live in Vancouver, they don't seem bothered about Harry and Megan going to live ( part time ) there.

[Barsel]

In my post at 23:58 I was quoting retro.

[ludwig]

Whatever they do and whatever arrangement they come to, there will always be people whining about it. There will also always be paparazzi following them. The daily mail has probably set up an office in Vancouver already for the sole purpose of photographing them and their kid. I'm sure they're aware of all this. Well done, and good luck to them.

[Mozz71]

Absolutely correct Ludwig, and anything they achieve, jobs they get or money the make, people will accuse them of using their royal connections to achieve. They will never get any credit themselves.

[emmie]

I don't envy them at all, they will be in the spotlight forever..

[LadyCG]

I don't know, Emmie, the press can be funny ***. They might well leave them to their own devices.

I wonder how they will fare on civvy street. They might regret biting the hand that feeds them.

[emmie]

Diana was always in the spotlight, can't see that changing for Harry and Meghan.

[LadyCG]

One would hope the paparazzi learned their lesson from that tragic event.

[emmie]

bet they don't..

[ummmm]

I wouldn't put money on it either.

[Khandro]

I really feel genuinely sorry for Harry, he's lost just about everything. Being now shunned by the Military must be an awful blow.
I hope she was worth it.

[New Judge]

//Are there no immigration implications in their decamping to Canada? I'm sure I couldn't decide to move over there for most of the year without encountering problems.//

That’s because they are not the same as everybody else – a point that both they and many others seem to overlook. Harry’s position means that they will face no problems with the formalities that the rest of us have to endure, wherever they decide to live. If they want to move to the USA (as Ms Markle has indicated they will as soon as Mr Trump is gone) one of their lackies will pick up a phone and speak to one of the President’s lackies and that will be sorted. And this is the nub of the problem: the pair want to live “normal” lives, free of the restrictions and responsibilities that Royalty brings. But they cannot – Harry is the Queen’s grandson and when she is no longer with us he will be the King’s son and then the King’s brother. That is as much a defining feature of his life as is the colour of his skin. It cannot be washed or airbrushed away. Ms Markle knew this when she married him and they both must accept that, whatever they do, there lives will never be the same as their "common" friends and acquaintances.

[Theland]

Even without HRH the colonials still get a prince and a duchess, enough to fill the glossy mags and keep the chattering classes happy.
The duchess of dosh will still milk it.

[Mozz71]

//The duchess of dosh will still milk it.//

So would I do in her position.

[sanmac]

She will do whatever suits her.

[ludwig]

// I don't envy them at all, they will be in the spotlight forever.. //

They always would have been, so they're no worse off. They just won't be under any obligation any more to co-operate with the gutter press if they don't want to.