Royal Happenings

[EdinVA]

Queen Elizabeth orders Harry and Meghan to remove the word ‘royal’ from branding
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/02/19/queen-elizabeth-orders-harry-and-meghan-to-remove-the-word-royal-from-branding-888694



hehehe

@mystery-ak

Queen Elizabeth and the senior royals are reportedly appalled that Meghan wants to monetize the monarchy.

Hypocrisy much????

Due to new austerity measures, Queen Elizabeth II is taking a pay cut. Her salary, drawn from British taxpayer funds, will be limited to a mere $50 million this year.

[catfish1957]

Due to new austerity measures, Queen Elizabeth II is taking a pay cut. Her salary, drawn from British taxpayer funds, will be limited to a mere $50 million this year

Damn....   why are all the Handicapped Spaces taken at GoodWill?

[mystery-ak]

EXCLUSIVE: Defiant Meghan tells friends there's nothing 'legally stopping' her and Prince Harry from using their Sussex Royal name, despite Queen banning them from using it

    Meghan Markle has told friends there's nothing 'legally stopping' her and Prince Harry from using their Sussex Royal name, DailyMail.com can reveal
    The Queen said they couldn't keep the word 'royal' in their 'branding', despite the likely thousands of dollars Meghan and Harry have sunk into their website
    Meghan complained using the name 'shouldn't be an issue... and it's not like they want to be in the business of selling T-shirts and pencils,' the insider said
    'Meghan said the global projects they are working on speak for themselves and they chose that name to protect the royal name, not profit off of it'
    'She said they know what their true intentions are and that's all that matters'
    The friend added: 'Meghan said she's done with the drama and has no room in her life for naysayers, and the same goes for Harry'
    The couple began using the Sussex Royal branding last year, after splitting from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's household known as Kensington Royal

more
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8021867/Defiant-Meghan-says-theres-legally-stopping-using-Sussex-Royal-name.html

[mystery-ak]

One of these days Harry is gonna realize he was played....

[sneakypete]

EXCLUSIVE: Defiant Meghan tells friends there's nothing 'legally stopping' her and Prince Harry from using their Sussex Royal name, despite Queen banning them from using it

    Meghan Markle has told friends there's nothing 'legally stopping' her and Prince Harry from using their Sussex Royal name, DailyMail.com can reveal
     

@mystery-ak

That one is a real keeper. Not hard to understand what Harry sees in her,is it?

[sneakypete]

One of these days Harry is gonna realize he was played....

@mystery-ak

I suspect he already has more than an inkling,but that is a VERY tough thing to drag out into the plain light of day,and face off with. If you don't know from personal experience,count yourself as one of the lucky ones,and ask practically anybody you know over 35 or so,and they can tell you. Not saying they WILL tell you because nobody really wants to drag out THOSE old memories,but they could if they wanted.

[TomSea]

Prince William holds meetings preparing him to take over from Prince Charles
Nicholas Bieber

Prince William has started making preparations to take over a major role from his dad when Prince Charles becomes King.

The Duke of Cambridge has held a meeting on his succession training, which will whirr into action once the Queen dies and Prince Charles takes the throne.

William will automatically inherit his dad’s “Duke of Cornwall” title and £1 billion “Duchy of Cornwall” estate when the big day comes, the Daily Star Online reports.

Read more at: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-william-holds-meetings-prepares-21559455

Not much controversy here though it is interesting.

[mountaineer]

Stressful week, ma'am? The Queen looks weary as she arrives alone for a church service in Windsor - as the row over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle using the brand Sussex Royal rumbles on
    The Queen, 93, was seen closing her eyes en route to church service alone today
    Royal attended service at Royal Chapel of All saints at the Royal Lodge Windsor
    Comes amid row with Duke and Duchess of Sussex over 'Sussex Royal' brand

By Monica Greep For Mailonline
Published: 08:57 EST, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 15:20 EST, 23 February 2020

The Queen was caught resting her eyes on her way to Sunday church service in Windsor today, as she rode alone amid her row with Harry and Meghan over using the brand Sussex Royal.

The monarch, 93, could be seen with her eyes shut as she rode alone in a chauffeur-driven vehicle to the Royal Chapel of All Saints at the Royal Lodge Windsor.   ...  Full story at Daily Mail

Meanwhile Duke Whipped and Lady MacGrift seen househunting in Malibu, eyeing a $7 million shack. Story here

[sneakypete]

Meanwhile Duke Whipped and Lady MacGrift seen househunting in Malibu, eyeing a $7 million shack. Story here

@mountaineer

She's 93. I suspect most of us will  have had our eyes closed for a couple of decades or more by the time our 93rd birthday rolls past.

[mountaineer]

Indeed,  @sneakypete
At her age, she doesn't deserve this level of disrespect from her grandson.

[Gefn]

Not much controversy here though it is interesting.

Gosh, while I know everyone starts to die as soon as they are born, it will be weird not to have Queen Elizabeth II. She’s the only English monarch I’ve ever known, and I think a lot of people can say that. How many people who are alive recall George VI or Edward VIII?

[EdinVA]

Indeed,  @sneakypete
At her age, she doesn't deserve this level of disrespect from her grandson.

Harry is so far down the line, even behind Williams kids, that is no way he will ever be anything but an overpaid baby brother.
The Queen wants him to sick around, do what he is told and collect his millions in unearned income while being hounded and badgered by the media and the public 24 hours a day...
So who is disrespecting who?
Harry is to young and to smart to spend the next 80 years as an also ran..

[Gefn]

Harry is so far down the line, even behind Williams kids, that is no way he will ever be anything but an overpaid baby brother.
The Queen wants him to sick around, do what he is told and collect his millions in unearned income while being hounded and badgered by the media and the public 24 hours a day...
So who is disrespecting who?
Harry is to young and to smart to spend the next 80 years as an also ran..

Technically that’s not true. If something had happened to Charles and William, my understanding is if William’s children were underage, Harry would be regent until the oldest became of age. This is why William IV who hated Victoria’s mother so much was so happy when she finally turned 18 and he died shortly thereafter. His biggest worry was if he died before his niece was 18, her mother would be regent and he disliked the Duchess of York.

It also explains certain myths about Richard III. When Edward IV died his brother Richard III became regent for his two sons, who were not of age. Richard put them in the Tower of London. Someone murdered the boys, and Richard thereby became King. Originally he should have only been King Regent for six or seven years. Same with Henry VIII’s son Edward VI, he had a regency council rule for him that was made of Jane Seymour’s brother , and later the first Earl of Warwick. Edward had a coronation but he was only nine, so he technically wasn’t King.

[EdinVA]

Technically that’s not true. If something had happened to Charles and William, my understanding is if William’s children were underage, Harry would be regent until the oldest became of age. This is why William IV who hated Victoria’s mother so much was so happy when she finally turned 18 and he died shortly thereafter. His biggest worry was if he died before his niece was 18, her mother would be regent and he disliked the Duchess of York.

It also explains certain myths about Richard III. When Edward IV died his brother Richard III became regent for his two sons, who were not of age. Richard put them in the Tower of London. Someone murdered the boys, and Richard thereby became King. Originally he should have only been King Regent for six or seven years. Same with Henry VIII’s son Edward VI, he had a regency council rule for him that was made of Jane Seymour’s brother , and later the first Earl of Warwick. Edward had a coronation but he was only nine, so he technically wasn’t King.

Harry will still be around if they need him....

[sneakypete]

Gosh, while I know everyone starts to die as soon as they are born, it will be weird not to have Queen Elizabeth II. She’s the only English monarch I’ve ever known, and I think a lot of people can say that. How many people who are alive recall George VI or Edward VIII?

@Gefn

She is even one of the few surviving WW-2 vets. She drove an ambulance in London during the Blitz while the Germans were bombing London.

[sneakypete]

Harry is so far down the line, even behind Williams kids, that is no way he will ever be anything but an overpaid baby brother.

@EdinVA

And....,let's be honest about it. His father was one of  his ho mother's boyfriends,NOT Prince Charles. Can't remember his name now,but IIRC,he was a Major in a Calvary unit,MAYBE Scots Guards. Everybody is being polite about this because it's not his fault and there is no need to embarrass the innocent,but it ain't what you would call a secret that Prince Charles was never what anyone would call a "studly man". He managed to pump out a heir,and then he pretty much lost interest in Diana.

 

Harry is to young and to smart to spend the next 80 years as an also ran..

Not smart enough to avoid the Ho called Megan,though. Then again,"smart" has never been associated with that sort of thing.

[sneakypete]

It also explains certain myths about Richard III. When Edward IV died his brother Richard III became regent for his two sons, who were not of age. Richard put them in the Tower of London. Someone murdered the boys,  ....

@Gefn

WOW!I had no idea Hillary is THAT old!

[mystery-ak]

Meghan Markle ‘wants to bail out on her terms,’ says Prince Charles biographer: It’s ‘spiteful fury’

excerpt:
“The statement was really spiteful fury from Meghan — What Meghan wants Meghan gets,” he fired on the morning show, as reported by U.K.’s Daily Mail.

“It was rude to the queen,” he continued. “What is spiteful is, she married into the royal family not that long ago and she bailed out. But she wants to bail out on her terms. What is most important for this country is to protect the reputation of the royal family. What you’ve really got is this couple being led by Meghan [who] wants to commercialize the royal family.”

Journalist Afua Adom questioned Bower, asking how he could possibly know Harry, 35, is being “led by Meghan," 38.

“It’s the truth,” responded Bower. “She has a whole life, a whole career of commercial exploitation of herself. She has absolutely no status apart from being attached to the royal family.”


more
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-bail-out-prince-charles-biographer

[TomSea]

I'm not sure if this is even of enough interest to post:

British Royals
Published 8 hours ago
Friend of Princess Anne found shot dead at Boris Johnson’s old home, murder-suicide attempt eyed
By Joe Tacopino | New York Post

A dog trainer who worked for Princess Anne was found shot dead in a suspected murder-suicide attempt at the former home of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a report said.

Debbie Zurick, 56, was killed at the cottage where Johnson grew up in England, and her husband John was left in critical condition from a gunshot wound, according to The Sun.

“I thought they were happy together. They seemed to have the perfect life,” Debbie’s half-brother Phillip Townsend, 44 told the newspaper.


Britain's Anne, Princess Royal attends a reception to mark the centenary of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations at Windsor Castle, Britain April 2, 2019. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS - RC1FAFADF2B0

More: https://www.foxnews.com/world/friends-of-princess-anne-found-shot-at-boris-johnsons-old-home

[EdinVA]

So what does Boris Johnson have to do with anything in this story?

[mountaineer]

That's weird, I thought Britain had contained the problem of gun violence.

[sneakypete]

A dog trainer who worked for Princess Anne was found shot dead in a suspected murder-suicide attempt at the former home of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson,

@TomSea

Boris isn't the PM anymore?

[sneakypete]

That's weird, I thought Britain had contained the problem of gun violence.

@mountaineer

I think it is only an arrestable offense if you are white.

[mystery-ak]

Prince Harry returns to UK for final round of royal engagements, requests to only be called 'Harry'

Prince Harry returned to the United Kingdom for one of his final engagements as a senior member of the royal family.

The Duke of Sussex, 35, traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland by train to attend a summit for an eco-friendly tourism firm called Travalyst, according to reports.

The event host, Ayesha Hazarika, informed the crowd that Harry did not want to be referred to as "Prince" during the appearance.

more
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/prince-harry-uk-visit-call-me-harry

[mystery-ak]

EXCLUSIVE: 'If anyone should be insulted, it's us!' Meghan says she and Harry are being 'picked on' and the restrictions put on them are 'payback' for wanting to be independent but they will 'rise above pettiness'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8047051/Meghan-says-Harry-picked-restrictions-payback.html#newcomment