Reply to: Harry & Meghan stepping down

[scooterscot]

He has a point...

[Peoplesoft bloke]

the gammon loving press

These papers have to be appealing to and audience way beyond the "gammons". It's amazing how many people slag the papers considering how many must be buying and reading them.

[JohntheBike]

The way they announced it seems like a deliberate insult to the Queen. Or if not an insult, at least publicly disrespectful. Why would they do that? Barmy. Or deluded.

Some newspapers are saying it has all been plotted for ages, was Meghan's plan all along, and reading far too much into it. Daft. We can't know what is going on inside a relationship or what passes in the minds of others. Just take events at face value.

Happy to pay for their ongoing security, but little else. And the titles will have to go. Lastly, as someone pointed out above, a "transatlantic lifestyle" = environmental homicide.

The way they announced it seems like a deliberate insult to the Queen. Or if not an insult, at least publicly disrespectful. Why would they do that?

there is a suggestion in another thread that they have tried to discuss the issues previously, but have not had much success in achieving their wishes.

[ladymuck]

I would prefer to stop this waste and let Tony B'liar take his chances...

Tony Blair's police protection costs taxpayers millions, report claims | Politics | The Guardian

FFS

If someone bumped off the war criminal I doubt anyone would really care.

[vetran]

Hmm...

I'm not so keen on paying for their security. If they don't want to be part of the royal family then they shouldn't get any of the services that the tax payer funds. Who is going to pay for their Canadian lifestyle? The Brits certainly shouldn't but I also don't think it's fair to lump it on the Canadians either.

I would prefer to stop this waste and let Tony B'liar take his chances...

Tony Blair's police protection costs taxpayers millions, report claims | Politics | The Guardian

Blair requires as many as 12 police protection officers following his role as prime minister and his advocacy of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a Daily Telegraph investigation published on Friday claims.Documents seen by the Telegraph allegedly show that Blair sometimes visits as many as five countries a week, at a potential cost of between £14,000 and £16,000 to the public purse. The paper reports that each protection officer was likely to be earning at least £56,000, but could earn more than £70,000 given the overtime they accumulate on foreign trips.

In 2010 the Mail on Sunday reported that the cost of Blair’s diplomatic protection was £250,000 a year, double the cost for Gordon Brown.

[ladymuck]

The way they announced it seems like a deliberate insult to the Queen. Or if not an insult, at least publicly disrespectful. Why would they do that? Barmy. Or deluded.

Some newspapers are saying it has all been plotted for ages, was Meghan's plan all along, and reading far too much into it. Daft. We can't know what is going on inside a relationship or what passes in the minds of others. Just take events at face value.

Happy to pay for their ongoing security, but little else. And the titles will have to go. Lastly, as someone pointed out above, a "transatlantic lifestyle" = environmental homicide.

Hmm...

I'm not so keen on paying for their security. If they don't want to be part of the royal family then they shouldn't get any of the services that the tax payer funds. Who is going to pay for their Canadian lifestyle? The Brits certainly shouldn't but I also don't think it's fair to lump it on the Canadians either.

[unixman]

The way they announced it seems like a deliberate insult to the Queen. Or if not an insult, at least publicly disrespectful. Why would they do that? Barmy. Or deluded.

Some newspapers are saying it has all been plotted for ages, was Meghan's plan all along, and reading far too much into it. Daft. We can't know what is going on inside a relationship or what passes in the minds of others. Just take events at face value.

Happy to pay for their ongoing security, but little else. And the titles will have to go. Lastly, as someone pointed out above, a "transatlantic lifestyle" = environmental homicide.

[xoggoth]

For me this is just another example of why a Royal should only marry another royal

Good idea, It didn't do the Habsburgs any harm!

[technobabble]

Sadly..

For me this is just another example of why a Royal should only marry another royal. Meghan just wants to be a celebrity and make as much out of the situation as she can.

It is almost certain to end up hurting Harry and with a divorce and a lot of damage to the institution of the Monarchy.

The only way to preserve a Monarchy is for those in line to be dedicated to public duties and to avoid any personal interests.

Sadly they both need to loose their titles and be pushed out, in the interest of the overall preservation of there even being a Royal family.

I am strongly a Monarchist though I lived overseas for 12 years even that was in one of our remaining territories.

[xoggoth]

Yeh, the amount of coverage in some papers regarding this boring issue is quite ridiculous.

[darmstadt]

8 pages? Really? Dedicated to 2 young people who are presumably in love but aren't doing what the gammon loving press want them to do.

Hilarious ..... the red tops have hounded them out of the country, and are now p'd off that their (the red tops) little money spinner is buggering off to the US to make their own money.

Gammons. Don'tcha just love 'em

It's quite interesting to see that these, really rather crap media outlets such as the Daily Mail which had over 30 stories about it on their front web page whereas only a couple dedicated to the shooting down of a civilian airliner by Iran which could have severe repercussions for the whole world. It really goes to show what is important to their readership and why this world is so ****ed up now....

[Whorty]

8 pages? Really? Dedicated to 2 young people who are presumably in love but aren't doing what the gammon loving press want them to do.

Hilarious ..... the red tops have hounded them out of the country, and are now p'd off that their (the red tops) little money spinner is buggering off to the US to make their own money.

Gammons. Don'tcha just love 'em

[Mordac]

A troll once said to me:

It’s remarkable why there is so much resentment towards the likes of Ms Markle, David Lammy, Diane Abbott, Sam Gyimah and Chuka Umunna - I can’t think of a logical reason as to why this might be happening!

A bunch of hypocrites attracting resentment? Who'd have thunk it...?

[darmstadt]

A troll once said to me:

Rather sad what has become of our once great country in the past 4 years.Nationalism and xenophobia have swung praise and advantage towards people like Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson who seek to divide our country, and instead turned resentment and contempt towards the efforts of people like Meghan Markle.
It’s remarkable why there is so much resentment towards the likes of Ms Markle, David Lammy, Diane Abbott, Sam Gyimah and Chuka Umunna - I can’t think of a logical reason as to why this might be happening!

[BrilloPad]

MODS, we need a new sub-forum for all the royalists v roundheads wanting to cross piss streams at dawn.

Megxit sub forum?