Prince Harry is in love. We haven’t been able to write that in a while. I guess we could have written it when he was with Cressida Bonas, although that relationship never felt like it was really going to stand the test of time, nor did it seem like a real love match. But Harry’s relationship with Meghan Markle? Yeah, it’s getting interesting. It seems clear that Harry is head over heels and that he’s hellbent on protecting Meghan from everyone and everything. According to sources, Harry might even be spending money – out of his own pocket – so that Meghan has some private security.
Prince Harry is set to pay for a personal bodyguard for his girlfriend Meghan Markle, it was revealed today. The glamorous American actress has become the centre of attention on both sides of the Atlantic since the prince announced their relationship earlier this month. Harry is now considering paying for round-the-clock security for the 35-year-old, possibly using a retired member of Scotland Yard’s royal protection squad, it was reported this afternoon.
A source told The Evening Standard’s Robert Jobson: ‘His Royal Highness has made it clear that he believes Miss Markle’s personal safety is paramount.’ But, the source added; ‘It comes down to a matter of cost, who is paying for what.’
Prince Charles is understood to have made a similar arrangement with one of his former bodyguard’s to protect the Duchess of Cornwall when she was still Camilla Parker Bowles.
Meghan is said to think Harry’s idea is ‘charming’, but unnecessary.
It is understood the cost of such protection would be around £50,000 a year.
I remember reading that Charles got security for Camilla when she was merely his girlfriend (in the years between Diana’s death and Charles & Camilla’s marriage in 2005), but I actually thought it was official royal protection, as in paid for by taxpayers. I know that Charles also personally bankrolled Camilla’s pre-wedding makeover, including a clothing allowance, hair stylists and more. Is Meghan in for the same kind of treatment? Will Harry bankroll a makeover for Meghan, plus her lawyers (so she can sue the British papers), plus her security? It’s a nice gesture, but it feels like we’re also in danger of infantilizing Meghan. She’s not some helpless little girl – she’s an actress on a successful show, who has worked and lived in the world for years and she’s been pretty independent her whole life.
Also: some were saying that William never made these kinds of moves for Kate while they were dating. Well… sort of. If I remember correctly, Kate did start getting royal protection here and there starting in 2007-ish. Mostly the protection was when she was with William, though. And that was when she started getting “trained” for how to protect herself and deal with the press and paparazzi as well. Reportedly, she found those lessons creepy and unsettling.
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I know I keep saying it but … DAMN SON! Get your woman! I’m totally here for a prompt engagement/fast babies *gimme gimme gimme* I’m impressed
Agreed! She’s gorgeous, and actually has a career that’s not based off her families connections. I love them together and we haven’t even had a couple photo yet.
Actually someone mentioned yesterday that her suits job was from her ex husband! Not sure if that’s true. And I’m aware she’s been on other shows so maybe she still does have a career without connections. I’ve only seen her in suits.
I know. I hope they have a quick wedding to piss off the naysayers…………………. insert Cruella Deville laugh
You obviously don’t know the British Monarchy. Ms Markle will have a few hurdles to jump before she gets her hands on any royal tiaras. Firstly she’s American ( no offence to Americans), but there have been 3 Americans in the past that have virtually brought the Monarchy to its knees – the obvious is Wallis Simpson that caused Britain to lose its King! Then in more recent times we had Steve Wyatt & John Bryan that between them wrecked the marriage of the Monarch’s 2nd son! Second!y she’s a divorcee – need I bring up the impact divorcees Simpson & “Rocky Rottweiler”Parker Bowles had on the Royal Family (because of the latter it means another Heir Apparent will never be King)! The men in grey suits behind the throne may have relaxed their grip on the Monarchy slightly since Diana’s days but they are still a force to be reckoned with & will do everything in their power to make sure scandals like that don’t happen again – especially with all the bad press Wills & Kate are getting. And don’t forget Harry is after all the Spare to the Heir!
Whaaa? Another heir apparent will never be king? Men in grey suits? Scandal? I think the BRF are less behind the times than some of their subjects and Harry is going to be allowed to make his own life decisions. Here are some facts to support that: Charles (who was divorced) is next in line. Then William. Then George and Charlotte, who are alive and well. Harry and Meghan are dating, not engaged, but if these so-called grey men are so *keen* on vetting future spouses, how in the ***k did Katie Bucket with her grasping family make into the BRF? If Meghan is so wrong for the BRF, the relationship would have been squashed already and no statement from Harry would have been released about protecting her from threats and the media.
You need to go back & read the history. Charles, certainly wasn’t divorced when he started seeing his mistress again in 1986 infact he was well & truely married & poor little Harry wasn’t even 2. His infidelity & attitude towards his wife & family nearly distroyed the monarchy so believe me there are quite a few of us Brits that believe he is not fit to be King. Infact we would rather vote to become a republic than have him & that woman as monarch’s of our Country! And the top courtiers ” men in grey suits” as Diana called them know this, that is why they are going out of their way to promote Wills & Kate as being dutiful & hard working. Plus the fact that William’s attitude towards his role at the moment is a worry, his constant asking for privacy & uninterested behaviour during engagements is causing concern at Buckingham Palace. If he decided he didn’t want his future role but a private family life, then the emphasis is on Harry, the Spare! He would have to step up & take over the role of Regent till either George comes of age, ( but can you see William wanting his kids to carry out a role he is not willing to do himself ), or Harry would become Heir Apparent then take over the role of Monach after Her Majesty. That is why the Heir Apparent always has a minimum of 2 children – the Heir & Spare as the palace call them, incase anything happens. As for Kate getting into the R/F, after the backlash of how Diana was treated during her days, the R/F decided to allow William & Harry more freedom in thier lives & choice of brides – and that’s how we ended up with Kate! Harry will be allowed to date who he wants but when it comes to the woman he marries, that will be a different matter – he will still have to ask the permission of the monach. Insiders at the palace have made it quite clear that Harry made the statement bout Ms Markles security off his own back, it was not officially backed. If you want to know how the Monarchy works publicly & behind the scenes, contact Ms Ingrid Seward, Editor Majesty Magazine.
Poppy, if one reads enough about Diana, one concludes that she was the first one to be unfaithful, and that she portrayed herself as quite different during the courtship from who she really was. Not to say Charles was without fault, but it does take two. I’m willing to give Charles a pass. Hope others are, as well.
Sorry but one could never trust a man that thinks its OK to expect their best friend (Andrew Parker Bowled) to ” take a walk ” so he can get it on with said friends wife (Camilla), and that has been widely reported. Let’s not forgret the night he had an all night rendezvous with said friends wife aboard the royal train (weeks before his wedding)- B/P & Diana had to issue a statement denying it was her – that has been widely reported. And let’s not forget the eve of his wedding, party at B/P & he sleeps with said friends wife! He’s not fit to be a friend let alone King. Its a good job Harry is!
Cosign! I’ll also add that girl doesn’t need a makeover, just some jewelry that I’d like some hi-res photos of, like, yesterday.
Sorry, ‘his own money’? Where from? from when he served in the armed forces (because 50k would be a best part of a junior officers annual salary)? Or the inheritance his mum left him (which she in turn received in a divorce settlement from Charles – so…public money?)
So not ‘his own’ money, then? Obviously assuming one’s own money is what they themselves earn?
#pedantic(?!)
He gets a royal stipend in exchange for doing royal engagements
So not his ‘own’ money, then?
Um, Clare… where do you get *your* money from? Is it not yours because it originally belonged to someone else?
I work for the government. You could say that my income is 100% taxpayer-funded. Does that mean I’m not entitled to spend it as I see fit?
No, the money he inherited from his mother and great-grandmother aren’t public money anymore. It’s his money.
Charles/ the Duchy of Cornwall pays for Harry, William and Kate’s expenses when they are doing official duties. Just like the Queen does for her children. Should Harry not be allowed to use the money he inherited because at one point it may or may not have been public” money? That’s ridiculous.
+1
I’m not so bothered about Harry using the money – I mean they do it on everything else, so what is one more protection person (I actually quite like Meghan Markle), but the pretense that it’s his from his own earnings is a bit rich…given that it is money ultimately siphoned from the crown.
Just my opinion, which I believe I am entitled to given I am a UK tax payer and basically end up paying for all this shit. No need to get personal. Shrug.
Does he want a bloody medal for this? It’s HIS girlfriend. He should pay for her or they can pay for it together. Neither of them are poor. The tax payer shouldn’t have to pick up the bill for this.
From what has been released publicly? He personally has an estimated 15+ million USD, give or take, a few million more than his brother.
At 30, he inherited half of Diana’s £19 million settlement, which increased in value over 15 years minus 40 percent inheritance tax. That was not taxpayer or Duchy money. It was Charles’s personal fortune from inheritances from relatives like the Queen Mum from her personal inheritances (the wealthy Bowes-Lyon family), etc.. His banker later admitted it wiped him out completely. Him personally, not the Duchy.
In 1994, the Queen Mum hid away a chunk of her personal money in a trust. As long as she lived long enough, which she did, that money ended up being untaxed. The amount she put away for Harry was £4.5 million in 1994 money.
Fair enough – I think we are defining ‘own money’ differently. I just don’t think money inherited from the Crown (or in relation to the Crown) counts as ‘own money’. But I can see where you are coming from, and thanks for backing it up with facts 🙂
None of what I’m talking about is “own money” related to the Crown. ex. The Bowes-Lyon family had money, lots of landed aristocracy kind of money. Married-in heiresses in that family tree. That’s private money, never crown money, and that’s the money she brought to the table. That would be a personal inheritance and personal wealth. She didn’t lose the right to her personal money because she married a prince.
Bit like Maria-Teresa in Luxembourg. Her family was rumored to be worth 1 billion back in 1981 when she married Henri. That wealth would be split with her siblings, but it is her personal money not belonging to the crown. Any inheritances her children receive, from her or from her parents, belongs to them personally – even if they happen to be princes and princesses.
So Queen Mum came from a wealthy family? I had no idea. She was basically Paris Hilton. But I have the same association, when you say “own money” I expected her have to done something besides being born. However, looking them up, they seem to have been royals as well. So still not their own money. Just generations of generations living off the British people.
Not quite like Paris Hilton. QM was the daughter of an Earl.
Aristocracy and royalty are different things.
If I inherit a brooch from my grandmother, I don’t get to call it “my own” because I didn’t buy it with money I earned myself? How dare I claim that it belongs to me. If I sell it and invest the money wisely, the earnings on those investments aren’t “my own” and don’t belong to me?
So every person who once descended from the “aristocracy” from the 12th century onward doesn’t have rights to money? If anyone in that family tree ever married to someone who was royal or was descended from royalty? Because they might have inherited a penny of money that came from centuries of family investments? None of that money belongs to them ever-onward because once upon a time?
Descendants include people from FDR to Cindy Crawford, but their money doesn’t belong to them? Because somehow they still have a leg up in life from a long-ago royal ancestor? Just doesn’t track.
There is personal money and taxpayer money. Windsors have lots of personal money, which they try very hard to hide. They have far far more taxpayer money than necessary to do their roles.
Princess Diana had a personal fortune of about 50 million after her father passed and her brother took over the earldom, and this far exceeded her divorce settlement. When they refer to his own money, they refer to either his inherited money or his military wage.
Princess Diana’s estate was approximately 21 million pounds at the time of her death. Her divorce settlement was 17 million pounds, which was paid the year before.
She inherited relatively little from her father’s estate, which went primarily to her brother, her father’s only son.
After inheritance taxes, the estate was valued at 13 million pounds. However, through wise in investments, it grew substantially before William and Harry took control of their portions upon their respective 30th birthdays. It was estimated at approximately 30 million pounds, and each brother got 1/2.
Diana’s inheritance from her father would have been peanuts because estates are always entailed to the eldest son whilst the other siblings get crumbs if dead papa feels generous towards them.
Further, Diana’s will was and remains public, so you can see that 99% of it was her recently acquired divorce settlement from Charles of £17M cash per her insistence.
Exactly LAK and Clara, the money is not “personal”. It derives from his dad “owning” the Duchy of Cornwall — which goes bye-bye if there’s a republic… Not at all the same as a federal or state employee being paid by limited tax money, not even close.
Maybe it’s being withdrawn from his inheritance from Diana.
Although Prince Charles funds Harry – the vast majority of Prince Charles’ £20+ million income is from his property and land holdings including the Duchy of Cornwall and central London properties etc (valued at over £1billion). The public grants for official duties (travel, admin, security) are only 10-15% of his income.
He doesn’t personally own the duchy of cornwall. It’s a state property earmarked for the immediate heir to the crown which currently happens to be Charles. He is allowed to keep the profits, but he is not allowed to sell it or improve any parts of it without govt approval.
Should we remove the system of Monarchy, it reverts back to the people.
Thank you LAK for being the voice of reason
He’s also inherited money from Princess Diana’s estate.
Christmas engagement?? Or sometime in the spring? Quick-I want to read fluffy, happy, pretty news.
Meghan is the grownup in this relationship, for sure.
The fusillade of texts, the emotional letters to the press, paying for protection she says she doesn’t want, all of it can be read as sweet and gallant or needy and controlling, depending on your view.
If these things are true, which could or could not be the case.
Hopefully she brings stability and a more worldly view to the relationship. I still think he needs that more than she needs him.
Suze: Agree with your assessment.
The paps pursuing his girlfriend triggered him in a way not publicly displayed before. It is sweet, protective and an obvious display of his concern, but also shows what appears to be the soul sucking way of life in the gilded cage of the BRF.
She appears to bring a joy of life and a measured world view.
That he sends a barrage of texts to any woman he’s interested. In, as reported in several places, says needy and desperate for,love to me.
Sorry, Harry , I love ya, but you sound like a real desperado.
Have to agree Sarah. The texting also says entitled: I get what I want because prince. He sees a pretty women and starts texting until they agree to meet up. It also smacks of disrespect if the woman is already attached to another man.
I don’t know if Harry and Meghan would be good together as we have never seen them together. If it works for them, good. Hopefully they’d have less pressure on them since Harry is not destined to be King. But they would both have to be ‘less’ than William and Kate, since the tradition is that there can only be one golden prince. Less charismatic, less interested, do less work, be relatively mute lest they show up the drab, lazy Cambridge’s. Harry has learned to do that and then pump it up in his own activities that are not counted as official. Markle would struggle as she is attractive and works for attention. She might suffocate in such a role.
When I was dating my now-husband he would send barrages of texts. I was in love and thought it was sweet and honest. I sent texts back.
Games are for players.
I think Chuck got a retired RPO out of retirement for Camilla, didn’t he? And paid from private wealth.
Bit Sixer, this so called private wealth is siphoned from the public purse/crown land, isn’t it? This whole Duchy, for example, it’s not like Chuckles (or even Philip, or George) worked for it and earned it – it’s inherited as a result of the Crown. none of these morons have ever held an actual job that would result in acquiring any sort of ‘wealth’. I mean, armed forces jobs really don’t pay that much…
I’m completely with you, my lovely. But then I’m a rabid lefty republican who thinks inheritance tax is a good thing, and trusts bypassing it should be made illegal, and if this means the aristocracy falls I’ll be the first to throw a street party.
But, in the constitutional monarchy we live in, Harry would be using non-Royal upkeep money to pay for this bodyguard.
I was watching E! news last night (I know, I know) and my British as British gets husband walks in during the Harry and Meghan part – his only comment ‘Wow, American’s really love the Royal family, huh’…totally rings true with the way people defend this scroungers. Having said that, to each their own!
While i agree with the sentiment; The Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster are the personal and private property of the Sovereign so any money that TQ and Chuck gets from those estates have nothing to do with the public money. The Duchy of Cornwall makes quite a lot every year from it’s deal with Waitrose for the Duchy Organics brand – Chuck does work hard to make the estates self sufficient.
The Duchies belong to the people, argued that they were established for the instrument of government. If the monarchy is eradicated, the Duchies revert to the people not the Windsors. Charles doesn’t get to keep the Duchies any more than he would get the Crown Estate, which he’s trying to steal on the sly.
They had to go to parliament to get Elizabeth and Philip an income out of the Duchy of Cornwall. She couldn’t access it, because she wasn’t the male heir of the monarch. If it was private property, the Windsors would have been able to do whatever they wanted with it. Because it ultimately belongs to the country, not the Windsors, they had to petition Parliament for funding.
But they do have personal wealth. Wealthy people have married in to that family for years, and that wealth is personal money not public. It might come from the profits of centuries of the aristocratic and noble system, but it isn’t from the public purse.
When/if the Windsors are ever thrown out, they will take their personal millions upon millions with them and live just fine. They aren’t the wealthiest royals when it comes to personal fortunes (Liechtenstein, Netherlands, the no longer royal TNT family), but they won’t starve.
@NOTA While i agree that if the Monarchy was to become extinct tomorrow the estates (Duchies and Crown) would revert to the people, the Duchies were always intended to provide an independent and personal income to the Sovereign. They are held in trust for the Monarch to basically stop them doing whatever the want to the estates – such as giving them away to whoever took their fancy or taxing the people who live their to the hilt etc.. Various Monarchs down history have previous for just giving land away – the rules around the trusts were designed to stop those abuses, rules which i think date back to the 13th century when they were created as royal estates (which also explains why they need to consult parliament on trying to draw an income for TQ – they have a say in what happens to them and plus the trust rules stated that only male heirs could draw an income).
We’re ultimately saying the same thing. The income from the Duchy of Cornwall is to be used to pay for the work of the Duke of Cornwall, the monarch’s heir, or his surrogates. It is not his personal money, not his personal fortune. When/if the monarchy is ended, the Duchies belong to the people just as they really do now.
@CLARE, then how come the Monaco royal family are so wealthy? Prince Rainer III gave 950M euros to both Albert and Caroline while only 17M euros to Stephanie as well as other assets like cars, homes, yachts, Ect… Can someone explain that to me?
“The income from the Duchy of Cornwall is to be used to pay for the work of the Duke of Cornwall, the monarch’s heir, or his surrogates.”
But once paid, it becomes their personal money. Like for anybody else.
It’s not the income, it’s the profits that are used for the heir’s duties. That’s an important difference in understanding how muvh money Charles receives from the duchy.
Currently the duchy is valued at close to £1B. Charles is said to receive just under £19M in profits after expenses.
Charles lives and employs people in a lifestyle closer to a wealthy Edwardian gentleman and that eats into much of the profits before he can pocket the meagre £19M.
Should we abolish the monarchy, the duchy reverts to the people.
Her nose is too perfect. Nose job, right?
Irony, right? I’m slow today, haha.
This is actually pretty sweet and am not a romantic gushy person, it seems that Haz takes after Chuck in the way he wants to protect the woman he loves. In this way i do have some sympathy for Kate as big willy did NOTHING like this for her during their long and public courtship.
I hope it lasts as even thou he is super keen it does seem like she is the more mature and level headed of the pairing, which maybe a good thing. I have often seen relationships like this that work well.
Who else is going to pay for it…
Maybe Toronto tax payers as well, as she will need security in TO.
Especially as part of the Commonwealth, we (Canadians) also support the BRF via our taxes, so Canadian tax payers as well as British are going to pay to protect this woman from leers and jeers and overly invested paps.
Canada does not support the BRF through taxes.
http://www.monarchist.ca/index.php/our-monarchy/myths-about-the-monarchy
(Yeah, it’s a super biased source, but they know their stuff. It also aligns with what I was told when I worked at Rideau Hall. We pay for the Governor General, but otherwise don’t financially support the Crown in any way, except when members of the Royal Family visit Canada, which is no different from any other foreign dignitary.)
Queen costs us more than the Brits pay
Over the past 10 years, the Canadian cost of supporting the monarchy has more than doubled
Katie Engelhart
MacLeans
July 14, 2009
“Robert Finch has a favourite saying: “For the price of a cup of coffee, Canadians can enjoy the stability of the Crown.” By this, the chief operating officer of the Monarchist League of Canada means that the monarchy costs Canadians only $1.53 per capita each year, about the price of a large cup of joe at Tim Hortons. But in fact, Canadians are now paying more per capita to support the Queen than the British are.
According to the latest figures out of Buckingham Palace, while Canadians are shelling out $1.53 per capita, the British are only paying about $1.32. And the Monarchist League’s own numbers show the Canadian cost is skyrocketing. Over just the last 10 years, the per capita bill for supporting the monarchist framework— including expenses incurred by the royal clan on Canadian soil, as well as the cost of running the offices of the Governor General and our 10 provincial lieutenant-governors—has more than doubled.”
Yes — of course we pay for “the monarchist framework— including expenses incurred by the royal clan on Canadian soil, as well as the cost of running the offices of the Governor General and our 10 provincial lieutenant-governors”. That’s basically what I said. It’s costs associated with the CANADIAN Crown + occasional visits by royals (not unlike if a royal family member decides to visit the US or anywhere else, incidentally). I would not equate any of this with funding the “British Royal Family”.
We absolutely do not funnel public money to the UK to contribute to the extended royal family’s day-to-day housing, salaries, security, wardrobe, expenses, staff, etc. — though many Canadians believe that we do, for some reason.
I have heard sometimes studios pay security for their stars. Now with all this fuss maybe she can get protection from them as she certainly has raised the profile of the series. Also Harry can pay someone to protect her in her outings. He has money and 50000 a year for him, considering that he almost doesn’t spend them as his EVERYTHING he spends can be put under “Work expenses ” as nobody is checking them, is nothing. House paid, clothes paid, traveling paid, food mostly paid, protection paid soo no biggie.
I have a good feeling about this one as a person. I worry about their future. Let’s not pretend we live in a perfect world and everybody is happy and supportive of them. I wish them all the best anyway.
I can understand Harry wanting protection for Meghan. We know how he and especially William feel about the press and how it affected their mother. Also, Harry served in Afghanistan, and it was kept hush-hush due to him being a high profile target. There are a lot of crazy people out there. I think it’s sweet he’s concerned.
Why am I so enthralled with this relationship? Suddenly he is insanely attractive, what happened???
ME WANT PICTURES!!!
I live in Toronto and have heard some of the crazy things the media has done and I actually think she needs protection. Toronto doesn’t pay much mind to celebrities so before this she could walked around he city very freely. The scary thing was that male photographers were trying to break into her house to get pics of her. She is a woman living alone, that would be terrifying for anybody.
Dont care that they’re together
However
What kind of glamorous actress is she? Never heard of her. Imdb’d her and her projects arent exactly award winning. She looks 10 years older than he does…
This relationship is hilariously fun like an old 50s/60s movie!
And that will be the only attention i give this. Royal family stuff isnt for this american gal…
I don’t know what you are looking at, but she looks a lot younger than her age. Just from watching her on Suits i would have put her at my own age (mid 20s) or late 20s. I don’t think Harry is a particularly young looking 32 year old either.
She looks younger than Harry. She’s ageing really well.
Is this story true or not?
Imagine cheapo William cracking open his wallet for security pre-engagement to Middleton or anyone for that matter. Not.
Post-engagement and he is still not cracking open his wallet. Taxpayers have to cough up.
Someone needs to stop talking! Someone is leaking like a sieve, and it’s not doing anyone any favors. If it’s Harry’s people, it’s completely overshadowing his work, and his tour is only going to be about if he’s going to mention Meghan and if they are going on a vacation afterwards. If it’s Meghan’s people, it’s making her look thirsty for attention and publicity.
I also hope that they don’t jump into an engagement too quickly. Yes they are in their thirties and when you get older you have more of an idea of what you want in a partner so courtships tend to not be as long, but Harry isn’t a normal person and marriage to him isn’t a normal marriage. Joining the BRF isn’t a decision Meghan should take lightly.
Agreed.
I do hope it’s the real deal, though. I think she would be good for him and for The Firm. Plus, royal watching would get more fun.
But she needs to be sure. Royal life is not easy.
Agree . Who is talking to the media? Harry? “A source told The Evening Standard’s Robert Jobson: ‘His Royal Highness has made it clear that he believes Miss Markle’s personal safety is paramount…”
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Agreed. The leaks are coming from someone close so how many people would that have been? Wouldn’t be too hard to work out.
And if the relationship has been going for months successfully without being detected, why has it been leaked now?
The security guard is a bit silly unless Markle has been threatened, then the police and/or studio would step in to provide protection. Harry’s claim puts attention on Markle again, unnecessarily. The romance goes out of it when ‘it all comes down to cost’. Plus the carefully worded phrase ‘out of his own money’ in case UK taxpayers think they are going to be further burdened. This is all for show, surely.
Prince William is in Vietnam. Huh?????!!!!!! Kate and the children stayed home of course. I wonder if Harry will be in Toronto again soon?
Yawn. Wake me up when the “It is with the greatest pleasure that the Prince of Wales announces the engagement of his beloved son” bit goes out and we can start talking wedding dress designers and tiaras.
Here is hoping that Harry actually tells his family when it happens, not the day the tell the world **cough**W&K**cough cough**.
Does Harry have to ask his grandmothers permission? We know William didn’t and TQ’s permission was only confirmed a month or so before their wedding (yeah big Willy pulled a fast one – he asked her to marry him without TQ’s permission which as the heirs heir is illegal, i believe its the law under the rules of succession)..
William is not meant to be King!
You mean British Tax Payer’s money
Harry is really going hard in the paint with this one.
369 million from the taxpayers to rehab Buckingham Palace. We all knew that was coming. Quick, someone send puppies and kittens Sixer’s direction.
Could this be the story they were trying to hide with all this Harry & Meghan news?
I actually did think of Sixer and LAK when I saw the news today.
The fact that this was approved in the middle of Brexit’s chaos and uncertainty is irresponsible.
I am so happy I don’t live in a monarchic country.
I am a waitress and was a server at a dinner Cory Vitiello cooked for Justin Trudeau, prince harry, the mulroneys etc in may Meghan Markle was there as a guest of Vitiello he even introduced her as his wife they were in a common law relationship at the time, she gave prince harry her number under the guise of helping him with the invictus games, he took it and started texting her when she realised he was interested she threw vitiello over like a hot potato. Having met harry I can attest to the fact he seems nice if a bit pretentious and likes protocol to be used. Vitiello is cute and incredibly nice and hard working Meghan came a across as nice if a little calculating. I was told she got the part on suits as a result of her ex husband, and promptly threw him over when she started networking in Canada. She knows what she wants and good on her I wish I was that persistent in achieving the things I want.