Meghan Markle is currently in London! She flew into Heathrow from Toronto yesterday. Meghan will be staying with Prince Harry through the weekend, and possibly past the weekend. The whole reason for this particular trip is, of course, Pippa Middleton’s almost-royal wedding and the fact that Harry apparently insisted that Meghan be included on all of the festivities.
Meghan Markle is wedding-bound! Pippa Middleton’s, that is. Prince Harry’s girlfriend arrived in London Tuesday, days before Kate Middleton’s younger sister will exchange vows with fiancé James Matthews in front of family and friends at St. Mark’s Church in Englefield, Berkshire.
After arriving at Heathrow International Airport, Meghan was driven straight to Kensington Palace, E! News has learned. Details about her evening were not made known but a Range Rover was later seen leaving the palace.
The royal family is pretty much sponsored by Range Rover, so it makes sense that the truest sign that Meghan is within the royal family fold is that she’s being chauffeured around in a Range Rover.
As for what all of this means… it means that Harry and Meghan are going to get married, for the love of God. I’m really tired of the doubters on this. Meghan is Harry’s future wife and that’s how she’s being treated. Just this week, Westminster Abbey’s spokesperson made a statement verifying that if and when Harry proposes, the Abbey would be more than happy to host their wedding, even though Meghan is divorced and partly Jewish. The Daily Mail also did a story over the weekend about how royal courtiers are basically convinced that Harry will propose this summer sometime, and that we should keep our eye out for early August, because Meg’s birthday is August 4th. Harry also plans to take Meg to Lesotho this summer, and people think that he’ll mimic his brother’s Kenyan proposal to Kate, and Harry will propose to Meghan while they’re vacationing in Lesotho.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Wow. Imagine having your proposal plans all mapped out for you.
Imagine having the world know your proposal at the same time as you.
Either way I would never want to marry into the royal family. Too much pressure, too stiff, too many people planning my life. Way too independent for this. But if Meghan makes him happy then kudos.
He’s almost certainly already soft proposed. Maybe Meghan even already has her engagement ring but she’s waiting until the official announcement to wear it.
I think closing The Tig is the sign that Harry proposed.
I’m excited for two total strangers getting married and wish them the best!
I’m with you Natalie, cause they wouldn’t roll her out this way if that wasn’t the plan in place, for all we know they adult agreed on a ring and is just a matter of when the presentation can be public?
Yep, he must have already proposed. She gave up her career and did a complete 180 in her public life. There is no way they aren’t already engaged. I don’t think they’ll announce until the Suits season officially ends. The RF may be bending their (ridiculous) rules for Harry and Megan, but a royal fiancé starring on a new season of a TV show may be too much for them to handle.
I guess you don’t have much of a choice when you marry a royal. He probably asked her whether she wanted to move forward or not, and clearly she does. Everything since then has been setting up toward their public engagement, but I suspect they already are privately.
Yea no she clearly made the choice to go forward. Was just saying I couldn’t date a royal just like I couldn’t date someone famous.
In general, I think once you hit that age you find out pretty quickly if your priorities are in line with what direction you’re heading in. Especially if one or both of you want children.
It is kind of creepy, at that, having it all mapped out and everyone figuring out the dates and hows and wherefores . . .
But I suppose that considering the perks to follow, it’s a small annoyance . . . 🙂
So I have a question: what do we think Pippa’s surname will be after this weekend? I can’t imagine she’d totally drop “Middleton” as it’s how she’s known and people would no longer immediately associate her with Kate (whose surname is no longer Middleton either, I know, but it’s a hard habit for people/magazines to give up, it seems). Do we think Pippa Middleton-Matthews is on the cards?
I think will she give Middleton up.
And when her FIL dies she will be allowed to call herself Lady Glen Affric. James will be Laird of Glen Affric.
And if James has antics and they get in the press, he will be dubbed, “A Mad Laird.”
I don’t think the “Lady Glen Affric” title has anything to do with James’ father. Doesn’t the title come with the property he acquired not long ago?
In other words, he purchased it.
Yes, it’s a bought one.
Pippa Middleton flashes her ‘£200,000’ engagement ring walking her dog Rafa – as it’s revealed she will get her own title as Lady Glen Affric when she marries James Matthews
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3700952/Pippa-Middleton-t-stop-flashing-diamond-rock-s-revealed-title-Lady-Glen-Affric-marries-James-Matthews.html
“Whilst her big sister Kate owns the title of Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa will one day become Lady Glen Affric, according to The Express.
Pippa’s future father-in-law, David Matthews, is the Laird of Glen Affric and owns a 10,000-acre Scottish estate near Loch Ness in the Scottish highlands.
When David dies, James will inherit the title and Pippa will have her own title bestowed upon her as his wife, which she can use in the Commonwealth.”
This is the kind of title anyone can purchase alongside a small piece of land. Like literally for under 50 bucks (although I understand his came as part of a larger eatate).
May I point you to Lord Disick, as an example.
If she ever uses that title I think it would be a bit of a joke.
@Clare:
Of course she will use that title – I mean it’s Pippa!
I’m laughing hard at the “lLady” title she’ll inherit – it’s so Pippa. Last year, my daughter bought the same thing – land and “Lady” title in Scotland for herself, and one for her brother, who is now “Laird”. The urchases came with “documents”, a map showing the land they own (each plot about the size of an A4 sheet of paper!), a booklet about the history and a gorgeous plush bear, complete with appropriate tartan kilt, tam o’shanter and even a sporran! Too cute and bloody hilarious!
Pippa’s thirsty PR game with help from the DM has made me lose all interest in this wedding.
IMO, Pippa’s wedding hasn’t been interesting since day one of the engagement.
When or if Harry marries Meghan, on the other hand, generates interest.
I mean, he’s one of the most eligible bachelors in the world. People have literally watched him grow up. Of course the interest is greater.
But in general, wedding planning is painfully boring.
Pippa’s wedding is just facilitating a hopeful Meghan and Harry sighting for me. Will they arrive together? Will there be any hand holding or other discreet gestures? What will Meghan wear? Will she wear a fascinator or actual hat? Will we see her interact with Will and Kate?
Enquiring minds want to know and see a lot of pictures too!
+100
This over reaching middleton wedding only for Prince Harry and Meg the Sparkle, sightings – nothing else.
Useless lazy willy bill and chutney middleton kids don’t even figure into the equation!! Best keep them locked away like flasher ma.
Alright. Good luck to them.
I have to be honest, I know this sounds very 1950s, but I am a little surprised that a member of the British Royal Family will be marrying an actress from a USA tv show who has been previously married. Yes, I know people are going to say that is mean, but I see the British Royal Family as being fairly conservative.
I like to think that the Queen recognizes the good Megan would do for the royal family, both in terms of diversity and actually liking to do charity work and caring about the world other than herself. It would be a very modern thing for Harry to marry a woman of color, once divorced, American, and part Jewish, and the press constantly mentions the Queen wanting to make sure the monarchy lasts and can change with the times. This would be a great place to start. Does she actually think that? I don’t know. But I bet Charles does.
Considering 3/4 of her children are divorced and the future King married a divorcee….I’m thinking this really doesn’t matter so much. I think a lot of people (not you particularly but many others) keep bringing up the divorce instead of what they really want to bring up (her race).
I actually could care less what race she is. Considering I am half Native American, I really don’t care who marries who. I will fully admit though that I would think carefully about marrying a person in the tv industry who was already divorced. I really don’t think I am alone in that opinion.
I know I’m going to get lambasted for this, but I am tired of the race card being played if someone doesn’t like Meghan or questions her acceptance in the BRF.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I LOVE her and have said so on this blog regularly.
That being said, I do see the ‘controversy,’ especially for those of us having grown up outside Britain/Europe and in the era of Diana and the whole elitism/classism narrative. I remember thinking that when I slept with my first boyfriend that now I couldn’t marry Prince Felipe. (Laughable yes I know). I also felt that being a middle class, public school American I just wasn’t ‘ fancy’ enough.
Are there people that are racist assholes about Meghan? Yes absolutely, unfortunately. But not everyone. Some of us just marvel at the changing times.
Really. What Adele said. Just because someone doesn’t think Harry will marry Meghan doesn’t mean they are racist. When you abuse a term like racism, when you throw it around, it ends up diluting its meaning. You are guilty of making people tune out to accusations of real racism. I wish people would knock it off.
I have a few doubts about the success of this possible marriage because Meghan is obviously smart and bright, but seems to already have put much of her life to the side just to date Harry: her career, her blog, her charity works which seem to have evaporated. She lounged around harry’s apartment for a month this winter, someone said she went and did a charity event, but that is all I have heard of her charitable work this year, and now she is being squired around in Range Rovers, courtesy of the British taxpayers.
Also, Harry is no ball of fire: I know many people here love him, I like him – he is charming. But he is bone lazy, just like his brother. A few events a month and a few weeks a year showing up for his charities doesn’t a workhorse make. And he seems as tempermental as Wills. Please someone explain to me why he acted like a jerk at that wedding. It if wasn’t anger at Meghan, it was anger at the paps, and she had to touch him and soothe him like he was George’s age while he sulked in every single picture. Good luck with that, Meghan!! A 30 year old spoiled Prince baby.
So I think that she will give up all that makes her interesting, as she has already given up a lot. And I think she is marrying a baby, and she will end up doing as little work as the rest of them, while enjoying all of the perks off of the taxpayer. I can’t see her tolerating this once the bloom is off the rose, which always happens. But I guess we shall see.
I think that’s a bit harsh. I’m sure there are a few who are hiding racial denial behind scepticism, but it’s not as if, given who he is, that a bit of scepticism isn’t in order. She divorced after only two years of marriage, the family is somewhat dodgy, as the Brits say, by BRF standards, she is heading over 35, she isn’t British, and she’s an actress, and not a particularly good one, in a D-list tv show. She has, to me, and I say this knowing that as an actress she is hardly an outlier in the profession for this, a very manufactured look. The boobs, the nose . . .
That doesn’t mean they can’t be happy, who the hell knows, really, what goes on between people? But Harry, as I’ve said before, looks immature to me and the immature often make bad choices. TBH, I never thought Cressida Bonas was a winner for him either.
And I do rather suspect Markle’s motives here, also. I can’t escape a feeling that if he weren’t Prince Harry, she wouldn’t have looked twice at him.
None of which really matters given Harry’s fifth in line, and will get pushed ever farther down the line as George and Charlotte grow up, have kids, etc.
I wouldn’t even bet on the BRF being functional in another 100 years.
But raising an eyebrow at Harry’s choice here doesn’t make one, ipso facto, a racist. There’s certainly enough material to raise some.
And all that said, bring on the wedding! I’ll get up at 1AM to watch again . . .
@seeit – but isn’t that true of an awful lot of prominent men? Think about how many famous men would never get a second look otherwise.
@Sarah, I take exception to you calling Harry ‘bone lazy’ and Will and Kate to some extent. You have obviously never met a bone lazy person, or understand what the term means. I am not going to detail here what kind of work the three of them have done over the years. But ‘bone lazy’ people do not pass exams and go to university or join the army,navy or air force. Also a ‘bone lazy’ person would never marry into the royal family because ‘bone lazy’ people stay in bed all day and do not interact with peopler make efforts to socialise much. These people are ‘royal’ and cannot be judged by the same yardstick as the rest of us. The media interest and intrusion is so great, especially in this social media age that I would expect them to stay out of the public eye from time to time to recover from the pressure of being on show and the strain of not putting a foot wrong. They have their lives totally dissected by us all the time ( which we enjoy) , their clothes, their hair , their weight, their mannerisms, their habits etc, al lof this would drive most people to insanity. For heaven sake give them a break! They are human beings and have feelings , and I am so tired of hearing the same old cr*p about the taxes we pay to keep them…the majority of British people are happy with the situation, except for the few who are crying under their bridges because Meghan is not a blue eyed blonde WASP.
PrincessK: the taxes we pay would plug that NHS hole UKIP said could be plugged if we stopped paying the EU. The NHS is much more deserving of our taxmoney than these bone lazy people who use PR to pretend to work.
I don’t think most Brits have any idea how little they do.
I also don’t think getting A levels from a top boarding school, followed by a degree, means someone can’t be lazy. Bone idle can mean doing nothing but frivolity – you don’t need to lie in bed all day if you prefer to shop with someone else’s money. There’s nothing wrong with their lifestyle, were it self-funded, and if they weren’t also getting the status and perks of the position. I defended Kate before the marriage because what she did, where she went and how she chose to live was absolutely none of our business; she was a private individual. That just is not true now. She, along with William, needs to shape up or ship out.
I object to paying so very much towards their lifestyle when they aren’t keeping their side of the bargain.
Think about that. Three out of four of her own children are divorced. The crown prince is currently married to the woman he famously had an affair with while they were BOTH married. The other prince shares a house with his ex wife who was caught cheating and trading Royal access for some coin. Her lineage despite being born into privellege have to be guilted into doing their duty. It would take such unadulterated hypocrisy to throw stones at a hard working woman of color who has used every tiny bit of exposure and influence she has had to make a positive mark long before she met Harry. Speaking of, Harry is “no prince” either. While Meghan was doing grown up life things, he was busy getting snapped drunk and naked in a room full of party goers he didnt know. Let no one in that dusty palace throw stones.
The difference is Camilla is a British aristocrat, as are many of the others. Meghan is American. I think the American and acting part is what will cause resentment in the British people, many of whom are already chafing at paying for the BRF after the Queen dies.
I am not saying I think he shouldn’t marry her, except that I think she is far too mature and accomplished for the lazy playboy. I do think the British will rake her over the coals once they get bored of her or if she makes a misstep. That is all.
I think the queen and family are probably saying at least she has worked for what she has unlike Kate who never worked.I think they will like her cause she has a history of working and charity work which would be useful if she were to marry Harry.
The British royal family hasn’t had a problem with divorce since the 50s. Prince Michael married a divorcee in the 1978, marriage still going strong. Charles married a divorcee in 2005. Marriage still going strong.
Further, Charles and Anne are divorced and on second marriages. Anne’s remarriage was in 1992. In a church in Scotland. Charles’s remarriage was scandalous because the bride was his mistress and i’m willing to wager that was more scandalous than her being a divorcee.
And after all that song and dance in the fifties regarding Margaret and Peter Townsend, Margaret got divorced anyway.
Anne’s marriage was scandalous too, as she married the royal employee with whom she’d been caught having an extra-marital affair. Not that her first husband was any more faithful than she was. The letter scandal even made the cover of People.
Didn’t Prince Michael have to give up his place in the line of succession to marry Marie-Christine? Wasn’t she Catholic as well as divorced? And didn’t two of the Queen’s younger cousins marry either Catholics or divorcees or both and also have to give up their places?
Admittedly, those places were I think well down the line. But for all we know, Harry really wants out of this and is using this marriage as a way to step out of the line and live a much freer life.
Prince Michael was excluded at the time of marriage related to his wife’s religion, not her being divorced. His place was reinstated 2015.
HRH The Duchess of Kent converted to Catholicism two decades ago. Her husband stayed in the line of succession because his spouse wasn’t Catholic at the time of their wedding. Two of their kids either married to or converted to Catholicism and raised kids in the Catholic faith.
Harry will not be excluded from the line of succession if he marries a Catholic, after the legal change in 2015. If the person in line themselves convert to Catholicism, then they are removed from the line of succession iirc. If he wants out of the Firm, he can freely convert on his own to Catholicism to make it happen.
LAK, nota, bluhare, do you not think that the royal thread has been taken over by another? I don’t know who – I noticed this after India. I don’t think that I am wrong too much, there is so much publicity hounding. Too many voices about Diana, and Charles, etc. Who is the unseen propagandist? Soo boring, IMO.
From what I’ve read from the surpurfoulous are the enemy. Quite frankly, I don’t care what you loyalists or your country spend for their royals – but if you deny Meagan Markle as a human being, the same as you or me, I will refuse England. So take the idea that she is a tribute or foreign emissary of the list in your dances and drama, for the Americans!
Of course, I rewrote my statements before they were printed here. But once, the computer says that you are done, one is not able to refine your ideas. Oh well, sigh, and good night. I am one of the lucky ones who doesn’t need to worry about breakfast for my children, or rent. At the same time, I am the same, because, I did at one point in m life – I had a tumor in my brain the size of a lemon.
That is still better than being black, or any other shade, in America!
There is no excuse for cruelty – NONE! Parent’s that get to hit their kids…because they are bigger, and it is socially excusable…. There will certainly be no excuse for cruelty in our futures. Jesus said that the children comprised those of heaven. God forgive me for feeling so angry and willing to be hurtful against those who deny our children rights of humanhood.
And for all the black sisters I know that our skin has receptor as beautiful as my own. Will you let me admire you? Will you let me?
So many failed first marriages in this family-hardly an excuse to hold back consent. Also when Charles married Diana-she was as pure as snow. Kate and William lived together for years before marriage.
I don’t think they give a sh*t about her divorced status, her ethnicity, her age or country of birth.
I think they care only about how well she can represent The Firm and the personal compatibility of the participants. In that order ; )
And that she is an American. And an actress.
When I get my courage up, I look at the comments on the DM. They mostly mention that she is American and will be “mooching” off the British taxpayers. And honestly, who are we Americans to tell the Brits they shouldn’t resent supporting someone who isn’t even British? I don’t agree, but it isn’t my tax $$ going to them.
It seems as though everyone on here is taking a cue from the Daily Mail and the comments on it. DM has obviously manipulated a whole lot of people into believing that it represent the thoughts and opinions of the majority of British people when it doe s not. Please stop relying on this paper for authentic information, it is full of twisted headlines aimed at giving the wrong impression of what the true facts are.
I’ve said it in the past and I’ll say it again. Meghan has more to offer to the royal family than the other way around.
She is well educated, has been doing charity work for years, she has already met world leaders like Trudeau, and would make the royal family look more modern. The royal family offers a life of being heavily scrutinized and having no privacy.
I get what you’re saying, but maybe the Queen sees what William’s marriage to a “pedigree commoner” has yielded? Meghan has an actual work ethic.
Other than the fact that Kate has a poor work ethic (which actually makes her a dead match for Wills), I don’t see why the BRF would have much of a problem with her. She is the exact opposite of Diana, which is honestly what I think they were all seeking.
@Bridget – only too true. There used to be a saying in New York social circles: “A fat, unattractive man with a huge bank account translates into slim, attractive one . . .”
We certainly haven’t moved past the reverse issue also: that women are still primarily judged on the package they come wrapped in. We could just as well ask if Harry would have looked at MM if she weren’t as good looking?
Another old saying: “Men love who they can sexualize, women sexualize who they can love.”
It’s still with us, no question.
MM seem not to mix in, nor is she the obsessed, party type-out and about with the low moral ethics code that is Hollywood. Her life really isn’t the Hollywood set type actor – and fits just fine morally with traditions, class and hard working as the BRF.
Hardly any actor has done serious work such as interning at a US Embassy overseas, etc. for knowledge and furthering themselves as a person – MM is different (one of the few), from the category that is the norm for actors.
Did she bring the Elvi? Is there a quarantine period for Elvi? Does she know the wedding is neo-Victorian and her outfits must a) have a steampunk theme, while b) incorporating pineapples?
I have so many questions.
LOL
ELVI are coming!!!
I think someone should make an app so we can track the Elvi.
Yes!
Sixer: Like the NORAD site that tracks Santa at Christmas. Only it plays Elvis hits instead of Xmas carols.
Exactly like that!
Here ya go, Sixer; just for you (hugs): https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fflyingelvi.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2F3-300×214.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fflyingelvi.com%2F%3Fpage_id%3D32&docid=ZpcWGLKG4o0hhM&tbnid=5ybLaGGRRlsKhM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwi474Th1PnTAhXB5iYKHfoqDQUQMwg6KAYwBg..i&w=300&h=214&hl=en-us&client=safari&bih=905&biw=768&q=flying%20elvis&ved=0ahUKEwi474Th1PnTAhXB5iYKHfoqDQUQMwg6KAYwBg&iact=mrc&uact=8
OMG! They’re really here!
All for you, dear Sixer 😊
He has already proposed but its being kept between a few of them. Will know, Kate might and maybe Harrys other close friends. Remember when he met with his surrogate father figure in February and people speculated that they were discussing whether he should propose? I believe he was meeting with the man to tell him he HAD proposed and getting advise on how to handle it with nosey nan and her subjects.
Either way, these two just make me smile from deep down.
I agree. They’re already engaged, and an announcement will be made after Poppa’s wedding. I also expect a pregnancy announcement from Kate not too far off. I think the wedding is keeping it all mum for now.
Agreed!
I am convinced they have been engaged since they watched the Northern Lights in whatever country it is they visited…
I agree!
Closing the TIG – Reitmans down … so openly, was an open sign to the public. Yes, Prince Harry, the BRF/palaces only waiting for this weekend middleton mess to be gone.
I actually think they’ll wait to announce any engagement in Sept/Oct. We’ll know by the end of August if Suits is renewed for Season 8 or not by then. Meaning any announcement of Meghan leaving the show – or if her current contract has a stipulation for a set number of episode past Season 7 – will be on hold until then IMO.
Harry wins the wife sweepstakes by a long shot. Meghan is the best looking and most interesting thing to happen to the royal family since Fergie
That’s interesting to me! I feel Kate is better looking than those two or Diana but then I’m a straight woman.
Agreed.
Megan is beautiful, IMO. Kate is cute, sometimes pretty, but Megan is just lovely.
I feel the same , I think Meghan is way prettier than Kate.Kate is cute but with coats of makeup and eyeliner. Without makeup Kate looks way older than 35.
Meghan is naturally lovely!
Flasher Kate had to pay to have work done on her facial looks, since engagement.
Mike, ITA and Fergie brought the fun for royal watchers. But Meghan needs to run screaming from this nonsense. I’m sure Harry’s a great shag, but this is no kinda life for a woman accustomed to living in the 21st century.
Fergie hasn’t aged well, but she was a beautiful young woman.
I think the Lady Louise is going to grow up to be more beautiful than any in the Royal household.
Not to mention, Fergie had a ‘spark’.
She may be the “best thing” but let’s face it: it isn’t hard to be better looking than Fergie. And given what happened when too much “fresh air” got out . . . I’d hope for a better outcome for Markle.
So…she shares a birthday with one of the most beloved Royals ever….August 4th was also the birthday of the Queen Mother. That can’t hurt.
I don’t necessarily believe in astrology, however, there are 2 other people in my life who are also born on August 4th, and both are exceptionally dynamic people.
Just think….Princess Sparkles was born on the Queen Mother’s 81st birthday. That makes me feel all happy and smiley and SPARKLY.
I’m also biased for that date. August 4 was my great-aunt’s birthday. She was the one of the finest people I have ever known. She was unfailingly generous and kind-hearted, as well as fun and creative (she was a published writer, despite having limited formal education). She was a second mother to my dad, as she helped to raise my father and his siblings so that her sister could work as a single mother during the Depression. She was the heart and soul of our extended family — and just one of those people who brings extra light into this world. My son is named for her.
It also the birthdate of one of my most irresponsible and self-absorbed ex-boyfriends, but I choose to overlook that….
Leos, all of them.
I see that astrotheme.com has erected a Synastry Chart for Prince H & MM and
have described their relationship “between hell and heaven”, and it would be
a lot of work to keep it long term.
Astrology would also tell you that a Taurus and a Gemini would be a horrible match, but HM and PP have made it work for 70 years. It would also tell you that Scorpio and Cancer would be a great match. Charles and Diana, nope. Charles and Camilla, yep.
@notasugarhere It never hurts to have compatible signs. HM and PP is well documented how they became estranged bed-wise and emotionally early on in their marriage. I suppose it became something of a business deal at some point. One of the reasons the marriage survived is her work, Taurus people are known to be hardworking and persistent. Geminis are unattached and adventurous. Lion and Pisces? Not very compatible but maybe they can bond over their world saving instincts.
You know who else was born on August 4th? Another biracial American by the name of Barack Obama. 🙂
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I know it’s devastating I have been listening to ‘Slaves and Bulldozers’ all morning.
Good luck to her I wouldn’t want to marry into that family. Hope she brought her jumper as it is meant to be chilly / rainy on Saturday WHEN is it going to be warm (: I kind of would love to be a fly on the wall when they all start getting down after several drinks 🙂
Does that mean rain will potter patter on the glass of the marque that was built? That could be quite loud. Poor Pippa. Nothing goes her way.
The ceilings are very, very high. High enough that it’s not likely you’d hear the rain on the roofs.
Yep, I’m with you. Why she would want to marry into this family is beyond me
They both can do better. I have no doubt Harry has strong feelings for Meghan, whatever happens.
Princess Mako of Japan just had to give up her status so a conservative line of thinking isn’t totally wrong however the British Royals et al learned a lot from the Diana years and they know Charles et al is/are not viewed well by a certain segment of population from mainly the Commonwealth nations.
The Japanese royal court is a completely different animal, really not comparable to any of the European royal houses when it comes to observing tradition. Court life is so restrictive (far above and beyond ordinary Japanese society) that the Crown Princess completely cracked under the pressure. Harry giving up his place in the line of succession like Princess Mako had to, if he were to become engaged to Meghan would never even be on the table.
Yeah but the Japanese are an entirely different kettle of fish. One of the biggest misconceptions about pretty much anything Japan-related is that it’s automatically more modern when in fact… the opposite is true. This is ESPECIALLY true of institutions like the imperial family (which is still, among other things, completely salic, something most of their western counterparts have gone the opposite direction on) and… basically anything female-adjacent.
Under the current law in Japan, women cannot inherit the throne and they lose their status if they marry a non-royal. But there is a lack of male royals, so women have to marry commoners.
I for one, am excited at the prospect of a Royal wedding. Especially since the bride is a bit older and has already been married, so I do not foresee her wearing a big meringue….It will be interesting to see what her dress will be like.
Plus there might be some Hollywood guests joining the British aristocracy. Should be an interesting mix of outfits.
I seriously doubt he is racist in any way. I think he was ignorant. You know the whole learn better, do better. It really is possible.
I’m not a diehard Harry fan either though. Anyway, I think that they will be a spectacular success or a messy mess. I’m really leaning toward success because Meghan seems to be a realist. Due to everything you’ve already pointed out, I think she is prepared to be in the public eye as a royal. Plus she was wed once already to a much older man and I think she isn’t looking for fairytales. Of the two, I do agree that Harry may be less prepared for the give and take of marriage.
@Tulip – I don’t know…his family have a history of saying and doing extremely racist things (I know we laugh off Prince Philips comments – but he is straight up racist, and I don’t even want to start on Mountbatten, who by all accounts, Charles worshipped.) and I think that kind of conversation in the ‘home’ has a real impact.
This guy has had access to exceptional education, he has travelled the world, he has met with people from all over the world etc – he has no reason (or excuse) to be ignorant!
Besides, most of his most offensive reported comments/actions are from his mid-late twenties – which I personally think is far too old to be making such grevious errors, whether borne of ignorance or racism. It just speaks of entitlement and laziness. Blah.
@Tulip, you’re talking about a man who represents an empire that conquered most of the world based, in part, on the idea of their superiority to brown people, and you think Harry couldn’t possibly be racist? The British empire and, thus the royal family, has the blood of people of color on its hands. Never mind that Harry wore a f—king Nazi costume. I don’t know how the black-Jewish Meghan Markle is okay with that. Do you know how out of touch and, yes, racist/anti-Semitic you have to be to think it’s funny to dress up as a Nazi? Ignorance is not an excuse. Ignorance and racism go hand in hand. The racist people I know are ignorant, but that doesn’t give their racism a pass.
I too feel squeamish about his past racist comments/ behaviour and imagine that it is part and parcel of his upbringing and background.
Agree fully with WTW’s post.
I find it amusing that people on this site accuse others of racism if they say anything negative about Meghan, yet, have no problem forgiving or overlooking Harry’s very explicit racism.
“I find it amusing that people on this site accuse others of racism if they say anything negative about Meghan, yet, have no problem forgiving or overlooking Harry’s very explicit racism.”
Except if you go through the archives he really wasn’t given much slack for any of his behavior until recently. Which is when it appears he really started to grow up.
There is a significant difference between a person saying they don’t like a woman who happens to be biracial, and an individual who has actually donned a nazi uniform and used racist slurs. I would hope that people were calling out Harry for his explicitly racist behaviour. It is shocking that someone of his profile, who is a symbolic figurehead for POC countries, would behave in this manner. It’s no where near comparable to making negative comments about Meghan Markle. We cannot say with confidence that everyone who makes a critical comment about her is racist. That is just absurd. That’s not to say that some people are motivated by racism, but, again, i don’t at all believe it’s always the case. We don’t need to put all poc on a pedestal. That is another form of dehumanizing.
ps: I have no strong feeling for or against Meghan Markle.
I wonder how you all feel about Churchill?
If a person can’t move past the sins of their youth, that they’ve apologised for and shown by their actions that they do not have said negative traits, then i guess y’all should hate Churchill and a bunch of other people, famous or not.
Funnily enough, one of the least racist people (of the time) was Queen Victoria. She abhorred missionary activity – she wrote a lot of memorandae trying to insist that the Empire should, “respect the Native Religions”. She wrote enraged letters saying how she despised ‘racialist prejudice’. She studied Islam and read the Koran, and in her later years had lessons in Hindustani. She used to horrify her staff by insisting that her Indian staff were treated as her other equerries – those other equerries, being as racist as most British people were 130 years ago, tried to argue that the Indian staff should rub shoulders with the servants instead, but she would have none of it. Of course colonialism was evil. It slaughtered and enslaved millions and was inherently racist, but it’s still fairly remarkable that she was able to see direct and overt racism for what it was, even if systemic and institutionalised escaped her (as it did almost everyone, at the time).
Prince Albert intervened directly over the Trent case to prevent England being drawn into the Civil War on the Confederacy side – he was clear that, whatever mistakes the Union navy had made over British shipping, he still wasn’t okay with any support going to a slave-supporting army. He died shortly thereafter. I wonder at times what he would have made of rampant colonialism as it came to be after his death. Not convinced he’d have been an enthusiast, myself – this was a someone who said that if socialism was caring for one’s fellow man, he was glad to be deemed one.
The Queen Mother was racist and so is Prince Philip. Harry has said some awful things – but the Nazi uniform needs to be seen in context of a country that found ‘Allo ‘Allo hilarious just a few brief years before. The British have a long history of mocking Nazism as a way of getting through the war; in point of fact Brits mock EVERYTHING, and it stuck for a long time. But the Queen isn’t racist at all; she takes her Commonwealth duties so seriously that the only time in her reign she’s challenged a Prime Minister was Thatcher, over Mandela.
Harry’s statement over MM specifically cited both racism and sexism as evils. He’s grown up, and learned, and I can only admire that all the more from a man who grew up in a very right wing environment.
How could the Queen not accept the marriage after all the shenanigans of her own family?
I’m hoping for these two lovebirds, though a part wants to tell Meghan to stay the hell away from that family.
What time is the blessed event on Saturday? Anyone know? Morning or afternoon?
What the statement actually said was that a divorced person could marry at Westminster Abbey with the approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Slightly different from “We would be happy to host your wedding, Meghan.”
However, I believe they will get married and it could well be at Westminster Abbey, if that is what they want. It will be fun for us, for sure.
My question still stems from the fact that it looks very suspect she dropped her boyfriend at the time(Canadian chef ) and then jumped at Harry the minute he showed interest.
I also don’t understand her being reported as very outgoing, charitable, and very independent …YET she wants to trade that independent life in for a life in which she will always coming second, conservative dress codes , behavior checks, lack of any sort of personality(royal family always looks so stiff), and not to mention having her whole life dictated by others. I just don’t understand it? A part of me wants to wave a flag in front of her like” HEY! Take a step back and look at the history of this family!” It just seems like enormous pressure. She might be in the spotlight somewhat, but I don’t think anything can prepare her for what she will experience as part of this family. She’s a C list actress so she’s not all over the press constantly. I worry for her. She seems to want to do so much good in the world but I’m not sure how much say she will have once she marries him. The honeymoon period will end at some point, the excitement of cameras will wane, and then the press will turn on her similar to Kate. It will be scary to watch. I think it would be different if Harry gave it all up and was like “heygirl, let’s live in Canada.”
Actually that would be interesting question for her. If he gave up everything would she still go along with him? ? Mmmm I don’t know guys….
Pretty suspect about her ex husband too.
Thank you! Agreed.
Rumour has it she paid her ex (the chef) $50k to stay quiet about ‘timelines and dates’. If you believe that BI then she was hooking up with Harry while with the ex!.
Also, the ex hubby was apparently devastated when they split and I think he still is. It looks like Meghan has a habit of dumping men once she has used them. I think the ex-hubby was a TV producer that helped her get her role on ‘Suits’.
Harry is the ultimate catch (after William of course) so I don’t think she will ever dump him even if she gets sick of him.
Oh please. Don’t believe everything you read on tumblr. That rumor had to be made up by someone who thinks $50k is a lot of money. For all we know Meghan ended her previous relationship amicably and her exes have moved on with their lives and don’t want any part of tabloid gossip. None of Meghan’s exes have spoken publicly about her so no one knows how any of them feel.
That sounds made up.
And frankly I’m not sure Harry is the ultimate catch. Sure dating him and maybe eventually marrying him comes with a title. But it also comes with the loss of privacy and being ripped apart for everything you do.
LOL, this sounds like more tumblr fanfiction.
The “ultimate catch” would be Meghan nabbing someone like the (newly divorced) Brad Pitt, or pulling a Katie Holmes and agreeing to be Tom Cruise’s new squeeze/wife. WTH does Harry bring besides a title which, as an American born and raised, will mean Meghan will have to give up her American citizenship, give up any career in acting that she’s built up, *and* be confined to live in a never ending fishbowl for the rest of her life?
Harry’s the one gaining more out of this than Meghan is, if we’re talking just vital pre-marriage statistics.
I’m don’t think she would have to renounce her American citizenship. Autumn Philips kept her Canadian citizenship.
@Kylie
It’s kind of a gray area really, but I can see it happening. Per the Title of Nobility Clause of the US Constitution, (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8), the US Federal Government can not bestow noble titles on anyone, and prohibits members of the government from receiving foreign titles as gifts or for any other reason.
Meghan is not a Canadian citizen, nor does she have dual citizenship from what I’ve been able to find out. She’s still fully a US Citizen. And because she does work for the UN, she MIGHT fall under this specific clause. But, if she is considered a private citizen, even with her UN work, she won’t, and could keep it. (Grace Kelly didn’t have to give up her citizenship when she got married).
If she dosen’t give up her US Citizenship though, I could see some Brits getting mad about that however, likely putting her in a position where she might have to give it up eventually. Particularly given the talk I’ve seen around here from them about having to pay for the RF. Because the US *isn’t* a Commonwealth country, like Canada is. (So Autumn Phillips wouldn’t been seen in the same way about this IMO).
Also, if she doesn’t give it up, any kids she and Harry might have would automatically be US Citizens, which they would inherit though Meghan. I don’t know how that would go over either. (Albert II of Monaco had to give up his US Citizenship he got though his mother Grace Kelly when he became Prince).
Side-Note: There is still a pending amendment to the US Constitution, (it would have been the 13th if it had been fully ratified when it was originally proposed and being voted on), that would have completely stripped *any* US Citizen of their citizenship if they accepted a foreign title, no exceptions. It’s been sitting unratified since the 1800s however.
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I think Harry is a charming, warm, highly charismatic public figure. He is probably fun to be with. A great lay ; )
I also think that he often cruises along on that persona. His royal engagement numbers are as low as Will and Kate’s. Before you all remind me of Invictus and Senteble and how he doesn’t get credit for that work, I’ll add that he, just as much as his brother, cherry picks the engagements he likes.
Long term, that is not good for The Firm.
Maybe Meghan will be a positive influence in that regard. She at least is used to doing the unpleasant scutwork that goes along with any job.
Thank you! I have been saying for a while that Harry is a lazy layabout, too. Just has more charisma than his brother.
Okay. I like Meghan. I like Harry. But I’m already getting burned out on them. By the time he actually proposes it’ll feel anticlimactic.
Agreed. But I feel like that’s in part because of the shitstorm from the crazies that we hear so much.
People and carol middleton PR group love to make negative assumptions of MM. After all we cant have the possible future heir having such a normal loving relationship and marriage – without being stalked, parading in underwear on stage – and waity for a decade. It seem too easy for a great climber and hanger on strategist like carol….how dare Meghan!!
And, when we look at the RF – all of us would wish to be that lucky in wealth, love so long as we have no problem with the duties. And except for the period of Di and Fergie marriages, the other royals seem to have a dignified aristo happy lives – with issues like most wealthy families.
Regarding Suits: The RF and Suits can cancel Meghan’s contract at anytime without an issue. Prince Harry and Meghan are honouring the contract in good faith – until
@Sparklingmeg
No, it would NOT be easy for the BRF (or anyone) to cancel her contract. For one, someone would have to BUY OUT her contact with the show. Meaning paying HEFTY sums of money. Which would also mean that the producers of the show would be WILLING to let her contact be bought out. Which, I’m going to hazard a guess, they aren’t going to be doing.
The showrunners/producers aren’t just going to let her go out of the goodness of their heart just because she might marry a prince. Not happening. Plus, I don’t see why she’d want to give up the residual checks she’ll get for the show for the rest of her life from doing the eps she’s contacted for. Nope. It’s much simpler and requires less drama (and lawyers and potential legal action) for her to just honor her contact and do any remaining eps she’s already contacted to do, and then just leave when her contract is up. Suits hasn’t been renewed for Season 8 yet. We’ll know by the end of summer if they’ll be a Season 8, and whether or not Meghan is contacted for it or not by then.
Meghan has been shooting the next season of suits this spring, so unfortunately I don’t see a proposal happening (or least announced with a ring on her finger) until the after her last ever episode episode premieres. Very excited for their engagement/marriage, but unfortunately I don’t think the royal family is quite liberalized enough for an actor/actress to still have *new* TV content coming out, after joining the firm
I don’t think the BRF would care, especially since the work itself was done before the marriage. We don’t know if they are secretly engaged, or if they will ever marry. Meanwhile, she has a job to do. If she stopped doing that job before they were publicly engaged, she’d be attacked as the next Waity. If they got engaged this summer, she could complete filming in the fall and they could marry at Christmas or in early 2018.
@Ib – No clue on the TV stuff having an impact.
Listen, the timing of a ring and an announcement, as you point out, is certainly an unknown and half a dozen things could either bring it on or delay it and we would never know which . . .
But it’s clear that a private proposal has already occurred or Harry would never have insisted on bringing her to the whole show – having MM there will so deflect attention from the bride on her big day, whether you like Pippa or not (and I don’t), that I cannot imagine Harry would have risked the fight if he weren’t already committed. He had to know how angry this would make the Middletons, his brother’s wife, etc. The fact that Harry insisted says to me that this is a done deal – just not publicly. It’s a way of announcing it without announcing it. And although part of me is grinning at Pippa’s discomfiture at this huge distraction from her on her wedding day, part of me is also a bit disappointed in Harry and Markle that they didn’t shy from doing this to the bride and are using this wedding for their own purposes.
I just hope they keep it low key during Pippa’s wedding festivities. It would be the right thing to do.
USA Network (which is owned by NBCUniversal) which airs Suits usually announces if the show is picked up for another season in the summer, usually by August. So will know if the show is getting a Season 8 by Sept., and if Meghan is coming back then or not. She IS contacted through Season 7, but it’s unknown if that contact has any stipulations regarding any possibles Season 8 eps.
Is there anyone attending the wedding who could keep a GoPro camera aimed at dodgy Uncle Gary? I would think the footage would be better than most network TV.
Hahahaha this!!
I don’t like that Harry doesn’t really work. He is really no better and maybe even worse, than Wills in the work department. A few weeks a year at his charity isn’t what an adult does who has a work ethic. And that he seems like a brat, as shown by his puss face behavior at the wedding he took Meghan to. She seemed to really be trying to placate him, soothe him, cause he was angry at something. Soothing a 30 year old spoiled man. Sad. As an American, I think she could do so much better and not marry someone who will make her shut down her blog, end her career, etc. etc.
It is happening to her already. I would think most Americans here would be worried that she is going to be consumed by the BRF rules and norms. I guess most women still believe in that fairy princess love story, the happily ever after. EXcept the BRF has a pretty crappy track record in that regard.
I do think most women want to believe the fairy tale ending narrative. And it’s sad because there is no such thing. Marriage is only the beginning.
I truly, truly hope that Meghan is the exception to the rule and we don’t watch the spark slowly drain from her soul like other royal ladies. And while I’m not president of the Kate fan club, it’s obvious shes clearly unhappy. And while I know she did this to herself, I think I she’s isolated and married to a very difficult man who doesn’t really love her and oof that’s a tough life.
Sophie remains both herself and happily among the working royals (until Charles kicks her and Edward out). If you know who you are going in (Diana and Sarah did not), then you can do fine in the Windsor clan.
I don’t see KM as unhappy. To me she seems quite happy with the life she chased for 10 years. Status, money, wealthy lifestyle, shopping and nannies galore. Her only unhappiness seems to come when she has to do the “unfun” parts of royal work instead of just the yachting and celebrity events.
August could indeed be time for Princess Sparkle! Because Megs has got a birthday eclipse this year!
What’s that you say? The Royal family has nothing to do with the Sun and the Moon eclipsing in the sky? Oh, but they do.
Born on an eclipse: Prince William
Born on an eclipse: Waity ahem ‘Duchess Catherine’
Married on an eclipse: Prince Charles and Diana.
Married on an eclipse: Prince Charles and Camilla.
And so on…
This eclipse is on August 7th. Plus or minus 3 days, will leave you within its orb of influence. So, if you hatched sometime between Aug 3 and Aug 10 you too are affected.
I am SO here for this!
Where have you read that Meghan’s father was Jewish? Her ex was Jewish and they had a chair dance @ their wedding, but I’ve never seen anything about the Markle line religion and thought I read her father was Dutch or something by ethnicity.
I am amused how some of the reactions have moved from denying they’re in a relationship to concern trolling about MM’s happiness if she marries him.
Anywho, I’m excited to see what she wears for Pippa’s wedding and reception.
Yes, concern trolling is such a great term. Seems to be synchronized too, which is lovely, as it makes my ignore button so much easier to use.
As for Meghan, I truly don’t think she plans to attend this wedding. The reception, maybe, but definitely not the wedding. She & Harry have been low-key up until now so I can’t imagine that she wants to be a participant in Carole Middleton’s over the top shenanigans.
Hopefully, the weather will hold and Pippa and James will have a nice day. You can’t tell a lot from pictures but they actually seem to have good chemistry with each other. He has a kind face and seems to be taking most of this attention in stride.
I think they will just do the reception, too. They don’t act like they want attention from the press, despite the fervent protestations of some, plus they probably don’t want to take from the bride on her day. Chances are they will be at a lot of the same family functions in the future, why create enemies right off the bat?
IDK. I think Harry might go if William wants him to be there. (Because Carol or Kate wants him there and have said so to William). I think Harry would go to keep peace with his brother.
It’s just gossip. It goes with the flow.
If everyone were on the same page these Meghan threads would be one big bore.
Well, anyone who denied there was something going on was an idiot. But it’s not as if the BRF hasn’t made plenty of new wives unhappy! There is, as the British say, “form” for that!
@ seesittellsit – Exactly. Those who were saying there was nothing there were suffering from some type of mass delusion. But at the same time it’s no exaggeration to say the Brit tends to chew up and spit out their royal spouses.
The extremes on Meghan are what makes it interesting to read these comments, though. From complete denial to seething, unquestioning fandom! She sure does elicit extremes.
So anyone who sees this vibrant, independent woman already shutting down her own life with her career, her blog, lack of charity work this past year to be married into a family and role that has already destroyed Diana, Fergie and is obviously messing up Kate is a concern troll? That is what you say when you have no other response. Name calling – it doesnt work unless you are like a Trump fan, with no prefrontal lobe. Then i might take you seriously.
Meghan is going to enter a life she doesnt even understand, as we Americans only see it from afar. To marry a lazy, entitled boy-man. I dont see this ending well for her. Concern trolling? Whatever. (and BTW, I have never been on tumblr in my life!! LOL!)
Meghan Markle went on a trip to India for World Vision in January of this year. From her past work with them, it appears those trips happen once a year. This is shutting down her charity work how?
She continues her main job – being a television actress. She continues her charity work. She has shut down her blog, likely because she was tired of the press and tumblr queens tearing apart every word she’d written and quoting her out of context to make another salacious headline.
Sophie has been part of the royal family for 15+ years, remains her own person, and is doing fine in the role. If you are a mature, self-confident adult at the time of your marriage, it appears you can do just fine marrying-in to that family.
@Sarah…
LOL. It’s an actual internet slang term regarding posting behavior, so instead of clutching your pearls cause you feel offended that someone didn’t call you a name you think they did, try google. Points for trying it, though!
Concern troll: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Concern_troll
You see, I partly agree with this. Obviously, the status and life he has to offer her would be hard to beat, but on the personal level, it still looks like Lamb with Mutton to me. Once you get used to the perks, the BRF is quite a stultifying environment from what I’ve heard. I always thought her more suited to some really dynamic, more mature, CEO dynamo who made billions founding his own company. Harry’s still a spoilt kid.
Am I the only one who thinks a year is WAY too early to get engaged? Like way way way way too early. Give it 3 or 4.
Abdullah II and Rania married within 6 months of meeting. Felipe and Letizia were engaged 6 months after first meeting. Sometimes you know it is right.
I think it makes less sense to decide that an arbitrary time period is what determines whether or not you are ready for marriage. When I was proposed to at 19, I knew I was not ready and that I definitely did not want to commit to the person who was asking. We didn’t need to drag it out for years for me to decide that. Now that I am much older, I still expect to know within a year if a relationship was going to lead to a commitment.
Nah, totally an individual thing. I know people who got decided to get married after ten days of meeting each other, and people who waited two years, and it didn’t seem to make much difference in the end . . .
Not when you’re in your mid-thirties and want kids.
It will keep Americans interested in the BRF. They aren’t as popular here anymore and frankly, Kate is a giant bore. She and Willbur and even the children have not captured the world’s affection. They make the institution look very outdated and useless. They need someone to add some interest since it really is all about PR and garnering attention globally.
I was taken aback by the racial attacks. But the whole Brexit thing exposed a lot of that so I shouldn’t have been surprised but still…Shame.
I agree with hmm, a year of flying back and forth and travels to somewhere in Scandinavia? Romantic, glamorous and all that but what about the day in and day out of life? Markle is someone who is educated, earned a living for herself, traveled and has interests outside of her career. And what does Harry do in his day to day life? What happens after the wedding? I hope she has her eyes wide open as I can only see it as stifling. She’ll be living away from friends and family. Think about Grace Kelly in the most beautiful wedding gown for the ages and then after? She was unhappy and the marriage was not a fulfilling relationship. Oh well the wedding if it to happen should be fun to watch.
Presumably Harry and Meghan Markle would not be entering into what was likely an arranged (or entered in to with business-like acumen) marriage. Grace wanted a glamorous exit out of Hollywood, Rainier wanted someone glamorous to tidy up the image of his country.
MM knows how to move away from her home town (university, work), build a life and work life in another country (Canada), and already has friends in London.
Lol. I hope they get married and when their wedding is on tv i will be watching it and sitting on royaldish watching that bunch cry.
I’m not sure RoyalDish will cry, since even they banned Meghan Markle discussions as being too over-the-top. I would expect tumblr, especially the three anti-Meghan tumblr queens, to implode.
They’ll be crying and making up alternative facts on the spin off forum that was created after RD banned MM discussions.
What is royaldish?
A website that dishes on royalty, concentrating heavily on the European Royal houses. They focus heavily on the Danish & British houses.
https://royaldish.com
But he’s just not that into her, we all saw it at the last wedding 🙂
P.S. I really like Meghan, even though I’m only half joking with the above.
Prince Harry is a Royal – ‘possible future King’ (as the Express like to remind us); who follow 0 Protocol – is much more about respect, adhering to his heritage (unlike waste of space brother bill middleton) – great/grandparents/parent traditions, what it is to be dignified royal of Hm representative of GB UK CW people. Meghan will be accompanying PH on his next Tour.
Ever since he finished with active duty, it’s pretty clear that Harry is ready to settle down with a partner. I don’t blame him – it would be nice to have a wife to share the duties with and work as a team at their events. I think we saw an inkling of it with Cressida, though she was young and still trying to build a career in arts/entertainment. Meghan seems nice, and more importantly she’s an adult who knows what she’s getting into and seems ready for the challenge. Count me as one of the people that thinks they’re already engaged (if they’re not, they’ve clearly discussed it and know they’re travelling down that path).
Take this for what it’s worth but there is a blind item presumably about Megan and it is not flattering
Seems she wants to get out of her contract for finishing filming of suits and it is not going over well with the powers to be at the network.
I bring it up not because it is 100% true but rather it is a nasty sort of take down of Megan in the Press and not by commentors on a post
Who would plant such a story saying that Megan is so thirsty for the ring from Harry that she’s willing to screw over everybody she’s known for years?
Was the BI from CDAN by any chance? If it was on a gossip blog then that’s not the press and CDAN is infamous for being the go-to place for Tumblr stans to post their vindictive fanfic. I’ve lost track of how many Larrie, Robsten and Cumbercrazy conspiracy theory BIs have been posted on that blog. In the case of the Cumberbatch fake baby brigade it’s well known which woman is writing and submitting them – the one who regularly hits Tumblr’s post limit of 250 per day whenever he’s seen with his wife. There are some hardcore Harry stans screaming about how Harry isn’t dating Meghan at all, she’s just some crazy famewhore stalker who keeps gatecrashing Royal events somehow. I’d be amazed if they’re not trying the CDAN fake NI trick, considering how well known it is within Tumblr fandom.
It was posted on blindgossip. Com
She might be trying to get out at mid-season in aug. like Gina did, you have to do at least 10 of the 16 episode and even then they might still say no, btw, Gina had a family emergency
If you were Harry, why in the world would you agree to go to a wedding of someone who is not YOUR in-law who is marrying someone who is not part of your social network, without your SigO?? I actually think the Midds are more worried about Spencer Matthews bringing shenanigans, much less Vogue Williams. Hence the no ring-no bring policy. I think the Midds want lots of buzz/press, so public curiosity about La Markle is all to the good. (I know I wouldn’t have clicked on a single story until the actual event other than about the kids being in the wedding otherwise.)
I read a funny story today about them incorporating Scottish themes into the wedding (complete with some kind of haggis canapé!). So now I am envisioning Pippa in some kind of Brigadoon drag. My Heart is in the Highlands!!!!!!!!
Meghan is divorced a church wedding is out. Camilla and Charles married in a registry office then went for a blessing. Now if the Church wouldn’t give him the go ahead why would they give it to harry. Plus the Queen can’t attend just like she didn’t at Charles because he married a divorcee. There are rules and while The Queen is pretty relaxed with the boys she is the HEAD of the Church and she takes it seriously. Haven’t really seen anything different then when he was dating Cressida she had the exact same treatment as Meghan. He may marry her but I doubt it will last. I was right about Diana and Charles, Sarah and Andrew. She has no idea what she is in for she hasn’t really had to put up with much except those paps managing to always get snaps when Harry visits or she is with him. THAT could be her undoing the Royals do not like that.
Firstly, the church allows divorced couples if the vicar of church agrees. Charles and Camilla had a blessing IN CHURCH.
Secondly, Westminster Abbey, the most likely venue of their wedding, has come out to say that they would allow them to marry at the Abbey.
Thanks for bringing the fact and reason, LAK. It was also the Archbishop of Canterbury leading the calls for Charles and Camilla to marry. The Church isn’t going to have a problem with it if Harry and Meghan want to marry in a church service (if they decide to marry).
tumblr fiction that she is behind the paps following them. The Middletons have a major DM hack working their PR, they have for years. Didn’t stop that wedding.
Divorcees can marry in a C of E church. It’s on a case by case basis, so a parish priest can refuse if after discussion he or she feels it wouldn’t be in accordance with their conscience, but it’s been standard since 2002.
Given the royal family are always married by Special License, and senior clergy won’t want to offend, they can and will get married in whatever Abbey or Cathedral or chapel they want, as long as the Queen gives it the thumbs up.
Charles’s main issue was a PR one, I think. Camilla was blamed for his marital collapse – really, I think it being an arranged marriage where they barely knew one another was the issue, but Camilla got the blame. So their marriage was really controversial still, at the time.
Gee, everybody saw this girls butt and nickers and those classless tv shots. Very embarrassing for the RF if you ask me. Harry must be really out of his mind. I know she is an actress but that doesn’t mean you have to play these parts, you can say no. Obviously desperate…
Did you think she thought she would be dating a prince and be going by the BRF rules years later? She has obviously requested to avoid those scenes since getting with him.We have seen A LOT more of some British Royals than a silly scene.
I am talking about moral integrity not about dating princes. It’s like saying I’m doing charity only when the cameras are on so people can see me. You have it or you don’t have it. And it’s in times of crisis where you prove that. Those were not even Oscar worthy roles where maybe tricky scenes are crucial to revealing the character. You have to be smart to choose your compromises…