At the tailend of the Royal Sussex South Pacific Tour, the London Times broke an interesting story about the Cambridges and the Sussexes. Now that Duchess Meghan has joined the Firm and she’s truly hitting the ground running, it seems like she and Harry are more interested in having a separate office and a separate “court” from William and Kate. William and Harry have shared a communications office and general staff for more than a decade, and they’ve needed to separate their office for years, honestly. But questions linger… who instigated the separation, who benefits from the separation, and will the separate courts be at war with each other? Well, People Magazine has a story about it and they make it sound… interesting.
With William one day set to be the Prince of Wales – and all that entails as heir to his father Prince Charles – Harry and Meghan will want to forge their own path, so it’s a natural time to split up, insiders believe.
“The arrival of Meghan has changed the dynamic of the relationship in a fairly significant way,” royals author Sally Bedell Smith tells PEOPLE. “It is inevitable and practical because it gives Harry and Meghan some freedom to build up their own collection of interests and charities. Meghan has very strong views on what she is interested in and that may be what Harry shares, but not what William and Kate share.”
The foursome are, however, likely to keep their successful Royal Foundation, under which they organize their charitable endeavors and their groundbreaking mental health campaign, intact.
“They have brought many charities working in the same sector together to empower them and lend their positions,” says Bedell Smith. “But they will increasingly follow their own respective interests. I think it really is just a shift in priorities and interests. William is a husband and father of three and his focus is primarily on them, and Harry will soon be a father. Each of them will continue the very strong representative of the Queen in carrying out tasks and assignments that she, and probably their father, wants them to do. They are going to be sharing in this diffusion of activities on behalf of the Queen.”
“Meghan has very strong views on what she is interested in and that may be what Harry shares, but not what William and Kate share.” That’s such a British way of saying that Meghan is opinionated, educated and eager to use her royal platform to become a global advocate for the issues she believes in, all while William and Kate are content to just remind everyone that they’re keen every six months.
My take is that Meghan instigated this separation in a few different ways. One, she’s coming from the entertainment industry and she would want her own dedicated communications people, because that’s just the way it *should* be, and she likely convinced Harry. Two, William and Kate were clearly shaken by Meghan’s entrance and fast-tracking into the royal fold, and they were also eager to distance themselves from Meghan, and start the narrative that Normal Bill and Middle-Class Cathy are nothing like this opinionated (LOUD YANK) feminist (ballbuster!) woman who actually (GASP) has a work ethic. Who will benefit the most from the separate courts? Well, I think you can guess.
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ugh, I feel so bad for her. One of her nephews is going to be on a reality show about ‘royals’ or something next week…her idiots relatives create enough havoc for a full time comms team to deal with, to be honest.
Also, I actually think W&K are the ones wanting the separation – all the easier to throw H&M under the bus as and when needed.
I don’t quite understand why you think a separate press office is required to throw H&M under the bus when Jason has been keen to do it to them under their shared press office.
Personally, I think this needed to happen. Jason’s loyalties have always been divided between the Cambridges and Harry, and with William being heir-to-the-heir, he has and would always come first. Better to have someone whose only focus is Harry and Meghan.
Well, as you said yourself – Jason’s loyalties have thus far been divided, and STILL Harry has been thrown under the bus. Don’t think its unreasonable to think that it will be easier/more frequent once they have separate offices.
And yes I agree its a good thing for them to separate staff – it would have happened fairly soon anyway, when Charles becomes King and William becomes the heir – its sensible and pragmatic to do it now.
Where is the narrative that William and Kate are shook by Meghan’s arrival? Based on how relaxed and happy they have been since Harry and Meghan’s wedding, they seem straight up thrilled that the spotlight is on another royal couple.
Meghan is very multi talented. She had her own blog, instagram and twitter before. She knows how to promote her work or their work now with harry. She even does not need a professionnel to help unlike kate and william. No sure who wanted the separation but i think Meghan and Harry will benefit more of this separation because it seems they will work harder than the future king and queen consort. Worlwild they are more loved if the 1st tour is an example: more people come to see them than will and kate and bb georges. I am Waiting when they will go to Africa, caraibes, canada, or america. It will be huge. Lol.
Many people are following royal family right now because of harry and meg. I remembered before the engagement kp official account has 1.7 million or 2 followers after engagement 3 or 4 million and after the wedding 5 or 6 million. The birth of louis may have brought some followers but it was at first because of Meghan. She is ambitious and i am sure their social media will be more creative than of w and k. They will keep the 6.6 millions account and its unfair for m and h. I just hope this separation will not bring tension between brothers and wives. Anyway PRs and the british press who hate meghan will.make sure william and kate are positive headlines. Daily mail likes kate and william. So they will work to promote them like the bizarre story of kate and “broken britain” charity 3 days before meghan lanched the cookbook. Trying to sell the public the idea kate worked hard than meghan. Lol!
So much fantasy in your post. I feel like I”m reading a Donald Trump speech. You have no evidence for 99% of what you said.
Do you believe this or is this just some strange rhetoric ?!? I’m so confused
I thought that the ‘Broken Britain’ story was bizarre, why on earth put such a story in the public domain without any real substance to it? I think it was a knee jerk reaction and all to do with the plan never to let Meghan out work Kate.
That “broken Britain” story was actually offensive to me. It’s no great mystery why poor children are being failed in this country – it’s because funding has been massively cut in this age of austerity. Today on the Times front page there were two stories: one investigation with the following headlines: “Children left hungry as their families find work doesn’t pay” and “Mother was forced to go through bin for leftovers” next to a story with the following headline: “Prince Andrew pitches for a new £60m royal yacht.”
I think it was inevitable either way but yeah there is some distance being created here between the 2 Ducal couples and it maybe more to do with the Sussex’s distancing themselves from the lazy Cambridges with their light schedules and lax attitude to prepping for events etc.. Separate households means the Cambridges can’t chuck the Sussex’s under the bus to bolster their bad image. As for the Royal Foundation, I suspect that at some point in the future that will disappear as the Sussex’s start really pursuing their own interests and if left to the Cambridges alone to support all the mental health organisations that they brought in then it will go nowhere.
It will make for an interesting dynamic going forward.
Just stating facts, William has done more engagements than Harry & Meghan this year even when you add their recent tour. In fact most years William has always done more engagements than Harry with last year being the only exception.
As an heir Will should be doing a lot more engagements than Harry.
But shouldn’t he? He is the Heir-to-the heir. We shouldn’t see Harry and Meghan more than the future king and Queen.
@bren bull, they both should be putting in time as full time royals. Their lives are paid for by tax payers
Anne sometimes works more than Charles & Charles is the direct heir. If William is lazy then so is Harry.
He should do more than H&M as HE is the heir’s heir – we should be seeing more of the Cambridges above EVERYONE else in the RF after TQ and Chuck.
William is the heir to the heir, yes, but Anne has done more engagements than Charles several years and nobody has complained about it. So….. Harry doing more work wouldn’t be something that extraordinary.
As someone mentioned, both brothers (Harry and William) are full time royals now.
It was different years ago, William had his job, Harry was doing his thing… But now both of them are dedicated full time to their royal duties. And as such, their number of engagements should show that.
Their wives are a different story. One is a mother of three, the other is a soon to be mother, and as a woman who was lucky enough to work as little as possible when my children were small, I will never complain about the work ethic of a mum or a pregnant lady
I’m laughing so hard. @MYO you and I are saying basically the same thing at the same time lol
Charles and Anne are the standard, not Harry. And both William and Harry are not only failing to meet the standards of Charles and Anne, they’re failing to meet the standards of Andrew and Sophie.
@Annie. It’s always made me uncomfortable when people excuse Kate for her work ethic on account of being a parent but not William. Louis is still very young and may literally still need Kate but in general prioritizing a mother spending time with her children while having different expectations of a father is something I’m hoping we keep moving away from as a society. It’s so destructive for both parents especially those who are not lucky enough to set their own hours or have much flexibility with maternity/paternity leave.
And I’ve always thought the excuse that the Cambridges don’t work much to avoid outshining Charles was a dumb one so I’m glad that this has finally been put to rest. If Harry won’t outshine William, William and Kate don’t have to worry about outshining Charles or the Queen.
@Natalie – Kate had this work ethic before she even got married and before she had kids she didn’t do much work. And its more than not wanting to outshine William, as we saw during the waiting years she didn’t want to work and preferred to spend her time shopping, vacationing and waiting around for William to call her.
William married someone with the same attitude to work as himself. He’s stepping up and time will tell if she does.
In some years Anne does more engagements than Charles, but she doesn’t do more for the country. She does her engagements, goes home, and works on her private estate (fixed up and secured with millions in taxpayer funds).
Charles does his engagements plus The Duchy, Duchy Originals, Prince’s Trust, Dumfries House, etc. Yes he has plenty of people helping him, just as Anne does at her estate, but Charles pours loads of time and attention into projects that benefit others not him personally. Ditto Harry with Invictus and Sentebale.
Anne may do a lot of work in terms of quantity but it is the quality that counts and she will never match Charles in that regard.
The notion of a ‘mental health awareness’ campaign in isolation makes me angry. Mental health problems are usually symptomatic of and entangled with real social issues that are being kept hidden – physical and sexual abuse, bullying, assault, poverty, unemployment and underemployment, self-medication with alcohol and drugs, and, yes, social injustice and growing inequality.
Saying ‘I’ve always been fortunate ’ and ‘you should talk about mental health’ (but not those other distasteful and ‘political’ issues) is disingenuous.
I agree wholeheartedly with your comment. Their approach and areas they are involved in are very specific and cover only certain areas – they don’t cover Mental Health as a whole but think that they are. It shows how clueless and disinterested they really are about the issue. Its all PR to make them look good.
They also don’t seem to grasp that there are also medical aspects to mental health, where people have actual medical conditions that affect their mental state. Schizophrenia, brain injuries, ADHD etc.. Things that social and political issues won’t cause but will exacerbate.
Yes definitely about the involvement of medical conditions as well. And none of these factors is helped by ‘awareness’ campaigns!
Not to mention further stigmatising those with actual mental health issues that couldn’t be ‘fixed’ by talking about it. No encouragement to seek treatment, medication, therapy as acceptable options to address – just talk to someone – and not even a trained individual. No public lobbying for funding services in the NHS, no funding for critical care services by the charity, no uni scholarships for those who intending to work in the mental health environment from all that fundraising they do, no consistent school program created and rollout (like the one princess Mary in Denmark built through her foundation) to work on eliminating bullying in schools, etc.
It’s becomming so problematic to read CB. I can’t with “mental health” anymore. Your absolute hatred, out and out hatred of two people, Kate and William makes so many of you “experts” on the state of the mental health crisis in the UK and how they do nothing. From a bunch of Americans who actually know zero about what they do and what they have accomplished in my field. It makes me feel disgusted to even read this. My life and work is dedicated to the NSH and mental health and you know absolutely nothing beyond your own jaded hatred.
I do think that what William, Kate and Harry have done with respect to mental health has helped. Like it or not, if they highlight an issue, it gets attention. Awareness raising is actually important for mental health in this country. This is different from the broken Britain thing, where it is very clear what the problem is and the royals (any royals) getting involved will do nothing to fix it.
In fairness the encouragement to talk about mental health is very worthwhile as there is still an enormous stigma around it. Too many people are not getting treatment because they are afraid to talk about it. 20 years ago I talked and got told I needed to work harder, grow a thicker skin, lose weight – all very helpful to hear when your world is falling apart.
@Natalie S I completely agree. I am a strong defender of women & men needing maternity/paternity leave. It has been proven time and time again just how important is for the baby to connect with his/her parents from the very first days. It is not only pushing a baby out of the vagina, that’s why there are counties that give the maternity/paternity leave even for those couples that adopt.
The thing is that we are still fighting the battle that all women deserve maternity leave. It doesn’t matter how much they have worked, or how much help they have at their home. It should be a right, and nobody should complain, especially not other women.
But in an ideal world, both parents would get the leave to enjoy their children.
In my comment I wrote about the mum cause it was my experience. I was lucky enough that my husband told me that I felt like staying at home once my leave was over (three months) he had no problem. We we’re lucky enough that my salary was not really needed. You know, I thought I was going to be ready to go back to work after three months. But then I realized that I was not. My emotions were still a mess, my body was still changing, and my baby needed me. I wish my husband would’ve been able to enjoy our babies as much as I did. But we are still a long wait for this to be understood.
Sorry this is so long haha
No, thank you for your reply. I appreciate you telling me about your experience and I’m glad you had the ability to stay home with your child. I agree with you that maternity leave at the very least should be a bare minimum for all women (and it’s awful that it isn’t required in the US) and hopefully also paternity leave so dads have that option and women aren’t penalized for taking their leave.
I’m always kind of shocked when I read about maternity leave in the US. I so admire that you can manage with small kids under these circumstances. Fortunately I live in a country with paid leave for a year if you want, and my husband even had 3 months of paid leave. That was truly something for bonding with the little one.
Keep fighting for you rights!
‘The thing is that we are still fighting the battle that all women deserve maternity leave. It doesn’t matter how much they have worked, or how much help they have at their home. It should be a right, and nobody should complain, especially not other women.’
Annie, I really hope you weren’t around here during the Kate maternity leave discussions during this year because they were absolutely horrifying. Women tearing her down and telling her to go back to work after having Louis. and Natalie was one of the ringleaders lol.
My boss is off from work for five months on paternity leave. I cannot imagine a world where that is not a possibility. This is something worth fighting for!
I imagine both groups wanted the separation. It’s just going to make things easier overall.
I think part of the meaning behind the “Meghan’s interests are different” comment is also that Meghan isn’t afraid to be political. I am not saying we are going to see her out there stumping for a candidate or anything, but Meghan doesn’t buy into the extreme position of “no opinions ever” that Will and Kate seem to have. (So, Meghan would definitely have worn all black to the BAFTAs and she would have straight out said it was for Times Up/Me Too.)
And she shouldn’t buy into it! I mean, Charles has been lobbying for his interests for decades – his opinions are fairly clear and public knowledge (albeit largely party apolitical). There is no reason Meghan can’t or shouldn’t have and express her opinions.
But that is precisely why the British public get irritated with Charles, he acts like an unelected politician, which isnt acceptable. It doesn’t even really matter if sometimes his issues are relevant, he is not supposed to have governmental influence.
If the monarchy want to continue then they should follow the queens example and zip it. Or give up the HRH and the privilege that that brings and run for government.
The times up black dress thing didnt really bother me either way to be honest, I didnt think it was political, but Im also not comfortable for shaming someone for not falling into line with an edict. Its a bit like the annual poppy shaming that goes on which I dont like either.
Charles poll ratings are abysmal. Politics is very divisive which is why royals are advised not to get involved. Entering politics is the quickest way to bring about a republic.
you don’t have to be political to have opinions though, and I think that’s what we are going to see from Meghan. I think the fact that Kate doesn’t seem to have any opinions makes her seem flat and uninteresting.
Charles has bad numbers because Diana cast him as a heartless cheater years ago and it stuck. It has little to do with his opinions. Meghan won’t be monarch so she is allowed to have thoughts. Being feminist isn’t political either.
I would expect her to wear all black and have more of an opinion on the times up movement either way though – because she spent a good chunk of her life as part of that industry. I still think W&K should have done more on it – but at the same time I would hold Meghan to that expectation a little more based on her previous career.
@Erinn I don’t disagree but that was just the first example I could come up with. I think in general we are going to see Meghan less afraid to “make a statement” than Kate is.
Or… it’s because William is more and more being groomed to take over Charles’ current role, such as participating in Duchy of Cornwall meetings) while Harry has a somewhat freer role and so it’s just simpler to divide the courts. Outrageous suggestion, I know.
Exactly this. Given with how much frequency William is attending of hosting meetings related to the Duchy of Cornwall, it is obvious that they are getting everything ready for a succession, whenever it will happen.
Separate courts were going to happen anyway. In my opinion, it is better to do it now, and get used to it, that having to do it quickly when Charles is King
Also, I know the lazy Cambridges is a narrative they won , but even with the more than 60 engagements Harry did in the tour, he is still way behind William this year.
Meghan and Kate is another story, and I’m very proud of Meghan for doing so much in her first year. Very well done
I really have started to wonder if they know something we don’t with regards to Her Majesty’s health. First, they admitted last week her “cold” last year was actually quite grave, and now William and Harry are separating offices. It just seems to me like transition efforts are ramping up. It’s entirely possible this is all because of the Queen’s age, but she could realistically live to be 100. Would they really get themselves stuck in a holding pattern waiting potentially 7 years for her to pass?
Yes, because they would want the transition to be smooth, for stability to remain. If people get used to William behaving more and more like a POW, and Charles as Monarch, then whenever the time comes, the transition will be effortless.
^ I thinks its more that TQ is in her 90s and she is ramping back on her engagements as she should. They wanted to do it after the Diamond Jubilee but a certain young Ducal couple were reticent to step up and support an elderly couple. William only started stepping up when Phillip retired last year, Charles is taking on more of TQ’s work so William has to pick up work from Chuck.
@dietcokehead I don’t think there’s a secret to know about HM’s health other than that she’s really old. She’s at the age where a fall or cold could be quite serious. So I think it’s just the pragmatic reality of that more so than her being ill in secret. She was just out horseback riding the other day.
Harry did 81 engagements in October on top of the over 100 engagements he already had by the end of September. William had not hit 200 engagements by the end of October. I am using Patricia Tremble’s site and she is accurate in her number. So a difference of about 20 engagements in the year Harry was getting married is not a lot. And William a direct heir should be doing even more. Andrew, Anne Edward, the Duke of Gloucester, Sophie Charles and the Queen all have done more than him this year. Only Charles should be ahead of him at this point. Charles at 36 was not working this little.
I agree. Sometimes things are simple.
Yes. I don’t like that they’re trying to make this a big thing. One side is making it look like Meghan is a bad guy forcing this – the other side is making it look like Meghan is a victim of angry jealous W&K.
The most simple explanation is generally the correct one – it makes more sense for EVERYONE to split up their offices.
I really wish the pitting of M & K against each other would stop. They’re sister in laws. They probably like each other just fine. I don’t think Meghan is SOOOO much better than Kate that they’d never find anything to talk about. I don’t think Kate is some angry, jealous idiot who despises the waves Meghan is making.
I am still hopeful that we will see a happy united Fabulous Four, that would be best for all parties concerned rather competition between them.
Your comment is gold, i agree 100%
I think you are right. Separating the offices makes sense for both couples. Whether he likes it or not, William is going to have to take on more of Charles’ work as he takes on more of the Queen’s. Harry and Meghan will have more scope to pursue a range of interests in the future.
Exactly. Plus they have very different images. Kate and William are more traditional and reserved and Harry and Meghan have more of a celebrity approach.
Kate laughing like a hyena at events and flashing a couple dozen times does not connote reserve. Ditto William bringing up things like baby genitalia and peeking in palace windows when talking on camera with world leaders.
Harry and Meghan have a let’s get to work and use this silly position for good approach.
@hieronymus: I agree! They have different styles, which is fine! Maybe it doesn’t have to be a great conspiracy where someone is jealous of or threatened by someone else?
@notasugarhere How dare Kate laugh or express enjoyment in a way that you personally do not find pleasing? Flashing (a couple of dozen times?!) implies purposely exposing private areas of your body in public. As far as I’m aware, there have been a handful of times in the past when Kate’s skirts have (clearly accidentally) blown up in a heavy wind. Happens to many of us, and I certainly don’t think it says anything negative about her as a person, nor would I hold it against her for YEARS to come.
@notasugarhere: let’s put the blame for Kate’s windblown skirts where it belongs, on the photographers who take pictures of embarrassing moments to humiliate a woman, future queen, for a cheap buck. As far as I’m concerned Kate is blameless here.
Laughing and grinning at solemn events is not okay, no matter how much you stan for Kate. She is to blame for the flashing happening dozens of times. Dozens.
Let’s put the blame on the woman who chooses not to have weights sewn in her clothing. Seven+ years and running. It happens so often, multiple newspapers have published articles about how the Queen weights down her hems, step by step instructions, in case Kate or Carole are reading.
Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a choice.
Doesn’t matter. Maybe she finds weights uncomfortable. I really don’t see how windblown skirt shots that can be held against her as a person. I don’t see how it says anything about her character or work ethic. I can’t believe that’s still an argument against her.
When the only thing you live for is posting hatred for Kate on blogs you cannot reason with this type of person.
The level of Kate hatred is too strong.
Kate always finds it funny when her skirt often blows up as she knows that there will be the inevitable comments about her lovely legs in the papers the following day.
Goodness, “hate” because I think someone representing multiple nations should weight her hems. Finds them uncomfortable? Oh how many more excuses can the Kate stans come up with to try to excuse her inappropriate behavior and dress?
Yes, I have to agree the ‘finds them uncomfortable’ was a pretty weak excuse.
Honestly I think both sides benefit equally. W&K get to do their family thing, their mental health charities without being shown compared to the other couple. Meg gets to choose charities that she preferred and gets to respond in her own way to issues such as #metoo without being stifled. Women’s equality issues, poverty, underserved communities are all high on Meg’s list and not necessarily high on W&K’s. Harry has already carved out his what his interests are, Sentebale and veteran’s issues and I expect he will continue to do so. It’s a good thing,
Meghan and Harry will come out way ahead in this, no question. Meghan has a very good grasp on how PR works and she does seem genuinely interested in social justice work. It blows my mind that anyone prefers Will and Kate to her and Harry. That’s the problem with monarchy though, you get who you get. And William (and the wife he chose) is clearly a dud.
They are dissapointing indeed but at least they are stable for now. Having lived through the drama of the Wales and Yorks I think something similar would hurt the monarchy badly.
I think separating offices is the best thing for both couples. There are those who will prefer the Cambridge style of doing things and there are those who’d prefer the Sussex style of doing things. Having separate offices means both couples can do as they please without harming the others brand. And if there are any scandals/controversies down the line concerning one couple, the other can simply just wash their hands off!
Yup, The Sussexes are taking the celebrity route – I don’t necessarily think its a good idea for Royals, but they like the celebrity way. The Cambridge’s are becoming more traditional, sort of Regal, with their image.
What exactly are the Sussexes doing that is more “celebrity-like” and less “traditional” than what the Cambridges are doing?
They are doing close to the same thing so to claim one couple is a celebrity and the other one isn’t is made up nonsense. The one difference is that Meghan has given far more speeches and set up the cookbook initiative so that there is more to talk about than dresses and hair.
Their offices would have probably been seperated had Harry married any woman, not just Meghan. I know this site is pro-Meghan and sees her as the best thing to have happened to Britain, let alone the royal family; but sometimes it is the best to not to try to read between the lines and come up with strange theories. How could Meghan instigate such a groundbreaking seperation when she’s only been in the family for a couple of months? You guys really overestimate her position in the BRF. Just as Charles and Andrew have seperate offices, it was only a matter of time for William and Harry to do the same since they have families of their own now. William has a family of five and the Cambridge kids are growing up. Soon Harry is going to have a family of three, so it is only natural for them to have seperate offices. Regardless of the laziness of the Cambridges or Meghan’s work ethic, this seperation was going to happen anyway. They would have still gone ahead with it if Harry had married another woman so it is not due to Meghan and her brilliant work ethic.
I agree with this. I don’t think Meghan was actively pushing for it in some sort of radical way. That’s dicey to push your in law family like that (esp a high profile one!) as a new member. I think it was just a natural evolution of them becoming adult full time royals with their own families. The Queen’s 4 kids don’t share the same offices. Some of these theories are a bit tin hat to me to be honest.
Its slanted slightly negative towards Meghan being the reason for the division. She’s the Yoko Ono. 😏
LOL! Yeah there were attempts to brand them as the “fab four” but I think their interests are pretty divergent.
I don’t really see it slanted against Meghan, though. I mean – it’s just as easy to slant it either way IMO. Sure, you can go with the Yoko slant, but just as easily you can go with the “Meghan is soooo much better and has so much more interest and initiative so they need a separate office”.
I think at the end of the day – it just makes most sense for them to split, and I don’t think there’s any one thing that caused it, nor do I think there’s some sort of conspiracy of blame.
I agree. Any wife for Harry was going to create the need for a separate office. That said, the timing may have been accelerated a bit because Meghan actually hit the ground running and started working even before they were married thus requiring staff to help them out as well as for the other two.
Honestly, I don’t see why this is any big deal.
I agree. This sounds like a very reasonable business decision.
The Duke & Duchess of Sussex now have more substantial royal roles. For that reason, they are going to require a full staff of their own to fulfill their roles.
While I’m sure that the Cambridge staffers were able to handle Harry, on his own (due to a more limited royal schedule), it is likely not feasible to manage the businesses of both the Cambridge’s & the Sussex’s.
The Firm is just that, a firm, and it is run like a well-oiled machine. I sincerely doubt that personalities or opinions are taken into huge account when it comes to logical business decisions.
I have to agree woth Kaiser. Good for M and H. They have a platform and they should use it to do good. I cant wait to see!
It comes across as if the separation is due to her personally. I mean, it’s being said differently but I get undertones that W and K may not be very fond of DoS. That’s just me.
Of course tin hatters will blame it on Meghan but this separation should of happened years ago.
Agreed, Gigi, I can definitely sense the shade toward Meghan in the way it was put forth in the article.
There are lots of theories as to why this is happening but I would bet money that Meghan wants it. I imagine that she very quickly determined that separating would be in she and Harry’s best interests. I doubt she will take kindly to any attemps of the Cambridges to throw them under the bus either. Should be interesting.
It’s about time.
William will have more responsibilities and expectations. Harry, not so much.
It makes sense. William is the heir so he’s always going to be somewhat in charge of any shared venture. That has worked for Harry because he was raised to support his brother. Meghan clearly has initiatives she wants to pursue and might risk bumping up against whatever William wants to pursue. Separating the offices hopefully limits this.
I dunno, sounds like a long-standing and practical plan. The royal family always seems to think in the long term and has things planned out. I try and learn from that, but I don’t. I also love their code names for things that I sort of knew, but also learned from the movie The Queen when the Queen Mother’s funeral plan was used for Diana. I’m going to call my plan for the day Trafalgar Square, there’s a lot of traffic to get through, but it should be scenic with some oddballs to get around.
Or maybe because William will be King? I mean Charles is 70, no Spring chicken so William will be King pretty soon-ish. He won’t be waiting 70 years like his father did.
It could be that simple. Being King/Queen is much different than being Prince. You are given more freedom to do what you want, say and choose to do. So Charles has been given freedom to do a lot by not being King most of his life, where William will not have that choice.
Harry/Megs will also have that freedom since he will never be King. And that weight is lifted.
This was always going to happen. Harry has been third wheeling it long enough. If he wasn’t married, they’d still split their management to accommodate his growing interests.
Middle-class Cathy! I snorted coffee out my nose. LOL
As written on here before by someone else. All the other royals have their own offices, own private secretaries, own office staff. They aren’t all under one shared roof. Nothing to see here. Harry should have been split off when W&K married and gotten his own office then. This is just what would ordinarily have taken place 8 years ago.
“Normal Bill and Middle-Class Cathy” had me laughing out loud, literally, at work. Busted!
Worth it.
We need more right people taking influential positions in this world instead of those who just waffle through a minimum of requirements. It warms my heart to witness how someone who wants and loves doing this is taking the job.
I also hope nothing will bite Meghan in the ass so to say. Because there are too many who still think that women should be nice and quiet, and know their place.
This was always going to happen no matter who Harry married. He just happened to marry someone who loves to work. But now they have a kid on the way, yeah it makes sense for them to have their own press office.
I agree completely Amelie and am rather saddened by the “it’s all Meghan’s doing” narrative that keeps getting spun.
I love the pics!! In one, Meghan seems to be eyeing Kate’s bump, as in “I’ve got to get me one of those” and in another her eyes seems to be saying “do you understand the words you are saying?”. Both pics made me grin a bit, considering the article, and where they both are now as to where they were when the pics were actually taken.
There doesn’t have to be negativity here at all. Harry’s married now. I hope they’re all close & become even closer, but branching off does make sense. It’s too much work for one person to cover the quartet and their growing families.
I don’t think it’s fair to assume that William and Kate don’t have a work ethic and aren’t passionate about what they do just as much as it’s not fair to assume that Meghan is an opportunistic gold digger. I like to believe that because they are ADULTS, they made the adult decision to separate their offices due to choosing their own unique paths in an effort to make the world, not just the British Empire, a better place. My best wishes for their success.
“William and Kate don’t have a work ethic and aren’t passionate about what they do.”
Fixed it for you. We’ve seen their lack of work ethic and lack of passion for 7+ years.
Shut up
@NOTASUGARHERE
I am by no means a fan of Kate and William, but you are really tiresome, sheesh.
You are free at any time not to read what I write.
And I am free to disagree with nonsense. Cheerio.
William is considerably stepping up,and splitting offices is evidently a practical necessity since he will have different responsabilities. It doesn’t have anything to do with Meghan’s work ethic,Meghan wanting to separate the brothers,or whatever. I’d like to think it’s just a different and limited PR and secretary limited stuff because talking about “a separate court ” for the 6th in line to the throne is ridiculous. And we should talk about Harry’s work ethic,Meghan’s fantastic work ethic in a few years.. So far I’ve seen the same bad habits showed by others. Keeping under control their own spending habits should be the first display of respect and work ethic.
William is stepping up from the very, very little he had been doing, but he’s still not doing anywhere near what the other senior royals do.
^This Tina, this.
Andrew, Edward and Anne still double his workload and none of them are near the throne like he is. He’s supposed to have been a full time royal since 2016. The numbers don’t really show it.
Maybe Meghan wants to take her biological family head on with a new communications team and only she knows how to handle her own family business. Who knows. None of us really know anything and it doesn’t seem like we have any real proof of what they’re thinking. Whenever I read any of these articles we only see speculation (with nothing backing up what’s being speculated) but no real proof or evidence of what’s actually going on in their heads.
Yeah Meghan is taking her on biological family, they’re all invited to Sandringham for Christmas.
I love Megan. She’s a true game changer.
Cambridge’s aside, I have always thought the QM has a soft spot for Harry. With him settled and future clear, wouldn’t she insist on it so that that she may in essence relax and let the succession begin to natually and organically shift from her era to Charles’ and theirs, so that her and Phillip can enjoy their twilight years?
I wouldn’t read too much into it. It makes sense. Both couples are find I suppose. And say whatever you want Kate doesn’t want to be seen, it thrifty so she does nothing to “steal the thunder” and here on celebitchy we wondered about that.