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Monday, January 13, 2020

Harry and Meghan, the Super-Sensitive Royals

Harry and Meghan claim to have been driven from Harry's native Britain by British racism, the Daily Mail reporting that:
... In November 2016, Harry lashed out at the 'wave of abuse and harassment' the US actress had faced from the media – citing the 'racial undertones of comment pieces' among his concerns.
Oh dear, what a sad state of affairs we have reached when even members of the Royal Family claim victim status.

The mail further reports that:
...The couple are said to see their long-term future in the US – but not, while President Donald Trump is President with friends claiming while the couple plan to live in Canada at first their ultimate aim is to have a home and business in Los Angeles.
So Canada is not exactly where they want to be, just a kind of holding zone until the US of A has a president they find more acceptable than the one elected by the American people.
Meantime, the Mail reports, poor Liz II is under the gun:
... to find a way forward because the Sussexes could give a tell-all interview to their friend Oprah Winfrey... if they do not get their way...
Which sounds like, you know, blackmail. 
And just to give the threat greater credibility, Harry's close friend, broadcaster Tom Bradby, warned that in an interview with Oprah Winfrey they could:
... 'sound off' about the royal family's 'racism and sexism'
And blackmail with a big prize at stake:
... The Duke of Sussex wants his 93-year-old grandmother, father and brother to let him and his wife keep their royal titles while living abroad and grabbing 'financial independence' to earn their own money using the Sussex brand, which experts say could be worth £400million.
And there you have it. All that lubbly jubbly to be grabbed selling the SussexRoyal insignia while telling those stuffy Royal Brits to go stuff themselves. 
Unfortunately, for the SussexRoyal pair, they may find Canadian "racism" as appalling as British Racism, if comments in the Vancouver Sun are anything to go by. Thus one Jannick Slavik writes:

... So Trudeau has approved an initial 1,000,000 RCMP security expense for these leaches?

What a joke

And airhead Megan says she wants to stay in Canada until After Trump is gone?

It’s going to be another 5 years of expense for these losers
And that comment raises another question. In their declared intention to live outside the United States as long as Donald Trump remains President, Harry and wife are taking a political stance that is  clearly incompatible with the political impartiality of Britain's constitutional monarchy.

The implication is clear: Prince Harry should give up his Royal title. Then, he and Mrs Harry Mountbatten Windsor* can live wherever they want for whatever reason they want, whether their reasons, however political, are privately held or publicly declared.

This necessary transition from public figures to private individuals will free Harry and Meg to get as rich as croesus without causing Britain's constitutional monarchy any taint of either  commercialization or politicization.

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* The original family name was Battenberg, which might suit Harry, reduced to the status of a regular Canadian, better than Mountbatten Windsor, the cumbersome made-up name that he currently goes by.

Related:
Daily Mail: Harry regrets

Daily Mail: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle STILL call themselves 'Their Royal Highnesses' in statement released on SussexRoyal.com website minutes after the Palace announces they are quitting royal life , dropping HRH titles and won't receive any more taxpayers' cash

Globe and Mail: 
Harry and Meghan, and why members of the Royal Family can’t live in Canada

Globe and Mail:
The Canadian Crown meets residual royalty: The awkward truth about Harry and Meghan in Canada

Globe and Mail:‘Meghan and Harry: If you are reading these comments, please take them to heart and stay in Britain!’ Readers debate: Can the royal couple live in Canada?

Angus Reid Institute: 
Royal Tab: Vast majority of Canadians don’t want to pay costs associated with the Sussexes’ move to Canada

Globe and Mail: 
The Canadian Crown meets residual royalty: The awkward truth about Harry and Meghan in Canada

Globe and Mail:
Meghan and Harry move to Canada: The plan so far, and the questions it raises

Globe and Mail:
Meghan Markle’s father to testify in legal row with tabloid

CanSpeccy:
The Crackbrained Sussexes: Dictating Terms to the Queen