Here we go again, a new Diana

He wasn't even a descendant, but his mother was descended from one of Richard's sisters, I believe.

Thank you Jalima1108 for clearing that up for me.

www.theweek.co.uk/royal-family/91850/anthrax-scare-white-powder-sent-to-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle

Sick person.

With a racist note attached according to the BBC News.

Actually dj I don’t think the person is ‘sick’ - that suggests an aberration. I think racism is rife in the UK and it’s only because it’s the RF that this is in the news. I wonder how many individual acts of racism there have been today?

It wasn't racism on its own, though. It was sending something that could have been anthrax.
How could anyone think of doing that?

No it was the racist letter that’s relevant - it wasn’t anthrax - the fact it could have been is completely irrelevant - it’s rather hard to get hold of in any event

The relevance must involve the racist letter and the package that was clearly intended to cause fear and distress. It isn't simply the racism that is dreadful. If a similar package had been sent to anyone, especially someone in the public eye, the media would have covered that story as well.

The package was sent to cause fear and distress; irrelevant to attempt to prioritise the importance of its contents.
What does impress is that the package was received on Monday 12th of February; the following day the couple went walkabout in Edinburgh.
Courageous.

Probably some complete nut job thinking they were being really funny. The royals were never in any danger as I doubt they ever open the Mail. I pity the person who does though.

The package was sent to St.James Palace where their offices are run, they only personally open mail which has a secret coding on it, this package would have been delivered to the post room in St.James , doubt they would have known the following day.

The poor people in the post room must have to wear safety gear to open some mail Anniebach . I knew the royals would never have been in any danger.

There are some evil people around aren’t there?

The people in the post room will be very aware of the need to be careful when opening unsolicited packages.

They will have all the gadgets in existence to check all mail, bet they are snowed under with parcels now with the baby and a wedding in the diary

Sorry I know off subject ( and this won’t be popular with the royalists) but I really can’t understand why anyone would want to send a member of the royal family a wedding/engagement / baby present ?????

I mean just why ? Do they think they will use it ? Keep it? Display it? Wear it ?

I’ve always thought that gilly. It’s all part of the fantasy woven around the mystique of the monarchy.

Anyway, there should be the 3rd child rule like with benefits - no presents from the public for third and subsequent children.

My grandmother used to say, 'One child for Father, one for Mother and one for the Empire.'

That would go down really well today.

Was that when the tradition was for the second son to go into the army, merlot?

Very likely, dj but in my mother's family it was the navy.

No family business to support the eldest unfortunately.

My brother was the eldest, and he probably went into the army because he had three younger sisters!
No family business either to support him - or us.

I am sorry your brother couldn't find work .

My brother had four older sisters, became self employed when young, built up a very successful firm. Certaintly no family business to inherit, only the genes of generations of coal miners , certaintly no fear of hard work ?

Megan is not like Diana. Megan is welcomed as a valuable member of the family firm not as a pedigreed brood mare.

Doesn't cause problems for the line of succession if Megan has or doesn't have children, if they have a child it will be same as Beatrice and Eugenie