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travelsafar Thu 14-Nov-19 13:58:53

Sad to read that Harry, Megan and Archie will not be with the royal family for Christmas. The Queen and Prince Phillip are so elderly now, who knows if they will be here next year. It would have been lovely to see photos of the family with the little family included. Sign of the times, when even the royal family are being pulled apart.sad

red1 Fri 15-Nov-19 11:04:20

families and how to survive them! how joyous it would be if we could sit down round the table at xmas and keep our projections,resentments to ourselves,and just down them and love our neighbours?! the waltons maybe.

Craftycat Fri 15-Nov-19 11:04:35

Sorry- I cannot stand Meghan- I give it 3 years max!! She is used to her own way & will continue to get it.
I am sure the Queen is delighted not to have to host her. Poor woman should be able to enjoy a peaceful Christmas without her GSs & their wives squabbling

sandelf Fri 15-Nov-19 11:06:31

This is what the Cambridges have done when babies very young. Queen is happy with it. From what I read in the press I quite understand Harry's animosity. Hope everyone has a happy and peaceful...

sarahellenwhitney Fri 15-Nov-19 11:07:53

Anniebach
William and Harry saw their parents divorced only to lose their mother in horrendous circumstances.
So what was 'sad' in her majesty giving that bit extra to two of her motherless grandchildren whose father was now a stepfather to the children of the new woman in his life.

TrendyNannie6 Fri 15-Nov-19 11:10:20

Pulled Apart. really. I’m sure they will see them sometime over the Christmas period.and Meghans mother will get to see her grandson isn’t she on her own.?

Anniebach Fri 15-Nov-19 11:15:44

Sitting down to Christmas lunch without a vegan munching on carrots must be more relaxing ?

trisher Fri 15-Nov-19 11:26:38

I'm just wondering how many GNers will be spending Christmas on their own because their family can't or won't visit and how many families have GPs who are in care homes or living alone who won't be invited for Christmas. Not many 90 year olds can host Christmas for their family mostly because they can't afford to do it and don't have the staff. Just another example of money and privilege

crystaltipps Fri 15-Nov-19 11:31:54

Not only Meghan bashing but vegan bashing. Sigh....

Amagran Fri 15-Nov-19 11:40:44

What a load of Daily Mail-fuelled tosh, doubtless designed to divert the attention of their readers from the worst excesses of their child-god, BJ.

The Cambridges have in the past spent Christmas with Kate's family, but that of course is not newsworthy and does not support the paper's on-going anti-Sussex narrative.

humptydumpty Fri 15-Nov-19 11:49:49

anniebach sorry, but speaking as a vegetarian/would-be vegan, I find you last comment ridiculous (and a bit offensive!)

pinkquartz Fri 15-Nov-19 12:01:07

humptydumpty

and you are proving that vegans don't have a sense of humour!

I have been vegan and I would have took it all as a joke not screamed offence.
It's a very limited diet anyway...... no B12 and not enough protein if you keep it up for years .

Annaram1 Fri 15-Nov-19 12:13:12

Who cares anyway?

humptydumpty Fri 15-Nov-19 12:13:59

Sorry, didn't look like a joke to me (reading on PC not laptop/phone so don't recognize closing symbol), anyway have to say am a bit fed up with people taking a pop at non-meat eaters (wasn't screaming BTW!)

Vegan society people told me when I visited that they take B12 supplements and thought it was ridiculous not to, so that addresses that, protein readily available from tofu, pulses etc., what's your problem?

Lisagran Fri 15-Nov-19 12:27:22

As a vegetarian I don’t find it all that relaxing sitting next to someone chewing on a piece of cooked animal grin

Mcrc Fri 15-Nov-19 12:30:57

I wasn't always with my grandparents and parents at Christmas. Why should they be any different? Does not change Harry's love for them. Makes for a loss of phot ops I guess. Who said their family is pulled apart?

Saggi Fri 15-Nov-19 12:31:37

SuzieWoozie....... I agree with you....who in their right mind cares a fig about these over-privelaged, over-indulged group of people!?

suziewoozie Fri 15-Nov-19 12:32:14

pinkquartz saying something is a joke, or accusing someone of not having a sense of humour is often a cloak for being thoughtless/gratuitously offensive or just bloody rude

suziewoozie Fri 15-Nov-19 12:33:41

No matter how many ???????

lemongrove Fri 15-Nov-19 12:40:43

annie’s lighthearted comment on carrot munching was sure to bring out the offended brigade on here.
pinkquartz shows the way in how you answer with a sense of humour as does Lisagran.
Too many po faced comments on GN on all subjects.

suziewoozie Fri 15-Nov-19 12:54:26

annie never never never has one positive or kind thing to say about MM. She even deliberately spells her name incorrectly so forgive me lemon if I read her comment as another nasty dig rather than a ‘lighthearted comment’. And yes I do know how you spell MegHan in Wales.

jannxxx Fri 15-Nov-19 12:57:11

sign of the times, i have a brilliant family yet every xmas im spending it alone, i actually enjoy it that way now,

Rosina Fri 15-Nov-19 12:58:24

This is surely just the usual situation when many families are involved, and peodle can't be everywhere. This year it is the turn of Meghan's mother - end of.

Rosina Fri 15-Nov-19 12:59:48

PEOPLE! Oh my typing....

lemongrove Fri 15-Nov-19 13:02:05

.....are you vegetarian or a vegan suziewoozie? Otherwise why take umbrage? Or just a fan of Meghan?

What does it matter if a forum member doesn’t say anything good about a member of the royal family...

lemongrove Fri 15-Nov-19 13:02:56

Rosina ?I rather like peodle.