Its going to be about taxes M&H

Interesting Chewie the year Diana died she wanted to take
her sons for a holiday in America with a new man, a multimillionaire. Security was a problem, she had refused security her sons had security, she wasn’t allowed to take them

Apparently it does Callistemon. King George 1 came up with it because he didn't get along with his son and so he had Parliament come up with a law that enabled him to override parental decisions that he didn't agree with. Who knew?

Chewbacca well, I didn't know that! Does it include great-grandchildren?

I suppose it's an ancient law to ensure a possible heir to the throne has to remain here.

Anyone seen Harry or is he in the Tower of London?

The taxation thing...if he spends 183 days in Canada Harry will be liable to pay tax there as well as here.

The cynic in me says that is why he proposes to spend half his time over there and half here.

The Royal family have survived Edward VIII and Fergy, they will survive Harry & Meghan.

When Edward VIII abdicated, he thought he was going to lead a life similar to that H&M now plan. He soon found out that ex kings were 2 a penny and once out of power nobody was really that interested in him.

I think H&M will soon find themselves being seen as just another disposed royal couple (by choice) on a par with any other petty Eurotrash princeling and their earning power will not be that high. Fergy has often found herself in debt and short of money and had to depend on 'loans' from very dodgy characters or equally dodgy jobs.

Madam?

Oopsminty Totally agree that we can all find stuff to fit our agenda.

There’s headlines in one of the US publications to the effect of Meghan brings down the royal family plus the tweet from her pal “that folks is what power looks like”. Regardless, I’ve read an article today by Diana’s private secretary who states that using public office to generate personal profit is corruption and the Palace will have to tread very carefully. This will either mean stripping them of their titles or somehow keeping them in the fold. I do find this talk of a no holds barred interview by Tom Bradby nothing short of blackmail. It really is so tacky.

I nipped over to Mumsnet last night and this is being discussed in great detail there too. One thing I read there is that the Q, as monarch, has legal custody of all the royal grandchildren. So I looked it up and apparently it is true. Therefore, if Archie was still in the UK, the monarch could actually seize custody over the parents. Maybe this is why Archie remains outside the UK until "the meeting" is concluded?

More than three centuries ago, a law was enacted that means the sovereign has full legal custody of their minor grandchildren, royal expert Marlene Koenig explains.
The law, called “The Grand Opinion for the Prerogative Concerning the Royal Family,” was introduced by King George I in 1717.

vegansrock he will still be Prince Harry, as the grandson of the monarch.

The question mark is over the Sussex title - it is a substantive title granted by the Queen.
Has one ever been removed?

They will keep their titles, Frogmore, the money , security,
they will get everything they demand ,if not there will be
interviews all about ‘ my mother, her death, how she suffered,
and ‘Britain and my darling husbands family didn’t want a woman of colour in the family or the country.

Oopsminty essential renovations to Frogmore were paid for from the Sovereign Grant and anything bespoke was paid for by the couple themselves.
They could be entitled to rip out the copper bath tub and ship it over to Canada as long as they replace it with one from eg B&Q (other makes available).

Meghan's long term plan has come to fruition with amazing speed.

I hope the Queen, Charles and William can find a way of reining her in because I doubt she'll give two hoots over any damage this may cause the RF.

Harry is burning too many bridges. If it all goes pearshaped he'll have nowhere to go and nobody to turn to.

I read somewhere (please don't chastise me for the fact that I can't remember where) that they are being advised by Barack and Michelle Obama on the way forward.

Example - H and M make an official visit to S.A.
Cameras follow ,

William and Kate then make an official visit to Pakistan,
H and M give an interview all about their suffering,

Result little coverage of the meeting with the PM of Pakistan,
the visit to the cancer hospital , instead we had

‘The press will kill my wife’, ‘no one asked me if I was ok’.

I remember thinking right from the start that the minute Madam stops finding it fun being a working royal , she will be off back to her old life.

I just didn’t think it would happen so quickly.

The latest threat is that if tomorrow's meeting at Sandringham doesn't go well for M and H will give another interview, potentially explosive, to ITV's Tom Bradby. Will she deign to return to this country for it or will they all have to fly to America?
Fairytale in reverse, isn't it; the fairytale bride turns out to have been the wicked witch all along. And Prince Charming is stupid.

his brother will be doing all he can to destroy them

Must have missed this?

I agree with both Framilode's summing up and Anniebach's comment.

I feel so sorry for William and Kate, they will continue with
their duty to the country and the commonwealth whilst
his brother will be doing all he can to destroy them .

Agree Framilode with your summing up of Meghan’s views.

I think she came in expecting to be able to shake the Royal Family up and in her terms make it more modern. She expected to be able to still speak out in a forceful way about the things she felt strongly about. When she found this couldn't happen or, as in the case of private jets, they were called hypocrites she has become unhappy.

It does seem as if a lot of this was pre-planned, some as far back as last March even before the baby was born and when she had been married less than a year.

I don't think she realised you can't just change the monarchy. It evolves, slowly or quickly depending on who the monarch is. Diana thought she could change things and look how that ended.

My personal feeling is that she has given Harry an ultimatum. My way or you're on your own.

* Its not a matter of “allowing” anyone to trade off their fame *

just to be clear @vegansrock what I actually said was trade directly on their royal connection. Not the same thing.

Harry has got a considerable amount of independent dosh inherited from his mother

And most of that money came from Charles!

Or the taxpayer

Divorce settlement

Harry has got a considerable amount of independent dosh inherited from his mother plus loads of valuable jewellery, clothing etc that is worth more than most of us will see in our lifetimes.

But they will still be in the public eye and gossip fodder so will be a commercial asset in lots of ways, Like David and Victoria, George and Amal. Harry was born into the royal gilded cage and even if he doesn’t have a title you can bet your life the papers will still call him Prince just like they called Diana Princess it even Lady Di when she wasn’t. Its not a matter of “allowing” anyone to trade off their fame - they are already famous and no amount of changing a title will alter that. You’ll all still be bitching about them if they launch a charity or write a book or whatever and it gets a mention.