Exactly! I only ever see sensible comments about the situation in the comments here.

That wasn’t known at the time of the abdication. Wallis was rejected by English society for being a divorced woman. It’s a happy accident that their bigotry managed to keep a Nazi sympathizer out of any real royal power. 

And I would never, ever let my young kids be used as a distraction for the media so that my accused sex offender uncle and enabling grandma get a fucking pass. I’m with Harry there.

I disagree - I think it’s been clear for years that Harry wanted out of the royal circus. His problem was, he never had a reason good enough to leave.

I find the reactions to the Markle family so fascinating, because it splits people into two camps.

The money thing is 100% negotiable though. As the article points out, there are traditions, but the whole thing is basically whatever they feel like allowing. Having an HRH is not a guarantee you’ll get money, and vice versa.

These two seem really damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t.

They want to get off the dole, essentially, and make their own money. Something people have been hollering for royals to do for ages, especially tangential ones like the families of second sons.

But now that he made a move to get off the dole, people say his…

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That witch Samantha has been in the press too, saying she hopes they will never find happiness, that nobody has been racist towards Meghan. Thomas and Samantha are trash as hell. 

I believe when they were in the Bahamas they referred to local residents as “near monkeys” or some such vile racism that was shockingly course even for that era.

Wallis Simpson was a fucking Nazi.

It would appear Thomas Markle is getting crisis management advice from Ryan Lochte. This guy doesn’t know when to stop, but I think his lovely daughter, Samantha, has a few ideas.

Sure, but I’m pretty sure Edward was banking on the Nazis winning and installing him as the new king/head of England without the whole family baggage.

“Edward and Wallis were deliberately marginalized, both out of straight-up animosity and the need to clear the decks of the old king to shore up the new one.”

Since seeing those pics of Liz and Andy, I am totally with their Royal Highnesses Harry and Meghan and so over anyone else in the British royal family. Imagine having to not only deal with the racist tabloids but seeing Andy still in the fold.

Slightly off topic but Channel 5 (U.K.) have a documentary tonight. Thomas Markle:My Story. It’s been put together since Harry and Meghan decided to leave. From just clips I don’t think I can watch it because I’ll want to throw something at the tv. Amongst clips shown he’s said they ( Meghan and Harry) are…

They didn’t though.

The only letters Wallis Simpson probably wanted were ‘SS’, so that was probably a good call.

Queen Elizabeth is on par with the NFL then.

The royal family is a white hegemonic colonial institution that predictably protects sexual abusers over the only person of colour in the family. I am glad they got out from that insidious family.