I have yet to meet anyone who calls themselves “pro-life” who actually gave a damn about the well-being of anyone who has already been born.

They’re not pro-life, they’re anti-life. And anti-abortion. If they were pro-life, they would support free pre and post natal care, paid parental leave, free health care and other things that actually reduce maternal and infant mortality and health problems

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.

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…

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.

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.