Recent content by Meee

Indeed - I’m surprised more isn’t said of Andrew’s living arrangements, if they have to report on him. He was offered Frogmore but I believe he would be entitled to part reimbursement of the costs of the renovation undertaken at his expense in the 2000’s if he vacates Royal Lodge before August...

Nothing has changed, but it looks to the general public who don’t follow these things too closely that they have. James is now known as Earl of Wessex, the title his father was using this time last week. The significance of the ‘The’ which indicates that Edward was/is The Earl, and that James...

I agree. Had he not looked after Royal Lodge or failed to carry out the refurbishments that were required as part of the lease, it would be a different story, but there’s no suggestion Andrew has breached the agreement in any way. Even Prince Philip must have realised that it was Andrew’s house...

Changing it so that gender neutral succession were retrospective would likely be easier. Given that Charles only had sons, no one would have lost a realistic chance of inheriting the throne (the argument given for not doing it) had that applied. Andrew was 4th in line with his nephew having...

Indeed. And the “Why not confer the title on the Princess Royal?” Err, because by their own argument, she’s even further from the throne than he is! For a non-hereditary title that’s a non-issue, and if non-hereditary titles and/or women being Duchesses in their own right did not occur to them...

Exactly what Charles had to do. This way the promise is kept, the prestigious Edinburgh title associated with the award scheme stays close to the throne and there is a role for each of William’s children - no what do we do with the spare. King, Princess Royal and DoE. Balances all of the...

This, although I wouldn’t rule out the option for the children to use HRH being dependent upon Harry’s coming out of abeyance, as they do inherit the titles from him and a link in the chain is effectively broken. The Sussexes agreed not to use HRH when they stepped back, so their decision would...

We don’t know what Harry said to William after William said that Diana was gone, had Harry agreed then William probably believed that was the end of it and may not have seen the sense in potentially creating an awkward situation with and for his brother by telling what he’d said. It’d taken him...

It did occur to him that Diana wouldn’t have faked her own death because of what it would have done to he and William, but he would push it away and repeat to himself that she had no choice etc. It made sense to me and perhaps if he’d had professional help sooner, he wouldn’t have continued to...

I suspect that he wanted to impress people and an older woman, as a teenage boy, tends to be seen as something that would do that. If anything Harry’s the one being humiliated here - because this woman is closer in age to him than Meghan, and yet he described her as an older woman - despite...

This was another point I meant to raise. I actually rewound it, thinking that I must have heard wrong when the inconsistency came up. I thought it odd that they’d have been told separately so don’t know what to believe with regards to August 1997. Didn’t he also suggest they were having a great...

It’s possible that he may have taken less since meeting Meghan, I think he only mentioned taking them once since the time he did after being late for his first date with Meghan, and that was during COVID when they were having to move. I could understand that the stress might push someone with...

I have wondered myself whether Anne took the spare role so well because she wasn’t alone in it, despite being bumped down by her younger brothers. In that sense Margaret and Harry would be the most obvious comparison, because there were no others in those generations. I was surprised he didn’t...

While strange, I took that to mean that he wasn’t aware of the others asking (because there was never a real risk of permission being denied.) Both Peter and William had been dating their brides for some years before requesting permission, so met the ‘rule’ that he and Meghan did not. Harry said...

Me also. I mentioned it to my mum, who thought that it would be a metal pen with a fish, more expensive than most of us would have. I don’t rule that out. I received a key ring from my great aunt and I wish I knew where it was now that I’m older and she’s no longer with us, because it was quite...