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Looks like Her Majesty has rolled with the punches and granted their wishes more so out of her affection for her grandson than to appease the Duchess I’d say. Would love to hear what she mutters as she walks down the corridor after that little meeting and teleconference.

Hahaha...yes, she probably gave Phil the Greek a spray and kicked a Corgi in the guts out of frustration and anger...or maybe the other way around.

BC wrote: For what it's worth I think the royals ...probably with the exception of the Queen and maybe William in recent times...are a bunch of inbred parasites. The last 20 years or so has delivered scandal after scandal when we consider the Charles, Diana, Camilla fiasco, Andrew, Fergie and so on. If I was a pom I'd be getting pretty well fed up with the narcissistic and self centred attitudes of the royals whilst living off the public purse.

Yeah younger ones defo let the team down, William and Katherine seem good to me though.

BC wrote: Yep...spot on BH. I think a lot here in Australia are very loyal to the Queen and agree that when she either passes away or hands over to Charles which she has stated is her intention, the Republic debate will gather momentum as I don't think Chilla will ever command the same respect or loyalty as his mother currently enjoys. A lot of people both here and in the UK, are still dirty on Charles for the way he treated Diana.

Yep agree, its going to be a sad day when Queen passes and lot of questions will be asked around the world about the way forward with Charles, not that I think everything he does is bad, he just has too much baggage.

mikeh wrote: I've lived in Perth for over 50 years and absolutely love the place. It has always amazed me though how when anyone dares to criticise Perth for any reason, there is generally an outraged response from the general public and the media, generally along the lines of "how dare you have a go at gods own earth, have a look at your own patch first". This parochialism if you want to call it that, rears its head particularly whenever someone famous makes a disparaging comment about Perth. There seems to be a defensiveness which many people have which I haven't noticed to the same extent in other places particularly in democratic countries. Maybe its our geographical isolation which causes this I don't know?


Getting back to the topic I think that the monarchy will change dramatically when Queen Elizabeth passes away. She has been the glue that has held together a pretty much outdated institution and Harry is preempting this by making a life for himself away from family. He only has to look at his Uncle Andrew to see the consequences of living off the public purse with nothing much to do.

I seriously suggest you get on Twitter and see just how parochial some other are around the world, The Indians are particularly bad, any criticism of India and the head wobblers go code red.

Apparently the big meeting between Harry and the palace has taken place. Poor Megan was denied a phone or skype hook up for "security concerns" and took no part, it's been said.
Going by reports, the Canadian taxpayers are funding the Sussexes security arrangements. Which I believe amounts to over a million dollars/ year.
Now Harry and Megan are independent, I see a report whereby Burger King has offered Harry employment.
Said Burger King, "You know that the crown will suit you perfectly. Also, after so many years of living as dukes, it is time for you to start eating like kings."
Apparently Harry was offered a position at the drive-thru window.
With the high level of unemployment throughout the world, he will not remain jobless for very long once he leaves and joins Megan in Canada.
That is a huge hurdle been cleared. Will be great to see Harry out there in the workforce, like I and millions upon millions of other people need to.
I wish Harry and Megan well in whatever future endeavours take them.