Harry, Meghan & the Future of the British Monarchy
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2021
- Did Meghan and Harry bring down the British Monarchy? On March 7th, Oprah Winfrey’s interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sent shock waves through the British royal family and the world. Their allegations of bias, neglect of mental health and racism within the family could spell disaster for the royals. Let’s take a look at the lives of the royal couple, Harry and Meghan and at what their interview may mean for the future of the British Monarchy.
Corrections: In my haste to get this video out, I made a few errors: Prince Harry is the son of Prince Charles, not Prince William and Charles and William are first and second in line to the throne, not second and third.
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Corrections: In my haste to get this video out, I made a few errors: Prince Harry is the son of Prince Charles, not Prince William and Charles and William are first and second in line to the throne, not second and third.
Another correction from a Barbadian. Barbados announced its change to republicanism in 2020 after BLM. Not because of the interview and we aren’t considering leaving the commonwealth.
So many errors. Did you even watch the interview?
We understand Lindsay. ❤️ We all make mistakes
I mix up William and Charles ALL THE TIME😄
It’s fine Lindsay!
There is absolutely no such thing as an "underage woman". They were children.
Thank you. Hearing that phrase makes my blood boil.
She probably said it that way to avoid getting demonetized by RUclips. You can't talk about pedophilia on RUclips and still make money. You can't even say "predator" anymore.
Which bit did she say that
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The other one that needs review is 'Violence against women.' That's the problem eh? Those women that just keep getting violence aimed at them. Who could be perpetrating this violence against women? Gosh, we may never know. 😶
The press does not get nearly enough blame for either the situation of the late Princess of Wales or Meghan. Many of these issue would not have been so profound or even dangerous if not for deplorable behaviour of British tabloids
Her driver was intoxicated though and her boyfriend said to speed. They should not have been in the car at all
@@MsJubjubbird True, but having paparazzi harassing you at high speeds in Paris is a recipe for disaster, no matter the condition of the driver
Well the US press are not angels
yes, it looks like britain needs to have a serious discussion about their media as well as their monarchy
@@delphinidin American needs the same discussion with there media Fox news comes to mind
I’m still wondering why we are not asking more of Prince Andrew because that’s pretty damning for the family having a sex abuser
not just that, Charlie boy was also pretty tight with the man that did not commit suic*de. Not a peep about it.
@@myfuneralismytimetoshine instead of The Godfather, The Queen
Exactly!!!
This is a good distraction.
@@myfuneralismytimetoshine don't forget the National Treasure, Sir Jimmy Savile, great buds with chsrles
“The queen is turning 95 and cannot stay in the throne forever” bruh don’t challenge her💀
Just watch her. The Queen WILL NOT ABDICATE. She will cut back more and more on her activities and hand more responsibilities to Charles and others of the many members of the current royal family, but she will be Queen til her death.
Uhhh well I can assure you this isn’t a concern anymore…..
@@alecat9990 oof
Camilla’s relationship with Charles was always there, he himself admitted that. He entered his marriage while having Camilla as his mistress.
The royals forced him to marry Diana. It's all their fault.
@@KingAgniKai I’m calling it that it was Camilla who asked about the baby’s color
@@gamer242mooo I was asked the same thing by both sides when I was pregnant. Didn't bother me.
@@gamer242mooo Both my mother and I said the same thing
@@KingAgniKai And Lady Diana paid the ultimate price.
A lot of people in these comments seem to think they know these people personally from reading some tabloid articles smh
One must hear the voice of the person and judge the honesty for themselves. Not what another says.
I judge based on what the person says and from what i have seen she isnt a nice or genuine person. Many of her staff left due to bullying but haven't come out publically because they signed NDAs.
There are things as clear as day to give you the opportunity to make interpretations. Racism is one of them for instance. If you look at Britain's old colonialism you can see that.
@@Nisa_002 britian had a far better track record of racism than u.s.a for example. Prince albert thought slavery was repugnant.
@@evacope1718 It's funny how you attack Meghan but look the other way when it comes to Andrew. I believe Harry and Meghan are much better off here. Nobody's going to be happy at the palace this summer.
earlier than my sister catherine of aragon this time
Hehe. Very funny, Juana. Bless your heart. ❤️
Hahahahaha. Hello Aunt Juana ❤️
Hi Juana
And How is "Your Grace " doing this days???...
HI Juana! How are you? :)
Um, aren't underage "women" actually children?
@@user-gx8fw8qr6d I think as another person said RUclips would remove the video with the other phrasing.
@@user-gx8fw8qr6d youtube don't allow some word, if she said children she won't get money from this video
Yeah,.but you don't say that to them.
I dont think she meant it at all purposefully
Yes, thank you! There's no such thing as an "underage woman".
ugh sorry if I was late. Henry wanted my head cut off :/.
Hi queen I just saw your daughter a few seconds ago . Have a good day
Hey queen🥴
Sorry :/
@@Randomlyrics-yi7sb Tank you
@@weluvmia HEYY
Oopsies! You said Harry is "the second son of Prince William of the UK." He's the son of Prince Charles, William is the brother.
Congratulations
I was looking for this comment, I actually went back to listen again because I thought I didn‘t hear right
@@annabanana7867 I too only commented just to confirm that I heard right because at this point in lockdown I don't trust any of my senses.
So she did say that😂 I thought I was hearing that right
So glad you did this vlog, I was having a hard time trying to sift through all the cray cray.
Same
Well sadly, the damage is done.
@@brettlarch8050 damage?
@@jonesvideo80 What they said has caused scandal and will not be forgotten.
Did you know the 1st queen of england was actually The Queen of wessex Named Seaxburh, but not in her own right.
RUclips: Li-
Me: **runs at superhuman speed** 🏃♀️🏃♀️
Lol hello Mary 😂
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Hello Elizabeth ❤️
lol same
@@lollipop96537 LETS THROW A ROYAL PARTY!
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YAY! PARTY 🎉🥳
The monarchy as an institution is still well-liked by most people in the UK, and as long as a majority of British people want to keep this over a thousand years old cultural tradition, they should be allowed to do so. It shouldn't matter at all what Americans think about it. Elizabeth II is still popular, as are William and Kate, so I don't think the monarchy is going anywhere soon.
Most, but not all. Some people despise them. I am one of them.
Very true. Which is why I ignore the American media in this situation.
@@jonathanlee4511
I'm an American.. I ignore our media, it's Nothing but Lies & BS
I'm a Canadian and Royalist. French-Canadian at that. The royals keeps a connection to our British culture.
The American media are liars and woke Democrats, I don't think the Brits are gonna just give up their thousand year history and large source of income over a lying opportunist, she very well could not be lying but I for one don't believe her.
Harry inherited 40 Millions Pounds from his mother, NOT 10.
I just want 100k, why these massive differences? Maybe tax the millionaire and billionaires?
And Harry and Megan arent sharing their wealth
I thought they supported the left
I guess they are lying until they give away their money
@@somethingclever8916 A lot of that money is going towards security, keeping them safe and continuing to support their charities. A lot of expense goes into being a public figure, it's completely unlike being an anonymous person, especially during a time of controversies like this. That said, yes, they should be taxed exponentially higher than they are. Make sure to keep voting left, to make sure they do.
I think they only get bit by bit and the rest is in a trust. I believe the £10M he mentioned are the ones he got for his 30th birthday, the rest he’ll get as he ages
Harry and Wills were left 17 million by their mum. But the tax man took 8.4 million. So the boys got half of approx 9 million & their mum's jewels. Also, I think the Archbishop gave Harry & Meghan a private blessing b4 they married. He is not willing to clarify but it's a common practice. I had a private blessing & communion last Xmas bcuz illness prevented me attending midnight service.
She didn't become a British citizen before marrying, she only applied to be one...
I believe the press has a questionable role in the lives of the royals. It is necessary to have some press presence in order to show that the royals are doing some good, yet there needs to be more restraint on behalf of the press so there's a stronger feeling of privacy for the royals, in particular the younger royals. The royals, in their turn, need to stand up for privacy and tell the press to back off, AND HAVE THEIR REQUESTS RESPECTED. The royals also need to stop acting like American celebrities and use some practical common sence by not inviting the press to be intrusive and inappropriate. As I said before, it goes both ways between the royals and the press. All of this is my opinion, nothing more.
Like American celebrities? Their whole mantra is to never complain and never explain. That most certainly is not an American attitude, it’s a British attitude and tradition in order that controversies die out without any extra fuel to the fire.
Exactly. But honestly without real political or social power, how can the Monarchy not slowly dissolve into being mere celebrities who are famous for being famous?
@@9xprincess because they don’t act like mere celebrities. Also, they still maintain the ceremonial role of state so they maintain the same responsibility if not powers to execute it
Ha restraint... press... ha don’t make me laugh.
I can honestly relate to Harry in one way. We both lost a parent unexpectedly and it was a struggle to deal with. I ended up addicted to alcohol and drugs for a while because I struggled with it. Then I joined the army guard to better serve my community. I send my best wishes to Harry and Megan. May they find happiness and comfort for themselves and their family.
I send my best wishes to you my friend
Have a great day 😊
I hope you didn’t marry a Dependa like Meghan Markle before you joined the Army.
@@cecilyerker what's a dependa
@@MoonOfNight-sr6fn like Megan using Harry for money
@@Blackberry-qd9kh I don't get it was she really doing that, she was an actress and I'm pretty sure she had a lot of money, I think that they are actually in love, but to be honest I don't really care about the drama. But I do love the Royal family
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Thank you 😊 *curtsies*
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Lol 😂 Hello Kaiya
A little note, the Queen didn't just decide that Louis and Charlotte would be Prince and Princess, but back in 2012 when the Successions Act was changed so that there was no longer male-preferent primogeniture, it was stated that all of William's children would be Prince/ss, in case that if a girl was born first, she would be the future queen and titled as Princess-otherwise, if Charlotte had been first, we would have had future Queen Charlotte only 'titled' as Lady Charlotte when her little brother would've been a Prince. It's not a matter of preference but logic. Also, it wasn't speculated by the press that Harry and Meghan didn't want a title for Archie, they said as much in the announcement of his name, and this was later reiterated by her friend/reporter Omid Scobie in the couple's biography.
Ikr!
Preach it 🙌
She said the opposite in the Oprah interview, that they hadn't actually decided that, but were made to accept that decision.
Did you even watch their interview? They literally explained the whole title situation. Stop being purposely obtuse.
@@MrsBrit1 except that they said themselves in a statement when Archie was born that they wanted him to be a private citizen and therefore wouldn't accept him to be titled as Earl of Dumbarton (which is Archie's right as Harry's first son); in addition, in the Finding Freedom biography this was reiterated, and Meghan admitted in court that her friends collaborated with the book.
I doubt the British monarchy will ever be abolished, but nations like Canada and Australia may leave the British commonwealth and if that happens, other nations will follow.
Australia are constantly debating this whether to break from the commonwealth and have there own head of state. I think they love Queen Elizabeth more than the monarchy and I think once she passes away that’s when the break will happen.
I also don’t think it will be abolished, I mean I love the history side of things when it comes to royals all over the world (hence why I’m subscribed here!) but I think it could do with being modernised and I do think William and Kate will achieve this; and if Megan and Harry had stayed on as working royals they would of too (I do understand there reasons for leaving so not blaming them) Just my personal opinion - not looking for a big debate!
@@Sarah-2808 Ok and I also believe that the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will break away from the British Union leaving only England with the monarch and the prime minister while Wales and Scotland are left with the president and a prime minister. As for Northern Ireland, they could just reunite with the rest of Ireland.
@@quarlic yes I think Scotland will have another referendum for sure. And if Ireland rejoin they could become independent too. Wales I’m not so sure, they are tiny and I’m not sure they would be able to generate enough income to support themselves? I’m not very well educated on wales industry so I could be wrong. I guess only time will tell! The world feels like it’s changing so much at the moment.
@@Sarah-2808 I think Wales was it’s own country at one point so they might be able to handle themselves on their own.
@@quarlic so basically it will begin the downfall of the monarchy
Even without tax support, The Queen would still be one of the richest women in the world and could more than afford to keep up her families "lavish lifestyle".
It always bothers me when people say the crown cost the tax payers money the crown gives up it’s entire income to the parliament for a pension that’s barely a quarter of the money she originally had.
The Crown Estates which pays the Sovereign Grant is definitely welfare. Taxes paid for the Estates, built them and maintain them, any funds made belong to the country not the monarchy.
Not at all sure why folks keep around the monarchy which means the estates earn less.
France also has many great palaces and visitors to them but probably clears more money since they don't have useless monarchy sucking up the funds.
The monarchy are plenty rich and do own some estates privately.
I do not understand why people wanna give these rich people welfare.
@@loisclark-johnston3337 they can get rid of the Royals if they want to. Up to them.
Not necessarily, especially if she would have to give the ''crown's properties'' to the government/people. She would be rich but not THAT rich.
@@myfuneralismytimetoshine true. But it was my understanding the Crown properties would revert to her? Is that wrong?
This family has endured decades of bad press for things worse than this. David's connections to Hitler & the Nazis, Prince Philip's tragic childhood, his favorite sister's marriage to a Nazi and their deaths in an airplane crash, Aberfan, Princess Alice's torturous life, Diana & Charles' divorce, her death, Margaret giving up Peter Townsend, Andrew's connection to Jeffrey Epstein... and everything in between. Their lavish lifestyle comes at a great personal cost for all of them. Harry & Meghan had the freedom to leave. I think that's what Harry wanted all along. I think that's why he married Meghan. He found freedom when he fell in love with & married her.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Freedom??? I doubt that😂😂😂😂😂
He's married!😂😂😂
Most scandals of the past happened before social media. Social media makes news travel faster to a lot of people, it has made it easier to start revolutions.
If Harry became King today he’d abolish the monarch immediately because he knows it’s all BS. Now he is finding success with a woman he loves outside of his family’s reached
Harry is obnoxious. His true colors have shown. If he were truly in love with a good woman, he would have shown more respect.
@@aintgotnoname6548 Oooooh, a hater. How original.
I’m sorry prince Charles reconnected with Camilla? He continued his affair with her throughout his marriage to Diana.
Well Charles wasn't involved with Camilla at the first months of his and Diana's marriage. The Netflix show "The Crown" changed that and made Charles' and Camilla's relationship as ongoing for more drama.
Charles didn't actually admit that, at least not in the interview I saw
They definitely had managed to chase Camilla off for a bit. She was married to someone else as well. Charles wasn't right for the affair but he should've been free to marry who he wanted.
Diana was having affairs as well. Also, he wasn’t in love with her.
@@maninedoow5895 to be fair, she only started having an affair when she realized her marriage was a sham and was unsalvageable
The British Monarchy as survived worst situations you can thank the tyrannical rule of Oliver Cromwell for the British people not wanting to get rid of their monarchy!
Yes been there done that so no thank you😂
That kind of reasoning is specious.
French royalty had survived to much worse crises than the Revolution of July. And, yet, this is what caused its downfall.
Cromwell had many flaws, but he wasn't really a tyrant (neither was Charles I for that matter, although Charles was rather stupid so a lot of people regarded him as such). Cromwell basically was a man who had a religious devotion to his "duty" and could not step away till things were right: he wasn't a Napoleon Bonaparte, or whatever. The commonwealth had many factions - the ahead of the time but incredibly obstinate levellers, huge amounts of religious maniacs, the partisans of the Rump Parliament and the self-interested New Model Army. Contrary to popular British belief of Cromwell as some kind of vainglorious dictator, he constantly tried to withdraw from power, but ended up having to step back in to fulfill his perceived "duties".
Harry is so much more like his mother than the monarch cared to realize. I don't think he even realized how much he's like her. He was very young when she passed and I think he grew subservient to the Monarch, as it was all he had known. But getting married and having a child has likely changed his entire outlook on everything. And he was able to get a glimpse first hand through Meghan, what his mother endured all those years. Ahe couldn't protect his mother but he can protect his wife. So he did. And I don't fault him at all for taking the actions he did. They needed to speak their truth. For their own peace of mind.. I think it's very understandable and admirable.
It’s not admirable at all. He trashed his grandmother on live television. Megan hasn’t been hounded by the press at all, she’s been actively seeking attention from them even when they weren’t interested in paying attention to her. She’s deliberately imitating his dead mother to gain a psychological hold over him. She frequently interrupts him and won’t let him speak. She dictates the course of all their conversations and interviews and he passively sits by and lets her do it.
@@cecilyerker well I live in America so I can't speak on the British press, but from what I understand, they were ruthless when it came to Meghan. I didn't feel Harry trashed his grandmother at all. And Diana was a very strong woman, not to mention Harry lost his mother at at very young age..so I'm not at all surprised that he's drawn to someone like Meghan. Often times people will subconsciously seek out a mother like figure in their spouses. This was very true for Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII. Wallis was very domineering within that relationship. Someone is always going to assume the more dominant role. We are just so use to it being the man, that when a woman does it, it's seen as unhealthy and degrading. But it works for some people. Edward and Wallis remained happily married for 35 years. Meghan and Harry come off as a happy couple in love and wishing to live their life comfortably and their own terms, and I can respect and admire that. The public needs to stop demonizing this woman we don't know personally and trust that Harry, a grown man, knows what he wants and what he's doing
You know how many people HATED Diana when she came out with her book? And with her interview? And felt she was completely disrespectful and out of line and attention seeking.. But TODAY it's seen as "good for her" "she did what she had to do" "it was her truth" "yassss queen" Same with Edward VIII. He went from a traitor to this romantic figure of a man who gave up the crown for love! I don't really see this as playing out much different from that. Bc hindsight is always 20/20.
Queen Legitimate not really- Camilla always got the ruthless treatment. The press has always been cruel to her. I think the press was enamoured with Meghan and she was quite popular in the U.K...more so than will and Kate...being slandered in the tabloids is a rite of passage for being a celebrity figure in the U.K...but perhaps the Middletons weren't welcoming of her and she probably didn't like being on her own as she had no friends in the U.K., coupled with the fact that in Hollywood they could make much more than what they would be given as royals...
Yea I didn't mean it as the majority of people weren't on Diana's side regarding the infidelity, just that there were many who even though they may have sympathized with Diana's martial issues, felt it was disrespectful to the institution to make the matter so public. But it was important to her to do that, it was something she felt she needed to do. Rather than remain silent and allow the tabloids to paint the narrative.
And I think that's much what's going on with Meghan and Harry. Meghan moving to a foreign country, marrying into a huge family who has been at this life. Taking on a role of a senior royal for her husband. That's a huge transition for someone to make. I'm imagining culture shock to the 9th power. If Meghan was uncomfortable and unhappy in the UK after trying to take on being a senior royal, why wouldn't Harry leave with her? Harry did and has been doing what any good, supportive husband would do. He's married, he took vows. I'm sure he loves his grandmother and his father and brother but, he has a family of his own now. And I think that's his main focus right now. That's just how I feel. From the perspective of a parent and a spouse, I get it. Can't speak on the royal aspect of it lol
Can you please make videos about all the king and queens of France, Germany, Russia, Scotland,etc... like you did for the kings and queens of England
Spain too
She has a few playlists with royals from around the world! I actually started watching her channel when I saw a video of lgbtq+ royals!
@@aphroditegonzalez4928 & @Lilly Playz last year she started a great series Queens of the World that includes videos of Juana, Isabella of Castile, Alexandra Feodorovna the last tsarina of Russia and Catherine the Great. I think she posts a new one twice a month so I’m sure she’ll cover many more.
I’d love to hear more about Sancha of León (ruled de jure 1230) she ruled jointly with her sister Dulce.
@@aphroditegonzalez4928 yeah I want her to do a lot more but I didn’t want to list them all so I put etc
Yes
It's kinda funny that people legitimately think that the monarchy would be abolished just because Harry and Meghan spilled some tea in an interview. The monarch is far from perfect but let's be honest, their ancestors secured their future and they remain an important key of UK
You have a valid point. But if there is an agenda/intent to initiate a coup to oust the monarch, every little scrap of dirty laundry is an addition to the treasure trove of ammunition to facilitate that intent. Some things take a long time to perpetrate making it literally impossible to detect but brewing nevertheless; like a volcano. And we have to admit, the media has been playing Rumpelstiltskin for many decades spinning what is likely straw into scandalous gold.
Judging by these comments, there's a lot of errors in this video
SO many. She is simply following her money. Still entertaining!!
She is normally very good but her rush to get this uploaded has resulted in one of the pieces rubbish I have seen. It’s got more holes in it than a sieve. I have noticed that she has lost subscribers over this.
This is going to blowover, as all other passed issues have had their day and then blownover, and the Constitutional Monarchy will continue. I think the civil government is the real cause of problems that actually threaten the welbeing of the citizens; that is, the economic health, security, and welfare of everyone. However many royals there are, the much greater concern has to be for the vast numbers of citizens as a whole.
Lmao the government overall is trash, this is historically true democratic or monarchy
Since your comment is near top, I'm gonna hijack it. The British monarch is not the head of state of India. Three map portrayed India asked other Commonwealth countries together, so I just wanted to clarify it.
It may not blow over. The Woke Supremacy needs to feed its narrative & the monarchy is its next victim of cancel culture 😒
@@rubyc5664 "cancel culture" "woke supremacy" lmao saying that over an interview where a woman said she and her child was being mistreated and the victim of racism? Not to mention all the very bad things the royals have done but oh no its obvi the wokeness and cancel culture 😢😢😢😢😢
I have to say I think I agree. While I'm curious to see how they will pull themselves out of this one, they have overcome a lot. The way that they handled Princess Diana and the way that they initially handled her death they had very low approval ratings and they were able to come out of that and become more popular than ever.
You have to explain the things that happened with Megan and Harry before they started getting all the bad press. They were incredibly praised for being the first interracial couple in the Royal Family but Megan being an American and telling things in speeches that was not true and the fact that she quit speaking to her father after he had a heart attack was kind of a big deal to the people of the UK. They hold royals to a higher standard of conduct even though we have seen them behave badly behind closed doors they haven't actually turned their back on each other in public the way she did. The wave of love she had in the beginning but came a little bit of a wave of disappointment because anybody who joins the Royal Family gets put under a light of scrutiny. But nobody had so much dirt come up on them as Megan did. And much of it came from her camp. I'm not saying that she didn't experience racism because of course she did. As far as we came this day and time it's still here and thriving in some groups. I will say that the English aren't generally racist like Americans are. As in whites aren't as racist against blacks and blacks aren't racist against White the way it is here and America. So they were deeply Disturbed and went on the defense when they were accused of it. They see us as racist Nazis over here. So for them to be compared to us was deeply disturbing. That's why you hear all these people claiming no we're not racist! They think of how we are racist here in America and it kills them. So to be fair, she did get attacked by the media but no more than Kate did in the beginning and it wasn't something that wasn't survivable as she claimed. Think about it, she used to beat the pavement to get acting jobs and she was very used to rejection. She had thicker skin than what she claimed I believe. But that's just my opinion and it's not necessarily true. I do think that they suffered greatly. With some of it a little bit amplified by them and their words? Probablybut at the end of the day nobody in America or the UK enjoys the kind of privilege that they did. To say that there complaints during a worldwide pandemic sounded a little tone there is an understatement. Sorry I wrote a novel LOL.
I agree with you. I guess many people don't know how harsh the press was to Kate and how much they harassed her and her family when she was dating William. She won the people over and "passed the test" if you want to put it that way.
The problem isn't who got more bullying from the press is the fact that other Royals had 100 more protection from the palace press office. Is frustrating to hear the palace fight the press after they said Kate got botox but could not fight them from racism again Meghan.
@@milacruz3970 If Meghan had towed the line like Kate she and Harry would have been second only to the Queen in popularity. Anybody who comes from a foreign country would have to earn the trust of the people whether they be a Duchess or a baker. She couldn't be bothered.
They had security under the treaty for internationally protected people (IPP)as senior royals. When they stepped away from their duties, they lost their security as they are not under that IPP. They now have to pay their own way including security. For people that left to be financially independent and are reportedly making bank with Netflix and Spotify deals, I'm sure they can cover their own security. Also she was never a British citizen, she didn't stay in the UK long enough to do what was needed to get citizenship.
Boy did you get a lot of details wrong. Megan is not at British citizen Among other things.
Hello Tina
Did she not get her British citizenship? If she did, then she would be a British citizen. I would think marrying a British prince allows you to become a citizen of Britain.
She wasn't in England long enough!
@@APizzoli How are you doing today, I hope you are having a beautiful day?
Unknown024- No, she did not get her British Citizenship. She doesn’t have dual citizenship. Archie does, by birth.
From what I've heard from those who actually live in the UK... its suspected the support for the monarchy will only grow... this interview is being seen as extremely poor taste and a very "American" thing to do which is a major insult. Many in the UK also seem to think Charles would abdicate because he enjoys his life as it is and has never expressed a true desire to be king. That all said, I strongly suspect the queen will outlive Charles (Long live Lizze) and I think it was Camilla who said the racist BS, Charles who didn't have the backbone to stand up to his wife (He's so much like his great uncle who abdicated), and William who probably tried to intervene and smooth things over and therefore also got blamed by H&M (Will is the family mediator, just like his mother... and that would explain the strained relationship between the brothers). I also think its so weird how people compare Harry to his mother when he really is so much more like his father aside from being personable.
Quite a prediction. Lol. Hopefully everyone will be fine.
I genuinely don’t think the comment about Archie’s (or any potential child born to the Sussexes) skin colour had racial motivations. Harry’s demeanour suggested that even he thought it was an innocent, albeit ignorant, comment but it fitted Meghan’s narrative that it came from an ugly place.
@@ArchangelAva you didn’t think the conservation about how dark their child would possibly be could be racist?! Wow I’m glad you live in such a “color-blind” world.
@@sassmonster3422 not intentionally no. Obviously I don’t know for sure, I wasn’t the person that said it. Where are you from Dana? Not specifically obviously , but generally? I’m from a country that is vastly Caucasian. Having a person of colour marry into a family here is rare and therefore a ‘novelty’ of sorts. Speculation on how a baby might look is always discussed, be it hair colour, eye colour, height etc. I would feel, perhaps naively, that it was harmless but uneducated remark by a person that knew no better.
Right. He's so much like his father but had the good luck of being born second. Otherwise he might have made the same choices his father did.
Quick note: Charles and William are 1st and 2nd in line for the throne respectively, not 2nd and 3rd (18:09)
Lindsay is wrong a lot.
I wish she would cite her sources
No Charles is first in line the Willy 2 Harry 3
@@ellenamontana1352 No, you are wrong, Charles is first, William is second, George is third, Charlotte is fourth, Louis is fifth and Henry is sixth, but he renounced.
@@1justice2012 Henry did not renounce his succession claim. He is still 6th and Archie is 7th. Henry's baby daughter will be 8th.
@@somethingclever8916 her sources are Wikipedia LOL
Parliament makes the laws. Not the Monarchy. They make tours as the face of the nation and that's it.
Plus they make the UK a ton of money.
Actually, this is not true, look into it...the Queen sees the laws etc first and can and has vetoed things in the past. She is NOT just a figurehead.
Her Majesty can dissolve the govt. at will and call early elections, which she has done for Australia in the past.
Also, the throne sequesters power it may not use. While Her Majesty is head of the military, nobody else can be head, preventing a strongman from rising. With her as head of state, the head of government can't accumulate power as she can dissolve his government.
I’m just privately wondering when the monarch will use their reserve powers. Ideally in a peaceful well-ordered democracy, there would be no need to use them. If things are going unconstitutional? I am reminded of the situation in Spain when Franco supporters attempted a coup of the newly installed democratic government. The King appeared in the uniform of the Commander-in-Chief and refused to legitimize the coup. This action supposedly was one key factor in the coup’s failure since the Francoists tried to justify their actions by saying it had the King’s blessing.
You know what..at the certain time they are function as a peace makers between a tense of politic..this happen with my country..
How dark is Archie skin colour will be,
Harry is full white .
Meghan is half black and half white 50%.
Archie is 75 % white . Black 25%
The baby Archie skin colour is pure White white.
Simple as that .
It's actually not that simple. While obviously since Archie does favor his father in skin tone it can happen that way, children who are far less of a percentage of African descent have ended up with skin that is quite dark. Less common? Absolutely, but it can happen. Their daughter could be darker than her mother and still be biologically Harry's. it's a roll of the dice. Sure, most of the sides are white, but that doesn't mean that black can't come up.
Well Harry has red hair when neither of his parents did, it came from Diana’s family (her brother is ginger) although Diana herself was blonde.
I have to agree with Hallowqueen. My cousin’s daughter is 50% Caucasian, 25% African American and 25% Native American, and she looks more Native American than anything, except she has blue eyes like my aunt.
@@HallowqueenCrafting one thing to remember is that her mother is rather light skinned herself. She did not pass on dark skin to Meaghan to begin with.
25% is even a HIGH estimate. It's a little doubtful that Doria is 100% Black. Probably more like high 80s which would still make Meghan more White than Black. Archie probably more like 20ish (let's say 22) percent. I still find it weird there was a discussion about the skin color of a highly White child.
Wonder if Meghan is gonna play as herself in The Crown?
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She would do it.
The creators of the Crown have state several times that the show will stop when it reaches the early 2000’s.
She hasn’t managed to get any acting jobs so I doubt it
😂😂😂😂 i bet she want it
The fact that Harry, a grieving son, a little boy, was forced to walk behind the coffin of his unexpectedly-killed mother for the very press he rightfully blamed for her death is one of the most fucked-up things I've ever heard. That alone should show people the monarchy has outlived its purpose: It cares more about its public image than the well-being of its members or the people it claims to help, to the point where it apparently considers doing charity work as "making a deal with the Devil". And it cares more about its public image because that's all it's got. All the royal family seems to do nowadays is just sit around in their own fanciness, perpetuating their own self-importance on the common people's money. If they're just figureheads, then once the Queen is no longer in this world, time for the Houses of Parliament to do some redecorating, I say.
10:40 Wow... How an avocado be linked to human rights abuse, drought and millenial shame? Where did the press gets these ideas anyways.
Where is that video on Prince Andrew though and not this distraction of a circus?
Seriously! Lets hear about the prince that actually has evidence against him, not the one that is lost in some manipulative struggle with his wife.
She would likely be demonetized
Amen where?
I don't think the monarchy will end..Diana and fergie also did interviews..people were shocked and then they moved on..meg and harry will just fade into oblivion once their kids and Williams's kids become older..at this point they better not divorce because too much was sacrificed and lost so they're in this marriage forever
Its possible, but people really dislike them now, and so do I.
The diana scandals were way bigger then what's happening now. So its unlikely that the monarchy will be abolished
Agreed
@@TomoyoTatar the polls say otherwise
@@TomoyoTatar I believe so but honestly this isn't the worse and its not enough to spark an overthrow..at least I don't think so
The British royal family is too iconic to be removed
So were the Romanovs, but look what happened to them.
@@thedoctor7784 The situations are bit different, Queen Elizabeth is not currently an absolute monarch nor is she sending troops to their death as was the case with Nicholas II when his family's dynasty was toppled.
@@thedoctor7784 They were murdered by a militaristic dictatorship?
Not really but well, if thats what people want
@@thedoctor7784 OK, if the UK loses the next World War, and a big reason for this is behaving like Nicholas and Alexandra (i.e. idiotic), then it's in the running.
It's easy for Harry and Megan to film a "tell all" interview, when they know full well the RF can't/won't relatialite with their own version. There's always three sides to everything: my version, your version and the truth.
I think this is still one sided
Please rewatch the CBS interview regarding Prince Harry's wife who said while she was pregnant there were family discussions about how dark the skin of the child might be. Prince Harry said no discussions took place while his wife was pregnant. There was one conversation with him with one family member before he got married. He did not mention the context of the talk.
“Context of the talk”. That’s key. The media and the public seem to have forgotten that.
Thank you. It seems a lot of people overlooked that part in the interview. N
I think it was an innocent comment of interest, wondering if the baby would take more after Harry or Meghan and she decided to twist it.
If people realized Prince George or Charlotte asked the question 'what colour will the baby be', everyone would laugh and think it's cute.
If that happened, they wouldn't have brought it up in the Oprah interview as a damning accusation. It would never have come up
Princess Anne brought up the cultural differences. Had nothing to do with race.
I think the person was innocently just wondering if the baby would take more after Meghan or Harry and Meghan twisted it. I think it was William which is why he’s so angry at them.
Humm it’s amusing to
Me how in the interview Harry and Meghan made sure not to burn that one bridge with Elisabeth or Phillip.
Imagine having a memory and remembering that Kate had to hire security for herself against paparazzi and that they too criticized her.
Yes but it wasn’t racially charged. Kate is well liked by the press now, Megan doesn’t have the security that Kate has, and is more vulnerable to the press
@@Unknown-sx5yn kate never ever played the victim and attacked her own family. That's the difference. She supported her and her husband's family and that's why she's liked now. The press is rotten but I think they are hardly racist when they treat every high ranking royal the same way. They are the same ones shouting racism at everything people do. How can they be racist themselves? It makes no sense.
@@Unknown-sx5yn well no duh she doesn't have the security Kate does. She stepped down from the royals and never really wanted to be a part of them, even right after the birth of Archie when she didn't want to go and appear in front of the hospital. the royals are a business for Britain(and make the economy a lot more money than they cost) and she never really wanted to contribute anything to said business. And just now writing this comment I tried finding some racist media coverage of Meghan and maybe I looked in the wrong places but I couldn't really find anything racially charged. Its just my opinion but I feel she just thinks all this negative coverage is because of her race and claims other royals are treated so well but she's very new and this happened to all new members.
@@xondragrafia Megan isnt playing the victim. Shes doing an interview telling her experience. The same way Diana did. And Kate could turn a blind eye to the press, but Megan was battling mental health along with it. And yes the media was racist in how they treated her. If you compare the articles about Kate and Megan. Megan was demonized for holding her baby bump, and simply being a mother. A journalist if i remember correctly, put a picture of a monkey coming out of a hospital when Archies birth was announed. She wasnt treated the same way as every royal
@@karolinadelila970 i can find multiple article being racist to her, and lets not forget she was demonized for everything. And can you blame her for not wanting to appear in front of the hospital and wanting to keep her privacy? Pregnancy and Childbirth are very personal things. Shes a person and deserves that. A person in the media put a picture of a monkey coming out of the hospital when Archie was born. So i can understand why she wanted to keep it private. And unless you know inside her mind, you dont know that she never wanted to be apart of the royal family.
What I don't get is if Harry is so concern about the paparazzi going after his family like they did with his mother, then why would he/they move to the one place that is overrun by the paparazzi how is that protecting his family. I just don't get it.
*ALL* of #MeghanMarkle 's { Hollywood } friends live there & so living there gives them direct access to multi million dollar showbiz deals to earn money for security and their children's needs. 🙋👨⚖️🤴👩👩🍼🏰🗽
Harry and Meghan are against the media they can't control. Friendly interviewers and soft questions, these are welcome with open arms.
Harry is the son of Prince Charles, not the son of Prince William and Diana’s official title was the Princess of Wales, not Princess Diana Spencer. Meghan did not become a British citizen.
William and Harry are both Charles' sons
If anything her title would have been Princess Charles of Wales - not Princess Diana. :-) I am sure that Megan has not brought down the royal family.
@@christinamo7 No, he is not and never was Charles of Wales.
@@christinamo7 Diana's title and style was _HRH The Princess of Wales_ . After the divorce, it was _Diana, Princess of Wales_ .
Sorry unpopular opinion but if they are currently worth $40 million pounds I have little sympathy. They and their children will be financially stable for their entire lives that must be nice
It's called "privilege"!
I’m so used to seeing my American politics people fighting, it’s interesting to see British politics for a change.
You got it wrong concerning Diana's and Dodi Fayed's relationship. He was not her "partner". He was just her boyfriend or someone she was dating at the time. Diana would not have called him her "partner". You make up part of what you report.
I don’t think she made that up, she might have been under the impression that partner and boyfriend can be used interchangeably. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.
@@marinak8154 the words are definitely not interchangeable especially in the current cultural context, and I believe she knows that. It's important to get the facts right because some people watching the video were not born when Diana died or were too young to have understood what happened. Absolutely no one ever referred to Fayed as Diana's "partner", and especially Diana herself and people who knew her.
Picky, picky...
Partner and boyfriend mean virtually the same thing, and “Boyfriend” starts to sound a bit silly after a certain age.
@@elenajohnson6336 I tend to disagree especially as it applies to Diana. It's too generic and ambiguous a term.
At least Archie has a royal blood, come on my heir is not even my real son.
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That’s true, my Lord💁🏻♀️
Does he though.....really?
@@amieroberg9258 What are you talking about?! He looks exactly like his Dad, who looks just like Prince Philip with Spencer red hair.
LMAOOO
Archie is such a cutie
He is. For his sake and his sister, Harry and Meghan need to build bridges and get over them. This circus isn't good for them.
He is, too bad his mother is a manipulator and his father doesn’t have a spine.
There was a small error in the beginning, he is the son of Charles, not William! Not trying to be rude! Love your videos!!
She said that in her personal comment for everyone to see and who cares about these royal useless people ...we are the real royal people not them
Excellent summary. Personally I don't feel the monarchy will be abolished but it's definitely not a wild thought. The commonwealth will definitely be thrown into upheaval when the Queen passes away
Don't think so. William is very capable of taking over the rope from his grandma.
As a human and as an American I am Absolutely DISCUSSED with the media and tabloids!!! What happened to America being a safe haven?!?!
The British Monarchy is a 1200 year old institution. It has had more than it's fair share of scandal and drama, but it still stands. I don't see that changing anytime soon. God save the Queen.
Meghan didn't actually get British citizenship, she didn't live there long enough.
I don't see the British public voting to abolish the monarchy because of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. If the Duchess of Sussex didn't want to cause damage to the person who commented on the possible colour of Archie's skin by naming that person then why mention it in the first place?
The inaccuracies in this video makes one wonder how accurate are the information in your other videos. It also calls into question the motivation of creating this video.
Definitely lost some respect for you when you said “underage women”. Children. They were children Lindsay
Is a 17 year old a child? That's over the age of consent in my country, as it is in most countries (and most societies throughout history).
@@TomorrowWeLive yes, in america
@@TomorrowWeLive ok perv
If the Family could overcome the 1992 they can overcome anything 😂
"Prince Charles of the UK" is not an official title.
She (Meghan)was given an incredible open arms. Look at the people receiving her with joy as Harry & Meghan would be in public. The totals also. SHE BLEW IT...
Love your videos! :) I have been on a binge, and I'm so happy you uploaded.
My two cents: I feel the response through various outlets and social media has been surprising, especially here in North America and the reactionary response is very North American. In the UK, brits are hyper-aware of the stuff the Royal Family does, so it isn't much of a revelation or a shock about the allegations. The emotional turmoil the Duchess went through was very resonant, but many people just feel very ambivalent about them. Even PM (I dont even want to write his name in full) being a nightmare on TV wasnt a surprise either.
Lindsay posting on a Friday tripped me out lol but I'm still here😂
Me too! At least this time I have a good excuse for why I was late.😳
Kaiya Nam same! I usually try to be early, but I wasn't NOT expecting her to upload lol
@@animelover7846 I don’t think anyone expected it, but it was a lovey surprise!
Prince Harry is the son of Prince Charles not Prince William.
I was trolling the comments to see if anyone else heard her say that too! Lol
I think the final portion of the video seems to be conflating American public opinion with British public opinion on the monarchy. While Prince Charles and Prince William's approval ratings did fall, Harry and Meghans approval ratings with the British public fell to a greater extent after the interview. Prince William's approval ratings are still around the mid 70s, while Harry and Meghan have net negative approval ratings. Also, I'm not sure where the 72% approval rating for the Queen you cited came from; her approval rating with the British public has been in the 80% range throughout this year so far (and indeed remained as such after the interview). I guess my bigger point here is that the impact of the public outcry to the interview is probably overstated, because a lot of it really came from Americans, whose opinions are ultimately inconsequential in deciding the future of the monarchy
Meghan lied and I guess it's hard to know that without being informed on how titles work. So Americans lapped it up but the British were disgusted.
Not just Americans but the whole world.
Why should Harry´s child become a prince? The Successions Act was changed in 2012 and those there was no longer male preference primogeniture. Wiliam and Kate have enough children to follow their father on the throne when the time comes. It is just a matter of logic not to provide the Sussex child with a title.
Note: Princess Anne´s children also do not have a title.
It is up to the taxpayer to decide to whom in the Royal Family they want to give money to spend on houses and lifestyle. This was certainly not Meghan Markle. The one who pay never has to explain why one is getting this benefit and another one not. Btw, Harry is wealthy enough to pay for his family´s security by himself if he thinks they need it.
It also is cheap to blame someone being racist without offering the slightest evidence.
Andrew also had to step back from all of his duties after his latest scandal.
A number of steps would have to be taken legally and politically to abolish the British monarchy.
A party has to include this in its manifesto and successfully control the House of Commons in the following election.
Consultation would have to be held with those Commonwealth nations who still recognize the British monarch as their head of state.
While not legally necessary, it would be unimaginable that this proposal was not the subject of a referendum, and that the electorate agreed to the abolition.
Much parliamentary debate on the issue and white papers created on both the abolition of the monarchy and the form of republican government that would succeed it (e.g. how is the head of state chosen? What are his or her powers, especially if there is disagreement with the Prime Minister of the day?)
The final form of the law establishing the republic would also have to be approved in a referendum.
No major party has even broached the first step. No poll has revealed that the British public favors dumping the crown in favor of a republic.
The fallout from the Oprah interview is an annoyance politically, nothing more.
Meghan doesnt look at all black, so what do you mean black people were excited to see someone who looked like them
Some people still cling to the one drop rule that was prevalent in the United States. As long as you have a "drop" of black blood, you are black.
@@jessbmine9347 Surely by that rule, most people are black?
Markel is mixed raced, she’s white and black
Also she isn’t the first black royal, King George IIIs wife was of generational German and black moorish decent.
The one drop rule and all that.
@@jrdosreis6484 she was just German queen. She was not black or moorish, moorish are brebers and Muslims.
“Their allegations of bias, neglect of mental health, and racism within the family could spell disaster for the Royals”
One would think anything involving bias, neglect of mental health, and racism would be a disaster PERIOD.
period.
PERIOD.
It largely doesn't because it's allegations. Mental health is a HUGE are William and Kate work with, Charles has a looong (40yrs+) history of working with the BAME community. That's why when people say: they're racist/don't support mental health it doesn't have the same impact in USA (where royal coverage is focused around Kate's clothes) than in the UK were the programmes they support are actually implemented
This might be one of my favourite videos you’ve ever made!! Your discussion was so in depth and while still unbiased, I loved hearing a lot of your opinions and energy about the topic shine through. Love all your work :))
No it was totally biased.
@@aintgotnoname6548 u a royalist or smth?
There’s nothing I love more than watching people as Royals comment with their respective names on a youtube section (like Catherine of Aragon or Napoleon)
You might want to recheck some of your facts and proof read/watch before posting. You mistakenly state Prince Harry is the second son of Prince William. You mention the Letter Patent of 1917 as the reason for Archie not receiving the title of Prince. You then go on to state that Prince William’s younger children were given princely titles anyway. That statement is incorrect. In 2012, the Queen issued updated Letters Patent entitling all of the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales to princely titles.
Yeah the little things here and there bugged me. She has shown in other videos she knows this stuff but made a bunch of tiny errors here
As an Australian, I don’t want to detach from the British Commonwealth nor do I want abolishment of the Monarchy.
The idea of monarchy in modern day period should be a labelled devotion to public service rather popularity. Their popularity is inherent already rather delving to more publicity from the appetite of the media.
The royals are under no obligation to give Archie a title. He and his father are much lower in line for the throne that in all practicality it is unnecessary especially since most royal siblings since Princess Margaret, have refused titles for their children and grandchildren.
the queen does have power to stop the government if she needs to if the government goes to far
In multiple countries! The Governor General of Canada is the queen’s representative to the country and they have full veto power over any laws being passed.
@@nerdisaur Governor-General of Canada grants Royal Assent to a bill in order for it to become law. Royal Assent can be withheld, but no modern Governor-General has denied Royal Assent to a bill.
Excellent video Lindsay! I’ve been following your videos for the past year. But I think this one has been so relevant. I’m so glad you did it! It really helps to put everything in perspective and to see with a broader look at the whole situation. Keep up the good work. Your channel is awesome!
Hello Lori
0:49 seconds in you mistakenly call Charles William! I hope you can quickly go in and correct it!
I really enjoyed the video. I was hoping you would make one about them in depth and you did. I appreciate all the work you do for all your videos.
They’ve survived worse. This’ll blow over in a few months.
Meghan's feelings are very real. The rest of it, the British public has seen this unfold, we know the score. The interview had contradictions and inaccuracies that undermined their allegations. example. Meghan suggests there was a conspiracy to not give Archie his birthright when firstly, Archie has no birthright. Secondly, Charles has shown his feelings on the role of non-direct line royals for over a decade. Thirdly, Meghan and Harry can't even agree when this conversation took place and how many people were involved. Fourthly, titles aren't a guarantee of security. The way Meghan couldn't even remember who bestowed the protocols that apparently had such an effect on her life suggests to me an unwillingness to listen or learn. And Oprah didn't have the knowledge to take Meghan beyond her word. It was a poor interview
No thanks. They are ‘not’ the vital part of the Monarchy. Harry has misplaced his judgement in MM. A good lesson - marry or select a partner to fall in love with which respects the Royal Family. Being an actress and dressing up, has no connection with being ‘royal’. Jarry should be leading, not following 🧐
When I watched the interview I was kind of shocked at what she had to say. So many things have come out now I changed my mind. I think she knew exactly what she was marrying into. How could you not know. I do feel she has created a wedge between Harry and his family. With all that said. I do feel it was a little trivial. With everything happening in the US I think Oprah could have used her interviewing skills to talk about more important things going on in our country. It is interesting to watch but really Americans could care less. We have a little more important things to worry about.
Hello Pamela
Its seems to me Harry failed as a husband "not the monarchy " to provide the help his wife needed for her mental health.
So if the claim she made is true that she really felt like suicide.......Where was her husband??? Did she tell him she wasn't feeling well or did she keep it to herself thinking he can read her mind?
When my girlfriend isn't feeling well she doesn't tell my mother or anyone else first she tells me her boyfriend and future husband first, and because I love and want her to be happy healthy and well i get whatever she needs. Harry could have gotten any of the doctors that work closely with the palace to help Megan don't you think???? Because he himself had a private doctor!! to help him through his mental health.
And I think he would, he loves her enough to leave a whole country!! for her!!!!!!But as she is saying she got no help. It leaves me to wonder if she was really sick and needed help or she's not telling us the truth 🤔🤔
Or is she spinning a story to get or sympathy.
She had been having thoughts but didn’t want to trouble him until it became too much for her. Once she did tell Harry, he went to “The Firm” for guidance and help. They said their was nothing they could do as she wasn’t an employee (HR). That’s when Harry got her help by one of Princess Diana’s close friends.
@Marcia Roberts You may believe what you wish. I’m repeating what I heard them say in the interview with Oprah.
@Marcia Roberts Marcia, you choose to respond to my comment to the OP. I didn’t ask you for your response. I responded to you. And now you ask “who cares”?
Have a good evening.
Thanks for making this! I thought it was coming, but I’m super excited!
Prince Harry was deployed twice in Afghanistan. He had to return home as his deployment was exposed by an Australian magazine.
@Jess Rouse I'm just not sure why this is bigger news than Andrew!
14:08 not all 54 Commonwealth nations recognize Elizabeth as their Head of State. India is a Republic.
The Head of the Commonwealth AND the Head of the Commonwealth *Realms* are different, though both are led by Elizabeth.
Well said, Queen Elizabeth II is Sovereign of 15 Commonwealth realms and the UK. She is also Head of the Commonwealth , a voluntary association of 54 independent countries.
@@DrCecil86 Barbados will be a republic this year I think.
Wouldn’t Charles be first in line?
No because someone is still ahead of him the queen!
It’s kinda confusing but I’m pretty sure she made a video explaining it!
The Queen is not in line she is already there at the goal. All the people in line from the throne are those after her in seniority.
@@Wonkothenormal lmao ikr?
Prince Charles is first in line to succeed, as Queen Elizabeth's heir apparent. If one said first in line to the throne, that is still Prince Charles since the Queen is currently occupying the throne.
Thank you so much for making this video!! I was trying to figure out what was going on lol
The way I see it regardless of he said she said Harry did what he believes to be best for his wife and children.
If nobody told me she was part African American, I would have never known. Meghan claimed she knew nothing about the Royal family before meeting Harry. But, people that knew her before she was famous (and in her own blog, The Tig) say she was obsessed with the Royal family, and Princess Diana in particular. She even wore Princess Di's favorite perfume on her first "blind" date with Harry. The concerns about racism in the Royal family is BS. Prince Philip risked his life to fight against the Nazis in WWII. They included Meghan's heritage in the wedding. Sorry, but Meghan wanted to stir the pot (any publicity is good publicity to her) since she met Harry.
So yes the taxpayers give the royal family a salary, but the estimated income made off the royal family is around 100x the expense from tourism alone. Beyond that there are traditions and rules that perhaps we Americans shouldn't get involved in. As now that two Americans have married into the royal family have ended in the royal leaving, perhaps we should butt out. Or maybe the queen needs to institute a no dating people from a republic.
There may be a point here. Americans value individualism, freedom of speech and speaking up for one's rights, things that go directly *against* the way of life of Royals. Something else that was very American that Meghan did was to *not* research the Royal Family before joining it. She has also said she had no idea who they were before she met Prince Harry. The US lives in its own cultural bubble, and almost nothing else gets in, not even things from the UK.
The monarchy should be abolished and replaced with democracy
@@ABAlphaBeta the u.k has a constitutional monarchy, it isnt absolute. They dont dictate laws
It does make you wonder why this was with Oprah on CBS. Who are they talking to? Its definitely not Britain. This seems to be a stall to rehabilitate their image to make cash in the States. Britain is a dead end.
@@ABAlphaBeta We are a democracy.
I do not care what the tabloids say .I never really cared who Harry is or was but I respect that man he stepped up for his family and that makes him a good man
Why are the richest family getting taxpayers to support them? Seems backwards.
Hello Marianne
I’ve been wanting to hear your thoughts on this and I’m glad you spoke about it.