Meghan makes her mark

Stuff reports:

The Queen is said to be “deeply upset” by Prince Harry and Meghan’s announcement they’re stepping down as senior members of the royal family.

A source told The Sun the couple’s statement had not been cleared by anyone, and was considered a “declaration of war on the family”.

“There is fury over how they’ve done this without any thought for the implications for the institution. The Queen is deeply upset. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge are incandescent with rage,” the source said. 

Announcing to your family via press release you are moving overseas and abandoning your duties is horrifically crass.

When Harry first started dating Meghan Markle, I was a huge fan. I liked her as an actress on Suits. She seemed a breath of fresh air. And her father and setp-sister were such terrible people, I was 100% on Team Meghan as she had to endure their publicity antics.

I also thought it was a great look for the Royal Family with the two grandmothers of Archie being the Queen and Doria Ragland, a black social worker.

But after their wedding my views changed. Still totally on her side against her loathsome relatives, but stuff such as pronouncing you’ll only have two children due to climate change and then flying off on private jets. Or refusing to even name the godparents. Or having the bodyguards scare people off at Wimbledon. Or turning their Africa trip into a sob story about herself etc etc.

And now she seems to have caused what was the most popular member of the Royal Family to announce he is semi-leaving them, without even telling them in advance.

“After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution,” the post began.

Self-describing your new role as progressive is very wanky.

“We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen. 

What does financial independence mean? They’ll both take up full time jobs? Or they’ll sell access and influence?

Anyway isn’t it time New Zealand had a New Zealander as Head of State, rather than a member of a family that is so dysfunctional they communicate with each other via press release. They could almost qualify for an appearance on the Jerry Springer show.