The Duke and Duchess of Sussex face being banned from using their self-anointed ‘Sussex Royal’ label after stepping down as senior royals, it emerged last night.
It is no longer appropriate for the couple, who have relocated to North America with their son Archie, to continue using the term ‘royal’ in their branding, the Queen and senior officials are expected to conclude.
Those carefully laid plans seem to be unravelling.
As I’ve said before I’m not sure that they understood quite how much actual cash is needed to live as they did before. It’s not just the £60,000 a year for Frogmore Cottage. They laid off 15 staff – how much do 15 staff cost a year then if they want to replicate that outside? And so on.
I think their earning capacity won’t replace the physical lifestyle they gave up. Sure, they might not care, independence and all that having a value. Although that’s not quite what I think is motivating La Dame.
I have significant suspicion that the end game is going to be talks about how ‘coz I is black I’m no longer royal and while there’s definitely a market for that it’s not hugely high paying I would have thought.
“…and while there’s definitely a market for that it’s not hugely high paying I would have thought.”
There’s always the wackademic circuit, now they are close to the States (and Canada’s just as bonkers in that regard)…
What do 15 staff actually do? Is there no aspect of these people’s lives that they actually live for themselves? I doubt that even Elton John has 15 staff.
@ BiG, I assume it’s to cover round-the-clock shifts. You wouldn’t restrict someone to the services of just one cook/butler/driver only working 9-to-5, would you?
A man needs to enjoy a biscuit.
Ten bedrooms, so that’s a few domestics. The bloke who ties his shoelaces, another bloke does diary, somebody does the wardrobe, and times two for her ladyship, then once you get past a certain number you have to have servants for the servants, as it were. I’m surprised they can manage on only fifteen.
Can they really be prevented from using the ‘Sussex Royal’ label? Even in places not covered by UK law?
Tim I think you’re wrong on this one. Harry and Meghan will be able to earn staggeringly enormous amounts of money. They’ll become the celeb couple du jour. But….not as royals. Possibly, probably even, the ‘ex royal’ thing will be their hook. Meghan will have got exactly what she wanted. A step up to the Kardashian level of fame, inanity and wokey wokey hectoring bullshit – and money. Oh yes – we’ll be seeing (and especially hearing) a lot more of her. 🙁
The critical challenge will be how Harry copes with it. Saying goodbye to your family and friends and country is never easy. Maybe he’ll slot right in to a life spent on Oprah and Ellen De Generes’ sofas and Goldman Sachs dinners. Maybe he’ll go full Californian fruitloop. But maybe he’ll go fucking crazy. Maybe he’ll not want it and come back. But back to what? And with whom? Sad to say – I hope he fits in and goes full LA mental. At least he might find happiness that way.
Not sure if Brenda can stop him using “royal”. Coz he is a prince of the realm. She can’t un-prince him. She’s queen :”by grace of God”. Higher authority. So her grandson’s royalty..
Sussex County Council could lodge an objection…
I reckon the truth is that there’s someone in the Royals that MM can’t stand. Philip? Liz? Chuckles? Or Camilla? Someone who is worth a lot to escape from. Or it might be the kowtowing. Or both.
It must be shit being royal, after having been a celebrity that is. The former have duties and protocol and expectations put upon them. The latter have noblesse without the oblige, can bullshit about world affairs to their satiation and will never be expected to shake the hand of a pleb.
I’d start pencilling in the divorce and right royal custody battle now.
John Bobbitt had a career in porn after he got his cock chopped off. Perhaps a similarly emasculated Harry could try for that.
Two observations. First, the highly paid gig for JP Morgan was to speak to their wealth management clients, specifically the ‘wealth management clients of color’, a nice little niche that no other country seems to require. The UK’s original sin is class, while in the US it is race. We are less perturbed by the fact that she is coloured (of sorts) than that she is an actress. So yes, she is definitely going down the Oprah, Michelle and Serena ‘black female empowerment’ route. As such she will probably already be trying to re-brand as simply Meghan.
Second, currently they are heavily dependent on the largess of Charles, or more specifically the Duchy of Cornwall. When Granny finally goes (gawd bless ‘er) that passes to William and it’s unlikely that he is going to be quite so generous. Bit tricky that.
The lecture circuit earnings for the Ginger Lackwit and his only slightly dusky bride are going to peak very soon, as will the holidays paid for by the likes of Elton John. Then they’re left with the earning power of a retired soldier and a 40 year old actress.
Thing is, Ginger still has a fair few quid from inheritances and I understand Charles is going to keep bunging him £1-2 mil a year, so they actually have enough money to live in splendour for the rest of their lives, even if that bank gig is the last paying one they have.
But that will never be enough, because they are a pair of selfish entitled cunts too thick to realise their own worthlessness.
RLJ,
Ten bedrooms, so that’s a few domestics. The bloke who ties his shoelaces, another bloke does diary, somebody does the wardrobe, and times two for her ladyship, then once you get past a certain number you have to have servants for the servants, as it were. I’m surprised they can manage on only fifteen.
That reminded me of a very old cartoon, probably in the Speccie, where a stereotypical Lord is sat in a comfy chair in an obvious country house opulent library and he’s saying to his butler: “Jeeves, the doctor says I have to take more exercise, so I’ll wind my own watch from now on”.
“I reckon the truth is that there’s someone in the Royals that MM can’t stand. Philip? Liz? Chuckles? Or Camilla?”
Kate undoubtedly. She’s everything MM is not, and obviously has the affections of the public to boot.
Patrick,
Maybe he’ll go full Californian fruitloop. But maybe he’ll go fucking crazy. Maybe he’ll not want it and come back. But back to what? And with whom? Sad to say – I hope he fits in and goes full LA mental. At least he might find happiness that way.
My guess is that if he does return without her he’ll be welcomed by most of the country as the prodigal son and allowed to pick up some of his duties again, most notably the ones around his military service and care for veterans where he was and still is respected.
So yes, she is definitely going down the Oprah, Michelle and Serena ‘black female empowerment’ route.
MarkT,
Good observations; but doesn’t the little detail of her passing as white preclude all of that?
Let’s wait until she decides to run for President
Maybe rebrand to “Sussex Skankwhore”?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8018137/ROBERT-HARDMAN-Queen-loves-Harry-Meghan-stand-firm.html is pretty good on why Sussex Royal is doubleplusungood.
We are less perturbed by the fact that she is coloured (of sorts) than that she is an actress.
No, it’s because she has more cock-miles on the vagometer than a 1976 Ford Capri, is divorced, older than Harry, and very obviously a gold-digging trollop with crazy eyes.
Mark T – “William and it’s unlikely that he is going to be quite so generous” yes that occurred to me too but then i thought: Charles could still help his son out as monarch, albeit not through Duchy funds, as presumably Elizabeth does for “early retired” Andrew. So its falling out with Father that’s the immediate risk to the funds followed by Father no longer being around, which would still come with an inheritance. .
I reckon its not so much her mum’s melanin content but Meghan’s americaness that bridled at the absolute ranking of the Royal Family- to be told by your father in law at an official do to “Stand back – Senior members only” has got to sting. For Harry, to the extent that that emotion exists, it would ordinarily be supressed by upbringing but also the thought: ‘ I have to accept those same rules because it’s those rules that make me 5th not 45millionth’. For Meghan she got where she was by her own wit, including bagging a prince so keeping schtum, accepting the rules, ain’t going to happen.
I still don’t think I understand the basic premise of all this.
Fed up with lack of privacy / respect from press, ergo become full-time professional celebs. (And do so in North America where privacy law is actually less protective. If you want more protection than the UK then France is but a channel away…)
Fed up with all the stuffiness / tradition / privilege of the royal family, ergo create what’s effectively a mini royal family of your own. Complete with registered trademark etc.
There’s a lot of stuff here that just doesn’t compute for me. Not just the money, though that’s part of it, but the whole strategy.
The front page of the bbc news website for which we are all forced to pay tells me that Dave, a rapper, was awarded some prize or other and proceeded to complain about the usual racism and oppression (stop oppressing me with your awards and recording contracts) and also made mention of the similarly oppressed Meghan who apparently has his approval.
Online research indicates that said rapper might have done better to mention in passing a murdered 15 year old on behalf of his own brother who is currently serving 18 years (a.k.a. 6 with “good” behaviour) for his part in said murder.
She’s lucky it’s not the Japanese Royal Family Rules, as soon as Brenda dies, Anne’s, Andrew’s and Edward’s lot would all cease to be royal, as soon as Chuck dies, Harry would cease to be royal.
In fact, Harry would have ceased to be royal the instant he signed the marriage contract.
“When Granny finally goes (gawd bless ‘er) ”
I’m sure she’s waiting for Brian to die first.
I’m starting to appreciate the Ottoman solution to spares. You know the silken cord and a weighted sack into the Sea of Marmaris for the concubines.
Some of us pencilled in that eventuality on the day they announced their engagement. Given she was an older divorcée with lots of mileage on the “V” plus the whole “everything I don’t like is racist” attitude it was only a matter of time.
Personally, I think Brenda has played a blinder to get rid of another Wallace Simpson. I’m sure she’s a bit sad for Harry, but “made bed, lie” would seem to apply. Plus, he’ll be back once the divorce is in full swing, I give it another 3 years at the most. No doubt Harry will get blamed for his unconscious racism.
It’s all so tiresome.
@Paul @ bis
The use of “Royal” is legally restricted in UK Law and Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 1883
See
Robert Hardman last night
@EM
I think MM is jealous of Kate and also angry her expectations of being Princess Meghan were not met
My favourite quote is
@HarryP
MM wasn’t a sleb until Harry proposed to her
He is thick, she is thick but evil in a way only Women can be.
He has a fighting fund of about £30 million. This bitch will want a house in LA (£10 Mil) and the second house in Aspen or somewhere like that (£5 mil) and her Mummy will need to be looked after (£3 Mil), the second kid will be along soon followed by divorce (£5-10 Mil) and £100 000 a month alimony to compensate for the loss of her ‘acting’ career.
He is fucked.
I presume that’s why she wants to move residence to California ASAP, one to get back on the Sleb circuit, but two to get Harry on the hook for potential lifetime alimony (not that it will last that long, but still…).
@John
Re: Dave, a raper
https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/02/19/daves-rap-was-just-dull-woke-groupthink/
Meghan sycophants BBC, ITV, C4 etc won’t be honest, Sky Aus will
The Queen ‘has had the last laugh’ over Harry and Meghan, Sky News Australia
The Queen has made a prudent decision by waiting for a few weeks before moving to strip Prince Harry and wife Meghan from using the Sussex Royal brand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RE_RMuXgHs
Prince Harry ‘will be begging to rejoin the royal family soon’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWIMh_TxFKE
H&M don’t want to be “Royals” and yet they want to make money from being “Royals” . It’s like quitting a job and expecting to continue getting a salary
Well done EIIR for reminding them Royal status comes with responsibilities