So will one of you Anglophiles tell be what the fuss is all about?
From what I can gather, if the couple says phukat to all their "royal duties" and sets up house in Canada, they might be giving up their financial holdings as well. Is that what it all boils down to? They've had enough of the royalty bullshit, but need to hang onto the money?
Fyi. Its pronounced
phookiat and not what most Americans think it is
.
My reading of the situation:
1) Harry has always been a rebel as far as a royal is concerned. There have never been any expectations on him other than to have a certain decorum. In many ways, he is like his mum -- there is a streak of wanting to be a royal and yet wanting to freedom to do what he wants like a commoner.
2) I think Meghan has enlightened or brought up that light of 'personal' freedom to the forefront for Harry.
3) I dont think she has adjusted well to the structure, expectations and the institutional rigidity of the Firm. With her background of constant changes, it must seem all too restrictive for her personal taste.
4) The British Press or
some elements of it has been a tad racist towards Meghan. They have diametrically opposite attitude towards William's wife -- who I think is a gold-digger, uber-social climber but is portraited as such an 'elegant', 'demure' and 'civil.'
She has had her claws out indirectly early on to protect her status especially when there was such a clamour for Meghan's stardust at the very start. The Wedding I suspect was a major pivot point for Kate.
The likely outcome -- they will be part of the Firm. There is no way the Queen will cut them loose -- lessons learnt from Diana. Plus Harry is quite popular. They need his acceptable rebelness (good modern-day image) rather than the crap his Uncle Andrew has done (Epstein/Trump teenage parties)