The Harry and Meghan fuss

[BlueHammer85]

The only way to step back and have a private life, which is what they say they want, is to stop talking to all media and just be private citizens.

When did they say that ?

 

[Postman Pep]

When did they say that ?

They didn't.

Prince Harry and Meghan say they didn't step back over privacy concerns

The couple's press secretary rejects claims they stepped back from royal life to protect their privacy.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

because they specifically left the active royal family because they didnt like the press intrusion into their lives, which is fair enough, sections of the press treated them appallingly.

but they then immediately invited the press into their lives again and again and again

This. A couple of hypocrites to boot.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

But thats not how the press, and media in general, works
You cant pick and choose who you talk to.
If you choose to talk to one outlet then the rest will want to speak to you and therefore you will suffer press intrusion.
You have to be monumentally stupid not to realise thats how it works.
The only way to step back and have a private life, which is what they say they want, is to stop talking to all media and just be private citizens.
I have lots of sympathy for them both regarding their treatment when they were active members of the royal family, the media were disgusting. I completely understood when they stepped down from that active role. I also understood doing an interview to put their version of events in the public domain. But beyond that I just dont understand how they expect not to be harassed by the media when they keep engaging with it.

Thanks for explaining. I couldn't have put it any better.

They could just retire completely from public life and do some quiet charity work on the side. They have plenty of money to live happily ever after. But seemingly they don't have enough money and certainly don't want to leave the public eye.

 

[oldius]

This. A couple of hypocrites to boot.

There is nowhere that you will be able to find a quote from them that states that they specifically left because of press intrusion. In fact, they issued a public denial of that because opponents had created this lie.

 

[Postman Pep]

Thanks for explaining. I couldn't have put it any better.

They could just retire completely from public life and do some quiet charity work on the side. They have plenty of money to live happily ever after. But seemingly they don't have enough money and certainly don't want to leave the public eye.

Nonsense. For one they never said they were withdrawing from public life just that they wanted to live as private citizens. Also the idea that they could simply fade away into obscurity, even if they wanted to, is absurd. Do you seriously think that even if they had kept quiet the British press would stop writing about them?
As for the financial rewards on offer I agree it's pretty distasteful. But surely that applies to the ultimate grift, the monarchy itself.

 

[metalblue]

Such a silly simplistic view.

They are high profile individuals. Too high profile for a 9-5 job. Fair enough, she could go back to acting but, no, she can't cos she married royalty.

He can't do a 9-5, can he? Nor rejoin the army cos he'd be a target in whatever regiment he'd be in.

His only choice is to open the pandora's box he held, inviting certain vipers into his space under HIS control.

Can't blame him caught between a rock and a hard place hating the press and dealing with the media, loving some of his family and hating the monarchy.

Not a place I'd rather be, but some think it's great to feel isolated and crying into his millions.

It's so dumb as a thought process.

They didn’t need to do a 9-5 for financial reasons. They could have done plenty of good charity work to fill their time. They took the decision to blow the lid off royal family life which sounds a lot like any other family TBF. It certainly wasn’t their only choice.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Thanks for explaining. I couldn't have put it any better.

They could just retire completely from public life and do some quiet charity work on the side. They have plenty of money to live happily ever after. But seemingly they don't have enough money and certainly don't want to leave the public eye.

its the right wing media that constantly keeps them in the eye

when they quit royal life they went away and didn’t say a peep for a year or so - yet every day articles and pages of made up bollox was being written about them all so people like you can lap it up and get angry about them

I’m glad they didn’t stay away in silence and instead have come back with number 1 Netflix, book, Spotify etc - good on them!

 

[Bigga]

They didn’t need to do a 9-5 for financial reasons. They could have done plenty of good charity work to fill their time. They took the decision to blow the lid off royal family life which sounds a lot like any other family TBF. It certainly wasn’t their only choice.

Point being money had been cut off, so what else was they supposed to do? Harry, also, had a lot to get off his chest being out of that family.

He's made family issues a normal thing even for rich people and yet people on here love seeing it in 'Succession'!

It's so bizarre to witness!

 

[Bigga]

Thanks for explaining. I couldn't have put it any better.

They could just retire completely from public life and do some quiet charity work on the side. They have plenty of money to live happily ever after. But seemingly they don't have enough money and certainly don't want to leave the public eye.

You mean their magic money tree that pays for their future and security and family generational wealth?

Yep, I get it...