# What the heck is going on with the Royal Family ("Megxit") **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 10, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-royal-family-megxit/846203 "2020-01-10T04:12:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-royal-family-megxit/846203/161 "2020-01-20T18:49:10Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > For example, isn’t there still a January 31 deadline for Brexit? Isn’t that of much more importance for the UK (the economy, foreign trade, the relationship with Ireland and so forth)? And yet I’m not hearing much about the plans (at least not here in the US)? Very little, if anything, will change on Jan 31. A detailed agreement with the EU still has to negotiated during the transition period between Jan 31 and Dec 31, or longer if Johnson extends (which he says he won’t). ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-royal-family-megxit/846203/162 "2020-01-20T19:09:30Z")
> [@slash2k](#): > > The various members of the Lascelles family have a history of unorthodox relationships… Thanks for all of your well informed posts about this. I am an American with 100% Eastern European ancestry. I have no idea why I find this whole thing so fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-royal-family-megxit/846203/163 "2020-01-20T20:06:17Z")
> [@slash2k](#): > > The various members of the Lascelles family … Don’t get me wrong - I greatly appreciate the information and the effort you’ve made to explain it clearly and make it readable, but you know all this stuff how? ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-royal-family-megxit/846203/164 "2020-01-20T20:16:10Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Don’t get me wrong - I greatly appreciate the information and the effort you’ve made to explain it clearly and make it readable, but you know all this stuff how? I’ve been interested in this stuff ever since I got up in the pre-dawn hours to watch Charles & Diana’s wedding live, and I’ve got a pretty extensive reference library. None of what I’ve written is secret information (the birth dates of the Lascelles kids, compared to the marriage dates of their parents, are documented on Wikipedia, to give an example), but knowing what you’re looking for and where to look is half the battle. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-royal-family-megxit/846203/165 "2020-01-20T20:33:34Z")
> [@slash2k](#): > > …knowing what you’re looking for and where to look is half the battle. This is a Fundamental Truth that needs to be written down somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-royal-family-megxit/846203/166 "2020-01-21T19:56:46Z")
> [@slash2k](#): > > … knowing what you’re looking for and where to look is half the battle. Very true. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-royal-family-megxit/846203.md?page=8)