I don’t think that should be a big problem - here’s a nice little country cottage with plenty of room for staff and security, plus any number of sprogs.
Nitpick: by the time William comes to the throne, he may have had more children, or may have grandchildren. If Wales lives to the age his father now is, William will not succeed until he is 64 by which time his children will be 33, 31 and 28. Harry could be rather more further off than 4th in line by then.
Maybe the problem is that royalty isn’t dying at a fast enough rate any longer.
I mean, think about it. Queens were always popping off right and left due to childbirth and its complications. Tons of infants died in their first year or so. Plagues sweep over the land, taking out up to 40% of everyone. No sanitation to speak of. Not to mention royalty actually getting out there onto the battle fields.
Now with life expectancies of 90+ years common enough, but people still starting to breed in their 20s and 30s, you end up with all these rich and pampered heirs with no really important tasks to look forward to for decade after decade after decade…
Kate Middleton, apparently. Mighty white of them, to be sure.
Not the wigs for at least 10 years.
Not the British though.
Back on topic, the celeb rumour mill has had the Duchess looking to cash in for months. Lets see how it goes.
Waity Katey? Surely not.
That Buzzfeed link would suggest so.
When you look at older films of HM reign, the Royal Dukes and their wives, and Princess Alexandra were front and center.
Not anymore as the younger generation has come of age. Those guys have mostly gracefully withdrawn from the spotlight.
Wonder if the Sussex’s will be so understanding when their time comes.
AK84 is right. Back in the day, especially when she was still fiancee rather than wife, KM did get the shitty end of the stick from tabloids. Not as shitty as Meghan has got, by any means, but there were unpleasant stories about “Waity Katy”, about her parents being common, and (IIRC) about faux pas regarding appearance etc. Like I say, nothing on the same scale (can’t think why) but it was there.
For some reason - who can say? - she has been getting much more positive coverage of late. It’s almost as if the people writing the stories found a more kickable target recently. In fact, it’s almost as if there’s some point of difference between Kate and Meghan that mandates that one be held up as a paragon while one is held in contempt.
Well old chap *one must always think remember that at the end of the day pure English breed is better than a foreign mongrel, no matter how fine. *.
That’s the thought process TPTB have.
One of the smarter things this British royal family has done is marry outside their class. Mongrels are healthier than purebreds. Exhibit A being Charles II of Spain although some of the Egyptian pharaoh mummies also show why marrying your close relatives isn’t a good idea.
Twas ever thus, though the frequent race-based nods and winks make it worse in this instance. That’s what the tabloids do, whether it’s royals or TV personalities. Someone’s the target for a Two Minutes’ Hate (every other day for a few years, if you’re a royal), and then they move on to someone else. Most of the royals, apart from HM herself, have been on the receiving end over the years.
It’s really a great example of intersectionality:
KM gets tabloid stick based on class and gender.
MM gets tabloid stick based on class, gender and race.
But the impact of the third isn’t just additional, it makes everything worse. E.g. when KM got attacked for her background it was “Her parents were air stewards and don’t know how to curtsey properly”. When MM got attacked for her background it was “Her ancestors were slaves and she’s (almost) straight outta Compton”* Just nastier all round.
*NB She is not even indirectly outta Compton.
New theory:
Harry wants to divorce Meghan. If they relinquish all of their royal assets first, she will get none of it in the divorce settlement. Then after the divorce he rejoins the royal family and gets it all back.
Just a complete aside - same problem everywhere. I give Benedict the kudos for deciding that a pope did not need to hold on to a job for life, that when they got far too old and tired then pass it on to someone who could do a better job.
Same with everyone - if a boomer is hoping to live their retirement by using the parents’ income - good chance they’ll be in their 70’s before the parents even kick off and they probably blew it all on Old Folks’ Home or Alzheimer care before they died.
I sot of wonder whether Charles will follow the papal example and maybe, once he hits something like 85 or so decide to “retire” and let Willy have a go, so to speak. Bets I probably too old school for this, but then, it will be decades before this will be a Charles option.
(For the benefit of those not keeping track:) They always have been foreign mongrels, at least since 1066 (William the Conqueror). And William of Orange, and George of Hanover and Phillip of Greece, and ring-ins like James of Scotland. And that’s just the blokes…
Harry doesn’t have any “royal assets”. He has personal assets, which he is not relinquishing. The “royal assets” are all owned/held/controlled by others - principally the monarch and the Prince of Wales. Most of Harry’s income is comprised of whatever those others decide to dole out to him each year - he has no right to a dole. On the ordinary principles applied in UK divorce courts, when making a financial settlement in the hypothetical divorce of Harry and Meghan, the court would take into account Harry’s prospects of receiving income from that source (and others) in future years, even though he has no absolute right to it.
Not decades. Charles will be 85 in a bit under 14 years.
The problem is that abdication undermines the whole mindset that supports the system. If you’re born to this, it’s your duty to do it. You do it as well as you can, whether that be well or (because of age, infirmity, etc) badly. If it’s not your duty to do it, then on what basis do you reckon that you have any right to do it?
Note that there is significant “pruning” going on with the British royal family.
Princess Anne’s two kids have no noble titles. (QEII offered them but the parents declined.) While Princess Margaret’s son inherited his father’s earldom (granted by QEII), her daughter is merely “lady”. Prince Andrew’s daughter is also a lady by exception. (His son got a title due to stodgy male-line stuff.) And on and on. It is odd that Edward’s daughters are princesses given the rest.
It’s not like like every single descendant of Victoria or some such is a royal leeching off the British treasury.
So William has merely decided on their own to opt out rather than having his parents do it for them.
You’re forgetting that the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Danes were also foreign mongrels. So let’s push that date back to A.D. 450.