CrownsOfBritain

Hello everyone and welcome to another royal round up!

Admittedly, it was a little quiet the past few weeks… at first…

Then suddenly it exploded and so much has happened that I’m now already penning the next blog behind this one.

So I’ll keep this one fairly short and will start by getting stuck into some of the older news before I move on to any new drama in my next post…because boy has there been a lot.

Meghan visits children’s hospital

So I think this was actually some time in March, but as I must have missed it and it was too good not to comment on, please bear with me.

In her best attempt (yet again) to look like Princess Diana, Meghan rocked up to a children’s hospital in LA and decided to burden some poor, unsuspecting kids with her presence.

Visiting the LA Children’s Hospital for reasons I cannot ascertain, Meghan led a session called… ‘Literally Healing’.

Seriously, who came up with that title? What a fucking stupid name for a session generally, let alone one for kids. This isn’t a bloody podcast for millennials – these are critically ill young children.

And as if these poor kids had not suffered enough, they were forced to listen to Meghan read a number of books to them– fuck knows about what. I suspect it doesn’t really matter as the main aim here was probably for Meghan to hear her own voice for an hour or two.

Apparently she droned on for about three books at least, probably sending some of these kids off nicely into their lunchtime nap. I cannot imagine how bored they must have been listening to that shit for hours on end.

This really echoes of the time during the early days of the first lockdown(s) where Meghan had tried to mark Archie’s first birthday by recording her reading a book to him, where he wriggled uncomfortably the entire time and eventually took to throwing the book on the floor to stop his mother in her tracks.

I believe the book was called something like ‘Duck, Rabbit’; none of us actually got what the story was about though because we were all too distracted by Archie trying to make a break for freedom.

But back to Meghan’s visit to LA Hospital and according to Tatler, the kids were ‘delighted’ by Meghan’s visit to the hospital, talking about how she ‘swept her locks into loose waves’ and wore a ‘pretty floral dress’.

These are seriously sick kids who probably have no clue who she is, especially as they are American, much less giving a toss about her hairstyle or dress.

As far as they were concerned, some random woman just turned up, read a few books and went home.

I’m not really sure how long she spent there, but it was enough time for her to grab a few kids for a PR stunt so she could look like Mother Theresa or some crap.

All in all, I’m not really sure what the point of this was. She’s not a working royal and the last four years since her and Harry have left the UK have been all about making themselves money, so why she’s doing this now, I don’t know.

Let’s just hope it wasn’t only for a photo op… (and we all know it was).

Harry will return to the UK this month

Jesus, just when we thought he had fucked off for a bit, he’s now threatening to cross the UK border again.

So apparently Harry is coming back here in this month to attend a ‘celebration of The Invictus Games’, despite him seemingly being allergic to visiting England.

As it is apparently the 10-year anniversary of Invictus, Harry will fly to London ahead of 8th May to attend the special service at St. Paul’s Cathedral– but his wife Meghan has ‘yet to confirm her attendance’.

Seriously, no one here gives a shit if Meghan attends or not. In fact, I think most of us would like to send handwritten requests to Montecito to ensure she does not.

She is blatantly scared of setting foot in the UK these days so we all know she will pull a Mary Poppins and tell us she is ‘staying at home with the kids’.

It was royal expert Charles Rae who spoke up first about Meghan’s likely decision to not attend, stating:

I’m of the opinion that Megan won’t set foot in the UK ever again. I just don’t think she wants to have anything to do at all with this country.

Apart from when she squandered our tax money on ugly clothing and renovations for homes she didn’t spent any time in for a good few years. She wanted to know then.

Well Charles, that is good news, because the UK doesn’t want anything to do with her either and as much as I dislike Harry, Invictus is sort of his thing and nothing to do with her. Last time he invited her to an event, she took it upon herself to give a speech on an organisation she has precisely fuck all to do with, so probably best she stays at home.

But second to the above, people were left wondering just what else Harry will be doing with his time in the UK, besides attending the Invictus ceremony.

Yes, apparently when referencing his upcoming trip to the UK, Harry had mentioned that he would ‘try and see his family as much as possible’, which has come as something of a shock, considering he has treated them like a piece of gum under his shoe for the last few years.

Reports are swirling that Harry will use this time to attempt a reconciliation with his older brother, The Prince of Wales, especially in light of The Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnosis. Although something tells me that William won’t be as open to a reunion.

I’m really not sure why the media keep peddling these stories about a reconciliation when it is quite clear that William and Harry are far past that at this point. I think it would take a major shift in the situation for the two of them to speak ever again, let alone attempt a truce.

On the other hand, some say Harry may make excuses to return to the USA quickly in a bid to avoid seeing his family, such as needing to be back with his children– as though him and Meghan cannot afford adequate childcare.

If Harry does see his father and brother, I would wager it would only be for around 10 minutes; William has more pressing matters with Kate being sick and Charles is, you know, also sick and the monarch, so too busy for that shit. Let’s hope Harry’s visit is a flying one.

William and Kate are anxious about becoming King and Queen

So with Charles being sick and only having assumed the throne a year and a half ago, his mortality is a matter that has crossed the minds of many– including William and Catherine.

As William is now heir apparent to the British throne, him and Kate have apparently been fretting somewhat about assuming their positions as King and Queen and what that will mean for their young family.

With Charles being unwell, apparently the prospect of ascending the throne is weighing heavily on the royal couple, who do not feel they are ‘prepared’ as of yet– especially with Kate’s health being up in the air too.

Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, who I think knows approximately fuck all about Will and Kate, has apparently said:

The almost simultaneous news of Charles’s cancer has put William and Catherine in frightening proximity to ascending the throne just when they had hoped for a span of years to parent their children out of the public eye. The prospect of it, I am told, is causing them intense anxiety.

Well Tina, their children were never quite ‘out of the public eye’, were they? I seem to remember Kate having to stand on the steps of the Lindo Wing each time she had a baby. Short of live-streaming the actual birth, it could not have been more public if they tried.

But of course, if the worse should happen to King Charles, that does put William and Kate centre-stage at a time that is hardly convenient. There would be a lot of changes for them and their children– and for Kate especially, born as a regular citizen, this must be seriously anxiety-inducing.

However, Charles is apparently doing well, so hopefully their ascension to the throne is not something they will have to consider any time soon. But it is on the horizon at some point in the future, and at that time, hopefully they will be better prepared that they are now.

Harry and Meghan are told to tone it down

So apparently, while Harry and Meghan launch all kinds of initiatives to seem more ‘relatable’, someone on the PR front has (wisely) told them to tone down their extravagant lifestyle… although it does seem a little late for that.

Experts have apparently said that all it would take for Harry and Meghan to increase their popularity, which is now in the toilet, is the abandonment of all things lavish. I’m sure that will do it…

I think it’s safe to say their popularity has tanked so badly at this stage that there isn’t much they can do now to bolster this. It will be really interesting to see Harry’s behaviour once he arrives in the UK and whether or not he will make an attempt to see just his father at the very least.

Right I’ll cut it there as I have a lot to cover in the next one and I also missed Louis’s 6th birthday, William and Kate’s 13th wedding anniversary and Charlotte’s 9th birthday earlier this week– but I hope they had a fun time celebrating all of these.

Until the next one, stay safe and sane and if you’re in the UK, enjoy the long weekend!