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Harry and Megan (Redux)

So after a Netflix series and a book, and interviews with Oprah Harry and Megan get kick-out of their Frogmore (sp) estate in the UK, which they used once in the past two years (Covid) and they now live in the US.  Apparently, they are furious, although in the images I saw of them this morning, they didn't look furious.  The real story is that apparently, they didn't actually own that cottage, it was leased from the King's estate -- a "wedding gift" from the Queen, a bit like your parents giving you a leased car for a few years, at the end of the lease it returns to the owner...

They had actually lent the cottage to their cousins, but they too decamped from the UK and are apparently happily living in Spain now!

My guess, is Harry and Megan were probably looking for an elegant way to not attend the coronation...invitations are not out yet (don't know why) but are leaving the Palace in a few days.  I'm guessing there will not be an invitation for Harry and Megan.  They have done rather well for themselves and Harry can continue on his Invictus game thing, after all, Harry was the only royal in a long time to actively participate in the military, as opposed to his father, brother, grandfather, and great-grandfather.  You actually have to go back to the 19th century to find a real active royal military officer.

The most amazing thing in his book (which I have not read) is how he and his brother were treated differently, clearly a second-class citizen even from childhood (with the very different rooms they had as children).

Harry and Megan have a nice life in the US where they are generally well-accepted.  They are a successful power couple that has so far played their cards right.  The question is will they succeed in the future...well the future is unknown, but as a person, Harry is probably a lot happier than he was when he lived in the UK, and his wife, not being white must have been something difficult to be in the UK, especially among the royals.

Anyway, Harrry is like the 9th in order of succession so might as well get away.  His dad waited 74 years to get the job, he's never going to get that job!

What must be galling is his uncle Andrew now being offered the cottage...I mean Andrew,  come on no one in the UK Royal family has done more to destroy the royal family, no one!

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