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anonymoushouseplantfan:

I agree that although Charles (and HM) are notoriously thrifty, there is no price too great to ultimately protect the monarchy itself.  Charles knows that the moment the RF are seen as “just celebrities,” their whole reason for existence (and taxpayer funding) goes out the window.  So it may cost him upfront, but it will be worth every penny in the long run to save the crown.  

I also suspect that he knows that by paying more for the separation now, he could be saving a lot in the long run.  The fame and money is her oxygen and as you’ve mentioned before, she won’t stay around long if she doesn’t have top billing and unlimited funds.  She didn’t sign up to do lunches with the garden club in a 8 year old dress.  

W&K will get the best staff, the more high profile events and goodies (as they should.)  The kids will continue to slowly get more exposure.  It’s amazing when I look back how much of this was already beginning to happen.  We were all noticing and commenting on it but just not sure if it was part of a larger plan.  I think now we can say for sure it was.  The more serious, heavy events for Will; the regal (yet sturdy) wardrobe and accessories for Kate (including the RFO, and Queen Alexandra’s necklace); holding the Cambridge kids back at H&M’s wedding, the photo of H&M virtually shunned outside of E’s wedding…

It’s incredible to me how much this could possibly mirror Edward’s “separation.“  “Go ahead, go live your fabulous celebrity life, but you have to do it away from us."  They may have allowed Harry to marry Meghan and given her the goodies to a point because they had no other choice (Harry played that R card very early with the statement) but they WILL not allow these two to sink the whole ship.  This is the crown slowly lowering these two in a lifeboat, and eventually they will cut that rope.  

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Thanks for sending this in!

“She didn’t sign up to do lunches with the garden club in an 8 year old dress” is absolutely right. She actually tried to fit in right after the wedding, with the fug pink Givenchy and salad bowl hats and all that crap. It did not work for her and she knows it. 

Harry and Meghan want to be Brangelina and the brf has been through this before and they know how it ends. They’ll let Harry and Meghan do it, but they’ll make sure the main branch is protected.

I’m totally for this. William has been very clear that he did not want to be a celebrity, but Jason’s tabloid-friendly media strategy flirted with that status heavily (which is how they ended up with Meghan). I’m glad they are now backing away.

I think we’ll see even less “official” duties for Harry and Meghan after this tour. They will end up going full celeb.