Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are causing trouble for the royal family again. And by “causing trouble” we actually mean they’re not doing anything untoward or wrong but the palace is freaking out anyway.
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Rumors that the Sussexes are planning another sit-down with Oprah following last year’s bombshell interview began swirling late last month when they were photographed leaving the media mogul’s home in California.
And it seems like #PrinceHarry and #MeghanMarkle made sure to tip off the paparazzi about their visit to #OprahWinfrey’s house! Wonder what they were yup to? https://t.co/CuCRtSwBLc
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) June 29, 2022
While there could be any number of reasons why Harry and Meghan were hanging out with Oprah, the palace is now reportedly in “panic mode” that another explosive TV special could be in the works.
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Royal expert Daniela Elser notes that the Sussexes are “holding some pretty powerful cards,” especially with Harry’s new memoir coming out soon and the palace’s refusal to release its report about those dubious allegations of bullying made against Meghan. Harry also just won a libel suit against the publisher of The Mail for an incorrect story it ran about him.
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Writes Elser:
The problem is that the royal family has left the Sussexes in a position where they really have nothing left to lose. They no longer receive any funding from Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall, they no longer get a freebie and instead pay rent on their Windsor home Frogmore Cottage, and they have had all of their official patronages and military roles stripped away.
… The question for Harry and Meghan becomes, why not indulge in Oprah mark two? Why not tell the world how sad and hurt they were to be shunned by his family? How painful it was to be relegated to second-row, second-tier status during the Jubilee? Why not try and use an embarrassing situation to generate some sympathy for them?
Here’s what folx on Twitter are saying…
The royal family expect loyalty from the Sussexes yet they’ve refused to show it in return. They were leaking and lying about Sussexes before they left and after they left (which prompted the Oprah interview). But yeah Harry and Meghan should be the ones begging & apologizing??
— MAHL ???? (@ma_hlove) July 7, 2022
One thing about Harry and Meghan, they KEEP RECEIPTS.
— A M A R A (@cuteahmah) July 8, 2022
Clearly the bully claims against Meghan Markle are false because the Royal Family would do NOTHING to protect her. The bullying inquiry most likely incriminates the Royal Family which is why it’s being buried ? pic.twitter.com/d3pZoCMuDx
— Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (@SholaMos1) June 30, 2022
Royalist/Derangers : Harry and Meghan ruined their own reputation with that Oprah interview.
Meanwhile this is the BRF reputation : pic.twitter.com/aUfPkaNP6z
— sun? (@cheerellas) July 5, 2022
They should’ve left Prince Harry and Meghan Markle alone. You only get to push folks but so far.
— Stephanie. (@qsteph) July 8, 2022
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan on their way to finish mfckers who keep trying them, winning ?? . pic.twitter.com/Vg0rmMxKMf
— claire (@claireXanda) July 8, 2022
Harry is fighting for his late mother, for himself, for Meghan and for their children.
— Agathe de Lili-Brazen Hussy (@AgathedeLili) July 7, 2022
Princess Diana, Prince Harry, Princess Meghan
“The only ones with integrity and deserving of the names.”#PrinceHarry #MeghanMarkle #HarryAndMeghan https://t.co/EodGELZHyL pic.twitter.com/rpIRxmEpoB
— Ian – Brazen Hussy ? (@isexton) July 8, 2022
The Sussex Squad has held lying, abusive, & opportunistic people responsible for what they’ve said about Prince Harry & Meghan Markle. The people who hate them, are angry that they can’t easily abuse them for profit without being exposed. #SussexSquad
— Anne Boleyn (“Brazen Hussy”) (@TudorChick1501) July 3, 2022
One by one they are going down. #MeghanMarkle #Meghan #HarryAndMeghan pic.twitter.com/qhQHHw11XF
— Un Jour sans moi (@UnJourSansMoi) July 7, 2022
inbama
Harry, Meghan and Perez Hilton.
Sounds about right.
Cam
Republicans ALWAYS side with foreigners or dictators against America or Americans.
If it isn’t Putin, it’s the British royal family against an American…oh right, Meghan is Black, so Republicans like you will always side against her.
inbama
@SCAM
You’re such a fool.
bachy
Although I’m Team Sussex, I’m still not sure what Meghan thought she was getting into when she accepted a role in the Royal Family. She was an accomplished and – very American – young woman of color, and she was moving into the anachronistic, ultra-white British world of kings and queens, princes and princesses, dukes and duchesses. To put it mildly, we are talking about a very uneasy fit.
She came at it with an American sense of equality, empowerment and freedom, and was surprised when she was met with classism, bigotry, and no doubt a sh!tload of passive-aggression? You don’t have to be a history major to know it was a politically backwards move, especially for an American POC.
Dick Mayhem
Agreed. Either Harry didn’t prepare her, or she looked around once she got in the Palace and realised that marriage to Harry could not protect her from racism and classism of the RF.
still_onthemark
What kind of sex is Sussex?
Kangol2
I guess you’ll have to suss it out.
mastik8
Don’t worry, Queerty will post an article from “The Editors” regarding their flag that explains everything.
Fahd
This post seems very one-sided.
I noticed when Harry & Meghan showed up at the church service at the Jubilee that they were booed by a large segment of the crowd. I have a feeling their support in the UK has dwindled.
To me, it seems the British Royal Family (“BRF”) doesn’t have good luck with marrying Americans (see also Wallace Simpson) and with television interviews (egs. Diana, Harry & Meghan, Andrew).
I think Harry and Meghan don’t necessarily have to live on an estate in Montecito (it’s like 9 bedrooms or something), but since they think they do, the ways of getting the money to pay for it all are running out. Some say that Harry is going to come into some big money from his great grandmother when he turns 40 and that the Queen is going to leave him a bundle when she goes, so I’m not panicked, but it seems that Harry and Meghan are a little desperate. Many of their initial big money deals (see Pearl at Netflix) have evaporated (welcome to Hollywood), so it seems like the only way they can maintain the cash flow where they want it to be is to trash his family (Oprah interview, memoirs, etc.).
Of course the BRF is on the defensive and worried. A lot of the allegations made in the first Oprah interview have been thoroughly researched and mostly it’s just half truths or bullsh*t. For example, we are to believe that Harry, who had been a mental health advocate and was thoroughly connected with the posh mental health community in the UK, would have done nothing to get Meghan immediate help with her mental health issues. He would have sat back and let her be denied services? I can’t believe it myself.
Harry and Meghan weren’t successful in using their trip to the Jubilee to recharge their royal connection batteries – for example. no picture of Lilibeth with the Queen (what a moneymaker that would have been).
It’s not good form to use one’s royal titles and connections for personal profit. Harry & Meghan want to have their cake and eat it too. They are doing just that to a large extent, but I guess it’s not enough for them. I can’t really feel sorry for these 40 year old spoiled brats who can’t get over their problems with the parents.
Harry & Meghan aren’t going to stop trashing the BRF, but I think very soon the value that Harry & Meghan can extract from their “insider information” will be exhausted. Pretty soon they won’t have much to tell. The BRF is playing the long game (snubbing and containment coupled with good wishes), and I think the BRF will prevail.
Harry looked miserable when he was in England and whenever I see his picture nowadays. I feel sorry for him. I hope Meghan doesn’t turn on him the way she has on her father, other family members, and friends. If she files for divorce, in California, she’ll be set for life with two minor children. Where will he be?
Kangol2
Just a note: Google Meghan Markle’s father’s apology for how he tried to capitalize on his daughter’s relationship with Harry, and you’ll see it’s less one-sided than the narrative you present above. He admits he should not have treated his daughter the way he did, but people are so blinded by their hatred of her that they keep only giving one side of that story. Please educate yourself if you can. It’s more complex than your “she turn[ed] on her father” slant suggests.
Fahd
@Kango
Why doesn’t Meghan accept her father’s apology and let him see his grandchildren? He’s old and not in good health and spent a life savings ($750K) on her education. Families should reconcile.
This whole narrative of Meghan as victim is running out of steam. I don’t know what it is about her, but her fans are as loyal to her as Trump’s are to him, regardless of facts. Her fans can’t or don’t want to educate themselves about the desperate conniving in which Harry and Meghan are currently engaged; sad, narcissistic dirty laundry airing in exchange for money.
I just hope Harry doesn’t wind up estranged from his children and as a barely tolerated prodigal son back in the UK, but I worry for him that that may be his fate. At least he’ll have the frogmore lease and, on the other hand, he’s charming enough that even as a balding Harry in his forties he’ll be able to win a lot of people back.
On his own, he can take commercial flights back and forth, too, saving himself and Meghan from the scathing criticism that comes with their climate destroying private transatlantic jet flights.
Jim
The Windsor-Mountbattens have ALOT of dirty laundry
Kangol2
Windsor-Mounbatten-Battenberg-Saxe-Coburg-Gothas!
hansniemeijer
Nothing better to report about Queerty? Bees have queens, humans can do without queens, kings, princes etc. Unless you do drag, when you really work.
abfab
Hansie, why don’t you tell us what you would report about? QUEERTY shakes it up for us every week/day.
inbama
@anfab
Being you asked, some gay men were executed in Iran last week, and there are accusations of a news blankout in the America press.
DannyParks
Agreed, what is the queer angle here? But disagree with the monarchy-bashing. Love & respect the monarchy but I understand its a culture thing. Brits have Kings & queen’s and a free health service, America have legal fire arms for all and limited rights for biological females and their bodies.
ohiogreg
It’s obvious the Royal Family has info they want kept hidden and not told to the public.
frapachino
Grifters both of them.
Dick Mayhem
The British Royal Family have become like reality television to me (which I loath), with Harry and Meghan as the Kardashians.
Dear Megs, you need to ramp up the drama. Maybe star in the RHO London?
xflare
Wow those are some truly deranged twitter stans