January 2020. Sandringham. Cold. Awkward. Historic.
The late Queen sat her grandson down and delivered the kind of verdict that tends to stick. Half-in, half-out? No. Working royals or not working royals. Pick a lane, preferably before lunch.
Harry picked. The world moved on.
Australia apparently missed the memo.
Harry and Meghan are currently conducting what the charitable might call a private visit and the less charitable might call a tour — with engagements, appearances, and the general ambience of people who have definitely not retired. All of this, delightfully, in a country where their father and father-in-law is the actual, current, reigning King.
Not a former King. Not a King-adjacent associate. The King. Charles III. On the money, on the flag, the whole arrangement.
Harry, for the avoidance of doubt, is not the future King. Not at present. Not on the current order of succession’s greatest hits. He is a private individual. With, the Palace helpfully reminds us, bills to pay.
Here is where it gets spicy.
Australian taxpayers — bronzed, stoic, already paying for an actual monarchy they didn’t exactly ask for either — are picking up at least part of the security tab for this non-tour tour. For a non-working royal. In a realm belonging to his father.
If that sentence reads like a riddle, that’s because it essentially is one.
The Sandringham Summit was meant to be the finale. Clean break. New life. California dreaming. Everyone shook hands. Some of them meant it.
But a quasi-tour is not a private holiday. A private bill is not a public expense. And the Australians, bless them, deserve the same consideration as any other taxpayer currently wondering how any of this happened.
G’Day, Your Non-Royal Highness
January 2020. Sandringham. Cold. Awkward. Historic.
The late Queen sat her grandson down and delivered the kind of verdict that tends to stick. Half-in, half-out? No. Working royals or not working royals. Pick a lane, preferably before lunch.
Harry picked. The world moved on.
Australia apparently missed the memo.
Harry and Meghan are currently conducting what the charitable might call a private visit and the less charitable might call a tour — with engagements, appearances, and the general ambience of people who have definitely not retired. All of this, delightfully, in a country where their father and father-in-law is the actual, current, reigning King.
Not a former King. Not a King-adjacent associate. The King. Charles III. On the money, on the flag, the whole arrangement.
Harry, for the avoidance of doubt, is not the future King. Not at present. Not on the current order of succession’s greatest hits. He is a private individual. With, the Palace helpfully reminds us, bills to pay.
Here is where it gets spicy.
Australian taxpayers — bronzed, stoic, already paying for an actual monarchy they didn’t exactly ask for either — are picking up at least part of the security tab for this non-tour tour. For a non-working royal. In a realm belonging to his father.
If that sentence reads like a riddle, that’s because it essentially is one.
The Sandringham Summit was meant to be the finale. Clean break. New life. California dreaming. Everyone shook hands. Some of them meant it.
But a quasi-tour is not a private holiday. A private bill is not a public expense. And the Australians, bless them, deserve the same consideration as any other taxpayer currently wondering how any of this happened.
Still. At least the weather’s nice.
Probably.
I'd gain a lot of pleasure from punching Dan in his petulant fucking face.
Your vile mouth is not welcome on here. Why are you even watching if you don't like what you see or hear.
To trigger fascists MAGATs like you, that's why Karen. Go gargle Trump's balls.
You really are a vile creature, the word human would be to good for you. Go suck Polenski off I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Moron
You support a pedophile, probably BECAUSE he's a pedophile. Enough said.
I support No pedo's I was discussing your vile manner. So don't tell me what I do or don't do.