The United States is not a dumping ground for European lesser royals!
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Anonymous
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It is rumored that Prince Andrew and Princess Eugenie are considering relocating to the U.S. to follow "The Two Who Must Not Be Named." When did we become the dumping ground for disgraced or unhappy British royals?!
King Charles wants to slim down working royals, fine but keep the royal dregs in the United Kingdom! |
Anonymous
| Can Andrew get a Visa? |
Anonymous
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when did we become a dumpling ground?
hmm I would say the 17th century or so? didn't need knights anymore so younger sons came to the colonies- that is why there are so many ppl who can trace their families back to King James. it was a really big trend- also why there are more southerners who were all our family is important and marrying their cousins etc.. the crown colonies of VA and Georgia, the Carolinas were peopled with lesser royalty/nobility as opposed to the New England and mid Atlantic states that were founded by people fleeing religious persecution. we learned all this in like fifth grade in MCPS.. and then again in 8th grade US history and then AP us history..no need of in-depth college history classes. ppl who have unusual life stories like to choose the United States to start a new life, including defunct royalty from all over. Tons of Greek and Austro-hungarian royalty and nobility, all the Persian royals, Ethiopian land owners who got driven out.. |
Anonymous
| They didn't call us the New World for nothing. I don't have a problem with Eugenie and Andrew coming here as long as they pay their taxes. |
Anonymous
He was never prosecuted, right? |
Anonymous
Andrew was never prosecuted and apparently Harry hasn't been prosecuted despite lying on his visa app about his drug use as revealed in "Spare." The only royals who matter now are Charles, Camilla, Anne, the Princess Royal and Sir Tim Laurence, Edward, Sophie, William, Catherine, and their kids. Charles will cut back dramatically after the coronation. He is even using Highgrove for warming shelters for the elderly in his region and serving lunch one day a week. Yes, the royal family is doing a 180 and it is about time. |
Anonymous
| Andrew might not qualify for a visa. |
Anonymous
One of our neighbors in Alexandria is a Baron from England. We only learned this when Downton Abbey was on and his wife mentioned it at a book club meeting when we were talking about Downton. It entitled them to get married in St. Paul's Cathedral, but they got married in her hometown parish in the states. She said he just has to sign some papers occasionally to keep the family place where his parents live in some registry because the land has been leased to local farmers. |
Anonymous
| I can’t imagine caring about this. |
Anonymous
Why not? |
Anonymous
| Andrew will never come here as long as is able to live for free on Royal property. Why would he give that up? |
Anonymous
Considering we were the original dumping ground for their less desirables (well, us and ‘Stralia), this is keeping a fine tradition |
Anonymous
| Isn't there a long tradition of the children of Soviet leaders moving to Western countries? |
Anonymous
| does it bother you that the one swedish princess lives in Florida with her family? How about when the one Spanish infanta moved here for awhile with her family? |
Anonymous
| I thought the hat princesses, or one of them, already lives in New York? Who cares? I don’t think the hat princesses have ever done or said anything publicly, no? What difference does it make if they live here |