Meghan Markle and Prince Harry News and Updates Part 3

[Anonymous]

"Penniless refugees." LOL Agree 100% PP. It's so cringe and tone deaf for Royals to gripe about money and titles especially over this past year when many around the world are scraping by.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YES The QUEEN drives cars. She loves driving, riding horses. What is wrong with you people, she's not made of paper mache.

I was just surprised she’s still driving at 95. I figured when they stopped Philip from driving, she’d stop as well.

She was a Jeep mechanic during WWII, wasn’t she?

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Anonymous wrote:YES The QUEEN drives cars. She loves driving, riding horses. What is wrong with you people, she's not made of paper mache.

I was just surprised she’s still driving at 95. I figured when they stopped Philip from driving, she’d stop as well.

She was a Jeep mechanic during WWII, wasn’t she?

The Queen is a pretty badass lady. It's too bad nearly everyone else in her family sucks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YES The QUEEN drives cars. She loves driving, riding horses. What is wrong with you people, she's not made of paper mache.

I was just surprised she’s still driving at 95. I figured when they stopped Philip from driving, she’d stop as well.

She was a Jeep mechanic during WWII, wasn’t she?

The Queen is a pretty badass lady. It's too bad nearly everyone else in her family sucks.

Well, she didn’t raise her children. That’s always a big gamble especially if they grow up in the public eye.

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Anonymous wrote:So how much for Harry and how much for Will?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/harry-charles-finances-royal-palace/2021/06/24/675411b0-d4ca-11eb-b39f-05a2d776b1f4_story.html

Prince Charles continued to financially support the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after they stepped down as senior members of the British royal family, according to financial accounts released Thursday.

Prince Charles’s office, Clarence House, published in its annual accounts that Charles paid his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, and their families, a sum of $6.3 million. The annual report covers the period from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021. It’s not broken down by family.

Harry previously had told Oprah Winfrey that his family "literally cut me off financially" in the first quarter of 2020. He said he had to use money left to him by his mother, Princess Diana, to help pay for security for his family.

A spokesman for Clarence House told the BBC that “the Prince of Wales allocated a substantial sum” to Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess, last year “to support them” with their transition in stepping down as senior members of the British royal family and relocating to California.

Is anyone surprised that Harry’s version of “cut off” means only getting millions of pounds? And when he said he was cut off in the “first quarter,” he really meant summer?

Isn't the fiscal year for the UK different, like the federal government here? Their first quarter ends in the summer. So that would mean Harry was telling the truth.

I love how PP read what Harry said and tried to make it look like she came up with it on her own, LOL

Yes, honey, we all read that, too. And Harry was on American TV for an American audience, he should know better.

“First Quarter” means Jan.-March in common usage in the UK, as well. They didn’t say “fiscal year,” and despite their “akshually it wasn’t technically incorrect” explanation now, the fact remains that they were spinning the facts to make Charles look as bad as they possibly could, and left a misleading impression, i.e., that they were “cut off” (given no money) earlier in the year. In fact, they were given millions into the summer. We should look at everything else they said in the same light.

Wrong. It's in the WaPo article

A spokesman for the Sussexes told The Washington Post that it was inaccurate to suggest a contradiction and that Harry’s comments were “in reference to the first quarter of the fiscal reporting period in U.K., which starts annually in April.”

NP. You need to work on your reading comprehension. The PP you’re responding to said that “first quarter” in common usage in the UK is the same as everywhere else, i.e. means January-March. And that conforms with the timing of when they moved to the US. The first quarter of the fiscal year may be different, and is what the Sussexes are now saying he meant, but given the context (American TV, American audience that wouldn’t be familiar with the UK fiscal year, non-intuitive definition, and timing of the move aligning with the US’ “first quarter”) he knew or should have known it would be interpreted in the American way. So he was being disingenuous to craft a narrative that his family cut them off and they arrived in California with nothing. It was spin (constructively a lie) to make them look sympathetic.

Exactly. The first quarter of the US government fiscal year starts on October 1. However, if someone says “First Quarter” without a “fiscal year” qualifier, you assume they mean January-March (even for people who work for the government).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YES The QUEEN drives cars. She loves driving, riding horses. What is wrong with you people, she's not made of paper mache.

In fact, she worked as a mechanic during WWII.

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Anonymous wrote:So how much for Harry and how much for Will?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/harry-charles-finances-royal-palace/2021/06/24/675411b0-d4ca-11eb-b39f-05a2d776b1f4_story.html

Prince Charles continued to financially support the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after they stepped down as senior members of the British royal family, according to financial accounts released Thursday.

Prince Charles’s office, Clarence House, published in its annual accounts that Charles paid his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, and their families, a sum of $6.3 million. The annual report covers the period from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021. It’s not broken down by family.

Harry previously had told Oprah Winfrey that his family "literally cut me off financially" in the first quarter of 2020. He said he had to use money left to him by his mother, Princess Diana, to help pay for security for his family.

A spokesman for Clarence House told the BBC that “the Prince of Wales allocated a substantial sum” to Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess, last year “to support them” with their transition in stepping down as senior members of the British royal family and relocating to California.

Is anyone surprised that Harry’s version of “cut off” means only getting millions of pounds? And when he said he was cut off in the “first quarter,” he really meant summer?

Isn't the fiscal year for the UK different, like the federal government here? Their first quarter ends in the summer. So that would mean Harry was telling the truth.

I love how PP read what Harry said and tried to make it look like she came up with it on her own, LOL

Yes, honey, we all read that, too. And Harry was on American TV for an American audience, he should know better.

“First Quarter” means Jan.-March in common usage in the UK, as well. They didn’t say “fiscal year,” and despite their “akshually it wasn’t technically incorrect” explanation now, the fact remains that they were spinning the facts to make Charles look as bad as they possibly could, and left a misleading impression, i.e., that they were “cut off” (given no money) earlier in the year. In fact, they were given millions into the summer. We should look at everything else they said in the same light.

Wrong. It's in the WaPo article

A spokesman for the Sussexes told The Washington Post that it was inaccurate to suggest a contradiction and that Harry’s comments were “in reference to the first quarter of the fiscal reporting period in U.K., which starts annually in April.”

NP. You need to work on your reading comprehension. The PP you’re responding to said that “first quarter” in common usage in the UK is the same as everywhere else, i.e. means January-March. And that conforms with the timing of when they moved to the US. The first quarter of the fiscal year may be different, and is what the Sussexes are now saying he meant, but given the context (American TV, American audience that wouldn’t be familiar with the UK fiscal year, non-intuitive definition, and timing of the move aligning with the US’ “first quarter”) he knew or should have known it would be interpreted in the American way. So he was being disingenuous to craft a narrative that his family cut them off and they arrived in California with nothing. It was spin (constructively a lie) to make them look sympathetic.

Your parsing reminds me of my 6 year old, who feels terribly offended if I phrase something in a way she misinterprets. Then she accuses me of lying or breaking a promise. Thankfully, this is a stage she will outgrow.

I'm sure there were all kinds of financial and tax implications so it is entirely understandable that he'd be thinking in fiscal year terms.

+1 He was speaking in English terms which is not surprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how much for Harry and how much for Will?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/harry-charles-finances-royal-palace/2021/06/24/675411b0-d4ca-11eb-b39f-05a2d776b1f4_story.html

Prince Charles continued to financially support the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after they stepped down as senior members of the British royal family, according to financial accounts released Thursday.

Prince Charles’s office, Clarence House, published in its annual accounts that Charles paid his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, and their families, a sum of $6.3 million. The annual report covers the period from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021. It’s not broken down by family.

Harry previously had told Oprah Winfrey that his family "literally cut me off financially" in the first quarter of 2020. He said he had to use money left to him by his mother, Princess Diana, to help pay for security for his family.

A spokesman for Clarence House told the BBC that “the Prince of Wales allocated a substantial sum” to Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess, last year “to support them” with their transition in stepping down as senior members of the British royal family and relocating to California.

Is anyone surprised that Harry’s version of “cut off” means only getting millions of pounds? And when he said he was cut off in the “first quarter,” he really meant summer?

Isn't the fiscal year for the UK different, like the federal government here? Their first quarter ends in the summer. So that would mean Harry was telling the truth.

I love how PP read what Harry said and tried to make it look like she came up with it on her own, LOL

Yes, honey, we all read that, too. And Harry was on American TV for an American audience, he should know better.

“First Quarter” means Jan.-March in common usage in the UK, as well. They didn’t say “fiscal year,” and despite their “akshually it wasn’t technically incorrect” explanation now, the fact remains that they were spinning the facts to make Charles look as bad as they possibly could, and left a misleading impression, i.e., that they were “cut off” (given no money) earlier in the year. In fact, they were given millions into the summer. We should look at everything else they said in the same light.

Wrong. It's in the WaPo article

A spokesman for the Sussexes told The Washington Post that it was inaccurate to suggest a contradiction and that Harry’s comments were “in reference to the first quarter of the fiscal reporting period in U.K., which starts annually in April.”

NP. You need to work on your reading comprehension. The PP you’re responding to said that “first quarter” in common usage in the UK is the same as everywhere else, i.e. means January-March. And that conforms with the timing of when they moved to the US. The first quarter of the fiscal year may be different, and is what the Sussexes are now saying he meant, but given the context (American TV, American audience that wouldn’t be familiar with the UK fiscal year, non-intuitive definition, and timing of the move aligning with the US’ “first quarter”) he knew or should have known it would be interpreted in the American way. So he was being disingenuous to craft a narrative that his family cut them off and they arrived in California with nothing. It was spin (constructively a lie) to make them look sympathetic.

Exactly. The first quarter of the US government fiscal year starts on October 1. However, if someone says “First Quarter” without a “fiscal year” qualifier, you assume they mean January-March (even for people who work for the government).

If someone says first quarter, I'd make the opposite assumption. In what other context besides fiscal year does anyone use the word quarter to describe the time of year? I can't think of any. Usually you say early/late in the year or the season.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YES The QUEEN drives cars. She loves driving, riding horses. What is wrong with you people, she's not made of paper mache.

I was just surprised she’s still driving at 95. I figured when they stopped Philip from driving, she’d stop as well.

She was a Jeep mechanic during WWII, wasn’t she?

The Queen is a pretty badass lady. It's too bad nearly everyone else in her family sucks.

Well, she didn’t raise her children. That’s always a big gamble especially if they grow up in the public eye.

That was expected from her class too.

[Anonymous]

You people are arguing about timing of quarters when you all should be laughing at the sheer balls of saying my daddy gave me two million pounds and then he cut me off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people are arguing about timing of quarters when you all should be laughing at the sheer balls of saying my daddy gave me two million pounds and then he cut me off!

This.

Harry is a petulant child.

No clue why anyone admires him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are arguing about timing of quarters when you all should be laughing at the sheer balls of saying my daddy gave me two million pounds and then he cut me off!

This.

Harry is a petulant child.

No clue why anyone admires him.

Exactly! Defending the indefensible. Really, we the plebes are supposed to feel sorry that your 2 million pound allowance isn't enough for your greedy woke ambitions? Boo f’in hoo.

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Anonymous wrote:YES The QUEEN drives cars. She loves driving, riding horses. What is wrong with you people, she's not made of paper mache.

I was just surprised she’s still driving at 95. I figured when they stopped Philip from driving, she’d stop as well.

She was a Jeep mechanic during WWII, wasn’t she?

He only had to stop because he hit another car and flipped it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YES The QUEEN drives cars. She loves driving, riding horses. What is wrong with you people, she's not made of paper mache.

I was just surprised she’s still driving at 95. I figured when they stopped Philip from driving, she’d stop as well.

She was a Jeep mechanic during WWII, wasn’t she?

The Queen is a pretty badass lady. It's too bad nearly everyone else in her family sucks.

Well, she didn’t raise her children. That’s always a big gamble especially if they grow up in the public eye.

Actually she did raise them. She was much more hands on with the 2nd two - Andrew and Edward.

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Anonymous wrote:YES The QUEEN drives cars. She loves driving, riding horses. What is wrong with you people, she's not made of paper mache.

I was just surprised she’s still driving at 95. I figured when they stopped Philip from driving, she’d stop as well.

She was a Jeep mechanic during WWII, wasn’t she?

The Queen is a pretty badass lady. It's too bad nearly everyone else in her family sucks.

Well, she didn’t raise her children. That’s always a big gamble especially if they grow up in the public eye.

Actually she did raise them. She was much more hands on with the 2nd two - Andrew and Edward.

I think someone who spends 6 months away from her young child and greets them by shaking hands cannot be considered as “raising” that child even by the most generous definition of the word.