It was the King's decision and I think the right one. Extending an olive branch was magnanimous on his part, accepting it for a few hours churlish on Prince Harry's. Either stay the weekend or not come at all.  

It was the King's decision and I think the right one. Extending an olive branch was magnanimous on his part, accepting it for a few hours churlish on Prince Harry's. Either stay the weekend or not come at all.  

According to royal expert Tom Bower (whoever he is) Harry returned home in California pissed off (American for angry) that he received no apology from the royals for what they did to him & his wife. I guess Meghan is mad because the royals made her a Dutchess & relevant on the world stage & Harry is mad because he was made number two hence the Spare. On the other side of the coin, the royals (Except for the King) feel that Harry betrayed them with his tell all interview & book & are afraid to even talk to him for fear of their conversation going public. 

Family problems affect everyone, even the Royals, at least it makes them "more like us". 

Family problems affect everyone, even the Royals, at least it makes them "more like us". 

Don't see the "more like us" part, Mark. 

Imperfect, not how we'd like to view Royals, more like the general population.

An outdated view these days. Now there's a call for the Royals to be more like us; to show emotion and an ability to connect with the ordinary folk in the style of the Dutch Monarchy for instance.

It's a difficult path to tread; too aloof and you become irrelevant and out of touch, too informal you lose the aura of majesty. 

It's a difficult path to tread; too aloof and you become irrelevant and out of touch, too informal you lose the aura of majesty. 

Nonsense. The royals have always been irrelevant & out of touch, like our professional athletes & Hollywood celebrities. That's what makes them so interesting. 

A slight exaggeration I think. He was never hated by his mother, she certainly disapproved of his behaviour and in the early days of her grief blamed him for her husband's death. 

There are no confirmed illegitimate children of Edward VII, unusual considering his reputation. But in common with practice at the time most of his conquests were young married women, so if they became pregnant any child could be accepted as the husband's.  

Tommy has several times remarked on the physical appearance of certain members of the Royal Family, I'll concede that some are not exactly oil paintings, but it cannot be denied that the Prince of Wales' three children are extremely cute, Princess Charlotte has all the signs of being a real beauty.

Tommy has several times remarked on the physical appearance of certain members of the Royal Family, I'll concede that some are not exactly oil paintings, but it cannot be denied that the Prince of Wales' three children are extremely cute, Princess Charlotte has all the signs of being a real beauty.

I agree these kids are cuties. 

The point being Tommy that many Canadians didn't think that Charles could ever fill his mother's shoes and with him doing a lot better than expected many again will embrace the Royalty.

Harry is a good example of a Royal trying to become "one of us".  His title is no more than a participation trophy now.  The more common he becomes the less lucrative that title will be.

Do you not think he is being forced a little into it by his other half and her whining? They would have stayed in Canada but they didn't have the free security. Mixed marriages are excepted here and in the States but not in England when you are a Royal. The first thing they worried about was what colour would the babies be.