Harry and Meghan wedding chat- the build up!

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Congratulations to Meghan and Prince Harry! I wish them nothing but the best, and it's awesome to see them so happy. I totally love the photo in this article. Meghan is absolutely beautiful!

Royal wedding planned as Prince Harry, Meghan Markle announce engagement

I'll enjoy watching this royal wedding a lot because I'll be at home this time. I was in ICU watching along with several doctors and nurses when William and Kate were married. They were married a few days after I came out of the coma. My ICU room was right next to the nurses station, and I was the only one that had a TV in my room in that area.

So not only did think I was dreaming because of all the meds, I was still hallucinating some. The TV had been on all day, and I had seen this commercial like a million times.

J.G. Wentworth. I had seen it so much that I thought those people had jumped out of the TV and was singing that song right in front of me. The nurses ran in and turned the TV off because I was yelling telling them that "J.G. Wentworth and friends are in the room with me and they can't sing worth a damn!" They turned the TV on later so we could watch the wedding.

This time, I won't be hallucinating and can enjoy seeing it.
 
Been following the official Palace accounts on twitter and the comments have been 99% favorable and the rare negative one has been quickly shot down or over run with lots of happy, smiley people.

I did see one hysterical tweet from some guy that was heading off to read the comments on the Mail and Express websites with a virtual bag of popcorn and others were joining him. So its good to see that lots of people aren't living in the past and are genuine in their happiness for Harry & Meghan.
 
Harry was absolutely beaming. Apparently he designed the ring - a huge diamond from Botswana where they went on a romantic vacation and I think someone said 2 side diamonds from Diana's collection. Gotta luv the Royals! They looked over the moon.
 
I am so happy to hear this news. They're adorable together. I can't wait to read about the wedding details! Wheeeee!

Much happiness to them. :encore:
 
TMZ offering some speculation on future titles - I'm seeing widely that a Dukedom is expected upon his wedding day, same as William, and they're saying it will likely be Sussex. Catch is that she's not a British citizen, so technically can't use any titles until she's lived there for 5 years and can become a citizen. Perhaps a word from grandmother-in-law can fast track that process though?

Also, if they have a baby while she's still American, TMZ says the kid gets automatic dual citizenship.
 
Lanie said:
She was not married in a Christian ceremony. And since 2000 they have allowed divorcees to remarry. (My grandfather was a Bishop in the Episcopal Church. Same rules.)

I figure it will be at St George's Chapel at Windsor.

I am very cynical (and cannot stand William and Kate), but I love Harry so I hope he's happy.
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How can you "not stand" William & Kate or anybody you don't know? Did they pee in your Wheaties? Why do you "love" Harry but not William? Do you just develop a hate for people if you just don't like their face or whatever? I can understand "not my favorite royal" but can't stand?
 
Tesla said:
Excuse me? Many many many women have healthy babies and healthy pregnancies after 40. If a woman is healthy, by all means, she can, and if she wants to, should have a baby after 40.
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Do you have kids? Of course a woman can deliver a healthy baby after forty. Not the issue. It is when the woman is 60 and has a kid in college, and 70 with her first grandchild. That is when it catches up with you. I have grandchildren who are 18 & 20........I could keep after them much better than the two who are just 7 & 4. Different ballgame. My brother said it best to his 44 year old son and wife who just had their second "You should have had these kids way earlier....we (he and his wife) were much better babysitters then". Of course that won't be a problem for the Royals.
 
Jenny said:
Also, if they have a baby while she's still American, TMZ says the kid gets automatic dual citizenship.
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She will remain an American citizen even after acquiring British citizenship unless she renounces her American citizenship. And since she is an American citizen who has lived in the U.S. for at least five years, any children she may have will be American citizens.

TMZ isn't really the best source for news on legal issues. ;)

ETA: She will be eligible for British citizenship in three years, not five, after the wedding.

http://us.iasservices.org.uk/british-citizenship/
 
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I'm sure that any "legal issues" have already been discussed; and will be resolved to the satisfaction of all concerned.
 
taf2002 said:
How can you "not stand" William & Kate or anybody you don't know? Did they pee in your Wheaties? Why do you "love" Harry but not William? Do you just develop a hate for people if you just don't like their face or whatever? I can understand "not my favorite royal" but can't stand?
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They are lazy and entitled among many other things. I will not get into it with someone who thinks the sun shines out their royal butts, though. :p

I do not know them but I do know someone well who went to university with them. Stories are not flattering.
 
I'm not even sure that she needs to be a British subject to be called the Duchess of [Fill in the Blank], since she wouldn't be a duchess in her own right, but rather the wife of a duke.

It'll be okay if he doesn't get a title. She'll just be plain old Princess Harry. :P
 
Those Daily Mail comments are just :rolleyes: and I wish I wasn't so busy at work today so I could really enjoy them but my personal fav is the "Old divorce Canadian" one.
 
AxelAnnie said:
Do you have kids? Of course a woman can deliver a healthy baby after forty. Not the issue. It is when the woman is 60 and has a kid in college, and 70 with her first grandchild. That is when it catches up with you. I have grandchildren who are 18 & 20........I could keep after them much better than the two who are just 7 & 4. Different ballgame. My brother said it best to his 44 year old son and wife who just had their second "You should have had these kids way earlier....we (he and his wife) were much better babysitters then". Of course that won't be a problem for the Royals.
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Sorry, I can't let this one go. As someone who struggled for years with infertility and finally had a beautiful, healthy baby girl at age 40, if my parents or inlaws had said something like this to me, that would have been the last time they saw that baby. Would I have liked to have started my family years earlier? Sure, of course. But life is messy and complicated and unplanned. And anyone criticizing me for not having my baby on their approved timetable is not someone I want in my baby's life.

Very happy for Meghan and Harry. They looked positively giddy at the photocall, probably as much relieved to finally have it official and have the announcement over with as anything. Looking forward to crazy hats and British pomp and circumstance ... no one does it better!
 
Lanie said:
They are lazy and entitled among many other things. I will not get into it with someone who thinks the sun shines out their royal butts, though. :p

I do not know them but I do know someone well who went to university with them. Stories are not flattering.
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I hardly believe that the sun shines out their butts. I don't even believe in the aristocracy at all. But your comment rubbed me the wrong way. Lazy & entitled? How do you know? Oh I forgot, one person who went to a very large university at the same time they did said so. So all women who stay home with their babies are lazy. Men who do a very dangerous work for a long time but quit after they become a father are lazy. And they're entitled if they don't do the very very important work of appearing at some minor event.
 
AxelAnnie said:
Do you have kids? Of course a woman can deliver a healthy baby after forty. Not the issue. It is when the woman is 60 and has a kid in college, and 70 with her first grandchild. That is when it catches up with you. I have grandchildren who are 18 & 20........I could keep after them much better than the two who are just 7 & 4. Different ballgame. My brother said it best to his 44 year old son and wife who just had their second "You should have had these kids way earlier....we (he and his wife) were much better babysitters then". Of course that won't be a problem for the Royals.
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Oh, so women should have kids earlier for the grandparents and potential future grandchildren. Gotcha. I'm sorry, that is still no reason why a woman shouldn't have a baby after 40. And I'm sorry, but that's a crappy thing for your brother to say to his son. Did he and his wife offer to babysit? Because I'm sure they could say no. Maybe his son and his daughter-in-law weren't ready for kids earlier. I will reiterate, if the woman is healthy, there is on reason for her not to have a child after 40, regardless of what the grandparents think.
 
MLIS said:
Sorry, I can't let this one go. As someone who struggled for years with infertility and finally had a beautiful, healthy baby girl at age 40, if my parents or inlaws had said something like this to me, that would have been the last time they saw that baby. Would I have liked to have started my family years earlier? Sure, of course. But life is messy and complicated and unplanned. And anyone criticizing me for not having my baby on their approved timetable is not someone I want in my baby's life.
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:respec: You said it so much more eloquently than I did.
 
Lanie said:
They are lazy and entitled among many other things. I will not get into it with someone who thinks the sun shines out their royal butts, though. :p

I do not know them but I do know someone well who went to university with them. Stories are not flattering.
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It's been 12 years since Kate/William graduated from university. No doubt they've matured somewhat since then (even if your source's stories are true).

In any case, if the worst that can be said of Kate/William is that they're lazy/entitled, that's still better than what could be said for the generation of royals that preceded them. They seem to be fulfilling their basic obligations, so I'm not sure what more people want out of them.
 
clairecloutier said:
In any case, if the worst that can be said of Kate/William is that they're lazy/entitled, that's still better than what could be said for the generation of royals that preceded them. They seem to be fulfilling their basic obligations, so I'm not sure what more people want out of them.
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I've seen pictures of Kate with her kids and wrangling the kids at her sister's wedding. If she's lazy and entitled, she deserves it. :lol: She's a boss with those kids!
 
Meghan and Harry should have kids only if (or when) they choose to do so -- but IMO, before doing so, they should have a long talk with Princess Anne on bringing up kids to be normal (non-royal). Charles has said that he wants to reduce the numbers of "working royals" (i.e., those who get tax support for making appearances, etc) so Harry's kids might need to know how to get regular jobs, like Anne's kids do.
 
1. Old divorced Canadian? I thought she was American?
2. Age to have babies? Heck, I think it depends on your own situation
3. Hate Will and Kate??? They seem very down to earth IMHO, seem quite nice although obviously I don't know them

4. It will be interesting to see diversity in the royal family if and/or when they do have kids! Has there ever been a non Caucasian royal in the UK?
 
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