Lemonade20
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Has anyone seen Donald Trump Jr's take on this?
Harry is also a grown man and he can't have it both ways. They can get smarter with their money instead of complaining about being cut off. They're not destitute at all and it shows in Meghan's fancy clothes and their mansion.I wish some of you would do the math. Harry supposedly inherited $30 million. If full time security costs about $2 million a year, that's about 15 years coverage. (The bulk of the money would be earning interests during that time so a little longer.) And that's if he were willing to use his money for only security, not living expenses. This is a young family so in 15 years Archie & the new baby will still be children.
OTOH Charles is not only fabulously wealthy, part of that is sustainable, so that he will never run out of money even if the monarchy ended tomorrow. He only has 2 children & one of them has his own source of riches. Harry is his son. What does Charles plan to do, take it with him? No, Harry is not entitled to part of his father's income but I would think Charles would want to make sure his child is safe. It's not Harry fault that his is a target to crazed fans. And Charles not only is not willing to help, he pulled his support when they are most vulnerable & refused to take his child's calls. IMO Charles is the only one who really comes off bad in this interview.
One of the articles posted up thread estimated 4 million per year so even less.I wish some of you would do the math. Harry supposedly inherited $30 million. If full time security costs about $2 million a year, that's about 15 years coverage. (The bulk of the money would be earning interests during that time so a little longer.) And that's if he were willing to use his money for only security, not living expenses. This is a young family so in 15 years Archie & the new baby will still be children.
OTOH Charles is not only fabulously wealthy, part of that is sustainable, so that he will never run out of money even if the monarchy ended tomorrow. He only has 2 children & one of them has his own source of riches. Harry is his son. What does Charles plan to do, take it with him? No, Harry is not entitled to part of his father's income but I would think Charles would want to make sure his child is safe. It's not Harry fault that his is a target to crazed fans. And Charles not only is not willing to help, he pulled his support when they are most vulnerable & refused to take his child's calls. IMO Charles is the only one who really comes off bad in this interview.
He kinda makes me ill so I don’t look. His voice and face grates on me. I wish twitter could suspend his account too.Has anyone seen Donald Trump Jr's take on this?
Agreed, even Canada didn't want that responsibility. Is it really all security costs or is it also to cover their lifestyle costs?I'd be interested to see a breakdown of how security costs can be USD/GBP 12K a day or USD 2-4 million a year.
Normally I don't pay attention to what he says, but he pretty much trashed them and said they were being immatureHe kinda makes me ill so I don’t look. His voice and face grates on me. I wish twitter could suspend his account too.
The article posted above got into some of the details that they need from a point of view of why they can’t get it from Scotland Yard.I'd be interested to see a breakdown of how security costs can be USD/GBP 12K a day or USD 2-4 million a year.
Oh, Junior is one to talk about unearned privilegeNormally I don't pay attention to what he says, but he pretty much trashed them and said they were being immature
Except for the fact that if Harry lives in UK costs would be less for security. A lot less.I wish some of you would do the math. Harry supposedly inherited $30 million. If full time security costs about $2 million a year, that's about 15 years coverage. (The bulk of the money would be earning interests during that time so a little longer.) And that's if he were willing to use his money for only security, not living expenses. This is a young family so in 15 years Archie & the new baby will still be children.
OTOH Charles is not only fabulously wealthy, part of that is sustainable, so that he will never run out of money even if the monarchy ended tomorrow. He only has 2 children & one of them has his own source of riches. Harry is his son. What does Charles plan to do, take it with him? No, Harry is not entitled to part of his father's income but I would think Charles would want to make sure his child is safe. It's not Harry fault that he is a target to crazed fans. And Charles not only is not willing to help, he pulled his support when they are most vulnerable & refused to take his child's calls. IMO Charles is the only one who really comes off bad in this interview.
What baffles me is why people from outside the UK are so invested and have such strong opinions about a family who have very little real power and have done nothing to earn a spotlight or respect for their opinions on pretty much anything. (My one exception to this is that I find Charles's long term custodial approach as landowner to developing Poundbury & Nansledan very interesting, but that's because it overlaps with my professional interests, and it's more about the Duchy as an institution than Charles as an individual. It doesn't mean that I would want to listen to him about anything else) And the handwringing over the tax costs of security/weddings/household renovations; it has nothing to do with anyone outside the UK, why do you care and fight over it so much??
As a British person that had a strong reaction to the pharmaceutical adverts when I was watching TV in America a couple of years ago, I think an equally interesting reaction back would be seeing Americans react to the similarly ubiquitous gambling adverts we have in the UK. Imagine that would be fairly jarring to an American audience. It was a very welcome relief to not have them when we were watching TV in America.This is an excellent thread:
british people reacting to american pharmaceutical ads during the harry/meghan interview
Meanwhile Trump Jr’s security costs are being covered by the US taxpayers (his dad authorized adult children for six months after leaving office).Normally I don't pay attention to what he says, but he pretty much trashed them and said they were being immature
That’s is normally the rule of thumb for adult children of ex presidents.Meanwhile Trump Jr’s security costs are being covered by the US taxpayers (his dad authorized adult children for six months after leaving office).
No, it's not:That’s is normally the rule of thumb for adult children of ex presidents.
Under federal law, Trump, his wife, Melania Trump, and their 14-year-old son are the only members of his immediate family entitled to Secret Service protection after they leave office. The couple will receive it for their lifetimes, and Barron is entitled to protection until he turns 16.
Oh who knows I don’t care about Trump. Six months isn’t a lifetime.
It’s not the same Americans. We’re a very heterogeneous group. I think the ones banging on about getting rid of it are doing so as a reaction to how crazy obsessed other Americans are about the royal family and defend them like it’s their institution and not one we fought a whole war to be rid of.It is the Americans, really. They are OBSESSED with royalty. For all the talk about abolishing the monarchy, they LOVE all the pomp and circumstance about the monarchy.
LOL, especially when I can't recall seeing many U.K. media personnel of color.The U.K. media says the U.K. media is not bigoted - do these people have an ounce of self-awareness?
UK media not bigoted: SoE responds to Sussexes’ claims of racism – Society of Editors
Society of Editors. Protecting the freedom of the news mediawww.societyofeditors.org
It is one thing to wonder which parent a baby might look like and another thing to suggest that you are thinking about how to hide it or prepare for it if it doesn't come out the "right" way. Which is what was implied.I think it was a successful interview for them. People are actually talking about them again.
Now I wish them happiness. Let them live authentic lives behind the gates of their exclusive community.
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Question:
Is it wrong to actually wonder what kind of skin colour a biracial or multiracial baby might have? I ask because I have a few friends whose children are biracial and before they were born it was common for us to wonder about it. My one friend is black and her husband is Chinese and she was openly wondering what her baby would look like considering the gene pool. Maybe some people find this offensive, but to us it was just genetics....
Donald Trump Jr. and Piers Morgan simping for the Royal family is evidence enough that they shouldn’t exist anymore.