starrynight said:
The approximately $88 billion dollars the royal family is worth didn't come from them working jobs.
That's the spoils of hundreds of years of conquest and consequential land ownership and wealth flowing from birth right.
The whole system of the creation of this wealth based on ruling classes and the idea that by luck of birth an individual is superior to others is just a polarising opposite to modern concepts of equality. So yes, I do find it fascinating how people benefiting from this system happily collect the vast financial spoils and status and then get upset that the public doesn't adore them enough. In a world of true equality, the class system wouldn't exist.
I used to be a big fan of the royals, but many of them are rapidly revealing themselves to be utterly unremarkable people who have been elevated by nothing more than birth into positions of incredible privilege and 'superiority'.
I don't even know where to begin. You are mixing up so much. And you are being very unclear about what and who you are talking about. What has this got to do with Meghan & Harry in particular??? They aren't collecting 'vast financial spoils and status'! And they are in no way upset about not being adored enough by the public!!! Are you kidding? The Sussexes are upset about the media continually writing lies about them. Plus, there are a lot of people who understand and appreciate what the Sussexes are trying to do and have done with their status and privilege to help others in need.
Regarding the bolded text of your comments:
The Queen works. Charles works. Anne works. The Wessexes work, etc. It is not a piece-of-cake being born into the British royal family. There is a huge personal price to pay. Of course, there are also perks. It's not easy for any of us to weigh the personal costs of being born royal, because we haven't experienced what that's like. We've only observed from afar. And then there are personal differences among the royals themselves in how they each have navigated their individual experiences of being royal. Of course, many of them are out-of-touch due to leading privileged lives, but I think Diana PoW managed to help Harry and to a degree William, be a bit less out-of-touch. However, William has been hampered by being surrounded by 'gray men' and palace p.r. due to his heir-to-the-throne status.
FYI: Harry & Meghan have done a lot of work as senior royals, and they have wanted to do even more work, but have been restricted in what they are able to do. That's one of the reasons why they decided to step down and try to gain more freedom over their own decision-making regarding the work they do!
Regarding the class system. There's more of a class system in Britain than there is in the U.S. I don't know where you're from, and it's not clear what you are referring to exactly and how it connects with Meghan and Harry?
You posted your above response to a quoted comment of mine about Meghan and Harry. It's not clear to me what connections you are trying to make. We can't wave a magic wand and change thousands of years of British royal history or world history. Your comments are very unclear and over-generalized. There have been wars and conquests since the beginning of time.
Yes, European colonialism was not a good thing, but it happened and we can't change what happened in history. We can only try to learn from the lessons of history. Too many people aren't exactly interested in learning from those lessons, sure. But you aren't helping the situation you are decrying with such confusing over-generalizations.
Who among the royals are revealing themselves to be 'utterly unremarkable people?' Who exactly? Surely you aren't talking about Meghan & Harry! They are two of the more remarkable members of the British royal family. Do you think it makes them 'unremarkable' because they have decided to step back and concentrate on doing more to help people and to carve out a more private life that includes nurturing and protecting their son!?
Since Meghan is a part of the royal family by marriage, let's focus on Harry. He is one of the more popular members of the royal family because of his caring, down-to-earth, outgoing nature. Harry does not seem to care overmuch about any of the pomp and circumstance of royal life. He has shown himself to care more about making a difference in the world. He has served his country diligently and devotedly as a soldier and as a senior royal. Harry certainly DOES NOT feel he's 'superior' to other people! Of course he has a different status that he can't escape simply by being royal, but he should not be blamed for his accident of birth. At least Harry has tried to stand for something more than being royal, and he's trying to forge a meaningful life through using his privileged status to help others.
Meanwhile, every bit of money Meghan has, she earned through her own hard work, perseverance, astute investments, and knowledge of money management (i.e., using her hard-earned money wisely).
I think you need to separate the fact that Harry is wealthy from his being royal. Not everyone who is wealthy was born royal. The bulk of Harry's inheritance is from his mother's estate (which probably in large part constitutes Diana's own personal investments of money she inherited from her father, 8th Earl Spencer). Harry has also received money from his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon). And the bulk of that probably comes from the Queen Mother's wealthy Scottish family, the Bowes-Lyons.
Once again, Harry & Meghan are stepping down as senior royals in part because they apparently have issues with certain aspects of the royal system and of the narrow strictures and limitations imposed upon them. They aren't doing it because they feel 'superior' to anyone!!!
What you and a lot of people perhaps need to rethink is being jealous of those who are wealthy. Yes, the current wealth imbalance between rich and poor is extremely prohibitive and NOT a good thing for global economic health in the long run. But that's because of greed. There actually is enough abundance for everyone in this world. It is greed that makes it seem as if there is lack.
Meanwhile, I do not view Meghan and Harry as greedy. Every wealthy person is not greedy. There is nothing wrong with being wealthy if you don't covet and hoard money and if you are also working hard to give back to others. It matters what you do with your wealth that counts. Please understand that living well is something everyone has a right to aspire to, and once achieved, to enjoy. There's nothing wrong with enjoying one's wealth and the fruits of one's labors. This is particularly true for the wealthy who are conscientious enough to devote part of their energy and enthusiasm in helping others to improve their lot in life.
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I could laugh for days. The British monarchy and the Royal Rota actually had a partial hold on this delightful songbird but let her get away after trying to suffocate her within that gilded cage. Tsk tsk indeed! 
