That points to many who stated that it would be necessary for Meghan to first experience what life in the UK was like before making important life decisions such as marrying the son of the future king of that country. If she truly never liked the UK and did never intend to become a UK-based British senior royal she should have made it clear before the wedding; in that case Harry might still have chosen Meghan (which of course many wouldn't have take well) but they nor the BRF would have gone through what they have gone through and are going through now.
I think Harry is squandering much of the good will people - not just the British - have towards him. Most of us are not royals, but all of us have parents/grandparents/siblings, etc.. and no decent person could support the Sussexes in their treatment of family...
We will all miss Harry who has been a fairly bright and positive fixture of British public life for decades. However, he married in mid thirties and chose an American wife set in her ways with a long TV career behind her and utterly different values and loyalties. The dream when she married into the family was that she would settle in and conform. But she was too old and too americanised to do that - and maybe too stubborn. She could have become a fun and lively figure spreading good will, wisdom and charm at those endless engagements - meeting public sector workers, hospitals, fire fighters, civic dignitaries and VIPs, formal dinners, Festival of Remembrance, walkabout crowds and basically the cross section of British society who the monarchy reflect and care about.
We have a 'contract' after all - we average Joes support them and they support us. But it seems Meghan was not able to fit into the expectations that we have of the monarchy. Americans do not 'get' the way that British life operates around the public service model of HMQ and family.
I sincerely hope Harry is all right. It is sad to lose him but his new loyalty appears to be to his wife - who is reluctant to share him in the usual way because she is unable to adapt. The newspapers, the public, those in authority, officials etc all have welcomed her. She was refreshing. Her mixed background has been a definite plus because we see the friendly woman who our Harry has chosen and who is a different kind of choice and yet is not 'different'. We wish them to reflect the best of British in all its wonderful diversity.
It's worth repeating - the problem is that Meghan just cannot adapt. If she has experienced racism in the UK then this will have come from informal and antisocial sources. Racism is not tolerated here. Both of them could have done so much to suppress unpleasant attitudes of discrimination and hatred as part of their public duty.
Key point - I hope Harry is ok. This is his choice so let's accept it and support him - even though it is unhelpful and probably a selfish decision. He had a role of sustaining and even strengthening the British monarchy as it integrates into the British way of life but has chosen the sidelines instead. Hope that works for him because its not contributing to the UK or the Firm.
A horrible thought is that they will both become one of the regular turns in those glossy Oprah style discussion programmes where everyone wears an inch of make up and has Mr Whippy hair dos - lucrative but vacuous, no credibility and ethically questionable.
The Crown will win. Those who are loyal will increase in standing - Charles and Camilla, the Middletons, Anne/Ed. They will all gain in stature in contrast to the bolter. Bless 'im.
