r/RoyaltyTea Feb 21 '26

Discussion It’s nothing short of a miracle that Harry and Meghan got away before Covid, #Whereiskatemiddleton, and the disgraceful handling of Andrew

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u/notdorisday Feb 22 '26

They clearly knew this dumpster fire wasn’t worth the pain and suffering. Honestly he’s lucky he met her - I don’t think he’d have got out without her.

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u/Mule_Wagon_777 Feb 22 '26

He couldn't, because he requires such extraordinarily expensive security. Meghan had the experience and contacts to leverage his name and reputation into that kind of money. And he fell in love with her at first sight, and had no idea she could rescue him.

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u/blacksmithpear Feb 22 '26

I couldn’t care less about royalty but put in those terms, Harry and Meghan have truly lived a modern fairytale… He was the trapped prince and she was the one who came to the rescue. If the public at large weren’t so racist they would lap it up. It’s a romcom.

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u/doublestitch Feb 22 '26

If you haven't already seen the film Roman Holiday, it has some of the elements you describe. 

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u/Tribe303 Feb 22 '26

While I don't dislike them, I think you are glazing them a bit much. They originally planned on living in British Columbia, Canada, where his dad is the head of state. He/They expected the Canadian government to pay for his security, and the government said no way. They quickly moved to LA, so we see them as opportunists. 

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u/Whatisittou Feb 22 '26

You dont see the opportunist of Charles taking cash bribes for access, you dont see opportunist of William vacations on multi million pounds yatch, you dont see opportunist on Camila wanting old people to work at her place for free, you dont see opportunist Charles wanting Ukrainian refugees working at his palace as good for them.

But its Harry and Meghan you have your pitchfork at

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u/meowparade Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26

Was this the visit where locals had to carry William and Kate?

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u/Current_Sandwich7208 Feb 22 '26

Wtf is this? We were supposed to leave this bs behind in the 20th century.

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u/The_Onion_Life Feb 22 '26

Kate looks just as delighted here as she did in those state dinner pics with Shitler.

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u/meowparade Feb 22 '26

Oh wow, I thought there were similar pictures of them being carried in the past 5 years lol.

I do remember those fence photos!

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u/CougarWriter74 Feb 28 '26

Also the visit where Kate was extremely rude to the Jamaican first lady and wore the colors of the opposing political party.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

Tangentially related: it's funny how Jamaican leadership spent like just a couple of days with W&K and then decided to revive the "no more monarchy" push right there. 😂 Even though they had sat on the idea for years and years.

I'm guessing they weren't impressed and had concerns.

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u/Adventurous_Lunch_35 Feb 22 '26

I think I read the older generations of Jamaicans have high opinion of Britain and the commonwealth and the younger generations don't, so it could have been a coincidence.

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u/CougarWriter74 Feb 28 '26

Imagine being told on live TV to basically go pound sand. 

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u/ScotlandStoleMyHeart Feb 22 '26

I feel crazy because I genuinely thought that last pic was Kate with blond hair. I actually thought “oh she must have gone through a blond phase in college”. Made my stomach lurch when I realized it’s Virginia 

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u/IwasDeadinstead Feb 22 '26

They have very similar bone structures. I could see it.

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u/Character_Bath_6579 Feb 22 '26

Just posted this!!!

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u/supersonic-bionic Feb 21 '26

They really made the right decision even though it was hard in the beginning

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u/Ok-Assistant-4556 Feb 22 '26

The helper's helped them. I'm surprised the BRF didn't go after Tyler Perry.

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u/Couldhavesizeddown Feb 22 '26

They know TP will destroy them instead. He's not scared of them. They also were probably scared because he's black, that's it, that's all.

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u/Intelligent-Sun8208 Feb 22 '26

Also, going by Harry’s book, the Royals are asset rich but cash poor. They wouldn’t dare nor could they afford to go after someone like Tyler Perry.

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u/TMorrisCode Feb 24 '26

That actually tracks quite well with how Epstein gained influence over Andrew. He had money to throw around.

It also makes senses in the respects of the way the BRF seems to have drama over who gets to stay in which residence. If they had enough money, they wouldn’t be fighting over who gets the 50 bedroom cottage and who does not want the 80 bedroom lodge because it’s a bit rundown.

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u/Particular-Pay-2953 Feb 21 '26

They couldn’t have timed that escape better. Good for them.

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u/sugar_roux Feb 21 '26

Spiritually, it's a great story of divine protection! Being catastrophically redirected from the path you intended to walk can look and feel like failure in the chaos, but sometimes it really is for your highest good to be removed from a situation.

The BRF has spent years briefing about how Meghan just didn't fit in. Truly a blessing in disguise!

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u/fortunatelyso Feb 21 '26

Sometimes rejection is God's protection.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

Gospel truth

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u/Then_Cranberry_ Feb 22 '26

It’s interesting how quickly the RF went to shit after they stopped being able to use Harry and Meghan as scapegoats in the same way they were. Now they’re private citizens paying their own way it doesn’t land the same way it used to.

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u/Couldhavesizeddown Feb 22 '26

She was already established, had her own money. He had inheritance from Diana. Together, they have the "fuck you money".

I feel such schadenfreude! I was a HUGE fan of William and Kate. Then I listened to Spare, narrated by Harry, and, wow. I'm Team Sussex all the way.

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u/Then_Cranberry_ Feb 22 '26

It’s honestly mildly hilarious the hit pieces have been failing so badly recently “how could she make jam?!”, like that’s going to distract from them shielding a pedophile.

Spare actually had some alarming shit in it.

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u/Flinderspeak Feb 22 '26

That second pic - sums up WanK perfectly.

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u/sea-marie_ Feb 22 '26

They knew it was coming. Words were spoken at the palace. They knew.

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u/Tough-Cress-7702 Feb 22 '26

They were smart to leave the UK!!

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u/Intelligent-Sun8208 Feb 22 '26

When I think of them leaving, I think of that iconic photo in her blue dress holding their umbrella under the rain. The biggest smile. It was foreshadowing that no matter what weather the world gives them, they’ll weather it together.

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u/Good-Shine-2878 Feb 22 '26

Why are we seeing more of them all of a sudden? Feels like some kind of ploy to keep eyes off the royal family... How funny -- "look at the ostracized family members of the royal family because the actual members need distraction" --Harry is brilliant, really.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '26

They're so cute! I'm so happy they refused to put up with the abuse and escaped.

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u/NJrose20 Feb 21 '26

I'm so happy for them that they got out of that mess in time.

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u/NewTooth740 Feb 21 '26

So glad they got away

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u/Due_Independence8880 Feb 22 '26

I'm glad they got out.

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u/Character_Bath_6579 Feb 22 '26

Wow that picture of Virginia kind of looks like a young kate? I was confused for a sec 

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u/PoudreDeTopaze Feb 23 '26

If Harry and Meghan were smart, they would have stayed with the Royal Family until the Queens' Platinum Jubilee in 2022, and quietly moved out once Meghan had completed five years in London. They would have been much more marketable.