I've been playing a lot of chess lately. A real thinking of what if, then this or what about that? Always thinking about where to be in future moves. And, what will the other side do in response. One of the problems with taking away all the titles is that now she is reduced to being (merely) Princess Harold from what little I understand about title protocol. (and how long do you think before Princess Meghan, like Princess Diana, would take to emerge and no guesses as to who would drive it?) But ... what if ... only the Sussex and Kilkeel titles were taken away? Allow them to keep Dumbarton. That one never seems to make any headlines - meaning a rare mention to almost never in terms of existence. She would now be Countess or Lady Dumbarton, right? If Sussex is what is commonly mentioned instead of Princess, then why not leave them with just Dumbarton? I remember reading they opted not to give that title to Archie at his bi...
So I started thinking about the whole history of her and them which leads up to now she's done with the British Royal Family. I was influenced by Beeb's video of how she believes that there is a case that they expected to be chased to come back into the family, get everything they wanted when they left. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK9uNrbb-lg I don't think it was the first bluff though. For me, I think it may have started maybe about the time he "asked" the Queen about her approval of marriage to *. Her comment was more along the lines of I guess I have to agree to this. I remember reading it in his book and thinking: Boy, that is just not a ringing endorsement by her, is it? Then there was the wedding date. That whole pushing aside his cousin so he could get married before her. That degree of rush, rush kind of sounds like a need (for appearances) rather than a desire to marry. All the family has do...