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Prince Philip is in the hospital

Prince Philip has been hospitalized, just a few days before Christmas. He reportedly walked into the hospital, and is being treated for a "pre-existing condition."

Of course, we all hope Philip will recover and go on to enjoy Christmas with his family - but he is 98 years old.

What do you think this means for the Royal Family in general and the Sussexes in particular?

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Unknown said…
@CatEyes No worries. It wasn’t a big deal at all. I have no problem being corrected when I am wrong. There is an official BRF YT channel, just not the one I mentioned. I am subscribed to both and they are named similarly so I confused the two. I appreciated @Liver Bird’s clarification. Now I know the other channel is hosted by ITN Productions, which seems to be a UK News/Media entity. I am glad to hear about your brother. He has been in my thoughts a lot. I hope you and your loved ones are doing well and keep getting better.

@Mischi Totally agree with you. I feel the insult towards Canada with such a proposal of hosting H&M. I wouldn’t let those two near my goldfish. Some have been commenting about Meg going into U.S. politics. That’s a joke! She would be shredded to bits with her background. She can’t even manage to properly shake hands and can’t “thrive” when criticized for being unkempt and uncouth. Talk about her entering the wrong kind of profession.
Girl with a Hat said…
@Trudy, thank you for your kind words.

@charade, I sympathise with you.
CatEyes said…
Thank you @charade...I will look at those two channels as I don't go to YouTube since a computer repairman warned me I would get a virus, not "if" but "when". But I will do it since I am getting burned out on the two blogs I go regularly to for the Harkle info and discussion. I just wish an end to the royal mess they made would go corrected (I hope it doesn't take years).

I am beginning to think Megs (and I say this with trepidation as I don't normally like to speculate and never when it comes to mental issues of another) is bipolar with her grandiose ideas of what she thinks she is and what she can accomplish (ie. millions of dollars in donations, etc...), She is flat out crazy if she thinks she can go into politics, that will be a bigger failure than her attempt to be a married-in royal.

CatEyes said…
@charade

I said a prayer(s) for your loved one with cancer and I regularly say prayers anyway for the sick, the oppressed and the poor of the world. My brother beat 4th stage leukemia and he went on a strict diet of high protein (using protein powders), reducing meat and drinking vegetable juices but most of all praying to the Holy Spirit and reading the Bible hours each day (and still does).

I hope these OT remarks don't get me in trouble but deep at night (in US) it is usually safe.
Anonymous said…
Another story: if they had gone to Sandringham, they wouldn’t have seen Archie as much: https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1220144/Meghan-Markle-Royal-Christmas-Archie-Canada-Prince-Harry
Rainy Day said…
@Drabredcarpet Thanks for posting the link above. Omid is either once again spreading MM’s PR excuses, or he’s reaching into his scuzzy little fertile mind to appear relevant. They could have survived one lunch on Christmas Day without Archie. The thing is, when adults make a big deal about a baby’s first Christmas, it’s purely for the adults’ gratification. A baby under the age of one really doesn’t care what day it is. (Assuming, of course, that we are talking about a baby who is actually with his or her parents!)
Anonymous said…
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I noticed that the story of the 'big announcement over Christmas' is coming from
Omid Scobie.

I don't really know/follow him but I got the impression that he was a big MM supporter. I wonder what angle is he pushing with the 'big announcement '?
I agree with others here and don't think this will be a pregnancy announced indeed any announcement at all. I just wonder why he is pushing this story now? I doubt it's veracity, especially if he really is a Markle sycophant.

Was Omid a well known royal reporter before MM? I'm not really familiar with any of the royal reporters.
Royal Fan said…
@mischi

Meg is the only one who thinks Harry as GG in Canada is a good idea. Precisely because she does not follow rules anyway and would just promptly relocate herself to Toronto. She’d then wonder why everyone doesn’t understand her. She’d say the whole country has an unconscious racial bias. She’d make a documentary about how being made to live outside Toronto would just be surviving and not thriving. She’d be voted the most poorly treated person of the year.

;-). I hope you got a giggle out of that
I must it's beginning to look like the Cambs and the Sussexes are waiting each ither out to see who posts firsts. It's like a Royal eye blinking contest and the santa Harry video is a Sussex trick like a loud clap to make wills blink first. I'm all for it! ***Eating Christmas cake and staring at Instagram**
Royal Fan said…
@Elle

Yes I think the BRF gave Meg sufficient space and time to dig her own grave. Basically, now the public sentiment is so bad they are forced to act. Before they would’ve been seen as at best big meanies for denying true love and at worst big racists for keeping a WOC out of the fam.
Anonymous said…
@Royal Fan: completely agree, obvi.

And now it seems Rach & PH are in Toronto staying with Jessica. I guess the cabin in the woods with Marcus wasn't working for them? It must take so much effort to spin and lie and lie and spin. I cannot imagine:

https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/meghan-markle-is-excited-for-toronto-christmas-with-harry-and-archie/
Mimi said…
Dropping by again because there is soooo much going on with the gruesome twosome, Prince Philip, the Queen, Andrew, Bea and Edo, I cannot believe a single word that is printed or put forth...I see it all as LIES, trying to distract the unwashed masses from what is REALLY going on. (. I HATE being lied to) We have NO IDEA what is really going on as far as where the Harkles are, what they have been up to, where they are staying, what they are doing, are they together or not, is Hairy holed up somewhere away from that leech getting wasted everyday.? Where is Archie, what are Charles and William doing behind the scenes, has Hairy sobered up enough to realize his grandfather might be close to the end and if he is indeed in Canada, he needs to get his ass back home in case worse comes to worse. I don’t know who is putting out this having Hairy become Governor General ...it is beyond ludicrous, Yeah, a drunken, drug addicted, mentally unstable spoiled,, petulant man child who is ready to blow at any minute,...yeah, he would make a wonderful Governor General.
Hikari said…
https://www.dailysquib.co.uk/entertainment/34456-new-album-from-the-rolling-sussexes-exile-on-meghan-street.html

The Charlatan Duchess kindly shared this on her page. You don’t even have to be a Rolling Stones fan to get a kick out of this. I’m ending my Sunday with the best laugh I’ve had for a while.

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Sandie said…
Thanks for the informative posts about the Canada situation.

Pushing for Harry to be GG by planting stories in the media seems like a Megsy thing to do. She seems to get an idea, rush full tilt into it (not thinking through anything rationally and reasonably) and then often loses interest and revisits the issue/organisation briefly when she needs it for PR.

Imagine having Meghan, as a USA citizen, lording it over Canadians, making speeches, wearing designer clothes and more and more new jewellery, and even, lord help us, belly cupping with that smug look on her face, clinging onto Harry (when not patronisingly leading him) with that adoring look on her face (we know from her acting career that it is one of her poses), acting all girlish ...! Nah, Canadians are good people and do not deserve such a fate!
Girl with a Hat said…
I was speaking to older people who remember the time that the first governor general who was a Canadian, not a Brit, was appointed by the Canadian PM. It was GG Vanier, who was a French Canadian, and it was a really big deal at the time. People talked about it proudly for many years. Do you think people will be happy to revert to a situation that existed 60 years ago? And the Vanier Foundation is still very active today and is very prominent in the field it has espoused.

Secondly, the ex-Lieutenant Governor General of Quebec (like the GG of a province), who was in a wheel chair, was recently convicted of embezzling $400k of tax payer money by claiming expenses which she was not entitled to and padding invoices. She served her 18 month term in a prison despite being in her 70's and in a wheel chair.

Members of Parliament and cabinet ministers routinely get scrutinised in the press for $10,000 junkets to international congresses and $2,000 lunches. Do you think that Meghan with her $100k dresses would be acceptable to the general population? She knows no restraint when spending other people's money. I am surprised that Jessica Mulroney with her political connections (her father-in-law is the ex-PM of Canada) wouldn't have explained the situation to Meghan.

Finally, Justin Trudeau has a minority government as I already mentioned. Someone has announced that he will be keeping a low profile for the next 4 years as everyone recognises that his propensity for being prominent in social media has cost him a lot of votes. Do you think that in this situation, he would want to appoint Meghan's husband, the village idiot, as GG.
KC said…
Thank you Mischi for explaining the background. The Canadian GG post would be more a position gained through merit, requiring knowledge and experience, than a position granted due to birth. Harry doesnt have any experience that would show he could handle responsibilities on that level.
Girl with a Hat said…
Also, there is a story in today's express.co.uk about how Australians reject the idea of Harry becoming their GG or even living in Australia.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1220351/meghan-markle-news-australia-latest-news-prince-harry-prince-archie-update

The colonial era is truly over.

Guest said…
The Province (a paper in BC, Canada) reported this morning that Prince Harry was seen hiking in Victoria. The owners of a chalet were interviewed and said she saw the Royal couple as they were wanting to make a reservation. The couple were turned down because of the security the couple required (no further details). No pictures accompanied the story.
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