They had an entire plan for the Queen's death called Operation London Bridge. Part of it was Operation Unicorn which took care of all of the details in case she died at Balmoral. So, none of this was last-minute. Who would go, when and how was all part of it I'm sure. However, rules and expectations don't apply to the Markles, right?
Why? I thought we were discussing details about Harry’s examples in his book. Granted, this one’s distasteful to some. But then again, some other aspects of Harry’s claims discussed here have been, as well. I suggest simply skipping over the parts you don’t want to see. Hunting is a large part of life in the RF.
Is it impossible that Andrew, Edward and Sophie would have been the ones pushing to leave Harry behind in order to avoid any added stress under the circumstances? I myself have been intimately involved in major life events where the likelihood of disruption from an unwell family member is factored into decisions made. On two notable occasions said family member insists a specific family member engineered the decision made. They were completely wrong. They won't even listen to anything said by anyone who was present that doesn't agree with their opinion.
I agree with you that they had a detailed plan, including the order people would be notified and who would be asked to travel to Balmoral, which is why the day may have been less chaotic than expected. There were only two variables which could not be known in advance that threw a wrench in the plans. One is how quickly the Queen passed once it was determined her health was deteriorating, which affects the amount of time family would have to get there to say goodbye. The other is where those family members might be when they were notified and the travel time required to get them to Balmoral. They could have been spread out over the length and breadth of the UK and been forced to travel separately. It appears that they were fairly close together, which would facilitate getting to one plane and flying together. If Charles and Anne had not already been in Scotland, they may not have arrived in time either.
It was reported there was a 69 minute delay from the original departure plan. Allegedly they were waiting for Harry (who is said to have been "having a row" with the wife). Some report that the Prince of Wales and Harry never flew together. I would have thought this had changed after the birth of Prince William's children. So who knows?
I believe that all of the people on William’s plane were in the Windsor area (not sure what it’s called) but that also included Harry (who happened to be in the UK on business). His delay in joining them was likely caused by his being completely irate and arguing with his father about Meghan going, so the others left. I can’t blame them. Time was of the essence. I believe there was a medical staff with the Queen. Something happened that was relatively sudden.
I am quite sure that is largely part of his problems. That day his world stopped and basically only started turning again during his days in the army (having a purpose something bigger than himself), stopped again when his location in Afghanistan got leaked. And then started again when he met Meghan. He needed a mother figure, someone who he could project the image of his mother on.
I don't know that there's enough public information about Meghan's life to have much understanding of her. Looking at the situation with her father, the behavior of a wide swath of the Markle branches of her family tree, the fact she seemed to have no family beyond her mother present at the wedding and the fact her parents were divorced kind of lays out some very good likelihood her home life had some serious challenges. For me that leaves some room to acknowledge that she might have some struggles and in fact might not have the tools to respond to the negativity and the insecurities in a healthy way. Her responses might in fact fuel the negativity and insecurities without any intention on her part. She can only do what she knows.
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It's likely she crashed. I'm guessing they were able to stabilize her but had no idea for how long. (supposition on my part but plausible) I read a statement regarding Charles "letting his mother go" and the turmoil he experienced over this decision.
Thank you for pointing this out. He makes it sound as if there are only two grandchildren to the queen, when in fact there are many. The others have non-royal careers or view the "firm" and its responsibilities as their career. He could have opted to follow their footsteps when opting to step away. Yes it may have taken a bit of work on his part, but it could have been done.
I always totally respect you insights. Although I believe H&M bring out the worst in each other. I also believe she enables his behavior in an attempt to exert control over Harry. I might be more forgiving if they were two "kids" but they we're both mid 30ish adults when they married. Of course just my thoughts.
I agree, I think that at this point, there is no going back for him. And I think that he is OK with that. I know that he comes off to a lot of people as being a spoiled brat, and in some ways he is. But we all deal with our life tragedies differently. If he wasn't who he was, then I think that people would be more sympathetic toward him. The fact that he is rich is a huge factor in people's opinion about him. And again, none of us truly knows what happens behind the scenes. We don't know what others have said to him or how he was treated. Same with Meghan, no one knows what her relationship with her family was like. And as you said, only her mother being at her wedding speaks to there being a divide.
There actually was a lot of information published about Meghan back when it first became evident that she and Harry were a serious couple. (I know because I read a lot of it.
) It’s funny because some of the information about her background seems to have been ”suppressed” (? by pressure from the palace - works both ways) such as why her mother was missing from her life for several years, leaving her father to raise her alone, and about her first marriage (as opposed to her second marriage, to Trevor Engelson, that was more well known), that was annulled, etc. Search today and you can’t find much about those stories anymore.
For me it's popcorn. It's like watching a train wreck, and everytime you think it can't get worse, H&M prove... Sure it can get worse!
