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Britain
Trump feels ‘sad' for Queen Elizabeth in wake of Megxit scandal
2020-01-11
[New York Post] President Trump has weighed-in on the "Megxit" scandal ‐ saying he felt "sad" that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to step back from their royal roles.

Trump expressed disappointment with the bombshell decision from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and had plenty of sympathy for the Queen, in an upcoming Friday night interview on "The Ingraham Angle" on Fox News.

"I think it’s sad. I do. I think it’s sad. She’s a great woman," Trump said, referring to Queen Elizabeth II.

"She’s never made a mistake if you look. I mean, she’s had like a flawless time."

When asked by host Laura Ingrahram if he thought the rogue royals should return to Buckingham Palace, Trump replied: "I just have such respect for the Queen, I don’t think this should be happening to her."
It is sad. First one of her sons, Prince Andrew, at loose ends since Prince William replaced him as second in line to the throne, and now her grandson, Prince Harry, sees no reason to stick to the family business of pointlessly opening village fairs and christening barges around the empire when he and his clever little wife could go off and do anything at all else.
Posted by:Besoeker

#30  ...if his wife becomes the primary income until he figures out what to do next, so what?

Recalls a time in the latter half of the 19th Century when nouveau riche Americans were known to marry some European with a title and usually no real money.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-01-11 19:39  

#29  Yee-double-ouch, #28 Lex. :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2020-01-11 17:17  

#28  Alastair Cooke on the Duke of Windsor: "He was at his best when the going was good."
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-11 17:12  

#27  Meghan is already going her bit to refresh her resuméhavi g done a Disney voice over recently, but it looks like this was a negotiating tactic, as Prince Charles and the queen work to finalize details for a negotiation that’s dragged on for some time. Link
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-01-11 17:00  

#26  Gov. of Bermuda, hah ... wonder if there'll be another royal order not to curtesy to the North American bride?
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-11 16:53  

#25  The queen recently announced a mass pruning of titles and “grace and favour” privileges of those further from the direct line of descent, long overdue in my opinion. I honestly don’t blame Harry for seeking independence, now that he no longer needs to be available as the back-up to his brother — and if his wife becomes the primary income until he figures out what to do next, so what?

This could easily be fixed if his mother let him go back to active military, though I suppose his duchess wouldn’t be keen on that unless it lead to glamorous foreign assignments — governor of Bermuda and that kind of thing.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-01-11 16:43  

#24  Her father was a hero and a true gent.

Yes, but her uncle was a playboy who flirted with Hitler.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-01-11 15:18  

#23  #21 She wants to be a woke celeb and ride the royal title to ...

...million$$$$ in Woke Celeb sponsorships & other payoffs
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-11 15:18  

#22  
Posted by: James   2020-01-11 15:03  

#21  The first thing I noticed about every photo op of them was her eyes always always shifting to the center of the press corps grouping and moving to face it when possible. The second thing was she was always talking, often leading the conversation. When I heard the first use of the term racism to explain their frustration with the traditional Brit press co stage I was clear. She wants to be a woke celeb and ride the royal title to coverage of her predictable blathering. Harry should ha e kept flying helicopters. Now he’s just another footnote in royal clowns in obscurity, Windsor edition.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2020-01-11 14:47  

#20  I just read that Meghan has flown to Canada, with the baby, and without Harry. Weird.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2020-01-11 14:11  

#19   Blame the Queen's Consort. He's the one wot brought in the bad genes behavior and karma to her family. Her father was a hero and a true gent.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-11 14:08  

#18   who knows what's in Meghan's background.

I wonder if being a crazy, American B-list actress has a genetic component. I can see that it might - take some genes for beauty, mix in a little schizophrenia, a big dollop of attention-whore and a touch of cat-lady and BLAM!, there you go!

I feel bad for Queenie too. It's hard having nutty children.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-01-11 14:02  

#17  Maybe its a simple problem of genetics. Harry just doesn't look anything like Charles and who knows what's in Meghan's background.
Posted by: warthogswife   2020-01-11 13:28  

#16  Maybe its a simple problem of genetics. Harry just doesn't look anything like Charles and who knows what's in Meghan's background.
Posted by: warthogswife   2020-01-11 12:53  

#15  Get a haircut
Get a real job
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-01-11 12:18  

#14   Being a "wastrel" is timeless, though.

We have our own. We call them Trust Fund Babies.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-01-11 12:06  

#13  LOL, B. Juuuust a bit quicker :-)

IMA gett'n slower in my old age
Posted by: Frank G   2020-01-11 11:45  

#12  
Posted by: Frank G   2020-01-11 11:44  

#11  Maybe someone can post this image? tia,
L.

https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/princeharryandduchessmeghanmarkle-1-1.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1236&h=820&crop=1
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-11 11:37  

#10  
Posted by: Frank G   2020-01-11 11:33  

#9  Noblesse oblige is such an outdated concept, eh? Being a "wastrel" is timeless, though.
Posted by: magpie   2020-01-11 11:20  

#8  QE-2 is the only one of that lot with any brains or dignity.

As for Harry, a pity that he couldn't stay in the military, where he clearly fit in and was thriving.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-11 11:05  

#7  An anti nation establisment is a cancer upon its country and needs to be crushed. Hopefully queeny understands her families easy gig depends on this
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-01-11 11:00  

#6  No royalist I, but the Queen is quite the individual. She is in a position thrust upon her father and subsequently her and has demonstrated enormous devotion to duty over a hyper visible life. To this day she gets a daily briefing from the PM, something she has done since well before my birth.
Posted by: Cesare   2020-01-11 08:41  

#5  Surprised? What has been surprising is that the late old Queen Mum and Elizabeth have been the sane ones in a inbred sea of crazy aristocracy. They are the exception to the rule, not the standard.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-01-11 07:01  

#4  #2 Why? IMO, having a separate titular head of state frees the PM to focus on being chief executive?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-01-11 06:31  

#3  [twiddles thumbs, grins sheepishly]
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-01-11 06:27  

#2  Anything that devalues the concept of monarchy, I'm in favor of it. That said, I agree with DJT wholeheartedly, Queen Elizabeth deserves better.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-01-11 06:16  

#1  
Cut it out, Dron66046.
Besides it's not like they'll stop taking the allowance, the security or the titles. All they're doing is publicly burning a 'white privilege card' to join the global woke cult, maybe launch Meghan's fashion line and film career. Now Harry can be known for 'the great man that he is, not because of some crown his family gave him.' Yeah, that's probably how the conversation went. Anyway, ZFG for British royalty.
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-01-11 05:53  

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