Harry and Meghan’s Megxit deal got the queen’s seal today. Her Majesty announced terms to enable them to withdraw from royal duties.
The terms are stern. But they are as punitive as I recommended.
Megxit deal gets queen’s seal
Of course, scandal forced Andrew to withdraw from royal duties too. It stems from his unforgivable involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein child sex ring. A long list of charities fired him as patron. Yet the queen made a public show of forgiving him.
Forgiving Andrew telegraphed her intent to show Harry and Meghan leniency. Sure enough, the queen stressed that they would remain beloved members of her family. Indeed, she seemed eager to gloss over lingering strains.
Frankly, the queen announcing the Megxit deal comes across like Prince Charles announcing his engagement to Diana. Recall that he insisted he was in love with her. But then he famously added … “whatever in love means.”
The queen insists she is “particularly proud of how Meghan has so quickly become one of the family.” But she’s sealing a deal for Meghan to run off to America.
The BBC reported the main points of their Megxit deal as follows:
Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties, Buckingham Palace has announced. …
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to repay £2.4m of taxpayer money for the refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage, which will remain their UK family home.
Prince William on Megxit
“The Parable of the Prodigal Son” comes to mind. It’s about the younger son who turned his back on his family. And how the father bent over backward to appease that son when he returned. Because the queen is already bending over backward to appease Harry should he decide to return.
The following is a quote from that parable. It features the father speaking to his older son. Which might help you understand the queen’s thinking…and William’s dutiful silence:
You are ever with me, and all that I have is yours, but thy younger brother was lost and now he is found.
(Luke 15:32 NIV)
William claims he has always looked out for Harry. And that he wishes him well. But I doubt King William will be so forgiving. It behooves the prodigal Harry to beware of this. Indeed, the way the queen’s father, George VI, ostracized his brother, Edward VIII, is instructive.
I, for one, would not blame William if he ostracized Harry for the rest of their lives.
So let it be written, so let it be done!