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Thread #169506 Message #4097548
Posted By: Allan Conn
14-Mar-21 - 03:01 AM
Thread Name: BS: OPRAH with Meghan & Harry
Subject: RE: BS: OPRAH with Meghan & Harry
The idea though that a scaled down Royal Family is new (happening only since Andrew has been involved in a scandal or since Meghan came on the scene) doesn't hold water. Andrew was claiming 9 years ago that the idea Charles had of making the monarchy a more scaled down modern monarchy was pushing both himself and his daughters to the fringes! Re the Mail article below from 2012 which clearly says Charles was intent on reducing the role of all except the main players.
Plus on Edward's wedding over 20yrs ago the palace released a statement saying Edward would not be a Duke (which was protocol up until then) but instead just an Earl until Prince Philip dies, and that his children would not be awarded the HRH title prince or princess. They were the first of the male line in 100 years not to be awarded it. It says though Edward and Sophie agreed to it the decision was the Queen's. Agreeing to it and going along with it is not necessarily the same as volunteering for it.
Plus the 1917 Letter Patent is not written in stone and is already changed. The Queen issued a new Letter Patent in 2012 stating that all the children of the heir to the throne's first born would have the HRH title. This was in response to the change in law which stated that if the first born was female they would still be heir as they are the eldest. That is why the Cambridge's children are all HRH as shown in the second link from 2018 which again at the end of the article states Charles wanted a smaller amount of tax funded royals performing royal duties.
That was just from quick google searches I am sure there is much more out there!