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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2021-03-26 05:50 pm

[ SECRET POST #5194 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5194 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2021-03-27 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
If you look at Charles' youngest brother's kids, that might be an indication about what title plans going forward for the descendants of a monarch's younger children. Allegedly, Prince Edward and his wife asked for their kids to be styled as the children of an earl rather than using their royal titles (which they still legally have, they just don't use them) because they wanted them to have more privacy and grow up as normal as possible--which imo works partially because a) no one really cares about Edward but also because he and Sophie do a really good job of keeping their children out of the spotlight. It's always been no secret that Charles wants to cut back on the size of the family once the Kents and Gloucesters pass away. A lot of people speculate that he will issue another Letters Patent and restrict titles to just the monarch's children and the heir's children and grandchildren in direct line. However, this is moot as long as the 1917 Letters Patent is still in place. The moment the queen dies and Charles becomes king, Archie and his sister will immediately be legally entitled to be a prince and princess.

(Anonymous) 2021-03-27 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
That's a good example, especially because Sophie, Countess of Wessex, is a commoner like Meghan Markle. I don't blame most Americans for not knowing this, but the royals have been cutting back on who gets titles and salaries and benefits of being a royal, and they've been doing it long before Meghan came along. It's very clearly part of the overall plan to streamline the monarchy and how the royals interact with the public.

But a lot of people aren't really aware of the nuances, so when a sympathetic figure like Meghan Markle tries to spin it as racist bullying, they fall for it hook, line and sinker. Even if she'd gone into the situation ignorant (which would've been understandable), there's no way she wasn't acquainted with the rules and how things work when she and Harry got serious, and then got pregnant. That's why I'm slightly wary that she's acting like she doesn't know, nobody told her (!!) and assigning racist motives for why her kids won't automatically get titles upon birth.