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Harry and Meghan: please wait…

10 Friday Jan 2020

Posted by michelinewalker in The Royals

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Abdication, Archie, Consequences, Harry, Meghan, News

Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/962242/Meghan-Markle-and-Prince-Harry-wedding-pictures-Meghan-and-Harry-wedding-best-photos

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At the end of an earlier post, I wrote that I would not discuss the Royals again.  I realised that there were very few reliable sources of information.

However, I am saddened by the latest and real news of Harry’s possible “abdication.”  I know that commentators, tabloids and social media have not been kind to Meghan, on the contrary, but abdication could be a mistake. It may be judicious on the part of the Royal family, as a whole, to seek greater privacy and fewer engagements. Such matters can be negotiated. Harry and Meghan have taken legal action, but they have acted as individual members of the Royal family. Moreover, it may be harmful for members of the Royal family to continue to “tell all” publicly. A “tell all” may be considered an invitation to the scrutiny they wish to avoid.  

The Consequences

It seems Meghan is homesick. She has friends in Canada and the United States. But are they true friends? Meghan is a duchess. But it is not impossible to have excellent friends in Britain. There are very good people in Britain. I miss my former community, little Antigonish, Nova Scotia. I left listening to the worst possible advice, and there have been sad consequences. But I have long forgiven everyone and I live comfortably in a lovely apartment.

Frogmore, etc.

I should add that, although Frogmore is called a cottage, it is a mansion compared to the homes most people live in. Some people do not have a roof over their head. It could be that Harry is extremely rich. If not, is it realistic, on his part and on Meghan’s, to believe they can earn the amount of money that affords them Frogmore Cottage, a staff, good food, designer clothes for Meghan, excellent cars, and expensive holidays on the West Coast of Vancouver Island or elsewhere, etc. 

My worst fear is that, on a dark day, former and beloved Prince Harry may think that he has made a mistake, and blame Meghan. Does she want to take that risk, and does he want to be fighting for custody of their son? Archie is a Royal.

The Paparazzi

The tabloids are the very devil and so are the paparazzi. I am told paparazzi were pursuing the limousine that crashed in 1997, taking three lives, including Harry’s mother. However, I am also told that the driver was speeding away and that some, perhaps all, passengers had not buckled up.

Therefore, my advice to Harry and Meghan would be to slow down and buckle up. Severing some ties with the Palace at this moment may prove necessary, but abdication is a drastic step that can wait.  

Archie did not return to Britain. He was left in Canada after the family’s vacations. Meghan is also in Canada.

Back to Molière…

Love to everyone 💕

I wrote this post yesterday and feared publishing it. But I’m not judging; I am simply advising caution.

 

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Henry Purcell:
Abdelazer Suite: II. Rondeau in D minor (piano version)

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13 Sunday Jan 2013

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Music, United States

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Canada, Frederick A. Verner, If Ye Love Me, National Rifle Association, News, Renaissance English Music, Thomas Tallis, United States

Landscape, by Frederick Arthur Verner

Landscape by Frederick Arthur Verner

Frederick Arthur Verner (Upper Canada, 26 Feb 1836; d at London, Eng 16 May 1928).
“His mellow vision conveyed an image of the Canadian West as a secret garden, an oasis of calm and quiet, rather than the tragic battlefield portrayed by many American painters.” (“Frederick A Verner,” The Canadian Encyclopedia)
 
Photo credit: unknown source
 

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What a week!  It took me two days to write “More on the Second Amendment,” and I could have used a third day.  But, while digging, it occurred to me that members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) were acting in violation of the Second amendment.  The Second amendment is obsolete because the US has long had law-enforcement mechanisms, ie. “a well regulated militia.”[i]  But not only is it obsolete, it is also flawed.

To be clear it should read “a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, [in the absence of a well regulated militia],[ii] the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”  But it does state, unequivocally, that a well-regulated militia is “necessary to the security of a free state.”  Neither the settlers nor the NRA can be considered a well-regulated militia and by advocating a civilian’s right to own and bear firearms, the NRA now jeopardizes “the security of a free state.”

And there is good old-fashioned common sense.  How can anyone shoot someone else without a firearm?  It is the sine qua non of gun shooting.

In interview(s) General Stanley Allen McChrystal stated that the most offensive weapons were the military weapons.  He is absolutely right.  But a rifle or a handgun can also kill.  There have been many gun-deaths since Newtown.  See gun-death tally.

 
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[i]  The U.S. Cavalry was active from 17 November 1775 until 1951.  See US Cavalry in Wikipedia
[ii] Or something to that effect.
 

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composer: Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 23 November 1585 [by the Julian calendar; 3 December 1585, by the Gregorian calendar])
title: “If Ye Love Me” (anthem)
performers: the Cambridge Singers
director: John Rutter (b. 1945)
 
  
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