6 Strict Rules the Royal Family (and Now Meghan Markle) Must Follow

Please do post randomly about Harry and Meghan when it’s educational or a sweet moment. We don’t need a play by play of her daily life. Although an article about her life will change in little ways would be interesting. How they shop, drive, take classes, walk the dog, etc

I’m just curious how they enforce these rules. I personally can’t imagine putting much stock in it whether I married in or was born in. I get following a dress code to some degree but micromanaging sitting position? Yeah right.

Pictures of Diana with her boys always make me so sad. Someone said once the best thing you can do for your children is to stay alive. So true. I think about that every time I see these old pictures.

The man in the picture of Diana with the two princes with striped shirts is the (former) king of Spain.

Actually the Queen (of the United Kingdom, not just England as I hear so often from Americans!) isn’t prohibited from voting by law, though it is considered unconstitutional.

As an Australian, I am not a fan of the fact that some random old lady in England is our head of state. Monarchies are outdated. As for ‘love stories in these hard times’ I much prefer stories on CoJ like the lovely couple who still eat dinner by the river and stories from commenters about their families. So lovely and authentic.

I’m slightly giddy about this royal wedding. Especially as a fellow 36 year old Los Angeles gal who attended an all girls catholic school…and ended up meeting and marrying a Brit.
I don’t see how Meghan is giving up so much. Every relationship has sacrifices and gains. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter where you reside or what is listed as your occupation…when you find your person, you work as partners through all aspects of life to support each other. But saying that, I don’t think living in a cottage at Kensington Palace and getting to do charitable work you are passionate about alongside your partner is giving up much ;) She seems like a strong person who will be a positive force amongst the modern monarchy. Excited to see it all play out.

Well, I guess we wouldn’t get “tech” neck wrinkles that way.

I’m Canadian and while we’re part of the commonwealth, I haven’t really noticed how it affects us besides the woman on our coins and proudly spelling colour with a ‘U’ and confusing Americans by spelling my name with a ‘zed’ instead of a ‘zee’. I have read that “According to Buckingham Palace, sustaining the royal family costs Britons 53 pence, or about 81 cents, per person, per year” in taxes – I voluntarily pay MUCH more than that per year in cable costs and movie passes to be entertained by people who arguably do very little in comparison to the British royal family in terms of supporting humanitarian rights, and as we’re finding out some of the people who benefit from my movie-going are truly atrocious. Even if they did nothing else but look fantastic (fantasy-like) while having babies and getting married, I’d gladly pay a dollar a year to continue to be entertained by royalty! But I have great respect and a soft spot in my heart for Prince Harry and the work he does with his foundation in Lesotho.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/is-the-british-royal-family-worth-the-money/278052/

http://sentebale.org/ (The prince’s foundation)

Aw! Love this!

The engagement ring includes two smaller diamonds from Diana’s personal collection, according to a statement from Kensington Palace.

This is really interesting:

From CNN:

The last royal wedding involving a divorcee was a civil ceremony rather than a church marriage. Harry’s father, Prince Charles, married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 in a town hall in Windsor.

The then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, agreed the arrangements were “consistent with Church of England guidelines concerning remarriage.”

The Church of England nevertheless allows the remarriage of divorced people “in exceptional circumstances.”

Rules state that divorcees must be asked a series of questions designed to ensure “past hurts” have been healed and mistakes learned from.

I was initially very thrilled to see a woman of color marrying into the Royal family, but then I saw their interview and realized that she has to quit acting. That she had to leave one of her dogs. I have a close friend who is an actor and actors/musicians/artists don’t just do this for a living — it’s a huge part of their identity. Also, I have friends that are dog lovers — they see their dogs as their kids. She’s leaving all that behind. Not to mention that her mother is in California — that time difference alone will be hard. , She was also socially active and discussed Trump, Brexit, Trayvon Martin, etc. – and now she cannot vote, must remain neutral and cannot publicly participate in politics. Her life will be vastly different. If Catherine did not marry will, I would argue that her life would not be that different. Meghan? She would have continued to be fabulous. I wish them the best and hope that love is enough.

Lastly, the comment above who wrote that an American Black woman will have to curtsy to a family that colonized half the world, really struck me.

I still have trouble with the whole bowing/curtsying thing and from-birth nobility titles. While I’m very interested in the upcoming royal wedding, it feels wrong to me that anyone should be literally higher class (including all non-famous Earls, Dukes, etc.), or a black American woman having to curtsy to an institution that colonized half the world.

You can see those boys were Priness Diana’s babies, royal or not and she enjoyed being a “Mommi” to them. I believe they were her comfort and joy and it showed.

Listen here CoJ, you better keep all of this coming, our SF office is obsessed with MM and we are even planning a tea party for them (her). So just do yourselves a favor and post about the royal family once a week from here on out ok?! lol

This is so cool! I had no idea.

http://objectsicantafford.com

I’m once again reminded that Diana had such style!! It wasn’t necessarily what I would wear (like, ever – the red ensemble alone makes me shiver thinking how I would never put that on, hehe), but it suit her so well and she really knew how to dress.
I’m psyched for the wedding! Funny story: when prince William was getting married, I was studying in Brussels and my roommate and I took the day off and drunk champagne (a rather cheap one, unfortunately) while watching the transmission on the TV and commenting everything on Facebook! It stuck in my mind because it was such a simple thing to do but we really had fun!!

Lady Di was so beautiful and such a lovely person :'(

Oh, interesting, and definitely not for me! Give me allll the garlic, haha.

Question: Why would you ever leave a bite of food on your plate? My (Italian) family had a saying when it came to food: “Take all you want; eat all you take!” To this day, I clean my plate (or pack up the leftovers!) Throwing away food doesn’t make sense to me.

I was so excited for the last royal wedding but felt FOMO I wasn’t British! I’m EVEN MORE excited for this wedding since Meghan is American and I feel somewhat connected!!

“Never turn your back on the Queen” would be a rad tagline for a dystopian YA novel.

Fascinating!! Can you explain leaving one bite for Mr. Manners? I always strictly had to finish everything on my plate, but this sounds like a much less weight-inducing habit! Haha!

I am so happy for the royal couple! I haven’t been able to read or watch enough of them. So nice to see them so in love, and to see Harry adoring such a strong woman!

I love this union but have also been thinking how oppressive it must feel to go from living as a normal (if famous) citizen in the US to living as a British Royal. She’s quitting acting, leaving the States, moving into Harry’s 2 bedroom apartment on the palace grounds?? It feels like she’s giving up so much! Romantic, but perhaps archaic as well? I hope they bring some modern updates to the family.

I’d do alright except for the lack of potatoes, post, and garlic. And the not voting bit!

Though I might have to practice up on my duchess slant….

I am over the moon with the two of them…I wish them all the luck in the world …

I am so happy for Harry & his lovely bride to be, but it’s always bittersweet because I grew up watching his mother all her years as a royal and her absence is just so hugley felt. But seeing her two sons happy is a comfort.

I am a Brit living in Britain and a) I have never heard of the table manners you quote, Joanna; b) I am quite angry that Meghan Markle just gets to bypass all the requirements normal folk have to meet to become British citizens. It is getting increasingly difficult and there are stories in the press every day about families the Home Office has split up by denying visas, residency rights etc.

I bloody love the royal family. I get that people don’t like the monarchy, that they use taxpayers dollars etc, but seriously – in this day and age where 99% of the news is negative and makes you fear the world, hearing about a happy couple and their upcoming wedding is just what I need. AND she’s an amazing role model who I’m sure will do great things with her newfound role!

I am so very happy for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Many happy years. God Bless.