I joked to my mother that it's probably Andrew because of the people he associated with. But I'm sure many are assuming it's Phillip, which if not true is unfair to him. A lot of people are assuming it's the whole family.

Every time I see them I get the feeling what they say is not the whole truth, Some of it may have a kernel of truth, but I'm highly skeptical of a lot of what they say. If you want to do an interview to set the record straight, why pussyfoot around what you want to say? Are they waiting to do part 2 and make more alligations stay relevant?

I get their beef with the tabloids, but that's about it.

I don’t understand every nuance of the monarchy but it seems much of their reticence comes from the desire of their people to have respect for them and their charity work. That can’t happen if all their private interactions and squabbles are aired in public.  Every family has disagreements.  In the U.S., we are used to that but in their realm, it doesn’t happen as much.  I wish we had a little more respect for privacy.  

As we discussed over PM, I think she came across highly naive when she claimed she had no idea how bad it would be with the British Press and the public duties of the Royals, that's absurd and Piers Morgan was right to question her on the validity of that, but it's not really for us to say how she felt in terms of her mental health, one almost wishes Diana were still alive to hear her comments on how her mental health was affected at the time.  

Didn’t anyone tell her what she was marrying into?  No one from England?  We can’t possibly understand from here, but surely Harry knew.  He had already had a bad breakup when a previous girlfriend told him she could not tolerate being part of the royal family.  He had to know hiding it from Meghan would end badly. We tend to think she orchestrated all this, but what if he did?  If so, why did he look and sound so unsettled in the interview?  

I fully believe her mental health issues.  She probably was stressed to the extreme, couldn’t trust anyone and was not sleeping, which she mentioned in the interview. Harry may have spoken about his mother’s mental health bu he was very young when Diana died, so anything he remembers now is more anecdotal.

This is the possible motivation for the interview. Money and a huge Netflix deal.  When they said they watched some of The Crown, that wasn’t an idle question from Oprah. It may have been the crux of the whole interview.

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They do seem highly preoccupied with making a lot of money, that much is clear.

They have all those high expenses. 24/7 security which they mentioned a lot in the interview.  A $10 million mansion. No visible means of support anymore, except the vague Netflix project and speaking fees.   I bet you wouldn’t mind a cushy Netflix deal for your films.

I didn’t mention why I asked you about the interview, in case anyone was curious but too polite to ask. It was because you have more knowledge of the Royals than I do, which I mentioned in the PM.

I would say generally most Canadians have little interest in British Crown affairs, beyond the salaciousness of it, being a Commonwealth Nation doesn't carry the weight it once did.

I see. They have no say over anything in your country?

Technically and in terms of tradition they do, the Queen guarantees our civil rights as Canadians are subjects not citizens, again that's technically, basically the Governor General (Queen's rep for the Federal Government) and Lieutenant Governor's (Queen's rep to the Provinces) rubber stamp any and all legislation, it's not really their job to interfere and if they do any of it can be countermanded by the Prime Minister due to laws set out in the British North America Act. They exist solely to fulfill a tradition, nothing more.