Comments by "A.J. Hart" (@cobbler88) on ""They'll miss us" Royal expert Arthur Edwards on final Megxit event" video.

  1. There's one fact that seems to be mis-reported consistently in these stories, and I believe it has ripples. Meghan Markle was NOT well-known in the U.S. before she married Harry. If we insist on claiming she was a celebrity, she was of the B- or C-list variety. She was a working actress - not necessarily a prominent one or one of any renown. She was a working actress on a cable TV series. If you're a performer, that's not bad. But it's not as successful as is being portrayed. This is something that, on its face, doesn't really seem that important. After all, she's a celebrity NOW, right? But I think it sort of dovetails with the - in my opinion - equally fanciful belief that the couple is just going to fall into piles of money at every turn in the U.S. She's really only a recognizeable (and not THAT recognizeable here) celebrity because of the royal ties. Those are now diminished, and non-working, never-going-to-rule royals don't exactly get MORE famous as they age and more further toward the shadows. I'm not foolish enough to believe that they're going to be destitute. The Crown will always take care of Harry. But what are they going to be paid to do in the U.S.? Maybe you can squeeze a few high-priced private speaking engagements out of them, but about how many things can either speak authoritatively to a crowd that knows more than they do? Unlike the Clintons, neither has any power so no one's going to be making bogus donations in return for any kind of favors to be paid later. She was not being offered lucrative/big acting roles before, and she's certainly not going to get them now. All I really see is Meghan reaching for a reality show in a few years which the Crown will properly crush. Ultimately I think the two will part in about a half dozen years, she'll take a huge buyout and Harry will return to his duties.
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  2. Observation: As a B-/C-list actress on an American cable TV show for a few years, Meghan is about as likely to land lucrative acting employment as Harry is to take the throne. :)
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  3.  Maya Yeel  But now he's diminished and unable to do anything for anyone.
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  4. He's going to suffer divorce after things don't work out in the U.S. She'll take the buyout she's known was coming since their wedding day and he'll return to his duties, diminished.
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  5.  @1902donna  As they age - and as the former colonies mature - pretty much none of them really hold anyone's interest more than any other sideshow. Harry's demonstrated time and again he's not the boy he's remembered as - at least with his wife. And the media will only be able to use the "he had to walk behind his mother's casket" excuse for him only so much longer. I always liked the kid, but people change.
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  6.  @1902donna  I can't say I necessarily agree, but everyone has his own way of digesting what they see and hear.
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  7.  @rosemariebaber3360  Wouldn't it be "WHO made it through grammar school only with the help of his tutors"? Maybe someone can confirm this, because I'm tired and need to go to bed.
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  8. I've been pointing this out at every turn. Markle was NOT much more than a B- or C-list celebrity here (still isn't, really) before the engagement and wedding. She was an actress on a little-watched cable TV show. Being a working actor is great, but is not going to have the couple rolling around in a big Scrooge McDuck vault of gold coins in the U.S. as is being said. I really don't see any rational avenue for them to make a great deal of money here.
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  9.  @heatherg1706  NOW she is. She wasn't before hooking up with Harry. She was on a USA Network cable show for a few years. No one was holding a spot on the red carpet for her.
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  10.  @yavamontaanansombut5801  I guess you don't know how few people watch scripted cable TV shows.
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  11.  @bg156  But neither of those two were being touted as being able to make money in the private sector, away from royal duties. A B-/C-list actress doesn't usually make bank, especially one who (still) won't be getting any juicy roles moving forward.
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  12. And within a decade she'll take a huge buyout for the divorce and Harry will return to his duties, older and slouching toward anonymity.
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  13. What do you mean? Meghan gave up being a C-list actress on a cable network TV show! :)
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