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Cheers, Prince Harry! But the last time a British royal married an American, it didn't go well.
Washington Post ^ | November 27, 2017 | Michael S. Rosenwald

Posted on 11/27/2017 1:29:12 PM PST by Zakeet

It has been formally announced this 27th day of November in the year 2017 that a British royal - Prince Henry of Wales (known to drinking buddies as Prince Harry) - is marrying an American divorcée.

The last time this happened - in 1936 when King Edward VIII decided to wed American socialite Wallis Simpson — it triggered a crisis inside Windsor Castle.

For one thing, Simpson was about to divorce for the second time. Also, she was from Baltimore.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britishroyal; engagement; mainstreammedia; princeharry; royals; tabloidnews; weddingbells
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To: Zakeet

He looks more like Prince Hairy.


21 posted on 11/27/2017 1:50:18 PM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: Zakeet

Yeah, it isn’t a happy history. The 3d son of the Duke of Marlborough married a Yank and his kid named Winston was nothing but trouble...


22 posted on 11/27/2017 1:55:25 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Zakeet

Edward VIII was openly pro-Nazi. If he had not abdicated, it would likely have meant the end of the monarchy.


23 posted on 11/27/2017 1:55:53 PM PST by iowamark
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To: Red Badger
He is like way down on the list of heirs

Indeed. Barring a serious tragedy (God forbid), Harry will never be King. After Queen Elizabeth, the Line of Succession according to current law is as follows:

- Prince Charles
- Prince William
- Prince George
- Princess Charlotte
- Prince Harry

Once he or she is born, royal baby #3 will fit into the Line between Charlotte and Harry, pushing him down just one more spot (before the 2011 change in the law, royal baby #3 would have been before Charlotte if a boy, and after her if a girl).

24 posted on 11/27/2017 1:59:08 PM PST by GCC Catholic (Trump doesn't suffer fools, but fools will suffer Trump. Make America Great Again!)
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To: Zakeet

Also, she was from Baltimore.

That was probably the main objection.


25 posted on 11/27/2017 2:03:05 PM PST by GoldenPup
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To: GCC Catholic

“He is like way down on the list of heirs
Indeed. Barring a serious tragedy (God forbid), Harry will never be King.”

One little plane crash and she could be queen.


26 posted on 11/27/2017 2:06:18 PM PST by missthethunder
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To: GCC Catholic

That’s why Harry has been such a fun guy, he doesn’t have the entirety of British history on his shoulders. He’s a lot like his uncle was in his youth, Randy Prince Andy................


27 posted on 11/27/2017 2:12:38 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Blue House Sue

This is simply a story about an American woman marrying an Englishman so that she can become a Welfare Princess in London.

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With the Muslims taking over, the Royal family will probably be living in Canada within 10 years. She will live well in Montreal.


28 posted on 11/27/2017 2:17:57 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Billthedrill
"The 3d son of the Duke of Marlborough married a Yank and his kid named Winston was nothing but trouble..."

{:-)

29 posted on 11/27/2017 2:20:19 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: RummyChick

“But the last time a British royal married an American, it didn’t go well.”
That’s really stupid. There is no cause/effect relationship.


30 posted on 11/27/2017 2:21:38 PM PST by I want the USA back (Cynicism may just keep you from going insane in a world that has chosen its own demise.)
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To: Zakeet

I’m sure this marriage will really last a long time. (Sarc)


31 posted on 11/27/2017 2:22:39 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Zakeet

Why would she want to marry this inbred loser?


32 posted on 11/27/2017 2:24:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: I want the USA back

One of her ancestors was a servant for the Monarchy which makes it even more interesting


33 posted on 11/27/2017 2:25:14 PM PST by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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To: metmom

You clearly weren’t reading the article very carefully. Ms. Markle has been married and divorced once.


34 posted on 11/27/2017 2:27:42 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: montag813
Her mom’s brother was a gang member from Compton.

The Compton Kings?

35 posted on 11/27/2017 2:30:05 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: RummyChick

Marrying the help?


36 posted on 11/27/2017 2:41:46 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyonse's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: montag813

her mother looks rough/tough in the photos I have seen..which havent been many

Neither parent is attractive...


37 posted on 11/27/2017 2:45:22 PM PST by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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To: Zakeet

Wallis Simpson must have been able to suck a ping pong ball through a pixie straw. Like this one she wasn’t much to look at either, eh wot?


38 posted on 11/27/2017 2:48:07 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: nickcarraway

Also, why would she want to marry into the world’s most dysfunctional family? I hope she is emotionally tough enough to survive the Windsors and their Firm.


39 posted on 11/27/2017 2:50:32 PM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

The Hanovers.


40 posted on 11/27/2017 2:57:09 PM PST by nickcarraway
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