There is no happy medium between Team A and Team B. Dear readers, you can decide for yourself who belongs to Team A and who belongs to Team B.
Fans of each Team and their followers have become keyboard warriors, vilifying each other. Suppose someone with an association or a connection to Team A mentions something about Team B. In that case, they pounce immediately with comments that the other Team is lying, even if the statements are factual. The same applies to someone from Team B making statements about Team A.
It never ends. The fans (and most are fan girls, although there are male posters, as well) of both teams cannot give up their vitriolic finger play because they cannot accept that a statement from the opposing Team might be true.
Both Teams make up stories about the other Team. There are days when I ask for three verified sources about a particular statement. Silence. Reading something on Twitter (X) or TikTok is not a verified source, sweetie. It's not. Do better. Use your critical thinking skills, not your monthly hormones to write your posts.
However, these accounts do not care if something is true. Their goal is to make money by spewing vitriol and lies. Facts do not matter to them. Both Teams have a percentage of these "fans." Neither Team deserves hate, ignorance, or conspiracy theories such as surrogate pregnancies. Their hate is further fueled by writers whose only "expertise" is making up stories without basis or facts.
Social media accounts for the fans of Team A and Team B spend hours each day trying to outdo each other with sometimes ludicrous and fiction-like content. Some accounts, on both sides, profit from their hatred for the opposing team, which I find disgusting. It is even more despicable when the followers of these hate accounts -- for both Teams -- share and respond to the original post, even if it is not factual. Their hatred for a Team Member is so intense that they do not care if the tweet or post they are sharing is true or false. Imagine doing the same thing about a family member!
The agendas for both Teams are the same: what the other side says is always a lie. We need to accept the fact that the Team A and Team B fan girls do not want to hear a single negative comment about their Teams, even if the comment is valid.
Not all fans of Team A and Team B fall into this category. Both Teams also have supporters who stay in their own lanes and avoid the other Team. This group prefers to focus inward, on their own Team, emphasizing the positives, successes, joys, and fashion, while avoiding the negativity from the other Team. This is the right thing to do.
The majority of fans and supporters are not interested in the intricacies of royal life, its history, the latest books, or events that occurred 50 years ago. Their focus is immediate: Team A and Team B, along with their families.
Both sides spread misinformation and disinformation. Often. Without RESEARCH. I am a retired academic reference librarian, and I often told my students that Google is a search engine, not a research engine.
No, the King cannot remove a Team member's title. Only Parliament can do that ... and guess what: there is no support in Parliament to have another Titles Deprivation Act.
Fact: There are no traitors on Team A or Team B. You may not like what a Team member has said or done, but ... whatever they say or do does not affect your life ... unless you are monetizing your hate for a Team member. Don't make money off hate. Focus on your Team. Ignore the other Team. You will not believe anything from the other Team, even if it is true, so focus on your likes, not your dislikes.
Stay in your lane!
This leads me to several recent discussions on social media.
Harry will not be in his father's will. This is not because of the distant relationship. It is because King Charles III will leave everything to his successor, his elder son, William, the Prince of Wales. It is done for tax purposes.
Nor will Queen Camilla be in her husband's will. He will have made provisions for her, his children, and his grandchildren. This is done through Trust Funds. It is understood that members of the Royal Family, especially those who are not in direct line to the throne. Harry has several trust funds, most notably from his mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who endowed a Trust Fund for her great-grandchildren. Harry's portion was more than William's because the Queen Mother knew that William would inherit from other sources.
It can be assumed that the late Queen Elizabeth II established Trust Funds for her younger children, her grandchildren, and perhaps even her great-grandchildren, similar to what her mother created for her great-grandchildren. King Charles has likely set aside money for his younger son and his grandchildren, especially Charlotte, Louis, Archie, and Lilibet.
It is entirely possible that the late King George VI set up a trust for his grandchildren.
These Trust Funds are designed to provide income for the recipients and, perhaps, their descendants. Access is not immediate, possibly not until age 30, with access to the interest. Trust Funds, I am told, provide income for the recipient's life. This is what I am told. I do not have a Trust Fund.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their children should be invited by the King to Balmoral this summer. A week together. Harry cannot lament about the lack of security because Balmoral is in the middle of nowhere -I mean, the Scottish Highlands.
It is not easy to get to Balmoral. The closest airport is Aberdeen. A car will be waiting for the Sussex family at the airport. The drive will take at least an hour to Balmoral. Been there, done that.
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The last day for the public to visit is August 10th. The Castle (only the ballroom is open) and the grounds will be closed starting August 11 when the King and Queen are in residence. The breathtaking landscape and scenery can offer space for honest conversations. There are several nice restaurants in Ballater and Braemar, especially the Fife Arms, which was formerly the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Fife. The Duchess was HRH the Princess Louise, eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
The hotel is owned by Swiss art dealers Iwan and Manuela Wirth, co-founders of the Hauser & Wirth Gallery. Harry's cousin, Princess Eugenie, is an art director with the art gallery.
I am sure Harry and Meghan would enjoy dinner at the Fife Arms. There are not many places where you can dine with stags and two Picassos.
No security worries, as well, because there is security everywhere in the area when the royals are present.
Queen Victoria loved Balmoral. In 1875, she said: “It was so calm and solitary, it did one good as one gazed around; and the pure mountain air was most refreshing.
