Harry and Meghan must pay their own way
Re Come on over, young royals, Editorial, Jan. 12 Canadians must not finance security for Harry and Meghan. Given that they are only using Canada as a springboard into the U.S., when Donald Trump is no longer president, they will have no true commitment to this country. Our tax dollars can be put to much better use than providing millions to keep a megawealthy, indulged millennial family safe. I have no problem with them coming to live here, but like all other newcomers, they must finance their own lifestyle. Karen Saltz, Thornhill
Your editorial suggests that welcoming Harry and Meghan to live here would be just what this country needs. That seems to be at odds with how most Canadians feel about this issue. A recent Angus Reid poll indicates that 73 per cent of Canadians are opposed to paying for the security costs of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
This young royal couple will try to have it both ways by arranging to perform a few royal duties to justify covering their round-the-clock security costs, while hiding behind a veil of living as private citizens. The estimated $1.7 million annual cost to taxpayers is not what this country needs. Robert Ariano, Scarborough Re Meghan and Harry got out while they still could, DiManno, Jan. 11
Rosie DiManno supports Meghan and
Harry’s decision to partially separate from the Royal Family. She cited the cruel treatment by the press: “She could not have anticipated the venom directed at her, just for being Meghan, every gesture and comment dissected by media scrutiny.”
Yet DiManno then provides a particularly cruel description of her own about William and Kate: “The future king and his prim, fastidious stick insect wife seem better suited to their roles, which at least are clearly defined.”
DiManno is demonstrating the very thing she rails at. What’s most offensive is the reduction of Kate to “a fastidious insect wife.” I can’t believe she didn’t see the hypocrisy in her writing. Jim Corston, Toronto