Harry and Meg’s mixed messages
A COUPLE of years ago, I came across a marvellous career opportunity: great money, a fabulous job title and masses of perks. Naturally, as a savvy woman with loads of work and life experience, I scrutinised the job description carefully for any snags before submitting my application. At the interview, I wowed the panel with my mission statement and ambition to be a global ambassador for the disadvantaged. On my appointment, I was told I would be a great asset to the firm and they welcomed a new approach. Together with my new husband, I moved into a quaint cottage provided rent-free and newly refurbished to a high specification. Months into my new role, I was pregnant, but I didn’t allow this to affect the world travel my job entailed. I took only a few months’ maternity leave so no one could complain when I jetted off for breaks with my husband and child. It is important to strike the right work/life balance. Twenty months into my new career, and on my return from a seven-week break, I announced to my colleagues that I’d be going part-time with immediate effect because I plan to live abroad for half of the year. Sadly, I won’t be able to cover some of the duties on my job description but will be available for foreign tours. I look forward to retaining the same pay and my fabulous job title. I just can’t understand why my colleagues and employer are not happy for me.
CAROL CONLEY, Basildon, Essex.
IT IS sad and disappointing that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continue to be subjected to vitriol, triggered by her being American, mixed race and a divorcee. We need to remember Harry had a hard time in his childhood with a father who was unfaithful and a mother who died when he was 12. It must have affected him emotionally and psychologically. Yes, he made mistakes growing up, but who hasn’t? He clearly was unhappy with the strictures of royalty and carved out his own niche in life as a soldier and with his work in Africa. Both Harry and Meghan should be commended for having the courage of
WE ARE told losing his mother at such a young age left Harry in a delicate state of mind, so he needs a wife who will take his feelings into consideration. However, most of us have lost a loved one and have had to continue with dayto-day life. Princess Diana would have wanted her beloved sons to move on or use the experience for the good. She would have supported changing the Royal Family from within to bring it up to date. Don’t forget how opening her heart in a TV interview turned out for Diana. If Harry throws his toys out of the pram and goes public, any last vestige of respect will be lost. Harry and Meghan keep on about privacy, but then splash everything all over Instagram. What mixed messages. They are part of a ‘woke’ generation who don’t consider others or how any decisions they make will affect their family. They are rich, but want to drain the bank of Grandmother and Dad. They want independence, but still need taxpayers’ cash. We have paid a lot for their lifestyle, but see nothing of Archie. However, when they go abroad, they show him off to all and sundry. I don’t think they know what they want. If the monarchy needs changing, do it slowly and correctly. Don’t cut and run as soon as the going gets tough. I wish Harry and Meghan the best in what they decide to do, but they can’t have their cake and eat it.
MRS T. NEWMAN, Gloucester. their convictions to want to live their own lives in their own way. I, for one, wish them well.
R. H. E. PAUL, Nottingham.