{"id":4543,"date":"2018-05-20T05:10:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T05:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2018-05-20T20:54:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T20:54:14","slug":"harry-and-meghan-establishment-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/harry-and-meghan-establishment-bliss\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry And Meghan Establishment Bliss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Harry<\/a>
\nNothing has secured the fate of the Royal Establishment like the wedding of Harry and Meghan, the Rock Star Royals<\/a>. \u00a0I do like the couple, what\u2019s not to like?\u00a0 But I am a Republican and would do away with the Royal Family, like most of Europe.\u00a0But the royals keep rebranding and making themselves relevant.\u00a0 And it almost sounds mean to say that one wants to be rid of Princess Diana\u2019s children.\u00a0But as much as I do want to see the undemocratic constitutional monarchy and its privilege gone, Harry and Meghan have pushed any such debate way into the future.\u00a0 Their wedding has caused a sensation that in the word of Keats \u2018O for a life<\/strong>\u00a0of Sensations\u00a0rather than of Thoughts\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0annual Sovereign Grant<\/a><\/strong> paid directly by the Treasury and therefore the taxpayer is \u00a382m for this year. \u00a0In the absence of data, the wedding is estimated to cost the taxpayer a further \u00a332 million<\/a>. \u00a0So, in the age of austerity, with the cloud of penury, it seems the only luxuries the nation can afford is for Royals.\u00a0 Never mind education, housing or the NHS.\u00a0 And Harry and Meghan\u2019s wedding has sealed closed any anti-royal debate.<\/p>\n

Privilege, Class Harry and Meghan<\/span><\/h2>\n

Britain is not a meritocracy.\u00a0 It is run by a privileged few and the revolving door between Downing Street and the privileged few is all too clear.\u00a0 And Royal patronage is at the centre of it all.\u00a0 But Harry and Meghan\u2019s wedding has even stifled the class debate.\u00a0 Meghan is a self-made woman raised by a single Black mum.\u00a0The media would have you believe that Meghan\u2019s Black ancestors rose up from slavery as if slavery was a choice and not an imposed condition.\u00a0 Black people could have achieved much more much faster but there are some rather large racist and classist intuitions standing in our way.<\/p>\n

So, the marriage, and I do believe it is for love, of Harry to Meghan plays to the illusion that the Royal Establishment is changing.\u00a0 No, it\u2019s not.\u00a0 It is unlikely that Harry will ever be King so he has more leeway with whom he can marry and have children.<\/p>\n

The Black Factor<\/span><\/h2>\n

By American standards<\/a>, if not her own, Meghan is considered to be Black or Biracial. Along with her university education and feminist principles a bride such a Meghan is seen as the Royal family evolving.\u00a0 What rot!\u00a0 It is evidence of a family way behind the times and out of touch with modernity.\u00a0 Mix marriages, with educated feminists, is old hat.\u00a0 I think it is embarrassing that the Establishment is only now catching up!<\/p>\n

The white congregation at Harry and Meghan\u2019s wedding were shocked at the sermon delivered by African American Bishop Michael Curry. Clearly, they had no understanding or experience of Black preachers. \u00a0And it is the subject of one of my favourite royal weeding tweets; Prince Phillip Remembers Bishop Curry (below at the end of the blog). \u00a0At times, I thought the TV coverage of his sermon mocking.<\/p>\n

\"Harry<\/a><\/p>\n

Harry And Meghan Establishment Bliss<\/span><\/h2>\n

Harry and Meghan’s romance has been sold as hope, and as a unifying factor for our broken nation.\u00a0It\u2019s certainly been a distraction.\u00a0However, the wall to wall coverage of Harry and Meghan\u2019s relationship has served the Establishment by shoring up the monarchy position in terms of its legitimacy and connections with their subjects.\u00a0 So, we\u2019ll be tugging our forelocks for decades to come.<\/p>\n

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