Ploughing One's Own Furrows

So Harry and Meghan have told 4 newspapers that they are severing any contact with them. Can't blame them one bit.

In no way am I a royalist, but I do have respect for the Queen; you can admire the manner in which someone performs their job while simultaneously not having much regard for the business model itself. The monarchy is an anachronism whereby birth gives advantage and privilege and, as such, is the ultimate in nepotism - a feudal relic having little place in the modern world of meritocracy.

Harry and Meghan have done what thousands of Brits do every year and millions have done over the years - move abroad. Many do this for job prospects and plenty of retired people do it to be nearer their children and grandchildren. I wonder whether the Queen or Prince Charles will now move to the Americas. Given their positions within a fixed, archaic firmament, that's a luxury not afforded to them, but you or I could do it at any time - not that Trump's America holds any attractions for me.

Harry's job prospects, as 6th in line to the throne, are severely limited within the feudal system - unless a bit of Kind Hearts and Coronets were to take place. Gone are the days when a princeling from a German line would be asked to become king of a new country. From my perspective, I wish Harry and Meghan well and bear them no malice whatsoever for wanting to escape from the predations of the gutter press and the strictures of an unenviable life in a goldfish bowl. They are, at least, attempting to plough their own furrow.

They are accused by some sections of the press for being self-publicists, but what the press seem incapable of realising is that it's their prurient actions that keep them in the press.