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noregrets2022 t1_iu01c6s wrote

Guys from the US, could you tell me what is the general opinion of Harkle couple? They have very low ratings here in the UK. For somebody who is an insider of a Royal Family and knows that reputation for them is of utmost importance, he behaves in a completely inappropriate manner giving all these interviews and writing memoirs. I personally consider this a betrayal of trust and disgraceful. Can't even imagine Prince William and Katherine doing anything of this kind.

Are there many H&M fans in the the US?

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peppermintvalet t1_iu02opz wrote

People who care about the mythology of the royal family don't like them or are neutral.

People who think it's a retrograde institution that shouldn't exist either are neutral or appreciate that they're being honest about what they've experienced.

People who only cared about Diana are either neutral for William's sake or rooting for the whole thing to come crashing down.

People who like drama find it hilarious that the firm is unable to control them.

Most people don't give a shit.

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noregrets2022 t1_iu04e49 wrote

I bet there will be plenty of people buying the memoir. We'll see how many do give a sh*t. I suspect, quite a few but hope not.

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peppermintvalet t1_iu052fn wrote

The US is huge and it doesn't take that many books sold to get on the bestseller list. Something like 5-10,000 to get on the NYT bestseller list. For amazon, it's less than 5000 upon release. In a country of over 200 million adults, that's peanuts. And Americans in general don't read many books lol.

If people do buy it it will be for the drama I expect.

Edit: the best selling book this year, Verity, has sold 3 million copies. Which sounds like a lot until you remember the 200 million adults in the country. Only 1.5% of the country bought it, less depending on how many of those sales were international. There is no real "cultural zeitgeist" in the US for books anymore.

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lolbojack t1_iu03h4z wrote

As an American, they are like low level celebrities. A few people are interested, but most don't care anything about the royal family. Still bitter about Dianna maybe.

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MyCatThinksImNeat t1_iu028w2 wrote

My personal xp in the US is polarized. We had people who knew essentially nothing about the Royal Family and just go "oH eM gEe! RoYaLtEeEeEe!!!1!" And follow all the news surrounding them, because when your life is so boring and revolves around gossip, the ROYAL gossip is the best kind right?

And the other half was "Oh yeah. Royalty. Neat. Anyway..."

There's no in between, from a personal standpoint.

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[deleted] t1_iu09w0k wrote

Hmm.. not exactly very popular probably because Royals are mainly a British thing. Second, Meghan isn't exactly an A list celebrity so the buzz isn't the same as for instance compared to Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial.

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KingOffRoad t1_iu0ojvx wrote

I can't imagine having an opinion one way or another about the rich grandkids of a dead racist tbh.

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noregrets2022 t1_iu1azrg wrote

Sounds like a negative opinion.

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KingOffRoad t1_iu1bmnv wrote

If you really want an opinion then fine, I definitely think they're better than ol Lizzie was. At least they never secretly changed the equal opportunity employment laws to specifically discriminate against people of color like she did. Nor did they campaign against a woman's right to get divorced like she did.

I'm not sure why you're up and down this thread trying to trash them. If you think they're an embarrassment or whatever, maybe you should focus on your prime ministers instead.

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noregrets2022 t1_iu3ffua wrote

>At least they never secretly changed the equal opportunity employment laws to specifically discriminate against people of color like she did.

She could possibly do it even if she wanted, LOL. We have constitutional monarchy in the UK. Look up what it means.

I am up and down the thread because I want to. Certainly don't need you telling me on whom to focus instead of trash-talking about people in other countries. Focus on your senile president instead. The most powerful man in the world, my a*s. Forgetting names and falling over all the time. But, maybe, he's just right for you. After all, you voted him in ))) It makes one wonder...

Some Hollywood celebrity for president next time! At least, they will be presentable on public. Brain doesn't matter. Regan was senile his last years of presidency, Biden is senile - no problem.)))

You're welcome to it all. You were asking for it and I had to oblige. Don't think I'll have any more time for you, though. Hope it's ok.

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AlunWeaver t1_iu03dm5 wrote

My mother clearly thinks little of him but is not going to say anything negative about any of Diana's children.

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