Quick thoughts about the Sussex Interview

March 08, 2021

 Good morning! It's a work day here and I haven't been able to delve deeply into the Sussex interview with Oprah last night, but here are a few quick thoughts:

  • If we're allowed to have Halloween celebrations this year, lots of couples are going to go dressed as Harry and Meghan. 

Beaten-down redhead in a wrinkled grey suit, crying pregnant (?) woman with heavily-applied eyeliner and a black dress - it's an easy costume that anyone can manage.


  • Talking about how a baby will look as a balance between its parents is a pretty common thing. Speculating on the baby's skin color when you have one biracial parent is also not an unusual thing. (I'm sure there was also some discussion about whether or not the baby would be a redhead.) 

Anyway, the ladies at Lipstick Alley spent a lot of time trying to figure out how "Black" the baby would be. 

Apparently so did Prince Philip. It's easy to imagine him saying something stupid about it. He's 99 years old.


  • It makes no sense to anyone that the baby's skin color should determine his security status. What should determine his security status - and that of his parents - is "Do you live in the UK? Or have you left the UK by choice?" 

No one should expect to be protected indefinitely wherever they choose to live in the world. 

At any rate, do Lady Louise and Viscount Severn have security? They're not at all Black, but they are minor children who are minor Royals, as is "Archie".


  • Charles really got thrown under the bus here, apparently for cutting off his 37-year-old son from an ongoing allowance and expecting him or his wife to work for a living. 

Then Harry goes on about how much he likes Netflix's The Crown, which depicts his father in an unflattering light. 

There's already a lot of sentiment for skipping over Charles when it comes to the line of succession. Will this add to this sentiment?


  • The palace response will have to be a doozy. 

But one response would solve almost all of their problems quickly: confirm that Princess Diana met James Hewitt in or before January 1984.

No more "Prince" Harry, no more Duchess of Sussex, and Archie (if he exists) can just be an ordinary boy.