{"id":4739,"date":"2020-01-18T19:26:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4739"},"modified":"2020-01-18T19:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:26:50","slug":"canadian-newspaper-slams-harry-and-meghan-must-stay-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4739","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Newspaper Slams Harry and Meghan, &#8216;Must Stay Away&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>NOT WELCOME: Canada\u2019s Top Newspaper Says Prince Harry and Meghan Must Stay Away<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4740\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-6.23.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-6.23.54-PM.png 709w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-6.23.54-PM-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Baxter Dmitry<br \/>\nNewsPunch.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada\u2019s largest newspaper has blasted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s plans to live in the famously friendly country, declaring the royals\u2019 plans as \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and \u201ctaboo.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/editorials\/article-harry-and-meghan-and-why-members-of-the-royal-family-cant-live-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In a strongly worded editorial<\/a>,\u00a0<em>The Globe and Mail<\/em>\u00a0says the royal couple\u2019s plan to flee Britain and move to Canada violates laws that keep the once-British-ruled country at arm\u2019s length from their mother monarchy across the pond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>In response to the sudden announcement of\u00a0a vague and evolving plan\u00a0for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex \u2013 Prince Harry and Meghan \u2013 to move to Canada while remaining part of the Royal Family, the Trudeau government\u2019s response should be simple and succinct: No<\/em>,\u201d the editorial blasts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>You are welcome to visit, but so long as you are senior royals, Canada cannot allow you to come to stay \u2026 It breaks an unspoken constitutional taboo,<\/em>\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>NYPost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/01\/15\/canadas-biggest-newspaper-says-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-arent-welcome\/\">report<\/a>: Harry and Meghan\u2019s Canada planned migration mucks up the country\u2019s long history of breaking away from the British political system, according to the article.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>[Canada\u2019s] unique monarchy, and its delicate yet essential place in our constitutional system, means that a royal resident \u2014 the Prince is sixth in the line of succession \u2014 is not something that Canada can allow,<\/em>\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>A royal living in this country does not accord with the long-standing nature of the relationship between Canada and Britain, and Canada and the Crown.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The royals\u2019 plan \u2014 which includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newspunch.com\/prince-harry-his-wife-meghan-are-resigning-from-the-royal-family\/\">stepping down<\/a>\u00a0from their titles and dividing their time between L.A. and Canada \u2014 also stomps on Canada\u2019s identity, it notes.<\/p>\n<p>The country broke away from British reign centuries ago, considers Queen Elizabeth II a figurehead leader only, and allows few of her reps to have duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Though Canada borrowed from Britain, it isn\u2019t Britain and never was. And this country long ago took steps to make that unmistakably clear<\/em>,\u201d the editorial states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>If you\u2019re a senior member of our Royal Family, this country cannot become your home.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Globe and Mail newspaper is printed in five major cities and is widely regarded as Canada\u2019s newspaper of record.<\/p>\n<p>Honchos at the paper aren\u2019t the only ones who aren\u2019t thrilled about Megxit. On Monday, Queen Elizabeth II issued a statement saying that the royal family\u00a0\u201cwould have preferred\u201d Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to stay put and keep their senior palace duties.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newspunch.com\/not-welcome-canadas-top-newspaper-prince-harry-meghan-stay-away\/\">https:\/\/newspunch.com\/not-welcome-canadas-top-newspaper-prince-harry-meghan-stay-away\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOT WELCOME: Canada\u2019s Top Newspaper Says Prince Harry and Meghan Must Stay Away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}