Oink

I hope she doesn't start shopping at Old Navy, it's hard enough to get service there already.

Shard

I expect Victoria, and indeed Canada, is merely a stepping stone to the US of A. LA. New York. I can't see them settling into the quiet life once the novelty wears off. Canada was a very expedient choice to put the Palace and the public: Commonwealth, Trump-free, safe etc. Now that the part-time royal concept has been dashed, their need for quasi-duty location has also been dashed. I'd give them about a year before they're packing up for the States.

confused_uk

Yes, they were protected from the paps in the UK by the Royals. A friend of my was a pap and he was one of only a handful of them that was allowed to take pictures of Harry, they had certain rules they had to stick to. They’ll have no protection from that in Canada. On the flip side there’s no one telling her she can’t contact them herself now either. 😆

CanadaJimmy

As I mentioned earlier they actually have more protection here via the Safe Streets Act

dbd33

I don't think they would want to be tax resident in the US.

BristolUK

So why didn't they?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...paparazzi-feud
Did it last?
The same article goes on to point out that Canada has more of a culture of self censorship in these matters.

Nand

Few people could look that cute in the same situation. Its hard to pull off glamour with a baby in a sling and two dogs on leashes!

confused_uk

So is that evidence then she has in fact called them herself?

confused_uk

This was around 10 years ago he was doing this job. They weren’t allowed to take compromising pictures of Harry, i.e. drunk, misbehaving, etc. If any paps other than those authorized to take pictures tried to, even just innocent ones, the bodyguards would step in.

dave_j

That's good to know. I suspect they simply followed him around just in case his car happened to smash into a pillar in a french underpass.

jimf

Protection from aggressive begging yes. Not clear how it would prevent photographs from a distance in a public place?

Dorothy

So whose marriage should we dissect next? Perhaps some of the posters here spouting all this vitriol should think about how they would feel having blatant lies and half truths spread about their marriages. Honestly I find it disgusting the things some of the posters here are writing about a family they know nothing about other than what's being written in the gutter press.

All his life Harry has been subjected to speculation about his parentage, his mother was hounded relentlessly by the press (whether she manipulated the coverage or not is speculation) until she died being chased by them. Now his wife is being treated like something to scrape off the bottom of a shoe. And people blame her for his decision to protect his wife and child. It's ddespicable the way some of you on these threads behave.

Oink

I think there should be some collective soul searching as we’ve all failed them for too long.

scilly

This is what has been puzzling me ever since the Safe Street Act was mentioned as protecting them in Canada, and in BC (different acts federally & provincially).

The BC act is against aggressive panhandling, whether that be within a certain distance from ATM machines, shop or bank doorways, or "washing windshields" at an intersection.

There is no mention that I could find of anything other than that.

So I'm not sure how any one could expect to use that Act as a means of prosecuting paparazzi, or even Joe Blow taking a photo with his cell phone.

Oink

If he doesn’t want to do his job, I’ll do it. It doesn’t look like there’s that much heavy lifting, its bound to pay good plus tons of fit birds want to shag you. I can see why it was such burden to him.