It’s Harry and Meghan in Finding Freedom 2: Back in Blighty | Marina Hyde
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Key context: <p>Hard to fathom exactly why Megxit is over and the self-exiled wonder generators are leaving California. Luckily, the internet sleuths are on the case</p><p>Wednesday night brought an absolute cloudburst of psychic rain for our parched land, as it emerged that Prince Harry and Meghan were reversing their self-styled “freedom flight” to California and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/19/prince-harry-and-meghan-moving-back-to-britain-this-month">returning to live in the UK</a>. Nature is healing! Is that … is that how the expression goes? Either way, all humans in Britain have taken the announcement brilliantly, while fatted calf prices climbed steeply at the news that the reverse Megxit is imminent, with only an adequate headline soubriquet yet to be found. Megain? Megraine?</p><p>Inevitably, thoughts turned swiftly to what it all meant. One of the funniest aspects of Meghan and Harry coverage is how their decisions are always analysed as though we were parsing the 4D chess moves of 19th-century master strategists. We are forever imagining we are dealing with a couple of Bismarcks or Clausewitzes, as opposed to a resting actor and the “<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56500298">chief impact officer</a>” of a firm designed to offer tech-based solutions to men crying in their cars or something.</p><p>Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist</p><p>What a Time to be Alive! by Marina Hyde (Guardian Faber Publishing, £20). To support the Guardian, order your copy at <a href="https://www.guardianbookshop.com/what-a-time-to-be-alive-9781783353316/?utm_source=editoriallink&utm_medium=merch&utm_campaign=article">guardianbookshop.com</a>. Delivery charges may apply.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/21/harry-meghan-return-to-britain-theories-california">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Hard to fathom exactly why Megxit is over and the self-exiled wonder generators are leaving California. Luckily, the internet sleuths are on the caseWednesday night brought an absolute cloudburst of psychic rain for our parched land, as it emerged that Prince Harry and Meghan were reversing their self-styled “freedom flight” to California and returning to live in the UK. Nature is healing! Is that … is that how the expression goes? Either way, all humans in Britain have taken the announcement brilliantly, while fatted calf prices climbed steeply at the news that the reverse Megxit is imminent, with only an adequate headline soubriquet yet to be found. Megain? Megraine?Inevitably, thoughts turned swiftly to what it all meant. One of the funniest aspects of Meghan and Harry coverage is how their decisions are always analysed as though we were parsing the 4D chess moves of 19th-century master strategists. We are forever imagining we are dealing with a couple of Bismarcks or Clausewitzes, as opposed to a resting actor and the “chief impact officer” of a firm designed to offer tech-based solutions to men crying in their cars or something.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnistWhat a Time to be Alive! by Marina Hyde (Guardian Faber Publishing, £20). To support the Guardian, order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply. Continue reading...
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