Nels Abbey’s article on Harry and Meghan’s visit to Jamaica really is too much to bear, even for a left-leaning, Guardian-reading sociologist such as myself (Harry and Meghan in Jamaica are soft-power dynamite. Britain is left with kryptonite William and Kate, 26 January). Yes, David Cameron couldn’t have read the room even if he’d been given an A to Z during his visit, and Wills and Kate, during their ill-fated imperial safari-like trip to the country, seemed blind to the winds of change. However, the Sussexes brought about the end of their royal tenure themselves when it was decided that pissing in the tent while in it just couldn’t continue, and the couple left after their ideas for change were rejected. Thus Albert O Hirschman’s exit, voice and loyalty hypothesis played out perfectly in this instance.
Desmond Hewitt
Marlborough, Wiltshire
• It was so refreshing to read Nels Abbey’s article. Harry and Meghan have been incessantly vilified by the British gossip media, and tragically by the royals, who have displayed such coldness toward the couple, particularly Meghan. I’m very happy that they continue their down-to-earth goodness in supporting organisations for charity work. They are happy with each other, are good parents, and are thriving in spite of all the negativity from the British media and royals.
Anna Yu
Roanoke, Virginia, US
• Nels Abbey suggests Harry and Meghan, by appearing at a premiere of Bob Marley: One Love with the Jamaican prime minister, represent diplomatic brilliance that has been unattainable for current working members of the British royal family. That, I think, is pushing it a bit. No doubt Harry and Meghan have suffered some pretty rotten press and attract sympathy in various parts, but all I see is two well-known people who like being in front of a camera attending a movie premiere. If this shifts tectonic plates and shapes world events, let me know.
Colton Richards
Crawley, West Sussex
• Nels Abbey suggests Prince Harry’s fall in popularity is down to the fact that he married a Black woman. Might the way he behaved towards his family, and in particular his grandmother in her final years, have something to do with it? Recollections may vary.
Rosemary Slawinska
Audlem, Cheshire
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