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Prince Harry and his wife released their long-expected docuseries on Netflix in pieces and the majority of the British people and press have berated them since. I have not seen all of the documentary but from excerpts, here are a couple of conclusions: 1. Queen Elizabeth was not responsible for most of the face decisions of the monarchy in her latter days - the FIRM and the INSTITUTION (a bunch of influential royals who serve the FIRM and are zealous about protecting the "honor" of the institution) took a lot of decisions that were perceived to be taken from the textbook of Racism 101 - ignore them, suppress them, deny them, under-report their extra-ordinary achievement, us and them, ......). Harry's description of the conversation before the Queen is a case in point. 2. Harry's heart left the Royal Family long before Meghan, he left the day his mother died, and how she was vilified by the FIRM, the INSTITUTION, and the British TABLOIDS for leaving a chronic cheating ...

Success in show business is a mixture of talent and luck. There are so many talented actors in Hollywood who have never had a break because they have not been at the right place at the right time. There are many endowed musicians in Nashville who have been singing karaoke songs in bars forever while doubling as a chef or bartenders, Uber driver, and what have you to survive. Why, because they have just not had that break. Truth be told, fewer people will become known among many talented actors, musicians, poets, writers, athletes, etc. Sometimes, I wonder when some lucky minority celebrities like Denzel Washington, Ben Carson, Morgan Freeman, and Lil Wayne, tell ordinary brothers and sisters (African Americans) to pull up their pants. Lil Wayne once said he does not believe there is racism in America because "white" people love him, dance, and sing to his music ( https://www.theguardian.com/.../lil-wayne-explains-why-he... ). Majority of us are ordinary people wi...