Does anybody else feel sorry for Prince Harry at the moment?

You can't say that any other Monarchy in the world attracts as much attention.

The Scandinavian royal families date/marry normal working people but ours seem to always latch themselves to celebrities, socialites, and other extremely wealthy people. It's pathetic, they're becoming more elite, not less.

No. If he wants to reap the benefits of being royal he has to do his JOB and suck it up! If he doesn't want to automatically be given a job that allows him to live a life of extravagant luxury off the backs of other people who don't even get a choice in whether they contribute to pay for him and his lifestyle (while homeless are freezing and starving on their doorstep) then he knows what he can do.

You don't actually know where Harry gets his money from, do you?

I don't have any sympathy for him - he chooses to date an actress and an American,

They get more attention because of how they behave, not because of who they are. If they led more normal lives, didn't go out partying and holidaying with the world's uber rich or retreat into a closed bubble of privilege and palaces, there wouldn't be nearly as much media interest.

Is this actually the case, though? If you really think about it, apart from Harry there's nothing too unusual going on.

William basically married a girl he met at university.

Zara is essentially an athlete who married another athlete, got divorced and married another athlete.

Edward was in showbiz, met Sophie Rhys-Jones who I think was in showbiz too.

Andrew and Fergie knew each other from childhood.

And they're definitely become less aristocratic. Sure, Lady Di and Fergie were both quite posh, but Sophie Rhys-Jones wasn't. Kate Middleton's family was a little bit posh, but not excessively so. Mike Tindall is just a dude. They're not exactly marrying into royalty - no more than people who might have gone to the polo a bit and have been in the Army.

What do you want? For Beatrice and Eugenie to get down to Roxy on a Friday night or get some Tinder dates?

Yes, it is true.

Kate Middleton might be a "commoner" but she is, or was, a very wealthy socialite. Zara married a famous rugby player who played for England (hardly normal) and Fergie comes from a very well-to-family. Apart from Edward, every Windsor has married someone from the establishment. Compare that to the future King of Norway who married a single-mother whose first son's father was a convicted drug dealer.

I would like a Royal Family who don't hang out with celebrities and socialites in London clubs, who aren't educated at elite private schools and who, at least for a while, do real jobs - not just cutting a few ribbons in return for a publicly funded apartment in Kensington Palace.

Everything the royal family has comes from a long line of injustice

This is normal for anyone of their own circles, though. If you're an Olympic horserider, it's not crazy to be going out with and marrying another equestrian person, or later another famous sportsperson.

Andrew and Fergie knew one another as children. This can't be an unusual friendship/romance.

William went to university with Kate. Their relationship is about as normal as it's possible to be.

What you're suggesting is complete social engineering and manufacturing fake relationships. Since when has that ever been a good idea?

You are missing the point. It isn't about where these people meet, it is their background and lifestyle which matters. I have not suggested social engineering.

You're right, I'm missing the point.

If it's not about people's background or where they meet - then the fact of them being in a relationship is going to have to be social engineering.

What you're essentially trying to say here is that you want a say in who a particular person marries.