#lovingtheroyals

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

Do you know why Rajwa is wearing her engagement ring on her right ring finger instead of her left?

It's a cultural thing - lots of countries and religions have the engagement ring on a different finger to the wedding ring and some don't use the left ring finger at all! As far as I know - and I recommend checking with @lovingtheroyals - but it's cultural to wear it on the right hand in most Arab countries, in Jordan, and in Islam? So Rajwa fits all three!

[harry-sussex]

Hi I know you’ve been in the fandom for a while and I’m coming back from a one to two year hiatus and unfortunately I think all my favorite fanfics were deleted by tumblr specifically the one I’m looking for is about Harry marrying a journalist if I remember correctly it’s called the unexpected attraction I was wondering if you knew anywhere that I could find this and all the other old good fanfics

First of all, welcome back!  

Second of all, I just went hunting through the phff tag for you… and wow, it brought back some good memories.  I think (think?) the fanfic you’re looking for is gone now.  I found some old replies and tags and when I clicked on the blog link, it had been deactivated.  Maybe the writer is under a new url, so I’m going to open this up to the floor and see if anyone knows where to find the writer :)

I only read two fanfics, but to be honest, I still reread them both about twice a year (each), maybe more haha.  The first one I read was by @ravishingtheroyals called Against the Odds (you can find it here @phfanfic-againstheodds).  This one features Alexandra Morgan, an American-born wartime widow with a young daughter named Emma, who falls in love with Prince Harry.  It’s fun and sweet and light and I can think of three moments off the top of my head right now that bring tears to my eyes still, even though I’ve reread the story a hundred times.  

Then I read @joishereforthis‘ absolute masterpiece of a work featuring Dr. Madeline Forrester, a child psychologist born in Colorado who meets and falls in love with Prince Harry during a mission trip to Africa with Doctors Without Borders.  This story is literally more complex than some published novels I’ve read.  It’s not short (both parts to the main and alternate stories take up probably 300 chapters) but it is worth reading every single word.  Maybe twice.  Three times if you have the time.  I know I’ve read it about ten times now haha.  It is posted on Wattpad and Mibba if I’m not mistaken.  I was able to find it by reaching out to Jo directly after several years - I would do the same if I were you.  She may know where to find the rest of the old fanfics and their authors.

I’m not entirely sure who else was around for the heyday of Prince Harry fanfiction - @catherineandmeghans, @dirtyroyalconfessions, @rachelmarkle, @claireofluxembourg, @lovingtheroyals ?  Do you know where to find any of the other good ones?

Hope this helps, anon!

[duchessofostergotlands]

DINA JUST INFORMED ME THAT SOME OF YOU GUYS CHANGE THE NAME OF YOUR OWN TIME ZONE HOW DO YOU KEEP UP? HOW IS YOUR COUNTRY SO HUGE?

[anna8910]

My Tumblr Crushes:

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claireofluxembourg

dirtyroyalconfessions

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Looks accurate

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

I feel like we all need to take a moment to appreciate @lovingtheroyals and how much emotional effort it must take for Dina to become the “fandom spokesperson” for Islam, Muslims and hijabis whenever royals do anything remotely linked to any of those areas. She opens herself up to Islamophobia and abuse to help educate us. I learn so much from Dina and I’d never want her to feel under any pressure to answer these questions but I’m so glad when she does.

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

Royal Fandom Positivity Project ↠ [3/∞]

I’m having a great time randomly selecting people - I don’t think I need to introduce my third star: Dina (@lovingtheroyals)

Dina always answers my questions on photography when I go on anon and ask them which makes me very happy because I’m super nosy. She is always fair, even when answering even the rudest of anons, and her knowledge is phenomenal. I love seeing what her opinion is on different events in the different royal families and, even though it means she’s online less, I’ve loved watching from afar as she’s gone from strength to strength in her personal life as well. I’ve never known Dina to be mean and I’m very glad I started following her.

[duchessofostergotlands]

*The Together cookbook is announced featuring the recipes of predominantly Muslim women in a country where Islmophobic hate crimes rose 500% after the 2017 terror attacks* 

Dina, a Muslim woman: It’s so great to see positive coverage of Muslim women and see the recipes I grew up with in a cookbook like this

Stans: Yeah but it’s Meghan’s cookbook. You should talk about Meghan more when you talk about the cookbook. You’re just a white person, that’s why you don’t talk about her

*Harry is found to have touched Malala- a Muslim woman- without her consent and completely ignored the limits of another Muslim woman at the Hubb kitchen event*

Dina: I like Harry a lot and I know he didn’t mean anything bad but I’ve been in this situation with non-Muslim men a lot and it makes me really uncomfortable. This is a situation I know about and given he has advisors he really should have known better

Stans: You’re only talking about it because you hate Harry and Meghan. Why are you always so negative? He didn’t mean it. She probably thought it was fine, how would you know?

*A right wing think tank most well known for anti-Muslim rhetoric creates a report saying a Mosque is linked to extremism.*

Dina: I’ve lived with this my entire life and I am angry that the press are trying to malign Muslim women and the whole community- a community which has suffered more than most of us could stand thanks to the Grenfell fire and continued deprivation- based on the actions of a small handful of the thousands of people who visit the mosque each year

Stans: Why aren’t you recognising it’s about Meghan? They were motivated by racism against Meghan. Why didn’t you mention her first?

[duchessofostergotlands]

We’re both encouraging and supportive...in our own way