Oprah Declines Royal Invitation

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Oprah Winfrey and her eternal touch tone friend, Stedman Graham. 

Oprah Winfrey is an American citizen so she has freedom of association and movement, but she must not allow Buckingham Palace to use her. She can attend King Charles’ Coronation if she’s invited, but she should not go. Meghan Markle should also stay at home because the British T.V. fossil that started the hate Meghan industry, and all other royal fans will blame her if anything goes wrong.

Meghan will be blamed if it rains; if Prince Louis puts his hand on his mother’s mouth to shut her up, if anti-monarchists demonstrate or if BBC commentators make a mistake. That’s not my call to make. Prince Harry and his wife will let Shakespeare decide: to attend or not to attend, that is the question.

Oprah Winfrey is huge, as they say on the street and also Wall Street. That’s why she should not go to London. Why? Archives. Musicians that turned down King Charles’ offer to perform at his party have foresight. They are thinking long term.  In this time in history, the coronation is bad market, as women working the night in Lagos put it.

Oprah Winfrey did not go this far in life by caring what people think of her. She did not have celebrity parents, did not win beauty competitions or major sports events. She went to school for her craft, created a television staple against all odds and became a household name and bankers’ delight.

Therefore, she should not incinerate all that by attending the Coronation, the highest symbol of cancel culture called colonization. She has a school in Johannesburg and sees the effects of land theft every time, she drives by.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.

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