I thought to find something to counter the reference to Stephen Harper. It wasn't hard. A piece in The Irish Times (Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete) takes a different, umm, tone than Harper's. This is just an excerpt.
Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who's really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it's like having a neighbour who's really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown. Patrick Freyne in The Irish Times
