Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, abdicate!

Royal weddings aren't cool. You know what's cool? Abdication.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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On Saturday, His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales will marry American actress Meghan Markle, and they will live happily ever after. That's what's supposed to happen, anyway. "I think she'll bolt," feminist writer Germaine Greer told 60 Minutes Australia last month. "I hope in a way that she'll bolt, but maybe she'll take Harry with her."

Harry, though, has indicated that he has no plans to go anywhere: He told Newsweek last summer that he intends to "carry on the positive atmosphere that the queen has achieved for over 60 years." That is a shame, though, because Prince Harry resigning as a royal in order to live out an ordinary life with Markle would be the best — not to mention most romantic — ending to this fairytale.

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.