Speculation is running high that Princess Beatrice will announce her engagement this week to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 34, a longtime York family friend.
The wedding will be somewhat unusual in that Mapelli Mozzi, who is the British-born son of an Italian count, is already a father himself.
His two-year-old son Woolfy was conceived about a month after he began dating a Chinese-American architect, and some reports say that he is the primary parent as the child's mother travels the world for her career.
But it would take attention away from Duchess Meghan and her potentially nonexistent son Archificial. It's hard to forget how Meg announced her "pregnancy" at the wedding of Bea's sister Princess Eugenie, pushing photos of Eugenie's long-postponed nuptials off the front pages.
Today's question: What will Meghan do to spoil Beatrice's wedding?
Alternately, what will Prince Andrew - who hates Meghan - do to avoid having her spoil Beatrice's wedding?
The wedding will be somewhat unusual in that Mapelli Mozzi, who is the British-born son of an Italian count, is already a father himself.
His two-year-old son Woolfy was conceived about a month after he began dating a Chinese-American architect, and some reports say that he is the primary parent as the child's mother travels the world for her career.
Meg likes the focus on her
A cute groom with a cute biracial toddler might make for a pleasing story about the modern Royals.But it would take attention away from Duchess Meghan and her potentially nonexistent son Archificial. It's hard to forget how Meg announced her "pregnancy" at the wedding of Bea's sister Princess Eugenie, pushing photos of Eugenie's long-postponed nuptials off the front pages.
Today's question: What will Meghan do to spoil Beatrice's wedding?
Alternately, what will Prince Andrew - who hates Meghan - do to avoid having her spoil Beatrice's wedding?
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Or when the minister asks for objections, she could make one.
If I were Andrew I would remove that part of the ceremony entirely.
she announces baby #2 is on the way. And yes, I believe she Would do that.
They could begin to let clues slip about the surrogate, though. That would steal focus.
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/meghan-wanted-to-change-optics-of-exit-from-lavish-nyc-baby-shower/news-story/b2a45475b6a097edd8443b17986f353d
It looks like the leaks have begun
Back to the topic - I actually think she will release some photos of Archificial, of course they will be black and white and just showing the back :)
Another theory - I think if Megs does nothing it will indicate that she is a bit afraid to stir up Andrew - who may or may not have some dirt on her.
This article from Marie Claire features photos from his Instagram. Pretentious shots of messages on mirrors instead of bananas . . very horror film-ish. A picture of his infant son--oh, look, there's Daddy's hat completely obscuring his face!! Pics of exotic beaches . . . I'm getting an uncomfortable deja vu. So this guy, Edo is only a Viscount, but he's listed as a 'millionaire property developer', so he's got a personal fortune.
I'm thinking Meg could ruin Bea's wedding by running off with the groom and dumping her stress-balding hubby like a bag of old garbage. Based on first impressions only, Edo and Smeaghan might be the better match. They certainly seem to have the same aesthetic in Instagram photos.
According to this, Bea hasn't even dated this guy a year. I'm getting a bad feeling. I don't sense a long-lasting connection here, especially not when Bea will be an instant mom to a toddler Daddy conceived with a woman he'd been dating a month. His relationship with Wolfie's mum lasted about as long as Bea and his courtship has been . . 11 months . . and for 10 of those she was pregnant. So this guy has already proven that he's got a short attention span and has unprotected sex with women he's known for a few days . . or hours. This courtship is even more whirlwind than Meg and Harry's.
I am not optimistic.
If Bea is really certain she wants to marry the Viscount of Vicissitude, I should think the easiest solution would be to not invite Meghan at all. Harry is close to his cousin, or at least used to be. Maybe Bea doesn't want him there, either, considering his assclown behavior over the last year. If Harry turned up without Megs, that would certainly signal loud and clear that the Sussex marriage is over except for the paperwork.
They could further prevent interference from Smeaghan by holding the wedding in Italy and confiscating her passport so she couldn't crash it. I suppose as a Princess, it's important to Bea to get hitched in an Anglican ceremony. I would stay well away from St. George's Chapel . . bad mojo in there. If Meg is permitted anywhere near these nuptials, I look for her to turn up in a billowing coat with the XL Moonbump strap-on. It would be repetitive, but our Smeaghan does not have an original bone in her body and isn't above copying herself.
I don't see why the Yorks should be compelled to invite the Duke of DUMBarton & his toxic bride. Her Majesty barred Bea's mother from William's wedding because Sarah was in the naughty corner. Meghan needs a whole naughty island for her sins. What if Andrew just says, "Hell to the no, Mummy--that daft cow is NOT invited to my daughter's wedding, and that's the end of it." It seems to be free-for-all these days in the royal house. If HM can't 'make' Meghan even act like a human being, how can she 'make' Andrew invite Smegs? Andrew could take a page out of Meg's book and promise to invite her and then just . . conveniently lose the Sussexes' invitation in a shredder. Particularly if he uses his own money for this wedding, the bride and her parents should decide who is there. Harry might be hurt to be excluded, if he is, but this is what he's chosen. It's called, Bed, you Lie on it, Harry.
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Bea has to decide if she wants a nice, stress-free Meghan-free wedding . . .or if she wants publicity. If the former, she will wed top-secretly and only announce it after it's done.
Surely the security services can concoct some reason to not allow Meg to travel out of the country. She could be flagged as a hostile alien. After her performance in Vogue, they've got documented proof how very anti-Britain, anti-monarchy she is. Or . . better idea . . they let her OUT and drop her off somewhere in Sardinia . . and refuse to let her back IN. That's an idea. If she tries to pull the Elian Gonzalez sh*t and wail about 'being separated from her child' the authorities can say, fine, YOUR HIGH-ness (emphasis on HIGH), have your husband produce the baby and we will let you see him.
How nice to have more Sussex drama to look forward to . . .! ?!
My nerves can't take very much more of this.
That doesn't make me like the guy though. He's creepy and Bea should stay away for her own sake.
Case in point: she knew that Kate and the Cambs kids would be at the polo match and that photographers would be snapping away like fury at the cuteness of these little tykes. She couldn't stand it. So she throws on a designer moo-moo and sunglasses (merching is always the FIRST priority) in the most atrocious color imaginable, and cradles a fake doll that doesn't move a single millimeter for at least 30 minutes. Even though the press was negative, it didn't matter to her. She took the spotlight off the Cambs and on to her abysmal outfit and her doll.
This is why the RF needs to finally deal with her. They should release her birth certificate. They should release Archie's birth certificate showing what a total fraud she is. Every day they should release a fact that shows what a total liar she is. It shouldn't be this subtle drip, drip, drip. Ms. Markle doesn't do subtle. They cannot be British here, understated but deadly. They need to "go to the mattresses." It wouldn't be hard. They could just go to the Harry Markle blog. The lies are laid out neatly for them to crib from. But that won't be enough. They need to make it very clear that there is dirt on her that will shame her from here to eternity. Not that you can shame that woman. But they need to make her completely TOXIC to others. Not her sugars because they are hopeless. But the directors, producer, magazine editors, the world she that TRULY wants to be a part of. Making her toxic to them? She will understand that. Their problem is that this expose must be truly spectacular, which may mean that Harry will be caught in the blowback. That is inevitable, otherwise they could have cut her off at the knees would before the wedding. Unless it is spectacular, she will continue to milk the media's insatiable need for 24 hour news. Even if this expose is horrifically negative, she will STILL control the airwaves. This is fuel to her. It doesn't matter if it's negative. She's a narcissist and she needs fuel. And she will do anything to get it in any way she can. It has to be devastating enough that she slinks away with the knowledge that it will be impossible for her to resurrect her career.
Of course, the Vague issue put a pretty big damper on her career aspirations in fashion because, wow, how do you spell mediocre? Wintour is on her tenth celebratory martini by now. No magazine in the world will now touch her with a ten-foot pole. Unless she marries another producer, it's difficult to see her getting any more acting roles because she's proven that unless she's scripted to the nth degree, the woman cannot act.
I could go on for hours listing her major fails. But most importantly, it says how far someone can go, even if they have no talent. Her lack of a moral center and a terrifyingly ambitious drive compensates for her mediocre skills. The BRF needs to give her a pot of money, NOW, and make her go away or they will forever be in a media war with this woman. I find her media chops pathetic in that all her stories are contradictory and instead of making her sympathetic, end up making her look even more craven with every passing week. But it doesn't matter to her. THAT is what the BRF needs to understand. She will do anything to keep the cameras on her.
I certainly hope that she doesn't steal the attention away from Bea. I don't see Andrew allowing it to happen again, he would be expecting it this time.
Hopefully if their is an engagement announcement it's a surprise to MM and she won't have time to get extra fluff pieces out about how she's the Queen's favorite.
As for the wedding, I think they have to invite her...but if they have a family dinner the night before, perhaps Andrew could get a forward thinking chef to fix MMs meal so only she gets sick and has to miss it.
Also, Beatrice is broke-rich. Meaning that she runs in rich circles, but has little or no independent income of her own. She's attempted to work, in a desultory fashion, but won't ever be able to bring in the sort of money she needs to maintain the lifestyle she grew up with. Enty went so far to suggest that she was considering yachting before Cousin William swooped in with an allowance.
Edo, by contrast, is rich. His parents are rich, and he's been able to generate money on top of that. He will be able to "take care" of Bea in the fashion that men did 100 or more years ago. Her money problems are over; even if they divorce, Bea would be the one getting the settlement, not Edo.
Money marries title is an old, old arrangement. And if they like each other's company too, that's even better.
He'll at least understand what being part of the Royal Family entails, since he's interacted with them all his life.
He also already has his own charity thing, something about creating change in developing nations via cricket.
"Meet Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, the dashing developer who has charmed Princess Beatrice"
"Shrouded in scaffolding, on a garden square just north of Hyde Park, stands property developer Count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s latest project. Much of the building is still a hardhat zone – 125 workmen are hammering away to complete 15 lateral flats – but in the show apartment, Mapelli Mozzi, Princess Beatrice’s latest flame, is installed at the dining room table in collarless shirt, suit and trainers, preparing for a site meeting.
“There is no normal day in the office,” he explains, running a hand through his thick dark hair. “It’s always a mix of viewings, design meetings, project management meetings...”
And then there’s his son, Woolfy, to think about. Woolfy’s mother is glamorous architect and designer Dara Huang – the pair were engaged when they broke up last year, before he began dating Princess Beatrice. Relations between them are said to be amicable: “I take him to school a couple of mornings a week and finish in time to put him in bed three or four evenings,” Mapelli Mozzi explains.
Amid the endless meetings and daddy daycare, however, he has been quietly courting the eighth in line to the throne. They were first pictured together after Princess Eugenie’s wedding, where Beatrice stoically watched her younger sister walk down the aisle as a single woman.
Then last month they were pictured holding hands in New York before making an official appearance at the National Portrait Gallery Gala. The most recent sighting of them was at the Bahrain Grand prix, where Mapelli Mozzi hung out with her parents, too, suggesting that the romance is hotting up – although Mapelli Mozzi is too much of a gentleman to discuss his private life.
He is a low key yet popular member of the young royal crowd, which includes Princes William and Harry, entrepreneurs such as Charlie and Alexander Gilkes, and Prince Harry’s ex, the actress Cressida Bonas. He first met Beatrice as a child; his mother, Nikki, and late stepfather, the Conservative politician Christopher Shale, have been part of the York circle for decades. Indeed, Fergie is godmother to Alby, Mapelli Mozzi’s half-brother.
All this makes him a perfect match for Beatrice, who must have to be on high alert for ne’er do wells. But better still, along with being a trusted member of the crew, he is also a successful entrepreneur with a keen creative flare – attributes that will resonate with Fergie’s hardworking eldest, who was head girl at school and now works fulltime for Afiniti, an American data and software company. Since graduating, he has had his nose to the grindstone, first working as a researcher for David Cameron, who was a friend of his stepfather, before founding his property business, Banda, in 2007 – now considered to be one of London’s top developers, with £600 million of homes on its books.
“The word Banda means house in Swahili,” he explains. “My father has a small place in Lamu in Kenya and I drew up the business plan while I was staying there.”
This might have something to with the fact that, like Beatrice, he was the child of divorced parents and moved between homes in France and England growing up. “We lived in old mill houses, that kind of thing – I like trying to work out how to make an old building function for modern life,” he says.
When I ask him where home is now, he looks rather sheepish and says, “I’m in St James’s at the moment” – suggesting that just perhaps he might have moved in to the apartment in St James’s Palace that Beatrice used to share with her sister. What is certain, however, is that Edo is a perpetual nester: since leaving university he has created three of his own homes: a Fulham townhouse, a “whacky” former nightclub in Earl’s Court which he converted in to a house, and a Notting Hill studio.
Beatrice will have to get used to the fact that Mapelli Mozzi is an unashamed interiors geek, although with her 2:1 in history and history of ideas from Goldsmiths, she probably won’t mind that his Instagram (he has 11.6k followers) is a catalogue of marble kitchens and parquet flooring. Or that he travels the world sourcing art and furniture and spends his days in the hot quarries of the Apuan Alps, deliberating over which marble slabs to ship back to the UK.
So popular is Edo’s style amongst the super-rich that he’s launched a new arm of the company, Banda Design Studio, which has so far designed the interiors of a New York loft, a Croatian villa and a ski chalet in Switzerland and he is now working on producing his own range of bespoke furniture. Since the referendum, house prices have fallen dramatically – Mapelli Mozzi admits that properties aren’t changing hands as quickly as before – but he is encouraged by his buyers: young European tech entrepreneurs into tasteful spaces rather than hot tubs and champagne fridges.
When he’s not on a building site Mapelli Mozzi likes to spend weekends with his son and his family, while recent photographs suggest that him and Beatrice are spending a lot of time together, too.
He is also a keen sportsman with an active social conscience – something else he has in common with his girlfriend, who was the first member of the Royal family to complete the London Marathon in 2010 to raise money for charity, and she also founded The Big Change Charitable Trust (big-change.org), which identifies charitable projects in the UK to improve the lives of young people.
Mozzi has has taken part in numerous fundraising bike rides and marathons to raise money for the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that he founded with Alby in memory of his step father. “I saw how sport had the power to bring people together and help share important messages,” he says: the Gahanga Cricket Stadium in Kigali opened 18 months ago. “It was an emotional day,” he says. “The next phase is fundraising for education facilities.”
The Leinster Square development won’t launch until late summer – Mapelli Mozzi is currently having areas of parquet replaced because they weren’t up to his standards. “I can’t help noticing every last thing,” he says.
Still, if and when the time comes, who in the world better than a perfectionist property developer to build a palace fit for a princess?
Having a big fight in the pews like the Clooneys did at the Sussex wedding is also an option.
Nutty, do you know the scoop on George & the Mrs. fighting?
2 Release videos/ pictures of the *baby*
3 Anounce divorce
4 Anounce leaving the royal family and titles to go their own way
5 kidnaping
6 atempt on life
7 tell the truth on suregacy and mental health issues
8 Harrys a cheat gossip all over papers
9 Not invited and rock up cause a fuss
10 be a bridesmaid/maid of honour
11 the ;listy will go on and on anything even ufo's or the rusians did it nothing is past her
Failing that there will have been split rumours between her and Harry in the days before the wedding and they'll turn up looking frosty cold to each other.
I predict that she will sport a completely new hair do, minus the wig, probably a short pixie like cut. She knows she has overplayed the merchandising with clothes, and accessories, so a new hairstyle will create headlines. I doubt she will do the pregnancy announcement again. Kate has sported new hairstyles after her pregnancies, so MM will go the same copycat route.
Interesting to read about the Access to Information request from the Daily Mail and the information it provided regarding her deliberately trying to avoid the main doors and wanting to create optics to appear as if she did not want to be photographed during her NY babyshower visit. Speculation became the truth. Can anyone request this information or just the Press?
Anyway, given the amount of old buildings he's about to inherit, William is probably thrilled to have a property developer in the family.
Instead, I get lots of stories about how noble George was to defend Meghan's honor against the insidious reporters who killed Diana.
I guess it paid off for George to go to Google Camp.
In particular, announcing a separation would be poisonous. It would really take a lot of the joy out of Beatrice's wedding.
For reference, Princess Alexandra and Prince Joachim of Denmark had a deeply unhappy marriage, but were told they could not announce their separation until 6 months after the wedding of Joachim's older brother, the Crown Prince Frederik, for precisely this reason.
You can see in Fred's wedding videos how much Alexandra and Joachim hate each other - he's drunk and steps on her dress, she gives him a withering look - but they stayed married a bit longer for the sake of family unity.
Several years back my husband and I were in a movie theater and of the the coming attractions trailers was for a 2016 horror film called "The Boy". Here is the IMDB synopsis:
"An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive."
Meg could also go natural, if she's still able to after so many years of chemical relaxers. That would require her finding a great hairstylist for Black hair in London, which she's so far refused to do. Maybe Ed Enninful can recommend someone.
Re: the Freedom of Information Act. Anyone can request info, but you need to know what to request. https://www.foia.gov/how-to.html
OK. Thanks for replying. If there are so many unknowns here, I wonder why the Press is not using this Act much more vigorously !
This article reads like the synopsis for a romance novel. It's very florid in its adjectives. I had a laugh at this bit:
"They were first pictured together after Princess Eugenie’s wedding, where Beatrice stoically watched her younger sister walk down the aisle as a single woman." 'Stoic' is best reserved for something like enduring cancer treatment or life as an amputee, not your beloved younger sister's wedding. Which is not to say that Bea had anything to do with herself being depicted as such, but judging by this fawning article, either Edo or the Yorks have paid PR shills, too.
Note to Hazmat and Megatroid: This is what working for charity looks like:
Bea: the first member of the Royal family to complete the London Marathon in 2010 to raise money for charity, and she also founded The Big Change Charitable Trust (big-change.org), which identifies charitable projects in the UK to improve the lives of young people.
Edo: has taken part in numerous fundraising bike rides and marathons to raise money for the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that he founded with Alby in memory of his step father. “I saw how sport had the power to bring people together and help share important messages,” he says: the Gahanga Cricket Stadium in Kigali opened 18 months ago. “It was an emotional day,” he says. “The next phase is fundraising for education facilities.”
Note that neither raises funds for charity under their own names or royal titles.
I referred to Edo as Viscount in an earlier post, assuming that was correct since his father, Count Alessandro, appears to still be with us, but I have been informed that Edo is a Count, too. I admit to not being up on my lesser titles of nobility . . 'viscount' is used for the son of an Earl, and it was my understanding that 'Count' is the Continental equivalent of an earl.
>>>his father is Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi, who skied for Britain
This is an athletic family.
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I will be cautiously happy for Beatrice until Edo gives me a reason not to be. Friendship is a solid basis for a marriage, and it's certainly nothing that Harry and Smegster had going in to their little matrimonial experiment. Edo's been a family friend for 10 years, but Bea wasn't his first choice as a romantic partner, and she has famously been through a lot of boyfriends in the last decade, too. Deciding to start dating each other right after Edo's ex paramour just had a baby, and (some sources claim) he had not definitively ended it with Woolfy's mother (silly nicknames among the aristocracy is a continuing trend), reeks a bit of desperation on her side and opportunism on his.
Of course, we don't know. I hope it works out for them.
If Smeg has read all this gushing press on Edo, she's probably chewing on her own liver at this point that he eluded her dragnet of wealthy eligible British men. Says Edo 'studied for a Masters in politics at Edinburgh' . . not that he obtained it, necessarily, but he is certainly better-educated than Hazza, and with his own money, too.
The article trumpets Bea's '2:1 in History and History of Ideas from Goldsmiths'.. All of the Royals who have attended university have only managed Second class degrees, but I'll weigh Bea's 2:1 from the University of London against Meg's alleged 'drama and international studies' from Northwestern. I bet Bea can produce her transcripts and diploma on request; I wonder if Meg can.
I wish Bea and Edo all the best, but it wouldn't surprise me if they broke up within ten years like Bea's parents. Or five. Just a vibe I get, but what do I know? I know very little about Eugenie's husband Jack, but I feel like that couple is on a solid footing. We shall see.
I just hope Meg doesn't get anywhere near Bea's nuptials to cast her special Smegma curse on the day.
She would benefit from a new hairstyle, but she's clung to her straighteners and her wigs and weaves so long to project the aura of 'Becky with the Good hair' and youth . . Long hair is synonymous with youth, and Meg has yet to embrace her natural texture in her adult life. A short cut would flatter her more, but she'll cling to her sex kitten style even though it's getting embarrassing by now that she so obviously still sees herself as that 20-something ingenue that she was on Deal or No Deal. A short cut would signify 'matronly' to her, and worse, she'd have to work with her own hair texture.
Faux belly is in the lead . . .If she comes up with another more creative way to make herself a spectacle, I'll be curious to know what it is!
It may have been somewhat of a relief to him to run into an old acquaintance from his world that wasn't in competition with him. I don't think that he wants her for her connections because he already has those connections.
On paper, checking off pluses and minuses, it looks as though Dara would be the ideal companion. Accomplished, brilliant, beautiful.
Thank you for reminding us that Meg is multi-talented for so many courses in the kitchen! Whether the man she has set her gimlet eye on is a vegan, vegetarian or carnivore, her culinary repertoire can accommodate his tastebuds' desire.
Harry seems to be having a good conversation with 3-4 men and Meghan is standing beside him. The camera zooms in on her at this point, and you can see her struggling with being the silent partner. She decides to burst forward, mid-conversation, and shake everyone's hand and introduce herself. Everyone looks quite embarassed afterwards and don't know what to do with the new social energy. Harry looks quite miffed in the background.
Has anyone seen anything about markle's birthday celebration at Balmoral with the special cake? This "would have been" her first visit to Balmoral. Wouldn't there be photos?
I was not suggesting that Meg *has* to cut her hair because she is now approaching (or past) 40. The haircut idea didn't originate with me. I've known some ladies into their 80s who had beautiful long snow white hair. It all depends on a woman's face shape and the quality/texture of her hair, more than her age. Meg is petite, with small features and we have ample proof that she struggles with managing/caring for all that long hair. Also the severe center parting does not flatter her as a now more mature woman. The scraped-back bun-with severe center parting really doesn't do anything for her at all--makes her face look very plump.
Meg is too attached to her long hair to go pixie or anywhere near that short. It hasn't been short and natural since she was around 7 or 8 years old. Something just to the shoulder with layers would be more sophisticated and contemporary while still allowing styling options, but I'm really not interested in thinking of ways for Meghan to look better. I'm enjoying the style train wreck in progress way too much. Meg will never go short because when your hair's short, there's nothing to hide behind, and it's harder to act coquettish while showing off your rings in the guise of playing with one's long hair, which she does constantly and it annoys me only second to the belly-cupping. Also, it'd be difficult to achieve a successful shorter style with hairpieces. When there's less of it, what is there has to be healthy and well-maintained, with frequent trims. Meg will clutch onto her wigs and weaves until the end . . unless she's incarcerated or something and can't get them.
I wonder how long Harry was with Megsy before he discovered that her beautiful glossy black hair was an illusion? It must have been a nasty shock. Men are so enamored of long hair and it would have been one of Meg's biggest selling points. At the engagement, I wondered how a bi-racial woman achieved such smooth and glossy hair and now I understand: She buys it.
I'm older than Meghan, so I'm acutely aware of ageism re. beauty standards for women. Meg isn't going to age well because a shallow personality like hers, whose spent half her life making a living off of her looks, isn't going to be able to accept that she might have to change her style(s) to flatter herself as she gets older. That doesn't have to mean cutting her hair short. I was just playing along with someone else's suggestion, in the spirit of the question, and so I do hope that your comment about 'women desexualizing other women' and adding additional pressure was a general comment-that was not my intent at all . . .though wouldn't it be a GOOD idea to 'desexualize' Megsy? She's got way too much.
I agree with you, but I was born with baby fine, stick straight hair that requires that it be kept short. If it gets to even chin-length I look like Gollum. It's like working with candy floss. I have never had the experience of long hair at any age. If I could, I would. I had perms in the '80s but never again.
The time to use his miffage to good advantage was before he married her. All of his friends had her number, so it's not like she was able to maintain the facade of doe-eyed, demure girlfriend who waited to be introduced around.
This cow has such a huge ego that she really believed that it was OK to elbow Harry out of the way and shake hands with the head of state of Morocco on an official state visit. At least three gigantic faux pas there:
1. Harry, as the true royal and Queen's representative, takes precedence.
2. In a Muslim country, Harry as the man takes precedence.
3. As a female visitor in a Muslim country, was it even appropriate for her to touch a man not her husband and the head of state besides?
Gaffe-tastic, that's our Meghan.
That was the infamous visit where a live mic caught someone in the press pool blurting out "She's repugnant".
Got her in one . . and this man was waaaaaay across the room.
https://twitter.com/julesverne12345/status/1158820604579143686
My idea is not original but it would be MM showcasing another pregnancy...this time it could be the real deal
But I would rub my hands with glee if the York family doesn't extend an invitation to MM hopefully they will have it when she is away in Africa getting bitten by Tsetse flies,causing sleeping sickness as i am sure that is the only thing to slow her down
It's quite clear that he & Fergie cannot stand to even look at her, especially after the attention grab and trying to overshadow Eugenie's wedding (another despicable thing she has done...she has done so many it is easy to forget!)
If i remember there was a lot of Instagram bombing from Fergie after Eugenie's wedding...trying to counteract the stunt MM pulled
I agree that the baby we saw at the christening looks a lot like Meghan's baby pictures, and the swaddled tot we saw at the presentation resembled Thomas, Sr.
But are they the same child? And do we see a genetic contribution from Harry? I don't think I do. Meg did have her eggs frozen, and it's possible that she used a surrogate and a paternal donor, with or without Harry's knowledge. So Archie would be hers, but not Harry's. Scuttlebutt floating around suggests that Harry might not be capable of producing viable swimmers.
The surrogate delivery aside, if the child does not have Harry's DNA, he is not a Royal, and since neither royal statutes nor the laws of Britain recognize surrogacy arrangements . . an IVF baby which is Meghan's but not Harry's would technically be classed as illegitimate. Hence, the resoundingly silent official non-reaction by the family. It really is like the baby doesn't exist.
If becoming parents was the aim, the Sussexes could have announced publicly that they planned to adopt. They said that very thing during their engagement, which was tantamount to an admission that maybe natural children were not going to happen and they were already aware of this. Or maybe they said that just to appear more 'woke'. In any case, I think an adopted child or surrogate pregnancy would have been accepted if they had been open and honest about their intentions. The child still would have been ineligible for a title and a 21-gun salute, but he wouldn't be a dirty little secret whom the family was ignoring.
Becoming a family through adoption/surrogacy could have become one of their charitable platforms and could have been their legacy within the Royal family. In a family firm predicated on bloodlines, this was always going to be controversial from a succession standpoint, but public sentiment would have been with them. They were perfectly placed to be the royals who adopted children and opened that dialogue; Harry is too far down the line for this to affect the succession, but he is still high-ranking enough to be a senior royal and not one of the lesser cousins who are not in the public eye. So their doing so would have been 'impactful', to use another of their favorite woke terms.
I think Meg was happy to put adoption out there publicly that early on as a possibility--she could appease Harry's stated desire to become a dad without having to ruin her figure, and burnish her compassionate humanitarian image--UNTIL it was made clear to her after the wedding that no heir she did not give birth to herself would be eligible for a title. Without a titled anchor baby, her plan was moot, and her position less secure. Also she realized that Kate's pregnancies garnered her a lot of positive press coverage, and the opportunity to merch designer maternity fashions was too powerful to pass up. With a surrogate, she wouldn't get any of those perks; plus how would she get baby swag if no one knew she was having a baby?
Hence, the Moonbump plot was hatched.
Maybe we will never 'officially' be told the truth about Archie's arrival, unless she tries it on again. Then perhaps the firm will get over its reticence in airing her reproductive laundry.
Who knows with this soap opera? It's the most outlandish story line I've ver seen.
Fingers crossed for that. Prince Andrew and his ex who has learned her lessons publicly and well, may clear the field for their daughter.
This is a posh people's version of 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place' time. On the one hand, Andrew is very desirous that his daughters receive the Royal bride treatment. He is still smarting and angry over the snub of having his girls demoted from the ranks of working Royals. Years ago, Her Maj decreed that they would not be supported by the Crown funds and must make their own way with a profession. They do all right, with grace and favor lodgings in Crown properties, and they've got some money from their father, plus whatever they can earn by leveraging their royal connections. But they are not on the same level with Kate and Meghan in terms of public profile and Andrew has never been happy about that. A huge splashy Royal wedding is his girls' one chance to shine, and he wouldn't want that taken away from Beatrice.
But I'm sure he does not want to invite the Markle. If the Queen makes him, then she's really insisting on having it both ways--she gets to dictate the guest list for the wedding of a bride whom she has not invited to be part of the Firm officially. Of course it looks better to have all the family together, but it's fooling no one into believing that everybody's getting along. Beatrice does not require HM's permission to marry, and even though she's a Princess of the blood, Granny has made it plain that she and her sister are very much second-tier royals. He could put on a very nice wedding in Italy . . an Anglican minister could be imported for the occasion.
But that would not be traditional. Who knows if the bride even wants the traditional Windsor wedding? Question is, would the Yorks be obliged to marry their daughter off according to the dicates of the Queen, or do they have more flexibility?
Megsy's swan dive down the stairs would be well-cushioned by her pillow, but it'd be fun to see her try. Actually succeeding in her ploy would take all the triumphant fun out of seeing the global reaction.
Andrew and Fergie are flawed people, especially him, but they both seem devoted to their daughters, and the girls have benefited by being raised by the two most amicable divorced people ever. After Fergie brought shame to the family by her public infidelity, the Queen forced the couple to divorce, but maybe Andrew never really wanted this. He may have been hurt and angry in the short-term, but he seems to have forgiven Sarah. Philip was the obstacle to their public reconciliation, but it's been the worst-kept secret for years that they are back together, all but the paperwork. They both have mutual goals when it comes to promoting the York interest and their daughters.
If Bea wants the tiaras and the coverage on the BBC with Granny in attendance, she may have to submit to the Markle being there. Everyone will just have to agree to pretend that she's invisible. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Then Bea and Edo can plan a superlative post-wedding blowout in Italy at one of the groom's family castles or something with no Markle. Her Majesty wouldn't have any jurisdiction over that, and being excluded from a house party in an Italian castle with all of Edo's millionaire celeb friends would REALLY grind Markle's gears.
Your comment ' wonder how long before Harry realised her hair was an illusion' opens up a multitude of avenues. Most men are beguiled by a women's hair, that's what we were lead to believe. Not sure if I am phrasing this correct, but men are visible creatures, they see first and feel next....imagine meeting a gorgeous women, .....dining,phoning,texting,meet ups,whatever.....then discovering the hair attraction was
not what they expected.
Cannot imagine the situation with false eyelashes or any falseness of other body parts, but , will it be such a horror? Or just overlooked? Hard to say, I presume.
I'm not sure that she could survive going back to being a nobody. I've known people that have built up their businesses from nothing, lost them, and couldn't face it. They made the choice to not live rather than to be poor.
Nutty have you seen this Page 6 article. I couldn't get here fast enough to share!
https://trib.al/SyhVvtj
So I'd tgink, for MM it's not so.much as upstaging the bride, as it being jealous of the whole situation, all the being celebs there, plus the bride being an actual princess. Remember, she tried for years to get into their circle, even was on the peripheri, but never really got anywhere close to them. So it's like they always kept her at Bay.
Now, going by the earlier York sister wedding,we.know that Bae's wedding would also be perfect. It would also be the stepping stone for finally launching Bae into the spotlight. Her sister has become more visible, with her causes and public engagements, social media etc in a more serious Royal way since her own wedding.
Also, it's to be noted that the York sisters have been sort of out of Mms bounds, bar the pregnancy announcement. Infact if you look at Princess eugenie's ig you'll see the subtle shade at MM - she talks about her causes a lot, and is always at the forefront actually speaking. She seems to visit a lot of places, but doesn't publicise it the conventional way, you only see pictures once the event is done and dusted. She also has a monthly pet cause that she highlights, but she actually talked about her work for that cause rather than some silly gimmicky post.
All in all, I'd say the York's do have her number, and ate aware of her pettiness, but just go about living their best life anyway, regardless. And so MM will rely on not an actual antic, but romours, conjecture, and her clothes choice to get some. limelight at the wedding. Also think shells be super skinny with big hips by then. (A la Kardashian)
It's interesting the Eugenie has a public account but Beatrice does not; perhaps she's waiting for her wedding announcement. Bea's 31st birthday is today, so there has been a lot of speculation that today is the day.
I agree that Bea's wedding will be spectacular: the Yorks will see to that. They may make a big deal about Edo and Edo's family paying for a portion of it, however, which would certainly show up the Sussexes.
Now, I think inpatient treatment for "post-partum depression" is the best option for MM and any present or future children.
Interesting to know that this angle is being picked up by the US press as well.
It's probably mostly in the US that Meg is going to try to sell her "I was never accepted by the Royal Family because of RACISM" line, so the RF or their PR people are trying to show that the Royals made a solid effort.
But you hit the nail on the head about MM always wanting to be in their circle but never making it until.....well who knows when or where. Bea especially has always had celebrity pals, but they seem rather discreet. She was at the Kloss/Kushner wedding, if I remember correctly, and that seems to be the crowd MM wants to run with. I mean, look who was on that boat with Geffen (right, CDANers) after Google Camp.....Nonoo!
Andrew may be a dirtbag to other men's daughters, and I'd just as soon not dwell on that, because his girls obviously love him. Family pictures of the Yorks together always look happy, which is not the case with the Waleses as such. Eugenie seems the more grounded one, having settled on her guy and had a stable relationship for nearly 10 years. Her sister has been looking for love for a long time. Hope Edo is worthy of all his PR and doesn't end up hurting her. Together, the York girls and their husbands could make real 'Forces for Change' and stick it in Harkles' eye.
Or some reasoning along those lines . . .He should have held out longer for a wife.
the Duchess of Sussex had thrown an almighty diva tantrum because she had wanted a very rare and hard-to-procure delicacy known as "an avocado" – and apparently got mad when no-one on her staff was prepared to fly one over from America for her.
Andrew, is that you?
Markle: So lovely of you to invite me to the wedding, by the way, I'm going to announce I'm expecting on that day
Fergie: No on my daughter's wedding you bitch!!
ROFLMAO :P
Not on my .....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/meghan-markle-s-sister-samantha-has-been-suspended-from-twitter/ar-AAFwxq7?ocid=spartandhp
I'm sure Andrew is capable of being as big a b*tch as Smeaghan, only he's going to do in it a clandestine, more manly Prince of the Realm stealth offensive. I doubt the Duke of York eats avocado toast . . .maybe all of the York women put their heads together to come up with that one, and recruited Kate to their little soiree. And Princess Anne.
I think Andrew would focus more on burgers and maybe throw some avocados on a nice mixed salad, tossed vigorously. He probably got to see Megs grill burgers at first hand. I don't think there is any love lost between Andrew and Charles's boys, exactly but if Andrew had truly seen Meg's grilling skills for himself, surely he would have had an uncle-nephew word with Hazza to prevent what's happening now?
hurry over to Charlatan Duchess to see the photos of markle on the yacht with the other yacht girls,
one of whom is Sarah Macklin.
I *wondered* why the press was running the "who Harry dated" pieces, and this makes perfect sense: 1) it's a way for me to use a colon in honor of the duchess who was born that day in 1981; 2) it's a way to link markle to the yacht crew; 3) it's a way to insinuate where Harry was meeting his fine young ladies; 4) it's another drop in the "we-tried-we-really-really-tried-to-make-it-work BRF bucket ("I did it for money with Harry first" kind of takes the edge off the stars-and-universe spin).
https://www.elitedaily.com/p/who-is-sarah-ann-macklin-prince-harry-dated-her-right-before-he-met-meghan-markle-18007281
Absolutely . . hair does not make the man, or woman . . unless, as you point out, that's all he/she's got going for him/her.
That pretty well describes Smeaghan. Her hair is her most noticeable and enticing quality. It's certainly not her personality. She's not a beauty and her body, even when slimmer than now was pretty meager. That burger grilling video reminded me of Miley Cyrus twerking . . a plain girl with few assets and a whole ton of makeup trying so hard and awkwardly to be sexy, her every movement a cartoon.
Her best feature is as inauthentic as the rest of her and that's just par for the course, really.
I don't think Richard Gere's Edward owned a yacht, but I'm sure he bought one after he married his one-week-stand call girl. The stuff that little girl's dreams are made of . . .
But I *do* think that the yacht photos and the "Harry dated Sarah Macklin" stories are easily linked. It would explain why Markle and her prince had such a hard time agreeing on how they met. They couldn't even lie effectively and in sync.
@Hikari: Yes--Sparkle Farkle is especially talented when it comes to preparing salads. Apparently she can toss a mean one. . .
Just sayin'
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1139483/meghan-markle-news-sarah-ann-macklin-jacklin-burberry-prince-harry
Connect the dots.