The next few days will be exciting for Royal watchers, as the Christmas celebrations take center stage.
The most exciting event is likely to be the Christmas walk on December 25, as the Royals walk from the Sandringham Estate to the 16th century St. Mary Magdalene church for the 11am service. Will Prince George and perhaps Princess Charlotte make their debut this year?
If so, what will they wear? Being as it's the middle of winter, I hope Prince George won't be stuck with short pants again. Isn't it time for him to wear full-length trousers year-round, anyway?
Prince Andrew will supposedly be arriving at the church by car, so as not to dampen the mood. The Queen also arrives by car, and in fact rode with Andrew last year. (Here's some info on how to see the Royals walk in person if you are so inclined.)
There's also talk of a "major announcement" by the Cambridges this year - perhaps Kate's first solo tour? Sophie and Anne regularly undertake solo tours, so why not Kate? Whatever it is will presumably promote her Early Childhood initiative.
The most exciting event is likely to be the Christmas walk on December 25, as the Royals walk from the Sandringham Estate to the 16th century St. Mary Magdalene church for the 11am service. Will Prince George and perhaps Princess Charlotte make their debut this year?
If so, what will they wear? Being as it's the middle of winter, I hope Prince George won't be stuck with short pants again. Isn't it time for him to wear full-length trousers year-round, anyway?
Prince Andrew will supposedly be arriving at the church by car, so as not to dampen the mood. The Queen also arrives by car, and in fact rode with Andrew last year. (Here's some info on how to see the Royals walk in person if you are so inclined.)
There's also talk of a "major announcement" by the Cambridges this year - perhaps Kate's first solo tour? Sophie and Anne regularly undertake solo tours, so why not Kate? Whatever it is will presumably promote her Early Childhood initiative.
Christmas card chicken
Neither the Cambridges nor the Sussexes has officially released the family Christmas card as of 1pm EET December 23, although @KensingtonRoyal Instagram did release a photo of four generations of sovereigns making a mince pie, a non-so-subtle way of saying "These are the four people who actually matter."
Perhaps the Cambridges are playing a sort of game of chicken with the Sussexes - who will officially release their holiday greeting first? Perhaps the Sussexes will not be releasing anything at all, since they are officially on break.
The Sussex publicity during the break has been all over the place, first suggesting they were in California, then in seclusion in Canada, possibly with Meghan's mother, but certainly not with Meghan's father.
Rumors have also been all over the place, with the notorious troll @torontopaper1 suggesting that Meg hadn't been allowed to enter Canada despite making calls to all of her best contacts, as well as a terrible, amateurish video of Harry in a cheapish Santa suit creating speculation that he is in rehab, or should be.
Philip's health
Overshadowing the Christmas celebrations are worries about Prince Philip's health. As of this writing, the 98-year-old family patriarch remains in the hospital, having been flown to London on Friday for what was improbably called a "planned admission" on a Friday 5 days before Christmas.
If the Christmas celebrations at Sandringham go on without Philip and his famously strong cocktails, it will be the first Christmas ever without him for most of the attendees - with the exception of the Queen.
Both Philip and the Queen seem to be feeling their ages, and it seems likely that Charles will take over even more Royal duties in 2020.
The Queen's speech
The Queen's speech to be broadcast on Christmas Day is also much anticipated.
What can she possibly say about a year that has not only included a significant general election, but an enormous amount of family drama?
Will she obliquely refer to the humiliations of Prince Andrew, the speculation surrounding the mysterious birth of Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, the complaints and ultimate disappearance of the Sussexes?
And which photos will appear in the background? Royal watchers have learned that they often represent a subtle but potent form of Queen communication - and shade.
The speech has probably already been recorded, so it is unlikely to reference Philip's health challenges.
What are you looking forward to over the next few days?
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Someone ran a photo of Harry from a recognized source against him in the hostage Santa video and the results say that it's a different person - distance between the eyes, etc.
https://twitter.com/EvieGrace2Hope/status/1209345406427107330
@Trudy: The Daily Mail now has an article about the card being photoshopped!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7824523/Was-Meghan-Markles-face-PHOTOSHOPPED-Christmas-e-card.html
It is odd that her face is in focus but Harry's isn't. It looks to me that a photo was taken with Archie as the focus. The faces of Meghan and Harry in the background would then not be in focus. (Plus, why does Meghan look taller than Harry, but they seem to be sitting parallel to each other - he is leaning down and photographs can be deceptive so I am going to talk myself out of the rabbit hole for that one!) Meghan then photoshopped the pic and replaced her face with another that is in focus (or Harry did it, thinking it would be hilarious, but does he have the skills?).
Amateur theatrics from Meghan (trying to create the perfect Hallmark Christmas movie poster) or an attempt to hide something?
I am not cool with royalty (paid for and endured by taxpayers) sending a gif as a Christmas card.
I used to work in publishing and worked with many designers. I concur with Nutty's criticism of the text on the image. It really is amateur and would have got an immediate reject from me (but I must admit that when I first saw the 'card', I focused on the image and did not notice the text). This kind of convinces me that this is a 100% Meghan production.
I would like to see:
1. A Christmas walk to Church with Prince George in attendance.
2. A lovely broadcast by the Queen with her looking rested and serene (despite the circumstance).
3. NO PR pieces by the gruesome duo.
4. An announcement that Kate is expecting (but that is not likely).
5. Prince Philip get a 'clean bill of health (and it was only a preexisting condition to be sorted out)
6. Rather doubtful but hope Harry And Meghan is in rehab/psychiatric counseling but it won't be made public.
7. Seeing Edo and Bea looking like they are 'in love' on Christmas walk to Church.
8. Seeing Her Majesty in a beautiful ensemble going to Church (alas I wish she would break out the jewels, lol)
I think the Queen will not mention the trouble about Prince Andrew because my goodness, why would she want to focus on negative at the holiest time of the year so-to-speak. As for Kate having another child, I think it would be fantastic and would love to see a half dozen or more. lol. I think it is certainly appropriate for a boy of George's age to attend religious services (in my Christian domination we take our children from birth with us every Sunday).
I think we can safely say Janina Javankar has been Markled.
Oooo, lots of nice catches on the photoshop.
I can understand how much easier it is to photoshop in black and white but if you are going to claim that you are sending ecards for the environment (to be a proper SJW) then you can do color just as easily.
Hadn't noticed the double lip action. Wow.
Totally agree with the lettering. The DM does this on the stupid play video box all the time and it makes me crazy on many levels. (I have some very serious questions about their code writers as well.)
Grateful that Prince Phillip is home. Good. He doesn't look as well as he did before but what do I expect at his age (hope I live that long too).
(Um, I've spent a fair time with elderly -to their early 90's). One of the photos, where his head is turned, it looks like he has two black eyes. The fall? maybe? Are we talking about a head injury now too? I was thinking of fall like fall over the stool and concerns about how you put up your hands to break the fall or grab something. Head injuries are a whole nother kettle of fish.
And on this side of the pond, they won't let you walk to the car - you are wheeled in a chair (liability). I completely understand his determination and think well, that can be a good sign of which direction he and his body want to respond.
I can only make sense of this if I believe that Meghan is pursuing some sort of insanity defense. I can just hear Harry raging: Racism and British froideur drove her crazy.
As for royal life, she is clearly done. No way the papers would have her lame Photoshopping of the Christmas card as their lead Christmas Eve story otherwise.
Merry Christmas to all!
Megsy is messy with details and follow through, which is why I think this is a 100% Meghan production.
I loathe the smugness of `from our family to yours' intensely. If I had received that greeting at one of the times when I felt truly alone in the world, I'd have topped myself there and then, before I'd even deleted the bl**dy thing.
Yet again, they disgust me. What about the bereaved, the dumped, the childless, all those victims they claim to care about? No, it's just another opportunity to display their sham `family' and smirk. Pah! Humbug!
I feel for all those left with a bitter taste in their mouths at opening this `greeting' from their `patrons'. You deserve far better than this. What a sad mockery of Christmas.
And while he doesn't look so hot in the close ups, I have to say he's looking a lot better qua coloring since before he retired. He often looked like death warmed over on some of his official engagements, especially next to younger/healthier people.
The H&M GIF is bad. I often have phases in which I do some photoshopping but most of mine is rather basic compared to some other people; I could've made a better "card" than that on my first attempt. I didn't even notice the text until I read the comments here. And why did they make it a GIF? Just for the sparkles above their heads/christmas tree lights?
Elle, Reine des Abeilles
Also, I read a comment somewhere that the card was released after UK newspaper time, and no Christmas Day papers in the UK, so why was that done? IDK if any of that is true, I just read it. I'll see if I can find it again.
December 23, 2019 at 6:36 PM
They probably didn't want the newspapers to waste extra paper and ink on publishing their card. Think of the environment!
He's aged since the photo was taken but the dark coloration isn't new.
I know absolutely nothing about photography or photoshopping, but I’ve seen speculation that making a GIF erases a photo’s history date and details, which is what tripped her up with the christening photos. For me, the biggest giveaway is the sharpness of her features and Harry’s shirt covering the left side of Archie’s head. Something’s going on - who knows what? Harry Markle even has a new post out about the photo.
I sincerely hope and pray that Archie has someone in his life who loves and cares for him.
Very glad to see Prince Philip out and home.
Merry Christmas and best wishes for the holidays to all!
So why the photoshopped card?
1. Her Maj does not go near a mixing bowl!
2. William may just take first prize for mixing.
3. William and Charles keep putting more ingredients in George's bowl (probably for the photo op).
It is blatant PR, but it comes across as sweet and endearing and 'thank you for doing this and sharing this, and I hope George can navigate this realisation of who he is safely'.
The Harkles PR does not have the same effect. Why do you think this is? What is it about the Harkles that is so annoying?
By the way, Megsy, negatively criticising and rejecting the traditions and values of the family that provide for you so very well (I could live comfortably for a year on what Megsy spent on clothing for a quiet year, and that is not counting jewellery, holidays, travel, and so on) is actually not a good idea, not good PR.
This is bad, and for most who were on the fence before, this might be the thing to push them over. Besides, re our previous "liar, liar, pants on fire" convos, this is just proof in the Christmas pudding. Not only does it raise questions about this visit, but all of the other anomalies and "conspiracy" theories are brought to the fore: fake pregnancy, could be!; Darren or Fauxrchie, why not?; older baby, newer baby, other baby; etc., etc.
Liars lie. That is the one thing we know is true about liars. And Rach & PH have lied to the world, and this is not about racism, it's about basic honesty and integrity, and this card has shown that they've got none of it. So, sans a documented explanation involving aliens holding them hostage and forcing them to do a photoshopped Christmas card, with unphotoshopped pictures as proof, those two are sunk.
Without knowing more, my first guess is that they are not together and have been completely cut out of the BRF, at least Rach has. PH may be in treatment. They do not have Archie. They do not have access to post. And Rach threw something together and duped the Queen's Commonwealth Trust into posting it (thereby blowing up that for them, too).
This woman is a whore, and I do not mean that in the sexual way, no slut shaming. She's a whore in that she'll sell herself and do anything for money/fame/attention. She has no moral core, no integrity, no shame, and for reasons yet unknown (but certainly to be revealed), she has taken PH along for the ride and done some damage to the BRF in the process. Thankfully, I believe Wills is smart and at the ready (maybe his stint in MI-6 was a threat, not a PR story :), and I think the family will deal accordingly.
I have to admit that I'm prepped for Christmas and my biggest challenge now is to keep myself from eating everything before guests arrive. I don't see that happening, so Plan B is only to scarf what won't be missed...
I envy them and would have loved to have a life with a personal cook. I loved cooking (can't do so any more) but it would save so much time to not have to shop and cook and just order what you want.
Agree completely.
When the Queen decides she wants to go outside and feed the ducks in the pond, the kitchen staff busy themselves cutting pieces of bread to the exact same length for her to throw to the birds. I think someone also helps carry the bread to her in a special basket.
So, no I don't think she cooks at all. I don't think she can even make her own tea and by that, I mean the tea you drink, not tea the meal. (only some people will undersgtand that)
She really is so predictable.
Look for the next Meg Bomb tomorrow during the Christmas Walk.
I have said from the Summer on that the Suxxes have been banished, and the RF has let the Gruesome Twosome make excuses to the Press as to why they are no longer welcome at RF gatherings.
The Summer excuse made no sense, Archie too young to travel to Scotland, but perfectly fine to fly to Spain, France and the US,
There is a story about her making a cup of tea for a handyman, too.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9956917/queen-made-tea-buckingham-palace/
I got an LOL at this part: “Yeah. In a mug. Two sugars. Builders’ tea. I don’t want any of that nonsense I had the last time I was here, all that fine china and all that saucer stuff.”
So, who knows, but my guess is that esp before she became HMTQ, she did some cooking, but I'd bet against her doing any of it now, though who knows, she may secretly enjoy whipping up a pudding now and again, just for the fun of it. For those of us who do love to cook and bake, no amount of cash would stop us doing it, it's just we'd only do it when we wanted.
The class divide was even bigger when she was young, and servants did everything. For Her, they still do, for example:
The Queen doesn't even choose what she wears. Someone does it for her, to make sure that she rotates through the variety of her clothes. The clothes are laid out for her, including the jewellery and hat, gloves and purse she will use that day. She doesn't even break in her own new shoes. She has someone do it for her.
Everyday she has a bath and the water is exactly at a certain temperature, and a certain depth in the tub.
The newspapers are ironed for her to read and laid out in the exact same order every day.
Does that sound like someone who makes muffins in the morning for her family? I don't think so.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2019/11/05/dressing-the-queen-royal-behind-the-scene-secrets-revealed-by-her-majestys-dresser/#32a026c84325
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So, I know that the BRF will not directly and bluntly call out Rach & PH card. Will they address it at all? Or is this another chance to show how the duo has been set adrift?
Poor Archie. I hope that baby is somewhere safe and loved. He deserves none of this.
Yes! I was trying to think of who(m) Archie reminded me but the best I could do was Timothy West. Your suggestion of another MM gives a much closer resemblance.
I find it hard to agree with those who think Archie's cute, he seems such a lump to me. The babe in the `official' Christening photo was more attractive to my eye but I'm still think that could have been a photo-shopped Harry, perhaps from an unpublished picture of him on Diana's knee from the baptism in the 1980s. Hence the `remarkable'* likeness to his father.
*There's a pun in there somewhere
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/meghan-markle-31.jpg?crop%3D0px%252C76px%252C2000px%252C1051px%26resize%3D1200%252C630&imgrefurl=https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-winter-white-sweater/&docid=uw1Yy_oRBc8dGM&tbnid=4s3mGcgNl-1aNM:&vet=1&w=1200&h=630&source=sh/x/im#h=630&imgdii=AK9KpklPX3NdNM:&vet=1&w=1200
But why?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2030638/Queen-Elizabeths-shock-corgi-dogs-fed-reheated-meals-instead-freshly-cooked.html
This was a totally new one on me so I had to find out the details. Serious dog love.
@nutty,great blog. Thanks ever so much for providing the space to air our thoughts on MM.
This whole Sussex Christmas card looks very rushed and like a patchwork of efforts. Another reason they may have opted for e-cards is because actual paper cards would have required coordination with staff and vendors weeks maybe months ago. A photographer would have wanted a higher quality pic and this is pretty low resolution. Their rollout on Twitter is probably an attempt to mirror what the Cambridges and Prince of Wales-Duchess of Cornwall did. They went for extremely quiet and had the physical cards revealed by those who received them.
The Sussexes didn’t even send cards so couldn’t go the same route. They had the Commonwealth Trust do the reveal to legitimize the e-cards and not be considered some potential hoax/photoshop job. The use of the Commonwealth Trust may explain why the Sussexes were being so heavy-handed with their Commonwealth love of late.
https://twitter.com/queenscomtrust/status/1209241848411303941?s=20
Just checking in after I saw the DM article, and wow, you guys picked up a lot! PH's shirt over part of Archie's face, the double lip. And like @Nutty said, the placement and choice of font for the greeting was terrible. Very amateur! But that's MM for you....watch out MM you are getting boring!!
Finally, it's like a Christmas Miracle, in that this blog has gotten back on track and we can all enjoy it again. It is really fun engaging and discussing this with y'all and I look forward to the TRUTH in 2020!! Merry Christmas to all!!!
The e-card was released via non official media forums suggests something is very off? (and I quote from the DM),
‘The card was not officially released through any official royal channels, and first appeared on an unverified Twitter account called The Queen's Commonwealth Trust.’
The card has been verified as genuine, and already been ruled out it wasn’t a hoax, but why was the e-card released by an unverified Twitter account? Have the Sussex’s been banned from using their official IG account ? Have they been shut down from posting I wonder?
@tatty, the DM pic in the article does look different, but underneath it states their editor "flattened out the shadows on Meghan's face" to show it was added later. I have no idea what that means, lol. Anyone understand that lingo?
December 24, 2019 at 12:47 PM
In Photoshop you can adjust (and add) lighting and shadows over the whole pic or specific layers or areas. If you edit pics, especially if you put different pics/layers in one, then you often have to adjust for this or it will look unnatural since the subjects/objects were not in the same room/under the same lighting originally. Flattening the shadows is one way to highlight the differences in lighting between subjects/objects in the image. Anyone who plays around semi-seriously in PS will know to do this to determine the areas they need to adjust the lighting and/or brush edges etc to make the whole picture look more natural. MM obviously does not know this and just c/p her pic in there and the editor showed that by making the adjustments himself.
Hope that clears it up a little...
Poor Archie. Having been used from such an early age. I hope he will grow into a happy confident kid despite all this.
So they used a photoshop tool to try and prove a photoshopped card (the one they used where someone made her face in focus ) to prove it is photoshopped.
Do you all see that? (Sincere) They are using the wrong photo.
But I don't know if that's true for all gifs or just the ones I downloaded/saved.
@KayeC, I hope @Ozmanda checks in, too. She knows a lot about the metadata stuff.
I'm so with you on the truth. I really do believe that this is an embarrassment to more than just Rach & PH, and that it raises so many questions about the previous questions (oh, and that Christening photo! how did I miss that on my list of suspicious acts!).
https://www.paimages.co.uk/search-results/fluid/?q=picture%20kill&category=A,S,E&fields_0=all&fields_1=all&imagesonly=1&order=relevance&orientation=both&words_0=all&words_1=all
@Elle Super classy dog! Royalty are nothing without their passive aggressive manners. LOL :)
What a nice way for Rach to hijack the BRF Christmas with her drama. If only she had recycled her Jesus Christ Superstar extra costume from SA and put Archie in the bespoke manger...
This PA images thing does not make any sense, either. Lots of talk on Tumblr. I swear it's covered in Rach & PH fingerprints, however. Even Scobie tweeted the card, so...
Who is PA images?
Now I guess they get to release the right card? Just in time to further disrupt the holiday and steal attention away from the Christmas Walk? Seriously, who does this? And how does it happen? @Nutty? @Anyone in PR or press?
Poor judgement, bad implementation and cheap PR. If this is the way Megan modernizes the Royal Family I much prefer the traditional version. Wouldn't you agree?
https://twitter.com/queenscomtrust taken down there
My guess: once Rach had been found out, they had to claim it was the wrong card or an accident or whatever. There are just not many other explanations since it had already been confirmed as the card.
Well, who set the Photoshopped one out?
Again, Merry Christmas.
Happy and Merry Christmas in just a few hours now!
A couple things regarding Harry and Meghan and their “unusual” Christmas card:
They sent a late and (very likely) homemade GIF. (Plus, Harry just did a poor quality video.) This says to me: 1) They are cutting corners financially. Postage and printing lots of cards is expensive and unwieldy if no staff is available to help with the process. This leads me to believe their funding and support staff has been cut down or cut off. The lateness hints that they may have thought there would be funding and staff help for the card project but it did not come through. Meghan seems to be a lot of things but she has not been tardy or a procrastinator on past projects. IMO, this card was Plan B or C after more attractive (and timely) options did not come to fruition.
Using the Commonwealth Trust to release the card may mean they no longer have access to RF social media channels — especially if the RF was unhappy with Harry’s cringeworthy Bad Santa video.
I’m a financial planner and enrolled agent (tax preparer and advisor) in the US and have seen clients who have been laid off or had other financial setbacks do the exact same regarding their Christmas cards.
What strikes me about the photo is Harrys arm is darker than Megs, & Archie looks as if he has two sets of eyebrows?
W&K really despise that dreadful woman and her spineless lapdog.
This calls for a toast, where's my wine glass? Cheers everybody!
Wow. I spend 3 hours making cake for tomorrow and the email blows me out of the water.
Thank you for the enlightening details about photoshop - so many details that I had no clue about.
Mistakes were made but not by someone. How interesting Sir. Inclined to agree with you. They seem to jump from one mistake to another without pausing to think their way through all the possible bad options and how to avoid them.
Stephanie, could be, could be, could well be why (and snark: gosh and why would the money be cut off?)...This would tie into my idea that global Sussex is shut down and they are looking at ways to "reach out to their 'supporters'".
Gosh those kids of the Cambs are really cute. (They look real, kind, approachable, just nice all around kids). It just shows (to me) that it makes it much harder to pass off Hollywoodization of something when compared to the down to earth really real.
OMG, the shade, the unmitigated shade of it all! Wills, I stan your royal pettiness. To release this heartwarming darling picture of the kids... in BLACK & freaking WHITE!
I called it early with Wills and HR Shadiness. I had faith, and he delivered shade of royal proportion. I hope they release a few BRF walk photos tomorrow in B&W, too, because what better than a viral virtual scarfing!
(An aside to W&K: seriously, free babysitting on NYE, and I promise to wait for cocktails until after Nanny Maria puts the children to bed... and yes, that means you, too, Charlotte, you cannot stay up late with your Auntie Elle :)
This calls for a toast, where's my wine glass? Cheers everybody!
Definitely worthy of a Cheers all 'round to my BFFs, W&K, and all the Nuttiers.
1) the card gif on QCT page is their Christmas card.
2) a sugar photoshopped the card to make MM’a face clearer
3) DM picked the altered sugar picture to coomment on about photoshopping
4) the sugar realized what happened and was embarrassed, so she apologized and turned off her Twitter account
5) kill photo declaration is issues over the DM used sugar photoshopped card with MM”s face in focus
This IMO doesn’t help DM with the lawsuit.
Somehow, for some reason, things go haywire and it's not their fault, everyone else messed it up.
Are these two the most unlucky public figures ever? It seems they couldn't organize a picnic.
Are they trying to say it was altered after it was posted? What image is on the Commonwealth Trust account? That's the photo they submitted.
They released the card as a Gif. A Stan took the photo and “glamorized” it by photoshopping Meghan and sharpened her face and put it in focus. This is against the copyright.
DM grabbed that unauthorized in focus picture and then made an article about the idea that the Sussex photoshopped it. Sussex didn’t, Stan did.
Dm is going to have to correct their article.
Who in particular did that? How do you know what you say to be true? Why hasn't the DM corrected it immediately?
@sussexdiary did it apparently
Why has the DM not killed the photo as instructed? I have no idea. It is that photo that has been killed.
@cookie shark a circus swirls around them.
But if it makes anyone feel better, there is a Stan “fight” going on now where the alpha Stans are fussing at the photoshop stans and saying “look at what happens” and to stop because they are causing chaos for their queen etc.
I just checked Scobie's twitter, and even the good one looks bad. The "original" at the Queen's Commonwealth Trust also looks like merde (and photoshopped). I personally think this is Rach & PH lying about the obvious again. We saw the original that went to QCT and people called it photoshopped at that point. Besides, Rach is probably @SussexDiary. Liars lie. Cheaters cheat.
And yes, @CookieShark,poor Rach & PH, victims again (lolohellno). I'm going to need some more candy because apparently the chocolate I've eaten just now is not enough to stave off the sussex dementors lol.
A lot of people are doing a lot of water carrying here for Meghan.
I remember dressing up in summertime for my parents to take the holiday photos for our holiday cards.
In the commonwealth photo, her face is blurry.
In the DM one, her face is sharp and in focus.
I’m not speaking of Archie. Just of this issue.
DM one: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7824523/Was-Meghan-Markles-face-PHOTOSHOPPED-Christmas-e-card.html#comments
https://www.gettyimages.no/detail/news-photo/please-kill-this-photograph-royal-sussex-23423421-news-photo/1190441169.
“...and to The Mail, I see your campaign against my friend continues. Nice photoshop ofmy non-photoshopped image. Now may we all get back to the spirit of Christmas and not the spirit of maliciousness.”
Peace out, everyone. Quiet time then bed for me.
That photo is photoshopped. So, that story about DM using another image doesn't hold water.
The so-called original still looks to be altered to me.
https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/prince-harry-and-family-spotted-vacationing-in-greater-victoria-1.24042042
However, Janina Gavankar needs to sit herself down about saying the Christmas pic was not photoshopped. I am not an expert on Photoshop but I know enough to say that photo-editing software of some kind was clearly used to produce that card. I am not even talking about editing their faces. Adding the Christmas message required photo-editing. The twinkling lights required the photo used to be changed into a GIF animation with several layers that were edited to have the desired effect. Then there is the pic being edited to be the right type of black-and-white pic.
As for the debate about the photo being used by the DM being different from the Queens Commonwealth Trust, that argument has holes in it. A GIF is not a photo or one image. It is technically multiple images so the first image someone sees when they click on a link/thumbnail to a GIF is just the first/last/default layer. The other layers or images which can be numerous can be duplicates of that layer or completely different. Hence why it is an animation and not a photo or video. It is possible the less blurry image(s) of Meg is/are on the other layers. When DM flattened the image, they merged all the layers into one which meant most of the editing was seen all at once. There can be some loss of qualities when flattened.
I am not purporting to be an expert but I would love to hear from those more advanced than me in Photoshop.
Anyways, Happy Christmas everyone! I hope everyone has a happy, healing, and hopeful holiday season! Enjoy! Thanks for all the knowledge, laughs, and most importantly snark!
required" refers to this "festive season"
More b.s. From the queen of b.s.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Hiking in Victoria? Really? Like been seen having lunch at their local pub?
Sigh.....
Can't we have a real six week break from them?
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Yes! What is the point of hiring professional staff (at huge cost) if you do not let them do their job? Megsy and Harry, here is some advice: hire staff that have a full understanding of the monarchy and then let them do their job and guide you in doing yours!
Interesting ... the tarot reader I find most reliable did a quick reading on the Sussex Christmas card , I think last Friday. What she got was that a reveal on Monday was surrounded by a lot of negative energy (worst day)!
Oh I agree with everyone that sending an unsigned and poorly designed (low-resolution) gif was cheap and tacky for royalty.
As for the black and white photograph from the Cambridges ... perhaps this was a show of support for the Sussexes so that their fans would think twice about criticising them for the black and white obsession because that would expose them as hypocrites?
https://twitter.com/queenscomtrust/status/1209241848411303941
DM did some editing on the gif, which appeared to show that Meghan's face was not part of the original photo (something looked strange). That article seems to have disappeared.
DM still has an article with the adjusted gif that they created, claiming that the image had been photoshopped (of course it had, by Meghan - even adding the text would be an act of photoshopping). However, the DM's left hand does not seem to know what the right hand is doing and they are now using the adjusted gif that they created as proof that Meghan photoshopped the image. That bizarre article is still on their website:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7824523/Was-Meghan-Markles-face-PHOTOSHOPPED-Christmas-e-card.html
How PA (a photo agency) and Getty images got the doctored image of the gif is a mystery. Can they take an image from a secondary source and then commercialise it? Seems unethical, if not illegal, to me.
I think it is ironic that this whole debacle has been caused by sloppy and unethical work (no respect for rules and due process), which is exactly the way Meghan and Harry operate!
By the way, why does the public accept such poor standards from media? Surely free speech does not mean that the media can make up and publish absolutely rubbish if not downright lies (mistakes do happen, which is why media traditionally publish apologies)? However, it's not really important that rubbish is published about the Sussexes because they are constitutionally irrelevant and use the monarchy as a platform for wealth and fame but actually have nothing to offer and are not important, relevant, significant in any way (their reputation is not important because they are not). Lies published about them may influence the public to demand that their funding gets withdrawn. Gosh, let's all feel sorry for them!
All this just sounds like plausible deniability by the Sussex Camp. That DM article must have set a huge fire for Meg and she’s trying to kill the flames by backtracking on everything. Apparently, Kensington Royal liked the Original Card on the Commonwealth Trust Twitter. Not sure how they can say that the image is illegitimate or not photoshopped. I really would like some experts to weigh in. At a minimum, it shows how vain Meg is.
Le sigh. The drama of H&M is endless.
It's a mess!
It seems like a very Megsy thing to do ... act rashly and then make more of a mess trying to backtrack.
Playing around with editing tools on Photoshop is a very normal thing to do, and if you have had a couple of glasses of wine - whoopie, you are suddenly so brilliant!
If Megsy is going to stick like superglue to Harry and the privileges of a royal life, I hope she learns something, i.e. hire the right professionals for the job (those who understand the history and complexity of the royal family and monarchy, which is more important than being a fab PR or a woke media guru) and then stand back and let them do their job (and listen to and follow their advice).
No,I dont know the legal definition of "of thebody". I assume it means "born of the body of the title-holder's legal wife". I do know that the Viscount and Viscountess of Weymouth had a son through a surrogate, and that a court ruled that the child could not legally inherit his father's title even though the child was genetically theirs. This would also apply to Archie if he was born to a surrogate.
So I'm thinking this is thevreason the Queen refused to let Archie be styled by Harry's subsidiary title of Earl of Dumbarton. I'm assuming the decision came from the Queen because Meghan would not pass up the chance to have Archie styled as an Earl, no matter how her husband may have felt about it.
I worry about Archie. The fact that the Queen included him in her speech (even with that awful photoshopped picture of him with herself and Phillip) seems to indicate that he is considered part of the family. I hope he is being cared for by the Cambridges or the Wessexes or the Phillipses or the Tindalls and is not just being raised by nannies. Itd pretty obvious to me that H&M dont have him.
>>>I’m not a Stan. I’m a realist. I support Harry and she is his wife. I don’t believe in conspiracy theories. Why this bothers some unknowns to the near point of obsession is odd to me. I’m just one person, it’s my point of view. Get over yourself.<<<
No you are worse than a stan...you are obnoxious!! Get in line (to borrow Your phrase) and then Get Over Yourself.