"This is only hearsay, but in London a Brit socialite who knew her way around money, Europe, royalty told me - and my companion, so I wasn't alone in hearing this - that Meghan was known in the old days. 'She was around the famous playgrounds Europeans visit...and known to be shopping for a rich husband.'"
That's a quote from Cindy Adams in yesterday's New York Post. Cindy is old - so old that she interviewed the original Duchess of Windsor.
"Who was also American," writes Cindy. "She was not happy afterward. She was tough. I interviewed her. She was constantly looking to negotiate some sort of financial betterment."
So, when does the dirt start coming out? How about now.
A regular commenter asked for my input on how and when some of the nasty info on Meg might come out.
In addition to items on the popular blind gossip sites (CDAN, Blind Gossip), tweets from royal reporters and other British journalists, and insider postings on blogs like this one and LSA, the foreign press is one to watch.
Yesterday I thought of the Germans (Bild?) and the French in particular, with the Australians as a long shot, but Cindy didn't occur to me.
She's a good choice because she's got an established reputation (as one should when one is 89 years old) and nothing to lose. She doesn't need or want access to Wills and Kate.
And her employer, Rupert Murdoch, is currently being sued by Prince Harry for phone hacking.
The UK press will gleefully cover both the leak and the BRF's pretend shock, while generating as many clicks (and paper copies) as possible. They have financial targets to meet.
A good example of how the BRF works with the British media is the story released to Richard Kay on Sunday January 12, when the world was focused on the Sussexes, about Princess Beatrice and her fiancé Edo.
That's a quote from Cindy Adams in yesterday's New York Post. Cindy is old - so old that she interviewed the original Duchess of Windsor.
"Who was also American," writes Cindy. "She was not happy afterward. She was tough. I interviewed her. She was constantly looking to negotiate some sort of financial betterment."
So, when does the dirt start coming out? How about now.
Who will drop the information?
We've had more than 1200 comments since the Sussex summit on Monday, so please allow me to repeat part of my answer to a question hidden somewhere within that forest of text.A regular commenter asked for my input on how and when some of the nasty info on Meg might come out.
In addition to items on the popular blind gossip sites (CDAN, Blind Gossip), tweets from royal reporters and other British journalists, and insider postings on blogs like this one and LSA, the foreign press is one to watch.
Yesterday I thought of the Germans (Bild?) and the French in particular, with the Australians as a long shot, but Cindy didn't occur to me.
She's a good choice because she's got an established reputation (as one should when one is 89 years old) and nothing to lose. She doesn't need or want access to Wills and Kate.
And her employer, Rupert Murdoch, is currently being sued by Prince Harry for phone hacking.
Don't make Meg the victim
Reporters, particularly UK reporters, know the dirt, probably much more than we know. But there's a delicate balance - nobody wants to make Meg look like the victim and create public sympathy for her.
And the UK press still needs access to the Royals, so they won't be first on anything that might isn't secretly approved by the family or isn't be timed to serve the family interests.
Besides, unpublished stories can serve as a counterweight to whatever Meg might want to release on the BRF, and Meg may have been told so directly.
"If we see anything in public about Royal Family Member X's eating disorder, then we'll release the story about you yachting. Release that piece about Royal Family Member Y's private dinner with Tommy Robinson, and we release the videotape of you shouting racial insults at Melissa Toubati."
We are shocked, shocked!
If stories about Meg do come out, the BRF will profess to be horrified by this awful invasion of privacy, even though the material may have been supplied by the BRF through an intermediary.
The UK press will gleefully cover both the leak and the BRF's pretend shock, while generating as many clicks (and paper copies) as possible. They have financial targets to meet.
A good example of how the BRF works with the British media is the story released to Richard Kay on Sunday January 12, when the world was focused on the Sussexes, about Princess Beatrice and her fiancé Edo.
"The new year hasn't brought a change of luck for Princess Beatrice and her wedding plans," Kay reported. "New woes are brewing for Bea, 31, and Edo Mapelli Mozzi - and this time it's all to do with the presence of his ex, Dara Huang."
Two days later, Enty ran a blind item: "This offspring of a royal pedophile continues to be cheated on by her soon to be husband. There is even buzz he got an ex pregnant during one of their many visits together".
The story behind the story
Looks like everyone in the British press has known for a long time that Edo and his ex were still knocking boots. The courtiers could see that a wedding date announcement was coming up sometime in January, so they gave Richard Kay at the DM the green light for a euphemistic story about how Dara was still "cutting his hair and buying his clothes" and that Bea had "returned from working in New York" and found they were "closer than she would like."
Richard Kay wasn't given the OK to write the pregnancy rumor, but he or someone else at the DM passed it on to Enty for a blind, knowing it would circulate among people like us.
Anyway, looks like the wedding is off, and it was important for the RF to explain the real reason before the announcement of "different schedules" or some such nonsense.
Richard Kay wasn't given the OK to write the pregnancy rumor, but he or someone else at the DM passed it on to Enty for a blind, knowing it would circulate among people like us.
Anyway, looks like the wedding is off, and it was important for the RF to explain the real reason before the announcement of "different schedules" or some such nonsense.
And Richard Kay has been given the kind of exclusive tidbit that rewards Royal reporters for holding back other, as-yet-unapproved information.
Let's see what's next.
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"Here in Sussex, we comfort ourselves that Susex Royal sounds like a new breed of potato, which we shall be loyally happy to grow, writes Charles Moore"
Accompanied by a large photo of a spud.
A couple of days ago Jonathan Pie retweeted that tweet that was making rounds about how the media treated Meghan differently from Kate for the way she way holding her bump.
In was naïve enough to think that despite the Twitter thread looking like an echo chamber it would be safe for me to suggest that they watch video footage of Meghan to understand why people dislike her instead of relying on stills.
Seriously the only time I look at stills is when I'm trying to see how dark she packed the bronzer compared to the rest of her body (which is unreliable when some event is indoor in a windowless auditorium & artificial lighting).
I was polite when I asked they look at videos. I didn't call anyone names or anything.
Next thing you know, people were calling me "stupid", etc.
I had to make my Twitter private after that.
And then someone posted about the bots.
I can't remember who, but thank you.
It's the same guy from the Quora link Nutty shared, if anyone hasn't seen.
(Don't be fooled by the video title, he's a nice lad.)
Interesting that these things GS are just casually mentioned I'm articles like it's common knowledge and noone takes much notice. Deliberate much? There's also some speculation about the super injuction related to the Sussexes that has so far been mentioned twice in the last 2 weeks. Apparently the media knows what this is about but they are not allowed to say what it's about. It's also believed to be pretty big news concerning the Sussexes and is one of the reasons why things are unraveling like this? Who wants to bet this could actually be about Archie, his birth circumstances?
I don't know how to get to the episode, but it's January 15 at 15:00+.
He said something along the lines of, "we know the real reason why people don't like her." [Not verbatim]
(Sorry if I quoted that wrong Laurence! My fault If I got his words wrong.)
And said that his mother taught him good relationships bring out the best in each other.
I like Laurence.
In fact the name Archie was picked for merching purposes, due to it being rare. Harrison too, as in Harry's son.
It is a gut feeling, but I give TP some credence despite logic. Perhaps it’s wishful. I still haven’t found the time to dive deeper on other topics discussed here this week, but I do not want to lose sight of the larger issues from Meg’s purported yachting years. From the embassy job forward, I think her every movement and connection has to be scrutinized. When/if the world press can give us that timeline, what will we learn? Does Cindy Adams not hint at that? I don’t think the story is just that Meg was a literal ho. Yes, the duplicity is a story in itself; however, I think there is more. Tinhat or not?
Some of you have firsthand experience with narcs and have made strong arguments that narcs can be this brazen on their own, so while it’s hard for me to imagine Meghan can keep doing this alone or just with her pals MA and JM, I’m open to that, too.
And, with that, I see there’s a new Epstein suit in US headlines today. What is current Seagram family status in Canada?
Meanwhile, I've just discovered `Walking Eagle News'. Herself would surely qualify for such a handle but, on a serious note, it's a reminder just how delicate a situation she could charge into with her Wokespiel without having the faintest idea of what it's all about.
Back to the legal case - I'm not sure when exactly or where it'll all happen but if it's in open court, they'll be queuing like an execution for seats in the public gallery. In Exeter, when hangings were no longer public but restricted to the privacy of prison yards, the crowds gathered on a nearby hill so they could see over the wall. It'd be a damp squib if she doesn't turn up and the case is just dismissed. Pity.
Harry? The longer he can be kept out of her clutches, the better. Ideally, he's under proper medical supervision, being fed pure food, none of that adulterated chocolate pie that we suspect Minny Markle may have been feeding him, on top of the poison she drips into his ear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOJdm79a8II
The expression of the faces of the other people made me laugh, it's the kind of reaction we've had to a lot she's done already - she's there thinking she's all that and more, and everyone else is like "what the actual.... are you doing? Do you even realise what an idiot you look right now?" O.o
lol
To illustrate the point, she would tell the story of the wife of one of my father's friends who had always longed for a carpet in the sitting room, instead of just lino and mats. Eventually, she achieved her heart's desire.
Shortly afterwards, she and her husband went away to Eastbourne for the weekend but sadly the wife contracted food-poisoning whilst they were away and died.
Only my mother could see a cause-effect relationship in this but she did, nothing to do with poor food hygiene and everything to do with how her own mother had taught her to deal with poverty and unfulfilled longing.
I do believe, though, that too much money, handled badly, can be a like curse but it's more to do with the person than anything inherent in the cash.
We shall see.
https://www.babycentre.co.uk/top-baby-boy-names-2016
Archie Harrison.......
I stand corrected! In the US Archie is a rare name. In UK it is common.
@Rasberry Rufflie said:
>>>@Moon Girl,’ According to reports, the royal family operates with a strange custody agreement when its couples have their own children, which states that, actually, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has full legal custody over the young royals. Royal expert Marlene Koenig explained to news outlets: “The sovereign has legal custody of the minor grandchildren.”<<<<
You are correct in stating this. This subject has come up on the blog before. The Queen has custody, so I don’t think Archie would be allowed to be brought up abroad long term (a non commonwealth country particularly). It matters not that he has an American Mother or what another countries laws state. <<<
The law clearly says "grandchildren" and that is what the law intended. Having studied law there is a legal principle that one looks to the words neither subtracting nor adding. So the word "grandchildren" means precisely that, not greatgrandchildren. Archie, as we know, is a greatgranchild and thus not subject to the law. HMTQ could engineer a new law but I highly doubt that (she didn't even mention Archie when the Harkles 'quit').
And yes this has been brought up several times in the past and discussed and it seems people understand that the old law Does in fact mean what it says.
“Ginger toff chooses wife over nan. In other news, the planet is on fire. But back to our main story...”
Admittedly, my family went in for very long generations -one of my great-grandfathers was born when George IV was on the throne, 2 great-grandmothers in the reign of William IV.
This is obviously a very difficult time for him. Why isn't his loving wife there to support him? Oh yeah, she's too busy on the other side of the world using charities as props in her photo ops.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has full legal custody over the young royals ... The law clearly says "grandchildren" ... the word "grandchildren" means precisely that, not greatgrandchildren. Archie, as we know, is a greatgranchild and thus not subject to the law.
And when Charles comes to the throne, this law would certainly come into effect. We can dispute wording, intention, etc., but this is another case where MM doesn't think far enough ahead (or disregards any advisers). Burning bridges with HMTQ (however disgraceful) is one thing, but burning bridges with your FIL who controls ££££ and could control your child is nuts.
I've just sat down at my computer this morning, but the virtual Starbucks of the day goes to you for this:
>>>Archie is an international man of mystery and he is going to stay the way, until Meghan's Monster Mercho-o-matic Machine "hits the ground the running". Then you not be able to escape seeing his baby photos everywhere modeling Royal Sussex baby apparel. <<<
"Archie, the international man of mystery" . . hehe.
We didn't see much of Louis until he was walking, which is about the stage I put the child we have seen they are calling Archie. I see a lot of babies in the course of my job, infants to preschoolers are my core audience. I am not a pediatrician, nor do I have my own kids, so my experience is observational only, but to me the child in South Africa looked to be close to 8 months, which would put Master Archie around 12 months presently.
Still plenty of time for Meg to get Arch into cute toddler outfits. He's got potential as a baby model up to about kindergarten age for optimum merching; people are just not going to be as interested in a school age child. Humans outgrow their cute stage and get gangly, with missing teeth and etc., so most kids go through a period where they are just not as photogenic as before.
However cute he is now, Meg's withholding of him during his infant years is a risky strategy because peak interest in him was right after he was born and in his first months. Debuting him in South Africa . . so her very Caucasian son wouldn't be further exploited by the toxic racist culture in the UK (****snarkolator alert****) backfired badly and created a lot of bad feeling.
I would be very surprised if Meghan actually had custody of the child we know as Archie. I sincerely hope she does not, because I foresee a future of living hell subjugated to the whims of a Narc mother if he is. I rather suspect that Meg's caginess about her 'due date' and the early teases that they were having a girl; pink gifts spotted arriving at the baby shower, etc. meant that maybe there were two surrogacies going at least and that there might be a girl out there, too, but 'Archie' was chosen because . .:
a) the 'ArchieHarrison.com' domain name was already registered
b) Haz wanted to match his brother in the 'virility' sweepstakes by producing a male heir first . . TQ has changed the succession to recognize females as equals in line (Too late for Anne, and she wasn't born first anyway, more's the pity) . . but an archaic notion of male children as superior/proof of the virility of the father hangs on
c) Meg realized that in time a daughter would eclipse her as a rival, and would be a rival from the first anyway. She's the Evil Queen in Snow White, Maleficent and Ursula all rolled into one.
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As far as Archie being one of the most popular, common boys' names in Britain . . that's why I was so surprised that Meg agreed to/chose it. The woman never misses out on a chance to refer to herself as 'the Duchess of Sussex'. She dropped her own first name because she didn't like it or she didn't want to be thought of as Jewish. 'The alliterate royal' was branding herself early. So I would have expected a more exclusive, grand sounding name befitting a prince; something that would go well with 'Mountbatten-Windsor' in a way that 'Archie' really doesn't. If Harry really wanted 'Archie' to reflect how unpretentious and blokey he was and wanted his son to be, all the more reason I'd have thought Meg would have denied it.
Charles is King in waiting, so Archie is and will be his grandchild. Regardless, Archie is still in line to succession and his position won’t be affected when Harry leaves as a working senior royal. His position as 7th in line is not distant enough not to matter entirely, so it will still be a matter for the Monarch as to where he lives permanently.
A constitutional Monarchy has some of most unusual laws and rules unlike any other.
I think you are right about Archie. He is the easiest way to get public attention and smiles. Why is she not doing it? I see several possible scenarios
- They are serious about giving him as normal life as possible away from the press. Doesn't work because she was happy to parade him in Africa.
- something is wrong with the kid. Developmental issues? We almost never see him facing the camera, the heavily photoshopped Christmas monstrosity excluded. He didn't look "normal" on that picture, although I can't quite point my finger at it.
- She doesn't have him with her. Possible but unlikely, would the royal family risk a sh**t storm "they separated the mother and the child" variety.
- She doesn't want him to take attention away from her.
My guess would be either option 2 or 4
I find it odd that she looks skinnier on her Canadian pictures compared even with her latest pictures in UK at Canada house. Her chest size also appears to be smaller.
A close look at her face suggests differences with her Canada house face too.
Curious, isn't it.
There is more here than just "2 sets of boots"
She is on docks getting onto plane - with 2 different sets of boots....one fits, one is far oversized.
I get that people have multiple boots - and even carry them along but it looks like she either changed boots mid-step while boarding plane OR these photos are doctored
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10749922/meghan-markle-visits-womens-charity-vancouver-canada/
Picture number 6/15 on photo slide show
Seen from rear about to climb onto steps with flight attendant man in blue/yellow reflective vest and sleeve of man in green puffy coat – boots are huge
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7888609/Meghan-Markle-visits-womens-shelter-Vancouver.html
picture number 5/17 on photo slide show
Seen from rear on steps of what looks to be SAME plane – with SAME men in photo – boots fit
Both of these cannot be true.
Anonymous said.... lol re differences in interpretation - My Dad lives in Canada, with my stepmum and half sisters and I have spent lots of time over there - fabulous place, its my second home, not wise to say that you are dying for a fag though :)
Proud Canadian here but living in the Southeastern US. LOL :) I remember when our next door neighbours hired a nanny from England. She was young and pretty and one of the other neighbours was home from university for the summer. He and Joanne hit it off and all us young kids were hanging around the pool one day and she and David made a date to go out the next day. So she said knock me up and then we can go. He just went beet red and I was just howling. Joanne looked like "what the heck did I say?" Then I explained to him that she said to call her in the morning so she could get ready to go. It was really funny the look on his face. Full disclosure - this was years and years ago when we were in uni and were home for the summer break. ;-P
BlueBell Woods said.... I'm just catching up on all things Harkle today but I'm happpy to hear that Harry is staying in the UK longer. Here's hoping they get through to him somehow.
Despite his complaints over the years about being a member of the RF, I don't think Harry would ever have done to them what he did this week, if Meghan Markle had not manipulated him into it in the most Machiavellian manner.
I just read Harry's last official engagement and he looks clean, well groomed and immaculate. Gonna miss that about him. I've always liked Harry but since he got married he's lost my respect and admiration. I was dubious about her at the beginning, thought it was just a fling then the statement from Harry. I always thought she'd bring him to this point as soon as I watched that engagement interview. Ah well, water under the bridge as they say.
Well, as they say down here - y'all have a blessed day!! I'll try and visit later to catch up on more posts.
And I love "Archie, International Man of Mystery"! Some Austin Powers fans out there!
I posed him a question which has not appeared yet on the site, and I hope it is still awaiting moderation. I asked him to rate Meghan's success as a Narcissist on a scale of 1 to 10, because I find her to be childish and predictable, and I'd expect a really top-notch Narcissist to have been able to play a longer game and not 'out' herself on a worldwide stage in under two years. I praised his command of language (he is a Narc, after all . .) opining that Meg's communication skills were terrible and her acting laughable. Other comments are just as, or more critical than that. I await his reply, which may not be forthcoming.
Mr. Tudor has great insight into the Narc mind and MO, which makes me question whether he is a *true* Narcissist, or just a knowledgeable neurotypical person, perhaps a psychotherapist well acquainted with the diagnostic literature, who indulges in role-playing on his site for what looks like quite lucrative returns. He's got a number of books/articles which one can access for an additional fee. A lot of them deal in helping the abused partners/loved ones of a Narcissist to break free, which frankly sounds too compassionate to be coming from a Narc. Does a magician give away all his trade secrets to his gullible audiences?
It is the level of insight into his own behavior, & his openness to 'drawing back the curtain' to essentially immobilize what he refers to as 'his kind' that makes me wonder at his veracity in actual Narcissism. He claims that he started the blog as a therapeutic tool during 'therapy which has been forced on me', but he enjoyed it so much he's kept it going. Owing to the use of 'his kind', I think of him as the urbane, witty Vampire Lestat, willing to hang with us 'meat-sacks' for his amusement and also because he seems to be making a nice packet of money at it.
One comment of his really hit me: He says that the qualities of the Narc come from a mostly subconscious place; their lust for plotting revenge is a conscious behavior, but when they experience criticism of their motives, they are genuinely wounded because they really believe their own 'PR', so to speak. Their emotions and understanding of what we call compassion are very shallow, but it's all they know, so when Meghan visits a downtrodden women's charity to be entertained for tea and get her picture taken for the papers, she *really* believes in the moment that this is what being an humanitarian entails. After all, she went to a really bad part of town on her own time, when she could have been relaxing in her $14 million waterfront mansion . . is that not sacrifice on her part?
This is to say . . she does not recognize herself as a rank hypocrite, because she's not able to parse 'hypocrisy'. Every action and motivation she does and has seems to her in the most noble cause--which is, of course, the promotion of Meghan, but she really believes that she was sent to save the planet all while supporting the social media economy. To her flying private jets everywhere *is* being a humanitarian if it gets her to her hungry audiences faster.
This sounds like satire, but according to HG, this mindset is absolutely hard-wired and immutable to change. Meghan will never be able to accept that her version of herself is not the truth, which means that there is no recovery for her into something more closely resembling a normal person. She's like an AI being whose wiring is permanently glitchy. So expecting changes in behavior from her like, oh, repentance, moderation, apologies, finding contentedness in a less showy mode of life . . NEVER going to happen. That's why Harry will be destroyed, unless he can be freed.
The President has publicly expressed that he thinks the Queen is a fine woman who does not deserve what is happening to her, and rather uncharacteristically declined to elaborate further on his opinions of Meg and Harry. DT must very genuinely like the Queen because I doubt aides could compel him to express anything which he did not want to say. Guess he's not holding it against the Queen that he did not get a carriage ride on the Mall during his visit.)
I believe that a lot of CEOs of big corporations and other political leaders and global movers and shakers may well share qualities of NPD also, but few have made such a worldwide media splash as has Meg, and they operate more under the radar. She is not under the radar any more, and her narcissism has only swelled in conjunction with her global fame. HGT desconstructed the Queen's statement as Meg would have perceived it according to his NPD parameters, and he says that she turned every line into an affirmation of herself and her plan, and thinks it's a win-win, green light, full steam ahead. I look forward to further entries into Meg's mind palace after all the 'deals' fall through, including any interviews with Oprah or Gayle King and every one of the celeb Friends issue public denials that they know Meg very well or anything about any plans of hers. Jessica Mulroney can kiss her fashion career goodbye after Meg blames her for getting a cool reception in Malibu. That will no doubt be twisted into "Jessica's dump is not in the 'right' section of the beach. No wonder I can't get anything going if I've only got B-listers for neighbors."
If I were in a public agency or charity working on serious problems, I would very much resent some publicity hound striding in doing self-serving photo ops. She disrupted their schedule, the time that they were going to devote to other issues, and used their project for her own purposes and future enrichment. The time that they devoted to her could have been spent doing something else.
OTOH, the Daily Mail article, my gracious!
The Duchess of Sussex broke cover from her $14million palatial hideaway to visit a women's shelter in Canada's poorest neighborhood to 'boost the staff's spirits' in her first public appearance since leaving the UK.
Meghan was seen leaving the Vancouver Island ocean-side mansion where she has been holed up for the past week at 10am on Tuesday.
The writer mentions a few of the holes in the Harkle narrative of victimization, which is a change for them. I sometimes think I'm reading The Lagosian rather than The New Yorker, but such is globalization. Maybe they should call themselves The Earthling.
As I've said before, I don't think the majority of American citizens are so threatened & resentful of a privileged & elitist institution in another country. I think they're much more resentful of our own elitists preaching to them, & not really addressing their issues.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-royal-flush?utm_campaign=cm&utm_source=crm
New Yorker is an institution that's intolerable to any ideals that don't mesh with (as you so eloquently put it) their "woke elitist east coast" agenda.
Charles would want to appear kind and certainly not racist, so he would not snatch a biracial child from his biracial mother to be raised in lil- white BRF. The optics of that would be horrid. Besides, for all that people want to say Meghan is a horrible mother, well. the Queen has not seen fit to criticize Meghan as a Mother. If Charles was concerned about the child why hasn't he helped his own son, who everyone here is saying is on drugs. Whey would Charles want a son on drugs to raise a child. Unless Meghan does something terrible no judge will take Archie away from her at least joint custody.
If seems people's extreme dislike of Meghan clouds their judgment of her as a Mother. When you criticize her choices affecting Archie why are you not seeing Harry is right there with her agreeing to how Archie is being treated (ie. traveling to Zika territory, going to SA with supposedly the lack of vaccinations, which actually I doubt btw.) Harry is a continent away for what a rugby function, wow, just wow!
I'm just a big ole female chauvinist pig.
In Scotland, it used to be a very popular name, my husband had an Uncle Archie ie Archibald, after his mother's father. She'd married into my husband's family from one where it was a traditional family name. It's become more popular, or `common' in the US sense, in the UK recently but whether it's `common' in that other English sense of `somewhat vulgar', I'm not sure.
@SwampWoman, totally agree that were I a truly noble member of charity staff, I would not appreciate a Meg type’s self-serving dropins, and I’d be particularly frustrated that they do attract attention. Key words “truly noble” because we know charities also have to endure the martyr narcs in their ranks. It’s a challenge of service IMO, not that it should deter anyone.
At the risk of going OT: I read the kind of “light shining” on DM yesterday that I wish attracted more attention than Meg’s. It is humbly and beautifully written by a genuine actress (Olivia Williams of Rushmore fame - at least that is how I know of her) and sadly won’t produce the desired effect of much more research funding. Incidentally, Ms Williams is married to a black man but it’s a nonissue that I only noticed in a photo of her, as it should be. I am putting her article here for the purposes of contrast with vacuous Meg and because I think we have good people here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7891565/Olivia-Williams-spent-four-years-telling-doctors-wrong.html.
Just imagine what Meg could have accomplished if she’d written about her experiences and charitable causes in this manner. I wonder if Harry has the presence of mind to wonder this too.
These are royals and it’s different, and you can’t compare them to a normal British citizen. Diana’s and Sarah’s divorces were dealt with by a court. Heard in private yes, but still a court.
Not to mention, a young babe should have a hat on and some sort of sun protection, wasn’t his Mom wearing sunglasses?
Looked to me like, her and Harry were fighting and she brought Archie to the polo match to pressure Harry in some way.
It didn’t look like a planned visit, and even when Louis was being adorable, she never interacted with him or George and Charolette, seemed to completely ignore her niece and nephews as well as Kate.
Again why is Meghan criticized? It seems sexist that the wife should 'stand by her man' mentality. Why is not Harry criticized for not being with his loving wife and especially his little itty baby, his son?. Afterall they were holed up in Canada, their new defacto home.
So why is Harry not home with his family instead of having a photo op with a charity? And God forbid if something happens to Archie, Harry is a continent away. There is a double standard here for bashing Meghan instead of using the same standard for Harry.
Please don't think I am a Meghan fan as I am definitely not!
It will be interesting to see what happens to Archie when Charles becomes King. I’d prefer him to be with the BRF because they can offer a more stable lifestyle with roots instead of Meg’s nonstop jet-setting lifestyle. H&M’s parenting has had too many red flags in my POV that has been glossed over by MSM. At least there was some backlash for them leaving him behind in Canada.
I believe Archie had his immunizations when he went to SA but I think that it is indicative of him being older than advertised. The same goes for Meg going to Zika country which I think is indicative of Meg having a surrogate. We will never know but H&M being asked probing questions about their lapses in judgment don’t seem like they will be helpful in a custody battle.
Also, Archie is technically not biracial. Meg is biracial but her son would be considered White with Black Admixture. There is another offensive term I have seen to describe him which is closely related to the classifications of the One-Drop Rule but I am not going to go there.
Here's the DM's article about Harry's event. He looks decent. I thought it was going to be an actual game.
I looked at the polo pictures today. I think at the time I just saw whatever they put in the newspaper article I read, but today I actually looked through all the images I could see. They just make my stomach drop, I physically want to stretch my arms out and hold that baby, it just hits my gut that way. I’m a month short of 50 and I’ve never seen such an uncomfortable image of motherhood. Even as a babysitter in my teens I wouldn’t of held a baby like that. It’s only my opinion, I might be missing a modern holding technique? Anyway, you just prompted me to look, that’s all.
https://www.newsweek.com/queen-elizabeths-royal-family-rocked-scandal-prince-charles-becomes-power-behind-throne-1478585
Yes, the Polo match outing was strange indeed. But much has been said also how Harry clutched his newborn son to tightly at his first appearance in the palace and how he smushed little Archie to his chest at the Tutu visit. Then the worst is all the talk by posters alleging Harry looks like (in public) he is on drugs for many months, well if true, doesn't he go home to Archie while he is still under the influence of drugs (or conversely Harry may have gotten stoned etc while at home with Archie then went out in public.) Either way, Harry uses drugs around his son, if true that is child abuse.
I for one think a drug abuser parent is a greater threat to the safety of a child than a parent who is an unlikeable narcissist. I would not have wanted a drug-abusing parent and I survived a parent (mom) who wasn't an ideal mother (I survived quite well and never saw a problem at the time).
Because the negotiations regarding all of their futures are taking place in London, not in Canada. Also, Harry had an official royal event, scheduled months ago, in London today. Harry has very good reasons for being in London. Meghan does not have a good reason - or any reason at all, other than getting out of dodge - for being in Canada. Yes, Archis is there (which begs the question of why they left him behind in the first place) but now that it's clear that the 'meetings' in London are going to drag on for some time, why didn't she fly back and take Archie with her? We know she has no problem taking trans-Atlantic flights when it suits her, so why did she not do that instead of setting up photo ops in Vancouver?
"There is a double standard here for bashing Meghan instead of using the same standard for Harry."
Lord knows I think Harry is a dunce and a spoiled brat, and I too am sensitive to the 'always blaming the woman' thing, but I'm not sure why you think Harry should hot foot it off to Canada. Should he have cancelled his event today, letting down the many people who were involved? Should he run off to Canada before resolving his - and Meghan's - future? Surely a couple should be together at such a crucial time in their lives?
Glad, someone else saw it, too.
1. She wants to keep the Duchess of Sussex and has already, in her mind, given up the HRH, and never has had any interest in the other titles and probably could not even remember what they are or how to spell them ... they mean nothing to her. (By the way, HRH is Harry's birth right ... Harry, oh him ...! I know that the Queen can take away what is Harry's birth right, but he is HRH because of who his father is, whereas the Duke of Sussex and other titles were gifted to him as a wedding gift.)
2. She is using her pre-marriage surname. This is the name that is famous ... Meghan Markle. (Thanks for the title and all the moolah, Harry, see ya, bye!) Her married name (without the title) is actually Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor. The press never use the married name for her or Catherine but keep using their pre-marriage surnames (Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton). It is ironic that the name that is associated with her (the one that is most recognisable) is the family name of the family she ghosted!
3. How is she going to brand Harry? The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry is my guess. I think he can still use Prince Harry, even if he loses the HRH.
4. After divorce, Meghan should be referred to as Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. I bet she has already devised a PR campaign for that one, but, as we know, Megsy always knows better, always has to be in control, so my guess is that 'the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle' is the title she has created for herself for branding and PR and is the one she will keep.
5. If they lose the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, after breaking everything breakable in the freebie holiday home and losing her voice from the screaming and shrieking, Meghan will be left with her name legally being Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor (Who's that?). She either goes on a major PR drive to try and brand that name or she just uses Meghan Markle (not yet a brand name, but famous).
Thank you for remembering my brother. He is still missing but has been spotted locally. I hope your relative is still hanging onto being positive about beating cancer. My brother beat 4th stage of leukemia and still is free after almost two years.
I think Meghan will want Archie to reflect being part of her, and thus identify him as biracial regardless of any definition.. It's like she has done so much work to appear Caucasian but now promotes her black side.
@IEschew
I think yes it could be a more stable and healthier environment for Archie to be elsewhere but I don't see how controlling, possessive Meghan would allow him to be out of her clutches.
Yes, Harry did the same odd chest smash to Archie in SA, but it was brief, definitely not for as long as Meghan held him that way at the Polo.
I stick to my original theory they were fighting and she grabbed the baby without his diaper bag or stroller, sling etc.
Remember we never saw her, give him a bottle or do anything to keep the sun off him, except to throw a blanket over him at one point. Which also looked odd, uncomfortable and hot.
Mormons are pro family and I am surrounded by young Moms and lots of babies, in my daily life. Plus run an Infant Home Daycare with one of my sisters, so babies are kind of our thing.
Since when is MM an authority on climate justice (for girls)? It was typical MM to "surprise" these organizations with a visit. Per the centers, they only had 1 day of notice that she would be coming.
One more time for the people in the back...it is unprofessional and an imposition to gatecrash. In addition to headaches regarding security, there are often agendas set months in advance and why should she interfere with these for her photo ops?
If people started saying to her "Sure, come, but no photos" I think we would see a drop in these Meg-bombing episodes.
Meghan Markle was the one who left the country. Harry stayed because...you can't just have a hissy fit and leave when you are a royal with obligation to a country.
Are you saying we should be blaiming Harry for not acting like an irresponsible selfabsorbed teenager?
He stayed. SHE left. AND she took the baby.Leaving "the man" to sort out the mess. Feminism has got nothing to do with the way Meghan is living her life. If someone is a sexist its Meghan Markle.
Well played (hopefully) soon to be ex HRH the Duchess of Sussex.
- They are serious about giving him as normal life as possible away from the press. Doesn't work because she was happy to parade him in Africa.
- something is wrong with the kid. Developmental issues? We almost never see him facing the camera, the heavily photoshopped Christmas monstrosity excluded. He didn't look "normal" on that picture, although I can't quite point my finger at it.
- She doesn't have him with her. Possible but unlikely, would the royal family risk a sh**t storm "they separated the mother and the child" variety.
- She doesn't want him to take attention away from her.
My guess would be either option 2 or 4'
I think there is an option 5: Harry is adamant that he wants his son shielded from the glare of public attention via the media. He grew up with it and he knows the pitfalls. Meghan has to use major manipulation on Harry (and it is a twisted confusing game they play with each other) to get the photos and appearances she has been able to get (the photo ops with Tutu were her major PR win), plus the christening photos were a tradition that they could not avoid.
What did the queen do? She has lost control over the situation completely.
I agree. I think not using Archie as a PR tool might be the one thing Harry insists on with Meghan. With some exceptions such as the weird Windsor castle 'presentation' and the Desmond Tutu photo op, he mostly gets his way. Were it up to Meghan, she'd be posting cutesy pics of him - with his babygro and bib appearing on Meghan' Mirror within minutes - every other day.
It isn't the way a mother....any mother or child giver holds a kid. Any kid.
No matter whose it is....she doesn't take care of it, much less breastfeed and is uncomfortable.
As a parent...leaving your kid in another country - for any reason is criminal. If you didn't want your children with you - why did you have them. Motherhood is not a part-time thing, it is e a change in who you are and everything you do. If it isn't - you are doing it wrong.
What prompted me to post for the first time is @Blue Bell Woods commenting about how 3/4ths of Canadians don't want the Harkles to move there.
My contribution -- The Harkles may have helped re-elect President Trump (Spectator/USA, "Poll: 85 percent would vote for Trump to keep Meghan and Harry out of the US"
https://spectator.us/85-percent-vote-trump-meghan-harry/
Anyway, thanks for allowing me to be a part of things at such a historic time :)
Headline: British troops ‘disgusted’ at Prince Harry over Megxit, war hero claims
British troops are “disgusted” at Prince Harry for his abrupt Megxit decision, according to a decorated British war hero who said he’ll no longer “raise a toast to him” over the royal mess.
Former Royal Marine Commando Captain James Glancy praised Harry for his two tours of Afghanistan, as well as his “brilliant work in charity.” But he called on the Duke of Sussex to quit as captain general of the Royal Marines, his former unit, over his bombshell decision to quit the royal family.
“His behavior in the last year is not becoming of somebody that holds these important positions,” Glancy, who won the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross in 2012 for courage and leadership, told politician Nigel Farage on the LBC radio show.
“Now I’ve spoken to other Royal Marines, and other people in the military, and they’re very upset if not disgusted at the disrespect to the Queen by not discussing this,” he said, referring to reports that Harry’s announcement “blindsided” Buckingham Palace.
“If Harry goes down this route of semi-privatizing his role, I wouldn’t raise a toast to him as he wouldn’t have my respect,” he said on the show, according to The Telegraph.
He insisted that Harry is “absolutely entitled” to move overseas and try to make millions — but first has to completely quit all his titles and privileges in the UK.
“You don’t sit as captain general, or in any other position, and make millions of pounds because that opportunity is not available to a soldier, to a marine, who is on [$25,000] a year,” Glancy said on the radio show. “They can’t turn up to their commanding officer and say, ‘Do you know what, boss, I’m going to go and live in another country, but would you mind still paying me?'”
Referring to Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, the former officer said it is understandable why the “public is up in arms” about “a Canadian wanting to privatize the monarchy.”
Markle is an American actress. “It’s not acceptable,” he said.
I think your idea that Meghan was fighting with Harry and came to the Polo Match is correct. That is how I read it also. Maybe because she was in an 'incandescent rage' (love that phrase being bandied about now) is why Meghan and Kate (and children) didn't interact. I can imagine she told Kate some angry thing about Harry and Kate had the good sense not to want to give an ear to Megs. Her treatment of Archie was just plain wrong in so many ways like you pointed out. Having had three children close together myself I could see her inappropriate actions. I think Mormons are great when it comes to families.children.btw.
Thank you your concern about my 71 yo brother with dementia.
@Bluebell Woods
Thank you also about your comment about my missing brother. It makes me feel better others express concern especially when law enforcement has done nothing.
Yes, I read the long article detailing the lawsuit (recounting the timeline, specifics with her father and Meghan's actions) and a poster who discussed copyright law. I think the Mail has a favorable position. I think Meg (and Harry) look heartless when it comes to her father. I felt pity for him before and even more so now. I don't see how anyone can think what she did was right. Someone here pointed out that it was strange that she didn't want to bring him over say a whole week before, that is telling. I almost think Megs delayed his coming on the off chance something might come up and she could eliminate him from walking her down the aisle. I think she's embarrassed of her father, overweight, not handsome or debonaire, just a simple man with a humble background (does not have the cachet of Prince Charles)
I think Meg will spend far more fighting the case than what potential amount of money she might win IF she wins. But she has lost far more in the eyes of anyone who would fairly judge what happened. My Gosh, she (and Harry) are despicable and she now has been proven to be a Liar again! I suspected when she acted like this toward her father that it would be a foreshadowing of what she truly was as a human being, I was not surprised that she treated the Queen with disrespect (and the UK public) and Harry ought to be afraid, as he will be next, no doubt. As everyone says he will be dropped when it becomes convenient to her. And IMO I think if there ever became an issue regarding custody, I think she would not want custody of him (she wants her freedom) would just use him as a bargaining chip. She would be more inclined to fight for a big financial settlement
Not really sure what the queen can do. She can't order the mounties to arrest her. I don't think that showing up for a requested meeting at a women's shelter is illegal. Tacky, yes. In bad taste using the homeless and abused for a photo op and PR, very much yes. Wasting lots of people's time? Yes. Is having bad taste, wasting people's time and being tacky illegal? Unless Canadian laws are really draconian, no.
I believe the onus will be on the people affected to develop a backbone and say "NO!" No you may not use us to generate profit for yourself. No, you may not use us for your stupid PR. The people can stand up and say to the press "We're not going to let you make money on her by parading her about before the public."
Archie - She doesn't bring him along because he will take attention away from her and she simply can't fake any mothering skills and it is so obvious to everyone. She'll hold out and only use him when she is desperate for positive PR and then it will be pictures, not video of her interacting with him.
That brings me to Harry and his interactions with Archie (what little we have seen). Also, incredibly awkward, like he never held a child before. Has she devalued him as a parent from Day 1 and severely limited his interactions to the point he has no idea what he is doing? Or, do they not have full custody of this child? It is really hard to imagine someone, even under the control of a narc, not seeing all other first-time dads like his brother, friends, cousins, fully engaging with a baby and for him NOT to think, "my situation is not normal". Maybe those who have been with narcs can enlighten me.
Climate justice: When the desert returns to settle the score!
(I'm guessing, I have no idea).
There's also some speculation about the super injuction related to the Sussexes that has so far been mentioned twice in the last 2 weeks. Apparently the media knows what this is about but they are not allowed to say what it's about. It's also believed to be pretty big news concerning the Sussexes and is one of the reasons why things are unraveling like this? Who wants to bet this could actually be about Archie, his birth circumstances?
@Alice: What a joke the UK government/court system calling these “superinjunctions.” They need to be honest and call it what it is: CENSORSHIP.
Does the superinjunction cover all media, or just British? If it doesn't cover all and they TRULY wanted the information to get out there, they'd give it to one of their friends in the press in Germany, France, the US, etc. If it's reported elsewhere, then they CAN report on it, right?
@HappyDays: Pretty damning, the Page Six report of the IBC radio show. I would think having an officer willing to name himself say that is meaningful to Harry, but as he was speaking to Nigel Farage, I can imagine Harry whisperer Meg being dismissive of it.
Some posters are saying Meg left Harry, but what seems uncontested is that Harry and Meg decamped to Canada for 'family time' which now they say they want to live there. Harry left Meg and his son in Canada to go to another continent (not the other way around). The Harkles tell the Queen they want to quit and live in Canada and UK both, Many posters here (and I have never seen one Nuttie saying otherwise) claim the Frogmore Cottage is empty (so did they really even live there?
Harry was not left by Meg to handle the negotiations alone (she was frozen out by not getting the call thru). I personally think it was Harry's intention to be back in Canada with his son and the wife he is 'besotted with' but for practical reasons (and really a good reason negotiation-wise) he met with the TQ, PC, and William in person. As for him doing his 'duty' by appearing for the rugby event, well that does not indicate his steadfastness toward the people as he was willing to stand-up the marines (being the former military man he is) at a long-planned event and instead go to the Lion King premier and shill for his wife.
I bet he will be back in Canada soon enough. I find it telling Megs is doing more events than Harry thereby solidifying her foundation in Canada (which she considers more of a welcoming home than the UK ever was).
Wrong. Unfortunately.
No - they both returned to London (without Archie) to do 'appearances' at Canada House, but just 2 days after dropping the 'abdication' bombshell, she ran back to Canada where she has remained, hamming it up for the cameras.
"Harry was not left by Meg to handle the negotiations alone (she was frozen out by not getting the call thru)."
Even if she is not welcome at the 'negotiations' surely she should be at her husband's side to support him? This has got to be a hugely stressful time for him and it's not like she's had nothing to do with it. I'd say the same if it was the man who had run off leaving his wife to deal with everything, so it's not picking on the woman.
" he was willing to stand-up the marines (being the former military man he is) at a long-planned event"
He had never accepted the invitation to appear at the Deal memorial though, so it's not the same thing - it wasn't a 'long-planned event' for Harry.
"I find it telling Megs is doing more events than Harry thereby solidifying her foundation in Canada (which she considers more of a welcoming home than the UK ever was)."
Would be interesting to see how 'welcoming' Canada is if Canadians are handed the bill for the Harkles' security.
Yes, saw that mention too of the godparents. The article mentioned them as if the information was known. As far as I can recall, no details about the godparents were given. There was complete secrecy. Speculation arose that Diana's sisters could have been,but no direct confirmation was given. So agree, with you, that's how I interpreted it.
Your second point about the media knowing something is brewing.....I can't help thinking that the birth details are what it's about. Is it possible that Markle fled Britain knowing the birth information will be made public, and fearing the nightmare of public ire she will face? Wow. This explains a lot. I am with you on this thought.
Wrong. Unfortunately.’
Unless the details of the super injunction found themselves on the Internet like Elton’s and others did? However, as it’s relating to the royals I suspect that’s unlikely to ever happen.
"Half of Canadians “ultimately do not really care” if Prince Harry and Ms. Markle spend a lot of time in Canada, according to a new poll released Wednesday by research firm Angus Reid Institute. Another 11% would find the move upsetting, while 39% would be pleased. . . .
Canadians also don’t want to foot the bill for their security. Of those polled, 73% said Canadian taxpayers should not pay for any of the costs associated with living in the country."
So Canada shrugs, & says, 'don't make us pay for them.' The Canadians quoted in the article seemed to like the RF in general, but just wants them to stay 'in their own castles.'
I'm sure I've seen "H" and "A" charm necklaces on her before, so she could have easily reworn them, but then again, this astro necklace is a new merching opportunity.
I remember one involving Ryan Giggs several years ago, but even then I'm not sure the mainstream press actually mentioned him by name, even though everyone knew who the subject of hte superinjunction was, as with Elton? But as you say, with royals they would tread extra carefully in any case.
I agree - they both ditched the kid, then she ditched him to go back and parade in front of the camera.
Her charity spectacle is both "look how I am holding up under stress" and "look how much better I am at this charity thing", even using charities just down the street from ones PW has visited.
And I just read the security bill may be more like $10m NOT the $1m that has been mentioned....
See how Canadians like that.
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Thank you for remembering my brother. He is still missing but has been spotted locally.
This is good news! I hope he will be found soon and returned home in good shape.
I’m sure one super injunction was broken by an MP using Parliamentary Privilege in the House of Commons. So it only takes one republican, or seriously peeved MP, to spill any beans they may want to, if it got to the stage the nation were making a lot of noise about the situation.
"Half of Canadians “ultimately do not really care” if Prince Harry and Ms. Markle spend a lot of time in Canada, according to a new poll released Wednesday by research firm Angus Reid Institute. Another 11% would find the move upsetting, while 39% would be pleased. . . . "
Wow. So they're still in the 'honeymood period' with Meghan visiting Canadian charities, schmoozing at Canada House and having 'friends' say how much she loves Canada.... and yet still only 1 in 3 Canadians positively want them there.
Watch those figures plummet once the novelty wears off, people get sick of Meghan getting involved in local issues and, especially, if Canadians are presented with these two chancers' security bill. But Canada will likely have long been Markled by then.
Really? So if the rest of the world found out about what this secret is and began reporting on it, the British press still have to be mum about it? That IS some serious censorship!
You're right - that was the above mentioned Ryan Giggs!
Anything concerning the future king's son would be a tad more sensitive than a has-been footballer putting it about, however.
Yes, I remember that too. The MP thought it was in the public’s interest to know so they were outed and named.
I’m clueless what this super injunction could be regarding.
I read 180% opposite about the Marine Memorial...that Harry was to attend and he backed out at the last moment, hence the criticism of him. I won't argue tho, too tiring and I don't really care (bigger things in life concern me).
Besides many times what us posters see is through our eyes, our perceptions, our values, our experiences, etc..hence why one interprets a thing one-way and another differently, even much more differently.
Sometimes I say what appears to be supportive of Meghan when really I think she is despicable and I only say something to be fair when the facts warrant it.
>>>If seems people's extreme dislike of Meghan clouds their judgment of her as a Mother. When you criticize her choices affecting Archie why are you not seeing Harry is right there with her agreeing to how Archie is being treated (ie. traveling to Zika territory, going to SA with supposedly the lack of vaccinations, which actually I doubt btw.) Harry is a continent away for what a rugby function, wow, just wow!<<<
I admit that I am part of the 'dislike Meghan extremely' cohort; I think what fuels most of the dislike of her, and it's certainly true for me is her secretive, bizarre and inconsistent behavior as regards Archie--her pregnancy and her subsequent life as the mother of a newborn and now, soon to be, if not already, an active toddler. I found her pushy and grating BP--Before Pregnancy--but I did not start to seriously distrust and dislike her until the Pregnancy Show kicked off.
Whether Archie arrived via surrogacy because Meghan and Harry had fertility problems as a couple--something that presents an issue for the current succession set-up in Britain but is of no relevance to me personally in terms of how H. and M. chose to make a family--or delivered by Meghan herself (an overwhelming mass of circumstantial evidence argues against this, but seeing as the couple has refused to shed clarity on the situation, in the form of 'normal' announcements or photos, and the arrival of an 8th great grandchild has been acknowledged by the Queen, we have to accept that a child was born and presented to the Royal family as though he were Harry and Meghan's. That last bit is key. No documented witnesses of any sort exist to attest to Archie's birth, not even a signature of Meg's own doctor(s), despite her having given birth (in record time) at the exclusive Portland Hospital where new mums, amd especially new royal mums, would receive the best of care. And yet not a single medical professional signed the official announcement of his birth.
This is odd.
The birth certificate is a copy of a copy, with no signatures, including the father's who supposedly registered the birth. "Harry" is simply typed in. His full legal name appears nowhere on this document. We've got all the other royal baby birth certificates going back to Prince Charles in 1948. All have handwritten and full signatures of both parents, and the registrar. Archie's does not.
This is odd.
More oddities.
Since then, we have seen fewer photos of Archie than of reclusive world dictators. I'm more familiar with what Kim Jong Il looked like. Putting aside Meg's baldly obvious desire to sell pictures of her child for obscene amounts of money, and so she's waiting for lucrative baby merching deals that are few and far between, all the furtiveness and deception around this child supports the probability that he was carried by surrogate.
If they had been honest about this from the beginning, everyone could have been happy for them and their 'progressive' stance in bringing fertility issues and options to the forefront of awareness. But, like the Megxit exit plan they dreamed up on their own and unleashed on the world without telling his family, I think the conception of Archie was handled similarly. Why so clandestine? Because H. and M. knew that their plans were controversial (in both instances) and they were likely to be denied if they went through traditional channels (ie, asking permission with deference and humility, and presenting well-reasoned arguments to support their position.) They have done quite a bit of damage to the cause of surrogacy law and rights by hiding their activities like it's something shameful and lying outright about how they got this baby. Because that's what I think they have done, and continue to do.
As to where Archie is now, I could not say. I don't automatically assume that anything presented by Meghan to be true. He *could* be there. It is equally likely to me that he is somewhere else altogether, which is why the statement of the Queen's, dripping with 'family' words though it does, never once mentions a baby called Archie. I find this pretty suggestive, since Meghan's actions since hijacking Eugenie's wedding with a pregnancy announcement have been extremely erratic. Nor do she and Harry exhibit any natural bonding with their own child.
This is all fishy.
Haz used to be good with children, but I fear that he's lost that knack along with the rest of what we used to assume was his personality. Did he ever *really* want children? Or, as I increasingly think now, did he just *say* he wanted children because William is a father and Haz covets everything William has? It's easy to say he's always dreamed about being a dad, and collect those "Aw, isn't he sweet?" points. Actually *being* a dad . . I don't think Haz ever really wanted that responsibility or even knew what it means. He seemed as blindsided by her pregnancy as the rest of Eugenie's wedding guests.
I expected Harry to be over the moon about having a child. He has not seemed like a man happy to be a father since that first couple of announcements, which I'm accepting now as pieces of theatre, nothing more. Words are very cheap. Actions count, and this pair doesn't act like parents. Never have. The parental optics, as they say are way, way off.
The matter of Archie is going to come up again and again until some answers are forthcoming . . perhaps in the ugliest divorce battle of all time. Di and Chuck's split is going to look like a Sunday School picnic by then . . "Where in the World is Archie?" feels like a game we will be playing for years to come.
I have got my tin foil hat all polished up, am starting to subscribe to the conspiracy theory that she is being backed by some sort of globalist conglomerate intent on bring down the Monarchy. NOT that she is aware of it; she is too much of an idiot to be trusted with an actual task of such enormity, but someone has been paying attention to the emotional wreck that is Harry, and thought they might try and see how this sort of thing might work. I reckon it may have even just been a bit of a trial run and worked far beyond their wildest expectations.
I say that only because I have never understood his attraction to her, and initially thought it was forced onto him as a way to get some "color" into the BRF. I don't mean that she isn't cute in her own way, but he has ALWAYS had a distinct physical type. I, for one, could barely tell Chelsy and Cressida apart, and it seems like the others' he dated were very similar. Heck, the chick he had bent over the pool table in Vegas was the same, wasn't she?
Then all of a sudden he turns up with Sparkles. Just always seemed odd to me, and now that things have gone down the way they have, I am even more convinced that it was a set up somehow. Again, don' think she herself is aware that she was a plant, but she'd pretty easy to use as a puppet, especially if you didn't worry about how badly she got out of control since wreaking havoc and causing serious damage is exactly what you'd want.
In thisgg area they do something called, i think, Silver Alerts for this, on radio, tv, twitter. I wish you had some help finding him.
Anything concerning the future king's son would be a tad more sensitive than a has-been footballer putting it about, however.’
I concur and well remembered too! ;o)
The invitation was sent to The Sussexes office a good 6 months before the event.
The invitation was turned down (does not fit into his calendar) a mere weeks before the event. (My guess is that Megsy controlled their calendar, kept putting the invitation at the bottom of the pile because the event did not promote her agenda, and when the Disney opportunity came up ... well, the Memorial Event was a goner).
So, Harry did not stand them up because he never accepted the invitation, but the reason he did not accept the invitation was because he chose the Disney event instead (and my guess is the reason he took so long to refuse the invitation was because he actually wanted to go but Megsy kept putting it at the bottom of the pile until aides forced them to deal with it).
With Megsy in control, things are messy, very messy.
With the comments from Canada about how it seems to be unconstitutional for them to even stay part time in Canada, I wonder if there is much going on behind the scenes between the palace courtiers and the Canada government.
Perhaps the RF is playing hardball now in keeping Harry in the U.K. (though this could backfire badly).
I think she is nothing without him, so I can’t see her agreeing to divorce any time soon (in 2020 I mean).
A lot of people felt he should have attended the Deal memorial instead of the Lion King premier. However, the palace issued a statement saying he had not accepted the invitation as he was 'unable' to attend that year.
I'm pretty sure that the Lion King yellow carpet would have been extended a bit to allow him to get back to London and change, in order for D&D of Sussex to attend. Or Meg could have represented the couple until Harry could arrive to tout the Disney boss on her behalf.
They didn't try at all to make it work because they weren't interested in making it work. The Marines were always going to get the shaft.
What is the word for homicide of a grandchild? Had PP committed it then, I would have understood his feelings. Doubtful they would have prosecuted a 98 year old man, either.
But now, they had a pissy fit and didn’t think things through,wanting one foot in and one foot out of the RF. Plus, they want the RF money.
As I mentioned yesterday, I have abandoned all theories because none of this makes sense. Perhaps she will be happy with a long distance relationship, with She and Archie in Malibu (and with her getting him dual cotizenship) and Harry with a structured schedule with staying when he can with them until it all crumbles apart. Of course, that could be happening now.
I don’t see her admitting defeat and going back to England where she will lay low for a while and then tow the line, wear stockings, not walk in front of the monarch and turn herself into Sophie over time.
I don't think it's a global conglomerate wanting to bring down the Monarchy, but he was set up. It was Markle and Anderson who set him up. She wanted herself a rich British guy, and she found him and began her seduction. I imagine she and Harry had fun under the sheets and that's probably all HE thought it was going to be. Then she stalked him and told him a tale, and wham, bam, they're living together and engaged. You connect the dots.
WRT to keeping up with the posts as a second job....I totally agree and can only read during lunch break or after dinner and wine time...
Thank you so much for your kind words. I guess my post didn't get on so I will respond, My brother is highly intelligent and educated and most of the time sounds rational (even his delusions are believable usually). Well, I told the deputies that he can be rational most of the time so one replies "Well it's not a crime to walk away from home". So (smack my head:) I said "I never said he was committing a crime", what about a Silver Alert?. They both said they didn't know the criteria for it. So I am dealing with a typical backwoods type of mentality and ignorance in this podunk county in Texas.
Tomorrow I will go into the county seat and go into the main Sheriff office and file a formal missing person's report if I can which I doubt they will do tho.
Perhaps the RF is playing hardball now in keeping Harry in the U.K. (though this could backfire badly).
I think she is nothing without him, so I can’t see her agreeing to divorce any time soon (in 2020 I mean).’
I don’t think they’ll divorce this year, I might give them 18 months to 2 years yet. I do think the issues of where they can live will cause a lot of disharmony between the pair though, and she’ll get bored and itchy feet. 2 years seems to be her limit with sticking things out.
Perhaps since the BRF never got to know Archie (I still assume he exists), they don’t have much of a problem thinking “oh well, we lost one but Harry is young and can have more kids with wife #2)... as hard as that sound. Think about how many people you know (as I do) who aren’t in contact against their wishes with a grandchild. It happens every day.
On the merching of Archie - the Queen would not allow it. No way. It will have been brought up during the negotiations for sure.
"The presence of other people and all the photos does make it harder to fake the date. Does no one else have difficulty Reconciling the Meg we see in these pictures with the Meg we last saw in London just seven days ago? Either mag has Benjamin button like powers, or these photos where tweaked make her look a whole lot better then we’ve seen her for sometime. "
I do. First of all, she no longer looked like herself that last time in the UK. She's had more work done, IMO. Meanwhile the photos at the shelters show someone younger, slimmer and more like her old self (also remarkably tiny). I don't know how to reconcile the fact.
I also don't understand why she had to fly to Vancouver for the photo ops. Surely the Island has shelters as well. Perhaps to show off her obscenely wealthy and privileged 'jet set' lifestyle? I'm surprised the plane didn't have a tag hanging from it.
Just a few minutes ago, I complimented my director on a nice-looking shirt that he wears so seldom, I think it's new every time I see it. He thanked me and we went our separate ways. Then I wondered, satirically, if that could be considered an inappropriate comment on my part, since I have read about men getting sacked for telling a female co-worker she looked nice.
This is the culture we are in now, where we have to pretend that we don't have eyes or notice any details about a co-worker lest it be misconstrued!
Megsy doing charity visits to offer support and boost morale (narcissist grandiosity and entitlement on steroids) in a country that is not her own, who did not invite her to stay (warmly welcomed her as a visitor on holiday), and who do not want to fund her stay there in any way. She takes along her own photographer and uses her IG account to publicise the visits, with no one having any control over her at all in any way. No one knows what the heck she will do or say next.
Archie supposedly at their stay-for-free holiday mansion/halfway house with the nanny. Is he there? Was it a surrogacy pregnancy and birth? Are they being honest about his true age?
Harry back in the UK desperately trying to get Megsy everything on her list, negotiating with a family he is turning his back on (essentially ghosting), trying to work out if he is royal or not, and what the hell he is doing, and who is going to take care of everything when he loses the RPOs and palace staff and family freebies, and desperately just focusing on the one thought 'If I do this, she will love me in the way that no one has loved me since my mother was killed by the evil media, and I can be with my son and I'll get more of that great bed gymnastics we had at the beginning - wow!).
The BRF carrying on and being British but in private wondering if they could pull off an intervention for Harry and a kidnapping of Archie. But, what is the alternative? Wait for her to dump him and hope he does not self destruct in the process? And in the meanwhile watch her, pulling an abject Harry behind her and having more difficulty in keeping him sober for appearances, merch everything and anything and grab any platform for photo ops and word salad speeches that will get more cringe worthy over time?
The media getting more stories in a day than they got in a month (more is better in the modern media age) from the BRF. And, in the 'use media to manipulate, control the narrative, get what we want in this war' who is whose mouthpiece, who is getting the inside stuff, who is paid PR ...? Hints, threats, blackmail, injunctions and super injunctions, insiders, secret sources and lots to fill pages in print media, create reams of online content, fill seats for those myriad talk shows.
Comedians are going to be cashing in on this story for a long time. That's the part of this soapie that I am really looking forward to (the cartoons are already sprouting all over the place and some of them are epic.) Imagine Ricky Gervaise unleashed on the Sussexes?
This is the most entertainment from the BRF for a long time!
Have you seen the latest in the DM? "Prince Harry's potential last job as a senior royal before he emigrates to Canada has been marked with an official Instagram video set to a Stone Roses hit which famously features the words: 'I'd like to leave the country'. " From the article
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7895447/Dropping-hint-Harry-Meghan-Markle-release-video-final-engagement-senior-royal.html
Well, that is below the belt. Such a shame. Up to this point I still thought there was an iota of decency within him ... Alas, this isn't the case, it seems. They have single handedly reduced the BRF to a big joke. Poor queen ...
As someone who’s seen The Stone Roses in concert I can’t believe they’ve used one of their songs, I’ll never recover.
Narcissistic behaviour makes people do insane things. My sister-in-law arranged, when my parents were visiting and they were all out on an away day, to have the house safe robbed of all my mothers jewellery. She acted shocked, the full actress job. A couple of years later she wore one of my mothers missing pieces, but prior to that actually went flogging it around their small towns antiques shops! My brother defended her behaviour, saying the cleaner did it, because she gave some story about not realising the cleaner had given her stolen items......
I can't wait for the inevitable Harkling of the Mulroneys . .though they have children, so I don't want them to split up or lose everything they have. Better for them to come to the realization on their own that enabling a pair of professional leeches for an indefinite time period is not in their interest.
The Russian oligarch has been pretty generous--their stay is approaching a month's duration. Gotta get some use out of all that extra security fencing and cameras.
Hazzard is going to wind up cast out and wandering the beach, lost and sunburnt, afraid to go to the airport because his U.S. visa has expired and Frogmore is let to Jack and Eugenie who are enjoying all the new reno work Meg had done.
My prayers now are for the Queen, Philip, Charles, and the Cambridges. And Archie, poor tot, wherever he is.
There is no place for Handbag in his wife's new scheme. Eejit doesn't know it yet. I think the word "Blockhead" was created for Harry because his ears seem carved out of wood for all he uses them.
Meg is going to eventually de-Harry herself after she's sucked dry every last farthing his name can bring in.
Looks to be in her 3rd trimester.
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/bg/Eva+Longoria+Fund+Caudwell+Children+charity+m009E2NWqOGx.jpg
I'm not certain of this, but I read that Meghan paid a previous visit to that shelter in her Suits days, so she had been there before. J. Mulroney started some offshoot charity that provides shoeboxes of supplies to needy women and I believe this shelter was utilizing that program. Kind of like Christmas Child run by Franklin Graham, only for adult women who have need of hygiene supplies and etc.
I readily admit that I do not have links, but there seems to be a Mulroney connection to this shelter which made it a logical choice.
I live in rural Central Texas and used to work with local law enforcement agencies...they usually aren't purposefully dismissive - just kind of ignorant in many cases. In small towns, frankly there is no requirement for who can be a cop or deputy...just that you can pass the peace officer requirements for carrying a gun and not being a criminal. No education or even common sense requirements.
When you go to the Sheriff's office - make sure you tell them you are "concerned for his welfare" and emphasize any mental confusion, missing his medication, his age or other issues he has had in the past. As much as possible - make it an issue about his own safety.
I have never had to report an elderly person but have been involved in teenagers that disappeared for days at a time that were known as "frequent flyers" with the Sheriff's department. Parents continue to report them to document their behavior and in some cases, avoid liability.
in any case - keep trying and hope it works out.
@Twinsmama LOL. Keeping up with Nutty’s blog has been really hard since the announcement. I don’t think I can survive more Sussex drama ;)
@tatty @Ian’s Girl @Jen. Call me cynical but I’ve always considered H&M’s marriage transactional. Marrying for love is a very modern concept and traditionally marriages have existed to create alliances, produce heirs, and create protocols that address the social and economic costs of raising children.
Meg wanted the marriage for obvious reasons. Harry, I think was having a hard time finding an adequate partner. His combination of personality and social position made it very difficult. Pure conjecture but I believe Harry initially though Meg was Canadian with Hollywood connections.
Early articles of their courtship kept calling Meg Canadian and kept stressing her Canadian connections. Those type of credentials and her mixed heritage would have helped Harry become a “foil” to his brother by making him both stand out and complement Wills. His choice of wife would show his support of the BRF and signal a controlled but socially progressive vision. On one side Kate, the traditional English rose, and on the other Meg, a cosmopolitan Commonwealth actress. However, she oversold herself and he probably did too. Like others I never saw this marriage setup for success. Way too many cultural differences, life goals, and there was always going to be financial stress because of U.S. taxes. One of the strongest predictors of divorce is a couple’s finances.
For whatever reason, H&M rushed their courtship. Most likely it had to do with Meg’s age. Had their courtship been longer closing in on a decade per what HMTQ allegedly recommended to all her grandchildren, I doubt they would have ever made it to the altar.
>>>Megs just released a statement through a "friend" which is her talking about how relieved she is, how she is happy to be rid of the toxic family, and how she no longer needs permission to do things.<<<<
Do we think this means that she's finally understanding that she will never be returning to Britain as even a PT member of the RF? If she still had hopes of being at Trooping or ceremonial events, she might not be shooting her mouth off like that. Or--she is signalling her intention to continue to do as she likes, even if they *do* let her attend some things.
They cannot allow this. She will be booed as will Harry. Family solemn occasions like the goodbye for PP cannot be allowed to be marred by boos and garbage throwing at the Suxxits. Surely Her Maj must see this. Harry is a lost cause. Leave the door open but let him go. If he gets killed crossing Hollywood Boulevard (in a manner of speaking) he has chosen it.
Meg is now negative value in the extreme. If she has to come back to London for court testimony (and I hope the DM takes her buttpads and everything) she'd better be snuck in and out with no photos. People hate her.
I'm beginning to wonder whether the Queen has already rejected all their demands - if she hasn't, I really cannot understand either of their actions and behaviours right now. They both seem to be behaving as if they have absolutely nothing to lose, or perhaps to them a few million quid here or there is simply small change? If this is how rogue they are based on the assumption that they have had their demands met, then how much worse could it possibly be if they came out with zilch?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7895447/Dropping-hint-Harry-Meghan-Markle-release-video-final-engagement-senior-royal.html
I've just seen this article in the DM (yes, not the most objective of the tabloids, but it does have a huge number of readers, most likely because it's free). Frankly, I'm appalled at this, H's arrogance & disrespect seems to have no end. OK, fine, we totally get that he may hate his family & tantrum like a baby all the time behind closed doors, but to disrespect the public in this way in front of a huge media presence beggars belief. Ok, we also get that he may have hated the plebby public his whole life too, but the answer to that is simple & always has been, just walk away, I doubt anyone would have even tried to stop him since he's always been pretty damned useless, & plenty plebs would have been happy to help him pack.
Personally, I think he's now shot himself in the foot permanently, as do a lot of other people. They still seem to be unable to learn or recognise that rude, arrogant & ignorant behaviour gets you nowhere. If they're so determined to establish their silly 'brand' or whatever it's supposed to be, firstly they have to recognised as someone people actually want to engage with, & judging by the past few days of arrogant tantrums, 'surprise' SM releases, dubious press releases, friends-in-high-places going underground, & disrespecting both the RF & the UK on a global scale, seriously, what sort of fool would want to have anything to do with them ever again, let alone pay them any hard-earned cash for whatever trash they're pedalling? Sadly, & rather surprisingly, there do appear to be a few real die-hard H fans commenting that they hope he will always have a way of coming back into the Royal fold, although quite why anyone would want him back remains a mystery.
I really hope that the Queen recognises all this & acts accordingly, & I hope she is also aware of the global response that actually, nobody wants these two muppets either in their country or even the same hemisphere. H needs to be kicked to the curb, asap, no perks in any shape or form from the public purse, & no opportunity to return in a public capacity, ever, although I have no doubt he will, undeservedly, continue to be funded from private wealth. If not, the institution of the Monarchy will be destroyed. The people of the UK have had enough of this shitshow, & the Queen has the unenviable task of finding a solution which is acceptable to the people, the State & her very dysfunctional family. The gloves are off now with the UK Press, I suspect a slow drip-drip to follow, she needs the co-operation of H&M but she sure as hell won't get it.
Hikari said...
@Twinsmama,
>>>Megs just released a statement through a "friend" which is her talking about how relieved she is, how she is happy to be rid of the toxic family, and how she no longer needs permission to do things.<<<<
Do we think this means that she's finally understanding that she will never be returning to Britain as even a PT member of the RF? If she still had hopes of being at Trooping or ceremonial events, she might not be shooting her mouth off like that. Or--she is signalling her intention to continue to do as she likes, even if they *do* let her attend some things.
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I honestly think Markle doesn't think 3 minutes backward or ahead about anything. She just charges ahead, consequences be d**ned. Hence the complete ignoring of more than 1,000 years of history, nor how her "free and easy" lifestyle is going to actually be funded.
Just my 2 cents.
Can someone explain what community that would be, because I sure don’t know.
Old photos - the gift that keeps giving.
Furthermore, so toxic, so soul crushing but give me millions of pounds, my title and taxpayer subsidies. As my Aussie mother says “what a hide!”
Simply unbelievable.
Though it Does make me think she isn’t getting much of what she wanted in negotiations, to soon be announced, so she fired off this bomb.
Anyone who even remotely was on the fence about this issue has got to be firmly on the side of "who is this whiney ho and why does she keep going on about how hard her life was having to shake hands and kiss babies" now that she's released this through a friend. Not to mention, who the heck does this? Who continues to belabor the point and insult their husband's family IN THE PRESS!? She really is insane!
CatEyes
Texas Center for the missing is based in Houston but LE needs to be the one to contact them to get the word out
http://centerforthemissing.org/silver-alert/
As this is in Texas, what about asking for help from Tim Miller
https://www.texasequusearch.org/about/
resuming normal chats
haven't caught up yet
Not only is she insulting the family who took her from one of hundreds of D list actresses to one of the most famous and privileged women in the world, worse yet she is insulting the entire British people. Who - mostly - welcomed her with open arms and helped pay for her luxurious lifestyle. She is despicable.
And using her innocent baby as a prop again? Didn't want him raised in that 'toxic environment'? What 'toxic environment'? She was (supposedly) living in Frog Cottage with her darling husband and staff they chose themselves, well away from other members of the 'toxic' royal family. What was stopping them creating a nurturing environment for their boy there, with all the time and money in the world? Why did she have to fly half way around the world, to a country she is not even a citizen of, to escape it? Doesn't say much for her yoga loving zen demeanour, does it?
Also, this idea that Canada simply exists as a bolt hole for her and her dumb husband. Incredibly arrogant.
Am I a fool to hope she attached that Stone Roses sound byte without Harry’s knowledge? What about copyright permission?
These are the lyrics to the Stone Roses song This is the One on the new Sussex instagram post. Apologies if this has already been posted.
A girl consumed by fire
We all know her desire
From the plans that she has made
I had her on a promise
Immerse me in your splendour
All the plans that I have made
This is the one
This is the one
This is the one
This is the one
This is the one
She's waited for
I'd like to leave the country
For a month of Sundays
Burn the town where I was born
If only she'd believe me
Bellona belladonna
Burn me out or bring me home
They're acting like they're 12. It's appalling.
Law enforcement has a Silver Alert used specifically for vulnerable seniors.
I would ask them to issue a senior alert.
People will receive a notification on their cell phones to be on the lookout.
Maybe for a week or 2, but then pack up to Malibu.
What are they going to do? Continually ship their stuff around the globe as the couch surf? And this isn’t toxic to Archie? Having no home (I realize he doesn’t care right now, but as he gets older).
Just chiming in with my utter disgust. She is absolutely giving the finger to and daring everyone in the UK to bring it. Just daring all of you Brits. Please, other nations’ media, take her down. Hard. I don’t think I have ever wished for a person to be brought down, but I do now.
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@IEschew -- Same here, *sigh*. The creature just keeps digging herself deeper. She has done irreparable damage to Britain and the Royal Family. I'm in communications (hence the moniker), but I am lost for words.
For H&M in their brave new world, there's a huge risk that someone in a camera lineup - or afterwards in the media - will slip through their censorship and deliver some stinging criticism that will go around the world like lightening. People would feast on it for months.
Sometimes you have to let someone reinvent the wheel and it can be quite painful to watch that go down.
thoughts about her new meet and take pictures with me vanity shots
Considering what happened to the theatre group (and that was a patronage), it is a question of when they would be cut off and someone new put on speed dial.
The comment about upsetting the day's plans was absolutely on target.
Pushing the public comment of how nice this is not to be constrained adding to it the video of the RS song (excuse me, didn't she have some control issues about copyright protecting what is mine - eh, maybe that was someone else) is absolutely throwing knives into the back of the person trying to, as someone put, get everything on her list.
Hilkari - I think the bottom line was that she realized the daughter would eclipse her sooner or later.
Boots in photos, I think they are still the same boots (when I look at the 2 buckles I can see them pretty much all the way around in all of them). Maybe if she switched boots and then put these back on, she tightened them?
I don't the qualifications of the resources I gave you CatsEyes but it is a start. I hope you are able to find him. My thoughts and prayers.
MM received a maternity leave AND a 6 week "break," not to mention a multi-million dollar wedding and tons of money for clothes. I'm sorry it was such a toxic environment.
Years ago in community college I got very good advice in a class, which was also echoed by my father. If you decide to leave a job, give appropriate notice, thank them for the opportunity, and keep negative comments about the place to yourself. You are getting to leave, be gracious about it. It was true for the pizza parlor I worked in and it's true now. Who is going to want to associate with these nitwits for business ventures in the future?
Shaun Ryder (Bez) Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses is Ian Brown et al. Small mistake to make I know.
‘Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's planned move to Canada could be UNLAWFUL, claims constitutional expert amid warnings of delicate relationship with the monarchy’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7895525/Meghan-Markle-Prince-Harrys-Canada-UNLAWFUL-claims-constitutional-expert.html
Shaun Ryder was the singer in Happy Mondays. He now fronts a band called Black Grape.
Bez was the hypeman for the Happy Mondays. He danced around with a tambourine.
Ridiculous. They've survived a thousand years and far worse scandals than anything a Markle could bring on. They'll be just fine.
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Verified account @alexisohanian
Jan 13
"You will start to wonder if it'll ever catch up with them, but I've convinced myself that in the long-term, it's just not sustainable for them. Eventually enough people will see them for who they really are--charlatans."
That’s ok, my hubby is from ‘up north’ his favourite band of all time, he grew up near Spike Island.
Yep, I got Bez wrong too, he was the crazy, like many were back in the day. What ever way you look at it, not a song I would have picked and why did they have to pick a song anyway?
With regard to the Canadian constitution, I can only see this going one way. They are plain Mr & Mrs Mountbatten-Windsor, no HRH or Duke and Duchess. If they make a charity visit, it’s under their own steam and doesn’t come with any reference to the BRF. If I ran a charity I would find it hard to turn down the PR opportunity, I mean, come on, if you got the chance to see her up close you would wouldn’t you? Harry, not so much, couldn’t care less. But Meghan, I’d want to study her.
Alexis added he was speaking of the tech industry. Sorry to disappoint, but I have been meaning to check out his twitter...
Over the course of your career, you'll encounter people who use strategic sycophancy in order to level themselves up, rather than, say, doing great work.
Some will hit their inevitable ceiling early, but others will actually continue to thrive.
You will start to wonder if it'll ever catch up with them, but I've convinced myself that in the long-term, it's just not sustainable for them. Eventually enough people will see them for who they really are--charlatans.
I realize that's little satisfaction for those of you working toward your recognition, your due. But there is no more surefire way to be successful in your career than to do great work, take ownership for everything that goes wrong, and be kind to everyone, especially yourself.
I can only speak for the tech industry, of course, but I suspect this is largely universal. I've only been doing this 15 years now, but the highest-performers (and most respected folks) I've encountered actually get-shit-done.
And while there are many people in the tech industry who seem to keep getting away with it, the more sunlight, the better.
@mimi I also think they will what it out and do what looks like nothing
I don't know if this was said already but in choosing that song I wonder if the BRF not only stopped them from merching but also stripped them of the Sussex titles?
This is M's doing.
I can also see her as totally ignoring what the palace has decided and M giving the middle finger.
I expect that the BRF is taking refuge in their "Never complain/explain" credo again.
Her Majesty has issued a statement. I do not expect her/the Palace to counter every one of the Harkles' daily escalations in misbehavior because if they did, they would be doing nothing else. The country whom Meg and Harry no longer wish to be a part of still must be governed. The ship of State chugs on, devoid of two deserters who are on a tiny Vancouver Island sized life raft amidst a shark infested ocean and don't know how precarious they are. Harry is physically in the UK, but his patriotism and loyalty to his nation and his sovereign has checked out.
I think it'd be super hysterical if Harry runs into some immigration snafus when it comes to long-term residency in the U.S. Particularly in regards to the security costs of having the louche Ginger layabout as a permanent resident. Long term resident aliens are expected to produce means of income, and somebody willing to sponsor them in the United States. Initially, Meg will do, and he won't have to run out and get a fast food job immediately. But give it a couple of years, max, after the two extravagant idiots have drained his trust fund and Meg throws him to the curb. Who's gonna sponsor/employ him then? Oprah?
Our Canadian neighbors have declared their separation from the Crown . . Memo to Hazza, who I am certain knows zilch about American History: We told your great-great-great(something) grandfather George III that he could SUCK IT in 1776. We've patched things up since, but we don't kiss Royal butt here, and certainly not pale, formerly Royal butt. William and Kate were super popular when they visited New York . . but they didn't announce their intention to move into the Carlyle Hotel permanently and have the City of New York pick up their security bill and room service tabs.
Lightning the mood with something a bit more frivolous . .
>>>Archie' has long been considered somewhat comical in England (eg our Archie Andrews was an ugly ventriloquist's doll with gingerish hair (the doll was ugly, not the ventriloquist, he was just not very good) with a radio series in the 1950s. Ironic, really.<<<
Sorry, forget who I snipped this from.
Actually you are thinking of Howdy Doody, who looks a bit like Archie and even more like Alfred P. Neuman of Mad Magazine.
Howdy Doody would be a good moniker for Haz, though, so let's go with it!
Archie Andrews was also popular in the 1950s and since, as the ginger varsity letterman BMOC of Riverdale High. After all, he's got the two hottest girls in the school, Betty and Veronica, the light/dark/Good Girl/Bad Girl feminine dichotomy fighting over him.
Jughead, Archie's not-too-bright buddy with the weird hat would also be an excellent nickname for Harry. Harry Doody Jughead-formerly-known-as-Windsor. Yep.
This is the equivalent of (actually messier) Diane's Panorama interview. It is burning any bridges left to the BRF (or certainly an attempt to) while Harry is still in the country, on a day that he is doing royal duties at BP, and while he is still negotiating the exit deal.
I agree with you. I hope BP doesn't give any more oxygen than absolutely necessary to this fiasco. It is easy to see they are (and it maybe is more MM than Haz, who knows) baiting the palace on the reg. By releasing pictures and talking to the press, she is making sure her name is still out there and people are talking about her.
Time to give this mess the heave-ho. I hope it's back to business as usual and they deal with this like any HR issue. After decreeing that they are toxic, I hope the Firm doesn't ask her to do ANY engagements on their behalf. Wouldn't want her to be stifled by protocol, etc. Please, your Majesty, do not give this tornado the dignity of a response.
Yours truly,
An Exhausted American
Dan Wootton is talking to Samantha on Friday (radio show). Interesting.
He also claims that there will be news of Megxit fro the BRF tomorrow.
With reference to my previous post, did Megsy get word from Harry that she is not getting what she demanded in her manifesto so she went ballistic?
I'm familiar with red-haired Archie Andrews the UK ventriloquist dummy from my years of "vintage seeking and antiquing" - replicas of him were sold to the public in the 1950's and I came across one once.
Strangely both the ventriloquist'd dummy from the UK show and the character from the US comics had the same first and last name - Archie Andrews.
From wiki:
"Archie Andrews was a ventriloquist's dummy used by ventriloquist Peter Brough in radio and television shows in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps the most popular show in its radio format was called Educating Archie,[1] regularly attracting over 15 million listeners. Archie was invariably dressed in a broad-striped blazer, and addressed the ventriloquist as "Brough". The television scripts were written by Marty Feldman and Ronald Chesney."
When Archie Sussex was "born' there was a story in the tabs that Markle used to love the Archie comics and collected them as a child. Supposedly her father took her around to comic shops to find older / vintage editions.
There was another story about how she had a childhood cat named Archie.
Comments were circulating that Meghan named her son after a comic character and/or a cat.
At least no one claimed she named him after Archie Bunker! :-)
Black and White thinking also called splitting is very common in borderline personality disorder.
It almost seems like she is after revenge.
Maybe she is also very angry over the current coverage in the tabs which is ironic since she claims they are part of the reason she left. She's gone and yet they are stepping up the negative articles about her.
I totally feel like you and my sister is a nurse In the NHS, she’s got zero time for that pair! Even my uninterested husband told me if they get to opt out the royals yet get Duchy of Cornwall money he’s writing to our MP! He also wants more info on how royal finances are made up. His view is none of us civilians have had an opportunity to feed at the royal trough, just pay into it. As we’re already opted out by default of birth it’s now time to get some of it back!
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/828182/meghan-markle-prince-harry-crying
So what is next? A big interview? She will want mega bucks for that, but is there anyone high profile who would want to do this interview?
Thanks so much for the feedback on my question about what the hell is she doing and why. Is this the crazy side of NPD?
@octobergirl:
'@Sandie Narcissists have to have total control. They don't recognize any boundaries and feel completely entitled to do what they want , when they want. That's probably what the permission stuff was about. I don't know what went on behind the scenes with Meghxit but calling the BRF environment toxic is further distancing her and her family so she can have control. To a narcissist everybody else is to blame , never themselves.'
'@Sandie Also, HG Tudor said that narcissists tend to paint things black(bad) and white(good). Britain and BRF have been painted black because they refused to defer to Meghan. Even though there are plenty of good things about them, all of that doesn't exist for Meghan, they are bad, toxic.'
@Animal Lover: 'Black and White thinking also called splitting is very common in borderline personality disorder.'
@BlueBell Woods: 'I think Black and white thinking is common in a number of disorders.
It almost seems like she is after revenge.
Maybe she is also very angry over the current coverage in the tabs which is ironic since she claims they are part of the reason she left. She's gone and yet they are stepping up the negative articles about her.'
The one picture that always stands out to me is at the polo match when she had Archie (or the doll) & no-one was interacting with her. Not Katherine, her kids, etc. And the pic with a man & woman where they were looking incredulous at her. That always gives me a good chuckle & sort of showcases the people who "hang around" with ppl from the royal family. They are upper crust in British society & are of course snobby! I can't even imagine! But....she knew that from the beginning & she never even tried to fit in. Because she felt she wasn't good enough, so instead, she went rogue. And Harry went along probably because he never quite fit the Royal mold himself. Not smart, only a few good looking years (haha), and he wasn't going to be King!! So the Queen should just cut them off & say c'est la vie! Go find people you fit in with better!! Just my thoughts!!
My mother changes her autobiography, to suit the audience, all the time. My sister and I analyse her all the time, we know what she is, she’s in her 70s now and its still exhausting. I’ve reached the point where in public I let her talk her talk, but occasionally I embarrass her by totally denying what she’s saying by asking her for more clarification on a particular point. Meghan doesn’t get that from her audience, but occasionally people have looked uncomfortable like they want to take her to task. My mother will have a temper tantrum in public, I think Meghan does too. The other thing my mother does a lot like Meghan is drop a bomb and watch it explode, with absolutely no thought to the feelings of those involved.
Kudos to you for being so understanding.
We don't know what goes on behind the Harkle doors -- I have a feeling it's even worse than your mom.