Prince Harry appeared today in Edinburgh, Scotland, to promote his rather formless "Travalyst" project, ahead of a busy week for the Susssex duo. (And perhaps trio - nobody seems to know whether or not Archie will make an appearance.)
Harry is supposed to hit Abbey Road studios tomorrow to record a charity single with Jon Bon Jovi, a single that absolutely no one asked for. I've got nothing against Bon Jovi, who I think has aged very well, but who wants to hear Harry sing?
Probably not the Invictus soldiers the record will supposedly benefit. These are men and women who have made enormous sacrifices for their country, only to see their founder and patron jack the whole thing in to live in luxury someplace else.
The Invictus chorus will also perform on the song, and Bon Jovi has an eager fan base among ladies in his age group, but really - who else is going to buy this thing? Or stream it?
Probably not patriotic Brits, who have had enough of the Sussexes. And I don't think Bon Jovi is a big draw for the younger generation. If the Invictus people wanted some serious sales, they should have brought in BTS or Post Malone.
He was papped at the train station looking surprised by the photographer, and the mechanics of that interest me.
Did he book the paps? Did Meg?
What about the informal agreement that Royals are not subject to unscheduled paparazzi photos? Harry is, after all, still a Royal for four more weeks.
On March 5, Harry is back (temporarily) supporting the military again, appearing at the Endeavor Awards, given to wounded veterans who have taken on extreme sports challenges like mountain climbing.
Two years ago, this might have been a good fit for Harry. Now, not so much. It'll be interesting to gauge the energy level of these tough, highly-motivated injured soldiers when they meet their runaway leader.
Meg may also attend, although I'm sure they couldn't care less. Vain, self-centered, and certainly not self-sacrificing, she's not really the military type.
This was just hours after her famous quote to CNN about how she and Harry had "single-handedly modernized the monarchy."
It would be hard to top that, although Meg had someone leak to the Daily Mail today that she feels "picked on."
And it's questionable whether Meg will show up at all to the Mountbatten Awards, because this is not a crowd that can be trusted not to "boo" her.
This is Harry's final engagement as Captain General of the Royal Marines, and it would rather spoil it to have to defend his wife from the very British citizens which God supposedly has appointed his family to command.
If I were Meg, I'd limit myself to controllable events like the injured soldiers, who are honorable enough to at least greet her politely while complaining behind her back.
This is interesting only to see how many of Meg's "woke" followers are still interested in having her support their cause.
After the Sussexes' bitchy note released over the weekend, it may be dawning on even the most rabid Meg fans that the problem is not the 'racist' British media or the 'racist' Royal family or the 'racist' British public, but Meg herself.
Edward Enniful of Vogue is still singing Meg's praises, so maybe he can help her find a good feminist place to appear.
That'll be a happy group of people.
Let's see if Meg can top her dress from last year, which was a spectacularly inappropriate "chains" pattern, never a good idea when both countries you represent have been involved in the slave trade exploiting many parts of the Commonwealth.
Harry is supposed to hit Abbey Road studios tomorrow to record a charity single with Jon Bon Jovi, a single that absolutely no one asked for. I've got nothing against Bon Jovi, who I think has aged very well, but who wants to hear Harry sing?
Probably not the Invictus soldiers the record will supposedly benefit. These are men and women who have made enormous sacrifices for their country, only to see their founder and patron jack the whole thing in to live in luxury someplace else.
The Invictus chorus will also perform on the song, and Bon Jovi has an eager fan base among ladies in his age group, but really - who else is going to buy this thing? Or stream it?
Probably not patriotic Brits, who have had enough of the Sussexes. And I don't think Bon Jovi is a big draw for the younger generation. If the Invictus people wanted some serious sales, they should have brought in BTS or Post Malone.
Papped in the train station
Harry's showed up last night in Edinburgh after ostentatiously taking a train there to prove he doesn't fly everywhere by private jet, although I had to wonder if he was granted a private train car. No London North Eastern Railway 36 pound specials for him.He was papped at the train station looking surprised by the photographer, and the mechanics of that interest me.
Did he book the paps? Did Meg?
What about the informal agreement that Royals are not subject to unscheduled paparazzi photos? Harry is, after all, still a Royal for four more weeks.
6 days off
After the Bon Jovi single is recorded, Harry has 6 days off before his next engagement, and it would be interesting to know how he will use it. Meet with friends? He's cut off most of them. Meet with family? Bea and Eugenie, at least, wouldn't be too pleased to see him, and William is travelling to Ireland with Kate. Maybe pay his respects to Prince Philip?On March 5, Harry is back (temporarily) supporting the military again, appearing at the Endeavor Awards, given to wounded veterans who have taken on extreme sports challenges like mountain climbing.
Two years ago, this might have been a good fit for Harry. Now, not so much. It'll be interesting to gauge the energy level of these tough, highly-motivated injured soldiers when they meet their runaway leader.
Meg may also attend, although I'm sure they couldn't care less. Vain, self-centered, and certainly not self-sacrificing, she's not really the military type.
Boos at the Royal Albert Hall?
Meg is also supposed to come along to the Mountbatten Music Awards at Royal Albert Hall, the site of her odd appearance in late October, when she did a victory lap through the crowd wearing a giant wig and a Barney-the-Dinosaur-colored purple dress.This was just hours after her famous quote to CNN about how she and Harry had "single-handedly modernized the monarchy."
It would be hard to top that, although Meg had someone leak to the Daily Mail today that she feels "picked on."
And it's questionable whether Meg will show up at all to the Mountbatten Awards, because this is not a crowd that can be trusted not to "boo" her.
This is Harry's final engagement as Captain General of the Royal Marines, and it would rather spoil it to have to defend his wife from the very British citizens which God supposedly has appointed his family to command.
If I were Meg, I'd limit myself to controllable events like the injured soldiers, who are honorable enough to at least greet her politely while complaining behind her back.
International Women's Day
Meg is also supposed to make an appearance commemorating International Women's Day on March 8, although no details have been announced.This is interesting only to see how many of Meg's "woke" followers are still interested in having her support their cause.
After the Sussexes' bitchy note released over the weekend, it may be dawning on even the most rabid Meg fans that the problem is not the 'racist' British media or the 'racist' Royal family or the 'racist' British public, but Meg herself.
Edward Enniful of Vogue is still singing Meg's praises, so maybe he can help her find a good feminist place to appear.
Spectacularly inappropriate dress
Finally, on May 9 the Sussexes are scheduled to appear at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminister Abbey with all of the family members they've been leaking poison about for the past six? ten? 24? months.That'll be a happy group of people.
Let's see if Meg can top her dress from last year, which was a spectacularly inappropriate "chains" pattern, never a good idea when both countries you represent have been involved in the slave trade exploiting many parts of the Commonwealth.
What are you most looking forward to during the week ahead? What are you dreading?
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It was Kim who staged the robbery in the Paris hotel.
https://www.ccn.com/lazy-meghan-markle-vice-documentary-pushes-false-racism-agenda/
- President Trump may not be so keen in an hotly contested campaign period, to grant such a costly privilege for foreign royalty (ahem, former royalty). This could be a million(s) dollar mistake his opponents could and would jump on to show poor judgement of the POTUS.
- Americans are a vocal populace and we wouldn't be pleased to see millions of our tax dollars to go to two entitled prats when our own communities need increased police protection. We would be calling and writing our Govt representatives, using social media to bitterly complain and our Press would excoriate them to no end.
- Malibu may be a rich community but in California the state and regional governments are suffering economically and can ill afford to spend millions on two individuals who can protect/support themselves. I rather doubt Malibu, part of LA County,could afford to waste millions on their protection 24/7.
- IMO there are no law/regulations requiring the federal Government to protect such individuals and there is surely no law making any subsidiary govt. entity to do so either.
- To do so would set a terrible precedence and allow other high profile foreign (Megsy considered foreign as she is part of the pkg.) individuals to ask for protection. It has not been uncommon the US has been favored by other royalty (European, Middle Eastern, African etc.) to come here to live semi-permanently or for extended visits).
- I strongly believe California residents (of which I was for half my long life) would not support such a situation and would have a legal proposition (against state govt paid protection) put on the ballot box to be voted on with inevitable results. Talk about the power of the people, voter propositions have worked very well for Californians!
- the public also can object on the basis of "waste of resources" which most governmental entities (federal. state and maybe regional) have in their operating codes and a formal complaint can be made and then investigated. That would be priceless to see an investigation launched and have the conclusion that the Harkles are declared a "Waste of Resources".
So all in all, I relish to see the Harkles pay for their own security here in America (or maybe the poor UK public will continue).
If Harry has a new life as a singer, wonderful! It will provide us with a lot to talk about when the groupies show up.
/Notice I don't mention MM; I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't pay to get her back.
If this pair are to retain any form of taxpayer funded security the officers assigned to them should be reminded that their own allegiance is to the Sovereign and to the elected overnment of the UK. They should be required to report to the Palace and to the Home Secretary ALL of the activities of the duo and to refuse to carry out any tasks not directly related to their function as security officers that is no popping off to the delicatesse to find Madam's favourite snacks no walking dogs etc The ginger one's mother was said not to want official RPOs as she thought that they reported back to the Palace; make this a reality for her son and see how long he wants to keep his RPOs
I'd say another reason is that no respectable TV channel wants to be associated with a 'documentary' which is basically slagging off the royal family. They know that if they were to show it, they would never again have access to any of the real royals.
That's another thing which the foolish Harkles failed to anticipate. If asked to choose between them and the actual royals, any sensible business or public figure will choose the latter, without question. Arrogance and stupidity are a dire combination.
I believe that RPOs are indeed required to report back to their employers, ie the Met Police and who knows who else? That's supposedly why Diana turned down the queen's offer of RPOs after her divorce, as she didn't want them 'spying' on her.
>>>hey should be required to report to the Palace and to the Home Secretary ALL of the activities of the duo and to refuse to carry out any tasks not directly related to their function as security officers<<<
So many here say Harry and maybe Meghan are doing drugs (not weed but cocaine) so why are not the RPO's taking action on that? Surely Harry is not going out to a bar or neighborhood 'trap house' to score a 'rock' but has his dealer come to him (very unlikely a big supply is mailed to him). Are they reporting such activity? Why don't they have Harry's dealer arrested by Canadian Mounties?
How can Harry carry on in such a way (this is not underage drinking in Vegas) to the point it is affecting him. I guess I am clueless but it seems implausible (I am ashamed to admit I had a relative with a long time addiction who later after getting cured! he even dealt drugs hence why I know the lingo). I just wonder how RPO's would allow such a thing (it certainly iisn't running to the deli).
It’s been bought up on the press, especially when Harry went nuddy in Las Vegas and all the other shenanigans that went on. The official answer is simply they are there to protect him from physical harm from others etc., not to babysit or lecture him. 🤗
"So many here say Harry and maybe Meghan are doing drugs (not weed but cocaine) so why are not the RPO's taking action on that?"
Because that is not their job.
They are highly trained police officers, not babysitters. As 'raspberry' says, the Las Vegas incident where he was caught with the royal jewels almost on show is a case in point. It's not the RPOs' job to protect their charges from themselves.
That's why I don't believe the stories about the RPOs being asked to go grocery shopping for the Harkles in Canada. Not that I'd put it past the Harkles to expect them to be skivvies for them, but the RPOs would simply refuse. People like this take great pride in their job and aren't going to run errands on behalf of a pair of chancers who don't even pay their wages.
"’So many here say Harry and maybe Meghan are doing drugs (not weed but cocaine) so why are not the RPO's taking action on that? Surely Harry is not going out to a bar or neighborhood 'trap house' to score a 'rock' but has his dealer come to him (very unlikely a big supply is mailed to him). Are they reporting such activity? Why don't they have Harry's dealer arrested by Canadian Mounties?"
There was a book written by one of Diana's bodyguards (can't remember the name of the book now). Anyway, he gives insight into what a bodyguard can and cannot do. Also some of the leeway they take to accommodate the Royal. I'd draw the line at drugs, drugs around an infant. But that's just me.
They did get criticised, not so much for Harry's actions, but for allowing a bunch of people to take photos of him semi-naked.
Not sure if that criticism is warranted, however. As I've mentioned above, RPOs are part of the Met Police and as such have no powers in the US or indeed anywhere else outside the UK. So they may very well have asked the other party guests to hand over their phones, but the guests could simply have refused and there would have been very little the RPOs could do about it. Which just highlights the bind the Harkles are in regarding security if the 'host' country won't pay up.
Ha ha haha she is reading this site. How funny.
We don't like you Meghan.
I would say Bruce Springsteen (another National Treasure) is more of a "has been" than Bon Jovi and Bruce remains quite popular too.
Totally disagree - Harry is 35? Bon Jovi had a HUGE hit - massive - like in the 2000s? that song "It's My Life" remember?
That song was huuuuge and played all the time for young people - great party song.
I also think it's nice he's still married to his high school sweetheart and has a reputation as a Good Christian Man but I understand through the gossip underground he is not exactly faithful but he is discreet.
Also when it comes to cocaine it's not a very big deal, you go to a "friend's" house or a "friend" swings by for a visit, it's not exactly Scarface.
"I don't mean for this to sound snarky but as highly trained police officer's shouldn't they be concerned with the laws that their charge is breaking (drugs are still illegal in most countries)."
Firstly, I'm not convinced Harry is taking illegal drugs. Secondly, no, that is definitely not their job. They are there to guard their charge from external threats, not to monitor their behaviour, nor to be experts on the laws of foreign countries.
"who is Lady Banksy???"
I have no idea. I posted late for me last night about admin@www.theduchessofsussex.com and then questioned myself, so googled. The internet is forever and I'm not delusional.
WE DON'T LIKE YOU MEGHAN!
Also when it comes to cocaine it's not a very big deal, you go to a "friend's" house or a "friend" swings by for a visit, it's not exactly Scarface.
Well, I never didn't think Harry sat around with coke all over his face...but if they are protecting their charge, going to a "friends" house wouldn't be any easy thing for Harry to do without an RPO along and unless they're completely incompetent, they'd know what he's doing. But if that's not their job, then it's not their job.
@Liver Bird
I am not sure if he is doing illegal drugs either, I just see it mentioned here a bit, so I thought I'd ask the question.
I don't think it is. The line is very clear. RPOs are police officers. They are not qualified to do anything other than guard their charges. I remember around the time ARchie was born there was talk of Meghan getting driven to hospital by RPOs but that was immediately denied as RPOs are forbidden from getting involved in anything other than security and would simply have told her to call an ambulance. They are in fact contractually bound not to make themselves responsible for their charges' health or medical needs.
Actually, it is. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/drug-trafficking-and-the-financing-of-terrorism.html
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/
>>> The official answer is simply they are there to protect him from physical harm from others etc., not to babysit or lecture him.<<<
Precisely, they are there to protect him from physical harm from others. There are few worse things than being harmed by drugs supplied by a dealer. I know..as I once went to a infamous car wash known to have drug activity and jumped out of my car confronting a drug dealer standing in front of my relative doing a deal. If a 54 yr. old lady can do that, then a RPO should be able to jump on a drug dealer (BTW the look on that rough looking dealer was priceless and backed down and left. Of course my relative was PO'd)
@Liver Bird
>>> It's not the RPOs' job to protect their charges from themselves.<<<
So if Harry was shooting up Heroin the RPO would stand there and watch? Don't think so; cocaine is just as bad. They are officers of the law and have to abide by the law. Standing by while the law is being broken is not lawful for them. They also swear allegiance to the Queen. They have a duty to protect. Who's heads would roll if Harry OD's while under their watch. Or maybe Harry whips out a gun and points it at his head, so they just watch him do it>
I don't see the relevancy of a youthful drunk nude poker game on the same legal level as cocaine use. I know firsthand the devastating consequences of drug addiction. My relative thanked me later for my efforts and they have been clean for 8 yrs. I thankfully also survived not one episode but several when I confronted his dealers. I wish I would had an RPO, an officer of the law watching over my brother!
If RPO's were protecting Diana's mother it is unlikely she would been in the hands of a drunk driver and IMO she would be alive today. We can agree to disagree. Good Luck Harry!!!
The argument is that because Harry is ex-military and the son of a future king, he and his family need official security which is tied in with international police and intelligence networks. Whether this argument is justified or not is up to the Home Office to decide. However, what I can say is that the Harkles' choice to live abroad in order to make money as private citizens makes provision of taxpayer funded security highly controversial and extremely complicated. I just don't see how this can be succesfully resolved.
Quite honestly, the best part of her machinations, is the entertainment value when everything starts going sideways.
"So if Harry was shooting up Heroin the RPO would stand there and watch?"
Well, they wouldn't be 'standing there and watching' because, as stated, their job is to guard for external dangers, not sit in the room while their charge does his thing.
Anyway, I think the hypothetical discussion of Harry doing drugs while the RPOs sit and watch is kind of beside the point. The real issue is who is going to pay for these people and how is it going to be arranged when the Harkles are schmoozing around outside of the UK. This was always going to be the real spanner in the works and it seems the idiot Harkles just assumed they'd get what they wanted. So now what?
"The real issue is who is going to pay for these people and how is it going to be arranged when the Harkles are schmoozing around outside of the UK."
Yes, and when the schmoozing involves making huge amounts of money to line their own pockets.
The argument is that because Harry is ex-military and the son of a future king, he and his family need official security which is tied in with international police and intelligence networks. Whether this argument is justified or not is up to the Home Office to decide. However, what I can say is that the Harkles' choice to live abroad in order to make money as private citizens makes provision of taxpayer funded security highly controversial and extremely complicated. I just don't see how this can be succesfully resolved.
Understood. I am also aware of a few firms (especially here in the US) that provide private security and many of the company leadership hold high level government clearances so that they can provide high level protection to people just like Harry (or in our case, government officials). I guess these folks would have to get cleared by UK intelligence, but if they truly want to go private and not have the UK citizens pay, they will make it work.
Why should HAMS have any taxpayer-paid funding of any kind? I know there was much anger in the States when we found out that American taxpayers paid and pay for the internationally protected nobody, M, when she flies (and the American paps are starting to feel the contempt and change in attitude towards the twits) back and forth, more than is reported, all over the USA, mainly New York and California. Many millions were found to be paid out by anybody who does ten minute research, how much money was paid for her and Harry. They are not American present or past politicians, and they are not representing H’s country as diplomats for the Queen. M had and has no right for any USA taxpayer protection. Believe me, I am in a position to know about the HAMS, as it pertains to them. The USA was asked by the Queen, who knew M was going to her Bew York baby shower, her other private tris, her Wimbledon debacle, for protection. Outrageous for U.S.A. Taxpayers to pay for a unknown z cable actress who married a secondary, if not thirdly royal, while she flings around. Taxpayers spent millions upon millions of dollars on these losers.
I'm curious. When you say American taxpayers paid for Markle's protection here, do you know if if the funds were federal or state?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-wont-trump-follow-canadas-lead-in-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-security-costs
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At the rate these two are going they will NEVER become financially independent
@Mimi, That is my assessment as well. They will never have the resources to pay for all the things that the wee madam seems to think that she is entitled.
Canada has paid for them throughout their stay in Canada and will only stop once they are no longer Royal. How is that putting Canada first? I would agree if they had NOT paid for their security this entire time. US had to do the same, because they are still Royal. Once they are no longer royal, I doubt they will get ANYTHING from Trump's administration.
My first thought was "clown".
This was not cool, it was awkward and totally unnecessary.
Now, singing with Bon Jovi. If Harry was still his "created" cool royal, full working member of the RF family it would have probably worked for many people. Now it looks like he is desperately trying to draw attention and prove he is still relevant. And the whole thing rings false and forced somehow.
>>>I'm curious. When you say American taxpayers paid for Markle's protection here, do you know if if the funds were federal or state?<<<
I'm not @Yankee Doodle but a FOI request revealed taxpayer funds spent on Meghan's dumb shower were federal, state, and local (NYC)
I thought Harry had a situation similar to a young relative of mine. His aunt died and he inherited 3 million dollars which was held in trust for him. But half this sum was released to him at age 25 and he gets the other half when he turns 30. His aunt was smart enough to not let him get all three million upon her death.
Don't you think Trump will enjoy making them dependent on his generosity after they snubbed him and she publicly said they would not move in when he is the President?
PPOs are a very good source of information too. I am sure Trump will make sure if he pays there will be American officers, not British (Why Shall We Enrich Another State Organisation With American Taxpayers' Money?) I am also sure Trump will enjoy reading reports of their fights, substance abuse and ties with celebs and politicians. He is a devious seasoned player and he will find a way to play these two clowns to his advantage.
Once they are no longer royal, I doubt they will get ANYTHING from Trump's administration.
I hope you're right about that. Trump has great admiration and respect for our Queen, so it worries me that he may feel obliged to look after the spoiled brat and his side-kick as a favour to Her Maj!
By RORY TINGLE FOR MAILONLINE
28 February 2020 | UPDATED: 10:46 EST, 28 February 2020
'THEY should pay!' British taxpayers' fury as £20m bill for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's security bill falls entirely on UK after Canada refuses to pay it after Megxit
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been protecting the couple and Archie
Protection will cease in weeks as the pair officially step back from royal duties
Comes after weeks of speculations that Canadian taxpayers would pay for them
It is estimated their security costs had rocketed to £20 million after the move
The prospect of UK taxpayer funding for private citizens prompted anger today
It came as Prince Harry joined Jon Bon Jovi for a session at Abbey Road studios
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were facing an angry backlash today as their £20million security bill looks set to fall squarely on British taxpayers after Canada refused to keep paying.
Canadian police confirmed last night it would stop assisting with security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex when they step down as working royals and become private citizens after Megxit on March 31.
This means the cost of round-the-clock protection for the couple and baby Archie will fall solely to the taxpayer-funded Metropolitan Police, despite the couple leaving the UK for North America.
The force, which currently protects the couple at home and abroad - today refused to comment on whether they would continue to do so after Megxit. Buckingham Palace declined to say if Harry and Meghan would contribute any their own money for their protection.
Royal expert Phil Dampier today said the couple should not receive public money for security when they become private citizens with their own income, which is set to be millions of pounds a year.
'It was only a matter of time before the Canadians stopped paying for their security because they're no longer working royals and now obviously the burden will fall on British taxpayers,' he told MailOnline.
It comes as Prince Harry met Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road studios to record a duet for a new charity album for the Duke's Invictus Games Foundation. It is not known whether Meghan is yet in the UK, but she is due to attend the Endeavour Fund Awards with Harry next Thursday, March 5
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8055521/Anger-mounts-Prince-Harry-Megan-Markles-security-bill.html
Thanks for the info. And if the Harkles plan to live here, even part-time, or visit frequently, U.S. taxpayers would be expected to pay. That's not going to happen for a foreign prince and his spouse.
Don't you think Trump will enjoy making them dependent on his generosity after they snubbed him and she publicly said they would not move in when he is the President?
I'm sure he would but I would really prefer that he didn't offer them security. I want them to pay for it themselves.
The beginning of the end of the HAMS, and the few Americans who actually care about H, was the New York baby shower. The British news outlets were allowed to finally publish one of H’s massive waste of money for securiy. I believe they printed the waste of police protection because it was American taxpayer millions spent on a baby shower, and not British money. Plus, the details and written comments of American protection people were published (security for presidents, their families (although one Trump son opted out of Secret Service protection, for privacy), Supreme Court judges, Cabinet members, high-ranking Congressmen and Senators, Chief of Staff of our military, and several others, plus all pat presidents and their opuses and children - which ended for past president children at age 16, now seemingly forever). American State Department officials especially were furious that the taxpayer paid more than two million dollars for them to follow, what one person wrote, somebody who calls herself “her Royal Highness” all the time. The written statements of these people were published. The Secret Service, which I a federal police agent, like the State Department, used up more millions of American taxpayer money. Finally, the city of New York, and the state of New York (NYC is one of many cities in the state of New York) paid for police protection. You can NYPD officials hanging out around the ‘barriers” put up for the protection of M and Amal Clooney, Serena, and Markus 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧. Meanwhile, Natalie Portman and other “real” celebrities came and went without any fuss from the same hotel that day. Celebrities in New York and Los Angelos are as common as bread. It is like all the politicians and journalists living in the D.C. area. One of my neighbors, until he died, was Senator John Glenn, who was also a famous astronaut. George Bush’s sister and his cousins, Marriott family, and many other politicians I meet walking my dog in the neighborhood. None have protection.
Trvelyst appears to be just another search engine. Nobody seems to be able to say how exactly it is eco-friendly and encourages green travel, aside from assigning useless points. What criteria is going to be used for points, who decides which communities should benefit from our travel - covered by darkness.
Whatever Arry thought he launched is not a well thought through initiative. I doubt it will result in noticeable increase in travel.
I full-heartily share your sentiments about paying their security costs. Nobody wants to pay for them, nobody cares for what they think they are entitled to. People are facing real life serious problems. For instance my village is severely flooded after two hurricanes and we are facing another one. I can guarantee Harry and Markle are not going to find sympathy for their "predicament" in my community.
Any idea of how much that cost the US?
I don't think the Harkles have much sympathy from anyone and the longer this farce goes on, even the little they do have is fast dissipating. The pair of entitled twits just make me so angry!
I'm really sorry to hear about what your village is going through due to the floods and I hope you don't experience any more damage. The weather's been dreadful, so stay safe!
Thank you! It is great to talk to somebody in another country who wishes us well. It makes me feel..not alone.
Floods have been really bad, in some areas rivers have never been as high as during this February. Britain is severely overpopulated and people build in flood zones which makes it all so much worse.
>>"So Jon Bon Jovi doesn't 'need' Harry for profile"
It doesn't hurt though, does it?<<
Well, that remains to be seen. Every celebrity that has associated themselves with the Harkles recently has had some (or a lot) negative blowback. I'd hate to see that happen to Jon, who has been supportive of the Harkles' exit from the Royals. After the last six or so months that have just passed, commencing with the South Africa disaster and up to the current fracas involving the bullying of his grandmother & complete dissing of his ailing grandfather, the shine is off 'Just Call Me 'arry'. The celebrities still coming to his banner and throwing him a bone of attention are doing him the favor, not the other way 'round. He doesn't have anything to give anyone anymore. He and his wife are scroungers on the international stage, and that's going to get old very fast.
>>>JBJ is hardly a major star these days. Most people Harry's age would only vaguely know who he is. I thought the Harkles were meant to be movers and shakers, in with the young crowd? Also, all celebrities want to be associated with 'royalty' (poor ol' JBJ probably didn't know that Harry isn't really royal anymore) and to be seen to do good. And the SS connection, if mere coincidence, is a pretty fortuituous one. <<<<
You seem determined to run JBJ down, including not crediting him with the intelligence enough to know that Harry has electively left the Royal family . . Jon is a smart guy, and believe me when I say that in America, which is the Harkles' target market, having turned their backs on Britain, Jon Bon Jovi is still a big deal. He still sells out concert venues. The people buying tickets are not for the most part 23 years old any more, no. JBJ's pinnacle was probably 1986 with the release of their biggest album. But Harry and Megs (especially Megs) are on the elderly-most end of 'Millennial'. JBJ in fact had several big records circa 1997 when Meg says she graduated from high school. Jon also has kept himself relevant by writing music for feature films & TV, including some stints as an actor, and licensing most of his biggest hits for use in soundtracks and commercials. (Jon appeared as a Carrie Bradshaw love interest in an episode of Sex and the City, so I am sure Meg knows who he is, even if he was less well-known to Haz.) So, yeah, 'the kids' (which do not include M&H anymore) know who he is. He may be their dads' age, but they know who he is. As we have discussed here ad nauseum, Woke 'n Joke are both arrested development cases who, despite moving into middle age (particularly Woke) still operate in their own minds as if they are 25 years old. They aren't. And the saddest part of their delusion is that the target audience they are going for (Kylie Jenner's peer group) think they're old and dumpy and lacking in style or anything fresh or aspirational.
>>>Agree that JBJ seems like a genuinely good guy, as his years of work in grass roots, unglamorous, 'unsexy' charity work shows. But that's not to say he's above a PR stunt now and again. He IS an SS client, after all.<<<
It's possible that it's a PR stunt. Or perhaps this genuinely good grass roots charity type guy is being charitable toward Harry and trying to help something good come out of this unprecedented mess that Harry has created in concert with Woko Ono.
@Fairy Crocodile,
I'm British. 😉
I didn’t want to start anything.....we’d were just getting over the Gollum thing. But please know that there are many on here who think about you and wish with all our heart and soul that you recover! 😰
Thank you so much. A little human warmth is a great thing, whatever the subject of the blog. I don't think Nutty will be angry with us.
@Miggy
You are British and it makes us even closer to each other, because we both know our country doesn't deserve the catastrophe Meghan Markle brought. You remember huge crowds of well wishers at her wedding? All racists and sexists no doubts.
However, the choices this playboy makes are not because he is in thrall to her- but because he's venal and stupid just like Meghan even though he fancies himself a romantic figure.
If Harry or Meghan had to “slip away” whenever they want to do something illicit, they would be very difficult to protect.
I know the Secret Service has had similar situations while protecting misbehaving Presidents or presidential children. Their job is to protect, not supervise.
I ran the Bon Jovi name past some European teens, and they did know “Livin’ on a Prayer”, perhaps from a soundtrack or TV show.
I think the 'besotted' narrative is so much PR spin to make this epic disaster seem like the 'Love Story of the Century'. I think Megs was a bit o'fun for 'arry for about 6 months' worth of transatlantic booty calls . . then he tired of her and tried to break away, after which she stalked him 'round the globe for the better part of a year and gave interviews to high profile magazines about a relationship that had fizzled. He was done with her by Christmas 2016, so how he wound up getting engaged to her less than a year later is anybody's guess . . mine is that Twue Wuve had nothing to do with it. I don't think Archie is their biological kid and she certainly wasn't his gestational mom either because I think that the physical stuff was over for this pair long ago. Narcs use sex for control, so Megsie would have poured it on as long as Haz was still a free agent. After the ring was on her finger, she had no more incentive to give him good lovin' any more. I think she's been able to plot and launch her schemes without his involvement or knowledge most of the time because they weren't living together or arriving for events together.
They may be forced to be together now, in self-imposed exile, but I'd bet a million donuts that they are not sharing a room. There's no more thrall, just mutual venality, as you say. Both are doubling down on their terrible behavior out of ego. I think they will stay married on paper for a while yet, but their union is the furthest thing from domestic bliss imaginable.
Harry looks like hell because he's likely doing drugs again hardcore . . there aren't any family mediators around any more. No friends. Only him alone with his thoughts, which means, he's manifestly alone. Haz doesn't have the inner resources to cope as an independent entity. He left it to Meg to arrange everything because he's lazy and witless and everything's fallen to sh*t, all her plans. Haz looks like hell because he's living the 'be careful what you wish for . . you just may get it' scenario. But he's never had to be resilient and manage his own affairs . . he's floundering because he hasn't got any survival skills and I don't think he's going to last super long out in the cold.
At the moment Harry and Meghan are still Duke and Duchess, but can’t use the style of HRH.
Harry was born a Prince, so if the style of HRH and the Ducal was revoked completely, he’d still be a Prince (unlikely that would ever be taken). So with that in mind, Meghan would I believe become Princess Henry of Wales, because she isn’t a birth Princess like Beatrice and Eugenie are. 🤗
I read the NY Times article you reference. The overwhelming majority of commentators were not on H&M's side.
A sarcastic comment from a Datalounge blogger below:
No one has even ASKED me how I feel about the coronavirus, or if I'm okay with it!!!
—Meghan Sussex
Great comments by everyone. So much to discuss.
@Nutty
In your previous post about Travalyst, I mentioned my complaint with Booking.com Car rental. In the next few days ,I saw DM articles about travellers complaints with Booking.com accommodation division. No car rental articles.
I reported my complaint to our domestic AA...the Automobile Association. I was factual and politely asked for a refund.
Just to keep everyone informed, they replied, stating that in all their years of business, they have never had such a complaint before, and that they will take this matter up directly with the AA internationaly, meaning, that we were treated horribly and hopefully we should be refunded.
So Booking.com and all these travel magicians, magicians who can wipe out carbon footprints, and magically charge unsuspecting customers exorbitant cancellation fees by twisting terms and agreements, should be aware, not everyone can be swindled.
So hopefully some progress here.
Really interesting analysis.
I believe they used a surrogate. I hope that comes out.
I don't know about the hardcore drug use as I haven't seen any clear evidence although I wouldn't rule it out given his shamelessness.
Although there's no doubt that this is a marriage of convenience, it doesn't mean that he's not still influenced by her, is tripping on euphoria. She knows what to say to hook him, whispering in his ear. He is weak-minded.
I believe he is a romantic. Hence I don't believe that he is pragmatic enough to simply agree to a hard headed marriage of convenience like her. The euphoria keeps him sticking to her. I do believe true love still informs his actions.
ITA Harry has no inner resources. His isolation is pivotal. He's basically a squishy sponge with little to no resistance. He has never had to fight for anything, he has never had to fight for survival, a glorious attribute which would give him a clue. Harry is the holy grail for all sociopathic grifters. More so than than the good, kind, strong people usually taken in by the likes of her.
This is the difference: You are so right. Unlike them, Harry met his rapacious, childish, narcissistic, amoral, petulant self. Oh the glory!
The MM version of that song is "Livin' Off A Spare"
Journalist calls "Just Call Me Harry" 'another finger up at the Queen'. I concur. That's the first thing I thought . ."That petty little passive aggressive sh*t!":
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1248755/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-Queen-Megxit-royal-family-news
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Apropos of the charity single of 'Unbroken' with Jon Bon Jovi, of which a great hullabaloo has been made as part of Harry's triumphal return to the UK . . um, not so much. While Haz turned up for the photo ops with Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road studios and donned a pair of headphones in the studio for the promo clip, sources say 'The Duke was unable to sing, leaving the vocals to the professionals.'
Pretending to lose his voice, I wager, to get out of it. Because he's a tosser and a coward, to boot. Empty show, that's all either of this couple does.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1248845/prince-harry-jon-bon-jovi-invictus-games-sing-sussex-royal-abbey-road-studios
Wow, so Just Harry didn't even sing a note. So this was just another attention grab. March's events shall be interesting to watch.
A Royal Instagram Mystery https://nyti.ms/2TjpTwu ?
I've just been reading through this thread, skimming really, and I have decided which thing I would like to see and what I would not like to see during the Harkles "tour of shame".
I would really like to see MM dress herself in something completely inappropriate and looking like a sack of potatoes tied in the middle. I am thinking mainly of the Commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey. I can see it now - MM showing a remarkable acreage of flesh during the service, much as she did at the last Remembrance Service. If she could trip over those awful feet of hers at the same time, so much the better - we could all do with a good laugh at her expense.
What I really do not want to see is poor W & C being delegated to "babysit" the Harkles to mitigate any booing. This is what happened last year at the TOTC - the Harkles were put in a carriage with Catherine and Camilla so that the public wouldn't boo them, having too much respect for the two Cs. However, HMTQ has already expressed a wish for W & H to show unity so I am unlikely to get my wish.
W
Bill Gates has no bodyguards around him while he is driving himself around his hometown of Bellevue/Seattle. He's been known to drive around in an older car. People see him regularly driving around town by himself, and he stands in line at the local burger joints just like everybody else. Nobody bothers him out of respect, although he is very friendly and low-key, and chats with the other people waiting in line. If one of the richest men in the world can do this, so can The Harkles.
"Bill Gates, the billionaire burger lover who has been known to grab a bite at Burgermaster in Bellevue, changed course over the weekend and was captured standing in line at a Dick's Drive-In in Seattle. ... But seeing him at Dick's is a bit of a surprise, because Burgermaster has long been a favorite of his.Jan 16, 2019"
https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+gates+stand+in+line+for+burger&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS698US698&oq=bill+gates+stand+in+line+for+burger&aqs=chrome..69i57.15047j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
PS Burgermaster is far better than Dick's, but both are Seattle area institutions. Burgermaster was a regular stop for us when we lived in Bellevue.
I just want this over.
Omg how could you say such a cruel thing to me ha ha ha - MY YOUTH!!!
Now this I can see. Say what you want but Prince Harry is one of the only two born princes of the British Royal Family. He is much loved and inclined toward risk taking.
In addition, it occurred to me today (perhaps by someone else's comment) that DUCHESS WIDOW OF SUSSEX might have a ring to it and the BRF may consider her equally if not possibly more dangerous than outside forces. Something to consider.
I assume it is likely true, given their history and his own private history with substance abuse, so from that measure I consider it entirely likely, but I don't see any visible evidence.
Example of visible evidence? Justin Bieber is an example, Chris Brown (now looks like roadkill, google him!), Butthole Eyes - these people all have visible markers of drug addicts; meth for the first two and opiates for the third. Granted coke takes a slower toll on the appearance than meth.
To me, Harry looks quite healthy. Perhaps a bit slim but fit.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/prince-harry-fell-in-love-with-the-wrong-woman
Your last two sentences are something that has been on my mind for awhile. I really don't want to verbalize it, but it's been something I've been thinking about lately.
I also agree that in The Harkles circles, cocaine is available everywhere. Just Harry doesn't need a hookup for that. It's probably available by the bowl full at any private club or party he attends. These people party hard.
The Washington Times is owned by the religious cult, the Moonies (Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church), through one of their corporations, Operations Holdings.
"The Times was founded on May 17, 1982, by Unification movement leader Sun Myung Moon and owned until 2010 by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate founded by Moon. It is currently owned by Operations Holdings, which is owned by the Unification movement.
The Washington Times - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Washington_Times."
Oops again. I guess I need sleep, but coughing and blowing my nose constantly has been keeping me awake all night for several nights in a row. I've been fighting the flu, but not coronavirus, thank God.
The Washington Examiner is owned by Philip Anschultz through his Clarity Media Group, and is considered an extremely conservative news outlet.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/washington-examiner/
William and Kate:
1. The monarchy, contrary to what people think or say, does not need popularity to survive. Monarchies that have been abolished (and, sometimes, royals losing their lives) are mostly those who have been brought down by a political revolution (France, Russia, Greece, and even the British monarchy in America).
2. Most of the work William and Kate do is face-to-face meeting with people in public and in private meetings. That is where they have the most influence and serve the people most effectively. Through their IG account they are simply using modern means to communicate with and inform the public, whom they serve.
3. William and Kate are not trying to sell anything because the monarchy is not a brand to sell. People get confused about this because it is similar to a corporation and a brand in many ways. This is from the Royal Website:
'The Sovereign acts as a focus for national identity, unity and pride; gives a sense of stability and continuity; officially recognises success and excellence; and supports the ideal of voluntary service.'
The monarchy serves the United Kingdom and Commonwealth and the people living in those realms. It exists to preserve and serve.
Meghan and Harry
1. They need popularity and branding for income, a lot of income. Their IG followers, likes and comments need to increase tenfold for them to become a popular and lucrative brand that will bring in the many millions they need for their lifestyle. So, don't compare them to William and Kate (it is like comparing apples with chocolate) but measure them against where they need to be to be a success (this comparison story is to try and increase their popularity).
2. They also need lots of IG followers, likes and comments for their 'philanthropic' and charity work as this will increase the worth of the brand they are selling. If they are genuinely passionate about and committed to this philanthropic/charity work then it will make them happier and increase the value of their brand (win-win).
3. As royals, they did not serve loyally and thus were a failure (geez Louise, they have been on holiday for 5 months now ... mostly in another country ... and so on). Being more popular than William and Kate is meaningless. Being loyal and committed and well-informed and wise and capable are some of the traits they are going to have to prove they have as they build a brand and influence and wealth.
A final thought: Andrew was always more popular than Edward, and, for a long time, Anne as well ... the one who did not serve the monarchy (as described above) is the one who got booted.
Maybe Harry's singing was not used for the song because Megsy demanded a share of the royalties! Joking!
Maybe Harry felt unsure abut himself or perhaps his voice did not blend well with that of JBJ (a technical decision).
Thanks for the feedback.
I am a supporter of alternative health remedies. Vitamin C (huge doses) and echinacea are two good remedies to help you get over the flu. Otherwise rest and be kind to yourself.
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Also, I do think Rach reads here. The time is fixed: "Meghan Online Store will be opening in March 2020."
I wonder if I'm her favorite Nuttier? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Will the Harkles continue couch surfing (probably); will California be their next stop; will they head for New York (in the next lifetime I am definitely going to head for New York for a prolonged visit, as I wanted to do in this lifetime!)?
Mimi and DuchessOfCray - inclined to side with you about how difficult they have made it for them to become financially independent for themselves.
Animal Lover - funny catch.
Someone commented about how they believe she has made about the inroads she will make in Hollywood. I am suspecting so too and moving there is unlikely to change people's minds about her. If someone really wanted her for a part, she could come in from anywhere to audition or work. Sure, something might pop up out that none of us knew about but by and large unlikely to happen to as frequently as they will need to pay for their lifestyle. Moving to CA in hopes it will pay off I think of as the odds of success for that 7 or more figure lottery ticket being a win. It just doesn't pay for most people who move there thinking they will be a big star.
Sandie, nice about the purpose/needs of how different they use/see the purpose of their IG accounts. Sad is true. So you have this number and it does what for you? And then what? Someone else will come along sooner or later and leave you eating their dust. Then what? What's your encore?
I think of having a high IG number kind of like being labeled the most beautiful model or having this enviable body. If all your identity is tied up in being the most beautiful or fantastic this or that, you can become very lost once someone else takes what you think of as your spot or corner of adoration. And eventually you become a "what ever happened to ...".
And now, I gotta ask: Gollum?
Four princes & a princess before him, he will become even more irrelevant in the pecking order as time goes by.
The fact H&M fans think this is a SM popularity contest, who wins rules, proves their fans are as ignorant & deluded as H&M.
I think Harry looks awful, skinny body & puffy face, eyes like p...holes in the snow.
He looks like a dementor has sucked the life out of him...
I doubt The Hooded Claw aka Meggy Pitstains the Hound of the Marklesvilles, will show up in the UK, too cowardly.
@Mimi Gollum must have descended while I was on break. I hope that one and their partner in crime stay gone.
He reportedly tried to court Diana. He has gone on record multiple times saying he wanted his children to co-mingle with the Cambridges and Harry FKAP. Then there are his projects he pushed in the UK to get into the royal inner circles. I don’t see him burning any bridges with the BRF whatever the cost. As long as Harry is married to Meg and the BRF “support” them, he’s going to play extra nice. Should H&M split, I see him still protecting Harry. I think he’d defer to BRF’s wishes on Meg’s protection.
OT personal comments (Please skip if not interested; messages are in alphabetical order):
@Elle Welcome back! I hope the unhappy job situation gets resolved soon. Good luck!
@Fairy Crocodile My thoughts and best wishes for your safety and everyone in your community from the flooding and hurricanes.
@Janet at Corporate Angels I send you my best wishes for better health and a speedy recovery from the stroke.
@JocelynsBellinis Get well soon! Please stay safe and make sure to get enough electrolytes.
If I missed anyone, please know I send my kind regards to everyone here. I’m still trying to catch up with posts so have resorted to skimming.
She could start online tutoring, De’mentors Inc, sponsored by Demented Ltd?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6725997/Meghan-Markle-flanked-U-S-special-agents-New-York-visit.html
""Meghan Markle is being chauffeured around New York City in a State Department SUV and has U.S. special agents for protection due to her diplomatic status.
The Duchess of Sussex has been flanked by security ever since she arrived in New York on Friday for a five-day whirlwind trip that includes a swanky baby shower being thrown by her celebrity friends.
The 37-year-old former actress, who is seven months pregnant with Prince Harry's baby, has been photographed in public several times since she arrived.
Each time she has stepped out, Meghan has been surrounded by multiple security personnel who have ushered her from five-star hotels and restaurants into a waiting black SUV with State Department license plates marked 'for official use only'.
But given she is a member of the royal family, the Duchess has also been assigned protection from the U.S. State Department and NYPD because she is considered a diplomat.
No less than three special agents, including one female, from the Dignitary Protective Division of the State Department have been tailing Meghan in New York whenever she steps out in the public eye.""
So there is this precedence but I have a hard time believing the Federal Government will pick up millions in dollars for their security if they decide to decamp to live in Malibu. I'll become an anarchist in that event.
@Charade
Thanks for the positive sentiments. It really means a lot!!!!!
Her mistake is drumming up hype and it's grostesque. Just do the good work with dignity and class. I don't think Cressy or Chelsy would ever encourage Harry to embarrass himself this way.
@ CatEyes. Good luck and hoping for the best for you and your brother. What a terrible time for you.
@ Hunter, Nutty will tell you what's appropriate to post here. It's her blog and nobody else should tell you what to do here. That's Nutty's responsibility. Her blog is growing at a fast pace, and maybe it's time for her to appoint a second moderator to cover the times whenshe is not available, if she wishes to keep such tight restrictions on personal talk.
It does get quiet here at night, and that's when most of the personal chat happens- in the dead hours and between news cycles. That's where I've seen the uptick in personal chat. We seem to be laser focused on The Harkles when news is breaking.
@Elle, Welcome back, and sorry the job didn't work out, but hopefully something better will come along soon.
@charade, Thanks! You are a very kind person!
I hope I haven't missed anybody.
Now back to our regular programming.
Yes, at Just Harry and MM's ages, by partnering with JBJ, it gives them the appearance trying to be the cool parents, which never works. It just makes them appear foolish, and kids hate that. Most of them will be wondering who JBJ is, anyway. It seems that they've never grown up and refuse to realize that they are nearing middle age. Their entire persona is trying to be teenagers or in their early 20s.
Harry should show up at the soup kitchen. Preferably without MM. Although the Jersey Girls wouldn't take her bs.
If Harry is injured or dies from lack of RPO protection, the Monarchy will not survive. Like mother, like son. Both stupid, using others for their money, and both liars. Diana refused RPOs, and ended up in a car, owned by Fayed, not belting her seatbelts, and driven by a highly drunk and substance taker driver, who drove the Mercedes into a tunnel. The security officer, a private person assigned to Diana, was the only person to survive, because he saw that he was seat belted, but not Diana.
Diana was someone special, though, and was divorced from the Prince of Wales. She was young, beautiful, and looked better than ever as she divorced and aged, unlike her weird son H; she was a leader with acceptance of AIDS and leprosy victims, and though all the land mines were cleared, she brought attention to the deaths and horrific amputations of children and other innocents by stepping on corrupt, communist and dictators land mines.
H is a Zero. He is, unofficially, an addict and alcoholic, as is M. H is famous for only one reason - his mother gave birth to an idiot, and nobody can report on what his ex RPOs, friends and people who know him well, but cannot speak out for fear of the BRFs screwing them, or loss of any contacts with the BRF - Harry has already been through what in the English language would call near death from taking too much substances at one time. Harry is close to gone, and if the BRF and the Queen gives a damn about him, they will stop him now. H is not well, and he is seriously ill. He needs help. He is a jerk, but doesn’t someone love him enough to keep him from his crazy wife?
HAMS are clearly a crazy bunch of weird H, M and the strangest of all, Archie Bunker. Why are the British press giving the three of them free passes on substance abuse and baby surrogacy?
I have no idea why you are @'ing me in that comment, but my posts are always appropriate. :)
I think that you may have misunderstood what I was saying. Another person was trying to be the moderator of your statements, and I was backing you up in terms of who is the boss here. It's not another poster. It is Nutty, and only Nutty. It's her blog.
Nutmeg must have been staggered when she realized how little he was actually worth, and that he didn't have free access to his inheritance from Diana.
I cannot believe this new website of hers. Surely it's a joke.
It is on YouTube.
It seems that MM and Mirren have more in common than we may think. She could teach MM quite a few things, though, like how to be a great French maid or how to grill burgers, if you get my drift.
Yes, I reckon old Megs was shocked senseless when she finally realised her prince wasn’t worth that much.
Details, she always lacks attention to detail whether it’s clothes/scams etc, or understanding that she married a prince but his “wealth” comes from, and is, the “Firm”
Do you know how many parents and grandparents love BTS? How about all the teens and 20-somethings who love Audrey Hepburn and Cleopatra? Vintage and even ancient Beauty Icons are a a thing this generation. Fashion and music is cyclical and always draws inspiration from the past and often the “ancient.”
I just get queasy seeing H&M trying to “be cool” by rubbing against icons so hard. It’s not happening! Ever! Meg should stop because the static electricity is bad for the hair. Their collabs are all: ‘look at US, these GENUINELY accomplished and/or interesting people are “friends” with us, ergo WE’RE COOL.” Instead, H&M are first-class POSERS that have been empty and boring their entire lives and are getting lamer with age.
A lot of oldies are goldies. H&M: Nope. Just... thank you, NEXT.
2: The Douchebag and Dumpster Fire of Sussex are coke addicts. Their behavior is pure coke head. I've known far too many of their kind and ALL the signs are there. As many have pointed out it isn't that difficult for people like them to obtain drugs easily. It's the equivalent of ordering from GrubHub.
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I don't have a strong opinion re Harry FKAP's drug use, but he looks haggard to me, like the light in his eyes has gone. He has no twinkle left. Also, his clothes just hang. Wills looks fit and healthy IMO, buff and strong, and I think he carries himself well. Harry looks thin and unhealthy and like he needs to summon his patronus but again, just my opinion. Regardless, at least he is Her Maj's fav (lololohellno now) and H&Rach had more popular IGs. Nanny-nanny-boo-boo wins the day:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8056811/10-posts-Sussexes-Cambridges-Instagram-accounts-contain-Harry-Meghan.html
Now we know how Rach has been spending her time while FKAP is away. She will never be royal, but she reigns as queen of petty. Seriously, PR money went to this dribble.
And @Magatha Sussex Dementors, Ltd. has a nice ring to it. She could be a Life Coach and, for the right amount of money from each lucky sucker, teach them to take something nice and turn it into something monstrous while hurting as many other people and causing as much chaos as possible.
My kids, 22 & 20, know JBJ living on a prayer, but they wouldn’t go to his concert.
They both love music from the 60’s onwards, very eclectic mix!
My son favours Rap overall, argh, & my daughter the Beatles!
I recently went to an Elton John concert, fabulous, & bumped into a couple of my sons friends!
As for Just Harry ( I prefer to call him aitch ) I thought he looked a bit of a pratt, especially in the photo with the guitar.
That, at least, is not a problem. You either put the ring on a pillow or in their pocket, and stitch it in place with a loop of thread. When the time comes for the ring, a quick yank does the trick.
@Mimi If he does/did, have a good singing voice, it could get him some gigs in Las Vegas as a singer/entertainer.
I think Harry’s already entertained us on one of his previous visits to Las Vegas! 🤣😂
While the FKAPS away, the rat will play...
The aitch & .itch version would be too F..... to drink!
Heh, we do NOT have the bureaucracy personality. That being said, I think the economy is about to STB due to COVID-19 and you may be better off to stay there for the moment with that sweet government insurance.
Interesting comment earlier about Bill Gates going around town without a bodyguard; I've written on other posts about Paul McCartney doing the same thing.
Both of these men are relatively old (Gates is 64, McCartney 77) and generally beloved. Perhaps they feel that the ability to be free to live their lives as they want weighs more heavily on the scale than the worries about some random attack.
Harry is younger, less popular, and more recently in the military. (In fact, it's not hard to imagine some disgruntled member of the British military confronting him.)
I'm sure Charles is thinking about his beloved "Uncle Dickie", Louis Mountbatten - the man who brought his parents together, later murdered by the IRA - when he thinks about Harry's security. I'm not sure a bodyguard alone would have saved Uncle Dickie, however. The bomb was planted overnight in Mountbatten's fishing boat - would a bodyguard have caught that?
@Rainy Day, I've got a mental picture of Just Harry wearing Elvis' Las Vegas white jumpsuit crooning, "Love Me Tender." I'm going to wake up the neighbors laughing.
@Elle, The best part of the video for me is when she puts on the orange rubber gloves!
The duties of a best man are social rather than religious. You can get married without a best man (or any of the others in the wedding party).
The assassination of Lord Mountbatten was horrific. Four people, including his grandson, were blown up by the IRA.
Such an awful end to the life of such a distinguished gentleman.
I don’t know if RPO’s at the time, even if he had them, would have checked/detected the bomb under the boat.
They certainly checked under cars etc afterwards, as did all military personnel & government officials.
The Queen is very aware of security threats to herself & her family, rightly so. H&M know this, & will use it to their advantage.
The RF will end up paying security for these two!
I understand the point they were trying to make - that Beatrice accepts Wolfie as an integral part of their future family - but he still could have been the ring bearer or something more suitable for a three-year-old.
Yes, Bill Gates is beloved in Seattle, and that's because he acts like just an ordinary guy. Some people will just give him a wave and say, "Hi, Bill," and walk on. The reason people love him is because he is unpretentious.
I understand that The Harkles do need some security, but I don't think it's right for other countries to pay for security wherever in the world they decide to live next. It's also unfair to the British people that The Harkles want to do no work for the country, but wish for their security to be paid for them. With all of the traveling they do, it's too costly to protect them when Harry is in one country, MM in another, and Archie in a third.
If they wish to work for the BR, of course, their security should be paid, but why pay when they will do nothing for the country? They should pay for themselves or Charles should pay.
The only question is, how much security? Will it be 24/7, or just for public appearances? Will it be for all 3 of the Sussexes, or just for Harry?
FWIW, when an ageing IRA man was interviewed - I cannot remember who - and asked if he regretted anything about the organization's activities, he said the only thing he regretted was the death of the two children in the Mountbatten attacks.
Yes, Bill Gates is beloved in Seattle, and that's because he acts like just an ordinary guy. Some people will just give him a wave and say, "Hi, Bill," and walk on. The reason people love him is because he is unpretentious.
I would also imagine that people admire the work he and Melinda are doing with their foundation.
Which appears to be a real foundation, not a Sussex-style tax dodge.
I'm sure that Mountbatten is on the RF's minds, too, and that's why I always thought that the house on Vancouver Island was a horrible choice for security. The waters in front of that house is full of boats passing by, and any one of them could have had a bomb and launcher on them. This is an area of the world that has the most boats per capita. There is no way that their RPOs could protect them from that.
A Malibu waterfront house will have the same problem.
Plant had an interesting discussion the other day focusing on Margot Robbie, the Australian actress. The jist of it is that once she did big-ticket movies, such as "Suicide Squad" and the recent "Birds of Prey", she would have to keep doing big-ticket movies in order to pay for security costs. Being shown to so many viewers brought out the usual quotient of stalkers and wackos.
Robbie said she wished she would have known that she would no longer be able to do independent films, since the budgets would not support her security costs.
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I agree. Paying for working RF members security is fine.
aitch & .itch aren’t Royal, nor working, They should pay for themselves, oh, they can’t afford it!
The Queen, & Charles will have to bale them out.
I can’t see Boris acquiescing to their demands.
The UK is flooded, literally, money should be spent on the people who have lost everything,
not those that have everything & chose to lose it.
This man is so rich that he has an art acquisitions department, and still he drives himself to stand in line for his burgers- without security. Even when he was young and extremely wealthy in the 1980s-90s, he was low-key and never gave the impression of entitlement. To the people of Seattle, he really is Just Bill, and that's a compliment.
As for Just Harry, that's a joke.
Do they really need to farewell/promote certain causes/institutions seeing as they dumped others?
People would be happier if they just stayed left!
I find the whole return distasteful, aitch, & .itch have disrespected the Queen, & Countries.
No grace nor gravitas.
Be gone for good.
On the security issue, I think they chose Canada thinking that tab woukd be covered. Surprise! I would never have expected this turn of events where they just might not be able to afford the financially independent lifestyle of the rich and famous.
The train car thing made me think of Wimbledon. How many paying customers were booted from their trip so his nibs could travel in comfort and privacy.
My imaginary scenario for the duo to be back in the UK Is so they can arrest her for fraud and treason. :) Thus freeing that poor child Archie, if he does exist, from the lies and deception and hopefully having a safe and healthy life in obscurity.
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry fans have been duped by a fake "official" website cashing in on Megxit by offering Sussex merchandise and trips to Windsor Castle.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11062498/meghan-markle-fans-fooled-website-sussex-merchandise/
How embarrassing.
They may well make millions in the future, but for now they are desperate.
Desperate & dangerous!!
The only way I see him paying for these 2 parasites who have insulted him and his family in recent times, is to work as an agent for The Queen. Which I doubt she needs. She's got her own agents and she knows about every fart and every snort that happens amongst the markles.
I don’t think the UK wants them!
Megs is home alone, expect another unfiltered rant tomorrow?
So what do you think did she do to hook him? Blackmail him with information he spilled while drunk/stoned/high? This is what I always thought.
Still wouldn't explain his loyal devotion to this snake though....most other men would have told her a long time ago where to go. Instead right now he's a collaborator and enabler to her shameless schemings.
I think very few Brits will object to the Queen paying for their security out of her own fortune or her state allowance.
If she is so concerned for Harry.
Hikari, I enjoyed reading your take on their relationship. I found myself agreeing with a lot.
So what do you think did she do to hook him? Blackmail him with information he spilled while drunk/stoned/high? This is what I always thought.
Blackmail, threat of blackmail, implying blackmail, undercurrents of blackmail but not said out loud, all are a near certainty for Megsy Wegsy. Of course threatening not just H (he's a hapless sap) but Charles, The Queen, the BRF which is on to her.
As you said, all derived from when H was weak and high on whatever, and he made the reveals to his love of a lifetime. (sic) For sure H has whined to Megsy about his mental health, once he did this the rest spills out too. Now how much has the Dumped Duchess of Dubiousness spilled out to Hapless? Only phony, made up and inconsequential stuff but that felt "intimate" to Hapless of Dumbarton.
Same way, you can't insult the President of the United States, calling his sephallitic, smear him, denigrate his accomplishments (while you yourself have achieved what exactly?) and then expect he'll roll out the red carpet for you.
What on earth is wrong with people who do not understand this very simple equation?
The only country that really was left to pay for them was Canada. But Canadians don't want to, even though they were neither insulted, nor smeared, nor was their leader attacked.
So go be mad at them.
Nobody wants them. It's because The Markle is black right? Everyone's so mean. lol.
Though I do wonder where is left for them. Even if the security issue is resolved via Charles' wallet, there are citizenship and immigration issues to sort out.
Harry could apply for a work visa in the US. Doesn't get any more Just Harry than that.
Sorry for off the topic, Nutty. I just wanted to express my gratitude.
Now, when thousands of people lost their possessions in floods is the worst time for the Markles to demand anything from the taxpayers.
I’m sure the Brits would be very pleased if the Queen, rather than the taxpayers, paid for their security.
I’m British, ex Army.
They are on it (website) and it is shady AF. Whoever it is, MM peeps or no, it is not a good look at all. I like to imagine it is the shadow folk within the BRF trolling big time. Hehehe
They've approached BP for comment, so it will be interesting to see if they get a reply.
I won't hold my breath... lol
https://www.yahoo.com/news/royal-instagram-mystery-131647351.html
My respect to you. As an ex Army, what do you think the feelings are towards Harry in the Forces?
Megs must be tearing her yak wig out at this prospect - the humiliation would just be too great for her. Also, she would be stuck in a cottage in the middle of a swamp with a view of a cemetery with her dimwit husband, a fake/real child she never wanted and nothing to do and nowhere to go all day...
"I just tortured myself by looking at videos of pre-Duchess Meghan merching it up for Reitman's, Holt Renfrew, Shape Magazine, Splash Magazine,Good Housekeeping and I can't remember the rest.
Conclusions: This woman has internalized every woman's magazine she has ever read and bought into the lifestyles they purvey far more than probably the people who edit them. It's the perfect wardrobe, the perfect home, the perfect meal, the perfect floral arrangement. Everything that came out of her mouth was a cliche without a glimmer of irony. Major Gwyneth worship: In one interview, she professed her love for Goop's favorite quack doctor and personal trainer. Somehow you're supposed to think of her as a humanitarian when she shows up in Rwanda to build wells except she's wearing dresses and false eyelashes. And no interest in wanting to do quality theater or movies. No sign of any intellectual life whatever. Just branding, partnerships and media exposure. Guest editing British Vogue must have been the dream of a lifetime. (Remembering that Goop did something similar eons ago.)
My uneducated guesses: I think she's basically hollow inside and has a cash register for a brain. I think she has always wanted to be Gwyneth Paltrow and never intended to do the royal thing for more than a year just as she was happy to exit show biz. I'm guessing there was a lot of long-range planning in roping in Harry and posing as a humanitarian was part of it. This is a seriously shallow woman whose whole life is about smiling for the camera.
I think what unhinged her about being a royal was not the exposure, which she lives for, but digging into her past and publicizing how much she was spending on herself and how calculating she was. No one was supposed to notice that.
I just wonder what happened to make a very ordinary pre-teen decide to turn herself into a Barbie doll, which is essentially what she was before Harry. The merching we're going to see in coming months is about convincing young women that if they buy her stuff, they too can become Barbie dolls like Meghan."
And leaving them no other option than to divorce with Harry and "Archie" living in the UK for safety reasons and The Markle back in the States because she can't live in the "they don't make it easy" UK.
I really think that's where this is all headed. Absolves the Harkles of any personal blame and wrongdoing. "It's not our fault the marriage disintegrated. It's all of you that caused this. We tried."
Harry resumes his royal position and The Markle resumes her hustle with a padded bank account and a much higher profile.
Perhaps this has already happened. Harry may not leave the UK after his Commonwealth duties in March and there have been no sightings of Megs in the UK so far. She may not show up at all. I think she is terrified of public reaction if she makes an appearance
My feelings, & also my Army mates, is disgust & anger.
Harry has disrespected the whole forces family, & especially our Commander in Chief, the Queen.
We all, as did Harry, pledged our allegiance to the Queen/Crown.
This still stands even though I left years ago.
His behaviour is traitorous, I can only imagine the feelings in his old Regiment.
A huge betrayal, & an extreme embarrassment, for all concerned.
Perhaps this explains the humiliating spectacle of "let's just let him step away for a year and keep his honorary medals". Stripping him right away as he deserves would essentially constitute dishonorable discharge. The Queen who is too soft towards him didn't want this to happen, hence the mumbling.
It would be much more honest to admit his deserting of duty and appoint Anne straight away. She has the nation's full support unlike him.
Appreciate the LA post.
"My uneducated guesses: I think she's basically hollow inside and has a cash register for a brain....This is a seriously shallow woman whose whole life is about smiling for the camera."
The home video of 18-year-old Markle shows who she really is. Always looking for the next hustle. Her brand was never going to work in the UK, nor globally. Once things have settled down, she will use her "royal experience" as her platform in the US.
Back on topic, when the Harkles stepped back, they stated that they would no longer take tax payer money, most probably meaning the 5% allowance. However, the taxpayer also funds the police so surely that should apply as well. They have chosen to be independent and not live in the UK. Should security be required, it should only apply to when they are in the UK and I'm being generous. In the current flooding climate, the money could be used on sorting out the flood defences and helping those who have really been adversely affected, not on 2 nobodies who turned their backs on us.
To me, that was unconscionable. No matter what he does from now on, I can't see the British military having any respect for him anymore.
Furthermore, from what I read, on his tours in Afghanistan, he was cosseted and protected from actual combat, behaved like a petulant jerk, and only flew a helicopter (in safe areas) for photo ops. Perhaps you can confirm this, or dispel it.
Many thanks for your service, fellow "dogface" (our Army's slang for soldiers) :)
Where were they going to live? Which titles and brand names could they use? What level of security did they need and who would pay for it?
Meg and Harry lost all their bargaining power when they got frosty about that image of the "four heirs" and flounced out of the Royal Family without taking the time to set up a comprehensive and balanced plan. Bad idea.
Good point. And what was the mad rush I wonder. What Meghan wants Meghan gets"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=jJFVTi-KZYg&feature=emb_logo
I agree.
I'm still trying to get my head around just how incredibly badly they have gone about this whole thing. Kind of puts paid to the notion that Meghan is 'whip smart'. We've always known Harry is thick as two short planks but on current evidence it would seem she's not much better. Add in arrogance and ignorance, and you have got one hell of a lethal combination.
If they'd kept their mouths shut and kept up appearances as normal, they could likely have negotiated a 'Mexit' that was face saving and reasonably acceptable to all sides. But no, she - and I do think the initiative is coming mostly from her - had to publish that asinine 'manifesto' and try to play hard ball with the queen. With the queen! They forgot that the crown must always win. Idiots.
Billionaires don't generally lend out their luxury homes to strangers for months on end - even if the homes are otherwise unoccupied - unless there is some kind of pay-back. What exactly is this shady tycoon expecting in return for his generosity to two (ex) members of the royal family? Because there must be something. There is always something.
My tin foil hat theory is the rush out the door is related to the circumstances of "Archie's" birth, which are suspicious even if his birth and lineage are legitimate. I can't imagine what else would have caused such a panic to leave.
Although, I do think she is a common hustler and when there is "no more juice to squeeze from the lemon" it's on to the next.
>>>I understand that The Harkles do need some security, but I don't think it's right for other countries to pay for security wherever in the world they decide to live next.<<<
Precisely. If they move to American I will find it abhorrent to pay for an ex-royal's (heck even a royal who wants to live here). security. We threw off the obligations of the British Monarchy at a cost of many lives centuries ago. And for protecting Meghan a citizen, well she can use those *cough millions she made filming a cable show just like any other two bit celebrity who requires security. She is constitutionally irrelevant here. Can you imagine if the reverse was true, would the Queen or even Londoners be put in the position of paying for Donald Trump Jr.'s security if he decided to live there. Wouldn't happen.
My guess is H&M going to America for certain projects entailed a level of coordination that the put the BRF in a position to stop them from happening. Meg retaliated but didn’t realize how much of a compromised position she was in. She probably believes her own hype and/or was going the blackmail route.
Meg has always come off as someone who lacks any self-awareness and never does her homework. Details make and break everything. I consider Harry complicit but as a passive participant who never vetoes Meg’s decisions/actions.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8057959/RICHARD-EDEN-Princess-Beatrice-fiance-pick-three-year-old-son-Wolfie-best-man.html
Using Wolfie as best man would be cuteness overload in the best way.
I wonder what M will do to overshadow this event?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1249127/meghan-markle-prince-harry-security-canada-uk-taxpayers-petition-royal-news