Prince Charles has tested positive for Corona Virus, the British media is reporting.
According to the Telegraph,
According to the Telegraph,
The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus and is working from home with mild symptoms.
A Clarence House spokesman said he was "displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual".
Prince Charles, 71, and the Duchess of Cornwall, 72, are now self-isolating at their home in Scotland.
The Duchess has also been tested for the virus but did not have it, the spokesman said.
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Second reaction was: He has the best of all possible medical care. I hope he recovers fully.
Third reaction was: Diana always said he would never be King.
I wonder what this news will mean about H&M and Archie? Given the travel restrictions, how they will be allowed to return? I am guessing we will be getting an IG post from them.
I am extremely worried for PC, Camilla, PP, and HMTQ. I love British civility but one thing I hope we get rid of permanently are handshakes.
I heartily agree.
God save the Queen
God bless the Prince of Wales.
And the Cambridges.
I immediately thought that the virus often starts mildly and then worsens quickly. I only hope Charles is robust enough to sit it out. Camilla seems to be OK at the moment.
My biggest concern is the Queen, we have not heard anything at all about her. I expect they would let us know if she fell ill?
You are right, time to stop Cambridge family group travel. I also noticed the rumor that Harkles are planning to sneak back into UK. Just like vultures.
One would hope they would Skype or FaceTime with him. The same is true for the Cambridges.
Predictably, the Yorks have been embarrassing themselves again. Sarah Ferguson has been publicizing a "secret" mercy mission and dragging Eugenie and Jack along. She seems to be marching some kind of chocolate as well.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8148869/Sarah-Ferguson-ferries-Princess-Eugenie-husband-Jack-secret-coronavirus-mercy-missions.html
I thought we were so racist and treated the poor duchess so badly she had to run for her life. Harry so valiantly escaped to protect his son against us plebs and against the shameless media who (just think about it!) wanted pictures of Archie the same way they get pictures of Cambridge kids and dared to criticize the Harkles' hypocrisy.
Now they want to come back because nobody else can be forced to pay for them and they can smell possible change in the royal order. They want to make sure everybody remembers Hazza is still in the line of succession, despite he is an idiot who sh**t on his country.
I am sorry but I am getting very angry. Looks like we will never see the back of the ridiculous duo.
The question is, do they have any PR people left to help them?
Their ludicrous Instagram post this morning suggests not.
If Charles is not active and the Queen is infirm, the person in charge is William. He's not going to toss aside all his grudges at once.
You are right, William always kept a finger at the public pulse. I am pretty sure his PR people surf the internet and are pretty aware of the mood.
Charles is more easy to manipulate than Wills.
Their ludicrous Instagram post this morning suggests not.
@ Nutty - Did you see the snide replies to their "encouraging" message to wash our hands, etc.?
I’m sure you guys will stay safe in your multimillionaire mansion
Bet you will have access to the very best care , 🇬🇧 you should be on the frontline like wills and Kate not sitting give your snippets of sympathy for us poor peasants!!!! Save it for your adopted country !!!
Oh my, nobody had told us that before. So good that you can provide information that nobody else can
Aren't Kate and William doing s wonderful job holding up the fort! You must both be very proud of them 😊
We don't need you telling us this. If you can't find something actually helpful to do, please just stay quiet and enjoy your "private" lives, off the taxpayers' bill.
Oh, snap!
Newsflash: beards carry a hygiene risk. It boggles the mind that people who don’t seem to read are the ones with platforms to spread their inane nonsense and ideologies.
Sorry if I am a little edgy lately. I am in NYC and it’s a nightmare. I’m also so worried about a lot of my neighbors in my apartment complex. A lot of my neighbors are elderly and others are cancer survivors. My family got a scare with my brother getting the “flu.” He’s been self-isolating. I truly hope PC and the BRF get through this safe and healthy. May we all get through this healthy and very soon.
Are we now to believe that Diana had prophetic wisdom in her words?
I loved Diana, warts & all, but...
Hopefully Charles is/will be fine.
Harry & his wife are finished.
The Crown always wins.
God Save the Queen
True. If Diana had a gift of prophecy she would have never ended with playboy in that tunnel.
The overwhelming dislike of this Instagram site, the double standard of wanting privacy and then encouraging attention via this is wholly wrong. Please remove this Instagram and go underground and remain in your privy world. This site is too public and you both wanted privacy. Lets agree to this and respect your wishes to be private .
You two are about as interesting as toenail fungus and just as hard to get rid of.
Don't worry about The Prince of Wales, he has best medical care.
New York hospitals treating coronavirus patients with vitamin C
March 24, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/new-york-hospitals-treating-coronavirus-patients-with-vitamin-c/
Then I remembered Diana saying that Charles will never be king, she heard that from the same astrologer that Fergie visited, and that same astrologer told Fergie that Beatrice would one day be queen. I laughed at that, but now......
God be with his doctors, Camilla, and all the staff members that have to care for them.
The other comments regarding the Cambridges not traveling together as a family are spot on. They need to protect William and the kids to keep Harry from getting anywhere near the throne.
I saw Diana, she was beautiful, stunning.
I have a wonderful photo of her wearing a red coat.
This certainly makes you realise how fragile the succession is at the top. William truly stands alone and his children are so young.
The Harkles do truly exist in my mind now as vultures. Like the wicked stepmother in Snow White. All jagged darkness and flashing fire. And jealousy.
Is that not what this comes down to? Who is the prettiest of them all? Harry looking in the mirror as he broods about his alpha brother? Meghan doing the same - her whole universe is filled with her reflection, she doesn't even NEED a mirror - as she rages against a woman living over the sea. Who is doing everything right.
Hope the Cambridges stay well, are protected, and don’t travel together anymore
I hope before they build this home they pay back the £2.4 million spent on the Frogmore renovation.
And according to other newspapers they are looking for a house in Malibu.
Makes not believe either story.
She casts no image... only the dark shadow of her soul.
Harry has no means of getting more, apart from further inheritances. Perish the thought he'd actually earn it by his own efforts. I mean from proper work. Not the marshmallow stuff his wife understands by the word 'work'.
Can you imagine any organisation willing to pay them now? There's going to be a thousand more important things to do with every dollar. On top of that, they wouldn't want to be SEEN to be giving them money. They're pariahs now.
I can recommend a totally brilliant novel with fairy tales in its heart, that was a revelation to me a few years ago and I still love it. Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth. You can get it as an e-book. I get lost in it and forget where I am. Children do that easily as readers, but it's a state that's far harder to reach for adults. Like a drug almost impossible to find. Well that book works for me. Now is a good time to leave the world behind for a few hours.
Oh, with the smell of big money and publicity madame Markle will move anywhere. remember people were saying she would never come back to UK?
Not only she did, she wore hideous ill fitting dresses, committed further faux pas and threw a tantrum in the Abbey. And kept that fake plastic smile.
She is shameless. With people like that soft hints do not work. She will linger sprouting her nonsense as long as there is money to be had.
If, God forbid, he passes from this, I wonder how Harry will ever forgive himself, if he's not so far gone as to absolve himself of any guilt. Given the ridiculous things he said in the fake Greta tapes, I don't know what state of mind he's in now. I don't know if the British public would ever forgive him if he was off in Canada while his father died.
I wonder what this news will mean about H&M and Archie?
M will not fail to use this occasion to post inanities and promote herself.
She has a reality star mentality.
Diana saying Charles would never be King was just words.
Are we now to believe that Diana had prophetic wisdom in her words?
I loved Diana, warts & all, but...
Hopefully Charles is/will be fine.
Exactly this. Diana was reportedly a lovely person but, well...she frankly just wasn't all that bright. I've known one or two psychics in my lifetime who were brilliant, but they were also very few and far between. And any "psychic" who would predict that Beatrice would be queen one day is talking entirely out her...whatnot.
As to Charles and his health, I'm concerned but hopeful. He's always taken very good care of himself and I'm optimistic about his chances. It's surprising that Camilla hasn't been infected too, though.
@Mango to your comment regarding the Instagram posts. I commented on a recent post of theirs- the awful turquoise one about training to be a mental health counsellor (eye roll)- essentially along the lines that this was ridiculous, the Cambridges were out on the front line doing great work and if they wanted their privacy they would be best staying quiet and not patronizing people.
Whilst I got a large number of likes and responses in agreement, oh.my.god, the amount of crazies attempting to bombard me, both in reply and in attempted private mails to my private account, with utterly deluded, passionate bile in devotion to Meghan.
About a year ago I also commented cynically on a Sussex Royal post and a crazed Meg fangirl took upon herself to go under my 100 most recent instagram photos and post comments to the effect of 'Meghan is beautiful!' 'Meghan for Queen' etc etc (why my account is now private!)
I enjoy the comments on their posts which show that the public are in general aware of their narcissistic crazy delusion, but God Bless anybody who tries- the Markle fangirls are something not really worth contending with.
How many stories that are floating around about the Sussexes do you think are true? Why would they spend so much money building a small house at Soho House in the UK when they already have a home there, and how could they afford it? Why would Meghan think she is an experienced enough and good enough cook to write a cookbook, unless she is going to approach people to contribute recipes and try to sell it as a celebrity charity project?
Do you think Meghan is talk, talk, talk (just rambling on with whatever comes into her head) and the people she talks to pass this on and it finds its way into the media? If so, Harry must be paranoid about trust issues and I bet she is looking at him doe-eyed while pawing him and whining about how the media make up stories about her and she is the most victimised, abused person ever in the whole world! Do you think he ever gets the urge to tell her to shut up?
I knew it - that he was sick.
Which I am sad/scared to hear and want to hear that he is getting better.
Agree with everyone that the Cambs need to reconsider traveling together. My parents would travel separately if just my parents were going to a convention somewhere just in case. Made the travel agent crazy but they wanted us to have at least 1 parent if something happened. And that was decades before plane hijackings.
Perhaps waiting for PC to get better is what HM is waiting for to speak to the people?
>>>Are those critics saying that people over 70 who have probably been in contact with people who have the virus and are showing mild symptoms are NOT tested in the UK?<<<
Yes. Sounds dumb but according to https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-general-advice
"Generally, you'll only be tested for COVID-19 if you have a serious illness that requires admission to hospital."
Depite what the palace blurb said, Charles doesn't meet the NHS guidelines for testing if his symptoms are mild.
The Harkles have a thin path to walk with Charles contracting coronavirus—you have the loons fantasizing about King Harry on one hand, and the detractors roasting them all over again for being so far away when both their family and the UK could use some comfort and cheer. And there’s the resentment against celebrities in general right now: attempts at getting their name out will be met with anger over rich people in well-insulated mansions. Invictus was postponed, the met gala was cancelled, nobody really cares if they’re on the cover of VF or Vogue (which I don’t think was ever confirmed?)
And the worst, absolute worst, thing that could happen is Thomas or Samantha Markle getting sick. Meghan would get some mileage out of “the duchess’ private anguish” but she’d also have to do some hasty and very public fence-mending, or risk a flood of distasteful press coverage at a time when people are talking to quarantined loved ones through windows.
Meghan does not have the style, the creativity, nor the warmth to produce and market a cookbook. What is she going to do? Wear a low cut dress, and bend over the pots and pans? Meghan also, more importantly, does not have the peservance to see a long-term project through from beginning to end. (Except for snaring Harry.) Producing a cookbook requires teamwork with stylists, photographers, editors, etc. Meghan does not have it in her to be a team player.
They won't be buying a house in the Cotswolds. Meghan's priority is to make it big in Hollywood. She hasn't given up on that dream.
Apparently Charles saw the Queen 9 March (interacted with her a lot on that day) and briefly 12 March. In fact, he interacted with all his close family on that day. (I wonder if the Harkles are having hysterics and demanding to be tested?)
How long does it take for test results? 48 hours? So he was tested 2-3 days ago (22/23 March) if that public announcement was written and released as soon as he got the test results.
He was showing symptoms before the test, but we do not know for how long.
From infection to showing symptoms (incubation period) is 2-14 days, with the two extremes being unusual. Three different studies have calculated a mean of 3, 5.2 and 6.4 days, and two isolated cases have shown an incubation period of longer than 14 days.
It is possible but unlikely that Charles was infected on the two occasions he saw the Queen, but I am sure they are carefully monitoring her if not testing her as she is in her 90s. However, it is unlikely that the viral load is very high (and thus a person is highly infectious) so soon after being infected. The viral load builds up in one's system and the immune system tries to cope and there comes a breaking point when symptoms appear.
It would be a nightmare to track down and check up on everyone Charles had contact with in the two weeks before he had the test done. I wonder how many people met with him in those 2 weeks and are now panicking?
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Priceless!!!!! A laugh in grim times....there you are Meghan … a role at last...
The point is I do not believe anything. ANYTHING that relates to these two. I don’t care where they are living. I don’t care if they come back to England, I don’t give a fig about these two extremely damaged and mentally unstable people who create chaos and ill-will wherever they go. There are people who can stop this circus and they have chosen not to do so. They are chaos agents. As narcs are. It gives them the opportunity to control the narrative. I’m beginning to think that JH is also a narc, but of a lesser variety. Henry Tudor, weigh in!
I send get well wishes for Prince Charles and his family, and especially the Queen. I imagine there are a lot of stiff upper lips in the BRF this morning. Take that, Markle! This is how you go forward with grace.
Buckingham Palace scrapped a national televised address about coronavirus from the Queen 'for her own safety' and to keep the airways clear for politicians and medical proffesions
I don't understand the fear if Harry " going rogue" in a tell all interview. We heard Harry unfiltered in the fake phone call. He is clearly mentally and emotionally challenged. Easy to dismiss any comments as " poor Harry, Wifey took him off his meds, We are very concerned about his mental health".
PC coronovirus diagnosis will help people relate to the royal family again. Hope PP wasn't exposed. Tough times for the RF. Harry needs to stay wherever he is hiding. No one needs to see or hear from the angry, delusional Prince and his first wife.
If Harry " returns to England " to support his family, I suspect it is a cover story for him not leaving England in the first place.
"You two are about as interesting as toenail fungus and just as hard to get rid of."
Just go away already!
"Do you think Meghan is talk, talk, talk (just rambling on with whatever comes into her head) and the people she talks to pass this on and it finds its way into the media? "
Yes! I had a boss who was a narc and that is exactly what she did. Blabbed on constantly about any and all of the lame ideas that came into her head and caused turmoil and chaos in our work group forcing us to implement her inane ideas. This went on for seven years. Fortunately, she imploded last June when she was fired. We all breathed a sign of relief.
The new boss is great. It is amazing to see the rapidity with which the overly complex processes she put in place have been dismantled. They even changed the name of our workgroup.
So yes, Rach thinks she is the brightest bulb and her ideas are wonderful.
On another note.
I am very sorry to hear that Charles has the coronavirus. I suspected he had it since we were not hearing anything about or from him.
I pray that he recovers and Camilla, William's family and Her Majesty stay well.
The hell of being a narcissist combined with the actress tendency to overplay stuff?
I just had a thought - Kate was subjected to lots of mean articles about her and her family, for years (plus always a new rumour of William and some other woman).
Meghan is much harder and tougher than Kate, but she does not have the support of family nor loyal long-time friends (nothing to ground her) and seemingly does not have a good marriage where she can feel safe and secure, and seemingly did not feel blissful about having a baby. Who pays attention to what rubbish the press writes if you have a new home, wonderful husband, adored new baby, decent grounding friends, loving and familiar family, and interesting charity work and tours to look forward to?
Do you think that her and Harry realise that it is their marriage and her personality and life that are the problem and that no matter where they move to, all that goes with them?
We use(d) Flybe to go to the Channel Islands from Exeter and had been on the point of booking our next holiday. Very disappointing but nowhere near as distressing as for all the staff in their Exeter HQ. We didn't know that was a foretaste of what was to come...
Please God, Charles survives OK. The Harkles will be sniffing the air in hope of detecting another inheritance to squander. Unfortunately, history has shown that Princes of Wales/Heirs Apparent have a poor track record when it comes to ascending the throne - the chances are only evens.
I take back what I said about H coming - any chance of C departing this life and she'll be here too. A bit of long-distance grovelling might be a good idea.
We needn't worry about the Harkles though - the Devil looks after his own.
Are you OK Meghan?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1259875/meghan-markle-tom-cruise-movie-coronavirus-isolation-canada-royal-news
Kate and Wills were so successful with Mary Berry because they do symbolize family values as well as she. They were true to their image in this project. It worked.
Spot on with comment about what Megsy will do - "bent over in a sexy manner". She is not associated with traditional family values, children, caring or homemaking. Neither is she a creative original person who can sell her own interesting ideas to others. She can't even compete with many excellent books on every culinary subject - from vegan foods to how to feed your family on a budget or how to find time to cook for busy working self. Her best bet is some sort of cultural cuisine, Middle Eastern, African, Caribbean or such like. But how many people truly believe she belongs to these groups and has something of value to add?
It will be another thing done by somebody under her name, there will be some froth created and some fans will buy it. She will need to move on to something else once the novelty dies out.
Am I the only one reminded of Sarah Ferguson and her erratic search for lucrative projects to pay for her lifestyle?
" interesting - what a proposal if so. For most people food is strongly associated with family, togetherness, comfort, celebration. All antonyms for Meghan. She represents strife, division, unhappiness, separation. Look at what she could turn Christmas into. She's hardly Nigella."
You nailed it! As a traditional royal she might have pulled it, but not after complaining about how "boring" and "stuffed" royals were and demanding her own thing to do. After such brave escapade against tradition I would expect her to star in nothing less than a project on what to eat in Sahara to survive or which coconut shells are the best for cooking on an uninhabited island.
Let's not forget PP at 97 was involved in a rollover crash injuring others but from which he veritably walked away; that man is as alpha as they come. Both he and his wife are tough old birds and I actually see them faring well through all this despite their declining years. Charles may not seem as robust but he's got those longevity genes on both sides plus superior medical care that I can't see why we shouldn't be positive about his prognosis.
I am nevertheless squarely in the camp of 'protect those Cambridges at all cost.' The young are not immune and we've already seen pediatric mortality here in the United States. The Cambridges are the hope for the future and I worry their stoicism and rectitude could undermine additional consideration for their safety first and foremost.
'I am nevertheless squarely in the camp of 'protect those Cambridges at all cost.' The young are not immune and we've already seen pediatric mortality here in the United States. The Cambridges are the hope for the future and I worry their stoicism and rectitude could undermine additional consideration for their safety first and foremost.'
I agree! cambridges isolate now please!!!
And if we get out of this crisis alive, I bet a lot of those remaining will want to turn to less stuff, less new stuff, less stuff from China, and simpler times. There will be a lot of merchandise in thrift shops once millions of grandmas are gone. When this is over, it'll be time to turn our attention back to the environment and part of that will mean LESS STUFF. Some of us staying inside for a couple months may notice how much we already have and may have started to re-purpose and re-use it. I have already donated a porchful of clothes to a charity and am now determined to empty my freezer.
My point is . . . I don't think this will be the time to try to sell people new things. And if you do try, you'd better have some credibility.
Now I will settle for being alive, along with my family (including my parents).
Anyone wondering about peddling cookware or a cookbook at this time can have a seat. That's a luxury most of us won't be able to afford. Good grief MM is just like the idiot owner of Jurassic Park in the movie who keeps saying "Next time I will get it perfect!"
Don't forget: *Have servants wear gloves , * have bodyguards fetch groceries * have a boat load of toilet paper * have preferential treatment from doctors to 1st to get test for virus * have lots of money to stockpile groceries * use time wisely by doing yoga and eating vegan goodies * have realtors continue to look for vacay homes in Tinsel Town...did I miss anything! Oh, don't forget to digitally train to be a therapist and call daddy.
I hope Prince Charles is OK, and that HMTQ will not become ill. The only positive would be the country and world rallying around them with love and concern. The sideshow would be to see how the Duchess of Darkness wails and gnashes her teeth as she tries to make it about her.
It's a difficult one for the RF - as HM is once supposed to have said `The Queen does not just have to be seen, she has to be seen to be believed'!
How true. Victoria was accused of abandoning the people when she retreated into mourning - `The Widow of Windsor'.
If, Heaven forbid, anything happened to the Cambridges, would Parliament /HM Government pass over Harry in favour of Beatrice/ Eugenie? Even Edward?
Wasn't there some sort of question of whether Bertie was fit to become George VI, or would one of his brothers be better? Never mind the order of succession in a crisis, although I do wonder if H's commendation of Boris was a sucking-up, `just in case'.
Were it a choice of Harry, a republic or one of the others, I suspect/hope there's an obscure legal mechanism that can be brought into play that could eliminate Harry.
If I remember correctly, part of our constitution is that the monarch `rules by consent of the people'. I just hope that the Harkles have alienated enough important people to be disregarded, should such a situation arise.
I'm with Wild Boar. I think The Harkles are already trying to figure out how much their inheritance will be. I'm sure MeMe is counting the money in her head already. And spending it too in anticipation.
Do you think there is any chance that Charles updated his will since Meghan cameon the scene or since Megxit happened? Maybe limiting what Harry gets to a Trust with an annual allowance and no lumpsum payout?
I thought that H & M were busy planning their rival court with a plan to swoop in once the BRF was in shambles like Edward and Wallis were planning (with the help of the Germans) during the war. It would never happen of course, but Those Two are self-important enough to believe its a possibility.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8151483/Meghan-forbids-Harry-going-UK-Prince-Charles-plans-foster-lab.html
Every little bit helps and I would encourage everyone to support shelters and shelter animals in this overwhelming time. But if Meg affiliates Herself with the cause, it is the kiss of death, no matter the endeavor. She is the anti-influencer… Whatever she’s doing, or pretends to be doing, and truly compassionate and sane people will run far away.
She and Harry are upscale homeless scroungers, with no fixed abode and allegedly already caring for two dogs and a child. I use the term allegedly with all the force I can muster. So, to recap, a homeless and unemployed woman, couch surfing in temporary accommodation, and with dodgy visa status in a foreign country, Plus a new mother, allegedly, with two other dogs, allegedly proposes to adopt a Canadian shelter dog in her unsettled state? Dogs and small children seem to be frightened by her furthermore. If this has a crime of truth to it, let’s hope the shelter shoots down her adoption application.
Woody Allen has a new book out where he refused so once again the abuse allegations against him, and says that his ex Mia Farrow, virtue Signaler extraordinaire Collective vulnerable children from around the world like toys, but had zero maternal instincts, did notactually care for them, though she Weaponized them when it served her. I smell a narc there too, though it takes one to know one, Woody. This is Meg. She loves her trendy accessories… Babies, dogs, celebrity friends, husbands with money...She only cares about one thing and one thing only in this world, All the goodies for herself. She doesn’t give a toss about dogs.
I would normally rejoice at the news of somebody helping animal shelters. This is a move that is guaranteed to cause me like that person. In case of Markle I am concerned for the dog instead.
My only hope is that her marklness will not go as low as to actually look after the dog; it will be a member of staff to feed, hug and walk.
Hopefully this member of staff is a really nice person who does love animals. Fingers crossed!
If I were the owner of the mansion they are squatting in, I'd be getting concerned. I love dogs but they can be hard on a house....
Hoping for the best outcome for PC. If the news reports are true, he has a mild case, and could pull through. I'm glad that the BRF has self-isolated.
The idea of MM doing a cookbook and selling cookware when people are scrounging for food and other necessities, out of jobs and can't afford food, is as deaf and blind as you can get. Now, her big donation of help to the COVID cause is just to shelter a dog? SMDH.
She forbids Harry to go? Is he how old?
You know, we talked about the fallout if Harry were to pass away and what her behaviour would be like so I'm now wondering a lot of things about various wills and who gets what
Hmm
Thinking about how this s***sh** could go from really bad to really worse> he doesn't get to say goodby or have a good resolution with his father. That would be really sad. No more sad than a lot of people over time who also didn't get to say goodby or have a good resolution after a bad separation.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are 'in a better space' with the rest of the royal family as they prepare to officially step down as senior royals next week, source tells ET.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are 'in a better space' with the rest of the royal family as they prepare to officially step down as senior royals next week, source tells ET
If & when we see evidence of a 3rd dog, then I may believe it. ;-)
Just don't let the Harkles back in or it will never end.
At least they kinda sorta provide some twisted comedic humor with their over the top nonsense while the world is up in flames.
The above is not to be seen as an insult to all people who are suffering in this surreal pandemic atmosphere. However, I am too curious as to who is paying enormous amounts of money just for the articles in DM. Really, who is paying for the HAM’s proproganda campaign? Who is paying the astronomical costs of their lawsuits? Where are they today? They are still royals, and their location needs to be outed to the taxpayers. Why are they so special?,
"...the grim truth remains that in a constitutional monarchy, Charles is the next in line to the British throne.
"Indeed he and the Duke of Cambridge are currently the only two of the Queen’s four ‘Counsellors of State’ who could effectively stand in for her should she become ill or incapacitated (since the other two are recently-exiled Princes Andrew and Harry)."
That really spells it out. The thinning of the Royal Family at a senior level.
EXCLUSIVE: Meghan lays down the law and forbids Harry from going back to UK to see coronavirus-infected Prince Charles as she makes plans to foster a black lab named Cole to help 'ease the strain on animal shelters'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8151483/Meghan-forbids-Harry-going-UK-Prince-Charles-plans-foster-lab.html
If this does come from Meghan, then it is very odd:
The last time the Sussexes met, the Cambridges almost completely ignored the Susexes. The Cambridges are well versed with being polite and friendly in public with a wide range of people (including the Sussexes in the past) and would be well aware that they were being filmed and photographed. I doubt very much that William and Harry are chatting on the phone, completely reconciled and good old buddies again.
Do you think Meghan likes collecting dogs because she can completely control them and discard them at will? I find it very odd that she has no fixed abode but is considering adopting/fostering a dog. Could the shelter refuse?
I doubt that Meghan spends much time with Archie, other than visits to the nursery when she coos over him until she has had enough and when she wants to use him for a prop for photos. As a mother, is she not concerned that he is isolated at the very age when he would be starting to engage with other kids and other people? At least royal babies, who were brought up much the same way, had siblings and cousins and the royals would bring in children from somewhere as playmates. Archie is so isolated not primarily because of the virus but because his parents ran away to another continent to live in a borrowed mansion where they are isolating themselves.
She must be going stir crazy not being able to do pap walks, and having to spend time in confinement with Harry without any respite in the terms of visitors, going out or both or either of them going on trips. Perhaps her bizarre focus on mental health is a shadow projection?
When Harry's mother died unexpectedly, she was in another country and that was accidental, but Harry may have internalised that as trauma in some twisted way. He must be freaking out internally that his family are in danger and he is on another continent, by choice, because of his wife. As for Meghan forbidding him to travel ... what more signs do we need that there is a toxic power imbalance in that relationship?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8152199/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-better-space-royal-family.html
Thanks for the info on Sinatra, Mia, and Ronan Farrow. I remember pictures of their wedding but I was very young.
@ Sandie
Great point on the internalized trauma about Diana being in another country from the two boys. No doubt, that was traumatizing to them both!
To me, she is a very poor candidate.
I joke about this, but I have a top secret clearance, and the two agency adoptions that I went through seemed to be more strict and invasive. (All other cats arrived the usual way: appeared at the back door.)
Recipe: 'Shit on a Shingle', Southern recipe using sausage or chipped beef with gravy over toast. This is in keeping with Meg's nickname "Meg gets Sh*t done'.
Cooking Utensil: 'Nutcracker', since she is an expert at squeezing Harry's Nuts. The design could have a ginger hair and bearded nutcracker in a red mess dress uniform of the royal Marines.
https://blindgossip.com/a-shocking-accident/#more-100352
no guesses posted yet.
12:05AM BST 25 Jul 2004
The Prince of Wales was "taken to the cleaners" and handed over his entire personal fortune to Diana, Princess of Wales, as part of their divorce settlement, his former personal financial adviser has revealed.
Geoffrey Bignell, who handled Prince Charles's financial affairs for more than a decade until 1996, disclosed that the heir to the throne was forced to sell his entire investment portfolio to meet the demands of the Princess.
He has of course had almost 30 years to build another private fortune but since he had to pay £400,000 a year for her private office and repay his mother just how much can he have built up? Charles will have made provision for Camilla from his private monies H has no entitlement to any of the Duchy of Cornwall assets - these will all pass to William so any inheritance from Charles could be very much smaller than HandM hope for
https://www.amazon.com/Cravings-Recipes-All-Food-Want/dp/1101903910/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Chrissy+Teigen&qid=1585176445&sr=8-2
And the sequel cookbook has 950 Amazon reviews. I have no idea what is inside her cookbooks. It might be garbage or good stuff, but they are being bought.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1467785/Diana-took-Charles-to-cleaners-in...
Jul 25, 2004 · Geoffrey Bignell, who handled Prince Charles's financial affairs for more than a decade until 1996, disclosed that the heir to the throne was forced to sell his entire investment portfolio to meet the demands of the Princess.
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If this is true then Charles was being blackmailed by Diana. As in, "I will tell all, unless". In this way Megsy would like to be Diana 2.0
Planning to build in Cotswolds, lmao!! Just shows how ungrateful they are for the beautiful historical home they recieved at taxpayers expense.
If William becomes POW he may not feel like funding the ingrates out of Duchy funds any further. All Harry will get is his inheritance.
the DM happy family article: notice towards the end, Omid says that they were looking for a place to go to (now having left England) where they would be safe, heard and respected.
One does not get respect by demanding it. One gets respect by earning it. the hard way, through working at problems. The problem may not be fixed but that one worked at it to try to solve it, not just once but multiple tries . that's what earns respect.
The BG
If it weren't for the year reference, I would have said Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Yes, it's a MM blind. The movie is called King Ralph.
I have to laugh at MM's increasingly desperate efforts to stay relevant and in the news. We don't even hear about Biden and Bernie anymore (well, barely).
I am looking forward to March 31st when they are officially no longer HRH and they can be fully ignored.
Since Archie is still a baby, he is a high risk of complications or death from Covid19. If Charles passes, Grams, and Archie in a short period of time. Harry will have a complete mental breakdown himself. Burying his only child (if he exists), father, and loving grandparents would end the marriage and possibly send him into a self harm spiral himself or those around him. I don't think William would ever forgive Harry either.
Meghan would never be able to recover from the nightmare she has created. Trying to peddle herself in HOllywood and Instagram really makes them look 1000x worse each day. They need to stop and stop now!!
Part of me believes she was way too influenced by the soap episode. Her need to be admired seems like a high she must chase, yet there are too many stories of her cruelty to be ignored. Could she not stay out of the headlines even during the pandemic?
Megs with her touching, all Diana-wanna-be. She is probably hoping to catch it....then she can say she didn’t care about the risks as long as she showed kindness and love to people.
The first comment I saw on DM about Charles being diagnosed was a sugar saying "Our next Queen. Isn't she beautiful ❤️"
Literally, people are dying and that's what loonatics are posting about Meghan and Harry being next King and Queen. Just...I can't even...
DM has an article on MM ‘forbidding’ JH from running to scotland to visit PC, also says they are still in the island mansion.
JH is a 1/2 a world away from home, but the BRF weren’t really brought up to run home and visit relatives when sick, it’s part of the keep calm and carry on. Did anyone visit PP in hospital?
Love your ideas for Megs cookbook. I think, in addition to Sh@t on a Shingle, the following could be added
Ginger Nuts [the cookie;biscuit from the UK] and Rocky Mountain Oysters [fried beef testicles].
Also love your nutcracker utensil. Although, we have all heard that MM loves to gift knives--so perhaps an entire chapter on how to use to back stab.
And YankeeDoodle, all I can say are your posts are SO, so funny.
It mentions an actress who is feigning great concern over the health of her family. But then she relates that her favorite film is about a family that is wiped out by a freak accident. The main character then ascends to the head of the family.
Scary.
Meghan doesn't have one of those attributes. Not a one. This is saying there is and never was an Archie. Rather, Archiefaux.
Your ideas are good! I know about 'Rocky Mt. Oysters'...have you tasted them? Do they have the consistency of chicken gizzards?
Yes a chapter on how to backstab...I thought there could be some interesting illustrations bit don't feel I should share my ideas as the graphics of who and how would be too realistic and disturbing. It would be funny tho to see a picture of Meghan dressed in a butcher jacket (almost like a straight jacket) holding a large knife help up high with that perpetual maniacal grin on her face
How about a special knife called the 'Duchess Dicer'.
And a large food grater (since she grates on everyone's nerves.)
Maybe a recipe of 'pigs in a blanket' but calling them 'Archie in a blanket'.
Also 'Tripe' which reminds me of her, nasty and you can't get the taste out of your mouth.
Personally, I collect cookbooks and have over 300, so I can not even fathom Meghan would have any success of actually creating a decent cookbook. If she paid someone to produce it, no doubt it would be a huge fail and get discounted within a very short time. I don't think any UK fans would like her recipes as they are probably as uncreative as 'avocado on toast'. Then US fans just wouldn't waste their money I think. Since it seems a lot of her US fan base are African American women they are probably wanting the kind of foods their Mommas and Grannies and Aunties cook (like I am used to in the south). Meghan is no soul food cook and her Calif. cooking style has been done by so many great big name chefs already.
Buckingham Palace scrapped a national televised address about coronavirus from the Queen 'for her own safety' and to keep the airways clear for politicians and medical professions
I do not believe this, that sounds like bull honkey to me. Wonder what's up, maybe she's stressed and doesn't feel like it, maybe she is ill.
Hello everybody, I've been MIA because life in NYC has been more immediate than the shenanigans of HAMS but came by when I saw about Charles. I hate the "she's forbidding him" from traveling to the UK, suggesting Harry has no agency.
As for Nutty's comments about William's grudge - I agree he may remain angry but I don't believe he would prevent Harry from any last plastic-wrapped death wishes if he needed to get to the UK in a hurry.
Rocky Mt Oysters similar texture to gizzards, but smoother, I think. It has been decades since I had either! Miss the collards and cornbread and Memphis style BBQ--pork dry rub (sorry, better than Texas, or the Carolinas, or KC bbq)!
Will never be able to get the image of MM in a straight jacket (with visible bra lines) with a Duchess Dicer in her hand with that crazy Markle stare! And the Archie blankets!
I just don't know what type of job she can do after the end of March. I am sure in her head the only job appropriate for her is one that involves wearing a tiara surrounded by adoring fans and paps.
He looks like Harry and Chelsy is happy and laughing.
Some comments:
When Harry looked happy.
He never looks like that with Meghan
When his clothes were ironed and he was good looking
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-KUcHInI87SHT8wG5N-H2t9qlcxPqD-v0ds8M0/
I agree re Queen and lack of message. It is not like this is 1925 and there is only one channel for news and communication. Either she is ill, or PP is ill and she does not want to leave his side or maybe it is just to much effort to prep for such a thing. She is not Just Harry who will plop down in front of a webcam and start rambling. I am sure her public announcements take lots of preparation.
So you are in the Wuhan of the US. Damn. Would hate to be there now.
Brief OT comment re. Ronan Farrow:
If he is falsely marketing himself as Frank Sinatra’s son, that idea was put into his head by his vengeful and manipulative mother. Ronan changed his name from his birth name of Satchel to repudiate his Acknowledged father, who named him after his favorite clarinet player… Woody’s own instrument. But it was quite a bit later that Mia started putting the rumor about that ronin might be Frank’s, conceived during an old lang syne weekend with her ex. The issue of Ronan’s paternity never came up at all, until it was rather conveniently timed with the nasty court battle with Woody over the sexual abuse allegations of Dylan. Ronan is absolutely in solidarity with his adopted sister, and what better way to hurt Woody then to take him self away as Woody’s child, in name and in genetics? But that idea had to first be planted by his mom. I find Mia’s coyness over the whole question Infuriating, because getting a paternity test would be a very simple matter. If I were Woody, I would want this question settled in my mind before I died. If Ronan has altered his appearance as you suggest, and they keep putting off that very simple paternity test, that would argue against it being true. I never saw a picture of satchel as a little boy to know. Though as Kate’s two boys demonstrate, it is entirely possible for two blue eyed parents to have a brown eyed child, if there’s a brown eyed grandparent in the family tree. The Sinatras are as Italian as they come, so someone besides Woody could have contributed the brown eyes.
If Rois dying his hair blond, that would be in imitation of his Farrow side; Frank had nearly black hair. Ro looks very like his mom, actually..But anyone with eyes can look at the kid and detect absolutely zero in the way of Konigsberg genes. Zilch. Were Ro 50% Woody, I’d really expect to see a touch of the Nebbish in there somewhere. I think Woody Allen is another narcissist with nonexistent boundaries; his new memoir is going to be skewed to his version of events, but I have heard from other sources about Mia’s rages, and her miss treatment of her adopted children. Sounds a lot like a Mommie Dearest. Quite a tragic household. I think Ronan got all of Mommie’s love as her only biological child, while the adopted kids were treated like servants. Most of them had health and psychological problems as a result of being street orphans in their home countries, and some of the older girls barely learned to speak English or received much in the way of education, including Soon-Yi, who has earned a masters degree since she’s been married to Woody.
I don’t think Woody Allen is a good person, but there are definitely two sides to every story. Anyway, Nancy Sinatra, speaking on behalf of Frank’s other kids seems to be quite open at the prospect of welcoming a little brother, even if only as an honorary Sinatra. Cosmetically enhanced or not, the resemblance is startling.
>>>I just don't know what type of job she can do after the end of March. I am sure in her head the only job appropriate for her is one that involves wearing a tiara surrounded by adoring fans and paps.<<<
She could be one of those rent-a-princesses that go to kids birthday parties wearing the fake tiara she supposedly wore during the wedding (from the pictures many think it was fake). The only problem with this job is that children seem to recoil from her. But she could sit there among the kids and be like the little girl when she young and demand that she be the Queen. It might fool the children for a few hours.
Ps. Collards and cornbread, yummy. I learned from a Louisiana lady to put a smoked Turkey leg cooking in my collards. Although I'm in Texas I favor Kansas City BBQ.
>>>Though as Kate’s two boys demonstrate, it is entirely possible for two blue eyed parents to have a brown eyed child.<<<
If you are talking about Duchess Kate I have read several places that her eyes are hazel-green in color and they look so (although I read she has brown eyes). And thus it is entirely reasonable for George to have brown eyes and so does Louis while Charlotte has blue eyes.
It is very, very, unusual for two blue eyed parents to have a brown eyed child. This may be due to one of the genes of one parent being broken or some other even more rare reason.
“The Harkles do truly exist in my mind now as vultures. Like the wicked stepmother in Snow White. All jagged darkness and flashing fire. And jealousy.”
Spot on!
There are so many great comments on this blog. Thank you to all for the beautifully written insights and the laughs. The humor is greatly appreciated, as I am cooped up with a cancer-stricken golden retriever.
I can’t compete with Shit on a Shingle, but surely any cookbook bearing MeMe’s name should include a recipe for Markle Sparkle Brownies. Since her nephew is a budding weed entrepreneur in Oregon, she could do a solid for both the family business and potheads. Another idea would be an update of the classic children’s book, The Duchess Bakes a Cake; except the other members of the Royal Family would probably be more inclined to leave her to die atop the mountain of risen dough rather than stuff themselves to the point of bursting in an effort to bring her back down to earth.
@Elle Reine des Abeilles: Tom Cruise seems to be having a tough time finding a new wife, and MeMe would be a perfect candidate. After all, she has already metamorphosed from a Catholic to a Jew to an Anglican as she leapfrogs one husband after another. Scientology could be a great fit for her. One con deserves another.
"She is not Just Harry who will plop down in front of a webcam and start rambling." Love this, so true.
Frankly it's a LOT and the information is rapidly changing and the lady is under a lot of stress - you're gonna expose her to a CAMERA CREW of randos? It all seems highly unwise. Perhaps that's the issue.
Was just reflecting how she COULD be ensconced in a bed of comfort and protection and luxury right now but instead MM is out chasing her tail in the cold because she's a dumb bint who couldn't stop.
All those handwritten bespoke, organic, put together by Tibetan monks with sanctified material and threads masks don't distribute themselves you know!
Kate’s eyes may be on the greener end of their blue spectrum, but I can’t say as Ive ever seen a photo where her eyes looked remotely brown. They are a darker shade than William’s pure blue. Michael Middleton and Pippa have the brown eyes, and James has blue. With lighter colored eyes, it’s very hard to tell exact shade except in person, since lighting and surrounding colors affect them so much in photos. A brown eyed child from two blue eyed parents is definitely rare, but I wouldn’t say impossible.
If Ronan is going to the lengths of wearing fake irises every day so he doesn’t have to see Woody’s eyes in the mirror, I’d say he’s got some head issues to work through. I wouldn’t want Woody Allen for my father either, but who knows what embellishments, out right lies and poison his mother has filled his head with over the years against the man who was presumed to be his father until he was 25 years old and may still be? It would’ve been well nigh impossible to grow up even keeled in such a bizarre family arrangement. Mia seems a little too close to her very good looking son, if you know what I mean, and his alleged father, not nearly close enough to deserve the name. Woody always kept his own apartment on the opposite side of the Park, and claims that For the entirety of his relationship with Mia ... Many years, including presumably the conception of Ronan, that he never once spent the night at her place. Of course he would say that, as he sticks stubbornly to the story he’s told since 1992: that he was never a father figure to any of Mia’s other kids; That he never spent any time there, and barely knew them... except of course, for the one, or possibly two, that he was having sex with. I think what is scam, but that doesn’t change the fact that his ex lover is also a dangerous loony fond of manipulating facts.
I, too, look forward to reading the blog every day.
Here's wishing all of you good health in this unusual time.
For others: Ronan Farrow has stated for the public record that the Sinatra family embraces him as one of their own.
To me, he looks like a chip off good ol' Frank.
Mia called Frank when Woody was threatening her with violence. Frank sent a car with a man who said, Just let us know when there's a problem, and it will be taken care of," or something to that effect. Frank had Mia's back even though they weren't together. Frank was a real stand-up guy for Mia.
I’m not so sure Meg would want to get with Tom. Maybe before Katie - or Kate like Tom *wanted* to call her - got a crack at him. Not anymore, I don’t think. Besides, Meg is not Tom’s type. He’s got a thing for women that are a foot taller than him when they wear heels. Meg wouldn’t make the cut. The two of them might get desperate though. Who knows at this rate?
Thanks @CookieShark and all Nutties for the kind wishes. May we all get through this soon and with good health!
I agree that Kate does not appear to have brown eyes (I only read that once). I read alot on this as well as looking at some closeups of Kates eyes. Overwhelmingly it was reported she has green-hazel or green eyes. A good closeup shows greenish eyes with little brown intrusions next to the pupils. She is obviously carrying a recessive gene which resulted in Charlotte having blue eyes. And with her parents being brown-eyed, she carried a brown gene hence how her sons eyes are brown.
I have blue eyes and my husband had brown eyes and I ended up with 3 children; 1 with blue eyes, 1 brown-eyed and 1 hazel-eyed. My blue eyed daughter has yellow facets which make her eyes sometimes greenish looking.
>>> Besides, Meg is not Tom’s type<<<
Meg would have to 'Convert' again, this time to Scientology to get to first base with Tom.
OT Alert:
My brother came back last Saturday. Yeah!!! He is doing good. Thank you again for your prayers and concern.
Now my prayers is for all the people in CV-19 areas that they stay well, if sick then survive and their leaders make good decisions!
re: Meg joining the Co$
She would definitely convert if she thought it was worthwhile. The Co$ has the power to get her places and inserted in Hollywood projects if necessary. The thing is though Tom has lost all his sparkle since he got with Katie Holmes and he did that crazy couch dance on Oprah. He’s been mired in so much controversy. There was a time when it seemed inevitable he’d get an Oscar. He hasn’t and he’s given up trying which highlights where his place is in Hollywood.
I don’t know about Tom’s first wife but his last two wives were model tall (5’9” and above) and Catholic. Other than the complications with their marriages to Tom, Nicole and Katie have always been well-liked and had successes as actresses. I don’t know their levels of religiosity but I remember regularly reading for both of them, their Catholicism strained their marriages to Tom. Look where they are now!
Meg would go for Tom if she saw benefit to it. I doubt she sees any because Tom has fallen from grace. Tom would be averse to marry Meg not so much her faith but that she’s an awful actress and has no footing in Hollywood herself. He clearly has a type but I think he cares the most about getting married to an acclaimed actress like say Elizabeth Moss so he can resurrect his career. Elizabeth Moss is acclaimed and a Scientologist who downplays her religion. Tom clearly wasn’t successful with her.
Stil, desperation is a huge motivator for bizarre bedfellows. Who knows what will happen next? The two might go where it makes no sense to go. Fact is crazier than fiction.
Thank you for the genetics I learned but didn't dare post it lest people thought I was trying to lord my knowledge over them.
Yes the inclusion of other colors in ones eyes is not uncommon. I have it in my blue eyes and so do 2 of my daughters. Hence why some blue eye look greenish, some hazel eyes seem to change with lighting or the angle, and brown eyes which can vary widely even amber at times.
@CatEyes : I am glad your brother came back :-)
Is Eugenie pregnant? That could be good news !
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8150523/Bookies-suspend-betting-Princess-Eugenie-announcing-pregnant.html
Im so happy you have your brother back!
Charade and Hunter
My prayers are for Yall and all of New York.
I know actors are superstitious AF but truly, some of them end up becoming characters they've portrayed in the past. I've seen it happen.
*Praying. * 🙏🏼💜💜
Hazel eyes can range from a light brownish-grey color to almost but not quite pure green and I always thought Kate's eyes fell in the middle of those two two hazel extremes.
Looking at close-up pictures now, I do see some more recent pictures where one could maybe claim her eyes look blue or greenish-blue. But in older pictures that are much less likely to have been photoshopped (like those of a teenage Kate), her eyes most definitely are not blue.
Even with only those genes, 2 `deep brown' parents can have a blue-eyed child; the only certainty is that the blue-eyed child is homozygous for the recessive blue-eye gene (ie bb).
In such a case, one or both parents must be heterozygous Bb. If both are BB, the child will be too. The probabilities vary according to the genotypes of the parents.
There's are other genes though. There's something often called `little b dash' - b'. That's involved with light brown & hazel eyes but I can't remember the details of how the genotypes of Bb', b'b' & b'b are expressed.
As an example, my mother had blue eyes and my father light brown.
I have hazel - brown & green streaked, with black spots. I was once told by a physical anthropology researcher, looking into whether there was link between skin, hair and eye colour, that he'd `never seen such spotty eyes'. I was a singleton so no clues from siblings' eye colour, but it looks as if both b' and b are present.
Whether my eyes look dark or light depend on my hair colour. With my adult v. dark brown, just short of black, hair they looked light. With my current `blonde'/white, they're dark. When I was`auburn' they looked right.
I believe I'm a `hidden redhead' really - the skin's right and I've always had proper freckles, not the lumps, bumps and moles that MeMe is pleased to euphemise thus.
Hope this helps.
Should have added that when I was `auburn' my eyes looked golden-brown!
He is in Scotland, not England, it's a different health authority - NHS Scotland, not NHS (which is for England & Wales, now that Scotland can do its own thing).
Getting tested in Scotland does not deprive a single member of NHS staff in England or Wales of a test.
Also virus situation may be different over the Border, also different rules, but critics choose to ignore inconvenient facts.
A good PR person would be trying to get that cover pulled right about now.
I wonder how long it will be before journalists stop taking her calls?
It’s very early where I am, but on Day 5 of my Coronacation, I keep waking up at my designated workday time, Despite having been up till 1 AM scrolling through my phone. It’s my intention to use this unexpected time off to do a sorely need a deep clean on my house, But five days and I’ve made no progress on that front. I hate cleaning as much as I hate going to the dentist, and it’s really hard for me to get motivated. I have been doing more cooking lately then I have for a year; thought I would never finish the crockpot of chili I made last week.
The news out of Italy and Spain is getting grimmer by the day and here in the States, we are still on the cusp of that. I ventured out to the laundromat yesterday, because it was a beautiful sunny day near 60; as soon as I got home, I read that my county just got its first diagnosed case. Allegedly the patient doesn’t actually live here; my town is the county seat, and has two major hospital systems. People from the surrounding rural counties come here for major medical treatment. My home county where my family lives has over 20 cases and one death. I won’t be going out for the rest of the week; my Swedish death cleaning beckons.
The idea of Markle as the next Mrs. Cruise is droll. Maybe 10 years ago, a pre-Harry Meg might have caught Tom’s eye if her TV show had been filmed in L.A. Katie Holmes was also a minor TV actress and brunette. Nicole was very much the up and comer when he married her; I always thought Nicole’s cardinal sin was not so much and refusing to convert to Scientology As it was in eclipsing Tom in their shared profession after marrying him had raised her profile from little known Aussie starlet to Oscar winner in the space of 10 years. Marriage to tan and access to his money also transformed Nicole into a major red carpet style icon. Nicole has the body for couture, But more importantly than that she has legitimate chops as a triple threat talent. Aside from being crazier than he is, Megan isn’t attractive enough, and I think Tom would be keen to have another child for Scientology, seeing as he’s lost his grip on Suri. Unlike the royal family, Tom’s Scientology handlers would not look the other way at a fake baby. Personally, I’ve always believed that Suri was an IVF baby, but genetically Tom’s. Even after three wives, Tom does not appear to me to have ever been into girls, though he and Nic made a good show of it until the end. Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes both made a deal with the devil to boost their careers. That’s right up Meg’s street, but he wouldn’t want her.
I have no personal knowledge of Tom Cruise's sexual preferences, but I think it is notable that several Scientology defectors (who otherwise had very little complimentary to say about Tom) have said he was straight.
I think his preference - like Alfred Hitchcock's - was for young, attractive women he could mold.
It's when a person declutters like tehy think they're about to die.
I prefer "Swedish House Mafia" myself but death is inevitable
I would definitely not say that Katie and Meg are on the same level. Katie was the main star of Dawson’s Creek. Her relationship with Joshua Jackson and Chris Klein made her a starlet in her generation. I wouldn’t call her a breathtaking actress like Nicole (who I adore btw), but she had more potential than Meg. Just a couple of years after Dawson’s Creek wrapped up, she rebounded from Chris Klein with a fading Tom Cruise. She got more attention but for what really: being the one who made Tom look like a loon and Svengali.
Two of the stars of Dawson’s Creek were able to mobilize their careers further after the show: Michelle Williams is now an Oscar winner. Joshua Jackson went onto do Fringe. James Van Der Beek was wooden and unpopular during the show’s run. Katie lost the most precious years of her career to Tom when she was young and relevant. Those qualities in her were clearly why Tom saw her and was interested.
Swedish Death Mafia? I like that better. It's funny because it always seemed to me that the Scandinavian lifestyle always seems more simple, clean lines (Ikea), not a lot of stuff.
The Swedes and the Japanese are two cultural groups who are renowned for having a minimalist aesthetic, So when they set out to declutter, it’s going to be a considerably shorter job than what is facing me right now. But, I’ve made my mess… I’ve got to be the one to undo it, and over these next two weeks I keep telling myself I have an unprecedented opportunity to knock this Herculean task on the head. Or at least make a really good start on it. I can’t use the excuse of not having enough time to clean like I usually do.
Re. Tom Cruise’s sexuality, he’s built his career on being a ladies’ man onscreen. Tom at his best full wattage can be very charming. I’ve liked many of his films, but I’ve never been a fan girl. Even before I knew he was a Scientologist, there’s always been something vaguely unsettling about him. His Risky Business director Paul Brickman recalled being introduced to the toothy up and comer while he was auditioning for his “Joel”. He shook Tom’s hand, and recoiled inwardly, thinking “This guy is a psychopath.” Tom plays the all American hero on screen more often than not, but there’s always been a wired up dark edge to him. This may or may not have anything to do with his sexual orientation, but I’ve never felt that his love scenes with any of his female costars had authenticity; they are actually quite uncomfortable, because he seems uncomfortable. I’ve come around to the belief that he’s most likely not gay either; more like asexual, ur having a family is perceived as a benefit for his career and for his role in Scientology. Whatever his preferences, or the reality of his bizarre life, TC surrounds himself with NDAs the Royals would envy. Tom may basically have only one persona onscreen but he guards that persona at all costs. He and Meg have a lot in common as far as being narcissistic control freak facade managers with profound inner insecurities relating to their messed up childhoods. They both need partners they can control and manipulate to keep their facades intact. Tom’s fortune would be attractive to Meg, but she will have met her match for control freakery. Not that she ever get in addition to the times girlfriend in 1 million years, but I suppose she will be back in Hollywood scrounging for another show business husband once this corona thing is all over with.
I am delighted to see that the DM has published, at least on line, the pap walk photo that MeMe wants suppressed - the one of her grinning all over her chops whilst dangling Dead Frog Archie.
Are they daring her to sue?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8151483/Meghan-forbids-Harry-going-UK-Prince-Charles-plans-foster-lab.html
>>>Regarding Charles's test:
He is in Scotland, not England, it's a different health authority<<<
I can understand why Charles and Camilla were tested (much more than I understand why some celebrities are!)
But even the Scotland NHS
https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-general-advice
Says
"Generally, you'll only be tested for COVID-19 if you have a serious illness that requires admission to hospital."
Of course, using the word "generally" gives wiggle room.
Google how blue-eyes are different than all other eye colors, too. I like to take the tests. In a week or two, somebody close to me, with blue eyes and blonde hair, will give birth to a baby, whose father also has blue eyes and blonde hair. G-d willing.
The Sussexes are staying home with baby Archie at their waterfront mansion on Vancouver Island, Canada — where they have required staffers to follow a strict hygiene protocol and wear leather gloves.
I guess she wants them to have that chic look, like singer Sade had in the 1980s.
https://pagesix.com/2020/03/26/meghan-markle-reportedly-forbids-prince-harry-from-visiting-uk-prince-charles/
Sade sings "Smooth Operator" while wearing leather gloves
@Lizzie: Fair enough but it wouldn't have deprived NHS staff in E&W, even if they hadn't done it privately. What is known about the spread of covid 19 in the Highlands, or in Aberdeen? How hard pressed is the Scottish NHS outside the Central Belt? We don't hear about it down here.
It's the knee-jerk nature of the moans that gets me.
Btw, That Scottish NHS guidance looks much clearer than the English equivalent. I've copied it into my Covid 19 folder. Thanks for the link.
As for leather gloves - yet again, words fail. Kinky or what? Are they disposing of them after one use?
The problem is getting him back into Canada (or wherever they are) afterwards, right? Aren't the borders closed? Not that Justin wouldn't step in.
And I hope it's a lie about the dog. I seem to remember one article mentioning "Cole" as the name of a dog a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was kind of clever for a black dog.
But I hope it's not true...remember how depressed the dogs looked on the infamous pap walk?
I feel really bad for the RPOs...separated from their own families to stare at this vapid pair has got to be horrible for them. Maybe they will get to go home soon once Canada stops paying. Which infuriates me. Why would the RF even ALLOW another country to pay for the protection? Especially Canada. Of all the countries discussed, the pair have the least claim on Canada. The RF needs to step up and pay for this themselves. It's very shabby to expect (or allow) anyone else to take on this massive responsibility.
If it were me, I would seriously limit the amount the Harkles get. None of this "3 people in 3 different countries" stuff.
I would set a reasonable budget and anything over that the Hackles pay for. Their sense of entitlement amazes me. I'm certain that MM loves to enter a gathering with a large entourage of protection officers. This is a huge area of concern for the British public. The RF needs to get this sorted out right now.
Yankee,
Thanks for the interesting thing about the eyecolor study. I know green eyes are incredibly rare, which is why I always wanted them. Well, failing Liz Taylor’s even rarer amethyst colored eyes, I wanted green eyes and black hair like Scarlett O’Hara. I wanted to look like Scarlett, just with a nicer personality. I tend to crush on men who have these characteristics...Clive Owen can butter my biscuits any time. You said above “green eyes are similar to brown eyes”. I must gently disagree with the statement, Since I can assure you that Clive Owen’s eyes bear no resemblance at all to my own cow patty brown ones... which is why I covet them. I have seen darker green eyes that appear almost brown and some light, but I suppose green eyes that dark would have to be classed as Hazel
I was particularly fascinated by the statistic that 95% of blue eyed men prefer blue eyed women. Both of my grandfathers must’ve been in the 5% that willingly overcame their biological directives, because they were both blue-eyed guys who married brown eyed girls. On my paternal side, 2 kids got brown eyes and brown hair and two got blue eyes and blond hair. My mother’s two sisters and she take entirely after their mother in looks and personality. My meek sweet natured grandfather appears to have been a genetic non-entity in his marriage as well as a physical non-entity around his home… My grandmother was extremely domineering and wore the pants. My three sisters and I are the products of two brown eyed brunets and we all have the identical shades of eye and hair color. Mousy brown across the board. How disappointing.
Blue eyes may feel over represented in the general population owing to the fact that the great majority of film and television actors, and magazine models have blue or other light colored eyes. Light eyes are considered to film better, for the same reason that they usually choose light colored dogs rather than dark ones to appear on TV and movies...Toto being an exception. Elle MacPherson and Cindy Crawford have brown eyes but they are anomalies. Brown eyes may be the norm in the world population, but in show biz, blue eyes rule. Just another reason for men to have a grievance.
Biracial children very often have striking bright blue or green eyes, which contribute to their beauty. I’m guessing Meg’s dad has brown eyes or else Meg’s eyes may have been as light as her complexion. When Harry first got engaged, I thought, how nice to finally introduce a brown eyed girl into the house of Windsor. Now how I wish Haz had chosen a nice blue eyed girl to make blue eyed babies with. I bet he wishes it too.
Which brings back the discussion to Meghan, Meghan was/ is the sort of actor who seeks fame, status, and money. She belongs more int he TC camp along with 99% of Hollywood actors. Everyone knows this about celebrities, if these people were normal, well-adjusted emotionally then they wouldn't be chasing fame or attaining fame and staying there. This is why if you're a senior member of the RF you don't deliberately choose an actor for a spouse as Harry did. More often than not you're going to end up with a self-absorbed narcissist. Harry hit the jackpot because he wound up with a sociopathic narcissist, he got a twofer as we say here. Two for the price of one.
No, the likes of TC or other A-list megalomaniacs won't be knocking on Meghan's door anytime soon. These people do not want anyone to take the spotlight or attention away from them, even if it's just a nobody who's attained fame by marrying a royal. Her next husband will be likely a rich producer or hedge fund guy, someone who is looking to be attached to some perceived glamour and status because he already has the wealth.
Disneynature’s Elephant, an Original Movie narrated by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, starts streaming April 3, only on Disney Plus ...
Sade was beautiful and mysterious, not a publicity hound if I recall. She was the opposite of Meghan. By the way the Mirror has a "breaking " news story that M's first post royal job is narrating a Disney movie "Elephants". Comments are uniforming negative along the lines of why "is this news??"
I bumped into Liz Taylor in DC with my parents and my dad made a complete fool of himself over her while she glared at him. She was stunning and very very tiny. I also met Donny Osmond and he was very nice. I think I already spoke of literally bumping into Melissa Gilbert in Trader Joe's she was so nice when my eyes flew open. I know she appreciated me not passing out. Haha. People were pretending to look at their phones while taking pictures. Does anybody on here remember the comedy "Alice"? Linda Lavin had a house here and I would bump into her everyday at the grocery store. She is so down to earth and nice, too. We also bumped into Hillary Swank grabbing yogurt and...I have seen and met a lot more.
Breaking news: MM has released her trailer on the elephant film
God I can't stand these two. And I love elephants.
To paraphase - `When everyone else seems to be behaving like a jerk, it may be you that is the jerk'.
I doubt if Meme would have heard him - even if she'd been listening.
Btw the UK equivalent of a twofer if a BOGOF, pron Bog off! ie Buy Two Get One Free.
I've heard men like blue-eyed blondes because these are juvenile characteristics, suggesting a child-like individual and all that means in a relationship, Babes.
The `paternity test' reason is a good one . I reminds me that towards the end of my time teaching these things, we were firmly instructed not to suggest children work it out for their own families - far too likely to cause mayhem which could rebound on the school. An early form of data protection?
https://ve.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_q7t4877qsP1xfdp3x.mp4
I find her voice very grating and annoying, but the photography looks amazing so if I do get an opportunity to watch it I would just turn off the sound!
She is called Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex in the titles. It seems everyone is going to stick to that even though it was previously only used for divorced wives of royalty, or would that be Meghan, Duchess of Sussex? (Wallis Simpson was always called The Duchess of Windsor.) Maybe that will change.
It seems that the royal connection is her only selling point. (An empowering thing to have done would have been to use her professional name, Meghan Markle, for such work, but she does so love being royal!) That is quite sad but she seems devoid of any real talent that is appealing and marketable. (If she had to be given an acting role tailor-made for her ... bet the folk here could come up with some suggestions! ... her 'special' demands would be a nightmare so I don't think there are many, if any, knocking n her door, other than for voice work ... for that annoying, grating voice without much character to it.)
Since she concluded the deal and the work before the negotiations for Megxit even started, I assume that she will not be taking a penny of the fee. Perhaps Disney were in a position to not be able to say no to Harry because since the deal was made and the release of the documentary, the value of the Sussexes has become questionable. Do you think Harry pushed the deal because he wanted to please her or because he saw it as a way to earn lots of money for personal use, or both?
So, `The Duchess of...' Or `Meghan, Duchess of...' (though am not sure if that comma should be there after the name).
If they are so keen on `British' accents, I and thousands of others would have done if for far less. Doesn't matter that we're not in Equity, does it?
Cruise sued him directly for printing that he never saw his child. That was right after he divorce Katie Holmes, and as we can see, he still does not see Suri.
I went to read comments at the DM re the elephant documentary and it says 225 comments, but when I go to comments, it shows zero - is that because they've turned them off? I'm not familiar with the DM protocol for comments, so do any Nuttiers know?
Have you made your settings so that you don't get those annoying pop up videos and side panels with the DM site? When I changed my settings to get rid of those things, I lost the ability to read the comments. There is still the notation about the number of comments at the end of articles, but no way to read them.
I love the comments, but I am willing to sacrifice them to get rid of all the detritus on the DM site.
Best of health to Prince Phillip! It is amazing how long Prince Philip and The Queen have lived and have been very active into their 90s.
Regarding Prince Philip, we can only wait for news and pray for him & HM. It could explain a lot, especially the cancellation of her proposed broadcast.
We just don't know.
I've said before that there are many gorgeous mixed-race women. Sade is a perfect example of that. Truly beautiful and classy. Meg could never hope to have the aura Sade does.
Poor bloke - can't do a thing right. Anyone remember the fuss about his tonsils? There was also criticsm for him not having his ears pinned back - all that when he was a minor.
Presumably, reasons of state (knowing whether or not there was likely to be a constitutional crisis, should HM & PC depart this life in short order) was thought important.
In such circumstances, we might expect at least a PR challenge from the Harkles to William taking his place on the throne. Strange how they insist they want privacy, to be private citizens, but almost salivate (euphemism) at the thought of what being King & Queen could do for them.
It's important to be prepared for the worst whilst hoping for the best.
- Somebody here already mentioned her voice is better than her visage.
- It doesn't require acting skills the same as a full blown serious role
- Somebody knowledgeable with actual brain cells would write the narrative and she can't step away from it into her normal world of word salad
- This may be something she turns out to be good at, thus giving her a chance to make legitimate money (they do need to find something in the end!)
- The project is actually something I would approve for a (still) member of the royal family
- I love wildlife documentaries.
- The fact that she is (still) a member of the royal family will attract a bit more attention to the movie and thus will give more money to that elephant charity
- We do not need to watch her choice of wardrobe or plastic smile; focus is going to be on something else for a difference.
- I would not deny her a chance to do something genuinely good.
- This may help the Harkles to find a niche for themselves where they stop being an embarrassment for the UK and start earning respect points.
I hope the project (a good project!) is not going to be markled. Fingers crossed!
Isn't Phillip in Windsor Castle with the Queen? Why would rumors of his death come from the police force in Scotland?
I hope this is just rumors. I like the old tough boot.
Not believable that the the police in Scotland are leaking royal news.
Agree with you about Sade who also is very talented unlike the other person.
Tatty are you okay?
Just read the CDC is dispatching a team to New Orleans as coronavirus cases are skyrocketing due to Mardi Gras exposure.
After reading your list I changed my petty mind and now believe it is a good thing for most of the reasons you say, especially for the sake of bringing more attention/money to the elephants. However I say that while gripping my fingers forcing them to type this unexpected feeling. I guess though I still want Meghan to be held accountable for the awful things she has slandered the BRF and the UK public about.
Sadly however, I rather doubt success with this narration role will change her as a human being. OTOH maybe if she has some sense of accomplishment (and possible satisfaction/positive emotion) she will be a more pleasant person...good for Archie and hopefully Harry.
Meghan has also implemented stricter household precautions, as the friend explained: 'Any staff member who goes outdoors to run errands has to leave their shoes in a designated area outside, along with coats or jackets.
'All produce must be washed with soap and water, and absolutely no boxes are to be brought inside the house. Whatever they order is opened outside, wiped down and then brought into the main quarters.
'Also staff members who have been out and about running errands are to wear face masks at all times. '
"... she seems devoid of any real talent that is appealing and marketable. (If she had to be given an acting role tailor-made for her) ... her 'special' demands would be a nightmare so I don't think there are many, if any, knocking n her door, other than for voice work..."
For the last couple of MM articles, there was a DM poster called, buyingitnot, from Hollywood, California, who seemed to have some inside info on MM professionally.
One commenter was talking about how, at the Abbey, MM had found all the cameras and made sure she smiled right into them. Buyingitnot said they had the same problem with her on Suits; she would stare straight into the camera when it wasn't called for and she would try to upstage other characters. (Sound familiar?) They also said what ruined her rep in Hollywood was her "station 12 stunt" where she claimed on her first movie set that she was a SAG member when she wasn't. They also said she comes with too much baggage and she can't act. So how did she get role on Suits? They said her boyfriend was one of the producers and MM was willing to do simulated sex scenes. Buyingitnot thought she wouldn't get any offers at all, specifically saying there were younger, prettier actresses who could really act. (Ouch.)
One of the reasons I found this so interesting is because it sounds like none of her Suits co-workers would have been surprised at the problems she caused in the RF. I remember seeing the interview with the directors or producers of Suits before her wedding and thinking their positive remarks about her sounded too good to be true. I think her not-going- back-to-acting plans are because she really doesn't have anything to go back to.