My vacation continues, but here's a fresh post to discuss additional events in the Sussex saga.
Recently there was (yet another) post somewhere out in the world about how they will soon divorce. And my first thought was: Haven't I heard this before? which moved quickly to: how many times have I heard this (through the years)? There were a number of questions raised which ... I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. One of the points which has been raised is that KC would somehow be shelling out beaucoup money to get her to go "away". That he has all this money stashed away and can pull it out at a moment's notice. But does he? He inherited a lot of "stuff" from his mother but ... isn't it a lot of tangible stuff like properties? and with that staff to maintain it and insurance. Inside said properties is art, antique furniture and other "old stuff" which may be valuable" but ... that kind of thing is subject to the whims and bank accounts of the rarified people who may be interested in it (which is not most of us in terms of bei
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I will say that one feature I wish Blogger had was a like button. I see so many wonderful posts, analyses, and anecdotes including yours. I want to show my appreciation but doing so affects the flow of the thread and my responses wouldn't add to the discussion.
I used to get a lot anxiety about posting because I didn't think I added much to the blog. However, I've enjoyed posting as a creative outlet and to connect with all lovely Nutties here.
James' style of humor has shifted towards an American palette. As far as I know, he doesn't have a reputation like Ellen. I've always heard good things about how he treats guests. The one solid friend I have in Entertainment has only told me nice things about him as a person.
Ellen on the other hand has had notoriety for a long time. She's also had a reputation of being a serial cheater and going after those that work under her. All gossip of course. I'm glad Brad Garrett and Leah Thompson called her out because she was clearly trying to make her producers the fall guys, in particular one male producer.
Ellen has wanted to end her show for a long time. Although humiliating, she'll get what she wanted. Can't remember who but I think a comedian was the one who precipitated this takedown of Ellen.
It just adds to the story.
Can you imagine how much that tiara is worth? And how much the entire collection must be worth? even just the earrings and brooches. A beautiful single pearl can fetch as much as 60k so you can imagine the price of some of these baubles.
She must have been bedazzled when brought to choose between the several tiaras that the Queen had decided Meghan could choose from.
Sounds like His head is swollen as the rest of his body.
I don’t know if this is going to come through, but I wanted to share this comparison of several features of recent royal weddings: Charles and Diana‘s; Andrew and Fergie’s; Kate and Williams; and the Harkle travesty. The differences are subtle, But HM is telegraphing loud and clear that she did not actually approve of this bride.
ladybevr: thefraudess: quarantinemm: 🟥 MM’S NEED TO REHASH THE WEDDING BC NO ONE WAS BUYING THAT DAY AS THE 1ST WEDDING IN ALL OF WEDDING HISTORY. SHE... https://skippyv20.tumblr.com/post/625129303143792640/actually-as-the-son-of-the-prince-of-waleshe
Credit to Skippy on Tumblr and her community.
There’s a new documentary on Channel 5 on 8th August @ 21.00, called Meghan & Harry: The new revelations.
Also:
Woke and Joke
Preach and Leach
I’m probably a bit more biased of my opinion of James C, he’s just considered someone we don’t want back in Blighty.
I don’t think he’s like Ellen in that sense. She’s had a very dubious reputation for some years. James is just too full of himself and that with his lack of talent is his downfall, and in that respect is probably how I do aliken him to Ellen. ;o)
Anyhow I came across these, they actually look really cute but where is that dummy doll I need more info lol! https://gyrlversion.net/meghan-markle-doll-and-prince-harry-doll-bts/
One has to wonder how the Brits swindled us Americans into being stuck with both ;)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8584149/Thomas-Markle-given-Meghan-Harry-reading-Finding-Freedom-says-son-Thomas-Jnr.html
According to Tommy Lascelles' private journals (extract published in DM) George V left his 3 younger sons about £750,000 each in cash yet when the Duke of Kent died in 1942 only 6-7 years after the death of his father it was revealed in papers released from the National Archives that after paying death duties and necessary bills Princess Marina would have less than £1000 a year to live on since Civil list payments to Duke ceased when he died. Duke of Gloucester also had problems with death duties although apparently these were deferred until the death of his mother Princess Alice. The Gloucesters left KP in September 2019 and moved back to Barnwell Manor
Pink Peony - I think that it just kind of ebbs and flows like the tide as different topics are more heavily followed by some and ignored by others (often if it is me and I don't have anything much to add to the conversation, I don't respond). And, after last week end with all the clips from the book, I think life might normally calm down after that level of frantic activity.
Tiara - oh my, my, my. Back when I used to read Skippy, someone had some comments about how it was not the same tiara that everyone was saying it was plus how you could tell it was faked because real diamonds don't have the colors you could see on it in certain photos.
Either way, jaw dropping at the idea that an appointment was not necessary when coordinating Angela Kelly and your hairdresser. Not a good long term move even if she was planning on staying for a while. Now the part about how she was viewed as dragging her feet (instead of saying how high when told to jump) makes more sense.
I notice that the DM had an article about how Archie really had not been seen in public since they arrived in LA. My instant (snarky) thought: well, how often did we see him in public before? as if now makes a difference?
But ... what if this is a release of pressure from someone across the pond about how they don't have a real baby to produce as will (except under special circumstances)?
There’s a new documentary on Channel 5 on 8th August @ 21.00, called Meghan & Harry: The new revelations.
Many thanks for that info. :)
Barnwell Manor is beautiful! Its easy to see why Princess Alice cried when they left.
Its a bit run down in a couple of photos (430 years old), but those that show a lovingly tended home are gorgeous.
I'm glad they went back.
"There are the times when you post some info and no one says a word about it.
And then there are the times you address another poster directly - even right after they comment, and that other poster responds to all the other bloggers who replied to them except for you! I don't know if this is a clique thing, a UK vs US issue or whatever??"
Nutty gave us a democratic vote to choose how we wanted this blog to perform and way overwhelmingly us bloggers choose to keep it the way it has been for what. a year and a half or more. In fact the vote was a landslide.
I posts things and don't get acknowledgement and that is just the way blogs are. People post and people read it and that seems good enough for me and most everyone here. I don't expect people to acknowledge my posts and I don't think negatively about it. Maybe for those seeking attention on their posts should realize fellow posters may be busy, or maybe they don't have an opinion on your post one way or another or they just don't feel like commenting (afterall many lurk and never post but we don't push these shy types to contribute although the more the merrier IMO).
Elle has been gone a long, long time and many probably don't even know who she is...and really there are wonderful old posters still here and new posters who really shine and contribute so much and that is what we should appreciate now (people who are taking the time to contribute day in and day out and those who speak up for the first time with thoughts and info we aren't getting elsewhere). These are the stars in my book, since things have been so much better in the last few months!
And then there are the times you address another poster directly - even right after they comment, and that other poster responds to all the other bloggers who replied to them except for you! I don't know if this is a clique thing, a UK vs US issue or whatever??
I can only discuss my experience. When I type up my responses in the Comments box, I know that I can take a good while. Some of my comments have taken 30-45 mins to type up. So while I'm typing, others are posting and moving onto other subjects. I then can't retroactively respond to the posters in the interim. I also find it difficult to keep up with comments because of sheer volume and not having anything to add to many discussions.
I do feel sad hearing some Nutties feel excluded. I hope I can contribute in a way to lessen that in the future.
Sad to hear about Tom Bergeron. I enjoyed watching him on America's Funniest Videos. I suspect identity politics is why he was eventually replaced by Alfonso Ribeiro aka Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Alfonso is better at slapstick and so I think he pales in comparison to Tom.
I watched Tyra on her talk show and the first few seasons of America's Next Top Model. I don't know how she is BTS but I find Tyra gets repetitive fast and is grating to watch. After a while, I just couldn't bear watching her anymore. Maybe she'll be better this time around.
The MoS did this: On top of publishing this, the Daily Mail also enlisted a “handwriting expert,” who claimed Meghan’s letter suggested she was “ultra cautious,” a “showman and a narcissist,” “materially motivated,” and “a consummate performer and strategist.”
Meghan received a major blow to her case. The judge sided with Associated Newspapers after the pretrial hearing and struck out Meghan’s claim that the outlets “acted dishonestly and in bad faith,” “deliberately dug up or stirred up conflict between Meghan and her father,” and had an “obvious agenda of publishing intrusive or offensive stories about [her] intended to portray her in a false and damaging light.”
Sooooooooooo. a handwriting expert thinks Meghan is a narcissist, etc...how telling!!!
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a32465858/meghan-markle-lawsuit-thomas-markle-letter/
Everyone who knows what the real Just Harry is like knows he treats all women horribly and often uses derogatory names towards them.
Does anyone have subscription? I would like to read this
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/all-aboard-the-freedom-bus-cries-meghan-as-her-friends-are-crushed-under-the-wheels-g6cdv7dml
Gosh, I don't remember that about Elle at all. I do miss her.
I like a lot of people (including those who sometimes others feel are saying some upsetting things - or at least some of them). Because they make me think about why do I think this or that about JH/MM. Thinking through your belief (about a cause or person) - not a bad idea.
And, tbh, some are behaving better than some who are saying some unkind things about something which may/may not have been said or responded to in a particular context.
What I have noticed is that when things are kind of at a lull in active articles to respond to, there is an increase in what I can taunting comments which seem to be more about trying to set someone off than they are about having a nice conversation about JH/MM.
FWIW, I find that both ways of responding to the blog have their own difficulties. In the current way, if you respond to a specific post, it is noted at some time later and no where near the original comment. The other way had people responding and you could read the comment near the original but it has you jumping all over the place to respond and make the connection between that said by that person, someone else, someone else and then you want to say something. Sub conversations were best read on line but that's now how the emails would come out and, you would have to keep checking to see if someone responded to a comment above.
answer = no perfect system for us.
(hope Nutty is having a good vacation).
Have a great night all!
It depended on lots of young children gathering donations and in return, these two brothers who founded it built an empire where they hobnobbed with the rich and famous, built themselves nice houses in the poorest countries like Kenya, and the foundation even invested in real estate.
They invited Canada's finance minister to visit some of their projects overseas and gave him a free trip and accommodation for himself and his family.
He then attributed them a no-bid $1 billion contract to disburse funds to volunteer students during the covid crisis.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-we-charitys-fall-from-grace-the-kielburger-brothers-philanthropic/#comments
In America I remember a big scandal broke out (decades ago) about Goodwill executives in LA who were spending the charity's money on prostitutes. But so much graft can occur and still fly under the radar. I am beginning to think the Harkles have not done anything with Archewell because their life is in chaos and they are just simply trying to get thru the day what with their stupid lawsuits, putting out PR and plotting to make money. They have that big female exec that they got from the Gates foundation but what has she even produced? Megs and Harry just seem like failures in everything they do unless something just falls in their lap (like the Disney voiceover). I imagine their home life must be hellish. Probably bickering and recriminations on what has been done and not done. Harry and the Travalyst is a joke and I don't see it becoming even remotely successful unless these booking companies and airlines give them money for nothing, I heard some extremely dire forecasts about the airlines in the US and they are hurting big time with some going to lay off 25-30 percent of their workforce.
Anyone with a Telegraph subscription willing to post this one??
Meghan's friends 'reluctant' to give evidence in her support (at MoS trial)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/01/meghans-friends-reluctant-give-evidence-support/
Presumptuous to ask, I know, sorry :( ... but well, sounds important. It's okay if no one wants to! I already have subscriptions to a bunch of other publications, pretty esoteric ones related to my job, so can't afford Times, Telegraph, etc. Otherwise wouldn't ask!
It’s from the original 1981 version of the movie, Clash of the Titans. The Greek god Zeus (played by Laurence Olivier) orders the release of the mythological sea creature, the kraken, to attack the Princess Andromeda, who is chained to a mountain by the sea, but Andromeda gets saved by the hero Perseus.
The "Kraken" for our purposes is that one, big, "smoking gun" article or statement by someone directly connected with the Harkle saga that will expose them once and for all and "blow them out of the water" .... if that makes sense!
H & M married post haste
the wedding was brash, lacking taste
Their demands for the ill-famed tiara
were met with sod off, Sayonara!
The expletives Ms Kelly then faced
led to stern reminders of just where
they're placed...
MEGHAN
A Hollywood Princess
By Andrew Morton
I’m gleeful that it was in a discount dollar bin and yes, I did buy it. I’ll let you know if I find anything especially bile inducing.
@Pink Peony and Elona: welcome aboard. This is generally an excellent blog with some truly fine writing and analysis of Harry and Mayhem.
As for your shingles, PP, you poor dear!!! I had them twice before I was able to get the first shingles vaccine that was available. In addition to the first vaccine that’s out there, a second supposedly better one named Shingrex came onto the market a bit more than a year ago, bit was initially scarce. I finally was able to get it last fall. I recommend getting one or both of the vaccines when you are eligible to do so. Aftet you have had a case of shingles, as I recall, you have to wait a period of time before you can get either of the vaccines, but check with your physician to see what the current guidelines say.
Shingrex is a two-part vaccine. You get the first shot and then after 90 days you get the second injection. The first shot was no big deal, but the second one can leave you with flu-like symptoms for two or three days. I haven’t had any more outbreaks, so am hoping the vaccines are working.
May I suggest soaking in a tub of coolish water with colloidal oatmeal added. It really soothes your skin.
Thanks for the tip. I have a Dollar Tree near me and I will have to look for it. I might also have to buy some antacid and ginger ale too, since reading it will bound to make me nauseous!
I second Lt. Nyota Uhura request for a peek at The Telegraph article. Is it a plant by the Markle camp to push for privacy or is it a plant from the other side?
@Mango, love your Dollar Tree find (I buy my TP at the Dollar Tree)! That is so hilarious. How many months will it take for the Finding Freedom book to show up at the Dollar Tree? I did notice today that the FF book is at the number 10 spot on the bestseller list at Amazon.co.uk (apparently down already from no. 1) from last week?
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@Cat Eyes -- Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about that stupid dress-up stunt Harry pulled with the green lining of his jacket -- what a putz!
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Too bad that they didn't have any royal dressers to help them with color choices.
Haha.
That's just it, tho, they DO have access to the best, smartest, savviest dressers in the world, but oh, no, they know best, sweet little teenagers they are, ugh.
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@Sharon -- Hahaha! Woke and Broke! :D
@Mel -- Good point, MM's got a bunch of monikers all to herself -- "Megantoinette" love that one :)
Also: Megalomaniac, Megatron, Sparkles, Smirkles, the list keeps growing *grin*
Meghan's friends 'reluctant' to give evidence in her support
Prospect of being named in court has left them reluctant to give evidence on Duchess's behalf
By Patrick Sawer,
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and
Hannah Furness,
ARTS CORRESPONDENT
1 August 2020 • 5:00pm
PART I
The Duchess of Sussex may not receive the vital support of her friends as witnesses in her court battle over claims that her privacy was breached, it has emerged.
Lawyers for Meghan have said it would be “an unacceptably high price” for the Duchess to be forced to identify the friends in pursuit of her legal claim against the Mail on Sunday (MoS) and that it would be a “cruel irony” should she be required to pay it.
She is arguing that naming them would breach their privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights, while the newspaper argues that they must be disclosed as a key principle of "open justice".
But it is claimed that the prospect of being named in court - as normal procedure would require - has left them reluctant to take the witness stand voluntarily on Meghan's behalf.
Documents submitted to the court by the Duchess’s legal team state: “It is not certain that the friends will be witnesses at the trial of this claim and the Court cannot be required to second-guess the result of any application for anonymity.”
Describing the friends as "innocent third parties", the Duchess’s lawyers go on to state that they “are not parties to this action but unwilling participants.”
They add: “To force the Claimant, [the Duchess] as the Defendant [Associated Newspapers] urges the Court to do, to disclose their identities to the public at this stage would be to exact an unacceptably high price for pursuing her claim for invasion of privacy against the Defendant in respect of its disclosure of the Letter.
“On her case, which will be tried in due course, the Defendant has been guilty of a flagrant and unjustified intrusion into her private and family life. Given the close factual nexus between the Letter and the events leading up to the Defendant’s decision to publish its contents, it would be a cruel irony were she required to pay that price before her claim has even been determined.”
The Duchess has applied for an order on behalf of the five that their names remain confidential, as part of her battle with the paper and it’s publishers, Associated Newspapers, but there is no certainty this will be granted by the trial judge, Mr Justice Warby.
The five – who can be identified only by the initials A to E, but are all described as “young mothers”– gave briefings to People magazine, a US publication, last February.
At the time Meghan was "heavily pregnant", "vulnerable" and being subjected to what she claims was bullying by parts of the media.
People revealed the existence of a letter to her father which was subsequently published in MoS, prompting the ongoing High Court action for breach of privacy and copyright.
People revealed the existence of a letter to her father which was subsequently published in MoS, prompting the ongoing High Court action for breach of privacy and copyright.
Justin Rushbrooke QC, barrister for the Duchess, told the High Court that she had been forced to identify her friends in a legal request by Associated Newspapers and added that the five were entitled to "a very high level of super-charged right of confidentiality".
Antony White QC, representing Associated Newspapers, told the court: "The five individuals have already been identified, not under compulsion but as part of the response to the request for further information. The question is not should their identities be disclosed – that has happened – it is should they be anonymised in these proceedings?
"There is no proper evidential basis [for the application]. There is no evidence at all from four of the five friends, and the evidence from the fifth [Friend B] has been shown to be unsatisfactory."
In an embarrassing moment during the application Mr Rushbrooke accidentally let slip the surname of one of the five.
Mr Justice Warby, who is expected to rule on the matter in August, immediately directed that the individual's name was not to be reported.
It was disclosed earlier that the Duchess had agreed to pay in full £67,888 in costs to Associated Newspapers after the publisher successfully argued that elements of her case be struck out - a fraction of a multi-million legal bill which is expected should the case go to a full trial next year.
Hoover and Haggis
Wallet and Vomit
Thanks for the update on Barnwell Manor - I'd missed that.
It's 06.20 BST here right now - yesterday wd have been quiet because so many people were grabbing the chance to go the the seaside. Result - hell on the beaches and promenades.
Down in Cornwall, local people are afraid to go out unless absolutely necessary - places like St Ives & Polperro are jam-packed. One poor resident has been reported as wailing `We followed the rules and now we get THIS!' A very strong sense of injustice in the air.
I & other half are hiding away too - until now our region has had a low incidence of the virus and we felt safe-ish but that's changing - covidiots from up-country are everywhere.
The silence from LA is ominous, don't you think? It's that cliche `I don't like it - it's too quiet.'
Is she donning her war paint?
As for their nicknames - I offered Meggalina and Clawedius (from Messalina & Emperor Claudius). Messalina's Wikipedia entry reads:
`A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot.'
Of course, she's in no position to alter it!
For her alone, the Dickensian `Megwitch and her Great Expectations' (Sounds like 1960s
pop group.)
Also Megapode - after the group of birds which strike me as Megsy in avian form.
2 reasons: name means `big-foot'; and they lay their eggs somewhere warm and leave them to it. No sitting on them, no parental care. Only cuckoos take surrogacy further,
I've seen `Megdusa' - I wish I'd thought of that.
HEY, guess what, Nutties -- here's this from today's Sunday Times -- sharpen up those schadenfreude claws --
All aboard the Freedom bus, cries Meghan as her friends are crushed under the wheels
Camilla Long
Sunday August 02 2020, 12.01am BST, The Sunday Times
PART I
You will by now have hopefully recovered from Prince Harry and Meghan’s latest round of tiara-twanking and courtier-yanking. In Finding Freedom we were treated to a devastating string of teeny tiny regal microaggressions including the humiliating non-moment the Duchess of Cambridge didn’t give the Duchess of Sussex a lift to the shops in her Range Rover. We also learnt that Prince William had not always been one hundred per cent complimentary about La Sussex. He’d once referred to her as “this girl” in a private (he thought) conversation with the dedicated privacy crusader Prince Harry, who promptly leaked it. It was astonishingly petty stuff.
In return for this perceived disloyalty and “snobbishness”, Harry and Meghan now appear to have unloaded ten tons of emotional violence on William and his circle. It’s funny, I thought, as I read the extracts from the 368-page blow-out: aren’t vicious public slaggings and “global bullying” something Meghan and Harry are supposed to be against? And if you thought it was bad being the couple’s relatives, you should see what it’s like being their friends.
Meghan seems to expect such blind loyalty that friends routinely feel obliged to telephone newspapers and give anonymous quotes about her “calm” and “penmanship”. In some cases, the duchess knows they’re calling. In others, she claims she doesn’t. In February 2019, for example, five friends secretly telephoned People magazine to gush about “how much Meghan loves her animals”. Meghan says she didn’t know about the interviews but I can’t help wondering who else would have come up with the phrases “she makes everywhere she goes feel like a holiday” and “she personifies elegance, grace, philanthropy”? It’s pure Meghanese.
Prince Harry has apparently leaked details of a ‘private’ chat with his brother, while Meghan’s legal action against a newspaper risks exposing her loyal friends.
One of the friends even cleverly thought to mention that Meghan had selflessly written a letter to her father to mend their broken relationship. This letter is now the subject of a court case the duchess is waging against The Mail on Sunday. The duchess says the paper shouldn’t have printed a private note. The paper says the letter wasn’t really private because it had already popped up in People magazine. If the Mail can prove Meghan sanctioned the letter stuff by cross-examining the five friends in open court, her privacy case collapses. A lot’s riding on these friends.
At this point, as one of Meghan’s matcha-licking buddies, I might be vaguely asking whether friendship with Meghan has been all it’s cracked up to be. Having spent the past five years secretly, or otherwise, conducting a PR campaign for her by feeding stories about her bomb-ass roast chicken, I now risk being further thrown under the bus and unveiled just so that she can have her triumphal post-court, tear-choking, street-style moment à la Amber Heard. On Wednesday, in a fresh submission to the court, the duchess said unmasking these friends would be an “unacceptable price to pay” as they were private citizens and “young mothers”. But Kate’s a young mother, and Meghan hasn’t ever defended her. Far from it: she has apparently allowed a whole book to be published tearing her down. Why wouldn’t she screw over her mother friends if it suited?
She’s already thrown away far more than mere friends: her own family, his family, even their home over here. It’s devastating to think how far this humourless couple have fallen in their pursuit of what they call “happiness”. They’ve gone from hanging out with Jay-Z and Beyoncé to trying to persuade a judge that Meghan has some kind of psychic hold over her mates (who leaks positive stories without telling the subject first?). There are the sad video messages with the usual authoritarian language: just a few days ago a comatose Prince Harry issued one from some rapper’s brocaded toilet, reminding us of “what is right”. Whoever’s words he was reading, they didn’t feel like his. The script’s now all wrong.
Harry isn’t an eco-travel crusader any more than Meghan’s an anti-bullying campaigner or a feminist. Using “young mothers” as bargaining chips in court is about as feminist as marrying your husband for status or being a princess. It is about as feminist as allowing gossipy anecdotes that spark a public catfight with your sister-in-law to go unchecked because you v Kate is the bitchy story that will generate the best headlines.
Lots of women use feminism merely for self-promotion: Meghan isn’t a feminist, never was. And yet nothing will stop this couple trying to prove they are victims.
I was trying to find out more about Meghan and that doll. I have never watched episode of suits. Are we sure it wasn't prop from episode? I cannot get my head around it. Who hangs out with doll and it almost really makes me feel if she was odd like that , those earlier shots of Archie could in fact be doll. The christening, the green tent polo match and that pap shot with dogs was for sure a doll but as crazy as that all is to think. It wouldn't be so farfetched for her to court doll if that is her schtick
Anyhow I came across these, they actually look really cute but where is that dummy doll I need more info lol!
@Lucy:
Here’s some additional info about the doll, which, according to a text I sent to a friend of mine when the video below debuted on Celt News’s youtube channel, was named “Harrison” by Meghan. So to add to the creepiness factor that not only was the doll named Harrison, we know that Archie’s middle name is Harrison. Yikes!
Perhaps you or someone else can help figure this out.
Watch this video (URL is below) by Celt News on youtube. It discusses Meghan’s obsession with Kate, but also touches on William and Harry and mentions the doll and the photo of Meghan on the Suits set with the doll is shown.
At about that point in the video, Celt mentions there is a link to another of her videos in this video somewhere, but I am not that familiar with the inner workings of youtube to understand where that link is. I think that linked video may contain more info about the red-haired Harrison doll.
Can you or anyone else determine where that link is that Celt mentions? In the meantime, I think I read another article that talked about the doll being named Harrison, so I will keep looking. However it might have come from that video that Celt mentions in this video below.
Celt News (on youtube) video title is “Kate rises above Meghan’s obsession.”
https://youtu.be/33O1HSbxRos
Shingles? You have my sympathy - horrible thing to get. I got off lightly, antivirals in time and it was across my back, I hope it's nowhere near your head.
I had an oatmeal bath everyday - very soothing. I filled an old `pop sock'/knee high with porridge oats (or `porage' as Scotts call it) - the rolled ones. Let it infuse in the hot water, before adding the cold, then have a good soak (bliss!) and blot or pat yourself dry.
Be prepared for depression as well - I just wanted to howl my eyes out but hang on to the thought that it's the virus that's doing it and it will pass.
I second getting the vaccination asap - it'll help keep future attacks at bay.
https://youtu.be/yyNG7VJ2dhc
I am off to watch both, nice job!!
... As for their nicknames - I offered Meggalina and Clawedius (from Messalina & Emperor Claudius). Messalina's Wikipedia entry reads:
`A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot.'
Of course, she's in no position to alter it!
For her alone, the Dickensian `Megwitch and her Great Expectations' (Sounds like 1960s
pop group.)
Also Megapode - after the group of birds which strike me as Megsy in avian form.
2 reasons: name means `big-foot'; and they lay their eggs somewhere warm and leave them to it. No sitting on them, no parental care. Only cuckoos take surrogacy further,
I've seen `Megdusa' - I wish I'd thought of that.
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Trust you to find the literary ones :)
This is brilliant -- `A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot.'
Well done :)
Of course, she's in no position to alter it!
I hope our Ms Kelly
gave them the welly
and told them just where to go
Not on your nelly
said our Ms Kelly
Stick that in your bandeau
and do the fandango
whilst sitting atop your landau
That music + doll video is haunting!
Back to knife discussion of couple days ago that was such an inappropriate gift, if given in jest or not. I would be creeped out , it is disturbing. I wonder what Meghan's face looked like when she opened it. I bet William and Catherine are so relieved they fled to US.
I am beginning to think Meghan is insane, like really insane. Total screw loose somewhere and it is frightening
@Lt. Thanks for posting Times article I really wanted to read it and it did not disappoint
The divorce will be epic
Kraken vs. Kraken
Starring:
Megyl Weep and Justin ‘Harry’ Huffman
Lazy Megbeth will fight to the death
for what she thinks she is due
She’ll scream and abase
blame it all on her race
and then of course she will sue
Anyway, I came back to the east coast of the mainland in January, a few weeks before my birthday, so I had lots of fun and many celebrations, including an Academy Awards party held at a movie theater (I even wore a gown!), the chance to see ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ on Broadway with my best friend whose bday is 2 weeks after mine, and a Fat Tuesday celebration with live music just to name a few. So when lockdown came, I was okay with it. Sometimes I just want to escape, and go somewhere, but luckily, I’m very good at entertaining myself!
I have a few friends who have flown domestically, but there’s no way that I’d fly anywhere at this point. I’ve flown a lot in my life, and I can say for certain that many people are absolute pigs during normal times. I definitely don’t want to be sitting near anyone on a plane during a pandemic.
Two of my cousins came to the US last summer. They worked at a resort in Minnesota, then visited a few other places, finally ending up in New York so that we could spend some time together. One of them was supposed to come back this summer and obviously couldn’t, but he was still so upset. He is working on his PhD, and the program in MN was arranged by his school. By next year, he won’t be a student anymore, so would not be able to participate in this program again. I thought I’d explained how difficult life has been in the US recently (especially MN), but then he sent me a message in June on the day that they should’ve departed with a crying emoji! Meanwhile, I wish I was there!
In terms of winters, they had a lot of snow last winter. Both my cousins are volunteer firefighters, and they were being called out to so many emergencies. I love visiting there in the Fall!
@Aquagirl
I hear you, I wouldn’t go to the movies at the moment
let alone fly!
I normally go ‘home’ to the UK during their summer.
I don’t know when I’ll see my family again,
especially my mum she’s 83!
Luckily I’m close to the beach, although its winter here.
Maui sounds beautiful, I might add it to my return trip
whenever that may be!!
Stay positive, good food and online shopping 😉
@Wullie
Megs ain’t known for her originality.
It’s possible she re-suited and booted
Mike for Archie.
We know she loves a freebie, would explain
the tufts of red hair Ellen fondled?
I saw you were discussing an article on the DT. Blind Gossip posted a story in the last week that was intimating the same thing-that the 'friends' cannot be relied on by MM as there is no way they will commit perjury for her. They're normal people who won't get away with it.
On the same topic, if MM decided that she wanted to just pull out, can she actually do that? Or could the DM insist that as she has attacked their own integrity/sources/call it what you want and insist that the trial continues, especially as she will keep attacking their reputation?
In terms of the 5 friends not wanting to perjure themselves, I can definitely see why they wouldn’t be willing to do that. But I wonder if they could be questioned about MM’s ‘pregnancy’ specifically? After all, they spoke about how she was ‘heavily pregnant’ in January. I firmly believe that the truth about the ‘pregnancy’ will be revealed eventually. They’d be downright crazy to perjure themselves about that!
So their dogs name is Pula,
the currency of Botswana.
Hahaha, probably Archies nickname also!
We’ll see more photos when the price is right.
@Sandie
Do they mean Tatcha,
Japanese company?
She has a terrible complexion?
I swear by SK11 facial treatment,
also Japanese.
I hope she doesn’t markle them like everything
else she touches?
Here is what I could find about Rache's connection to Tatcha:
https://www.glamour.com/gallery/best-tatcha-products
https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-tatcha-beauty-products-unilever-sale-20190708-story.html
I have just read that bit in the DM about the tiara and Angela Kelly. If this article is truly based on what is written in OS's book, then I am absolutely amazed at his abysmal lack of knowledge re BP protocol, etc.
It (the article) states that PH and MM wanted AK to come and open the cupboard so they could access the tiaras. The cupboard? For God's sake, as if anyone would keep tiaras worth millions in a damned cupboard.
The Royal Jewel Collection is kept in a locked vault underneath BP amid very high security precautions. When anything is loaned out, if the recipient can't come to the palace to collect it then it is sent to them under guard (possibly armed). It's not as if any piece is put into a carrier bag and sent or taken away!
To my mind, this shows that the "authors" know zilch about the RF and have no right to speak or write on something they know nothing about, not that that's ever worried OS. If this is a sample of FF then I won't be missing much.
So their dogs name is Pula,
the currency of Botswana.
It is but the word itself translates as rain; rain is very scarce in Botswana. The name was chosen after the public were asked for suggestions. The sub-unit of the currency is thebe (shield)
Agree. What a story if true. To say Angela was "dragging her feet" by not making a special trip to London (apparently she wasn't there at the time, perhaps she was on vacation or she was in Windsor with the Queen?) to open "the cupboard" with no advance appointment so the hairdresser could get his grubby hands on Queen Mary's tiara for "hair practice?" That's just nuts. I did notice a few DM comments pointed out Kate's hairdresser practiced with a plastic tiara, a story I remember reading at the time of her wedding. Plus, the messy hairstyle M wore that day I could do in my sleep.
@Piroska
Thanks, thebes sounds like Harrys pronunciation
of thieves, even more apt!
Just jesting, not being derogatory towards
Botswana.
Cate Blanchett for SK-II
Charlize Theron for Dior
Nicole Kidman for Chanel
Gwyneth Paltrow for Este Lauder
Ellen De Generes for Cover Girl
Beyonce for L'Oreal
I think you got a good find on Rache's plans. Her skin and makeup is awful so I don't know why they'd be interested in her. However, she was already merching Tatcha ahead of her wedding on Meghan's Mirror:
http://www.meghansmirror.com/shop/tatcha-luminous-dewy-skin-mist/
@Charade
Snap!!
Ellen ‘D’ hahaha
as bad as Megs, scary.
Better set Amid Scabie
frightening, whitening, amid
almost eyes!
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@Lt Nyoho
I saw you were discussing an article on the DT. Blind Gossip posted a story in the last week that was intimating the same thing-that the 'friends' cannot be relied on by MM as there is no way they will commit perjury for her. They're normal people who won't get away with it.
On the same topic, if MM decided that she wanted to just pull out, can she actually do that? Or could the DM insist that as she has attacked their own integrity/sources/call it what you want and insist that the trial continues, especially as she will keep attacking their reputation?
August 2, 2020 at 11:49 AM
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Gosh, Bootsy, I'm no legal expert, but I seem to recall other Nutties saying what @Aquagirl says below:
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Aquagirl said...
@Bootsy: I was under the impression that she couldn’t pull out without the MOS’s permission.
In terms of the 5 friends not wanting to perjure themselves, I can definitely see why they wouldn’t be willing to do that. But I wonder if they could be questioned about MM’s ‘pregnancy’ specifically? After all, they spoke about how she was ‘heavily pregnant’ in January. I firmly believe that the truth about the ‘pregnancy’ will be revealed eventually. They’d be downright crazy to perjure themselves about that!
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Good point, Aquagirl -- the "never-ending pregnancy" again! No way could MM have been "heavily pregnant" in January if she gave birth in May. By my calculations, and correct me if I'm wrong, MM would have had to conceive in September. By October 12 (Princess Eugenie's wedding) she would have only been about 6 or so weeks along. Definitely no need for that ridiculous maternity coat she wore to the wedding! (I've always felt that stunt, plus the "announcement", was retaliation for tiaragate.)
Not only that, but how about her jaunt to New York when she WAS supposedly "heavily pregnant," i.e., 7 months along? There are clear guidelines AGAINST flying at that advanced stage!
I hope the MoS brings it up at the trial as a clear sign of lying on the part of her and all of the "friends."
And yet no one has mentioned one of my favorite nicknames for Harry and Meghan:
Ms. Common and Mr. Wealth!
Wow -- over a hundred comments since I last dropped by yesterday night!
And yet no one has mentioned one of my favorite nicknames for Harry and Meghan:
Ms. Common and Mr. Wealth!
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Ha!!! This one wins top marks for cleverness!
My own favorite is Woke and Joke, but might have to rethink it now :)
P.S. Love your moniker! Sounds Middle-earth-ish -- I can't count the number of times I've read and re-read the Trilogy and the Silmarillion :)
Apologies- I can't remember who posted that name of the person supposedly in charges of the delivery - thank you anyway.
Dr Penny Law, Countess of Bradford, is certainly an obs/gynae consultant at the Portland Hospital-
Is it a firm report that Dr Penny did deliver the baby or that she would have been the person to do it, had a pregnant Megnant booked in at the Portland?
Or did Preggers Meggers say she's used the Portland , having checked that the chief obs/gynae person was female? Knowing that a doctor would be unable to confirm or deny the matter, thanks to medical confidentiality
I got my Blogger name from a Middle-earth name generator. :)
Re Megsy super oversized coat at Eugenie’s wedding. I never thought she wore it to hide a big bump, more like a very obvious and over-the-top statement oooh look at me everyone, I’m pregnant.
As far flying when pregnant, I thought it was up to 8 months (from the UK, as far as I know, but it should also be checked/agreed by your own Doctor to be sure it’s safe). ;o)
@Lt. Nyota Uhura
I got my Blogger name from a Middle-earth name generator. :)
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Oh, cool! So I was right, you ARE from Middle-earth :) Me, I went by "Eowyn" for the longest time online, as she is my favorite character, but there began to be so many that I was being mistaken for others, so went with my 2nd favorite (non-Middle-earth) character, Lt. Uhura from Star Trek (who I try and emulate, and fail miserably, LOL).
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Raspberry Ruffle said...
@ Lt Nyota Uhura,
Re Megsy super oversized coat at Eugenie’s wedding. I never thought she wore it to hide a big bump, more like a very obvious and over-the-top statement oooh look at me everyone, I’m pregnant.
As far flying when pregnant, I thought it was up to 8 months (from the UK, as far as I know, but it should also be checked/agreed by your own Doctor to be sure it’s safe). ;o)
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Yes, you're right, I didn't say it properly re: showing off versus "needing" that coat --
And I'm sure you're right about flying while pregnant restrictions -- I wouldn't have done it except at great need, tho. Plus, seems to me she used her pregnancy to make excuse to get out of other things, can't recall offhand, sorry ... could be wrong, but memory is pricking me at the back of the brain.
But, I guess if MM can risk her and the baby's health by flying so late in pregnancy, she could certainly ditch the baby for a transatlantic tennis match jaunt, eh? Not that any mom would ever do THAT, *rolls eyes*
Agree. What a story if true. To say Angela was "dragging her feet" by not making a special trip to London (apparently she wasn't there at the time, perhaps she was on vacation or she was in Windsor with the Queen?
When was the hair trial? HM had engagements before the wedding including visit by the President of Turkey so Angela would have been busy arranging HM's outfits and also putting together HM's outfit for the wedding.
As for trying the tiara - many years ago I used to go to Harrod's Long Hair salon and was always greatly entertained when some event like the Lord Mayor's Show or a gala performance was taking place by the number of women having their tiara's fitted many very early in the morning. There was one woman whose tiara received much admiration, many exclaiming how light it was. She revealed that she had bought it at a theatrical costumers because the real thing was so heavy she always developed a violent headache when she wore it
@happydays after reading your post I assumed she posted other video in "description" if you hit that arrow in name of video (in this case next to word MEGXIT) it is listed right there!
https://youtu.be/yyNG7VJ2dhc
I am off to watch both, nice job!!
@lucy: Thanks for figuring this out. I’ll be sure to watch it today.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/meghan-markles-half-brother-warns-22456192?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
@HappyDays
Not sure if you saw my post above - the doll is a "Mike Ross" Doll - a character from the Suits show who was MM's on-screen lover. (possibly off-screen as well). Perhaps MM named it Harrison as a joke. Here is my earlier post......
@Lucy and @Happy Days
I just played internet detective regarding MM and the weird doll, and think I figured it out!
It seems the doll MM is shown with in that Mirror article photo HappyDays linked to earlier, was a doll created to look like Mike Ross' character from her show 'Suits'.
It might have been used in an episode where the character a (faux) lawyer, represented a toy company that made dolls (this was a real storyline). Or it may have been a merchandizing / advertising or souvenir toy sort of like the figures from the Star Wars movies.
Here are 2 photos of the actor Patrick J Adams who played Mike Ross and the doll:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/161144492893956213/
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/549439223291073585/
@Willie’sBucket:
Thanks for the info about it originally being a Mike Ross doll. I was wondering its origin.
Even if it was a prop, I still think its creepy she reportedly carried it around the set with and renamed it Harrison (what grown woman does that?) Then a couple years later her kid with Harry gets that middle name, as in “Harry’s son.”
But then, for a narcissist, people are objects to be used like props by that narc until they are cast aside. So perhaps the two props in her life that have been by far the most useful and profitable for her are Harry and Archie “Harrison.”
Couldn't have anything to do with the strange telephone call Lady C mentions at the end of her books, could it/
Sadly, as has been pointed out, that's not likely. What could we send her in order to spoil her Big Day?
Never mind, just keep going!
some one above posted a DM comment, something like “ It’s well known JCPHM treats his girlfriends horribly and used derogatory terms for women”
I had read years ago, PH didn’t treat thosee two blondes GF’s very well, or like crap. probably why they dumped him or one of the reasons not to marry him. so I think his relationship with MM is a bit of universal Karma. Now he’s being treated like crap and isn’t bright enough to even know.
Uhura- great article you found.
Re the MoS case: 'it would be a cruel irony were she required to pay that price before her claim has even been determined', said her lawyers. Cruel irony? How do they work that out??
The five friends, sorry young mothers (as if that makes any difference legally) claimed MM was vulnerable because 'heavily pregnant'. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the MoS could prove she was not pregnant, therefore not vulnerable? I hope they do a lot of digging to disprove the fact.
I have checked and several airlines including BA (which she probably wouldn't use), AA, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic need a doctor's certificate if you want to fly after 28 weeks pregnant. Could this be why she flew private?
(mind you, Delta don't require a certificate).
And Meghan's increased wealth since her marriage will now be subject to the scrutiny of the Internal Revenue Service. She'll now be asked to pay a small fortune in taxes.
If Harry starts to earn money in the US from lectures and personal appearances, as is his plan, he'll have to pay US taxes.
Then again their earnings in kind - the loan of their Malibu house, the free flights on private jets - will also become subject to the draconian policies of the IRS. We wish!
However, at the end the author says that H&M need 'our sympathy and understanding'.
Sympathy and understanding? I'm afraid that ship sailed a long time ago.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1317554/prince-harry-meghan-markle-LA-Sussex-Royal-finding-freedom-book/amp
love mrs common mr wealth lol (Me too, Lol!)
some one above posted a DM comment, something like “ It’s well known JCPHM treats his girlfriends horribly and used derogatory terms for women”
I had read years ago, PH didn’t treat thosee two blondes GF’s very well, or like crap. probably why they dumped him or one of the reasons not to marry him. so I think his relationship with MM is a bit of universal Karma. Now he’s being treated like crap and isn’t bright enough to even know.
I remember reading something about Harry's breakup with Cressida -- as with Chelsy, "the royal fishbowl" was blamed -- and she was discretion itself, all except for one tiny comment slipped in -- "He wasn't very nice." The Palace has been covering for him all his life, but now he's on his own, and people are being to notice the *real* him
Uhura- great article you found. My pleasure :)
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Maneki Neko said...
@Lt N Uhura
Re the MoS case: 'it would be a cruel irony were she required to pay that price before her claim has even been determined', said her lawyers. Cruel irony? How do they work that out?? I know, really!! As much money as MM must be spending, she seems to have a bunch of idiots for lawyers!
The five friends, sorry young mothers (as if that makes any difference legally) claimed MM was vulnerable because 'heavily pregnant'. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the MoS could prove she was not pregnant, therefore not vulnerable? I hope they do a lot of digging to disprove the fact. The Harkles could easily set the record straight on the whole Archie secrecy mess, but they choose not to. Hmm. And they expect people not to speculate??
I have checked and several airlines including BA (which she probably wouldn't use), AA, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic need a doctor's certificate if you want to fly after 28 weeks pregnant. Could this be why she flew private?
(mind you, Delta don't require a certificate). Yes, it IS possible to fly up to 8 months, and I approve of airlines requiring a certificate -- but I would never, unless, as I say, it was some kind of urgent need. And I wouldn't ditch my newborn to jet off to some tennis match, either!
Oi, don't make me laugh quoting her friends about Megsy being "heavily pregnant" at the time of publication.
Article in the People was February 6, means her "friends" talked to the media some time in January. Unless they ran to the press immediately after talking to Megsy, they talked to Megsy and saw the letter even before that. Archie (if real) was born in May. Five or six months is not Heavily Pregnant. According to the definition I looked up, heavily pregnant woman will give birth soon, not three or four months in the future.
Lets laugh together at Markle's theatrics. I so much hope the lawyers are intelligent enough to catch all this too.
I had greatest guide ❤
We stayed in various towns. Every couple days moving onto the next. Seems like alot of running around but it really was not, very leisurely exploration
His family and homebase is in Presov, I flew into Kosice. Off the top of my head cities we explored were Bardejov, Zair, Pietnany (? border of Poland with three kings mountain) Liptov, Tatras, Zilinia (kind of guessing at spelling as not looking at map) Bojnice , Poprad, Trencin. I screwed up hotel booking so missed stay in Banksa Striviana(?) I was really looking forward to there, next time
Ironically have not been to capital, Bratislava, as I am told need more than a couple days to explore but that was ok by me as it seems like it would be rather touristy and I just adored all the obscure towns in between
Gorgeous country! It was first time I ever left the states, truly was a treasure and the food and the cheese! And the Castles! I cannot wait to get back. My only negative is lack of giant cups of coffee lol. They seem to serve and drink coffee in "shots " lol. Seems so in all of Europe , judging by layovers
I also am very weak at picking up language. I can say hi and bye and thank you , barely. My mouth cannot form the words but if inmersed in it I am certain I could pick up a little more
I honestly can't pick a favorite spot I loved it all and the people were so warm and wecoming. Very hardworking and weathered and I loved all the old churches. All around wonderful country. You are good people :)
I was quoting what has been said in the press numerous times - 'heavily pregnant' - but I know we can take that with a large pinch of salt :). It would be great news if her lies and deceptions could be uncovered.
@Lt N Uhura
As per your post at 8.49am five friends secretly telephoned People magazine to gush about “how much Meghan loves her animals”. Meghan says she didn’t know about the interviews, are these the same five friends who told People magazine about the letter? (and which, of course, MM knew nothing about😉?). Bit of a coincidence, methinks.
Also very odd Archie's middle name is Harrison . So odd to me along with her cat named Archie . Who does that?
I am also reading alot more of her antics from Suits "diva behavior" I wondered how she was on set as not being the star or even costar . I read she had to be coaxed out of dressing room as she didn't feel pretty or her clothes were wrong which is so far removed from her behavior as royal. She was a hot mess 90% of the time. I truly wonder what happened between then and now. The ill-fitting clothing can be explained away but the hair? Eyelash glue? Even if she landed her prince you would think she would still take pride in her appearance on world wide stage!
I think it would be interesting to have MM+5 all talk (under oath) about how far along she was at the first time they talked about the letter and show us the texts, emails and calls between when you mentioned/showed the letter and the contact you made with People magazine. So we could get a better idea of how they each (especially the mother) define heavily pregnant.
And then request the medical records for accuracy.
That would interesting indeed.
The "messy bun" took 45 minutes to create. "You know not that long, believe it or not," he continued. "We had to blow dry it from wet, I would say 45 minutes to an hour. Then they did the make-up and then you fiddle around with it a little bit. But it's not that long. I always tend to try and go as fast as I can at these events."
Speaking about the delicate tiara - the Queen Mary Diamond Bandeau - Serge revealed he only found out about the statement piece a few days before the nuptials.
"It was a beautiful tiara and pretty easy to place," he said. "That's the key to anyone's wedding. You want it to stay well… We knew what we were doing In terms of placement. It was one of those things that was just easy.
In Hungary at least when staying with family and friends large cups of coffee at breakfast, tiny cup of very strong coffee in evenings - maybe a hangover from when part of the Ottoman empire
@Lt N Uhura
As per your post at 8.49am five friends secretly telephoned People magazine to gush about “how much Meghan loves her animals”. Meghan says she didn’t know about the interviews, are these the same five friends who told People magazine about the letter? (and which, of course, MM knew nothing about😉?). Bit of a coincidence, methinks.
Yes, QUITE the coincidence, *wink*
Of course, the world now knows just what an "animal lover" MM really is -- the one poor dog left behind at only age 5, and the other with broken legs under mysterious circumstances, not to mention the Mayhew dog straining to get away from her during her lengthy 20-minute stay there (*koff-koff*). MM's current dogs don't seem to be any too fond of her either, judging from that *totally pap ambush* photo in Canada. But gush away, "friends," it only digs MM in deeper!
Too bad the MoS trial can't cover ALL of MM's lies, and the lies of "friends" -- but then we'd all be reading about it till the Lord has His second child :)
I am also reading alot more of her antics from Suits "diva behavior" I wondered how she was on set as not being the star or even costar . I read she had to be coaxed out of dressing room as she didn't feel pretty or her clothes were wrong which is so far removed from her behavior as royal. She was a hot mess 90% of the time. I truly wonder what happened between then and now. The ill-fitting clothing can be explained away but the hair? Eyelash glue? Even if she landed her prince you would think she would still take pride in her appearance on world wide stage!
@abby: I saw the article that describes these behaviors too. I think the coaxing her out of her dressing room and other diva behavior is evident of multiple common narcissistic behaviors: manipulation, control, and a mechanism to get attention. She made everyone else wait for HER.
Like all narcissists, people who live with them or work with them are constantly walking on eggshells and will go to great lengths to avoid setting off a nuclear reaction to something either non-existent or so minor it would not be noticed by a person who does not have narcissistic personality disorder. I can only imagine the amount of emotional, psychological, and perhaps physical abuse and threats from Meghan that are directed at Harry.
In a large part, Meghan has Harry totally isolated, but perhaps he is hanging out with fellow brits like Adele and reportedly other brits who are working in Hollywood as a way to get away from her. Maybe they will help him realize his mistake before another baby is on the way to increase her grip on him.
The cast, crew, director, producers and everyone else were no doubt sources of narcissistic fuel for her.
She upgraded to a high-octane fuel supply by snagging Harry.
My thought has always been that MM is trying to hide who she really is by writing in the calligraphy style.
She wants to pretend to be perfect, and calligraphy is a great way to cover up any personality insights that could be gathered when you, say, read someone's grocery list, with the legs of their "y's" and "g's" not going down far enough, or the top of their "h's" and "l's" not going high enough, or their font is too small, too large, slanted to far to the right or left, not crossing their "t's" or forgetting to dot their "i's".
I do believe that parts of a person's personality can be discerned through their hand writing, and that you can cover up individual characteristics because you're writing calligraphy in a formal, prescribed way.
That's my take on what MM is doing.
I don't really doubt TM's general story. What I'd really like to know though is if there really was a London tailor who had made a suit for TM based on measurements taken in LA. (Think that's M's story and that she'd also bought him shoes.) If so, the final fitting was scheduled awfully late, shoes don't be always fit, and was he supposed to wear the same one outfit the whole time? For all the events?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/12291819/meghan-markle-wiped-royal-family/
I wish!
Looks like she is still there, though
https://www.royal.uk/duchess-sussex
Oh, the article claims much of her biography have been culled.
Probably all lies, right?
I remember reading a story after the wedding in which a man had purchased the morning suit and was wearing it to Ascot that year. He was built along the same lines as TM.
That was before the Nutties educated me on how much junk I read is all PR BS.
It was probably all MM PR getting her story out there once she realized she was going to be vilified over Toms nonattendance.
I was reminded recently that she gave her own toast at the evening reception. At the time it was lauded as a feminist act.
Now I realize its because she didnt have any friends there who could be trusted to keep her lies straight. Not even she can do that.
Can you imagine what a self-congratulatory mass of hot air that was?
And look what I found!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6610282/royal-wedding-thomas-markle-morning-suit-pr-meghan/
Sadly, her mug is still on the official royal family website :( but her biography's gone.
Well, she is there and her charity work is there (off to the left).
https://www.royal.uk/duchess-sussex
What you do not see is her supporting the Queen link (which is something the others have).
https://www.royal.uk/The-Duke-of-Sussex
and so on.
I haven’t caught up on all the posts since last night, so this may have been mentioned already, but I just saw this from Yahoo! News. My reaction: RUF’n Kidding me? Interesting that this is appearing at the precise time that someone posts that Meg’s bio has been completely scrub from the royal family website.
The Queen Told Prince Harry That He and Meghan Markle Can Return to Royal Life If They Want To https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/queen-told-prince-harry-meghan-120000617.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=ma
Obviously, things have changed since back in January, when Harry had a private lunch with HM and was assured by his grandmother that the duo could resume their positions in the royal family whenever they were ready. I’m sure she was hoping that they would live at lower profile life in North America, and not continue to embarrass her publicly every single effing day since leaving I should think that
after The publication of this let’s throw everyone including granny under the bus memoir, that their bridge back to being working members of the royal family, or even acknowledged by them in any form is well and truly burnt. Diana was forced out of the fold due to similar disloyalty, and she was the mother of the future King. Apart from being a grandson, Harry doesn’t have that kind of standing, and his wife certainly doesn’t. If her Majesty was not convinced before, this book constitutes a throwing down of the gauntlet which cannot be forgiven in my view. It is openly treasonous as well as full of
Time for a royal divorce for once and all. As someone pointed out on #NotMyDuchess, This current shit show is not all Meghan. Harry has been discontented, damaging and malicious toward his brother for some years before Meg arrived on his scene. She exploited the malignant tendencies that were already there in him. The malcontent, bitter And reckless younger brother represents an ongoing threat to the security of William’s future reign. Not just his but his father’s too. It wasn’t just Meg that had to go… Harry had to go, and stay gone.
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Thanks for the link!
From the Sun article: A source told The Daily Telegraph: "When Johnno walked in, the tailor said: 'We’ve got the perfect morning suit for you as well as a summer suit and three shirts for you if you want them.'
"He said they were made for Mr Markle for the Royal Wedding but obviously he never came over to pick them up.
I don't think we can believe this article, an upmarket Chelsea outfitters would never reveal the name of their clients. If the story is true, the leak comes from elsewhere, unless it was the source, not the tailor, talking (not clear).
the Sun story very well may not be true but appreciated the link. However,
If the clothes had been paid for, how could the tailor sell them?
If they hadn't been paid for, was the tailor blithefully taking a loss?
If they had been paid for, why not keep them for TM? I know why but I thought the story was M & her father still had a relationship at that point.
I agree a classy place would never say "I made these for X but he didn't show up. You want to buy them cheap?" So the quote seems quite odd. No matter who is supposed to have said it, it purports to say the shop revealed TM's name.
Thanks for the reply. Yeah I can't believe she could withdraw and then continue to slag them off whenever she wanted to. If she can't prove they did what she says then she can't complain about it later on can she?!
Interesting that this is appearing at the precise time that someone posts that Meg’s bio has been completely scrub from the royal family website.
@Hikari: What is the name of the Royal Family’s website? I went to one called royal.uk and there is a bio for Meghan there.
Is royal.uk the official site for the British Royal Family?
This is what I was going by.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/12291819/meghan-markle-wiped-royal-family/
Apparently, Meg’s bio is still there partially, but according to the Sun, All the bits about her childhood “activism”, starlet fauxmanitarianism and bogus commitment to feminism have been removed. Ie. All the fake woke parts. The previous version of her bio was probably written by Herself.
We can only hope for the day when it no longer appears there.
Regarding MM's handwriting, waaaaay up top of this page:
My thought has always been that MM is trying to hide who she really is by writing in the calligraphy style.
@Mischief Girl: The ornate handwriting is a part of Meghan’s carefully constructed narcissistic facade. I wonder if her grocery list is written in the same style.
Narcissists like her go to extreme lengths to create a false persona because at their core, they are empty, angry, frustrated, and have very low self esteem, which is why they can’t take even an ounce of legitimate criticism, lash out at others, and go through all sorts of mental gymnastics to build excuses and to blame others for problems that are the direct result of their narcissistic behaviors.
It will be interesting to watch her as she ages.
@Lt N Uhura
Re the MoS case: 'it would be a cruel irony were she required to pay that price before her claim has even been determined', said her lawyers. Cruel irony? How do they work that out?? I know, really!! As much money as MM must be spending, she seems to have a bunch of idiots for lawyers!'
Might she sue her lawyers, do you suppose?
He doesnt appear to be wearing one in the Travalyst Summit video.
But maybe these old eyes....
A girl can dream, yes?
I hadn't thought about the image of handwriting analysis not an option with calligraphy but that could work. I was thinking it was more of a way to stand out in a Martha Stuart way for names at place settings.
A friend of my mother's took a class on handwriting analysis and she said there was some things to it. She mentioned that she would notice how she made certain letters and realize she was feeling a particular way that she wasn't as in touch with until she saw how she was writing.
And the comment about if Thomas Sr's clothing was paid for, why was it being resold? good point. Maybe half had been put up and this was a way to make up the other half or worse, they thought the palace would pay so no deposit and then the palace was backing away from him or even that the order was put in by MM/JH and the palace was not aware of its existence?
mentioning who it was supposed to be I think of as not just a no-class comment from an upscale establishment but might make people wonder about what else they might say which could wind up in a gossip column but not everyone probably worries about that kind of thing
Maneki Neko said...
@Lt N Uhura
Re the MoS case: 'it would be a cruel irony were she required to pay that price before her claim has even been determined', said her lawyers. Cruel irony? How do they work that out?? I know, really!! As much money as MM must be spending, she seems to have a bunch of idiots for lawyers!'
Might she sue her lawyers, do you suppose?
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MM seems to be leaping from lawsuit to lawsuit with reckless abandon. I would absolutely not put it past her to sue her own lawyers. Especially when she starts really losing! It's early days yet.
Of course, this begs the question, how bottomless is the Bank of Charles? Unless there is some *sweetheart* with an account in the Caymans bankrolling her behind the scenes. Seems unlikely, but again, nothing connected with MM would surprise me in the slightest.
Another Nutty pointed out that with all these lawsuits, she runs the risk of being a "nuisance" litigator, but I'm not sure if that means within one state, or in general. Times like these I'm glad we have some legal eagles on the blog! I hope it's the latter, but suspect it's the former.
Hmmmmm. Yes, Harry wore his wedding band and yes, he fidgeted with it quite a bit. When people noticed that behavior, it was thought to be a self soothing behavior much in the way Meghan self-soothes in public by constantly fiddling with her hair.
Carly Ledbetter
HuffPost1 August 2020
Part 1
The Sussex Squad has something special in mind for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's birthdays. (Photo: WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry both have birthdays coming up, which means one thing: the Sussex Squad has a plan.
The Sussex Squad is a group of supporters of the royal couple who regularly join forces around major holidays and birthdays to celebrate Meghan and Harry through charitable endeavors. Generally, organizers pick causes to contribute to, alert the rest of the Sussex Squad via social media of the effort and begin fundraising and donating in the days leading up to their deadline.
Dani Trin, a recent college graduate based in Portugal, helped create and oversee the latest campaign for Meghan’s birthday on Aug. 4 and Harry’s on Sept. 15.
Last week, she announced the initiative on Twitter: scholarships for women’s education in partnership with the Campaign for Female Education, also known as Camfed. The non-profit organization works to eradicate poverty by educating African women.
The scholarships, dedicated to Meghan, is appropriately called the #InspiredByMeghan Scholarship. Donations from Sussex Squad members will support young African women through a year of technical and vocational training, specifically in the areas of nursing, engineering and journalism. As of Friday evening, the squad had raised more than $45,700.
HuffPost contacted Trin via email about the Sussex Squad’s history of charitable campaigns for their faves, how the most recent fundraising efforts came to be and what it’s been like getting recognition from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The Squad first began organizing charitable efforts for the couple in 2018, when Meghan was pregnant with their son, Archie. The subsequent online movement was called the #GlobalSussexBabyShower and raised thousands of dollars for charities including Camfed, WellChild, which aids seriously ill children and Mayhew, an animal welfare group for which Meghan is a patron.
The Squad has since celebrated other major milestones in the couple’s life, leading a #HappyFathersDayPrinceHarry, which raised thousands for charities supported by Harry, and #ArchieDay, a celebration of Archie’s first birthday.
For the latter occasion, fans raised over $40,000 for coronavirus relief and, through the efforts of a separate group, planted over 111,500 trees in honor of the little one, along with donating to six charities focused on conservation."
"This latest initiative is different, as all of the efforts are focused on one single charity, instead of three or four.
Trin wasn’t originally planning to do something for Meghan’s birthday, telling HuffPost she was burnt out from the organizing surrounding #ArchieDay. She’d also been focusing on graduating amid the worldwide pandemic.
But after someone asked her what she on tap as the next fundraising project on behalf of Harry and Meghan, she decided to do something for the duchesses’ birthday. She said that she’d been considering setting up a scholarship in Meghan’s name for some time and decided to go through with it.
“We were researching on how to set up scholarship funds and realized that it could get complicated having to deal with taxes and other people’s money,” she said. “So the best way to do it, it would be to have a non-profit organization to do it for us.”
Trin and fellow Squad member Elle Harris, who lives in New York and helped organize both the Global Sussex Baby Shower campaign and #ArchieDay, decided to partner with Camfed ― not only because of the work it does, but also due to the organization’s previous involvement with the duke and duchess and the Sussex squad. Harris told HuffPost that their last fundraising effort for Camfed led to 118 scholarships for young women.
Together, the two organized the new scholarship effort, communicating over the phone, Twitter and email, while Trin organized Zoom calls to coordinate with the non-profit. Over 100 members of the Squad knew about the project, but they were able to keep things under wraps until their chosen launch date ― a date chosen based on previous virtual fundraisers and the estimated length of time to run the campaign.
A Camfed spokeswoman told HuffPost by email on Wednesday that this sort of activism from fans of celebrities is “absolutely unique” in the group’s experience
“We are uplifted by, and in awe of what they are doing,” the spokeswoman said. “The Sussex Squad has turned its inspiration into concrete action to make the world a better place.”
Calling the scholarships “empowering,” she added, “With this #InspiredByMeghan fundraiser, the Squad has created a really purposeful movement for good on Twitter. It’s not only about being inspired, but also being inspiring. You can feel the passion, momentum, and the belonging this engenders, and we are really proud and energized to be part of it.”
Trin said she chose the hashtag #inspiredbyMeghan “because, for me personally, it is thanks to Meghan that I realized how female education is one of the most single important areas to work on to better society.” She added that she wants to bring awareness to the cause and help as many girls as possible to continue their education.
Harris echoed Trin’s thoughts and said the group is continually “inspired by the example set by Meghan and Harry in their humanitarian work.”
“We’ve always operated as more than the common fan group. We’ve strived to make our admiration for Meghan and Harry mean more than tweets and Instagram posts,” she said. “We hope to make a difference in the lived lives of promising girls and young women.”
The Camfed account has been tweeting updates on money raised and scholarships earned.
Yes, I think Megalo might well be deluded enough to sue her lawyers. Remember, she knows best.
I think I was the other Nutty who wrote about 'nuisance' litigator yesterday at 9.42am and 11.02 am, I don't think anyone else did.
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Royal family website: https://www.royal.uk/duchess-sussex
The biography is gone. The website mentions 'Charitable work', the usual half-truths, revisionist stories such as the campaign against the as for washing up liquid etc. Don't read it, it's her usual boasting and bs.
`Trin said her fundraising efforts and online support have earned her a call in the past from none other than the duke and duchess. She said they called to express their thanks for the fundraiser in honor of Archie’s birthday and the continued online support.
“I think I might have rambled a bit, I’m not sure, but I remember telling her how proud of them we all are and that we’ll be here supporting,” Trin said. “I’m surprised I was able to form coherent sentences.”
While the call was unexpected, Trin added that she didn’t consider it completely surprising. “Before she joined the royal family, Meghan was into connecting with people through her social media and blog,” she said.
After keeping the news to herself for a bit, Trin tweeted about the call and Sussex Squad members responded with glee.
“I feel like everyone was pretty excited. It’s always nice to get recognition from Harry and Meghan,” she said.
“I think Meghan will absolutely love this birthday gift. I would even go as far as to say we are giving her the best birthday gift this year,” she said, before quipping that the latest birthday fundraising efforts are going to put a little bit of pressure on the duke. “Tell Harry to step it up.”
Such delightful people, so full of the milk of humankindness…
Royal family website: https://www.royal.uk/duchess-sussex
On this note, good night all!
In the immediately preceding seven-year period has commenced, prosecuted, or maintained in propria persona at least five litigations other than in a small claims court that have been (i) finally determined adversely to the person or (ii) unjustifiably permitted to remain pending at least two years without having been brought to trial or hearing.
After a litigation has been finally determined against the person, repeatedly relitigates or attempts to relitigate, in propria persona, either (i) the validity of the determination against the same defendant or defendants as to whom the litigation was finally determined or (ii) the cause of action, claim, controversy, or any of the issues of fact or law, determined or concluded by the final determination against the same defendant or defendants as to whom the litigation was finally determined.
In any litigation while acting in propria persona, repeatedly files unmeritorious motions, pleadings, or other papers, conducts unnecessary discovery, or engages in other tactics that are frivolous or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay.
Has previously been declared to be a vexatious litigant by any state or federal court of record in any action or proceeding based upon the same or substantially similar facts, transaction, or occurrence.
In short, Meghan does not qualify nor would I doubt she would ever qualify, because she is not litigating 'in propria persona' (in proper person) meaning she herself is acting as her own attorney. Likely. Meghan will always use an attorney or law firm to fight her own battles and thus never run afoul of this situation. Indeed, even if one became a named 'vexatious litigant', they could always get permission to file from the court or hire an attorney to do it for them.
The intent of the law, is for the Court to restrict the oddball out there that files repeated nuisance suits and doesn't handle their litigation according to the rules of court and makes a mockery of the judicial system.
That's messed up, MM has found ANOTHER way to throw Harry under the bus.
Like I thought, I really think someone needs to contact a call-girl for a hitjob on Harry. Someone mega hot and out of this world.
Then he can have his ‘affair’ and try to impress the unattainable woman by taking her to London. That way he reacquaints with what his status is really worth.
Until
That happens, he won’t leave her side because he doesn’t see a better alternative.
Mel yes those names! I had thought maybe I coined Meghantionette and Meglaomaniac but realized no, I had seen them somewhere a good while back. I do claim La Markle as my own however. So, let it be known to the journalists who read here, that one is mine! :) I can't find the recent story posted on here by a journo who referred to her as La Sussex. Close enough. I was a little girl in the 60's when Liz Taylor was called La Liz (not that Meg the Terrible is anything like Liz). It just came to me as she is a wannabe La Liz.
To the poster who mentioned the weird birds that sound a lot like Meg; I am weary of scrolling and scrolling through posts trying to find things (I'm too crabby these days!) I had a thought with that post. Yes a bird because of those peg legs she has. I don't know how she walks on them without them snapping in two. Peg Leg Meg is another name I thought of when she first hit the scene. I have seen it used since so maybe someone else thought of it too. I have learned there is nothing new under the sun. La Markle and those ghastly bird legs and then with those big feet. What a cartoon...I wish I could draw! Lol.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BaronessBruck
It is a quote about titles, genetics, and...surrogacy.
Source is Edinburgh Research Explorer from the University of Edinburgh.
The significance of status and genetics in succession to titles,
honours, dignities and coats of arms
Did you get Woko Ono and Harry Hennon?
I really feel for you with the shingles. I made an appointment for the vaccine the second I got in from a visit with a friend who had shingles.
And oatmeal baths are a blessing for any skin issues. I get hives when unwisely canoodling with cats and its the only remedy I trust.
If you can prove either the surrogacy or Epstein, I personally will build a statue dedicated to you.
@WBBM
Thanks for another interesting article. I sure hope somebody is auditing those funds.
Also remember the moniker "SkidMarkle"
:D :D :D
Thanks for your Slovakia trip info--one day, it is on my destination list now!
Lots of positive comments in the DM re James Middleton video with his dog video--lots of comments re how nice he must be, as his dog clearly seems happy....compared to another--who clearly is not liked by his former abandoned pet dog...
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Fans Hatch 'Unforgettable' Plan To Mark Royals' Birthdays.
These people are incredibly misguided to be cheerleading for these two elitist, selfish twits, but it IS benefitting a charitable cause. But it makes me wonder why they are parting with their hard-earned money to honor a pair of millionaire virtue-signalers?
A classy gesture on the part of Harry and Meghan would be to match whatever amount is raised, but I think we’ll see snowballs in hell before the Harkles part with a dime out of their personal accounts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcH2UIuVB7s&feature=youtu.be
Got the link from the BaronessBruck's twitter comments- thanks @KC!
@Pink Peony
Did you get Woko Ono and Harry Hennon?
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@MustySyphone,
Also remember the moniker "SkidMarkle"
:D :D :D
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Ha Ha! If we are going to lay claim to names, I want credit for 'Himalayan-Yak hair wig' and 'Sue-excesses' for Sussexes and for what its worth. at the time of Megxit, I referred to the Harkles demands as a 'Manifesto'. Now there...I will copyright them like Markle does for everyting and I can make some money off those two grifters!
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Ah, warms my heart, such creative (and better!) names for our dynamic duo, *snif* :)
Daughter and son-in-law went surprise shopping for us while we were playing with the granddaughters. They brought a case of tuna, a case of dried pinto beans, a case of lentils, 10 lbs. of rice, two bags of apples, three or four pounds of sweet potatoes, lots of tomatoes, 3 packages of green tea, six heads of cabbage (hunh?), a pork loin, and some spicy sausage along with some other odds and ends just in case we hadn't had time to prepare for the storm. What a delightful surprise! But what in the world am I going to do with all that cabbage? Turn it into sauerkraut? Cabbage smoothies? (That sounds horrid.) I suppose I can shred it and add it into stir fry dishes.
Make Grilled Cabbage "steaks." Pretty tasty. Especially if you have to grill anyway (if you lose power.) Also can make freezer slaw if you keep power.
Fingers crossed. (I'm in NC)
Stuffed cabbage rolls with that sausage, wonderful cole slaw and I like just plain sauteed cabbage with fennel seed.
To 'celebrate' Madam's birthday, you could tell the husband you are making a special surprise pie. He thinks he is getting something nice and sweet, but well it is really not so. I have never made but these look interesting, Russian Cabbage Pie, I have also seen an Italian version (more quiche like) on the Il Rifugio Perfetto youtube. Let us know what you make with all the cabbage!
Shredded cabbage goes nicely in some soups. I add it to lentil soup for the last ten minutes of cooking. Beef soup or minestrone would also be nice.
Yes, the sausage would go nicely in some stuffed cabbage rolls with tomato sauce. My grandparents on my father’s side were from
what is known today as Ukraine. My grandmother made the most delicious cabbage rolls stuffed with ground beef and rice.
Also, since you’re living in the South, Put some South on your mouth and try some Southern-style cooked cabbage with bacon or ham. Here are links to two recipes that are pretty good recipes:
The cabbage roll recipe is a slow cooker recipe, but there are lots of similar recipes that don’t use a crock pot.
https://www.food.com/recipe/southern-style-cabbage-104803
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20045/cabbage-rolls-ii/
In my defense, I’ll float out this analogy: This blog is like the donation basket that is passed down the pew at church. Those who have something to contribute at the moment, do so. Others may wait until next time. No one expects an personal thank you or acknowledgment of the donation dropped into the basket, yet the church community is grateful and made better because of the many donations both small and large.
Many thanks to all that chip in to make this beautiful, collaborative mosaic that is our conversation about the Harkles. Like all great art, there are ebbs and flows. Highs and lows. Texture, saturation, and intensity. Your words are like brushstrokes, and I’m here for it!
Harper's Bazaar Staff
15 hours ago
• Meghan Markle's time on Deal or No Deal is hitting the headlines once more.
• The Duchess of Sussex's former costar, Lisa Gleave, has opened up about Meghan in a new interview with Gold Coast Bulletin.
• Gleave described Meghan as "quiet but very sweet."
It's no secret that, before becoming a member of the royal family, Meghan Markle worked in the entertainment industry. And prior to landing her career-making role on Suits, Meghan spent some time as a suitcase girl on Deal or No Deal.
In a new interview with Gold Coast Bulletin, fellow suitcase girl Lisa Gleave has opened up about what it was like costarring alongside the now-duchess on the game show. Describing Meghan as "quiet but very sweet," Gleave revealed, "I remember her being very focused on her acting career and her role as a briefcase beauty, as we were called, was just a stepping stone in her career. She only did a few seasons and then landed her role in Suits which took her away. I was so happy for her when I heard about the marriage."
Gleave's comments mirror what Meghan has said about her time on Deal or No Deal.
In July 2013, the duchess told Esquire, "I would put that in the category of things I was doing while I was auditioning to try to make ends meet." She continued, "I went from working in the U.S. Embassy in Argentina to ending up on Deal. It's run the gamut. Definitely working on Deal or No Deal was a learning experience, and it helped me to understand what I would rather be doing. So if that's a way for me to gloss over that subject, then I will happily shift gears into something else."
On Yahoo News today - why has this appeared now, do you suppose?
A lame attempt at damage control?
I agree wholeheartedly!!! ;o))
Here is the essential Finnish cabbage dish, the cabbage casserole. The writer uses olive oil, which obviously isn't a traditional ingredient. I would use butter. You can use whatever meat you like. Vegetarians might use crushed soy, mushrooms or some other meat substitute.Syrup means dark molasses. You could also use dark sugar. Cabbage casserole is eaten with mashed lingonberries, which are like cranberries but smaller.
https://mydearkitcheninhelsinki.com/2017/05/05/kaalilaatikko-finnish-cabbage-casserole-the-laatikko-family/
(PS in the UK an `ass' is a donkey - we say `arse' for your `ass'.)
Yes, Jurassic Park, think of the green outfit 🦖
"Meghan Markle donates £8,000 from proceeds of her Together recipe book to London-based charity which runs online cookery classes led by migrant chefs"
On the last thread or maybe the one before it, I raised the issue of money from the Grenfell cookbook going into the Royal Foundation. It wasn't "Meghan's cookbook" and I thought they were skimming.
Looks like I may have been right as this story says she's donating some of those "profits."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Cookbook for a SUPERB Cause!
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What a BEAUTIFUL and well-written cookbook! There are photos for virtually every recipe and it is so great to support such a worthy cause like this that only serves to bring us TOGETHER! And Meghan, if you happen to be reading this review: STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND GO GET HARRY! Harry: You are the most FORTUNATE man on this planet to have the love of this beautiful and amazing woman! Do not mess this up! TREASURE HER! Everyone in America is so very proud of you, Meghan, and the BRILLIANT job you are doing! You are SINCERE and GENUINE! You are an ASSET to the Royal Family and to this PLANET! Please do not ever let gossip get you down. Just keep doing good in the world and surrounding yourself with your mother and the people who truly love you for the wonderful woman you are and NOT your title. You are making it about OTHERS right from the start and that is what Life is all about! You absolutely ROCK! (P.S. Your mom is amazing too!)
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This is untrue since the monies from the cookbook continue to be administered by the Cambridge Foundation this is from notes to the accounts
The Royal Foundation continued to manage a number of legacy programmes for The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, including the programmes targeting youth violencein Nottingham and London and the Empowering Communities programme, whichcontinued to support families who had been affected by the Grenfell disaster, through grant funding to a community kitchen in West London.
I have just noticed however that an amendment to the Cambridge Foundation last submitted accounts has just been filed - still being processed by Companies House
Thanks. I knew you and others had explained some if how the RFoundation worked...but when the charity claims on Twitter "We're so excited to share that we have received a donation of £8000 from The Royal Foundation on behalf of The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle!" it does sound like a personal "slush" fund. How can the RF donate on her behalf?
@xxxxx,
Unreal gag-inducing review. It may be a good cookbook but writing a foreward doesn't make it M's. Forewards are written by someone other than the author or editor....
“Spindleshanks”