Did you catch Max Foster's excellent video segment about the Sussexes on CNN?
As @Royal Reporter Richard Palmer of the Daily Express wrote, "It's a break with much US television reporting on the subject."
It certainly was.
It used clips from the notorious Oprah interview beside basic fact-checking on Meghan's statements that she didn't know much about the Royal Family before her marriage, comparing them with quotes from her childhood friends about how she was fascinated by Princess Diana.
It paralleled Meg's complaint that she wasn't allowed to use her "voice" with video showing her speaking out about a number of issues during her time with the family..
It fact-checked her assertion that she married Prince Harry three days before their televised wedding, by showing the actual marriage certificate.
Did you see it?
Max Foster showed the actual 1917 letters patent from King George V to explain why Archie, a great-grandson of the monarch, was not automatically named a prince - something Meghan had attributed to racism.
Finally, he contradicted Meghan's assertion that she wasn't given much training assistance on arrival by showing several of the palace team members who had been involved with helping her, including the Queen's confidante and dresser, Angela Kelly.
The piece quoted a previous palace staffer as saying, "We bent over backwards for her."
Really, it was a great piece. Did you see it?
Because CNN took it down within 12 hours of its initial broadcast, at least in Europe.
EDIT: Miggy found a way to access the video, which is "unlisted" on the CNN YouTube site and unavailable via the CNN homepage. Here is is.
You can't handle the truth
It was probably no more than a coincidence that the video was removed within a few hours of the time US President Biden stumbled through his first live press conference.
Whatever you think of his politics, the poor man appeared to be overwhelmed and even frightened. He was given a "cheat sheet" of potential answers and even photos of the journalists he was supposed to call on.
And yet the reviews of his performance from establishment journalists such as CNN were rhapsodic.
"Americans who want a competent, coherent, focused President should feel reassured," wrote CNN analyst Frida Ghitis.
Both the delusional Biden reviews and the sudden disappearance of the Max Foster video suggest that someone at CNN doesn't think ordinary viewers can handle the truth - or even distinguish the truth from obvious falsehoods.
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They probably used copyright claims to get CNN to take down the Foster video, but TBH it looked like "fair use" to me - quite short clips put up against the available evidence.
FWIW, many people may not have seen it on CNN anyway. The network's ratings have plunged since the inauguration, as have MSNBC's.
Biden is not all there and I think most people will be surprised if he makes it 2 years into his presidency. I read a blind gossip item before the election about an ailing politician widely believed to be Biden who made a deal with the VP he was going to choose that he would be stepping down in 2 years. Given Biden's health and mental capacity, it sure sounds plausible to me.
Thanks for sharing this with us. The backlash to "Meghan's truth" is sweet justice. Part of what's captured my interest in this story is the injustice of it all and the use of woke politics to wield more power. With the woke crowd in American, facts mean nothing and allegations are taken as facts. Two people have already lost their jobs (Piers and Sharon) over questioning their lying and unchallenged narrative or simply defending the right to do so. That makes this an excellent example of what is wrong with cancel culture and race politics where allegations and smears are treated as fact based on whose making them. I really really hate ambitious people like Meg using the poor and the less fortunate as their stepping stone to power so it's good to see the backlash form even in the land of woke politics.
The word I hear is that Biden can't go quite yet because if Kamala becomes President, they won't have anyone to break the 50-50 tie in the Senate, which is the job of a vice-president.
When a president departs and the vice president moves up, the new vice-president has to be approved by both the House and Senate. Given the logjam in both, that could take awhile.
https://twitter.com/ChangaDuchessof/status/1375227712802074626
Not sure what’s going on ?
FWIW, the video is on YouTube as "unlisted", meaning you cannot find it from the CNN YouTube homepage.
That said, the fact that it is live at all would seem to suggest it was not removed for copyright reasons.
Inconsistencies
I hope real and truthful reporting gets more traction in America, the Duo have thrown families and a country under a bus and all based on lies.
@Miggy thank you for the CNN video....... I’m thrilled to see more factual and objective reporting happening!
As far as Biden - the media was refusing to cover this behavior during the election. It was so obvious to many that he had issues. But they pushed him forward anyway. There is allegedly a deal that he will step down in 2 yrs. In the US we have various elections every 2 yrs and i think they are hoping if he can last 2 yrs, they will get some more Dems in the Senate.
Anyway, i have been avoiding anything political as the election year made me crazy.
Biden is not all there and I think most people will be surprised if he makes it 2 years into his presidency. I read a blind gossip item before the election about an ailing politician widely believed to be Biden who made a deal with the VP he was going to choose that he would be stepping down in 2 years. Given Biden's health and mental capacity, it sure sounds plausible to me.
For those that are wondering why two years is significant, it is because Kamala Harris would be eligible to run for President TWICE if Biden makes it two years into his 'presidency'.
I'm in UK, not the EU anymore, so am not sure what the bar was.
Shall now read it.
In addition, the short clips used credit Oprah's company Harpo, so there wouldn't seem to be an obvious copyright problem.
So why did CNN take it down?
It also doesn't appear if you search "Meghan Markle" or "Prince Harry" on CNN International's website.
I don't see anything in the piece that could be slanderous, however. It all seems to be backed up with information that is public, with the exception of the off-the-record quotes from the palace staff and former palace staff.
Sunshine Sachs might have pulled some strings - called it "racist", perhaps.
Alternately, someone in the BRF may have asked for it to be taken down.
My guess is that there are delicate negotiations going on with the Sussexes right now, about the use of the Sussex name, their place in the line of succession, and money of course.
Andrew might do the same and it could be billed as "slimming down the monarchy in COVID times."
Prince Albert II of Monaco has criticised Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview as inappropriate, saying their decision 'bothered' him and they should have discussed their grievances with the Royal Family privately.
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But he slammed their choice to air their issues to Oprah Winfrey and tens of millions of TV viewers, saying such a 'public display of dissatisfaction... wasn't appropriate' and their move to reveal painful family rifts 'bothered him'.
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'But I think that this type of public display of dissatisfaction, to say the least, these type of conversations should be held within the intimate quarters of the family and it doesn't really have to be laid out in the public sphere like that.
'So, it did bother me a little bit. I can understand where they are coming from in a certain way, but I think it wasn't the appropriate forum to be able to have these kind of discussions.' (DM)
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The difference is that Albert has a much better idea of what being a member of a royal family entails (he's not perfect, I know).
>>>>>>>>>>>
As for Harry's on a visa 'for people with 'extraordinary ability', the mind boggles. I've had a quick look at this type US visa and it seems it is for 'Members of the Entertainment Profession (O) or Athletes, Artists & Entertainers (P)'. If I'm wrong, please correct me but if not then how does Harry fit into one of these categories? This is originally for 3 years but can be extended 'in increments of up to one year to continue or complete the same event or activity.' And then what? I don't think Harry is going to be the golden goose BetterUp/butter up thinks.
Getting back to MM&H, MM is a shameless opportunist using the current racial issues in the US to promote her own personal agenda. Harry is a complete puzzle to me, not that I think too long about it.
Coming out of NF retirement to say Amen! This! Politics is the new opiate of the people...
I was so traumatized by Trump that now I can't even hear his voice without deep shuddering. And I'm tough! I'll take old Joe any ol day but wish he was a better fit.
Thank you for pointing out the obvious! Trump and Megsy are from the same mold!
Speaking of which, this totally random Congresswoman came out in support of Meghan the other day.
She's in Illinois, where the Sussexes don't seem to have any business interests.
She's in Illinois, where the Sussexes don't seem to have any business interests.
Megs has baked a cake and sent it all the way to Chicago to the World Central Kitchen to mark Women's History Month.
Maybe the congresswoman got wind of it?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9406193/Meghan-Markle-baked-lemon-olive-oil-cake-World-Central-Kitchen-mark-Womens-History-Month.html
Kate Middleton and Prince William urged to apologise to Meghan and Harry for being ‘hypocritical’
'The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been told to make amends with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as they raise awareness for mental health.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been advised to say sorry to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The royals recorded a message to say thank you to everyone who has taken action through the Time to Change to finish the stigma around mental wellbeing.
Since the recording, royal fans urged the couple to apologise in the wake of Meghan and Harry’s jaw dropping interview with Oprah Winfrey.'
Etc. The writer Emily Whitwam must be a sugar. Totally ludicrous article.
I find it extremely scary that so many people appear to believe things at face value now, no critical thinking, no fact finding or research done. Just stuff put out as a so called fact and it gets taken and reported as truths. As the media here in the U.K. has stated there’s only the truth and falsehoods never my truth .
Raspberry Ruffle, it is pretty scary looking at the recent high school and college graduates that are incredibly incapable.
Nutty - interesting Yes that would be good to agree to leave the line of succession but as long as the queen is alive I dont see her doing that to PA, he still strikes me as her favorite. Keeping titles at Sussex and not princess meghan would probably be better There was some chatter on another blog about World Food Kitchen getting a lemon cake made by Megs sent to Chicago of all places as a thank you for the work a restaurant was doing to feed people in need. The restaurant, I believe it was The Fat Shallot then posted on instagram about getting a cake from a real live princess. What? it was such and obscure set of postings and nothing showed up on Scoobie Doo's twitter (personally i think he's been cut off this week) So yeah, trying to sneak in the princess reference to remind us all she will claim that title if duchess is taken away.
2 whole bloody months...
I don't quite agree with one part of the clip - WBBM will correct me - but just because there is a valid certificate for the Windsor wedding does not preclude one from an earlier date. It is not as if the Vicar has access to a database of marriages to check - usually - for Bigamy.
Do people here really believe that Biden won the recent election? One must here not become political or show allegiances and American politics (which I do not understand) is none of my business and I only ask because of the many references above to Mr Biden.
Finally and it occurs to me after posting comment 836 on the previous thread where I was talking about Eliza Doolittle and Class, England being different from and having a different history to America, race is not something that is uppermost in our minds when we meet black or brown people and for Markle to suggest otherwise is between ignorant and baiting. It is accent and thus class that we instinctively judge people on. To that extent a black person with a cut glass accent will slide in effortlessly in higher society whereas a former Commonwealth citizen like my neighbour whose English is almost non existent whose parents or grandparents being empire would also have been British is thus seen as one of us - though at a slight remove. That anyway is how I see it.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been advised to say sorry to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The royals recorded a message to say thank you to everyone who has taken action through the Time to Change to finish the stigma around mental wellbeing.
Since the recording, royal fans urged the couple to apologise in the wake of Meghan and Harry’s jaw dropping interview with Oprah Winfrey.'
Etc. The writer Emily Whitwam must be a sugar. Totally ludicrous article.
It screams Mao's self-criticism purges to me. I think Emily should apologize to everybody that took the time to read that dreck. Maybe she should owe them financial compensation.
Well, I'm not sure about Harry's "extraordinary ability" but he easily could have gotten a green card if he dumped $1 million into the U.S. economy and was guaranteeing the creation of at least 10 jobs to Americans. I am betting that's what the Sussexes did but need to brand Harry as "special" for obvious reasons.
Here's a link for what it would entail for Harry to get the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa:
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/green-card-for-immigrant-investors
As for Biden.....picture books with encircled names, cliff notes, and cheat sheets....God help you all Americans.
As for those 'traumatised' by Trump. Yeah......when you're used to non stop wars, peace will indeed traumatise you. Lol
Enjoy Biden, and watch America turn into Venezuela. Some cities are already almost there. Don't cry later. After all, Trump was tweeting mean things. He had to go.
Found in OK! magazine so to be taken with a pinch of salt...
Someone, sorry forgetting who now, had said in the earlier thread that you need to keep emergency BP controlling tablets on hand when reading on Harry and Meghan. Feels like the whole medicine cabinet is needed more often. Light the anti-rage/anti-anxiety candle now, please.
Excellent point and Oprah would have the connections to do it.
@ Swamp Woman
I'm with you on the present day graduates- and my oldest grandson is a senior in high school drifting toward graduation...and I work in an academic library... so I see firsthand. A big difference in education in two generations.
Fascinating that Mind, a mental health charity Harry has long supported, say publicly that they are "disappointed" and "very concerned" he didn't mention them to Meghan when she was so depressed.
Unfortunately can't get to view the tweet from Mind in question!
I'm with you on the present day graduates- and my oldest grandson is a senior in high school drifting toward graduation...and I work in an academic library... so I see firsthand. A big difference in education in two generations.
Yes, I have a grandson that is 16, finishing high school online and taking college classes. His college GPA is higher than that of the people that are older than he is who actually graduated high school. Why? Because he actually does the homework and studies the material.
https://twitter.com/DCTFTW/status/1375475038267187202/photo/1
Megs has baked a cake and sent it all the way to Chicago to the World Central Kitchen to mark Women's History Month.
Riiiiight. Like she "baked" the banana nut bread. I wonder which unfortunate staffer she berated to get it right this time, or maybe she just picked it up at a bakery and claimed that she baked it.
@nuttyflavor and @Miggy Thanks for the post and the link to the video. It will come in so handy to help Harry shine a light on all the media disinformation out there! Bwahahahahaha
AND -- Thanks Nutty and Charade for maintaining this Royal blog! Royal as in the Gruesomes being a Royal Pain in the Arse!
These are truly unprecedented times we are living in. Maybe every generation gets to say that, because every generation experiences events and inventions that have never happened before. But social media has made it possible to entirely create alternative realities that make us question that any such thing as 'verifiable truth' actually exists.
When 'your truth' is whatever you want it to be, and you can use your personalized experience of truth to deny other people's 'truth' and furthermore, erase historical events as either never having occurred or not being worth remembering because you dislike what happened, back some 200 years ago or more . . feels very much like we are living in a dystopian nightmare. I'm a librarian and I can't tell you how many teen and adult books of the recent past current events are now echoing to an identical degree. What was fiction invented in a creative writer's brain is now the MO of entire governments.
We are rapidly becoming Panem, as governed with an Orwellian aesthetic. Meg and Harry are just a tiny piece of what's happening in the larger culture but they came along at just the right time to exploit the Zeitgeist and jump on its bandwagon.
It would not surprise me at all if Biden steps down in two years citing ill health and we have our first female President, through the back door as it were. I guess that may be what it takes to demonstrate that a woman can do the job, but I can't say I approve of the Democratic party's methods, if this is in fact their strategy. It's hard to see the current ticket as anything other than precisely that, however. Even to a casual observer not trained in medicine, Mr. Biden exhibits worrying signs of dementia. Many people maynot know that Joe battled a speech impediment as a child and part of his slow and laconic delivery is due to strategies to minimize his stammer. But he's also doing the classic sign for the beginnings of speech aphasia: hunting for words and substituting other words for the ones he can't come up with. When he was injured playing with his dog at home, he said the incident happened 'in the alley way' of his home when he obviously meant the hallway, inside . .not outside. That was only one example.
And then there was his recent fall (3 times) while trying to board Air Force One:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwjmyZUA2O8
He stumbled twice on the stairs, putting his hand down on the steps, before falling completely a third time and going down on his knees. It looked very windy, but the impression was of a very frail man who couldn't maintain his balance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jsu_qgVuhg
A number of salient differences: The President comes down the (metal) stairs holding an umbrella solicitously for wife Betty, so he's got no support from the railing when his knee gives out on the second or third step from the bottom. The metal stairs were probably slick from the rain and he was coming *down*, gravity putting greater pressure on the weak knee. Joe was clinging to the railing on the way *up* and he still fell three times on carpeted stairs with a non-slip tread guard. It was sunny and that may have caused him to miss his footing. If I were the Secret Service, I would be very concerned about this President on the way down the steps of Air Force One from now on.
Lots of Presidents have hidden health issues from the public, but this may be the first time that a President's impairment is openly on display and is the elephant in the room that the liberal media refuses to broach. Covid-19 was a blessing to the Biden campaign because he wouldn't have been up to the rigors of a full-bore packed campaign schedule as of old. His incapacity has to be the primary explanation for why it took 64 days for him to hold a press conference as President. Most of his predecessors addressed the press within days of taking office.
During the 2008 campaign, the fact that Sarah Palin's teen daughter was expecting a baby out of wedlock provided lots of fodder for the opposition for 'moral outrage', even though Palin's own sexual conduct was not in dispute. In 2020, Kamala Harris's past as 'Heels Up Harris', conducting a highly public sexual affair with the married mayor of San Francisco, the man responsible for her eventual appointment to the District Attorney's office didn't even factor into her nomination. If either member of this ticket had had to hit the campaign trail in the usual way and been vetted by the court of public opinion, the outcome might have been vastly different. The 'Virtual Campaign' forced by the pandemic, aided by a sycophantic liberal-biased media has allowed them both a bye on a lot of troubling ethics questions.
Trump certainly had his own skeletons, and is cut from the same cloth as Meghan for vindictive narcissism . . but if he'd been able to reign in his disorder more, or had bothered to try, he might have had a second term, and we may not have had the events of January 6. Both camps are symptomatic of the times we are living in . . and as the saying goes, "It ain't good."
I want to know what kind of carbon footprint that lemon olive oil cake has?
Never ate that. Sounds too greasy for me. Just give me some chocolate cake. The dry and non-rich kind. Lemon olive oil cake sounds like a trendy California affair.
Given that this seems to be a 'politics allowed' space, I will risk a comment.
Hikari I agree with your entire extended comment. Dystopian? One thing that is very dystopian to me is how we are allowing and even promoting our Southern border to be flooded. Biden/Harris are giving them signals that it OK to storm our Southern border. Especially with the high unemployment due to the Covid19 disaster. It is as if Biden/Harris plus their funders/controllers want to make America crash. Also all these people are coming in illegally with no regard or testing of their Covid status! The powers that be in Washington DC could care less.
'The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been told to make amends with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as they raise awareness for mental health.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been advised to say sorry to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Emily Whitwam, 'been told to make amends' . . .by whom? Likewise, 'advised to say sorry' . . by whom? You? You can't be more specific because you're making it up. Sounds like you graduated from the "Sussex School of Journalistic Shaming" whereby you get to 'warn' and 'advise' others that their behavior is Not Sufficiently Sucking Up to Themselves and therefore, Unacceptable.'
Is Archewell paying you? If so, expect those checks to bounce.
It is generally acknowledged that Catherine DID apologize to Meghan for the bad situation that went down at the dress fitting for Charlotte, with a personal visit and bearing flowers. Sources at KP (ie, not pro-Meg monkeys like yourself) report that Meg was anything but hospitable or appreciative and in fact slammed the door in Catherine's face.
I realize that everyone who reports anything that paints Meg to be a jot less than a glamorous St. Diana/Mary Poppins hybrid is accused of lying and often is brutally sued. Don't believe for one second that being Meg's monkey will prevent her from turning on you, too. In the meantime, stop being Meghan's mouthpiece-by-proxy. That makes you as pathetic as Handbag Harry and that's not a club you want to be in.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9406355/Palace-officials-watching-Prince-Harrys-new-roles-closely-royal-expert-claims.html
'There is the argument that if he is "Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex" in all the published materials for [the firm], is that trading off the royal brand which they said they wouldn't do to uphold the values of The Queen?' he explains.
'So it is very debatable at the moment. People at the Palace will be watching this very, very closely.'
I'm not sure what's going on, either, but it is certainly slanted in one political direction, isn't it? Last time this happened to this extent, we lost some wonderful posters, such as Lt. Uhura.
As for those 'traumatised' by Trump. Yeah......when you're used to non stop wars, peace will indeed traumatise you. Lol
Enjoy Biden, and watch America turn into Venezuela. Some cities are already almost there. Don't cry later. After all, Trump was tweeting mean things. He had to go.
With all the encircled names, the order in which they were supposed to be asked, and written out answers to prearranged questions, and two months of intensive practice, he STILL couldn't get it right.
Yes, Trump's mean tweets were soooo much worse than having cartels murdering people along the borders and in large cities and an administration importing terrorists.
Well spotted, 'Prince Albert wished him well, not them well'. In the article, he mentions Harry but not a word about MM. I think he was talking 'Prince to Prince', a member of a royal family to another so Megsy didn't get a look in :)
@charade
All I've seen about Harry's visa is the one for people with 'extraordinary ability'. Perhaps you have a different version in the US and it is an investor visa. This visa, however, 'generally takes from 22 to 26 months to obtain legal residency' so what is currently Harry's legal immigration status? And how did he finance the $1M needed? As for the 'extraordinary ability', the least said the better.
If the BlindGossip piece re The New Elon Musk is true and I strongly suspect it is, then it goes flying in the face of him trading off his status. I would say they already know he is...will it be a case of watch this space and see what BP will do. Or just more stonewalling etc the Duo?
People have to know, they have to be able to see how changed Biden is from only 5 years ago. In contrast, I think many in Meghan's "fan club" truly believe what they say because they are emotionally (and in some cases, chronologically) teenagers. Others are using a particular view of Meghan for their own agenda. It's a little different from Biden though. It's possible, even now, for Americans to so misunderstand the UK and the role of the monarchy and to have paid so little attention that they buy her garbage. I don't see how anyone who has paid the slightest attention to Biden can think he's ok. I understand why people would have voted for him once he was the party candidate but I don't understand why they'd think he's ok.
Without wanting to get too political, I don't think Biden will be President by the end of 2021.
US allies are not pleased with the situation, let's just say. The President of Mexico has already spoken out, but the Europeans are not any happier, and neither are the Japanese. This can't go on.
Anyway, back to Congresswoman Robin Kelly.
While she's a Black Congresswoman representing a portion of the Chicago area, she doesn't represent the area where Oprah used to live and work, and she didn't take office until 2013, well after Oprah ended her show and largely left Chicago in 2011.
I don't doubt that she's met Oprah - she took Jesse Jackson Jr.'s seat when he resigned, so I imagine she's well acquainted with the Chicago machine - but I'm not sure her connection to Meghan is through Oprah.
Robin is quite left-wing however. She got a 99% rating from something called "Progressive Punch" and a 0% rating from the National Association of Manufacturers.
You can see the bills Robin has co-sponsored here:
https://www.congress.gov/member/robin-kelly/K000385?searchResultViewType=expanded
Still haven't found the Meghan connection. I considered whether maybe Robin and Genevieve Roth might have worked together, but I see no evidence of that.
There's always the chance that one of Congresswoman Roth's staffers (or the Congresswoman herself) is just a garden variety Meghan sugar.
If the BlindGossip piece re The New Elon Musk is true and I strongly suspect it is, then it goes flying in the face of him trading off his status. I would say they already know he is...will it be a case of watch this space and see what BP will do. Or just more stonewalling etc the Duo?
I'm not holding my breath. 😐
BTW - Did you see that Charles has a new spin doctor?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9406979/Prince-Charles-hires-NHS-spin-doctor-head-communications-team.html
"Without wanting to get too political..."
I think it's far too late for that comment, Nutty.
I’m not either. :o/
Just had a read....only time will tell if he heralds any real changes to Clarence Houses Public Relations MO ;o)
My view of Trump will alloways be tainted by the fact he took his mistress (marla maples) on a skiing vacation with his wife (Ivana) and their three children. Who does that?
Harry is the poster child for white privilege. Period.
Now add to it what is going on with Newsome and others, and rumours about Markle wanting to jump in, I reckon there is so much going on behind the scenes that we have no idea about. Stay tuned and buckled up.
@Musty, I chalk JCMH up more to class privilege.
Which brings us to his wife, family, and friends. They know. They all know. The question is why are they complicit in distressing a *very* sick man? I did hear him plaintively utter on a newscast, when he was newly elected and signing multiple executive orders, "I don't even know what I'm signing!" There is a possibility that the entire family are all under duress.
I can see why allies and enemies alike would be quite concerned if they believe a crazy man is in charge of the world's most lethal military.
Now, back to the Meghan and Harry Show which I can't help but think may be related.
That's a sad story. So many people - including some of my family members - were insistent on voting for "anyone but Trump", and out of 330 million plus Americans, this is who we ended up with.
What I find more disturbing is the eagerness to cover up what is now obvious to all. Even back in the days of Mad King George, his son served as regent when he could no longer do the job.
I've also heard the rumors about Newsom considering Markle for an appointment to the Senate. It sounds ludicrous - and unlikely to please anyone at all - but I suppose stranger things have happened.
It's always tricky with security officers. If the protectee fears that they're going to rat on him or her, they may try to evade their own officers, creating a security risk.
Wasn't that one of the reasons that Diana refused RPOs?
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I just looked it up - he was there at the Obama summit in october 2017 and there was a joke about finding him a wife among the undergrads
Agree, we have a big class privilege thing in the U.K. The individuals not getting fair opportunities in the U.K. are white working class boys.
At the betterup website, ‘Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex’ is splashed everywhere. I recall Meghan staring at one point that these were *their* names and they are entitled to use them as they please.
The entire distracting show of H&M leaving the BRF has been a disaster of public relations for the Palace. It’s starting to anger me that The Queen and her office sit back for years allowing this nonsense to take place. They represent the people of the UK. Is this the best the UK can do? A Royal trailer park family? I’m not even joking. They’ve allowed this to continue. The entire country should be outraged at The Monarchy for pandering to work and joke. Don’t tell me The Queen and their office didn’t see this shitshow coming. They’ve known naughty Harry his entire life. They had experienced insane Meghan up close. They had the complaints and they witnessed her behavior. They saw her poorly clothing. They knew this would go on and on. If they didn’t, which is highly suspect, how much can they really be trusted as The Family to represent Britain? Everyone knows their family members.
We can see clearly the antics of these two, and Meghan’s PR won’t let up. It’s her bread and butter. The Palace hasn’t even stopped to ask, ‘why isn’t Meghan acting?’ Instead we have them meddling in political discourse, creating their own royal court in America, and trading all day on their Royal connection and status.
It’s also clear to me that Meghan is deluded enough to not be finished with the U.K. She is still an HRH duchess and in her mind, above every subject in the UK. I’m positive she will be back, sans Archificial and Diana 2.0, to cause drama.
This part, for me, was key to your argument:
"Given that this seems to be a 'politics allowed' space, I will risk a comment.
These are truly unprecedented times we are living in. Maybe every generation gets to say that, because every generation experiences events and inventions that have never happened before. But social media has made it possible to entirely create alternative realities that make us question that any such thing as 'verifiable truth' actually exists.
When 'your truth' is whatever you want it to be, and you can use your personalized experience of truth to deny other people's 'truth' and furthermore, erase historical events as either never having occurred or not being worth remembering because you dislike what happened, back some 200 years ago or more . . feels very much like we are living in a dystopian nightmare.....We are rapidly becoming Panem, as governed with an Orwellian aesthetic. Meg and Harry are just a tiny piece of what's happening in the larger culture but they came along at just the right time to exploit the Zeitgeist and jump on its bandwagon. It would not surprise me at all if Biden steps down in two years citing ill health and we have our first female President, through the back door as it were. "
I was busy and didn't get to respond earlier. Thanks Nutty for comment and the 2 year rule and transition. Thing is, I don't see Kamala being anymore than 1 termer but yes the strategy is there to position her for 2 more terms. I'm not a fan of Donald Trump but he does seem well positioned to come back and win next time. Biden won because he was only candidate who wasn't far left running against Trump, who didn't look good at the end there. These Woke politics don't play to middle American and after we see just how far left their policies are, whoever wins the Republican nom, will likely win and by a large amount. God help us if they don't. Given what Democrats have become, I can't see any scenario where I would vote for them. And I think Republicans will take Congress this fall.
Piers Morgan was on Ben Shapiro show Aug 2019. This was a great interview, even more relevant now, for those interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXhn2aF-5N4
You're relatives are right on. Anyone but Trump. It could be worse though! Americans were desperate to be rid of him (as desperate as UK wants to rid themselves of the stain that is Meghan and Harry) that yes, this is what we got instead. I'm relieved Trump is finally out of the WH.
Hearing his voice reminded me of Jim Jones ranting in his White Night manifestos that the People's Temple folks were forced to listen to. As a cult survivor, I'm relieved we are free from the Narc president.
There is NO WAY IN HELL we will have another. Meghan Markle will never be POTUS thanks to the negativity that DJT brought to this country for four seemingly endless years. He primed her pump for failure.
Like the older folk used to say, "thank God and Greyhound"...
Biden does have a speech impediment dating from childhood. While @Hikari did not say this, a number of people have tried to explain his recent speech oddities and gaffes as related to that impediment. But what's going on now is qualitatively different. And aside from his speech issues, Joe has always been gaffe-prone. Some people are. But something has changed and it's scary.
People have to know, they have to be able to see how changed Biden is from only 5 years ago.
Dr. Jill Biden has written a picture book biography of her husband called Joey: The Story of Joe Biden. I ordered a copy for my library because I'm responsible for the juvenile nonfiction and biography sections. It details Joe's Rockwellian childhood as a working-class kid in Scranton, PA and the struggles he encountered as a result of his childhood stammer and how he dreaded being called on to read aloud in class. Harnessing a current popular theme, Dr. Jill makes sure to mention how much Joe was bullied for this speech impediment, but it allowed his parents to impart valuable leadership lessons like being tough and getting up from the mat when life knocks you down--it could be subtitled 'He Persisted!' and sold as a companion book to Chelsea Clinton's "She Persisted!" series of picture books.
I'm sure Joey B. did face some bullying for his stammer, back when the bullies actually insulted you to your face in the schoolyard and a fistfight restored honor. Joe's family wasn't wealthy, either, but being a standout on the sports field helped him to get a scholarship to the local Catholic private school, and it didn't hurt either that Joey was a decent-looking kid. Kids can be very mean, and it appears that Joe did overcome a lot and develop leadership traits that propelled him to the U.S. Congress and his subsequent even higher profile, despite profound personal tragedies that might have derailed another guy.
One is forced to question where those leadership qualities have gotten to. I never paid much attention to Biden when he was Obama's Vice-President but he seemed like a good-looking and genial guy (a little too genial with certain demographics, I found out later) who had a sort of Jimmy Stewartesque appeal and similar laconic way of talking that made him more approachable to the common man perhaps than the more esoteric Obama. The man has served in government since 1973 and his constituents kept returning him to office. He seems much diminished, physically and mentally, from the official VP portrait on his Wiki page, taken in 2013.
I suppose that any President is at risk of stumbling on the steps of Air Force One. Gravity is nobody's friend. But as I watched the Bidens make their way from the dais after the swearing in and move through the hallways of the Capitol, it was at a snail's pace and Dr. Jill seemed to me to be actually propping her husband up and propelling him along rather than more figurative wifely support. His stamina is fragile, sundowning is looking pretty likely.
Kamala Harris penned a children's picture book in 2019 as her calling card for a prospective top-ticket nominee called 'Superheroes are Everywhere', that encourages children to make a difference in their world by being kind to family members and helping the neighbors out with chores and etc. Nothing inherently objectionable in in but it's just a fluffy helping of virtue-signaling for the young.
No doubt she'd put herself forward for Kamala's VP.
I look forward to those confirmation hearings.
@Este, let me know if you can find the Max Foster video online someplace. I'm in the EU, which sometimes blocks video for various privacy reasons.
If this is really bothering you then install the Opera browser which has free built in VPN. You have to drill into Opera settings to activate this VPN. Thus, you can make youtube believe that you are situated in the United States. You don't have to move all your internet ops to Opera. You just use it once in a while for the VPN.
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Critical Thinking1, London, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
This is ridiculous. As if a cake sent by DHL or whatever courier would solve anything. Just boost MM's PR. This is not even a charity, but self promotion. I'd like to see bank statements with thousands donated instead. Go on then, MM! Show us the money, not a cake, baked by staff.
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Sassymac, Manchester, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago
Laura it's a well known ploy by the pair - to instruct the charity they donate to, to announce it (using the duke and duchess title). And as the amount of money wasn't disclosed I would imagine it's a piddling amount......
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goldistherealmoney, Fort Knox, United States, 28 minutes ago
You would think that someone who is so worried about security would cut some of that ever expanding PR staff that plants stories like these in favor of a few guards who can do her coffee runs for her, like in Canada. Plenty of money available to live in a mansion and keep hiring expensive administrators, but taxpayers should foot the bill for security, in their minds.
You're right. A vote for Biden was a vote against Trump, and yes, Biden DID win the election, despite what some Trump fans say. All of us knew that Biden wasn't the best person for the job, but we were desperate to get that mad man out of office. Just look at his supporters when they breached the White House-mostly uneducated, violent, and they look as if they couldn't pass a fifth-grade test on basic civics. Most of them look like they just came out of that swamp that Trump said he would clean up.
The US became an international laughing stock because of Trump, and it will take decades to repair what he has broken.
I can picture it now--Mugs would eye the VP slot and think she could vault to the Top Job in the same manner that she thought that by marrying Diana's second son, she could slide into being The Princess of Wales and future Queen of England.
When will the insanity end?
Re. VP Harris,
I confess I had a twinge of schadenfreude when Kamala (KAHM-ala) had to correct Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the pronunciation of her own name during her swearing-in oath.
Sotomayor said "Kah-MALA", which is how most people tend to mess it up. But Sotomayor was not 'most people'. As a fellow minority female swearing in a politically like-minded woman on an historic occasion, Sotomayor bottled it. Really c*cked it up and there wasn't any excuse, really. She couldn't practice the nominee's name a couple of times beforehand?
What does Sotomayor's gaffe mean in the new lexicon? Two WOCs . . can't be racism, right? Carelessness? Sonia seemed underrehearsed. I mean, her name is probably the most important part of the whole. Roberts garbled other bits of the oath but he got the name right. 'Barack Hussein Obama' doesn't trip off the tongue that lightly. Justice Roberts got roundly excoriated in the media ('Oaf in Chief')--even accused of botching the oath by design in order to invalidate Obama's Presidency. I don't recall a similar outpouring of ire after Justice Sotomayor inadvertently gave the oath of office to a woman with a different name, if we are being technical about it.
We are human; nerves happen. The degree to which a high-profile mistake is ridiculed or attributed to racism vs. let slide completely seems to depend on a great deal.
Here's how Tuesday's oath went:
Roberts: ... that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully ...
Obama: ... that I will execute ...
Roberts: ... the off -- faithfully the pres -- the office of president of the United States ...
Obama (at the same time): ... the office of president of the United States faithfully ...
The two got the rest correct, including the nonobligatory "So help you God?" "So help me God." Video Watch Tuesday's oath »
Reporters, bloggers and others weighed in on the flub. The New York Post offered this headline: "Roberts is the Oaf of Office."
A Washington Post reader complained in a letter to the editor: "What could have been a moment for the ages was marred by Mr. Roberts' thoughtlessness. News outlets will report that the first words of our new president were "confused." Whether through design or an amazing lack of preparation, Justice Roberts's behavior was a disgrace."
Nobody called Justice Sotomayor a disgrace that I know of.
And Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said: "We're wondering here whether or not Barack Obama in fact is the president of the United States. They had a kind of garbled oath. It's just conceivable that this will end up going to the courts."
A rather candid admission from Fox News about the gaffe made by a conserve-leaning justice, but it's right they should have said something. Gotta avoid charges of racism by association had they downplayed Roberts' goof.
In a congressional luncheon after Tuesday's swearing-in, Roberts and Obama exchanged words, and the chief justice appeared to tell the president, "It was my fault."
Before Wednesday's second oath at the White House, Obama, waiting on a couch, joked that "we decided it was so much fun ... "
Though a Bible was used in Tuesday's oath, one was not used for Wednesday's.
After a flawless recitation, Roberts smiled and said, "Congratulations again."
"Thank you, sir," the president replied. After a smattering of applause, Obama quipped that "the bad news for the [press] pool is there's 12 more balls."
Golf reference, I assume.
The second oath and the one after that in 2013 went flawlessly.
Maybe Sonia will get a second chance to get it right. Will an old white Republican guy be allowed to swear in President Harris even though I think it's mandated that the Chief Justice have that honor?
Guess we'll see and maybe even before the year's out.
It does have me curious about the chicago thing. Its kinda arbitrary. The recent blind speculated about Bower contacting her ex, likely Corey. Fat shallot in Chicago, the chef owner used to be a michelin started chef at another place in chicago (and his and his wife's background are from a rich mostly jewish nothern suburb of chicago) are there connections there? hi its me megs, remember me from my corey days. no talking to us ok or im spilling tea about you. I swear with her its some sort of coded message like the three days before we were married right justin?
Now add to it what is going on with Newsome and others, and rumours about Markle wanting to jump in, I reckon there is so much going on behind the scenes that we have no idea about. Stay tuned and buckled up.
I think recognizing Alzheimer or other dementia symptoms may be like recognizing various personality disorders such as borderline, narcism, psychotic, sociopath. Once you have unfortunately been exposed, you recognize it immediately.
I didn't immediately recognize Biden as such but family that were in the medical field did. It took me awhile to come around because the idea is in itself so crazy. Who would do that?
Golf reference, I assume.
No, dances.
I believe the presidential oath is in the Constitution, that's why they had to redo it correctly.
Thank you for your kind words on my earlier comment.
'Panem' is the fictional setting--an alternative USA after a civil war--for the young adult trilogy of dystopian novels by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games. In the near future, under a totalitarian regime that controls all media and basically functions like a thought police, America has been rezoned into 13 Districts all ruled by the central government of 'The Capitol'. Residents of The Capital live like Oprah and the Sussexes in Montecito. Meanwhile citizens in the other districts are burdened with heavy taxes to support the fat cats of The Capital (think of it as what Washington DC would be like if all the celebrities and wealthy elites from all the major cities settled there. It's basically a slave state where 90% of the country is toiling to support the elite 10%. Every year in Panem there is a nationally televised reality TV tournament were young people from all over the country compete in a series of to-the-death challenges. Each of the 12 districts (Capitol excluded) sends a pair of teenagers: a girl and a boy, selected by lottery to compete in The Hunger Games. It's like Survivor, under extreme conditions, only in this being eliminated only happens when you are killed. It is the job of your fellow competitors to try their best to kill you because only one winner can be left standing.
The lottery is like the Vietnam draft from hell because everybody except one has to die. Survival of the fittest . . or just the dirtiest player. Our Mugsy is pretty frail-seeming but she knows how to fight dirty.
Anyway, that's more than you wanted to know about Panem.
Simon Enright to help rehabilitate heir to throne's image after damaging claims made by Prince Harry during Oprah Winfrey interview
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Camilla Tominey,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
26 March 2021 • 3:05pm
Prince Charles has hired an NHS spin doctor to head his communications in the wake of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Oprah Winfrey interview.
One of the first jobs in Simon Enright's in-tray will be to help rehabilitate the heir to the throne's image in light of damaging claims made by Prince Harry earlier this month.
During the two-hour interview, the 36-year-old accused his 72-year-old father of refusing to return his calls in the run up to "Megxit" and claimed the future king was "trapped" in the system of British monarchy. Charles is said to have been "deeply saddened" by the claims.
As director of communications for NHS England, Mr Enright, 51, has been at the forefront of managing the communications around the coronavirus pandemic.
As well as leading a 30-strong national team for the body that shares out £100 billion of annual NHS funding, commissions healthcare services and sets the priorities of the NHS, he is also understood to manage media relations for Sir Simon Stevens, the NHS chief executive.
Before joining NHS England in 2013, Mr Enright spent 16 years working for the BBC, where he rose up the journalistic ranks to become the deputy editor of Newsnight.
The son of the late Labour MP and MEP Derek Enright, who represented Hemsworth and Leeds in the 1980s and 90s, Mr Enright once defended the BBC against claims it was acting like the "thug at the end of the street" in its dealings with local and regional newspapers.
back to miss montecito. Shes much more fun!
Insisting the corporation was not trying to monopolise the local news market, he told a Westminster Media Forum event in 2013: "I think there is a simple BBC argument which, certainly when I worked at Newsnight and the 10 O'Clock News, is that all competition is good.
"I hear people saying they are worried about the BBC entering local space. It is a mixed picture for me. Are you saying we are crap, or good and dangerous?"
A former BBC colleague described the Oxford-educated married father of three, who is chairman ochair of governors of the St Charles and St Mary's Catholic Schools Federation in Ladbroke Grove, London, as "the dream person to be in this role".
The former colleague added: "He's a really positive, likeable person. He'll be straight, enthusiastic and open with colleagues. This is a very smart hire at a time when the Prince of Wales could do with some help."
Mr Enright, due to take up his post in May, will replace former BBC and Burberry PR chief Julian Payne as Charles's director of communications after Mr Payne announced in January that he was leaving to become chair of corporate affairs at Edelman.
During his five years in the role, Mr Payne, 48, is credited with improving the prince's public approval rating by spearheading positive coverage including a well-received BBC documentary to mark his 70th birthday in 2018.
Those of you who didn't realize before the election that Biden was seriously impaired should be angry. The Daily Mail did a more thorough and even-handed job covering the election campaign than the US media.
All this shuffling of personnel, cakes being shipped across country,new jobs, are smoke screens for the obvious: we are special, we are doing what we set out to do, they are harsh on us, while Harry is doing obvious what the Queen told him NOT to do - trade on the titles. Harry is being rolled out as who he is currently, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. He is nothing but Henry Mountbatten-Windsor, son of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, without them. When will HMTQ release the kraken of removing the dukedom, and leaving Harry for who he is - Prince Harry.
Re. Charles's new PR guru
It's a sad state of affairs when a 72-year-old man whose father is likely in his last days is forced to appoint a spin doctor to ward off malicious slanders from his own failure-to-launch ingrate son.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth/T'is to have an ungrateful child! King Lear
Sad, because Charles shouldn't have to do this. Every parent who's ever had to cut off a disrepectful leech of a kid in their own household, one who refused to get a job while laying about getting high and showering family members with abuse, conning the grandparents out of more money and the like--knows what Charles is going through.
Making the choice to decline the peevish phone calls of an adult son who is trying to manipulate you into supporting him forever despite awful behavior and elder abuse, really, toward you, your wife and your extremely elderly parents should be commended as a show of strength . . not something to apologize for by hiring a spin doctor to prettify your position.
With all due respect to Queen Elizabeth, whom I admire greatly . . the fact that she has lived so long has cut her son and heir off at the knees before he's even gotten the top job. As a Prince of Wales in his 70s, Charles has to spend his days justifying his existence and apologizing for it. Were he the King, would things be better or worse for him? With Chas, it's hard to say. Certainly in earlier times, this transcontinental circus wouldn't be dragging on and on, aided by spin doctors on both sides . . Charles Rex could have had his miscreant traitor son brought back bodily in chains and thrown in the Tower. Shape up or say goodbye to your head, son, you wet article. Meghan would have been relegated to some drafty Scottish castle on an island accessible only by row boat and placed under 24-hour guard. If she didn't like that she could throw herself from the battlements.
But it's 2021 and so the future King of England has to hire a spin doctor as defense against his own spineless kid and the spineless kid's wacko wife. This is his only option?
Truly I weep for the future.
@Hikari-thank you, sundowning was a term I should've used. The event was very late in the afternoon and "sundowning" encompasses some of the displayed symptoms.
Yes, back to Miss Montecito & Hot Rob! This all feels like some kind of Poirot or Miss Marple mystery. A small piece here, a clue there,...slowly building up to the great reveal. Cheers, all! Wonderful conversation as always. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.
“Exclusive: Prince Charles appoints NHS spin doctor to head communications
Simon Enright to help rehabilitate heir to throne's image after damaging claims made by Prince Harry during Oprah Winfrey interview”
Ever since the Harkles announced they were leaving, I’ve maintained HMTQ was going to play the long game with these two. I also think PoW and PW were on board with this. I’m not so sure about the PoW now.
This hire is not a defensive move, IMO. It is an offensive one. Price Charles has spent the years since Diana’s death slowly rehabilitating his image AND getting the public to warm to Camila. That crap show interview did a lot to undo that.
We know that PoW wanted to release a point by point rebuttal, but deferred to the queen. We may not see open defiance of HMTQ by PoW, but I bet we start seeing a lot more positive press about him and a lot more negative stories with “palace sources” spilling tea to the press.
Blind Items Revealed #1
https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2021/03/blind-items-revealed-1_26.html
March 19, 2021
I wonder if the ginger haired one thinks that some random pap must have got really lucky to snap his photo while out randomly biking with no helmet, mask, sunglasses or anything to disguise who he is. Of course not. He was sent out by the wife knowing full well there would be a pap, because they were called in advance. And yes, US taxpayers are still paying for security for the couple.
Meghan Markle
Reed Ickyoolum • 2 hours ago
They need money, so she sent him out to make some ginger bread, man.
priceless
Now this
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14468921/meghan-markle-dad-thomas-letter-oprah-interview/
Susan Rice --Been operating in DC for decades. Her father was on the Federal Reserve board and was the first? black to get this position. Do not under estimate her hidden powers. She is ultra networked in DC. I'll bet most of you don't know her appointment in the Biden Administration.
Jill Biden -- Almost like Woodrow Wilson's wife
Obama ---'nuff said!
Kamala Harris also but she really comes last. She just arrived in DC. Her husband Doug Emhoff might have lots of influence too via his wife. He is a big lawyer in LA and a quick learner. He seems very smart to me. The two together make a savvy and powerful couple. Kamala is a bit of an unprincipled airhead who did awful in the Democrat primaries.
Then you have the various Cabinet appointees in Joe Biden's administration. They know what must be done automatically. They don't have to get on the phone with Joe for their instructions.
I’m starting to think The Queen is highly aware that Harry cannot support himself without trading on his Princely status and is towing the line by looking the other way with these ‘deals’.
At the betterup website, ‘Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex’ is splashed everywhere. I recall Meghan staring at one point that these were *their* names and they are entitled to use them as they please.
Chez KP #1, William must be up nights, chewing his way through china cups. Imagine how frustrating to be forced to sit by and watch your elders dither like this as a faithless renegade brother and his grasping tart takes the whole family and the citizens of two countries for a ride on their merry-go-round of insanity and self-aggrandizement.
If William were the Prince of Wales right now, I think we'd be seeing a different response. This situation has quite nearly reached the tipping point where it's more grave to the national interest and that of the Royal family than the Abdication. Had you asked me a year ago, I would have said no way did the petulant antics of two minor royals acting like spoiled adolescents who pitched a tantrum and ran away from home rated the same level of angst engendered by the Abdication. The thought was ridiculous. Edward VIII was King and Emperor by birthright. Harry was a #6 whose popularity, like Edward's, started to slide after he got c*ntstruck by a divorced American gold-digger.
The Windsors managed to be periodically embarrassing to the family over money and titles for the remainder of their lives but with no social media and a mostly deferential mainstream traditional press, they could be contained. They became insignificant relics of a bygone scandal with the passage of time. I suspect Harry and Meg will flame out too, but it looks like it's going to take a lot longer than we thought. Years. Maybe even a decade or more. What the earlier renegade Windsors lacked that the current pair have is a complicit and fawning media in the country they have chosen to relocate. It's like if the President of France had installed David and Wallis in the Palace of Versailles and sung their praises to La Monde and given them both obscenely paid sinecures within the government and flung the jewelry vault of France open to Wallis.
This has got to burn out eventually, but how long, oh Lord, how long????
and seriously, why couldnt he deliver an invite for Hot Rob. Jenn S is awaiting his call!
Whoops - did Thomas actually do this? Deliver a letter to Oprah asking her to interview him?
I can't confirm any of this personally of course but I've been selective with what I've saved...🤣
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#1 There was apparently a first take of the engagement interview that wasn't nearly as sugary as required and they redid it. The red flags are a good bit more obvious in that first take. The story about the Corgis immediately taking to MM was not true - just a PR invention added to the narrative.
#2 In discussions on Datalounge about Lady C's book prior to its release these comments were made: "So Lady C has more than one verification that Meghan did indeed throw her hot tea at Admiralty House during the Australian tour because she deemed it unpotable."
"The story first surfaced after the Australia trip that they were staying at Admiralty House in Sydney as guests of the Governor-General when she threw HOT tea at a staffer.
The wife of the Governor-General made a formal complaint about the incident to the UK's Foreign Office, who arrange these trips."
#3 Also from DataLounge: "I worked as a Production Assistant in the Canadian TV/Film industry from 1995 to 2013. I still live in Toronto, and I have many friends in the business. I know some people who worked on Suits and I've never heard a single positive thing about Meghan Markle. When the news broke that she was dating Harry, I know for a fact that members of both cast and crew were praying that she'd get married and quit the show. I wonder what Markle is going to do now that her number one mouthpiece (aka Jessica Mulroney) has to be cut off."
From a different poster re Suits - "Basically what I heard was that she was a total bitch to the crew, several directors hated her, and she and Gabriel Macht did not get along."
#4 Meghan's topless photos have not been completely scrubbed and are still online. As far I know, these are the original legitimate pictures taken along with Lindsey Roth and another friend while they were on vacation together. They became public before the wedding and MM had the nerve to claim they were not her!
NSFW -
https://www.hotcelebshome.com/2018/03/16/meghan-markle-topless-leaked-pics-nsfw/
#5 MM's racy photos from Suits and the burger grilling video became an issue for Kate in her case against the French magazine that had published sunbathing pics taken of her without her knowledge while on vacation with William.
https://www.her.ie/news/provocative-meghan-markle-pics-used-magazine-topless-duchess-kate-case-408106
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“Exclusive: Prince Charles appoints NHS spin doctor to head communications
Simon Enright to help rehabilitate heir to throne's image after damaging claims made by Prince Harry during Oprah Winfrey interview"
I don't think Harrys claim about his dad cutting him off was damaging at all really. Unless you are an American 35+ year old millennial living in your parents basement still. Most adults and parents who have cut the purse strings agree. The British taxpayers have been screaming for a year or more, they don't want to fund those embarrassing grifters. They do not represent the monarchy or UK or anyone really, they represent greed, bitterness, lies, and ultimate hypocrisy. Everyone I know is happy for Charles finally growing a pair. I wouldn't answer the phone if my doped up son and his wife only called to ask for $$$$$ either.
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@ Hikari, pray you never have VP Markle! Lol The insanity would be just the beginning of Hell on Earth!
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This story was left here on Nutty's blog about a year ago by a woman, a physician in LA who posted with us for a short time. Her sister was seriously bullied by Meghan in high school. She told the story in several posts that I've grouped together here:
My younger sister went to school with Megs (that’s what she was called then) and found herself the object of cruel bullying. On the surface, Megs appeared polite and dutiful. But scratch that same surface, and Megs was unnecessarily mean to those who were unique or eclectic. Ironic that.
Megs presented a façade of appearing “polite and dutiful”.
Perhaps more than either of these descriptors, she was CHARMING. Thus she could SEEM polite and dutiful to teachers, administrators, and those high on the social hierarchy. But she was anything BUT polite or dutiful to others.
I only met her once (and briefly at that) picking my sister up at school. But I heard about her frequently. I’ve attempted to maintain some sense of balance in following her, as I know how kids can be towards their classmates. And as they grow, so do their perspectives and actions. Some adults have looked back to their younger years and recognized their folly. But not all.
According to my sister, Megs was a “Queen Bee”. Again ironic. Neither of us watched the movie, Mean Girls (perhaps because it cut a bit close to the bone), but that was the sense that was conveyed.
There were accusations of tirades (for appearing “different”), name-calling and ostracism; the general bullying stuff.
But it became a bit more involved when my sister was accused of something she adamantly denies and was later vindicated of such by a 3rd party. This took approximately 4 months time, though, and she insisted Megs and her gang lied and planted “evidence” to the contrary. (Involving drugs). (My sister maintains to this day that Megs had access to substances via her parents.)
(Our folks were strict, and both my sister and I were “good kids”; if a bit introverted and shy.)
To spare the details, a third party provided evidence that overwhelmingly cleared my sister. But Megs and her friends were not punished. They were “popular” and threatening. And she got along well with staff.
As mentioned above, she was apparently VERY charming.
That era was awkward and painful for my sister. She has grown through it, fortunately. But difficult remembrances.
There was some hope that M had changed: successful. Prominent. Well-to-do.
But, alas, it appears that not to be the case.
So those that state Megs flew off the handle may have a thread of truth. I spent much time consoling my sibling and encouraging her in the face of ringleader Megs. Such cruelty at a young age. To this day I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around it. Perhaps it’s related to sensitivities of those of us who gravitate toward the healing professions. Different from the Pretend World of Hollywood or Social Climbing SoHo.
If she is (as an adult) as she was when younger, eventually there will be a tipping point. And all those who struggled as a result of Megs may come forward. (NDAs be damned.)
She seems, though, to be devolving quite quickly. At what seems her (and H’s) own hands.
Fascinating to watch this from afar given my sister’s history.
I’ll conclude with something that is complete conjecture: Doria is enigmatic for a reason. I find there is little about her, and she remains a pivotal, yet mysterious figure in relation to all that has transpired in regards to Meghan: now and when she was younger.
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So if this story is true and I believe it is, it seems Markle is not only a highly SKILLED and CRUEL bully, she is also willing to effortlessly and without remorse LIE to set up those who become her targets. And she apparently can very easily gaslight and fool those who are not targets into thinking she is an upstanding person. This high school report sounds a lot like what took place in the palace. I really feel bad for her staff. I hope all their stories are told and some form of justice is attained.
I'm out. I did not sign up for a political forum. I wish you all well.
In case you decide to lurk and come back to read this, please allow me to say this one time:
In general I'm in favor of keeping partisan politics out of this space. But with this topic which Nutty has titled 'Our rotten Establishment Media', she seems to be inviting political discussion, at least in this thread.
It has become increasingly impossible to divorce any discussion of Meghan and Harry and their activities and motivations from attendant discussions on the media AND politics, because they are all interconnected. Meg is positioning herself, either for just the Narck fuel of international attention or because she really believes that she's got a crack at an important role in an ultra-liberal Democratic administration overseen by a President Harris, to insert herself into national politics. She's stated as much. We can't discuss her or Harry's present or future without reference to politics. So what about this 'political forum' do you find so distressing or repellent that you won't participate, even as a reader?
That's your choice, of course. But if politics has come up, it's because it's the theme of this thread today. That is not the norm here but perhaps we could mix it up a little bit without permanent damage to people's sensibilities. Because although we don't like it and wish they hadn't, Meghan and Harry have turned this entirely about politics--gender politics, race politics, identity politics . . and the politics of the talentless entitled parvenus most of all. We can't talk about them anymore in terms of their fashion choices or Harry's haziness about geography. These two dumb, selfish polarizing people have stopped being a quizzical form of entertainment--they are dangerous on account of the powerful friends who are propping them up as the Second Coming of Wokeness.
And I think we need to talk about the root causes that have propelled them to where they are now.
https://twitter.com/ChangaDuchessof/status/1375509572157272064
Will Meg sue???
Some of you may remember that we learned, after the fact, that Ronald Reagan had dementia, and the WH was run by Nancy and her astrologer. Nancy was well known in Hollywood to do anybody, straight or gay, well before she was FLOTUS. She must have been extraordinarily cringe-worthy to those who knew her reputation, and then her prim, straight arrow act as First Lady.
I was surprised by Biden's nomination, but the other candidates were too divisive for one reason or the other, and Bernie was too risky of a choice.
And I think we need to talk about the root causes that have propelled them to where they are now.
You're absolutely right. I can't believe how the Sussexes have spread poison way beyond their natural sphere, in such a short time. I always try to steer clear of politics here as there can be quite a divide between American and UK/European nutties, but as you say, it's no longer possible to compartmentalise.
This is why the Queen should no longer use her usual method to combat this. Her oh-so-subtle-and-noble approach is invisible beyond our shores and this really matters now. It's damaging our international reputation. More must be done. We have to recognise how pernicious the Sussexes now are. They have been allowed to spread lies and inaccuracies absolutely unhindered. Enabled by Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King who should be ashamed of themselves. The facts are simple to establish. We need to start knocking them into people's heads, by sheer repetition if need be. We need to see the BRF taking action. Otherwise what are they good for in this day and age?
These are American tabloids.
https://twitter.com/ChangaDuchessof/status/1375509572157272064
Will Meg sue???
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@Miggy
The US tabloid National Enquirer has been printing negative and unflattering stories about her all along but yet she tries to claim the UK/UK-press were out to get her! I recently posted a group of stories from the National Enquirer that looked like they could be true and that fit in with long-standing rumors we've heard, but they have also reported a lot of nonsense - yet no lawsuits from the Duchess.
In one of Valentine Low's London Times articles, he writes about how palace staff felt Markle WANTED to find everything negative about her time with the Firm so that she could use that narrative to convince Harry they had to leave the UK and live in the US.
Exactly!
The Marriage Certificate is evidence that a marriage ceremony took place, before witnesses. according to the CofE rite and thus the law of the land . It was issued in good faith that there was nothing that would create an impediment to the union.
It doesn’t prove, however, that the marriage was or wasn’t valid. Nor that there hadn’t been a earlier valid marriage of the same couple.
Should contrary evidence come to light later, for example that it was a forced marriage, that one or both partners was still legally married to another person, or that the marriage contract had been entered into for criminal purposes, such as residential/citizenship purposes for one party, the marriage would then be invalid – and criminal proceedings might ensue.
Had there already been a valid Church marriage of the couple on the quiet, although not secretly, (think Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes as in the film `Sylvia’ – couple, clergyman & 2 witnesses) , a second church marriage would be invalid and action taken against any clergy involved in both marriages.
I’m not sure how the postulated Botswana marriage would affect this. In any event, the law doesn’t take kindly to those who mess around with its provisions.
That’s how I understand it anyway.
Actually Pete Buttigieg was doing well in the primaries, it was the African American community in South Carolina that gave Biden his first primary victory and then the other candidates folded except for Bernie.
I agree in keeping politics out it, my main gripe is with media basis, both from the left and right. Just give me the news, I'll make my own judgment. For some strange reason the left or liberal media has embraced the MM. If she wasn't biracial and emphasizing it, the response would be different. This is how strange things are in the US when someone like MM claims racism because her son doesn't have a HRH and the UK is not paying for security even though they live in California.
Firstly... don't forget she claimed you don't have tabloids stateside! LOL
And yes, I'm aware that the Enquirer posts unflattering articles about her on a regular basis but these were from after the Oprah interview and seem to be more brutal than usual.
She sued that photo agency, (can't recall the name offhand) so maybe she'll have a shot at suing these too?
As for the Times: I can well believe that Markle searched to find negative articles about herself to convince Dumbo that the UK was racist and mean and they must leave for their safety.
Typical narc move.
Yes! Thank you.
To others,
I have worked for over two decades with several populations as a social worker as you may recall. One group was with frail elderly including numerous years working with dementia and Alzheimer's clients. My own mother had dementia. I know the profile exceptionally well.
Though Joe Biden may have some traits, I would say professionally what he sufferers from is age related memory loss. He does not have the 'lights are on but nobody is home' look that those patients have. At least it is not detectable at this time.
That he was able to succeed throughout the debates is very telling as to his cognitive ability. He was also a stutterer as a child which often causes a disorganized thought process due to a 'stutterer has a coherent pattern of thoughts, but may have a difficult time vocally expressing those thoughts' (Wikipedia). Couple this with the aging process and yes some may think he is demented. I think the poor man is exhausted after his grueling tours during his campaign.
If I had my druthers, John F. Kennedy Jr. would be our new president but he's not here is he? So all we had was Joe and I am thankful we could rid ourselves of the disgrace of DJT which history will not look kindly on...
I do not think Biden is demented or I would have sat out of the voting process as I have done before.
With that said, I will reiterate a statement I said awhile back that I would have voted for Howdy Doody to get rid of Trump. But not to help elect a very dangerously ill elder. Not my style!! To imply that someone such as myself would place a frail demented elder in the line of fire for political gain is highly questionable.
I am only here today because of the political nature of Nutty's new post and am in complete agreement with @Hikari who explained how closely connected the issues of politics and Meghan Markle are at this time.
Carry on ladies, and Opus.
I think @Hikari has said it well.
This became political when as still prominent members of the royal family Harry and Meghan choose to 'reveal all' in a one-sided chat with a talk show host inviting reactions from political leaders in the USA, including one that said (as a result)institutions universally need to change.
This became political when the couple urged for the right kind of vote to be cast. Meghan's ambitions are taking on a political hue - she may not get to the top posts but as mentioned before by another poster, she might be gunning for other lower but significant positions. Also as Hikari said, and Nutty alluded to, political movement is being mentioned in the scope of how media and other powerful lobbies are shaping this story. Remember when Meghan got 72 women parliamentarians in the UK to sign a petition to stop the persecution of herself?
Meghan has been baiting the politics of two nations to raise her profile. A balanced, academic - though hopefully brief - discussion is not entirely out of place. Had Harry and Meghan been a just celebrities fighting their family for fortune why would so many of us care?
Now ain't this a good ol' family show!
If he has some form of dementia, I agree he's not at the level "nobody's home" and he's not likely to wander off or forget how to dress himself. But isn't KH taking most of the calls with foreign leaders? If he's still that exhausted from the campaign that ended nearly 5 months ago, that's concerning. And it's concerning the press seems eager to cover for him. The same press that promotes MM.
Indifference to your professional experience with dementia patients, I agree that Mr. Biden is not so badly off yet that he can’t function relatively well for focused periods. He performed well at his Inaugural, but the level of oratory was quite a bit simpler than we are used to on that occasion. I think his speech writers had to pitch the language at a level he was comfortable getting out. Some of that may be related to his stammer, which is a lifelong condition that can only be managed, not eradicated. ER’s dear father Suffered exactly the same, and many at the time of the Abdication thought Bertie was not up to the job due to disability, temperament, and not being bright. Being sought stupid as an offshoot of needing longer to process and produce what one wants to say. George VI was able to fulfill his duties with the aid of a strong wife, so Joe has that in common. I dispute that he was exhausted from the campaign, since he barely had any events due to the virus, and the few that he did have were very sparsely attended. Donald Trump like to accuse his opponent of hiding out in his basement, but DT was not technically wrong in that remark because for most of the campaign Joe was unseen and confined to his home. The current conditions with in person events largely canceled and social distancing still in play Makes it a lot easier for others to stand in for him behind the scenes. Access to him can be controlled and blamed on the virus. And if he’s not well enough to meet with people or make a speech or appearance somewhere it can be a shunt it off and postponed and the virus blamed again. It’s quite telling I think that he couldn’t even manage brief remarks to the press prior to his 64th day in office. Traditionally the new president Meet the Press during the first week of his administration.
If Joe isn’t sitting at the Resolute desk, I think the American people have the right to know who is. 78 is certainly a venerable age to take on any new job, never mind President of the United States. In another generation that would have been considered a very very old man. But our standards of what constitutes too old to remember things or do meaningful work has certainly changed. 65 used to be “old“, and most people who retired at that age would be dead in 5 to 8 years. With Elizabeth still going strong on the throne at nearly 95, and people like Betty White and Christopher Plummer still actively working into their 90s, in that context 78 seems Like a relatively vigorous age still. I have a friend in her 70s who goes hiking or snowshoeing every day. So when is 78-year-old man who is just been elected to the most powerful job in the world ostensibly. Falls three times while climbing one flight of stairs And can’t recall basic words when he wants them, I get concerned that’s something apart from age is going on. If Joe were living in a retirement village in Florida, Mild confusion or impairment wouldn’t be such a big deal if all it were doing was slowing down his golf game. But the environment he’s currently in and the expectations on him are going to highlight all the more that he’s not as quick on the uptake as he needs to be for his position. I also got a little concerned when he says out of his own mouth that he knows he’s only going to be a placeholder President. In the broadest scheme of things, everyone who inhabits the Oval Office isonly a placeholder; After a certain number of years whether four or eight, Someone else will take their place. But to call oneself a placeholder before one even has the job seems to indicate that he knows he’s not going to be around for the standard length of time.
My first words meant to say “in deference”. Not indifference!
@ Hikari...spot on, per usual...I have to say, being a new regular commentator here, long time lurker and only spotty poster, I'm super impressed how civil and intelligent the discourse here is given all the ways it could get ugly, ala TMZ comments. I didn't realize celebrity commentary could be so intelligent. Well dune, Nutties.
"It has become increasingly impossible to divorce any discussion of Meghan and Harry and their activities and motivations from attendant discussions on the media AND politics, because they are all interconnected. Meg is positioning herself, either for just the Narck fuel of international attention or because she really believes that she's got a crack at an important role in an ultra-liberal Democratic administration overseen by a President Harris, to insert herself into national politics. She's stated as much. We can't discuss her or Harry's present or future without reference to politics. So what about this 'political forum' do you find so distressing or repellent that you won't participate, even as a reader?
That's your choice, of course. But if politics has come up, it's because it's the theme of this thread today.
Noted.
My reference to Joe's grueling campaign activities was meant to include mental fatigue coupled with the physical, which I know from experience to be connected and play in tandem to make most older people exhausted and fatigued. My BFF is not yet retired though we are the same age. She consistently mentions how her most tiring Covid days are those filled with back to back Zoom meetings where she sits all day...
I cannot imagine running (and winning!) a Presidency campaign at my age and I am over two decades younger than Joe. I would be falling down stairs too at this rate.
In any event he is the President and I helped get him there. Whether I held my nose or not (I did), I have to live with my choice. I only had to glimpse at the alternative to get me off the bench!
BTW I am not a fan of the VP and I was very concerned about her becoming President but my concern over the deranged antics of DJT overrode my dislike and mistrust for Kamala.
The people (presumably) voted for Biden. They had a choice and he was it. His issues were visible everyone. The people that voted for him, the majority, didn't think they were relevant enough to not choose him and i think are still very happy with their decision.
I thought this was supposee to be primarily nonpoltical, although that does get hard sometimes with the harkles inserting themselves into politics.
HM - i dont understand the latest palace insider saying the queen is reviewing the harkles upholding their end of not exploiting the HRH or Royal . What control does she really have over it? They are going to donwhatever they want. Unless there is a money issue, and the harkles supposedly have 100 million dollar deals, she really doesnt have any leverage. Why bother with that statement and stirring the MM hornet nest?
I agree that Megxit is done, funding and security have been cut off, so the Queen has no way to hold the Harkles accountable for any agreement they made. I suspect that the palace insider is a Meghan insider! Why? Because it maintains a connection and makes them seem to be more important royals than they actually are.
The Queen is probably taking an interest and is concerned about the antics of the Harkles as Harry is still listed as Counsellor of State and is sixth in line to the throne. The Harkles will milk those two connections for all they are worth.
Is O part of some crazy world domination reorder conspiracy or is she just after high ratings, relevancy, and more money? Who knows, but i do know she cannot be trusted.
Also Thom doesn' t always make the best interviewee. His UK interview was middle of the night for him wasnt it? Some thought he'd been drinking, he needs to find a neutral or favorable interviewer... piers hahaha?
Soooo, HM has several grand children, Annes kids, and Edwards kids. They are not Princes and Princesses, but viscounts, and other titles. Ive read in the past that Anne and Edward didnt want their kids to have the Prince/ess titles. So presumable HM had choice and didnt give them a title. Will Charles have a choice and can he choose to not give Archie a title?
@Hikari said...
It has become increasingly impossible to divorce any discussion of Meghan and Harry and their activities and motivations from attendant discussions on the media AND politics, because they are all interconnected.
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@Hikari
Thank you for all your eloquent posts on politics within this thread. Your comments have been mostly bipartisan and sane.
I absolutely agree that there is no way to avoid politics anymore and there really hasn't been since the Harkles landed back in the states. I've been posting for a long time that MM wants a career in politics or at the very least wants to monetize sociopolitical issues. And I believe she will find a way. Any involvement in our politics from the Harkles is unacceptable to me between her divisive nature and self-absorbed goals and his ignorance and lower level of intelligence.
We already have enough hatred with Democrats and Republicans at each other's throats. The mess this country is in right now is due to problems within both parties and it's frightening.
I normally vote for the person, not the party, and am gutted by the recent state of affairs. We certainly don't need someone like Markle who is excellent at being divisive and stirring up trouble adding to the current bizarre political landscape.
Will MM be able to slither in due to current woke extremism and the lack of strong leadership? Yes she will in some form or another!
There have been rumors about Biden's dementia circulating for a long time and I knew during the debates that all was not well with him. It may be still in the early stages and as someone else pointed out he is not wandering the grounds of the White house. But he should not have been appointed as our president in this condition. Dementia can rapidly worsen. He was far less sharp than when he debated as VP. To me, his appearance also speaks of issues with dementia, he looks a lot older than his actual age and quite often has a vagueness about him. The fact that he needs multiple prompts and pictures is very sad and scary.
I am also unhappy about the idea that the first woman to be elected as VP may have achieved that goal not based on merit. In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, the PTB chose someone for her race and gender. SMH. Somehow I do not trust Kamala Harris's capability nor politics and have no desire to see our country become a socialist one. And to add to those fears, we have Markle who will use Kamala's presence to her advantage. She already has her niece onside and has been networking dem connections.
It can't be stated enough that the Firm is currently interfering with our sociopolitical issues by allowing these two to continue to playact as fauxmatarians disguised as caring individuals when they are actually agents of chaos.
I started out following this story as someone who was concerned about the Queen and the monarchy and I'm now coming to the point where I am angry with them and their lack of adequate action as well as what they must have covered over.
IMO the RF owes both the UK and the US their efforts to de-fang the Harkles. If those efforts expose some aspects of the monarchy that they don't care to reveal then they need to just accept that.
There can be no ending of the Harkle reign of chaos without a complete purge of all royal ties. The RF needs to take all the titles - Sussex, Dumbarton etc as well as the HRH. Then there will be no princess megalo. The line in the succession must go as well as the position as Counselor of State. And they need to provide proof that NO funds from UK or US taxpayers nor the Duchies is being spent on the pair of greedy traitors. The very idea that the RF would allow these two to siphon off money from this side of the pond is infuriating. The RF needs to do the right thing.
A complete reveal of all shady Sussex activity must be accomplished including the bullying investigation, all the lies and false narratives, any suspect activity with funds, and the issues with the surrogacy rumors.
In addition, the monarchy needs to defend itself against the Harkles' allegations. Those allegations are part of the magic carpet MM will ride right into political office. I no longer care whether it's not the RF way of doing things and I can no longer stand the excuses. They just need to get it done in a way that reaches America as well as the UK.
It's a huge mess but I have confidence the firm can fix things if they are willing to take some of the blame.
“Nigella’s” Chocolate olive oil cake
is delicious 👌
I also use yoghurt in some cakes
CNN internatiinal says- according to King George Letters Patent, Archie will automatically become a Prince when Charles becomes King, because he will be a grandchild of the Monarch.
@JHanoi: Harry and Meghan should hope that Charles lives long enough to ascend to the throne. He’s already 71 or 72, and he doesn’t look all that great. If he passes on while ERII still reigns, then it will go to William and poor little Archie and Diana Jr. will be out of luck in the prince and princess department.
But Meghan said in the Oprah interview that titles aren’t that important, so I’m sure she wouldn’t mind if her two kids were left out and are allowed to live without those pesky prince and princess styles.
Megs gets another scalp---->>>>
In more wokist tyranny news today-------->>>>
Sharon Osbourne LEAVES The Talk amid race controversy after defending Piers Morgan for saying he did not believe Meghan Markle's Oprah interview
CBS confirmed Sharon Osbourne's departure in a statement issued on Friday
Now, who was it that said they used olive oil in brownies and it was horrible? Have you tried coconut oil? Very delicious!
Thank you. I appreciate an open mind!
As is Lady Colin Campbell, I am a centrist- who leans more towards apolitical.
What I find the most appalling is the division, disunity and sheer chaos Meghan Markle has caused recently. I am so happy she is being slammed by the press as I predicted shortly after the interview. I referred to it as the releasing of the hounds. Glad to see I was on point.
Cheers!
Back to retirement from the blog.
Sharon an Piers Morgan should start their own podcast on an independent platform where they can say what they like about Woke and Joke. Those two have a cozy good rapport already from costarring on America’s Got Talent. They would be an entertaining duo I think.
I’m going to have to think very carefully from now on about what media outlets I consume. A cabin in the woods with no electronics like Henry David Thoreau is sounding more and more appealing. My job as a librarian has information overload as a job requirement, and over the last 10 years or so I have watched woke/cancel culture do its thing in my profession. Diversity in children’s literature has exploded, which would be a great thing if it wasn’t in tandem With a McCarthy like witchhunt and figurative… Sometimes literal book burning of works by white authors. All childhood Classics can be erased as patriarchal, racist and Not sufficiently inclusive to the gender nonconforming if we look hard enough for it. Libraries are increasingly under pressure to expand their radical feminist and LGTBQ+ offerings for all ages including infants. Yes, it’s never too early to start questioning your gender identity And future pronouns a preference even though you are not talking yet. And if you’re real lucky you might be able to experience drag queen story time at the library by the time you’re old enough for nursery school!
It’s only going to get worse I fear.
When I really think about this, it seems like Harry is much harder to convince than I initially thought. Meghan must have attempted to get to the US to ‘deliver’ or ‘accept’ Archificial for the press attention and $$$. The fact she had to claim suicidal tendencies to get him to act, albeit outrageously ‘let’s move to the US so you aren’t suicidal anymore’ is hilarious. He doesn’t listen to her, until she *forces* the issue with all of her acting and manipulation skills. She dug their grave and he held on tight.
The other train of thought is that they are exaggerating the mental health angle to promote betterup *saving them and others* and *untrapping them*. I also think it was smart on betterup’s part to leave the loser wife out of the deal. I wonder how much that stung Meghan, that she can’t be a spokesperson for a ‘life coaching’ app.
Sometimes I don’t even think it’s about money with her, but only-child spoilt syndrome of needing absolutely all of the attention and recognition. You’d think they’d be raising Doria’s profile as a mental health professional, with all these interested parties. She ticks a lot of boxes.
I don't think the Valentine Low articles on the bullying were suggesting she was specifically desperate for negative press but rather that she found fault with everyone and everything within the palace and her role within the family firm. Nothing would make her happy despite the Firm bending over backwards for her. It was felt by MANY different staff members that she was running with a planned victim narrative and DID NOT want it to work out. She plotted to return to the US claiming they treated her badly and she deliberately SET UP that version of her time within the RF.
I grabbed some direct quotes from the article:
The palace knew that when Harry married a woman who was biracial, American and divorced, they had to go out of their way to make sure the marriage was a success: if it was not, the royal household and their supposedly hidebound ways would be blamed. “Everyone knew that the institution would be judged by her happiness,” a source said. “The mistake they made was thinking she wanted to be happy. She wanted to be rejected because she was obsessed with that narrative from day one.”
More than one source has expressed their view about her wanting to be a victim. One claimed: “She wanted to be the victim because then she could convince Harry that it was an unbearable experience and they had no choice but to move to America.”
It seems she started complaining very early on. First she sets up the victim narrative of being stalked by paps (the fake story of reporters breaking into her house in Canada) and the trolls on social media. Harry releases his 'protection' statement which served her purpose in confirming MM as his girlfriend.
Then once she moves in with him she complains about everything - nothing made her happy. I think this was a combination of her NOT wanting it to work AND her massive need to control, her extreme jealousy and her need to be the star of the monarchy. She was a most unsuitable person for the role of Harry's wife.
Those of us who said she never planned to stay with the firm were most likely right. She just wanted the money, the titles, and some history/proof of having worked as a member of the British Royal Family that she could monetize going forward.
Here is another quote from the Times article describing how the palace tried to cater various roles for her even suggesting that if she wanted to continue acting they would work with her on that angle:
One conversation confirmed to The Times seems to reveal how much the palace was prepared to go out of its way to help Meghan. Before the wedding, the couple had a meeting with a senior aide who told them that the palace was doing everything it could to help and there was no need to think she had to take on her role in a particular way, a source said. If she was passionate about the acting world, they could help her to think about finding a role within the film industry.
The source said: “The entire place, because of everything about her, and because of what Harry’s previous girlfriends had been through, was bending over backwards to make sure that every option was open.” They said Meghan thanked them, but said she had no wish to carry on acting. Instead she wanted to concentrate on her humanitarian and philanthropic work, and to support Harry as a member of the royal family.
Notice how she turned down the acting role...I believe she has had a political career in mind for a long time now and that is why she told the family she wanted to work with Harry as a fauxmatarian.
At you'd think that at least, most would be familiar with 1984, but not even that. It's worrying.
Too busy with their tiny screens and counting how many likes strangers left.
Everywhere I look I see the ministry of truth with their newspeak. 'War is peace', 'freedom is slavery', 'ignorance is strength' - sound familiar? Not to mention the ministry of love and the ministry of plenty.... It's uncanny, like a blueprint. We all know what bookburners do, after burning all the books, what will they burn next? It has happened before. And not in some savage hellhole either, but in one of the most civilised, sophisticated and sciency countries in the world. A country I am VERY familiar with. A story I am VERY familiar with.
You never see people escaping TO socialist countries. Ever.
Idiocracy is real, people believe anything telly tells them. And telly has just gotten started. This is only the groundwork.
In the words of Kamala herself 'why should they stop, they should never stop'. By 'they', she means 'we'. Because silence is violence, while violence is.....what? They did not go that far, we shall discover soon enough.
Fasten your seatbelts. You ain't seen nuffin' yet.
(and read a bloody history book for goodness sake, or at least 1984!)
I agree with your comments and 1984 is fast becoming a scary reality. I don’t think enough people are truly aware it’s being allowed to happened. A little bit of (freedom of speech) gone here and a little bit there. Historical items removed, parts of history removed because they offend. History is very sure to repeat itself if we aren’t reminded of the nosiest parts of it. If we can’t counteract untruths we loom into a future based on my truth and not the truth .
We only have to look around to see it happening....now. Megsy is clinging to and using this very scary premise to garner a future for herself.
I don’t use FB, Twitter or Instagram, and am trying to reduce my dependency on Amazon (I hate to shop so it’s sucked me into it’s vortex). I wish more people would make their voices heard by eschewing social media as much as possible. Easier said than done, I realize.
...nosiest parts of it...
Should be nastiest parts of it.
On the other hand, when I worked in London, I was conscious of how many of the youngsters I taught had family histories of coming west - from the Russian Empire, escaping Cossacks burning their shtetls or being conscripted into the Imperial Army, or the Nazis, or displacement after 1945, or the aftermath of Hungary 1956 or Prague 1968, as well as SA in the 1960s.
One new arrival in 1970 stopped me in the corridor to tell me how wonderful he thought life in London was, compared with that in Prague. I asked him how he had managed to get out-
He smiled and said `We ran away!'
Apparently, an administrative error led to all 4 members of the family being allowed passports - `We went to Vienna for the weekend but didn't go back,' he added.
I can remember the `wireless news' being full of the death of Jan Masaryk, the Czech Foreign Minister, in 1948. He fell from a high window. It was said he was such a tidy man he shut the window after himself...
History repeated itself, again - the Defenestrations of Prague (1618) followed similar incidents in the 15C.
@Superfly Surely you mean Communists countries. China, Russia (or as it once was the USSR under Communism ) and North Korea to name a few. Socialist is no where near as extreme left. We have a Labour Party in the U.K. which is Socialist (but addled with Woke ideology now) .
Just a bit of food for thought ... Americans especially have been brain washed against socialism (starting in the Cold War when we had absurd pictures of American children hiding under school desks to prepare for the 'communist attack'). Objective studies of countries in the world show that the population as a whole are better off in 'socialist' countries. Of course it is not that simplistic as Switzerland scores high on the well-being scale, along with socialistic countries in Scandinavia.
It is ironic that Americans equate socialism/communism with oppression, and in the communist world, people equate American with greed and moral corruption. Both sides are right but have very limited views of the other.
What Meghan and her supporters and who she supports are not advocating socialism at all. They are capitalists, for the elite. The masses must be silenced and controlled to protect their elite lifestyles.
Every political system has advantages and disadvantages for a particular group, but control and exploitation of the masses seems to be a recurring theme in history, no matter what the political system is. However, history shows that the elite are torn down eventually, and each time that happens, the masses gain more freedom, wealth, power. It won't end well for Meghan and her like, but a lot of damage will be done before that day.
I was asked to write about my experience of covering this story, being trolled over bridesmaids dress tears and why freedom of the press is more important than ever. Today’s
@Telegraph Magazine cover: #Harry, #Meghan and me: my “truth” as a #royal reporter.
Can anyone with access to The Telegraph please post it for us.
TIA :)
I am glad to have your approval but I would put it rather differently, viz: A marriage certificate is merely a certificate that in a certain register there are indeed those specific details. In the same way your Land Certificate is identical to the entries maintained on a big computer at Her Majesty's Land Registry. The difference there would be as against unregistered land where the various conveyances and other documents are the very proof and only proof of your ownership of the land. One can make as many copies of a marriage certificate as one is prepared to pay for and as you know when it comes to divorce the certificate is filed with the Petition for dissolution at the court and never seen again (i.e. within a few years it is burned) but hey, one can always make more copies as the register remains intact. It is a lot easier to prove a marriage than it is to prove a divorce for there is not and I stand open to correction, a register maintained at state or church expence of annulments.
You ask about the putative Botswana marriage. The courts of England and Wales recognise foreign marriages. Problems may arise when certain men have more than one wife legally in their country of origin but if those marriages are valid where they were contracted then if my memory serves aright they are valid in England (I believe I recall that that is the simplified explanation). Happily for us the only material question is: did those latter day colonialists the Harkles marry, being otherwise not married at the time and doing so legally, according to the laws of the former British Protectorate of Bechuanaland?
An interesting article from Camilla Tominey about the madness of the Sussex squad.
More than a decade ago, the debate about 'energy' and 'attraction' became very popular. In simple terms, the supporters that Meghan attracts reveal a lot about her energy, and there is force (not power) in that combined energy.
Thank you!
--- Orwell--->>>"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
This is why they tear down our statues to our great historical figures.
-------- The wokist locusts got Sharon Osborne fired. Hey that rhymes! According to DM she is holding out for tens of millions to settle her remaining contract. Go get 'em Sharon! I am sure you have the best lawyers.
I've covered elections and extremism, but nothing compares to the vitriol I've received since I started writing about the Sussexes
By
Camilla Tominey,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
27 March 2021 • 6:00am
Accusations of racism have long been levelled against anyone who has dared to write less than undiluted praise of Harry and Meghan
Accusations of racism have long been levelled against anyone who has dared to write less than undiluted praise of Harry and Meghan
It is probably worth mentioning from the outset that I never, ever, planned to become a royal reporter. I mean, who does? It’s one of those ridiculous jobs most people fall into completely by accident.
I certainly wasn’t coveting the position when I first found out how bonkers the beat could be after covering Charles and Camilla’s wedding in 2005. Desperate for ‘a line’ on what went on at the reception, journalists were reduced to flagging down passing cars in Windsor High Street and interrogating the likes of Stephen Fry about whether they’d had the salmon or the chicken.
Watergate, this wasn’t.
Yet when my former editor called me into his office shortly afterwards and offered me the royal job ‘because you’re called Camilla and you dress nicely’, who was I to refuse?
Having planned to get married myself that summer, and start a family soon afterwards, I looked to the likes of Jennie Bond and Penny Junor and figured it would be a good patch for a working mother as well as being one I could grow old with. Unlike show business, when celebrities are ‘in’ one minute and ‘out’ the next, the royals would stay the same, making it easier to build – and keep – contacts.
So if you’d told me that 16 years later, I would find myself at the centre of a media storm over a royal interview with Oprah Winfrey, I’d have probably laughed in your face. First of all, only royals like Fergie do interviews with Oprah. And since when did journalists become the story?
The highly anticipated Oprah interview with Meghan and Harry
The highly anticipated Oprah interview with Meghan and Harry CREDIT: Getty Images
Yet as I have experienced since the arrival of Meghan Markle on the royal scene in 2016 – a move that roughly coincided with Twitter doubling its 140-character limitation to 280 – royal reporters like me now find themselves in the line of fire like never before.
We are used to the likes of Kate Adie coming under attack in the Middle East, but now it is the correspondents who write up events like Trooping the Colour and the Royal Windsor Horse Show having to take cover from the keyboard warriors supposedly defending the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s ‘truth’.
Accusations of racism have long been levelled against anyone who has dared to write less than undiluted praise of Harry and Meghan. But even I have been taken aback by the vitriol on social media in the wake of the couple’s televised two-hour talk-a-thon, in which they branded both the Royal family and the British press racist while complaining about their ‘almost unsurvivable’ multimillionaire lives at the hands of the evil monarchy. And all while the rest of the UK were losing their loved ones and
Just a bit of food for thought ... Americans especially have been brain washed against socialism (starting in the Cold War when we had absurd pictures of American children hiding under school desks to prepare for the 'communist attack').
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Please stop with the negative and condescending comments about the US as well as the attempts to censor opinions by ridicule.
And all while the rest of the UK were losing their loved ones and livelihoods in a global pandemic.
Camilla Tominey: 'A veteran royal reporter told me, ''It’s getting nasty out there. Watch your back!'''
Camilla Tominey: 'A veteran royal reporter told me, ''It’s getting nasty out there. Watch your back!''' CREDIT: Andy Lo Pò
Having covered Brexit, general elections and stories about Islamic extremism, I’ve grown used to being sprayed with viral vomit on a fairly regular basis, but when you’ve got complete strangers trolling your best friend’s Instagram feed by association? That’s Britney Spears levels of toxic.
Having a hind thicker than a rhino’s, it wasn’t the repeated references to my being ‘a total c—’ that particularly bothered me, nor even the suggestion that I should have my three children put up for adoption. At one point someone even said it would be a good idea for me to drink myself to death like my mother, about whose chronic alcoholism I have written extensively.
No, what really got me was the appalling spelling and grammar. I mean, if you’re going to hurl insults, at least have the decency to get my name right.
Yet in order to understand just how it has come to pass that so-called #SussexSquaders think nothing of branding all royal correspondents ‘white supremacists’ regardless of who they write for, or sending hate mail to our email addresses, offices – and in some cases, even our homes – it’s worth briefly going to back to when I first broke the story that Prince Harry was dating an American actor in the Sunday Express on 31 October 2016. Headlined: ‘Royal world exclusive: Harry’s secret romance with TV star’, the splash revealed how the popular prince was ‘secretly dating a stunning US actress, model and human rights campaigner’.
Despite my now apparently being on a par with the Ku Klux Klan for failing to acknowledge Meghan as the next messiah, it was actually not until the fifteenth paragraph of that original article that the ‘confident and intelligent’ Northwestern University graduate was described as ‘the daughter of an African-American mother and a father of Dutch and Irish descent’.
Call me superficial, but I was genuinely far more interested in the fact that Harry ‘I-come-with-baggage’ Wales was dating a former ‘briefcase girl’ from the US version of Deal or No Deal than the colour of her skin. A ginger prince punching well above his weight? This was the stuff of tabloid dreams. Little did I know then that covering the trials and tribulations of these two lovebirds would turn into such a nightmare.
The online hostility began bubbling up about eight days after that first story, when Harry’s then communications secretary Jason Knauf issued an ‘unprecedented’ statement accusing the media of ‘crossing a line’.
‘His girlfriend, Meghan Markle, has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment’, it read, referencing a ‘smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments’. Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, had apparently been besieged by photographers, while bribes had been offered to Meghan’s ex-boyfriend along with ‘the bombardment of nearly every friend, coworker, and loved one in her life’.
Suffice to say, I did feel a bit guilty. Although I hadn’t written anything remotely racist or sexist, I had started the ball rolling for headlines like the MailOnline’s ‘(Almost) straight outta Compton’ (referencing a song by hip-hop group NWA about gang violence and Meghan’s upbringing in the nearby LA district of Crenshaw), along with her ‘exotic’ DNA (which I subsequently called out, including on This Morning in the wake of ‘Megxit’ in January last year).
Omid Scobie, co-author of Finding Freedom, a highly favourable account of the Sussexes’ departure from the Royal family, written with their cooperation last summer, would later insist that the couple knew the story of their relationship was coming out and were well prepared for it.
I can tell you categorically that they weren’t, since I did not even put a call into Kensington Palace before we went to press for fear of it being leaked. (I did later discuss this with Harry, when I covered his trip to the Caribbean in November 2016, and to be fair he was pretty philosophical, agreeing it would have come out sooner or later. But that was before the former Army Captain decided to well and truly shoot the messenger, latterly telling journalists covering the newly-weds’ tax-payer-funded October 2018 tour of Australia and the south Pacific: ‘Thanks for coming, even though you weren’t invited.’)
The royal press pack is the group of dedicated writers who cover all the official engagements and tours on a rota system, in exchange for not bothering the royals as they go about their private business. It was a shame this ragtag bunch, of which I am an associate member, was never personally introduced to Meghan when the couple got engaged in November 2017.
I still have fond memories of a then Kate Middleton, upon her engagement to Prince William in November 2010, showing me her huge sapphire and diamond ring following a press conference at St James’s Palace with the words, ‘It was William’s mother’s so it is very special.’
I replied that she might want to consider buying ‘one of those expanding accordion style file holders’ to organise all her wedding paperwork. (Reader, I had given birth to my second child less than four months earlier and was still lactating.)
Not meeting Meghan did not stop royal commentators like me writing reams about her being ‘a breath of fresh air’ and telling practically every TV show I appeared on that she was the ‘best thing to have happened to the Royal Family in years’.
As the world followed the joyous news of the Windsors’ resident strip billiards star having finally found ‘the one’, the couple enjoyed overwhelmingly positive press culminating in their fairy-tale wedding in May 2018, which we headlined ‘So in love’ above a picture of the bride and groom kissing. I tweeted the wedding front page, along with the original story breaking the news of their relationship with the words, ‘Job done’. Yet, as Meghan would later point out in a glossy Santa Barbara garden, that was by far the end of the story.
According to the Duchess’s testimony before a global audience of millions, the seeds for their royal departure were actually sown by an article I wrote in November 2018 suggesting she made Kate cry during a bridesmaid’s dress fitting for Princess Charlotte.
Claiming the ‘reverse happened’, the former Suits star railed, ‘A few days before the wedding she was upset about something, pertaining to, yes, the issue was correct, about flower-girl dresses, and it made me cry, and it really hurt my feelings.’
She then went on to criticise the palace for failing to correct the story – suggesting that royal aides had hung her out to dry to protect the Duchess of Cambridge.
All of which left me in a bit of a sticky situation. As I told Phillip Schofield on This Morning the following day, ‘I don’t write things I don’t believe to be true and that haven’t been really well sourced.’
Having seemingly been completely bowled over by Meghan’s version of events, Schofe then went for the jugular: ‘I have to say, though, that’s all addressed in that interview, isn’t it, because she [Meghan] couldn’t understand why nobody stood up for her?’
Tominey appearing on This Morning the day after the Oprah interview aired
Tominey appearing on This Morning the day after the Oprah interview aired CREDIT: Shutterstock
Yet someone had stood up for her, on that very same This Morning sofa: me.
As I told Phil and Holly on 14 January 2019, as more reports of ‘Duchess Difficult’ started to emerge, ‘I think she [Meghan] is doing really well, she looks amazing, she speaks well. She has played a blinder.’
So you’ll forgive me if I can’t quite understand why Meghan didn’t feel the need to correct this supposedly glaring error once she had her own dedicated head of communications from March 2019 – or indeed when she ‘collaborated’ with Scobie, who concluded in his bestselling hagiography that ‘no one cried’?
Moreover, how did the Duchess know a postnatal Kate wasn’t ‘left in tears’? And if she doesn’t know, what hope has the average troll observing events through the prism of their own deep-rooted insecurities?
It appears the actual truth ceases to matter once sides have been taken in the unedifying Team Meghan versus Team Kate battle that has divided the internet.
Make no mistake, there are abject morons at both extremes spewing the sort of bile that, ironically, makes most of the media coverage of Harry and Meghan look like a 1970s edition of Jackie magazine.
It perhaps didn’t help my case that the day before the interview was aired in the US, I had written a lengthy piece carefully weighing up the evidence behind allegations of ‘outrageous bullying’ that had been levelled against Meghan during what proved to be a miserable 20 months in the Royal family for all concerned.
The messages – to my Twitter feed, my email, my website and official Facebook page – ranged from the threatening, to the typical tropes about media ‘scum’ and the downright bizarre. Some accused me of being in cahoots with Carole Middleton, with whom I have never interacted, unless you count a last-minute Party Pieces purchase in a desperate moment of poor parental planning.
Another frequent barb was questioning why the press wasn’t writing about that ‘pedo’ [sic] Prince Andrew instead – seemingly oblivious to the fact that no one would know about the Duke of York’s links to Jeffrey Epstein if it wasn’t for the acres of coverage devoted to the story by us royal hacks over recent years.
It didn’t matter that I had repeatedly torn the Queen’s second, and, some say, favourite son to pieces for everything from his propensity to take his golf clubs on foreign tours to that disastrous Newsnight interview.
Contrary to the ‘invisible contract’ Harry claims the palace has with the press, royal coverage works roughly like this: good royal deeds = good publicity. Bad royal deeds = bad publicity. We effectively act as a critical friend, working on behalf of a public that rightly expects the royals to take the work – but not themselves – seriously.
So when a royal couple preaches about climate change before taking four private jets in 11 days, it is par for the course for a royal scribe to point out the inconsistency of that message. None of it is ever personal, as evidenced by the fact that practically every member of the monarchy has come in for flak over the years.
If Oprah wasn’t willing to point out the discrepancies in Harry and Meghan’s testimony, surely it is beholden on royal reporters to question how the Duchess had managed to undertake four foreign holidays in the six months after her wedding, in addition to official tours to Italy, Canada, and Amsterdam, as well as embarking on a lengthy honeymoon, if she had ‘turned over’ her passport?
While no one would wish to undermine the extent of her mental health problems, could it really be true that she only left the house twice in four months when she managed to cram in 73 days’ worth of engagements, according to the Court Circular, in the 17 months between her wedding and the couple’s departure to Canada?
And what of the ‘racist’ headlines flashed up during the interview purporting to be from the British press, when more than a third were actually taken from independent blogs and the foreign media? The UK media abides by the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s Code of Conduct ‘to avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual’s race’, as well as by rigorous defamation laws. And rightly so – the British press doesn’t always get it right. But social media is the Wild West by comparison, publishing vile slurs on a daily basis with impunity.
Some therefore find it strange that such a litigious couple would claim to have been ‘silenced’ when they have made so many complaints, including resorting to legal action, over stories they claim not to have even read. There is something similarly contradictory about a couple accusing the tabloids of lacking self-reflection while refusing to take any blame at all – for anything.
In any normal world, informed writing on such matters would be classed as fair comment, but not, seemingly, on Twitter where those completely lacking any objectivity whatsoever are only too willing to virtue signal and manoeuvre.
As the trolling reached fever pitch in the aftermath of the interview, veteran royal reporter Robert Jobson of the Evening Standard called me. ‘Don’t respond to these freaks,’ he advised. ‘It’s getting nasty out there. Watch your back!’
Yet despite my general sense of bewilderment at the menacing Megbots, I can’t say it didn’t appal me to discover a close friend had received online abuse, purely by dint of being my mate. After discussing the lengths the troll must have gone to to track her down, she asked me, ‘Do you ever worry someone might do something awful to you?’ Er, not until now, no.
Of course it’s upsetting, even for a cynical old-timer like me. Worse still are people who actually know me casting aspersions on my profession on social media. Often these are the same charlatans who would think nothing of sidling up to me for the latest gossip on the Royal family, while publicly pretending that reading any such coverage is completely beneath them.
Most pernicious of all though – not least after Piers Morgan’s departure from Good Morning Britain following a complaint to ITV and Ofcom from the Duchess – is the corrosive effect this whole hullabaloo is having on freedom of speech. When you’ve got a former actor effectively editing a British breakfast show from an £11 million Montecito mansion, what next?
I cannot help but think we are in danger of setting race relations back 30 years if people are seriously suggesting that any criticism of Meghan is racially motivated. It’s the hypocrisy that gets me. When Priti Patel was accused of bullying, the very same people who willingly hung the Home Secretary out to dry are now the ones defending Meghan against such claims, saying they have been levelled at her simply because she is ‘a strong woman of colour’.
Why Meghan ghosted her father is debatable ... fear of what he would say about her so she had to discredit him; fury that he would not ghost her siblings; embarrassment because he is grossly overweight and can't do the dignified act that Doria does ... (In late 2016, or was it 2017, she spent Thanksgiving with both her parents in a mansion in LA that Harry had rented.)
What articles do not do is delve deep and compare how Doria was treated. We know that Doria was flown to Canada to attend the Invictus Games with Harry and Meghan. A wedding invitation was hand delivered to her. Harry bought her a huge SUV (no way did Doria have the financing for that and Meghan is not that generous with her own money). She stopped working soon after the engagement.
The reasoning of a narc is inexplicable to most observors, but the treatment of Thomas is perhaps better understood when compared with that of Doria. And there is no need to make Thomas a saint ... he still just wants to be in the inner magical circle of a toxic narc.
Of course journalists should take responsibility for everything they report and be held to account for it – but Harry and Meghan do not have a monopoly on the truth simply because the close friend and neighbour who interviewed them in return for £7 million from CBS took what they said as gospel.
If she isn’t willing to probe the disparity between Meghan saying someone questioned the colour of Archie’s skin when she was pregnant, and Harry suggesting it happened before they were even married, then someone must. There’s a name for such scrutiny. It’s called journalism.
The public reserves the right to make up its own mind – with the help of the watchful eye of a free and fair press. But that press can never be free or fair if journalists do not feel they can report without fear or favour. I’m lucky that a lot of the criticism I face is more than balanced out by hugely supportive members of the public and online community who either agree – or respect the right to disagree. Along with the hate mail, I have had many thoughtful and eloquent missives, including those that good naturedly challenge what I have written in the paper or said on TV, which have genuinely given me pause for thought.
I am more than happy to enter into constructive discourse with these correspondents, who are frankly sometimes the only people who keep me on Twitter. I mean, let’s face it, I wouldn’t be anywhere near the bloody thing if this wasn’t my day job.
With the National Union of Journalists this month declaring that harassment and abuse had ‘become normalised’ within the industry, never have members of Britain’s press needed more courage. As Winston Churchill famously said, ‘You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.’
Who would have thought that the preservation of the fundamental freedoms that we hold so dear should partially rest on the shoulders of those who follow around a 94-year-old woman and her family for a living?
If I’d known then what I know now, would I still have written the bridesmaid’s dress story?
Yes – doubtlessly reflecting sisterly sobs all round. But after two decades in this business, I am clear-eyed enough to know this for certain: whatever I had written, it would still have ended in tears.
Such as ---You are the most racist bitch in UK
---- I hope one day you suffer as much pain as you cause this family with your lies and half truths
----World will be a better place without people like you
I claim first prize for the absurd and ridiculous in a country's history that caused great harm ... apartheid!
Those who cannot view history without fear are doomed to repeat it.
You may disagree with my views, but you may not cancel me.
Remember when Meghan got 72 women parliamentarians in the UK to sign a petition to stop the persecution of herself?
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I hate to say this but Megsy didn't instigate the petition. Labour MP Holly Lynch instigated a letter of support, signed by 72 female MPs, blaming 'outdated, colonial undertones to some of these stories' 🙄.
Interestingly, that was 72 out of 208 female MPs, so only under a third and Harriet Harman, that arch feminist, didn't sign it. And it was sent to Clarence House...
I am entitled to my opinions on socialism.
I think you were the one doing the canceling.
I wonder how much you would enjoy reading here if you had to contend with post after post of negative comments about South Africa.
@Superfly Surely you mean Communists countries. China, Russia (or as it once was the USSR under Communism ) and North Korea to name a few. Socialist is no where near as extreme left. We have a Labour Party in the U.K. which is Socialist (but addled with Woke ideology now) .
No RR. You are talking about socialist democracies. Unfortunately it's a common mistake people make who were never taught the difference between a socialist country (big government owning all big business and in total control of trade) and a socialist democracy (government, small business, free trade). They are not the same and are not interchangeable. The entire point why socialism destroys countries is because of its' economic model, which does not work.
A socialist democracy has a capitalist economy, but operates socially in terms of education, healthcare and infrastructure.
(Btw, I live in London, my family is originally from the Soviet Union)
Please, for Gods' sake people, read, some, books! This is economy 101 stuff.
Stop regurgitating crap you read on facebook or Instagram or whatnot and do some research. There is no excuse not to know these basic things.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
And I also agree with @Rebecca
Incidentally, I would like to welcome fellow nutties who are politically and historically interested into reading the following quote
"We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to destroy this system under all conditions.”
Sound nice, no? Doesn't that sound all woke and caring and along very similar lines of what the Democrats (and other western left governments) are saying? No exploitation, justice for the economically weak, fair salaries, humanity and wealth proportion distributed, not based on performance or merit, but on 'evaluation' (whatever the fark that might mean, draw your own conclusions, or just read my Orwell animal quite above) and all that super fuzzy warm sentiment?
What if I told you that the leader of the National Socialist Workers' Party (SOCIALIST WORKER'S PARTY...cough cough) loudly declared in the beginning of his infamous speech on the 1st of May 1927 in Munich. Yes May 1st, international workers' day, the day of every lefty and anarchist on earth....And yes, you have guessed correctly. The name of the infamous leader rhymes with Shmitler.
*BOOM*
Some heads just exploded, huh? But this is it: ignorance. People know nothing nowadays. Not about history, not about facts, because over decades they have been completely brainwashed, and told that feeling are what matter. But everyone's feeling are different. While facts are solid.
And now that book burning - or deleting - and online censorship are en vogue again, less and less people will know THE truth, as another commenter rightly pointed out.
See my post above.
While we weren't subjected to "hide under the desk" drills in my US school (except for some spring tornado drills), obviously that wouldn't have been effective for nuclear bombs. But there were real threats --the Cuban Missile Crisis, for example. Cuba is only 90 miles/140km from Florida, after all.
Castro's true initial ideology is a matter of debate. But the USSR agreeing to provide nuclear weapons to Cuba isn't.
As a teenager I did have a good friend whose family escaped from Cuba in a pretty small boat with little more than the clothes on their backs. The father had been a university professor before the Revolution. And as an adult, I've known and interacted with a number of people who were very glad to escape from Communist countries.
Were certain things inaccurate or exaggerated in American education? Of course. I'm sure inaccuracies/biases exist in the education systems in all countries. A friend who was a bit older than I was, was taught by the nuns at his school that in the USSR people had only one type of shoe. In my public school (grade school) during the missile crisis our crying (and looking back, obviously terrified) teacher said the Russians wouldn't let us live with our parents and would kill our pets. (An interpretation of communes, I guess, and the notion pets were unacceptably "bourgeois.")
Thanks, but if you scroll back, the article was already posted by @Sandie via LSA and then again by @xxxxx.