Let's continue...
Not much appears to be going on. Living Legends came and went without fanfare ... what's the next event? Super Bowl - Sunday February 11th? Oscar's - March 10th? In the mean time, some things are still rolling along in various starts and stops like Samantha's law suit. Or tax season is about to begin in the US. The IRS just never goes away. Nor do bills (utility, cable, mortgage, food, cars, security, landscape people, cleaning people, koi person and so on). There's always another one. Elsewhere others just continue to glide forward without a real hint of being disrupted by some news out of California. That would be the new King and Queen or the Prince/Princess of Wales. Yes there are health risks which seemed to come out of nowhere. But. The difference is that these people are calmly living their lives with minimal drama.
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Selena Gomez will host. Some pretty heavy hitters although I'm guessing live streamed appearances. Biden, Harris and Macron all " appearing" as well.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/harry-and-meghan-to-lead-vax-live-fundraising-concert/ar-BB1g6ECb
Oh...I see. They are "campaign chairs". I wonder how that came about.
This is what she was up to.
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Sorry Miggy, didnt refresh before posting.
You're probably right as his words were debated at the time, but I still love the idea of him calling her that.
It is likely that the high school yearbook reflected her given first name as reflected on the roll rather than her favored middle name. She could have pitched a fit and demanded the middle name or been on the yearbook committee herself that year.
Maybe they can use the photos of her ignoring the rules and hugging people in the UK during the start of the pandemic? That would be nice. /s
I'd missed the DM article... so the more the merrier. 😊
Not that the news makes me merry. God forbid! LOL
And other shots of him delivering pandemic food with his mask hanging below his nose and wiping his face with his hands.
I like these two as hosts. Such a fine upstanding choice.
/s. /s. /s
MSN is reporting they are going to "lead" the VaxLive concert in the headline. In the body of the article it says they "will appear".
Selena Gomez will host. Some pretty heavy hitters although I'm guessing live streamed appearances. Biden, Harris and Macron all " appearing" as well.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/harry-and-meghan-to-lead-vax-live-fundraising-concert/ar-BB1g6ECb
Oh...I see. They are "campaign chairs". I wonder how that came about.
My very cynical side whispers "It's not who you know, it's who you blow."
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Kate's (Tres EXPENSIVE!) country casuals! Duchess dons her trusty khaki jacket and £475 boots she's had for 17 YEARS as she clambers on to a tractor and pets lambs on farm visit with Prince William
Kate Middleton and Prince William visit farm in Durham
Kate Middleton, 39, and Prince William, 38, appeared in high spirits during a visit to a farm in County Durham earlier today (centre inset, right). The Duchess of Cambridge climbed aboard a tractor during the visit (left), before she was seen petting a lamb while chatting with farmers daughter Chapman (centre). The visit comes as the couple prepare to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary this week.
So, here the the VaxLive home page, also featuring...your star, and mine.... Miss Gayle King:
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/media/vaxlive/
And, ah ha, yes, here is the Annenberg-related tie to the event:
https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2021/04/15/can-celebrities-unite-the-world-to-get-vaccinated/
The Global Citizen Org has a very interesting list of founders and execs.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9516595/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markles-ratings-drop-lowest-levels.html
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At first I was thinking how patt it was that H&M gave up a royal life to hawk vaccines with the likes of Jlo and Selena Gomez, but seeing Biden and Harris in the lineup makes me very nervous.
Good catch! That explains the lunch Where neither should have been.
@Ians Girl
The term Global Citizen makes me a bit nervous
Lol -- I loathe Angel too! Someone gave it to me for Christmas ages ago. I quietly passed it on. An "olifactory shock" indeed. I keep trying to recall the fragrance AE developed when he was first starting out. I got a little bottle of it at Harrod's one day running through, it was at the time of his Lanvin days, I think. It was quite nice and I never saw it again. Blue metallic package. Do you recall it? And yes I am wondering if we will see them on Pharma tv ads next, running through fields with dogs and pills. Celebs, B and H in the lineup, hm, then I looked up who runs the org. I feel like I am living in a Bond novel. Or maybe more accurately, an Austin Powers film.
Also may explain the Newsome visit. The state of Kali also features.
https://www.looktothestars.org/news/20146-global-citizen-announces-vax-live-the-concert-to-reunite-the-world
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14778905/queen-smiles-first-zoom-engagement-funeral/
Aww, she looks so sweet in her floral dress. Her smile is huge, like MI6 just showed her the dossiers that will allow her to get rid of H and M at once, so she can fully concentrate on stripping Idiot Andy of titles, ponies and golf clubs, and exiling him too.
Bond meets Orwell. Horrifying.
Saw the clip of William and Catherine trying to hit a golf ball. Seems funny that those two royals are clueless on golfing. in the US i think of old line golf clubs, hard to get into, where the rich play. Guess not so much amongst the royals.
https://twitter.com/RoyaNikkhah/with_replies
I never saw it again anywhere, never an ad etc., and I cannot remember the name. I can't even find anything about it online. It may have only been a tiny Harrod's line launch test? I was sort of running through, noticed a tiny counter display, liked it, bought one for a perfume-crazy friend's bday and a small one for myself, and left. I feel like the name was letters and numbers versus a word. It was sort of a fresh marine scent, but light and and a tiny touch of woodsiness, not sharp. I tend to like bergamot, sandalwoods, vetiver notes, but I liked this. And yes, Orwellian.
Hey, I see that Roya Nikkah still has the tweet up about the FF book getting new chapters. Not removing it, in spite of with Omid tried to deny with his doublespeak games. Must know something
Annenberg - Peddie School | Private Boarding & Day School ...
https://www.peddie.org/alumni/chronicle/annenberg
Walter H. Annenberg arrived on the Peddie campus in 1921. He was a shy seventh-grade boy, with a bit of a stutter and hard of hearing in one ear. Over six years at Peddie, he would transform into a confident man, make lifelong friends and enjoy what he called “the happiest days of my life.”
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I went to a graduation at this Peddie school
I heard all about Walter Annenberg who was a big donor
Walter Annenberg was forever grateful to Peddie. As a Jew he could not get into higher ranking prep schools. He made his first millions in a very rough, tough and Mafia + other gangsters dominated business. The business of newspaper and magazine distribution in New York City. I don't know what it looks like now but NYC would have little news kiosks on every corner in Manhattan. Thousands more kiosks in the outer boroughs. With all the trucking (The Teamsters) and small business people involved, there were loads of opportunities for extortion and shakedowns by gangsters.
It was also cut throat for Walter Annenberg as he competed against other news distributors. Some of whom were tighter with the Real Mafia. Of course Walter Annenberg is the father of Mrs Annenberg that Haps lunched with. And I have no idea why she would want to sup with this unruly pup named Hapless.
It just occurred to me: if Meghan is all natural, vegan, oat milk, avocados and midwives, no doctors, no birthday cake for Archie, and no skilled royal ObGyns –– is she a good fit for this particular vax drive? Did her Botox and cosmetic surgery team tell her to go for it?
RadarOnline posted this article in August, 2018. Radar is a gossip tabloid, but my phone's news feed posted a similar article from a more reputable source at about the same time. I can't remember the publication, & don't want to guess what it was. I didn't read the article, because it just seemed to be a prudent thing to do for a woman of Meg's age, lack of evidence of previous pregnancies, & low body weight.
https://radaronline.com/videos/meghan-markle-prince-harry-saw-fertility-doctors-before-deciding-to-get-married/
Low or high body mass can make getting pregnant more difficult.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ConditionsAndTreatments/weight-fertility-and-pregnancy-health
Fertility drops, & risks increase significantly after 30, Megs was 36. So lots of incentive to explore her options.
https://www.webmd.com/baby/pregnant-after-35#1
Of course we don't know what actually happened, we've just witnessed the bizarre news stories (No queen's doctors! Home birth! etc.), & the bizarre 'official' announcements, & 'Archie's' changing sizes, hair color, & strabismus location in the few pictures we've seen of him.
Like others, I'm fascinated by the ghosting of Megs' Page Six pap walk picture, at least in the UK. I don't know if US outlets have been pushing it. It certainly didn't appear in any of the ones I read. Will Megs sue? Page Six is part of the NY Post publication, which might be considered Murdoch's US version of the Sun. It's fairly conservative, but not nearly as lurid as the Sun. It's published a lot of snarky stuff about Megs like this Cindy Adams article from Jan, 2020.
https://pagesix.com/2020/01/14/column-meghan-markle-knew-exactly-what-she-signed-up-for/
The Murdoch organization is very shrewd, & doesn't do anything unintentionally. Meg's smirk certainly seems to indicate she knows the photo is being taken. So will she claim it was an invasion of her privacy, like the Canadian photos? Both sets of photos were pretty outlandish in terms of apparent authenticity. What's really going on? Maybe Megs will sue Backgrid, the paps? Paparazzi are having a hard time staying in business these days. Their incomes were dropping even pre-Covid, according to the BBC. What will Megs do when they all go bust?
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190423-how-the-paparazzi-make-their-money
I'm not a follower of either royal or celebrity gossip, so I don't have the deep well of knowledge that many posters here have, but I do love the news. I was drawn to this story because I felt that Megs' first pregnancy was possibly a hoax, & that both prominent news outlets & a respected institution like the British Royal Family were complicit in it. I was naively astonished, & like most of us here, have been waiting for some sort of exposure of the truth since Megs' ever changing bumps began appearing. I wait in dread for news of the next 'birth.'
there is a USC Annenberg Media -- which is promoting the VaxLive show. Maybe he begged for a lunch with Wallis thru a contact.
https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2021/04/15/can-celebrities-unite-the-world-to-get-vaccinated/
Oscars 2021 is the official moment...yes I'm calling it!...when woke politics jumped the shark. It's the exclamation point of how little Americans care about the woke or the celebrities who hawk them.
Excellent question.
I am hoping the Middleton influence, William’s awareness of what went wrong with Andrew and Harry, and Catherine’s strong interest in early childhood development, all combine to help the Cambridge children grow up happier and more grounded. Even having influences like Zara and Sophie around vs. someone lik Princess Margaret, and then, having Carole Middleton versus the QMother, will have to help, I would think? Fingers crossed.
I neglected to mention Catherine’s father, who seems so grounded, calm. Kind and charming by all accounts. A great grandfather for them to have now. Aunt Pippa, even Uncle James with his dogs and awareness of issues like depression will form a family with watchful eyes, I would think.
"Global Citizen describes itself as a movement of 'engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030'.
Its website states: 'Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on those issues, and earn rewards for their actions — as part of a global community committed to lasting change.'
'Their mission is to build a movement of 100M action-taking Global Citizens to help achieve our vision of ending extreme poverty by 2030.' "
So they're going to preach to the plebs from their $14 million mansion that they never had to work for in sunny California for regular people to give up their precious few dollars? ffs. I just can't with these two-and any of the other rich people associated with this vanity project. They can all pat themselves on the back while going home in a limo to their multimillion dollar homes and bank accounts and private jets and expensive vacations.
Having this lot preach to regular joes about getting the vaccines is going to backfire and be counter-productive. Duh. Past time they're all blasted off to Mars.
It was reported that Prince William calls his daughter “Mignonette” as an endearment.
Thanks for this reminder. I think we have to steel ourselves. "Archie" after all, was George's RPO call sign . .or possibly his nickname at home? Unclear. He told a passing lady he encountered that he was called "Archie". I don't know if it's actually in character for William's eldest to chat up strangers or if this report is apocryphal . . ? I have been treating it as true. I believe the person he told it to was someone he saw fairly regularly and recognized as an acquaintance. I think this story was making the rounds in early 2019, before Markle's spawn was hatched, so it's a bit--fortuitous--that out pops 'Archie'. No grander full name to go with it . . just 'Archie'. I could see H being down with "Harrison" as a middle name, notwithstanding that the Harrison line of bed and bath linens at Soho House is one of Meg's Favorite Things.
'Archie Harrison' is just the kind of thing that would seem like the height of hilarity to a couple getting baked in their suite at Soho House, lounging around in their postcoital complimentary bathrobes, innit. Harrison does have that prepster vibe, like it sound have some numerals after his surname and have played rugby at his posh boarding school. It is also a popular baby boy name with more plebian parents as well. Celebrity cachet . .Harrison Ford leaps to mind, inspiring the next generations of "Harrisons". Plus it's a nod to Harry's paternity, whether or not that is authentic.
But "Archie" reads very much like an in-joke of some duplicitous kind, not a real name for an actual Royal baby.
So, having appropriated the Cambridges' son's nickname, nothing will stop her from taking 'Mignonette'. Let's see!
she’s outspoken and passionate about women’s rights and, as
a biracial woman, has a unique ability to connect with people
who feel voiceless—made her uniquely qualified for modern
duchesshood.They also renderedher a threat.AsPrinceHarry
divulgedtoOprah,his familywelcomedMeghanuntilthey “got
to see howincredible she is atthe job” during the couple’s 2019
South Pacific tour. “That brought back memories.” Not happy
ones, was his implication.
quote from the Vanity Fair Article from this month's VF USA
nurseryteacher’s touch,crouchingtohugsmallchildren,instark
contrast with royal women who extended their gloved hands in
greeting. During a 1981 visit to Wales in which frothing crowds
lined the streets, subjects cried for Diana and all but groaned
at Prince Charles. “The princess had everything going for her
except the ability to not upstage the prince,” Prince Charles’s
valet StephenBarry once said.(Soon after, she outshone Queen
Elizabeth at the opening of Parliament. Ratherthan the literal
throne,allanyonereallycaredaboutwas thefresh-facedDianain
whitesatinDavidSassoonandthelover’sknottiara.)AfterWales,
Diana “hadexpectedtobe lavishedwithpraiseby thePalace for
herheroicefforts,butnoresponsewas forthcoming,”TinaBrown
wrote inThe Diana Chronicles. “Diana couldn’t understand why
nobodysaid‘Welldone,’recalledaformerPalaceaide.”Perhaps
because,likeMeghan, sheexposedthemonarchy’swoodenways.
LikeDiana inherday, “Harry andMeghanwere suddenly too
electric,” saidAnnaPasternak, authorofTheRealWallisSimpson:
A New History oftheAmerican Divorcee Who Became the Duchess
ofWindsor. “Theymade theCambridges”—Bill andCathy, goes
the joke—“seem dowdy, suburban, and rather dull. That does
not godownwellinthepalace.”For continuity’s sake,theHouse
ofWindsor prefers to train the spotlightonthemonarchandher
direct heirs—hence the 2019 Christmas portrait in which only
the queen, Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince George
made a performative pudding.
more from the same source
Three decades later, Meghan was staring down the paradox
thathadplaguedhermother-in-law:The royalfamilydemands
duty from the women who marry in—to relinquish normal life
(and their passports, according to Meghan) in service of the
Crown. But if they’re too sparkly, the palace, like a sullen teen,
gets jealous and resentful. It’s a no-win predicament familiar
to women, and women of color in particular: You’re either too
much or never enough. When Meghan and Harry announced
their decision to step back as senior royals last year, the fusty
palace establishment “startedto pushMeghanandHarry away
completely,” Diane Abbott, the first Black female member of
Parliament andformer shadowhome secretary,toldVanityFair.
Insteadofprotectingthemonarchy,theFirm’sallegedunsupportivetreatmentoftheSussexeshasonlylurchedtheinstitution
into existential crisis, fueling questions about its colonialroots
andBritain’s systemically racist present. “The queen is a figurehead for an empire thatrefuses to understand that its days are
gone,” said Kelechi Okafor, London-based host of the Say Your
Mindpopculturepodcast.“Dianacamealong…andthenMeghan
Markle came along, and everything started to fallto pieces.”
Mignonette Lottie Charlotte Mountbatten-Windsor
just to make sure they cover all the possibilities
If anyone is interested in more on the story of Jacob and his wives, I can heartily recommend "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant. The title refers to the special tent the women were relegated to when having their monthlies, during which they were considered unclean and would have to segregate themselves and undergo a ritual cleansing before they could rejoin the larger community. That's a patriarchal culture for you.
The twelve sons of Jacob by his two wives & his two concubines were the patriarchs of the twelve tribes of Israel. The youngest two, Joseph (he of the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat) and Benjamin were the sons of Rachel, Jacob's favored wife, and were themselves the favorites of their father. This created beaucoup bad feeling amongst the sister wives and all the other children, as you can imagine. Joseph's brothers actually tried to kill him for it, but he was rescued by slave traders and only sold into bondage to the Egyptians instead. Jacob did more than his bit to populate the earth, as God had directed his grandfather Abraham to do. God allowed these plural marriages but did not really condone them. I think He allowed them to exist to demonstrate that nothing but discord and enmity arises when a man has too many women in one household vying for his favor.
The Red Tent was made into a movie starring Rebecca Ferguson as Dinah, Jacob's daughter (amongst the sons, there were some daughters as well, including Tamar, who tricked her own father, Reuben, into having sex with her by disguising herself because was that anxious to have children . . the OT is chock full of stories like this) and Iain Glen as Jacob. It's not very good, not least because the cast of principals are white Britons. I think they could have had more authentic racial diversity in the cast, but films must get made, especially when they involve expensive location shooting in exotic places and Glen and Ferguson are 'Names'. I don't really recommend the movie but I do recommend the novel.
Lady C EXPOSES Meghan & Harry stunts/the bumps/Oprah's brazen cover ups/race card/hustling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWwtSH3ad5Q
Also that She is not now.
There may be a baby born of his sperm and her egg, but not of her body.
If there is, he/she has not been revealed to us yet.
As for the skin tone of this or any future baby, it is most unlikely to be any darker than she has ever been, skin colour being determined by a number of genes which would probably have shown up in her.
Moreover, as both she and H have curly hair, it is most unlikely to have straight hair.
If they now produce a child who has darker skin than her, or one with straight hair, regardless of skin tone, and say it's truly theirs, I'd be very suspicious.
@Hikari, That book sounds fascinating, thank you! I think I will order the book today. Your movie review reminds me of the Bronx accent used by Tony Curtis in Spartacus.
@Jessica wrote, Foo Fighters who strongly dislike Harry will be on the fundraising/ awareness program with him. Harry punched their drummer in the face, entirely unprovoked.. <--seriously?? Wow. What a creep. Yah, we're seeing the real Harry now for sure.
@ConstantGardener33, Acc to their web pages and other bits I found, Global Citizen Org is a GS, BG project. So, they've got money plus with BG invested in vax products, I would assume he can send vax on his big dimes to underserved areas.
Thank you so much for posting the (sugar-packed, envious, awful) VF article here. Parts I have questions about:
1. passionate about women’s rights /is this why she endlessly attacks Catherine, bullied female staff, cussed out the Australian governor's wife and threw a teapot at another female staffer there, bossed a child at her her childhood birthday party, posed grilling burgers and on yachts, and made women in Africa sit on the floor? And attacks Charlotte and made her cry?
2. made a performative pudding / Is this like a performative banana bread, a performative roast chicken, a performative pee?
3. and their passports. /unless going to Canada, NY, Amsterdam, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, France, Africa, NY again? And in spite of the first paragraph where she is a strong woman passionate about women's rights?
4. suddenly too electric. /liked a downed power line, a hairdryer in the bathtub, or a chair?
5. The queen is a figurehead / I thought she is a force for women? just not this woman, or Catherine, or Camilla, or Charlotte?
6. too sparkly, the palace, like a sullen teen /So confused. Aren't M and H the sullen teens, and the palace "fusty" "old men"? When did H & M ever sparkle, btw? Glower, fight, complain, chew dentures, quit?
7. Diane Abbott /isn't she the one who said "a defeat for the British state would be a great liberation"(1983) and "On balance Mao did more good than harm."(2015) and "I want power. I suppose that's the story of my life - seeking power." (2016)
Yeah, this is just a normal young couple in love.
Me too. You're not alone.
"If a person has looked at the data, has already had the disease, and isn't in an at-risk age group, a full media blitz featuring Hollywood people that nobody cares about or actually hates (Harry and his future ex wife) and politicians that are widely mocked is probably not going to make a difference. Actually, it will probably harden people's opposition to the vaccine."
I agree. But I'm not sure that's the main point of the blitz. Apparently much of it is concerned with "demanding" the US and UK send vaccine to India. So it's political agitation, not a PSA to combat vaccine hesitancy.
I just caught up and read back on yesterday”s comments, and want to say I hope you are taking care of yourself, and I am so sorry to hear about your eye issues and migraines.
First, I will return to using H and MM to make it easier for you to follow.
Second, I went through some similar eye issues for a few years, from migraines to blurred vision or difficulty reading. It was increasingly awful. My optometrist felt I was just tiring my eyes with long workdays on the computer. My doctor suggested allergies and stress migraines.
Then a new optometrist figured it out, sent me to a specialist and it turned out to be the strangest thing: I had been prescribed short smal does of prednisone maybe three times over the years, years ago, for bouts with bronchitis when my breathing was compromised. My doctors explained that in some people, prednisone use or other steroid medications cause black little pieces (sorry can’t recall what they are called) to form, clouding vision the way a cataract might in someone older. Your eye fights to see, causing headaches along w vision issues. For me, the solution was laser surgery and replacing lens as if this was cataract surgery. I actually went to an eye surgeon who has had to perform this eye surgery on many athletes in their 30s who deal with this same issue due to bigger steroid use. So the surgery was so easy, recovery swift, results instant. I have perfect vision again, no more migraines. and only the occasional basic sinus headache from allergies now and then.
It was a life changer. If you ever had to take a similar steroid medication, you might mention it to your doctor. A clue is that this issue comes on rather quickly, say over two or three years, at any age, versus cataracts which develop slowly over years w advanced age.
PS— I went from about 8 severe migraines a month, for three years, to zero. Ask your doctor about it.
Dave grohl goes on about how Harry just showed up to his hotel room, without knowing him at all. That was a separate ‘Harry’ moment.
The guy is really weird/ extremely entitled.
"I think the Queen should boot Charles aside in favor of William and soon before things get even worse for Britain and the common wealth."
Even if the Queen wanted to do that, she can't. The line of succession is a matter of law.
I've asked this before but never really got an answer. Those who think Will should be the next king, do you all think that would be welcomed by Will? He would have to read red boxes every day, for example. And what would happen to the Duchy of Cornwall? Would Will run that too while king until George is older? Quite a difference from his current lifestyle.
I see Meghan is trying to take the media credit for the Biden administration’s donation of $60 million in vaccines to the world.
She’s certifiable. And is going to piss off the wrong people.
How can they involve themselves in US politics as their self appointed ‘do goofing’ status, while holding Royal titles and positions?
Blind Items Revealed #3
April 18, 2021
The reason we all know the little detail about the alliterate one from the funeral is that her PR team made sure the world knew. Had to make it about herself.
Meghan Markle/handwritten note
and then there's this one
April 19, 2021
Taking a tip from his wife at their wedding, the ginger haired one updated his IMDb page to include his appearance at the funeral. He listed the funeral as a television special, much like his wife categorized their wedding.
Prince Harry
I am truly bored with these two
I think you will love The Red Tent. To be clear, it is a novel, so it embellishes history in the same way The Crown does. Very entertaining, though.
Some wag once said, "The Israelites were just like you and me, only more so." What a randy and often bloodthirsty bunch these were. Abraham, the father of Judaism had sex with his wife's maidservant, Hagar, who bore him a son, Ismael. His wife, Sarai, originally gave Hagar to Abraham to be her surrogate as well because she was impatient about it taking too long for her to conceive according to God's promise. After the boy arrived, Sarai got insanely jealous and was cruel to Hagar, casting her out into the desert to die with her son. God saved mother and child, but this family rift led to the schism between the Jews and the Palestinians in their ongoing war to claim Jerusalem and that whole region.
There will never be peace in the Middle East, all because two women fought over the same man.
Abraham's son Isaac was a devout man but he was another man who was fatally obsessed by a beautiful woman. Rebekah was the prototype for the smothering Jewish mama, who sowed dissension for life amongst her boys--Twins, yet--by favoring one over the other. Jacob and Esau . .only Cain and Abel had a more contentious sibling rivalry, all because Mama's Boy Jacob got all the perks and Dad refused to intervene.
Jacob lusted after the beautiful but self-absorbed Rachel, who reminds me a lot of her modern namesake (sans the 'beauty' part, but in her own mind, you know.) Rachel's father Laban, was a shyster who was always looking out for a buck. After making Jacob work as a slave laborer for seven years to 'earn' Rachel, he foisted off her elder sister, Leah on him instead. It was not proper that a younger sister should marry before the elder, but Jacob didn't want Leah. He didn't mind having sex with her though. That novel really gives you sympathy for the concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. They were forced to have sex with their master all because the two sister-wives were in a reproductive competition with each other to prove which was the more desirable wife.
Some lessons we take away:
1. A man who tries to juggle more than one sexual partner at a time is asking for trouble.
2. Women living together with too much time on their hands will fight like cats in a bag.
3. Sexual exploitation amongst subjegated peoples has always been with us.
4. Women who are celebrated for their great beauty are very often total b*tches because they can be, especially when their husbands/fathers are wealthy.
5. Men who are indulged mama's boys rarely turn out well.
What I do often wonder is if William would be secretly relieved on some level should (God forbid) the Monarchy end. I know he is devoted and dutiful and proud, but I can't help but wonder if he'd prefer to more like other Euro royalty, where he could still do a lot of good in the world, but without quite so much fuss and far less people to lead/inspire (in terms of the Commonwealth, as opposed to just the UK, for instance.)
Have you seen the photo of where his spurs gouged his polo pony?
Replying to portcitylass:
"I think the Queen should boot Charles aside in favor of William and soon before things get even worse for Britain and the common wealth."
Even if the Queen wanted to do that, she can't. The line of succession is a matter of law.
I do feel incredibly sorry for Charles. If he had married anyone else but Diana the first time, he would not have the image problem he's got. The Prince of Wales was quite popular until Diana came on the scene, which is why it was so hard for Charles to adjust to having the spotlight wrenched from him. He could have been more gracious about it, but he'd never had any competition before.
If Diana had not died, and had pulled her act together and made an acceptable second marriage, and was around now to enjoy her grandchildren, Charles's reputation would have been restored. The two were coming 'round to a more amicable post-split understanding just before the Summer of Dodi blew everything up. It's not really that Charles changed; Diana had just grown up. If she'd married 10 years later, like Catherine, the Waleses probably would have made it. Because his late ex-wife is now a venerated saint, forever young and beautiful, not subject to the slings and arrows of time, Charles is always going to be that goat that killed her to some people.
He's been a prodigiously energetic Prince of Wales, leaving his progeny in the dust, who have been famously work-shy in comparison and disinterested (at least until recently) in all the initiatives so near and dear to his heart. Rated on just his service to the Crown and support of his mother the Queen, without referencing his awkward looks or past mistakes in his marriage, he is well-prepped to be the King. I like William and Catherine and am impressed with how far they have come since they married, but they are not ready yet to rule. Charles has been waiting in the wings for 50 years and trained for life for the Top Job. God Save Her Majesty but I think William needs an apprenticeship as Prince of Wales for at least 10 years. Presuming HM reigns another 5-7 years, and his father gets 10 years on the throne thereafter, that will put William in his mid-50s. I'm sure he would like to see his children grown up and somewhat settled on their paths before he ascends.
Unlike our American Presidential contest every 4 years, the monarchy is not a popularity contest. Nor should it be. I wish Charles all the best in coming years--he is going to need everyone's well wishes.
FF had a lot about how they were so wonderful on the tour and that was when the fears of them somehow out shining everyone else and therefore need to be brought down. His memories of how this was negative - don't remember that. I remember the book describing the crowds as "beatlemania".
Or that a (backhanded compliment) about how William and Katherine were not same kind of fun as them (because they were more focused on the home life and didn't want late nights in the club scene) so there wasn't a really double dating kind of life.
There’s just no stopping these two crazy kids! Plus, Oprah and Gayle say we must adore them.
Hmmm, wait —- maybe MM expects the VaxLive donations will be given to her in a big fat check to “manage” just as the “Chair” just as she “managed” some royal foundation funds? Oh, oh. Her famous “just give me the money” thing again.
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@Hikari,
Did you see my excerpt earlier today, about the name Rachel? It covered some of this familial squabbling, plus ——-detailed the heavy use of surrogacy by Rachel for babies in the competition between the sisters. Otherwise, sounds like life today, except with tents. Should be an interesting read!
I totally agree about Charles's qualifications. In case it wasn't clear, the idea that Charles be "booted" by HMTQ wasn't mine! (Was a quote from another poster.)
I agree having some years as PoW will be very good for Will too. I may be wrong, but I think that sort of work will be more similar to being king than the Royal Foundation work has been.
So, Megs could name her Lady Organica Avocada, and there's NOTHING the Royal Family can do. Lady would be her legal name, not a title. It's all very crude and classless and to the typical uneducated American, but isn't that MeAgain's currency anyway?
: 'Over the past year, our world has experienced pain, loss and struggle – together. Now we need to recover and heal – together. We can't leave anyone behind.
'We will all benefit, we will all be safer, when everyone everywhere has equal access to the vaccine.
'We must pursue equitable vaccine distribution, and in that, restore faith in our common humanity. This mission couldn't be more critical or important.'
And further salad about access to everyone and all, everywhere.
In summary- random 'leaders' need to 'make things happen and pay for them' 'everywhere'.
Such insight. So enlightening. Such vision. Everywhere, for everyone.
This woman is so stupid.
The Annenbergs are long-time friends of the BRF, and Harry has known them all of his life. Lady C asks, "Another betrayal? What do you think?"
She goes on to discuss the latest photo of Archie being carried by a very pregnant Harry's wife. Lady C checked with a couple of friends of hers and a doctor who have had multiple babies, and they don't believe it's possible to carry a child like that on her bump, saying that it could do damage to the fetus. She also says that Harry's wife's bump is so high that it would be of grave concern to her doctors, as it goes all the way up to her bustline.
Lady C says that Oprah has somewhat thrown Harry's wife under the bus by saying, "I didn't know she was going to go there" about the BRF. Oprah won't admit a mistake, but she needs to protect her brand, so she will not fully support Harry's wife's claims in the interview. but she also says that Oprah must think everybody are idiots if they don't realize what's really going on. If Oprah felt that she had gone too far, why didn't she edit Harry's wife's comments, which can easily be done? Oprah encouraged Harry's wife to spill "her truth about the BRF. She calls Oprah a crass opportunist.
Re mignonette: it's also a small bottle of liqueur. I think we can safely assume, though, that in this case William meant it as little mignonne, i.e. cutie, sweetie. Not sure why he'd use a French word which doesn't exactly trip off the tongue.
"What I do often wonder is if William would be secretly relieved on some level should (God forbid) the Monarchy end...."
Maybe. Five years ago I would definitely wondered that. But I think this mess with Harry may have made Will much more committed (on all levels) to the continuation of the monarchy. Of course, everything with Harry blew up after Will moved to being a FT working royal too. So he was already headed towards more commitment anyway.
Lizzie - i agree william as PoW for 10-15 years gets his kids mostly to young adulthood, he gets more time to expand his work and then takes over as a youngish king in his early to mid50s reigns for at least 20 years, resigns in favor of George who will be in his mid to late 40s with a family of his own. The younger European royals seem to be a good model for that.
The Monarch reigns.
So, Megs could name her Lady Organica Avocada, and there's NOTHING the Royal Family can do. Lady would be her legal name, not a title. It's all very crude and classless and to the typical uneducated American, but isn't that MeAgain's currency anyway?
I don't know if you have been around long enough to absorb a little tradition I have of passing out a virtual Latte of the Day to posts that really tickle my fancy or are in some way exceptional. You are today's winner for Lady Organica Avocada! If you prefer sweet tea or any other beverage to a latte, you may substitute. :)
Nobody tells Flower that she 'can't' do something. She says, Oh, yeah? Watch me.
That is not a huge amount, but it is going to influence how I do my tipping in the future. I do want to reward my guides for their hard work and knowledge. I've had four different ones so far and they've all been exceptional. But I do not want to be charged international fees every time for small amounts of $5 or $10. I will be doing larger tips once a week or so to avoid having that many international charges on my statements.
This is probably somewhere in the small print but I just now discovered it when my tips from this past weekend hit my account, so I just wanted everyone to be aware of this. The site is great and I'm having a lot of fun planning my 'travels'. The tipping procedure is very simple to use, but there is that little wrinkle. Even so, I can 'travel' to 3-4 countries for the same as it costs me for one dinner out, so it's well worth it.
Every little boy and girl is a "Prince" or a "Princess" to their loving parents, but those need to be kept as terms of endearment within the family and not go on the birth certificate. Because a girl who is named "Princess" is already being set up to be hated by her peers, no? "Who does she think she is?" her peers will think. In expecting superior attitude, they will no doubt find it. Markle has been a 'Princess' in her own mind since she could talk and look how that's endeared her to people. The mother who introduces herself to other moms as "Princess's mother" won't be winning herself any friends in the PTA, either. It's like advertising to one and all that she thinks her child is superior to everyone else's.
@lizzie pointed out earlier that people listening to the flower show video (back when it came out in 2019) eventually decided that William was not saying “Mignonette” to Charlotte, but was saying something else entirely, so possibly he didn’t use that term.
Telling Bey to get off
Get off of her zoloft
All her mind's ills
Needing so many pills
Tell Bey to bounce
Go away in a flounce
Never again to B seen
I am your Megzy
I am your Kweeen
Sugars -Go tell B
I am team reality
That thuggy J-Zee, her hero
That big fat zero
Almost got 3 years in prison
For stabbing a rival
But J-Z got probation
The fix was in
All rappers diss him
They will never miss him
While I married a Royal
So what if hates toil
We are loaded with his millions
And some of Charles' too
Through some mental Kung Fu
I did to his mind
As I robbed him blind
And with my powerful charms
Charles was totally disarmed
That amiable old codger
Never could dodge me
As I roamed Kensington grounds
Stealthy, never making a sound
With my iPhone
Taking video and pics
For the day I cut Royals
Right to the quick
Or even for blackmail
They will make a payoff
Of millions to me
To keep these Pics unseen
Just call me Megzy
I am your Kween
I obviously didn't mean a literal boot.😄 And HM was much younger when she ascended. I think William would be fine with his strong support group and right now the Monarchy still has strong support of its citizens and the Commonwealth ppls. Charles is too old, unfortunately. And even for all his wokeness, he is still likable and I think has good intentions. Just unrelatable to anyone under 40. My daughter adores PW and DC as do many under thirties, woke or not. Now is the time for PW, not when he is 50. Twenties and thirties will hang with him now and into the future and bring their kids on board for his children.
Loving your poems. You are giving Magatha M some competition.😊
So, Megs could name her Lady Organica Avocada, and there's NOTHING the Royal Family can do.
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Sadly, you're right. Out of courtesy,members of the BRF are supposed to inform the Queen first and normally, they change the name if the Queen doesn't like it, as in Andrew and Fergie's case when they wanted to name Beatrice Annabelle instead. I don't think H's wife will have any compunction about ignoring such niceties. Will they inform the Queen before the world? If the Queen is not very happy with their/M's choice, will they/M change the name? M has been pretty untouchable so far.
I took watched Lady C's video today. I'm kind of ambivalent about her style. Seems a bit over dramatic but she does cover everything people raise, does have some level of insider knowledge and insights too.
"Lady C says that Oprah has somewhat thrown Harry's wife under the bus by saying, "I didn't know she was going to go there" about the BRF."
See. This doesn't track with my read on the Oprah seeming "backtrack" and this part of Lady C's talk made Lady C look a bit date (sigh, gasp!). Look I am a fan of her analysis or I wouldn't tune in but my sense in the Oprah disclosure on not realizing Meghan would "go there" is simply to keep the story going. Oprah doesn't care if "Meghan's truth" is true at all. Being part of the debacle here keeps Oprah in the news and she's always been more of an entertainer than any kind of legit investigative journalist. Plus, she's "all in" on the woke agenda and the Royal Family is a target for them for many reasons, regardless of the truth over the Harry Meg. The Harry Meg was just a tool they used to jab at the real target here; the Firm. And I think Lady C made a much bigger deal over Oprah than she warranted. She's not the celeb power player she used to be back in the day. And. I think woke politics have killed off the celebrity and are killing off the movie industry nominating PC cr*p nobody watches. They are making themselves deliciously irrelevant.
What Lady C said that did get my attention...and it's been commented before here and elsewhere for sure...is that the Harry Meg are paying for 2-3 articles per day to come out on them. They are paying to appear like hot topics in other words. It's funny because I still maintain the vast majority of Americans don't give a c**p about them.
I've never been sold on the surrogate theory for a whole bunch of reasons but I gotta say Meghan's bump looks radioactive these days. And with this story/speculation, there's lots of smoke. So, who knows? I just don't see the Royal Family going along with the ruse. On a side note, and I know this is a mean comment in advance, but Archie is one ugly little boy. Prince George, on the other hand, is icon cute.
You nominated TexxMaam winner of the day with a latte. I hope it's a clever blend oat milk latte ;)
I agree about Oprah not being all that fussed about where M "went", and I absolutely agree that they're paying to be mentioned in the papers.
@xxxxx is bringin' the raps! Well done! And I can't remember who did the Chinette story...so much talent here it's hard to keep track..... it's part of the fun of reading here.
You nominated TexxMaam winner of the day with a latte. I hope it's a clever blend oat milk latte ;)
Yuck, no, sorry. None of my lattes are vegan, and I certainly wouldn't foist anything endorsed by Madam on anyone, even virtually.
If anyone isn't a latte fan, (s)he can substitute any other drink of choice EXCEPT (not-so)Clevr Blends! Why do wokey names all have to be so annoying?!
'Princess Royal' will really torque off Anne, but she's the alleged racist with the dark skin comment. Rachel is really throwing it down . . she doesn't care.
I wish HM would dispatch Lord G. to Monetecito as 'Queen's Special Emissary' to ascertain if the Harkles even actually live where they say they do. Especially if Charles has provided any amount of money for this address. With a vulnerable toddler and a nearly-newborn (yah, sure) as part of this obscurely peripatetic little Unholy Family, I would hope that Harry's Royal family even knows where he is in America.
I believe it is not permitted to name your child F@ckface or Sh!thead or anything like that. I'm pretty sure that's a law of some kind.
Beyond that (and presumably restricted to the 26 letters of English alphabet) I think it is pretty wide open on account of our diversity and FREEDOOMMMM.
*eagle shriek*
https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/meghan-markle-spotted-with-a-growing-baby-bump-seen-carrying-son-archie-in-her-arms-see-new-pics-101619166246590.html
Otherwise not even Yahoo News ran it.
I have pointed out that I am a tad worried about Lady Louise.
Do you mean medically? I think the issues due to her prematurity have sorted themselves out and she's certainly an active and healthy-looking young lady today. Enduring braces still and some teenage awkwardness but I thought she looked very smart in her carriage-driving gear. Some commentators have pointed out a decided resemblance to her great-grandmother Queen Mary. I think her face can be divided into two distinct halves: She's her mother on the top half and her father on the bottom.
Are you worried because she is not a beauty and people can be mean? She will have to be prepared for that, though since her parents opted not to use titles and give their children a higher profile, that will help her continue to grow up without so much glare on her. Her grandfather must have been so pleased that one of his grands is carrying on his passion for carriage driving. Louise seems to be more outgoing than her brother. James is a nice-looking lad and definitely escaped looking like his Windsor side. For two attractive people, Elizabeth and Philip's genes combined rather awkwardly in their children. Not a looker in the bunch really. The Windsor roses bloom extremely early if they bloom at all but look middle aged and dumpy by the time they are 30. It's a sort of curse. I think Lady Louise is coming into her own. By the time the braces come off and she starts wearing a bit of makeup, I see potential. What is most important is that she develop an inner substance and I think that is occurring. She and her mother seem to be very close, and James is always clinging to his mother's skirt. He seems very shy, but to be fair, we have seen very little of the Wessex children compared to their cousins.
I think George and Louis are okay; they are certainly cute, but to me, Charlotte got by far the best looks out of the three children.
If they were smart, they’d have Oprah on with them at a round table of woke power elite. I see Gayle and Tiegen are in the program because of course they are. The sad part is Meghan is more thirsty and more crazy than either of them. She got started much later and needs to make up for lost time. John and Chrissy seem to be drunk and lost in their own little world half the time anyway. Meghan is going to stomp all over this crowd in hopes of a Kamala appointment. Ambassador to the UK?
Re. the Cambridge kids
George: Spitting image of Grandpa Middleton.
Charlotte: Looks so much like her Dad, even William was unable to distinguish his own baby picture from his daughter's. It's in the eyes. I always thought that William exemplified his Spencer side . . I didn't see anything of his father's side then. Now that Wills is older, I see more of his paternal grandfather in his bearing. His smile is Diana's, his nose, too. He used to have her hair. But it must be the Queen in his eyes.
Louis ('Boss Baby'): He started out blond like his brother and he's a brunet now. If you grew out his hair and put him in a little girl's outfit, he's the spitting image of Catherine at his age.
Lottie certainly has a lot of her Great-great Aunt Margaret's spark, but for sheer winsomeness, I have to go with Boss Baby.
I didn't think you meant HMTQ should plant one of her feet shod in a signature black shoe in Charles's backside. :-)
But even if I thought she should "boot" Charles (I don't--I think Charles has good qualities and very good experience) I'm not sure how she could do that. Convince him to convert to Catholicism? I kind of doubt as Supreme Governor of the COE and apparently quite devout she'd do that. Convince him to abdicate when he becomes king the instant she dies? I don't think so. I don't think abdication is something she'd ever do or want someone else to do given the effect of the last abdication. I certainly don't think convincing her son to abdicate is something she'd want to have as the finale to her reign. And so far as I know, Charles can't step aside from the LOS now.
So how could she boot him? And wasn't it just a few years ago she asked the CW to accept Charles as its next head? I know the CW head doesn't have to be the monarch but if Charles was passed over for king somehow, clearly he couldn't/wouldn't be the CW head.
I know HMTQ was younger when she ascended than Will is now. But that doesn't mean her path was best or that it would be best for Will. Nor is the world what it was in 1952. Will wasn't even doing all that much royal work until the autumn of 2017. And he was known to say on several tours (second Canadian tour and India tour for sure) that he doesn't read his briefing papers. Not sure that says "kingship now!"
I'm American so it's not my monarchy or my country. But I'm not sure overall that it's a great idea anywhere to be automatically swayed by a photogenic "young" family over older leaders with experience. I'm also not sure that an over-focus on the youth culture is useful for an institution like a monarchy. And if Charles is too old now, will Will be too old soon and need to step down for George to keep the youth interested?
Also though, it seems to me there are lots of other issues to sort out with the slimming of the monarchy and the questions about patronages without Harry and Andrew. Better to ease into a less visible monarchy through Charles vs it originating with Will given his workshy history (deserved or not.) Right now Charles and Anne do over 500 royal events per year while Will's count hovers around 200. And even in her 90s until the pandemic HMTQ made more appearances than Will. So those are big differences.
Some say event-counting isn't the best way to measure productivity and perhaps it's not. But a much less visible king who is also holding the PoW title or whose relatively unseen minor child is holding that title would be quite a change from the way things have been. I'd also think Will should be able to appeal to the youth as PoW while gaining experience.
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Re: Baby names in US.
I don't think there are any federal laws on that. But there are state laws
https://www.babynamequest.com/baby-naming-laws-by-state/
"Derogatory or obscene names are banned in California. Only characters from the English alphabet are allowed, which rules out umlauts and others. Pictographs (e.g. smiley faces) or ideograms such as a thumbs-up sign are specifically banned."
I disagree with you about William being ready. Old is out whether we like it or not.
Well you are certainly entitled to your opinion. But please do share how HMTQ could "boot" Charles in favor of Will if that's what she wanted to do. (I don't think it is. I think she thinks destiny or the hand of God takes one to the throne. But for the sake of argument, since you think she should, how could she boot Charles?)
“Charlotte: Looks so much like her Dad, even William was unable to distinguish his own baby picture from his daughter's. It's in the eyes. I always thought that William exemplified his Spencer side . . I didn't see anything of his father's side then. Now that Wills is older, I see more of his paternal grandfather in his bearing. His smile is Diana's, his nose, too. He used to have her hair. But it must be the Queen in his eyes.”
In some of the more recent pictures of Charlotte (when her profile is caught just the right way) you can see that she is ALL William. It was harder to see when she was a baby, but it is much more obvious now. I also think she resembles Lady Sarah Chatto as well.
@Ian’s Girl
“yes, I meant about people being mean re her looks.”
When there is an article in the DM about Lady Louise, I just can’t read the comments. People are vile. She’s 17 years old FFS. She seems very sweet and is reportedly very close to HM.
Commenters are pretty dreadful about James as well. He just seems like a shy boy and his parents have kept him well out of the spotlight. I think I’ve only seen him on the occasional church walk (usually Christmas) and Trooping the Color.
I had to grow accustomed to Boss Baby's eyebrows. He has grown into them, and is certainly a little cutie. I thought George favored William as a very young boy, but is growing to be his own little handsome self.
And speaking of looks, I have been watching all manner of BRF documentaries, and was shocked to see how incredibly beautiful Anne was. It's not that I think she is or ever was homely, but had no idea she was such a lovely young woman. Why do you suppose she wears her hair like an Old-School Holy Roller woman?!
Back on topic (sort of) do you think we will ever see M in natural hair?
Harry may not go back to Britain for the unveiling of Diana's statue because of the reception he received at PP's funeral.
What did you expect, Harry? A warm welcome?
As for Louise, I can hardly bear the popups in the DM, so I don't see these mean comments. However, let's revisit that picture of Diana where the sun shone through her skirt. She was maybe 18? This was before her weight loss and a king's ransom (pun intentional) spent in beauty treatments. She was pretty plain and dumpy although she had a lot to work with in her hair and skin, bone structure and height. Same with Kate, honestly, although she had way more to work with--was never plain OR dumpy, just a bit unpolished. They all benefited from cosmetic dentistry, on-call hairdressers, skin treatments, professional make-up, and, as we all know, hundreds of thousands of pounds in clothing including designer stiletto heels.
(I would say the same for Harry's wife, but she has taken it to an extreme and Scobie'd herself, so the beauty treatments are working against her.)
Now pretend Louise is a paper doll, give her a few years, and give her that transformative royal glow-up. She will no longer be well, whatever it is she's accused of being (plain? ungainly? temporarily stuck at that awkward age?)
@unknown, I would suggest that the FooFighters are more relevant than H and wife, they have a massive global following and have had for years....YES. This is true. Excellent point.
@Meghan Markle said...
Isn’t their ‘appearance’ going to be yet another ‘dial in’ prerecorded Zoom with basement Harry? If they were smart, they’d have Oprah on with them at a round table of woke power elite. I see Gayle and Tiegen are in the program because of course they are. The sad part is Meghan is more thirsty and more crazy than either of them. She got started much later and needs to make up for lost time. John and Chrissy seem to be drunk and lost in their own little world half the time anyway. Meghan is going to stomp all over this crowd in hopes of a Kamala appointment. Ambassador to the UK?
They should be paying you for PR instead of Sunshine Sachs. And I agree Meghan's ambition will be her undoing. I think John and Chrissy are much smarter than they seem. Like Oprah and Gayle, they are the woker-ati and they smell opportunity with the Harry Meg.
On final note here. Looking back from the fairytale wedding liked Cinderella marrying her prince to the Stepmother who held her hostage of today, I'm struck by how dumb Meghan's been every step of the way. She married into one of the richest and most powerful and iconic families and wore the Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau Tiara as Prince Charles walked her down the aisle and traded it in her Bandeau for a Burger King's crown. She had access to real power and affronted it over real or perceived slights. Meghan is deeply insecure and highly reactive. You know this by her public mudslinging that will slam the door between her and real power. They want nothing to do with this kind of betrayal and exposure and over piddling grievances spun large. This won't end well for them. America's bored and the silent majority back home have written them off. If she were smart, she would have treated staff like gold, taken the first years as opportunities to learn the players in the family and how things worked. And then she would have made an especially point to make great friends with Camilla (not Kate). Why Camilla? This woman was not all that attractive. Prince Philip had some funny if superficial comparisons to make between Camilla and Diana and his son's inexplicable choices. But she played the long ball. She stuck it out through thick and thin with zero public exposure and fodder. And she won and is at the center of the circle of power. Meghan should have learned from the best how to gain AND keep power. She was just too insecure and reactive to do what needed to be done to get what she's really seeking to get....power.
DAN WOOTTON: Kate may have forgiven Harry but
will William ever forgive Meghan? My sources doubt it
•Level of bitterness and rancour between Prince William and Meghan Markle has been underplayed
•Duke of Cambridge had been angry about the behaviour of his sister-in-law for well over a year
•That was before Meghan sat down with Oprah Winfrey to attack his wife Kate Middleton
•Those close to William believe he will struggle to ever forgive Meghan for damage she has unleashed
Courtiers let out a collective sigh of relief when the Duchess of Cambridge Kate appeared to publicly forgive Prince Harry following Prince Philip's funeral.
But there is a much harder to solve question still plaguing royal advisers: How to ever bridge the gap between Prince William and Meghan?
The level of bitterness and rancour between the Duke of Cambridge and Duchess of Sussex has, if anything, been underplayed, I understand.
Wills was angry about the behaviour of his sister-in-law for well over a year.
And that was before she sat down with Oprah Winfrey to attack his beloved wife and then accuse his flesh and blood of racism and uncaring behaviour towards someone with mental health issues.
While William is acutely conscious of his responsibilities as a future king to try and keep the family together, those close to him believe he will struggle to ever forgive Meghan for the damage she has unleashed.
A senior royal insider tells me: 'Much has been made of the troubles between Kate and Meghan, and William and Harry – but perhaps the biggest strains now exist between William and Meghan.
'First and foremost, William cannot countenance the way Meghan has treated his wife. He feels Kate tried at the beginning, but it was never enough.
'Kate attempted to try and help Meghan understand the responsibilities of royal life, but her efforts were constantly misinterpreted.
'But to name Kate so publicly during the Oprah interview as the person who made her cry was beyond the pale. Meghan would have been acutely aware that Kate is powerless to fight back.
'Despite her growing confidence in public, Kate is a deeply sensitive woman who likes to stay behind-the-scenes as much as possible to support her family and the country. William thinks the way she has been treated is unfair.'
(CONTD...)
DAN WOOTTON: Kate may have forgiven Harry but
will William ever forgive Meghan? My sources doubt it
The truth is that William had doubts about the speed of Harry's relationship from the beginning.
He infamously tried to encourage his brother to slow the pace of their courtship, which exacerbated tensions between them.
After Meghan entered the family officially, William began to question some of her motives.
Another senior royal source explains: 'William soon began to wonder about some of Meghan's traits and motivations.
'He was worried that at times she seemed to be more concerned about her personal progression or profile over the wider goals and aims of the Royal Family.
'But he largely kept any reservations to himself as he desperately wanted her to be happy and appreciated the huge adjustment of entering the Royal Family.
'Following Megxit though, everything changed. He could no longer hide his true feelings because he felt like she had publicly attempted to disrespect his family and the Queen.'
I've learned senior staff working for the Queen had shared with William their reservations about some of Meghan's behaviour.
William is believed to have backed a decision – approved by the Queen – to ban Meghan from borrowing items in the Royal Collection, including tiaras and jewellery once worn by his mother Princess Diana.
Kate is also thought to have shared with William details of an awkward encounter with Meghan, which I first revealed in December 2018, where she warned her sister-in-law not to talk rudely to staff at Kensington Palace.
Kate told Meghan: 'That's unacceptable, they're my staff and I speak to them.'
A source added: 'Her and Kate fell out when she boll**ked Kate's staff.'
I also first reported in November 2018 that the Queen had warned Harry over Meghan's behaviour and attitude before their wedding following a row now known as Tiaragate.
So it's fair to say that in the early days of Meghan's time in the Royal Family it was not William who was expressing his displeasure.
But his anger and disappointment has come about largely because of the disloyal behaviour from the Sussexes following their decision to leave the Royal Family, especially giving the Oprah interview.
Some courtiers hope that William and Harry will now be forced into a positive dialogue as they prepare for what would have been their late mother's 60th birthday on July 1, where they are due to publicly unveil a statue of Diana.
But it is unclear if Meghan, who is heavily pregnant with the couple's second child, will be involved in those discussions and if she will consider making her first trip back to London since Megxit.
There are genuine concerns that she could be booed at an event attended by members of the public given her current unpopularity in the UK as a result of the Oprah interview.
All of those considerations are expected to make the conversations and negotiations fraught.
The Queen Mother never forgave Wallis Simpson for her role in the abdication crisis.
Some royal watchers are now questioning whether the relationship between Prince William and Meghan – also an American divorcee – could go in the same direction.
Kensington Palace declined to comment. ###
I see Gayle and Tiegen are in the program because of course they are. The sad part is Meghan is more thirsty and more crazy than either of them. She got started much later and needs to make up for lost time. John and Chrissy seem to be drunk and lost in their own little world half the time anyway. Meghan is going to stomp all over this crowd in hopes of a Kamala appointment. Ambassador to the UK?
They should be paying you for PR instead of Sunshine Sachs. And I agree Meghan's ambition will be her undoing. I think John and Chrissy are much smarter than they seem. Like Oprah and Gayle, they are the woker-ati and they smell opportunity with the Harry Meg.
I don't like John Legend and Chrissy Teigen. They are super woke and kinda dumb, I can see dumbness in their faces. They were insane for years with their anti-Trump tweets.
BUT
I will give Chrissy credit for knowing "Her people". She has millions of followers in Twitter -- 34.6m followers
On Instagram she has 13.6M Followers
Now this is what I call a real influencer, 10x stronger than Megzy
I was amazed to see that her half ghost written (her co-author gets upfront credit) cookbook gets 9,376 Amazon ratings which is phenomenal. It was at 2500 ratings pre-Covid. This = millions of dollars for Chrissy.
Chrissy is still dumb to me but is smart enough, humble enough, to hire really smart people working for her, and that she is very nice to. Unlike Megzy (as in Z listed)
Kardashians are some what similar, girls not too smart, (as in regression to the mean//look it up) but their very sly and clever mother (Momager) with her very good advisers make the entire family super wealthy. Their lawyer father Robert, hi IQ too (deceased)
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AMAZON - Her cookbook
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat: A Cookbook Hardcover – Illustrated, February 23, 2016
by Chrissy Teigen (Author), Adeena Sussman (Author), Aubrie Pick (Photographer)4.8 out of 5 stars 9,376 ratings
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Her Twitter and Instagram stats
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That just comes of as a left hand/right hand disconnect for me as to who they are doing deals with.
Hosting - something else for their resumes. But does it also include fund-raising?
@JennS,
I just caught up and read back on yesterday”s comments, and want to say I hope you are taking care of yourself, and I am so sorry to hear about your eye issues and migraines.
First, I will return to using H and MM to make it easier for you to follow.
...........................
Hi @AnT
I appreciate you checking on me, the migraine info, and your willingness to avoid using nicknames and codes for the Sussexes! My problems mostly lay with autoimmune issues and fibromyalgia so stress is often what causes the migraines. Last week while trying to read here the multiple names, abbreviations and codes being used became so frustrating it triggered a major migraine. My migraines affect my vision, and balance and leave me wiped out.
Thanks to the pandemic I fell behind on taking care of some medical issues so I'm focusing on that for a while and will take a break from posting here. When I have time I'll work on my satellite blog and check in here to read if the posts aren't too coded. AnT, thanks again for your kindness and I hope to post with you and the Nutties again when I've caught up on all my non-Harkle stuff!
💓💓😍😍💓💓
One sentence reads "Meghan and Harry are voracious readers". I couldn't stop laughing at that.
Also
“If youcanTREAT A PRINCESS thatway, just
imaginewhatORDINARY BLACK WOMEN
go through EVERY SINGLE DAY.”
or
“THE SUSSEXES have sparkedsomething
SO FUNDAMENTALLY INCENDIARY
inthis country thatitis CHANGING THE FACE ofBritain.”
My new goal is compiling those pieces for my own wardrobe. (no easy feat as they are all sold out and would total over $1500 CAD lol, but dare to dream!!)
My understanding is that vegans won't use anything that comes from a living creature, not even using silk because it comes from silkworms, or honey because it comes from bees.
So like, what's she doing with the daily chicken eggs? lol Maybe she gives them to her neighbor Oprah.
Or maybe she allows them all to be fertilized and lets the chickens reproduce?
I dunno- just one more weird thing.
Harry should have prepared Meghan for Royal life from page six
"Why would a vegan like Harry's wife have a chicken coop?"
I don't think M has ever claimed to be a vegan. In an interview once she said she ate vegan during the work week, mostly to control her weight (I think that was the reason.) But she's not vegan. They claimed to be roasting a chicken when they got engaged. She wears leather. Even her supposed favorite recipe from the Grenfell Tower cookbook (vegetable samosas) involves an egg.
Good to hear from you and, please take care of yourself. I am so sorry you're dealing with those issues, and stress migraines too. All I can say it, we will be thinking of you, and every good thought is headed your way.
Catch up with everything you need to do, and be well. That's more important than the escapades of the Harkles, which will be undoubtedly continuing unabated the next 50 years. (But it won't be the same til you return.) We'll be here
I look forward to looking into your new satellite blog, to refresh my memory on some of our many topics!
(PS -- IF YOU ARE REALLY MOVING TO MONTECITO, INTO ONE OF HOT ROB'S EXTRA HOUSES, to report firsthand on the Harry and Meghan drama, well, we appreciate your efforts! Be safe, and never ever open the door at night to a short hairy person in an old white Panama hat asking for a cup of "princess oats".
Above all, be well!!!
I feel strongly that this is one of those I read it so you don't have to moments here:
I finally read the entire Vanity Fair USA article and it's ridiculous.
One sentence reads "Meghan and Harry are voracious readers". I couldn't stop laughing at that.
Also
“If youcanTREAT A PRINCESS thatway, just
imaginewhatORDINARY BLACK WOMEN
go through EVERY SINGLE DAY.”
or
“THE SUSSEXES have sparkedsomething
SO FUNDAMENTALLY INCENDIARY
@XXXXXX...
I don't like John Legend and Chrissy Teigen. They are super woke and kinda dumb, I can see dumbness in their faces. They were insane for years with their anti-Trump tweets.
BUT
I will give Chrissy credit for knowing "Her people". She has millions of followers in Twitter -- 34.6m followers
On Instagram she has 13.6M Followers
Now this is what I call a real influencer, 10x stronger than Megzy
Well....I don't like these two either but yes, Chrissy is a bigger player than Meg but really this feels so very Lord of the Twitter Flies, right? File it under "dubious honors."
I am not a robot is all I got to say....
Good call, the vegan thing was always dubious. I just remember something about her making a stink about tasting egg in something that was supposed to be on the menu for their wedding or something like that.
Yes, you are right. Supposedly she did make a stink in a palace kitchen about tasting egg in a wedding dish that was supposed to be vegan. Supposedly HMTQ eventually had to intervene. But I think the reason for wanting some vegan dishes was because she anticipated having vegan wedding guests. Not that she was vegan.
Many thanks for the tipping info!
I have three upcoming tours booked
Do I understand I can tip once, say at the end of the week and ask that it be divided up amongst several guides? That would be ideal.
I really love that some of the guides are homeless. Talk about an interesting perspective!
Sorry for brief OT jaunt
Confirming, in addition to Lady C, that Harry's wife wore a replica at the ceremony.
There is no other logical conclusion.
I was adamant from Day 1 that Harry had no need to quarantine when he got to the UK because he would already been vaccinated (how do you know/are you his bestie?!) people asked me.
No, because they have access and live in LA, it's a no brainer. Now they are looking to shill for the vax with the cool kids.
Surprised we never got a massive Harkle Vax PR release.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1428910/prince-harry-william-meghan-markle-kate-middleton-opposite-love-life-ont
The most important thing is that you you take very good care of yourself.
But know you will be missed.
You contribute so much to the blog: insights, ideas, and articles (thank you for The Times and Telegraph articles especially)
More importantly, your enthusiasm and sense of fun add so much
to the tone of the blog.
And all that research!!
Take care and come back
Just pondering... why would a vegan like Harry's wife have a chicken coop? I understand they are "rescue chickens," but what would she do with the eggs every day? Throw them away since she's adverse to using them for anything?
My understanding is that vegans won't use anything that comes from a living creature, not even using silk because it comes from silkworms, or honey because it comes from bees.
So like, what's she doing with the daily chicken eggs? lol Maybe she gives them to her neighbor Oprah.
Or maybe she allows them all to be fertilized and lets the chickens reproduce?
I dunno- just one more weird thing.
I thought those were rescue chickens from a "factory farm". Those hens did not look like white Leghorns to me.
Most municipalities that permit a certain number of hens forbid roosters due to their habit of crowing loudly not just at dawn but throughout the day, also at 1 a.m., at 2:30 a.m., at 3:15 a.m., etc. etc. What is even more fun is when they get in a crowing contest with the roosters around the neighborhood. Sadly, most people do not appreciate being awakened that frequently throughout the night (and day).
magazine cover from German magazine has side by side comparison of Louis on his bike and Harry's wife with "Archie" riding on her bump.
The caption says "Who is happier?"
I suppose she got some money from that magazine for publishing the photo split with the pap agency
Sugars trolling photographers and agencies (specifically BackGrid) for "breaking m's and a's right to privacy" and demanding the pics get pulled. And so angry!!
They just don't get that she is calling the paps and arranging the shots.
The latest, with Archie has them foaming at the mouth.
LOL. m must be pulling out her yak hair and stomping on it with her size 16s.
First the tabloids won't buy the pics and then the sugar swarm
threatens the couple of rags that do.
Those idiot sugars are finally markling her! Had to happen
@KCM,
I am still investigating but I think the way the software is set up, the tip button on each individual tour is the only way to leave gratuities. I too Would like to submit one big chunk each week or month and divvy it up amongst the guides I had tours with during that period, But that appears to be too sophisticated for the platform. I have only encountered international service charges before when purchasing actual items from foreign vendors. It had not occurred to me that tips would fall under this, but it’s by the transaction regardless of what did the purchase is for. I had booked a tour this lunchtime to go to the Peak District and an old spa town, But the reception was terrible and the screen kept freezing up so I left the tour. Logged into another one happening in Italy at the same time to see if it was a problem on the guide’s end or mine. The second female guide was in one of the five villages in Italy, a very hilly area, and it also looked like it was raining. So maybe the weather was affecting the Wi-Fi or it was just the locations. My corporate Internet at work is top-tier, and I watched two tours there over the weekend with zero problems. I even watched a couple on my phone, which was a less afternoon viewing experience but even so, I did not have the problems I had today.
I’ve been debating about how much I can budget for this tipping, and I don’t want to be a cheapskate. I’m going to try maybe leaving a larger tip every other tour with the same guide. I’m sure everyone will have at least two tours I’m interested in. That way I can do a couple charges a week rather than one every day for smaller amounts. Since I didn’t have luck joining a tour, I spent my lunch hour looking through the site and booking my “trips“ for the next couple weeks. I found one nearly every lunchtime, and two or three on Saturdays When I have more time. This upcoming Saturday, I will be spending the morning in Amsterdam. The middle tour is a tulip one and that has a short shelf—The tulips are peak now for one more week. I really just wander around finding something that works with my availability. I am open to visiting everywhere, but I’m saving some countries, like Eastern Europe and Scandinavia for later. And some countries just will not work in my time zone, unless I want to be up at three or 4 AM; Australia and the Far East are so far ahead it’s tomorrow. England is five hours ahead, and I have a tour of Hampton Palace Gardens booked for 7 AM my time, which is noon for him. I don’t have to be to work till nine so I will have ample time to watch, As long as I get ready for work before hand. I’ve had to print off blank calendars and write down all my upcoming destinations to keep them straight.
I pay via PayPal, and that is probably how to guides get their money, though if it’s daily/weekly or monthly, hard to say. So I don’t know if they no after each tour exactly how many tips they got that day, or if it all goes into a big pot for the month. It was mentioned in the Facebook group that some tours have been canceled because they didn’t attract enough bookings or tips, and often times the guide is traveling themselves to the tour destination. Some of the guides work in pairs, So if they have had to buy train or ferry tickets, and or drive a considerable distance...My Chelsea tour guide also does Edinburgh, and that’s not a brief jaunt. My guide in Sorrento and his wife Live in Naples, and it’s a 45 minute airboat ride each way. I’m guessing that’s not cheap. So if it becomes cost prohibitive to plan the tour For a small crowd, and lousy tips, It won’t be offered, or won’t be offered again.
Most of the London area tours are sold out, because London is such a popular destination. There’s a page where you can see all the upcoming tours And their availability, and I see it’s good to book early for anything in London. I got shut out of Eel Pie Island, so I picked Camden Town. I’d never heard of Eel Pie Island, But now that I know it exists, I have to see it.
Lots of love
I missed that part of the PR Vax whatever. Do celebs really need to bring awareness to a vaccine during the pandemic? Really?
But Harry and Mega ....and Canada?! LMAO good luck with that! Fools!
I think that’s the best solution.
And it’s a thankless job, interest anyway. The good guys never seem to win. The bad prosper. Well, that’s just how it appears for now, hopefully.
I skimmed the Dan Wooton article above, and was somewhat surprised on his take, that William seems to have forgiven Harry (as opposed to HW). Not for one minute do. I think William has forgiven Harry. William sees H for the shameless, weak, despicable grifter that he is. It’s been barely a week since the funeral, at which h made a cursory appearance, to add to his resume! Williams stomach must churn at all this as much as mine. Or more. How could it not. They are real people, after all. Are they not? Anne, Kate, Camilla all feel real to me. I’m closer to Charles in âge, and appreciate his personality to a degree, but feel uneasy about him.
Once again, this time and last, HW is not carrying a spawn. Why more is not made of this I’ll never know. And a miscarriage ? Rubbish! And pregnant weeks later? And yet this is never picked up. Curious, too, that she has never sued any paper which has dared mentioned this?
My thoughts too! H and his wife--in CANADA--the country they, ahem, pooped on.
Read that you are taking a step back to focus on yr health. We will miss your huge contributions here but also want you to be in the best of health, so do take care.
Fyi, I also suffer fm terrible migrains, triggered by stress and heat. I notice that if I pop an Acocsin just when I feel the onset of a migrain, it can be under control ie not get too bad. My extra bit is also to pop a cold pack to my forehead the whole day - it does minimize the pounding somewhat.
Hope you find a way to manage yr pain.
I do think they read every single article and comment writtem of them. Proof is how they always try to addres issues raised esp in comments. The reading ends there.
if you do some research, you will find that it is highly recommended. Just also add a B complex to balance things out.
Good luck.
William's way to the throne has been discussed many times on this blog. Check out David and Bertie. Same deal without the drama.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/harry-meghan-only-royal-no-boost-popular-prince-philip-funeral-142110500.html
based on:
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2021/04/27/public-opinion-most-senior-royals-improves
It's the results of a YouGov poll showing that every other Royal has achieved a boost in `popularity'/approval bar two - yes, them. Their `approval' rating has gone down, disapproval up.
You're so right about the availability of the COVID shots. One drawback of living in a little beach town is that our local grocery store pharmacy received their first shipment just last week. We weren't allowed to sign up before the shipment arrived, and the slots open for getting the shot were filled up within an hour. Now, the pharmacy says that there are no slots or vaccine shots left, and we have to wait until another shipment comes in.
So, I remain isolated here, waiting until more of the vaccine comes in, and who knows when that will be? I have preexisting conditions and am almost 70, and had COVID last year.
At least I have a beautiful place to self-insolate, and can sit on my patio and watch the ocean.
I'm so sorry to hear that you're leaving us for awhile, but I certainly understand why. I told you that I have vision problems, but I also have fibromyalgia, and that's a life sentence, isn't it? The flares can be excruciating and your energy level can be non-existent, but life goes on, and we need to pace ourselves to keep the pain and exhaustion at a decent level.
Please take good care of yourself, don't overdo, and know how much you'll be missed here. Come back to us when you can.
I'm sure you've read this before, but here is The Spoon Theory, which helps you to understand how balance your energy levels and not overdo. I hope this helps you. If you have any fibro questions, please feel free to ask me as I've been going through this for more than 30 years and have a small library of books about fibro.
Here's the Spoon Theory:
https://www.diplomatpharmacy.com/empower/library/spoon-theory
Here is my 'Fibro "Bible," the best book on fibro that I've ever read. It's an older book, so some updating is needed, but it is still one of the leading reference books on fibro, written by experts. Starlanyl is considered one of the world's experts on fibro.
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofacial Pain: A Surivior's Manual by Devin Starlanyl and Mary Ellen Copeland:
https://www.amazon.com/Fibromyalgia-Chronic-Myofascial-Pain-Survival/dp/1572242388/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=devin+starlanyl&qid=1619587790&s=books&sr=1-2
Please take care. I walk beside you. I share autoimmune and headaches. Fibromyalgia is a beast itself. Everyday is a crapshoot on what the body decides. Can get up feeling ok and end up on couch before night and vise versa. I get the headaches as well. I pray nobody here has to deal with a cluster headaches which make the migraine not bad. My doctor is ordering a CT as I have a headache that's decided to stay full time. I wish it was a stress headache.
On the really bad day's my motto is Well I am on the right side of the dirt.
Sorry to hear that you have it, too. The headaches can be brutal. I've ended up with a cold, wet towel on my head, which helps a little. Maybe it might help you, too. Don't worry about your hair, just put the towel right on top of it. You'll get wet, but who cares when you're in pain. Re-wet the towel to keep it cold. Does your scalp go bright red when you get the headaches? Mine does. Good luck, my fibro friend.
Hopefully one day there will be a cure. They are making great progress in fibro research in the UK and Stanford University is going wonderful research, too. In the UK, fibro is known as Myelitis Encephalitis (ME).
Sorry to hear that you have it, too. The headaches can be brutal. I've ended up with a cold, wet towel on my head, which helps a little. Maybe it might help you, too. Don't worry about your hair, just put the towel right on top of it. You'll get wet, but who cares when you're in pain. Re-wet the towel to keep it cold. Does your scalp go bright red when you get the headaches? Mine does. Good luck, my fibro friend.
Hopefully one day there will be a cure. They are making great progress in fibro research in the UK and Stanford University is going wonderful research, too. In the UK, fibro is known as Myelitis Encephalitis (ME).
The reports I read about this was that it was when the chefs were doing a run-through of what she wanted for the evening party at Frogmore House - the Buddha bowls had to be macrobiotic ie no egg.
Her Ying and Yang went skew-whiff years ago.
https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Best-Absorption-Magnesium-Glycinate/dp/B000BD0RT0 ---- (35000 reviews)
Do a search within this product for "migraine" and you will find 20 positive comments, that this magnesium helps
More on migraines and taking magnesium
"Lizzie
William's way to the throne has been discussed many times on this blog. Check out David and Bertie. Same deal without the drama."
I'm aware of what happened during the 1936 abdication. But you said Charles needed to be given the boot now by the Queen so Will would be the next king. You said if everybody knew now Will would be the Queen's immediate successor that would restore confidence in the monarchy and make the youth happy. You seemed to think that could happen. So I asked you to explain how. A reminder of the last abdication doesn't do that. Sorry.
David was not booted before he became king and so far as I know, Charles can't be either. David was not booted from the line of succession by his father and predecessor, George V (although he reportedly wished he could.) And so far as I know, Elizabeth can't boot Charles nor does she want to. While Edward VIII's situation did include the extra "drama" of impending war, continuing economic depression especially in the northern areas, Nazism and the specter of appeasement, multiple affairs, and proposed marriage to an American divorcee, I'm not sure it's possible to have an abdication without drama.
Partly because he's waited 70+ years to be king and partly because he knows the last abdication caused a huge crisis, I personally think there's no chance Charles will abdicate after he becomes king. And no chance the Queen will tell him that he should.
At any rate, it doesn't sound like your idea about booting Charles was actually to prevent him from becoming king, it was just for the Queen to persuade him to make it a short reign. I don't think she'll do that. So "the youth" may have to wait unless the stress of Harry's situation coupled with Philip's death kills Charles. I hope that doesn't happen but I guess the youth can hope. Of course, that would move Harry closer to the throne too.
Apparently the reduced availability of B vitamins, particularly folate, can result in an increased serum level of homocysteine which *may* cause migraines. Taking methylated B vitamins can help, but daughter always forgets to (a) purchase it, and (b) take it daily. She swears by Maxalt.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30451038/
I was offered another position within the company I work for. I will not be laid off on Friday 😀 Its a horizontal move, but I get to keep all my seniority and benefits, etc.
THANK YOU ALL for the thoughts, prayers, voo doo doll rituals, tribal dances, etc
Congratulations! Very pleased to hear your great news! 😊
I'm so happy for you. A great relief.
@Puds,
You're so right about the availability of the COVID shots. One drawback of living in a little beach town is that our local grocery store pharmacy received their first shipment just last week. We weren't allowed to sign up before the shipment arrived, and the slots open for getting the shot were filled up within an hour. Now, the pharmacy says that there are no slots or vaccine shots left, and we have to wait until another shipment comes in.
So, I remain isolated here, waiting until more of the vaccine comes in, and who knows when that will be? I have preexisting conditions and am almost 70, and had COVID last year.
At least I have a beautiful place to self-isolate, and can sit on my patio and watch the ocean.
I was wondering if you had had any reaction to the vaccination. Sorry to hear that you haven't been able to get it yet.
Wonderful news!
Does anyone know exactly what a "campaign chair" is and what are the duties associated with it?????? Sounds like made up tosh to me but not to be confused with "Chief Impact Officer"
I read that Harry and Harry's wife will be on the VaxLive thing. They are "campaign chairs". The first time I read it I thought it said "camping chairs". Because they are flimsy and collapsable?
Does anyone know exactly what a "campaign chair" is and what are the duties associated with it?????? Sounds like made up tosh to me but not to be confused with "Chief Impact Officer"
This is one of the job descriptions I've found because I was wondering what delusional person would put them in charge of fundraising?
Roles of the Campaign Chair
The campaign chair must be fully committed to the organization and the goals of the
campaign. The chair serves as the public face of the capital campaign. He or she also
chairs the campaign steering committee and assists with key solicitations.
Responsibilities of the Campaign Chair
Make a significant gift to the campaign, preferably at the leadership level.
Assist with the identification and recruitment of potential campaign committee
members.
Assist with finalizing the campaign plan.
Preside over capital campaign committee meetings.
Assist in personal solicitations of key members of the campaign committee.
Help identify, cultivate and solicit other prospective donors.
Review and evaluate campaign progress and help develop campaign strategy as
needed.
Preside over campaign functions and special events.
Speak about the project and the campaign in various public forums.
Prince Harry's US diplomatic immunity 'revelation' sparks debate: 'Wonder if Meghan knew?'
PRINCE HARRY's diplomatic immunity in the US could protect him if Meghan Markle ever begins divorce proceedings, according to a royal expert.
Most organizations Ive been involved with a Campaign chair either puts up mega bucks to be chair or guarantees raising mega bucks and mega bucks donors to an event/cause. I cant see her putting up any money that she can help so who put it up for them Oprah? or did Harry's wife put money in for the connections she will earn. All very curious.
And will people really go out and get a vaccine since they or Tiegen told them to? The vaccination hesitancy is coming disproportionately from minority communities- will gayle king or the Harkles convince someone in Detroit to get a vaccine suddenly? doubt it. If anything with the US sending the pre bought Aztra Zeneca vaccine which it hasnt approved to India likely increases the distrust about all of the vaccines. (why is a not good enough for us but good enough for India? not great optics on that) Couple that with the number of people having 1-2 day of illness on the shots I think the vaccine hesitators wont be convinced so easily. And i am not sure the group has the kind of reach they think they have. Tiegen quit twitter and then went back on a month later. Who is her target market for anything other than people that like to read drunken unfiltered tweets. Gayle King? shes old (like me ha!) Ben Affleck - yesterday's news and still having sobriety issues. Harkles? maybe for "royalty" living in the US in exile? The show needs Joe Rogen and Dave Portnoy (barstool fame) elon musk and leBron james that would get young people to sign up.
It may just be because it is the easiest to ship and distribute.
I read the "Roles of the Campaign Chair" you provided. Still confused how Harry and Harry's wife are right for this job.
I'm with you. I just can't see her donating any money herself (or £10 at most like animal shelter) but perhaps Oprah did? And I agree about this whole VaxLive thing. Silly, ego stroking celebrity drivel . Look for it on all involved IMBDs in 3....2....1. Thats why theyre doing it I think. "Resume builder" or as you said "contact builder". But I'm thinking they've become poison on the celebrity circuit and Oprah isn't helping elevate them nor is Gayle King.
The show needs Joe Rogen and Dave Portnoy (barstool fame) elon musk and leBron james that would get young people to sign up.
@Snarkyatherbest:
Joe Rogan just shot himself in the foot the other day on his show when he said young people in good health don’t need to get the vaccine.
Now he has Media Matters on his ass trying to get him cancelled.
BTW on a side note- part of the issue in India is they were administering vaccines at hospitals. People would wait hours in the same areas as those who were infected. Some were turned away when vaccine supplies ran out but returned home having been exposed to covid. They need a better distribution mechanism just having the vaccines wont be enough.
Will be interesting to see how much vaccine numbers change after this event. For one thing, US had a sure in January and into February. Many drs dont recommend people who tested positive for Covid to get the vaccine for 3-6 months after infection is gone (more complication on side effects) so some people may not be going because heck they just had it and dont feel (either on their own or from their DR) that they should get it yet. 3-6 months out gets you April/May to July/August Those are the trends to watch in vaccine compliance not necessarily the VaxLive self importance event.
On another note (I am so procrastinating on work right now!) The academy awards viewership in the US was roughly 10MM Wasnt the Sunday night oprah interview roughly 17MM viewers (US). I am sure that one is going to someone's head.
@SwampWoman
I read the "Roles of the Campaign Chair" you provided. Still confused how Harry and Harry's wife are right for this job.
Me, too! Most of these celebrity things are a big "LOOK AT ME AND SEE HOW WONDERFUL AND CARING I AM!" rather than for the people in need.
Witnessing all this and contributing to it by being an employee, I swore off charities forever, the biggest name charities in our country. Salvation Army being a big that I can still remember, a ton of Churches, all collecting money and sending large checks to my company for services rendered.
I have a soft spot of the homeless, always have and always will. You'd only have had to walk Times Square in the 60's and 70's to realize why I feel this way. I can no longer give my time to this cause since I have MS and it's starting to progress pretty quickly right now. But if I encounter a homeless person young or old, I will buy them food, offer them shelter at a local motel, or give them clothes and blankets. That's my contribution to this world and it still breaks my heart leaving them so down and out in the cold.
My point is I give directly to those in need rather than giving it to some formal entity that doesn't do enough to help those in need whatever that need may be.
Her behavior must have been really outrageous and it made the Monarchy nervous. Such as MM taking pictures of W&C's children in private quarters of Kensington Palace. Or PC finding MM snapping pictures in a restricted area of one of his own homes. What normal person does that without permission from the people involved.
I think Tiaragate was the last straw for the Queen and why she forbid any family jewels being borrowed for any occasion. Now do I think MM's tiara was fake, no I actually don't think so but anything is possible. It's safe to say if she was going to run off with that piece of jewelry she would have been tackled to the ground in her wedding dress, another words she wouldn't have had any chance of walking off with it to keep. lol Now that's something I would have loved to watch.
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Snarkyatherbest said...
The show needs Joe Rogen and Dave Portnoy (barstool fame) elon musk and leBron james that would get young people to sign up.
@Snarkyatherbest:
Joe Rogan just shot himself in the foot the other day on his show when he said young people in good health don’t need to get the vaccine.
Now he has Media Matters on his ass trying to get him cancelled.
For most young people, the complication rate of the vaccines may be greater than for COVID. He's not the only one saying that; physicians are saying it as well.
Re. an article you quoted:
But it is unclear if Meghan, who is heavily pregnant with the couple's second child, will be involved in those discussions and if she will consider making her first trip back to London since Megxit.
I swear if I have to read 'heavily pregnant' one more time, I will hurl something heavy and breakable at the wall. This is called 'overgilding the lily', an MM specialty. To emphasize that yes, she is INDEED PREGNANT (Really, really, no joke) .. she can't just be normal-lady pregnant. Oh, no . .she has to be weighted down with the enormity of the growing life within her. Only MM manages to be HEAVILY PREGNANT just, what, 3 months after she posed for those Tree of Life photos . . she was HEAVILY PREGNANT then, in Month 4.5?
She would no doubt swear that she is at least as HEAVILY PREGNANT right now as Bobbi McCaughey was right before she delivered SEPTUPLETS.
For an aged adolescent who's always going on about how young, sparkly, sassy and free she is . . why does she dress like a 60 year old Sicilian widow for Oprah and yammer on about being HEAVILY PREGNANT like some bovine getting ready to drop her calf in a field? I can't stand it.
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To the poster who said the HEAVILY PREGNANT cow traded Queen Mary's diamond bandeau for a Burger King paper crown, you are so right. Latte for you today!
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She is monstrously unbalanced. She belongs in a secure psychiatric facility. Due to the person she married, she's got access to the kind of camouflage/protection that money and celebrity buys one, she likely will never face any sort of consequences like that, not even if she ran amok and shaved her head publicly and ran the streets of Montecito naked. For over two years, ever since the Saga of Archie--the shambolic 'Birth Show', followed by the post-partum summer when a series of bizarre public outings showed a woman completely deranged and unravelling, I thought that surely the RF would put a stop to this.
Sure, there's nothing inherently criminal about a post-partum (supposedly) woman dressing like a tent city refugee in a designer tent and standing around a polo ground holding a doll and flaunting it for pictures like it was a live infant. But--she looked and acted not at all in her right mind. Was this on some level a cry for help? These little papp-strolls with a baby who isn't a baby or a pregnancy that isn't a real fetus . . it's beyond self-serving theatre, in my opinion. It's insanity. And she's dragging H down with her. He didn't have far to fall apparently but I really question the mental competency of both of them. They are both flailing around and failing on the global stage, and how I wish the men in white coats would come and take them away for some desperately needed help.
MM's mental disorders render her incapable of behaving in rational ways. She has reverted to the comfort level she knows--the hustling and grifting on a smaller scale because it's familiar and she feels she can control it better. But until some persons in authority, some medical professionals and social services state it like it is, and intervene . .on behalf of 'the children in the household' if needs be, things are just going to continue to get worse for the RF. She's like a rabid b*tch-dog, frothing and biting anything she can get her fangs into. Appeals to reason and restraint are never going to work. She is literally a mad dog.