What kind of hijinks can we expect from the Sussexes at Diana's Statue unveiling? Let's see...
Recently there was (yet another) post somewhere out in the world about how they will soon divorce. And my first thought was: Haven't I heard this before? which moved quickly to: how many times have I heard this (through the years)? There were a number of questions raised which ... I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. One of the points which has been raised is that KC would somehow be shelling out beaucoup money to get her to go "away". That he has all this money stashed away and can pull it out at a moment's notice. But does he? He inherited a lot of "stuff" from his mother but ... isn't it a lot of tangible stuff like properties? and with that staff to maintain it and insurance. Inside said properties is art, antique furniture and other "old stuff" which may be valuable" but ... that kind of thing is subject to the whims and bank accounts of the rarified people who may be interested in it (which is not most of us in terms of bei
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William TRASHED unfairly/Queen OUTWITS Harry/BENTjournos/Meghan bully retort/SURROGACY SILENCE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md01dv-u5Kw
My understanding of unconscious mirroring involves 2 people where each behaves as a mirror image ie reflection of the other. It's like following an exercise-class instructor who is facing you. They reach up with the right arm and back with the R leg; you raise your left arm and stretch your left leg in response, like watching yourself in the mirror.
Suppose you are talking to a friend & you're both sitting in comfy chairs facing each other - you have your R.leg over L leg, they have L.leg over right - or it's like cutting out 2 sleeves when dressmaking - fabric right(ie surface that will face outwards) sides of together, pattern on top - which gives you right and left sleeves. That needs thought, mirroring poses happens automatically.
I think I'm labouring the point...
I agree completely though with everything you say about Harry being his big brother's burden all these years and now we know what the swine is really like.
As you say, thank God for Catherine and her family.
I believe you're describing two different things. What @Hikari and I noticed was the brothers being "in sync" at certain moments -- kind of the way Prince William and Catherine are in sync a lot of the time. (My favorite example was when they were standing back to back and still making the same basic pose while speaking to different people.) It's not about mirroring each other, because the people doing this often aren't face to face, but rather side by side. We see that they have almost identical gestures, as the brothers did when greeting their aunts. Whether it was Harry mimicking William or simply falling back into an old, comfortable pattern of being a team player, the effect was the same.
The mirroring you mean is also something we see in body language, and you're right that it wasn't in this video. Interestingly, it was in The Body Language Guy's video on the Oprah interview. He points out that at one point when Harry's wife brushes one of her slut strands out of her face with her right hand, we see Oprah bring up her left hand to her temple for seemingly no reason. BLG seemed to think that Harry's wife was more in control at the moment, which was why she got Oprah to copy her, instead of the other way around. I found that really interesting. On that day, Harry's wife had all the power.
im guessing a lot of interns for SS are working on that account and SS only stays around for $$$$
Ever since a few of their checks bounced, yeah, SS has assigned random interns to the D&D of Montecito. At the same $$$ rate as previously.
Prayers for our all Nutties impacted by Elsa. Swampie, hope Yall stay safe down there!
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I think at first H was giddy about being back with his brother. You could see him falling subconsciously into the old expected routines. In his mind, he was back 'home'.
Walking a few steps behind PW on the way in, waiting for PW to greet people first, not shoving himself ahead of PW. None of that was conscious, imo. H was just doing what he's always done. He was home, totally in his comfort zone. His body knew what to do.
It was only as time went on that H realized that he was being iced out out, by *everybody*. No one wanted anything to do with him, but it took him a few minutes to realize it. And then, due to nerves, his antics seemed to amp up.
He didn't notice right away that PW was having none of it. As in, don't look at me, don't talk to me, don't breathe the same air as me. Just.go.away.
William also took care of his mother's emotional needs while she was alive.
And, if Lady Colin Campbell is correct in her latest video, William also had to deal with the fact that Harry was favoured by Diana in order to compensate for the fact that he was the spare.
To all Nutties in Elsa’s path prayers for your health and safety during the storm.
He was home, totally in his comfort zone. His body knew what to do.
That's what I thought, too. And that's why I was happy to see it. As annoyed as I have been with Harry, I love seeing people who are at home. He has not been at home with his wife, that's for sure. I'm no body language expert, but even I can see that.
It was only as time went on that H realized that he was being iced out out, by *everybody*. No one wanted anything to do with him, but it took him a few minutes to realize it. And then, due to nerves, his antics seemed to amp up.
Sadly, if he had behaved correctly the entire time, he might have thawed some hearts. Or perhaps I just feel that way because, for a few seconds, he thawed mine! But I do think good behavior from him would have shown his brother and the other attendees that he came with good will and could be reasonable. So it's too bad he decided to play court jester instead of dignified blood prince.
Watching someone self-destruct so publicly isn't fun. Even if it has come about because of his own poor character, I still feel a somewhat sorry for him.
“I’ve put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can’t do that any more; we’re separate entities."
This is very brief, but telling. Note he didn't say, "We have walked arm in arm all our lives" or "Harry has put his arm around me." No. Always William being the giver, and Harry not reciprocating, only coveting that which William had by birthright.
It's really really too bad that the Firm could not have dealt more clear-eyed with Harry as a child. He quite possibly needed residential intervention/a conservatorship. He is not the full quid. Dim-witted AND angry is a dangerous combination. He should never have been allowed out into the world on his own recognizance. It's been a disaster. Can anyone watch the most recent video clip and still think that #6 is firing on all cylinders? Just don't see any end in sight to the Sussexes ability to be a festering boil on the side of the monarchy for as long as they live.
It is still very surprising that Negs is making no Charitable donation from her Drawing book given it's subject matter, so all profits must go into Negs private accounts I guess.
Doesn't she prefer to outsource her philanthropy to the sugars? They contribute what they can and the Harkles graciously, generously match it?
If any charitable funds were raised on the occasion of Baby$2's birth or in honor of the book, I haven't heard anything. And I don't think it's because the sugars have given up (or like their idols, run out of cash), but because the Harkles don't want to make it obvious that their fans outdo them these days.
Richard Eden's article of 7/5/21 is telling: "explain yourself" in American terms to US Trademark and Patents. Plus all the Scobie spin being shut down by ITV. Plus the leaked comment about Harry's behavior at the Well Child event. And how the family apparently did not seek out Harry during his UK visit.
Could it be that every one, from the press, to the royal Family, is giving the Harkles what they say they wanted - privacy (shunning) and distance (shunning) and the ability to make money on their own (shunning).
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Agree....for a few seconds I had some hope. It looked like old home week.
But that was unrealistic on my part.
After everything he's said and done, and allowed his wife to say and do, I can't fathom how he could possibly think that he could just waltz on in there, all jolly and happy, and all would be instantaneously forgiven.
William also took care of his mother's emotional needs while she was alive.
And, if Lady Colin Campbell is correct in her latest video, William also had to deal with the fact that Harry was favoured by Diana in order to compensate for the fact that he was the spare.
It's a particular kind of sickness to make your 8- or 10-year-old child assume the duties of Mummy's companion/confidante. That is a burden that a child shouldn't have to carry, even a mature and caring one. But Diana was left often alone with her boys, emotionally abandoned by their father, and little Harry was already displaying his volatility and off-kilter tendencies. She couldn't rely on *him*.
I don't enjoy speaking ill of a dead woman, but Diana's sainted motherhood has often felt to me more PR gloss to burnish her St. Diana image than a reality. Of course, she loved her children and liked to have fun with them. But whether consciously or not, I think she possibly resented William on some level, seeing as from the moment he was born, he belonged to the Crown more than to her. Most mothers tend to favor their last-borns . . but did Diana's favoritism of Harry contain an extra, if subliminal dig at Charles? Fawning over the ginger-haired son she felt his father had rejected and giving him extra cuddles and attention because Harry was 'hers'? Making William suffer even a little was getting back at 'the Firm' as it were. Round about the time of the Panorama interview, Diana was paranoid enough to believe the insinuation that William was spying on her through his watch--the child that had assumed the role of emotional mainstay to his mother.
If I'm honest, I struggled hard to think well of Diana as the saint among mothers after I learned that she'd pitched herself down the stairs at Sandringham whilst pregnant with William after a tiff with Charles. The stairs were plushly carpeted and I am fairly certain that the 'desperate cry for help' was staged and may have been actually a gentle roll that injured no one. But still--carrying the heir to the Crown, she willfully threw herself down the stairs. Anything might have happened. Imagine being William at whatever age he was, reading that for a moment anyway, his mother was more than willing to gamble with his life all out of spite against his father.
Such a revelation would tend to mess a kid up. Did Diana convince him that it was an accident and she actually tripped?
Anyway, for a future King of Great Britain, William's life has certainly had some not-so-charmed moments. It's a miracle that he did not inherent the instability evidenced by his mother and his brother. It might seem ridiculous given our relative stations in life that I feel sorry for him, but I do, particularly now, during this ongoing mess. All this time we thought that Harry had his back but he really has been contending quite alone for a lot of this time.
I heard an interesting radio programme, a few years ago, about identical twins, separated at birth, who can turn out to have remarkably similar mannerisms. I often catch myself repeating my mothers mannerisms, the way I sit watching TV for eg, although it could be argued that I acquired these from all the contact I had with her.
Yet this cannot apply to identical twins who don't meet until adulthood, suggesting a genetic basis for the phenomenon. Could this be a cause for the apparent synchronicity which BLG dubs `mirroring'? Nothing to do with their relationship but
a similar response to the same situation?
Charles often fidgets with his signet ring. With a wedding ring, it can also symbolise a wish to be free of the marriage.
I am so angry about animal cruelty that the words are just falling out of my mouth any old how.
Besides the kink and grift, they probably bonded when he learned he broke her dogs legs and choked her cat with frozen grapes. Or however the story went . . .
I doubt 6 has given up living off his mother and her death now. It has been too profitable and I would guess in some circles remains so.
His behavior was odd for such a solemn occasion; no doubt chemically fueled. He may have imagined that acting like old Harry he could get back into everyone’s good graces. But after that damaging, hate filled interview I agree he has burned too many bridges. I am glad to see he is in Siberia!
So glad to see William hold his ground. He is indeed lucky to have the steadying influence of.Catherine and his family.
- after insiders claimed she left her role after 'having to fulfil more work than her job spec'
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Archewell executive director stepped down
Catherine St-Laurent unexpectedly left her post with royals earlier this year
She has now said she feels 'grateful to be with them on their journey'
Added the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have 'potential to be very influential'
By HARRIET JOHNSTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 13:10, 6 July 2021 | UPDATED: 13:22, 6 July 2021
I'm not sure if this has been flagged up already - apologies if it has.
I like the bit about being expected to do more than specified within the job spec. Of course, job descriptions usually hav a clause about `additional tasks within the purview of the role' as required by the CEO, or wtte. The CEO is expected to be `reasonable' though.
Nor does one slag off a previous employer if one hopes for a new job elsewhere.
I never met my biological father. It was interesting to find out from a paternal aunt that I met once that I had various characteristics of his. I just accepted that that behavior was a quirk of mine considering that none of my half siblings or maternal relatives had it.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/soho-house-new-wework
Nor does one slag off a previous employer if one hopes for a new job elsewhere.
Indeed. A person that I am close to has a boss that is a complete psycho. He is increasingly paranoid, believes that every conversation is people talking about him in code words, and drives away with angry invective those that are not members of a protected group (white males), and makes everybody else's life a living hell through scheduling changes, pay cuts, etc. One would think that HR would be curious as to why a governmental department that is supposed to have 15 employees only has THREE employees aside from the manager). Two of the remaining employees are quietly yet desperately putting in their resumes elsewhere. The third is having sex with the manager, and is now a manager in charge of the other two employees yet doesn't know how to do the job.
They will not be leaving because the boss needs to have a long rest at a psychiatric facility; they will be moving on to pursue new opportunities in order to grow.
2. ImBadCosImWhite, NotIrish, United Kingdom, 19 hours ago
They may have better luck with their Lilli-BET gambling empire.
Manatttttteeeee, Tampa, United States, 18 hours ago
1. Can't wait to hear about The Lilbucks Foundation for Exploited Children.
Hilkari - very good point about how we tend to think of the brothers as a pair but in reality, they have not been together (in that way) for years. And then about how William has always been the giver but 6 the taker. William has others he must give to (his family, the learning the ropes of how to be king).
If 6 thought he could just bounce in as if all if forgiven after a quick hug and a few sorry words choked out, he's really hadn't thought realistically even after the response at the funeral. A lot of ink was spilled about the split, working things through but they seem to slowly be shifting to maybe now. Not sure if it is writers have begun to give up the happy reunion story or are starting to let the truth slip (slowly).
This is the post that Harry and Meghan were angling for. The champions of diversity were hoping to get a foreign to Canada white man with no relevant experience to the position! What hypocrites!
https://www.royal.uk/succession
She is also not listed in the bio of #6's ex-wife, but Archie is. According to Lord Ham's twitter. "For anyone who is curious like me, I used the Wayback Machine and determined Prince Louis was added to the http://Royal.uk line of succession page by May 5, 2018 (could have been earlier, WM had a lag in archiving in April 2018) and Archie was added by May 9, 2019. For anyone who doesn't have L & A's birthdates memorized -- Louis was born on 4/23/18, so he was added to the Succession page at least within 12 days (possibly earlier, Wayback Machine did not archive between 4/24/18 and 5/5/18)
Archie was born 5/6/19 and was added 3 days later"
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What would be the reason?
a) Awaiting site of a birth certificate perhaps, to confirm the line of succession?
b)Or is there an issue because she wasn't born in the UK?
c)Update delay?
Question C...Perhaps the website will be updated. And Lili's name included. But I noticed that the Duke of York ( (in the presentation of the royal family) is appearing above the Sussex when not so long ago it appeared below.
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Question A makes me makes think of Lilibeth's bizarre birth certificate that informs the world that her father is the Duke of Sussex - His Royal Highness (reverse order correct would be His Royal Highness - Duke of Sussex).
How long do Rachel and Henry get to keep pretending the have two kids when clearly they don’t?
And with their individual and shared histories of drug abuse, abusing staff, and mental illness,
Why is anybody who believes they have custody of two children not calling CPS/Child
Protective Services on them 24/7?
Seriously. Is there anything we can do?
If these children are real they are in serious danger.
Plinthed as a Newt
The Real Dim Shady
performing without wife
Tried to make out
he’s living his best life
All that gurning
and flapping his arms
Proved once again
he lacks manners, and charms
The atmosphere arctic
you could cut with a knife
All for royal cred for his
*Trouble and Strife
*Cockney rhyming slang - Wife
you could cut with a knife" 👏
But then it seems they aren’t really at Montevideo since it’s for sale
And as of last weekend realtors had an open house scheduled.
Pretty normal for a mum on maternity leave who just gave birth, eh?
So what address do we send CPS to?
Brilliant as always!
I don't know that it is a fact that there was a house showing last week. I remember that there seemed to be something in the past but there doesn't seem to be anything current (in the last weeks) about the house up for sale. There has been some "things" implying a showing but that it may be way out of date. This has been brought up before.
I don't know that it is our job to call CPS. We have seen a lot of photos/links where things look a tad sketchy, an awful lot we just don't know about them and a lot more which makes no sense about them, any kids but in the end, we aren't seeing something that CPS could go to court over.
For me, this is one of those times, I have to believe that the BRF would/should be the ones making that call as they are going to know a lot more about the specifics than we do. Plus, they are a lot more believable as they have a certain amount of authority that we don't IF and When a call is made to any authority.
Since the very bizarre “birth announcement video“ from Harry, followed by D even more bizarre “presentation of Archie“, the really stilted and weird “photo ops of Archie with his royal family“,et al, I have been convinced that wow the Sussex is might have tried to broker a baby through some beans, they do not possess custody of a child named Archie. The fracas over quote Lilibet Diana“ and the absolute dearth of any evidence whatsoever that such a child was born confirms it for me. In short, I do not believe that too mentally unstable and extremely likely habitual drug users would have been permitted to abscond to North America with an heir to the Crown. Manifestly not. Other members of the royal family ellipses notably Peter Phillips, and I think Zara for a brief time lived abroad with their children. But there was never at any time doubt as to where the children were, if they were in safe hands, Or if this relocation was in anyway intended to be permanent. No on all counts. Yet ever since Harry and Meg fled Blighty, there has been great and clarity over where they actually are living, their economic situation, their childcare arrangements, and they have lifted from house to house to house to country to country couch surfing, calling in favors from shady Russian oligarchs and Hollywood celebs for their lodging. The Duchess is occasionally photographed in public grinning like a maniac while holding a lifeless doll, or a child that categorically is not hers, being about two years too old, and or inert and or With a blanket or a ski cap covering their entire head.
What would account for the extremely laissez-faire attitude I have the royal family two it’s youngest in most vulnerable members whereabouts, and the complete dearth of mention of their names, other than there are nonexistence! When have Harry and Megan ever for a moment acted remotely like parents? They supposedly abandoned a newborn Archie to come to England for their manifesto, or just prior to that to attend a wedding in Rome, with no sufficient clarity over who would’ve been caring for the child, alone thousands of miles away from his supposed parents or royal relatives.
I don’t think there are any babies. From megs first pregnancy to the current day, it’s all been an elaborate smoke and mirrors show for attention, holding the RF over a barrel for more money, and to burnish their victim narrative. Don’t we think if these children were real, the RF would move Heaven and earth To have retained them in England by making concessions to their “parents”? Save as much as said, “if you must go, don’t let the gate hit your asses n the way out.” They would certainly not abandon to legitimate errors to the crown, and even if there were questions about their legitimacy, if there were at least no questions about their existence, I think the palace would be more proactive on their behalf. Nothing but crickets emanating from London. In just a few years, these children will be the legal words and responsibility of King Charles. We are all being led and Mary dance. But I think the palace knows the truth. It may have been considered expedient to have the queen acknowledge Archie in the succession, if There was any possibility that a small living person would be coming into Harry’s custody. I think whatever plants there were on that score completely fell through. Lili Has gone absolutely unacknowledged by her extensible royal family. They know.
Very well stated. I agree. The BRF would not leave vulnerable, innocent children in the care of parents who appear not to be capable of caring for them at times.
There has not been any reliable proof of their existence such as a chronological succession of age appropriate, authentic photos.
I have two family members who are narcs, and have had narc friends. IMO narcissism and very low self esteem go hand in hand.
They have all done things that were just awful, they know they have been awful, but are unable to apologize or make things right. That is due to the low self esteem, of not being able to admit their mistakes. Some have expected to pick up with me after a time as if nothing horrid occurred.
This is #6 at the statue unveiling. Terribly low self esteem coupled with his beta narcissism would not allow him to be deferential and respectful, but wanting to pick up where he last left off in goodwill.
I really appreciated Hikari's reference to the BLG--so insightful. If #6 wasn't on drugs at the unveiling, I'm pretty sure he was ingesting something on the way to the airport to numb the icing he received from his former family.
The ring touching. I disagree with the BLG that it was soothing. I think the marriage is a noose around his neck. I only touch a ring if it's bothering me. Look around. Married people everywhere, and how many are constantly touching their wedding rings? I'd say only those few people sitting anonymously at a bar somewhere, and looking for a hook-up, or anxious about the abusive spouse at home. #6 did not perform as instructed, and was nervous for the browbeating he knew was coming his way. As Hikari said, his commandant gave him orders. #6 failed at fulfilling the commandant's orders.
To have his mother's sister step in to deflect #6 away from the brother is so very telling in how the RF and adjacent family think of #6 and his actions.
Regardless, I cannot buy "mentally unstable and extremely likely habitual drug users would [not] have been permitted to abscond to North America with an heir to the Crown," a statement made by one poster and endorsed by others.
IF H&M have kids those kids are their kids. This is the 21st century. We are talking about the UK and the US, not some repressive 3rd world country. Even if the LP re : a monarch's grandchildren legally applied today (seriously doubt it does) H&M's kids aren't a monarch's grandchildren. And for those who do think all royal children belong to the Crown, does that apply to W&K's kids too? As in no Middletons need apply for influence? As in W&K's desires for their kids can be vetoed? Or does it only apply to the relatively unimportant children of the spare Harry?
Why would the RF be obsessed over children fairly far down in the LOS yet not be similarly obsessed over their father who is a step higher up in the LOS? I can understand there might be concern over the children's safety IF H&M are known to use dangerous drugs regularly. But as a mod said, that means call CPS, not imprison the parents in the UK.
I may be in the minority on this but it makes no sense to me to claim since the RF hasn't made a public fuss over the safety of Archie and Lili the children must not exist. The RF is a family NOT a cult and there's no evidence of massive control of its members. Families everywhere face difficult situations with irresponsible parents. That doesn't mean control of the children by grandparents or great grandparents is a common or even legal default.
The royal law goes back to King George I (Early 1700s) and it has never been changed.
The custody rule was promulgated by the King because of his very poor relationship with his son, the future king George II.
The law passed in 1717 and legislated again in 1772 allows the king as the legal guardian of his grandchildren. This rule has never been changed since.
As per the law, Queen Elizabeth II has the legal custody of Prince Harry and Prince William but this rule does not clarify whether she has the custody of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor because he is her great-grandson.
King George I did not have great-grandchildren when the custody law was made.
This means, when Prince Charles becomes a king, he will have custody of his grandchildren including Archie and Prince William and Kate Middleton’s three children —Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
For the sovereign, "custody" means having a say in the grandchild's upbringing, travel, and education.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/728316-meghan-markle-prince-harry-dont-technically-have-legal-custody-of-son-archie
The reason the IRS bumped their application is that you cannot combine entertainment product for profit (e.g. Netflix, Spotify contracts) with nonprofit goals. They need to separate Archie, I mean Archwell, in two halves. You can't use donated funds for the salaries of "for profit" producers.
One would think they could afford the best lawyers in the world to prevent these sort of unnecessary hiccups.
By 1991 the Children Act 1989 (which does not exempt any royal prerogative) had come into force and there concepts of “custody” no longer exist in English family law. Married parents have parental responsibility and retain that even when they divorce. Charles’ and Diana’s divorce settlement did not award custody to one of them"
While the story of Berwick Upon Tweed remaining at war with Russia until 1962 has been shown to be hearsay without foundation, every so often we do hear of medieval legislation being repealed.
http://www.berwickfriends.org.uk/history/berwicks-war-with-russia/
NB(Berwick is a border town currently in Northumberland, population in 2011 being a little over 12,000 souls)
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Thanks, SwampWoman, for the point about your inherited mannerisms. I have wondered how far back in family history such gestures and poses go?
As for the situation you describe regarding circumstances in that offices, I wish I'd known the `right' answer when I was trying to escape such a situation once.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9761901/Jessica-Mulroney-accused-ripping-design-British-label-Ralph-Russo.html
R&R has been Markled, it seems.
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Cheers 😜
@WildBoar
Making something from nothing
Loons from pants 😉
Cheque Mate
Brassicas plagiarised suit
A reminder to her mate,
the old boot
Of the games that went down in Toronto
This friendship will last
Through their shared chequered past
And their scheming and merching
Soho Ruse oh!
It looks like another quiet news day here, apart from JM being accused of producing knock-off trouser suits:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9761901/Jessica-Mulroney-accused-ripping-design-British-label-Ralph-Russo.html
R&R has been Markled, it seems
So now JM is in the schmatta biz and why not. She has been shut down in other ways. Her larger family wealth came from being in the shoe manufacturing business. I am sure more info is on the internet. JM got a raw deal from that envious, nothing of a Toronto Instagram "influencer" she was foolish enough to engage with. Got a raw deal from the racist twitter mobs who then piled on. Anti-Semitic mobbing too.
And whatever you think of her, Chrissy Teiegan got the same treatment. Her career is mostly dead due to crazed, nasty, evil twitter mobbing. These twitter mobbers are full of jealousy and free floating anger, looking to latch onto a human target.
(NYC's Garment Industry was called the schmatta business) (Probably still is by some old timers)
Could this be a cause for the apparent synchronicity which BLG dubs `mirroring'? Nothing to do with their relationship but
a similar response to the same situation?
Yes, it could! Whatever was the actual cause of their synchronization, it was clear that Harry was home. He fell back into old patterns and was comfortable in them. He hasn't been home in a long time.
There's another blogger who used to write extensively on his experience with a narcissist. He has branched out into other topics, but occasionally revisits the narc theme when Harry is in the news. He says that Harry feels very good when he is away from his wife -- a feeling of lightness that begins as soon as his plane lifts off and that peaks when he is around old contacts in the UK. His wife knows this, too, which is why she makes him rush back to her. If the BRF really wanted to get rid of Harry's wife, the blogger says, they would find a way to stall him in the UK. Stretch it out for as many weeks as possible. He has forgotten how it feels to feel happy; let him remember. After that extended period (the longer, the better), when he returns to his wife, the contrast between what he felt away from her and what he feels with her will be so jarring that he will leave of his own volition. He won't even care what blackmail she has on him.
It's a very idealized view of Harry, which I think people fewer and fewer supporters believe in, as time goes by. I don't subscribe to it myself. But gosh, watching the synchronization of the brothers for a few moments last week, I felt it might actually be possible.
It's not that JM has gone into the rag trade that's remarkable.
It's just that it appears she has produced a direct copy of the R&R trouser suit with the window-pane checks (like a tablecloth) and, it is further alleged, she even used `borrowed' (ahem) the R&R photo.
The one good thing Harry's childish fooling around revealed at the Statue reveal was how lucky the Royals were that William was born first.
Something I wonder is how much is nature and how much is nurture. We know that Diana spoiled her younger son and possibly made him internalize a lack of smarts ("thick as two planks"). If @Hikari is right that she resented her firstborn son for belonging more to the Crown than to her, she may have secretly enjoyed the illegitimacy rumors (while simultaneously condemning Prince Charles for his reaction to a newborn Harry) because it meant Harry really was her very own. She never did seem to consider the effect her behavior would have on her sons. She also made the rest of the BRF treat the brothers as equals, even though they would never be. (It's a wonder that they honored her parental authority in this, even after everything they knew about her.) Then, of course, she died, and Harry's behavior was probably never checked again.
Had the birth order been reversed, with Diana giving young Prince William that sort of character-warping treatment, would the BRF still consider itself lucky?
Houndstooth or Dogs-tooth check
would have been more apt…
Or Prince of Wales cheque…
The Ralph & Russo bag appears
in Brassicas knock off, hahaha!
I agree with your assessment of CPS in relation to the S's "children." (I'm still on the fence about them.) It is not for us, however frightened we may feel on their behalf, to interfere with the courts of law, especially in another country. We are not physically there, as a neighbor or friend would be, and only someone in their position would have the gravitas to be proper legal witnesses. Are the S's stone crazy nuts? Yep, I think they are proving it more and more all the time. But there is no evidence that anything untoward is happening with any "children." (Yet. G-d help them if they do exist.)
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Blogger Wild Boar Battle-maid said...
It looks like another quiet news day here, apart from JM being accused of producing knock-off trouser suits:
Blogger xxxxx said...
Yes it is eerily quiet from M/H.
Some scenarios that have crossed my mind:
1) One, or both of the S's are in meltdown. (Unlikely with narcissists, I know, but not out of the realm of possibility.)
2) Netflix and/or Spotify have called in their chips. No workee, no money.
3) They've been kicked out of Montecito (if they ever lived there in the first place) for falling behind on the mortgage payments. Back to couch-surfing, tho the potential places they can do this is tightening. (IMO.) Which leads to ...
4) The money situation. I simply don't see how they can keep up with their expenses, not the least of which are legal and PR ones. Where is the money coming from? Is Charles secretly funding them while claiming he's not?
Some posters may laugh, but I wouldn't put it past the Harkles to be accepting money from the likes of George S0r0s, who would love nothing more than to see the monarchy (and Western civilization in general) upended. If not him, then perhaps some other secret backer. (Allegedly. IMO.)
5) Something else, that we don't see as the S's are so good at smoke and mirrors. Some kind of new "bombshell" they're getting ready to drop. And I definitely smell desperation that is fueling it.
They keep digging themselves in deeper and deeper. I'm convinced they're using something habitually, whether cocaine, Adderall or other substances, which exacerbates their already warped worldview.
So just drop the other shoe already, you loathsome Harkles. The monarchy does NOT need this constant state of chaos. Neither does the United Kingdom as a whole. And neither do we!
Re: Harry and his *transformation* back to *happiness* upon his solo return to Blighty -- I agree with posters here that that is what it was. I think he truly was shocked at getting iced by the family (and old, discarded friends), and pathetically grateful for a chance to *get back to normalcy.* I further agree that he was under Meghan's orders to behave a certain way and say the *right* things to rehabilitate his image. But no one is having any of it. All he had post-statue unveiling was the prospect of returning to his harridan and lonely, bitter, pointless existence. Sad, in a way ... but he brought it on himself by choosing to be a loose cannon. (By the way, I agree with those who think it's nature, exacerbated by Diana's dysfunctional nurture and Charles' overly laissez-faire attitude, coupled with sycophancy from courtiers and friends. Plenty of other royals have had worse childhoods and didn't attack the institution, tho.)
The most telling image from the statue video? Lady Sarah McQuorquodale rushing to William's side. Notice that just beforehand, Harry is moving toward W with who knows what on his mind. A brotherly hug? A sock in the jaw? Clearly, Lady Sarah was not taking any chances. I think everyone there was bracing themselves for something unpredictable and potentially dangerous. I just wonder if that penetrated Harry's mind at all.
I'm in SE Florida, and we're already out of the woods, but keep @ (((SwampWoman))) (and any others on the west coastal areas) in your thoughts as she is bracing herself for flooding.
@ SwampWoman -- the National Hurricane Center says the storm is moving north at 14 mph, a slight improvement from yesterday -- at least it's not stalling, *fingers crossed*
Glad that you're brightening up our day again with 'Plinthed as a Newt' 😁. As for 'trouble and strife', the old cockney rhyming slang is quite apt.
@Puds
Thanks for your post, I wasn't aware of billboards calling for an end to the Monarchy and for a referendum (I haven't seen any). I think you're right and I think William has been a boost to the monarchy.
I think both but no I've idea how much of which.
There's a reasonable chance that he inherited something `unhelpful' from his mother but perhaps nobody made a close examination of Diana's mental state before her marriage to Charles. If her sisters were aware of it, they weren't saying anything.
Birth order itself can have an effect even in ordinary families - second kids have to compete with the elder sibling and while they can become more charming (to steal attention from the firstborn), they are often spoiled by comparison with the first born - I've known several who were right pains in the anatomy. Also, first-time parents may be less sure of themselves and are tougher than they need be be on the first, so more relaxed towards the second, as well as loading the first with responsibility.
I can think of a no. of monarchs from 1485 onwards who were second-born - how did they shape up once on the throne?
Henry VIII; Mary I; Charles I; James II; William IV; George V; and George VI.
The first 4 on that list certainly left something to be desired.
Prince Harry May Return to London *Very* Soon Alongside Meghan Markle
editor@purewow.com (PureWow)
Tue, 6 July 2021, 3:00 pm
Prince Harry already left London after attending Princess Diana’s statue event, but he’s expected to return to the U.K. in the very near future.
According to The Daily Mail, the Duke of Sussex, 36, is planning another trip across the pond to honor his late mother. “Kensington Palace has ambitions for another, larger event to be held in September that could welcome the project’s donors and charity leaders,” the outlet reports.
You see, the royal family was forced to reduce the guest list for the unveiling at Kensington Palace due to coronavirus restrictions. As a result (at least according to the report) , they’re planning a larger celebration in September that Prince Harry will likely attend.
There’s a good chance that his wife, Meghan Markle, could accompany him to the upcoming event. Although the Duchess of Sussex didn’t attend the unveiling, many believe it was too soon after the birth of the couple’s second child, Lilibet Diana. It might be the same case for September—that is, unless they turn it into a family affair and bring their firstborn, 2-year-old Archie, in addition to Lili.
Many royal experts believe a larger reunion between Prince Harry and Prince William is needed after Harry moved to California and then spilled the family’s secrets during a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. Prince Harry and Prince William have reunited twice since then—first at Prince Philip’s funeral and then again at Princess Diana’s statue unveiling.
According to body language expert Toni Coleman, the brothers were “completely out of sync” at the most recent event.
Fingers crossed Prince Harry and Prince William have time to clear the air soon.
Well, we knew it couldn't last...
As far as I'm aware, the big do was flagged up before the unveiling and it hasn't been raised in the DM since, beyond a brief aside - do we think it will go ahead?
Re: Harry and his *transformation* back to *happiness* upon his solo return to Blighty -- I agree with posters here that that is what it was. I think he truly was shocked at getting iced by the family (and old, discarded friends), and pathetically grateful for a chance to *get back to normalcy.*
This is what I see, too. I don't think his handler wants to risk him being away from her too long. Which is all the more reason for people who really care about him to find a way to give him an extended vacation.
But you and others who point out that he has only brought all this upon himself are also right. He must have had many, many chances -- even before he met his current wife -- to pull himself together. Now everyone around him is fed up. It's also sad if he is that way from nature rather than nurture. I still think, though, that if babies had been shuffled at birth and Harry had been raised by a family like the Middletons, he would have come out all right.
The most telling image from the statue video? Lady Sarah McQuorquodale rushing to William's side.
That raised my eyebrows, too. None of their others did that, so it wasn't as if they had been given the go-signal for a choreographed "Spencer relatives join the brothers" moment. I had the sense that she broke protocol by doing that -- and was willing to do it despite the solemn occasion and the cameras rolling because she felt that holding back might be worse. I hope Harry thanks his aunt for that someday.
….As far as I'm aware, the big do was flagged up before the unveiling and it hasn't been raised in the DM since, beyond a brief aside - do we think it will go ahead?
Absolutely not, the Duo isn’t attending it’s just more drivel from the Duo’s SS team. 🙄Lady C says 3 stories per week to keep them in the headlines. I move on with each story about them, because they are utter nonsense. 😳 Whether a second do is planned I remain sceptical also.
The most telling image from the statue video? Lady Sarah McQuorquodale rushing to William's side. Notice that just beforehand, Harry is moving toward W with who knows what on his mind. A brotherly hug? A sock in the jaw? Clearly, Lady Sarah was not taking any chances. I think everyone there was bracing themselves for something unpredictable and potentially dangerous. I just wonder if that penetrated Harry's mind at all.
Yes, she did strongly remind me of a security agent determined to take a bullet to protect the person she was assigned to. That his mother's sister reveals that in her mind, at least, 6 is dangerously unstable is an interesting data point. If 6 wanted to give an impression of instability at the unveiling with his behavior, he certainly succeeded.
Would PW be appalled or grateful that his tiny elderly aunt was determined to protect him (and themselves) from a scene or worse from 6?
I think Harry's a chicken and egg situation. A lot of people prefer the history or environmental narrative to explain someone because it makes for good storyboarding and also pinpoints turning points, but I believe bio inheritance has a ton of influence. I actually find it remarkable and almost weird that William is William more than that Harry is Harry. How the hell did that couple produce a William?
So, Harry. I think he has almost no resources - not mental, not intellectual, not emotional or psychological. No particular talent. A documentary I watched recently pretended he was better at sports than William but watching the available clips I think that just means he was more aggressive and reckless. I think his polo ponies would agree. He's not funny, has never said anything particularly funny, he's just a ham and an attention hog, tall, red-headed and royal and in his world that allows him to be called charming.
I think he was unfortunately dealt a bad hand genetically. A tempermental cluster f*** of rage and self-pity and instability prone to addiction and violence and no attention span.
Blogger Enbrethiliel said...
But you and others who point out that he has only brought all this upon himself are also right. He must have had many, many chances -- even before he met his current wife -- to pull himself together. Now everyone around him is fed up. It's also sad if he is that way from nature rather than nurture. I still think, though, that if babies had been shuffled at birth and Harry had been raised by a family like the Middletons, he would have come out all right. (emphasis mine)
From what I have gathered, there were endless times while Harry was growing up when he needed a sharp pull on the ear -- instead, he would do things like slam his tricycle into visitors' shins and throw tantrums, at which Diana appeared to merely laugh. Much more in a similar vein took place behind the scenes, no doubt.
It all added up to a perfect storm, IMO, leading to the Harry that is today.
(I do agree with you insofar as in a radically different environment, he might have had a better chance, in spite of the bad genetic poker hand he was dealt. But ... I still doubt it. I feel the same about his wife. It's a cruel karmic joke that they wound up together.)
I wanted to post this video link. It's been posted here before.
https://youtu.be/nCM9CCSXBy0
It's the one where W&H are playing piano. Harry seems like a normal baby to me but, of course, Will is older & more advanced (and to my eye, is favored by Diana, not necessarily by Charles.)
But it just breaks my heart (for both boys but mostly for Harry) when Diana tells Will to go get Harry because he's "too heavy" for her to manage. (Harry is only 11-12 months old. If he's too heavy to lift, Diana was quite ill from her eating disorder.) But for whatever reason, she doesn't seem anxious to embrace Harry (makes him stand up for the photo, for example.) And the powdering by W is a little creepy mostly because we know about things happening much later like Will passing tissues under the bathroom door.
Someone said Harry probably would have been fine if raised by a family like the Middletons. Maybe. But at age 34 James Middleton certainly has struggled as an adult. Not only with mental health but also with education, career and relationships. So hard to say. One could hypothesize though that the struggles of both James and Harry relate to finding tbeir way given their older sibs.
You see, the royal family was forced to reduce the guest list for the unveiling at Kensington Palace due to coronavirus restrictions. As a result (at least according to the report) , they’re planning a larger celebration in September that Prince Harry will likely attend.
I wonder if, say once per week, the D and D of Cambridge could quietly meet with a small group of donors and charity leaders to thank them in person and give them a private view of the statue without any press so that there wouldn't need to be a big do-over in the fall?
I wonder if, say once per week, the D and D of Cambridge could quietly meet with a small group of donors and charity leaders to thank them in person and give them a private view of the statue without any press so that there wouldn't need to be a big do-over in the fall?
July 7, 2021 at 2:33 PM
Blogger SirStinxAlot said...
@ swampwoman..that would be a great idea!
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Agreed!
Re the Cambridge's meeting with donors etc once a week: good idea in theory but I don't think this would be doable. The sunken garden is open to the public, 10am to 6pm on Wednesdays to Sundays. This leaves only a couple of says during which the Cambridges would be able to take charity leaders/donors on a visit and this would pose logistics problem, I think. I also think that W&C spend a fair amount of time at Anmer Hall, although not during term time. But a discreet meeting of the sort you suggest, perhaps for a fairly large group but without fanfare would obviate the need for a big ceremony in September, as well as the need for the 6s to fly over ;-)
Firstly, schmata or shmata is a Yiddish word borrowed from the Polish word "szmata" meaning "rag". It is not just used in NY. It comes from Eastern Europe.
Secondly, a lot of celebrities try to launch their clothing lines. It's not just Jessica Mulroney. Ever since Jessica Simpson made a fortune doing this, so many others have also tried their hand. And since Jessica Mulroney is a stylist, it makes sense.
Finally, the issue I have with you is that Chrissy Teigens was a bully. She wasn't just bullied off of social media. She was telling people to go kill themselves. Nobody deserves to be hounded off social media more than she does.
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Maybe he would have. Maybe he wouldn't have. We've had a lot of societal changes in a *very* short time. Workplaces have changed. The nature of "work" itself has changed. A lot of our manufacturing capabilities have been (deliberately) outsourced to other countries. People that could have previously raised families on their pay from manufacturing jobs are left behind. Did I mention that manufacturing itself is becoming more dependent upon high tech skills and less on labor skills? There have been a lot of people displaced through no fault of their own, and they are not happy.
"Woke" journalists have been beyond incensed when they were mocked when they lost their jobs when told that they needed to "learn to code". The reason that they were mocked was because they repeated that mantra over and over when the coal miners lost their jobs, when construction workers lost their jobs, when oilfield workers lost their jobs, etc. "Learn to Code" is as helpful as instructing people to evolve wings and learn to fly.
Someone said Harry probably would have been fine if raised by a family like the Middletons. Maybe. But at age 34 James Middleton certainly has struggled as an adult. Not only with mental health but also with education, career and relationships. So hard to say. One could hypothesize though that the struggles of both James and Harry relate to finding tbeir way given their older sibs.
I actually was thinking of James Middleton when I wrote my earlier comment.
Let me put it this way: If you were guaranteed to have mental difficulties in your youth and early adulthood, no matter which environment you were raised in and what family you had, wouldn't a family like the Middletons be the best bet? (I wish we had other examples of adults who struggled with mental health and had supportive families, but this topic doesn't get talked about much.)
@Lt. Nyota Uhura (who was replying to me)
I do agree with you insofar as in a radically different environment, he might have had a better chance, in spite of the bad genetic poker hand he was dealt. But ... I still doubt it. I feel the same about his wife. It's a cruel karmic joke that they wound up together.
This where you've got me. I have a very hard time imagining someone like his wife turning out differently, even if she had been dealt the best environmental hand in the deck. And frankly, when I consider everything we know about the younger Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, I feel like asking both of them now: "What did you think was going to happen?" Being a biracial child is hard enough, but they also gave her half-siblings who weren't biracial and then got divorced themselves after less than a decade. Does anyone on her side of the family think more than five days into the future?
Would PW be appalled or grateful that his tiny elderly aunt was determined to protect him (and themselves) from a scene or worse from 6?
I wonder about his reaction, too, especially if Lady Sarah did, as I suspect, break protocol. While her interference likely saved us a scene with Harry, well, it also gave us something else to talk about, didn't it?
I don't think he was particularly happy about it. He's a grown man with a family of his own and the weight of history on his shoulders. He has proven he can handle himself and his affairs. Lady Sarah's coming over when she did looked a bit like a schoolteacher trying to prevent a fight on the playground. And for what? To protect Harry? It might have given Prince William a flashback to Diana's coddling of his younger brother.
If a donor gave money for PR (and I'm sure some did) then a non-public meeting with W&K won't be a satisfactory substitute for a promised public ceremony.
Of course, given how the statue ended up looking, some donors might be willing to forego a public ceremony.
I know everyone thinks Will did all the work re: the statue. I don't. I doubt Will or Harry did all that much-- I suspect it was the committee and staff. BUT both Will AND Harry may have pressured certain people to donate. Harry's not going to send "his" donors off to be thanked by W&K privately.
Archewell is the organization founded by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex that currently includes:
Archewell Foundation
Archewell Audio
Archewell Productions
At Archewell, we unleash the power of compassion to drive systemic cultural change.
We do this through our non-profit work within Archewell Foundation 501(c)(3), in addition to creative activations through the business verticals of audio and production.
It's the usual word salad blizzard. The Archewell Audio page does say however that Archewell Audio will produce programming that uplifts and entertains audiences around the world. There's that word. 'Entertains'. I bet M is ripping the head off her staff for the hold up, but really - as usual - it comes down to her usual chaotic attempts to mask her greed.
I once worked in a place where the Head of HR excelled at what I now think of as Sussex speak. British Nutties will also remember the series 'Yes Minister' with the ultimate civil servant who could twist, obscure and manipulate the truth better than anyone. Well, this Head of HR came to see my department and gave a long speech that was so opaque no one realised he'd just eradicated our jobs. Only our boss realised. We just sat there, nearly 100 of us, looking like fish out of water.
I also noticed throughout the Archewell site H$M are referred to by their royal titles alone. The Duke of Sussex said x. The Duchess of Sussex did y. So much for just call me Harry and Mom being the only title M truly cares for.
Anyway, I noticed her tear-stained reaction:
Comments like this really upset me. All I do is try to upload silly videos day in day out to cheer people up because I know how much they do in these uncertain times and people like this have the audacity to try and bring me down.
This is straight out of the Sussex play book and will be their only true legacy. Basically these people are saying no matter what I do, you don't have the right to criticise and upset me! Look what you've done! I'm crying! Look at my tears on this close-up! How can you do this to me?
I seriously wonder how the world is supposed to function properly in the future, if lots of people are brought up like this. Encouraged to be like this. The Sussexes are validating it. They may as well stamp the worst offenders with their own sepia royal crest. They could do the same for a series of self-help books. "The illusion of busyness." "Get ahead and keep others behind!" "How to lose your family in 10 easy steps." "Keeping your story fresh." Not forgetting "What is truth anyway?"
They take on Denmark at Wembley tonight in the semi-finals with Italy awaiting the winners on Sunday night.
But according to the Daily Mail, any plans for a mass celebration should England go all the way will be shelved until the autumn.
The report states FA bosses ditched any ideas for a party next week due to the coronavirus restrictions.
And instead they would plan to get something arranged for the first international break of the 2021-22 season.
England have a World Cup qualifying triple-header in September with a home tie against Andorra (Sunday 5) sandwiched between trips to Hungary (Thursday 2) and Poland (Wednesday 8).
If all restrictions are lifted, an open-top bus tour through central London would be the most likely option.
A party inside Wembley could be another option to help monitor numbers if required.
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* "If all restrictions are lifted....*
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/15519431/england-september-parade-win-euro-coronavirus/
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Well, if the government hasn't yet set clear guidelines for commemorations starting in September how could PW and PH planning something grand for the Diana statue in September?
After all, this event will be grand and you need time to prepare it.
Prince William has already unveiled the statue of Diana. ( I think) This is past.Prince William is looking to the October mega event.
"Prince Wiiliam revealed that plans for his first-ever Earthshot Prize are moving full speed ahead with recipients of the award getting the chance to showcase their hard work at a high-profile event this fall.
The ceremony is meant to showcase the work of the prize's inaugural winners who are all coming up with solutions to the biggest issues facing the planet. Organizers revealed that the October 17 event held at Alexandra Palace in London will include, “show-stopping performances as well as never-before-seen musical collaborations.” The Duke of Cambridge's office wouldn't confirm whether or not his wife, Kate Middleton, will join him that evening or who exactly is set to perform just yet. However, Shakira, Cate Blanchett, Yao Ming and David Attenborough have all joined William on the council for the event, guaranteeing it will be a star-studded evening regardless of the musical guests."
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/06/prince-william-earthshot-prize-first-presentation-performances-musical-collaborations
The sugars follow that pattern exactly. They deplore the British monarchy as a racist institution and say that Princes Charles and William aren't fit to be kings someday . . . but they want Harry and his wife to be joint monarchs.
Enbre said:
Lady Sarah's coming over when she did looked a bit like a schoolteacher trying to prevent a fight on the playground. And for what? To protect Harry? It might have given Prince William a flashback to Diana's coddling of his younger brother.
Respectfully I disagree. I think she did it to protect Wills.
All my friends who grew up with everyday violence in their families always had better "radar" than me about when a bad situation was about to turn violent. (I was terrorized by one family member who wasn't always at home.)
Johnny Spencer was a wife-beater. I'm not sure we ever got the full story about how violent he really was, and one frequent trademark of violent and alcoholic families is of older siblings trying to protect younger ones. (Both Diana's parents were alcoholics.) To do that you have to get between the aggressor and the victim before the violence breaks out. An older sibling (Sarah) is going to be more attuned to this than a younger one (Charles Spencer) who may have always been too terrified of their father to stand up to him.
Charles (Spencer) may have inherited the family estate and delivered her eulogy; but I think behind the scenes, Sarah was still the siblings' leader (e.g., being trustee of the boys' trust fund, filing the lawsuit against the Fayeds, etc.).
Think of all the videos that could have been made of Harry learning to shear sheep and then the two could have learned to process the wool, dye it, spin it, knit, crochet, felt, and weave. Ditto growing and preserving veggies, animal husbandry, fence building, growing insects to feed poultry, etc.
When they are talking about effecting change, they're just angry they aren't in control.
And, yes, I do think children that have grown up with violence have a heightened awareness of the precursor signs. They have to, for survival.
Enbre said:
Lady Sarah's coming over when she did looked a bit like a schoolteacher trying to prevent a fight on the playground. And for what? To protect Harry? It might have given Prince William a flashback to Diana's coddling of his younger brother.
Respectfully I disagree. I think she did it to protect Wills.
Same here. And for Lady Sarah to show allegiance to Prince William instead of Harry was, to me, anyway, kind of seismic. And PW may have felt irritated by her gesture, he may not have. But there is no mistaking the message she was sending, IMO. As you say, (and I agree with the rest of your post as well), she, better than any of the Spencers, perhaps, knows from instinct how to prevent a potential confrontation. Doubtless this, too, went over Harry's thick head.
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Blogger SwampWoman said...
CookieShark, EXACTLY! If they wanted to be "environmentally friendly" (remember back when they were all about the environment?), they could have embraced tiny house living, catching their own water into storage containers, generating their own electricity, growing their own food. They didn't really mean that THEY were for protecting the environment as much as denying the masses an opportunity for a comfortable life. (emphasis mine)
Think of all the videos that could have been made of Harry learning to shear sheep and then the two could have learned to process the wool, dye it, spin it, knit, crochet, felt, and weave. Ditto growing and preserving veggies, animal husbandry, fence building, growing insects to feed poultry, etc.
When they are talking about effecting change, they're just angry they aren't in control.
^^THIS.
Change is for the little people. Unless it's their (and wokies') brand of *systemic change* (Marxism), which is for everyone but them. The only *work* required: Mastery of Woke Word Salad and Jumping on Bandwagons.
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Blogger CookieShark said...
@ Ava
"At Archewell, we unleash the power of compassion to drive systemic cultural change" (Translation: "At Archewell, we will take your money and you will like how we spend it on ourselves.")
This has been the playbook since before she married in. Remember the magazine cover about "She's going to change everything about the Monarchy, the rules, the family, everything" (I'm paraphrasing).
This is their formula. Tell people things are bad and they have to be changed and they're the ones to do it. Imagine being told that an outsider is ready to come into your life/workplace and they want to change everything about it.
Ding-ding-ding! ^^Also this.
The Sussex pattern is of course to make grandiose announcements then fade quietly away, to be replaced with new grandiose announcements and new promises. They're nearly out of time. No more allowances to be made. Certainly not for five months' leave to get accustomed to their 'family'.
Reminds me of those George Michael lyrics, where there's no room for persuasion:
You're out of time.
I'm letting go.
You'll be fine.
Or maybe you won't.
@SwampWoman
@Lt. Nyota Uhura
I shall watch that part of the video again with your comments in mind.
It would be interesting to know what the Spencers think of the Harkle mess. Harry's wife made such a big show of wanting to involve them in everything, only to ghost them, too.
I share @Lizzie's concern that if the event had been promised in return for donations, then it should be honored. But I also think, given the state of the world, that the donors might be more understanding than usual if the event were kept low-key and private. A very nice lunch or dinner in the gardens, including a private tour and a chance to exchange more than a few words with Prince William and maybe also Prince Charles.
But I don't know about keeping it private or doing away with it all together just so the Harkles won't hijack it. Shall every future event in the BRF's calendar have to be weighed against possible hijack by the gruesome twosome? That gives them a lot more power than they should have.
Plus, it has been a week and Harry's wife hasn't come up with anything. I still stand by my theory that the swiping of Lilibet (for a baby that might not even exist!) was the last straw and the blowback has been so severe she is afraid to try anything new. Or knows that if she tries anything new, it will be the last thing she ever does. (Metaphorically speaking, of course!) And now I kind of want her to do something, because I suspect the consequence will be the "leaking" of a bullying video -- probably footage of the "spilled" tea in Australia.
There is a very interesting book: The Gift of Fear which is about the survival signals. Gavin de Becker. Highly recommend.
Puds... I agree With you.
Yes, something could happen, but PW on his twitter was very succinct and didn't make any promises for September.
" Thank you to Ian Rank-Broadley, Pip Morrison and their teams for their outstanding work, to the friends and donors who helped make this happen, and to all those around the world who keep our mother’s memory alive
— Prince William and Prince Harry"
11:13 AM · 1 de jul de 2021·Twitter.
Agree. I kind of suspect that she did that without thinking even. She saw the cues and stepped in before she thought about it.
Notice that she then moved behind PW and directed his attention to something on the left, *away* from H and potential trouble.
She pulled PW away from H's presence, excluding H from the conversation in a subtle way.
I think the proposed Sept event for the Diana Statue should be quietly shelved.
I absolutely agree . . and not solely because the Harkles will attempt to highjack it, though depriving them completely of more PR over "Will they/she won't they/she attend? Will they/won't they bring the kids . .yada yada is devoutly to be wished.
Any plans for a more elaborate big 'do over this statue need to be cancelled because the statue is an utter disaster, an artistic travesty of the highest magnitude. Those who manage not to recoil in horror at the sight of it have to admit that it is, at best, underwhelming. I think it's completely hideous and the worst kind of pandering propaganda. Now that it's been unveiled and the images disseminated around the globe, what would be the point of convening a huge party over it? What purpose would that serve now? That may have been the initial plan, pre-Covid: to fete the memory of Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. The centerpiece of that planned event has already occurred. To "celebrate" this object which has been so poorly received on some random day months after the significant date is pointless. And, to the other matter--why give the noxious Sussexes any further opportunities to make hay out of this? Harry's behavior at the event was pretty egregious and 20 minutes was everyone's absolute limit of him, and he them. Presumably the original event was to have lasted for a few hours of speechmaking and a reception. Who wants to sign up for extended helpings of Harry?
Frankly I do not think Madam will ever again set a dirty stiletto on English soil. She may actually be prohibited from doing so, though I have no proof of this. As long as she can whip up phantom babies to be 'heavily pregnant' with defying all tenets of biology until she has another milestone birthday, she'll have a ready-made excuse. Harry has demonstrated how he rolls--to expect any more respectful, appropriate mature behavior out of him is also pointless.
Taz is out with her latest on the unveiling. Entertaining as usual. I agree with everything she says. The sculptor, Ian Rank-Bradley has demonstrated great facility in working in bronze to create . . .masculine statues, and that's exactly what he's made Diana look like--a man. I think she looks like Philip wearing a skirt, actually but a thicker, blockier version of PP.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFrKiuQtaI
Anybody with me on this?
We don't know what Sarah said to William but perhaps it was some encouraging remark about the statue . . though it's hard to fathom that any of Diana's family could possibly like it either . . but her remark may have had nought to do with the ginger idiot gurning away to her right. Perhaps from her vantage point she saw William getting emotional and stepped in to comfort him. If he was unpleasantly surprised at how the design he approved actually looked in 3-D, he might have been looking upset. He's had a lot of upset to deal with lately.
If Diana had been depicted as seated with one or two children, I would have liked it better. Three random Colors of Benetton kids is stretching it--the composition is both cluttered and there are too many limbs. Not a pleasing line at all.
Watch Taz's video . .she covers all my objections and more.
I share @Lizzie's concern that if the event had been promised in return for donations, then it should be honored. But I also think, given the state of the world, that the donors might be more understanding than usual if the event were kept low-key and private. A very nice lunch or dinner in the gardens, including a private tour and a chance to exchange more than a few words with Prince William and maybe also Prince Charles.
It hadn't occurred to me that the reception would have been used as a carrot to solicit donations. Obviously this event, the culmination of which has been 4 years in the creating, was originally going to be very nice and get major press coverage. But in the interim so much sh*t has occurred that couldn't have been foreseen. Covid-19 is actually by far the lesser of the two pestilences which have befallen the Royal family, if not England as a whole.
They went ahead with the unveiling instead of postponing it, and that would have been the centerpiece of any larger event. Now that the statue has been seen, and repudiated, far and wide, a garden party celebrating it would be decidedly anticlimactic, particularly as it has been nearly universally so poorly received.
The donors will understand if, under the various circumstances which have led to this long-anticipated event to honor Diana going t!ts up, the promised reception is cancelled. The money that was earmarked for that soiree might be instead turned into souvenir books for donors, or perhaps William could send personal letters or make telephone/Zoom calls to people who would have otherwise been invited to attend a party.
I think the faster attention over the whole debacle fades away, the better.
https://pagesix.com/2021/07/01/amber-heard-welcomes-baby-girl-oonagh-via-surrogate/amp/
I hope Im wrong but it could explain no photos yet. And H attitude at the wellchild awards.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9765849/amp/Lifetime-reveals-Megxit-movie-trailer-Queen-Prince-William-Kate.html
We value dignity above all else': Dramatic trailer for Lifetime's Megxit movie reveals VERY uptight portrayals of the Queen, Prince William, and Kate - as Meghan questions whether she 'made the world's biggest mistake' by marrying into the Royal Family
I've C+P'd it into Word for crap cutting but I've still got 15 pages of it after removing the photos.
It's late - if nobody has the stomach to do it, I'll have another go tomorrow but I can't face it now.
FWIW, there's a commenter on DM named Bigf00t from Richmond, U.S.
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@Henrietta
Thanks for this info - decent tea does indeed get spilled in the DM comment section.
After reading your post, I located the commenter Bigf00t but I couldn't find any of the comments you had attributed to him despite going to his profile page.
I was only able to see his posts from the last 7 days.
Do you know how to access his earlier comments? I'm assuming that is where the posts you mentioned are to be found.
Looking today for his posts I see that he has made several new comments...but the system only seems to display posts for the last 7 days despite appearing to also offer the option of viewing comments from 'the last 30 days', 'the last year' and 'archive' which I thought was all posts by the commenter.
The feature of choosing how many comments to view used to work but no longer seems to go beyond the 7 day limit. Are you aware of any trick to get into the older comments? TIA
Please remember we do not make negative comments about other posters nor do we imply it either.
Grounds for deletion.
Thank you
OT. Good luck England and Denmark, have a good match.
And why not? Good on both. Danish Vikings raided Eastern England and Yorkshire. Must be lots of Dane DNA there.
@XXXXX
@Puds
Ever wondered how Cnut, aka Canute, a Dane, became king of England? His capital was Winchester - his Court spoke Old Norse ( more or less) & his bones are in Winchester Cathedral. Check out what Sweyn Forkbeard, his dad, did down in Devon/Exeter/Pinhoe, starting in 1001AD... Some people would do anything for the throne.
One of the tabloids has a questionable headline about the match - I can't decide if it's a historical witticism or a very `off' modern comment.
If anyone would like it, I'll post it - just say. Otherwise it's a waste of space and time.
Has anyone in cinematographic history ever put so much effort into having films made about themselves? Apart that is from dictators and tyrants?
@WildBoar
Castration, or black mal?
I watched the intro to the movie.
It looked like megs was removing
her wig, then realised it was her
hat, I think 🤔
@Magatha :
I'd like to think the latter - retribution! (I used to live on the English side of the River Lea, just out of the Danegeld, but I bet most of the fans think the former!)
Btw - I got my first taste of bottled Harrogate water yesterday and have to say it was like no other I've ever tasted - is that why it was considered `good for you'? I see they claim it's the best selling mineral water - is it the only one Yorkshire folk drink? We came across a very sulphurous spring in Harlow Carr garden but this tasted very earthy. Mind you, I don't care for the French ones either - I'm a chalk spring girl myself tho' Malvern, Buxton & Highland Spring are fine. What do you think?
I've watched the video again. Others have suggested that she recognized signs of impending violence because of her experience with her father. But we know that Harry has been violent before. If he already has taken a swing at Prince William in the past, then Lady Sarah (and everyone there) would have more than childhood trauma as a basis for stepping in.
@WildBoar
Much like Bath water, vile!!
I prefer my supermarkets home brand,
straight, or with a slug of gin 😉
I've `filleted' the DM article about the latest Lifetime movie to get to whatever `meat' there might be by removing photos & captions but it's still 10 pages, plus a coda about its predecessors. It's rubbish, no tea.
If anyone would like it, I'll post it - just say. Otherwise it's a waste of space and time.
Has anyone in cinematographic history ever put so much effort into having films made about themselves? Apart that is from dictators and tyrants? (emphasis mine) Or even pathetic wannabes ��
@WBBM, As you are one of the *wordsmiths* here, I would read whatever you wrote with pleasure, even be it something so humble as a daily "to do" list :)
Something quite amusing to me: When the book FF came out, I commented on another forum to the effect that "Finding Freedom? What, did they have to tunnel out of KP, hook up with the French Resistance, trek across the Pyrenees and stow away a tramp steamer to Kent? Yes, and who wouldn't? All that privilege and status, but they had to do things the Royal Family way. No one should have to endure such horror." And sure enough, in the comments to DM's story on the latest movie:
themightypen, USA, United States
Yeah, they tried this before and it bombed. So yeah.
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knigel jones, Cork, Ireland
Like escape from Colditz. Only Harry will be wearing the German uniform.
(with the reply -- )
Anne Claire, Some lovely place, United Kingdom
This would not be the first time.
Ooooo, ouch, it burnnnnns, Precious, LOL ��
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Blogger Magatha Mistie said...
I watched the intro to the movie.
It looked like megs was removing
her wig, then realised it was her
hat, I think
To quote Mammy from "Gone With The Wind" -- "You IS bad, Mist' Rhett!" ��
Associate editor Camilla Tominey, award-winning journalist and author Tina Brown, plus leading historian Andrew Roberts examine the princess’ enduring influence and discuss the challenges facing the Royal Family today. From “Megxit” to the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, the session explores how the Royal Family have been impacted by Harry and Meghan’s departure as well as assessing how the royal household has been changed by the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcq8ROotNN0&t=42s
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On topic now:
Back to the video:
I watched it at 00.25 speed and even in slo-mo H looks as if he's dancing around like a boxer sizing up his opponent. At 1.00, when a courtier approaches, he almost squares up to him. He also keeps his hands up a lot of the time, whereas Wm's hands are down.
It reminds me of what I learned on a self-defence course once - these are both signs of impending fisticuffs on H's part. Keep your hands down lest lest the other person thinks you're going to hit him,so he strikes you first. Also, stand sideways - facing him is aggressive (you might be going to hit him), as well as giving him a larger, easier, target.
Thanks for that video share -- I'm only about 10 minutes in, but already I noticed a very subtle comment from Tina Brown -- to the effect that Diana wished to funnel all the funds she might have made on humanitarian documentaries, while the Harkles *SAID* that's what they *WANT* to do. (Me: And they've had how long to put their money where their mouths are? Ms. Brown didn't say this, nor even infer it, but it's the logical follow-on, IMO)
@ WBBM,
Not at all, not at all :) I'd give anything to be a *wordsmith,* but alas, I'll only ever be a pedestrian writer, fond of metaphors and history, but unable to do either justice. The Big Mac of journalism am I, 😁
You also said: I watched it at 00.25 speed and even in slo-mo H looks as if he's dancing around like a boxer sizing up his opponent. At 1.00, when a courtier approaches, he almost squares up to him. He also keeps his hands up a lot of the time, whereas Wm's hands are down.
It reminds me of what I learned on a self-defence course once - these are both signs of impending fisticuffs on H's part. Keep your hands down lest lest the other person thinks you're going to hit him,so he strikes you first. Also, stand sideways - facing him is aggressive (you might be going to hit him), as well as giving him a larger, easier, target.
I saw exactly the same thing (also have self-defense training). His whole approach was aggressive, badly masked by bonhomie. No wonder Lady Sarah instinctively stepped in when she did.
Danes gelded...now for Italy! England in ecstasy after HARRY (Hahaha) Kane's extra-time penalty rebound goal seals epic 2-1 win over Denmark and puts Three Lions into their first major final since 1966 - as 25.8m tune in for ninth most watched TV event of all time
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9765947/Euro-2020-Englands-crunch-semi-final-against-Denmark-gets-underway.html
Go England! 📣🍻
As for that *other* Harry ... his nemesis brother is right there in the (highly visible) thick of things, while H himself is ... oh, I know, *living his best life* cooking up new, pathetic, laughable PR ... the Knight in Whingeing Armor and His Damned in Distress 😈
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Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programming 😁
Thanks for that video share -- I'm only about 10 minutes in, but already I noticed a very subtle comment from Tina Brown -- to the effect that Diana wished to funnel all the funds she might have made on humanitarian documentaries.
Yes, that jumped out at me straight away too.
Only popping in when I have a few moments to spare, as there's lots of brilliant tennis to watch!🎾 (plus England in a semi-final coming up!) ⚽
BFN 😊
https://twitter.com/PorneMichaels/status/1412954611464515589
That's presumably why no third party dare say anything public about the in utero status/medical record of any Harkle offspring - this goes for any child regardless of parentage, royal or common, surrogate or adopted.
If the parents release the info, that's OK.
English law is very firm on protecting the privacy of minors (eg if they are charged with heinous crimes there names are withheld `for legal reasons).
That's presumably why no third party dare say anything public about the in utero status/medical record of any Harkle offspring - this goes for any child regardless of parentage, royal or common, surrogate or adopted.
You're right, of course -- legal contests against anything medical, especially where minor children are concerned, stand an automatically bigger chance of victory. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 95-plus percent.
Notice how the Queen of Victimhood gloms onto taboo subjects -- racism, mythcarriage (yes, I said it as others have, and I own it), "suicidal" thoughts -- she'd leap on a breach of privacy like surrogacy allegations about her "children" faster than a duck on a June bug.
Mark my words, post-partum depression will be her next trick, whether real or drummed up. No one notices the difference anymore, anyway. Probably will be used as an excuse why she has gone so quiet lately.
Speaking of which, even the Harkles' famously combative litigation has been a damp squib lately. Seems the best they could manage against Valentine Low of The Times' bullying allegations was a brief statement "This article is the subject of legal complaint by the Duchess of Sussex" (without either A) The Times pulling the article or B) pursuing things in an actual court of law. (And never mind the fact that Mr. Low pulled his material from Robert Lacey, who seems to thus far be immune to the S's legal "charms." The fact that both men have double- and triple-checked their sources doesn't hurt either, plus the fact that they are NOT easy(er) meat like tabloid writers and have solid reputations built over decades.) (This doesn't explain Mr. Lacey's volte-face on the S's in his updated book, but I'll take it.)
This lady ---> (royalanalysis.com blog) has things pegged to a T ( https://royalanalysis.com/2021/07/07/meghan-markle-launches-legal-complaint-against-the-times/ ). I've subscribed to her email newsletter, and I have never subscribed to anyone online, ever. Looking forward to her future observations on the Sucks and the RF in general.
`Mythcarriage' - that's a really good one!
She certainly hasn't tried using the baby-blues for sympathy yet so there is a good chance that'll be the next whopper she tells. If she is depressed, it'll only be because she hasn't been able to get her own way about something. Perhaps there's some truth in the speculation that the child's bearer hasn't handed her over yet, that is, assuming she does exist.
Mark my words, post-partum depression will be her next trick, whether real or drummed up. No one notices the difference anymore, anyway. Probably will be used as an excuse why she has gone so quiet lately.
Ah, yes! And she'll wait until the BRF has a really happy moment to release the news. For that "You were partying while my life burned" effect. I don't know if she'll be able to contain herself until Princess Beatrice gives birth in September, though.
maybe she’s busy. it is yachting season.
Good grief. At this point, I can't imagine anyone being willing to pay for . . . I'm not even going to finish that sentence!
Spoiling George's birthday would be ideal for her. Not that she'd succeed, but of course she'd try to. Narc style.
It reminds me of what I learned on a self-defence course once - these are both signs of impending fisticuffs on H's part. Keep your hands down lest lest the other person thinks you're going to hit him,so he strikes you first. Also, stand sideways - facing him is aggressive (you might be going to hit him), as well as giving him a larger, easier, target.
Lt. Nyota Uhura commented:
I saw exactly the same thing (also have self-defense training). His whole approach was aggressive, badly masked by bonhomie. No wonder Lady Sarah instinctively stepped in when she did.
It did appear to me as though 6 were getting increasingly agitated as he was being grey rocked.
I had to be recertified yearly in de-escalation techniques for dealing with mentally ill patients both large and small in the public schools. Sometimes the de-escalation techniques worked; often the potentially violent student got even angrier and more violent when he/she/gender label of choice wasn't opposed as they worked themselves into a state where they had to be physically restrained. (Most of the schools no longer practice these de-escalation and physical restraint techniques; now they just call the police.) I would *never* have turned my back on an unstable person such as PW was doing. That's a good way to get hit in the back of the head or neck with whatever weapon is available.
What (potentially) could have happened had 6 pushed Lady Sarah aside and attacked PW from behind? Would they have been able to put him on a mental health hold and perhaps even jailed him for assault? I should think that unprovoked assaults on family members would be enough to keep him away from joint appearances in perpetuity.
I wondered if PW may have been inviting assault and Lady Sarah unknowingly spoiled it by trying to protect him. That's just idle speculation on my part, of course.
I think it would give her great satisfaction thinking that she had ruined the D and D of C's enjoyment of the birthday with her distractions. They should probably just laugh because that publicity that she is paying for is additional plastic surgery that she won't be getting. She's going to be entering weird nonhuman-looking Scobie territory soon if she hasn't already.
@Lt. Nyota Uhura
Mark my words, post-partum depression will be her next trick, whether real or drummed up. No one notices the difference anymore, anyway. Probably will be used as an excuse why she has gone so quiet lately.
Ah, yes! And she'll wait until the BRF has a really happy moment to release the news. For that "You were partying while my life burned" effect. I don't know if she'll be able to contain herself until Princess Beatrice gives birth in September, though.
I'm surprised she hasn't tried to rain on England's parade (with PW so visible as well). Well, there's still Prince George's birthday on July 22, as you said, or the "statue event" for those who didn't go to the main one, or indeed Princeass Beatrice's new baby, tho I tend to agree with @snarkyatherbest that she won't be able to contain herself that long.
The M we've known up till now, that is. She's been very suspiciously quiet lately.
You also said...
@Snarkyatherbest
maybe she’s busy. it is yachting season.
Good grief. At this point, I can't imagine anyone being willing to pay for . . . I'm not even going to finish that sentence!
Eh, in yachting terms, she's a fossilized old crone. That ship sailed long ago!
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Blogger Snarkyatherbest said...
... oh which brings me to two big “billionaire events” listed in daily mail (my go to lately 😉). they posted about a bunch going yachting together (hahaha!) and then about some major retreat in sun valley. i would think someone would want to get herself in there or suggest that she is there.
That has GOT to be chapping her @ BIG-TIME that she wasn't invited to either activity! (Geeze, I'm going to need Narcan after OD'ing on all this schadenfreude 😈) @snarkyatherbest, the Sun Valley thing is a meetup of all the major tech bigwigs (no doubt Netflix and/or Spotify will be there, I would loooove to be a fly on the wall to hear what they've got to say about her LOL -- if it hasn't already, word will be getting around about what a bad investment the S's are.
Hmmmm. That's several big missed opportunities for Madam to upstage things. Something is definitely up.
I prefer... THE HARRY HE CAN'T SEE.
https://youtu.be/j3kl3JsnriM
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Go, Go Jean Gasho...As the song chosen for the English selection (Sweet Caroline...@Magatha...Here I remembered you)
"Who'd have believed you'd come along."
"Why I’m Writing A BOOK On Meghan’s Racial Appropriation Of Black Women".
https://jeangasho.com/2021/07/07/why-im-writing-a-book-on-meghans-racial-appropriation-of-black-women/
Firstly, schmata or shmata is a Yiddish word borrowed from the Polish word "szmata" meaning "rag". It is not just used in NY. It comes from Eastern Europe.
Secondly, a lot of celebrities try to launch their clothing lines. It's not just Jessica Mulroney. Ever since Jessica Simpson made a fortune doing this, so many others have also tried their hand. And since Jessica Mulroney is a stylist, it makes sense.
Finally, the issue I have with you is that Chrissy Teigens was a bully. She wasn't just bullied off of social media. She was telling people to go kill themselves. Nobody deserves to be hounded off social media more than she does.
You are all correct on schmata! More than I am. What I know from schmatta (or not) is from the Jagger lyrics/ Rolling Stones song from 1978 -- Shattered
Chrissy and Legend were very abusive on twitter to The Donald. But since Chrissy earned all her own money and came up from nothing, she needs to be cut some slack. And before her bullying (that occurred ten years ago) outing, her mother was getting in on the $$$ cookbook action. You can see her mother's YouTube videos on cooking. And Mom's cookbook on Amazon w 600+ reviews, CTs cookie book has almost ten thousand Amazon reviews.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cookbook+tiegan&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
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Shattered by The Rolling Stones - Songfacts
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/shattered
When Jagger sings, "Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta, I can't give it away on 7th Avenue, this town's been wearing tatters," he's making reference to the fashion district of New York City, which is on 7th Avenue. The word "Shmatta" is slang for old, worn clothing. >>
After all the very hard work Harry did last year, calling up CEOs of different multinationals, to tell them how they needed to run their companies, it must have been grating for his wife that he didn't receive an invitation to the retreat this year. She would have so happily tagged along.
I believe Disney and Netflix are represented. No word on whether the Spotify CEO landed a spot -- but in any case, he would have been closer than anyone from Archewell.
If an unpleasant person accused ME of partying while their life burned, I'd just laugh and thank them for the opportunity. (While I may know de-escalation techniques front, back, and sideways, I only used 'em when I was getting paid for being conciliatory.)
You're a lot more pleasant than I am! I'd just sigh, tell them to grow up, and turn away.
I feel that everyone in the entire BRF is now well practiced in the grey rock technique. Harry's handler got in a lot of blows during her first two years as a fiancée and wife, but his family is immune to her now.
I wondered if PW may have been inviting assault and Lady Sarah unknowingly spoiled it by trying to protect him. That's just idle speculation on my part, of course.
I thought of something similar during my second viewing as well. I didn't want to indulge the thought, as an assault captured on film would have been disastrous. You can never be sure the footage was really deleted. I'd like to think Prince William is more prudent than that. And now that I've typed that . . . I also see how useful it would be to have that kind of footage as a surety. Especially with Harry's camp accusing William of smearing Harry's mental health. Well, here's some proof of terrible mental health, then!
Also, if Harry were enough of a loose cannon to publicly strike his brother in front of both witnesses and cameras, he must have already done so in private. In which case, William would have already de-escalated several incidents. And grown tired of doing so. He wasn't de-escalating this time!
And I stand by my first impression that Lady Sarah was butting in where she wasn't wanted, even if she had the best intentions in the world. Neither brother seemed happy that she interrupted them -- and if William had been inviting assault, it must have been a flashback to when another Spencer woman, his mother, stepped in to coddle Harry from well-deserved consequences. He's a grown man with a family who has proven that he can handle adult matters. I wish Lady Sarah hadn't broken protocol to treat him like a child.
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Can anyone help me on the Yiddish for `tablecloth', sometimes used instead of schmatta - I've a feeling it might be something like `tisch-tosch' (IIRC) but I can't find confirmation any where. It fits those windowpane checks. Google Translate uses Hebrew letters for anything in Yiddish which isn't any halp to me.
What with having several Jewish boyfriends and also working with many Jewish students when I was in London, I acquired some vocabulary.
I particularly like `paskudne`/ `paskudnika' (fem) which Rosten (1968) defined as a`nasty mean, odious, contemptible, rotten, vulgar, insensitive,petty and - in general - opprobrious' parson.
Does that remind you of anyone we know?
WBBM... Exactly!
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MM is silent. I think she is taking... Tyent Alkaline Water:
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Tyent Alkaline Water: Find Out Why Meghan Markle Loves It. (
Posted on July 7, 2021 by Rhona Reid)
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, Countess of Dumbarton and Baroness Kilkeel; former actress, campaigner, patron of various charitable causes and organizations, *Danger Alert: clicking here will take you to Archewell website)* author and mother to Archie and new arrival Lilibet, *is one of the most recognizable people on the planet* following her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018.
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HRH: Hydration Really Helps
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E-book GRATUITO
https://www.tyentusa.com/blog/tyent-alkaline-water-find-out-why-meghan-markle-loves-it/
@WBBM I think the word you're looking for is: tishtekh
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9768043/Latest-trailer-Harry-Meghan-Escaping-Palace-leaves-viewers-cringing.html
This one is worth reading!
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At Charade - Thank you! It fits the windowpane checks of the R&R/JM trouser suit.
Thanks so much for the link to the Royal Analysis blog! There hasn't been much online about MM's legal notices on two of Valentine Low articles so I'm grateful for the reference. We've been discussing this topic on my blog since I first noted the legal statements were added to those 2 articles from the Times.
My copy of Lacey's updated book is arriving today and I'm looking forward to diving into this whole nugget!🤣
I'm hoping you will find the time to join us at my blog and be able to post both here as well as there. Due to real-life circumstances, I'm setting up and formatting slowly but I think thanks to the added input of our group, we're on the way to forming a unique approach to sleuthing, analyzing and discussing the Harkle World from start to finish(whenever that may be)!
You were there with me about a year ago when I first started discussing setting up a blog and when I asked Nutty about doing it. And you gave me some good journalist's advice about using resources at the time...which I saved in my files!
Come visit us when you can. You can get to my blog by clicking on my avatar and using the link on my profile page to access "A Cache of Clues". We have a 'Chat' page where the group keeps in touch while the blog is still basically under construction.💝😊💝
Lilibet NOT in Line of Succession/Calif. SURROGACY/PREDATORS/BLAME GAME & William/Harry Diana's pet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JUs-K8tz14
What a load of rubbish, dressed up as science!
What's its pH? If it's alkaline as claimed, it'll be above 7
If it's loaded with hydrogen ions, it's under 7 - therefore acid.
I couldn't get anywhere with the full ULR, only when I cut it to the minimum. There she is, drinking the stuff - at least she doesn't have to worry about it attacking the `enamel' on her plastic teeth. Pure Diuchess of Plaza Toro
...RE: MM water
"Ms. Markle is *merching* water using her titles & photos from her brief royal sojourn..."
#Hydrate https://twitter.com/BaronessBruck/status/1413165769521831941?s=20
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Looks like the MM ebook site has been deleted.
What (potentially) could have happened had 6 pushed Lady Sarah aside and attacked PW from behind? Would they have been able to put him on a mental health hold and perhaps even jailed him for assault? I should think that unprovoked assaults on family members would be enough to keep him away from joint appearances in perpetuity.
I wondered if PW may have been inviting assault and Lady Sarah unknowingly spoiled it by trying to protect him. That's just idle speculation on my part, of course.
@Embre, who replied,
I thought of something similar during my second viewing as well. I didn't want to indulge the thought, as an assault captured on film would have been disastrous. You can never be sure the footage was really deleted. I'd like to think Prince William is more prudent than that. And now that I've typed that . . . I also see how useful it would be to have that kind of footage as a surety. Especially with Harry's camp accusing William of smearing Harry's mental health. Well, here's some proof of terrible mental health, then!
Also, if Harry were enough of a loose cannon to publicly strike his brother in front of both witnesses and cameras, he must have already done so in private. In which case, William would have already de-escalated several incidents. And grown tired of doing so. He wasn't de-escalating this time!
I will have to go back and study the encounter again . . my impression wasn't really that Harry was going to haul off and be violent, with everything being captured on video. Would even #6 be dumb and coked up enough to punch his brother, the future King, in front of the statue of their dead mother?
Possibly . . but to my eyes he appeared to be mostly intent on sidling up to his 'bro' for a bro hug/reconciliation photo op. His nervous energy ramped up and he was obviously trying to pose like 'the Big Man Returns' . . standing with a wide stance/arms out. Really the most pathetic little toerag . . but I did not read that as Haz preparing to get violent. Harry is just a very tense, nervy jumped up person all the time . .I've never ever got a relaxed vibe off of him, even long pre-Hag and even if he was sober.
Have we ever actually known Harry sober, since about the age of 14? It might seem not.
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I don't want to see William get hurt of course, but if Harry had actually assaulted him for the world to see--that would have been the final nail in his coffin. He might have been carted off to psychiatric hospital right then, and it's hard to fathom that the treacherous pair would ever again be seen or invoked at ANY royal event in the future.
This is actually so much worse than I could have imagined back in 2017. I figured the Hag for a grifter, of course, a good-time gal who would spend all his money and dump him after a few years of playing Duchess, with a nice divorce settlement. But never did I envision this ongoing campaign to litigate, lie and harass the Royal Family like this. Clearly, there is nothing salvageable here between Harry and his family.
One picture of William with a bloody nose would have ended Harry. As it is, the Sucksits can still crow about being 'invited back' in 10 weeks and next year for the Jubilee. I don't want to put the Queen through this, either . . .But I can't help wishing that Haz had completely lost his sh*t long enough to hang himself.
I just saw the two short trailers. SNL produces much better skits than those! And were they trying to make the Queen sound like an old witch? But I must say that the actress cast as Harry's wife sounds exactly like her! She's much prettier, though.
It's in the same league as detoxing footbaths (electrolysis of salt solution releasing bubbles of chlorine - hence the funny smell - plus something to make the water look dirty!
`Pure'water ie distilled or deionised, isn't very nice either- if you want alkaline water, live on limestone and put up with furred-up kettles and plumbing!
Maybe that was what was wanted - it would have allowed a whole new level of see what I have had to put up with victimhood.
This is actually so much worse than I could have imagined back in 2017. I figured the Hag for a grifter, of course, a good-time gal who would spend all his money and dump him after a few years of playing Duchess, with a nice divorce settlement. But never did I envision this ongoing campaign to litigate, lie and harass the Royal Family like this.
I think the first scenario was what the BRF geared up for when the Queen allowed the marriage to take place. What has happened since is so outlandish that no one in 2017 could really have wargamed it. A C-list actress and D-list yacht girl making diva demands of the Queen and taking Prince Harry away to California after only two years? If we didn't see it all happen with our own eyes, we wouldn't believe it, either.
And for a long time, people wondered whether it happened only because Harry's wife was just the puppet of larger forces. Was someone trying to bring down the British monarchy through her? Was this, for instance, Marcus Anderson's revenge, because he's actually Prince Andrew's illegitimate son?
The reality seems even more unbelievable. A social-climbing narcissist got unbelievably lucky by figuring out that one of the most eligible bachelors in the world was an addict with an incredibly weak character. She played him like a kazoo.
If William had planned to punch out 6, he would have provoked the little sh*t into throwing the first hit.
Lady Colin Campbell says there is no event in September for the statue.
In retrospect, I wish Harry *HAD* taken a swing at William in front of world-wide cameras. William is the bigger, stronger, sober . .even taken by surprise, he could get a few licks in. Not to mention that Hazza would have been rushed by RPOs and wrestled to the ground. Such an assault upon the person of the future sovereign would have to be seen to be dealt with severely, even for the future king's brother. They are not children any more. Harry has been flirting with TREASON for years now and that needs to be finally acknowledged. Such an unstable loose cannon might attack his father or his nonagenarian grandmother if he's that devoid of self control or sobriety. The family has to come out and admit this now.
I don't want to see William get hurt of course, but if Harry had actually assaulted him for the world to see--that would have been the final nail in his coffin. He might have been carted off to psychiatric hospital right then, and it's hard to fathom that the treacherous pair would ever again be seen or invoked at ANY royal event in the future.
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One picture of William with a bloody nose would have ended Harry. As it is, the Sucksits can still crow about being 'invited back' in 10 weeks and next year for the Jubilee. I don't want to put the Queen through this, either . . . But I can't help wishing that Haz had completely lost his sh*t long enough to hang himself. (emphasis mine)
SAME HERE, and I don't care if any pearls are clutched. I, myself, would take care of the little scumbag with ease, I'm thinking, and would dearly love it. Naturally, I'd love the fallout even more.
You also said:
I will have to go back and study the encounter again . . my impression wasn't really that Harry was going to haul off and be violent, with everything being captured on video. Would even #6 be dumb and coked up enough to punch his brother, the future King, in front of the statue of their dead mother?
Possibly . . but to my eyes he appeared to be mostly intent on sidling up to his 'bro' for a bro hug/reconciliation photo op. His nervous energy ramped up and he was obviously trying to pose like 'the Big Man Returns' . . standing with a wide stance/arms out. Really the most pathetic little toerag . . but I did not read that as Haz preparing to get violent. Harry is just a very tense, nervy jumped up person all the time . .I've never ever got a relaxed vibe off of him, even long pre-Hag and even if he was sober.
Have we ever actually known Harry sober, since about the age of 14? It might seem not.
Indeed. The infamous naked Harry running amok at that Highgrove get-together in front of his father and older guests springs to mind.
As calmer emotions take hold, I tend to agree with you that it was probably just false bravado. He's a coward and a worm, and probably knows Prince William would make mincemeat out of him, no matter how stoned on "Dutch courage" H might be. All that substance abuse is going to catch up with him, tho, one of these days. On top of his natural *nerviness,* it's a ticking time bomb, IMO.
I still think it is saying something that Lady Sarah leaped to PW's side -- a clear breach of protocol, which, for a born-and-bred aristocrat like her, is embedded in her DNA. And I always figured Harry was the more "Spencer" of the two brothers. Well, something to ponder.
Archie's VERY impressive vocabulary! Meghan Markle reveals 'hydrate' is her 22-month-old son's new favourite word and he tells everyone to 'drive safe' when they leave the house
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9337807/After-crocodile-Harry-Meghan-reveals-Archies-new-favourite-word-hydrate.html
At the time I recall thinking it was a super bizarre claim to make. Next up: hawking faux crocodile bags and airbags for cars…
Naomi Osaka has revealed that Meghan Markle reached out to offer her support when she quit the French Open amid the controversy over her press briefings.
The tennis star, 23, said she had received an outpouring of support from people in the public eye including Markle, Michelle Obama and fellow athletes Michael Phelps, Steph Curry and Novak Djokovic.
Osaka spoke out about the saga and the importance of protecting sports stars' mental health in an opinion piece for Time magazine's Olympic preview issue, on sale Friday, which she appeared on the cover of.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9768997/Osaka-says-Djokovic-Michelle-Obama-reached-out.html
From one biracial victim of the press to another, I suppose 🙄
Her having to go through the press to stay relevant after that is pretty ironic.
So now it seems to me that, possibly, Aunt Sarah had been briefed to step in if there was any sign of H approaching W in a way which made an intimate photograph possible. Any hint that they met up in matey proximity had to be scotched.
Thanks for sharing the article.
These lines in the article ring true:
What has driven my pen is the fact that Meghan actually makes a mockery of the pain and struggles of ordinary women, instead of using her privilege and position of power to help ordinary women, she mimics and mocks them instead.
This from a commenter rings true:
It is just painful to watch how someone like Meghan almost commercializes the black experience, while she literally has zero of it.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/controversial-science-news-quackery/alkaline-water-nonsense
Alkaline Water Nonsense
The words absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, preposterous, comical, and farcical come to mind, but they still don’t quite seem to capture the extent of the mind-numbing nonsense. And what nonsense is that? “Ionized Alkaline Water!”
Joe Schwarcz | 20 Mar 2017
Health
Pseudoscience
It is not often that I’m left speechless. But sometimes you run into a situation where words just fail you. Absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, preposterous, comical, and farcical come to mind, but they still don’t quite seem to capture the extent of the mind-numbing nonsense. And what nonsense is that? “Ionized Alkaline Water!” People, seduced by the outlandish promotional drivel, are spending thousands of dollars for a device that produces this liquid malarkey.
Some promoters just blather mindlessly about increasing energy, reducing weight, reversing aging, boosting immunity, controlling blood pressure, cleansing the colon or eliminating body odour. More disturbing are the ones who speak of preventing cancer and increasing life expectancy. And how is alkalized water supposed to accomplish these miracles?
Well, you see, “all electrons in water either spin to the left or the right and high speed of the left spin of electrons is considered to substantiate that the water is vital and alive. Only ionized water has this quality.” Uh huh. There’s more. “Ionized water oxygenates the body via an increase in the oxygen-hydrogen angle. All other water is void of this benefit.” Yeah, sure. “Ionized water has positive polarity. Almost all other waters are negative in their polarity. Only positive polarity can efficiently flush out toxins and poisons in the body at the cellular level.” There’s still more. The amazing water ionizer produces “smaller water molecule clusters which enables every nook and cranny of your body to be super-hydrated” Makes you head swim.
All this rubbish does have an effect. It makes anyone with a chemistry background want to tear their hair out. Of course, the promoters of ionized alkalized water have an answer to that too. They claim the water has a calming effect and can even grow hair. Not only is there not an iota of scientific evidence for any of the claims, the notion of “ionized alkaline water” having any therapeutic effect is beyond absurd. In fact, the term “ionized alkaline water” is scientifically meaningless.
Cont.
What then does an “ionizer” actually do? The same thing that high school students do in chemistry labs when they stick a couple of electrodes in water and pass a current between them in a classic “electrolysis” experiment. Some of the water molecules break down, forming hydrogen gas at the negative electrode and oxygen at the positive electrode. Electrolysis, however, cannot be carried out with pure water since water cannot conduct an electric current. For electrolysis to proceed, some sort of charged species must be dissolved in the water. Atoms, or groups of atoms that bear a charge are called ions. Tap water contains a variety of dissolved ions such as calcium, magnesium, sodium, bicarbonate or chloride, so it is amenable to electrolysis.
As water molecules break down at the negative electrode to release hydrogen gas, they leave behind negative hydroxide ions. This is what makes a solution “alkaline.” Basically what this means is that as electrolysis proceeds, a dilute solution of sodium hydroxide (negative ions are always paired with positive ones) is produced around the negative electrode and can be drawn off as “alkaline” or “ionized” water. But you don’t need an exorbitantly expensive device to produce a dilute sodium hydroxide solution. A couple of pellets of drain cleaner in a liter of water will do the job. So will a spoonful of baking soda. Of course these solutions will not produce any medical miracles. But neither will the posh alkaline water.
What this expensive water does produce is a bevy of daft claims. Here is the most popular one: “It is well known in the medical community that an overly acidic body is the root of many common diseases, such as obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes, high blood pressure and more.” Poppycock! There is no such thing as an “acidic body.” That, though, doesn’t stop the hucksters from treating it. How? By neutralizing the acidity with their alkaline water.
“The alkaline water will restore your body to a healthy alkaline state,” they say. “It counteracts the acidic food you eat and the effects of the harsh elements in your environment in order to bring about the natural balance your body needs. Change your water and change your life.”
The only thing you’ll change is your bank balance.
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Now, even if there were such a thing as an acidic body, and even if this signaled illness, it could not be countered by drinking alkaline water. To “alkalize the body” one would have to alkalize the blood. But our body maintains the pH of the blood between 7 -7.4, which is already alkaline. If you were to alkalize it further, you would not have to worry about illness because you would be dead. Don’t worry, though, about alkaline water killing you. Our stomach is strongly acidic and any base that enters is immediately neutralized. The still acidic contents of the stomach then pass into the intestine where they are neutralized by alkaline secretions from the pancreas. So all of the water we drink ends up being alkaline anyway!
Another seductive claim is that alkaline ionized water is an antioxidant and neutralizes free radicals. This is often demonstrated by immersing an Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) probe into the water and pointing out that the needle moves into the negative millivolt region, while ordinary water shows a positive reading. An ORP probe is useful in determining water quality in a swimming pool, but is meaningless for drinking water. The slightest amount of dissolved hydrogen, as you have in alkalized water, will result in a negative reading. This has absolutely no relevance to any effect on the body. Oil may not mix with water, but it seems snake oil surely does.
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depends what one means by `reputable', in view of what McGill University has had to say!
I'm going to take a counter point to the idea that if only 6 had lost it, then the final nail.
Maybe that was what was wanted - it would have allowed a whole new level of see what I have had to put up with victimhood.
If William reciprocated or instigated violence, then it might be spun that way. But could the Sussexes have spun it as symptomatic of *Harry's* martyrdom if he'd hauled off and cold-cocked William when W. was just standing there contemplating the statue? That'd be a really tough sell even to the delusional sugars if Haz had rushed William, punched him unprovoked, drawn blood and had to be tackled by William's RPOs. What brilliant TV that would have made . . even more exciting than a World Cup final. Images of Wills with a split lip or bloodied nose, blood on his impeccable shirt whilst the instigator was on the ground in an armlock without a mark on him?
Prime. Even better if William got a black eye. Injuries that would take some time to heal. Meanwhile, he could do some Zoom appearances looking beat up as a reminder to the watching world that My brother, the little toerag defector did this to me, and here I am, carrying on with my royal duties like the bigger man I am.
It looked to me like 6 was going in for a hug with William. 6 had orders to get a photo op indicating that all was well with the RF. Lady Sarah stepped in just in time to head off 6's attempt at a hug, or some brotherly touching. Negs keeps putting out PR about being invited to events with the RF when, in fact, they haven't been invited to anything.
My thoughts too, on both counts. Lady Sarah was so swiftly into the breach, I'm thinking it had to be by prearrangement. In an earlier comment I said that William deployed his aunt like a human Scarf. Because even if something had kicked off with Harry, certainly the RPOs are trained to step in first. It never occurred to me that William is that particularly close to his Spencer relations since the death of his mum, that his aunt would rush in to be his protector uninvited to do so. I believe she was asked to aid William in preventing H. from shoving in for the photo op of 'reconciliation' which would then be for sale to the highest bidder--H. having brought his own photog. Why was that even allowed?
Sarah may have her own reasons for getting back at Harry relating to an infamous christening portrait in Windsor two years ago. I don't think I'm all alone here in believing the the *only* individuals that were actually photographed that day were #6, TBW and the rent-a-baby. No one else was present--not William, Kate, Charles, Camilla, the Spencer aunts or Harry's mother-in-law. All fake. The Spencers may not know everything that's happening but they certainly know whether or not they really attended a christening at Windsor Castle.
If William had planned to punch out 6, he would have provoked the little sh*t into throwing the first hit.
Lady Colin Campbell says there is no event in September for the statue.
Lady Colin Campbell says there is no event in September for the statue.
Cut myself off. Yes to the first--but William has too much sense.
Yes to the second part. I now take the position that whatever Negs publicizes, the opposite is actually true. So if their PR insists something *is definitely happening*--various invitations to Royal events, special birthday cakes, baby showers, Cambridge visits to California, a PhD. for Doria--it is manifestly NOT happening. If she insists something definitely did NOT happen, creating lawsuits to underscore 'Meghan's truth' than it manifestly DID happen, and probably worse. Gluing pledges' eyes together. Throwing tea at assistants. Driving long time Royal courtiers into nervous breakdowns . . .being "heavily pregnant" with elephantine geriatic magic pregnancies. Having a miscarriage. Receiving racist comments from her in-laws. Etc.
" Nonsense. The queen still has an American accent LOL"
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Design Doctor
RE: Jean Gasho... I agree with you. Jean Gasho has the right to tell the her truth. Sorry, sugars!
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Hannah...Wow! Your post was sensational to me. And I couldn't agree more. Remembering that MM has been the brand's girl since 2017. According to link Puds.
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Puds...I laughed a lot at your comments.
"Fit for a Princess! ( Message to your link: Sorry, this page isn't available.)
(2017- Princess ???)...Something tells me that MM thought that after marrying Harry, she would be called Princess of Wales like Diana. Harry and William were called that and the title of Duke was given to them at the wedding. Thus Princess MM was called Duchess.
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Hikari...Perfect!
Actually it reminds of the peter popoff commercials about miracle water - "i was delivered from drugs, got my house back all because of the miracle water" 6s wife should take note!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epowf0EXF5E
I tend to the theory that given a colorful sexual history and her yachting sideline, M had her tubes tied. Which then became inconvenient when she bagged a Royal and saw the pound signs of their future 'royal babies' reflected in his glazed and bloodshot eyes.
I used to watch his videos a few years ago and often wondered what he thought of Meghan.
Well worth a watch. (short 6 min video)
Meghan Markles' history and psychology: Richard Grannon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzSwmwixl_E&t=125s
You think tied, I think scarred due to multiple venereal diseases, but blocked regardless.
I know Joe Schwarcz and I wouldn't take anything he has to say seriously. He has often said that the thousands of chemicals that are in our food and water aren't dangerous because they haven't been proven to be dangerous, when in fact, no testing on many of these chemicals is over done. He has never met a synthetic molecule he didn't love.
I suggest you try other sources to get a better picture of anything related to chemistry.
I don't think that he would have been able to do much with the Diana statue if that is all that he had to work with.
Of course Meghan supported Osaka. This is exactly the kind of fight she would want to enter, not say nothing of using her to keep herself in the news. But where does this all lead? To ruin and failure as a society that once championed innovation and personal initiative and excellent.
How long before Megsy Baby and Harry separate?
How badly will Harry be cut a new one by Megsy?
Will Megsy Baby land Bill Gates or another billionaire, or has she played her last power card?
Enquiring minds wanna know!
Well said and totally agree!
If his old buddies had come to his side.
This would have been leaked or publicized.
H spent 5 lost days in quarantine.
Surely H could have convened
With his old adjacent ....
to Prince H friends.
To put his life on the mend
'twas not meant to be
As Harry quickly fled
To take the next plane out
To LA was said
But insiders cred that....
H wuz off to Pacific Fiji
Consorting with native lasses
To get his rocks off
With no yak haired knock offs
They had H happy
Doing the slappy
Megs is just a bad dream
So it seems
But soon H will be back
For more from his Mama
More Montecito drama
With all that he craves
Hapless the knave
The water is so miraculous that it is disappearing from social media.
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Puds...Here is the image you posted and was deleted.
https://twitter.com/RoyalTerrier/status/1413220369603960840?s=20
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I will post MMs message on Facebook. And wait and see disappearing too.
May, 2019.
https://www.facebook.com/TyentUSA/videos/get-1500-off-a-tyent-water-ionizer-for-memorial-day/306155970337296/
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New open post. Hugs ❤️
@Portcitylass
Re: prearrangement with Lady Sarah
I find it odd that it would be only she. Lady Sarah's sudden presence there raised a lot of eyebrows. She seems to be breaking protocol, even if she wasn't. I think that if Prince William had wanted to create a distraction to prevent a "brothers reunited" photo op, he would have asked all the Spencers to step forward at the same time.
It's also less likely to me than courtiers stepping in. I'm reminded of the 50th anniversary of Prince Charles's investiture from two years ago, when Harry and his wife crashed the viewing of the regalia. Two courtiers swooped in to usher them away -- but not fast enough for them to be in all the photos of the event. I imagine Prince "You're not allowed" William would have made sure the courtiers at the statue unveiling were primed and ready to prevent a second unwanted photo. The main argument against this theory is that courtiers should have been able to reach him before Lady Sarah did.
Prince William begins the event by informing us that it is an * intimate event* He even kisses his aunts by greeting them with kisses. Lady Sara does not break any royal protocol when approaching her nephews.
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The DM informs that it is an *intimate event.*
"Precious moments: The aunts, Princess Diana's older sisters, looked delighted to see their nephews at the * intimate event*. The statue was unveiled in the Sunken Garden - one of Diana's favourite spots - on what would have been her 60th birthday