Is there a new chapter for the Sussexes? Are things looking up for them after Fergie signals support and they have a new former Disney+ exec heading Archewell content?
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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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RE: TBW's "jewel box" party. What the bloody H? Any mention of her and a jewel box in the same sentence could only mean she's carrying paste in her Yak nether regions.
@Magatha my dear, please feel free...😉❤️
Only if the jewelry is baby shaped lol...
@LL
Chatty Cathie hahaha!!!
PS. @LL I read DM comments also!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9856371/Prince-Harry-planning-surprise-trip-Meghan-Markles-40th-birthday-not-party-sources-say.html
Those DM comments are comedy gold, especially those from England. The dry sense of humor is hilarious in it's indifference 👍
@LL
Too dry to get it?
Look at me, look at me
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Exactly what I was thinking 🤣
So is there a party for the 40th or is there not. And where's my invite. For sure we could wrestle up 65 of us to show up and see what is happening. Maybe we could get a private viewing of the tiara i mean wig vault.
HG Tudor produced this, about the ageing narcissist, last November. I wonder how well it predicts TBW's future?
They're trying to compete in the giant swimming pool of life while chained to an anchor.
If @Hikari is still awarding lattes of the day, I'd like to nominate this comment!
Just wondering if maybe Fergie is letting her bodice rip now that her father in law has passed. She's been quite the Chatty Cathy lately.
Oh, my! What an image!
I had always thought of Sarah as chatty and uninhibited, but if you think she is a little looser-lipped than usual, then it might have something to do with Prince Philip passing. At least she waited a few months before bombarding us with all this new publicity. She may be incredibly vulgar, but she's still classier than her red-haired nephew and his wife.
(Someone predicted a few years ago that Prince Andrew and Sarah wanted to remarry and were just waiting for Prince Philip to die before doing so. Now that would be interesting!)
I have to admit - I bought it until the news broke 48hrs later about Obama's 60th bash. The view from Monticeito must be so out of focus from the California smog that the owners live in a perpetuall skewed world. Just wow.
So lost in the drama - what is going on with the Yorks? - both york girl husbands in the spotlight with suggestions of inappropriate behaviour with women who are not the wives.
I agree that it's odd. Edo's breaking up with the mother of his son is old news; if that's still all they've got against him, he's doing well. Plus, at least one big thing she has done since the break-up have only proven he was right to end that relationship. Maybe he got roped in because one misbehaving York husband is a single news cycle waiting to die but two misbehaving York husbands make for a much longer saga.
This might all be perfectly "innocent": Sarah is getting press, which calls some attention to her daughters as well. And then Jack was photographed in a scandalous situation. Any other time, he would have still made headlines; but it just happens to be a bigger story this week.
As for whether someone is behind it . . . I think the Harkles are too focused on looking like gems in a Californian jewel box to be pulling these strings. And I'd like to hope that Prince Charles wouldn't sink so low as to smear his nieces' husbands. As far as I can tell, no one but their parents want the girls to be full-time working royals; there's no PR battle he needs to win with dirty tactics.
love the jewel box quote - perhaps an emerald tiara in all of that?!!!
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If Neg's birthday party was not a SS placement than nothing is. Anyway laughs all around. Hapless should whisk her off to Elton's in Italy? South of France? was it? for her birthday. Just stay away from Ol' Blighty. The natives are restless there.
it may be just a little more on the passive aggressive side with reporters going to BP before running a story and the response is they arent working royals (like the sussexes) so the press protection is not extended. That would be a not so subtle way of reminding them they are not and will not be working royal.
Oh, that's a good one!
I confess I do feel for the York princesses a bit. They spent all their formative years believing they would be full-time working royals, only to have their futures suddenly changed. It took them a while to land on their feet. Maybe they already believe it is better for them this way. They are freer and less in the spotlight. Well, except in moments like these.
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Karla - yes - I will eat cake for that birthday - heck i will eat cake any day!!
Question is - did PH say no and made sure that was the corrected in page six? did they suddenly get an invite to Martha's vineyard or will she photoshop herself waiting for a ferry to MV. Interesting the clap back about no party. maybe hes getting fed up with some of her antics and is telling her Im making the money now so you listen to me?
The Harkles are going to feel persecuted and I wonder if they will lawyer up yet again?
When the Cambridges have applied for trademarks they have not ticked everything on the list but only those items that will be official fund raising merchandise. Also, the Cambridges applied from a charity organization that uses the sale of merchandize to raise money for charity, and they have a track record in doing so. I assume that is why tgey did not have such hassles, although William has had trouble with Earthshot.
Archewell is set up as a commercial company, and has no track record nor anything concrete in the works. (For example, if they are going to sell branded merchandize linked to their podcast series, then show actual plans seems to be what the trademark organization is saying if my understanding is correct.)
Messy Megsie and Hapless Harry must feel as if they are swimming through treacle! I wonder if HH misses 'the institution' and if MM misses the easy days of being Cory's girlfriend behind the scenes and blogging, merching, holidaying publicly?
From your keyboard to mine eyes....Swampie gets whatever she’d like to drink and I saw sno-cones all around to everyone for enduring the Harkle saga. What a cluster. The Queen does not deserve her family. No wonder she tried to spend half the year in Scotland.
Yes, sometimes.
We Yanks are so in your face direct that when a British person makes a joke, it may a bit too dry to get the gist right off. By indifference I mean, that attitude that comes across as cool as a cucumber, tongue in cheek/off the cuff, but hilarious once it sinks in.
I watched a lot of British shows from back in the day-on cable. I loved KUA/Hyacinth and Are You Being Served. My kids loved Monte Python, my dad loved Benny Hill. I have to admit I had a hard time when younger, but now as an older person (and living with the Irish who have a similar sense of humor) I can get it much better. But not always...
Maybe style of humor changes with the generations?
@Enbre said,
(Someone predicted a few years ago that Prince Andrew and Sarah wanted to remarry and were just waiting for Prince Philip to die before doing so. Now that would be interesting
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I don't remember where I read during the Epstein scandal that Sarah and Andrew will remarry due to Andrew's possible testimony being looked at, but Sarah will be protected if she is his legal wife. Something like that. Maybe you remember the statement.
I shall donate my suitably strong drink(s) of choice to Abby and Charade. It appears that they had a lot of cleaning and disinfecting to do. I dunno what just went down here (looking around at overturned tables and busted chairs) but, whatever it was, it must have had psychiatrists scrabbling frantically to find their prescription pads.
"I don't remember where I read during the Epstein scandal that Sarah and Andrew will remarry due to Andrew's possible testimony being looked at, but Sarah will be protected if she is his legal wife."
I do remember seeing suppositions along those lines. But I'm not sure that reasoning makes sense. (And I had read they might remarry prior to the Epstein stuff heating up. After all, they do live together.)
State laws vary but in the US it's generally true that a person can't be compelled to testify against a spouse. However, there are limits to spousal immunity. Testimony about events and conversations occuring in the time prior to a marriage is not protected. So I wouldn't think testimony about events and conversations occurring between marriages would be protected either. In other words, it's not a blanket immunity.
I shall donate my suitably strong drink(s) of choice to Abby and Charade. It appears that they had a lot of cleaning and disinfecting to do. I dunno what just went down here (looking around at overturned tables and busted chairs) but, whatever it was, it must have had psychiatrists scrabbling frantically to find their prescription pads.
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Amen! I second the motion...
"Harry is pulling out all the stops to make Meghan's 40th a special day, and has ordered a cake – dubbed "ludicrous" by The Sun – from nearby bakery Posies & Sugar, Tatler has reported.The bakery's speciality is a "naked" cake where some of its layers are visible underneath the icing."
I don't understand: who will be naked? The cake or Harry? ( Las Vegas 😂)
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SHOWBIZ DEBUT Prince Harry and Meghan lined up to make Hollywood debut and present Emmy award next month.
EMMY awards bosses want Prince Harry and wife Meghan to make their Hollywood debuts at the ceremony next month.
TV execs are keen for the pair to attend the A-list event in downtown LA.
They may even try to persuade the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to present an award, insiders say.
It comes with chat show queen Oprah Winfrey the clear bookies’ favourite to take home the award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Emmy for her bombshell interview with the royal outsiders.
An LA TV source told The Sun: “The Sussexes are in high demand — it would be their first red carpet appearance since Megxit and their full-time Californian move.
“Oprah is planning to attend the night, which could help get them there.
IN HIGH DEMAND'
“Certainly, there would be a VIP invite for them from Netflix at its evening celebration event.
“Netflix knows that shots of them with big Hollywood names would be huge PR.”
It is not yet known whether Harry and Meg, who gave birth to the couple’s second child, daughter Lilibet, in June, will attend.
The main ceremony is being held on September 19 and will be hosted by Us actor and comedian Cedric the Entertainer.
All guests must show proof of vaccination on entry.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15771322/meghan-markle-prince-harry-present-emmy-award/
Naked cake sounds to me like the bakery being cheap by trying to save on product and passing it off as trendy. If so, very fitting for the discount store Duke and Duchess. 😂
Oprah wants another dig at the royals that politely declined her numerous attempts to woo them.
Netflix desperately want to make the Harkles worth the deal they gave them.
I can see the 2021 Emmys being the night of the Sussexes.
Remember the Hollywood crowd, including Oprah and other prominent A-listers, fawned all over Harvey Weinstein for years when it was an open secret what he was up to.
The Obamas have sort of followed a celebrity path and have just been more successful than the Harkles because they have a lot more going for them, including management skills, diplomatic and press experience, and the gravitas of two terms in office, plus they talk sense and are likeable and skilled in engaging with people and behaving themselves appropriately. I doubt they have any interest in the wife, but they are likely to want Harry as a guest at the birthday party.
I do hope we get lots photos of the outfits she wears! How badly can she mess up in that department and how much will the media fawn over the emperor's new clothes?
If I were harry i would get her a princess cake with a big ole emerald tiara made of fondant. He better like the flavor because I certainly feel that he will be wearing that cake ;-)
Sandie - no one would refuse an invite to the Obama bash - its the networking and elite to be there. Now if she were invited as one of the many "entertainers" or after the white shirt, black skirt pregnancy ensemble maybe they asked if she could be waitstaff ;-)
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This year’s Creative Arts Emmys will be split into three ceremonies the weekend of September 11-12. Unlike the main ceremony, the Creative Arts ceremonies are not broadcast live, but an edited version will air on Saturday, September 18 at 8/7c on FXX
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2021 Creative Arts Emmys: Sunday, September 12 – 1 p.m. PT.
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special
https://www.goldderby.com/feature/when-are-the-emmys-1204330913/
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Sandie...Perfect!👏
What a great way to guarantee that they will *never* receive an invitation in the future! Putting down the hosts (and the people at the party) and implying that it was not as important as another engagement is always a winning strategy. So is 'turning down' an invitation that was not extended.
/Woohoooo! I just successfully put together and connected another electronic device and didn't refer to the instructions ONCE! Reading instructions is for LOSERS. I had to switch out the too short HDMI cable, though.
//This stuff appears to be completely idiot proof. They probably have a picture of me somewhere in IT support saying "You gotta make this so intuitive that this woman is going to be able to put it together without calling us. She NEVER reads directions."
@Karla
Thanks for the reminder that the interview nomination is not part of the big ceremony. It is a Sunday lunch-time gig that won't be broadcast live!
However, maybe Netflix will want the Sussexes at their after-party for the main awards ceremony to try and push their image as the most desirable A-list couple in order to justify the contract and the huge advance they supposedly gave them. Or maybe that bus has also left the station and the source in LA for the story is the Harkles themselves.
What are the Covid restrictions? Would the Obamas ignore them and have a huge party? The tabloids keep adding another hundred to the number of guests!
None of the prominent Dems follow any restrictions.
One woman also got a journal to write in, and it was all packed in this wooden crate that looks as if it is filled with sand.
There is something quite sad but also disturbing about all of this.
@SwampWoman
Congrats on triumphing over technology. Yep, instructions are for dummies. Just finding the English version takes much too long, so all technology should be 'plug in and use', like a kettle!
Now a naked harry cake, well that would take the cake!!!
A naked Harry cake should have a pool cue with it.
Jack just seems like he needs to be schooled in social skills for the married man.
Remember around the time of his wedding to Princess Eugenie, when his own loving grandmother said he wasn't very smart?
The direct quote: "He's a charming boy and all that but not the most intelligent and I would never have thought this would happen." (Hahahaha . . .)
She's probably not very surprised by this latest faux pas. But yes, it could have easily been avoided -- and if Jack truly loves his wife, I'm sure it will be avoided in the future.
I don't remember where I read during the Epstein scandal that Sarah and Andrew will remarry due to Andrew's possible testimony being looked at, but Sarah will be protected if she is his legal wife. Something like that. Maybe you remember the statement.
That sounds familiar, so I must have read it, too. But the prediction was based on their truly loving each other and regretting having been forced to divorce. Both scenarios, however, can simultaneously be true! And I'm sure they wouldn't mind killing two birds with one stone, if that is the case!
An LA TV source told The Sun: “The Sussexes are in high demand — it would be their first red carpet appearance since Megxit and their full-time Californian move.
How can they be "in high demand" when it will be their first red carpet appearance in their year and a half of trying to penetrate the Hollywood set?
Is "LA TV source" code for "source who grew up in LA and then filmed a TV show in Toronto"?
“Certainly, there would be a VIP invite for them from Netflix at its evening celebration event.
"Certainly"?
It is not yet known whether Harry and Meg, who gave birth to the couple’s second child, daughter Lilibet, in June, will attend.
If she's not crowing about it from the rooftops by now, then we know how "certain" this is going to be.
It's odd that this is becoming Netflix PR rather than Oprah PR, when they were nominated for the Oprah interview. (The article mentions O only because it has to, in order to give proper context. Of course, the context just highlights the oddness of the new emphasis.) Has she been asked to stop name-dropping Oprah for her own ends?
A naked Harry cake should have a pool cue with it.
OMG! They really set themselves up with that one, didn't they? Girl, your comeback is perfect!
@Karla
@LavenderLady
I really should have checked before publishing my last comment. You all also caught the obvious joke in the naked cake! I'm not sure why the Harkles set themselves up like that. Surely even they know that "naked" is not a word they want associated with them!
One of my pet theories these days (which is only slightly tinhatty!) is what I call The Disgruntled Intern. A lot of their press releases and articles these days seem to have more shade than usual. And I think it's because the people stuck writing them have had enough of the Harkle BS. It started with the "Mr and Mrs. H WANT" article about a Windsor Christening. Now we're seeing it with a reference to the "naked" cakes. I've been to the bakery's Web site and Instagram page and "naked" cakes are certainly not advertised as their specialty!
One of the lures of Apple products was the computers and devices were “plug and play.”
@SwampWoman
Congrats on conquering the tech!
Take a deep breath.
Maybe Sunisa Lee, or Simone Biles for the cover.
Remember, Vogue wants to be woke, and they have changed the focus audience for the magazine.
Vogue no longer sells to average or above average white women, or even wealthy women.
Vogue and Vanity Fair, for that matter, have changed their focus to people of color, both in their covers and content.
I do hope we get lots photos of the outfits she wears! How badly can she mess up in that department and how much will the media fawn over the emperor's new clothes?
I recall Tumblr blogger Scorpiotwentythree's theory that Mrs. H did intend to leave the BRF, with Harry in tow, even before she married into it. Her terrible outfits while a working royal were part of a long-term plan to bust out of there like a beautiful butterfly out of a cocoon. Then she could say that she only looked dowdy and unkempt because the BRF dictated her outfits and messed with her mental health.
After Megxit, her style did seem marginally better. But due to you-know-what, proper photos have been hard to come by. The only real fashion statement from her in a year and a half was the pigeon-poop dress from the Oprah interview.
So she might want to look really polished for the Emmys.
On the other hand, if she's once again making mental health an excuse for why she isn't producing much content for Netflix and Spotify, it's a more plausible excuse if she still looks sloppy.
By the way, folk on LSA are posting social media posts of people who have received a special gift copy of The Bench from the wife. Each person is supposedly an influencer and each posts a photo of them with a child or two
Interesting. After Heidi Klum's Instagram story, I had thought Mrs. H was focusing on A-list mothers. And maybe a lot of copies did get sent out to them. But she also apparently targeted non-celebrity influencers. Presumably "Mommy bloggers" or whatever they're called these days.
I don't follow any influencers in that demographic at all, so I can't appraise this PR move. What do you think? Apart from the interest on LSA, are the free copies at least keeping The Bench in the public eye?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9859751/Prince-William-Kate-Middleton-wish-Meghan-Markle-happy-birthday.html
Astrologers and a psychic made their predictions as well. Good for a laugh! William and Catherine will be king and queen and they are the sort of people who will maintain cordial relations and even look friendly when appearing together in public (remember Prince Phillip's funeral?) but I doubt that in private there will ever be a close family bond.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9853321/Leading-astrologers-predict-lies-ahead-Meghan-Markle-celebrates-milestone-birthday.html
"I understand the Duchess of Sussex will also be announcing a charitable initiative to mark her 40th birthday later."
*groans*
I think she ran out of A list mums as she had to buy and dispose of probably 90% of the total books sold to date. She had already given to the libraries, A list mums, influencer mums and probably also sent some off to some schools willing to accept the freebie.
https://www.google.com/search?q=40+for+40&oq=40+for+40&aqs=chrome..69i57.6920j0j7&client=tablet-android-alcatel&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
On another topic ... Obama has 'read the room' and scaled down his birthday celebrations to family and a handful of close friends.
Oh, right!
Read this just now too: Meghan Markle celebrates her 40th birthday Wednesday after her fans raised more than $46,000 for a menstruation charity.
Do you think there might be a connection?
OTOH, I can see where it is a Bad Thing as well. It has been a *very* long time since I've checked the code on anything and, frankly, I have mostly forgotten what I used to have to use routinely. When I plug it in and it works, why debug?
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From Camilla Tominey
"I understand the Duchess of Sussex will also be announcing a charitable initiative to mark her 40th birthday later."
If there is one person that takes to heart the aphorism "charity begins at home", it's TBW. I suppose announcing "a charitable initiative to mark her 40th birthday" sounds better than announcing "another attempt to take 95% of the donated funds to fund plastic surgery and expensive wine".
Good luck with that. If I'm going to fund anybody's plastic surgery and wine addiction, it will be my own.
" If I'm going to fund anybody's plastic surgery and wine addiction, it will be my own."
Ha ha! I'm with you on that one! 😁
It is soooo difficult to sustain a panic when the people that are crying about the fire (COVID) are fanning the flames. If you want to tell the rest of the world how to act, maybe you should walk the walk.
I also idly wonder whether the fingerprints on the knife in New York Gov. Cuomo's back would trace back to the Obama faction or the Clintons. (If he did what is alleged, he should have criminal charges against him but he doesn't. Why not?) OTOH, he DID knowingly order the deaths of senior citizens by having COVID patients placed in nursing homes and the charges were dropped by the Department of 'Justice'.)
@Swampwoman said:
" If I'm going to fund anybody's plastic surgery and wine addiction, it will be my own."
Ha ha! I'm with you on that one! 😁
We should start our own charity!
Y'all are going to have to keep an eye on Vogue for me to see what deviltry/thievery/con job TBW is up to. (My eyeballs would probably fall out from boredom if I had to peruse it. It always seemed to me to be expensive advertisements for trophy wives.)
Obama has 'read the room' and scaled down his birthday celebrations to family and a handful of close friends.
Does this count as getting Markled?
Now that I think about it, it was a bit tone-deaf to announce that you're having 600 people over (even under compliant conditions), when many people around the world are virtually locked up and unable to visit anyone. I'm not surprised that the Obamas would have such a party (as the elite follow different rules from the rest of us), but it was tactless to announce it that way. What did they hope to get out of informing the world of this detail? A bit of clout? I'm sure a huge party that the public never hears about in advance, with a catering staff who have signed NDAs, would be just as fun as a party you could brag about.
Or conversely, were the Obamas planning to be tactful . . . only for someone to leak the guest list?
if true in the project: nothing says 40 like menstruation. does the wife know that menopause is knocking at her door 😉.
Meghan Markle poses with over TEN copies of her book as Duchess shares birthday message.
MEGHAN MARKLE has publicly marked her 40th birthday by launching a new appeal to help some of the women who have lost their job during the COVID-19 crisis.
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1472220/meghan-markle-birthday-message-archewell-40x40-initiative-melissa-mccarthy-the-bench-book
"To mark her 40th birthday, Duchess Meghan has launched a new Archewell initiative encouraging people around the world to spare 40-minutes of their time to help women reentering the workforce through mentorship or community service."
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Yes this is true. But I always think the Markles respond in the media when an article upsets them. I ask if it wasn't the case of Archewell that @Sandie already mentioned here.
America's giving Harry and Meghan new headache.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20210803/282226603769313
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DE also reported.
Meghan and Harry losing US support as Archewell targeted with new rulings.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1471682/meghan-markle-prince-harry-news-us-turning-archewell-red-tape-rulings-california-sussexes
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Both articles suggest a loss of support in the US. Those of the Sussex, hours later, claim otherwise.
Not: Just a thought.
Yes, Harry seen juggling balls! ( probably his own amputated ones plus an extra one.)
While the *KWEEN* sits next to a chair chair bearing an initial 'H' whilst resting her laptop on a stack of her own books.
Can't stop laughing. 😂😄😅
Wow! Meghan is Meghan. I loved the cup. Is it English tea?
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Svetlana...I couldn't agree more.
Mentor. What eactly does that mean and if you have no training nor have done it before, how do you know what you are supposed to do?
And mentor woman for what exactly? Why do they need mentoring? They lost jobs because of the economy.
How do you find and connect to the women you want to mentor?
And how is this going to provide employment for women?
I see husband has been reduced to the court jester in the garden.
Has she listed the 40 friends? Imagine her and her woke friends mentoring women in various professions! A comedy series in the making ...
Why is the media linking her with Nelson Mandela? Just stop it!
Among those who have committed 40 minutes of their time to mentor a woman in their community are singer Adele, poet Amanda Gorman, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and fashion designer Stella McCartney, all friends of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
From the DM
And in case any one in interested, the beagle makes an appearance and does in fact look like a live dog, resting on a very comfy dog cushion that makes the overal decor.
Why is the media linking her with Nelson Mandela?
I read somewhere earlier today that Nelson Mandela was the one who first created the idea of 40 x 40. Of course, as usual, I can't find the article now!
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Miggy...I read the article and and a cameo from juggling Prince Harry)��
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Of course Harry has to be in the picture. Without her royal husband she would get zero attention. Poser/loser etc. etc.
Where are their children????
Where are their children????
She's probably sent them up the chimney to give it a good sweep. 😉
Good news is she has officially hit the wall -according to HollyWooWoo. Like Kim K, she is circling the drain...
She is already getting that over Botox-ed puffy face. Courtney Cox learned the hard way how quickly it happens. Courtney is very financially successful and has a damn good guy at her side. TBW? Not even a hint of success nor genuine marital happiness. She married the village idiot. But hey, he came with a title. UGH!🤮🤮🤮
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Please do find the reference and share it with me. As a South African, I am bemused. Nope, not true!
Mentor: Please do look up the various definitions and explanations of mentoring and explain how a celeb can assist a woman in their community (would that be in the servant's quarters or would it be an equally wealthy neighbour?) to get back to work in a time when businesses have crashed because of the pandemic ... in 40 minutes.
@Humor Me
Yep, and all the lines on her forehead and around her eyes have gone. Botox seems to be quite common with women in the West. I don't remember the person it was, but way back when botox was first used I remember a woman in the public sphere shared her story: she had two major frown lines unfortunately placed on her forehead so that she always looked very cross and forbidding, so she used botox treatments to soften those lines and it made a world of difference to her appearance. Now, 'everyone' seems to do it at the slightest sign of a wrinkle or line anywhere, from increasingly younger ages.
Apologies if it seems as if I am gunning for you. Not fair to you to do that.
Enbrethiliel said: But I still think the real reason he's not getting invited anywhere is that nobody wants to deal with his wife. There have been several instances in my life when I saw how a man's choice of spouse could make or break him. In this case, she's breaking him.
I hadn't thought of that, but you are sooooo right. We've probably all seen examples of people that would be better off *without* their significant other. They're trying to compete in the giant swimming pool of life while chained to an anchor.
@SeampWoman and Enbrethiliel:
Shortly after the Harkles got married, there was a news story about how Harry’s social group had stopped inviting H&M to dinner parties because Meghan refused to be seated away from Harry and she spent the evenings pawing him.
I’ll see if I can locate the article. Will post it here if I find it. I believe it was a DM article.
It's an article in The Telegraph.
Duchess of Sussex launches Nelson Mandela inspired '40x40' project to mark birthday
The initiative invites 40 'activists, artists, thought leaders and friends' to commit 40 minutes to community service or mentorship.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/08/04/duchess-sussex-launches-nelson-mandela-inspired-40x40-project/
Apologies if it seems as if I am gunning for you.
Don't worry about it. After the life I've had... I'm pretty much bulletproof!
I just noticed this comment in the DM.
Doxi, CapeTown, South Africa, moments ago
This isnt a bad idea but it definitely isnt an original one . Here in South Africa we are encouraged to give 60 minutes of our time in service in honour of our late President Nelson Mandela on his birthday in July . He always gave huge parties for children on his own birthday as he really loved children and took great pleasure out of seeing them enjoy themselves.
That brought me short. So the succubus pictured so fetchingly in Miggy's avatar photo--oh, my God, Harry, why did you not run away to Malaysia when you saw that visage glowering at you from across the room? It makes the blood run cold, it does . .--**just happens** to share the same birthday with the Queen Mother AND the first black President of the United States? Ie, the representatives of the two sides of her 'brand', *exactly*? Royal and black-humanitarian-Nobel prize winner-bona fide trailblazing famous Black person?
I share my birthday with many famous people, and all of us can find famous others in history and now living that were born on the same say of the year as we were. With only 365 days in the year to go 'round to all the people in the world past present and future, everybody is going to have a long list of celebrity birthday-doppelgangers.
But the statistical chances must be fairly miniscule that Yak-head would have the identical birthday to both the great-grandmother of her current husband, the one who just happened to be the last Empress of India . . AND the first black President of the U.S., when she keeps flapping her dentures about getting involved in politics. I'm sure Meggy eyes Kamala Harris with barely suppressed rage. Does anybody else find that weird?
TBW is determined to present a facade in which the stars always align for her wonderful, astronomical self, to highlight how SPECIAL she is. She'd certainly make hay over having Barack's birthday if she'd been invited and would have probably made his party all about her. She's got form for taking over other people's birthdays.
Among those who have committed 40 minutes of their time to mentor a woman in their community are singer Adele, poet Amanda Gorman, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and fashion designer Stella McCartney, all friends of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Is this a list of women up for a Markling after Melissa McCarthy, or did they independently decide to help the charity and now feel dismayed that Mrs. H is making it all about her?
It's probably not a coincidence, though, since all of them have had a previous connection to Mrs. H. You'd think some of them would know better, though.
For instance, wasn't Adele suddenly out of Mrs. H's good graces after she lost weight and became more of a threat?
And I guess Mrs. Trudeau has a short memory, if she doesn't remember how angry her husband's constituents became when they learned they might have to foot the security bill for the Harkles. Weren't there other charities that help women to which she could have lent her time and her name?
As for Stella McCartney, I suppose she didn't get the Jennifer Meyer treatment after bragging that Mrs. H was wearing one of her coats for Memorial Day. She's clearly still willing to play ball.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9860923/See-video-Meghan-Markle-celebrates-turning-40-launching-new-woke-40x40-project.html
I watched it twice and all I have to say is: What the actual hell.
Sooooooo bad! So juvenile! It makes Aaron Spelling look the the Bard of Stratford. Melissa's extended riff on 'yacht party' winkwinknudge . . .did TBW actually put that into this script?
#6w is so inept as an actress she can't even do a 2-minute PSA for her own project and make it bearable.
As for Harry, spotted distantly through the window juggling his balls . . the Village Idiot is no longer an irritated nickname amongst ourselves but an actual fact.
Uncle Edward and Co.'s disastrous foray into 1980s game show TV now has a serious contender for an embarrassment beyond words.
https://www.forgood.co.za/campaigns/mandela-day-2021-online
This is the sort of approach that I am used to, so please forgive me for not being impressed by Meghan's approach.
Perhaps because organized volunteering is such a big thing in South Africa (e.g. Habitat for Humanity or Help2Read), the Mandela link is not invoked as some sort of woke inspiration.
It just comes across as woke opportunism from Hollywood.
"Royal sources claimed the Queen’s absence was due to logistics, and suggested it was incorrect to link the decision to debates with Baroness Scotland, who has the “backing of the 52 Commonwealth member states who elected her”.
Baroness Scotland faced more backlash last month, when Commonwealth leaders refused to elect her for an automatic second term"
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Jul, 01, 2021
The Commonwealth announces new prize at Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition
" Today, Commonwealth Secretary-General Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC announced the ‘Christof Heyns Memorial Commonwealth Prize’ during the 13th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition.
The competition is the largest gathering of students, academics, and judges around the theme of human rights in Africa.
https://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/commonwealth-announces-new-prize-nelson-mandela-world-human-rights-moot-court-competition
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Jul, 15, 2021.
Be the change we wish to see" The Commonwealth and United Nations Population Fund celebrate Mandela Day.
"As we prepare to celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day - a day to honour the legacy of the much-loved icon - the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC Secretary-General of the Commonwealth invited UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr Natalia Kanem, to discuss the values of championing social justice, volunteering and community service".
https://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/commonwealth-and-united-nations-population-fund-celebrate-mandela
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Today, MM And Nelson Mandela.🤔🤔🤔
Who will be Meghan's power 40? Duchess names first 12 celebrity mentors including Adele, poet Amanda Gorman, Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie and fashion designer Stella McCartney - but still has 28 more to identify.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9861081/Who-Meghan-Markles-power-40-40x40-initiative.html
Adele
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Nguyen
Deepak Chopra
Dr Ibram X Kendi
Gloria Steinem
Katie Couric
José Andrés
Melissa McCarthy
Dr Nadine Burke Harris
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Stella McCartney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75VMTmltcnY
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Not only copied Nelson Mandela's idea, but also copied Ellen's idea of having the producer outside the window asking to be let in.
There will be zero follow through on M's new mentoring project. Doesn't cost her one thin Montecito dime. But Megs and 40 other women get their feel good gesture at the top of The DM and in other media outlets. Duly noted ladies! You are politically correct to the Max! Hooray!
An obvious PR placement by SS, that also corralled these ladies. They sure weren't picking up the phone for Megs. As in Megs who?
so she has to have english tea with Melissa McCarthy because shes an american actress? Still trying to be english - moving on would be doing everything from the colonies ;-)
We need a betting pool on how long before she drops this initiative.
Oh no just saw on twitter than Princess Eugenie is supporting her 40 minutes of mentoring. Clearly something is going down between the harkles and the yorks.
In the next clip……. She lets Harry IN the house!
After he proves (on camera) that he can use the potty by himself without supervision.
Even though his wife likes to pee (and more) outside and made sure we knew about it. In retrospect, given "roast chicken", and Arch's first (advanced) words of "crocodile" and "waffle maker" (not forgetting "Hydrate!"), I am now convinced that the inclusion of how H was SO IMPRESSED that M was so gung ho for al fresco wee (and how capably she hoiked down her clothing and 'went to' (haha)--I think that was another of their little perverted in-jokes about their sex life. Probably signaling how TW is up for golden showers anytime, anywhere.
The scheme received extra Royal support later in the day when Princess Eugenie pledged to take part in an Instagram post for 'dear Meghan's 40th birthday'.
The 31-year-old, who is still close to Harry and Meghan, wrote: 'To celebrate dear Meghan's 40th birthday I'm contributing 40 minutes of mentorship to support women reentering the workforce.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9860755/Meghan-Markle-launches-initiative-help-mothers-work.html
TBWs nose has changed once again, either that or I have serious probs with my eye sight.
I was skimming the newspapers and just noticed her latest photo, it could have been a trick of the light but her nose looked wider than normal.
Thought she'd had surgery to narrow it in the past.
Eugenie Nonsense 🤪
and what a dumb thing - 40 minutes of mentoring how insulting moms going back to work need child care and help getting everything done and getting a job. 40 minutes or word salad and woke platitudes is not gonna help Again - philanthropy without spending a dime.
Snarky... I agree with you. I left a msg for Eugenie, in her Story IG, asking her why she is supporting someone who disrespects her grandmother and the Monarchy. I honestly don't understand.
It sure looks like she enlisted Melissa to ridicule the RF.
Doesn't it just! Melissa in her flowery dress, hat & white gloves, dressed as if she's going to Ascot, sipping tea in china cups with TBW who herself is sitting at a table surrounded by family photographs trying her damned hardest to emulate the Queen when she gives her annual Christmas speech!
That woman has her head stuck so far up her own backside it's not surprising that what comes out is nothing more then garbled word salad!
I am so disappointed in Eugenie - they yorks are so kissing Montecitos you know what. I am now convinced they are doing this because they dont want some dirty little secrets to get out in the book. And the secrets are not about dear old dad.
I agree.
@Karla - I think the girls are more like their parents than some here give them credit for.
Beatrice was the one who told Andrew that his TV interview was excellent. Now Eugenie backs TBW like her mummy does?
I'm sickened.
We can hope.
It's patently obvious that TBW can't act her way out of a paper bag and never could, if she's this cringe, fakey stilted-bad in her *own* project. Melissa McCarthy may have been drunk/high when she agreed to this because she certainly looked drunk/high while doing it. As to why she'd want to get involved with the Toxic Twosome when things seem to be going so well for her mystifies me. No doubt we will learn that Melissa is a Sunshine Sachs client, too. But surely even SS clients have free will over who they collaborate with?
If we hadn't experienced the last 3+ years of Harkle insanity and this was our only exposure to Harry's wife, what would we think of her? There's no getting around the canned/cheesy awkwardly produced video, but would a complete Harkle virgin be predisposed to think badly of Her based on this snippet?
On Eugenie's alleged involvement . . .
"The 31-year-old, who is still close to Harry and Meghan, wrote: 'To celebrate dear Meghan's 40th birthday I'm contributing 40 minutes of mentorship to support women reentering the workforce."
'dear Meghan'??? The showboating B* that stole the spotlight from me at my own wedding? That 'dear Meghan'? The one I had to make way for for over a year because I wasn't allowed to have the date of my choice for my wedding owing to Ginger Tw*t's precedence? The one who's abused Granny and possibly drove Grandpa into an earlier grave than he otherwise might have had, ensuring he wouldn't be around for his 100th birthday . . that very same dear Meghan?
I cannot figure this 'Eugenie/Sarah' alliance out at all, or even if it's real. If Sarah's making overtures of support because she smells money in it for her, that doesn't mean E. has aligned herself with Mum, does it? Lie down with a b*tch and get fleas and worse where M is concerned. Why would Eugenie, a bona fide humanitarian princess, who has put real work, not just lip service into causes dear to her heart, like the Scoliosis Foundation and feeding the hungry jump on this fake bandwagon . . .40 minutes? That's barely enough time to get a pizza delivered--meaningless. Why would E. publicly attach her name to this?
It sure looks like she enlisted Melissa to ridicule the RF. And mentoring women so they can return to work? Isn't she being investigated for literally bullying people at work?
Maybe she thinks this 'good work' will derail the investigation in its tracks or at least obfuscate it. She probably doesn't even remember the names of the staffers she abused and drove into mental breakdowns three whole years ago.
Eugenie...
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Princess Eugenie Joins Adele, Hillary Clinton and More in Taking Meghan Markle's Birthday Challenge
Meghan celebrated her milestone birthday by announcing her 40x40 initiative — with the help of Melissa McCarthy.
"Meghan Markle's 40th birthday challenge is being taken up by stars and royals alike!
The Duchess of Sussex released a new video (with the help of comedian Melissa McCarthy) on the Archewell Foundation website she shares with husband Prince Harry on Wednesday to announce 40x40, "a global effort encouraging people around the world to commit to giving 40 minutes of their time to support women going back to work," her office said in a statement.
"For my birthday, I have asked 40 friends, activists, athletes, artists, and world leaders to help kickoff a global effort by contributing 40 MINUTES OF MENTORSHIP to support women re-entering the workforce," Meghan added on the site. "With this time, I hope they each help someone advance a professional life on her own terms, and, I hope that they inspire countless others to give 40 minutes of their time as well."
Prince Harry's cousin Princess Eugenie shared the initiative on her Instagram story, writing, "To celebrate dear Meghan's 40th birthday I'm contributing 40 minutes of mentorship to support women reentering the workforce." Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter added a colorful "Happy Birthday" sticker as well as an image of a cartoon of a cute figure with a birthday hat.
Celebrities also took up the cause, with Hillary Clinton, Sarah Paulson, Ciara, Gabrielle Union, Diana Award CEO Tessy Ojo, Katie Couric, Deepak Chopra and Sofia Carson among those who posted about their support on social media.
According to the Duchess's office, other participants who have committed to the cause include Adele, Amanda Gorman, Amanda Nguyen, Ibram X. Kendi, Gloria Steinem, José Andrés, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and Stella McCartney.
https://people.com/royals/princess-eugenie-adele-hillary-clinton-more-support-meghan-markle-40x40-birthday-challenge/
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Well, that's how we got to the truth. In fact, Eugenie supports H&M.
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Meghan Markle and her mentors 'could do more harm than good' with a new initiative to help women get back to work after the pandemic, the founder of a website helping new mothers get jobs has warned.
The Duchess of Sussex needs to ensure her team is made up of the right advisers because the wrong one can 'destroy' their clients' self-belief, Hannah Martin from the Talented Ladies Club said.
Ms Martin, who is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women and Enterprise, also blasted the scheme as 'a little like a publicity stunt' with 'no structure or advice for how anyone can participate'.
But the Duchess and participants in the scheme were warned they need to be careful when acting as mentors.
Ms Martin, who has been inspiring and empowering mothers to work through her website since 2013, told MailOnline: 'In principle it's a great idea.
'Mentorship can be incredibly powerful, especially if your confidence has been knocked.
'The right person offering you tailored advice and encouragement will make an enormous difference.
'However, the key words here are ''right person''. The wrong words or poor advice can do more harm than good - however well meaning they may be.
'I've spoken to women whose self-belief has been destroyed through working with the wrong mentor.
'It's such an important area that the All Party Parliamentary Group I am a member of, Women and Enterprise, have spent nearly 18 months researching best practice for coaching and mentoring women, with a view to producing recommended guidelines that will protect women.
'I'm sad to say that this also feels a little like a publicity stunt to me. On the face of it it's a great gesture, but beyond galvanising 40 of her friends to offer their time, there's no structure or advice for how anyone can actually participate.
'If Meghan is genuinely passionate about helping two million women back to work, it would be good to see more insights shared on what specific problems these women face, and proposed, concrete solutions that are followed through with on-the-ground action from the right people. That really would be something to celebrate.'
there is something weird with the yorks and the harkles. i still think they are hoping to avoid something in print. but we know headlines sell and if the mrs can get major headlines especially in the UK you bet there will be something about all the Yorks in this book.
uh oh. vogue posted a tweet about 10 things meghan markle has in her beauty bag. yesterday they teased about princess margaret having an affair with mick jagger. i’m getting a bad feeling. make it go away. 😉
I too thought it looked wider.
Now I wonder why? (Rhetorical question!)
Meghan Markle's 40th will see the start of her creating a 'business empire' as she looks to 'take Oprah Winfrey's crown' and may even launch a TV show with Prince Harry, PR gurus claim
• Talent manager Professor Jonathan Shalit OBE, who worked with couple's friend Elton John, said Meghan's 40th birthday will see start of her creating an 'empire'
• Andy Barr, PR expert and founder of 10 Yetis, added that 'ambitious' Meghan is driving force between her and Harry's career choices and future goals
D•uchess of Sussex today unveiled latest initiative - a campaign branded '40x40'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9860751/Meghan-Markles-40th-start-creating-empire-PR-gurus-claim.html
To be taken with a large pinch of salt, methinks (based on past performance).
Have lost all respect for the york girls. Are they trying to take down Charles, too, as revenge, or pressure him into getting their stuff paid for? I feel for William and Kate. Sometimes it must feel like they're the island of sanity in the middle of a hurricane of knives. Some kind of Twilight Zone. Once The Queen passes away, Charles better get rid of all but William and Kate, and maybe the Wessexes.
The vomitous amount of treacly PR stories from the harpy today has been sickening. I don't think she could be more full of herself. It must have been months of preparation to get all that garbage written and pulled together. Melissa McCarthy? Really? That's who you got? More has-beens for the pile. All while trying too hard to look stylish and oooh so English sitting at that staged desk. Please. What a joke. Happy 45th!
@Swampwoman, which brand & formulation of horse paste did you and your husband use? I went to the feed store today and all they had was ivermectin mixed with something else, so I hesitated. Many many thanks!
It is cheaper and MUCH lower recovery time than a real nose job and depending on what you're looking for, certainly better than going under the knife (in theory).
Epstein was a guest at Beatrice's 18th birthday party. Could Andrew and Sarah be guilty of pimping out their own daughter, a royal Princess for some exorbitant sum? I'd hate to think even Andrew would stoop that low. What one might do to another man's nubile teenage daughter one does not want other men doing to one's own. Presumably. But what might H or M know about *that* that nobody in the RF wants daylight shone on?
I'm disheartened, to say the least.
So who lives in a house like this? Come with me now as we go Through The Keyhole and survey the clues left for our grateful gaze by the birthday girl. Over here, a pile of identical white books, their spines carefully arranged in elegant symmetry. Over there, a vase of velvety white roses. On the table, a snowy block of energising quartz.
And is that an Hermes throw I see draped on the chair? Or could the H be a clue for the HRH captured ‘by mistake’ (oh, how we laughed) juggling ineptly in the ‘yard’ outside her window, not quite the court jester, but then again not exactly not, either.
Who knows, if he plays his cards right (and takes his shoes off) he might one day be allowed on to the seagrass, to take a nap alongside the snoozing beagle, to worship at those elegantly turned ankles.
For this is the Queen in her Montecito castle and, I have to admit, it’s very impressive. Very enviable. And so very Meghan.
The rough-hewn sandstone, a hint of regal grandeur, offset by the cosy informality of that off-the-shoulder sweater (cashmere?), that plate of biscuits, that cup of shabby-chic tea.
And, of course, the A-list sidekick, Melissa McCarthy, drawing the viewer in, creating an illusion of casual intimacy. When, of course, it’s anything but. Turning 40 is a significant birthday in any woman’s life but, this being Meghan, it had to, of course, be a SIGNIFICANT significant birthday. She can’t just celebrate like everyone else, throw a party and knock back a few proseccos.
It has to be an opportunity to reach out to the world and, crucially, to enhance the all-important, ever-expanding Brand Sussex.
Forty women, 40 minutes of compassion and caring, 40 chances to help the needy and the disadvantaged.
And, however much I try, however much I want to believe she’s genuine, and that she is only doing this for the sisters, I’m afraid the snake of cynicism uncoils itself out of shot and whispers: ‘This is a masterclass in image management.’
Genuine? Not after the past few months. Not after everything she and Harry have said and done to hurt those closest to them – and not after they have proven themselves such arch hypocrites.
Admittedly, things may look different Stateside. I’m sure the duchess’s American audiences – and they, after all, are the only ones she really cares about – will lap this latest performance up, gorge themselves silly on her saintly sincerity.
But for me it’s going to take more than a sycophantic celebrity sidekick and some guff about female empowerment to convince me that this is anything other than what my gut tells me it is: a carefully orchestrated PR exercise.
Not in itself a bad idea – indeed, rather commendable. But the problem is, this is Meghan.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9862203/SARAH-VINE-fancy-sugary-slice-Brand-Sussex.html
“ Pickman's Model
6 HOURS AGO
I'm not even all that anti-Meghan, but I can't think of many things less funny than watching her and Melissa McCarthy. Septicaemia, maybe.
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ObjectiveBob
6 HOURS AGO
I’d give 40 minutes of my time if she didn’t return to ‘work.’
avid Agress
6 HOURS AGO
...Is there any way that these people could be confined to California until there are accommodations available on the moon?...
missfliss
2 HOURS AGO
Looks like Meghan still can't act, and has found yet another "less-attractive-than-me" BFF as a foil for her wonderfulness. Still beige, boring, and ostentatious.
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Diana Cox
3 HOURS AGO
This is Cruella do Vil and Harry is one of the little puppies. This is all so pathetic.
Apparently Meghan won’t be at the Emmys because Oprah got the nomination and not her. Poor dear.
Also, I was wondering what Harry and Meghan were doing at Stanford University last year. Perhaps the comment answers my question.
Crazy Days And Nights
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 04, 2021
Blind Item #9
The alliterate one only will attend an award ceremony if she is guaranteed a win in some category whether it is real or honorary.
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Stevie S
2 hours ago
you know she was trying to pump Stanford University for an honorary doctorate for approaching them to work on one of her initiatives with her foundation. Most people who get honorary doctorates get one after years of hard work on some initiative, but she wanted one last year for doing nothing, basically
Bruce Duncan Ross
4 HOURS AGO
I thought Doofus was washing the window. He was juggling?
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Donald Hebert
4 HOURS AGO
Replying to Bruce Duncan Ross
When you’re merely set decoration, the days are long…….
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Observation Post
5 HOURS AGO
One can only imagine how much she is bearing the brunt of the crisis. Meanwhile the celebrity friends consider spending 40 minutes ‘mobilising the workforce’ - is this pushing a wheelchair, or telling their Filipino maid to ‘lean in’? Or will they send an email to a niece and then spend 35 minutes drafting a ‘feel good’ Tweet about the initiative?
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Patricia Matthewman
5 HOURS AGO
Great idea! Thanks Megs. I’m off to offer 40mins of my time to the Queen, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Royal & Sophie Wessex who have all had their workload increased thanks to you & Harry. Family first.
The straight-talking hosts of Australia's Today show certainly don't pull their punches when it comes to the divisive Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
And on Thursday, Karl Stefanovic and Sophie Walsh couldn't resist mocking the royal couple after Meghan Markle released a 40th birthday message announcing her new initiative to help women get back to work after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sophie, 35, thought it was rich for Meghan to 'lecture' the public about returning to work after she 'quit her job' as a senior royal during the Megxit saga.
'I love that she's lecturing people about getting back to the workplace and she quit her job as a royal after less than two years,' she sneered.
And Karl, 46, noted that the Sussexes were already making millions 'from home' thanks to their deals with Netflix, Spotify and other major corporations.
Taking aim at Meghan's video, he added: 'And to have that dog's life, just lying there in front of the fire that's not on, on a pillow.'
Karl then ridiculed the Duchess' Californian corporate speak, asking: 'Why doesn't she talk normally? [American accent] "To harness the woman's mobility as she works back..." I mean, come on!'
'No wonder Harry's outside juggling!' he said, to which Sophie replied dryly: 'Harry's lost the plot.'
Hikari - there were rumors that sarah took the girls to epstein island too. I think this is more than just Andrew now - i think there is more with the whole family. I wish the girls would just break free and tell their parents no, and whatever comes out comes out. I think of the gymnasts who were all abused by the team doctor (and just watched a really creepy scene of an american male coach consoling and hugging and kissing the head repeatedly of a diver that didnt do well) it wouldnt be the york girl's fault and yes it would make the parents look bad.
Let them be their own adults and own anything that may have happened to them.
How about her diaper bag? What sort of snacks/treats does she carry for Harry? Does he still use a pacifier? Has he completed toilet training yet?
Wait, what? Is she planning on making them drag a plow or a cart? And what in the world is Adele going to tell somebody who used to make a living growing organic fruit and veggies in California until their water supply was cut and she's losing her land? Will she sing a song about it? What about a woman that bought a duplex and rented out half, then bought another, and another, and an apartment building, but now she can't collect rent or kick out tenants that have been living there rent free for over a year, but she still has to pay the mortgage to the bank? Deepak Chopra to the rescue?
Gosh! Is there no end to the wife's 'talents'?
Meghan Markle's 40th will see the start of her creating a 'business empire' as she looks to 'take Oprah Winfrey's crown' and may even launch a TV show with Prince Harry, PR gurus claim.
But wait, don't they already have an empire? They signed multiple deals that are worth hundreds of millions this past year during the pandemic alone!!! In less than 10 years they are projected to be worth over a billion, remember!?!?
More smoke and mirrors. They are bleeding $$$ and have no definitive plan other than jump from one band wagon to the next begging for 'donations'.
Why isn't the cake "naked"?
Did she wear tan suede shoes so her hair/clothes/shoes matched the look-a-like Guy dog behind her?
If Ginge is unhappy with how he is portrayed on the Prince/Janetti cartoon, why is he giving them more material?
I'm embarrassed for the women who agreed to this. It's a sham activity with no way to "follow-up" on how successful it was. "Results" is just not a word in the Harkles' vocabulary and you'd think by now companies would realize that. By the way, why isn't Amal offering 40 minutes???
I think her nose looks wider, too.
"Epstein was a guest at Beatrice's 18th birthday party. Could Andrew and Sarah be guilty of pimping out their own daughter, a royal Princess for some exorbitant sum?"
@snarkyatherbest wrote:
"there were rumors that sarah took the girls to epstein island too. I think this is more than just Andrew now - i think there is more with the whole family."
I don't know what's going on with the Yorks but I think it's going too far to suggest Andrew and/or Sarah sold their daughter(s) to Epstein. (And frankly, if the suggestion is it happened when Bea was 18, that would have been way too late for Epstein's taste.)
@Puds suggests about Eugenie "As to Eugene, birds of a feather flock together, both desperate to hang onto their titles and HRH, both want their protection paid for by Charles, both want to get paid for being non working Royals it seems, with accomodation provided."
I don't know that we know if Eugenie wants RPOs paid for by Charles. The sisters did expect to become actual working royals making appearances, holding royal patronages and so on..a very reasonable expectation at the time. But they learned that wasn't going to happen well over a decade ago. And there's no reason for them OR Harry to worry about losing their HRH designation. That's not going to happen. So whatever the reason for Eugenie's actions, I don't think it has to do with her HRH.
I think it's possible it's no more than "the enemy of my enemy is my friend " I don't think there's any love lost between Kate and the York sisters (for a host of reasons) or for that matter, between William and the sisters. (Reports suggest the sisters were always close to Harry but haven't been close to Will for years.) Now that the friction between the Cambridges and the Sussexes is out in the open, Eugenie has publicly aligned herself with Meghan and Harry. In other words, IF the situation is perceived as Team William vs Team Harry, the Yorks aren't going to go Team William no matter what.
Add The Times to the list of non-complimentary reviews of Meghan’s birthday video. This is text only. Age article featured a still image close-up of a grinning Meghan holding a cup of tea. The second still image is the one most of you have also seen of her at the desk.
I am still chuckling how Harry attempting to juggle outside of the window looks like a cross between a court jester, a peeping Tom, and the village idiot all rolled into one!
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Her study! Those books! Meghan’s 40th birthday video unpicked
By Hilary Rose
August 4 2021, The Times
It was exactly 3.51 this afternoon when I realised that I must spend the rest of my life in a dark and remote cave, where Meghan Markle’s 40th birthday video can never reach me again. It’s barely more than two minutes long, but I beseech you, do not go there. Let me take this one for the team. Let’s start with how it ends because then at least we can be sure that it does.
Prince Harry is standing in the background, like a spare part, juggling balls. It may be a metaphor for something. I couldn’t say. The main event, naturally, is the birthday girl herself, front, centre and softly lit in her “home office”. It must have taken teams of people weeks of effort to create a set like this. Our heroine sits at an enormous pale wood desk big enough for a board meeting, although I do wish there’d been one of those little name plates that you get at conferences with her preferred method of styling herself: “Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex”.
I digress. There is a vase of white flowers, a brace of big white in-trays, a white Hermès blanket folded perfectly to show off the big H — because otherwise what’s the point? It could be from Primark — and a large pile of her recent children’s books, so it’s good to know that someone enjoyed it.
Continuing the natural colour palette, there’s a huge white crystal — would rose quartz have spoilt the vibe? — and a white notepad with a black pen laid across it just so. There is, naturally, a teacup and saucer and a couple of flimsy-looking chocolate biscuits. Hobnobs might have been more apt. Our leading lady is wearing not one but two white sapphire “constellation” necklaces costing £1,300 a pop. One is Gemini for Lili and the other Taurus for Archie.
She’s wearing the sort of no-make-up make-up that takes a seasoned professional several hours and 47 different products to perfect, and layers of white clothes styled to the Nth degree. The chair is taupe, the wildly expensive nude suede stilettos are taupe, the fireplace and floor are shades of taupe. So, too, is the dog, which also adds texture. Would the dog have been allowed if it were the wrong colour? A red setter, say? The fate of Harry, shut outside, suggests not.
Meghan has a toe-curling exchange with the comedian Melissa McCarthy about the latest act of empathy and compassion with which she is fast becoming synonymous. In honour of her birthday, she has asked 40 of her friends to mentor other women, and it is to be hoped that at least one of them said, “Oh bugger off.”
I jest. Her idea is definitely more fun than presents and cake and not po-faced and joyless at all. Honestly, by the time we got to that point, I’d endured so many “jokes” about wearing hats and drinking tea and sledgehammer references to the royal life she led for all of about ten minutes that I had to go and lie down. Somebody show me to my cave.
As the bard said, words, signifying nothing,
I share everyone’s disappointment in Eugene. We’ve all wondered for months about her..whether or not she’s pro TBW. And, she is.. it cannot be disputed, but why? There’s so many reasons she wouldn’t be this way, and yet. Perhaps it is the Epstein connection? Perhaps she is anti Charles. And I read somewhere, that her husband isn’t wealthy and that they perhaps need money, I guess he earned some this last weekend!
What I cannot understanding he treachery of the grandchildren. Harry, Eugenie. Doesn’t seem as if Bea is onside. I hope not.
And the birthday codswallup. Someone posted it’s a PR, advertisement, And of course it is. There is absolutely nothing about them that isn’t or, advertisements.
Certainly, neither own an iota of the compassion they so love to expand upon.
Like the Yorks, the Sussexes more and more are on the outside looking in. Their future(s) in the Royal Family is not looking all that bright. But Granny is still calling the shots and remains loyal to them—she would never do anything to embarrass them or cause them distress. Granny is the Golden Goose and their critically important champion and ally. The Cornwalls and Cambridges are fair game, and the more damage they can inflict on them, the better. Take them down before they do us in by marginalizing us.
That’s my theory.
Thanks for the Hilarie Rose piece. Priceless. “ Would the dog have been allowed if it were the wrong colour? A red setter, say? The fate of Harry, shut outside, suggests not.” 😂
Wills and Kate's charity booms following Megxit
When Prince Harry and Meghan quit the Royal Foundation they led with Prince William and Catherine, their cheerleaders predicted it would have a dramatic effect on the charity's finances. And it has — they've soared!
I can reveal that the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed a surge in income last year, to a staggering £11.78 million.
That's almost double the £6.68 million raised in 2019, when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were still involved. 'It's the Meghan effect,' one courtier jokes, somewhat unkindly.
Newly published documents disclose that the 2020 total includes a £2.59 million grant from American Friends of the Royal Foundation.
Clearly, the California-based Sussexes haven't won over all Americans.
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HRH, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge inspires trust, respect and dignity.
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Harry? Well, as Poe said
"When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket".
Harry, with your juggling today, 🎪 doesn't seem to be sane.
Good Night
The more I try to get into her head, the more I wonder how much of the slimmed-down monarchy plans was a dispassionate strategic plan by Prince Charles . . . and how much was a ruthless strike at a favored younger brother whom he had resented for decades. It must have been humiliating for the Yorks when the two princesses lost the roles and privileges they just assumed they would eventually have. Prince Andrew had to pay for their own protection himself and the princesses were reduced to pap walks to get extra cash. (Rich people problems, I know!)
Meanwhile, here's Catherine, a middle-class married-in, just hoovering up all the good stuff. The York princesses must not have been too impressed by her early (dismal) work record. And well, they probably would have put in a lot more time than she did, had they been given the chance.
I guess it's not surprising that the destruction Harry is now unleashing is being abetted by another second son. I just hope we don't see a rehasing of this drama in Prince Louis (or even Princess Charlotte!).
The strapless bra makes another appearance.
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It did! I'm late to the party, only having glanced at the wife's birthday antics on video this morning (with M McCarthy). Your remark reminds me that I thought the wife had had some chest enhancement procedure. Did anyone notice the same thing? Ah no, she must be breastfeeding, that's why!
Meghan's mentors to get women back to work 'could do more harm than good' regardless of how well-meaning they are, warns expert, as she says Duchess's woke 40th birthday project 'feels like a publicity stunt'
One of the comments sums it up:
BostonBrahmin, Duh, United States, 11 hours ago
How is an actress like Melissa McCarthy going to mentor a woman who is looking for a job in the tech sector?
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Indeed. And will 40 minutes be enough? This is just a stunt to mark her birthday.
I left a msg for Eugenie, in her Story IG, asking her why she is supporting someone who disrespects her grandmother and the Monarchy. I honestly don't understand.
So did I.
Normally, I don't bother to message celebrities or people I don't personally know. I just follow them for entertainment, so if they do something disappointing, it's not really a big deal. But this time, I figured it was worth adding my voice to what is undoubtedly a chorus of disapproval. If Princess Eugenie and her team were hoping that this would earn them PR points, I hope they learn as quickly as possible that it will not have the desired effect.
What I wrote was: "Harry's 'dear' wife repeatedly and publicly disrespects your grandmother, who is also your Queen. She called your family racist on TV while your grandfather was dying. She made you delay your wedding for the sake of her own, then pulled a stunt during yours that she obviously knew would grab headlines from you. I don't know what she's blackmailing you with, with whatever it is, it's not worth kissing her arse like this."
I wonder if this will get me blocked . . .
SwampWoman's comment on this reminded me that I've recently read Giles Milton's White Gold, `The extraordinary story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's one million European Slaves'. Apparently one despotic potentate of the Barbary Coast travelled around in a chariot pulled by his wives.
Btw: This is a little-known aspect of 17th & 18th century history. Not only did the Barbary corsairs intercept European shipping but conducted raids on coastal villages - in England, the people living near the shores of the South West lived in fear of them. Also,the population of the original Baltimore, in West Cork, Ireland, for example were seized in 1631 by pirates led by a Dutch renegade,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Baltimore
The pirates even stole Icelanders from their villages.
What if Princess Eugenie isn't doing this for the Harkles per se, but because she, too, is now a Sunshine Sachs client and it's just part of the package?
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/meghan-markles-wellmeaning-birthday-video-seems-unlikely-to-help-women/news-story/e40599103c1609f321f9f305690fc627
1. ADELE
2. DR NADINE BURKE HARRIS
3. DEEPAK CHOPRA
4. PRIYANKA CHOPRA
5. CIARA
6. HILLARY CLINTON
7. KATIE COURIC
8. EDWARD ENNINFUL
9. PRINCESS EUGENIE
10. AMANDA NGUYEN
11. MISHA NONOO
12. DANIEL MARTIN
13. MELISSA McCARTHY
14. STELLA McCARTNEY
15. SARAH PAULSON
16. SHERYL SANDBERG
17. SOPHIE TRUDEAU
18. TESSY OJO
19. SOFIA CARSON
20. TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
21. DR IBRAM X KENDI
22. GLORIA STEINEM
23. JOSE ANDRES
24. AMANDA GORMAN
25. GABRIELLE UNION
26. STACEY ABRAMS
All that white is not infant or toddler friendly.
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Great catch! No kids...Ha! 😆
again. missed opportunities. she has the fake pics on her desk but a good audio tech would have had some crying in the. sick ground or toddler giggles or a mommy. so disappointed that her skills (at least the non x rated ones) are only photoshop
the more i read the posts the more i think it was a big troll of the brf and all of us who know she’s a faker. the harry juggling his ball thing (a stab at william). and catherine always looks good in color as does the queen so she wears all white and tan on the video. and having the dog there - she knows the rumors of her and what really happened to the beagle (and where is his grey muzzle by now he should be greying or did he get a dye job at the groomers too!) so have him there. where was the black lab and why didn’t his hair show up anywhere in that white house.
I noticed those too. Not all women who wear them are sluts like not all women who wear fu** me boots are sluts (those cute ankle boots that girls everywhere are wearing) but in TBW's case,
yes that's the perfect label for her drapes, eh? LOL... Love it! ❤️
But I can't imagine how anyone would take this seriously. It is all for a club of women to band together to create PR. How would these pinnacle-types find those who are truly struggling and figure out how to get "down to their level" for 40 minutes of meaningful connection?!
What a joke. The more TBW does "movements" like this the more irrelevant she seems.
This is all about being at the top of a fake, unreal world of marketing where nothing is real -- it just might look good to some with $$.
Now...if JCMH were to donate juggling events to foster kids parties (with no online showing off THAT might count for something!!!)
5 of the list are blokes, as far as I know, or have they transitioned?
For those that do, here's her latest video.
Meghan's APOLOGY & b'day CON/OUTCRY 4 kids/SUING over The Prince/Obama's 60th/Jack CHEATING?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXCuGNHNx_U
It is all for a club of women to band together to create PR.
This is it exactly. I really think this is a Sunshine Sachs initiative conceived independently of Harry's wife. She just happened to be the one turning 40 (allegedly) this year.
I had thought Prianka and TBW were over, after the kerfluffle a couple of years ago. but both are desperately thirsty so they obviously kissed and made up? Pri is so very thirsty, but shes worked very hard to get where she is and wants more, and i can’t knock her for that, so why she hooked up with TBW again isnt really clear to me. TBW took the lazy way yachting / golddigging way get where she is so how that relates to womens empowerment and such is beyond me.
PE - i dont get the PE and maybe whole York family sympathy for the Harkles. is it because PAndy was the randy popular spare once too so they understand more? or because the Harkles take the spotlight off of the sordid PRandy Epstein troubles? or passive aggressiveness towards PC (maybe PW too) slimmed down Monarachy scheme? and PC’s wanting to drop the girls security, etc?
Are there more family dvisions/ civil wars than just the Harkle drama? that dont see the light of day due to HM - respect , respect for institution?
and this whole PR concept of celebs spending 40 minutes to “mentor” women. do mostt of those people really have any concept of how to mentor a woman for a job? and isnt this odd at this time? there are Plenty of job openings now. Employers are desperate for workers. The issue is people dont want to work right now ( covid , unemployement bennies, etc)
and lastly - i didnt watch the video but Melissa McCarthy looed ridiculous mocking the British Tea Time look , the over the top hat, floral gown, etc. I found it offensive.
But Harry as the TBW’s Court Jester was spot on!
lol read her Wikipedia. It looks self authored -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priyanka_Chopra
Does SS write and monitor Megs Wikipedia entry?
and lastly - i didn't watch the video but Melissa McCarthy looked ridiculous mocking the British Tea Time look , the over the top hat, floral gown, etc. I found it offensive.
I totally agree. I found Melissa's take on British tea very mocking and offensive. As well as TBW's use of the English tea cup and "biscuits." How ridiculous the whole concept was/is.
In Britain, TBW emphasized being an American. In America, she wants to play the CA cool girl while appropriating British habits to galvanize her Royal "Duchess" status? I say fake and foul.
she’s such a FAKER. as she herself has said.
wonder if she used oatmilk in that teacup…or if there was even any tea in there?
I saw a profile picture of her and her “duck lips” were showing… not as abvious as some, but definitely there
And by the way, CDAN's Blind #6 from yesterday had some of the most hilarious comments yet to date. My favorite had to do with Mudslide Manor becoming the new "Grey Gardens". If one is unfamiliar....Grey Gardens belonged to a cadet branch of the Bouviers (distant cousins of Saint Jackie of Camelot). It was a big scandal back in the day of JFK's administration that Jackie's cousin & aunt were eating cat food in a hoarder's shack. There was even a movie, sad, but true. Literally laughed out loud at that notion...I just hope TBW feeds the rent-an-elderly beagle first when it happens to them.
https://calamityware.com/products/calamityware-tea-set-things-could-be-worse?variant=27911909474327
Making fun of another's culture is not ok. I thought they are enlightened and supposed to know better.
Oh dear.. yes it does look like a cabbage. Those Bitches...
GB News interviewed Samantha Markle today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2XnukaoTiA
As for me. I settled on calling my guy'mon nounours' (my teddy bear) rather than a vegetable. It he turns out to be not so good he might become an rutabaga, lol.
Now about this 40x40, is this a joke? Does MM think this is feasible or is this truly a publicity stunt? It takes real dedication, real time, and real resources to help women who are struggling through this pandemic.
They offer no idea of what's necessary to help other's and this video is just a clowning around farce mocking the RF. Add to that H literally in the backyard juggling, what a mess. I somehow doubt anyone involved in a MM event (right word?) will come out of this a better person who made any impact of anyone's life or the world.
I'd like to MM get off her fat arse and do some real something selfless and compassionate. I don't think she has it in her being the true narc that she is.
Could Eugenie be the one to reunite Meghan and Harry with the Royals?
Harry has always been close to his cousin, which has led to speculation that ties with the wider family could be repaired
By Eleanor Steafel
In the five months since the Sussexes’ bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry has only returned to Britain twice: for his grandfather’s funeral in April, and for the unveiling of a statue to commemorate his late mother for what would have been her 60th birthday in July.
On both occasions, returning to the UK for such poignant events – and under a shroud of headlines generated by his latest tell-all interview – must have made for a fraught homecoming. But it could have been even more difficult had it not been for the support of his younger cousin, Princess Eugenie.
Flying in from LA on each of his visits, the Duke went straight to Frogmore Cottage to form a bubble with Eugenie, her husband Jack and baby August. The family moved into the house on the Windsor estate – where the Sussexes once renovated and lived with a newborn Archie – in November 2020. "Frogmore Cottage continues to be the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes' residence in the UK," a source told People magazine, "and they are delighted to be able to open up their home to Princess Eugenie and Jack as they start their own family."
Given Covid restrictions, the relative with whom he has had the most contact since moving to California will have been his cousin. It has led many to speculate that hopes of repairing ties with the Sussexes now lie on the shoulders of the younger of the York sisters.
If anyone was going to act as a peace broker, it would be Princess Eugenie, who this week voiced her support for her cousin’s wife, “dear Meghan”, on Instagram, backing the Duchess's new charitable initiative, 40x40. Launched to coincide with her 40th birthday, the Duchess is encouraging her well connected friends to donate 40 minutes of time mentoring women who have “shouldered the brunt” of the Covid crisis.
Her husband’s cousin appears to have been one of them, writing on Instagram: “To celebrate dear Meghan’s 40th birthday I’m contributing 40 minutes of mentorship to support women re-entering the workforce.”