What do you think the options are for them as it has been said (source Omid) this will be "a new era of visibility"?
So if this is a new era, what about the last one? Claudia Connell wrote a long piece in the DM about this in what she describes as the "invisible year". (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9913639/The-Sussexes-preparing-visible-phase-CLAUDIA-CONNELL-looks-year.html). She tallies up 98 events in a 12.5 month period - averaging 7.5 (sightings? appearances? rising above the horizon?) per month so far.
Not included is the revised Finding Freedom to be released August 31st. It is said to begin before this invisible year to include major events such as really leaving, that interview, the death of Prince Philip, the miscarriage and then Lilibet.
So, Harry will be very busy it might seem. He has a book or two to get out, a new baby, the toddler will be ambling around, the dogs, his wife and he does have a couple of places which offer a work life of sorts.
And his wife? She has the Netflix show to produce but we haven't heard about any sort of follow through on the birthday charity (new team players or how it went for the known listees). There still are the kids, the dogs but jobs like classroom mother or running the school carnival don't seem to be in the short term mention to public list. What else does she have? Spotify?
So will one dominate in the visibility sweepstakes? What about the kids? Will they be part of the new visibility?
And, will this opening up to become more visible mean that people will start asking hard questions about the misrepresented statements made in that interview?
Comments
What do Nutties make of his statement about the Oxford Team being `our nation's pride?'
This is taking place in NY, H is in Ca, and he has rejected the UK. Yes, we in Britain can be damn' proud of that team but how dare H presume to speak on our behalf when he and his controller have rejected us!
Does he think we'll swallow it and welcome him back with open arms? Is he thinking of cutting and running back here?
There's something very peculiar about the constant repetition of that theme of `mothers'. The speech seemed too well written for either H or TBW to have been the authors so did they farm the job out to a professional writer but insist that `mothers' be mentioned yet again? Is she appealing to the notion that`mothers' are on a higher spiritual/moral plane than the rest of womanhood, so that goes for her too?
It reminds me of a T-shirt I saw once proclaiming `Cat Lovers Against the Bomb' - what is so special about the opinion of cat lovers as opposed, say, to dog lovers or goldfish fanciers? Or do they oppose the Bomb because it kills cats?
PAUL THOMAS on... a bad day for Meghan.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9949509/PAUL-THOMAS-bad-day-Meghan.html
It was held at the Tate Modern in London. ( I think)
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They need to prove that claim or they have no credibility. I think he's lying.
His statements are all too vague and general. Let's hear some specifics that would qualify him as an expert to speak on this.
I got the sense that Meghan had not written the speech but gave the speechwriter talking points and then approved the final copy. It was a very long speech and I fail to think of a valid justification for choosing Harry.
I agree with this fixation on mothers (usually young mothers) becoming bizarre. It makes no sense (she has no track record with children of any note, and that includes the bizarre pap walks with baby as accessory), but she probably read in a tabloid or online somewhere a headline that says that mothers (young and especially of young children) automatically score higher in terms of sympathy from the public.
Thank you - that make sense now.
I can't get over the reports about her insatiable lust for gems and her days of tantrums because she can't have them.
Shades of `Overheard on a Saltmarsh':
Nymph, nymph, what are your beads?
Green glass, goblin. Why do you stare at them?
Give them me.
No.
Give them me. Give them me.
No.
Then I will howl all night in the reeds,
Lie in the mud and howl for them.
Goblin, why do you love them so?
They are better than stars or water,
Better than voices of winds that sing,
Better than any man’s fair daughter,
Your green glass beads on a silver ring.
Hush, I stole them out of the moon.
Give me your beads, I want them.
No.
I will howl in the deep lagoon
For your green glass beads, I love them so.
Give them me. Give them.
No.
At https://www.fhs-sw1.org.uk/news/fhs-poem-of-the-day-overheard-on-a-saltmarsh-by-harold-monro - and other sites .
I'm really enjoying the image of TBW lying in the mud and howling for emeralds.
May I live long enough for the truth of these reports to be confirmed.
`Fixation' - that's the right word - jewels, herself as a `young' mother. her `truth' - how many more things can we find that she's fixated on? Is making a list our next game?
He could have done a regular podcast like Mike Tindall, made it very watchable, chatting to those who participate in the games. At the end of each podcast, a link for donations (every donation counts as a slogan).
He could have done a competition for free tickets, travel and accommodation for the next Invictus Games, and made a running gag of 'whenever that will be allowed in times of the virus'.
He knows plenty of very wealthy folks. He could have made the calls and aimed to get substantial donations from at least ten.
The Harry of today is not the Harry of the past because, under the guidance of the right team, the Harry of the past could have done all that.
Actually, I think it would be a great game to play because she is so transparent.
Can anyone else find it? If it is true, it could explain a great deal.
TBW had heaps and heaps of merchandise for her 40x40 project printed: shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, baseball caps, totes, mugs, yeti cups, tumbler glasses, backpacks, gym bags, tank tops, etc. She had stuff sent out to celebrities and influencers, most of whom ignored her.
Do you think we are going to see piles of 40x40 merch on her next Zoom call, like we did with the thousands of copies of The Bench she bought to make it on the NYT weekly bestseller list?
Do you think there will come a stage when Harry recognises the insanity and makes a run for it? Or does he think he has to stick with his vows and stay with her, no matter what happens, as he believes his father should have done with his mother?
Oh, can a young mother be 40 years old? Just wondering/snark.
The grey suits and the BRF are too smart for that ploy. Remember, a lot of the lies and gossip Megsy spewed during the Oprah whinefest was told to her by Harry. Harry is the primary source for alot of her lies and delusions. Harry needs to stew in his toxic Montecito juices for awhile so TBW will have no future strings to pull to get Harry back. In other words, he needs to hit rock bottom and see the viper in all her vindictiveness focused on him. Trust once broken takes years and years of consistent honesty to be regained.
good work!
they wanted to make a documentary about the 40/40 women who were mentored. They couldn't find any. LOL
Welcome! I don't think I have read your posts before.
Remember, a lot of the lies and gossip Megsy spewed during the Oprah whinefest was told to her by Harry. Harry is the primary source for alot of her lies and delusions. Harry needs to stew in his toxic Montecito juices for awhile so TBW will have no future strings to pull to get Harry back. In other words, he needs to hit rock bottom and see the viper in all her vindictiveness focused on him.
The Sussex Saga's real tragedy is not what it has brought to light about Harry's wife; she outed herself very early on as a grifting chaos agent. But we all know the truth about Harry now and it has cast a shadow over the last 36 years, for those of us who have been watching him since before he was born. I watched a video clip online yesterday of Diana attending a sports day at Harry's preschool, when he couldn't have been more than 4, and he was such a happy, joyful little kid. I don't know when things changed but Harry has killed the wholesome memories we all had of his childhood and what we thought we knew about the relationship between the brothers.
The Wife may be the more controlling personality but Harry's the one who gave her access in the first place and who has enabled her from the start. The most incendiary claim from the Oprah interview--that a senior Royal made racist comments about TBW's firstborn's potential skin color was tittle-tattle repeated (probably embellished) to her by Harry. *Recollections vary* about when this alleged remark was even made--there are reports that it was said even before the wedding. In the context of a family member questioning Harry as to whether *Harry* was mentally prepared to be a father, and to be a father to a child who potentially might look quite different from himself. Not racist mockery at all--rather, a reality check for a chronically immature man whose got many instances of racist behavior, attitudes and remarks on his *own* sheet.
If what's unfolding now in this ongoing war against his family and his nonagenarian widowed grandmother (and sovereign) is NOT what Harry wants, he is too much of a weak, lily-livered coward to stop it, and now it's too late to go back. I think it's a mixture of both. He's as vile as she is.
But his primary bread and butter is the Evil Narco Qween, Mugsy herself. HG hews to blogger convention and never addresses her by name. She is "Harry's Wife". Wonder what Harry's wife makes of this site? He's giving away all her secrets . . but according to him, she's too dumb to even know herself for what she is. Unlike him, who sees all and dishes on it brutally.
He's calling his new high-octane site THE ULTRA. Hope Tom Bower makes contact.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zIX8qBAl2CUIyF9AeTjaA
I'm going to vote *no* because my mother was a grandmother when she was 37; I was a really old lady of 42 when I became a grandmother.
In the school system, we have mothers of kindergarteners and first graders that are juniors or seniors in high school *if* they elect to stay in school.
Dear Empress, clairvoyant anon here. mm has two projects: one where she is in front of cameras and one behind. Both will be an embarrassment. mm is thinking of staging a suicide. JH will discover an inconvenient truth about his security bills. JH has been refused by more than a dozen people to contribute to his ‘literary memoir’. JH is eying new female companions. H&m lawyers are advising O_mid.
Dear Empress, just to clarify, by adding one significant word: _fake_ attempt to commit S
I haven't checked in with HG Tudor for a long while, but because I used to subscribe, his new videos on TBW do pop up on my YouTube feed. The latest have intriguing titles so I think I should check in on him again. Thanks for the reminder.
She had all the merchandise ready, the list of 40 celebs, AND a video team standing by, and it all fell flat ... not fizzled out, but fell flat!
She should check blogs like this to get some ideas of what she could do that will be a success, because I think she has lousy self knowledge or self awareness, but we know her well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ch_qamsW3o
@GWAH
She couldn’t find 40 mugs
to don her tat hahaha!
The word forty should be darker than the other words.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9953277/Prince-William-personally-stepped-help-Afghan-officer-knew-Sandhurst.html
On the same day that story broke, Harry gets called out for a speech he made at the GQ awards ...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9952727/MICK-HUME-Prince-Harry-one-whos-peddling-falsehoods.html
By the way, Prince Charles got a GQ award. I think it was 2018 or 2019.
Christening of Lilli (need that christening gown and some heavyweight royals for the photos, which will be carefully staged by her handpicked photographer). Lilli is still in the line of succession no matter where or how she is christened, as long as it is not in a Roman Catholic church. The Sussexes will confuse the American public by not making clear that simple truth.
Some WellChild event comng up. Harry will make an appearance for that. Will he restrict coverage as he did before, and make a commercial deal with an American outlet?
Will TBW make vists to whatever patronages she still has or links she still has to drum up some publicity? (Does Harry have the money to pay for the designer outfits, the entourage ... and where would they stay? Are they trying to secure Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle as their guest house for the duration of the visit?)
The Sussexes want family reunion photographs. They need them for the royal image, which they need for their branding. Will the Queen, the Cornwalls and the Cambridges, or even the Wessexes and the Princess Royal and her family, let themselves be used in this way? The Yorks will, but they don't carry the same weight for brand building.
@Sandie
Good onya Wills, actions speak
louder than woke!
I don’t believe for a minute that
Lili will be christened in the UK.
Harkles fishing, again.
Just read in DM, Oprah in a
quandary, only 4 tickets to the
emmys, not sure who take??
Let’s see if they’re still “in”
I do hope Opeah does take the dreadful duo and they appear in hugely expensive outfits. The Emmy for which Oprah's production company is nominated for is a daytime award so it is not an A-list event. They will look ridiculous.
Appearance by Zoom with a word salad speech? But there is no reason for the Harkles to give a speech, and they are not actually nominated for the award.
It is all actually quite sad. If she had acting talent, she could have got herself some great acting gigs in the last couple of years and earned her place among the A-listers of Hollywood.
The Enematics
Oh dear, Oprah’s quandary
Her enema tickets
lacking in quantity
Their treachery, truth
lacks much in veracity
Take several seats,
and treat with ignominy
From a South African news source, fir those who are interested ...
"Princess Charlene of Monaco, 43, was admitted to hospital late on Wednesday night after a medical emergency at the lodge north of Durban, where she is staying.
She was admitted, under an alias, to the Netcare Alberlito Hospital in Ballito, north of Durban, and discharged on Thursday, News24 can reveal.
Security at the hospital was tightened during the course of her hospitalisation."
@Sandie
I’m hoping Oprah doesn’t invite
them. Massive snub, will show the
world they are “out”
Much like the Obama’s snub.
If she had acting talent she wouldn’t
have needed to trawl the streets
of London for a rich guy.
But, yes, I would enjoy an overdressed,
over pumped madam, zooming.
Or, glomming onto an over stuffed Oprah!
The ugly sisters, and tinderfella 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRx3or3WPLs
Well said that man!
Isn't it also a technical nomination, you know, for accomplishment in production? So not for acting (heh) but sound, lighting, CGI, and so forth. Nothing whatever to do with the three lying actors portrayed in the lie-fest.
The seats should go to those professionals: lighting guy, sound guy, etc. (Yes, could be lighting woman, probably not though.)
@Miggy
Thank you, straight from the
military mouth, what a man!!
He said it all, manipulative
narcissist.
How dare Harry merch on the
backs of veterans!!
when will the dam burst?
When little Hans Brinker pulls his finger out! 😉
On a serious note, hopefully the sooner the better!
Yes, he said exactly what needed to be said. Bravo!!
Harry is a bloody disgrace. We know it and so do the majority of our military!
@Miggy
Funnily enough it’s 2 years
since I caught up with my Army
pals. They’re meeting next week,
unfortunately I can’t join them.
The military threads run deep,
for life.
Harry is a disgrace, especially to
his grandmother,
Head of British Armed Forces
God Save the Queen
@WildBoar
Hopefully Morgan
can Piers their bubble…
Hopefully Morgan can Piers their bubble…
Ooh, that's a good one! 😊
Re: your military pals - here's hoping you'll make it to the next reunion.
Well, Nutties, there is such a film! Played by actors but depicting TBW under an upturned car, complete with the old 75 number plate for Paris. If they're not toast after pulling that little stunt, I give up.
Meghan Markle lies DYING underneath crashed car, just like Diana, in controversial opening 'Harry dream sequence' of new TV film Escaping the Palace branded 'tasteless and abhorrent' by royal fans
The film Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace opens with horror car crash scene
• Shows Duchess of Sussex in a bad way begging Prince Harry to 'help her'
• Duke of Sussex then wakes up from the 'nightmare' and sees Meghan and Archie
• Outraged royal fans have taken to Twitter accusing the film of being insensitive
Nutties with a delicate disposition please look away now. 'New stills also show passionate embraces between the couple in bed in their luxurious Montecito mansion.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9954621/Meghan-Markle-lies-dying-underneath-overturned-car-start-controversial-new-TV-film.html
A Copy Of My Life
Let’s talk about an upcoming production about the trials and tribulations of this famous couple!
We can’t say whether or not the TV production is any good as we haven’t seen it yet.
However, we can tell you that one celebrity is verrry interested in how they are going to be portrayed during a certain chapter of their life.
It turns out that the wife half of our couple has been looking for a sneak preview!
She may be pretending that she is not interested, but someone on her team has been making inquiries as to how they can procure a copy before it airs.
We don’t know exactly what purpose that would serve.
Is she planning on issuing some sort of statement before the show airs about the veracity of the story? About what really happened? About the accuracy with which the actress portrays her?
While she loves attention and loves to spin her own stories, none of that seems like a particularly good idea.
By the way, with all their connections in Hollywood, you would think that it would be easy for our couple to snag a copy before it airs.
For some reason, it’s not.
As of a couple of weeks ago, they still were not successful in getting a copy.
That’s a shame.
https://blindgossip.com/a-copy-of-my-life/
Sounds suspiciously like our Montecito duo,TBW in particular!
Friday Singalong 🎤
Apologies, sacrilege!
Don McLean
American Pie
Pie in the Sky
Not so long ago
With regret, we met that ho
Also known as, crock o’ vile
Madam jumped on
took her chance
Then led us the devil’s dance
No-one can be happy,
not her style
By next May she did deliver
Who knows, was it from within her
Didn’t buy her plastic pet
Followed on with Lil Bet
I do remember that I tried
To work out this hollow bride
Something burned me, deep inside
The waves, of bile tide
So why buy, Harry daft guy
Drove his peggy into meggy
When he was so high
He wed old megs
We all asked why
Seeing megsy force a tear from her eye
Plotting her sly moves with a lie
The post I copied was from a psychic going by the name of Clairvoyance Anon. Just for a bit of fun!
Wow, thank you for the link:
https://mobile.twitter.com/luca31404488?lang=en
I hope the military forbids him from using the vets for his show. Or they ask for 50% upright fee.
Just listened to the latest Palace Confidential and the journalist who wrote the story about the Cambridges considering moving to Windsor is genuine (although Kensington Palace has labelled the story as speculation).
I can't see the Yorks being booted from the Lodge, nor the Queen turning Frogmore House back inyo a royal residence. Are there any other options?
I've seen Fort Belvedere mentioned as a possibility. (currently rented to private tenants)
Had to come out of lurking mode to say your take on American Pie is the most brilliant piece I have seen anywhere in a long time. Weird Al needs to record and release this gem.
Brava!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Back to lurking, folks.
Apartments in the Castle? ( That would score top marks for pissing off TBW)
Fort Belvedere ( Edward VIII's pad when he was P of Wales.)?
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A different thought - I can't help wondering if the calumnies about the UK, put out by the Harkles, have affected certain people's view of us in the US? Could they have helped to hole the Special Relationship below the water-line?
I realise that we have clung to this idea perhaps more doggedly than the other party but could the lies have affected how recent events, as detailed in UK papers, have turned out? Like the US armed forces, many of us feel we have been shat upon by the government of a country that was supposedly our friend. I wonder how much is Markle's doing, making out we are racists of the deepest dye...
Personally I don’t believe so and you’re giving far too much credit to how the Duo’s power is perceived. I don’t want to wade into politics, but I’m going to have to dip a toe in there…the last administration it improved, the one before that it was more strained. I think a lot of the so called special relationship is overall over hyped. 😉
The Blind Gossip piece has to be them…I saw it last night and immediately thought it was her. I’d already seen the article about the new Lifetime film about them. 😂
Like how 6 self-identifies as a global leader. I guess if you say it enough its true? now if he would only self-identify as a library patron and shhhhhhhh!!!
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/spencer-review-kristen-stewart-sweary-141506546.html
you are in top form today!
It's hard to say which is the most tasteless, the film with K Stewart or 'Escaping the Palace'. I think the latter is plumbing new depths for the 6s, who've never had an ounce of class. The script is ludicrous. Surely it has to be a total flop but as it's made for US TV there might be a few fans left who'll want to watch. US Nutties, do let us know about the reaction to this spectacle de merde.
Even the actress who is getting paid a no-doubt handsome sum to portray Her Royal Arseness in a TV movie thinks that eghanM and her body of work is a joke.
https://www.etonline.com/sydney-morton-watched-suits-bloopers-to-prepare-to-play-meghan-markle-for-lifetime-movie-exclusive
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I think the actors may be signing their career death warrants by appearing in this, what to all appearances is going to be the stinkbomb of the cinematic decade, poised to make "Ishtar" look like Lawrence of Arabia by comparison.
Disclosure: I watched the first movie, which aired before the wedding, back when most people, including me, were buying eghanM's bullsh*t as peddled by her PR shills. It was on the predictable level for a Lifetime movie but it wasn't that bad. I supppose eghanM must have been delighted with it, as it faithfully presented her fairy-tale cover story of her 'Royal romance', with a featured role for Doria as the 'wise counsellor' who advised her to choose love and run after her man, at that very moment on his way to the airport. A typical 'passionate declation of love on the tarmac' scene followed, with 'Haz' dutifully getting upon his royal knee to ask his exotic wonderful perfect Flower to be his bride.
Parisa & Murray (Movie #1)
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https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/meghan-markle-prince-harry-lifetime-movie-royal-romance-royal-wedding
Verdict: Not bad. This Harry was far too good-looking.
Meghan #2, Tiffany Smith
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https://www.glamour.com/story/tiffany-smith-meghan-markle-lifetime-movie
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9626723/Actors-playing-Harry-Meghan-Lifetime-movie-seen-set-time.html
Parisa & Tiffany side-by-side
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https://www.today.com/popculture/actresses-who-played-meghan-markle-2-different-lifetime-movies-pose-t155112
Everybody in all 3 movies
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https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/prince-harry-meghan-markle-lifetime-movie-portrayals-over-the-years/jordan-dean-and-sydney-morton/
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Each 'MM' has been attractive in her own way; maybe eghanM #2, Tiffany Smith, is the closest to the real article.
Most realistic Harry in my opinion goes to Harry #3, Jordan Dean.
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I suppose the hope, back in 2017 when they were cast, was that Parisa Fitz Henley and Murray Fraser would continue with the franchise. Interesting, isn't it, that we are now on our third set of Harkle actors in as many films? This goes to show the Harkles' true value as commodities because if they were as popular and beloved as they believe themselves entitled to be, actors who had the accident of genetics/skillful makeup to look like them would have cherished lucrative careers as Maggot & Mole lookalikes. That all of the previous actors distanced themselves from these roles immediately after their contractually obligated PR junket was complete speaks for itself.
The actresses really can't win, in terms of keeping Herself happy with the portrayal. If they are 'not pretty enough' to suit Her, she will not be happy . .notwithstanding that all these women are better-looking than the real article. They also, it must be said, all look decidedly more Black than Neg does. Despite playing the biracial card so often and so effectively, Neg doesn't really want to 'be' Black, even in part. So looking 'too black' would enrage her. Looking too pretty, as the first two actresses were leaps and bounds more attractive than the real thing would be bad, also. Then there's the matter of pitching the performance to the level of their inspiration--someone who deems her talent as Oscar-caliber but who in actuality never met a paper bag she could act her way out of. What does someone who can actually act do with this?
Is anybody willing to take one for the team and watch the travesty, in order to report back?
OT Re. Princess Charlene
I have just read the news also of her recent collapse and rush to hospital.
The cynic in me (the largest part of me, it must be said) finds this sudden urgent medical emergency necessitating an ambulance admission to hospital, for a 'condition' which has been ongoing since May to be *awfully convenient* in light of the negative press in the last week about the state of the royal marriage. Whether an actual emergency or a fake, it serves to bolster the public perception that the Princess of Monaco is indeed very, very ill, plagued with some terrible infection resistant to all treatments of modern medicine, and that her 4-going-on-5 month absence from Monaco and her husband and very young children has not been by choice.
Charlene has been going around with a face like a smacked arse for the last decade and has been vocally (and nonverbally) very unhappy with her life in glamorous Monaco. Two months before her 10th wedding anniversary, she basically shaves her head and goes off on an extended trip to her homeland, from which she has not returned. She's blaming the mysterious ENT complaint on a youth spent in the pool .. but that is a rather thin explanation since she's not training like that *now*. Did she go swimming in a dirty river for this tremendously resistant problem to flare up so recently, at the precise time in fact that she was due to fly back to her family? And what kind of ear infection incapacitates a healthy person with the tops in medical care for nearly half a year? What kind of 'surgery' can be done?
My immediate thoughts went to 'extensive plastic surgery' to be honest with you. Also it's common knowledge that she and Albert both have been conducting affairs. She didn't look incapacitated or convalescent in the very recent photo taken with Albert and shared on the Internet. She did look, however, like a woman who is repulsed by her marital responsibilities and has no intention of returning to them. Presumably if she had long haul Covid or was in any way infectious, Albert would not have stood so close to her.
What are your own thoughts? If Charlene wants a divorce, this is going to make a sticky situation for Albert. Charles was granted a divorce, but he is a Protestant. Albert can't divorce her and stay in good standing with the Church. What is he supposed to do now? I suppose just allow his errant wife to live in Jo'Burg according to her wishes, while Albert 'plays house' with his true love, Nicole. That looks like what will be happening.
In all of this mess, I feel sorriest for the twins, who are only 6, and who have been abandoned by a mother who never cared for them, to all appearances. Hopefully they have a good relationship with their father and some nurturing maternal figures.
Like how 6 self-identifies as a global leader. I guess if you say it enough its true?
I'd like to know exactly, who does he think he's leading? (Here in the US). Heaven help us, we don't need one more woke celebutard "leader". They are all so thirsty even the D-listers overwhelm the field of wokesters. AFAIK, there is no demand #6's specialty.....STOOPIDITY. We are overrun with natural born stoopids as it is.
What does #6 think is his expertise? Constitutional Scholar? Medicine? Word Salads? He is a joke every time he opens his mouth, and even that accent is no longer charming. Hazbeen can take his tux and seek life elsewhere. He's about as meaningful to our national life as my cat is. As for TBW....she's even less relevant than he. In my circle, they are and always have been the target of derision. Srsly, I doubt #6 could lead his polo pony to water (the poor pony probably only wishes to bite this person). Can you please come get your boy and his awful wife?
It seems that fewer than 12 people were privy to these. I wonder if somebody with the initials H M-W told TBW and she passed it on? As far as we are aware, he's still a Counsellor of State.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/cabinet-office-launches-inquiry-leaking-173038800.html
PA Media: UK News
Cabinet Office reportedly launches inquiry into leaking of Queen’s death plans
Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent
Fri, 3 September 2021, 7:25 pm
An inquiry has reportedly been launched by the Cabinet Office following the leaking of national plans to honour the memory of the Queen following her death.
The detailed arrangements known by the codename London Bridge – which cover everything from the lowering of flags to an address by the Prince of Wales – were published by the Politico website.
Operation Spring Tide – the plan for Charles’ accession to the throne – was also featured by the internet site which specialises in political reporting.
The Daily Telegraph quoted a senior Government source as saying the Cabinet Office had started an investigation into the leak.
The newspaper quoted the source as saying: “If it turns out to be an old version that was widely circulated and does not include the most sensitive material, it might go no further than that – but if it’s a fuller version that is only circulated to, say, 10 people, then the Cabinet Office will launch a formal inquiry.”
Buckingham Palace has declined to comment.
Royal aides are likely to be frustrated at the information appearing in the public domain, especially as there have been few leaks over the decades.
Elements of the plans will have been circulated to specific organisations, in areas like local government, the military and sections of the media, to brief them on their roles in the arrangements.
Under the plans in the hours following the Queen’s death a “call cascade” will take place informing the Prime Minister, the cabinet secretary and a number of the most senior ministers and officials.
This day will be known by officials as “D-Day” and a series of events are planned on each successive day up until “D-Day+10” when the Queen’s state funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey.
The leak comes just ahead of the Prime Minister’s first visit to Balmoral since 2019, according to reports.
Boris Johnson and wife Carrie are said to have received an invitation from the Queen to stay at her Scottish home this weekend.
To judge from last time, flags will be at half-staff and the Heralds will be in charge of the Proclamation of the Accession of the new Monarch, one of the first events of a new reign .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSF3WupW2mk proclamation for Edward VIII
There 's also the one for Geo.V1 , following the Abdication but the one for Elizabeth that I most wanted to direct you to has no soundtrack. (There are films of Coronation Proclamations as well) but these come later.
It would not surprise me in the least if this is the latest of TBW's nasty tricks - there were few leaks from BP until TBW came onto the scene (ie got her feet under the table at KP) then they came thick and fast.
Few of us want to see her husband back here, unless he's shut in a dungeon for years.
Could it be "Folie à Deux?"
A rare condition where two people with close emotional ties share the same delusions?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/09/03/leak-inquiry-plans-aftermath-queens-death-published-online/
It's more or less what one would expect but pinpoints factors which didn't apply last time(70 yrs ago all but 5months, that is) - Covid, tourism, people being more mobile & able to flood into London.
Long Live the Queen!
American Pie is brilliant! Thank you for sharing your talented writing once again!
Supposedly Charlene had complicated surgery in Europe for the sinus problem but, while in South Africa, she developed a bad ENT infection, and that caused further problems.
She is not in Johannesburg, but staying at a game lodge in KwaZulu-Natal, her adopted home province (she is originally from Zimbabwe).
I doubt that she would voluntarily stay away from her children for months.
Much of what is said about the couple is made-up gossip. No, she did not sob her way through the wedding ceremony (and there were two, but no one specifies which one ... I have watched both, and she did not cry at all in either ceremony). No, she did not bolt before the wedding and seek sanctuary in the South African embassy in Paris.
It is highly unlikely that the two could conduct affairs while living in Monaco and for it not to fill every tabloid. He is actually the head of government in Monaco, not just a ceremonial head of state, so works long hours, so her and the children probably do not see much of him.
If they are trying to negotiate a separation (as you say, divorce is difficult), then essentially abandoning her children in the process is tragic. However, they married after dating for many years and she knew that divorce was not an option.
They are both very discreet, so there is plenty of space for speculation to flourish. She has steadfastly said that he is her rock and strength and that he is immensely loyal and supportive. In light of that, it is odd that he attended sone gala with an ex-lover and the illegitimate son she had from him, that he was forced to acknowledge and support. However, my understanding is that in private Charlene accepts his two other children and includes them in family get togethers.
It is all very odd, and, unlike the Sussexes, everything about them in the tabloids is not from them or anyone close to them, but just speculation and gossip from afar.
I am not sure what you mean by mental issues and how they could justify an annulment, which would make the twins illegitimate and thus leave Albert without an heir!
Hikari, I don't think it was you who made the claim that Charlene has mental issues, because she changed her hairstyle drastically.
Change of topic
Would Harry as Counsellor of State have been given a copy of the updated plan for funeral and accession of Charles? Counsellors of State are simply the list of people who step in for the Queen, temporarily, if she is out of the country or incacipated. I think only Charles, Anne and William have ever been asked to temporarily stand in for the Queen (not sure if Phillip ever had to), so, although Harry, Andrew, Edward are on the list, they have never actually acted as Counsellor of State. If only 12 people had a copy of the updated plan, it should be easy to find out who leaked it. Maybe the leak was in the government (I assume the Prime Minister was one of the 12)? If so, his visit to Balmoral is going to be a barrel of laughs!
A drastic haircut does not in itself mean mental instability; it can often make a woman feel more empowered. It’s very common for women to make big changes to their hairstyle after a romantic break up to signal that they are ready to let go of the past and move on. But at the other end of the spectrum, extremely drastic changes to a woman’s appearance can signal mental anguish as it could be interpreted as a form of self-harm/self-loathing...or defiance of institutional standards of beauty for women. Britney Spears was always so satiated with her long blonde hair as part of her sexpot industry image. So attacking her own head with a shaver makes a perverse kind of sense. If she wasn’t “pretty“ anymore, she could get a break from the mad circus of her life. Her act of defiance resulted in a 72 hour psychiatric hold, which she needed, being a diagnosed manic depressive off her meds. I don’t think Charlene is in this category, and in the modeling world where she came from, Such a haircut would be considered chic and avant- garden, not a crazy bid for help. It’s pretty doubtful that her husband, or the courtiers or most of the people of Monaco think that her current image is the fitting of a Serene Highness and mother. I see a lot of parallels between Charlene and Diana...both statuesque blonde mums who both experienced a massive marital crisis at the 10-year mark. Both mothers of two children married to much older men with whom they enjoyed no apparent compatibility, whose hearts and loins were engaged rather unapologetically elsewhere but who made a show marriage for the sake of their crowns. Both Charles and Albert’s true loves were deemed unsuitable for Royal consorts. Charles got his partner of choice in the end but the same is not likely for Albert.
I did wonder about a suicide attempt when I first heard the news of Charlene’s collapse...She looked healthy and well in the photo op with Albert released only days ago, and then all of a sudden this happened. Might certain conversations about the intractability of her Royal vows and responsibilities been a tipping point? You’re right that it’s all speculation, but I can’t help feeling that if everything was well between the royal couple, Charlene would have been more visibly in touch with her husband and children over the many months of her absence and would have arranged transport back to them that did not involve an airplane. Surely possible, had she been at all frantic to get back to her kids.
Reports had her seeking to buy a property in Johannesburg, but as you say, reports are cheap. If she is not back in Monaco by Christmas, I think that will not bode well for the future of the marriage.
"Would Harry as Counsellor of State have been given a copy of the updated plan for funeral and accession of Charles? Counsellors of State are simply the list of people who step in for the Queen, temporarily, if she is out of the country or incaciptated. I think only Charles, Anne and William have ever been asked to temporarily stand in for the Queen (not sure if Phillip ever had to), so, although Harry, Andrew, Edward are on the list, they have never actually acted as Counsellor of State."
Good question. I don't really see why the Counselors of State would be concerned with funeral plans for the monarch. But perhaps I'm missing something.
Anne and Edward aren't Counselors of State any longer. William replaced Anne when he turned 21 and Harry replaced Edward when he turned 21. I don't really understand why Harry is still a Counselor but I guess Frogmore Cott counts as his domicile. Andrew is still a Counselor too. It doesn't make sense to think he would ever be called on to act in the absence of HMTQ, but I don't think the law takes into account whether someone is a "working royal," just whether he/she is 21, in the line of succession, and domiciled in the UK. So PA fits.
I can as we have cable (not my needs to watch sports any and everything).
switch
Good question. I don't really see why the Counselors of State would be concerned with funeral plans for the monarch. But perhaps I'm missing something.
I cannot imagine that after Megxit that highly critical lists of need to know what were not revised.
The other is that this is an organization which prepares for what if. So, IF Elizabeth and Philip have in their luggage, tucked away black clothing on a trip to Africa (just in case they might need to arrive back in an airport wearing appropriate morning clothes) way back when or if her father (or someone else passes), some of the plans have been around for a very long time. And, as was pointed out, well known for a very long time.
Some things may be able to be figured out based on how Prince Philip's funeral was handled.
I'm sure you are right that some need-to-know lists and other things have been altered post-Megxit. But the funeral plan that has been "leaked" looks an awful lot like what's been written about for years. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong stories, but I'm pretty sure I read years ago what's now being reported re: The Queen's death. And I still don't see why Counselors of State (even trustworthy ones) would need to know about the funeral plans in their role as Counselors.
I believe the requirement to travel with mourning clothes came about when The Queen's father died. As we all know Elizabeth and Philip were in Kenya and reportedly she did not have mourning clothes with her. She had to be brought clothes so she could change on the plane before disembarking in the UK.
Learning from mistakes is good. And traveling with a dark outfit makes sense. (It's not as though the royals usually travel lightly anyway!) But I'm not sure all the "learning from mistakes" the Monarchy purportedly has done has always been good. (Some lessons apparently learned from Margaret and Diana, for example.)
@clevr_blends
we have 2 pkgs of their delicious Golden Lattes to give away as door prizes for our cake social! But wait, they’ve also agreed to provide us with a Latte Lover’s Bundle to offer as a grand prize! #LetsHaveOurCakeandEatitToo
The above tweet is from the Sussex Squad feed. It shows a clear link between TBW and the Sussex Squad. (There is another tweet where they give a code they can use to get a discount on Clevr Blend products.) Interesting.
This is a misleading picture. Yes, Charlene did cry at the shrine where she laid her bouquet, after the religious wedding ceremony when a eoman and child were singing (as I explained on a previous thread). She did not look miserable (crying is not always caused by misery). For the tabloids and social media to keep plugging the story that she was miserable and sobbed throughout her wedding is not the truth.
We should be wary of doing that with the Sussexes. The commentators on this forum are usually very good at having fun with gossip and speculation but knowing the difference between that and facts/evidence (and very good at digging up the latter).
An Emotional Fish - All I Am
You sell us dreams and believe that we believe we need you, but we dont need you.
No mister, we don't need you.
Hey mister, mister, so-called mister take a walk.
Did I forget to thank you? Thank you from the bottom of my heart...
NO! No mister, mister, so-called mister take a walk.
So take a walk mister. Take a walk mister. Look around you and see.
You know we don't need you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8MMFUzxrF8
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PS, apparently my H lookalike yesterday was the tea boy, which kind of made it funnier. If the real H had turned up to work with my roadworking team, I think I'd have put him on shovel-holding and water-bottle-passing-out duties too. I'm happy to report that the lookalike did at least know the correct way round to hold a shovel, even if I didn't see him do much more than lean on it once the proper equipment arrived with the other workmen.
Sorry, the awful wedded wife is a US citizen with no residence rights in the UK, you may have to keep her.
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Sadly, were 6 to return to the UK with TBW - God forbid - as his l/awful wedded wife she would have the right to live here on a spouse visa 😬
The Prime Minister, the next tiers and so on ending with the comment: Discretion is required.
So now that H/Hw are not part of the formal Palace structure, have offices, etc, where does that put them in the call list?
And, if they were called before the formal announcement by the news, could/would they show the discretion requested or could/would they announce their sadness say on Twitter?
PS -- "A Copy of My Life" on BG seems to be about the Clintons rather than the Harkles. But it was while reading the thread that I noticed the new trend of writing * instead of Harry's wife's name (or you know, the actual phrase "Harry's wife"). I thought I'd try it here, too.
"Ending the Harry frontline rumors!!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRx3or3WPLs
Trevor comments on Harry's service, on the Invictus Games, and even the Oprah interview. He is quite upset that Harry, who was never in any real danger, is making money off the sufferings of veterans.
This is a misleading picture. Yes, Charlene did cry at the shrine where she laid her bouquet, after the religious wedding ceremony when a eoman and child were singing (as I explained on a previous thread). She did not look miserable (crying is not always caused by misery). For the tabloids and social media to keep plugging the story that she was miserable and sobbed throughout her wedding is not the truth.
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I agree. For what it's worth, Lady C gave some insider info on Charlene a good while back. She says Charlene is genuinely ill and couldn't travel out of SA so I agree things are not always as they appear.
As for the Sussex's, they are such annoying, obnoxious pricks that yes it's hella fun reading the many scenarios the Nuttie's and many others on the world wide web come up with, but it is also a way to deal and heal especially for those from the UK who are very concerned for their Royal family especially the Queen. Can't say I blame them.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/meghan-and-diana-could-have-saved-royal-family/618318/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=flipboard&utm_campaign=all
Caitlyn Flanagan dredges up the question that I've heard people asking since the "Are you okay?" documentary. A version of: "How could she have had no idea what she was getting into?"
To paraphrase YouTuber Shallon Lester, after she watched the engagement interview: If you grew up in the developed world and have never heard of the British Royal Family, you don't sound cool; you just sound stupid.
Similarly, when she reveals that she didn't do any of her "due diligence" on Harry before she decided to commit to him (before the third date, going by the timeline of lies they cobbled together), she probably thinks she seems romantic, but she just looks stupider than before.
It's the kind of behavior we'd excuse in teenage girls (which her idol Diana actually was during her own engagement to a Prince). It is totally inexcusable in a woman in her 30s.
I'm not impressed with Caitlyn Flanagan's analysis. I agree that TBW could have done great things for the Monarchy, had she wanted to, had she been capable, had she not been so bloody selfish/unhinged/destructive, but that's a far as I'd agree with her.
Flanagan is still wearing blinkers/blinders.
I would like to see an account of the damage that tbw did : to race relations, to the monarchy, to people who put their trust in her, to the reputation of the UK, to the people she markled along the way, to the hole in Prince Charles' budget, to the missing funds of the Royal Foundation, to the ruined lives of the bullied workers, etc.
That's something I would pay to read behind a paywall, even.
I presented Flannigans article without comment because I am unsure how to take her. I’d say the first half is Harkle serving flannel of the first water...Snarkle, an “accomplished woman” with humanitarian and diplomatic credentials Sounds right off the Sunshine Sucks briefing sheet circa 2017. All of Meg’s claims about herself as Harry’s fiancée have been roundly debunked. Meg exploited connections to get some wonderful opportunities and she squandered them all—has never finished a single commitment beyond the photo ops and wildly inflated the minuscule amount of effort she actually did do. I guess we have to take Northwestern University’s word for it that she is a graduate of that institution, but her undergraduate years were marred by a campus scandal and she appears nowhere listed as any sort of standout for a good reason. She didn’t get any recognition in her program major in terms of roles in University plays and she got no academic honors. For someone who marketed herself as such an extraordinary woman of accomplishment, Where are the campus offices? The club affiliations? Not even a measly cum laude?
She is a fraud, and out of her own mouth she knows it. That’s why all of her projects in relationships are so short term—she bails before anything substantial is asked of her and shifts the blame to others for an environment unconducive to her greatness.
That is exactly what she has done to the royal family.
What Flanigan does for His even more of a gas: She actually compares him to Henry V, leading his troops into battle...?! Harry has been added as a racist toerag and insubordinate little sh*t who was wrapped in bubble wrap and never saw any action. He played soldiers a few times for journalist cameras, that’s it. In former times, A real prince was a true leader, riding in the van guard with his men. Henry V died in
battle; our modern day Henry couldn’t even pass the exam for promotion and quit in a fit of pique. Then His Royal PITA got shipped home on a plane carrying the bodies of his fallen comrades. Yeah, a real bleeping hero for the ages.
Commencing in the second half of the article, Flanagan starts to throw some shade and Snark comes out. So I have decided that either she’s trying to play both sides of the fence, or this is an extended exercise in British understatement, so understated in the beginning that it actually comes off as pro Harkle when her intent is the opposite. If she was at all serious about any of the positive stuff she said in the first part, then she’s had a lobotomy, but she does rally a bit in the second half so I still don’t know what to think about her.
Could you imagine TBW being refused a spouse visa on the very reasonable grounds that her presence is not conducive to the public good? (I don't think this has been used very much lately). She'd screamed r*cism.
I think that if a British citizen doesn't earn enough, his spouse can be refused a visa. Not sure though. I wonder if Harry would fall into that category. LOL
She is a fraud, and out of her own mouth she knows it. That’s why all of her projects in relationships are so short term—she bails before anything substantial is asked of her and shifts the blame to others for an environment unconducive to her greatness.
That is exactly what she has done to the royal family.
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Exactly. The reason she's in Montecito and not Silicon Valley is because she's a basic bitch and a moron. Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) at least took her scam to pretty vast heights in believability (along with utilizing her feminine charms as does TBW) so she initially was able to score $700 million via VC's. But like TBW is likely facing, Holmes eventually had to cough up money when her investors and business partners couldn't get their payout. Think Netflix. With the Theranos debacle, many of the investors chose to eat the loss rather than suffer the scathing PR they would be subject to. TBW goes undercover and is probably hoping for the same while she hatches her next 'grand scheme'. Holmes now faces prison, using the same chestnut "I'm a mother. Sniff sniff. What will happen to my baby"? Waa waa.
So, what will The Duke of Dweebs have to answer for? The sad thing is probably nothing. Business as usual...just take a look at his joke of a speech on vaccines. Maybe Holmes is a fan of his and helped them with his speech. It's a classic use of that playbook.
It's also a classic Silicon Valley BS Fake it Till You Make It scam. Except with his wife who partnered with the Dunce Prince, she over estimated his worth and well, we know the rest.
It isn't rocket science. The tale of hubris, greed and manipulation plays out over and over and yet idiots like TBW thinks she will be the one who gets to be the Messiah and actually get away with it.
What a laugh she is.
I think that if a British citizen doesn't earn enough, his spouse can be refused a visa.
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True! The British person and his/her spouse must earn a combined income of at least £18,6000. Remember their Netflix and Spotify deals will bring in millions,so no problem!
I think that she knows that certain men find it a turn on when they steal a woman from another man. I think Harry is one of those types of men who like that idea.
The foolproof way of telling if candidates for managerial or teaching posts are bullshitters is to work out the average time they've spent in all the jobs they've had - and too few interviewing panels seem to check this. 4 years or less is a bad sign.
That's long enough to screw up then leave before the proverbial hits the fan, if they're lucky. Some higher-ups do see through them so give glowing references to be sure of getting rid of them - we had one manager who'd even been paid to quit his previous post and began a lucrative career path of repeatedly being paid to go away.
It's just 4 years since we first heard of TBW but I suspect we're stuck with her until she finds a more promising mark. Let's keep hoping and praying she finds another arena in which to create a trail of damage,
Official video for I Don't Want To Live Without You" Foreigner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8yuTqvyFbY
A YouGov survey found 78 percent of respondents had a positive view of the Duke of Cambridge, who is second in line to the throne. In comparison, just 34 percent had a favourable opinion of the Duke of Sussex, who quit royal duties with Meghan Markle last year for a new life in California.
William's positive rating is more than double that of Harry's, which had dropped nine points from 43 percent in April.
The Duchess of Sussex has also seen favourable opinion of her drop from 29 percent in April to 26 percent.
Palace 'shock' as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry want Queen to meet Lilibet 'in weeks'
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are hoping to fly to the UK from California so that the Queen can meet her new great-granddaughter Lilibet, it has been reported
I wish I could be confident that the Queen won’t cave in to the Sussexes, but I am not.
Like that they are not talking about wanting to show off the kids to Charles (the guy who had been giving them money) or that they don't seem to be talking about making certain that her father gets a chance to see the kids either. And then the comment about how Obama's have turned away from them so hence the attempt to return to HM.
The talk is about how shocked the staff are (understandable as they might feel a tad protective of her and especially with the recent loss). How much comfort was he before, during and after the funeral to her? or his dad?
Remember how 6/6w talked about how they were frustrated by not being able to be scheduled to meet with HM when it was convenient for them to kick off Megxit? they wanted just to drive down there and walk right in to demand an immediate meeting?
My guess is that the same kind of pre-existing scheduling would cause a similar problem for them.
@LL@GWAH@DesignDoctor@abbhy
Thank you, much appreciated 😊
I forgot the last line:
So why, sly miss pie eyed lied…
@Este
Thanks for the Foreigner clip
The Queen and her Prince, charming 🥰
@Rebecca@Elspeth
I’m hoping the Queen tells them to pee off!
We’re all suffering from their verbal incontinence,
collective chronic cystitis 🥺
Hollydud
From the day her dirty shoe
Stepped on Haz, we just knew
She was out for revenge,
to lay blame
For all the times she was told
You’re not pretty, too old
And your acting is wooden,
plain lame
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/harry-meghan-more-unpopular-than-ever-135518353.html#:~:text=Emily%20Cleary,the%20couple%20positively.
Emily Cleary
Fri, 3 September 2021, 2:55 pm
Positive opinion of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continues to decline in the UK, a new survey appears to show.
It has been a turbulent few months for the Sussexes and it seems their recent forays into the public eye are not going down well with the majority of the public.
Prince Harry has seen a decrease of nine points in popularity, from 43% in April to 34% now, while Meghan has also seen a further decline in her public rating, with positive opinion falling from 31% in March, to 26% now.
The data, published by national polling body YouGov, showed that age is a dividing factor when it comes to what Britons think of Harry and Meghan. The Sussexes prove most popular amongst the young, with those aged between 18 and 24 split over Harry (47% positive vs 44% negative) and tend to think positively of Meghan (50% vs 40%).
By contrast, only 13-18% of people aged 65 and over think of the couple positively.
Also, William's popularity is rising - this should be most unwelcome news for those who think popularity is all.
Comment:
Yrksgal, Vancouver, Canada, 21 minutes ago
Yes. There's been a number of reports leaking on social media that H has been phoning UK to no avail. Check out Yankee Wally's latest videos of info - incl. a clip from Afghan Veteran Trevor Coult who talks openly about Harry, saying "Majority of veterans say that Harry is a narcissist, and a manipulating, lying traitor."
I've never heard of Trevor Coult but this poster always writes sense.
On another note, as I was typing 'I can imagine' on my tablet, the TBW came up as predictive text 🤣
`Sorry, I'll be washing my hair'.
@Maneki
@Miggy posted Trevor Coults clip
here on Friday.
Great guy, called it as it is,
Haz is a tw.t 😉
@WildBoar
Ah, rollers!!
I’m re-watching Land Girls,
noticed they’re wearing same green Army
jumpers I wore!!
On my first posting, field unit,
was gifted khaki wide eared jodhpurs,
(land girl style)
they’d run out of modern stock,
including women’s boots!
Wore jodhpurs with shoes, no puttees.
Let’s not mention ‘elephant ears’
telephone headsets!
This was early 80’s
I looked a prat!
Calling on the Queen
A last bitch attempt to secure
an Oprah Emmy seat??
Thanks for the Trevor Coult video (I think it was posted by Enbrethiliel). He certainly says it as it is.
I remember watching the Land Girls, I loved it(also in a similar vein, Foyle's War).
@Maneki
I love Foyle’s War,
and any/everything
from Anthony Horrowitz,
genius.
Yes, Enbrethiliel posted it,
but Miggy posted it earlier,
WildBoar, Miggy, and myself had
confabs over it.
@Magatha - have you seen the online photos of the Womens' Timber Corps, similarly attired?
I had cavalry twill jodhs like those & a Harris tweed jacket for my 12th birthday, plus the yellow tie with a hunting motif! I felt like the bees knees when I went for my weekly ride at the local stable. Lycra's more comfortable but I don't really like the look of `athleisure' in the countryside!
I went to a do in a hangar at Calshot once, Chris Barber & his band, plus an Army dance-band. The latter had a well-corseted female vocalist - as somebody said - `She must be from the Royal Womens' Armoured Corps...'.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021A BOFFIN
Piers, Ofcom, Preacher Harry, and Omid Lickspittle
@WildBoar
Whilst well hammered
Less enamoured!
Lady C said that anyone outside the BRF who would rent them a shooting space inside one of these ancestral homes would be shunned by polite society and by extension, the BRF.
They need that opulent setting to make Harry look royal and all the royal areas will not be available to them. Netflix want Harry to emphasise his royal ties.
Of course! There has to be an ulterior motive!
GWH has made a good point about seeing HM as a way to tap into another revenue stream in addition to directly from the family, via recording everything for either cinematographic/blackmail reasons.
Isn't that the megashark movie? Although I've seen her called something similar in comments around the web.
"PRINCE HARRY has teamed up with Ursula von der Leyen for a new campaign following the end of the Paralympics."
Wiki Ursula von der Leyen:
"Von der Leyen's father's grandparents were the cotton merchant Carl Albrecht (1875–1952) and Mary Ladson Robertson (1883–1960), an American who belonged to a planter family from Charleston, South Carolina"
"The Ladson family were large plantation owners and her ancestor James H. Ladson owned over 200 slaves by the time slavery in the United States was abolished;"
"In 2015, researchers collaborating at the VroniPlag Wiki reviewed von der Leyen's 1991 doctoral thesis and alleged that 43.5% of the thesis pages contained plagiarism, and in 23 cases citations were used that did not verify claims for which they were given.[33][34] Multiple notable German academics such as Gerhard Dannemann [de] and Volker Rieble [de] publicly accused von der Leyen of intended plagiarism.[35] The Hannover Medical School conducted an investigation and concluded in March 2016 that while the thesis contains plagiarism, no intention to deceive could be proven.[36][37]
The university decided not to revoke von der Leyen's medical degree.[36] Critics questioned the independence of the commission that reviewed the thesis as von der Leyen personally knew its director from joint work for an alumni association.[37] Various media outlets also criticized that the decision was nontransparent, not according to established rules, and failed to secure high academic standards."
Good job, Harry.
When you swim with bloodthirsty sharks expect to be eaten!.
Von der Leyen is taking aim at the UK almost every day with her post Brexit attempts to make the country suffer from leaving the EU.
Harry isn't making any fans amongst ordinary Brits. Only the Remoaners will applaud this latest move, although they tend to be the woke crowd.
So gorgeous was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and black-clad awe, could not keep back gasps of admiration. In scarlet and blue and green and purple, three by three the sovereigns rode through the palace gates, with plumed helmets, gold braid, crimson sashes, and jeweled orders flashing in the sun. After them came five heirs apparent, forty more imperial or royal highnesses, seven queens—four dowager and three regnant—and a scattering of special ambassadors from uncrowned countries. Together they represented seventy nations in the greatest assemblage of royalty and rank ever gathered in one place and, of its kind, the last. The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history’s clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again.
Thank you for sharing the funeral description. What’s sight that must have been to see. No one does pomp and circumstance like the British!
......I wish I could be confident that the Queen won’t cave in to the Sussexes, but I am not.
I am with you. The Queen has not handled the Harkles debacle well, imo. Hence, I do not expect her to rise up to my expectation this time either.
'Meghan Markle's fury: Prince Harry flirts with polo stunner
. . .
Indeed, Meghan, 40, was reportedly “unimpressed” that Harry, 36, was pictured arm in arm with Riley Ganzi, a hotshot 24-year-old polo player who, along with her brother Grant, played with the Duke of Sussex in the tournament on August 19.
“Meghan’s mind went into overdrive as soon as she noticed Riley, who is talented, gorgeous and a lot of fun,” says a source.'
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In other words, she's everything TBW is not.
@Girl with a Hat
I didn't bother to write abt Von der Leyen but you summed her up correctly, ditto Harry.
Ursula Gertrud von der Layen is not a `friend of Britain'
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You can say that again!
The no6 link-up does not bode well.
I always thought that the outcome of us leaving the EU would depend on whereabouts on the spectrum between `Reasonable' and `Vindictive' the EU positioned itself...
GWAH you are bang on right about Ursula von der Leyen, she loathes Britain. So if it’s true about Harry the Mole I’m not surprised…birds of a feather comes to mind in more ways than one (both have a dodgy past). 🤨
Piers Morgan’s attempt to dart from the 2021 GQ Men of the Year Awards last week left him with a face injury.
The former Good Morning Britain presenter attended the party at London’s Tate Modern on Wednesday (1 September), and was celebrating the news that Ofcom had cleared him over his comments about Meghan Markle.
During the ceremony, Prince Harry appeared virtually from America where he spoke out against “mass-scale misinformation that creates vaccine hesitancy” during the coronavirus pandemic.
Morgan has since revealed in his Mail Online column that, in his attempt to miss Prince Harry’s speech, he had accidentally walked into a “large plate-glass window” on the way out. The fact he was looking at headlines about himself on his phone rather than looking where he was going did not help matters.
He wrote: “As I left, I could hear Harry lecturing the audience about the danger of ‘misinformation’ and ‘peddling lies’, without a shred of self-awareness. I chuckled and pulled out my phone to check the first-edition headlines of the newspapers. To my delight, most of them had splashed my victory all over their front pages.”
Morgan added: “I felt a sudden rush of exhilaration at the end of what had been a tumultuous but ultimately very satisfying day. Then, as I reached the exit, still staring proudly at my phone, I walked straight into a large plate-glass window, banging my head so hard and loudly against it that concerned security guards rushed over to check I was OK.
“I reeled back in agony, semi-concussed and with a cut opening above my right eye, only to see Harry’s massive head filling a nearby screen. He was smirking right at me.”
The presenter attracted widespread criticism in March for remarks he made following Meghan and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Morgan said he “didn’t believe a word” the duchess said about struggling with suicidal thoughts and disputed her account of allegedly experiencing racism during her time as a senior royal.
His on-air outburst prompted a record number of 57,121 Ofcom complaints – the highest number in the TV regulator’s history – and led to his exit from GMB. But Ofcom ruled last week that Morgan’s behaviour did not break its broadcasting code.
I bet they were gleeful in the Independent office.
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re UvdL: If the link with the Democrats wasn't bad enough, this political link up is gross. Are they determined to ape the Duke of Windsor? I dread to think who they might get chummy with next.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1487012/prince-harry-news-ursula-von-der-leyen-invictus-games-paralympics-wethe15-initiative
He wrote: “As I left, I could hear Harry lecturing the audience about the danger of ‘misinformation’ and ‘peddling lies’, without a shred of self-awareness. I chuckled and pulled out my phone to check the first-edition headlines of the newspapers. To my delight, most of them had splashed my victory all over their front pages.”
Morgan added: “I felt a sudden rush of exhilaration at the end of what had been a tumultuous but ultimately very satisfying day. Then, as I reached the exit, still staring proudly at my phone, I walked straight into a large plate-glass window, banging my head so hard and loudly against it that concerned security guards rushed over to check I was OK.
“I reeled back in agony, semi-concussed and with a cut opening above my right eye, only to see Harry’s massive head filling a nearby screen. He was smirking right at me.”
im rooting for piers in the harkle debacle, but im not usually a fan of his. BUT, i kind of find it ironic that he’s whining about JH lack of ‘self-awareness’ and he suffers from the same problem. walks into it a plate glass window while totally preoccupied by his own headlines… hahaha.
had to read up on this Ursala women and found she’s the new Head of the EU. Isn’t she the one then responsible for the EU’s absolute bungling of Covid Vaccine authorizings and access delays in the EU?
Isnt she also the one ultimately responsible EU regulations border issues in Ireland that risk resetting off tensions there?
doesnt surprise me that JH is teaming up with her, I always got the feeling JH ( and the Cambridges and even PC) were remainers. on the other hand i always got the feeling HM was a leaver, preferring an independent UK.
as i said, i like his fight against the harkles…. But ii also think this BG is about Piers… so that could hurt his cause if it is and gets published
https://blindgossip.com/those-vicky-photos/#more-102873
I am in Canada and was not familiar with her.
As patron of the British paralympics, I wonder how Prince Edward feels about being pushed aside
Personally, I was a little shocked she was willing to let him get out of her sight. She doesn't seem to make maintaining control mistakes often.
The christening dilemma ...
The Harkles do not go to church unless it is a royal engagement/photo op. It is highly unlikely that they are in the congregation of any church in America. Would Bishop Curry (of the Episcopal Church in America and he who preached at the Harkles's wedding) make an exception and baptise the child in America?
"After the American Revolution, the Anglican Church became an independent organization in the United States and called itself the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church, USA, is the official organization of the Anglican Communion in the United States. It’s been a self-governing body since 1785 and has about 1.9 million members."
The child does not have to be christened or confirmed in the Church of England to be in the line of succession, as long as she does not become a Roman Catholic.
Being christened in a royal chapel, with the Queen and/or her heirs present, and by the head of the Church of England, is not her birth right. She is the great grand daughter of the queen, not a daughter or grand daughter, and is not in the direct line of succession.
The talk about a christening in the UK must be all about a royal event for maximum royal publicity. That they are focusing on the Queen seems to suggest that Charles and Willam are done with the Harkles, but perhaps they are also simply focusing on the one in the royal family who has the most power and wealth. They really need those royal appearances for their brand.
Where would they stay? If they have their children with them they will have at least one nanny, probably Doria to take care of Archie ... plus: Their own security? A personal assistant to run errands? What about wardobe and make up? What about a cook? Transport? I doubt that the guest suite at Frogmore Cottage would be big enough for the family and entourage.
If the Queen lets them use Windsor Castle for the royal revival trip, she will probably regret it. They seem to be very high maintenance people!
“Meghan’s mind went into overdrive as soon as she noticed Riley, who is talented, gorgeous and a lot of fun,” says a source.'
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I'm sure she is very talented, and a lot of fun, but I don't think Olive Oyl Markle has anything to worry about ie: Ms. Ganzi. To quote my Irish friends, she has a face "like a hatchet". Sorry. Just an observation.
Harry is far too shallow to be interested in any woman who is not considered attractive. TBW was once, but looks like shit on a shingle these days. He's a nothing burger but that title will always get him the women, if he wants to go there. Annoying yes, but women can be dense when it comes to a rich guy with power. Harry is still considered young and desirable (blegh!) to gold digging women.
(The average man's tastes have gotten very 'sophisticated' these days. Social media has created a rent-a-woman idea in their thinking processes. Like buying a car or a house online or worse, ordering a meal. Delivered right to the door...
Imagine a Prince of the Realm? I think if he ends up alone, there are a lot of dumb birdies who will be bidding on him).
TBW on the other hand is aging like a banana...🍌
JH & Ursala
had to read up on this Ursala women and found she’s the new Head of the EU. Isn’t she the one then responsible for the EU’s absolute bungling of Covid Vaccine authorizings and access delays in the EU?
Isnt she also the one ultimately responsible EU regulations border issues in Ireland that risk resetting off tensions there?
Interestingly, that incompetence in governance is mirrored in many places around the (western) world. There have been a lot of hitherto famous companies that have crumbled due to incompetent leadership as well. Does ANYBODY look at Biden and say "Now, THERE is an example of a competent man"? How about Trudeau? It also strengthens my belief that TBW was a way to target the weakest link (6) in an attempt to abolish or badly damage the monarchy, the living embodiment of England's famous stiff upper lip.
Does ANYBODY look at Biden and say "Now, THERE is an example of a competent man"?
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Ha ha. As if ANY of our choices these days are competent. It's all about money and we are the pawns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBEbOfHKzgM&ab_channel=MurkyMeg
In H's case, I'd say `free thinking' means `pig ignorant'.
re Quarantine in UK - it seems to depend on where one is travelling from and who one is.
Yougov polls show him and TBW popularity dropping like rocks
I recall a while back that there was a comment that those wishing ill on the RF and UK went for the lowest-hanging fruit, H and his uncle.
As for incompetency in governments, it's clear evidence of the Peter Principle at work: `people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "maximum level of incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent' (Wikipedia)
but Ursula cheated her way to her academic credentials and was not considered a success as her stint as Defense Minister of Germany, at the Bundesverteidigungsministerium. Politics is a different kettle of fish, as you Brits like to say. Politics is show business for ugly people...
She reminds me of another German minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg who was caught in a plagiarism scandal as well, had his doctorate stripped and had to resign and make himself scarce in the USA for some years. He was a rising star. Some say that Ursula von der Leyen didn't have her diploma revoked because it made it look like everyone was getting their diplomas revoked in Germany. So she benefited from him going before her.
Main points from DM headline at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9961915/Prince-William-villain-refusing-speak-racism-controversial-new-TV-film.html
Prince William is portrayed as villain for 'refusing to speak out on racism' and 'scoffing at comments about Archie's skin tone' in controversial new TV film Escaping the Palace
William will be portrayed as the villain in a new TV film about Prince Harry and Meghan leaving the royal family
Promotional photos show the actors playing William and Harry arguing as Duke of Sussex lectures his brother
Harry berates William for 'not speaking out on racism' while William scoffs at comments made about Archie
It comes just days after it was revealed the movie will open with a dream sequence which sees Meghan, 40, involved in a car accident - just like Princess Diana's
UvdL must be one of those who, proved inadequate at a previous job, was promoted upwards to get rid of her - like so many managers I've known, the ones who left with a payout and a good reference.
Von der Leyen is not new, she's been President of the European Commission for nearly two years (I realise that it's not obvious if you're outside Europe). You're right in saying she made a mess of the EU vaccination programme, and let's not mention Brexit. For more on this https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/von-der-leyen-should-consider-resigning-over-vaccine-rollout-shambles-says-gunnar-beck
H and Von der Leyen : a match made in heaven.
Help. What is this campaign actually going to do? What is the goal? Raise awareness to achieve what?
Hey spouse of TBW, here is an idea ... (1) talk to at least 100 disabled vets, if nt more (preferably mostly Brits because you owe the British people big time). (2) Ask them what their biggest needs are in veryday life and make a list. (3) Raise funds to take action in meeting those needs.
Special office to assist in quickly accessing disability grants? Funding for mobility aids/customizing home? Financial aid for educating children? Subsidized family holidays? Special grants for further education and training?
Your grandfather, father (latest scandal should be a precautionary warning for you) and brother actually can do it/did it, so step up to the plate and do it! And stop lecturing and blabbing on about raising awareness!
Apparently Von der Leyen was shunted to the EU because of her poor performance when she was at the ministry of Defence.
Biden ran into the same plagiarism accusations during his previous campaign for President and it derailed him before he was even nominated. He continued in the Senate for decades and decades look where he is now!
I bet JH has some plagiarism in his past too ...as does TBW... wasnt she inspired by that other `BENCH` book?
https://www.politico.eu/article/london-calling-again-for-european-commission-president-ursula-von-der-leyen/
Von der Leyen is making her first official trip to London as European Commission president, meeting Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street. But she’s no stranger to the U.K. capital, having spent a year studying at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the late 1970s, where she was fond of late nights and punk gigs (and kept forgetting to properly close the door to her flat).
Now she’s returning to her alma mater to give a lecture titled “Old Friends, New Beginnings: building another future for the EU-U.K. partnership.”
It was all very different back in 1977, when von der Leyen was an undergraduate at the University of Göttingen and her father, Ernst Albrecht, feared she was under threat from kidnappers.
Albrecht had been elected governor of the state of Lower Saxony the previous year and, with the families of German politicians being targeted by the Red Army Faction far-left terrorist group (also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang), he decided to send his daughter to study in London.
"The focus is on ending discrimination towards people with disabilities and acting as a global movement publicly campaigning for disability visibility, accessibility, and inclusion.
Together they will work with governments, businesses, and the public over the next decade to initiate change for the world's largest marginalised group who make up 15 per cent of the global population."
The New South Africa started with an affirmative action policy that was not just about uplifting black people ... also women and the disabled. More than 20 years later, New Draconian quotas are now applied for race, with the requirement that only businesses that are majority/soley black owned can do business with the state! Woman also benefit from self-imposed rather than state-imposed quotas. The disabled generally get forgotten in quota systems, but I live in a society where 'if you can do the job in a wheelchair and you are qualified for the job, you get the job'.
Anyway, this campaign sounds like the woke movement ... a platform for lots of media attention, and inciting others to 'take action'. I still fail to find what the specific concrete goals are of this campaign. A quota system? Punishment for discrimination (who decides if it was discrimination)? New universal building regulations?
By the way, I sometimes watch videos on conjoined twins and other disabled kids, usually in America. Every one of them goes to school like other kids and are completely accepted and not deprived of any opportunities because of a physical disability. My impression is that Americans certainly do not need any lecturing about how to treat disabled people!
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PA2 here. I have just read PA anon's comment on reading Harry's energy and would like to add that I have tried for the last 3 days to tap into him and I get no information whatsoever. The pendulum goes literally in circles clockwise and counterclockwise within seconds and I cannot really feel a solid yes or no. I therefore did not bother to post.
However, there was only one question where the energy felt right. The information received was quite surprising so please take this with a grain of salt.
My question was what Harry was mostly afraid of in case of a separation/divorce:
1. Losing his children. Strong No which surprised me a lot. Almost seemed like this did not really concern him.
2. Financial problems. Also a strong No. When asking further, it felt like he was sure that someone would bail him out.
3. Hearing "I told you so" from family and friends. This would bother him a bit but not very much. However, I received a stronger Yes when specifically asking about William's reaction.
4. MM revealing information and secrets. She has information which he knows he should not have shared with her and he is afraid she will use it to destroy him in the public eye. It felt like he is scared that she will spill the beans specifically on him and their shenanigans. When I tried to get more information, there was a strong blockage so I have no idea whether this concerns their children or financial deals. On a side note: There was no concern on Harry's part for third parties who might be affected, too.
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She has information which he knows he should not have shared with her and he is afraid she will use it to destroy him in the public eye.
Yep! That's what narcs do.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9961915/Prince-William-villain-refusing-speak-racism-controversial-new-TV-film.html
Voting closes soon.
Your chance to vote for Piers Morgan as favorite TV personality.
Even if you don't like him, he provided a service to the UK and all who value truth and freedom of the press.
In my opinion, the Queen should make him a knight for standing up in her defense.
Hear! Hear!
Comments section dominated by Guardian readers and Sugars piling in, mainly the former.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9962105/Back-TV-soon-Piers-Morgan-drops-huge-hint-return-screens.html#comments
However, there was only one question where the energy felt right. The information received was quite surprising so please take this with a grain of salt.
My question was what Harry was mostly afraid of in case of a separation/divorce:
1. Losing his children. Strong No which surprised me a lot. Almost seemed like this did not really concern him.
2. Financial problems. Also a strong No. When asking further, it felt like he was sure that someone would bail him out.
3. Hearing "I told you so" from family and friends. This would bother him a bit but not very much. However, I received a stronger Yes when specifically asking about William's reaction.
4. MM revealing information and secrets. She has information which he knows he should not have shared with her and he is afraid she will use it to destroy him in the public eye. It felt like he is scared that she will spill the beans specifically on him and their shenanigans. When I tried to get more information, there was a strong blockage so I have no idea whether this concerns their children or financial deals. On a side note: There was no concern on Harry's part for third parties who might be affected, too.
I think I need to make a pendulum and start asking about lottery numbers...
As Nutty mentioned some time ago, what if they were in a Dom/sub relationship, and there were very embarrassing photos of Harry?
Many of us doubt that the "children" exist so I can see where Harry wouldn't care about the "children."
And, his bills have always been paid; or, like when he left Las Vegas with a $30,000 hotel bill, Steve Wynn picked it up. The Mob doesn't do anything for free, so Harry owes the Mob. When will they collect? Maybe they could kidnap MM, and hold her for ransom.
Can't wait for the bullying insights. So many rumors of her being a raging narc bitch. Heard about that waitress from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦? Apparently the glass of red wine 🍷 was not good enough for meggy...she tossed it in her face (ohhh...uhm, young single mother waitress BTW, just gave birth and struggling to pay bills...you know...40x40! Let's support working women! ...). B S. Can't wait for the bullying investigation. BRF need to stop covering up her narc crimes
https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2021/09/blind-item-7_02041250485.html#disqus_thread
"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Reportedly Offer to Visit the Queen. Will She Accept?"
"Meghan, Harry extend olive branch to the Queen, make an offer to meet her"
Nope, this is not how it works.
They request to see the Queen, or she invites them to visit her. No one offers to visit/meet with the Queen.
It is not an olive branch that is required from the deluded pair but an apology to everyone in the family that they have insulted.
That's going to take one hell of an apology!
If people react, they’ve met the goal.
I’m fully aware the movie is directed to the lowest bidder(s).
There must be a way to outlive all that is upside down on this world!
Markle cannot be allowed to prosper when so many are disadvantaged. To put it mildly.
When I typed Markel, there was an error, which read Marble. I thought that was fitting, too.
Here’s another interesting comment in today’s Crazy Days and Nights blind item. It has always been my theory that due to the spending for their lavish lifestyle and the massive overhead to maintain the facade of being successful royals, the Harkles’ marriage will conclude when it ends up in a ditch of debt deeper than the Mariana Trench and Meghan leave Harry flat broke snd holding the bag for all the money they owe their creditors.
Narcissists like Meghan are often very good at spending other people’s money. Look at how well Meghan did spending 7 figures of Charles’ money on her wardrobe after marrying Harry. She spent more than any other European royal woman including the Queen of Spain.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 06, 2021
Blind Item #7
The alliterate one really wants her husband to sandbag his grandmother with a secret camera interview.
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Sock Holliday
9 hours ago
Word on the street is that the Montecito Royal Rejects are up to their ears in debt with dwindling job offers, and are fielding both angry creditors AND a possible probe into their so-called "charitable" foundation. The plea to meet with QEII may be to beg for some $crilla so they don't get sued by creditors. Also, likely to be used to generate positive publicity to sway public opinion, and (if the baptism of their daughter is approved) to sell photos taken for MUCH needed cashola. Meeegain Markle allegedly views the Queen as being "soft" and the easiest target in the BRF to manipulate into feelings of pity for the wayward ginger-haired grandson, RumpledSuitStill Harry.
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manwe_sulimo Sock Holliday 2 hours ago this checks and is common sense. They flopped a pod and a book. So obviously not bankable. No reason for others to offer them jobs since at least 2 were fiascos. But they like to live large so debt is expected.
It is possible for a child, or even a adult, to be baptised aboard ship, using the ship's bell as a font. There are online photos of naval personnel being thus `done' by the Ship's Chaplain. Also, members of RNLI crews may have their infants thus christened.
See https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/update/2014-01-27/lifeboat-christening/ for example, the ceremony may be being performed by a local land-based clergyman.
Also, at https://www.nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Naval_Baptism.php there's an account of it in the Canadian Navy.
So the HaMs making such a song and dance about it having to be in the Royal Presence in the UK betrays their ulterior motives.
They still astound us at the depths to which they will sink - we should be immune to it by now but each new blow beneath the belt that they try to land is something hitherto unimaginable. Can there ever be a limit to it?
Social media is on fire with fake stories about infidelity, physical fights between TBW and her mother and TBW and her husband, looming bankruptcy, the rubbish TBW is actually producing (and Netflix and Spotify spinning away to justify the lucrative contracts) ... what else?
Less than a year ago it was all PR about the mega deals, their mega stardom, the major loss to the monarchy ...
Now, the gossip about the children seems tame!
In a way, I want to see them at Sandringham for Christmas, doing the walk of shame going to church. Will they produce Archie as a shield? Will the Cambridges and Cornwalls and Wessexes be persuaded to play nice? (Will Camilla mouth 'help' to the press?) Will the Yorks act as a shield, or even the Queen? Will the tabloids hold onto and then unleash a major scandalous revealation about the Sussexes just before Christmas?
"Formal Anglican Christenings don't even have to happen on consecrated ground, whether in open church or private chapel....
So the HaMs making such a song and dance about it having to be in the Royal Presence in the UK betrays their ulterior motives."
If it's true that the Sussexes said they'd be happy to wait as long as it takes for a Windsor christening attended by the Queen, that shows their priorities and their view of the sacrement.
Meghan's own baptism and confirmation was apparently not attended by the Queen. It was at St. James's Palace but I've not seen any info on whether it was in the chapel. And Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Will were christened in the Music Room at BP proving a chapel isn't needed.
We will not serve our child on a silver platter to the media quoted the Sussexes. Harry was adamant that his children would be kept out of the glare of the media. So far, they have done just that. Except when TBW calls the paps when Harry is out of town like the photo of Archie going to school dropped conspicuously on Prince Louis’ birthday. Funny, no lawsuit was ever issued.
Now, if the stories of debt are true, they need to serve their child/children on a golden platter with HM or better yet, the extended BRF in full view.
Fortunately, HM is smart enough to have palace photographers and to keep the pictures in her control. The Queen will be surrounded by her advisers, perhaps even Prince William, and the conversation will be monitored, controlled and witnessed. Megsy will not be present. Harry is desperate, angry as always, and he will ask for ‘half-in,half-out’ scenarios and be denied. An apology will not be forthcoming from the 6s but Harry will have something else to write about in his memoirs. You know, genetic pain.
At least let me film my Netflix project at Windsor Granny, Harry will beg. . Nope! Unless all that Netflix $$$$goes directly to the charity and not Archewell.
WARNING TO HM AND PALACE SECURITY, MI5: There are video cameras with audio that are tiny and can be kept in a pocket. Please have Harry and Meghan frisked before they enter any Royal domain!!!
This all seems typical narc behaviour. They will form a grudge for the slightest thing and hold onto it for life. However, when they do harm to others, they expect others to simply forget if it suits them, or paint themselves as the victim who forgives, or the saint who reconciles with the sinner. They are never at fault, they must always control and dominate, they never genuinely apologise.
I suspect that TBW is such a narc and the husband is her loyal servant/puppet. I do hope that someone rational and reasonable and fully informed is informing the BRF so that they can avoid falling into the narc trap. But, the ensuing drama is always so entertaining, so every dark cloud has a silver lining.
Unfortunately, remarketing the book and Megsy’s promotion tour will not work as the book sucks, except for the pictures I’m told, and TBW is reviled. Megsy will have to put on quite an acting performance to talk to the peasants and she will hate every moment; another fail for the toxic duo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtkQiGnpJJE
Book tours are usually done when the book is published. (Coronavirus no excuse as there couid have been plenty of virtual interviews, giveaways of signed copies, posters in shop windows ...) Can spin and pushing TBW down everyone's throat sell millions of books?
It is appallingly bad, and Random House should just let it go. Unless TBW is pushing for a publicity tour?
Who is Neil Sean?
For those who have time to spare, the article linked above, and especially the many comments that follow, seems to indicate that Neil Sean has a lot in common with the Harkles (thin skinned, plays the victim, has a questionable relationship with thruth, thinks royalty is a form of celebrity ...).
Maybe he is fun and entertaining if one does not take him too seriously?
"Unlike everyone who feels they must praise an award-winning, young, struggling black illustrator, I do not think the illustrations are great nor do I think they are appropriate for a children's picture book, at the age for which the book is marketed. They have great aesthetic appeal for adults, but not for pre-reading children."
Agree 100%. I thought older kids (9-10) might like the pictures but would probably think they were a bit boring and childish. Plus all the drawings I've seen seem to show kids much younger than 10. For younger kids there's just too much white space, weird-ass word choices (how many 3-7 year olds know the word "kin"? I guess we use that word in the southern US [She's kin to x] but its not a child's word) colors are muted, and there are too many teeny-tiny details in the pictures that don't seem they'd be very interesting to young kids.
Of course, to me the product-audience mismatch is one of the main problems with the book (along with the really atrocious poem). But it's a poem aimed at men, published in a children's book currently marketed by Amazon for 3-7 year olds, illustrated with muted watercolors truly more suitable for adults. Ugh.