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And, now what?

 After the Time piece, what do you do for an encore?

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LavenderLady said…
@Design Doctor,

If I were her stylist, I'd probably be facing life in the pen. LOL kidding, but you are right, no way in bloody ell would I ever.

Thanks. I have that outfit and wear it on occasion now that Covid is under control in my area. Its stylish but comfy.

@Svetlana, funniest comment I've read in a long time. I nominate you for the latte. Thanks for the huge laugh :D

@Sandie,

I agree completely with your analysis of Holmes. I'm reading Bad Blood by John Carreyrue. The profile is totally on point. I highly recommend it! It's a great look at the female narc in the workplace (Meg's time at the Palace)...

It's perfect casting that Jennifer Lawrence got the role in the currently shelved film about EH. Same title as the book.

Silicon Valley like Hollywood is a narc swamp.
DesignDoctor said…
@Sandie
Slightly O/T Holmes and TBW
If you want to read an excellent account of the Theranos saga read Bad Blood by Wall Street Journal reporter Carryou. Fascinating! No way do I think she was naive. She’s as calculating a liar and socialclimber as TBW. After I read the book, I watched the HBO documentary on Theranos. Like TBW Holmes is fake, fake, fake. Who followed the Silicon. Valley mantra of “Fake it til you make it.”
Holmes and TBW are cut from the same type of cloth. However TBW was incapable of faking it til she made it. She could not hack the duties of being a royal. Holmes on the other hand worked hard to cultivate ‘power“ and influence the powerful to believe in her barely functioning machine which she made false promises about to so many.
Show and lies no substance.
Agree with who do they think they are? The American branch of the BRF?
LavenderLady said…
@Sandie,

Looks as if we crossed in the mail. :)
DesignDoctor said…
Anyone else notice the diamond eternity band on her left ring finger? I have not noticed that bauble before.
DesignDoctor said…
In hot and humid NYC weather I bet she has pit rings as large as the ones on the day they visited the Canadian embassy immediately before Megxit.
Her striding out still makes her look like a contestant doing the Bargain Hunt Kick:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oQ3JcKAkEM

There's some IT mileage in that as well, methinks
The Cat's Meow said…
Bless Their Hearts.....they don't have any other ideas or claims to fame....

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/23/prince-harry-meghan-markle-check-into-dianas-fave-nyc-hotel/?_ga=2.253161216.800442899.1632321208-611631116.1621909878

And for those of you who don't speak "Southern", Bless Your Heart is NOT a compliment ;)
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The Cat's Meow said…
I have been thinking of those mentioned earlier in the blog who may be hibernating. Wishing everyone the best and hope to hear from you again! MsDeb, prayers for the successful surgery and rehab of your husband, and for you too. Please keep us posted.

I am generally a lurker and I have definitely stopped visiting as often, mainly because H&M have become so predictable and I feel more and more grossed out by anything to do with them. Don't even want to give them the cicks on the Dailymail!!!

I do hope @Nutty is well, and that she can send us her thoughts when she again has the time.
AnnieC said…
Hello all. I am a loyal lurker who has come out of hiding in the past to vote in a poll or send well wishes. It feels a bit silly, but I did want to reach out and say how much this blog has meant to me. There were times when I was up all through the night with a young son who had some health issues. (Please note that I can understand a young son does not necessarily make me a young mother!) Being an international blog, your comments were not only enlightening, entertaining…but also comforting since there were always new comments throughout all 24 hours of the day.
There are lots of reasons why I have grown tired of “them” lately. But I have not grown tired of all the commenters and want to send all the best to each and every one of you!!!

- AnnieC
Sandie said…
@AnnieC
Great to meet you. I hope your son is doing ok.

@LavenderLady and @DesignDoctor
Bad Blood sounds like a must read. Thanks for the recommendation.

Has everyone caught up with the high-profile ego fest? Ten SUVs with 20 security. Clearing all the tables around them in the restaurant. (Sounds like tin pot dictators here in Africa but they also have lots of flashing lights!) A visit with the American representative at the UN, at her official home. This is high comedy indeed. I wonder what their new scam is to get some more stupid people to give them millions.

The parallels with Elizabeth Holmes are eerie, but I get the sense that they are amateurs compared with her. Hence the entourage and the high-profile visits to 'big them up'.


snarkyatherbest said…
WAit - more pics - the one with the US ambassador to the UN she's wearing a skirt and a camel colored coat - seriously obvious merching. So strange
snarkyatherbest said…
So daily mail is just blasting them

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10020855/Harry-Meghan-visit-1WTC-Observatory-meeting-NY-Gov-Cathy-Hochul-Bill-Blasio.html

Somewhere in my mind i think of an entrepreneur that has a new stash of cash and decides to throw it at one last big push to see if they can jump start a business. There has got to be some palms greased ($ to foundations and political campaigns to get a pic/introduction) she merches two outfits, there are pics (likely copywrite on them) but for what, will this get them the momentum they need, the ins they need? or will there be no cash left in a month because it wont stick. They certainly are going all out and none of these players do this out of the goodness of their hearts - its politics and $ talks. Curious to see what happens a month from now.

LavenderLady said…
@Sandie said,
The parallels with Elizabeth Holmes are eerie, but I get the sense that they are amateurs compared with her. Hence the entourage and the high-profile visits to 'big them up'.

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Holmes is the daughter of a former Enron exec and Harry has been in a bubble for most of his life so there's that.

About the NYC visit, they have tanked so badly: dissed by the Obama's, dissed by the Met Gala, dissed by the Emmy's, they desperately needed a PR grand event to get them back in good graces. But it won't work. The new Gov. of NY is also desperate to get the stink off that Cuomo left. Mayor and wife need the black vote because he now wants to run for Governor, so...

It's an egofest all the way around. Their titles won't shine them up as much as they and their PR co wish because people aren't stupid and the public has figured them out as the posers they are.

Enjoy the book! :)

@AnnieC,

Welcome here!
@ Nutties and the Elizabeth Holmes story

There’s a Podcast called The Drop Out it’s following her story and trial. 🥴
LavenderLady said…
@RR,

Thanks! I've been tuning in and it's really good :) I highly recommend.
Humor Me said…
Greetings all!

I had a good laugh at the pix from NYC and TBW's choice of outfits in 80 degree weather. It's the optics.
And she wonders why she is not taken seriously.
Perhaps I misunderstood but I recall the dear, late, Alistair Cooke saying in his `Letter from American' radio programme that after Labor Day, summer clothes were put away?

Or has the climate softened so much that that no longer applies, even though we could do with another weekly letter from across the pond, telling us what's really going on. I wonder what he would have said about the Harkles?

There's a choice of videos online that you might like to sample to get a flavour of AC's broadcasts. Also ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Cooke)


'Night All - talk to you again tomorrow.
snarkyatherbest said…
uh oh. NYC is about to get markled. flash flood warning for tonight into tomorrow. that’s just cold mother nature 😉
gfbcpa said…
Yes...the skies are dark and it looks like rain is on the way. I hope she has an umbrella to merch....
gfbcpa said…
And a raincoat and rain boots.
Maneki Neko said…
I haven't listen to Lady C for some time but decided to listen to her latest YouTube video. She calls TBW insane several times. I think that's the general consensus.
SwampWoman said…
@Wild Boar Battle-maid, it may be "autumn" for other folks; not so much for some of us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MtJoQ8Jc9M
LavenderLady said…
@snarky,
uh oh. NYC is about to get markled. flash flood warning for tonight into tomorrow. that’s just cold mother nature 😉

___

HILARIOUS! :D :D

Fifi LaRue said…
@RaspberryRuffle: I agree. She spends beyond her means, always has, always will. She will run out Hairy's inheritance to the last dime. There will be no divorce until the last dime is spent.

Jeez, those two are running around NYC like they are some kind of royalty. They are not. They are private citizens.
Anonymous said…
From the New York Post:

'TOURIST' TRAP
NY pols fawn over ‘tourists’: Stop treating Harry & Meghan like royalty


Why are the governor and mayor of New York taking a meeting at the World Trade Center with the Two Megxiteers? Harry and Meghan threw away their royal obligations as vigorously as John Kerry threw away his Vietnam War service ribbons. I say we treat them like any other tourists. These people are entitled to no more bowing and scraping than the Kansas City Royals.

Meghan’s brand — California New-Age I’m-Still-on-a-Journey-of-Self-Discovery-in-Middle-Age — and Harry’s palace-born entitlement have intermingled to create the most appalling British-American monster since Madonna’s “Madge” period. At least Madge didn’t mumble about climate change and global poverty, though.

What has become of what was once the world’s most badass prince? Until just a few years ago Harry was proof that “macho royal” is not an oxymoron. In sharp contrast to his jug-eared, limp-handkerchief of a dad Prince Charles, he used to roar around Afghanistan in his helicopter giving hell to the Taliban, his red hair blazing like a testosterone torch. Take that, everyone who ever saw a ginger walking down the street and yelled out of his car, “Ronald McDonald,” “Carrot Top” or “Leprechaun,” not that anything like that has ever happened to me.

Since he had his tender bits chomped off by the Megalodon, though, Hammerin’ Hank has become Girly Harry, an Instagram influencer (whatever that is) who posts cringey pictures of himself with Jon Bon Jovi alongside the squishy sayings of ’80s motivational speaker Leo “Dr. Love” Buscaglia. British fortitude enabled it to survive the Great War, the Third Reich, and even the European Union, but now one of the UK’s scions has surrendered to Oprahfication. Instead of firing rockets at medieval Islamofascists, Shallow Hal sits there holding his wife’s hand while she emotes about her made-up pain for the cameras. Somehow Thor became Ed Sheeran.

Anonymous said…
Snap out of it, man! Whatever happened to Grandma Liz’s stiff upper lip or Grandpa Phil’s wicked sense of humor? The Queen was literally bombed by Nazis for a year and never even said, “How perfectly beastly!” If anyone had suggested she ever go on a worldwide it’s-so-hard-to-be-me tour, she would have told him to stop being such a wet. Which is British for “wussypants.”

In 1992, the year a massive fire at Windsor Castle took out 115 rooms and both of her sons’ marriages also went up in flames, Elizabeth said, “1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure.” Hell, yeah: The British way is mastery of the colossal understatement. There’s a reason people say “Slay, Queen” and not “Preach, Duchess.” The Queen also called that year her “Annus Horribilis.” What a classy way to say, “That sucked!” Meghan Markle, on the other hand, gets duly mocked by Piers Morgan (“I wouldn’t believe her if she filed a weather report”) and she files a formal complaint. And not even in Latin.

As if to passive-aggressively troll Her Majesty, instead of giving their daughter a solid English name that suggests equally the ability to wield a scepter or to fix trucks in WWII, H&M gave the baby the monarch’s childhood nickname Lilibet. The thought bubble over Her Majesty’s indomitable hat when she heard this news can only have been, “Er, thanks?” It’s as if a descendant of Winston Spencer Churchill decided to honor the great man by naming his boy Churchy, or Spencebro.

And not since the Duke of Windsor turned out to be a bit of a Nazi has the royal family suffered an embarrassment on par with H&M’s ghastly Time magazine cover: “This looks like Harry is her hairdresser and he’s looking into the mirror explaining what he did to her layers,” observed Irish comic Gráinne Maguire on Twitter.

Harry used to be a swashbuckling 6-foot-1; according to the Time photo, he’s now the same height as his wife (5-foot-6). He’s shrinking before our eyes! The next time we see him, he could be the size of a parakeet, and Maleficent Markle will be carrying him around in a cage as though nothing has happened. She’ll continue complaining about how rough it is to be her, and once in a while he’ll let out a little peep or chirp.
Magatha Mistie said…

Sorry Nutties, didn’t mean to
alarm you.
Had a really bad week, all good now,
and healthy.
Thank you for your kind words,
much needed, and appreciated X

Back to Harkling
Keep Buggering On! 😘
Maneki Neko said…
In the International Business Time:

'Meghan Markle gets new nickname during NYC visit with Prince Harry'

I looked at it eagerly, thinking it would be an unflattering one but no - I just hope it's not there to stay. These are just some excerpts:

'Journalist Kyle Mazza was on the site when he asked the former "Suits" star how she feels about being back in the city. While the couple posed for photos, he called her Madam Duchess and asked "are you enjoying your time in New York?"

The 40-year old replied, "It's wonderful to be back, thank you." Prince Harry reacted to his wife being called Madam Duchess as he was seen on video smiling at her as he repeated the words.

"Prince Harry & Madam Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle tell me on 9/23/21 that it feels wonderful to be back in NYC. Mayor de Blasio expresses his admiration saying they are wonderful guests and that the work they are doing is so important for our whole country and our whole world," Mazza wrote on Twitter along with a video of his interview.

It seemed "Madam Duchess" is a big hit with fans with some calling it an "awesome" nickname and liking how it sounds. One wrote, "Madame Duchess is an AWESOME coined term- and it's going to be monumental. You found a way to address her that's American, professional, and accomplished, and doesn't need British rules and say-so. Go you!"

Another chimed in, "You are the first one to call a royal "Madam Duchess" Kyle...and I love it. Cheers to that."

One fan suggested, "Trademark Madam Duchess because it's about to take off!" and one more reacted, "It made me smile so much... thank you for brightening our mornings with the important questions."'

🙄🙄
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

I was just thinking we need you more than ever when I saw your post. So glad you're back 😀. If anything I read brightens my mornings, it's your posts, not what some 'fan' said about TBW (see above). I'm sorry you had a bad week, it's understandable. Take care and keep posting x
@Rebecca said:

Harry used to be a swashbuckling 6-foot-1; according to the Time photo, he’s now the same height as his wife (5-foot-6). He’s shrinking before our eyes! The next time we see him, he could be the size of a parakeet

Cue mental image of TBW as the somewhat notorious Marie Lloyd singing `My Old Man Said `Follow the Van' with 'Arry Boy, her cock linnet, on his perch and spilling his seed.

Clearly, a lot of `what 'e fancied' hasn't done him any good.

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Good to have you here once more, Magatha. We need to keep the humour going.
`Madam/Madame' may be more appropriate then they realise - wasn't she supposed to have organised yacht girls?

On a similar tack, with Toulouse Lautrec in mind, the high-kicking stride could also be likened to the original Can-Can girls who wore open-crotch drawers. (I once went to a modern music-hall event at the Theatre Royal Windsor(!) where the girls wore proper knickers - an extraordinary amount of gusset was revealed. The mind boggled.)
Also, to call someone `a proper little madam' isn't a compliment - but it fits her.
Magatha Mistie said…

Thank you @Maneki

Madam Duchess sounds like
a type of potato, hard boiled.

Yes, I’m worried I won’t see Blighty
for a while X
Magatha Mistie said…

A Heresy Royal
Better roasted 😉

Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

Madam Duchess sounds like
a type of potato, hard boiled.

A Heresy Royal
Better roasted 😉
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Ha ha 😆. Very good, although even a type of potato is too flattering.
What about H who I thought was 'triggered' every time he heard the click of a camera? What about the 'privacy' they so crave? How is this behaviour allowed/tolerated by the US and the UK?
Magatha Mistie said…

@WildBoar

My reference to ‘madam’
in my poems was always meant
to be derogatory!
As for Madam Duchess hahahaha!

In the words of Amy Winehouse
“What kind of Fuc.ery is this”
@Maneki Neko, short of sending in a snatch squad from the SAS to grab and incarcerate her permanently, I don't think we can do much about it!

Apart from that, we just have to hope and pray that an increasing number of people in both US & UK see through these swindlers.
I should have said `alleged swindlers' of course!
Magatha Mistie said…

*Polo-rising

Given up on privacy
Stalking now in NYC
A false sense, for security
Adding to their fallacy
But another plot, you’ll see
Merching all, Just Look at Me

*polo/turtle/no neck sweater



Rebecca quoted:

He’s shrinking before our eyes! The next time we see him, he could be the size of a parakeet

I chuckled my way through that entire article but this sentence stuck out at me. I tried to imagine H as a budgie and completely failed, they're far too intelligent! Or at least, I get more sense out of mine than I've heard from him anyway.

Would a pigeon work? We've still got the racing pigeons visiting and a new one turned up in the last few days. I've been struggling with what to name it but after reading that article I had inspiration. The new pigeon seems very timid with the rest of them and refuses to join in the feeder scrum, it hangs around on the edges and waits until the rest have finished then scrats around for any seed they missed, it's definitely the underdog of the flock. I think I might call it Six.
Magatha Mistie said…

@WildBoar

Let’s hope the US can finish what we started.
Otherwise she’s hell bent on politics.
Third husband hazbro, incumbent.
Elskainga said…
@Rebecca

Thank you for sharing that hilarious New York Post article. New Yorkers are fast talking and don’t suffer fools gladly. Unpaid observers of the 6s will yell out negative comments or even worse, completely ignore them as they do not matter. Wilhelm Warren, Jr. the actual name of deBlasio, will never become governor. New Yorkers see the mess the City has become under his tenure and will avoid him like the plague. He needs the toxic pair more than they need him.

Harry’s balding pate, Meghan’s reduced hair, those I’m a trip hazard pants and the winter coat is so Markley. Harry’s face looked puffy, Megsy needs to cut down on the fillers, and Harry’s scrunched up eyes when he laughs makes him look just like Prince Charles. Prince William definitely got more of Diana’s physical features, lucky him.

Grifters at the UN. The 6s need to be careful as they are swimming in a pool of shark-deadly grifters at the UN and will be eaten alive if they overstep. I hope this is just a PR photo spread for Archewell.

Anyone know if they are both Sunshine Sachs clients?
Elsbeth1847 said…
The book continued to be just something WBBM.

The obligatory slam about how the Duchess had tried, kept making protocol mistakes, the horrid tabs, the Queen was nice to me but yada yada. Managed to work in that since the heir was showing no signs of settling down, having kids that she would step up to the plate and support her husband as king because she knows he would be absolutely "... amazing at it".

The whole thing was kind of like a lot of what they have done pretty consistently since they left: a bad copy of the real thing with a sense of some sleazy undertones.


warning: If you are more sensitive, you may want to skip this

So one of the themes was the role of romance novels and it manages to sort of imply that romance books were not really a thing until Fifty Shades of Gray came out. They also keeps bringing up pegging. It goes to make an impassioned speech about how there is nothing wrong with books which focus on sex and romance as someone else equates this with prostitution. Agree it is not the same (as prostitution) but I doubt that the publishing of these books was dying on the vine before FSoG nor I am not convinced it is the classic example of a romance novel.
Catlady1649 said…
I've just been looking at the Daily Mail on line.There's an article about Hazza carrying a laptop case,engraved with Archie's Papa on the side. Have any Nutties seen this? Comments are scathing
JHanoi said…
thanks for posting the NY Post article!! it had me LOL!!
LavenderLady said…
https://nypost.com/2021/09/23/new-york-pols-fawn-over-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle/
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@Rebecca, thanks for posting the article. It was delicious 😋 I loved it!

The NY Post is a conservative tabloid, (which doesn't bother me in the least since I'm apolitical and who happens to love satire whether it's a well drawn cartoon or the written word) so their readership will already be nose thumbers ie: the Harkles.

The good news is more Americans are getting this version on a grand scale as opposed to the "Oprahfication" treatment.

I hope someone who can draw or paint captures the image of Harry the parakeet in his cage. Gilded of course lol.

As far as Madame Duchess, I greatly enjoyed the comparisons upthread! Ha! Sounds like a saloon/gambling parlor in Tombstone or Dodge City...

@Magatha,
Welcome back! So glad you are feeling better :)

@CatLady1649

Yes, I saw the `Archie's Papa' slogan and words failed me. I ask you, what a prat!

Now I'm surprised she didn't wear a T-shirt proclaiming 'Baby on Board' when she was `pregnant'. It would have saved her the effort of stroking her belly.
Maneki Neko said…
@Catlady1649

I saw the photo this morning of H with his laptop bad and Archie's papa.

The comments are the best, I don't usually bother with the articles. Here are a few:

godam, amsterdam, Netherlands, 4 minutes ago

H, make sure you hold it the right side out so the paps can get a good pix. Not like that, you fool. Like this, and look casual about it. Good boy. We need to remind people that A. exists, no pap's been interested of late; we can get at least 2M for a cover, if we can somehow whip up some interest again.

Another one asked where Lilibet$'s papa was.

And:

WordWin, Lightwins, U.S. Virgin Islands, 9 hours ago

The bag should have said "Megan's DUNCE!"
Girl with a Hat said…
@Magatha,

Thank you for your latest poem.

Also, thank you for reminding me of what she looks like with her hair pulled back - a potato.

When people get older, their cheeks get chubbier and their cheeks pull into their nose, hence the nasolabial folds.

Well, most people find a flattering hairdo to deal with these issues. Her pulling her hair back doesn't, and it really accentuates those aspects of her face, making it look not so much lumpy but having more typography than a younger face, if I am explaining myself correctly.

Someone once suggested a shorter bob. that would work on her.
Maneki Neko said…
@ Girl with a Hat

Maybe that was her attempt at a 'Croydon facelift'? For non British Nutties, here is a definition:

(British slang, derogatory) A women's hairstyle, associated with lower social classes, in which the hair is pulled tightly back from the face and fastened behind the head, thus pulling the features up and back and giving an effect similar to a facelift.
LavenderLady said…
@GWAH,@Maneki,

She's definitely looking matronly these days. She can't be airbrushed/photoshopped in real time so no hiding it.

She looks nothing like she did when she snagged the Prince.
Yeah! The Croydon Facelift, though I yet found a photo of her without the parting. If you come across one, please flag it up.

Miggy said…
@Magatha... so happy to see that you're back! 😊
snarkyatherbest said…
the archie’s papa is trying to hard to prove he’s a dad or are they trolling the brf who is rumored to have paid off the first surrogate and allowed her to keep the baby. either way it’s not a cold dad look. and today’s wife outfit. another big miss. maybe no one is lending to her for merching. if i were a designer i wouldn’t. she looks terrible in those outfits.
Miggy said…
@Rebecca - Thank you for the New York Post article. Thoroughly enjoyed it!


@WBBM,

Plenty of photos of TBW without the hair parting here >>> https://tinyurl.com/43hdj96e
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DesignDoctor said…
So glad you are back Magatha!
DesignDoctor said…
What is it with TBW always wearing pants which drag the ground? It ruins the look of the outfit an no doubt the pants, too!
Her head does look like a potato and as someone commented she looks very matronly.
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

Photo of TBW without a parting (and looking matronly)? Did you mean this one for instance? It was at the premiere of the Lion King.

https://tinyurl.com/z9wujtnp
BellaDonna said…
TBW needs to high tail swiftly back to CA, I hear that Elon Musk is newly single (again)!
Este said…
Meghan and her hairdresser are "trying hard" at establishing the royal court in America thinking they can "storm the world" with photo ops, designer clothes and megawatt smiles as they virtue signal their compassion while icing their own families. Thing is, they just look pathetic in America trying to play this game. We're so tired of rich celebs using the poor as photo ops and woke causes for their own publicity. Meghan looked straight up pathetic in her flashy designer clothes, dripping in diamonds while reading to poor black students, most of whom qualify for free lunches, from her own book no less! It's so obvious, she's using them to make herself look good. When Kate meets the commoners, she has more sense than to dress for a Hollywood premier.
Girl with a Hat said…
she looks like bigfoot in that outfit - all brown, gangly arms, big feet and matted hair. LOL
snarkyatherbest said…
BellaDonna - hes in Austin texas now. She would get roundly booed out of texas, even in woke austin!!
snarkyatherbest said…
OMG I got a closer look at the red jacket - she's Captain Kangaroo with the wide contrast around the pockets. Ha!!
DesignDoctor said…
@GWAH

Ha, ha, ha. Bigfoot is correct. What about the huge strides she is making?

That is the ugliest, most ill-fitting, and inappropriate outfit to wear to read to school children. Harry at least has a clue how to dress to work with children.With such a large clothing budget, how does she consistently get her clothes so wrong? They are always, ill-fitting, inappropriate, and often just plain ugly.

Did anyone else notice the skin color mismatch between her face, hands and feet? Major bronzer application fail.

Bubbles said…
@ Magatha, I'm a long time lurker and I can't say I have a favorite commenter;) (I love you all!) your writing is just a joy for me. Thank you.

@ ALL of you Regulars! I do feel I know you, and BOY have you all saved me. Reading here is special, we all know it. I'll even maybe start commenting again! (I did a bit loooong ago!)

My thoughts on her little creepy tour.... are just ugh. But the ONE thing I'm actually maybe coming around on is: maybe she did have at least a (one) baby? Her body. It's different, and I'm still workin' on that baby weight myself six years later! I mean, I'm firmly in the "no-kids-exist/they don't have custody and they're not of her body" thought but now I see a small reasonable doubt. Just musing.

I'll find the rhythm with typing and chatting, sorry for an awkward waddle in! :)
DesignDoctor said…
Hi Bubbles

Welcome and nice to see your comments. I also see that her body shape has changed.You make a good point. Is it pregnancy or just weight gain, i.e., changing body shape due to aging?
I second your comment reading here is special. And this blog has certainly saved me during the pandemic. Thank you everyone for your astute and often humorous comments. I have spent many happy hours here.
What on Earth is Maggot wearing at her Harlem visit, it makes her look enormous?! 😧It looks truly atrocious from behind and her hair is an absolute mess! From the side and from a distance (the photo of when she’s seated) when she’s wearing her mask…. it looks like a man with a beard 😮

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10025197/Harry-Meghan-leave-Carlyle-Hotel-day-two-three-day-New-York-City-tour.html
@GWAH

I missed your comment….yes! Big Foot it is….😂😂 Someone in the DM comments said….look kids it’s Mrs Claus! 😂😳😂
Maneki Neko said…
@Raspberry Ruffle

Thanks for the link. How could I miss that horror show! Dressed in red from head to toe. Did she have a stylist?? She also seems to be sporting an extra ring on her left hand, maybe an eternity ring? And in one photo she's standing legs apart again... Note also the cashmere coat in the 80F degree heat 🙄

As for wearing a $7.5K designer pant suit when 94% of the children in that school get free meals, this is an insult to them. She doesn't have a clue and is totally insensitive.
Maneki Neko said…
Further to TBW's red outfit, apparently she was displaying Michelle Obama. We know she never has an original idea but copies others.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10026163/Meghan-Markle-channels-Michelle-Obamas-inauguration-outfit-New-York.html
Sandie said…
I finally got it ... the side view of the maroon pants suit made it very clear. Satin pyjamas. That is what the outfit looks like! The bizarre detailing around the quasi large pockets sealed the deal for me.

She is trying to hide weight gain. She's got the Markle genes and is short, and, like Oprah, short of a strict punishing diet and exercise regime, she is going to be matronly for the rest of her life.

He looks really pathetic at that school visit ... trailing behind her, sitting on the ground and his pants pulling down to show his underpants while she reads that book (an educational facility allowed that!), force hugging a group of children.

This bizarre 'let's pretend we are royals but also major power players' tour is most entertaining. Why top officials are pandering to them is a mystery. One would think that they would be more preoccupied with recovery from the pandemic.

A final stop at the White House before they head back to LA? We still have the concert though.
LavenderLady said…
@Snarkey,
Captain Kangaroo!! LOL!! 😂

@Bubbles,
So happy you've joined us! 😀

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Just a thought before I go down for my nap, $1300.00 a night for their lodgings at The Carlyle is donut money for rich folk. Gwinnie Goopie probably wouldn't be caught dead there. Are they lying or on his budgie budget? (🐦see what I did there?).

I think if she could, she'd blare it to the entire world that they're spending $5000 a night. She does it with her bling so why are they not staying in more exclusive rooms?

I mean, all the jewelry to read to disadvantaged kids. What in the unholy hell...?

Too any questions. Rhetorical, unless someone has some thoughts to share.

I'm off to sandman city.
JHanoi said…
TBW - NYC trip all bad decisions.

wearing a $5000.00+ designer outfi and $10,000 + in jewels and arriving with her entourage of security in guzzler SUV’s, to a Harlem school so she can read to children is totally tone deaf and so inappropriate, it’s almost funny!
plus she looked awful! which is funnier! if she was going for the BRF commonwealth thing of visiting patronages abd sprinkling Royal Fairy Dust it’s a fail. this is the US, theres no Royalty or fairy dust.

Those seasonally inappropriate outfits she keeps wearing/merching attmpting to hide her 20 pound or so weight gain are also a huge fail. totdays was the funniest of all with those ugly patch pockets, stripper heels, and straggly stringy hair. it was bad….so bad she couldn’t manage a ‘crazed britney strapped to a gurney meltdown’ smile for the paps. she looked miserable, or maybe she was trying to act empathtic?

whatever… its another fail.

she needs to embrace to weight. show body positivity and stop fat shaming herself, let those rolls hang out
Fifi LaRue said…
Clearly, no one has lent TBW their stylist, not Beyonce, not Oprah, not Serena, not Michelle, not Misha, not Markus, not Katherine, not anyone at all. Why doesn't she hire one? Has she got such a reputation that no one wants to work with TBW?
She looks a mess. Improperly dressed for the NYC heat. Over dressed. Reading that godawful boring book to inner city children.
Fidgeting must have reigned supreme in that classroom.

And, both of them look NOTHING like their photos in Time. What false flattery that was.
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Maneki Neko said…
It's good to know the 6s aren't feted by everybody.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are facing strong backlash for allegedly treating their New York trip - which includes speaking at the Global Citizen Live event in Central Park on Saturday - like a 'royal tour'.

Posting in view of their 11,000 followers, a Twitter user @UKRoyalTea, wrote: "I don’t know what’s more embarrassing, the Sussexes treating a visit to NYC like it’s a royal tour, or the Mayor and Governor treating it like it is."
. . .
One more, @Royal_Watcher_, wrote: "I’m utterly more embarrassed for the Governor and Mayor. With all that’s going on in NYC right now (I live here), THIS is what they’re doing?! @NYCMayor @GovKathyHochul A press event for two non working royals?!?! You have more important things to be doing!!! Good grief."


https://www.geo.tv/latest/372378-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-slammed-for-treating-their-ny-trip-like-a-royal-tour

This should be the general opinion in NYC if not the whole country May the backlash begin.
Sandie said…
Don't fall off your chairs ... I think the softer colour of her hair is much better than the harsh aggressive black. Now if only she could hire a stylist to sort out her clothing and jewellery and it would go a long way in improving her image.

Getty images has some great collections. Interesting to see which ones the media chose (not the most flattering for chunky Meg and surly Harry):

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/meghan-markle?events=775591147&family=editorial&phrase=Meghan%20markle&sort=newest

And the previous outings:

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/meghan-markle?events=775713966&family=editorial&phrase=Meghan%20markle&sort=newest

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/meghan-markle?events=775591146&family=editorial&phrase=Meghan%20markle&sort=newest
SwampWoman said…
If I were a parent of a child being read to for a photo op for a fake royal, I'd be very angry about my child being used to advance their narrative. I did not send my children to school to prop up the ambitions of some political wannabe. I'm going to assume that they got signed releases for the children involved. Those children getting hugged look like they'd rather be anywhere else.
Miggy & Maneki Neko - thank you both for the link to the Lion King photos - is it a sign of Google bias that not one of them came up when I searched the images?

That outfit is truly horrible. I did think `MO' but then when I saw the back view!!! It makes her look 30 or 40 years older, with the weight going on around the body but the height diminishing with age.

Regarding the trousers, 2 thoughts occur to me:

1. She thinks they hide her feet

2. She's been sent them for merching and they are intended for a woman of greater than average height, or she still believes in her `mile-long legs'. Either way, they don't get shortened by a `little woman she knows' because a) she has to send them back, b) it doesn't occur to her that they are too long or c) nobody wants the job of doing her alterations.

Also, she doesn't know one end of a needle from the other so she couldn't do it herself even if she didn't think that manual work was beneath her.
Another thought - when I saw all the hugging, I thought `Aaargh!!!

Where has she been in the last 18-21 months? Is this seen as OK in the US? Does she wear a mask to protect herself but not give a scit about others?

No need to answer that!
I've just seen the answer in the Daily Beast:

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/don-t-worry-celebs-ending-033536410.html

Nuff said.
Maneki Neko said…
@Miggy

My apologies, I didn't see your post and link at 7.51 am about TBW's hair without a parting. I've only just realised now when reading Wild Boar's post at 12.16 am. I need to read posts more carefully...
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

The photo of K Kardashian at the Met Gala in her black outfit is rather creepy. Maybe this would be a better look for TBW. She's been in purdah for most of the year (couldn't fake another pregnancy?) and is supposed to be still on maternity leave. Just in case we forgot about those two, they have to remind us of their pathetic existence. I do wonder what difference, if any, they'll make to 'vaccine equity'.
Maneki Neko said…
@SwampWoman

If I were a parent of a child being read to for a photo op for a fake royal, I'd be very angry about my child being used to advance their narrative.
- - - - -
Don't forget that these innocent pawns were all given a copy of her book. How lucky! This in addition to two boxes of vegetables and herbs to the school. How generous!
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I wondered if TBW has really put on weight, as mentioned by a few Nutties. I don't want to fat shame anyone, even TBW, but she does look quite hefty here:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/24/18/48350683-10025197-image-a-102_1632506263346.jpg
Maneki Neko.

Dam' all, I should think.
The Daily Beast article above highlights how the Hollywood `Slebs' are jumping on the band-waggon too. Scathing.

At https://uk.yahoo.com/news/don-t-worry-celebs-ending-033536410.html
@Maneki Neko

I thought the same when I first saw the photo (you also shared) and I immediately thought it could’ve been Oprah. 😉Why the weight I have no idea, but it can happen to the best of us. Her thighs are now fatter than Harry’s and they were never discernibly so before.
Mel said…
It's not like they came directly from home into the school, either. Or directly from a 10 day quarantine.

They've been out mixing with all kinds of people for the past 2 days. Airport, airplane, hotel, WTC, restaurants, etc.

And now, after all that exposure to many random strangers, they go to a school full of unvaccinated children and tell the children to hug them. Nothing like contaminating the whole school.

Kids who are in poverty and can't afford to get sick. Kids who will bring it home and give it to their households.

Two nobodies, ex-royals, their own super-spreader team. Did we even see them using hand sanitizer? Clearly social distancing.

In the video it look like the teachers were instructing the children to hug MM & H. It really made me mad that the children were basically forced to hug anyone. Let alone during a pandemic.
Mel said…
*not social distancing.
The frontal photo the Maneki Neko gave us-

(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/24/18/48350683-10025197-image-a-102_1632506263346.jpg)

is a shocker - I can hardly believe it's her.

Is it a sudden ballooning or just that we haven't seen her for a while?

Could she be on medication that's led to it? There's a number of possibilities here - Steroids? Antidepressants? Hormones? Mood Stabilisers? Has she got edema?

What do medically savvy Nutties think?
@WBBM,

I’m sure it isn’t edema, I’ve known 2 women with it and it affects all parts of the legs and arms, not just the top half. With steroids you usually get a moon face…I did when I was on them, though my Mum never did. 🤔
Of course, RR, the moon face - it happened to one of our well-known authors. So we'll rule out edema.

.......

Another thing -There’s something very disturbing about all this hugging – don’t the staff realise it’s not only blokes that can be sexual abusers?

In England, teachers daren’t so much as touch a child lest they be accused of sexual assault. Even when I was teaching decades ago, one particularly obnoxious lad about 13 used to sit in lessons looking at me and muttering ` I wanna poke/rape you’ , which I simply ignored. If I so much as inadvertently lightly touched him on the arm, though, he’d turn round and say he’d report me for sexual assault. I’d just call his bluff with `Go ahead!’

Now, I’d be afraid that he’d be believed, I’d lose my job, if not arrested.
Miggy said…
@Maneki,

There are no apologies needed.

I often miss things, as I don't always have time to scroll and read all the posts.

I'm sure it's happened to us all at one time or another. 😊
Miggy said…
I've always thought that TBW's thighs were rather large, (especially right at the top) in comparison to her lower chicken legs... but she really is displaying hugethunder thighs in that DM photo.😲

I also think her boobs look bigger too.

Maybe she's just pigging out on takeaways? 😉
Sandie said…
Mix of Markle genes, being short, and her diet ... she, like Oprah is going to have a matronly figure (except the skinny lower legs) unless she follows a draconian diet and exercise regime. I am surprised though as the Montecito monstrosity supposedly has a fully equipped gym and she has money to splurge on designer clothes and lots of jewellery so there should be more than enough to consult a dietician and establish a healthy diet that is right for her metabolism, lifestyle and figure. That beer gut on him tells me that the gym is a waste of space for them and they seem not to have the discipline or willpower to establish and follow a healthy diet.

Doria has maintained a slim and trim figure since about her thirties and until TBW met the prince probably could not afford a dietician so I doubt that she struggles with keeping her weight constant. But it does tell me that TBW is more Markle than Ragland. The ironies of fate!
snarkyatherbest said…
just saw in daily mail that NY film fest opened yesterday too. clearly didn’t get invited to that.

just saw a pics from the harlem restaurant 6 is hugging the owner outside. he has a wire going from his pocket to the back of his shirt and appears to be going up. what’s up with that. very curious.

well at least it entertained us for a few days. felt like a “royal” tour gone badly. the jackets may have been to hide the weight/body armour/whatever but remember the royal wen generally wear a coat at appearances so she definitely was trying her to make herself look royal. maybe W and C can use the footage when teaching the kids what not to do good training footage.

i read one comment or that said maybe jessica is styling her ans this is the revenge 😉. love that theory.
Sandie said…
I will try and find a copy I can post a link to ... some folk copied the tweet before it was supposedly taken down.

The Harkles had a meeting at the UN with Chelsea Clinton and others about vaccine equity. (I have droned on endlessly about why their understanding and direction is shallow and misguided.) But, they also brokered some deal about free tech transfer for Sentabale and some other charity in South Africa that I have not heard of at all.

Nothing in the press in Southern Africa about this.

Sentabale supports AIDS orphans in Lesotho and Makawi (not sure where else). Most of the money raised for the charity goes to running an office run by well-paid Westerners in London, a glossy annual report and website, and costs of a patron like Harry to play polo, fancy annual galas in London and concerts for the entertainment of Westerners. The free tech is not actually for the orphans (to provide them with computers, Internet access and an electricity generator would not cost much at all).
Sandie said…
Malawi ... there is no such country as Mawaki, in Africa or anywhere else!
xxxxx said…
Drapes, capes, tents and Hawaiian mumus for rent --- Her chicken/waffle toast Melba at Melba's restaurant was wearing a mumu and Megs should have copied her.
Non airbrushed Megs piling on the pounds (as posted above) By contrast Harry looks in very good shape....https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/24/18/48350683-10025197-image-a-102_1632506263346.jpg
gfbcpa said…
My thoughts:

1) She really was pregnant and hasn't lost the baby weight yet.
2) Early menopause.
3) Definitely fillers in her face.
4) Alcohol?

She was thin as a pin when she was on Suits. Probably a starvation diet and/or Adderall or coke.

Very difficult to keep weight down as you age...I know.
Sandie said…
Someone on social media has said that the tech transfer is about producing the vaccine in Africa. I am so confused.

Two of the pharmaceutical companies have facilities producing the vaccine in South Africa.

The situation is a bit odd. Yes, there was a bit of outrage that vaccines produced in South Africa are being sent to the West. But, Western countries are donating many millions of the vaccine to Africa.

Seems to me that South Africa has a win-win situation. Producing the vaccine here and shipping it to the West provides jobs and taxes for the economy (Western countries pay full price for the vaccines). Meanwhile, the vaccines South Africa is using are either donated or sold at a much cheaper price.

My opinion ... waiving intellectual property rights for the vaccines is not a quick solution for producing cheap vaccines for poorer countries. Especially for a hastily developed vaccine, there must be risks.

I am in South Africa. Admittedly we are the second wealthiest country in Africa, but there have been no problems in supply or administration. There is significant anti-vaccine sentiment so the majority have not been vaccinated.
gfbcpa said…
My ex-boss had a friend who was an editor for Cosmopolitan in the early 1980's. He came to her office to pick her up for lunch and she asked him if he wanted to meet Helen...the legendary Helen Gurley Brown. He said yes and she did a quick introduction. He told me she was the thinnest woman he had ever seen. Actually he said she had the body of an 11 year old boy. A huge head, poufy hair and a skinny body. I used to read her books and the magazine growing up in the 1970's and what she had to do to maintain that weight would have been pure torture for any normal person.

On Christmas, she allowed herself to eat ONE cookie.
Girl with a Hat said…
it's not just her thighs, torso and hips that have put on weight. Her hands and arms are definitely thicker than they used to be. Her hands are very mannish now, and in a side by side photo with Harry, her hands seem to be bigger than his.

Stress can also cause one to put on weight. No matter how much exercise and the quality and quantity of food you eat, if you are stressed, nothing is going to help you stay slim. It's the strongest factor, I find, in weight maintenance.
She did look very chunky at the Lion King premiere a little over 2 years ago, especially wide in the beam, but it's astonishing that she should look so dumpy even in those heels. Has she been hiding it successfully until now? Have we been shown only flattering photos? Are the pics now honest?
SwampWoman said…
I wonder if it could be paradoxical adipose hyperplasia like that reported by Linda Evangelista in Daily Mail yesterday. I had never heard of it before, but it seems that Ms. Evangelista's (minor) procedure cannot be corrected. I was curious; there are quite a few horror stories out there about women trying to remove a little pooch and ending up with a 9-months' pregnant-appearing abdomen and, like Linda Evangelista, many having no success with plastic surgery to repair the situation.

On the other hand, if she was *really* pregnant, she's going to put on that weight in her butt, boobs, thighs. (I can testify!)

SwampWoman said…
Oops, forgot to include the link to the article for anybody interested.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10022825/Linda-Evangelista-says-fat-freezing-hide-world-sues-cosmetic-procedures.html
Yet another thought: I’m also somewhat amazed that her security team doesn’t steer her away from such close contact with strangers.

Admittedly small children aren’t likely to hurt her but H is supposedly so anxious to keep his family safe I’d have thought he’d have seen the risk.Perhaps he is unaware of the sort of crime that features so prominently in our big cities these days.
Girl with a Hat said…
I wonder why Linda Evangelista cannot have other types of treatment to have the fat in her face removed. Radio frequency microneedling, for example, is pretty good at removing fat in specific areas without affecting others.

I'm sure she has investigated these other options, considering the ressources at her disposal, but it's odd that the fat that resulted from her procedure cannot be treated in normal ways.

I had some cool sculpt done for my "bat wings" and I was very disappointed. What the doctors don't tell you is that it may be good to remove fat, but not so good for toning the skin that is left behind, so you have to deal with that however you can.

In fact, I find that a lot of these cosmetic procedures are not what they promise to be. No one tells you about all of the potential side effects, and the doctors try to oversell you products, for example, they will give you a lot more fillers than look good on you. And, once you decide on a procedure, they will try to get you to change your mind to something a little more expensive. On the way out of the clinic, there's the promotion of expensive lotions and creams, of course.

Mel said…
Looks H was wired for the school visit. Notice the coming out of his pocket. Wonder if he got consent from all the student's parents.

He was also wired for the Harlem lunch visit.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10025197/Harry-Meghan-leave-Carlyle-Hotel-day-two-three-day-New-York-City-tour.html
LavenderLady said…
A bit late to the party.

One comment on DM ie: the red disaster suit, said her red carpet style looked like the actual red carpet.

I think she's just blown up like a balloon because she's comfortable. She's snagged her man and her desired life. It takes a lot of hard work (for most women who've had kids) after a certain age to stay slim and we know she hates work.

I am waiting to see if she begins her exercise routine for all to see after the NYC mess. I can bet her PR team reads every comment.

Or, she'll play the victim and say she's developed a thyroid condition or some other illness that causes weight gain. sniff sniff sniff poor me.

I don't think she would admit in public that she's had a botched cosmetic procedure. She's way to narcissistic for that.
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

She did look very chunky at the Lion King premiere a little over 2 years ago, especially wide in the beam, but it's astonishing that she should look so dumpy even in those heels. Has she been hiding it successfully until now? Have we been shown only flattering photos? Are the pics now honest?
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The few pix we've had the undiluted pleasure of seeing were of her upper body: zoom videos, madam at her desk in front of her laptop etc. In the Time pix - not sure when they were taken - everybody noticed she was wide across the hips.

Compare the photo I posted upthread with these two, the 1st one in Ireland in 2018 and the 2nd one at an evening function 4 years ago:

https://tinyurl.com/3m7p4khu
https://tinyurl.com/ppfr3wka

She was considerably slimmer then and also, even though I'm certainly no fan of hers, considerably prettier and more stylish.
Fifi LaRue said…
@Mel: If Hairy was wired at the school event, he's in a hell of a lot of trouble if those conversations get aired, or transcribed. He's violated innocent children's rights. Predatory behavior towards those who can't defend themselves. Violation of privacy.
JHanoi said…
TBW-
as mentioned previous;y I also thought her boobs had grown quite a bit, first thought was surgery or post pregnancy, but i think it’s just the middle-aged spread weight gain that happens to most people.

Someone had proved links to their Getty pictures, and in one of them i could see the line of the ‘shapewear’ (girdle) on her upper thigh. the red silky pajama pants clung to her leg showing off the stuffed sausage thigh.
she looks like it was a full body to upper thigh super slimmer under those winter outfits. it didnt look like a bullet proof vest, and JH wasnt wearing any body armor.

She appears very sensitive about her weight gain like most wannabe merching influencers and aging D-list actresses. so sad :(
Girl with a Hat said…
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/24/17/48347733-10025197-image-a-66_1632501841031.jpg

this is the photo where I find she looks like Bigfoot

She makes the same mistake many women make with their hair but I don't think it's her hair in the photo. When using a flat iron to straighten out the kinks, they flatten the top of the hair, and don't use anything to get the volume back at the roots. The mousse loses its effect, so you have to use it when you lose the volume in a couple of days. A regular woman can use mousse or gel, but if you're wearing a wig, it's more difficult to wash the hair, as the oils your scalp produces to protect the hair aren't there, and the hair will look dry.
Mel said…
FiFi LaRue....
I agree, but who's going to advocate for those kids? Their parents can barely afford rent and groceries.

This is just like the time they exploited some daycare kids from a poor area of town, when they planted forget-me-nots in honor of Diana's something or other.

Nobody advocated for those kids, either. There's a reason they choose the poor kids.
LavenderLady said…
@Mel,
Do you think those wires and pac could be for his security? I'm a Luddite when it comes to technology so I'm asking.

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I've been meaning to say, he finally got it right in his clothing. It was appropriate for the occasion. He looks very nice even down to his shoes. Just saying.
Mel said…
LavenderLady...
Maybe. But then you'd think there would be an earpiece, which there wasn't.

Also, if it was for security, you'd think he would be wired all the time...which we have not seen in the past.

I do agree that he was dressed appropriately. Her....not so much.
LavenderLady said…
@GWAH,

I agree her hair looked off. She's past the place where she can wear the long hair. A lot of older women can and do, but it doesn't suit her anymore. She needs a good style. Not too short but definitely not long and parted in the middle. She looks like Michael Jackson in some of those photos. Not a good look...

___

I'm sad to say another over 40 woman has hit the wall. It happens to all of us. Yes, I'm sad to say, but once we accept it and transition, we are fine. Some are not. That Paula model, late wife of the Cars frontman, has been squawking for years how men won't look at her anymore "I'm invisible" waa waa. For years, online since was in her early forties. Now look at what she's stooping too. Sad.

Madame Duchess wears blinders when it comes to herself. These photos may cause yet another meltdown.

Very few can look as amazing as JLO, another Leo woman. But then she had the classic oval face to start with. TBW has never been a real beauty just smoke and mirrors and a heck of a lot of game and charm.
LavenderLady said…
@Mel
You're right! No earpiece. Why would be be wearing a wire? Is he working for the FBI now? Joking.
LavenderLady said…
Sorry meant to say wife of the LATE Cars frontman. Need more coffee☕. Today's my tea day. Can't drink coffee everyday or it kills my stomach. Bummer.
Girl with a Hat said…
@Lavender Lady,

it's not so much age and knowing how to deal with flaws. Most people have to deal with that from an early age.

As for Paulina Porizkova complaining that men don't look at her anymore, maybe men do look at her, but it's not the type of man she wants to look at her. We can't have everything in life, and some people, even at 50, haven't learned that.

As for JLo, she seems to find a lot of unfaithful men.
Sandie said…
"NBC royal correspondent Neil Sean claimed it is unlikely Lilibet Diana will have her day at St George's Chapel in Windsor because of the alleged intervention of a senior Royal Family member."

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1496395/Lilibet-Diana-christening-Prince-William-Windsor-Meghan-Markle-Prince-Harry-VN/amp?__twitter_impression=true

The likelihood of Neil Sean having a reliable source on royal insider information is non-existent! Would an American audience know that? (William is the senior royal being accused in this instance.)

Of course, the Harkles think that this kind of misinformation benefits them so they remain silent.
Girl with a Hat said…
@Sandie,

actually Neil Sean is British and has a youtube channel where he drops 3-4 videos daily about the Royals. He seems to be in the know, and has given lots of insider information that later turned out to be correct. He covered William and Catherine's wedding for NBC, I believe.

I posted about him in the earlier thread, but some commenter shot him down, on a whim, like it happens here often, so I don't post about his information. Someone said he was "pro Markle" when it fact, he giggles or raises his eyebrows, or rolls his eyes when quoting TBW or repeating her age, etc.

As an aside - I wish people would stop doing that, i.e. shooting down sources capriciously. I've had lots and lots of good info from these "unreliable" sources but don't want to post it here, because who needs the criticism?

JHanoi said…
Bigfoot - hahaha

not flattering at all! that boiled wool jacket she’s wearing is awful. the contrast trimmed patch pockets hit right at the hips , the widest part of the spongebody. and the shirt-tail hem length cuts her off at the upper thigh, so she has 2 PJ trouser legs under this thick heavy looking coat. and the hair…a clumpy rats nest ugh!

i thought her previous 2 outfits silhouettes were more flattering, long jackets, monotone coloring , etc were more slimming. but the severe pulled back hair showed the moonface and were seaonnnally wrong.

she does need a good haircut, that long hair isnt doing her any favors. it’s like shes trying to hang onto her ‘im a hot sexy actress’ ingenue with bed head
LavenderLady said…
@GWAH,
As for JLo, she seems to find a lot of unfaithful men

___
Yes true, but she looks damn good for 52. She's had a lot work but she must have an amazing surgical team.
Teasmade said…
@GWaH: I'm sorry that people have shot down your reporting such that it's stifled you from expressing valuable nuggets. There's a lot of that here, and I suppose it's unavoidable: people's biases getting in the way of their assessments. (And not just yours, but anyone's.)

Similarly, and I don't know who it was on here, a few days ago Katie Couric was mentioned and someone called her "a hasbeen" or something. Well, I never liked that bubbly personality, but she's an accomplished career journalist (unlike Gayle), a multi-millionaire who could step back into the limelight if she cared to. So why should her current lack of a regular reporting job influence the validity of what she says or who she's teaming with? (Now I'm wondering in what context we were discussing her--is she going to interview 6 or something?)

But I get where you're coming from.
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Girl with a Hat said…
@Lavender Lady,

yes, JLo does look good. for any age.

It always surprises me that some celebs with a lot of money end up looking really great after treatments, and others are botched. For example, I think we all agree that Christie Brinkley looks really great for a 64 year old.

@Teasmade,

I agree with the comment about Katie Couric, and it did surprise me when people said that, because in order to be a "hasbeen" you have to have been a "has".

As for Neil Sean, I don't even think people bothered to listen to his videos before coming to a judgement about him.

There's also Ashli at the Danger Zone who sometimes comes out with some good info, REGARDLESS OF OTHER THINGS SHE BELIEVES IN.

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Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10027755/Meghan-Harry-appear-Global-Citizen-Live-New-York-Citys-Central-Park.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline&ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK

And the UN Secretary-General joins the line of officials playing the power game with the Sussexes.

@Girl With A Hat
Being British does not give someone secret access to the royals.
William does not have the authority to deny the Sussexes a royal christening. He is also very wary as to whom he trusts with personal information.
When Archie was christened, his parents were senior full-time working royals, and they lived in Frogmore Cottage. They are no longer working royals and now reside in America. Which of their cousins (none senior or working royals) have had full royal christening for their children? What happens with the York grandchildren will be interesting as their parents live in the Great Park in Windsor, and Eugenie and Jack now live at Frogmore Cottage.
If the wire is for security, it's a bit pointless given their behaviour.

It'd be too late to shout `Help!' if a `hugger' did him harm. Don't they know that trick? It's used enough in drama.

Is it a TENS machine for a bad back?
LavenderLady said…
@GWAH,

My sister says JLO looks better now than she did when she was young. She's been tweaked for sure. Christy B was always stunning but hopefully she will know when to stop.

TBW is dabbling with cosmetic procedures but does not have the money to get the really good teams so she's going to start looking more as a typical woman of her age. I think this is what we are seeing now.
Sandie said…
@GWAH

I apologise if I have caused personal offence in my comments. Please do not assume that those who might disagree or not be an enthusiastic supporter of a favourite royal commentator are ignorant or stupid.

I am being disparaging about a royal commentator, not about you.
LavenderLady said…
@CookieShark said,
There is some really disturbing footage of JH either tickling/pushing the school kids they met yesterday. Neither one of them have any business hugging children during a pandemic.

___
In today's climate, he'd better be careful. This is why all these pap walks will more than likely bite them on the butt. Not smart to parade around with their low ball mentalities and advisors.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10027755/Meghan-Harry-appear-Global-Citizen-Live-New-York-Citys-Central-Park.html

wow, look how huge she looks in those wrinkled high waist pants and tucked-in shirt
LavenderLady said…
@Teasmade said,
I'm sorry that people have shot down your reporting such that it's stifled you from expressing valuable nuggets. There's a lot of that here, and I suppose it's unavoidable: people's biases getting in the way of their assessments. (And not just yours, but anyone's.)
___

Thank you for saying it. I too have experienced this. Regularly. If I say anything, I'm deleted instantly.
Sandie said…
Now and then, the comments here stop being fun gossip and soon the personal attacks will start. We are supposed to be commenting on the Sussexes, not imitating their behaviour!

Does anyone have an explanation for the access granted to the Sussexes?

One thing I noticed is that real power players do not walk around carrying laptops and briefcases and folders. They have aides to take care of all that, and to brief them. Personally, I am not impressed by such power plays, but I have never had anyone carry my stuff for me, and I have attended a lot of meetings in my life!
Teasmade said…
Not replying to anyone specifically, but about the wire . . . what if he's filming and the resultant footage will be used in a Netflix production? WHICH -- as several here have pointed out -- they would need releases from the parents of the children to use. (From everyone, really.)

I don't know enough about it -- maybe it's transmitting to a recording unit concealed under her ~$6000 jacket? Because his clothing was tight and, when he was sitting on the floor for Storytime, revealing.
JHanoi said…
latest DM pictures
they always pick the most flattering pictures of TBW.

another ill-fitting, unseasonal outfit. blouse almost opening it’s so tight across the chest, heavy cashmere coat, high waisted trousers that look big. at least it’s beige blouse and trousers with a camel color coat and shoe, neutral
still looks hot for NYC
Sandie said…
Correcting a wrong impression:

GWAH was not shot down for reporting. I posted about an article in the Express, which quoted Neil Sean as making claims about William stopping the Sussexes from having a royal christening for their daughter. I expressed strong doubts that this commentator had that kind of insider information. This caused huge offence.

If you are going to attack me, name me and get your facts right.
Mel said…
(Now I'm wondering in what context we were discussing her--is she going to interview 6 or something?)
-------

He was joining a commission on misinformation in the media. If it started in April, it should be completed in September then if it was a six months study. Funny that we haven't heard a thing about it from him.


"The Duke of Sussex is joining the Aspen Institute's new Commission on Information Disorder as a commissioner, alongside 14 other commissioners.
...
The six-month study, which will start in April, will be co-chaired by journalist Katie Couric...."






https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20210324109577/prince-harry-lands-new-job-katie-couric/
Girl with a Hat said…
@GWAH,

I didn't think it was about me, but I think that if you looked into what Neil Sean has to say, you would change your opinion about him.
LavenderLady said…
Quoting @Teasmade,
There's a lot of that here, and I suppose it's unavoidable: people's biases getting in the way of their assessments. (And not just yours, but anyone's.)

___

IMO this is the crux. People's perspectives. No one thinks exactly alike.
In my case I get "mansplained" by Nutties whom I'm assuming are other women, like I'm a child and don't know the deets about certain subjects. That's incredibly annoying.

This is the only way to explain it.
____

Kudos who said Haz is probably filming!

I need to upgrade my laptop. The brightness feature is lagging as well as font size so I don't scroll back to who says certain things.
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OKay said…
I think everyone should just post anything they hear, and source it if they can. People can then decide for themselves whether to just dismiss it or keep it in their back pockets and see how things play out, without announcing their intent to all and sundry.
The Cat's Meow said…
Got this from a comment in the DM...

Compilation of clips of them visiting the Harlem school. In the first shot, Harry is hugging the kids, but then as soon as the photo is over he immediately shoves them away like he can't stand them. Sickening.

Google "Royal Surprise 092421" and it will be the first link.

Also fyi, there is a LOT of heckling with very NSFW language
CookieShark said…
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Miggy said…
TBW didn't look very happy when leaving the UN meeting.

In this photo she looks as if she's about to burst into tears!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10027755/Meghan-Harry-appear-Global-Citizen-Live-New-York-Citys-Central-Park.html
LavenderLady said…
@The Cat's Meow,

Thanks for the tea! I slowed the clip down. The little girl had a death grip on his leg but still he did not handle it very gracefully, like calling for a teacher to assist. His body language is get the F away from me.

Haz was very good with the kids in the African countries he liked to visit. As far as we know. Has he lost his love for kids? I wonder...

Lol, that heckling.
Ye gods! That footage of H shoving that child away was appalling (Google `Royal Surprise')
he's a bloody disgrace. Revealing his nasty temper. That's at Harlem School 092421

What a shit!

let's hope the End Is Nigh for both of them and their shenanigans.
LavenderLady said…
@Miggy,
thanks for the link. She probably just received an email from her PR about the negging going on with her thickness. Ha!

The pics and the black mask draw attention to her eye area. She looks like she has had her eyes done and botox for sure.
LavenderLady said…
@WBBM said,
let's hope the End Is Nigh for both of them and their shenanigans.

___

With all the many public fails they continue to subject everyone to, I can't understand how anyone, much less a city like NY, can even spend one dime on the nitwits. I believe it's political. She's "on their side". Meaning the gov and the mayor & co.

What ever it is, they have done quite the downward spiral over the past 2 years so, yes I think they are wearing everyone down with their stupidities.

Idols fall hard. What goes up must come down as they say. I think it's inevitable; the RF and TP and doing it proper. The long game/end game.
LavenderLady said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10028007/Wire-poking-Harrys-pocket-suggests-Meghan-recording-trip-Netflix-Spotify.html

You were right! (to Nuttie who posted this theory).
Miggy said…
@LavenderLady,

I've said this before but I'll say it again... I'm convinced that someone at the DM reads here! lol
Miggy & Lavender Lady - Yes, I'm sure we have some sort of influence for the good - keep at it Everyone!

May more see the light!
Teasmade said…
@Lavender Lady said "IMO this is the crux. People's perspectives. No one thinks exactly alike."

. . .and that should be the beauty of a site like this: seeing others' viewpoints and definitely being exposed to worldwide media that we wouldn't necessarily see. For instance, the wonderfully irreverent Australian TV personalities who do not hold back.

I'm online a lot but I wouldn't run into those shows unless pointed to them.

LavenderLady said…
@Miggy,

I do too! I have thought for quite awhile the journos are reading her and probably her PR.

With that said, it is a logical conclusion, that I was too sleepy to get to, because I can't have my coffee today. I'm bummed out.

@ The Cat’s Meow

What’s NSFW language ?😀 I heard the heckling but couldn’t understand a word of it! 😂😳
Miggy said…
Why the hell was that woman bowing to TBW as she left the UN? 😒 (Video in DM)
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LavenderLady said…
@WBBM,

Yes! With every ridiculous PR move they make, they show the world they cannot be trusted. Certain communities may be a bit myopic when it comes to them, but globally they are obvious.

DesignDoctor said…
@RR
NSFW = Not Suitable For Work
There was. a lot of yelling the F word as I why theF are you here in the beginning of the video.
Mel said…
Notice the stress rash on her neck and upper chest by the time she got to the car.
CookieShark said…
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@DesignDoctor

Thanks so much for that. 🤩I’ll have to go back and re listen! Goodness, I couldn’t even discern the F word! 😂

In Lady C’s latest video she was asked whether the cheers etc were bought and thus planted, she said yes. 😧 I guess she has her sources, and I’m hoping the info is true. 🤗
Miggy said…
TBW's latest outfit.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10027755/Meghan-Harry-appear-Global-Citizen-Live-New-York-Citys-Central-Park.html
Girl with a Hat said…
best comment at the DM about why Harry is not triggered by the cameras during their visit to NYC:

American cameras sound different. In the UK they make a click, in the US it's more of a ka-ching.
Maneki Neko said…
@Miggy

How many outfits does she need? And a coat, a scarf and bare legs? Weird.
Girl with a Hat said…
@Raspberry Ruffle,

It's full of f words.
Miggy said…
@Maneki,

Well we all know she's merching. Even so, the outfit is pure bonkers, much like her!
Miggy said…
@GWAH,

I saw that one earlier too... great comment!
JHanoi said…
JH pushing away the kid.

i looked at the video, or one angle, short clip and while it does look that way, i’m going to cut him a little break and i think it was just a awkward angle and moment.
JH was sorta bending over doing some weird group hug with like 5 kids. whenthe hug was finished, it looked like the littlest kid was still ‘hugging’ but that kid only came up to JH’s crotch so it could have been a sensitive area and JH wanted to get some distance.

that said, i agree with the others…wtf are they doing hugging, speaking close, getting pappedi, with a bunch of school children, and other strangers? they are a super spreader event!
a- its inappropriate with strange kids… especially without their parents there…very weird!
b- there is still a pandemic going on…NYC has strict controls..wtf?
c - parents probably cant even get into the school…again wtf?
d- and wearing 350,000_ in jewels and another 10,000 or 15,000 in clothes to the event?

i dont get it or them
JHanoi said…
TBW - maybe she has developed a hypothyroid.

it causes weight gain
and suffers often feel cold and tired
can also develop a goiter

might explain the turtlenecks, scarf , heavy coats. maybe shes cold , hiding the weight gain, and hiding a goiter?

its just speculation
Miggy said…
She's now wearing a white dress on stage!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10027755/Meghan-Harry-appear-Global-Citizen-Live-New-York-Citys-Central-Park.html
gfbcpa said…
I actually really like the dress. It is the nicest piece she has worn all week.
Elsbeth1847 said…
Has the DM tabulated her clothing outlay yet?

That was a great comment.
Teasmade said…
@Mel, Thanks for the reminder about the 6-Katie Couric connection. Maybe I didn't remember it because it's so absurd? A 14 (or so)-member commission about misinformation in the media. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

Okay, maybe HE doesn't say all that much because he's not that bright, but he is certainly tainted by association with HER, a lifetime conniver and liar. They are both card sharks-- him with the Diana card, her with the race card. All of which they feed to the media, including Oprah, and whoever they will be selling today's recordings to.
LavenderLady said…
She needs a pill box hat to go with the cream colored boxy dress. Square ⬜
Miggy said…
If you refresh the DM article... they now have the video of them on stage!
DesignDoctor said…
@LavenderLady

With a pillbox hat she will look like Nurse Ratchet again!

@Raspberry Ruffles
I was alerted to listening to what the bystanders were yelling before I watched the video.
Miggy said…
@DesignDoctor,

I may be wrong but weren't they anti-vax protesters?
DesignDoctor said…
@Miggy
I don’t know. I have not seen/heard that. You may be correct.

Yes do think the cream dress is the nicest looking outfit she has worn on this trip. I personally find it too short for her.
Girl with a Hat said…
@Design Doctor,

not the best cut for someone with a spare tire around her middle. She would have been better off with a a-line dress.
Miggy said…
Comment from the DM...

"Now we know why we never see the children. I think she ate them. Whole."
LavenderLady said…
@Design Doctor,
True! She wore it too far on the back of her head and it was too severe in it's design 😂

@GWAH,
A-line yes perfect for a fuller figure or the classic wrap dress.

She really has no style sense. She constantly sets herself up to fail...
Elsbeth1847 said…
Ok, agree the white dress is the best even if it is too short (mutton dressed as lamb comes to mind).

But what is that funny bump just above her left hip/thigh?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10027755/Meghan-Harry-appear-Global-Citizen-Live-New-York-Citys-Central-Park.html
snarkyatherbest said…
a few random comments.

outfit going into central park. girl take off some of those clothes. you look hot but not in a good way and we know allegedly you know how to take off clothes

maybe weight gain is snackies from pot versus the cocaine starving look from before

maybe she wants her bestie oprah to get her a weight watchers gig. worked for fergie

at least i’m a little less bored. thanks 6 and wife.

JHanoi said…
I actually like the dress and think its her best look so far this trip.

Much better than all those the big winter coats over thin wide legged trousers
Teasmade said…
Okay, I have tried to be, well, whatever the opposite of catty is all day, but about the white dress (which is gorgeous). I was going to say it would be nice if it were two inches longer, but then I saw a back view and now I'm saying maybe 3, 3 and a half inches. Also, the wig, as someone on Twitter (which is where I saw the back view) pointed out, also looks very bad from the back, like an animal got ahold of it and chewed on it.

For all of you not in the US. I know you're not reading now, as it's midnight and beyond, but I can't over-emphasize how very wrong all those wool outfits, especially the winter coats, were. It was late summer, weather wise, most places here. One regular layer of clothes was all that was needed.

I'm getting my daughter a full-length mirror for Christmas so I can be sure we both are checking ourselves from the back before leaving the house. I've read this all my life but that photo was a valuable lesson for me.
DeerAngels said…
@GWAH..I have been following Neil Sean for quite a while and IMHO find him getting funnier as the "show" continues. And I mostly lurk for reasons mentioned above and often late to post. Thank you for providing me with a good laugh about DM comment.

My body is leaving me semi bed bound with the bloody autoimmune crap. And I believe in finding something to laugh at every day. I agree she isn't on strong cortisol meds as she would have moon face with weight gain. As mentioned above age, she's not a spring chicken anymore. Perhaps Haz and her both indulge in fast food. Didn't both brothers admit enjoying food from McDonalds resulting from the trips their Mom took them.

I did see that Uncle John was to perform at the concert. Is this how they got access to these events? They have been able to use his private jet before as well. In one photo The Madam is holding her hands together as Catherine often does, by fingertips. There was a comment about her looking mad when she wasn't center of attention. Yet there's a wider photo shot where you can see a woman staring death rays directly at The Madam. I think that's one of reasons she has that look on her face.
Cindy Lou Who said…
OK, lurker here. I just got divorced from a narc and I am familiar with their games. A part of me wonders if she is inviting the ill-fitting clothes controversy so she can claim to be a victim. Now she can whine that she, a young (ha) mother, is getting fat-shamed so soon after giving birth. And no, I don't believe for a second that she gave birth.
Teasmade said…
I will never believe she gave birth either, either time. The thinness before was probably the usual show biz coke habit. (Maybe she had to give that up, or no more nose jobs?) No idea what has happened now -- I'll leave it to anyone here with medical experience.
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LavenderLady said…
@Teasmade,
I am certain Lilibet was born of a surrogate. And maybe Archie as well. It's possible she is wearing padding to give the impression she gave birth recently.

The dress would be stunning on Queen Letizia of Spain but on her, not so much. She just doesn't have the figure right now to carry it off. The hem is puckered and the embellishments looks sort of like the beaded dresses of the 80's which were worn en mass here in the states. The color is perfect but not for her skin tone. Her hair does look ratty. I can go on but I won't. I agree it's the best of the recent lot; the other outfits were atrocious. It's obvious she does not have the clothing budget she had when she was in the RF.

You may not see this until the morning UK time.
I have really enjoyed your thoughtful posts today. I hope you post more often. :)
Girl with a Hat said…
River on youtube has said in his last 2 videos that TBW is concerned about the weight gain around her hips and her chin. He is convinced that she gave birth, the reason I stopped listening to his videos. He's got this from a source. I wonder if it's planted info on her part to convince us of a pregnancy on her part.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSFV0su8c-0

Danja Zone shows that Harry clawed a little girl who was hugging him.
OCGal said…
@Girl With A Hat, yes, this morning Nutty blog poster ‘The Cat’s Meow’ alerted us to Google "Royal Surprise 092421" to be gobsmacked at Harry shoving a little kid forcefully (just after he was very briefly gripping another little girl’s shoulder). I saw the video and am both shocked and angry at Harry. He has a screw loose. For Nutties who haven’t yet seen Harry shoving little innocent kids, watch it soon via this link before the Harkles somehow get it scrubbed from the internet.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R9nTpfft1Ts

The first nine seconds are where the brief gripping and forceful shoving take place.

Additionally, just like you I’ve stopped listening to River. I am tired of his insistence that Meghan gave birth. Well, yes, maybe she did, but if so, my opinion is that it was prior to Archie and Lilibet’s coming into existence.

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