Well, the actual Jubilee is still some days off and things seem kind of quiet in some ways.
Yeah sure there are the usual something connected to moms announcements and the Travelist push (although I thought that was sort of dead in the water but ok, whatever). Basically the announcement stuff which doesn't seem to have a whiff of connection to anything prior in some coordinated pattern. Announcements and connections just seem to come and go so quickly here (paraphrasing Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz).
But there are some interesting announcements from the other side of the pond which have come out recently like the only current working family on the balcony or that the staff will create some sort of ring of protection. Or that the Tom Bower book is on the horizon. Does it feel like the wind has shifted?
In the run up for the Jubilee, expect a flurry of articles about what might or might not happen behind the castle walls by assorted Royal Reporters, tie back articles to the Oprah interview, constant reviewing of the assorted perceived slights and/or the bad feelings between this and that person and generally more negative stories rehashed. And rehashed again. And again.
I hope there are at least as many articles with details of the long history of the Queen's reign. That is, after all, the real reason for the event and not the private family squabble.
So, for now, the secret fly over, the games are over, the polo photos seem to have blipped off the spin cycle and the next big event should be the Jubilee. A sense of quiet.
Personally, this kind of stillness makes me think apex predator about to pounce.
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Valid opinion ... Socially it was up to her to introduce her family to him and his family, and without that introduction, they are all strangers to each other. My expectation is that his family would consider an invitation to tea the right thing to do, but I do not think that is culturally based and it is probably not a social expectation in my country or the UK. They don't know each other, and even if they had met, they are not in the same social circle and only would meet up at christenings and occasions like that.
Thomas made no attempt to send a letter to his family to apologies for not being able to attend the wedding and to thank Charles for escorting her halfway down the aisle (and for giving her such a fabulous wedding). He just spoke to the media.
@Mel
It was Karl who arranged and took those photos of Thomas that were posed and supposedly caused the fall out. Was Karl also the one who took the photos of Thomas leaving flowers for Doria and turning up at the Montecito monstrosity? Karl also came up with the idea, supposedly, to visit the UK for the Jubilee celebrations. Thomas willingly went along with all of it.
has THE WORST luck when it comes to flying to England!
His health has not appeared to be all that good for a while.
Given his financial issues, I'm not convinced that he did some sort of a fake appearance for the cameras so he could then appear to be transported to the USA for medical treatment. Granted HIPPA would protect him there but that kind of massive (world wide) manipulation of not just his family, the public but the hospital just sounds a little out there to me.
It would be an awful lot of set up with no guarantee for any particular outcome like she shows up AND brings the kids he's never met but he wants to. Plus he suddenly makes a complete recovery from this stroke after this meeting (well documented with photos of course).
I don't know a lot about hospital funding but if he is claiming a need to stay there under medicare, that would be federal money so faking it might be some sort of federal fraud.
I could be wrong but I could believe that given a chance, he would opt for medical treatment in the states.
Thomas made no attempt to send a letter to his family to apologies for not being able to attend the wedding and to thank Charles for escorting her halfway down the aisle (and for giving her such a fabulous wedding). He just spoke to the media.
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Maybe but if he did write a letter to the Queen/Charles, then the fact wouldn't be made public.
@abbyh
I too think TM's stroke is genuine, I don't think he'd be devious enough to fake one. I would have thought medical treatment is superior in the US and I hope he can afford it and make a good recovery.
Will */H&M visit him is anybody's guess.
This is reported not just in the DM but also the Telegraph. So they've been invited, unless they're inserting themselves into the celebrations, and * is not going to visit her father in hospital.
@OCGal
Thank you, you made my day 😘
@Maneki
A week is a long time in
harkle land.
Anything could happen between
now and TTC???
I’ll be totally appalled if the duo turn up for another public outing for the Jubilee; invited or not. The royal family are now willingly allowing themselves to be used and abused by the shameless pair. 😕😞
"Court circular Windsor Castle 25th May, 2022
The Duke of Cambridge, on behalf of The Queen, and The Duchess of Cambridge gave an Afternoon Party in the garden of Buckingham Palace.
Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, The Earl and Countess of Wessex and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present."
They are going to swan into St Paul's ahead of everyone but the Cambridges, Charles and Camilla, and will expect to be in the royal procession. It is going to be unpleasant.
Grande Horizontale
Under netflix orders
and they’re off…
Megs in pole position
flanked by dopey sloth
Galloping towards the Mall
Meg whips sloth
he loves that gal
Only one more hurdle
Bitches Luck*
Oh dear, they fell
Limping off to lick their hooves
The temptress needs to
shave her grooves…
*Becher’s Brook: A jump in the
UK Grand National horse race
The timing may or may not be odd. Stress is associated with strokes and he's certainly been under stress. May is probably a hard month for him. And he likely does have pretty extensive cardiovascular disease. Admittedly the specific symptoms reported don't make complete sense. Total expressive aphasia but he can write words with no problem? While stroke-related aphasia doesn't have to involve right-sided weakness, word-finding difficulty usually extends to writing. But rarely does second/third hand info about anyone's medical condition make sense. It certainly makes sense he was brought across the border for treatment. Medicare doesn't pay for treatment in foreign countries and some treatments might not be available at all hospitals. He could have had a scan in Mexico though. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure no hospital will keep a person these days simply because he claims to need to be there. (Unless it's a combo spa-hospital-rehab self-pay set up.) And strokes are pretty easy to diagnose with the proper equipment.
@Sandie, Given that he's never met anyone in the RF, I don't find it odd he's likely never written to Charles to thank him for walking Meghan down the aisle (well, halfway down the aisle) and for paying for his late-30s daughter's second (or third) wedding. Under those circumstances it wouldn't necessarily occur to me to write a letter either. I expect he didn't feel especially grateful. Remember at that point he didn't know how truly finished with him Meghan was. He'd been spoiling her and indulging her every wish for 37 years after all, and at that point he didn't realize he was being permanently dumped for a much better money source. I also expect at that time he felt the (temporary) distance between them was the fault of demands by the RF. (Remember he called them a "cult" not long after.) I'm quite sure Meghan would have blamed the RF for things in any limited communication he and M had about the wedding plans. And we know Harry treated TM atrociously so if I had been him, I wouldn't have written letters of gratitude to that gang either. I wouldn't have felt grateful. At all. I think his views have changed a lot since then but I wouldn't expect him to write a thank-you note now. I wonder if Doria wrote a thank-you note? Not just for the tea with the Queen but for the free wedding? I kind of doubt it.
Beatrice’s Father Andrew puts her at a higher ranking over the Wessex’s and Gloucester’s, irrespective whether she’s a working royal or not. It’s about the line of succession. 🥴
God Save the Queen
My heart’s saying no
my head’s saying different
As we know
she’s very persistent
My thoughts are with
the Royal family
She’s hell bent on ruining
the Queens Jubilee…
Suited and Booted
Once upon a time
in London town
A very bad actress
made a vie for the Crown
Swiftly banished
back to her roots
Now trying to attain
supposed heights had in suits…
@Raspberry
Exactly, that’s why if Catherine’s
without Wills she has to curtsy
to Bea & Eugenie, until she’s
Princess of Wales.
Madam, without haz, had to curtsy
to Catherine, wonder if she did??
Yes, I know that. What I perhaps did not articulate clearly is that this may be an indication that the duo will be given precedence over just about everyone else except the Cambridges, Charles and Camilla at St Pauls.
So Meh’s polo stage
was a trailer dragged by
a tractor.
The epitome of
Trailer Trash!!
Dan Wootton talking to Samantha. I actually found it quite touching
If it’s the Queen’s wish.
So be it
I don’t agree,
this is not just a familyaffair,
it’s a National/Commonwealth
affair also.
But, after 70 years,
she can do what
she pleases.
God Bless the Queen
A week is a long time in
harkle land.
True! And anything is possible with those two.
Love Grande Horizontale! 🤣👏👏
A delay in the publication of the memoir with no clarity about the actual publication date and no accompanying PR to drum up interest. An Anon, with connections in the publishing industry, has speculated there may be two reasons:
* It is so boring and so bad that it has to be completely rewritten. I doubt this as the ghostwriter is one of the best in the business.
* There are so many legal issues that it will take an uncertain amount of time to check and rewrite (risk of defamation lawsuits). (My view is that a couple of people checking and a couple of people rewriting to make it 'sue-safe' should be able to do this job in about a month so perhaps the publisher does not have the resources or this memoir is not a priority.)
I can speculate another couple of reasons:
* The entire manuscript has to be fact checked. Even without looking at the MS, a prudent publisher would take that precaution with this particular author.
* The ghostwriter was overridden and much of the MS is filled with his pompous nonsense and grandiose additions and rewriting from her. It thus is unpublishable.
I doubt that the reason is to add more content from the Jubilee attendance as that would comprise one short chapter. Another project announced with much grandiosity and promise that fails to launch?
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I read in an article someplace, unfortunately I didn't copy the link, that he couldn't speak because he was too breathless to speak. Not that he couldn't speak because his brain didn't allow it.
Which would explain his ability to write.
But that doesn't explain Samantha subsequently saying it will take 6-12 months for him to recover his speech abilities.
Seems like facts are in short supply. And everyone speaking publicly has an agenda.
"It is understood the couple “repeatedly” ignored advice to meet Thomas Markle, before and after their engagement was announced in November 2017. They also rejected suggestions from aides about how to help Markle, who courtiers feared would be overwhelmed by media scrutiny without support from the couple and the royal family.
At the time of the Sussexes’ wedding, a senior royal source told this newspaper: “We repeatedly sat down with Harry and Meghan before the engagement announcement to say this needed to be handled sensitively, but that it had to be handled. We desperately asked them to engage with Thomas, but they wouldn’t. Aides also offered to go personally and see him to try and find a way to protect him. There is genuine disbelief and bemusement in the household at the couple’s approach to him and that Harry has still not met his father-in-law.”"
Meanwhile Doria was flown to meet the Prince before they were engaged, and was given guidance and support and protection by the couple.
New Palace Confidential to watch.
If it’s the Queen’s wish.
So be it
I don’t agree,
this is not just a family affair,
it’s a National/Commonwealth
affair also.
But, after 70 years,
she can do what
she pleases.
God Bless the Queen
ER has been a lifelong devout Christian lady, and a main tenet of Christianity is forgiveness--'70 times 7' actually means 'to infinity'. That's how many times we are supposed to forgive those who have wronged us. The Queen knows this will be her last Jubilee and only God knows when she will leave us, but this may mark some of her last public appearances ever. If HM wants her disgraced and disgraceful family members in the commemorative pictures and footage of her final Jubilee, so be it. She will not be the one here for decades to come to try and wrangle the three-headed Hydra of Hazmat, MegaSlag and Andrew. At her very great age, perhaps ER does not even know quite how bad the press is for these traitors in her bosom . . either through things being actively kept from her or because she herself chooses not to know.
Her prerogative; she's 96 years old. I guess it's just as well for Her Majesty that she did not have to reign in earlier times when she might have had to quell a rebellion and an attempt on her Crown from within her ranks the old-style way . .with public executions for treason. How a Christian monarch reconciles the act of murder for self-preservation with being divinely appointed to their position is something I do not know. I would struggle mightily. But exhibit *too* much softness as head of state and this is where it gets One . .with one's own children and grandchildren as vipers plotting against One.
Well, whatever the Harkles cook up in the near future (and the faraway future) to make hay out of any kindnesses shown to them by the Queen or others in the family, I guess the Royal family has it coming. This system produced the spoilt fruit that is Andrew and Harry, and that spoilt fruit has been nurtured and given every privilege. ER should be glad she is passing into history as the last great British monarch. Yes, I think it's true. By the time William is in place to be King, there may not be a Crown left, or much of one anyway.
I'm getting my popcorn ready because it's going to be quite a circus.
Granny should have announced publicly that she is so looking forward to welcoming her great-grandchildren Archie and Lilibet and told Harry that he and Smegatron could be in the front row with her on the balcony--but they children had to be there, too, properly attired. The footage from Smeg's attempts to comply would have been prime.
Oh for heaven's sake, is nothing sacred to this woman?
She has no connection to Texas, anyone involved in this latest massacre, nor the issue of guns. But, she took along a photographer.
I usually read and lurk and dont post but came here to see if anyone had seen this. This better not end up in Netflix. I cannot believe the gall. She must have hopped the first private jet available! I truly cannot believe it
What was the cost for her and security to get there to drop off a grocery store bouquet? How much money? Which could have been put toward therapy for the survivors or in some way helped the struggling community (which is not a wealthy one).
Walked around and didn't interact with anyone? why go? Maybe she thought Biden, Beto or someone would be there and it would enhance the visit or something.
I suppose I should be grateful she wasn't passing out copies of her book.
Was about to post the same! Anything to be in the news. It was a surprise visit so no one knew about it, I presume. She had to bring her bodyguard, though.
Guess going to Texas was more important and urgent than going down the road to Chula Vista to see her father. Then she'll be crying crocodile tears at the funeral.
twat is copying Catherine when Catherine dropped off a bouquet for that woman who was attacked and killed by a policeman in the UK. Do you remember? Catherine showed up incognito, in a cap, if I recall, and dropped off a bouquet for the victim. Except Catherine didn't bring her own photographer. She was recognised in the surveillance photos of the site.
How mentally ill is this twat?
Also jumping on the body of dead kids to use for PR/political purposes like Beto O'Rourke.
DM comments:
Wow. She has absolutely no shame. I bet she thought showing up would make us all forget all her lies and fall in love with her again. She must think we are all really stupid. Why don't you do yourself a favour and go and see your daddy before it's too late. Maybe then we will see you really do have a heart. Can't see it happening though.
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Whilst anyone paying respects to the victims of this horrific crime is heartening. I can't help feel that her father gets has a massive stroke and she appears to do nothing, but makes sure that she's photographed visiting Ulvade. Something just very contrived and uncomfortable about that
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With Netflix cameras in tow no doubt!
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PLEASE don't let her come and ruin the jubilee. Those poor parents are beyond noticing her, but we'll be forced to watch her strutting and smirking, when we only want to see the Queen.
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That wig! Horrifying mess!
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She will stoop to any level to get content for NF. A truly vile, repulsive human being.
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How disgusting she had to get PR at this tragic site. Trying to soothe Netflixs anxiety.
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Using the crosses of little children as a Backdrop for her Netflix movie. She is Disgusting
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We might actually admire you, Meghan Markle if you would fly to the bedside of your own father who is near death. This phony baloney response to a tragedy is disgusting. Go back to your exclusive little compound and get out of the way.
* Catherine's job is to be of public service to the people of the UK.
* The place where the girl was abducted was one that she knew well.
* Catherine did not have to get on a private jet (I assume) to travel to the place.
* Catherine did not take photographers along and was clearly snapped by a couple of people in the crowd who recognised her. (The difference in the photographs are clear.)
This stunt reminds me of the stunt she pulled in South Africa, but this time she made sure she got more photographs.
This is a shorter report than I saw earlier - their movements according to Scoobie.
The above for reference.
One thing I may be wrong about is the photographers. Both events attracted lots of media so photographers and TV may have been on site already.
South Africa does not have paparazzi so she had to arrange her own photographs.
I’ve been reading The Palace Papers by Tina Brown and am nearing the end of the book. Last night I finished reading the chapters devoted to Twit and Twat, and was largely disappointed by Brown’s whitewashed treatment of them, especially her. TB is a liberal and avowed feminist so I suppose it is to be expected that she would treat Thing 2 with kid gloves, but it was still a disappointment. Brown does acknowledge that she “trampled” over people and pursued transactional relationships in her climb up the greasy pole, but I get the strong sense that she is a bigger fan of the Sussexes than of the Cambridges.
I so wish they would be seated far away from the Queen (if she makes it), Prince Charles, Camilla and the Cambridges at the St. Paul’s service, but I’m afraid they will be allowed to milk the occasion by occupying prime seats. I suppose the silver lining may be that after the Jubilee there will likely not be another major, high profile event until the Queen’s funeral—which hopefully won’t take place for several years at least. So maybe Twit and Twat will stay away?? One can only hope.
i’m still guessing no jubilee experience but if they do come yes i do things they will disrupt things at the thanksgiving celebration. they know that most people especially with camera on will not do what they should which is call security and have them hauled out of there so princess anne better bring reinforcements to body black them from the queen. then again with anne there i would love to see them try. that video would be in a loop for weeks 😉. notice she’s extra tan. getting on her darker skin color in time for the jubilee with the racist BRF
as for thomas i conflicted. in the US a minor stroke gets you kicked out of the hospital after a day or two. many people have TIAs or minor strokes and this can cause speech impediments but also can do things like cause incontinence or can (and i know two seniors this impacted) result in vision issues. maybe his face became droopy (bell’s palsy) and dehydration can have people slurring words and off balance for a day or two. so im thinking something happened but there is an awful lot of hype. if he’s a US resident medicare would cover a bunch of the bills and if he had a supplemental medicare policy it may cover transportation to a US hospital. i don’t really know how much he will be out of pocket and sadly i think the family throws out extra drama for the cameras. will be very wary if there is a go fund me account. i think he was stressed over going to the UK. he seems like a homebody so it’s not surprising something came up to force a cancellation. if there is a glorious reunion and a missed jubilee then i will know it’s been a set up.
On Reddit, I read some commenters rage at the BRF. Afterall, it is their (BRF) continued endorsing of these two gutter rats as 'beloved family members', their bestowing titles that have helped legitimise their public presence. Why did this nonsense about a jubilee invite have to be played out. All it does this keeps H&M connected, transfers power, recognition only to be translated by the duo into pure greed, deceit and rank evil.
I find myself agreeing. The BRF, as an institution, has created these two monsters. How much of this behind-scenes remedies, silent rebukes by the BRF can the public take when the result is madam clearing the way with a crew and security for a perfect, pained shot at the site of a terrible tragedy.
I am so infuriated, I can't be still.
Well said. Thank you.
Someone at LSA posted a candid shot of her setting up for the photographs, and she supposedly had a film crew with her.
She supposedly took along snacks for a blood centre set up there and was chatting to the workers there.
Netflix content and pursuing political goals?
But cannot visit her father?
Does she have any clue of how vile her behaviour is?
Original posting of the photograph.
I would say that is the perception that most Americans have of her.
...then again if someone at netflix sees the major negative reaction these two get, perhaps netflix gets final edits and are really out to make them look awful for the clicks and views. maybe it’s about their fakery kind of a sequel to Tiger King the Montecito addition.
FWIW, SecondhandCoke on Reddit has said this probably won't happen because Netflix fears it will make them look too bad, too mercenary.
About MM's latest, I agree with you, Museumstop, it's beyond vile. But one very good example of her media strategy: Look here, not there! Look at MM's compassion at scene of horrific tragedy! Don't look at her father suffering from a major stroke just 200 miles from her home!
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/
http://alturl.com/kd8yt
Today she really really has gone too far.
It seems that Hapless's biography has hit the rocks.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/18658389/meghan-markle-news-ex-husband-new-book-prince-harry/
MEGHAN Markle's ex-husband could tell his "remarkable story" in a forthcoming tell-all book, a royal expert has claimed.
Royal author Tom Bower's new biography is reportedly going to include interviews with Trevor Engelson, the Duchess' ex-husband.
And expert Neil Sean said "a lot of people" could have "an axe to grind" to tell their side of the story.
Speaking about the Duchess' former husband on his YouTube channel Mr Sean said: As he [Tom Bower] said, you know, a lot of people were willing to go on record and speak, many without being paid, we might point out as well.
"This must be terrifying for Meghan Markle, herself because obviously, they've got an axe to grind, some may say, but on the other side of the coin, they definitely want to get their side of the story out".
"This particular individual would truly have a remarkable story because, after all, he would have first-hand experience of what it was like, yes what it was like, to be married the first time around to the actress from Suits."
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/uyj6lh/using_a_tragedy_for_a_photo_op/
Until now I only found her irritating, but she is vile. A disgusting human. Unbelievable.
Thank you. I appreciate you.
And, thank you for the request for deletion. This kind of request is not always caught but this time it was able to happen for you (not a promise for the future, ok?).
Normally, duplicate posts generally are not deleted as sometimes people don't read it the first time (so it is new news to them) or that it could be a different source which might have some different tweak to it. Or something.
https://twitter.com/hrrysgreysuit/status/1529987124073668609?t=ARs4kIvax0QBj9G4evV_lA&s=19
Speaking about the Duchess' former husband on his YouTube channel Mr Sean said: As he [Tom Bower] said, you know, a lot of people were willing to go on record and speak, many without being paid, we might point out as well.
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In a TV interview with Nigel Farrage, Tom Bower said it was very, very difficult to find people willing to speak to him about Meghan for his book. In the end, he said he got “enough” to write the book. It will be interesting to see who spilled the beans.
I'm surprised she did not leave a copy of The Bench at each memorial and take a photo.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/uyh330/she_just_kind_of_walked_in_with_her_crew/
I think we’ve witnessed just how deeply and truly disturbed Maggot is. I truly have no words for this despicable creature. Sending a sizeable donation to the bereaved parents (and kept it private) would have been enough. Instead….a film crew, cameraman to capture the moment. What moment or event isn’t a possible publicity stunt for her? None, none whatsoever. Tone deaf, totally self absorbed, totally lacking in self -awareness, and totally out of touch with reality. 😞
If The Queen still thinks it’s a good idea to have this contemptible low life at her Jubilee, she should think about abdicating now. 😟😞
Even if that contemptible low life hadn’t taken her own cameraman etc., she knew the press and television crews were there. It’s always, and will always be about publicity. 😞
Markle took the trip in a personal capacity as a mother, to offer her condolences and support in person
In a personal capacity as a mother! What a lot of twaddle! As for her support, I'm sure it will be a great comfort to the families who've lost a child (but read on)
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I also found this article, minus one paragraph, in the Independent - surprisingly enough, not behind a paywall - by a Chelsea Ritschel, their US correspondent. Warning: do not read straight after eating.
Meghan Markle is being commended for her dedication to helping others after she visited Uvalde, Texas, to donate food to a community centre and pay her respects to the 19 children and two adults killed in Tuesday’s elementary school shooting.
. . .
The duchess’s unannounced visit to the memorial took place after she brought two large bags of food for volunteers hosting a blood drive at the nearby Herby Ham Activity Centre, according to BuzzFeed.
Meghan’s gesture has sparked an outpouring of praise, with many applauding the duchess for taking the time to lend support and pay her respects to the community after the tragedy.
“I love her so. This is so important to show the community that they are not alone in this time of grief,” one person wrote, while another said: “Thank you Meghan for paying a visit to the memorial of all the beautiful and innocent lives that are lost.”
Where do they get these writers? Did *'s PR give a press release? This must be some great comfort to Thomas Markle if he is able to read a paper. At least, H had the sense/ good taste to keep out of it.
I've just seen this comment in the DM on an article about * being slammed for making a visit to the school in Texas:
Someone at the school has posted online and said she actually expected access to the school to go in and film with her Netf. crew. She has upset many, many people there with her antics.
The poster was from the UK. I just hope this is not true, it can't be.
There is a lot of support for her and there are a lot of people defending her and praising her.
Perhaps this is an indication of the warped values of celebrity culture?
* Contrary to her PR that she has always been an active supporter of gun control, she actually has not. I don't blame her for that ... it is a very contentious issue and more shouting does not help.
* This is not a wealthy community. She flew across the country (I assume private) with an entourage, including security (gosh, pity that school did not have the luxury of security), and hired SUVs, to make an appearance, for PR. It is tacky, but perhaps in America such tone deaf tacky displays of wealth are normal and acceptable.
* She donated a few boxes of snacks to the local blood centre, but had her PR correct the media reports from 'boxes' to 'crates'. I have seen the photographs. Those are boxes pretending to be crates!
* The candid photograph (taken by a bystander with a cellphone) from the memorial site shows heaps of photographers and men with video cameras, including tripods set up to get the best angle, set up around the place where she laid the bunch of roses. This was clearly a set up photo op. How can people be so stupid that they do not see this?
In my opinion, the UK visit is going to be far worse than any of us have speculated. It is an opportunity for global attention for them and they seem to have no morals or limits.
Thanks for posting the link to that photograph. It tells a very clear story!
Most gratifying.
Most gratifying.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10860145/Prince-Harry-knows-needs-sprinkle-Firms-magic-fairy-dust-expert-says.html
However, I would go further and say that will align himself with TBW no matter what consequences this has for his ties with his family.
Truly, that over-heard comment in Morocco described her perfectly- `She is repugnant'.
You are 100% correct. Hal Espinosa was standing right there and watched her move around until the camera crew got the angle she wanted for the picture. She had to kneel down TWICE and wait until they got a clear photo with her head bowed.
https://twitter.com/festivelady826/status/1530005223791525891?t=05gQmPRLmvnpsu-HN5RrTg&s=19
I can't defend the US as far as "tone deaf tacky displays of wealth" goes because apparently there's an audience for the Kardashians. However, it's not universal. It's a big country. Also, there's no accounting for taste!
I saw those "crates" on Twitter. (I think she had SS post a picture as defense that she didn't send "two bags" of groceries. I wouldn't call them crates; I'd call them "flats" -- the kind of plastic, one-layer bins that loaves of bread or snack items (cakes or chips/crisps) come in. They would hold as much as a bag of groceries anyway, just spread out.
My dictionary defines this as `an evil being of Arabic legend, esp. one whish robs graves and feeds on corpses'.
May be she doesn't do it literally but both her Diana cos-play and the latest cunning stunt are surely metaphorical forms of this?
I'd be embarrassed to donate that little in my role as a simple private person.
Some of the special needs goats rescued by Leanne Lauricella
Back at you Sandie and Golden Retriever :)
Speaking about the Duchess' former husband on his YouTube channel Mr Sean said: As he [Tom Bower] said, you know, a lot of people were willing to go on record and speak, many without being paid, we might point out as well.
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In a TV interview with Nigel Farrage, Tom Bower said it was very, very difficult to find people willing to speak to him about Meghan for his book. In the end, he said he got “enough” to write the book. It will be interesting to see who spilled the beans.
What I see here is Anglo modesty and being Anglo understated. At Tom Bower's age, he has his reputation to proceed him. Tom is an industry by now, and at his age, has his paid minions (staff) do the scut work. My translation is that they all (Megsy sources) talked to Tom Bower and staff, that his book will be the revelations that sets all things H&M right.
As in all matters, time will tell the wiser. Time Will Show The Wiser --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnbKzGZblrA
* This is not a wealthy community. She flew across the country (I assume private) with an entourage, including security (gosh, pity that school did not have the luxury of security), and hired SUVs, to make an appearance, for PR. It is tacky, but perhaps in America such tone deaf tacky displays of wealth are normal and acceptable.
* She donated a few boxes of snacks to the local blood centre, but had her PR correct the media reports from 'boxes' to 'crates'. I have seen the photographs. Those are boxes pretending to be crates!
* The candid photograph (taken by a bystander with a cellphone) from the memorial site shows heaps of photographers and men with video cameras, including tripods set up to get the best angle, set up around the place where she laid the bunch of roses. This was clearly a set up photo op. How can people be so stupid that they do not see this?
People that are not her paid PR see her as a disgusting piece of excrement that was making money by exploiting dead Hispanic children. I expect that once Netflix's role in this is more widely known (paying the witch for appearing), they'll face a HUGE backlash.
Here is a photo of MM with 5 Netflix crew setting up for her Texas tragedy photo op.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/uyj6lh/using_a_tragedy_for_a_photo_op/
I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere that the photographers in this photo were either Meghan's "crew" or a Netflix crew. If you read today's DM article about it, you'll see they very carefully quote online posters saying she brought her own camera crew, but they never come out and say that she did:
Meghan Markle slammed for appearance at site of Texas massacre https://mol.im/a/10858855 via https://dailym.ai/android
From the Tessa Dunlop article on the DM:
...it was unclear whether she was accompanied by camera crews filming content for her deal with Netflix.
I just read Lainey Lui, the twat's asskisser, who quoted a tweet from Ellie Hall, a writer for some magazine, saying that the twat didn't bring any cameras.
Who are you going to believe? the twat or your lying eyes?
If she does try to run for political office (assuming she can find the funding), I suspect that the result will be the opposite of her fantasy. In America, the opposition is brutal in the campaigns they run, and the tide is turning toward free speech. Crying about people being mean and lies being spread about her is not going to win public office for her in an election.
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1. The #MeghanMarkle photos were sold, in part, to OK Magazine for use.
2. She brought her own photographers, then those (her) photographers brokered deals for sale/use of the photos taken.
3. The photographer arranged to take the photos by M has agreed to their use/sale by multiple outlets.
4. One final note - there are obviously OTHER world media already stationed in Uvalde - to cover ground zero.
Yes, other outlets ALSO obtained and sold photos.
The eyes of the world are on these victims.
Let that context sink in.
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I read that the people arent being allowed near the memorial but she got there. That would be in her usual self-important style of barging.
I can bet she was hoping some news channel stationed there would have asked her to comment.
Meghan is like a Weight Watchers member walking into a French bakery who then says they didn't plan on it being filled with pastries as they gorge themselves on everything in sight.
You know that if you are MM for a few hours or just for one day. You know that you will have a video crew with you. Call this the nature of the beast. Who was actually paying this crew, and did Megan summon backgrid and them. We shall see.
Without a covert plan of complete suppression of free speech, Netflix will suffer serious blowback after this stunt becomes more widely discussed, over the holiday weekend. I would love to see some instant karmic retribution for this vile display of fake empathy in a heartbroken community.
How disingenuous can this woman get?
Meghan is like a Weight Watchers member walking into a French bakery who then says they didn't plan on it being filled with pastries as they gorge themselves on everything in sight.
Remember him ranting on about the mourning at his mother's funeral, angry that people who did not even know her, had never met her, intruded on his own grief?
LOL!
Speaking of pastries, it looks as if she has lost some weight.
A video from NBC.
This is odd. She did not place the roses. Was this a trial run to check out the site? A practice run?
If they did not know who she was until after she left, then why did they pose for a photograph with her?
Why do these reporters not ask the obvious questions?
The pomp and circumtance: The history of a truly great lady and her life and times, the years of great chance of her reign.
A celebration to enjoy and remember.
But what are we getting, with the help of the press? Endless pictures of one of her family members strutting around halfnaked sretching in ridiculous poses litterally emanating whiffs of unwashed body odours and total lack of decency.
And today his unspeakable wife "paying respects" in a place of deep human tragedy, where she has no place to be with her filthy t-shirt and dirty hat and her personal photographers.
If only the jubilee stories and photos would be of Her Majesty The Queen!!
I think her very serious mental health issues will never allow her to see herself as anything but a compassionate, humanitarian and global style icon. She also believes that the criticism she receives is all racist and misogynistic. UGH, using some of these words that she tosses around makes me nauseous…
HG Tudor labels MM a 'mid-range Narcissist', unlike himself. Characteristically, he identifies himself as 'the Ultra' in his website branding--the highest tier of self-evolved Narcissist who knows exactly what makes himself tick and what his drivers are, who is capable of deconstructing his own behavior and that of others.
MM, he claims, is too blinkered (low in intelligence/evolution) to understand that she is in fact, a Narcissist and why she does what she does and, to the extent that she is capable of feeling--feels what she feels. She is an utterly impulsive, instinctual creature leading an unexamined life. She knows that she is disliked or that she alienates people but can't understand *why* she has that effect. Obviously it's because they are lesser beings who aren't as whip-smart and compassionate as she is, and because they are deeply envious of her beauty, brains and style. She has been sent to grace humankind and if lesser beings cannot appreciate her in her wonderfulness, it's because we are all racists, misogynists and whatever other form of -ists will add to her victimhood narrative.
This is why she is literally all over the place with her half-baked "Bandwagon of the Day" projects which she quickly abandons and will blow in like a foul wind for any grasping photo opportunity. She is constantly in search of a fuel source for attention, so she will chase whatever she thinks will garner her press clicks in the shortest term possible. That's why she can't stick with any project or idea for longer than 20 minutes--after the initial thrill/Narc fuel of a big press announcement, that wears off quickly and all that's left is putting actual work in to produce something. That's boring and does not get her facetime on camera.
A true top-grade Narcissist would have a game plan and be able to play the long game in order to achieve his/her goal of ultimate domination. They are like chess grandmasters. MM is like a petulant 8 year old in the school yard who storms off because she can't have *all* the marbles. What appears to us to be conniving and disingenuous is really just her hard-wired knee-jerk attention seeking ploys. By tomorrow the dead kids in Texas will be forgotten as the Narc high of those photos wears off and she will be looking for the next thing to get her supply. Exploiting murdered children in order to wring some cash out of OK! and get props for her 'compassion' certainly looks and feels 'evil' to onlookers but in Smeg's inner world, she perceives herself as a wonderful person doing a wonderful thing. We *should* admire such a global humanitarian of style and grace!
Their brains are scrambled. Neither of them plays with a full deck. Harry got stuck with all the Jokers and MeGain obviously views herself as all the Queens. But words like 'evil' are fairly meaningless when applied to two individuals who possess such profound mental and emotional adjustment disorders. If Harry hadn't been born a Prince of the realm, he might have been committed to a facility long ago, and as for her . . . though the stories of her rise up the greasy pole are starting to come out, and none of them are nice . . her sphere of influence to interfere with and ruin people, even as a nominal star on television for nearly a decade, was small. She was a semi-homely nobody who aspired to be Somebody. I'm sure Trevor and anyone else who worked with her, or attended school with her or attempted any sort of personal relationship with her from childhood to the age of 35ish has got plenty of horror stories to tell . .and maybe Tom Bower will have unearthed some of them. But MM's mental disorder did not come into its full malignant flower to cause global damage and devastation until she was granted a Royal wedding and the global status that went with it. But as far as being able to moderate or reign in her behavior now that she's had that taste of being a worldwide 'icon'--of veneration or ridicule depending on the camp one is in--is impossible. MM is actually, I believe, entirely uneducable. She will not change because she really can't. For anyone to amend their behavior and strive to improve themselves or even to show respect to others, the individual has to be capable of acknowledging that there is a problem that needs fixing. I really don't think she can do this. So--she will never stop. Never. Not until the end of her life, because she can't see or accept any other way of being.
What we are seeing is the public and private indulgence of two extraordinarily mentally deranged individuals who never got the help they might have benefited from as children and now are utterly irredeemable adults. They have been consumed by their disorders. Is it a folie a deux? I'd say yes, if shared mental illness qualifies.
If they turn up at the Jubilee, it's going to be a sh*t show, like everything else they touch. And, God bless her, the little old woman at the center of it all is ultimately responsible for creating it. Without ER giving her blessing to this deranged union between two such damaged individuals, we would not have seen the faux Duchess cosplaying grief for tabloid magazines at the site of dozens of slain children.
There's enough fodder here for dozens of books. We know some of the factors that made Hazza into what he is, but what about her, this Perfect Storm that blew into the Windsors? Either her little brain was scrambled at birth through defects or drug abuse by Doria while she was pregnant . .or else this creature was made through trauma. Will we ever know the answer?
I think her very serious mental health issues will never allow her to see herself as anything but a compassionate, humanitarian and global style icon. She also believes that the criticism she receives is all racist and misogynistic. UGH, using some of these words that she tosses around makes me nauseous…
Without a covert plan of complete suppression of free speech, Netflix will suffer serious blowback after this stunt becomes more widely discussed, over the holiday weekend. I would love to see some instant karmic retribution for this vile display of fake empathy in a heartbroken community.
Be a shame if she angered cartel members over her self-serving 'grief' which was actually a photo op.
All my previous comments are not to make excuses for or justify the Harkle behavior in any way. They should be held accountable, even if, on some profound level, neither M nor Harry are perhaps capable of understanding why they have done anything to be accountable for. I'm not sure either of them meets the legal benchmark for culpability. I think an insanity defense could apply to either party. MM was eventually forced to admit to a court that she lied in her testimony but even then she got off softly with a slap on the wrist for 'forgetfulness'. I think her position under the protection of the RF shielded her from full penalties for perjury, and it wasn't a criminal trial in any case.
ER can be seen as extending Christian charity toward the mentally compromised within her family, but that's not going to stop the Harkles from exploiting any Royal favors. In their own minds they are completely justified in what they do and there won't be any sudden Come to Jesus moment to convince them that they have ever done anything wrong in their conduct toward either of their families. There will never be any apologies or character rehabilitation forthcoming from either of them. Such is the nature of their shared illness. I wonder if Charles and William have come round to this understanding. To believe otherwise where the Harkles are concerned is futile. What the RF needs now is a plan of defense; hopes for reconciliation and restoration should be scuppered as fantasy.
Meanwhile, I can and do hold the likes of Netflix, Spotify, et al culpable for getting into bed with two mentally defectives and plan to boycott them forever. Too bad that I enjoy some of the Netflix shows but they will never get a cent from me. I hope their stock crashes and burns and they have to file for bankruptcy after this project with the Farkles comes out. The company is as vile as its 'talent'.
I think you're right. The twat will complain that Catherine also visited a memorial to a slain woman in London and was photographed doing so. The twat will say that we are being racist for complaining about her visit to Texas when Catherine was lauded for doing essentially the same thing.
What she will omit in her own mind is the private jet she took to get there, her lack of connection to the area, and of course, the publicity she sought to generate by going there.
But, in her mind, again, it's racism on our part.
Very good comments re our despicable couple.
* cannot improve because she would have to recognise she needs to improve, i.e. there might be a problem/some problems but for that she would have to be capable of humility, reflexion and introspection. There's absolutely nothing wrong with her, she's great (in her own mind only) so nothing will change. No, the problem is with us, we're racist etc.
Thanks for the superb exposition, with which I completely concur.
In one aspect I do differ in my opinion. It was not trauma in childhood that created the narcissist but over-indulgence and never being made accountable or faults being pointed out by her parents. However, if as I suspect, Doria smoked a lot of weed when the Duchess was very young (the first six years are crucial), it would have resulted in low level neglect (not being fully present when kid wants to tell you a story or play a game or read a book ... dope smokers waft around so they do get stuff done but in a vague and not fully present way) at the same time as being told she was a flower and she should never give her milk away for free. She desparately craves attention, but also believes she is special and is ruthless in how she disregards and uses others. I suppose I don't like the word trauma as it suggests a dreadful shocking event (or perhaps repeated events like repeated physical abuse).
Perhaps ultimately what will destroy them is their lack of talent and this failure to deliver anything other than fodder for gossip rags and people in the media trying to get attention.
But, yes they are going to misbehave and grab all the attention and distract from the Queen in her Jubilee celebrations ... unless the media in the UK (where it counts) put them on mute and deliberately focus their lenses elsewhere.
interesting post about the denials of photographers being brought along with the twat and comments.
It will be an iconic moment and the photographs will be historic.
Many photographers and those with video recorders were already set up and in place, including equipment mounted on tripods, when she walked to the cross she had chosen in the memorial. That scenario is not possible if she arrived unannounced and did not bring her own team with her and did not arrange a set up.
Sandie,
The crosses were in a row, and the media was already set up to film all the crosses at the courthouse because the school is almost assuredly still a crime scene.
I live in the Maryland suburbs of the Washington metro area. We have a large Hispanic immigrant population. One of their customs is to mark places where individuals die, regardless of where it is, with signs, pictures and flowers, etc. Over the years, throughout our region, you find these little "shrines" all over the place along roads, even on highways.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's why these crosses have been set up outside this courthouse: so that friends and families will grieve there and not at the school and possibly get in the way of contaminating a crime scene. The white posters are probably going to be filled up with pictures of the deceased, notes and momentoes, things that most non-Hispanic Americans would leave at a grave site and not at the scene of someone's death. This is where the families are coming to grieve and that's why the cameras are parked right there. It's also a small town; Maybe the courthouse is the only public building suitable for press conferences.
Markle didn't cause the press to set up like this outside the courthouse. The press were assuredly already set up there before she arrived because that's where everything is happening in this small Hispanic town. I think you need to go back and look at the pictures a little more carefully.
With the crosses in a row, the cameras only needed to be set up at the end of the row for them to capture many of the crosses. And if you look at the copyrights of the pictures in the DM, you'll see they all come from the big press agencies. (If anything, the Turkish one is the exception that proves the rule.) Big agencies like that don't set up where MM tells them to. They stake out the best locations to find out what's going on and they stay there until the event is over.
MM didn't cause that gaggle of press at the courthouse. I can tell you, with a fair amount of confidence, that the press are there because family and friends are coming to visit the children's shrines.
Put another way: The mountain didn't go to MM. She went to the mountain.
I agree she experienced an arrested development and suspect this happened right around the time her class project involving the letter to Proctor & Gamble about the dishwashing detergent. She hasn’t really matured beyond the age of 11 and is fixated on that event that was 30 years ago. In addition, she carries out her “service” like a school girl, without the ability to foresee any consequences, like writing those ridiculous phrases on bananas and thinking that idea was brilliant and would truly help women. If you think about her wardrobe choices, she clearly has not learned how to dress for her body type or learned how to look halfway decent in a tee shirt, jeans and a ball cap. I could go on an on.
Addiction counselors know that substance abusers do not mature beyond the age they start abusing. If they get sober, they start maturing again. I truly don’t know if this halt in her development is a result of substance abuse, the onset of a mental health disorder at puberty or a serious psychological or physical abuse. I lean toward Borderline Personality Disorder.
She had her PR team tell the press that her bouquet contained Peace Roses, because no one caught it and she wants everyone to think she is extra special.
When I mentioned instant Karmic retribution I was hoping for major global backlash, a withdrawal of the Jubilee invitation or NETFLIX suddenly waking up and dumping them. It is going to have to be something major to put a stop to the sideshow.
In some respects, Harry’s wife is a very typical example of the kind of talentless yet ambitious attention seeker wanna be starlet who have been flocking to Hollywood since the motion picture camera was invented. More often than not, these young women have been lightly educated, materialistic, Exhibitionistic and of sufficiently elastic moral fiber to be able to justify using sex to advance their careers in an industry where being seen as nubile and sexually desirable is the primary way that females get attention and work. Harry’s wife had a father connected in the industry, and she went to two of the very best schools in Los Angeles where she rubbed elbows with other spoiled and self-centered starlet want to bes Who no doubt had relatives also working in Hollywood in various capacities. Thomas was an award winning industry professional, multiple awards over a long career, and he also won the lottery a couple of times and so he was able to provide her with a middle-class lifestyle at the minimum, and prices in LA being what they are, they’d have probably been considered upper middle class in a modest Midwestern town. Thomas bankrupted himself to give his little girl all the accoutrements that her Richie rich classmates had, including wardrobe, sweet 16 plastic surgery and trips to Europe, horseback riding lessons, dance lessons, singing lessons, the gamut. All human beings have a degree of narcissism because it’s a survival tactic. People that are drawn to the performing arts and movie stardom tend to be even more self-centered and exhibitionistic because even if they claim to be shy, they’re choosing a profession in which they will be constantly looked at as they perform in front of audiences and will receive adulation and applause.
Even for aspiring to a narcissistic career in a narcissistic town and running around with a bunch of other baby narcissists, Harry’s wife is “extra”. Off the chain extra. She and Amber Heard are soul sisters. One homework of the female narcissist in particular is a very overt and non-discriminatory hyper sexuality and use of sex in order to manipulate and get things they want. Even though Thomas overindulged his little girl and told her she would be a star, as a father I doubt he promoted sluttish behavior in their home photo shoots or encouraged her to act like a slut in her relationships with her peers. There are photos of her on a European vacation, possibly in a gondola in Venice, where she, 17 years old at the time is draped suggestively all over a middle-aged man in the group. This is not normal behavior for a teenage girl. It was familiar to Jeffrey’s girls. Most women and girls who wind up in sex work Have been groomed to it through systematic abuse, or in some manner have had their sense of self-worth tied to their sexuality. I can’t help but wonder if something happens to Harry’s wife as a child or prepubescent girl to over sexualize her. Who can say? Between the lax Open door/my weed is your weed MO at Dorias and to an extent at Thomases, or the hundreds of hours she would have spent as a schoolgirl hanging out on raunchy sitcom sets… It’s possible that she had sexual abuse in her past. I am not saying that it was Thomas or her brother or any male relative, But I have a feeling that she has accused Thomas to Harry with plenty of lurid stories and that’s why Harry has always refused to meet him and spoken to him so rudely.
However, if as I suspect, Doria smoked a lot of weed when the Duchess was very young (the first six years are crucial), it would have resulted in low level neglect (not being fully present when kid wants to tell you a story or play a game or read a book ... dope smokers waft around so they do get stuff done but in a vague and not fully present way) at the same time as being told she was a flower and she should never give her milk away for free.
IIRC Doria called Meghan "Flower," which is the name of a character in Walt Disney's Bambi film. Flower is a skunk, which in North America is always/usually (I don't know) black with two large streaks of white down their backs. They're about the size of groundhogs.
I assume it was symbolic of Meghan's being biracial.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10862211/Queens-Platinum-Jubilee-Harry-Meghan-fly-four-day-party.html
Anger at the woman is at its peak. The now-deleted NBC but widely shared video shows her clearly with her camera crew, acting out her walking barely a few paces before memorials and leaving.
If this latest DM article is true, I can't support the monarchy anymore. They are in league with Sunshine Sachs, Archewell staff, paid-for mediapersons and Sussex Squad.
I can’t help but wonder if something happens to Harry’s wife as a child or prepubescent girl to over sexualize her.
I definitely see the signs of a child who was sexualized in some manner. She indicated that Doria encouraged her to never give the milk away free, so maybe there was more of that kind of maternal advice. It’s also possible that as she developed a Histrionic PD, she found that flirting and touching men in a suggestive way led to her getting her way and garnered the attention she craved.
According to the excerpts I saw from the Tig, she spoke fondly of her father and talked about sweet things he did for her. Yet, there were no pre-wedding signs that she intended to have him at the wedding, in any capacity. He didn’t even receive an invitation. She initially said she didn’t want anyone to walk her down the aisle or give her away, but BP did not approve of that. I have always felt that Tom didn’t look like the father she wanted everyone to believe she had. At some point, it dawned on him that he had not been fitted for a suit, had no airline ticket and no lodging arranged for him, yet Doria had all of these details tended to. I think the palace courtiers questioned the lack of details, so she sent BACKGRID to him, in an attempt to make him look bad. Of course I have no proof, only my intuition. The whole thing smacks of her manipulation, mostly because it backfired and made her look bad after he begged for her forgiveness and had a heart attack. I thought her reaction was shocking and very cold-hearted. It spoke volumes.
I enjoy studying human behavior and trying to understand what makes people react or behave the way they do. If I had grown up in a different era, I would have been a police detective. Instead, I chose nursing. My curiosity and intuition served me well throughout my career and provided me with the tools I needed to communicate with patients in a way that was comfortable to them. But, I have to say that TBW has really been the most complex and baffling subject I have observed. OTOH Amber Heard is much simpler to de-code. Neither of them are nearly as bright as they perceive themselves.
What you say makes sense but does not tally with the photographs and videos. Where are the tributes, the mourners, the news reporters using the crosses as a backdrop as they give their reports? The area in front of the crosses is clear except for the cameras. Was everyone cleared from the area? Who did that? Did TV reporters flee the scene? And if you look at the video, the area was cleared before she even got out the car. Mourners coming to place tributes and mourn were shooed away to make way for the duchess and her small entourage? By whom?
I agree that the cameras were probably there anyway, but there was nothing private or secret about her act. (The possibility that she also had her own film and camera crew is not ruled out either. She does that kind of stuff.)
Compare with Catherine visiting to lay handpicked flowers as a tribute on Clapham Common. No one was shooed away. She had one body guard with her, walking discreetly a distance behind her, and she quietly made her way through the crowd to lay her flowers, stand briefly in silence and then leave.
Also take note that she has been busy feeding the media with details about the flowers (as she did at Prince Phillip's funeral, but this time she did it directly), a press statement (there was none from Catherine to accompany her visit), a correction to reports that she donated boxes (no, they were crates!) of what looked like mostly what Americans call crisps, and a bizarre statement that no one in the blood donor centre knew who she was but they posed for a photograph with her and her donation.
Perhaps this is all normal behaviour in celebrity culture, but I think this is perhaps the most appalling thing she has done.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Tatlermagazine/status/1530189499426381826/photo/1
It’s expected that the future Consorts’ Camilla and Catherine will also be present, with Princess Charlotte (and Louis TBC).
Other royal family members are expected to watch from the royal box outside the palace.
I comcur with the arrested development… But that connote a process that was proceeding along and expected track and then hit a snag that brought that process to a grinding halt. So there has to have been a precipitating event I should think— Unless we want to lay the blame for a hardwired neurological condition. Which I believe she has if she meets the markers for Socioapathy. We can gauge Harry’s mental age at about 12 or 13 and in his case we know exactly what happened to him at that age: The sudden and traumatic death of his mother after which he started self-medicating very soon after with drugs and alcohol and he was a complete addict by the age of 14. His current wife grew up in a chaotic household punctuated with some form of maternal abandonment/neglect that was either benign or not so much. Growing up in a household where smoking weed was his common as eating sandwiches might have led to young M Experimenting with a joint. In the study narrative we have of her formative years, We kind of lose track of her between the age of 11 and her first TV role in a nickelodeon spot about her soap activism, and the.
period When she matriculated at Northwestern. What was going on in her life during those formative six or seven years? We know that add grieving and rage filled hairy was drinking, drugging, fighting with his brother and nearly flunking out of Eton. Apart from a few family snaps, More than a decade of her life is on accounted for. Doria may have been a flaky pothead hippie/jailbird but she is alive and rated an invite to her daughters wedding. I know it was for the photo ops to prove M’s cred as a Black woman more than any close or meaningful relationship between the two of them, but even a part-time mother is better than nothing. Harry did not get to have his mother at his wedding. So with a father who was willing to give her the moon, and ruling out anything heavier than recreational pot and beer in high school… Surely not enough in themselves to cause the arrested development of a severe drug addict… what does account for her being like this? I don’t think even Tom Bower is going to be able to tell us the answer. But I doubt that her condition is solely on account of one negative event when she was young or distracted parenting from her mother or being spoiled by her father. Lots of people have personality maladjustments due to unhappy childhoods, but a complete lack of empathy, Ability to recognize or experience appropriate emotions, and faulty executive functioning… I’m thinking she was probably congenitally predisposed to a disorder and it was only deepened through her childhood. Maybe her development was not so much “arrested” as complete at the mental age of early puberty. When she first came to the scene and in the early couple of years of her marriage, I read commentators wondering whether she suffered from autism spectrum disorder. I think some of her interpersonal behaviors might look similar, but it doesn’t seem to me that an autistic person would be so regularly and consistently cruel and take delight in being cruel. No, I think what warps her is a different breed of disorder.
I think you are quite wrong about her not having her own gaggle of photographers, etc.
There are photos on the reddit threads of her talking to photographers about lighting, angles, etc.
Of course there are lots of journalists at the courthouse, but I think that most of them would be more concerned in capturing the people involved in the drama and their families, not some twat.
Somewhat relatedly, I read recently, possibly on Quora? about the dysfunctional relationship of Victoria and her children, and/or Victoria and Albert, or both of them as parents . . . wish I could remember. It ended by saying that poor parenting persists in that family up to the present day. Something to chew on! And of course, it's a broad statement that I'm sure doesn't apply to all family members but to some. Maybe I'll go look for it, as it's not really responsible to half-quote something so ill-remembered. Or maybe someone here knows what the author meant.
I think both H and Mm had chaotic childhoods. Although in different ways and for different reasons.
I think that's what bonded them initially, and maybe still does.
They both felt abandoned as children, each standing alone against the world.
Mm maybe didn't, but she convinced H that she did.
I also think that both are hard wired to be crazy. And not just a little crazy. In their own ways, each of them is pretty far down the path.
Nature or nurture? Some of both I think.
At first I thought Mm had had some childhood or early adolescent experiences which caused her to be hyper sexualized, but now I think she's just wired that way. Man, she sexualizes everything. Look at the black bra under a white t shirt she wore to the Texas murders. Who does that?
One would think that visiting a site where children have been murdered might be the one time to not be sexual. But nope.
There are photos on the reddit threads of her talking to photographers about lighting, angles, etc.
As far as I know, there's only one photo of MM that people are using as evidence of her "coordinating," shall we say, with reporters at the courthouse. This is the link to the probable original posting of the photo:
https://mobile.twitter.com/einstein_evans/status/1529941077951758377/photo/1
If you enter that address into your browser, you should be able to view the picture without logging into Twitter.
I haven't seen a source claiming to know who the camera person is that MM seems to be talking to or what may have been said between the two women.
Theresa Longo FANS have said on their Twitter account that MM did coordinate with a photographer and the pictures will be sold through multiple publications. They consider tipping off a photographer to be "bringing her own photographer."
MM never fails to disappoint. I should know that by now.
Neal Sean has some interesting takes on this (including that Netflix did not send anyone allegedly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut2UJpDGgXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si6zKz2lN20
"Breadwagon of the Day" Hikari - nailed it (glad I wasn't trying to drink when I read that)
Shameless
Appalled and disgusted
by despicable me
Inserting herself in
this sad tragedy
Photo-op, she doesn’t care
Plain to see
she’s a malignant voyeur
Arrogant, abhorrent, so repugnant
All about optics
for this cupid stunt*…
*Stupid C**t
I apologise for the use of this word,
but she is a stunt!!!
They can't even ask themselves "Are these actions something that a normal person would do?"
@Hikari
It would take infinity times
infinity for me to even think
about forgiving the barge arses!
The Queen, I’m sure, is still very
much aware and in charge of
what’s going on.
Her wishes, right or wrong,
her prerogative.
I’m sure meh is envisioning
Lilibet & Li’lbet, the Lilibethans
for the front page!
Thanks for your astute analysis
of the Gruesomes, meh especially.
She’s an enema wrapped in a
con-humdrum 🥴
@DesignDoctor@Maneki
Cheers 😘
Singalong🎤
Apologies: Jeff Beck
Hi Ho Silver Lining
So Lo Gold Mining
You’re everywhere and nothing
megsie
You’re not all that
Going on a mercy mission
In your dirty hat
Flying across the country
Pernicious gnat
All about netflix movie
You disgusting rat
And its high ho
just more gurning
And away you go now megsie
We see your pants are burning
You’re oh so suss
That is obvious…
Apologies to rats and gnats!
It takes a deep dive to try and analyse the reasons for the early sexualization of the duchess of Montecito, but there is photographic evidence that this is the case. Once she went to live with her father, she spent a lot of time on a TV set. Who knows what influence that had on her? But I am not well informed about the causes, although some kind of sexual encounters at an early age is a cause. I find the idea so repulsive, but while Doria was wafting around stoned who knows what might have happened. Perhaps even something low level but perhaps equally damaging like she got attention if she put on a show and was flirtatious with the men that visited, and then that was reinforced in her early exposure to an adult world of TV?
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So, countdown to the show they are going to put on at the Jubilee celebrations! Since they are the ones who have a history of behaving badly, I suspect that the warning from the Palace was about them. Working royals meet and are hosts to all sorts of people all the time, so they are used to putting on a smile and being gracious. The Cambridges and Sophie ignoring the duo at that Commonwealth service was unusual, so perhaps that 'reprimand' from the Palace was aimed at everyone?
The duo do still have patronages in the UK so no doubt they will parachute in for photo ops, and also fill the tabloids with PR as she did with her parachuting into Texas.
Mommie Shitegeist
Wearing a black bra
under white tee
Hair looking ragged
bedraggled, dirty
Tried to appear
“School mum on the run”
Failed in all areas
she’s a rank piece of scum…
Here they are at a social gathering in California. Everyone else in the photograph seems to be staff?
And yes, I do think that is Archie in the photo.
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What's unnerving about the private jet details on Flight Aware is Daily Mail posted photos & story at 1:10pm Central Time (Uvalde's time zone). Private jet took off at 2:34pm, so Meghan's PR leaked her visit to Daily Mail as soon as she arrived if you factor how long it would take the DM to get photos, plus write & publish article online. Also, obviously Markle didn't care about residents--she was there for barely 4 hrs, plus the jet actually departed AN HOUR EARLY according to flight data.
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No doubt private jet flight details are proof of Meghan's travel to Uvalde. Flight Aware's website: Gulfstream jet departed Santa Barbara on the afternoon of the 24th to Van Nuys. Same jet departed Van Nuys on Thurs. 26th early a.m., arriving Garner Field UVA (Uvalde's airfield) 10:10am. Jet departed 2:34pm back to Van Nuys. The private jet company that owns the jet, Silver Air, is based at Sta Barbara Airport, which is close to Montecito. Meghan spent 24th & 25th in L.A. area.
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... regarding the private jet trip info available for free and publicly online (Thank you, Flight Aware!), I should've added that no other flights into Garner Field (UVA Airport) come up for Thursday that originated in California. Since those flights were from/returning to Van Nuys around the time Markle was in Uvalde, there's no doubt that was the private jet Meghan, Mandana Dayani, the armed bodyguard and Netflix crew used. Van Nuys is in between L.A. and Montecito. Tax write off!
British folk: Who are the men wearing black suit, black tie and bowler hat displaying heaps of medals?
Hilarious article: No, William does not have a myriad of medals ... he has a few!
curious who owns the jet. or was it a netjet thing for rent. did netflix foot the bill. at this point i am not sure. i would think harry would be more interesting than her for the series. why spend tons of extra money on these two.
we are gonna see a ton of these candid pics til after the jubilee.
`Check the medals? Logical explanation would be an ex-guards officer on the organisational staff.'
H is also barefoot. So weird.
Think she went early when the national/international media were still there?
If she had waited until next week would a lot of the media have left already?
And then she would have *had* to have brought her own crew? Or hired local. Which would have gotten out.
This way she has possible deniability for the film crew.
Also next week she would have been competing with Biden and others higher up in the food chain for attention.
However, I do think that she tipped off the media that she was coming. How else did they manage to get nice clear close up shots with no one else in them? And why did those crosses not have any flowers other than hers?
The area seemed to be completely cleared for her. Look how everyone was standing back quite a ways from where she was.
She may not have brought her own crew with her, but highly suspect she hired a local crew prior to her arrival. It looked like about 5 or 6 of them were attached to her group.
No one objected to a whole herd of media getting into a car and going along with her to her outings? Didn't H sue about that very thing?
Weird!
What do you make of that? Somewhere else entirely?
Thomas still can't manage to speak more than a few words, but is on his way home. Thomas Jnr is going to be taking care of him.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FT3YFwGXsAAMWtd?format=jpg
@WBBM
Possible that people were asked not to leave tributes at the crosses so names on the crosses were not obscured and access to the crosses was not obstructed. Of course, the duchess of Montecito left her flowers there at a cross rather than add them to a mound and mingle with people?
Mm went to the town square one. Notice in the photo all the flowers, etc.
So did she get there before anyone else? How's that work?
Or did they remove the flowers just for her photo op?
https://www.borderreport.com/regions/texas/a-place-for-fellowship-uvalde-town-square-now-holds-21-crosses/
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101514723/uvalde-school-shooting-victims-memorial
Gotta wonder how Mm managed to get there while the town square site was a pristine white.
Did someone hold off letting people in there until she had her photo op?
Did she just barge on in there, counting on people being too shocked to kick her out?
Did they pay someone off to keep it pretty until she got there?
I read someplace online they made people clear out so she could lay her bunch of "peace" roses. As far as I'm ow Peace roses are partially yellow. Or there are Chicago Peace roses which have pink in their petals.
So she cleared people out for her photo op.
I wondered why she did it lay flowers at all crosses and honor every child.
I was thinking her trip to Uvalde was such a cluster**** that an overture to get father would be the only way for her to recover from it.
Too cheap.
Undoubtedly. She is not a generous person by any one's criteria.
Sad.
I just saw the polo picnic pic everyone was talking about earlier. I do not think that's Archie. I am firmly in @Hikari's camp on the kids.
She wants to ensure any communication with dear old Dad is totally private. Does not want any interaction with the half siblings.
What about what he wants?
I saw a photo of a vigil, said to have been at Ulvade - Huge mound of flowers, candles/white votive lights on the ground, lots of folk there, away from the crosses it seems. Separate site?
What do you make of that? Somewhere else entirely?
It seems that there are multiple memorials in town: outside the school, at the court house, outside a Catholic church, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/28/us/texas-school-shooting
This first link includes a shot of the memorial in front of the school, and you can see how the white crosses have now been decorated with balloons, flowers, you name it. (You should be able to access the video; it appears to be right outside the paywall.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/28/us/texas-school-shooting/allow-them-to-continue-to-live-among-us?smid=url-share
This second link shows another memorial outside the local Catholic church. (Again, outside the paywall.)
I'm not sure that the town square memorials appearing relatively pristine while MM was there is indicative of anyone holding others back so that MM could lay her flowers. The site might have been only recently set up and, again, there are multiple sites. Also, not to get too graphic, but families are probably home trying to arrange funerals for their dead. Some news reports showed a line of parents waiting to give DNA samples for the police Tuesday night as they had problems identifying some of the kids. At least one article mentioned how most businesses and offices in town had shut down so staff could mourn.
MM came VERY early after the massacre.
I read that she cleared people out of the memorial so she could lay her flowers and the photogs could get their shots:
Is he? Source?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Meghan,_Duchess_of_Sussex
Not the best source, but my understanding is court docs back up the Wikipedia account.
@Henrietta
I read that she cleared people out of the memorial so she could lay her flowers and the photogs could get their shots.
I haven't read that from any reputable source, and I find it a little hard to believe. There were cameras all over that courthouse yard. Given her notoriety, someone would surely have gotten pics of that. You could see photographers moving around her on the high-definition video of her laying down the flowers. In fact one photographer blocked the videocam for at least a portion of it. There were obviously so many of them there.
What y'all need? I don't think her target is Matt McConaughey. Most people in the know in Hollywood are whispering that it is Elon and I think both Meghan and Crazy Ass Amber Heard are vying to put claws in him. I've heard they that Amber Turd and MM are ripe for a show down over that dude. Hopefully he has the sense to get away.
This crossed my mind too, that MM's love interest that she isn't letting go of might be McConaughey. But I'm still betting on Musk too.
https://thetigarchives.tumblr.com/post/185842357490/the-tig-archives-beauty-draw-your-own-box-draw
Thomas, who had been preparing to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in the UK, told his friend Tom Bower he had 'fallen' but 'thankfully, some good people picked me up from the pavement', reports the Sun.
"Told his friend Tom Bower"? Rut-ro!
Wow those are some really interesting flight details. The picture of her brilliant though evil mind is coming together.
I believe she made an excuse about a politician's (Beto O'rourke?) pending arrival to leave the community centre. A speculation was made that she had offered to meet him but was refused.
@Henrietta
The theory about the flowers might be true, and if so it reveals a far rotten mind than most of us can imagine.
I don't think this woman is entirely a product of nurture, what she is is something she was born with. Just like we have the extreme empaths, or those amongst us have to answer to a cry for help, those whose hearts beat easily for another, there are those born with a completely opposing predilection. There is no cure, no therapy, only means to restrain and channel - voluntary or involuntary.
I am sorry, I am forgetting who I should credit, but someone here had made the brilliant observation that even if Harry and William weren't royalty, Harry was always going to be jealous of William. It seemingly is his life path.
We can analyse the causes for their characters because quite truly many are built and/or knocked over by circumstances. But not with these two. Circumstances are what they use to justify their actions when they feel the judgement of others.
If in another life, Harry was a king, he would have been the kind we have read of in the past as being manically cruel to their subjects. Had the woman been a glittering star, we would learn that she probably had a murder or two (using hitmen) in her 'surprise' closet.
I'm so put off by them, that I'm losing the ability to allow them human vulnerabilities.
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As many have said before Scobie's words reflect hers, and I do think she accesses his social media accounts to post. I find his recent posts bizarre. For a royal editor no less. I don't visit his social media accounts but was curious after reading a mention elsewhere.
One is a retweet of an old though recent video shot during a Scotland (?) tour by the Cambridges where a child asks Kate if she's a prince, and follows it up with asking if she's a princess. Whatever does he mean by it?
The woman is burning up (what with all recent PR failures) and her rage is directed psychotically at Kate.
Only the queen understands what family time she is meaning to draw from these two.
Princes William and Harry are healing their feud with weekly online messages and face-to-face chats ahead of their Queen’s Jubilee meeting.
The previously warring pair are now said to be back to some form of normality after William made the first move to heal the family rift before next weekend’s celebrations.
The brothers have been messaging each other every few days on WhatsApp – and are also having regular FaceTime calls with their respective children.
But wives Meghan and Kate, both 40, have so far held back from onscreen contact, giving their husbands time to fix their relationship one-to-one.
A source said William, 39, had been disappointed about the abrupt way the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left the royal family and moved to California – but that he has now moved on.
Thank you for the info and the link from the Mirror. I read the article but it's very vague and only states that * 'is understood to have reached out to her dad’s camp after it emerged he is out of hospital recovering from a stroke.' Not sure what it really means. The article also states “If she can contact their dad, she wants it to be totally private. It won’t involve Netflix, it won’t involve any photographs and it must not involve any tip-offs to the paparazzi.” The cynic in me thinks that's a ploy and that she can always say she couldn't contact him as there was no way of ensuring any privacy/leaks to the press... For instance, Thomas junior is there looking after his dad so it's not possible to contact him.
This scenario is very unlike TBW and the Mirror is usually on her side. I'll take the info with a bucketful of salt for now.
It’s already been dismissed as untrue. We shall see over the coming days what Maggot, contemptible low life can rustle up in terms of PR.😞
She is being criticized for flying across the country for a PR stunt but not visiting her father, so she is trying to counter that. 'Reconciling' with her father is also a story guaranteed to get her attention.
Note how controlling she is (typical narc trait) and it is all about her, not her father. Her conditions are that any visit is absolutely private, no photographs are taken, and the siblings (who have been there for Thomas) not be included in any way. How is she going to keep a visit private? Why deprive him of the photographs he wants and can proudly display in his home? What is this obsession with dividing families? And what is this 'camp' that she reached out to? That is a very divisive term to use. Thomas does not have an entourage, like her, and those who are in touch with him often, if not daily, are Samantha, Thomas Jnr and Karl. And is the key factor for her that Thomas cannot speak and thus cannot give interviews?
This is a self-serving publicity stunt. I expected the twisted PR noise she puts out to increase with the visit to the UK, and I suspect that in the next week it will only get worse.
This is the video of her at that birthday party where she was 'crowned Queen'.
A very one-sided defence if the duchess. To label Thomas as toxic and completely ignore the toxic behaviour of the duo is very disingenuous.
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She truly believes that she and Prince Philip had some sort of special relationship. This is because Prince Philip exchanged 3 words with her. This is in her head. She always believes that the relationships are more intimate than they actually are.
The same is valid for The Queen - she was nice to Meghan and Henry >> Meghan believes that they have a very very special intimate relationship with The Queen.
Kate kept distance - she is jealous of Meghan. Therefore, she needs to be punished. No matter how, but it needs to be done.
In Meghan's head, Kate rejected Meghan >> this is worse than abuse. And this is extremely painful for Meghan. Extremely.
That’s a lot of PR spinning from The Mirror, it’s as bad as The Express. 😕
The most reliable paper here in the UK would be The Telegraph.
"(I’m getting older – my knees are bothering me.) If it takes me a couple more years to lock down that French tutor and nail the language j’adore oh so much, that’s cool too."
To which one can only add - `Pretentious? Moi?
Funny, she's never told us she'd been to Iceland - would that be because if she claimed to have an Icelandic granny, nobody'd believe her? Or because it was too cold for her to flash her cleavage or any other part of her anatomy? (Hafnafjordur claims to be the elf capital of Iceland - hence the sign.)
I was searching for the photos of the polo picnic which was mentioned as featuring “Archie”, since taken down from the Internet, and I found these baby pictures of Harry’s wife instead. Some feature a smiling Samantha with the toothy toddler. Samantha would have been about 16 or 17 in these photos. I get really sad looking at these photos. Just like I get sad looking at toddler pictures of Harry from the same period. Once upon a time, these two human disasters were adorable happy babies, with so much promise ahead. Everything is gone wrong between then and now. When I feel myself seething in hatred for their current behavior, I still find I can’t hate on these cute tykes. I cry for that lost innocence and what might have been. Hard to view these babies as the monsters they would become.
Someone found the odd, square-looking dress from the "picnic" and posted it on Twitter. You know, the "sinking ship" one.
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@Rebecca As I have noted previously, The Mirror is a tabloid rag. Feel entirely free to disbelieve everything that you read from there.
PDina, who has done some videos with Thomas, has put out the message (not in a video) that the Duchess of Montecito has not made any attempt to contact Thomas. Her message says she will keep people updated on developments.
My opinion ... It is all her usual bizarre word salad PR.
People like Dan Wootton, LadyC and PDina are in direct contact with Thomas, so the truth will come out. But, it must be tempting for Thomas to grab onto this mythical olive branch.
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@Henrietta
I read that she cleared people out of the memorial so she could lay her flowers and the photogs could get their shots:
Museumstop said:
@Henrietta
The theory about the flowers might be true, and if so it reveals a far rotten mind than most of us can imagine.
I just think if this happened -- along with the rumor she laid the flowers down twice to get a better shot -- someone would have gotten it on film. The courthouse memorial was crawling with photographers but not that many mourners for whatever reason.
Now, if she would just take a shower, put on clean clothes, and get a decent hair cut.
I am positive I saw video of her laying the flowers down twice and two different shots being taken. I was watching what was going on carefully that day. Very calculated like everything else T B W does.
Perhaps its readership has altered.
question is. do they have much $ left for PR. will netflix ever air. will the book ever be published.
I think I just saw the video you are referring to. I was wondering why it looks different from what I had seen on the Texas surprise. From your take, I now understand that was a recce run.
https://twitter.com/SiggyStardust80/status/1530695737331310593
Even Mandana gets on the act with a comforting arm to the upset woman. Axis of evil.
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Yep. I noticed that at IG. She and H both...would hold a pose just a little too long.
Just long enough for a few photos.
Notice how quickly she marched around the crosses, pausing slightly and angling towards each one. Arms crossed instead of her usual flailing.
She's been coached on body positions.
@Henrietta
I am positive I saw video of her laying the flowers down twice and two different shots being taken. I was watching what was going on carefully that day. Very calculated like everything else T B W does.
Sandie said...
From the video I saw, she walked to the site, briefly checked it out, returned to the car, then went back to the site with the flowers.
I've been following three different forums on the incident and watching all the videos. I haven't seen any videos where she lays the flowers down twice or gets out of or into a car.
https://youtu.be/gjzmt-kpKX4
Sorry if I am being unfair, but all she did was shine a light on herself. By the way, the video has no mention of the Duchess as she really is not part of the story, but you can see how big the story of Uyinene was in South Africa.
At the end of the video Mm is getting into the black SUV. Notice that she gets into the third row back, whilst the woman in all black gets into the second row
Kinda weird that Mm would get into the third row?
Although better than that time H sat in the front seat, in prime view for a sniper if there was one.
bad press for trotter with Texas and now we have a parent complaint about the pick up and drop off at Prince George’s school because of the RPO. the pr is nuts and the push for anti cambridge is nuts too.
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I didn’t see the parent complaint about Prince George’s school pickups, but yesterday two red tops reported a complaint by a veteran accusing Prince William of riding a drugged horse during rehearsals for Trouping the Colour, calling it animal abuse/cruelty. The veteran was not named.