Not much has changed since the last post.
Spotify? Nope. Netflix? Nope but they could just be in the editing phase perhaps. Political scene? Nope. Not a whisper yet.
There, however, is the trial.
This is starting to get interesting as it can totally change their long term trajectory look. They would now more easily maintain their appearances of being VIPs by needing security as the world is a dangerous place for them.
Is it? Maybe? Maybe not when you think of all the different adventures they have where they have limited security present or security physically present but not really appearing to be on high alert for the accidental pap/scary dangerous unknown or not at all but it was ever so luckily documented by someone who just happened to be in the area. Funny how that just keeps happening so unluckily for them.
It is as if they are a boat which has left the marina (BRF), left the pond (intentional pun), and charted themselves out into the big oceans. Leaving behind the safety of his family, they have been systematically cutting the anchors which tied them back to the family to show their independence. The family tried to keep them with a safety net in the leaving negotiations. But no dice rolled by the pair. Now, they are trying to reattach one of those cut anchors by legally suing for claims of needing protection.
If they win - then it's game on for them to retake what they feel is/was their manifest destiny.
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I'd be pretty annoyed if that was me.
I can see why Oprah wooed them from a very early stage. But I cannot understand Hilary Clinton. I am not a fan of hers, but she has decades of experience in politics, has served at a high level in government, and is not a stupid woman. Her interest in TBW is mystifying. Poor Sarah Latham was dropped into the mess (the link to HC is obvious) when the truth was starting to leak. What I have picked up from the Bower book is that Latham was reduced to tears often. The Queen offering her a job must have been an act of compassion and/or compensation.
Jessica Mulroney just shaded Megsbaby on Instagram. She showed a picture of some golf player I guess who got hustled and Meghan Markled too while she was messing around with Corey. So now Prince Hapless knows this too. Gets what he deserves, hee hee.
Knives out. Harry's memoir will be too little too late after all the tea gets spilled with Bower's book. The tide is turning, truth is being revealed, and it looks like the firm played the right long ball game: give these fools enough rope and let them hang themselves on their own lies and transparent and childish waffle waffle crocodile roast chicken games.
I am not posting the text as what Bower actually wrote will be in the Times.
Her behaviour has always been awful. How could he have fallen completely in love with this person? Why did people put up with this nonsense? How can he live with her?
So thoughts went to other nations with anti-west agenda but it all seems to be coming back to the US.
BTW, the British Constitution is written down but not in one single document. It is enshrined within the total corpus of our laws, ie in different places.
At the very least,* was a `useful idiot'.
BLG and proof the visit to Oprah didn't happen as it was presented
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8_u3mEsC78
At the time of the engagement, I swallowed the PR story about their first flying date and how they were so in love, yada yada. And American divorcee actress was not going to integrate easily into the royal family, but we really had no clue at that point what an awful person, a mental head case, Harry’s choice really was. It really hadn’t surprised me that she was in show business, because harry and William too know lots of ShowBusiness types. Cressida Bonas is an actress, And so is Sophie Winkleman who married in. I was happy that Harry had finally found someone… But the wheels came off that PR spin pretty quickly. When she was photographed in her first appearance with the royal family at Christmas that year sticking her tongue out like a toddler, I said what is going on here? That was just after the very stilted and bizarre engagement interview. She was fake and nervous and annoying, but I talked that up to the pressure of the situation. To go from a two bit cable show in Canada to a considerably larger role in the British royal family literally overnight was a big adjustment. But little did we know at the time that she had revealed her true colors already, and the PR train was already spinning spinning spinning. I watched the Freakshow of a wedding where she seriously creeped me out with her psychotic eyes and her unmovable Cheshire cat grin. All that drama about her dad, who is then languishing in the hospital, not that his daughter gave a shit. After that she seemed to be off to a decent start in her new role, but I don’t need much later did we learned that she’d already been bullying royal staff for months and got a couple tossed out of her very first appearance as the Duchess of Sussex for being a disaster.
Finally, four years after the fact, her bullshit posing is being blown away. For sometime now I have believed that Harry is either bisexual or entirely gay, and she is his beard, who helped him through her contacts at Soho House to get the kinds of alternative sexual experiences he craves, and I don’t actually think that many or any of those involve her. After getting embroiled with those people, they coerced him into a marriage with her through blackmail, I believe, threatening to make the extent of his sexual proclivities and other activities which may not be entirely legal public knowledge, not only making sure that his grandparents knew about it but publishing pictures releasing audio recordings, etc. Once in, Harry decided to go all in and trash his family on his way to being the Superstar Prince in America she’s promised as her end of the deal. With no other mitigating influences on him from people that actually care about him and don’t want to see him Completely destroy himself, he’s just gotten worse and worse over time. I think Mr. Bowers book is going to strain the sham marriage to the breaking point. Look for a divorce announcement by the fall, and strap in for a Johnny Depp/amber heard sized spectacle in court.
@Sandie, I was surprised that Bower is a royalist as well, as his book on Charles is said to be unflattering. My guess is, he likes the queen, & as someone whose family fled Europe in 1939, appreciates the stability having a monarch to rally around brings a nation. His wife is quite accomplished & well connected.She's a former editor of the Evening Standard & a former deputy editor of the Telegraph. Her family includes military officers, a former governor of Hong Kong, & a baronet. So, Bower is likely not a knee-jerk reverse snob. I doubt Bower is going to get into much that is wildly lurid. This is death by a thousand cuts. I thought all of the stories about Ms.6's treatment of employees, etc., were just gossip, but Bower says all of his information is attributed, so people really spoke to him on the record, in spite of the 6s proven litigiousness.
She's just as awful as people have intimated. She made a marriage which was wildly unsuitable for both parties so she could get the attention & fame she's always craved. She & Mr. 6 are only united by their resentment & jealousy of others. So sad. If the children do exist, I hope they have someone in their lives who can give them love & stability. Sometimes awful parents have nice children. It does happen.
Thank you so much for all your work copying & pasting Tom Bower's book excerpts. So far, nothing earth-shattering for is Nutties. As @ KnitWit said 'However, I am hoping for something shocking.' Aren't we all!
@Wild Boar
Like you, I thought - and was hoping - that *'s interview with VF would spell the end of the romance, but sadly it didn't. I do remember when one of Charles's girlfriend (I forgot it was Lady Sarah Spencer) spoke to the press: the relationship was swiftly terminated. And * had the gall to feel victimised.
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@Observant One, @Sandie
Not sure why Hillary Clinton wanted to meet TBW. Are we to believe she schlepped all the way to Frog Cott? Headlines mention they 'reportedly' met after being invited by *. And HC even 'got to hold him and snuggled him'. I can imagine * using her new found 'friendship' with HC but I can't see the benefit for HC.
Finally,there have been references to some words which had another meaning in the urban dictionary, namely crocodile (Archie's first word, allegedly), waffles - remember Archie wanted a waffle maker for Christmas - and roast chicken. Apologies if this has been previously mentioned but I wondered if hydrate - another favourite of Archie's - had another meaning. You've guessed it, it has. Actually not very difficult to imagine.
These two relatives, of course being more casual observers of Megsy, Hapless and the British Royal Family. So the interest is out there for a good summer read.
(We are in the US)
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Sadly, I don’t think Bower will say anything about the surrogacy issue in his book because there is no way for him to have accessed whatever documentation exists to prove it.
I agree with you, Golden Retriever. I was just hoping someone, at least from Cedars-Sinai or the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, would talk (e.g., seeing her, not seeing her at the hospital on the day of the birth).
I think xxxxx is correct as well. This book won't be an expose for Nutties.
I'm enjoying the excerpts from TB's book, and he is giving details that are new to me.
The general public will now know what phony train wrecks Twit and Twat are.
Twat will divorce Twit if she believes he has ruined her "reputation." She'll ghost him like she's done everyone else in her life, and will internally/externally blame him for her bad press.
I wonder if Twit has any friends left anywhere because he's going to need a huge amount of support when Twat turns her wrath on him full blast.
I do hope that late night comedians will be making public fun of the Dollars, based on what's going to be revealed.
Maybe * initiated contact with HRC, through Harry’s friend, Michelle Obama. We know she thought she had the golden ticket to the world and everyone would be falling at her feet. She sees herself as a feminist/activist, and HRC is likely one of her role models. Or, the globalists came to her, willing to use her in any way possible to get to the Royal Family.
I think this book could make them both look more delusional and disturbed than any of us thought.
Well, well, back in '19, my first thought about *'s enablers/supporters/backers were American (and other) globalists thinking it was time the British Constitution was overturned - 400 years was long enough from 1620 and Mayflower - but other Nutties didn't think much of that idea IIRC. I was certainly suspicious of * expressing her views on our relationship with our European neighbours. Was she parroting other peoples' views? had she been told to say it?
So thoughts went to other nations with anti-west agenda but it all seems to be coming back to the US.
George Soros is destabilizing cities here by buying elections for DAs that let really bad criminals walk without bail, let rapists and child traffickers flow unimpeded across the border, and thousands of young people are turning into drug zombies and dying of fentanyl and carfentanyl overdoses.
The Times has published more. I will see if I can find a version that I can copy and paste.
The shooting weekend. The wedding in Jamaica. The Reitman's story.
https://archive.ph/RYQJB
Soon after Harry and Meghan’s relationship was revealed, Harry invited Meghan to join his weekend shoot at Sandringham. With the Queen’s permission he had invited 16 friends to arrive for dinner on Friday night, shoot on Saturday and leave after lunch on Sunday. Most of the guests were old friends from Eton with their wives or girlfriends. All of them were employed by international banks and auction houses or were estate owners and racehorse trainers. All were bonded by common assumptions, principles and loyalties.
Like other shooting weekends, Harry was looking forward to endless banter, jokes — and a lot of drinking. He had not anticipated Meghan’s reaction. Their jokes involving sexism, feminism and transgender people ricocheted around the living-rooms and dining-rooms. Without hesitation, Meghan challenged every guest whose conversation contravened her values. According to some of Harry’s friends, again and again she reprimanded them about the slightest inappropriate nuance. Nobody was exempt. Harry’s world would not be her world.
Beyond Harry’s hearing, some friends questioned Meghan’s “wokery”. Meghan was a dampener on the party, they concluded. She lacked any sense of humour. Driving home after Sunday lunch, the texts pinged between the cars: “OMG what about HER?” said one; “Harry must be f***ing nuts.”
A seminal moment occurred during the couple’s trip to Jamaica in March 2017 to celebrate the marriage of Tom “Skippy” Inskip, Harry’s Etonian friend who had been present in Las Vegas during Harry’s nude romp. Harry flew premium economy from London; Meghan arrived from Toronto in a friend’s private jet.
About 40 guests, including Harry’s oldest friends, gathered for the three-day party at the Round Hill Hotel in Montego Bay. Some of the parents in attendance fondly remembered giving Harry cottage pie and comfort during his teenage years. The close-knit group keenly anticipated meeting Meghan. They were quickly disappointed. Not only did she quibble about the food, but behaved “princessy”, refusing to engage with Harry’s friends, some said. “She wasn’t interested in us,” said one mother.
Since this was the first important event Meghan and Harry had appeared at together, there was certain to be media interest. Secluded in the resort’s most isolated villa, Harry spotted a photographer in the bushes. He became incandescent.
Harry’s friends were puzzled by his violent outburst considering the frequency of similar previous incidents in his life. Their suspicion of Meghan increased; the sentiment was mutual. Meghan disliked Inskip and his crowd. Their jokes and their attitude towards the world seemed unacceptable to her.
The actress, the ad campaign and a fraught shoot
Among Hollywood’s players, Lori Sale is a feisty, fast-speaking well-known agent, famous for securing marketing and branding contracts for her clients. In early 2015, Rick Genow, a Hollywood entertainment lawyer, contacted Sale. The lawyer explained that he represented Meghan Markle, the actress and host of The Tig lifestyle blog. Could Sale, he asked, secure a brand contract for his client, who was based in Toronto?
Sale had never heard of Meghan or Suits, but concluded that even an ensemble actor on a cable show who was a minor celebrity could be placed. After meeting the actress, Sale pitched her new client to Jeannie Vondjidis-Miller, the head of marketing of Reitmans, Canada’s largest women’s clothing retailer. The 90-year-old business offered inexpensive clothes through its 700 stores to an ageing and declining clientele. Sale negotiated a two-year contract to start in June 2015.
No serious Hollywood star, Meghan must have thought, would associate herself with Reitmans, a brand whose clothes cost under C$100 (£60). She longed to be the face of Ralph Lauren, not Reitmans. At least no one outside Canada would see the campaign.
Hard graft had secured an advance in Meghan’s career, nonetheless. The down-side was that every small success was accompanied by disappointment on the bigger stage. Hollywood repeatedly rejected her.
During a trip to London she went to a small meeting addressed by Emma Watson, her hero and role model. At the end, she asked to meet Watson. The actress rejected the request. The snub was mortifying. Watson’s rebuff was not mentioned when Meghan described her UN role in The Tig. “I was in London,” she wrote to her followers, “to support Emma Watson in her HeForShe Initiative for UN Women.”
On March 13, 2016, Meghan flew into Montreal for her second Reitmans shoot. As she entered the location — an old restaurant — for the day’s filming, the tension was uncomfortable.
Jeannie Vondjidis-Miller described Meghan as the “National Spokesperson” for Reitmans. “We wanted someone with a point of view,” she said. Very soon, many of the creative team associated with the campaign were exhausted by Meghan’s point of view.
The 35-second commercial was called “The Label”. Meghan, the creative directors employed by the Tank agency and John Grammatico, the film director, disagreed about the “concept” that ended with Meghan delivering the tag-line “Reitmans... Really”.
“Seriously, this doesn’t make sense!” Meghan exclaimed about the storyboard. “I’m a brash American and if my name is going to be on something, I’m going to have my say.”
Tank’s account manager, Emmanuelle Thaon, and creative director Sophie Gaudet were reluctant to make changes. In their opinion, Meghan offered no worthwhile alternative ideas, other than suggesting that a Caribbean location with a Hollywood budget would be better.
On March 14 the arguments reached their climax. After ferocious exchanges a few script changes were made, only to be rejected by Meghan again. “She bulldozed her way through,” complained one of the team. No one stood up to her.
That evening, Grammatico emailed Tank’s creative director. Meghan, Grammatico suggested, was not completely wrong. The agency was focusing the commercial on Reitmans’ label and the dress. Like all stars, Meghan wanted the focus to be on herself. “She needs to be flattered,” he wrote, “and she’s right. Celebrities want to be the hero.”
The solution was to “put Meghan in charge, because she’s beautiful and famous and she’s in control”. The script was rewritten by Grammatico.
One year after the first campaign, Meghan was less enamoured that her “brand” was attached to Reitmans. Not only was she associated with a downmarket label, but their new clothes were decidedly unappealing. In addition, her sense of entitlement had grown. Unhappy that her executive suite for C$1,531 per night at the Place d’Armes hotel in Montreal was only a master bedroom, living-room and powder-room, Meghan demanded that the agency reserve a bigger suite at the more expensive Gault hotel. “She insists,” said her agent. The production team resisted. “She wants photographs of the hotel rooms and the rooms assigned to her on the set,” said her agent.
Next, Meghan demanded that she be registered in the hotel under an alias, Jane Smith. “Her identity must be kept secret,” said her agent, Lori Sale. “Meghan doesn’t want to be hassled by the hotel staff, other guests or photographers.” The production team were flummoxed. No one in French-speaking Montreal really knew Meghan. In the event, the hotel refused the request. No paparazzi gathered outside the hotel.
Inside the hotel room, ignoring the flower displays, bottles of her favourite wine and even a special calligraphy pen carefully laid out on the tables, she criticised the hotel’s Tempurpedic bathrobe and slippers. She wanted Dior. The tea was the wrong blend and the vegan green juice was warm.
“The Princess is coming,” sniggered one assistant as, hard-faced, Meghan arrived on set, avoiding eye contact with the crew. She disappeared upstairs to her dressing-room.
Two hours had been allocated for completing her hair and make-up and, at her last-minute request, to paint her nails. Animatedly during that session, Meghan talked about life with Felix, her trusted hairdresser. The manicurist, a woman in her late thirties, joined the conversation. There was silence as her nails were finished. The manicurist left.
Throughout the day Meghan appeared for her shots escorted by her entourage — Felix the hairdresser and Marco the make-up artist — and then returned to her room. Both were ordered never to leave her side. “She was always fed up,” one crew member noted, “sighing, huffing and rolling her eyes at things. It was heavy-going working with her.” Another claimed that she would be “super sweet” with Felix and Marco and then within seconds turn to the crew and be “super-disagreeable”.
No one dared to contradict Meghan. Keeping their jobs depended on satisfying her demands. The only consolation was Meghan’s actual performance. In front of the lens she transformed herself into a warm, glamorous icon.
The following day, the mood deteriorated. To satisfy another of Meghan’s demands, the wardrobe staff had bought a pair of expensive Aquazzura beige suede shoes chosen by her. From her dressing-room, Meghan was heard complaining about the production, the clothes, the style and the script. In retaliation, members of the team began to speak in French.
During the filming, Meghan was asked: “What Canadian woman inspires you?” She laughed and asked for examples. “None of them inspires me,” she replied. “You can’t make me say something I don’t want to or don’t believe in.”
“It’s a wrap,” shouted the assistant at exactly 7pm. Meghan’s agent had already called to warn that her client would not film one extra minute. There was none of the customary “Thank you” or “See you again”. Meghan departed. To the surprise of the wardrobe staff she forgot to leave behind the Aquazzura shoes.
“She is definitely the meanest person I’ve ever met. Just saying,” Jean Malek, the third director, posted on Facebook.
In the post-production of the advertisements Meghan sent countless demands about changes to the colour of her lipstick and her waistline. One request regarding a photograph of her sitting down with open sandals generated particular mirth: “Please fix my feet for me — I get slaughtered online for [sic] people picking apart my feet, sadly. There’s a scar on my left foot + my right foot isn’t the prettiest (long toe etc) ...”
Once the dust settled, however, Reitmans were satisfied. The commercials were credited with increasing their sales by over 20 per cent. Forgetting her anger, Meghan spoke about the TV advert and the billboards with her face across Canada as life-changing. “It’s a huge moment,” she said.
I was hoping for big bombshells, but a thousand cuts is still a fun read.
My poor karma, I am having too much fun reading the boom excerpts
This is validation, and then some!
Now we understand why Prince William and Her Majesty refused to let her get anywhere near the Crown Jewels or Diana's jewelry
Princess Pinocchio the Pincher is very light-fingered.
https://t.co/I7zyGZSeY0
Response from @thepartyroyal:
She was horrified that she wasn't allowed to keep Queen Marys diamond tiara. The palace staff physically had to recover it from her room after the wedding.
I can't speak for any of these sources. I'm too new to Twitter!
Clarissa Reilly (@clarescastle) about the Sandringham party where Friar's friends met Liar:
Was this the weekend with the wrong colour pink/red rugs which were “gifted” to Harry’s guests, and about which Meghan was so cross? Goodie bags not the norm at a country house weekend. His mates must have been mystified.
https://twitter.com/clarescastle/status/1548799987588407297?t=_hXxyQFm_3GwNCGkh_UFKA&s=09
I thought this too when I heard about Liar making up goodie bags for Friar's friends at a shooting party. It also just seemed like a colossal waste of money (when your boyfriend is so frugal).
From the latest Tom Bower excerpt:
Markle left her Reitman’s shoot and conveniently took the wardrobe supplied, beige suede Aquazzura shoes with her. Wouldn’t it be delicious if these were the stolen pair? [the pair she wore to engagement announcement]
https://t.co/6B5Pbc7RUb
Response by Calling Out the Elephant (@callingoutthee1)
So no different when she left the BRF and took (allegedly) jewels.
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I've now heard this a couple of times -- that Liar took jewelry when she left the UK -- and I never see a good source. Does anyone have a good source or know what this poster is referring to? The only thing I can think of are the chandelier earrings from the Saudi Crown Prince MBS. Apparently although he gave them to her personally, they're considered property of the Crown, and I assume, would have to be kept in a vault somewhere in the UK. If she has anything from Diana, it's because Friar gave them to her. She didn't really "take" them.
She is apparently under the impression that one must be arrogant and bitchy to impress upon the 'lesser' people how important they are. Nope. It just means that they are arrogant and bitchy.
I thought this too when I heard about Liar making up goodie bags for Friar's friends at a shooting party. It also just seemed like a colossal waste of money (when your boyfriend is so frugal).
Good grief. She was never going to buy their affection because he didn't have enough money. She certainly didn't impress them with her class because she demonstrated that she didn't have any. Surely it couldn't be true. Surely nobody could be THAT crass, but she is a Hollywood wannabe.
What Tom Bower is missing about the wedding in Jamaica, is that Hairy and Scary had broken up, and that invite was an old one that was no longer valid. But Scary showed up anyway.
There's a comment on the DM Article about "Prince Harry's Eton Friends thought he was 'f**king nuts'" from anon75. They say something about the Inskip wedding I had never heard before: that some of the guests actually went up to her and asked her to leave, but she refused. Has anyone else heard that detail before? That is absolutely brazen, if true.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10942103/Meghan-Markles-obstetrician-helped-deliver-Lilibet-shuts-practice-little-notice.html
Meghan Markle's obstetrician who helped deliver Lilibet shuts her practice with little notice telling patients she needs to 'focus on my own health and be with my family'
• Dr Melissa Drake said she would close her Santa Barbara practice from June 30
• She oversaw the birth of Lilibet at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital June last year
• Writing in an emotional Instagram, said her work had been the 'honor of my life'
• Santa Barbara women were taken by surprise over 'terrible' handling of closure
By RICHARD EDEN FOR THE DAILY MAIL and LAUREN LEWIS FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 16:38, 22 June 2022 | UPDATED: 16:54, 22 June 2022
To be continued...
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The obstetrician who helped deliver Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's second child Lilibet has shut her practice with little notice, telling patients she needs to 'focus on my own health and be with my family'.
Dr Melissa Drake made the announcement on Instagram, where she said it had been 'the honor of my life to work with the women of Santa Barbara' before announcing a 'leave of absence' starting on June 30.
She said patients procedures or surgeries planned before June 30 would go ahead but warned pregnant women with appointments after the date would need to transfer care to a different practice.
Dr Drake, who is married fertility doctor and has four step kids, oversaw the birth of Queen Elizabeth's 12th great-grandchild Lilibet at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on June 4, 2021.
Expectant mothers in the wealthy region were taken by surprise over the sudden closure, with one branding the news 'shocking and handled terribly'.
'Now there are hundreds of women (myself included) running around trying to find care,' she wrote on the Santa Barbara Moms Facebook group.
Another said she was 'devastated' by the news and that she knew at least ten other local women looking for a new practitioner.
Dr Drake wrote on Instagram: 'It has been the honor of my life to work with the women of Santa Barbara. I am taking a leave of absence to focus on my own health and be with my family.
'It is important that you continue with appropriate medical care; therefore you should establish contact with another physician/midwife as soon as possible.
'Thank you for allowing me to be part of the most personal, profound, and important days of your lives. Much love always.'
Dr Drake made the announcement on May 13 saying the practice would close from June 30.
Kay de Veer Ulanch, whose twins' birth was overseen by Dr Drake, told Santa Barbara Independent the doctor was a 'unicorn' and described the closure of the practice as 'a travesty'.
'She puts you in charge,' she said. 'You lead your birth experience. That's a big deal, and it's not common.
'I know that sounds dramatic, but she's done so much good to so many families. When you're having a child, you want the best, and she's the best.
'I hope we figure out what's going on, and I hope she comes back.'
Other patients said they were 'pretty devastated' by the news with Santa Barbara resident Jorden Hirsch saying it was a 'real loss for the community'.
Katherine Mueller said Dr Drake 'always made her patients feel comfortable, in control, and always gave them the right to say no.'
Dr Drake refused to give more information on her decision to close the clinic to the Santa Barbara Independent but said in a statement: 'One of my most important guiding principles is patient autonomy and giving power back to women.
'OB/GYN care represents an inflection point in peoples' lives. People who feel disempowered and disrespected during their birth experience carry that with them forever.
'It impacts not only the way they feel as parents, but also impacts their future interactions with healthcare.'
She added: 'Ask any woman about their medical experience, and you will hear a lot about soft pressure.
'I try to let patients know that even if they are making a decision that I don't agree with, I will try to support them as best I can, within my ability to do so.'
Dr Drake declined to comment on why some patients call her a union, but said high praise for her was because 'it is very labor intensive.'
'The healthcare system is not set up to reimburse providers for this kind of work… But we deserve this kind of care. We all do.
Has she been Markled?
I don't think there is any conspiracy afoot ( could be wrong again). I think the Suckatits fell in with a bunch of opportunists. M's CA PR people want their cut. Companies want the attention of a royal on staff or at least on camera. Opportunists want access to royal and celebrity circles. H&M have less access than before, but probably have more access than Russian oligarchs. Perhaps, shady types are willing to have H in their debt because Daddy will probably pay up to avoid bad publicity. All conjecture on my part.
If M is shopping for real estate in Beverly Hills, she is moving/renting to be near her next target.
Wonder what is next! Scobie is out if his league with Bowers.
Thank you for the link re the shooting weekend etc. I knew * had modelled for Reitmans but didn't know the story. Her diva demands and tantrums are absolutely unbelievable! She is so rude and ungracious, it's hard to imagine. I like the bit where she wanted to register at the hotel under an alias so as to be anonymous and not be hassled by, among others, photographers. In the end 'No paparazzi gathered outside the hotel.' I also like the fact that 'In retaliation, members of the team began to speak in French.' But... TBW speaks fluent French, doesn't she??
I wonder if she'll sue for libel?
And who gives goodie bags at a shooting party?
'She lacked any sense of humour.' To be fair, American and British sense of humour are different but in any case, * was very, very different from H and his friends. She had absolutely nothing in common with them. Even Kate, British born and bred, upper middle class and privately educated had a hard time in the beginning with William's friends. His social set were slow to accept her. His friends would say 'doors to manual' in her presence (in reference to Carole Middleton's former job as an air stewardess). I wonder what they had to say about *...
The wedding: she was snooty with everyone. People tried to be friendly but she was arrogant and dismissive. I wonder what was up with her? Covering up feelings of inadequacy (she just did not fit into his life)? She also complained about the food. She had this delusion that she was a foodie and seemed to think that being rude was appropriate.
She was invited to the wedding as his plus one. Who supplied her with the private plane is a mystery.
No one asked her to leave. But, he had a complete inappropriate melt down when he saw paps hiding in the bushes. His friends thought it was uncharacteristic of him. (I think she gained control of him by riling him up, sniffing out and enabling all his weaknesses and faults.)
Remember the photos from the wedding? He got very drunk. He also looked very miserable. She glared arrogantly at anyone who came to talk to him. Remember she also led him onto the balcony and got him locked into a passionate kiss, knowing the paps were there.
The Earthshot Prize is now an independent charity organization. Jason Knauf is back, as a trustee.
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I did some work with Random House earlier this year and had the opportunity to read the publishing contract. $40 million for 4 books, allocated at $10m per book. The subject of each book was specified, and they are to be published in a specific order. 1: Harry's memoir part 1, to cover his childhood up to the time he met Meghan; 2: Meghan's memoir, using the same ghostwriter, focusing on her brave determination to escape the racist, paternalistic, imperialistic monarchy; 3: (sit down for this) a joint book by H and M about parenting tips, including anecdotes from their childhood and about their own children; and 4: Harry's memoir part 2, to cover Meghan's entrance up to the current time. There are no deadlines for production of any of the manuscripts, but the $$$ is payable based on different aspects of performance.
As we have read over the years, Hairy and Scary were no longer even going out together by the time of Inskip's wedding, so although she had originally been invited to be his plus-one for the weekend, any normal person with normal social skills would've realized she was no longer invited. We have read that the wedding weekend attendees were shocked that she boldly showed up where not wanted or expected. Thats why i suspect that she herself hired the sneaky photographer(s) in order to get enough shots of her in intimate proximity to Hairy that the world would be convinced they were still a couple. Then she could force Hairy to also be convinced they were a couple.
I wish whoever the pap or paps were, they would state straight out who hired them, and what instructions were given and by whom to let them know where to get such clear and indicative photos of the two.
Nothing on Spotisfy. I think she should have done an updated version of " the tig". Just do little podcasts on avacado toast, eggs from the chickens, a few yoga poses, general pretentious lifestyle chat. It would have more appeal than woke posturing and lecturing.
H&M come up with a name, file trademarks, then do nothing.
They could have had a much easier more luxurious life.
The story about the book deal cannot be true. The sum of $10 million per book is completely unrealistic. But I wonder if she is behind the post. She loves to plant untruths about how wealthy she is because she knows the tabloids will pick up on it and publish it as the truth and the more it is repeated the more it is believed.
Thank you for the story about the book deal. I read in a comment on the DM, I think, that the reason he publication of H's book is delayed is because he wants to wait for Tom Bower's book to be out and then set the record straight, as it were (with wifey 's help, obviously). Not impossible, me thinks.
Whatever the truth of that may be, I bet she's already run to the lawyers with the intention of suing TB.
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The story about the book deal cannot be true. The sum of $10 million per book is completely unrealistic. But I wonder if she is behind the post. She loves to plant untruths about how wealthy she is because she knows the tabloids will pick up on it and publish it as the truth and the more it is repeated the more it is believed.
It *could* come in handy if one is short of cash for paying the bills and wants creditors to think that more $$$ will be available *soon*. I dunno, I'm a "show me the money" type of person myself.
Ah, the lovebirds! Here come the experts on poverty and climate change (straight from their private plane?)
So, Hairy was stalked, and could not escape his stalker, and her iron grip on him.
Smells like blackmail.
Current link from LSA to UN Nelson Mandela day, courtesy of the Independent. At the moment, my French isn't up to it `Prince Harry, Duc de Sussex' got a mention in the preamble, but not, I think *.
I shall probably fall asleep in this heat if I try to watch it.
'Whilst praising the work of Mandela, President of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Ahahid welcomed the royal couple, adding: 'consistent advocacy around public service'.
Both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ignored questions about the impact of Tom Bower’s book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsor's.
They glanced over at UN correspondent for Voice of American Margaret Besheer but quickly turned away.
Ms Besheer asked: "Are you worried that Tom Bower's new book is going to widen your rift with the Royal Family?"'
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I don't know what their reply was...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11024503/Prince-Harry-set-lecture-General-Assembly-poverty.html
They arrive, looking very self important. Note that none of the people in the room with them will have read any of the excerpts of the Bower book, nor will have read the tabloid stories about their dramas.
from Jonathan Turley a lawyer specializing in constitutional law. even he is getting into the sussex weeds
..Prince Harry could share his struggle to fulfill Mandela's charge that "Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success.” Of course, while Harry's "circumstances" were his success, the "strip billiard" competitions were challenging.
No one asked her to leave. But, he had a complete inappropriate melt down when he saw paps hiding in the bushes. His friends thought it was uncharacteristic of him...Remember she also led him onto the balcony and got him locked into a passionate kiss, knowing the paps were there.
But do you have a source for these? For example I've never heard the part about leading him onto the balcony for a passionate kiss.
"I got a peep of the room where the Duke of Hazard is speaking and it looks like at most 30-50 people are there. Definitely a low-status event in the grand scale of events."
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He is sitting there looking pensive. She is grinning like a maniac. What's up with her face and the severely scraped back hair, and why are they in black?
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I believe there is/was a 4-book deal signed, as that was the information put out in the media.. I do not believe they are contracted to be paid $10 million per book.
The media reported that The Bench was one of the four books. His memoir would be in two parts. And there was a wellness book from her. (There was also a story about a book about philanthropy.) I reckon the publisher is having buyer's remorse! Like her podcast, they probably keep coming up with new ideas and changing their minds, butdeliver nothing except The Bench.
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I agree that she will want to 'set the record straight' and that may well be a reason for the delay on his end (even though he reportedly handed in the complete manuscript months and months ago). My guess is that the publisher, unless they are idiots in wokeland, are pulling their hair out. If the book is at a late stage, any changes will delay things further and even mess up completely whatever manuscript they do have.
PS If his memoirs was going to be in two parts, they might have abandoned the hope to get two books out of him. Although, I do not put it past her to be rewriting the first half of a memoir that only covers his life before he met her! And to be doing so to counter the Bower book (which they are pretending is not happening), even though that makes no sense.
Richard Eden tweets:
Happy birthday to Thomas Markle, who celebrates his 78th birthday today. Wouldn't it be kind if #Meghan took #PrinceHarry and their children to meet her father for the first time?
From the snippets of his speech, he just did not understand the memo.
I hurts me to say this but it was a performance revealing what an asset he could have been to the Royal Family, had things turned out differently. He spoke well with a clear, pleasant voice, fluently, expressively, even eloquently, and apparently without notes or prompt, as if he'd been doing it for years.
The speech itself was well-written, very professional. The only hint of * was a reference to his heart `pumping with hope'. He got the personal bits over and done with swiftly, concisely and in proportion to the rest of it. I find it hard to believe his words were written by anyone except a reliable, articulate professional speech writer.
I've known 2 people who have written speeches for VIPs - a Head of English at a top -rate London grammar school (when there were such things) who wrote for a US presidential candidate and a friend who wrote for Prince Charles - the first was probably an Oxbridge graduate, the second most certainly is. Their polished verbal style makes Markle's utterances that we have read and heard make one want to reach for the red pencil and write `See me' at the bottom of the script.
It's bizarre - even allowing for the script being someone else's work, his delivery couldn't be faulted , no um's or ers, no fidgeting, he presented himself well, erect, head up and didn't let his voice drop at the end of the sentence. He must have put in a heck of a lot of rehearsal.
Frankly, I'm staggered - has he been on the Road to Damascus? Had a Divine revelation?
Strangely, the audio problems ceased the instant the presiding Chairman spoke. Had someone been trying to sabotage him?
I'm completely non-plussed - and my ears still hurt!
I wonder if * will claim the speech as All Her Own Work, as pavement artists used to write in their images, or on notices beside the hat?
Frankly, I'm staggered - has he been on the Road to Damascus? Had a Divine revelation?
Could Bower's book be having a positive effect on him? Light at the end of the tunnel?
Him having a meltdown when he spotted the paps hiding in the bushes was in the Bower book. I assume no one asked her or them to leave because Bower writes about his friends and their parents at the wedding tried to 'chat' but she was not interested. We saw from the photos that they were sitting at a table alone, away from others and she did not look happy (snooty and arrogant) when friends came over to chat to him. A series of photographs were taken of them kissing passionately on the balcony of their room.
Harry gave a political campaign speech for his wife.
I haven't listened to the speech but thanks for your input WBBM. Maybe he has had some professional coaching. From my knowledge, the only Royals that wisely sought professional coaching were Diana (post separation) and Catherine.
I listened, as best I could, to the whole lot. He seemed reasonably on target to me, sober and sincere . Snarky - did actually you watch it? He said very little that resembled your version, contrary to my expectations.I must have logged on to something completely different...
Did any other viewers get the distorted sound?
For me, it underlined the tragedy of the whole business - even if he can perform adequately now, when he puts his mind to it, it's too late, I doubt if anyone trusts hm. Has he ever given a moments thought to the cruelty he's of his treatment of his family, the damage that he's done a nation that wished him nothing but well?
They'll need more that that to let you come back to the UK. They know never to trust a liar, especially one in thrall to malevolent forces.
We expect genuine repentance even if you have to walk barefoot, in a hair shirt, from one end of the Kingdom to the other.
You've had it, chum.
Piers Morgan is talking to Tom Bower on TalkTV, tonight.
@WBBM
Snarky was presenting a humorous version of what the speech was expected to be!
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/18/15/60403351-11024503-image-a-95_1658154414573.jpg
The UN video of the event.https://youtu.be/w2pDgkYA3Dk
TBLG does a live analysis.
I've think we've now gone from "drifting" to "flailing" here. Still no word from Serena. Oh well, at least they have waffle waffle crocodile roasted chicken for dinner. To tell Oprah and the "veritable world" that that word was your son's first word, a word that would be no child's first word, is creepy AF. Non?
“the next war the US and UK will fight will be over who has to keep Harry”
Nelson Mandela and Thomas Markle Sr. share the same birthday.
I hadn't known this. Well, there we have it: the link that makes HazMat the most fitting person to deliver an address honoring Mr. Mandela, the civil rights icon whose birthday is shared by the father-in-law Harry has never met.
***completely O/T to Sussexes but relevant to shared birthdays--Does anyone here watch the TV series "Shetland"? I just learned that lead Douglas Henshall who plays DI Jimmy Perez and Mark Bonnar who plays Duncan share THE SAME BIRTHDAY--same year and all--November 19, 1965. And then they wind up filming a TV show together these last 7 years. What are the chances?
Indeed, what were the chances that HazMat would marry a woman who shared the birthday of his great-grandmother the Queen Mum? Freaky.***
Back on track now . .
WBBM,
I didn't hear Twit's latest venture in public speaking but formerly, I used to think his speaking voice was good. Nowadays it sets me on edge because every time his mouth is moving I can only think about how much I want to punch his face. I tend to be surprised every time William or Harry speaks at how deep their voices are . . probably because I've been watching them grow up from tiny boys. Twit has a posh voice which served to disguise for many years just how stupid he is. He at least *sounded* intelligent. The cat's out of the bag now, Twit. But if he sounded coherent today, well, geez . . is he finally on some medication regiment that's helping him even out? If he is able to deliver a speech well, perhaps reports of his low reading/retention skills have been overinflated. Maybe his difficulties are more related to constantly being drunk/high rather than anything more organic.
It goes to show that H is capable of functioning to a decent level and making a contribution if he is steered by a good team whose advice he is willing to take. For somebody who said his concern was having his grandmother surrounded by 'the right people', he hasn't had any of those around himself for many years now.
Again?
That's what we thought that little Incident from 1776 - 81 was for . . to banish all twatty, thick, interfering Up Themselves British Royals from these shores forever. Now we have to do it again so soon . .?
Harry snuck in over the northern border in the company of a Benedict Arnold, another American traitor who sucked up to the British for the sole purpose of self-aggrandizement and is reviled on both sides of the Atlantic in perpetuity.
Surprised Harry hasn't demanded of Gan-Gan that she make him Viceroy of the Americas. That's what * convinced him would happen, essentially . . he and she were going to be the Prince and Princess of America!
Hikari said:
: `But if he sounded coherent today, well, geez . . is he finally on some medication regiment that's helping him even out? If he is able to deliver a speech well, perhaps reports of his low reading/retention skills have been overinflated. Maybe his difficulties are more related to constantly being drunk/high rather than anything more organic.' - that's what I was getting at.
Thank you
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11025089/Just-like-Madiba-hes-lot-Prince-Harry-mercilessly-mocked-South-African-media.html
Ooh. Tom Bower just told Piers Morgan that 1. He spent two days visiting with Thomas Markle in Mexico and 2. His book has the back story re the 'odd woman' Doria.
Meghan McCain's opinion on Prince Harry's UN sppech
* having lunch with Gloria Steinem. Check out the shorts.
She looked less awful than usual. I think she should change her hair. It helped Di's PR. She can go woke with tamed natural curls. Her stans would eat it up. Ditching the straighteners and wigs would be good for the environment too. Few people look good with hair pulled back severely. Audrey Hepburn comes to mind. It is a bad look for M ( me too, too bad because it is so easy on hot days).
Not a peep about the book from the subjects? Suprised.
Hope they got out of town before rush hour. No need to stall the commute of people with real jobs.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11025969/Meghan-Markle-spotted-hand-hand-Gloria-Steinem-Sohos-Crosby-Hotel-lunch.html
* having lunch with Gloria Steinem. Check out the shorts.
Gloria Steinem is hanging with Megs because she thinks Megs is the underdog. Plus at least Megs is solicitous, Gloria Steinem (age 85 or so) has been out of the spotlight for years.
Megs outfit looked very trim and clean with the blue shorts and white blouse. Then she blows it with the incongruous high heels, that say yachting to me. That she has that yachting/SoHo history.
"Mandela 20 + yrs in prison on release , happiest man alive .
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Harry 20 + years of wealth , opulence , money , privilege , marriage , children, most miserable man alive."
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/w2cxvw/hes_judging_the_us_from_his_lectern_prince_harry/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Can you see it if you click?
Twat doesn't have the guts to let her hair go natural, and show everyone her real hair.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye75UdJ7NPY
He said he will have another video of H's body language during the speech tomorrow.
I was having a tough week last week and this week is tougher. Nice to have a distraction.
I also recognise how infuriating it is when politicians of other countries air their views on internal matters in one's country - we didn't take kindly to a former POTUS doing it to us a few years ago.
This video clip is being shared by many people. I agree with this poster - it is very disturbing.
I thought it was time I checked out again the causes of the American War of Independence and started with this site:
https://www.historydiscussion.net/wars/top-12-causes-of-the-american-war-of-independence/1879
re the first uncaptioned illustration:
I daresay you're all familiar with this painting of British redcoats battling away in a town square, with terrified civilians trying to get away, the dead officer and the gilded statue of George III just visible through the smoke.
Evidence of British brutality against American colonists? Sorry, it's not! It may be by an American painter - but it's thoroughly British, painted in 1783, & is in the Tate:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/copley-the-death-of-major-peirson-6-january-1781-n00733
Note the dates -2 years before the Boston Tea Party...
Look at the building on the left - does it look Colonial to you? No? That's because it's not. It's almost in France and shows French influence, as do many building in the Channel Islands. This engagement took place in St Helier, the main town on Jersey, a fragment of Norman land which opted for loyalty to the British Crown way back in the reign of King John (13th century). It in Royal Square, aka Peirson Place and I was there just 5 years ago.
It can certainly be argued that it's a propagandist piece, just not in the context of US history - they're fighting off a French incursion.
My apologies.
I am seeing a lot of criticism like this. Not familiar with MSNBC. Need some input from Americans here.
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In her pap walk with Gloria I noted that she had the personal assistant and bodyguards that had been at the UN with them. Where was he? Having a meltdown in a hotel room, alone, unguarded?
@KnitWit
Hope you are doing ok.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dC4eQJsGJY
She sure loves being photographed!
Note how she grabs his hand. (Not an organic gesture of affection and attraction.) Note the two very overweight bodyguards. (Budget security?)
Short Shank Rejection
Meh aiding Gloria
Handing her over to Doria
An act of “Loving Kindness”*
Dressed in the wrong outfit
Should’ve worn her Nurse Ratchet
No need to remind us
and potentially blind us
She’s a mindless shorts stork
Knob Kneed Mess…
*Dorias Care Home 😳
Yes, he could have been a fantastic asset to the BRF, had he met the right woman.
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On the new Harry Markle, there is a group photo taken yesterday at the UN. * Has to be right in front of H. At least she didn't insert herself in the middle but she why does she need to be there at all, grinning?
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@xxxxx
The white shirt and navy shorts on * look good but as you pointed out, the look is ruined by the choice of footwear. Spiky heels!!
Breast Stroke
Her boobs deserve a ditty
Roaming free in New York City
Her nipples standing out
Below her gurning pout
It’s her early warning system
Radar on for her new victim
No shadow of doubt
Haz will be hit
and get nowt…
I'm always suspicious of those who are vociferous in the condemnation of others when they haven't looked closely at themselves.
Hahahaha!
Haz was referred to as
Duke of Wessex at the UN!
Edward still has balls,
Haz, “has not!
Love Short Shank Rejection - Knob Kneed Mess… on hooker heels -and Breast Stroke! Genius! I'm glad you too spotted the nipples standing out. Not sure hers are a man magnet, though.
If you want the American Experience in a nutshell, watch the HBO miniseries “John Adams”. Based on the biography by David McCullough of our second President, It is an excellent summation of why America separated from England, But also of the ties that bind our two countries which meant that we immediately went about restoring diplomatic relations. Paul Giamatti stars as John Adams, and Laura Linney is Abigail Adams. They are surrounded by a mostly British cast playing various founding fathers. Tom Wilkinson, who is as fluent an American as he is British, plays Benjamin Franklin, inventor and elder statesman of the Continental Congress. What not even many Americans school children are taught is that Mr. Adams, the barrister, successfully defended the British soldiers involved in the so-called Boston Massacre, When British guardsmen, most of whom were barely more than boys, we’re set upon By a mob Of towns people hurling rocks and oyster shells at them. In the ensuing Melee, Fire was opened on both sides resulting in a number of casualties. John Adams argued so persuasively that he managed to get all of the British soldiers acquitted by the Boston jury. Now that took some skill. For his effort, Adams received a commendation from King George, who wanted to give him some very important position In the colonial government. Adams was a Laurel Tory at the time And was leaning toward accepting, until… Events transpired. In this country, John Adams is little thought of today— His single term as our second president was not a success, seeing as he had to follow directly in the boots of George Washington, an unenviable task for anyone. The first half of the series deals with his role in the move for our independence, And it’s very likely without him, we might still be British subjects today. He led the Massachusetts delegation to the Congress and I dare say Almost single-handedly convinced that body to issue their declaration for a war of separation from England. He did not write that document himself realizing that it needed another author who could be more inspirational in his prose, And it was Adams who tapped Thomas Jefferson to do the task. The two men had only just met at the time, but would go on to become the greatest of friends, bitter enemies and back to friends again in the course of their lives, Ultimately both dying on the same day within hours of one another, on July 4, 1826, The 50th anniversary of their joint project. Jefferson is portrayed by Game of Thrones’ Stephen Dillane, and Tom Hollander appears in one rather droll and touching seen as King George III, receiving John Adams as America’s first ambassador to the Court of St. James.
It's an advantage to a narcissist to be short because they can guarantee always being in the front row of group photos, ideally slap in the middle. I noticed that a couple of weeks ago with my least-favorite narcissist.
I wonder to what extent that placing has influenced their sense of self importance?
good point about the gloria steinem pap shot. where was hubby? did see a pap shot from the evening. she was channneling her inner catherine. she just likes to taunt the brf. living their best life are they ?
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/19/10/60435907-11027533-image-m-32_1658223369961.jpg
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/22/the-patriot-mel-gibson-reel-history -
- an article I'd applaud, amazing since it's from the Grauniad. (`Braveheart' stoked a great deal of really nasty nationalist sentiment/ even racism north of the Border, for all that he played fast and loose with history).
I wonder how many people assume that depiction of an event on the eastern side of the Atlantic represents the Boston Massacre?
BTW Geo III was, I think, quite a decent old buffer. As Charles II said `my words are my own - the actions are my ministers' or wtte. That's the whole point of our Constitution.
I concur!! Too bad many don’t see it that way. 😔I’m still waiting for a group of VIP’s or anyone influential to cast and freeze out Muppet Mole and his side kick Maggot. I unfortunately still think we’re in for a wait. 😞
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I’ve never read or seen anything that MSNBC has put out and I don’t ever intend to…I’ll put them aside like I do with anything the BBC has to say. Opinions aren’t and shouldn’t been considered news. 😳
Lady C should have a new YouTube video up later…..It’s too hot 🥵to think here….roll on Autumn! 😁
Bunched up undergarments under the tight fitting tee at the UN, cringey to look at.
The wrinkled-at-the-crotch Bermuda shorts. Ugh. The sleeves sloppily rolled up with the buttons at the elbows sticking out. Another ugh. The clutch wasn't so great, either. Both the shorts and clutch are throwbacks to the early 70s, and they should have stayed there. Shirt from the 90s. Twat never fails to look like a slob who just rolled out of bed after a night on a bender.
She should take 50% of that PR money, and spend it on a stylist.
Maybe that wouldn't help, because the ugliness inside her will always come forth to the surface.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1642731/meghan-markle-news-tom-bower-book-meghan-markle-vanity-fair-omid-scobie-twitter
Meghan row explodes: Journalist at centre of book claim hits out - ‘She’s extraordinary'
MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry's biographer has leapt to the defence of the Duchess of Sussex after she was accused of "manipulating" a magazine editor.
By REBECCA PERRING
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s biographer, Omid Scobie, pointed to a letter by Vanity Fair editor Sam Kashner where he described Meghan Markle as an “extraordinary woman” in response to claims in new book ‘Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors’ by investigative journalist Tom Bower. Mr Kashner accused Mr Bower of not conveying his “admiration and respect for Meghan” whom he described as “exceptionally warm and gracious”.
It comes after Mr Bower claimed Mr Kashner had accused the Duchess of “manipulating” the media during an interview in 2017, a few months before her wedding to Prince Harry, in his explosive book.
Mr Scobie, co-author of Finding Freedom, took to Twitter to hit back at the claims.
He posted: “Telling the truth. Buried deep within the letters section of today's @thetimes is a note from journalist Sam Kashner, who denies biographer Tom Bower's negative account of his experience interviewing Meghan Markle for Vanity Fair in 2017."
In a letter entitled ‘My interview with Meghan Markle’ to The Times, Mr Kashner paid tribute to Meghan and Prince Harry calling the pair a “love match” and urged critics to let them “live their life in peace”.
The letter said: “Sir, I’m afraid Tom Bower didn’t convey my admiration and respect for Meghan Markle in the excerpt from his new book in The Times on Saturday.
“I found Ms Markle to be exceptionally warm and gracious and admitted her intelligence and her remarkable courage, as I still do.
“I regretted the oft-published account of challenging Proctor & Gamble being edited out of my Vanity Fair article , because I’d wanted to highlight her lifelong activism. The piece itself was quite laudatory.
Sam Kashner
Author, Novelist & Journalist
Norfolk City County, Virginia, United States
From the 'letter':
Sam Kashner, Williamsburg, Virginia
This is quite extraordinary! Have the duo managed to shut down the book before it is even published? Them, Scobie and the SussexSquad Myst be partying right now. The duchess cannot tolerate not getting what she wants and she is ruthless. I think a lot of water still has to flow beneath the bridge, and a lot more people need to be conned and hurt, before she is defeated.
It's an advantage to a narcissist to be short because they can guarantee always being in the front row of group photos, ideally slap in the middle.
I thought * was 5 ft 7? (sarc). I'm short - although not a narcissist, I hasten to say - so that's true about being in the front row. I looked at the photo again and * is at the side but stands the closest to the camera so is quite visible. I'm only surprised that H is not totally obscured.
@Snarkyathebest, Nice catch to notice Ms. 6's black & white cosplay of Catherine's Top Gun dress. I thought she looked fairly nice in it, but Mr.6's 'I'm taking out the trash, honey' outfit didn't go with it. She seemed to be going for the look of the character Flower, the glamorous skunk in Bambi, with the black & white themes of her looks. Darker, thicker black brows, huge white part in hair, black & white outfits. Flower was a Disney creation. Maybe the wife is still wooing Disney. Oh, I just got it, the wife is also, 'black & white.' How could I have forgotten?! LOL! She loves to gift people with food, maybe she should present some group with trays of Oreos or NYC's famous black and white cookies! Some AAs used to think the term 'oreo' was an insult. Not sure what the status on that term is now, it might still be verboten.
The wife's photos with G. Steinem had a faint whiff of elder abuse about them. Steinem is obviously quite frail these days, & in her heyday was quite the glamour girl. She may not have wanted to be forced to be in the wife's pap shoot.
I think he genuinely did write that letter. I think he possibly actually spoke to her first (a couple in love, gushing praise for the tawdry grifter ...). Birds of a feather ... just saying!
https://www.gawker.com/5885496/love-lies-and-liz-taylor-a-literary-cheating-scandal-at-vogue-and-vanity-fair
Please check this post where you will find a long post about Sam Kashner, including excerpts from his book. Unbelievable!
The Harkles may regret the day they called on Sam to defend them.
No reassuring word from Scoobie Snacks that Meghan and Serena are still BFFs?
Notice - he does not dispute anything that MM did, just that she was "warm, gracioous, intelligent and.....courage". He had no control over the omission of the P&G story. "let them live their live out in peace". Does MM really want peace ( and quiet)? The couple's lives say otherwise.
Scobie Doo may have scored a point in the "refute" column, but the author's words say otherwise.
I suspected it is a liberal media platform and am thus surprised that they are criticising the Duke of Wessex and his wife! (Sophie Wessex has twice spoken to a full, in session General Assembly.) How thick skinned and stupid must they be not to see the writing on the wall ... she was not allowed to speak or even be on the stage with him; the auditorium was mostly empty; he was called The Duke of Wessex ...! I want to shake them and say 'Read the roo, kiddos!'
In his interview with Piers Morgan, Tom Bower says the purpose of his book is to help take them down a peg so as to mitigate the damage they can do to the Royal Family going forward. And he told PM that he solved the riddle of Doria—he discovered where she was and what she was doing during the 10 years she was absent from Meghan’s life. He says that it is Doria who is primarily responsible for Twat’s ghosting of Thomas Markle—D wanted the glitz and glam and riches all to herself.
It was published in 2012. Interesting
https://www.vogue.com/article/an-old-flame-flames-out
*'s cosplay of Kate's was highlighted in the DM. I like this comment:
We have Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, who embodies class, grace, style, elegance and gentle femininity. Then, we have the interloper, who spectacularly highlights how a sow's ear can never, ever, be transformed into a silk purse!!
curious on the speech. he’s getting scorched from the right ( don’t preach on our grounds don’t be a hypocrite) and the left (he’s a colonialist). what he should have done but didn’t (probably wants to keep the door open to $$$ from the family) would have been to apologize for colonialism and his ancestors’ contribution. the woke would have loved it. it would have been compared to the criticism of the Cambridge caribbean tour and people would still be talking about it. talk about impactful 😉. perhaps the wife could inject that in the next speech. could help her political aspirations i dare her 😉
sandie. love love love the John Adams miniseries. david mccullough is known for painstaking detail and research on his subjects.
A quick search doesn't show anything has changed. But I have missed things before that if it were a snake, it would have bitten me.
I saw that what's his name says it won't get traction in the USA (no sources cited) and the whole thing about lawsuit potential but not seeing a hold the postage.
Breast Stroke is right on!!!! Brilliant! One of your finest IMO!!!!
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That is all I have. I thought maybe this pertains to Oz but then why would that be?
What is this I have read about Bower’s book is now delayed months and will not be released in 2 days as planned?
Not according to Amazon UK, release date still 21st July 2022, and you can still pre-order it. 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dC4eQJsGJY
"Meghan TRADES OFF Harry's Fame!" Tom Bower on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
93,393 views Jul 18, 2022
Yesterday -- Tom Bower and Piers Morgan -- 10 minutes on YouTube
The excerpt from the Bower book sounded like a credible exchange between two fellow writers. The VF writer obviously has vulnerabilities when it comes to members of the opposite sex, & the wife picked up on it immediately. She really is repulsive, I'm afraid. The guy doesn't want to lose any possible writing gigs. It's hard enough out there for middle-aged white guys.
I've never bought a book of celebrity gossip in my life, but I'm tempted to buy Bower's best seller. He's fried bigger fish than the 6s & survived to tell the tale. LOL.
Fishpond (Australia) does indeed have a release date in November.
From my experience in book publishing, the explanation is that publication dates are different for different markets.
The book has not been delayed. Some markets are just going to have to wait longer. If I was a publisher, I would be afraid of cancelled orders for such a high profile book and would be phoning every contact in India and Singapore to get the book printed and delivered pronto!
The Patriot was pretty terrible, yeah. (RIP Heath Ledger) The character Mel played in that film was loosely based upon a real Revolutionary War figure--Francis 'the Swamp Fox' Marion, who used his knowledge of native warfare and of the local areas in the Southern colonies to outfox the British.
BTW Geo III was, I think, quite a decent old buffer. As Charles II said `my words are my own - the actions are my ministers' or wtte. That's the whole point of our Constitution
"The Madness of King George" starring Nigel Hawthorne is one of my favorite films. It opened my eyes to a sympathetic portrait of a King who was cultured, energetic, hugely interested in his land and his people and extraordinary in his time and station of devoted fidelity to his wife, Queen Charlotte. The patriarch of a huge clan . . though most of his kids . . uffda! . . what a mess they were.
I think when the Colonies had our ultimate disagreement with His Majesty, the King was in the beginning of his intermittent insanity, which is why he was so obdurate to deal with.
The older he gets, the more Prince Charles reminds me of his great-great something grandfather, 'Farmer George'. It's in the genes. Were it not for Geo. III's tragic physical maladies, I think he'd be remembered for all of his greater qualities and not for his madness, including here in his former Colonies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh4mDKnijlI
LOL!
SCATHING PEN, Amlwch, United Kingdom, 11 hours ago
He's been looking like an abandoned, unloved dog left out in the rain for months now. He says he's living his best life but, look at pictures of him, they seem to say he's living in a nightmare. He looked like such a fool, orating a speech, no doubt dictated by his wife, to a half empty room full of people who looked politely interested but who were actually bored out of their skins. Someone should really sit them both down an tell them that as far as the world is concerned, they are nothing. Just a bad PR side show, preaching their usual hypocritical nonsense. White noise on a radio has more depth to it.
I thought * was 5 ft 7?
I don't doubt she listed that on a CV (5'6" is more commonly seen) but . . No. She wears 4" stilettos usually so she appears to be 5'7" in company. Doria is absolutely tiny, and * is slightly taller . . maybe an inch, no more than two. Personally I think * is 5'4". Possibly even 5'3". If you look at her relative to Harry in the few times she's wearing flats (polo, mosque visit, e.g.) the differential is way more than 5 or 6 inches. Harry's published height is 6'1".
I really appreciate your kind assessment of Geo III - I sometimes get the impression that some Americans hold him personally responsible for any mistreatment of America by Britain. Come to think of it, there were plenty of Britons who were taxed without representation until well into the 20C.
The curious thing is that the thought that PC resembles Geo III in some respects crossed my mind too as I wrote my piece!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11029753/SARAH-VINE-Oh-Harry-stop-preachy-dreary-bore.html
SARAH VINE: Oh, Harry, please stop being such a preachy, dreary bore... Why the hell are you so miserable?
By SARAH VINE FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 22:11, 19 July 2022 | UPDATED: 22:38, 19 July 2022
`There are many unsolved mysteries in the world. Who really built the pyramids? Where do all the odd socks go? Why do I remember the bags for life only when I’m halfway to the supermarket?
But perhaps the most baffling of all is this: why the hell is Prince Harry so damn miserable?...'
I've never bought a book of celebrity gossip in my life, but I'm tempted to buy Bower's best seller.
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I wouldn’t qualify Bower’s book(s) as celebrity gossip. He is a very smart, well educated, accomplished journalist who is meticulous in his research and writing. You should listen to his interview with Piers Morgan. In it, he says that he left a huge amount of material out of the book because he could not find sufficient documented proof of its accuracy to publish it—to have included it in his book would have been to engage in “gossip and innuendo” and he doesn’t deal in that.
Bower (a former Marxist) is pro-Monarchy and wants to expose Meghan and Harry for what they are, so as to hamper their ability to take it down. God bless the man.
`Sit!'
`Heel!'
`Down!'
`In your bed!'
`Leave!'
`Give!'
Did she use a collar that delivered an electric shock?
"A royal watcher tweeted a side-by-side photo of the two duchesses with an Oscar Wilde quote, stating 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.'"
Prince Harry has been accused of "copying and pasting" his elder brother Prince William's speech while addressing to the United Nations yesterday.
The clip comparing the two speeches side-by-side appears to show some resemblances, with Prince William’s 2021 Church of Scotland Speech referencing similar talking points.
Referencing his mother’s death, William said: “And in the dark days of grief that followed, I found comfort and solace in the Scottish outdoors.”
In Harry's Un speech, the Duke also referenced his late mother Princess Diana when talking about Africa, saying: “It’s where I felt closest to my mother and sought solace after she died.”
He goes on to talk about Meghan Markle, adding “and where I knew I’d found a soulmate in my wife.”
Similarly, The Duke of Cambridge said in his 2021 speech: “It was here in Scotland, 20 years ago, that I first met Catherine. Needless to say, the time when you meet your future wife holds a very special place in your heart.”
Twitter erupted with reactions as one user @RoyalImposters, wrote alongside the clip: “Prince Harry just copied and pasted Prince William’s 2021 Church of Scotland Speech.”
Prince Harry has been accused of "copying and pasting" his elder brother Prince William's speech while addressing to the United Nations yesterday.
The clip comparing the two speeches side-by-side appears to show some resemblances, with Prince William’s 2021 Church of Scotland Speech referencing similar talking points.
Referencing his mother’s death, William said: “And in the dark days of grief that followed, I found comfort and solace in the Scottish outdoors.”
In Harry's Un speech, the Duke also referenced his late mother Princess Diana when talking about Africa, saying: “It’s where I felt closest to my mother and sought solace after she died.”
He goes on to talk about Meghan Markle, adding “and where I knew I’d found a soulmate in my wife.”
Similarly, The Duke of Cambridge said in his 2021 speech: “It was here in Scotland, 20 years ago, that I first met Catherine. Needless to say, the time when you meet your future wife holds a very special place in your heart.”
Twitter erupted with reactions as one user @RoyalImposters, wrote alongside the clip: “Prince Harry just copied and pasted Prince William’s 2021 Church of Scotland Speech.”
https://www.geo.tv/latest/428615-prince-harry-mocked-for-copying-and-pasting-williams-speech-at-un
@WBBM, Yes, it's so apparent.
Rumour has it Mr&Mrs Bellend have relocated to a rental in Bel Air. Any news? Confirmation?
https://twitter.com/MaggieMobrules/status/1549462169896509441?t=k7ndvsg3BaAk9EIQYwmJzQ&s=19
Anonymous asked:
Did you see the video of them walking out of the Italian restaurant?? She was slowing down and look both ways for maximum photo angles. He basically rushed to the car and shoved her inside. He looked away while she was getting in the car, practically wanting to leave himself.
That’s not a happy marriage and nothing can convince me otherwise. I give it max 2 years, that was mortification for them on so many levels.
Response:
Yeah I know she’s never met a camera she didn’t eye fuck.
Just one of many brutally accurate comments. My goodness me, the wrath is real.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11029253/Harry-Meghan-working-Nelson-Mandela-Foundation-leadership-development-project.html
So now those two grifters are stealing from South African taxpayers and the Nelson Mandela Foundation? So that she could get papped on New York?
Gayle King interviewing the Vanity Fair guy. I think Tom Bower did not convey how taken in this guy was by TBW.
There was a time when this overblown and inaccurate portrayal of her was the narrative, even in British tabloids.
The guy talks like he is reading a M&B.novel!
The ginger haired one has no idea why the world is laughing and cringing at him today which is a big part of the problem. You would think the alliterate one could have told him but she wanted a week of pap pictures to put on her wall.
https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/
Ouch!
My order still seems to be on track altho' W'stones site now says the book be available soon, with no date. Perhaps they are having to do another print run as demand has exceeded expectation?
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re plagiarism of Wm's speech - that certainly could explain the improvement in the quality of the content. She's got such a record of trying to pass off the work of others as her own that I should have thought of that first!
How much of her degree work was plagiarised? Or does she consider the lifting of other people's work a more `intelligent' approach to getting a qualification? We can't run her words through Turnitin (the plagiarism-detector program thro' which in UK examines university assignments for similarity). I don't suppose anyone here knows if her North Western degree would have been based on continuous assessment (vulnerable to plagiarism) or invigilated exams (less so) although by the time she sat down and turned over her question paper, cheating technology would have been available.
Fortunately, between us, we Nutties have a `hive mind' so perhaps we can do it on brain power!
I think I wrote '(sarc)' next to * is 5 ft 7. I think we all know she isn't. Like everything else on her CV, she had to exaggerate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzcvMq7BYA
It's pretty funny. Fox News is conservative, so unlikely to share #6's views.
https://imgur.com/FKtXqYA
Or try here (but SS have launched a lengthy campaign to shut down this social media account - they cannot tolerate anything less than worship of their goddess):
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/w3hkp8/in_apple_ibooks_au_i_can_read_the_the_first_2/
Opening post:
"SPOILERS.......OMG this is a very deep dive, it will be a very slow read just to assimilate the detail, and my god is there detail. Doria and Thomas's family tree is dissected and it is also clear Meghans best school friends including Ninaki Priddy have talked. Its very readable, and I was gravely disappointed to be stopped after the college chapter"
Re: Fox humorist
Greg Gutfeld (and his usual crew) is absolutely hilarious talking about lame Hawwy and nothing Nutmeg. Thanks for providing the link and giving me a **** eating grin.