I was reading some of the parts from the new book and and thinking about all the little flashing yellow lights released so far.
Like the troubles of all the assistants written off as just Americans can just be direct so it is a style of behavior. Well, maybe? But humiliation towards someone is not the same as being direct. Direct can be a little abrupt without a please or thank you but it is more about getting to the heart of solving a problem. Humiliation is just mean.
A polite way would be: I wonder if you tried reversing those two parts to see if that can get them to fit?
A direct way would be: Reverse those two parts and they ought to fit.
A humiliating way would be: I can't believe you are so stupid that you need me to tell you this. Reverse those two and it will work!
It does, however, give some ammunition to the charges of bullying.
Or "control the press or I am leaving you."
Yeah good luck with that one (this isn't still the time of King Henry VIII where the mere comment of life after the king's death was treasonous). There are some press rules in place but it's kind of like trying to control the tide. You can put up some barrier bars but water is a force of nature and nature still follows nature's internal laws and remolds the manmade to its liking. The result may not be as intended. You are far better off allowing X so that you don't have to worry endlessly about the rest of the time. It's like using the magic words to help both sides briefly before moving on. Maintaining some control.
Linked is that one of the long standing issues appears to be that they actually do want press but only positive press and bury any with a whiff of negative (described as being protection). But that's not how life works in a parliamentary democracy or a democratic republic. You risk hearing or seeing things you would rather not but the flip side is that you are allowed your own opinion toward the unwanted. The same cannot be said for a totalitarian state. And control there only works to your favor if you are part of the controlling decision making power team.
Regardless, any statement which is a variation of: "Do this or else" - is by nature, a threat (a bullying remark). When people tell you who they are, listen (or so the phrase goes).
Endless shows of required fealty. Excessive displays of behavior (from loyalty to we are so in love) often tend to actually be counter productive to the goal because they stem from an inner insecurity about the situation. If it worked (to receive that assurance), it would have worked the first time and not needed infusions.
Or needing to display power like I will be your boss. The most powerful people actually rarely need to remind people of the extent of the power. Everyone knows so one doesn't need to threaten or coerce for cooperation. Cooperative people are far less likely to want to stab you in the back but people who feel threatened, scared as how they have no control are more likely to take some kind of action to regain some autonomy. The victim might not feel safe about responding appropriately or inappropriately at that time or even later. So often delayed reaction comes out as a big way instead of a smaller less disruptive one. And to do so at all often means any action will be viewed as a negative.
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Thank you!So kind words.So I can try venturing into the Twitter. A big kiss for you.
I totally agree with you about the backpacks. Pure theatre for the article/author. The 5’s are both fond of freebies, handouts, and having others pay for their beverages down at be pub.
@WBBM
Agree with your comment on bright blue eyes. Don’t think I have heard that description either.
ooooh we have a state dinner for South Africa in mid November. just 10 days after you know who was threatening to be in London for a rumored “GQ” awards. tiara event for the family? take that montecito
* seems to like using South Africa for points. First she filmed her "Are you okay?" interview there. Then she claimed they nearly killed Archie in a fire. Finally, she said an anonymous South African compared her to Nelson Mandela. Despite all three things backfiring on her, I'm sure she's not done yet! There will be a new stunt.
She must know there's no way she will get an invitation to that, but maybe she'll hang around in London to accuse both the white members of the BRF and the black members of the South African delegation of discriminating against a biracial woman.
The 5’s are both fond of freebies, handouts, and having others pay for their beverages down at be pub.
Good parallel! The backpack would have been paid for out of their employees' petty cash before they'd open their wallets for it.
SecondHandCoke has lots of discussion about ‘Olive Garden Manor’ in Montecito being sold.
I copied and pasted this comment from uCarrie56 on Saint Meghan Markle’s Reddit page:
“Looking at what happened and the body language clearly on display, I think the Harkles were sent a very clear message by the family.
They are OUT!
First, it was made clear that H would be tolerated at Balmoral, but there was no place for M. When he got there, I think he was told his future by his aunts and uncles ((Dad and brother had gone to Birkhall) and he didn’t like what he was told which is why he left so quickly.
Secondly, in the address the next day, whilst The Prince and Princess of Wales titles were bestowed on William and Catherine, the Harkles were referred to by their names (no titles) and were told that they would continue to build their lives overseas.
The attempt to do their own tearful flower laying at Windsor which was thwarted by William - and cut short.
The complete lack of any interaction between the rest of the Royal ladies and M. Even if the gap was small the ice wall was clearly visible.
The desperate attempts to force an invitation to the State receptions by trying to say a never issued invitation had been rescinded. By not having them (and Andrew) there, it sent a clear message to guests that only the members of the RF present were to be seen as the RF representatives (the Magnificent 7)
The way the pair were iced out and ignored on the day of the funeral. No one spoke to either of them - heck, even the divorced Duchess of York had more interaction with the family and a similar position in the Abbey.
No change to childrens titles, despite many amendments to the Line of succession page, including almost immediate changes to William and his family’s titles.
The attempts to say they were “humiliated” when in fact they were treated exactly the same as their (non working) cousins. Plus now claiming they are being “edged out” of the family when everyone knows that they chose to flounce out all by themselves two years ago. You can’t be edged out if you are already out!
And finally - the beautiful first official photo of the new Fab Four published yesterday - the future of the monarchy there for all to see!
Long live the King!”
I'd like to know how VL heard this, since he isn't one to make stuff up, unlike other "royal correspondents." One of the brothers must have told someone else if it really happened. H might be stupid enough not to realize how bad it makes him look, but who would he have told that would blab to VL? If Wm leaked it, I'd say the harkles are truly dead to the RF.
Re: "Friends describe Meghan as barely surviving after the Queen's funeral and Charles's snub."
This immediately reminded me of the objection that they could "barely stand up" in Frogmore Cottage.
I am going to have to do some serious soul searching if she mistakes me as somebody that would actually care about her barely surviving.
That is a good question. How does Valentine Low know about that exchange between the brothers?
https://twitter.com/misanharriman/status/1576983268989497345?s=21&t=izFG87Re65Pzd8Ylkdbw-Q
https://twitter.com/misanharriman/status/1576972755899011078?s=21&t=izFG87Re65Pzd8Ylkdbw-Q
they are entertaining those two are that’s for sure.
Maybe someone (let's just hope someone smart*ss) could call California's Adult Protective Service (APS) and tell them, at a certain Montecito address, a woman named Meghan is "barely surviving", so despondent and she's crying out for help!
Also let the authorities know, this Woman supposedly has two very young children and they should be checked to see if they are alright. I'd love to see the look on * evil face when that APS worker with a clipboard and the Police show up. I'd bet she might be taken in on a 72 hour hold at the local mental facility in Santa Barbara County. They'd take away her phone and she would go crazy!
Here in Texas one can anonymously report a person who might be endangered. Out in Calif. where I lived half my life, the APS and CPS agencies do not play! I have a relative who was going thru a rough patch (arguing and paint being thrown on the other's car, etc..) and the husband somehow complained (him being a well-like physician) and next thing you know, they both got brouoght in to discuss their problem and their 3 young children put in a foster home for 6 months. Were ordered to undergo forced couple/family counseling and a 'unifcation plan' drawn up, and the mother orderd to undergo mandatory drug tests (even watched urine tests) all because of the false allegation by the husband that she did drugs.
I think there is something there there too.
Balmoral - I had not thought of them being the ones to spell things out or not like reading the message from the room and that was why he left so quickly.
Note the part of how they are now treated as the same as the non-working cousins. That ties into their desire to not be at Buck Palace, just like the cousins, under the Palace control and watchful eyes. Hence the desire to have their own office someplace else and not under any control except theirs = not like the cousins. Actions yield consequences and you can end up in places you were trying to avoid.
What I don't know is: does everyone distrust each other that much or is it probably just the duo who fear potential leaks if they were to meet with someone?
Why would you begin with the idea that members of the other team would be wanting to leak something? What historical basis did he have that they had done something like that to him/his wife in the past?
What could be leaked (other than that they met), given that staff would not be in the meeting which could be such an earth shattering crisis that it might somehow end the monarchy or something? Tabloids were and still are all over this story from that interview moment on and have not let it go?
The really odd thing was that it was more important to be worried about the potential for leaking than that it was to meet to discuss (or even have the potential for starting to fix a real problem that they both agreed was a problem). Cui bono. That sounds like a really bad murder mystery plot where you think the law and order types are all in cahoots with the bad guys so you can't ask for help.
As for the house - that just gets stranger and stranger at time goes on. What will be interesting to hear is what happens to it. To get into a new place, they will have to get out from underneath the old super expensive place. Will that be just as murky as the "buy"?
i think they know what’s up. charles maybe waiting til after his coronation. i’m beginning to think stripped titles not just denying the “kids” titles. and perhaps a lawsuit on the book?
Perhaps this was part of Williams test— Suggest a meeting And see what turns up in the papers. Et voila— Not only does Harry not attend, but it turns up in the papers as Wiliams racist exclusion of Meghan AND Harry’s fear of leaks. So to protect his family from racist bullies and blabbers, he had to refuse.
Turning one’s own bad behavior back on the other person and playing victim for the identical thing one is doing one self is the classic narc playbook.
Thanks for the photos of Harry and Harpy. What is worrying is the comments: 'beautiful', 'iconic' etc. (eye roll).
And the comments of them being "so in love!"
Interesting to see the photos!
M must be next level narcissist, even these ones allowed there partners to stand level with them…. H is made to take the second row even in their personal pictures
yep. harry is just an accessory in the side by side pick. the profile pic reminds me of all the prince philip queen elizabeth profiles. wow. she is so jealous she can’t stand it. can’t even have an original photo. oh how i want the state dinner to be a tiara event. all out glam!!!!
We previously discussed the Overseas Couple’s usage of projection, as unhealthy coping mechanism. They accuse others of doing exactly what they are doing, or want to do. That point of view makes them very suspicious (or downright paranoid) of William’s office. I think we are safe to say that one or both of the Desperate Duo are the source of the leaks. I also tend to think that The Prince of Wales’ staff are likely extremely careful with any information the two could use.
oh oh oh. new pics by misan harriman. from one world. ..(or is a kim k look. hard to tell).
October 3, 2022 at 9:15 PM
She really does look like Kim. Look how much they've filled in H's hair. No doubt, they fiddled with her, too.
Ug. The posing is too much. She looks like she crapped her pants, and again with the blackface. Ugh.
Interesting commentary from Reddit St. MM on the situation at Balmoral, before, and after the funeral.
hmmm. her um crotch
is she happy to see the photographer
or did we find where she stashed harry’s balls
sorry could resist. saw the pick and well. just had to go there
The one with Hairy, a good foot taller than everyone else? Laughable!
Love your comment.
Comment from Reddit St.MM
We previously discussed the Overseas Couple’s usage of projection, as unhealthy coping mechanism. They accuse others of doing exactly what they are doing, or want to do. That point of view makes them very suspicious (or downright paranoid) of William’s office.
When I read that a meeting wasn't going to happen because of fears that Prince William's office would leak something, I had to reread the line a couple more times to make sure it said what it said. Prince William has been notoriously protective of his privacy for decades. Harry married a walking thirst trap who has a pet journalist on speed dial. We all know whose office is more likely to leak anything to the press.
@Hikari
Perhaps this was part of Williams test— Suggest a meeting And see what turns up in the papers.
Someone please refresh my memory! Has Prince William done something like this before: Giving different versions of a story to different people, to see which version turned up in the press? Or am I thinking of someone else?
Hiring again ... so many people and so much time and effort for a dozen meaningless podcasts! What a mess!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11276117/Queen-Margrethe-defends-difficult-decision-strip-grandchildren-titles.html
Speculation about Harry and Meghan's desire to move comes after police installed license plate scanning cameras near their mansion amid an uptick in crime in the neighborhood. ... They are reportedly looking in the Hope Ranch area and may have moved there after deciding their $14m Montecito mansion "does not properly accommodate them"'. ?? 9 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms, and the rest? Not enough? Megsy stated '"We did everything we could to get this house," Meghan told The Cut. "Because you walk in and go… Joy. And exhale. And calm. It's healing. You feel free."' Obviously, it can't be that healing and giving a sense of freedom.
I think the 'uptick in crime in the neighborhood' might translate as Charles, we need security (that you'll pay for), we're not safe'. Once again, if this rumour is true, their sense of entitlement is unbelievable.
Nice one! Well observed.
She chose US writer Nicole Pasulka, whose interests closely mirror her own.
Pasulka writes about 'activism, race, music, business, queer culture and gender'.
Her poise and passion in front of a camera or microphone are surely unequalled in royal history.
A fact checker? Mind you, recollections may vary, as we know. A lie checker, she means. As N Pasulka's interests are similar to *'s, has * got an interest in 'queer culture and gender' now? Interesting. Maybe there's something we don't know.
As for her 'poise and passion in front of a camera or microphone are surely unequalled in royal history', that gave me a good chuckle.
In the DM and on several other sites.
What does she really want? Wealth, adoration, power? Or is she still that little girl wanting her stoned mother to listen and pay attention (my
amateur psychology)?
What name is he going to use if he plays polo again? He can't use Harry Wales. Will he resort to his actual name: Henry (Harry) Mountbatten-Windsor or Harry, Duke of Sussex? He could always use the Earl of Dumbarton or Baron Killkeel!
I tried to do a reading on meghan, it’s simple, the cards are flying all over the place = her mind is just unstable.
There is a mixture of anger and sadness for her. This reality, she doesn’t want to fae, her mind is just incapable. She still continues on her way there, if the brf takes official photos too because we are equal except that the English are not stupid and the international press are not stupid too. Their photos are only making waves in the UK. Little coverage in the American media at the moment (10 a.m. French time)
what’s interesting is that there’s a part of her mind that says to her: we’re not them and the others see it too but she doesn’t know, i don’t think meghan is currently consulting anyone, but i can seeing that part of her mind is trying to resonate her to accept reality.
His karmic lesson is to accept his “fate” and reality
it’s a long road for her, i still think she’ll end up having a mental breakdown.
https://mysteriouslytransparentwitch.tumblr.com/post/697167623795982336/meghan
A discussion of her new podcast at the above link.
Someone please refresh my memory! Has Prince William done something like this before: Giving different versions of a story to different people, to see which version turned up in the press? Or am I thinking of someone else?
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You're correct, it was William indeed. I believe he's given false information to people he didn't know well or friends he wasn't sure about as a test to see if ever the information was leaked afterwards. He is right to be wary.
on a different note. was out the other day and drove by a cherry picker (truck with the long arm and cab for fixing utility lines). the back said the word Archetypes. guess the misses is taking a different way to advertise. cherry picking the truth. maybe she’s on to something 😉
mirror has the review
hmmmm i do t know mid spas where you walk around naked to get a body scrub. and at my um old age i’ve been going to spas for a well awhile. then again is this dorian’s versions only a bathhouse? very bizarre. hence the reason i think spotify or someone at archwell is trolling her. they let her say these things and encourage her to share these stories and it’s just downright embarrassing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/xvbskh/catherine_and_harry_had_a_beautiful_relationship/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
The contrast between then and now is shocking!
In a trend repeated in many pictures released by the couple, Harry is behind Meghan in a show of ‘support’. I wouldn't call that a show of support, H knows his place, that's all.
Meanwhile, the BLG has a video on the 5s' photo and the photo of the new Fab Four'.
Venturing into complete whoo hoo territory: is there a version of bathouses for gay women in America, and is that where Doria took her? Or is she just making stuff up again?
Yep, the more she talks, the more crazy she sounds. Is her public unravelling going to be hastened by the exit of SS? How much covering up did they do for her?
Hopeless
Abandon all hope
homeowners at the ranch
House prices will fall
a mudslide avalanche
The rapacious red rorter
and her grey goose gonk
Will be downsizing to
a bespoke honky-tonk…
Transcript ... an over-produced show without any 'zing' factor, in any way and on any level, in my opinion.
Spotify sure did waste their money! And lots of it!
Cherry picking the truth. I love it!
Thanks for posting the mirror article. The comments are quite good.
Surely people are trolling her with the stories she shares. How could anyone with a scintilla of brainpower take thes podcasts seriously?
I'm so pleased you're back! I was getting worried. Hope you're well and you can carry on regaling us with your poems/ditties/singalongs.
And once more, confusing stereotype and archetype.
Thank you!
Inglorious Basterds
Her formative years
myered in Shagadelic
Tarantino uninterested
in her foreplay, white, hispanic
Her hoping to Kill Bill
with her flowery diction
Has proved yet again
it’s pure sh..te, Pulp Fiction…
"Most Korean spas require removal of all clothing when entering the wet sauna area. The wet saunas are separated by sex. There are plenty of children there. The scrubs take place in the wet sauna for all to see (it is not for the faint-hearted, rest assured). I fully despise Meghan, but she is not lying in this one instance. This is how ‘Korean’ spas run. They are not run like your traditional day spa.
Will add, Korean spas are not a thing in “rich circles”. They mainly attract lower and middle class Korean families. In my city, they are also popular with club kids who show up early Sunday after the club and spend the day recuperating. Wealthy folks do not condescend to frequent Korean spas."
https://the-cat-with-the-emerald-tiara-1.tumblr.com/post/697191238355533824/maybe-i-am-just-sheltered-out-of-touch-with-what
So, there she was eating at Asian restaurants and going to Korean spas, but so poor the only restaurant she went to growing up was Sizzlers? And who is this Asian friend who has cropped up from nowhere? I am sure the tabloids will track her down!
You're back!
How much did you miss?
The one tear at the funeral, wiped away with a gloved finger as she raised her head. Everyone ignoring her the entire time. Refusing to hand over flowers to a member of the then-Cambridges staff during the walkabout. Insisting on going to Balmoral as the Queen lay dying (a place she has never been to and refused every invitation to visit, including this last summer), and delaying the miserable one for hours.
@ManekiNeko: further on in that DM article Phil Dampier says 'The timing is so obvious. In the photos they are trying to look royal and important with Harry wearing a smart suit and Meghan an understated outfit...'
Yeah, a really understated outfit in screaming red. The critical word s `trying...' (and `failing' understood but not stated.
More lip-filler has been injected - is she going all-out for a permanent `minority-ethnic look', not just something she can wipe off at night?
And while the duchess of mudslide manor continues with her complaining, funding fault, playing victim ... the King and Queen are actually meeting people, winning hearts and minds, recognizing current problems that need to be addressed, and being so positive and gracious.
Prince Harry and Meghan present a united front in new photos
Two new photos have been released of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex holding hands during their visit to Britain last month.
The pictures include a black and white image of the couple in profile, and a colour portrait showing them looking at the camera. Both were taken by Misan Harriman on September 5, three days before the Queen’s death, when the Sussexes were attending the One Young World Summit for youth leaders in Manchester.
Harriman, 45, is the celebrity photographer who in June took photos of Harry and Meghan’s daughter, Lilibet, at a party at their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage, to celebrate her first birthday. The Nigerian-born British photographer captioned his photos on Instagram: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moments before attending the opening ceremony of One Young World last month.”
Meghan’s podcast series, Archetypes, is due to resume today and will feature the duchess interviewing celebrities and public figures. It started in August and is hosted by Spotify, the music streaming website, which signed a multimillion-dollar deal with the couple in December 2020. The series was paused after the Queen’s death.
It emerged this week that the duchess has hired a fact-checker for the podcast. Nicole Pasulka, who has taken on the role, is an American writer who in the summer published a book entitled How You Get Famous: Ten Years of Drag Madness in Brooklyn, according to the Daily Mail.
The timing of the new photos’ publication has been questioned by some royal commentators.
Richard Fitzwilliams, a former editor of The International Who’s Who, noted it had been made public days after an official portrait was released of King Charles, the Queen Consort and the Prince and Princess of Wales at Buckingham Palace.
Fitzwilliams said the timing was “extraordinary and unfortunate” as it risked “overshadowing the release of the photo of the four most senior members of the royal family”.
He added: “The black and white photo is very effective, because you see them standing together, and holding hands in a pose, it’s a very good photo — it’s supposed to be inspirational.
“But the mistake with the colour photo is that the pose looks so dysfunctional, because you’ve got Meghan full-on in red, which blazes through to the viewer, and behind her, well, Harry seems to be rather shy, he is definitely in the background. For many people that symbolises their relationship . . . she looks tough, he looks sheepish.”
Meghan, in a £1,100 red blouse from Valentino and matching £1,200 trousers, gave a speech at the summit that marked her first public address on British soil since stepping down as a working royal in early 2020, telling the audience of 2,000 that it was “very nice to be back in the UK”.
The summit, which was also attended by Bob Geldof and the former Irish president Mary Robinson, was a conference for young leaders from 190 countries.
@Snarky, @Maneki
@Sandie @ Raspberry
Thank you.
Had a wonderful time back ‘ome.
Thankful that I commiserated
and celebrated
our Queen’s passing with my mum.
A very special time.
@Maneki
I quite liked the Diana statue, didn’t
think I would!
The gardens were beautiful, the smell
divine X
1- All women in Austin Powers are sexualized caricatures- it's a bloody spoof of James Bond FFS. All the men are caricatures too- it's Austin freaking Powers.
2- White woman Uma Thurman is also ultra-violent in Kill Bill- it's a bloody Quinton Tarantino movie!
3- What Korean massage place did you go to that afterwards you went upstairs for noodles... is that a thing??
4- This bloody woman has to suck the fun out of EVERYTHING. You have two Asian-American women on your podcast and the best topic you can think of is movies/casting from 20 years ago? How insulting to your guests that you can't elevate them and hold up their accomplishments but instead rag on some old movies that have nothing to do with them.
5- Please woman- look up the definition of "archetype."
Sorry for venting, this woman just drives me CRAZY!
I received a call this morning asking me WHY I wasn't on Facebook, etc. because she couldn't send me pictures (hello, I have email and a phone). I told her that I had no interest in what people were eating for breakfast or who wasn't getting along. Don't. Care.
I suppose that is why I'm not watching the podcasts about What Is Holding Women Back. If she's worried about women's issues, why hasn't she had a podcast about the women arrested, beaten and killed for not wearing a headscarf in Iran? Have we heard about the women being victimized in Afghanistan? How about the women in North Korea? What about the children who are being sex trafficked by the cartels? What about the aged Asian men (and women) that are being beaten to death by young black men? What about the ongoing genocide in the black communities in America that nobody is allowed to mention? (That's a subject that will NEVER be brought up.)
Why is she blaming lack of achievement on sexism and racism? Does she really think that men don't face disadvantages in the workplace as well? Men that are short and overweight, men that are unattractive, men that aren't good public speakers have to overcome those disadvantages by raw ability, something that she doesn't seem to think exists. You would think, listening to her, that in America women are only successful through men and not on their own merit.
She would probably do better in going through what "successful" means. For some people, being a success is having enough to pay their bills, put money into savings, and having time to enjoy with their family/friends/church/causes. For these people, community involvement is their definition of success more so than personal finances. Some people define success as the freedom to travel in their school bus or RV while earning just enough to enable their travel. For them, freedom is their definition of success. There are a lot of people that think that the sacrifice of time for money is something that they do not want to do. Does this make them unsuccessful because they would rather pursue interests other than financial? Are people that marry for love less or more happy than those that marry for financial gain or social position? (That is another question that she is never going to ask.)
Lots of women are successful business people (all of my friends). Again, their definition of success doesn't involve being seen in the latest designer gown or having their picture in People magazine. It has to do with being able to give back to the community, to do things for and with children and grandchildren, to be able to set their own schedule so that they have time with their spouse/significant other and friends. If a person is happy living in a yurt in the countryside while making a small income growing and selling organic veggies, she is successful.
I have found that people that sit around and whine about "a specific group is holding me back and that is why I am not successful" is not the reason that they are not successful. They might need to look at their actions because that is where they will find what is holding them back. Plastic surgery can't fix that.
Sorry to be so incoherent and disjointed. I'm running around doing a little on a lot of projects that I really need to be giving my full attention instead of pondering what is success!
Welcome back! Your wit and wisdom has been missed!
In one of the photos on the cat with the emerald tiara page Sandie posted, scroll down, * looks as if she has a full package in her crotch. Not a flattering look.
https://the-cat-with-the-emerald-tiara-1.tumblr.com/post/697191238355533824/maybe-i-am-just-sheltered-out-of-touch-with-what
“Why did you ask for noodles at a Korean spa? Racial stereotyping, worse than asking a black person for fried chicken, or a policeman for a donut.”
And while the duchess of mudslide manor continues with her complaining, funding fault, playing victim ... the King and Queen are actually meeting people, winning hearts and minds, recognizing current problems that need to be addressed, and being so positive and gracious.
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Yes. And there is William today (from the Telegraph):
Prince William has said he is taking comfort in honouring his "much-missed" grandmother through his work, as he lays out a blueprint of his work as Prince of Wales in a speech about saving the natural world.
The Prince said he had learned nature was "one of our greatest assets" from his family at a young age, as he paid tribute to the late Queen "who cared so much" for it.
"In times of loss, it is a comfort to honour those we miss through the work we do," he said.
"I take great comfort then from the progress we are making to end the illegal wildlife trade."
The speech, his first as Prince of Wales, gives a clear indication of the work he plans to do in his new role.
Addressing the 300 sector leaders at the United for Wildlife Global Summit at the Science Museum in London, he warned that the world no longer has the “luxury of time” to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and that there are “still too many criminals who believe they can act with impunity”.
https://twitter.com/Bridget12912050/status/1577337975607894019
**that they are in big financial trouble
**SS canned them & with them their big connections have gone too
**they bought Mudslide Manor b/c they thought they were getting it at bargain & could flip it for big dough based on the glitz and glamor of having owned it and amazingly the real estate brokers for Montecito say there's no premium assoc with their home;"
**they were stunned at the world's reaction to the Queen's passing,
**Oprah led them to believe they could move the royal act to the US and be bigger than the rest of the firm.
**Harry has long over-estimated his worth to the firm.
**With Queen's passing & overall failure to realize their ambitions, they now know they badly played their hand.
Wow, wow, wow! Rescued chickens are coming home to roost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6UWIpJOIhI
If deluded clowns Harry and Meghan attack royals again, King Charles should exile them to irrelevance
Piers Morgan
https://nypost.com/2022/10/04/if-harry-and-meghan-attack-royals-again-charles-should-exile-them-to-irrelevance/
Well said! She just does not understand. I would love to hear Quentin Tarantino rip into her. The man is very bright, informed and articulate.
She is so stuck in the 90s. I am pretty sure that the women she is featuring were identified, found and booked by others (it took dozens to make the podcasts). She just does not have a broad, modern, informed and intelligent view about anything at all.
For a woman who claims to be the smartest ever in the royal family and who scorns others for not having the depth she has, she is revealing herself to be as thick as two planks and as shallow as a mirage of a puddle on tarmac. How she managed to get a university degree is a mystery to me.
I did wonder if you were back in Blighty, you did say a while back you were planning to visit. Glad you like the Diana statue better than me. I hope you had a great time.
@Este
Thanks for the tea from Lady C. How arrogant deluded must they be to think there would be 'a premium assoc with their home'. Nothing is working out for them. I wonder what the future holds, given that Spotify is not a roaring success. As for Netflix, have they produced anything?
“Consuming Asian food and visiting Asian-run beauty spas gave you an understanding of Asian culture?? Our expectations of you were low, Meg, but holy fuck.“
Still blown away that it was more important to 5 to not meet than it would be to actually try to help start fixing the problem. It speaks volumes for that side.
How sad.
Another match lit....
It could have been a great interview, a Duchess interviewing the Queen of Country Music. Her Former Royalness has completely blown so many excellent opportunities that were handed to her on a platter. She will attempt to blame it on others, but this is all on her. Had she left the RF on good terms and conducted herself with dignity instead of as an attention wh*re, think of the fantastic interviews that she *could* have had. Alas, she isn't a good enough actress to feign interest in another person's story or the personality to be genuinely compassionate toward others.
Now she says she was hanging out in Korean restaurants with a friend we've never heard of before and going to spas with her absentee mother.
Along with dance lessons, eating out with dad in high end restaurants, going to Sizzler, working piecemeal jobs along with ice cream shop job, volunteering in soup kitchen, signing up for school clubs, etc.
She really can't keep her stories straight.
Girl got out. A lot.
Apparently, KC3 is going to give Frogmore HOUSE to the Wales.
I can feel some tremors emanating from California.
If anyone is interested in watching the interview with Felicity Blunt here is the link: https://youtu.be/Nzlbcgr9WGo
Wouldn’t that be something if the PPOW are given Frogmore House. That seems almost too good to be true!
I know the 5”s wanted that property. Ha!
Being conscientious, supporting the Monarchy, and doing one’s duty with style, goodwill, and Grace does have its rewards.
"...How she managed to get a university degree is a mystery to me."
Yeah, I know what you mean but---
In my opinion, it's not all that hard to earn a university degree in the US these days. Northwestern is likely more rigorous than many schools, but
1) As long as a student doesn't have to work too many hours in off-campus jobs, doesn't have child care or elder care responsibilities, can afford to buy any assigned course materials, went to at least an average quality high school, and is motivated to graduate, earning an undergrad degree just isn't THAT hard. Alot of grade inflation and shifting standards have crept in in the last 50 years.
2) While MM seems stuck in the 90s in LOTS of ways (including intellectually), she went to Northwestern 1999-2003 so 90s thinking wasn't so out of date then.
3) We don't know what kind of grades she earned. We do know she graduated. (At least I'm confident Northwestern wouldn't say she did if it wasn't true.) And we do know a 2.0 gpa is required for graduation. And we do know she didn't graduate with Latin honors. That means she didn't graduate in the top 25% of her class. For all we know, she may have barely graduated.
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@Rebecca,
I agree about Frogmore House. The cost of the KP renovation didn't go over well at all (and those costs were defended as necessary to create a home they'd live in for decades-- but they lived there full-time as a family [vs using it as an in-town "crash pad"] less than 5 years.) And I don't believe the general financial outlook for the nation was as bleak when millions were spent renovating KP as it appears to be now with a worldwide recession looming.)
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I just came here to tell about this. Things are coming out more quickly than I get them these days which is good.
What I heard is that, like the articles say, they want to re-edit because it would be bad for the family. But they don't give a fuck about the Royal Family, so this confuses me. I also heard that what they've put together doesn't make Meghan or Harry look good either. That they are awkward as fuck, that their "love story" seems contrived, and the whole thing is so fake and loaded with bullshittery that Harry and Meghan look like jokes, much like they do in the podcast. The question is, do they have the self-awareness to see that? Is that the real reason they want to edit?
Now, in this "bullsh--I mean love story" documentary, I heard that they do go through their experience with the Royal family and how they had to flee here to aggravate the fuck out of a new continent, and I can't see them being kind to the Royal Family in that at all in that section or any of the sections that feature the Royal family. The question is WHY would they want to edit that out now?
I hear they are in some really dire financial straits.
Regardless of why, Netflix is playing hardball. They WILL NOT edit it with their staff or in any way finance the editing of it. This has been a real nightmare for them because in addition to the dumb duo being workshy, Meghan is a lunatic and it was all they could do to put together the dopey piece of shit that they have. Netflix could give it back to Harry and Meghan to have Archwell edit/reshoot to taste, but Archwell cannot afford it. They just don't have the capital. So Netflix is trying to decide if they are just going to keep what they have and go forward, but somehow Harry and Meghan have some say in that... I didn't understand the mechanics of how they do...at any rate, lawyers are getting involved now on Netflix's end and shit is getting ready to hit the fan. The thing is that Netflix isn't their only problem. Harry's book is also a problem and Penguin are gearing up to pursue the matter if Harry insists on editing out inflammatory parts of the book.
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This is where it stops being what I've heard and starts being what I think.
Why are Harry and Meghan fighting so hard to edit out shit about the RF? As Netflix says, "This is their story that they told." What has changed whereby what was good enough for release before is too inflammatory now and why are they fighting it so hard when they need a payday so badly? Well, the Queen's death was a catalyst, but this is in no way out of respect for Her Majesty, in my opinion.
There are rumors out there that they talked with Charles, asking for money. And they also want those titles for their children. It all makes me wonder if Charles didn't say publish the book, release your Netflix, finish your podcast, live your life, implying between the lines that their connection with the family hinges on what happens in those three things. I'm not saying he told them or made some kind of deal with them about those children's titles, but I do believe he told them that if they publish/release/premier a pile of bullshit against the family, then they will be well and truly cut off, their own ducal titles and Harry's princely rank revoked, no invitation to any future funerals/weddings/coronations, etc.
Basically, if they let this all go to light, the RF will Pontius Pilate them as if they did not exist. I can't think of anything else that would make Harry and Meghan rail against this all the way they are. There is a reason Charles didn't refer to them as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in his speech. I don't think this is even about negotiations for the children's titles. I think it's about their own. That is my take.
Harry and Meghan 'at odds' with Netflix: 'Panicked' Duke and Duchess 'requested significant edits' after 'having second thoughts' about 'tone' of docuseries - but the filmmakers want to keep the content, sources claim.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly 'at odds' with the production staff on their Netflix docuseries because the 'panicked' couple want to make 'such extensive edits' that the team believe the project could be 'shelved indefinitely', multiple sources have claimed. The Duke, 38, and Duchess, 41, of Sussex, who now live in their $14million Montecito mansion with their two children, Archie, three, and one-year-old Lilibet - are working on a documentary as part of their $100 million deal with the streaming service. It was previously expected that the production would be aired in December, following the fifth season of The Crown on November 9.
However, sources claimed last week the couple now wanted to make edits to the series, which would possibly delay its release until later in 2023, as they look to 'downplay much of what they have said about King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla, and the Prince and Princess of Wales'. And now insiders have told the publication that the couple are 'having second thoughts' on the project, with one Netflix source saying: 'Harry and Meghan are panicked about trying to tone down even the most basic language. But it’s their story, from their own mouths.'
In the US, universities are ranked on several criteria, with the percentage of minorities being one of the most heavily weighted. Therefore, high achieving minority students are heavily recruited and offered significant financial aid packages. In addition, students are offered other resources (free tutors, extra academic counseling) to help them succeed and graduate within 4 years (another ranking criteria) So, with a decent GPA and an SAT score of 28 or higher, I’m not surprised that she managed to get accepted into a top 10 university, with an acceptance rate of 7%.
As an example, my grandchildren are 1/4 Native American. Harvard sent a recruiting letter to grandson during his third year of high school, practically guaranteeing him a spot and offering a free ride if he applied. He thanked them and turned them down, for various reasons. He belonged to the Minority Excellence Club at school (members must be selected by academic counselors) which put him on Harvard’s radar. I feel this story demonstrates how higher education is readily available to minorities who are willing to work to meet the requirements.
Welcome back Magatha! Your sweet and sassy verses were missed.
Isn’t it kind of silly, with an entire castle going spare to renovate at great cost yet another house? If they think the castle is too imposing for the kids, they won’t be too grand to stay in Adelaide Cottage. I don’t think Charles will make a habit of going to Windsor every weekend like his mother, but now that he’s had to give up Highgrove, he may stay in Windsor more.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spotify-releases-exclusive-podcast-hosted-204920644.html
I didn't click on it but would like clarification as to whether `deposed' is being used in the usual British sense of `being overthrown from a high position' (having the title stripped/ a way being found to remove him from the Succession by Act of Parliament?) or being in an American legal sense of having to make a deposition to the Court?
The article disappeared before I could note the exact URL
The recent headline about OW being `deposed' suggested to me that she was in danger of being unseated/ ejected from her elevated position in popular culture - but it didn't.
Who is suing whom this time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNaVs2uaRh4 There's an hysterical image at 5.57
The B&W photos reference film noir from the 1940s:
Film noir (/nwɑːr/; French: [film nwaʁ]) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key, black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Great Depression. Wikipedia
The negative aspects of film noir, the association with crime and cynical attitudes must surely escape her - she sees only the stylishness, not what else it might be saying about her.
Samantha is suing her sister. She has included the hapless husband on the list of witnesses she may call. Oprah is also on the list. It is going to be quite a show.
still convince frogmore house is trolling by a courtier. hope we see more of it.
poor duchass. while she was regaling her time being Korean, The queen of country music Loretta Lynn died. so no one in the US cares about her trials and tribulations eating Korean noodles. how rude of loretta lynn. like the queen she died in order to thwart the big Sussex fall publicity cycle. 😉
so Netflix documentary about serial killer Jeffery Dahmer has hit all time records. hmmm what was the advance on that one 😉. sussex duo netflix needs eyeballs on content. you need to take it up a step to compete with Jeffery Dahmer. Time to dust off the alleged duchass sex tape (ala Kim K). at least that may have more traction then what they are trying to turn out.
Has Charles given up Highgrove? William has essentially become his landlord there, but Charles was paying rent to the Duchy anyway.
I don't see the Cambridges moving to Frogmore House, and think the tabloids are just spreading rumours to create a stir and attract readers/clicks. It seems the Cambridges have use of Windsor Castle for receptions and so on, just as the Queen let them use Sandringham House during the time of Covid. It does seem that William at least often had meetings with staff in the Kensington Palace offices, so, unless he commutes every day, that will become difficult.
Charles mentioned Highgrove passing to William in his speech and it didn’t sound like he continued to remain there… but that will probably be a blow since he loved Highgrove so much. I had been under the impression that Charles purchased it personally, but he must have given it to the Duchy to be able to expand and run the farm and extensive gardens. Highgrove doesn’t solve the new Wales’s housing challenge since it’s too far for school runs, and William may not view Highgrove very fondly since even Diana called it ‘Camilla’s House’.
I suppose Charles will be going to Sandringham when he wants to get out of town. Ongoing renovations at BP mean he is staying in Clarence House for now and I’m sure he’s happy about that.
@GWAT
Wouldn’t that be something if the PPOW are given Frogmore House. That seems almost too good to be true!
I know the 5”s wanted that property. Ha!
Being conscientious, supporting the Monarchy, and doing one’s duty with style, goodwill, and Grace does have its rewards.
@ DesignDoctor and GWAT:
Giving the PPOW Frogmore House would be an additional “up yours” to Harry and his wife. If I recall correctly, Frogmore House was the site of the second wedding reception on the day the Harkles married.
It would be hilarious to see a recreation of the photo of the backsides of the Sussexes watching the fireworks to celebrate their wedding, but this time it would be the PPOW in the recreation of the photo.
William and Kate would be silhouetted pointing toward bursting fireworks above them to celebrate the coronation of CKIII spelling out “CHARLES” in the night sky.
I think William and Catherine will move to Windsor Castle in due course, Gloucestershire is too far away for the daily school run! 😂😳
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Yes, and Charles is now leasing off his son. I think that’s where the confusion come from. 🤗