They're back!
Smiling and looking tanned and relaxed. Things look ever so wonderful in the limited pictures offered. Such fun (read photo ops) planned.
Sure they have to dig up to pay for not one but two security firms as they still have not been given what they consider proper (tax payer funded) security when visiting his home turf.
Granted they appear to have turned down a chance to visit his father and stepmother (which would have put them within distance to drop by for tea with his grandmother). One wonders if he will look back with that missed opportunity with any regrets. Or his dad - I worry about his health as well but not as much as HM.
And the whole proximity to his brother but no plans to have their paths cross. So many articles about this. A space filler I guess for a slow news day.
The next several days will have a number of events which will be dutifully covered by the press. I'm hoping that people remember that the changing the PM is actually an important event politically for the country's future. And read those too.
There is a part of me which kind of wished Prince William would be there, along side of his father, just to watch. He's the future. This is one more (probably the last of this type) opportunity to help transfer knowledge from HM to the next generations. When she's gone, that will be a massive data loss. Her mind - so nimble (recollections may vary or the exit negotiations as recent examples). That will be bad. Very bad.
So they're back. Might as well change the topic just in case something happens which is worth discussing.
Comments
A very happy accident of timing
ITV news online seems silent about * - perhaps I just haven't found it - but there's nowt from Granada, the local TV company for Manchester, either.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11181655/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-train-London-Manchester.html
I do notice that they have heard the criticisms of their private jet non eco lifestyle and allegedly flew to the UK on a commercial flight However, this was only reported by their fan magazine "OK". One would think that someone on the flight would have tweeted about seeing them on the flight if this was true.. so I'm not buying this).
They then took a hybrid vehicle to Euston train station in London, then took the train to Manchester (just like Catherine.. surely a coincidence)
Why they drove to London to catch a train to Manchester is unclear, as there are trains from Windsor to Manchester.
And just exactly how does she manage to make her clothes sooooo wrinkly. Goodness.
Remember how some person ran two tucks up the back of her white jacket at Invictus or wherever? Same person attempted to tailor the center back seam of these tan pants.
@Este - I agree— Amazing! She looks worse than usual.
Thank you to everyone who post full articles. I am happy to read knowing that I am not contributing to the click bait.
Perhaps the center seam was just basted so that she could easily remove the stitching for resale.
As for the tan colours, most fashion blogs will claim that tan looks "expensive". However, the same blogs will tell you that your clothes should fit properly and should be wrinkle free.
What bothers me about the selection of tans here is that the top is taupe (grey/pink/beige) while the trousers are a yellow camel colour and don't blend at all.
Twat is much darker. She had to be doing serious tanning before the trip. This is the darkest she's ever been in her life.
Carefully selected people will be there to cheer them on. 😏The whole thing is a contrived farce for Netflix fodder and PR for publicity. 🫣
According to Lady C, the royals are not afraid of the despicable pair, but personally, I do think they are very tired of them. 😬
https://twitter.com/jimmyfailla/status/1566768475909111808?s=21&t=FDAN6mtjhM7U4NYakLTsoQ
great remark by fox news satirist
He hasn't learnt how to put on his jacket yet - still needs his mummy for the simplest things. Even he if he managed to put up that pesky ironing board, he hasn't mastered what to do next.
Link to ref to BLG:
https://twitter.com/honeyforbeauty/status/1566761236737527808
Is she a vampire from Transylvania?
Small wonder he liked the place - when we were there, in 1999 admittedly, the beer was good and extraordinarily cheap. Less said about loo facilities the better... we were locked in overnight in one cabana (ostensibly to stop bears getting in) so the outside loo was inaccessible. Husband was able to find an empty jam jar but I had to spend the night with everything clenched.
The latest from HG Tudor…
Harrys Wife Part 100.29 The Media Is Waiting to Expose Her (Meghan Markle)
https://youtu.be/UPVVmojZ_8A
You'd never see Catherine looking a mess like that.
Just a year ago they would have been surrounded by personal assistants.
a back pack in the other?
(Reminds me of when they sent Canadian security out to buy coffee)
How can they offer protection if their hands are full?
An article about the bodyguard.
/Do as I say, not as I do, lol. I'm currently in a green God Bless Texas T-shirt and a pair of blue jean leggins. I am also sporting a green baseball cap, hot pink sweat band made of a cut off T-shirt, SPF 45 moisturizer and SPF 50 mineral moisturizer which leaves my tan skin a chalky white. I AM about to mow the lawn when it is 90 F (32 c) actual temperature with a feels like temperature of 100 F (37.8 C).
She looks like a UPS driver except their clothes are pressed!
“Alison (P. Davis) the writer for The Cut has been advised there is no more work for her. Does she really have that much power and if so how? This is not the first.” - end quote -
Please elaborate, I can’t find any mention that the writer who did such a good job writing about the douchass is being shunned or banned from writing again for The Cut and therefore presumably also for New York magazine as the mothership of The Cut. If the douchass and her handbag somehow have wielded their evil power to (attempt to) destroy Allison P. Davis’ livelihood, I am sick to my stomach.
I honestly hope I live long enough to witness the utter complete destruction of this grotesque evil duo - yes, at this point I consider them evil.
Thanks for the description of what you're wearing. I'm sure you look a damn sight better than *!! 😁
Allison P Davis says on Twitter:
in other news, for the first time in....... ??? .... i'm going on extended vacation, out of pocket, living in the *moment* pray for my tl/inbox/dms etc.
7:30 pm · 29 Aug 2022
I hope she's really on holiday and has not lost her job because of *.
Remember Anna Bey, the influencer who teaches "modern elegance" and profiled * in a video? (For what it's worth, she also profiled Catherine. And yes, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.) Anna advises wearing primarily neutral colors in order to look as expensive and elegant as possible. Maybe * is secretly one of Anna's followers?
Anyone notice that no one paid any attention to the Dumb-Arse Bartons when they got out of the car?
IMO Mrs. DumbArse would not get the massive shade of The Cut article. No, she would have been flattered, and her ego all puffed up. I bet she ordered 100 copies to keep, and to give as gifts. So, no, she wouldn't have demanded that the writer be let go.
@Swampwoman
Thanks for the description of what you're wearing. I'm sure you look a damn sight better than *!! 😁
Heh. I was issuing a general warning that my fashion critique should be taken with a truckload of salt (grin). Did I mention that I'm also wearing Tingley black rubber knee boots because of flooding? I'm also carrying a machete to chop the branches that got knocked down last night into more manageable pieces. It ties the entire ensemble together in a rather horrific dressed-like-a-serial-killer fashion. I pay attention to details like that.
Although she was on the programme to participate on her own, they are there as a couple, and in the intro (of course, 'achievements' hyped), it was all about him, other than 'co-founders of Archewell. (They were the last of dozens of counsellors to be introduced.) There was no big or long cheer for them, but everyone had their cellphones out to film them as they walked down to the stage (bloody annoying ... if it is not on social media, it did not happen!)
She is wearing a red pantsuit. Looks like she has indeed lost weight and from afar the outfit looks great.
She kept groping him, but certainly he did not hold her hand when they got to the stage and went to sit down (and she kept on darn groping!).
I'm getting back to watching so that I don't miss their speech.
I just like this headline from the Sun:
PIERS MORGAN Who the f*** does Meghan Markle think she is coming back here to preach after all the vile manure she’s flung at the UK?
What's amazing is that the Mrs. posed for the back cover shot. What's scary is that there's no humanity in those eyes. She's empty of some kind of soul, for lack of any other word.
As for Mrs. DumbArse looking like a slob, I think it's part of her mental illness/narcissism. She thinks she looks fantastic. Her interior vision is skewed in so many ways, that it extends to her exterior. And Mr. DumbArse looks a mess, too, in his cheap suit and cheap shirt. He went to the bargain store at the mall to get those pants and jacket.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/19715147/meghan-markle-manchester-one-young-world-speech/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/19715147/meghan-markle-manchester-one-young-world-speech/
Very chic! Perhaps you could give the number of your stylist to * 😉
Her speech is right near the end, as she is the last speaker.
Yep, she spoke mostly about herself, and the speech had no substance.
She speaks as if she has learned her lines for a role.
He looked at her adoringly throughout her short speech.
Don't have the link, but another reality check for the duo.
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/meghan-markle-unpopular-opinions-thread-pt-9.4991454/page-209
That is them making their entrance. Holding hands? Check. Her looking for a camera? Check?
https://twitter.com/Knesix
he takes the piss out of her.
A photo shows a large sign saying 'FO Harry and me gain fake royals'
At last people are seeing what we've been seeing for a very long time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11182669/Protesters-hold-sign-calling-Harry-Meghan-fake-royals-outside-summit.html
and yes to whoever pointed out body guards were carrying luggage. what would they do if someone came charging? slap them with a louis vuitton garment bag?
wow the amount of bronzer to play the black woman in manchester. daniel martin out did himself. the severe pullback looks terrible. do you think the hair stylist doesn’t like her or is that a cheap way to get a facelift for an hour 😉
Here in UK, it's the Croydon Facelift or similar?
See https://www.beautyanswered.com/what-is-a-croydon-facelift.htm
I suppose she thinks red is dynamic and a guarantee of victory - after all it's the colour favoured by Man U and Liverpool football clubs. Dead common.
I hope there's a special Circle of Hell reserved just for her - she's already attired appropriately.
As for the bronzer, I'm surprised she hasn't been called out for going blackface, especially when our traditional dancers daren't do what they've done time out of memory.
She says she was young when she attended the first OYW event. She was in her early 30s (older than the delegates).
She says she was invited that first time. Nope, Gina got her the gig.
@snarkyatherbest
I am chuckling at your posts! What kind of idiot uses bodyguards to carry their stuff? Before they sue the British government (hence the British people) for taxpayer funded security perhaps they should learn what bodyguards are for and some basics (bodyguard is not there to carry your stuff; bodyguard is not there to go and fetch takeaways for you ...).
And becoming a mother was 'life changing'. Really? I would never have have known, thanks.
her outfit the wifey) may look good on the surface but getting out of the car it was also all wrinkly. catherine’s stylist must be having a watch party laughing her you know what off.
also what does she say to the hubby to make him look so sullen and grumpy and distant. oh to be a fly on the wall (or like the wedding on her nose ).
“Disheveled Duchess of No Press.” LOL
There’s a great photo of the wrinkles, too.
But I could not successfully grab the link.
The highlight for me was when Harry went to hug one of the organizers, and while he was hugging her, Markle put the claw on his back and directed him away. Not after the hug.. during the hug!!
Runner up: using the pronoun "I" 41 times, apparently.
I thought that it looked very matronly and dated.
We know from her "tour" of NYC that these sorts of outfits are "rich" looking, but to me, it just looks like clothing that I wore twenty years ago. I also thought that it made me look "rich", but in retrospect it did nothing for me at all.
We know from her "tour" of NYC that SHE THINKS THAT these sorts of outfits are "rich" looking....
But at least she didn't have the shirt weirdly pulled open to expose her magical boobs like she did on the Serena podcast.
She may have lost weight but still has her 'Sponge Bob' waistline.
* is known for her 'Yak Hair' wig and it looks like she sacrificed at least 3 animals for that ponytail. But the bronzer looks liked she used Yak Manure to color her face with (and wiping any hint of her precious freckles.)
In any event, she always succeeds in giving me a laugh with her shi*ty style. My pants from Walmart fit me better than that outfit she wore this morning. I guess she couldn't afford a maid much less than an iron. It is easy to make good fabric choices for traveling in! I'm sure the Nutties here could suggest many.
the BLG about the twat's speech today
my opinion is that her face looks horrible. It is aging very badly. there are lumps and bumps when she smiles and her bronzer is not well applied. She looks like she has brown spots
#PrinceHarryIsATraitor is trending in twitter right now
I think that this photo will become a classic of who she really is.
Re: Her complexion today:
“Orange is the new black.”
I love your description of your outfit and the consequences of your eye roll. Your Mama and my Mom must have been friends.
The tops of her feet don’t match the color of her face, either!
I stand by my criticism of her wrinkled camel pants, face darkening, and unbelievable hair. At least the outfit looked liked it fit better than her usual wardrobe items.
her ears and hands didn't match the orange shade of her face.
September 6, 2022 at 4:37 AM
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The tops of her feet don’t match the color of her face, either!
September 6, 2022 at 5:12 AM
The speech didn't match the topic, either! (Or maybe it got changed from gender equality to the Greatness of Me and I somehow didn't get the email or text.)
One of the 100 protesters outside the venue was clutching a copy of Tom Bower’s book. Too bad she couldn’t have gifted it to Ginger Nuts.
The photos of H show him either looking angry or happy. Is he stewing about his father/brother? Or maybe being booed on arrival?
Agreed that * appears to be wearing multiple applications of bronzer. To remark that she is in blackface is accurate.
Kate is America’s favourite princess now – not Meghan
The Cambridges have kept their heads down and kept their dignity, while the Sussexes have lost their grip on the US
By Celia Walden
We spent the weekend – if not the past weeks and months – waiting for this speech. How would she strike the right note in these perilous times, we wondered? One that was both realistic and optimistic. One that would manage to bring together our fractured country and give the nation what it has long craved: a sense of leadership. One that would banish the cobwebs built up over the course of this scorching, limbo-tastic summer and promise us a brighter dawn?
Yes, a lot was riding on Meghan Markle’s keynote speech at the One Young World Summit in Manchester, and it was with bated breath that young leaders from more than 190 countries gathered to hear the 41-year-old former Suits actress’s words of wisdom. Because unlike Liz Truss, who a few hours earlier channelled her inner DHL woman in her prime ministerial acceptance speech and vowed to “deliver, deliver, deliver” on energy, the cost of living crisis and other (peripheral) challenges faced by the country, Meghan knew that what was foremost in our minds as we teeter on the edge of a global recession was… gender equality. Let’s not forget that the Duchess of Sussex has been working tirelessly on the Greater Good since she was old enough to write (a letter to Procter & Gamble about a sexist advert, rolled out as proof of her innate superiority at any given opportunity).
As our self-anointed moral arbiter took her place behind the podium, you might as well have handed her a shovel, sat back… and watched as she dug herself in deeper with every sentence.
If there is one word every public figure would do well to look up at this precise point in history, it’s self-awareness. The underrated and long forgotten ability first to know where you (and your litany of First World woes and joys) stand in relation to everyone else, and then to tailor your actions and pronouncements accordingly. Self-awareness is particularly useful when visiting another country, as William and Kate are set to prove in December when they head to the US for their first official visit in eight years.
“Roll out the royal red carpet!” clamour the US press, as excitement ramps up about the Cambridges’ trip to the second annual Earthshot Prize awards ceremony in Boston, where they will give speeches about the (again, lesser) issue of saving the planet.
The event is set to act as a springboard, we’re told, for a larger trip that will take them “across America in service of their various charities”, and over the weekend British news outlets all posed variations on the same question: “Are William and Kate about to steal Harry and Meghan’s US crown?”
As someone who has divided her time between the UK and the US for the past 15 years and spent a proportionate amount of time in nail parlours from New York to LA, I’d like to think I’m well-placed to answer this. Like British bus-stops, you see, nail parlours will tell you everything you need to know about a country’s consciousness.
It’s because of the chatter overheard as I agonised over whether to have my talons painted in Big Apple Red or Bubble Bath that I knew Trump would win in 2016. Because of that chatter (remember that unlike here, US nail salons are populated by every demographic, male and female, aged four to 100), that I know how folk really feel about foreign policy, economic policy, Kim Kardashian’s latest love split, the prospect of Trump in 2024, Ron DeSantis and the increasingly popular Gavin Newsom. So I can tell you this with some confidence: you can’t dethrone a couple who were never enthroned to begin with.
Disrespecting the Queen – who is adored to a touching degree Stateside – was the Sussexes’ first mistake.
That Oprah interview – with its carefully choreographed dig at Kate – the second. Yet 18 months on, as they bring their alternative royal circus to Britain and continue to stir up division wherever they go, the Sussexes still don’t seem to have understood that their narrative is failing them. That by ditching their royal statuses and then airing their dirty laundry in public, they have disqualified themselves from every lofty, glossy position once available to them – certainly the A-list they so desperately want to be a part of.
What have the Cambridges done, meanwhile? They’ve kept their heads down, they’ve kept their dignity and they’ve kept their credibility. So that US crown? It’s William and Kate’s for the taking.
Hands up anyone who think she has ever had a single second of `self doubt'.... What? Nobody?
It's as if she's read the comments about her narcissism and how this condition can stem from self-doubt. As a result, she has `bolted' that observation onto her constructed personality, assembled from bits of other people's psyches, to make herself seem more `authentic'.
I saw a couple of seconds of the video but couldn't stomach it so switched off.
The first came to power in May 1979, 43 years ago, at least 18 months before * was even conceived.
It shows just how little she has ever bothered to find out about us.
'It was just me, me, me': Royal experts say Meghan made One Young World speech 'all about her' as she referenced herself 54 times during seven-minute gender equality talk - which contained just ONE fleeting anecdote about women
Meghan Markle gave a 'nonsensical' speech focused on 'me, me, me' during her first address in Britain since Megxit more than two years ago, as she made 54 references to herself during the seven-minute talk. The Duchess of Sussex, 41, made the PR-friendly remarks on Monday night as she addressed the 2,000-strong crowd at the One Young World summit at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, as her smiling husband watched on.
She gushed about Prince Harry and the 'life-changing' impact of becoming a mother to Archie and told the event it was 'very nice to be back in the UK' before launching into her self-absorbed lecture. She touted her own work with One Young World and only made one fleeting anecdote about women, despite the speech having been promoted as an address on gender equality.
She questioned how she became successful, referring to herself as 'the girl from Suits' who was eventually 'invited to pull up a seat at the table' with powerful leaders, prime ministers, humanitarians and activists. The Duchess spoke about how her life had 'changed dramatically by 2019' and that her world view had 'expanded exponentially' after seeing 'the global community through the eyes of my child.'
Despite her efforts to deliver and sincere and inspiring speech, critics allege the duchess 'made no sense' and 'related everything to herself.' Royal experts say the speech had a 'severe lack of content' and 'didn't tell the audience anything practical in terms of advice to fulfil their potential.' Sceptics note it is also unlikely the crowd of young people were able to 'understand a word of what she was talking about.'
NB `the eyes of my child’ - singular, not plural.
This comment made me see red:`
Francis Burke, San Francisco, United States, 2 hours ago
`Meghan is such a star. She is profound and inspiring. Brits would do well to appreciate our American princess.'
Bloody cheek! Still, this makes up for it:
`meme, Ayer, United States, 3 hours ago
I find it hilarious that they tried to work it out so that they would be protected from the booing. The people were kept 2500 feet away from them, they snuck in and out through side and back doors, and it STILL wasn't enough to stop it. They heard the boos and saw the protestors and even if Netflix tries to hide it is ALL on video already!'
The 2 former Met officers should be constantly checking around them, looking for people who might pose a threat. They can't do that when they're used as baggage handlers.
It's all for show, of course, to remind us of how dangerous the Brits are and how important-but-vulnerable they are.
The extra bronzer is for the TV lights.
I'm one of those who wishes someone would ask them why they first made such a hullabaloo over wanting to hire the police a few months ago and are now behaving as if they're as safe as houses.
Yes, exactly. They used a secret side entrance to Euston station. I've used Euston many times and didn't even know about it but then I've always used the main entrance like all of us plebs. Obviously they couldn't run the risk of being besieged by fans (0 risk) or attacked by detractors. This only heightens their sense of importance. None of the passersby noticed/gave a toss.
Runner up: using the pronoun "I" 41 times, apparently.
You're off the mark! 'The duchess mentioned herself 54 times in the seven-minute speech' (DM)🙄
And I agree with whoever pointed out that she is covering up her precious freckles. Just--why???
The spray tan industry should pay her to stop doing it.
The Duchess of Sussex, 41, made her first address in Britain since Megxit as she opened the event at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester watched by her smiling husband Harry - but the couple had ran a gauntlet of boos as they arrived at the first public engagement of their pseudo-royal tour.
Meghan gave the keynote speech at the One Young World Summit for youth leaders from around the globe - and the welcome was warm as she and her husband walked onto the stage.
It had been touted as a speech about gender equality but Meghan made one anecdote about women during the speech to about 2,000 people. Instead, she gushed about Prince Harry and the 'life-changing' impact of becoming a mother to Archie and told the event it was 'very nice to be back in the UK'.
At one point she spoke of her pride at being a 'mum' and appeared emotional when the audience applauded. She then spoke of how her life had 'changed significantly' - a reference that may have been related to Archie, the Royal Family and Megxit.
Meghan told the audience of mainly young people about how she first became involved in the organisation in 2014: 'In many ways I was probably like a lot like you, I was young, ambitious' and declared they must 'seize the moment' and not be crippled by self-doubt.
She questioned how she became successful, referring to herself as 'the girl from Suits' who was eventually 'invited to pull up a seat at the table' with powerful leaders, prime minsters, humanitarians and activists. And spoke about the first time she was asked to be a counsellor and having a 'pinch me moment'.
'I was so overwhelmed by this experience, I think, I think I even saved my little paper place-marker with my name on it', she said, adding it was 'Just proof: proof that I was there, proof that I belonged, because the truth was, I wasn't sure that I belonged.'
Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said Meghan's speech 'was just "me, me, me" and praising herself.'
Meghan and Harry had been given a warm welcome. But minutes earlier, as the couple climbed out of their car, many in a 100- strong crowd booed from behind a barrier just yards away, with onlookers saying it was so loud 'there was no doubt they would have heard'. One protester was carrying a sign that read: 'FO Harry and Me-Gain Fake Royals.'
A woman who gave her name as Janet, from Manchester, accused Meghan of being a 'liar and a hypocrite' and of launching an 'attack' on the Royal Family. 'She's a fake humanitarian and a fake feminist,' she said. 'She's a social climber... she thought she could be a celebrity in the Royal Family and she's the most toxic, divisive woman I've ever heard of in my life.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11185045/Harry-Meghan-red-carpet-treatment-Germany.html
Their arrival.
Germany is giving them full-on royal treatment, including a large cheering crowd.
She gets so distracted by waving to her scoring fans that she loses control of him ... he is out of her grasp, has gone ahead and is shaking hands with the people lined up to greet the VVIP Royals ... out comes the claw, groping at his back!
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@WBBM
I agree that the entire speech was constructed around trying to 'change her image'. It is a bunch of lies. She hustled her way into the first OYW conference, just as she hustled her way into the UN. Those organisations did not contact her; she went after them.
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So Neil Sean said this morning William had reached out to Harry.
He suggested a walk in Great Windsor Park.
Harry’s response “ Meghan must come too, we are a team”
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red carpet isn’t that special. was at a wedding in germany and there was a little res carpet rolled out in front of the church for the bride and groom. wonder if netflix offered that
saw someone on twitter mention about the bronzer not smudging on the white turtleneck. yes. giver her that. it’s a talent 😉
the wide leg pants look terrible in her. she will wear them just to spite everyone
she appears to wear better foundation garments under that shirt. give her credit for that. however was a little surprised she didn’t go au natural and let the girls out. needs to lock down number 3 (or 4) need to advertise. and she could have really made the invictus visit about her. Megs. missed opportunity.
it’s hilarious that they were doing a walkabout. maybe it’s the theory if you “act” like a royal and people see you as a royal you will in fact stay a royal. doesn’t work that way
is this getting any traction. all i have been seeing is the meeting with the new PM and pics of the queen love the queen’s smile but she does look like she’s losing weight.
back to the duo. we need a black tie event for a tiara moment
Has she been suntanning? In a sleeveless top? This is the second time she has gone out showing visible tan lines and I just think it is sloppy grooming.
I'll post a link so you don't have to listen!
She spoke of going back to her old school recently and said something about her producer being there (gave her name). Filming for Netflix?
Her description of herself at school fits exactly with what Bower said in his book, so I think he copied that from her IG account or an interview she gave and never got any verification.
Part 1 in this post:
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/meghan-markle-unpopular-opinions-thread-pt-9.4991454/post-85391781
Part 2:
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/meghan-markle-unpopular-opinions-thread-pt-9.4991454/post-85392042
They did a walkabout in Germany. They were in seventh heaven ... lapping up all the adoru g attention from the German crowd.
If she was accurate, she would have said "The slut from Suits, a barely-watched Cable TV program".
I'm wondering if those people that had to pay to be there felt cheated?
Thanks, Marnie, for telling us about their reception in Germany. If I were a German citizen, I'd be a bit angry at the waste of resources for their parade of self importance.
So Neil Sean said this morning William had reached out to Harry.
He suggested a walk in Great Windsor Park.
Harry’s response “ Meghan must come too, we are a team”
Even if this was planted by *, it rings very true to me. One of my uncles converted to another religion, which seems to teach that a husband and wife are literally one. It severely damaged his relationship with his siblings because he either always physically brought her along to everything or found a way for her to be there "in spirit." As dramatic as this sounds, it was as if he had been brainwashed. The "core" of my uncle was no longer there -- and whenever someone tried to reconnect with it, he would take it as an attack on his marriage or a threat to his new religious beliefs. So IF Prince William reached out to his brother for a one-on-one meeting and was told that * had to come, too, it would have been deeply hurtful. Yet another betrayal to add to the list.
I later met another man who believed something very similar about husbands and wives. He was a new hire at work, and whenever he was introduced to another colleague, he pulled out his wallet to show a picture of her. His reasoning was that a husband and wife are one, so if you meet the husband, you have to meet the wife. (No word on whether she did the same when meeting new people.) At Christmas that year, I gave everyone on the team a handmade bookmark. When he mentioned it to me some time later, he called it "the bookmark you gave us." I decided it wasn't worth pointing out that no one gives a single bookmark as a gift to a couple. He had decided that his interpretation of reality was the correct one and delighted in imposing it on everyone at every chance he got.
does he ever look happy with her?
I was looking at the podcast as well.
The I was not pretty and had to sit by myself comment (om goodness - the Uriah Heep I was trying to put my finger on it thanks - nailed it).
I wondered if the real reason that people didn't choose to sit with her had more to do with thinking they considered her more a mean girl than they were up to over lunch. Or maybe there is a big push for kids to get involved at the school and she was encouraged? Either way, lunch meetings can limit the topics and content discussed during that short a time.
As a side note, I think when we look back at ourselves as kids, unless you truly were hated by every one, every day existence, then I think what we can often remember more vividly is the painful moments like not having people sit with you at lunch or being invited to a specific birthday party instead of the everyday moments when that did not happen. We remember pain more than tiny happy bump. We remember big happy though. But pain - yeah that always cuts deep.
I see there are some articles/photos of the new PM. Good.
the stigma of singleton. one. isn’t singleton related to the offspring not to the parent? honey madonna and murphy Brown did that in the late 80s/early 90s. i think she is stuck on 30 years ago. i read a stat that most kids are now born in a one parent or unmarried household. i can’t wait til megs can related to raising a kid alone (oops internet rumors again). and will she only focus on archie again and forget about lilibuck$
Snowflakes like her will identify with this, but the rest of us realize that life is not a bed of roses, and there are some unpleasant moments, some of which can be trivial and brief. If we get hung up on these, we will never forge ahead and accomplish something with our lives.
in other words, "boo friggin hoo", you twat
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Nobody seems to have commented on her pausing after mentioning `my husband' during her spiel. I got the impression she was waiting for the scheduled applause which was a long time in coming.
Oh dear, I do feel sorry for the dastardly duo when people make these comparisons! It is the truth though. They are not 'stars' that can attract huge crowds, but I think they are thrilled (giddy with excitement) about the special VVIP treatment they are getting and the crowd.
I found it odd that there was no one else from Invictus Games at this 'royal' greeting. The hapless one does not run the organisation in any way at any level ... he just turns up for publicity.l
Remember that birthday video where she was crowned and was bossing everyone around? Unless you manage to be top dog of a 'gang', that kind of behaviour is not going to win you friends, so she maybe was not popular at school.
Also, she has always been socially awkward. There are so many examples (she found her 'tribe' at Soho House among a very small group of people).
She did have one very close friend throughout school, so she was not alone (they were at the same schools). By the time she got to high school, there are photos of her being very outgoing and posing for photos with groups of girls.
But I can believe that she wanted to be the most popular girl at school and that never happened, so in her warped mind that is equated to being an awkward loner who spent her lunchtimes volunteering so that she did not have to sit alone. She maybe volunteered a few times and then exaggerated.
A new post this week, and she promises to be back next week
I'm not interested in her podcasts so may have missed something. Why does she have to interview - I use the term loosely - so far 3 women of colour? No white ones? No males? Sorry, I don't know what her podcasts are about (apart from herself).
Part 1
For those of us who have had more than enough of Harry and Meghan, I’m afraid they’re back on this side of the Atlantic. The good news is that it’s not for long. If we’re lucky, they could be at 37,000ft heading due west as soon as Thursday afternoon.
H&M are on a mini freelance royal tour, no doubt with Netflix cameras in tow. Its purpose is to remind them that he’s a prince and she’s a princess — even though she isn’t, but whatever. The thing to remember is that she has no interest in titles or grandeur, or at least that’s what she told Oprah, so it must be true. The couple flew in to the UK on Saturday, reportedly on a commercial flight. They went straight to Frogmore Cottage, their former marital home in Windsor, mere moments from a wide selection of family members who aren’t talking to them.
Today, they were in sunny Düsseldorf for the one-year countdown to the 2023 Invictus Games, the event founded by Harry. The Germans were keen to point out that the couple were private citizens, not visiting heads of state, so there would be none of the motorcycle outriders that Harry complains bitterly he no longer gets in Britain 24/7, not even when he wants to go to Soho Farmhouse . . . Happily, in Düsseldorf there were metal crowd-control barriers and police roadblocks to speed their journey into the city, as well as a visitors’ book to sign, and all the things that private citizens who want to live quiet lives in California could hope for when visiting Germany in a private capacity. Oh, and a red carpet and velvet ropes, because what is the point of being a humanitarian and philanthropist if you can’t walk down a red carpet? They went on a Rhine cruise as well, during which it was expected that Harry would speak but not be spoken to. This may be a metaphor for his entire life, it’s hard to be sure.
Their first engagement, however, was yesterday in Manchester, when Meghan gave a speech at the One Young World conference. The conference promised “transformative” discussion over several days on subjects including gender equality and ethical leadership. The last time H&M were in the UK, for the Platinum Jubilee, they were booed by some of the crowd on the steps of St Paul’s. This time, they took the sensible precaution of removing the public from around the conference venue well before they were due to arrive, although that didn’t stop some intrepid Mancunians from booing them at the station instead. No doubt their team would cite the sort of security issues that make it impossible for William and Kate to go on a walkabout. Oh, wait.
The One Young World opening ceremony lasted two long hours. They played the national anthem, of course, because how else would you open a random conference on a Monday in Manchester? Then the hostess came on and asked, “What’s the best way to follow a national anthem?” raising hopes that we might cut to the chase, before dashing them by saying that the answer was a national treasure. So, not Harry and Meghan then.
Part 2
Instead Andy Burnham gave a party political broadcast about Andy Burnham and urged us to support the prime minister of Finland. I am not making this up. A rap started and ended with God Save the Queen. Then the stage went dark. Could it be? No, it couldn’t. Instead, we welcomed a partner at Clifford Chance; the chief digital and commercial officer at Unilever; many people whose job title contains the word “strategic”; Bob Geldof; and the first lady of Guyana.
Finally, an hour in, Meghan and Harry made their entrance through the audience, rather like Ant and Dec on Saturday Night Takeaway. Harry was billed as an advocate for mental health, Meghan was an advocate for something or other, while Archewell and her podcast got a plug. Job done. Harry looked bewildered. Meghan did not. They greeted various people, sat down, the audience went quiet and then . . . a flag-waving ceremony? Seriously? On and on it went. Everyone clapped the flags of Saudi Arabia, Syria and Russia, then Bob Geldof came on to give a rambling speech about nasty autocrats and murderous despots. Finally, Meghan took to the podium and spoke eloquently and with great passion about herself.
Tonight, the freelance royals are heading back to London, and on Thursday Harry is expected to cast his stardust over another charity event, the WellChild Awards. And into this glorious brand-building BS dropped the third of Meghan’s podcasts, along with the dispiriting knowledge that there are nine more still to come. This week’s interviewee was Mindy Kaling, whose name rang a bell. “Yes”, said a friend, “but that is because you’re thinking of Mork & Mindy,” which is true. Kaling is a very successful actress, comedian, writer, producer and director.
“I don’t do podcasts,” she says at the beginning of the podcast.
“Neither do I!” says Meghan, and my brain started to hurt.
Kaling seems well-adjusted, and therefore a good foil for Meghan, who pondered injustice in the world, beginning with how it pertains to herself. “When I started dating my husband and we became engaged, everyone was like: ‘Ohmygod, you’re so lucky he chose you.’ ”
In honour of our comedian guest, a recording of an anonymous man with a British accent suddenly gets airtime, saying that women aren’t as funny as men. What? Who said that? When? Alas, we’ve moved on to how Meghan was an ugly duckling, or rather “not conventional beauty . . . Now, maybe it would be seen as beautiful.” Good grief.
And then a small chink of brightness opens up, the faintest of possibilities that Meghan, who takes herself so terribly seriously, and demands that the world do likewise or risk a writ, is being lightly trolled by her own guests on her own podcast. Last week Mariah Carey called her a diva, but later clarified that it was definitely a compliment. This week, Meghan gushes pointlessly and at length about Kaling’s dress.
“That comment,” says Kaling, “will make me happy for life. Meghan Markle complimented my outfit.” Or how about this: “Your life is so together . . . on Oprah, I was like, ‘Ohmygod she has chickens? Who has their shit together enough to raise kids and chickens?’” And Meghan laughs, humbly, as befits someone who is raising both children and chickens.
Back in 2014, a little-known actress called Meghan Markle hustled her way onto the One Young World conference schedule. This time, she was the main event. What a difference a prince makes.
And those kids whose houses she regularly went to after school every day....why didn't she sit with them?
Poor * may have a bit of body dysmorphia because of Catherine. *'s fondness for too long palazzo pants paired with what must be 5-inch heels might be because she wants to look as tall as the Duchess of Cambridge. She seems to have lost a great deal of weight; for the same reason? Does she want to look as tall & slim as Catherine?
I actually thought she looked quite nice in some of the photos, in others, not so much, which is probably why she wants total control over the photos taken of her, so she can nix the ones where a large vein is throbbing in her forehead, or where she looks wrinkly. Sadly, her expensive outfits didn't fit well & were very wrinkled. In a photo in which she was sitting down, the wrinkles in her trousers looked like rolls of fat, unfortunately. One of the advantages of expensive clothing supposedly is better fabric & good fit. Why not for *? Does her stylist hate her?
I don't know why she keeps yammering on about 'becoming a mom.' Hey *, it's not that hard. It's actually quite easy, as the billions of humans on our planet evidence. Perhaps she really did have a hard time becoming a mother, however she managed it. It does seem odd that she's so obsessed with it, as she seems to be one of those who think reproductive organs are optional, or at the very least fungible, & you should ditch the ones you don't like.
A Telegraph headline says that * disputes that Mr. 6 'chose' her. Another obvious fact that any biologist or anthropologist could have told her. Male animals, birds, wolves, lions, humans, court females by displaying evidence that they can provide for a female's offspring, then the female opts to comply or not. I'm not that fussed about *, & Mr. *, what gets me is the kind of vacuous mind which supports & abets them. The * phenomenon is a crystallization of how gullible, dimwitted & bigoted some people are.
He's managed to play polo, and travel to Africa without the ball and chain, but he refuses to be alone with his brother.
Hairy's going to be in for a very shocking and rude awakening when she announces she's leaving.
He's managed to play polo, and travel to Africa without the ball and chain, but he refuses to be alone with his brother.
Hairy's going to be in for a very shocking and rude awakening when she announces she's leaving.
As a side note, I think when we look back at ourselves as kids, unless you truly were hated by every one, every day existence, then I think what we can often remember more vividly is the painful moments like not having people sit with you at lunch or being invited to a specific birthday party instead of the everyday moments when that did not happen. We remember pain more than tiny happy bump. We remember big happy though. But pain - yeah that always cuts deep.
We know Twunt has a talent for embroidering her memories of childhood and the even more recent past. For example that she singlehandedly spearheaded a campaign to have P&G change their dishsoap ad (This has been debunked ad nauseum. 1. It was a class project. Twunt wrote a letter but it was one of many such . . or she was drafted to be the class secretary of the letter FOR THE WHOLE CLASS by dint of her penmanship being decent for an 11-year-old. I think it's also been verified that P&G had independently decided to roll out the revised voiceover before it had received Twunt's magnum opus. Note they didn't reshoot the entire commercial to feature a father and son dishwashing team, oh no. *One word* was all they changed. Groundbreaking activism that, and the credit isn't even hers.)
Twunt was obviously so scarred by a couple of visits to the $4.99 salad bar at Ponderosa or whatever that chain was that she trots that out like her father was forcing her to eat stale crusts of bread in a corner. Was he supposed to get his 5th grader fois gras at Wolfgang Puck's place? I grew up in a family of six and a visit to McDonald's was a big night out for us so Twunt can shut the FU about the hardships of a limitless buffet bar for $4.99. For my family that was a serious upgrade, and a trip to Chi Chi's was only reserved for high holy days and birthdays.
Her tales of a hardscrabble childhood somehow fail to mention the private school tuition to two of the top private schools in Los Angeles, the European trips, the Sweet 16 plastic surgery and all those places Daddy took her to that cost more than $5.
It looks like Twunt found a group of friends once she hit high school, as shallow and "Heathers" like as that vapid clique may have been but I can totally believe that in elementary school she was shunned. You can pick up that vibe in the Nick interview (arranged by her father) in which Twunt takes center stage of course, doing 95% of all the talking and the camera following her homely visage thoughout the segment. A couple of the other kids were allowed to say a couple of sentences about the project. The faces of the little girls forced to sit on the floor with her (Twunt in center, of course) do not look thrilled to be there. They don't actually get to speak but are just there as props/handmaidens for the wonder that is Pearl.
@Sandie
Remember that birthday video where she was crowned and was bossing everyone around? Unless you manage to be top dog of a 'gang', that kind of behaviour is not going to win you friends, so she maybe was not popular at school.
She insisted that she be crowned and addressed as Queen at *Ninaki's* birthday party. Of course she had to steal the spotlight away from the birthday girl because she cannot abide anyone getting a speck of attention over her ever. Pre-empting someone else's birthday party is a very bad breach of elementary school etiquette. I think Ninaki was bullied into being friends with her and no one else could stand her.
You can bet that she has filed away every instance of when her classmates didn't genuflect before her as evidence of what an 'outcast victim' she was. When it was she who drove them away. She's still doing it. MO unchanged since childhood, and she's still 11 years old in her head.
But I can believe that she wanted to be the most popular girl at school and that never happened, so in her warped mind that is equated to being an awkward loner who spent her lunchtimes volunteering so that she did not have to sit alone. She maybe volunteered a few times and then exaggerated.
@Sandy: I smell one of Meghan’s whopping lies. If she was so put upon in school at Immaculate Heart of Mary, then how did she get to be Homecoming Queen at her school? Generally the girls picked to be on the Homecoming Court, which is where the Homecoming Queen in chosen, are the girls who are the social movers and shakers who are often regarded as popular. Many times these girls are often snotty elitists.
I need to see if I can locate an item that appeared on Harry Markle in about 2018. It was written by a woman whose younger sister attended IHM who was bullied repeatedly by Meghan and some other girls that the woman who wrote it described Meghan and her friends as “Mean Girls.”
I also need to look for an item from Quora that was written by a woman who was in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at Northwestern at the sane time as Meghan. She described how Meghan targeted and bullied two other girls in the sorority who didn’t measure up to Meghan’s standard for being cool. Meghan nearly drove them out of the sorority.
I think if the Palace ever does release the bullying report there will be a flood of people from all phases of Meghan’s life who come forward to describe incidents when Meghan has bullied others.
I've had many EBD students, and the other kids avoid them because it's nothing but fighting.
I finally understand what a narcissist is. They are empty inside, their interior is a black hole, and they seek constantly to fill it with attention from others.
It's noticeable that Twat mentioned "Archie," at that meeting, but seems to have forgotten about "Lillibet." She can't remember her own lies.
the comments at Dlisted are interesting. This is particularly hilarious.
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Re. Lili the Invisible Baby
It has been suggested in multiple platforms that something has gone seriously awry with Twunt’s plans for Lilibet, the mystery infant whose very name is a taunt to the Queen that she doesn’t own the name Lilibet. Just like “Archie” feels less like a genuine child’s name and exactly like the cornerstone of a marketing scheme.
It is plausible to me that the surrogate has refused to play ball and hand over the contracted for baby due to irregularities in the arrangement. Under US law it is illegal to “purchase” babies, but expected that the prospective parents will cover the expectant mother’s medical care and living expenses during the pregnancy, all the hospital bills relating to her delivery and postpartum stay and misc. expenses. Perhaps the Sussexes voided the agreement by nit holding up their end. Or there were some legal/ethical violations from the doctor. She literally folded her practice overnight, leaving all her patients in the lurch and I understand that she has left the state. She is much too young to call it an early retirement. I think something bad went down and this doctor was fleeing prosecution.
The “Frogmore birthday party” picture fairly reeked of desperation. Zero confirmation from anyone but Twunt’s camp—including her paid phographer that any child was seen during Jubilee weekend. That doctor may be trying to flee a subpoena. The elusive Master Arch hasn’t been seen really since the Christmas photos. Tick Tock I can feel the watery beastie stirring…
No mention whatsoever of Archie's birthday from the Harkles.
A big deal about the girl's birthday.
Now no mention whatsoever of the girl. Mm acts like she only has one child, the son.
Catching up on my reading, The Wall Street Journal, Saturday/Sunday, August 27-28, 2022 had in their Books section a list of Five Best on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Listed in order; Mrs. Simpson by Charles Higham (2004) revealed that the Duke had a physical affair with Fruity Metcalf, "an active homosexual", (as if his name did not give his proclivity away?) when he was still Prince of Wales. Next is The Windsor Story by J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy (1979). The third is The King Over the Water by Michael Pye (1981). Andrew Morton wrote Wallis in Love (2018). 'As one of Mr. Morton's new interviewees tells him, "the Duchess was a complicated person~cold, mean-spirited, a bully and a sadist...My parents found the Duke not very bright, a wimp, and basically a very sad man. He had made an appalling choice and knew that he had taken the wrong path and now had to live with the consequences." What emerges in the emptiness of this marraige, mired in reproach and disappointment, in which the duke often went to bed in tears.' Lastly is The Last of the Duchess by Caroline Blackwood (1995). 'A sinister black comedy about the loneliness of aging, living under a state of near-constant control, and the double-edged nature of celebrity.' Even my new favorite Mental Health and Science Youtube channel, deadpanning Dr. Todd Grande posted 'Duchess of Windsor Case Analysis/Wallis Simpson vs. Meghan Markle' for our entertainment.
* leaving out "Lillibet" is basically telling us there ain't no baby "Lillibet" in their household.
It's like Wallis and Edward came back as their same stupid, selfish selves, only as slobs instead of chic dressers. And minus the sparkling party personalities.
Chester Mandrax
She had a two bit part in a lousy soap. If she hadn't been scooped up by the banjo playing ginger prince, then she would now probably be advertising colostomy bags in the local Milwaukee Medical journal, shopping in Walmart and living in a rented apartment in Stockton. She certainly wouldn't have a voice on the world stage.
I was at a Catholic convent boarding school, years before TBW went to school. Her story about the 'wedding project' does not ring a bell with me. What did the nuns focus on? Academic excellence, sport, a broad education that includes the arts (music, theatre, literature), learning a foreign language (lots of rules and expectations of good manners) ... the last thing nuns have interest in is weddings!
On LSA I am coming across post after post from people who also were educated by nuns and they all say the same thing. Weddings, getting married, having children is not something nuns even mention.
I think perhaps there was an assignment to do a project and the pupil could choose their subject. That she picked her dream wedding (and her obsession with looks to the extent of demonizing a very common gap in her front teeth and frizzy hair) is because she is a shallow materialistic person living in a Hallmark movie, who always dreamed of the man who would sweep her off her feet and carry her over the threshold into a magical life.
It just didn't make sense. Nuns, Bride of Christ focus, piety, vow of poverty contrasted with most expensive wedding in the fanciest place she can think of?
I could, however, see the kids talking about weddings they had attended (granted many of the kids would have likely attended similar ones to she described) and her thinking: "I'm going to have a wedding like that some day." and put together a vision board of it.
OT: I read a book about the Nun Study. Fascinating.
fifi. ha. abou the party personalities.
so i was disappointed we don’t have pics of the couple on the river cruise YACHT. it was like coming home again. maybe the germans have a better sense of humor than we gave them credit for 😉
The personality dynamic between David and Wallis might have been similar as our current self-exiled pair of Twunts but at least the Duchess of Windsor spared the world an elaborate faux pregnancy. Imagine the scandal had she pretended to have a baby, maybe sourced a kid to play the part and then proceeded to go to war with the Crown over the “real" heir. David had abdicated and ruled out his heirs in the line but any child of his had it existed would have been a rival Prince of Wales to Charles. David and Wally had their sugar Stans back in the day. At least they spared us that. I don’t think he or both could have children in any case. Wallis was the same age as * when she married though she seemed much older.
Wallis may have been a cold materialistic sadist but I think the salient difference between her and * is sanity. David may have been a fantasist but Wallis was in charge of a full deck. At least I think she was.
What is the title of the book about the Nun Study? I would love to read it.
Catholic School Survivor here as well. I agree that a project about your future wedding would NEVER be assigned. Possibly in a religion class if the class was studying the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and she chose Matrimony, she could have done on a project on that and what it means.
OT:
Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study tells Us about Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives
It was also reported that, during the proceedings,* asked some very peculiar questions, almost as if she hadn't a clue about parturition, despite claiming to have experienced it with `Archie' and to be undergoing it as they spoke.
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Mention of the parallels between * and Wallis in their entanglement with the least savvy members of the RF, nearest the throne, reminds me of a Nutty comment, from way-back-when, about both Harry and Andrew being `low-hanging fruit ripe for the plucking', especially if H's conduct left him open to blackmail. I still wonder how Markus fits into the picture - Harry Markle smelled a rat reeking of criminal conspiracy - it could explain a lot but we shan't find out in our lifetimes.
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Perhaps Robert Harris could use the idea for a novel, along the lines of `The Ghost'? According to Wikipedia, `The New York Observer commented that the book's "shock-horror revelation" is "so shocking it simply can't be true, though if it were it would certainly explain pretty much everything about the recent history of Great Britain'.
It was also reported that, during the proceedings,* asked some very peculiar questions, almost as if she hadn't a clue about parturition, despite claiming to have experienced it with `Archie' and to be undergoing it as they spoke.
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Mention of the parallels between * and Wallis in their entanglement with the least savvy members of the RF, nearest the throne, reminds me of a Nutty comment, from way-back-when, about both Harry and Andrew being `low-hanging fruit ripe for the plucking', especially if H's conduct left him open to blackmail. I still wonder how Markus fits into the picture - Harry Markle smelled a rat reeking of criminal conspiracy - it could explain a lot but we shan't find out in our lifetimes.
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Perhaps Robert Harris could use the idea for a novel, along the lines of `The Ghost'? According to Wikipedia, `The New York Observer commented that the book's "shock-horror revelation" is "so shocking it simply can't be true, though if it were it would certainly explain pretty much everything about the recent history of Great Britain'.
She actually said he wasn't "heir-conditioned," so perhaps they tried, failed, and went to a doctor to find out why. Or he knew when he was sleeping around in the 20s. But then, she hadn't had children with her first two husbands, either, so she may have wanted to blame him. Neither of them seemed like the parental type.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10942103/Meghan-Markles-obstetrician-helped-deliver-Lilibet-shuts-practice-little-notice.html
Yes. This tired old chestnut again sans any proof, like we didn't hear them all the other times they RAGED and threw their toys for not getting their way. That's really what all this blah-dee blah blah sounds like to everyone but the celebrity wokies looking to use politics to raise their own profile and bank account.
In reality, the UK is done waiting for Harry to apologize to his grandmother and to them for what he's put her through and the Commonwealth, expecting them to foot the bill of his hubris. Harry's homeland will never forgive him for besmirching his grandmother's legacy like this and driving her to an early grave.
No wonder Obama didn't invite these pariahs to his 60th birthday bash. And, no wonder, Michele waded into this mess to reiterate that nothing is more important than family..
These two are simply despicable human beings and their star's fading fast.
She actually said he wasn't "heir-conditioned," so perhaps they tried, failed, and went to a doctor to find out why. Or he knew when he was sleeping around in the 20s. But then, she hadn't had children with her first two husbands, either, so she may have wanted to blame him. Neither of them seemed like the parental type.
The 'heir-conditioned' quip was an example of Wallis's sharp wit. Such wit entirely eludes Duchess Twunt, because a feature of NPD is an utter lack of a sense of humor about oneself. One needs self-awareness for that and she hasn't got any of that, either.
My money is on both halves of the Windsor couple being sterile, and I believe the same thing about the Twunts. Even though David was urged, with a sense of increasing futility by his parents to find a suitable Princess of Wales and settle down, they may have been in possession of the knowledge that their son and heir fired blanks. The medicine in that area would likely have been pretty primitive compared to now. I assume they could have determined that his sperm count was viable at the least, but perhaps official examinations of that sort were being left until he had a suitable candidate and was engaged. That never happened. According to Crawfie Crawford in her memoir of the two little princesses, conversations in the Palace centered around the distinct possibility that Princess Elizabeth would become the Heiress Apparent for her childless uncle were taking place by the time Elizabeth turned three. Her great-grandmother Victoria had come to the Crown via the same route.
If David knew he was unable to have children, that might explain somewhat his penchant for only chasing after women who were already married, and therefore had no 'expectations' of a white wedding and baby carriages from him. A free pass to play, as it were, and if the lady later turned up in the family way, it'd be sure to be the husband's . . or at least that could be the cover, should a miraculous conception occur from David's contribution. Wallis had had a very colorful history with tales of special skills learned in Shanghai after the First War. Any number of reasons why she might have been infertile. At the time of their marriage, it was assumed that this couple was 'too old' to have children but Wallis was only 36. The Queen didn't give birth to Edward until she was 38. It's a blessing to be sure that the D&D of Windsor never procreated.
Sometime after the engagement interview, they were reminded that children of adoption could not enter into the line of succession and become princes and princesses due to the 'of the body' law. So . . 5 months nearly to the day of their nuptials, boom, Heeeere's Moonbump Mountbatten-Windsor . .conceived effortlessly by the 37-year-old three times married Duchess just about eight weeks after her wedding--at least we've been asked to believe this. Then followed a pregnancy whose gymnastic gyrations set all kinds of Guinness World Records for its defying of the laws of biology and physics.
It was easier to create the "Lili" mythos, since she was no longer in the public eye with her gyrating stomach and slipping bump being photographed. But prior to that Tree of Life photo of her on the ground with a gigantic belly, we had to have the heartrending "miscarriage" story full of fibs for the New Yorker--because people were questioning her ability to conceive at all. Only in Rachel's mind does a grandiose piece of creative fiction about an unconfirmable miscarriage PROVE that she delivered two other children that she keeps absolutely hidden away except for quarterly photo ops that are doctored, obviously so.
"Archie" has been most recently played by Gavin Gringas, the age-appropriate young son of Twunt pal Brynn Gringas who works for CNN. Brynn conveniently is a slender brunette who can resemble Twunt (in idealized form) from the back, whilst crouching down and being obscured by a huge hat.
This sideshow is getting more and more disturbing but as long as media outlets will accept their money to generate coverage for them, this ain't gonna stop.
You cannot make this stuff up.....
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I think they were all hoping we would become nuns, not wives. The wives part is taken for granted, I suppose.
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MM said it was part of her Religion II class. As has been suggested by others here she could have made a ""Sacrament of Matrimony" project into a dream wedding project. But she was also careful to say she learned when visiting her old school that the dream wedding project has been eliminated from the curriculum (as if it was a formal part of a set curriculum.) I think she's lying and doesn't want to be called out. So she made sure to say the assignment no longer exists.
https://www.babygaga.com/meghan-markle-birthing-coach-phone-labor-lili
https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-pregnancy-guru-dr-gowri-motha-talks-baby-lili-birth/
Then there were the nurses from St Mary's, Paddington, chums with Portland one, who said they'd be told by their friends at the Portland that no obstetrician was on duty or called in for `Archie's birth' and that no birth was recorded in the hospital at the supposed time of his birth.
My dear old dog used to have phantom pregnancies too, even though she'd been spayed.
I am still giggling over the video in this tweet: the duo on TV in Germany (she seems to be wearing the same clothes), where hapless is off on the side, forgotten, and the duchess is sprouting forth her endless drivel.
The person who posted the video dubbed over it and substituted lyrics of his own, consisting solely of the word 'me'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11189315/Harry-Meghan-Markle-spend-day-Windsor-just-half-mile-William-Kate-Middleton.html
The words 'take accountability for crossing a line' sounds like it comes from the Duchess probably through a lackey.
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And he said the precise reason Harry hasn't made any attempt to approach his brother is because he is "waiting for accountability".
"'People are desperate for steps to be made but behind the scenes there hasn’t been movement,' explains a family friend.
"What [Harry] is waiting for is accountability.
"Many lines were crossed by William. He was at the centre of a number of painful moments, be it the actions of his own staff or turning his back when support was needed.
"It was a dark time and one that, so far, William has been unprepared to unpack."
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Despite all the focus on twit and twat, tarot readers say that the BRF are focused on the Queen (Charles especially is visiting her every day and also praying in a chapel every day). They see the Queen herself as too focused on important stuff to give them a second thought.
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Supposedly William found out about the return to the UK on the fake royal report from newspapers. It is unbelievable that they did not have the decency to tell the BRF that they were going to be in the UK.
I wonder what is going on.
Ok, just a speculation but I wonder if anyone else has come across it?
Thank you for the entertaining vid of *'s performance of Mememememememe in Germany. Harry started the Invictus Games--so why is he to the side? Pushed to the corner and left "voiceless" by *?
Unbelievable behavior but sadly a repeat of so many previous times when she has brushed H aside to take center stage.
What in the world would she be doing with herself--how would she use "her voice" if she had not gained entry to the world stage and the rich and famous via H?
Totally agree the grievance against Wm.and the need for accountability are words from her mouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-dcIXApUVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bi3gDRbIpU
Tell me this isn't directly from TBW! I recognise her meaningless word salad and manufactured grievances:
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And he said the precise reason Harry hasn't made any attempt to approach his brother is because he is "waiting for accountability".
"'People are desperate for steps to be made but behind the scenes there hasn’t been movement,' explains a family friend.
"What [Harry] is waiting for is accountability.
"Many lines were crossed by William. He was at the centre of a number of painful moments, be it the actions of his own staff or turning his back when support was needed.
"It was a dark time and one that, so far, William has been unprepared to unpack."
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Oh, the HORROR! It sounds as though William believed his STAFF over the lies told by somebody with way too much fake tanner/bronzer on. And not only THAT, he didn't give them money.
Maybe "accountability" means that they would welcome the results of the audit of every project the sixes were involved with being made public. That must be it.
I must have completely missed the public apology that * gave the Cambridges and little Charlotte for treating Charlotte and Catherine so badly. That is the line that she crossed and she is never, ever going to be forgiven for that. It has nothing to do with royalty, something that she is apparently incapable of understanding. A potential new family member doesn't just sashay into a family and tell the senior members what to do. Had my son brought home something like that, she would have been invited to leave and not to ever come back. She cannot order other people's staff about. She can't use the Tindall children for financial gain. She can't defraud the public and the family by pretending to be pregnant.
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The "dark time" is the time she wormed her way into the BRF! Wish * had not unpacked!
I thought that perhaps she was referencing Douglas Adams' "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul", but no such luck. Pity. It would have been much more interesting.
Have London bespoke tailors gone over to the dark side, or is he buying off the rack?
On a lighter note, I came across this video on the young world summit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z5ZhWCNgG8
The "summit" itself appeared to be a privately funded youth conference for the propagation of far left propaganda that also excoriated any dissent from it's agenda as either "far right" and/or fascist and/or racist and/or backward hillbilly. And all of this was thinly dressed up as entertainment, so badly produced it was truly cringe worthy. I was surprised at how bad it was. I read Harry's response where he barely smiles and stairs up at the rafters upon being lovingly included in Meghan's speech (which let's be reminded he never did for her in his UN speech) differently. I think he was showing embarrassment at being there and being associated with such tacky pandering to young people who were probably as bored as he was listening to his wife pontificate.
My dear old dog used to have phantom pregnancies too, even though she'd been spayed.
It's been a long while since I passed out a Post of the Day shout, so consider yourself anointed. That struck me so funny; thanks for the laugh.
Twunt's a dog all right but there's nothing dear about her.
The current media frenzy over the pair of Twunts and their endlessly self-important, utterly clueless attempts to fashion themselves as alternative 'Royals' has become ridiculous to the point of obscenity. The only way to deal with them, short of having them taken out Jason Bourne style is to starve this mad crazy-train of fuel. But it's never ever going to stop as long as the Twunts can buy themselves sychophants and incessant press coverage.
The press has always frothed at the mouth for Royal stories, but I'd say the current mania is approaching that tsunami of press interest in Diana. This is the first all out social media warfare the Crown has had to wage and damn if it doesn't feel like they are losing.
If this were say, 1522, and the renegade son of the future King had accused his father of having his mother murdered and then, with the aid of a scheming foreign-born wife launched systematic attacks against the Crown with arrows, horses and soldiers, instead of Instagram followers, bots and spurious press stories, claiming to have fathered two heirs to the succession whose existences have not been substantiated by any recognizable medical or ecclesiastical authority . . wouldn't we say that capturing these two renegades and putting them in the Tower would have been top priority?
What the Twunts are doing is NOTHING LESS than open rebellion--SEDITION--against the Crown. They are actively engaged in trying to tear down the Queen and all she's built and ruin her peace of mind in her last years. Instead of punishment, they get to roam freely around the world on private jets and get raftloads of press attention? Yes, most of that attention is negative but she at least does not make any distinction between good press and bad. The entire world is talking about her, so to her, that's winning.
Wikipedia on Margaret:
Owing to her husband's frequent bouts of insanity, Margaret ruled the kingdom in his place. It was she who called for a Great Council in May 1455 that excluded the Yorkist faction headed by Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and this provided the spark that ignited a civil conflict that lasted for more than 30 years, decimated the old nobility of England, and caused the deaths of thousands of men, including her only son Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
Isn't * doing this only via a media war instead of an actual physical one?
She's also Jezebel. There's an archetype for Twunt to unpack. Jezebel's death was a particularly satisfying one to those who deemed her as evil incarnate. And that's all I will say about that.
The Shakespearean tragedy of Twit and Twat is ample illustration that making a bad choice in marriage is probably if not the, one of the very worst mistakes that someone can make. Truly I don't see any way this circus is going to stop as long as both halves of this couple remain tied together in their mutual insanity and drawing breath. I used to expend mental energies thinking of how Harry might extricate himself from this and make amends with his family but we are past that now. There will be no reconciliation or restoration . .only more pain, sorrow and tears. For Harry's father and brother and for us, unfortunately that have to endure this sh*te.
For the record, I don't think the Queen is directly inserting herself much into the Sussex drama or spending much mental energy on it. Having just welcomed her last Prime Minister . .unless Ms. Truss's tenure is incredibly brief . . I think the Queen is leaving the Sussex matter to Charles, William and the courtiers. Harry and his baggage will be their messes to deal with when she's gone. How sad it would be if one of her last acts as monarch is to oversee the removal of the titles she bestowed on her grandson just four short years ago. That is the very least Harry has earned for his treachery. In less accommodating times, he'd be sentenced to execution. Sparkle might have been walled up into a convent once upon a time. She's got comparisons to Wallis Simpson but what about Margaret of Anjou, the foreign-born queen of weak-minded Henry VI . . the one who died addled of his wits in the Tower?
Wikipedia on Margaret:
Owing to her husband's frequent bouts of insanity, Margaret ruled the kingdom in his place. It was she who called for a Great Council in May 1455 that excluded the Yorkist faction headed by Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and this provided the spark that ignited a civil conflict that lasted for more than 30 years, decimated the old nobility of England, and caused the deaths of thousands of men, including her only son Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
Isn't * doing this only via a media war instead of an actual physical one?
She's also Jezebel. There's an archetype for Twunt to unpack. Jezebel's death was a particularly satisfying one to those who deemed her as evil incarnate. And that's all I will say about that.
The Shakespearean tragedy of Twit and Twat is ample illustration that making a bad choice in marriage is probably if not the, one of the very worst mistakes that someone can make. Truly I don't see any way this circus is going to stop as long as both halves of this couple remain tied together in their mutual insanity and drawing breath. I used to expend mental energies thinking of how Harry might extricate himself from this and make amends with his family but we are past that now. There will be no reconciliation or restoration . .only more pain, sorrow and tears. For Harry's father and brother and for us, unfortunately that have to endure this sh*te.
Thanks.
We all know this. And we know how despicable she is. It seems there is no stopping her. In Germany, she has center stage. As always. Yes, this is all for Netflix. We know that. The world at large, I’m not sure. When she was with Harry and another person, at invictus, she was the only one talking…as per usual. Harry sat with the Mike in his lap.
People are championing her. Why is that? This is something I cannot understand. It’s so obvious what she is, how she is…and yet it goes on.
I realize the latest antics are for Netflix. I’m happy I’ve discontinued this streamer. I stopped because I abhor their programming…especIlly how they “sell children”. Children should never be sexulaized.
As to her performance for one child….total lunacy and self aggrandizement. But that ‘charity’ is extremely shifty and part of one world government. Which I abhor.
IMO it's not so much attention from the press, but the constant PR that the Twunts are buying.
It will end when Mr. Dum Dum's money runs out. It's got to run out sometime with the PR, the private jets, gas guzzling tank-like cars, the constant facial tweaks and plastic surgery, extensive work on her teeth, bronzer by the barrel, paying for the house and the extensive upkeep, the private security, using private security instead of a valet and maid. I'd add child care, plus medical and education, but since the existence of children is doubtful, just cross off those expenses.
When will Dum Dum's money run out?
No one looks good in too-small, modern-cut men's suits, but H looks worse than most, despite being relatively slim. We shouldn't have to see his shirt, tie, fly, or sansabelt below the coat button. Charles & Diana did not pass on their impeccable fashion senses to either son.
Have London bespoke tailors gone over to the dark side, or is he buying off the rack?
Haz used to be more robust of frame when he was in the Army, but he got that lankiness from Philip. William got his strapping frame from his mother's Spencer side who are all larger-boned athletic people. Since Harry (say it with me now, 'cuz we all believe this, don't we) went vegan and gave up beer (sure, Jan) he has become alarmingly skinny. From stress? Drugs? He's a shadow of himself, haggard and pasty and gross. He seems to struggle mightily with a simple action like putting on his suit jacket, and it was while looking at those photos yesterday, I noticed afresh why he wears his clothes so weirdly. His torso is incredibly long. It looked like acres of shirt on him because the waist of his trousers hits so low compared to the average person. He's always had thin limbs just like his wife and his hands are thin and look like a kid's hands. He doesn't seem to have any muscle tone to speak of. His pants look like they are falling down because there's no body mass there to hold them up. I think he's buying off the rack stuff because he wouldn't have the patience to go for fittings to a tailor. In fact the two halves of his clothing often don't match, meaning he's throwing on mismatched separates, not a suit. It's manifestly obvious that Haz doesn't care about clothes and never has, except for his uniforms that made him feel like a big man. Those suede saddle oxfords he insists on wearing drive me mad because they only emphasize how long his feet are. Then he walks all legs akimbo with his knees at 45 degree angles and his feet splayed out and he looks like Beetle Bailey. If you notice, his daily attire is almost a uniform in that it never changes. At least the Grey Suit has been retired in favor of this blue one--the other one which he wore continuously for about three years must have disintegrated through use. His 'casual' look is cargo pants with a blue short sleeve polo shirt. He seems to derive comfort from wearing the same clothes all the time. Who knows if they are ever washed.
He's just big kid who never grew up and apparently has great difficulty in even dressing himself . . and the same could be said for his wife.
I have to admit that the 6's recent pretend 'royal' tour has made me a little bit nervous. The Cut interview & the podcasts make her seem so unhinged, that I've been afraid * would pull a 'spectacular,' as terrorists put it. I've worried the attention they've been getting from the UK tabloids might trigger her. Hopefully, they'll leave the UK tomorrow. The USA isn't very interested in them, & it's a big country with lots of room for loons, (although I wish we had fewer of them.) It's hard to stand out here. There's lots of competition, & our attention spans are pretty short.
This is literally the reverse of what actually happened. If one of the brothers has a reason to avoid the other, it is Prince William.
In case it hasn't been brought up before, have my fellow Nutties heard of DARVO? The acronym stands for: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. The Dollars have demonstrated it quite often since they joined forces. This is just the latest example of it -- and a textbook one, to boot!
She's also Jezebel. There's an archetype for Twunt to unpack.
I will stream the podcast and donate to Archewell if she does an episode on Jezebel and Herodias, with Jada Pinkett-Smith as her guest.
The Little Mermaid was mute.
If only our Little Mermaid Princess would lose her voice down a deep dark chasm and never find it again.
Embre,
Let’s get Twunt, Heard-Rhymes-With-Turd and Jada (Da Gator) Smith on the couch together, oh yeah. Twunt is outclassed in that company by two greater apex predators. All three are horrible people but Twunt is amateur hour compared to the other two. Johnny Depp and Will Smith are two Hollywood stars, or at least they used to be huge—but even though HazNowt was possibly the dumbest mark in Christendom, he is Harry of England—Twunt won the Stupid Husband lottery. He’s not the richest and certainly not the best looking, but he’s the most malleable, being devoid of any talent, abilities or will of his own. And the reach of his family is global. There must be many many folks worldwide who are unfamiliar with Johnny Depp or Will Smith if they don’t follow American media. But how many corners of the world don’t know Diana’s son? Certainly in the corner of Los Angeles that 20 grew up in, he’s been heard of… And his granny reaches all the distant corners of the Commonwealth.
Snarkle did indeed have a global platform when she married into the Royal family, And look at how she squandered it. I am not impressed with neither Jayda nor Amber heard’s acting… But they are more serviceable than Twunt ever was. 20 is so conceivably bad at everything she tries But she’s still got a platform because of who she’s married to. He’s got to be nearly broke; the cost of that mansion alone was at least a third of his entire inheritance, and there’s all the upkeep. The Netflix on Spotify deals together might equal all of the money that he had received as inheritance and if those deals fall through— I think they will be well and truly screwed.
The three weird sisters won’t be getting together in front of the microphone… Such a miasma of dark energy might result in a black hole c that would devour the earth.
That's the cut of most trousers these days, and it was uncomfortable to me even before I had much of a gut (my thyroid slowed down a few years ago--honest). I'm also tall in the trunk and narrow-framed and used to be even ganglier than H, so I sympathize with his inability to get clothes to fit well. The fashion world is trying to make men's clothes look more like women's because they want to be transgressive. They look like 14 year olds in a 12 y.o.'s suit.
If you look back at the W&K wedding, H had a hunch to his shoulders that seems to have mostly gone. The Army hadn't fixed it--what did?
Reading the comments and someone mentioned Netflix and the kids. Hold onto that thought.
Up thread there was talk of not having real kids, questions of evidence of said kids, odd timing of the OB ending her practice, absolutely no leaks from any school parents or behavior which implied there was a limited working knowledge of young kids. And the recent claim that actually, allegedly, that all the photos of the kids have been actually of kids of her/their friends.
So together - what if the real problem with Netflix is the kids?
People might be ok with the idea of a photo, pulling something over the world but filming them as ongoing as part of a family is a step too far. Quite risky as the kids might blow the story to someone who is not in the know. And extended family members who might catch on/spill the beans which gets to the tabs. And, sets have a lot of people milling around doing lighting/staging/things while others stand around talking. Or the money - how does my kid get paid because I know you are getting money and some of it is supposed to go towards the kid under minors working act. IRS - legally reporting income and all that. "Complicated" doesn't begin to describe it as to why they might not want the kids to participate. Hence the doubling down on need to protect the privacy of our kids while the filming is all about us.
Don't know but it is a thought.
So together - what if the real problem with Netflix is the kids?
You have an excellent thought there that could explain a lot.
Everything with the children is so weird. I’ve never believed the explanation that * doesn’t post photos of the kids because H wants them to be private.
Since when does * do what H wants — especially for an extended period of time? It’s all about her all the time. You can be sure she would want to outshine Catherine with pics of her adorable, perfect children. And, since she is a Photoshop expert, her pics would be her version of perfect. There is something other than the children’s privacy going on.
If there are no real Harkle children living full-time with the Harkles, we are getting to the end of the period when they can be kept hidden away. Archie will need to enroll in a real school soon.
Perhaps the Harkles will explode and divorce shortly before that milestone in Archie’s life. As many posters here regularly note, * is not good at details. A detail like “my imaginary baby will eventually need to be out and about in the real world” would be an easy oversight for * a couple years ago.
There was criticism of the sitcom 'Allo! Allo!' for disrespecting the French Resistance - this was countered by someone who'd been in the SOE (Special Operations Executive ie those parachuted into occupied France to work with the Resistance) who pointed out that their situation was often farcical and they only got through it by laughing.
I hope we manage to give the beleaguered Royal Family a few laughs too - they surely need them.
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I've just had this conversation with my husband:
Husband: Anything happening in the world?
Me (wearily): Only the bloody Harkles.
Husband: That's not the real world...
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Another random thought - it has long been a puzzle as to how someone else with a name starting with `H' could capture the minds of an entire nation and lead them astray. Also, was he mad or bad?
With the Harkles we've been seeing the process in action here and abroad, most recently this week, in the same nation that was hoodwinked in the 1930s. How to do it? Make the lie big enough and repeat it often enough and you'll be believed, at least by enough people to achieve your end, especially in a nation which now takes pride in its anti-racism.
Mad or bad? Perhaps the answer is `Both!'.
You're welcome, we all need lots of laughs here.
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Was she away from school the day the good nuns taught about forgiveness?
"Meghan Markle poses with editor of magazine that printed intrusive Archie picture. Bunte ran a picture taken in private of Archie playing with Doria Ragland in July 2020 shortly before Meghan and Harry sued pap agency X17 over drone pictures."
SS acting like pretzels ... using this photo as proof that there was more than one photographer when George started school.
Nope, this is the crowd that gathered outside the school. William and George were driven into school premises, where they then got out the car. There was one photographer and one camera person inside the school premises. Outside is public property so they could not ban the public there, although it seems the side of the road where the school is was cleared. Besides, I do not see a bank of 40 press photographers.
Nowadays, we'd assume that the Tyler-Perry-type house in the background was photoshopped.
Someone else thinks so too - tho' I don't think one needs Tarot to work that out! see https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/840906561666149542/
BTW: Translation of the Portugese
I would like to see more pictures of the little Archie because they are always the same since he was a little baby, I think he is growing up and so I would like them to be current and not the old ones I've seen a hundred times. so I'm not interested in seeing it.
This just on twitter about Her Majesty The Queen's health. It is very worrying, and I feel quite sad. Buckingham Palace always manages the message.
Richard Palmer
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Buckingham Palace: “Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision. The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
did i miss it. we didn’t get a pap pic of going on the river YACHT in germany? talk about awkward. someone is trolling them in germany. i get from düsseldorf perspective to court the IG publicity. will bring a lot of $ to the local evening and it gave us a little comparison. sussex versus the cambridge first day of school images. once again. cambridges for the win.