It's finally here after all the salvos and claims of it being their story, their truth but has now shifted into not their lens. So? whose is it today? And tomorrow - is that someone else?
Given how hard and loose The Crown is (that they HAD to put up a disclaimer says something), with the trailer problems, will there also be a disclaimer on this?
The interview had quite a number of statements which were found (fairly easily) to be known as untrue. That was an hour long show. This is six of these (possible longer as no commercials on NF) and they have already found several inaccuracies parading as truth to someone in just the trailer.
What else will be discovered in the shows? And how will they be explained away? Already the claims are that this is just them telling a story and apparently those pictures are just shown to help create the mood for their story. So what/whose authority of using photos which are are not from actual events relating to them/their story said that this is within the bounds of justifiable, and therefore to be encouraged? If it is acceptable here, then what are the circumstances when it would not be?
One of the claims is that she had difficulty adjusting ... well, his mother had difficulty and then his wife had her own troubles, something with people having a different agenda than hers and behaved spitefully to her. Every generation has a new spin on how the married in have a glorious rock star start and then it seems to become undone. And, (sigh) it's always someone else's fault (just line up the usual suspects - death is no excuse).
As a side note, if they are claiming all women have/had difficulty adjusting, then why don't the men who marry in have the same "difficulties" adjusting and being named/photographed in multiple stories in the papers each day? I remember seeing something about PP and that he had a bumpy start what with his MIL not happy he married in and was vocal about it. He used that to go out and figure out something to do which also supported his wife and were things he liked. He created his own job description. But he wasn't the only male married in. Sure things might happen once or twice to one of the others but never to the same degree as the women. It is just odd that they never seem to have the same problems as the women do.
In the lead up, more and more comments are being allowed that people are more focused on paying the gas bill or buying groceries than interested in watching people whine about how their allowance (probably more than some annual wages) was cut off in their 40's while living in a multimillion dollar mansion. Or the cost of their wedding, all the new outfits, the baby shower or, for that matter, all the trips. The amount of money spent is breathtaking. And jaw dropping at just how fast it was spent.
That's not reading the room.
And, there are lots of calls to rescind the titles. In print. A tsunami is building.
Heck. Before the Queen passed, people were starting to show up with signs protesting them. And that was the story in the news - not what the couple was there for. I think the only reason it didn't get more traction at the time was that HM passed and people had respect for her and the new king. Those are people who will not to be watching or reading to change their minds about the couple.
And, more and more articles have are pointing out just how much the Palace tried to support and bring her into the fold so she wouldn't have these problems. They had learned and wanted things to be different (as in better). So there was handpicked staff. Highly trusted staff who knew the system to best guide the newbie. Those people haven't spoken much. Yet. It will be interesting to see how that is portrayed or will it get left on the cutting room floor?
So ... pay attention to any clear suggestions about how to bring change. It is one thing to say there is a problem. Prove it. Does it exist in reality and if so, proof is needed as is it an individual or a systemic problem as the change would be handled totally different based on what it was (providing it is real).
The other thing is ... if you aren't offering concrete suggestions on how to fix a real problem, well then, why aren't you any part of the nuts and bolts of the solution? Because if you aren't active in the fix, you are part of the problem.
By the way - just as youtube has a down arrow button, so does NF. It will be interesting to see if it is present.
(oh, I did like the take away the Sussex title and leave them with the DB one idea. All that stationary and business cards down the tube. At least printing the replacements keeps people employed)
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Have you seen this: the extensive briefings she was given.
Not only are people all over the world realizing what liars they are, but some are speculating that the duo have some kind of psychological disorder.
Declared Persona Non Grata? Wikipeda has a list of those banned from the UK in 2009 - she'd fit quite nicely into a list like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_banned_from_entering_the_United_Kingdom
It might spike her guns. After all, Charles has been reported as throwing her out once already, way back before the engagement. She might think she can slip in via a PJ but I'd give a lot to see footage of her being publicly arrested and taken away on Coronation Day. It'd put George IV's wife, Queen Caroline, into the shade if the Abbey doors were locked against her.
Better still, to see her being put aboard a commercial airliner, tourist class, ideally in irons.
I can dream...
🎤
Apologies: Nat King Cole
The Christmas Song
Bad Tidings
Haznuts roasting on the
Soho pyre
Meh’s gnawing at her toes
Bored with these two
liars for hire
Pingus dressed in
emperor’s clothes
Everybody knows the turkey
and his camel toe
Neither of them very bright
Their tiny tots
hardly make a show
Probably borrowed
something’s not right
They know that karma’s
on its way
Loaded with truth
an explosive expose
I can’t wait, I won’t lie
To see how far
her monkey’s can really fly…
A good example of British sense of humour 😁
London pub launches new 'Harry's Bitter' beer that at 3.9% strength is 'as weak as its namesake' after Prince and Meghan's Netflix whingefest
* The Duke of Sussex pub in London has a new on-tap beer branded 'Harry's Bitter'
* The pub in west London unveiled the bitter with an image of Prince Harry's face
* This comes after the release of Harry and Meghan's Netflix documentary series
Here is a photo of the beer pump, it's worth a look!
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/10/15/65449485-11524033-image-m-36_1670687745153.jpg
My point is we've been here before:
Despite the King's best attempts, Caroline retained a strong popularity among the masses, and pressed ahead with plans to attend the coronation service on 19 July 1821 as queen.
Lord Liverpool told Caroline that she should not go to the service, but she turned up anyway. George had Caroline turned away from the coronation at the doors of Westminster Abbey. Refused entry at both the doors to the East Cloister and the doors to the West Cloister, Caroline attempted to enter via Westminster Hall, where many guests were gathered before the service began.
A witness described how the Queen stood at the door fuming as bayonets were held under her chin until the deputy lord chamberlain had the doors slammed in her face...
Caroline then proceeded back to an entrance near Poets' Corner, where she was met by Sir Robert Inglis, who held the office of "Gold Staff". Inglis persuaded her to return to her carriage, and she left.
Caroline lost support through her exhibition at the coronation; the crowds jeered her as she rode away.. and even Brougham recorded his distaste at her undignified behaviour.'
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_of_Brunswick
I've just removed the reference numbers)
Harkling back to megxit.
The desultory duo were
planning on keeping their
Commonwealth titles.
Giving them free ‘reign’ to travel
around the world, no expense spared.
Reminiscent of the old empire?
The Queen said NO!
Hence the digs at the Commonwealth.
Blind Items Revealed #1
December 1, 2022
It is not lost on the world that the working couple flew commercial and the non working alliterate one flew private. The non working one also demanded more security than the half dozen personnel on hand to meet her.
William & Kate/Meghan Markle
CDaN blind reveal with lots of insightful comments by both Brits and Americans. I especially liked this one:
Mia Proximus Centaurius • 14 hours ago
This video shows how ridiculoua they are. Three cameras on them inside an SUV show them acting all paranoid about paps like they are coked out. Yet no one is following them or around them. They’re looking out of the car all disturbed seeming when all that is there is two garage walls because they are on the exit ramp. Total freaks. No one cares about them. No one.
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That’s heartening to hear. 😁❤️We’re mostly a self-deprecating nation, so we’re comfortable in calling out our national idiosyncrasies before others do.😁
Agree about hierarchies, these exist everywhere and in just about every nation. When Mole said there was a hierarchy within the royal family, they made themselves look truly ignorant and dim as it was some kind of revelation they both had! The biggest laugh yet! 😛😂
Their wedding song
Land of 1000 dances
Wilson Pickett
Memorable lyrics:
Roll over on your back
I like it like that
Do that jerk-ah
Watch me work y’ah…
I wonder if *'s visa could be rescinded even though she's still married to H?
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I'm no immigration specialist but these visas are not for an indefinite length of time. I checked and with a spouse visa, you can stay for 2 years and 9 months. Isn't that how long they stayed before they legged it to Canada? TBW was never going to stay in the UK for the duration. She definitely didn't meet the requirements to apply for indefine leave to remain. Also now it seems you need, among other requirements, that you must have passed the Life in the UK Test according to gov.uk, so no chance of that. That said, she can legally come as a tourist (no need for a visa, I believe).
I love your post about Caroline of Brunswick - very apt. I can imagine * being demented enough to try it.
@Wildboar
Meh knock, knock knocking
on Charles door!
Hahaha!
Yes, hierarchies exist everywhere. I would have thought that applied to the TV and film industry? (sarc). For instance, Executive Producer, Producer, Director, Assistant Director, Assistant producer etc. She practically lived on a TV set when she was a child, surely she knows. As for the BRF, you'd have to be obtuse not to know there is a hierarchy. She's a pathological liar.
One of the comments was questioning how H feels about it while knowing it was bought from funds which should have gone to disabled vets
while another was "Living quarters may vary as well.".
Netflix, I have to say, may pull this out by the skin of their teeth after all with all by giving them enough rope to hang themselves. There will be some spatter on them but this is all their show and it shows.
"When the Palace received an email from an unknown media company purporting to be involved in Harry and Meghan's new Netflix show, they treated the correspondence with extreme caution.
There was no obvious sign that the email – that made specific allegations which are yet to appear in the programme – came from a company truly connected to the Sussexes' television project.
Palace officials, seeking to confirm its veracity, contacted both Netflix and Archewell, Harry's production company.'"
Interesting. Both Netflix and Archwell bever replied to or even acknowledged the query from the Palace. So much for the rubbish disclaimer. Rachel with the Hotmail? I think so and I think hapless husband was in on it and they thought they were being very clever.
They won't be invited to the Coronation.
They will be told, in no uncertain terms, to stay overseas, away from the UK.
Thank you for posting the entry about Caroline if Brunswick attempting to force her way into the coronation of George IV.
Here’s one suggestion for how the Sussexes could be prevented from entering the UK. Warn them ahead of any departure from the US not to travel to the UK during 30 days before the coronation and 30 days after the coronation.
They would likely attempt to barge their way into the country anyway, but traffic control could permit their plane to land, but only to refuel to return to the US or another destination outside of the UK. Yes, the perennial victims will have a camera crew in tow, but stopping them at an airport and not allowing them to deplane would at least keep them from prancing around London during the Coronation itself and the surrounding festivities throughout the country.
Of course tgey will release footage of being denied entry, but I am guessing they will generate little sympathy for themselves.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/zijc98/great_point_made_on_the_interwebs_harry_laments/
Some of the ladies were surprised that we have no car seat or seat belt laws for children in this country. I assure you that we do. Apparently for the Narkles, laws are for peasants. They have titles. I suppose Mommy Dearest and Archie could be weirdly sitting in the back seat of a car when nobody else is around but, since this is allegedly the 4th of July in Wyoming...nah, still weird.
They mentioned the odd way that she was holding his head. I think she's covering/attempting to hide his hair. It is hard to tell from a black and white photo, but it looks dry and in need of moisturizing.
This could be the biggest take away from their reality sh*t show. Finally, they may receive the attention they deserve. Thumbs-up *.
We once came back on a very early flight from Singapore on an almost-deserted plane. I tried to catch up on my kip lying across several seats - I still had to wear a seat belt! Mind you, one clink of the glasses from the drinks trolley and I was wide awake - no way I'd miss a chance of Singapore Airlines' Singapore Sling, even before 9am.
was thinking some more about the latest trailer clip with her trying to talk about their first dance at the wedding reception and kept saying i can never get the name of the song right. that was completely rude to him. and totally narc. it was so unimportant i can’t even remember the name of the song. ouch. we didn’t have a first dance because hubby can’t dance. but i can remember all the decades later so much including all the songs at the wedding and our curated (all sinatra) playlist at the wedding reception. 4 years later and she can’t remember the song she danced to. (he prob picked it out over her objections) well then again i wasn’t high as a kite on party favors when we were married. she is really playing a number on him.
Question: How does Harry feel about the Netflix reality show right now?
Answer: He is happy for the hurt it has caused but at the same time it is becoming a burden to him.
Full reading: https://celticcrossanon.tumblr.com/post/703259160627789824/brf-reading-10th-of-december-2022
Funny article
For that creature to mock centuries of tradition, and by extension an entire country and its people AND ITS MONARCH, while indicating that another country with hundreds of millions of people only understands the traditions based on a cheesy tourist event, is appalling.
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or try to sell your expertise with BravoTv and Andy Cohen and do a live show about the coronation
Don’t give them any ideas😉. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see them (or Twit at least) co-host a major US network’s special broadcast of the coronation.
@Petunia
Loved your post.
@Maneki
@Swampwoman
Thanks for the laughs!
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Last night I read that less than 1,000,000 US households watched the first installment of Netflix fauxmentary.
I love British traditions. *’s views do not represent Americans.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/11/harry-meghan-docuseries-prompts-british-pub-to-release-beer-poking-fun-at-duke-of-sussex/
The Duke of Sussex Pub did this. Brilliant.
I saw Medieval Times during an episode of The Real Housewives of Dallas (yes, mindless reality television 😂). You wear cardboard crowns, have a faux Tudor meal (American style though 😂) and there’s a show type thing based on supposedly Medieval entertainment. 😛
Of course you could also pop over the pond and visit Warwick Castle or Hampton Court Palace and see the real thing. 😁
Once again, it's HER. She is not representative of all Americans.
Could the Mrs have been trying to cover Archie's ears We have been noting the different ears on the different archies she's not gonna make that mistake again.
*thud* (Me falling to the floor in a faint of shame because it is so obvious now that you have pointed it out.) What the old 4chan or 8chan could have done with an ear picture!
I don't think Harry has ever accepted that the failure to wear a seatbelt played a role in Diana's death. To be honest, I'm not sure Will has either. We've seen tiny children arriving at and leaving various church weddings without using car seats including George and Charlotte.
It may be the rationale in those situations was always "well, we aren't going very far." But that still seems a bit weird to me. I know I'm not comfortable driving short distances without a seatbelt and I've not lost a loved one in a car accident. Maybe the thinking about seatbelts and other restraints is just different in the UK?
"2018 - Prince William and Kate have used this £110 car seat for all 3 of their children.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/2018042548105/prince-william-kate-middleton-royal-baby-car-seat/
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"I don't think Harry has ever accepted that the failure to wear a seatbelt played a role in Diana's". I agree with you.
Glad to hear that W&K do use car seats sometimes. But the wedding pics I'm talking about are ones like these:
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/g23653563/prince-george-princess-charlotte-prince-louis-photos-princess-eugenie-wedding/
Pics #16, #17
https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/19/prince-george-princess-charlotte-look-adorable-arrive-royal-wedding-7559107/amp/
Or this at Pippa's wedding
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4531672/amp/Prince-George-driven-church-WITHOUT-seatbelt.html
None of the above pictures suggests the children were in car seats or wore seatbelts. But like I said, maybe the rationale was they weren't going far. But I have wondered if Will doesn't believe the seatbelt issue was key re: Diana. And maybe it wasn't. Hitting concrete at a high rate of speed a seatbelt could only do so much. She might not have died the same way if she'd worn a seatbelt but she might have still died.
I'm also not sure anyone wore seatbelts in the procession for the Queen's funeral including the children.
https://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/trending/prince-george-princess-charlotte-queens-funeral/amp/
Pics #2, #3
In most US states both kids would still need car seats. That may not be true in the UK.
she was blogging everything including the proposal with JM. so she could go public if he decided to call it off. so was the proposal before or after the Toronto Invictus moment when he looked like he was being coerced by Doria and JM? makes it all curious
also more print about the niece not invited to the wedding one of the courtiers hit back and never suggested that and in fact encouraged her to invite more family. she replied she was concerned about the scrutiny her niece would receive. hmm if you had 10 or 15 family there there would be scrutiny of some level but not a lot. the rumors about the niece allegedly being her child from a very early relationship. maybe there is something to all of that.
I loved your post, too. My mother studied in a doctoral program at Oxford University at the age of 57. I love her stories about the English way of life, her adventures, and appreciation of British literature and authors. I would love to have the opportunity to travel around, learn British history, culture, and customs and meet the British people.
@Magatha
Brilliant as always.
As usual so many insightful comments on the blog.
1.Drivers may release them for reversing.
2.Not mandatory on private land - see final photo taken at Pippa's wedding where it's stated thy weren't on a public road.
3.Centre-back seats may have lap belts (2-point fixing) - that wouldn't be visible in a photo.
4.Cars above a certain age (`Classic' cars have exemptions as they were built without seat-belt mountings.
5.I last saw the late Queen in 1993, when I was at the head of the queue stopped at a 3-way roundabout, when she came to open the new County Record Office. The police has stopped all traffic in both directions. Her car was preceded immediately by 2 motorcycle outriders. The car had the lines of a vehicle from an earlier age and I'm sure it's exempted from seat belt law. So I'd say the risk there was negligible.
I recall she was in the `sit-up-and-beg' (to borrow a bicycle term!) Daimler in that deep plum colour. (She herself wore deep violet coat and `top hat' - an early one of a very long line).
So those pics aren't necessarily evidence of the law being flouted - it depends on the age of the car and where it's being driven.
Their origins of many are lost in the mists of time. For * to mock them can be seen as equivalent us mocking Native American traditions - unthinkable.
I can assure you that seatbelts and children car seats are mandatory in the UK. Some people who don't drive think they don't need them if they sit in the back! I always insist that all my passengers belt up. Car seats are mandatory for babies and children until they're 12 years old or 135 cm tall.
Re George and Charlotte at Eugenie's wedding, perhaps they were just going from the castle to St George's chapel, a bit too far for young children. In any case, the car would have been going extremely slowly on private grounds, just a few miles an hour, ditto for the Queen's funeral. I agree that the photo of George going to Pippa's wedding is rather worrying although again, the car wasn't on a public road and would have gone slowly.
Their origins of many [traditions] are lost in the mists of time. For * to mock them can be seen as equivalent us mocking Native American traditions - unthinkable.
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Absolutely unthinkable. I'd also say uncouth, rude, ill-mannered, ignorant, insensitive, offensive. Have I forgotten anything? Dare I say racist? Would TBW mock Native American traditions, to use your example? I think not.
The dastardly duo filmed inside that doll's house. Did they have permission from Andrew, or did he even know what they were doing?
When will the King grow a spine and do something?
They must be stopped now - this is really getting horrible!
so far the King has mostly been left alone.
the trailer has more pics of the kids but either from a distance from the backside or in the case of archie with a hat on. we do get tyler perry on this one. hoping he’s regretting it. wonder when it was filmed? can’t wait for nutties to dissect this o latest drop.
I couldn't stomach any more (I've just had lunch).
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11528841/Harry-Meghan-fire-attacks-royal-family-explosive-new-trailer.html
As much as I support silence is the best way to silence a narcissist, Mole is being gaslighted by Maggot to attack his family and the UK. They are both promoting aggressive progressive narrative of propaganda against us. If this came from Russia or China it would be shut down post haste. The King must say something if anything to address our country’s culture and history.
Prince Harry today astonishingly accused the Palace of 'lying to protect my brother' and claimed he and Meghan were the victims of 'institutional gaslighting' in his most incendiary attacks on the Royal Family yet.
Prince Harry today astonishingly accused the Palace of 'lying to protect my brother' and claimed he and Meghan were the victims of 'institutional gaslighting' in his most incendiary attacks on the Royal Family yet.
'I said, ''We need to get out of here'',' Harry adds, before the action cuts to a selfie video of the duke describing how he was on 'the freedom flight'.
The 90-second trailer focuses on the couple's decision to step back as senior members of the royal family, with a clip featuring Harry saying: 'I've always felt as though this was a fight worth fighting for.'…..[sic]
Harry and Meghan fire MORE attacks on royal family in new trailer
https://mol.im/a/11528841
I'll look for the article and if I find it, I'll post it here. Today, the new H&M trailer came out and it's not good at all. Twitter is boiling.
For me, just as it was jarring to see the picture of Meghan with Archie in the backseat of a car with no restraints (& if the car was moving that would not have been legal in either Wyoming where they supposedly were or in California), it's always been jarring to see pictures of royal kids apparently unrestrained in the UK. And it's not just at weddings although we are more likely to see photos of the kids then.
It's hard to see child seats in most photos of the arrivals at BP for the Christmas lunch, for example. I think in one photo in the article below it looks like Louis (19 months old at the time) is in a safety seat because we can see what looks like the harness. But on arrival in a separate car with Will driving, George (6 1/2 at the time) is riding in the front seat and wearing a shoulder belt. The article says he's in a booster seat but that wouldn't be legal for someone so young in the US. And the passenger side front airbag would have to be disabled. And in the "after lunch" shots when the family is all in one car it sure doesn't *look like* either George or Charlotte (4 at the time) could be in a child seat.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7805503/amp/Prince-Andrew-arrives-Buckingham-Palace-Queens-Christmas-lunch.html
I do remember when seatbelts were mandated in the US. There was resistance and they WERE uncomfortable at first, especially shoulder belts. But it feels very odd not to wear one now. I'd think it would feel just as odd if I were driving on private property. But even after Philip had that wreck both he and the Queen were seen driving without seatbelts just days later. Maybe because royals have so much private property and they are often protected by outriders on public roads, seatbelts and other restraints are ignored more often. Just seems a bit odd.
Meanwhile in the UK, 3 children have died after falling through ice and a 4th is critical, and a presumed gas explosion in St Helier (Jersey) has killed 5 people and 4 are still missing.
Nobody connected in any way with the Harkles has died - I have absolutely no sympathy for them.
I would like to know if anyone knows when and where the photo of the single person (allegedly pap) was taken. And maybe who it is (knowing that she sometimes seems to tip them off)? There's a chain link fence between the person and the camera taker. He is on a public road (based on the no parking sign behind him).
What I wonder is: is this supposed to be the "proof" that she had troubles in Canada while she was still in Suits? If so, why did it take so long for it to surface? Why wouldn't a copy of it be waved about along side of the rant of how she needed to be protected.
And if it isn't, what was going on that there was only one person - not the fleet of them. And who is it that he is supposed to be there taking the picture of?
There's something about this which raises the who, where, when and why questions.
More vague comments claiming that they were not protected in the papers.
I remember something about how some clinic said that Catherine would come and implied she got some facial additives (which is legit complaint by the palace because it was using her to advertise the place) and that * was upset because the same people were not trying to suppress the few at the time negative articles about her.
Perhaps that is why they appear to be making claims that the palace suppressed stories about William but not for them.
They are just asking for the super injunction to be lifted, aren't they?
Yes, let the press publish all the `uncomplimentary' material they have on the horrible pair. Let them be engulfed in their full story, all the stuff thy don't want us to know.
Lady C correctly pointed out that they didn’t get harassed or papped once whilst in the UK, but did once they left. She added that there are privacy laws in this country that protect you. We also know that Maggot will pay and/or tip off the press for staged photos. That one with Mole and Archie doll I’m sure is another one of those…either staged or not. It doesn’t appearit was taken in the UK….that unsafe place full of paps where he claims he was running away from. Oh the irony. 😩
He needs to remember that the Line of Succession does not end with him and his family - for all present purposes, it has no end. There will always be someone in line.
Nobody recruited me. Nobody pays me for this (If only!). It's entirely voluntary.
'They were happy to lie to protect my brother': Harry and Meghan fire new attacks at William and the Royal Family in explosive trailer for Netflix series as they say they were victims of 'institutional gaslighting'
Prince Harry today astonishingly accused the Palace of 'lying to protect my brother' and claimed he and Meghan were the victims of 'institutional gaslighting' in his most incendiary attacks on the Royal Family yet. Appearing in a new trailer for their Netflix series, the Duke, 38, abandoned all pretence at restraint as he namechecked Prince William, 40, and took aim at unnamed people who he accused of deliberately misleading the public. 'They were happy to lie to protect my brother, they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us,' he said. Today's trailer also saw Harry say, 'I wonder what would have happened to us if we hadn't got out when we did', before Meghan, 41, added: 'I wasn't being thrown to the wolves, I was being fed to the wolves'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11528841/Harry-Meghan-fire-attacks-royal-family-explosive-new-trailer.html
The Daily Mail has an article about The Princess of Wales’ love of sequined and sparkly dresses. There are multiple photos of Kate in gorgeous Jenny Peckham gowns. I copied and pasted my favorite reader comment below:
‘What I see here is class. Meghan has no class. You can dress a dog up, but it can pee all over.”
Happy Monday🤭
we do get tyler perry on this one. hoping he’s regretting it.
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Sorry to disappoint you, @snarky, on the contrary, he seems to understand their 'plight': 'They just wanted to be free. They wanted to be free to love and be happy. I applauded that,' he says. (DM) 😖 I despair.
If the kraken is not released after H's book is published, then I give up on it ever happening.
It appears to me that for whatever reason KC3 cannot fight back against these allegations. I doubt it is because he doesn't want to fight back. Notice how big and how often their articles are in the DM compared to KC and the Wales. It looks like a soft cancelling to me. It doesn't have anything to do with who is more liked or most popular, it is who the ppl in charge choose. That simple. End of story. Same as politics.
Whoever is in charge seems to be throwing their weight behind the US couple. Hence the hubris.
Scobie in full flow.
He forgets that leaks started once * got her feet under the table at Nott Cott.
BTW, `Getting one's feet under the table' is a loaded term in UK. That is something's `off', someone had wormed their way in, as in `my grandmother hadn't been dead 3 months before the skivvy got her feet under the table' (and `in grandfather's bed' implied) - as happened in my family.
The wolves theme is a great idea, you should contact Netflix, it would make a much better movie than their boring whinefest 😁
I kind of wonder if the palace realizes what is going on. Maybe they dont understand cancel culture. Donald Trump surely does. Perhaps they have realized even their own govt may be against them. Didn't a bunch of female MPs write a letter on MMs behalf? Even so, if they were to take sides with an old white king against a biracial woman they may fear cries of racism themselves.
What will happen if KC3 does nothing and they show up at the coronation? I guess then we will know who has the upper hand.
I mean if they can sit there and seemingly mock the late Queen in front of millions, dear Lord, does anyone anywhere think they will ever show the King any respect or deference?
Also, if TP is supporting them, then so is O. My guess. And we all know who Os friends are.
I kind of wonder if the palace realizes what is going on. Maybe they dont understand cancel culture. Donald Trump surely does. Perhaps they have realized even their own govt may be against them. Didn't a bunch of female MPs write a letter on MMs behalf? Even so, if they were to take sides with an old white king against a biracial woman they may fear cries of racism themselves.
What will happen if KC3 does nothing and they show up at the coronation? I guess then we will know who has the upper hand.
I mean if they can sit there and seemingly mock the late Queen in front of millions, dear Lord, does anyone anywhere think they will ever show the King any respect or deference?
Also, if TP is supporting them, then so is O. My guess. And we all know who Os friends are.
Perhaps we should thank Maggot and Netflix for showing us and exposing the real Mole. His whole life has clearly been one PR presentation! 😳
Or, in other words, Mole’s life as represented by his “Royal” PR has been one big LIE.
Usually, the temperature of events appears first on twitter. And on twitter many heavy hitters like journalists, writers and others are turning against H&M for being accused by him.
I haven't noticed any cancellations yet in regards to KCIII, but an alarming number of people in the UK urging KCIII to respond or take away H&M titles and not invite them to the coronation. This is what Monarchy supporters are shouting on Twitter. If the second part of the docu-series doesn't bring more positivity to H&M it will be like the interview with OW, lots of noise, loud noise and that's it! So let's wait for the last three episodes.
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Let's look at the numbers of some NF hits.
Netflix’s Wednesday scared up a big audience during its opening week.
The supernatural-infused mystery series about the Addams daughter and her stint at Nevermore Academy amassed 341.23 million hours viewed since its Nov. 23 debut, marking a new record for the most hours viewed in a week for an English-language TV series on Netflix.
The previous record holder was Stranger Things 4, which totaled 335.01 million hours viewed for the week of May 30–June 5.
Placing second behind Wednesday for the week gone by was 1899 (with nearly 88 million hours viewed), followed by The Crown Season 5 (42.4 million hours viewed), Dead to Me Season 5 (33.3 million hours viewed) and Manifest Season 4 (21.6 million hours viewed).
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If numbers, from the Docu-series, matter to KCIII's decision-making, to this day there's nothing he can worry about.- H&M on December 10th
Netflix Official Teaser - 7.7M views
Official Trailer - 3M
Episode 1 - 2.4M
Episode 2 - 1.5M
Episode 3 - 800K
Official Clip 1 - Their First Date - 277K (2 days ago)
Official Clip 2 - Wedding Date - 10K (2 hours ago)
a) A close look (for the first three episodes) points to low views of the docu-series in relation to the views of the interview with OW.
Oprah Interview March 2021: - 17.1M viewers
And the numbers went down and not up.
b) Was #1 in the US for hours, is now #2 behind Wednesday. And it remains number one in the UK. (with non-alarming numbers)
c) Regarding global popularity, it is number 51.
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For anyone wishing to browse this.
Netflix
https://flixpatrol.com/top10/netflix/world/2022-12-09/full/
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Apparently, the success of the docu-series is more in the media than in the homes of NF subscribers who seem, by the numbers so far, to show no interest.
If only King Charles would. I just don’t think he has the stomach for it.
Pretty much exactly that. The British public have been used to hearing about Mole’s antics, the Las Vegas trip being one, his cannabis use and his drinking and falling around drunk. If you really gave it any thought, you’d have an idea that all wasn’t well with him. Given he confessed to getting therapy in 2014 (?), he showed signs of being a troubled man for years coupled with a gigantic chip on his shoulder. 🫤
It gets worse. In one of the DM articles, which I think was published earlier, there's now a photo of our favourite thespian with the caption 'I wasn't thrown to the wolves. I was fed to the wolves' (her/their emphasis). A tad dramatic, Megs, isn't it? If this is meant to make us feel sorry for her, I'm afraid it's backfired. Victimhood is not an attractive trait, Megs.
*sigh* If only she WAS thrown to the wolves!
https://twitter.com/Knesix/status/1602374663023247362
Not sure which words they removed, as I have a splitting migraine and can't really concentrate on anything.
Thanks for that analysis about popularity. The actual stats are grim and do not justify the coverage in the DM.
I think the duo are so deluded that they will convince themselves that it is a fabulous success.
They obviously do not understand what gaslighting is, but they do know how to do it to others.
I have a glimmer of hope that if Charles or William respond, they are simply engaging and energizing the crazy monster, and so they are not doing or saying anything. However, courtiers do seem to be responding.
People like Oprah, Gayle King, Tyler Perry and so on do not care about the truth or have any respect so they will continue to support the crazy duo.
I just think there should be consequences for filming for commercial purposes on Crown property without permission or even informing anyone.
By the way, Low is incorrect in his article: British and Canadian taxpayers did pay for their security in Canada, until Megxit, when they fled to America and the welcoming arms of Tyler Perry and Oprah.
It appears to me that for whatever reason KC3 cannot fight back against these allegations. I doubt it is because he doesn't want to fight back. Notice how big and how often their articles are in the DM compared to KC and the Wales. It looks like a soft cancelling to me. It doesn't have anything to do with who is more liked or most popular, it is who the ppl in charge choose. That simple. End of story. Same as politics.
Whoever is in charge seems to be throwing their weight behind the US couple. Hence the hubris.
But pride goeth before a fall, and the toxic couple is going to fall hard. They have a brief window here where their agitating activities are at their peak. The furore with Marlene/"Ngozi" kicked off their open season on the BRF. The Netflix spectacle . .then comes Spairy's litany of grievances against his father and the brother who had the audacity to be born first.
What then? After Spairy has taken his bald, pasty repulsive self round the chat show circuit . . after about Valentine's Day . . what do we think their tarnished star is going to look like? They are loading ALL their ammo in these two baskets--Netflix and the book. Worse is yet to come for Charles in upcoming installments than we've already endured. But the Sussex train of toxic grievances has only itself to consume for fuel . .they will run out of gas. They've more or less admitted, by refusing admittance to their home for filming that that ostentatious mansion isn't where they live. I think they've been doing a higher-grade version of couch surfing since they hit these shores . . borrowed villas in exhance for kickbacks to Russian oligarchs--maybe H has promised to sell out his father to Russia in exchange for free accommodation and top notch gear. It's a bargain like Esau made in the Bible, only even more stupid. Or they've called in a steady stream of celebrity favors from that Wedding Circus she supposedly didn't want to have, for access to private jets, luxury resorts, etc. As for 'the kids', you all know my stance on them.
What will be left to peddle after SPARE hits the $2 bins and the pulping machines? After these displays will the egregious duo REALLY expect an engraved invitation to the Coronation festivities, delivered by snowy owl?
Their days of tatty 'relevance' are numbered.
"While recollections may vary, it has become apparent from their recent words and actions that Harry and Meghan's time in the Royal Family has led to trauma and stress for them. Therefore, to aid in their healing and to help them to move on and live authentically with the privacy they have repeatedly stated they need, we are removing all official titles and status from them and their progeny. While they will remain much-loved members of the family personally, they will have no further Royal status, titles, duties, or obligations. We wish them well as they continue their private lives overseas. Charles R"
The Palace's official line should be to continue the Grey Rocking in velvet glove they've been doing so far (except for unfortunate remarks by William about his godmother), but the King could follow up his stellar inaugural performance with this sequel message. He needs to reiterate that he is ONLY GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANTED. Rinse and repeat.
abbyh said:
If the super-injunction is ever lifted, she might well wish she had been fed to wolves.
KCIII should do just that, softly, softly, without a word to anyone except his most trusted media editors and the security services of course. My wish is for the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS KRAKEN . . Permission should be granted for MI-6 to reinstate everything to the Internet which was scrubbed on her behalf, and all the other documents of public record which have been doctored/suppressed as well, up to and including: her birth certificate; any arrest warrants for her for . . possession of narcotics/solicitation/non-payment of bills/bankruptcy filings/dissolutions/dispensations of the court proceeding against her for tax evasion by the IRS (she lost and was forced to pay). All of these are public domain items.
The Palace would have to tread gingerly around the provenance of any children or pregnancies as presented to the public. Better to leave that alone but dig up all the 'scrubbed' Internet files of sex acts, yachting photos, etc. Even if they compromise Andrew because he frankly can't be compromised any more. The only way to deal with extortionists is to call their bluff and refuse to be blackmailed. Time to lance the boil, Your Majesty. Nothing of course will be announced via the Royal households, but with permissions granted, who knows what the fifth estate will dig up.
ouch!!!
i haven’t watched more than the trailers but as i recall the first trailer caused quite a stir and then the actual segments we’re blah. perhaps her are sing the “best” of the second drop and it will be equally boring. i am fascinated on what she says and how she acts with him to keep him hen pecked. there is another rumor they will both be on Jimmy Fallon show this week (but we have heard that before). i do wonder if she will let him go on his book tour alone or will she accompany him to show support
hmm another thought. there had been rumors they aren’t together he’s in san fran and she in LA. if so the BRF would know that and prob aren’t too worried. again we don’t see what is behind the scenes but i wish i did
Samantha did not 'lose' custody of her children. When her marriage fell apart (she says they tried twice to make it work), she sent her children to live with her in laws. She then voluntary allowed the parents to adopt the children, i.e. she gave them away rather than them being taken away. She must have maintained some kind of contact with her children as when the witch wanted to connect with her niece (Samantha's daughter), it was Samantha who gave the witch her contact details.
Nonetheless, Samantha did give her children to her in laws and did voluntarily agree to them (and wanted them to) officially adopt the children. There was obviously no support from the Markles to enable her to keep her children, but maybe she did not want them. Thomas seems to have made no attempt to have a relationship with his grandchildren.
Richard Eden, royal reporter says that Netflix is nervous about the accusations about lying.
just as i think the titles should be stripped and just the change made in a little not on the royal family website with harry and meghan windsor listed as related to the King. ha.
i do wish the providence of the kids were better known because it is the ultimate betrayal and as so many here have six likely treasonous.
on another note what was the stupid piece that the brothers still exchange gifts for the kids because they shouldn’t suffer? seriously have they even met the windsor rent a babes?
LOVE your idea of quietly lifting the super-injunction and watching from the sidelines while the press dig things up.
LOVE your idea of quietly lifting the super-injunction and watching from the sidelines while the press dig things up.
Thank you for posting this link. Holy Cow is right.
What person with a scintilla of truthfulness, character, or morality would make such an edit to HMTQ's words to cast her pledge in such a negative light to fit their narrative? Not one.
Unlike HMTQ, the "victims" do not possess any of those honorable qualities.
Good find on the Sussexes allegedly editing and twisting the Queen’s 1947 speech to fit their racism and oppressor nation narrative.
I noticed at the end if the Reddit post that you linked to that the person who wrote the post said they have also sent this information to the Daily Mail online news tip email address and to the UK Sun news tip email.
I hope one of these publications looks into what the Reddit commenter is saying.
You took the words clean out of my mouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFoouVdQ_os
including playing their `amended' version of late Queen's 21st birthday speech.
They are beneath contempt.
And the above thread shows just how the disgusting duo attacked the Queen, not only in changing her speech but also in the images shown.
I so agree with your post at 2.10am. How we wish for the super-injunction to be lifted! (Do we know there is one, though?).
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS KRAKEN. The countdown has started... although it may not happen until 10th January (H's book).
Teabag or not Teabag
Stirring the pot
taking the sly pee
The Queen’s Wendy house
gargling cold tea
Tea leaf* Twinings**
stirred by marmalade hair
Took aim at the Queen
and Paddington Bear
Didn’t raise their pinky
but a bent middle finger
More saccharine tannin***
from the Aussie tea flinger…
*Cockney rhyming slang-thief
**Tea brand
***Bitter tea flavour
Fanny by Gaslight
The only gaslighting
that I can see
Is that of his wife
and her coterie
Thrown to the wolves
isn’t fair
They don’t deserve
being fed on toxic mare…
@Rebecca @DesignDoc 🥰
@WildBoar-ditto
God Save the King
yes, I reported about that earlier. The POS edited out part of Queen Elizabeth's pledge to serve the people to make it look like it was only about imperial ambitions.
No one responded to my post, as usual.
I couldn’t agree more with your reply to Portcitylass. I started with a reply, but got fed up, I’m fatigued by the duo. I also believe that the institutional Monarchy is a lot more safe, stable and desired than those Woke muppets across the pond, no matter what they and their followers say. As if they could just turn up uninvited at the Coronation, it just won’t happen. What’s going on now might be painful in the same way a toothache is, but once it’s treated or removed, life resumes once more.
I’ll finish my comment with what I was going to add to Portcitylass…
After Mole’s book…what more can be said by those two?! So I completely agree with what you said! Their days of tatty 'relevance' are numbered. Yes and yes again. 😃
I agree the stories about the Wales and Sussex parents exchanging presents for their kids are stupid. As if kids in rich families "suffer" if they don't get presents from relatives they don't know (the Sussex kids don't know W&K) or don't know very well (the Sussexes moved away when George was all of 6 1/2, Charlotte was about 4 1/2, and Louis was about 1 1/2 old. I hardly think there have been regular face time calls from CA to the Wales kids.) Good grief, while Will & Kate both have talked about not spoiling their kids, they decided Charlotte was old enough to be given a pony for her birthday last year. I'm sure she'd be crushed not to get a Christmas present from Uncle Harry & Auntie Meghan from CA. (Not!)
Did we comment on this Harry Markle? i don't recall it and it's out-of-date now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/zkxk5f/archewell_had_assets_of_9_million_and_income_of/
They got that huge sum of money from a fund in Silicone Valley, so I don't think the income includes money from Netflix or for the book.
If there really is a child known as `Archie', they'd have to prove beyond all doubt that he was born of her body, and is genetically the child of them both, to escape the charge of treason by interfering with the Line of Succession. Were he born abroad, and not be Harry's legitimate heir, they'd still be in deep trouble for importing him. Do you remember we speculated that she could have brought him in from the US by PJ when she returned from the US Open?
If they turn up for the Coronation, she/they could be arrested. Now there's a thought!
so thursday we get the next drop. i’m thinking the “best” of the second drop was already in the trailer because like last weeks the actually docu drama was so nothing burger versus the hype. saw someone make a good point. if the first segments were a hit someone would have been papped in a gloating sort of way. but we get crickets.
will they do a christmas walk? especially with everyone else together at sandringham for Christmas? when will we get the stylized pic on the christmas card and where will they drop it. i am curious with the pics we know are in the docudrama. how many of those are photoshopped. she know the mrs likes her electronic altering almost as much as the party candy. we also are highly suspicious of some of the Miss Harriman pics that appear photoshopped. so was it rally the foursome (backs to the camera walking toward frogmore or was that staged? there is a lot to unpack. we need to see the stills and have some fun!!.
I think the downfall will be financial. They are getting bolder and bolder, crazier and crazier. They are shady grifters. I always thought when William and Catherine decided to split the foundation they were concerned about financial irregularities. I don't think they will shut up until some sort of corruption is exposed. Doria's company, the foundation, ties to unsavory business associates etc. There is a big black hole of scams and deals. It will all come out eventually.
I was going to comment on your above post about HMs speech being altered earlier but had work get in the way. Has history, words, been added or left out before now? I think we all know the answer to that. Those that are in power get to write the story. Will the palace address this? My guess is they won't. A lot of us knew the gloves were coming off after the funeral just not this soon and with such force.
Hikari and Raspberry
I wish I had your optimism. Time will tell, but for now it is not looking very optimistic for the palace. Let's see who is at the top of the DM after the Royal Christmas Concert.
Also Newsweek has an article out saying half of Brits plan to snub King Charles' first Christmas speech.
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"Netflix’s ‘Harry & Megan’ Is Going Disastrously For Harry And Megan
While The Crown has been a megahit for Netflix across five seasons now, a new venture into “Reality Royalty” has not gone nearly as smoothly.
One project Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle took on after their departure from England and the Royal Family was to sign a deal with Netflix, and now one of the results of that partnership, a short docuseries called Harry & Meghan, has now aired.
While briefly dethroning megahit Wednesday for the number one spot on Netflix, the show quickly slipped back under it. And the three hour series has been a bit…roasted by critics and fans alike, and what seemed like it could be a positive PR moment for Harry and Meghan seems to have perhaps backfired as the series seems to much like…an attempt at a positive PR moment.
Critics have scored the show at a 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, below most other series currently making up Netflix’s top 10 list. It’s described as “bland,” “unquestioned self-promotion” and features things “that definitely do not add up” according to some of the critics.
But the audience scores? That’s where things are getting really nasty. The show has just a 12% on Rotten Tomatoes from several thousand audience reviews, one of the lower scores I can remember seeing for really any series on Netflix. Reading the reviews, a lot of it comes from defenders of the Royal Family who think that this is “disrespectful” to release a show like this so close to the death of the Queen. Everyone else is lambasting the couple as being self-indulgent, whining, narcissistic, etc. I even saw a death threat or two in there.
The overall gist of the show is that it isn’t presenting all that much new information, but it’s a straight retelling of old conflicts, between Harry and Meghan and the Royal Family, and also between them and the British tabloid press and paparazzi who have it out for them. Even if you may be on their “side” in all this, the general thought is that the presentation here is lacking, and the existence of the show feels like a very calculated PR campaign to present a specific narrative rather than a show that needed to exist because it’s genuinely interesting in some way. I suppose drowning in hate from angry viewers in some ways only reinforces the persecution narrative being presented by the pair in the show, but if there were two choices between making and not making this series in the first place, it feels like perhaps they made the wrong call, and this is only making things worse"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/12/13/netflixs-harry--megan-is-going-disastrously-for-harry-and-megan/
Meghan, Harry & Netflix's lies, compromising & unintended admissions, manipulations, & cons examined.
https://youtu.be/9PS4YxrhAhU
Sandie Thank you ❤️
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/20712977/predictions-meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-future/
Some kind of shake up for him and her disappearing into obscurity.
"Between January and March 2023 Harry's life will change, July and October the bomb will appear, if not hidden before the events and scandals.
"In short, between January and October 2023, the month of April also says a lot about some situations."
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"Mysteries surround the life of the Royal Family, especially Harry's, between the years 2027 and 2028 you will understand another story becoming history.
"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex will also become history between the years 2025 and 2026."
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Generally they are saying the same thing: Charles will not be king for long and will step down to let a younger king (William) take over. William and Catherine will be very popular as King and Queen. The dastardly duo will split and she will fade into obscurity. He will be taken back into the family.
They have constructed this elaborate web of companies and shady stuff where they have stored the loot. All travel expenses and public appearances are covered by Archewell as business expenses. I do not know if the IRS is still a fearsome organization, but when they decide to investigate ... those two are going to be in trouble. They are both stupid and full of hubris, but you won't win against the IRS, even though she has tried and failed in the past. Other than her investment in that latte company and their investment in some woke financial funds, they have no steady income and the huge donations will dry up.
Since when did America media know more than British media? 😂Half the nation didn’t watch the Queen’s Christmas speeches, in recent years it probably wasn’t even a quarter of the population. The Queen was still loved and wanted as our head of state.
If you think it comes down to who’s featured on the top article in the DM (who’s most popular?!) or any British newspaper then you’re completely deluded. 🙄
Regardless, it matters not what America thinks of our royal family, or any royal family come to that. What matters are the state nations who have
Continuation from last post..
Regardless, it matters not what America thinks of our royal family, or any royal family come to that. What matters are the state nations who have them.
If the whisper about the ultimate source of their wealth is true (and I shouldn't be at all surprised if it is, as that party has a history of supporting those hellbent on destabilising the UK) I hope, for their sakes, that the Harkles are using a very long spoon with which to sup with them. If H changes his mind and comes crawling home recanting, it would not be well received by their supposed paymasters. He would be safest never emerging again from his bunker, although I think she'd turn it to her advantage somehow.
That reminds me of one Army wife I knew who didn't agree with the orders to join a westbound convoy from Germany, should the tanks start rolling in from the east. She and her chums said they'd pile into one house, with a large stock of vodka, and putting up a sign saying `Officers Only'.
I'll say it again. They will not go away until we stop giving them attention.
DENIS LEHANE
While it might well be the season to be jolly, it's definitely the season to flog a book.
Books of all makes and models are in high demand in December; any old half-written effort that you wouldn't look twice at in July, can suddenly become a masterpiece when viewed through the prism of Christmas.
A few years back, I launched a book on farming in December, expecting it would sell well, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect it to do as well as it did.
A best-seller in my local shop for the duration of the month, in the finish, I told Sheila to close the door early if demand outstripped supply.
This year, it's the turn of Prince Harry of Buckingham Palace to launch his effort. And while, not in the same league as the excellent books of mine, still, I wish Harry all the best.
It's not easy to write a book, especially when the biro you pull from your pocket has a broken nib - it can be a struggle.
But take it from me, Harry, I'm sure you did fine.
Sadly, for Harry, he missed the Christmas boat. His book won't now be out until early January, or sometime, so he missed the most lucrative season of the year - I guess mistakes and errors needed to be rectified.
For every Shakespeare and Longfellow, there are thousands of fellows like Harry, and indeed, myself; bluffers to the game - chances - who write books with no writing pedigree to speak of. But that's ok; it takes all types.
Anyhow, I hear the royal household in the UK are beside themselves with worry as to what Harry might include. And indeed, I'm worried myself for I bumped into Harry a few times over the years, and I for one could do without the publicity that might come of it.
I remember one day in particular when Harry's Rolls swung into the yard and he wanted me to help him become a normal plain Joe.
He was sick of being a snob, you see, and was handing back royal titles faster than you or I might hand back an undercooked chicken supper.
So, in an effort to ground the lad, I took him to a cattle mart up there in North Cork to meet farmers and try and get him associated with the right type of people.
During the day, I noticed him fiddling with his jacket buttons a lot. Yerra, all the male royals are at it. Continuously fiddling with the buttons of their jackets.
And while this might be fine in the Palace of Versailles or the Taj Mahal, it's a different matter entirely at a busy cattle mart.
An eagle-eyed auctioneer took Harry's fidgeting as a bid, and by the end of the day, Harry Spencer had purchased 12 dry cows and three hungry calves.
When the news was broken to Harry, he broke down in tears because he didn't think to bring his chequebook.
And naturally enough, I didn't help matters, for I said a few things directly to Harry that weren't in keeping with royal protocol, but on the plus side, it did introduce Harry to some very good earthy language.
Yerra, I was sorry after for saying what I did. But he was responsible for a right mess that I now had to sort out.
Knowing the manager of this particular mart very well, Seamus and me came to an arrangement whereby the Queen herself would foot the bill, on the understanding that the 12 dry cows could be shipped out that very evening. The calves would travel later when they were after a hearty meal.
Harry's adventure in North Cork is an episode I would like to forget, but I'm worried now with the tell-all book out soon, that it might be included.
And to be honest with you, as you'll know from reading my weekly column, the less publicity, the better, has always been my motto for all things relating to my farming life.
Portcitylass - so what % of brits listen to the monarch Christmas address in any given year. Recently I think with the lockdowns and the queen's age, a lot of people may have listened to nostalgic sake. But say 10 years ago or 5, i would be curious on that. Of course the news media like the headline and wouldnt put it in context because that would be hard work for them. Compared to our President (whom I suspect wouldnt get a good audience) the King is downright popular at 50% intended listeners 😉 Ooops just ready what RR wrote - see i dont pay very good attention at times
JM - i agree - other than ignoring them into oblivion financial shenanigans would be a great way to solidify their downfall. Too bad they werent gonna be paid for promoting Crypto. Been looking at the FTX/Bankruptcy Administrator testimony to Congress and the paid promoters may be in a bit of trouble (Tom brady, Gisele, Kevin Oleary) Some of these financial schemes are finally getting a bit of scrutiny We just need foundation money pushing around to also be exposed!
To that end, there are rumors and speculation about their Russian Oligarch connections and what they want. Private numbers of the king and Prince of Wales, text messages or other communications that could be hacked or exposed to reputational blackmail. Remember when Prince Philip died they had to send someone form the consulate because they couldnt get ahold of Hairy? The speculation is that all communications are through secured third party sources. Which is interesting because we know they like to lie and the whole we have access to the queen, we facetime her and the kids may have all been bunk. With narcs its always opposite day
I'm not trying to " ruffle " your feathers. Your nation, your royal family. However, the Royals are over here all up in our business and the Wales were just here in Boston for a very important visit. So apparently they are courting the US opinion. And since I do have family in Britain I think it's ok for me to have an opinion.
Also, I think I said it is NOT a popularity contest, but rather "who" decides what is more popular which has led to public outrage in many cases verifible daily by the comment section in the DM.
Perhaps you may be deluded and have not been paying close enough attention to cancel culture of a certain element of which I am unwilling to go into here per vlog rules.
Yes, it's called Self-Determination. If we're happy with it, it's nobody else's business.
* may have regime change on her agenda, with herself as autocratic Head of State. I do wonder if this might explain her strange comment, way back, about the UK `not having enough blacks'.
`Enough for what?' one might ask. Enough for her to raise a private army to conduct a coup?
She failed to break up the Waleses' marriage, to get William for herself and become Kween that way. No private army for her to lead. So now she's slandering and libelling
the Royal family, in hope of turning us against them, perhaps even precipitating revolution.
She's missed the most important aspect of our Constitution though - the Forces execute Government policy but their loyalty is focussed on the Crown, personified in the Monarch. It's designed to avoid autocrats sitting on the throne and to prevent coups.
Fortunately, they are showing us what they really are like - we clocked them from the start but scales are falling from other eyes now.
Harry and Meghan biographer Omid Scobie to release new book 'Endgame' about the Royal Family's 'fight for survival' saying it will 'expose the chaos and family dysfunction'Harry and Meghan biographer Omid Scobie to release new book 'Endgame' about the Royal Family's 'fight for survival' saying it will 'expose the chaos and family dysfunction'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11533899/Omid-Scobie-release-new-book-Endgame-royal-familys-fight-survival.html
67+ lies debunked by Lady C
dickie aribiter: their story has more holes than a colander
facing a backlash.....(the express)
and the best - from the Sun - Meghan should be more like her mother......lol.
I couldn't agree more.
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Yougov survey four days ago. Title:
After Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle remain Britain’s most unpopular royals
Joanna Morris
Data Journalist
December 09, 2022, 5:46 PM GMT-3
The text is very explanatory for those who want to read it. However, for the British, KCIII is the fourth most loved royal. In front of H&M. To say that KCIII is having problems in the UK . it is not based on any research in UK.
What really frosts me about all this is that it was all done when the Queen was alive. She was of sound mind right until the end so these losers must have intended for her to see all of it. How absolutely horrendous.
Off with their heads is too good for them. They should be made to suffer.
Camilla, 75, visited The Emmaus Community at Bobby Vincent House in West Norwood [South London], which has been supporting rough sleepers by providing them with a home, meaningful work and funded training for almost 15 years.
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The Queen Consort has been a patron of Emmaus UK since 2006, and has toured many of its communities across the country which have been helping the homeless, known as 'companions', for decades.
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However, continuing with her royal duties amid the explosive trailer's release, Camilla visited the organisation to learn about its plans to diversify its support, with the charity conducting research to better help female rough sleepers and see if women-only provision is a possible answer. (DM)
Thank you for Teabag or not Teabag and Fanny by Gaslight😉
" Support for Harry and Meghan FALLS after Netflix release: New YouGov poll shows 14% of Brits now have a worse opinion of the Sussexes - and just four per cent think more positively of them"
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11534333/Harry-Meghan-popularity-FALLS-14-Brits-worse-opinion-Sussexes.html
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Now, NF shares that the HM series has had 81.550 million hours viewed. (Sucess) Wednesday 269.670 Million
https://top10.netflix.com/tv
At Rotten Tomatoes, Harry & Meghan (2022) get an awful audience score of 11%. The score from critics is 45%.
Here are audience comments >>> https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/harry_and_meghan/s01/reviews?type=user
"Spare" probably won't do any better than 11%. Then after these two big burps, the Dastardly Duo has nothing. They will fade away into irrelevancy. They will not get an invitation to The Coronation. They will be just two boring people, leading piffle lives, that no one is interested in. The punchline is that Megalomaniac Megs believes she is very intriguing and interesting person. That her word salads inspire people.
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Three consecutive, one star audience comments at Rotten Tomatoes:
Candice G
4h ago
I really wish I could root for these two but there is something so ungenuine about them. Trashing your family for a multi-million Nexflix deal says alot about them. Also found it painfully boring and Meghans voice extremely annoying.
victorperi
4h ago
Thoroughly rotten. Meghan doing that faux courtesy to the queen was downright pathetic. Shame on Netflix to pay them for their PR stunts. If Netflix persists with them, they will loose old customers.
Amy M
4h ago
A whine fest from two of the most self absorbed and self pitying 40 year olds going on 13 (OK he is almost 40) that I have ever seen. Your Daddy isn't paying your bills? Oh you poor child. Your Sister in law meeting you for the first time didn't hug you back effusively enough? No acknowledgement that -hey if you don't wanna work for the family -maybe get a real job. No acknowledgement that maybe William and kate are used to people trying to take advantage of their family and so like to see how you act for a while before they really warm up. The whole thing insults the intelligence of the viewer. We KNOW there is another side to this which not only don't they acknowledge, they don't even mention that the palace might have offered them something as far as training for Meghan or given you assistants (they had many -most of whom quit) protection (whether or not they think it was enough). Clearly, Harry is a very disturbed person, alternately angry and wussy. Meghan is clearly running the show. How about acknowledging the number of staff they have lost? Why is it so out of proportion to the rest of the family?
the worse fate may be having to stay married to each other. Didn’t Sartre (or Seinfeld) say hell is other people
Jean Paul Sartre famously wrote this, while this was the theme of The Seinfeld show. There was no need to say it out loud on the Seinfeld show.
Re Monarch's Christmas Day broadcast:
Scheduled for 3pm on the assumption that lunch was done with and diners are ready to leave the table and gather around the broadcasting apparatus, originally the `wireless', now the TV
The decision about timing was probably made originally to suit the monarch when the speech was live - the royal lunch was over, thanks to an army of servants and a kitchen that functioned like clockwork, something that probably applied to upper- and many middle-class families as well.
I doubt if it's like that in many households these days, even though relatively few go to church on Christmas morning. We usually go to Midnight Mass so seldom get to bed before 1am on Christmas morning. A large turkey takes long cooking and the rest of the process, doing all the `trimmings' is labour-intensive.
The upshot is that, for us and many others, lunch doesn't appear until the broadcast starts. In an ideal world, the prep would have been done in advance but, hey!, who's perfect? By this time, the priority is food.
If the broadcast's been recorded in advance, I claim the right to record it at this end to record it later.
Lady C uncovered that much deception?! The media so far was just scratching the surface, covering hoghlights. I often find Lady C annoying but I think her coverage of this latest disaster will be worth the effort.
I am still astonished. Way back, there was a story doing the rounds that she was documenting everything and was photographing/filming without permission. Turns out she was - right from the start!
Why did the gormless prince think it was a good idea to marry someone who not only filmed his proposal but phoned a friend. She acts like a cheap version of a Kardashian.
A Telegraph article on the YouGov poll numbers also revealed some unsettling data about the RF as a whole:
“Meanwhile, the YouGov poll revealed that the popularity of all members of the Royal family apart from the Duke of York has dipped since the previous survey, which was conducted in November.”
“ The Prince and Princess of Wales remain the most popular royals, each of their popularity scores dropping by seven points.”
It would appear that the entire family is being tarred with the same brush as the Sussexes. That should make the RF uneasy.
They're y walking hand in hand, a happy, smiling, natural family in stark contrast to the other two.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/13/21/65554459-0-image-a-1_1670968748543.jpg
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/palace-race-row-accuser-ngozi-fulanis-charity-draws-watchdogs-attention-after-allegations/ar-AA15eNEG
From Daily Telegraph
Palace race row accuser Ngozi Fulani's charity draws watchdog's attention after allegations
Story by Jack Leather, Robert Mendick • 2h ago
The Charity Commission is examining a series of allegations over the running of Sistah Space, the organisation whose founder was at the centre of the Buckingham Palace race row.
In a statement the watchdog said it was “assessing material” posted on social media questioning the charity’s finances and organisation.
The Greater London Assembly’s finance chief has also been asked to ensure that grants to Sistah Space “have been used as intended”.
The charity has come under public scrutiny after its founder, Ngozi Fulani, was repeatedly asked where she was “really” from at a palace event hosted by the Queen Consort. Her “interrogator” Lady Susan Hussey, 83, the late Queen Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting and a godmother to Prince William, was forced to step aside from all royal duties after years of public service.
The backlash against Ms Fulani - including vitriolic abuse on social media - prompted the charity to announce last week it had temporarily ceased working over safety fears for its staff and clients.
A lengthy analysis of Sistah Space’s operations, posted on Twitter by an anonymous user, has led to the charity watchdog beginning a preliminary examination.
The social media posts - more than 200 in total - have been widely circulated in a sign that the Buckingham Palace race row, which was deeply embarrassing to the Royal household, continues to attract huge interest.
In the posts, allegations are made concerning the running of Sistah Space, a domestic violence charity for black women and their families. The charity was formed in 2015, a year after the murder of a black woman and her daughter by an abusive ex-partner amid criticism of police for their "inaction" in response to earlier threats. The charity provides advice and advocacy to women and girls from the African and Afro-Caribbean communities.
The charity’s latest yearly accounts to March 31 2021 show it received a little over £357,000 in grants, project funding and donations, an increase from £50,000 in 2018-19.
Funding has come from a variety of sources including the Greater London Assembly (GLA), the Department for Culture, Media, Digital and Sport, and Comic Relief, which gave Sistah Space £60,000 to improve its website and online support. A Charity Commission spokesman said: “We are assessing material posted on social media about the charity Sistah Space to determine whether it raises matters that fall within the Charity Commission’s remit.”
The watchdog stressed it had not opened any regulatory compliance case or statutory inquiry and declined to comment further.
GLA officer asked to investigate charity's grants
The chairman of the Greater London Assembly’s audit panel has also requested that finance chiefs reexamine grants given to the charity in 2019 and 2020.
Neil Garratt, a Conservative assembly member, said: "The allegations made about Sistah Space's use of GLA grants remain unproven at this stage; however it is right that credible concerns be investigated to ensure public money is spent properly.
“I have asked the chief finance officer to look into this issue and report back as soon as possible."
Why King Charles won’t take away Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s Sussex titles
https://pagesix.com/2022/12/13/why-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wont-lose-sussex-titles/?_gl=1*fya3e5*_ga*NTE0ODg5NzAzLjE2Njg2NDE0ODc.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MDk3MTI2NS42My4xLjE2NzA5NzE0NjAuMC4wLjA.&_ga=2.148033907.57713007.1670194250-514889703.1668641487
The first GLA grant was awarded in 2019, giving Sistah Space £12,000 to run a poll.
Sistah Space, based in Hackney in east London, admits in its most recent accounts it has had “issues” in managing its growth since it was formally registered as a charity in 2018. Its most recent accounts were posted 69 days late.
In its annual report, the charity said: “The sudden increase meant we had to develop a new way of working to ensure we were current with financial regulations and reporting… This financial year 2021 has proved to be our most challenging but equally our most successful year.”
The charity said its accounts officer was “off for a very long time” with Covid and “it was difficult trying to find a replacement”. The replacement of the finance officer, said the charity, “caused a massive disruption in the organisation’s ability to record accounts in a timely manner”.
In its accounts, the charity said: “We have now engaged an independent accounting firm and are confident that any issues are a thing of the past.”
The Twitter post also highlighted a dispute between Sistah Space and Hackney Council, in which the local authority had tried to evict the charity from its temporary headquarters in a building owned by the local authority.
In October 2020, the council and Sistah Space reached a mediated agreement in which the local authority agreed to cover Sistah Space’s “removal costs” and in return the charity agreed to vacate the premises in central Hackney by January 20221. The charity has since found a new headquarters.
A spokesman for the charity said: "Sistah Space has not been approached by the Charity Commission. What we do know is they are assessing information posted on social media, part of their normal procedure, but haven’t opened an official investigation, however should they contact us we will of course cooperate fully."
Yougov explains that normally in November the popularity of prominent members of the royal family has generally declined since November. Nothing to worry about here. However, the same survey reports that the proportion of people who say they have a positive opinion of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has dropped significantly.
In summary, they explain that although the drop in popularity is normal from November onwards, the case of H&M has broken out of this curve of normality.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/12/09/after-prince-andrew-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle
"Ah bitter chill it was
The owl for all his feathers was a-cold"
is how I really feel in our new Ice-age.
Funny the way verse one learns as a teenager remains.
The Dumbartons are a train wreck, and who can turn away from a slow-motion crash as it's happening? It's a case of horrified fascination for those of us not involved. The blinds on celebrity gossip sites, and the comments are immensely entertaining. The Dumbartons provide free entertainment. The Mrs. and her hair and clothing is an on-going joke. Her misuse of basic English language is laughable. The Dumbartons have educated us on narcissists, and delusional people.
No need to worry about how much money the Dumbartons have because it's not squirreled away growing larger with interest. No, Mr. has no experience with money, and Mrs. is a profligate spender, mostly on herself. Spairy's money is disappearing fast. After the book, the two of them are done. Unless they take a gig on a Housewives show. As it stands today, they have enough money for the next two years. After that, they're really broke.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1601735411860406274.html
Why did the gormless prince think it was a good idea to marry someone who not only filmed his proposal but phoned a friend. She acts like a cheap version of a Kardashian.
My impression when I watched her whispered phone call to Jessica “It’s happening…” (the proposal) was the goal of all her plotting and planning for 5 to put a ring on it was finally coming to fruition and that J had been part of the plot to snare the prey.
They are the Kardashian knock-offs!
C&W’s family photo Christmas card is a ray of sunshine! I love their happy, down-to-earth approach. Their adorable children are getting big!
/Back to reading comments.
Why are they not throwing the kibosh here?
"Ah bitter chill it was
The owl for all his feathers was a-cold"
is how I really feel in our new Ice-age.
I was watching a YouTube video of a train with a snowplow plowing 4' of freshly-fallen snow off the Donner pass tracks. It looked absolutely peaceful and lovely. I am so grateful that I don't have to experience it except vicariously. Even though I wasn't there, I had to make myself a cup of hot tea because I was feeling chilled!
What a horrible time for y'all to have a hard winter.
She brought out something interesting about how women who have been pregnant talk of how uncomfortable (and not really safe) to lie on your back when pregnant and than add in a child who is actually on you and the baby (re selfie picture by *).
She does not bring this up but I do know is that the head is a very dense (read heavy) part of the body compared to other extremities. He may be a kid but that would still be a small weight concentrated on a sensitive part of the body.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/20221208159121/prince-harry-meghan-markle-archie-lilibet-photos-netflix-documentary/
Wow! I'm not sure how you got to that site from what I posted but that's certainly some find. Thank you.
Well done to whoever ploughed through all that info on Sistah Space and posted it. My head's spinning. Whodathunk that there'd be a link, albeit tenuous, with dear Diane Abbott MP (I jest of course) and Jeremy Corbyn? Not that I'm suggesting that either has been involved in Sistah Space's nefarious activities.
Isn't it strange that Marlene was such an obvious fraud but what we discerned was only the tip of a very large, and apparently criminal, iceberg? I hope she has the book thrown at her.
To me, it seems to be confirmation that the Hard Left, with all it's connections, is implicated in the rise of Meghan Markle .
Good points on the moonbump/pregnancy and * lying on her back with Archie lying on her bump. Maybe the moonbump, therefore surrogacy, is too close to the bone and * needs to steer clear of the topic. She couldn't afford to attract attention if it was a moonbump.
A couple of other thoughts about the pics at
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/20221208159121/prince-harry-meghan-markle-archie-lilibet-photos-netflix-documentary/
- `same compassion, same empathy' - yet she seems to be dragging Archie along while he pulls away. `Country' boots in a CA garden?
- `Harry cuddles Archie under umbrella'. The sun is shining, this California, so why is A in a winter hat?
- Meghan reading to Archie - that carpet. * has never struck me as someone who would tolerate a threadbare carpet, even if it is a venerable oriental specimen of a very rare type and when with all her millions she could pay to have it restored.
I recently picked up the front of an antique tribal tent bag (a `chuval' from Turkmenistan) at a local auction, for a tenner, with a huge bare patch. I use it to cover an old pine chest, with a strategically placed pile of books to hide the damage - it'd be prohibitively expensive to repair. But then, I'm not MM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1HFK2DVveI
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/zlj9l8/lady_c_summary_13_december/
Lady C goes through all the lies!
Lady C said in her recent video and older ones, that Maggot hasn’t once addressed the pregnancy and surrogacy rumours (words to that effect), despite trying to debunk all the other rumours. She didn’t address them in her Podcast nor in the Netflix documockery. 🤔🫤
Lady C also said that it was extremely uncomfortable for a pregnant woman to lie on her back like Maggot did and with Archie laying on her moonbump too. She added in her last video that it was also extremely dangerous to lay on your back that far advanced in ones pregnancy, because it can lead to a still birth. 🫤😕
I have no issue if they used a surrogate, I have a massive issue with the lies to cover it up though if true. Of course we know they’d never be up front and honest about it, because it would mean that neither children would be in the line of succession. 😕
With the amount of lies peddled (and refuted by the facts) by the duo via Oprah (ABC (Warner Bros.) and now Netflix surely they could be sued? 🤔
@Sandie, I added the link to Lady C debunking the lies upthread. 😁
seeing a bunch of posts this morning of the pick of them walking back to FC after “visiting the queen”. lots of suggestions/comments on it likely being photoshopped. Harry’s collar standing up with a 1- year on it. the way archie is being carried and legs not around her waste. love social media because i suspected this in a previous post ( just because it’s how she operates) and now those who know better than me (i think) are dissecting the pics. which means the netflix is a treasure trove of stuff to dissect. the mrs or her minions where sure busy.
I did see your link to the Lady C video, and I did acknowledge you. What I like about the Reddit post is that it sums up everything Lady C said in the video. I apologize if I was not clear and thus offended you. (I was delighted that I found the summary and not that I discovered the Last C video, because you had alerted us to that treasure trove and given a link.)
Supposedly that was the first of the videos Lady C made about all the lies in the mockumentary, so there is a lot more to come.
- Are the Harkles trying to draw out BP/KP and make them release the Kraken because they believe they have the ultimate release if triggered?
- Is NF trying to draw out BP because they have had it up to here with the Harkle antics?
- Is Penguin trying to draw out BP because they have had it up to here with the Harkle antics?
- Is BP/KP somehow behind it trying to draw out the Harkles to self-immolate faster than they already are? (Least likely IMO.)
- Is * doing this solo to trigger something before the release of Spare? (Remember there were rumors of concerns about inconsistencies in her stories between the NF video and Spare. I also think she may feel scapegoated by H and/or NF.)
The list goes on. What do the rest of you think?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11537533/Harry-Meghan-release-Netflix-trailer-waging-war-Palace.html
And there is this ...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11536515/Harry-Meghan-Netflix-disputed-claims.html
The duo simply cannot accept that they can ever be at fault or do anything wrong or not get whatever they want.
She captured a dim but resentful and spoilt prince and dragged him into the gutter with her ... but he went willingly.
Not sure who is trying to do what to whom.
But what I want to know is the legal issues with her lawyer saying that she has seen the proof that the palace was behind the negative stories about *.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11537533/Harry-Meghan-release-Netflix-trailer-waging-war-Palace.html
Because of their relationship, client/lawyer, they cannot be made to testify about it in any way, correct?
If it is real - then why would it not be used in her trial against the MOS?
I can't remember the status of an appeal.
duh. she is accusing BBC of a false interview (engagement interview) just like they did with DIANA. duh nod course that’s why she mentioned it. oh H they are doing to me what they did to your mom.
i agree with Lady C. she hits back at criticism in netflix and in spotify and yet nothing about the pregnancies. as a mom if the world was commenting on my very changing pregnancy bump i would be pissed. in the very least you think it would have come up in some sort of body image word salad but crickets. says a lot.
also a drop of another Netflix trailer. i’m thinking they are trolling the family (2 trailers for the last segments?) by releasing it on the day the Wales christmas card is released. but i think they are trolling the twosome because it doesn’t put them in a good light
Your comment about the PPOW lovely Christmas card is not a problem with me! Those adorable children ARE getting so big!.
I always enjoy your witty comments.
the others may just be using the BRF and timing of releases to get eyeballs on projects that have already been paid for. otherwise those at NF responsible may have to answer with their jobs (not Sarandos he will make someone else the scapegoat)
harry only doing one interview for the book tour. that’s gonna make it flop need to keep the interest going. so what next. what does February bring?
A thought popped into my head as I saw this video (I never click the stories about the Harkles, but sadly the DM has this on an unavoidable lead headline loop):
Is that she going to try to tell (or allude to) us, defensively, that the Rose H rumors were a trial balloon? Is this her excuse for doing that terrible thing, and will she try to use that story to back her point here?
The silence from the Palace is beginning to make sense.
Yes you did acknowledge me re Lady C’s video, apologies for that. I meant to respond, but I got busy. 🥴
I agree, Lady C can be challenging to listen to, but she’s a fabulous source of reliable info so I’ll suffer her Maggot impressions etc. 😁😂
Conveniently, both Maggot and Mole forget all that…🥺
Good find about Sistah Space. Maybe Marlene, aka Ngozi, will regret putting herself in the spotlight.
This is what I've found from the Charities Commission. Maybe Nutties with a better financial bent than me (not difficult) can spot something worthwhile.
https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5120148/trustees
I actually read the twitter thread a few days ago and saved it...it's a long read but the poster does a good job of laying out the concerns with Sistah Space. As someone who worked for years as a funder of local NFPs, including those that provide DV services, there are so many red flags with Sistah Space that I'm surprised anyone funded them. SS staff qualifications seem to be based on how closely related they are to the founder. The fact that clients are being asked to pay for training is another red flag. I hope that the Charity Commission does a deep dive, and am I'm shocked that Sistah Space made it this long without an investigation.
As one of the liberals that's on this site, I can assure Nutties that liking/disliking the Sussexes has little to do with social/political leanings ; )
Appearing at bookstores to autograph copies of Spare that people purchase?
/What a great Christmas gift! Oh, wait...
It's no fucking wonder she walks around on those mangled cloven hooves. She's shot herself in the foot so much that I'm surprised she has any feet left.
Another reason for pregnant women not to lie on their backs is that the weight of the uterus/baby then compresses the vena cava, the main vein returning blood to the heart. Lying on the left side prevents this and reduces the likelihood of hypotension, perfusion issues, and cardiac problems.
Charity at heart of Buckingham Palace race row could now face probe into its finances - as Greater London Authority is 're-examining' thousands of pounds in grants given to Sistah Space, founded by (grifter) Ngozi Fulani
Charity's founder was asked where she was 'really from' on a visit to the palace
A series of anonymous allegations were made about the charity and its finances
The GLA is investigating whether grants were used 'as they were intended'
The Commission has reportedly not contacted Sistah Space at this stage
The charity cited staff issues for delays in its most recent financial report
The charity at the heart of the latest Buckingham Palace race row could face an official probe into its finances in response to a string of claims made online.
The Charity Commission is reportedly 'assessing material' related to abuse and domestic violence charity Sistah Space, which offers support to victims of abuse and violence within the African and Caribbean communities.
Meanwhile the Greater London Assembly is now said to be re-examining whether thousands of pounds in grant money given to the charity was 'used as intended'. (of course it wasn't!)
It comes after the charity's founder was repeatedly asked where she was 'really from' on a visit to Buckingham Palace by former lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey, 83. Lady Hussey has since resigned from royal duties.
The claim is that Sistah Space founder Ngozi Fulani has suffered 'horrific abuse' online which has forced the charity to temporarily cease operations
I agree, Lady C can be challenging to listen to
Yes, she can be. I speed up the video to 1.5 (if not 1.75 with subtitles) but there are also transcripts and personally, I think it's easier and quicker to just read the transcript rather than listen to the video.
From The Telegraph:
The true cost of Harry and Meghan’s Montecito life – and how they’ll pay for it
They live in California’s most exclusive area but, now their story has been sold, sustaining the Sussexes’ life of luxury could be tough
By Kate Wills
Chandeliers, marble coffee tables, billowing white linen drapes and a bowl of alabaster eggs. From the looks of Harry and Meghan’s docu-series, the cost of living crisis hasn’t reached Montecito, California. This moneyed beach enclave in Santa Barbara is known as “The Beverly Hills of the North” and it’s so exclusive that even the former royals might not be able to afford it soon.
It tells you a lot about house prices in Montecito that the couple almost didn’t bother looking here when they relocated from London. “We didn’t have jobs, so we were just not going to come and see this house,” Meghan said in an interview. “It wasn’t possible.”
But when they fell in love with the nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom estate (price tag a reported $14.65 million), they did “everything they could” to buy it. One of those things was a reported $100 million deal with Netflix, the first fruits of which, Harry & Meghan, landed last week.
But eagle-eyed viewers of the six-part docu-series have pointed out already that the couple didn’t even use their own home to film the interviews. The lavish living room you see on screen is actually in a $33 million house down the road from Harry and Meghan’s. Maybe they were feeling self-conscious after Tina Brown called their pad “a humble cottage”. The trouble is, by Montecito standards, where the biggest estates top the $100 million mark, it basically is.
In comparison with their billionaire neighbours, Harry and Meghan are comparative paupers. Les Miserables de Montecito, if you will.
Situated between LA and San Francisco, this tiny town in the Santa Ynez hills (the name means “Little Mountain”) has long been a popular choice with Hollywood heavyweights. Gwyneth Paltrow, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Steven Spielberg and Brad Pitt all have homes here, as well as many tech billionaires and their families.
The sprawling estates all come with swimming pools, yoga studios and cinemas, and some are so big they even have their own vineyards. Yet Montecito is still considered less showy than LA (which is around a two-hour drive away). It’s extremely discreet and secluded. Although rarely talked about by the locals, Michael Jackson capitalised on the privacy of this area by building his Neverland Ranch here.
For denizens of Montecito wholesome pursuits such as hiking, horse riding, surfing and yoga dominate. It has Spanish colonial architecture, rolling vineyards, a year-round Mediterranean climate and miles of broad sandy beaches where you can spot whales. But don’t be fooled by the locals’ laid-back uniform of chinos, deck shoes and linen shirts. Montecito – and the neighbouring area of Santa Barbara – is as glitzy as you can get. The local Mexican restaurant El Paseo has hosted parties for Quentin Tarantino and Jennifer Lopez. And then there’s the Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club, where the Olympic-size-pool deck is populated by Victoria’s Secret models. Membership costs $300,000 a year. The super-luxe Coast Village Road is the place for independent boutiques, bakeries such as D’Angelo Bread and multiple yoga and pilates studios which charge about $100 an hour for a private class.
Life in Montecito comes with a hefty price tag, and Harry and Meghan might soon have a bit of a cash flow problem for sustaining their Californian dream. Last year, Forbes pegged their net worth at a modest $10 million – despite their multi-million pound Spotify and Netflix deals – no doubt due to all their outgoings. It’s standard in this neck of the woods to have nannies, gardeners, personal trainers, 24/7 security, and a “house manager” – Gwyneth’s is called Jeffrey and had his own profile in The New York Times recently. Not to mention the therapists.
So how are Meghan and Harry paying the bills? When they relinquished their royal duties in 2020, the pair were cut off from the Crown’s estimated $34 billion estate. Although Charles gave them “a substantial sum” to support their transition to financial independence – according to Duchy of Cornwall accounts, the couple received a share of £4.5 million between April and June 2020 (with William and Kate) – “That funding ceased in [summer 2020],” said a spokesman.
Of course, Harry does have his inheritance to fall back on. “I’ve got all my mum left me, and without that we would not be able to do this,” he told Oprah. Princess Diana reportedly left an estate worth £13 million to be split by William and Harry, which grew to £20 million by the time they could legally access it at age 30. This means Harry’s share was roughly £10 million or $12.2 million. Harry is also thought to have inherited millions of pounds from his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother. But that money will have been diminished by tax, and the $3 million they repaid to cover renovations made on their UK homes – costs that were initially covered by British taxpayers.
Meanwhile, Meghan had a reported $5 million of her own before she married Harry. She earned around $50,000 per episode to appear on Suits and topped that up with about $80,000 a year from sponsored content on social media and her blog The Tig. Having appeared in more than 100 episodes of Suits, she will still get a royalties cheque whenever the show airs – arguably the only “royal-ties” they’re still earning money from.
So they didn’t exactly start with nothing, but they still need money coming in. A lot of money, if they want to sustain their glossy lifestyle. In 2020, the couple founded Archewell Productions with the goal of creating “programming that informs, elevates and inspires” and signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce documentaries, scripted shows, feature films and children’s programming. While the planned animated series created by Meghan, known by its working title “Pearl”, was one of several programmes scrapped by the streaming service this year as a result of cutbacks, the streaming giant Spotify gave Archewell Audio a reported $20 million for their podcasts.