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Netflix Trailer

 Well that's out now.  

Timing is suspicious I suppose.  They may claim that since it is coming out soon they needed it to drop now. 

How will it impact the current bruhaha from the other side of the pond?  

I don't know.  

Some will use this to carry water that this shows proof of all kinds of inherent problems but maybe not.  Maybe people will recognize that you have no control over what others say because they have a family member who can and will say things which others disagree with.  Those people will understand and feel sympathy.  


What is good about this is that it will drive interest in PoW and PsoW because right now they will be front and center for cameras.  They are professionals.  They look good.  And this will leave a lasting impression in people's minds. 

When the show finally does appear, it will be interesting to read the reviews of how people who haven't really been following this saga view it with fresh eyes.  It just may be a little too much - sugar?  them?  how the stars align always in a way against them?  too too? 

Watching it may be all some people do with that information.  They are now onto the next bing.

It may also trigger people into looking for alternatives to the Sussex version of reality.  They may find the constant me and victimization to be over the top?  Or not credible?  They may go looking and find articles of how, say, the interview had a few false statements.  So it may open eyes to how things really were.  

To paraphrase what was said in the trailer: something about making better or more sense to get the information from the source?  

That is a shot over the bow, isn't it?  Similar in some ways to the comment about not signing any papers.

It will be interesting to see things are edited.  In the interview, there were a number of statements later proven to be false.  NF doesn't do retractions.  But they do make shows which don't always make people look as wonderful as they thought they would show up.  



Comments

ieschew said…
As quickly as the DM article about Sussex staff turnover drops, out comes one about the Waleses losing someone, too. Weary, indeed. This shows why it is a such a minefield trying to deal with with hairtrigger Hairy and *, and if it is the end of never complain/never explain, the BRF must have all ducks in a row with multiple contingency plans ready to go. I for one believe the Sussexes are trying to provoke this. Not saying the BRF should remain quiet in the face of accusations, but they need to be better prepared than they were last Monday night. Certainly, the evidence against the Sussexes is plentiful. And growing. But this clapping back is very tricky and new territory for the BRF.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11500297/Kate-Middletons-private-secretary-steps-just-new-role-Princess-Wales.html

I do wonder if part of the latest Sussex staff departure is M&H again trying to get ahead of things, with more excuses like “Our press person did not handle the docu-tease/book press/etc in the way we would have liked, and we have let her go so we can better handle things ourselves…”
Opus said…
The danger with a pushback from the PoW is the Streisand effect - yesterday's forgotten headline repeated for today, and so it will go on, yet the RF need a final solution to their Sussex problem. If I have understood correctly the headline in one of today's papers the DoS is now attacking the British people. After what we have suffered in the last two and a half years and continue to suffer (I am freezing here) attacking the people will not be taken very well.

Having said that I have had enough of all the Mountbatten-Windsors - at least most of them - Her late Majesty accusing me of selfishness for failure to be injected, the King for his green Marxism, the PoW ditto as well as his throwing to the kerb of his godmother Lady H, and the DoS and his wife the Duchess for what looks to me like ingratitude on steroids. They have to go: perhaps there are some Tudors who might step up to the plate or some lesser known European Royals devoid of the awfulness of the M-Ws.
Mel said…
The Spiderman video...

Spiderman is not associated with Christmas.
H has no history with playing Spiderman.
Little kids won't know, or care, who H is.

It makes *no* sense.

If the video was done only for the purpose of helping little kids, there was no need to raise the mask.

This was only done to get attention for himself.

And I really have to question the message anyway.
Who wants to hear that it's OK to have your best time ever when you've lost a parent? It's OK to have fun, you don't have to be sad all the time. But your best time ever? Seems a little callous?

Anyone think Marvel might issue H a cease and desist?
Fifi LaRue said…
I don't agree with Tom Bower that KCIII should go on television, and refute everything the Ones Losing Their Titles have accused the RF of, because there is no rational dealing with people with severe personality disorders. Refuting lunatics' claims is the tale of Sisyphus. There would no end to * clapping back.
The OLTTs are engaged in a never-ending war; nothing can be done to stop them, they will have to run out of steam on their own without interference. If KCIII takes away the titles after the book and Fake Series is released, he will be accused of retaliation for the OLTTs telling "their truth." It's better if nothing is said by BP. Accusations not responded to drive the accusers absolutely mad. It's better to let the OLTTs to stew in their own venom.
snarkyatherbest said…
ieschew. i’m guessing:
1) issues with payroll?
2) maybe they are seeing the writing on the wall that working with the sussexes is not a good career move especially if netflix and the book bombs the sussex already tenuous reputations
3) maybe someone got hit in the head from the flying dishes when the duchass saw Princess of Wales wearing Diana’s iconic chocker.
Humor Me said…
I have very mixed feelings of going tit for tat as so many are asking/ wanting KCIII and the Family to do. I do agree there would be no end to the tit for tat.
I do hope that an action occurs from Parliament for KCIII to act - then he could make a summary statement and it would be final. The Harkles will push as long as * has breath - victimhood is her trade and she is going to play it for as long as she can.
No matter the refuting of all the lies a la the Oprah interview, there will always be someone that believes * just like now.

Once there is a final statement, The Firm can ignore the Harkles, as (hopefully) no means no, and does not require anything more. Telling the Royal Rota that in no uncertain terms would go a long way also.
Observant One said…
I agree with you, Fifi. The RF need to ignore the couple as much as possible. If they tell lies that hurt the RF, then speak up, like the late Queen did. Otherwise, if you play with fire, you’ll get burned, or if you wrestle with sh$t, you will stink.

I checked recent Sussex threads on LSA. Shockingly, most comments were pro-Sussex. Many were badmouthing the ladies of the View. A couple of people left comments similar to those of Opus - all Windsors are overexposed. I did not see anything that resembled tea being offered.

@Mel I thought the Spider-Man video was really lame, too. It came across as an afterthought. Scotty’s Little Soldiers deserve better.
Bless and thank you, Karla.

I've known a number of people from your country, in those days they all had, as one put it, `run away', some with extraordinary stories of escape. It seemed so strange to see the tourist buses in our local car parks, once your country joined the EU, but they were such a welcome sight after some of the reports one used to hear.
`Cashpoint Charlie' was coined by another Nutty but I forget who - it was quite a time ago. i'd love to be able to claim it as mine but hey ho...

On the subject of quotations:
`Never interrupt your enemy when he's making mistakes', N.Buonaparte

Yahoo now has posted a Telegraph article on the H$Ms having illicit photos taken in Buck House:

Sussexes ‘took photographer into Buckingham Palace without late Queen’s permission’
Hannah Furness
Fri, 2 December 2022 at 9:00 pm

See
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/sussexes-took-photographer-buckingham-palace-210000015.html

Well, well, well. I particularly like the fact that it's illustrated with the photo of them walking towards the doors in BP, captioned `No one sees what's happening behind closed doors'.

Nice one, Telegraph! Dare we hope that Yahoo has turned its coat?
Although there's also this:

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/prince-harry-hits-baseless-story-162245752.html

The gist of it is:

`Prince Harry is shutting down a recent report that accused him of telling a friend “Those Brits need to learn a lesson” ahead of the couple’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey last year.'

Well, he would, wouldn't he?

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Here's the originaL report in yesterday's US edition of the Sun, updated today:

https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/6834462/prince-harry-royals-oprah-brits-lesson/

Are his pants burning now?
Portcitygirl said…
"The danger with a pushback from the PoW is the Streisand effect - yesterday's forgotten headline repeated for today, and so it will go on, yet the RF need a final solution to their Sussex problem. If I have understood correctly the headline in one of today's papers the DoS is now attacking the British people. After what we have suffered in the last two and a half years and continue to suffer (I am freezing here) attacking the people will not be taken very well.

Having said that I have had enough of all the Mountbatten-Windsors - at least most of them - Her late Majesty accusing me of selfishness for failure to be injected, the King for his green Marxism, the PoW ditto as well as his throwing to the kerb of his godmother Lady H, and the DoS and his wife the Duchess for what looks to me like ingratitude on steroids. They have to go: perhaps there are some Tudors who might step up to the plate or some lesser known European Royals devoid of the awfulness of the M-Ws."

My thoughts and opinions exactly.
snarkyatherbest said…
i get PofW frustration. he heard from the staff what what going on. he heard from his wife and he couldn’t protect them. i really wish the palace would go after netflix over unauthorized photos of staff and grounds. any photo of private quarters invites possible security risks too. netflix is hoping for some Crown success but this may not be it. i wonder how the latest season is doing in term of viewership?

i think they need release any irregularities with the foundation and possible criminal charges. now that would be the best revenge. or fraud charges on over billing of clothes or renovations or other financial irregularities
Martha said…
and opinions exactly.
Mine, also.
Sandie said…
The following post made me laugh because it is spot on!:

Anonymous asked:

Personally I feel like Tumblr needs to start playing the same game as the royal rota. We know they read here. (Hi guys!)

So if the royal reporters insist on calling Lady Hussey 'Prince William's Godmother', then Tumblr should unite and insist on calling The Duke of York "Prince Harry's Godfather."

For example, all of these articles came out in the last week:

* Jeffrey Epstein 'tried to lure' Prince Harry's Godfather to extort the Queen, prince's crisis adviser claims
* Queen's one-word response to Prince Harry's godfather's Jeffrey Epstein scandal revealed
* Prince Harry's Godfather 'furious over axe of $3m-a-year-police bodyguard' after Epstein scandal
* King Charles is Reportedly Offering an "Olive Branch" to Disgraced Prince Harry's godfather by Inviting His Ex-Wife to Spend Her First Christmas With the Royal Family in 30 Years
See how much they like Harry getting dragged in where he's innocent!
Sandie said…
@snarkyatherbest
I agree. That photo of them walking out of Buckingham Palace is a private entrance, below the late Queen's apartments and used a lot by the family. They took that photo and then used it for commercial gain without permission. I also hope that the King draws a line and insists that Netflix removes the photos.

Have you seen that Netflix have also used a photo of hapless warding off photographers. It is cropped. He was actually with Chelsea when the photos were taken. Are Netflix trolling them or are the couple without morals at all?
The first 2 sentences of the Sun article, giving us what H is denying now:

GLOATING Harry boasted to a pal that the Royal Family would find his Oprah Winfrey interview “quite shocking”.

He also piled into his homeland, telling the friend: “Those Brits need to learn a lesson.”
Just found this delightful couple (Graham and Fiona?)and their review of the netflix trailer. They're posting as Avid Gardener.They're fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C8cG8BH4C8
Observant One said…
@Sandie. I went back to Lipstick Alley and scanned a couple of threads. There was someone who speculated that Netflix might be turning the tables on the Harkles, like they did the Tiger King. So, you could be onto something there, with your trolling comment. That would be spectacular if true!
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Rebecca said…
I read yesterday (can’t remember where exactly—there were so many articles on the reprobates peppering all the news sites) that a close relative of Harry’s will be among those interviewed in the Netflix series. Would Eugenie be bold/dumb enough to participate?
Sandie said…
https://youtu.be/-uLdYlxuoYc

PDina video that is most interesting. She shares her view of what the agenda of the duchass actually is, how she used the prince and his family to further that agenda, who her backers may be, and why the only constituents who will buy her load of crock are in America so she had to return once she had the global fame, the immense wealth, and the prince to open doors.
Rebecca said…
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Sandie said…
@Rebecca
I think Eugenie and Jack may have let themselves be filmed for the mockumentary. There is one photo of them that looks like they are next to a beach ... behind them looks like a housing development/resort development - like where Eugenie and Jack live. Why Eugenie and Jack seemed to avoid them at the funeral is a mystery.
Petunia said…
My theory: Agree that the Queen was Marlene's target. H and * are going after her big-time in their documess and book, and this was a last-ditch attempt to entrap her so they can try to justify their criticism. But Marlene only managed to entrap (sort of) an elderly courtier. Even so H and * will try to use this as proof of institutional racism, because Lady Susan served Her Late Majesty for 60 years.
Sandie said…
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/20646990/frank-skinner-sophie-wessex/

Holy Moly! Royals misbehaving everywhere. William throws his godmother under the bus, Charles and Camilla extend a personal invitation to a rather shady woman, the dastardly duo openly attack, and now the Wessexes are very rude.
@Rebecca,

YouTube disengaged the down thumb vote 👎on its platform ages ago, I believe it was a mental health thing. Therefore no channel displays the down thumb vote figures. 🫢
xxxxx said…
Archewell charity received $10 million donation in 2021 via DAF Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Donor Advised Funds maintain anonymity of donors and are tax beneficial. Read more…

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/zc57ih/archewell_charity_received_10_million_donation_in/ (95 comments)

________________

https://www.reddit.com/user/Short_Reality931

"Hello. This is my first time leaving a comment (I cannot yet post). I research nonprofits as part of my job. I just came across a $10,000,000 donation made to Archewell in 2021 via a donor advised fund with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Donors use DAFs when they wish to remain anonymous. I don’t recall an announcement being made about this large donation to Archewell which makes me think it comes from a sketchy source. This is the only donation to Archewell I found."
@Sandie

Thanks for the PDina link -that's really interesting.

Her whole history with the Royals and the nation seems to boil down to: smarming her way in; then behaving atrociously to elicit our dislike; and using this against us for the furtherance of her promotion of race and class hatred - for her own pecuniary and psychological benefit.
xxxxx said…
Go here>>>>> https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/impact/grants-catalog#grants

Plug Archewell into the search box. You will see a $10,000,000 donation come up
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/zd5z1t/the_harkles_have_released_another_netflix_youtube/

Watch it to downvote. It is a hit piece on his family.
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11503479/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-drop-Netflix-trailer-royals.html

The DM report on the new trailer.
ieschew said…
Brits, what is required to make a superinjunction null and void? Has it ever been done?

Not asking because I necessarily think that it should happen—I am asking because I am trying to think through the possible courses of action for the RF, including doing nothing at all and suing Netflix directly instead of engaging with the Harkles. I do not yet know what my own humble opinion would be.

I do know, based on the comments already flooding the DM, that so much in real life is consuming the British public at the moment that it is extremely offensive for them to have to stomach further complaints from the two most dishonest and disloyal people I have ever heard of.
snarkyatherbest said…
another trailer? netflix realizes that even if they are anti harkle watchers they will take the eyeballs. so this trailer has the angle that they were jealous of meghans’s rock star status and she was hounded like diana but it’s racism too ? she is upset is t she that the press didn’t hound her that she was mostly left alone. i believe someone here talked about the super injunction. maybe it’s time to lift it on the harkles. they are after all private citizens. glad to be able to come here and hear other people’s perspective because this round of Harkles stuff is just soooo annoying. we are really in need of a cambridge christmas pic
Artemisia19 said…
Can Charles now take away their titles? Enough is enough.
Observant One said…
The new trailer provides proof that the couple thought they would become the rock stars of the family, and when they didn’t - it became racism. They have ignored the fact that the majority of people had seen through her “humanitarian” shtick long before the first tour of Oceana. Their star was already burning out.

After watching PDina last evening, I see that * is specifically targeting women of color. Therefore, she must continue to feed the narrative of being held back by the RF, because she was “black” and they were jealous of her. She is hoping that no one remembers that she only befriended or dated white people and labeled herself as Caucasian on movie industry resumes. PDina’s latest video is very revealing. Shout out to Sandie! If some of you have not checked out her YT channel, you might consider it. She is biracial herself and tells it like it is.
Humor Me said…
And so the morning headlines greet me and I am thinking - WTF?

I just can't......
abbyh said…
Go to sleep and my phone blows up.

Well. One trailer isn't enough, why not two? A tad early but nothing on my various friends emails about this is dropping on Thursday to raise hype.

Claim of there is a hierarchy and then it leads into doing or saying things not true.

We all know there is a hierarchy and that his older brother gets higher rank. But does that mean that the whole structure was and is and will be set up push him down? And by proximity, his wife?

I once read that if you combine a truth with a lie, you make it stronger.

Slick editing.

This be war.

My own personal wish is that the palace could shut down the release with claims that there is too much potential for security risks so ... the men in gray suits need to watch it.




snarkyatherbest said…
oh this is curious. Hilary Clinton honoring Countess of Wessex. ouch. the mrs may have Netflix for a hot minute but the movers and shakers aren’t giving them an ounce of attention.

https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/1599770439378939905?s=46&t=gQIldLc0F6CsWSQsqbjbkg

with all the focus on netflix the oxygen is out of the room for them. they are loving all the attention but it will be fleeting. still not invited everywhere. when you air your dirty laundry you have already lost the narrative and the opportunities.

snarkyatherbest said…
so if the narrative is they are awful to people who marry into the family (again focus on her not on him) does this mean he can’t trash camilla in his book. he basically supports the narrative that they were awful to his mother and sophie and catherine and camilla? cant have it both ways. it is interesting the new trailer focuses on how he couldn’t protect her so it’s all about her. things were fine before that?😉. we’ll make it about her then and release more details about nasty behavior. if they photoshop archie and lily pics why not deep fake a video of her. fight fire with fire. or maybe they don’t need a deep fake 😉
HappyDays said…
I just heard on a local radio hourly news break that Netflix has announced it is releasing the first three installments of Harry and his wife’s docuseries later this week on Thursday, December 8, 2022.

The second three installments are scheduled to be released on Thursday, December 15, 2022.

It will be just in time for the Sussexes to get big lumps of coal in their Christmas stockings.
Karla said…
WBBM and Snarkyatherbest ❤️❤️❤️.
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I'm back with new conspiracy theories!
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Donation to Archewell"

I found it odd that the donation made to the Harkles came from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation based in Silicon Valley. I remembered that Better Up is also headquartered in Silicon Valley and H announced to be working with this institution in March 2021. Curious! Same year as the incredible donation!

"Prince Harry joins $1bn Silicon Valley startup as senior executive
Duke of Sussex’s first formal role since ending royal duties involves ‘meaty role’ as chief impact officer at Better Up - Mar 2021"
...
I went to research SVCF and found that SVCF in 2021 made several donations to non-profit charities (Archewell fits that profile)

"Silicon Valley Community Foundation supported nonprofits with over $2 billion in grants in 2021"
https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/about/news-media/blog/silicon-valley-community-foundation-supported-nonprofits-over-2-billion-grants

...
The SVCF CEO, Nicole Taylor, studied at Immaculate Heart in Los Angeles, the same place where MM studied.
On your public profile,
Nicole Taylor - President and CEO, Silicon Valley says, "Imaculate Heart, an all-girls Catholic high school in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles, provided a foundation. The nuns were very tough and taught us how to be strong, independent women. I learned how to raise my voice.” (Impossible not to remember the quotes about raising your voice that MM in one way or another also uses)
https://jointventure.org/read-more-profiles/2160-meet-nicole-taylor
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Marc Benioff

Marc Benioff is the founder, chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce, a cloud computing company. His company is also based in Silicon Valley. He, along with other billionaires, are donors of large sums to the SVCF. He is also an investor in Prince Harry’s Better Up group.
"Regarding our Pledge 1% commitments, Marc Benioff said: “We’re thrilled to welcome Better Up as one of our newest partners, a fast-growing organization that is not only helping humans thrive as part of their day-to-day business, but who is also committed to contributing time, product and services, revenue, and equity to the greater good. With organizations like BetterUp, we can continue to make a huge impact today and in many years to come.”
https://www.betterup.com/blog/betterup-social-impact-pledge-1
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He is too co-owner of TIME Magazine ( desde 2019)

https://time.com/author/marc-benioff/
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Jose Andres defender for the Harkles is also linked to Marc Benioff.
It's a blessing," says chef José Andrés, 52, founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit dedicated to feeding communities adversely affected by humanitarian crises that partnered with Harry and Meghan's Archewell Foundation in December 2020"
https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-support-ukraine-is-blessing-says-founder-food-charity
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Following the Trails (with breadcrumbs) In September 2021, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Make 'TIME' 100 List, owned by Marc Benioff,
Better Up investor and one of the SVCF donors who donated 10 Million to Archewell also in 2021.
Martha said…
@karla….very informative! Great sleuthing.
HappyDays said…
snarkyatherbest said...
oh this is curious. Hilary Clinton honoring Countess of Wessex. ouch. the mrs may have Netflix for a hot minute but the movers and shakers aren’t giving them an ounce of attention.

@snarkyatherbest: Just think of all the upper-level executives at companies of all sizes and the other decision makers, politicians, influencers, and A-list producers, directors, actors, actresses, agents and potential investors they have never met who, if approached by the Sussexes, would run far and fast from them.

Harry and his wife have tarnished and tainted their reputations and their “brand” via their treatment of Harry’s family and others who have dealt with them that few people at these levels of life are likely to work with a pair who have reportedly been described as like working with a couple of teenagers by past collaborators and staffers.

What’s more, these movers and shakers are likely to avoid them out of concern for being publicly smeared, lied about, being labeled as racist, anti-female, abusive or any number of inaccurate negative labels by the petulant, entitled, and grandiose Sussexes who portray themselves as victims of everyone who won’t bow to their idiotic, juvenile demands.

As the royal family has learned, Harry and Meghan can’t be trusted with information and opinions expressed in personal and confidential discussions out of fear that the Sussexes will twist what was said or cherry pick specific sentences, phrases, or words and twist it into falsehoods to be used to attack them at a future date.

The Sussexes are soiling their brand with potential partners they haven’t even met yet who will avoid them like the plague.

So much for brand-building!
Mel said…
Of course they dropped a trailer today.

They needed to overshadow Sophie's award that she's getting in New York City today.
Fifi LaRue said…
If the Harkles actually got $10 million deposited into their "charity" account, it didn't last long. The money ended up on MeMe's face, her endless PR, and buying awards for herself. Remember, SS dropped them for being in arrears; she was spending $5 million a year on PR alone.

Imagine spending $5 million on publicity, and still she can't get people to like her, she can't get into celebrity circles, and she can't get invited to important birthday parties, nor special concerts.
Maneki Neko said…
@Sandie

Sorry for the late reply, I was out all day. I did watch PDina's video. I also read the comments. One stood out and this may have been mentioned elsewhere, if so I apologise. One of the comments preferred to a Christopher Bouzy - I don't recall the name - and it is old but it's important to read how *'s sugars function: he decided to capture to personal information of these Twitter accounts [Taz, Yanky Wally and Murky Meg], including their YouTube pages, put up their pictures, account information, and other personal identifiable information of the trio in a “final final final report” with the motive to intimidate, harass and force the trio to stop conversation relating to Harry and Meghan.

Ignore the petition but the comment is illuminating.

https://www.change.org/p/ask-twitter-to-suspend-christopher-e-bouzy-s-account-for-harassment
I've just seen Katie Nicholl being interviewed on BBC News.

She was fairly circumspect but the things that linger in my mind are:

1. Wm told a friend that he couldn't imagine ever being able to forgive Harry for what he has done, or wtte (My interpretation: friends have been given the go-ahead to speak)

2. H alleges that there was `dirty work' going on behind the scenes at BP - staff were briefing against them.

3.H reveals the sensational news (at least to him) that there's a hierarchy in the family - KN said that was the only true thing he said. Yes, there is - and they expected to be at the top...

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BTW re injunctions and super-injunctions: as I understand it -Superinjunctions exist to stop the mention of injunctions and are themselves not to be mentioned. They cannot however be enforced outside the jurisdiction of British courts.

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So as we thought, it seemsthe Press knows for certain that what some of us have long believed is true - neither A nor L came about `naturally' (in a modern sense} and that they are probably so in the old sense of `illegitimate' - even if they are genetically the children of their supposed parents, they were not born of the body.

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Well done. Karla
That's one heck of a find.
At yahoo: https://news.yahoo.com/piers-morgan-claims-being-exploited-162221797.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall


Harry and Meghan: Piers Morgan 'traumatised' after voice used in new Netflix trailer
Sam Moore
Mon, 5 December 2022 at 2:04 pm

Piers Morgan has hit out at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's upcoming Netflix documentary about public opinion of the couple, after a new trailer was released that featured his voice.
Morgan, who has been a vocal critic of the pair for several years and left Good Morning Britain after refusing to apologise to Markle, has his voice featured in the trailer for the series.
He can be heard saying: "She is becoming a royal rock star".
Morgan has hit back at the use of his soundbite on social media, tweeting: "BREAKING: Princess Pinocchio & Prince Hypocrite use my voice to flog their ghastly new series.
"I’m traumatised by this exploitation."
Morgan then accused the couple of lying in response to a clip in the trailer: "They already tell yet another lie in the first trailer with the Harry Potter paparazzi shot.
"These two wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped them round their latte-encrusted tiaras."
The broadcaster and former journalist also responded to claims from Harry that there is a 'war against Meghan': "Says the guy waging a relentless vicious public war against his own family. Harry’s such a deluded spoiled manipulated brat."
Morgan has previously accused the couple of hypocrisy over the intimate Netflix series, saying: "Imagine bleating about privacy then doing a kiss-and-tell reality series about your private lives?
"Then imagine preaching compassion as you trash your family again?"

Markle has previously revealed that the documentary would focus on the couple, saying to The Cut it would show: "The piece of my life I haven’t been able to share, that people haven’t been able to see, is our love story."
Harry and Meghan signed a deal with Netflix that will see their production company create scripted shows, documentaries and children's programmes.
Harry & Meghan: A Global Event will air in two parts with the first being released on 8 December and the second coming a week later on 15 December.

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Independent has a nasty headline about Graham Norton, whom I now regard as gobby, saying Marlene `skewered' those at BP. i look forward to *'s critics being vindicated and the Indie looking very silly indeed.
Maneki Neko said…
I'be just posted something about a Christopher Bouzy, whose name I came across this morning for the first time, and his name now crops up in the DM:

Tech CEO who made cruel comments about the Prince and Princess of Wales ageing appears in new explosive trailer for Harry & Meghan

He is part of the Sussex squad and is a nasty piece of work.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11503579/Tech-CEO-mocked-Prince-Princess-Wales-appear-Harry-Meghan-trailer.html
Maneki Neko said…
H talks about 'the pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution'. Yet Camilla, Sophie and Catherine seem happy enough. They allgot some flak, not to say vitriol, in the beginning. Camilla was vilified for a long time, Catherine was dubbed 'Waity Katie' and Sophie was caught in a PR scandal involving a fake sheikh. They didn't have it easy, yet rose above it because they are made of sterner stuff. * is just a crybaby who wallows in self-pity.
snarkyatherbest said…
Good research Karla. Maybe the donation is in lieu of pay? So Benioff better watch it because sales force is getting Markled.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/salesforce-co-ceo-bret-taylor-leaving-stock-falls-after-lower-than-expected-forecast-11669843815

40% lower year to date on stock, In fact the salesforce stock is down 35% since Harry joined better up. and everyone on wall street is throwing in the towel

So archewell is still not on the charity navigator sites (at least the not for profit side) and I do know the irs releasing the filings is taking longer. Have to say, I work with a foundation, everything is very above board and our wealthy donors dont want shenanigans. We have all the filing on time, we have all the data for any major donor to see. The archewell stuff, the funds of funds (setting up a foundation merely to put money into other foundations), the marketing expense to raise awareness and more funds. Sorry but it seems like one big tax dodge or possible money laundering and feel good mechanism for the uber rich. So if Archewell got $10MM, where did it go? and what did it buy (well we can guess the latter)

Its all exhausting.
Observant One said…
@ Karla - Intriguing information! I wonder if the SVCF “donated” the $10 million to Archewell as part of their efforts to increase their funding to organizations led by women of color, or if it was a way for Better Up to compensate H in a non-taxable way? One thing is for certain, that fund goes through LOTS of money every year.

Marc Benioff is a fascinating character who (according to his Wikipedia page) donates hundreds of millions every year and is a member of the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum. In October 2020, he and his wife were founding partners of Prince William’s EarthShot prize…

Somewhere in all of this information, there is a conspiracy theory. Then add in Christopher Bouzy of Bot Sentinel and we almost have a Pulitzer Prize winning book taking shape.
I’m lost for the right words to say how I feel about that pair across pond, nothing I can politely say anyhow. 🫢😞What a complete waste of space and oxygen they both are. I’m exhausted by them and totally fed up with them to say much more and I’m not even family! 😞🥹

I know a lot of Nutties are saying what can the King do, I actually think very little in terms of stopping either of them. He needs to remove all of Mole’s titles to have any kind of effect, that will never happen as I don’t think Charles will remove his Prince title. So they will still have titles to monetise. As for William counteracting what the pair say…any tit-for-tat means you’re stooping as low as they are. It’s far better to state what they did to make Maggot feel welcome, and then state they are no longer welcome within the royal family as they themselves want no part of it. 🫤

This comment from the DM says it best…

I really think Charles should put out this statement: I love my son and daughter in law very much and after watching the Netflix program, I realize the tremendous unhappiness they have endured by being a part of our Royal Family. As such, today I will be signing the patent paperwork to revoke all titles including Prince and Princess so they can live out their lives without the burden of these titles and feel fully free from any connection to our family. Good luck Harry and Meghan and I hope you get the private life you have always said you wanted. 😃
Sandie said…
I am still so appalled and feel sorry for the Royal Family having this heartache (he was beloved family) this Christmas - the first without the Queen for all of them. So, I was glad to come across a comment by an Anon that made me chuckle:

'Dumbass thinks it’s some big revelation that there is a hierarchy in the RF. Gee, what tipped him off? That whole Line of Succession thing?'

@karla
Excellent sleuthing from you. I have no problem believing the picture drawn when I join those dots.

They have no morals at all - using footage from Piers Morgan, the Princess of Wales, and Diana, who was also William's mother. So many people are saying that they have crossed the line and there will be no forgiveness.
@Raspberry
I don’t think anyone can strip Harry of his Prince title. I know that Queen Magrethe was able to downgrade some of her grandchildren’s status, but I’ve read that no one can do that for Harry.
Maneki Neko said…
@Raspbeery and @Golden Retriever

H was born a prince and as far as I know, the title cannot be removed.
Maneki Neko said…
@Raspberry and @Golden Retriever

H was born a prince and as far as I know, the title cannot be removed.
ieschew said…
I think Netflix should be forced to add a disclaimer to each episode, as done for season 5 of The Crown.

“Although footage has been cobbled together from actual events, both related and unrelated, this is a work of fiction.”

And it should catalog the episodes under miniseries instead of documentaries.

Can the BRF petition for that and, once accomplished, call it a day? That might suffice.
snarkyatherbest said…
to lighten your day

https://twitter.com/tauerbach/status/1599628602513190913?s=46&t=UL68hDqivw0Hkp1WDFfRKQ

Raspberry. great comment from DM i would add for Charles to say until they left for California we had no idea how deeply they thought. they never brought it up in all of our discussions about money 😉
Rebecca said…
This isn’t top of the fold news like what’s being generated by that other royal couple, but I was discouraged to read about the Wessexes’ tone deaf behavior at the Royal Variety Show. They both made critical comments to a comedian that had sung Three Lions with his partner, even though he was not feeling well and could barely speak. The article in the times goes into detail about the comic’s conversation with the Wessexes, and they were very rude to him. Not what the RF need right now.
Rebecca said…
Well this gladdens my heart!:

New York Post:

Meghan Markle’s podcast producer out days after Archewell chief resigns


https://pagesix.com/2022/12/05/meghan-markles-archetypes-podcast-producer-out/?_gl=1*1x7ci2s*_ga*NTE0ODg5NzAzLjE2Njg2NDE0ODc.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MDI3MTcwOC4zOS4wLjE2NzAyNzE3MDguMC4wLjA.&_ga=2.222968287.57713007.1670194250-514889703.1668641487
snarkyatherbest said…
Rebecca. i saw that and i wonder if they didn’t know he wasn’t feeling well (would you show up now a days sick. in fact it’s taboo) and then meet people afterwards (hello contagious) or thought he was trying to be rude and funny with his rendition. and thought his version was offensive? i am tired people find the need to go to social media to air greviances. i almost get to the point of defending the side that isn’t speaking up. if he did a poor job he should have apologized to the audience in social media not defend himself.
Humor Me said…
I wish KCIII/ Parliament could remove all the titles for Harry's sake since he is so unhappy. Everyone is correct in saying that nothing will quiet the duo.
snarkyatherbest said…
another thought one of the new trailer. there is a pic of the wife heavily “pregnant” with Lilibuck$. grossly so. in a very rihannaesque tight fitting knit dress. i’m team surrogate no kids. and i know there is criticism that there was only one pic of her pregnant in cali. so we now have three in two trailers. seems like the mrs is trying to answer the question we all have if lilibuck$ is of the body. so trying to keep the “natural” kids in the LOS gotta give her credit she does read social media and tries to answer. question is which nose and cheeks will the mrs be sporting in each pic. that may give us some time line 😉
@Maneki Neko and Golden Retriever

No I don’t think he can strip them of their Prince titles either, which is why I said little of what Charles can do won’t change anything as they’ll still have the Prince etc title to monetise on. The copied DM comment is just wishful thinking. 🫤

I’m just so sick of the pair, the best solution is they are best ignored. There’s only so many versions of their truth they can peddle surely! 😞🥹

On another note…

So much footage of cameras etc have be used for the trailer, surely there’s copyright on those?! TBLG pointed out the Harry Potter Premiere, it makes Netflix look totally inept and clumsy! 😳🫣
HappyDays said…
Hi Rebecca: Great minds think alike!

Here’s the text of the PAGE SIX article about the two most recent staff departures. I have to chuckle at the part that says the Sussexes are going take over running Archewell — into the ground, that is.

Page Six 12-05-22
Meghan Markle’s podcast producer out days after Archewell chief resigns

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s head of audio has left the couple’s Archewell brand — and it remains unclear whether Markle will host a second season of her podcast, Page Six can reveal.

Rebecca Sananès, who was in charge of Markle’s controversy-stirring Spotify podcast “Archetypes with Meghan,” is moving on after just over a year at the company and is keen to launch her own project, sources said.

She is the second high-profile Archewell employee to have been revealed to be leaving in the past few days.

Sananès was brought on for the podcast and was instrumental in its creation.

It’s yet to be announced whether there will even be a second season of “Archetypes,” but we’re told if there is, the show’s current main producer, Terry Wood, would helm the podcast.

Sananès was hired in July 2021 after working for Vox Media and New York Magazine’s “Pivot” podcast, hosted by Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. She joined Archewell in August 2021 and reported to Ben Browning, Archewell’s head of content.

In October, Sananès wrote on Instagram: “The podcast industry is severely undervaluing and under crediting the INCREDIBLY talented and hardworking producers and sound engineers behind your favorite shows.

There are fewer and fewer opportunities for creators and it is stifling the industry creatively and financially.”

She then edited the post to add: “TO BE CLEAR this isn’t about me or my current position. It’s an observation of the state of podcasting as a whole.”

It’s not known whether the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will continue their deal with Spotify, but one highly placed industry source told Page Six: “I think they would be happy if their contracts with Netflix and Spotify went away, quite honestly. But the question is then, how else will they make money?”

Sources told Page Six that Sananès’ departure is part of a larger growth plan for the Sussexes’ brand. The couple has already hired a replacement, Serena Regan, who was head of podcasts at Cadence 13 and bills herself as a media executive with wide experience of programing for a female audience.

The news comes days after it was announced that Mandana Dayani, who has run Archewell for less than 18 months, had stepped down from her role by mutual agreement, and will not be replaced.

In a statement, Archewell said: “Ms. Dayani was brought on during [the Sussexes’] parental leave to move the company and its projects forward … Her transition was mutually planned, with intent for The Duke and Duchess to now take full lead of their company. There will be no replacement for this position, and Ms. Dayani is fully supportive of The Duke and Duchess in their new leadership roles, and they remain friends.”

One insider who knows her said: “Mandana is a clever woman, she will continue to be in the spotlight. You always saw her with Harry and Meghan looking glossy and poised and in her heels. She has her own brand, she knows what she’s doing.”

This means the Sussexes will take “full lead” of their company as they prepare to launch their Netflix show on Thursday and Harry’s memoir in January.

The couple will be in the public eye with several upcoming events, including Tuesday’s Ripple of Hope Awards in Manhattan, at which they will be recognized for what Kerry Kennedy — president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the nonprofit named for her late father and who is giving out the honor — has described as having the “moral courage” to take a stand against “structural racism” within the monarchy.

Reps for the Sussexes were unavailable for comment. Page Six has reached out to Sananès and Dayani.

https://pagesix.com/2022/12/05/meghan-markles-archetypes-podcast-producer-out/amp/

Of course, Harry's `secure position' as a prince of the realm may depend on him being truly a son of the king. I'd laugh like drain if it turns out otherwise - he's tempting Providence as it is.

I’m sure Lady C said something about Mole using his Lord title, and I’m sure she gave examples of the Princess/Prince titles being removed or in the very least not allowed to be used. She should have a new video tomorrow, we’ll have to see what she says about the latest shenanigans. 🫤

I wanted to add Lady C has met PDina and I’ve been listening and watching her videos for some time. H G Tudor is still a fav of mine. 😁
Karla said…
WBBM and Sandie - Thank you ❤️

Observant One - Marc Benioff and Earthshot - didn't know! So did H know about Marc Benioff and Prince William's connections?
...
Snarkyatherbest - Maybe the donation is in lieu of pay? I thought about that too because,
Alexi Robichaux, the chief executive of BetterUp, not reveal how much Harry would be paid or whether he has been handed shares in the business. If so and H is still contracted to Betterup, then he may receive these donations annually or until his contract with Better Up ends?
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As for the book, I suggest the title of the old series: The X-Files: H&M - The Truth Is Out There.
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Regarding KCIII and the duo Bad Blood, if MM is NPD, I agree with Fifi La Rue, silence for her is much deadlier than answers. If I were KCIII I would go to parliament with the following proposal: Harry and MM would lose the title of DDoW, but used another to prevent MM from calling herself Princess. Their official title would be: Earl and Countess of Dumbarton!🤪
I can't belief how ignorant they are in not realising there is such a thing as a `reverse image search'. How dim to assume that nobody would recognise, or be able to find the true sources of, at least some of the photos they 've used as illustrative evidence.
Fifi LaRue said…
With their Fake U Series, the Harkles can finally be the stars they always wanted to be. Dookie can finally outshine William, and Ducharse will be the top start in the world.

I'll bet their Fake U Series will be nominated for a Golden Globe, and Dookie and Docharse will walk the Red Carpet.

They'll show the Royal Family just who matters.

Imagine all the star-studded parties they'll be invited to.

The Royal Family will be darn sorry they didn't kowtow to Dookie and Ducharse's demands.
Elskainga said…
I watched a recent YT video by Nate the Lawyer who is suing Christopher Bouzy for defamation. The second Netflix trailer with Bouzy has finally sparked some journalistic curiosity into who H&M hire. The DM thanked Nate via text for sending documents and an Australian newspaper called and left a message all during his taping. I hope Bouzy’s lies, harassment and doxxing of YTubers who criticized H&M are finally revealed and MM’s censorship tactics are exposed.

@RaspberryRuffle. I totally agree with you about how exhausting the toxic duo are. It’s so obvious how difficult they both are evidenced by the number of employees who come and go.
Observant One said…
I am holding out hope that the British Parliament will call down the thunder on the Sussexes. If they both accept the RFK ROH award, it should be considered as a direct threat to the Monarchy. The government taking action, with Charles’ blessing, would be the best way to silence them. Anything beyond a public reprimand from Parliament will be icing on the cake.

If they get by without any significant consequences, this will be a huge storm cloud over Charles’ reign.
3culprits said…
MODS: For reference, I thought I'd share a few links from The Royal Forums web site as it relates to British Royal family titles and succession. The Royal Forums has strict posting rules, especially on the Sussex threads.

https://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f23/questions-about-british-styles-and-titles-258.html

https://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f23/prince-of-wales-title-succession-and-wales-14668.html

https://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f23/succession-to-the-crown-act-2013-a-34108.html
SwampWoman said…
Wild Boar Battle-maid said...
I can't belief how ignorant they are in not realising there is such a thing as a `reverse image search'. How dim to assume that nobody would recognise, or be able to find the true sources of, at least some of the photos they 've used as illustrative evidence.


Well, it's because they are so much more intelligent than *everybody* else. Nobody else could possibly figure out how full of sh*t they are. How DARE untitled peasants question a Duke and Duchess who are the son and daughter-in-law of the King?

Now I'm all sad that I was suffering from a stomach virus and was unable to look at their vomit-inducing videos without suffering acute intestinal distress. I should probably sue Netflix for my feelings of sadness and nausea since this pile of steaming feces is their baby. I have a feeling that many other people wish to sue Netflix as well.
SwampWoman said…
Observant One said: If they get by without any significant consequences, this will be a huge storm cloud over Charles’ reign.

Well, since Harry and Meghan don't amount to much more than a couple annoying flies on a pile of sh*t, I think cutting off the money will slowly strangle them without lifting a finger. The BRF should let it be known that they will not be covering *any* of the Dumbarton's (probably considerable) debt because they are, after all, two middle-aged adults. If any businesses extended credit to them, they probably deserve to go bankrupt right along with them.
Fifi LaRue said…
The Fake U Series, and the The Book are simply revenge vehicles for the Dumbartons.

There is a wise saying: When you seek for revenge, dig two graves.

Someone posted on another site that the "likes" for the Dumbarton's trailer was at 7% against the "dislikes."
snarkyatherbest said…
i’m getting excited. tomorrow is ripples of hopelessness. what will she wear? which shade of crayola crayon will she be? and the Wales will be heading to the white tie event on December 8. it’s a tiara event and i want the PoW to wear another iconic piece. and i hope it’s good!
Petunia said…
I hope Catherine wears the tiara that * wanted to wear for her wedding.
Rebecca said…
@HappyDays

Serena Regan’s profile on LinkedIn:

Broadcast Media Executive with extensive experience developing and producing audio programming for a female audience. Specialties include; building strategic partnerships with television, digital media, publishing companies and celebrity hosts, creating editorial programming strategy and scheduling, content development, show format, coaching hosts and celebrity talent, building and executing operations plan & presenting innovative integrated advertising packages.
Successfully led the creative development, production, marketing and operations, and launches of top podcasts in the business, health and wellness categories.

She will be kept busy trying to “coach” Twat.
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DesignDoctor said…
Watching HGTV tonight one of the ads was a Netflix ad which played the trailer.
Rebecca said…
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle arrive in NYC ahead of Netflix docuseries release

https://pagesix.com/2022/12/05/prince-harry-meghan-markle-seen-in-nyc-ahead-of-netflix-docuseries-release/?_gl=1*fnhw6*_ga*NTE0ODg5NzAzLjE2Njg2NDE0ODc.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MDI5NzY0Ni40MC4xLjE2NzAyOTgxOTUuMC4wLjA.&_ga=2.152712957.57713007.1670194250-514889703.1668641487
HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught became plain lady Patricia Ramsay when she married in 1919.

It can be done.
Humor Me said…
Vladimir with the Emeralds. Hunter green velvet formal. Keep the jewelry and embellishment to a minimum- we cannot have * not see that crown.
Rebecca said…
From The Times:

A second Netflix trailer from the Sussexes? It’s going to be ugly
If there’s not a bunker in Buckingham Palace, they might want to build one, says Hilary Rose


They’ve got the builders in at Buckingham Palace. Having just watched the trailer for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix documentary, someone should tell them to forget about the renovations. What they need is a bunker because boy, is this going to be ugly. Harry and Meghan aren’t just upset about a few courtiers or whingeing about who made whom cry at a bridesmaid fitting. That’s old news. Been there, done that, told Oprah. This time, they’re going for gold. Even after three years, two children, 16 bathrooms and a chicken coop, their rage and fury about their ten terrible minutes in the royal family is baffling.

What the trailer makes clear is that they want to blow up the whole institution and everyone in it. Harry talks about not just his wife’s infamous struggles, but “the pain and suffering of women who marry into this institution, the feeding frenzy”, while pictures of Diana, Camilla and Kate flash up. “There is leaking but also planting of stories,” he says, perhaps referring to the vicious briefing war his parents waged against each other when he was a child, or perhaps to the stories about Duchess Difficult, and the bullying allegations, which she denies, and the story about her wanting Diptyque air freshener in St George’s Chapel, which she does not. “It’s a dirty game,” he says, sadly.

In the opening sequence he ponders how hard it is to look back and think “what on earth happened?” although you might think even he could have formed a vague view by now. “There’s a hierarchy of the family,” he adds, showing an admirable grasp of how monarchy works. But that, inadvertently, shows the fundamental problem that it really doesn’t need six hours of Netflix footage to explain: he and Meghan were destined always to be the co-stars, not the stars. They would stand at the back of the balcony, not the front. They would walk behind William and Kate for ever, and it would probably be raining. Being fêted on walkabouts would never translate into cold, hard cash, freebies had to be returned and you didn’t even get your pick of tiaras. What was the point?
Rebecca said…
In the trailer crowds are seen chanting, “We love you Meghan!” Printing presses roll. Camera flashes detonate, possibly in their faces, probably in someone else’s. A shorter version of the trailer showed a huge press pack at a Harry Potter premiere they weren’t even at, but maybe Harry saw his own name and got confused. In other shots, a besieged Diana shields her face from photographers using a tennis racket, in scenes which simply would not happen today. Paparazzi swarm around a car that appears to be in New York, and that may contain Harry or Meghan or Harry Potter or none of them. Footage of Meghan walking down the steps of Buckingham Palace with Camilla is used to push the argument forward, whatever it might be, and her lawyer from Schillings pops up to say “there was a war against Meghan to suit other people’s agendas”. Nobody talks about all the British people who lined the streets of Windsor for their wedding, and also paid for it.

“I realised they’re never going to protect you,” says Meghan, who had 24/7 protection as a working royal. The trailer is both vague and direct all at once, a mishmash of people and events and footage from who knows where or when, because who cares? This is their truth, which may or may not accord with the truth, and their truth is that they were simply too wonderful for their own good, an argument with which listeners of Meghan’s podcasts will be familiar. There’s the inevitable balcony shot, and footage of more cheering crowds and someone who could be a respected TV pundit or Jeremy Corbyn saying “she’s becoming a royal rock star”. Then we cut back to Meghan, who snaps her fingers and says “everything changed”.

“I was terrified,” Harry says. “I didn’t want history repeating itself. No one knows the full truth. We know the full truth.” Whatever the truth, Netflix has, at vast expense, manufactured what it calls a global event and H&M are laughing all the way to the bank, but mostly filmed crying. Job done. The first three hours are out at 8am our time on Thursday. Take cover.
@Rebecca,

The Times article is brilliant -thanks. Let's applaud Hilary Rose: `An admirable grasp of how monarchy works' ,`maybe Harry saw his own name and got confused'; and `both vague and direct all at once', all excellent phrases which brought a much-needed smile.
The Mail has plenty on the topic but this piece deserves a read:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11505285/Fury-Sussexes-Netflix-claim-war-Meghan-bombshell-new-trailer.html

SARAH VINE: Harry and Meghan are gaslighting the entire nation while lining their pockets with misery

No one knows the full truth; we know the full truth.’ With those portentous words Prince Harry ends the second trailer for his Netflix documentary, part one of which is released in full on Thursday.

Or, to put it another way, the gloves are well and truly off.

Not that anyone really believed otherwise, given the Sussexes’ recent behaviour. But there was always a faint hope they might retain some decorum; that certain areas might remain off-limits even for them.

Not so. And that sounds like a threat, as clear as it is sinister.

Two things stand out. First, the weaponisation of Princess Diana and her own experience as a royal consort in order to elevate Meghan. It’s hardly surprising: Harry has mentioned his wife before in the context of his mother, but this goes one step further.

By placing footage of the late Princess Diana alongside images of Meghan in various stages of distress, the message is clear: the two are virtually one and the same.

This is clever. Not only does it enlist (and enrage) the armies of Princess Diana fans who still, to this day, believe she was assassinated by the Royal Family and who will, no doubt, sally forth on social media to spread the gospel; it also allows Meghan to inherit Diana’s iconic status. Which is presumably rather useful when pitching victim narratives to Netflix.

But when you think about it, it’s a really cheap shot, not only because it’s effectively monetising Diana’s life (and death); but also because, let’s not forget, Harry isn’t Diana’s only son. One can only imagine how Prince William must feel about Harry appropriating their late mother in this way.


Continued...
Part 2

Second, race. ‘It’s about race,’ says one of the talking heads in this trailer. Harry and Meghan left because the Royal Family — and, it would seem from this, most of the British media — are racist. Really? But I thought you just told us it was all about history repeating itself? Diana wasn’t mixed race, was she? So how can it be racist? Make up your minds, guys.

The lack of self-awareness is staggering. At one point Harry intones, in his now familiar Voice of Doom, about ‘the pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution, this feeding frenzy’.

I’m sorry? Come again? What about your constant attacks on the institution into which another woman — the Princess of Wales — married?

Or does Kate not count because she doesn’t spend all her time playing the victim, weeping and wailing about how awful her life is — but just gets on with it instead of finding fault at every turn?

Does she not count because, unlike Meghan, she has managed to make a success of being a royal consort?

The Netflix trailer starts with Harry telling us: ‘It’s really hard to look back on it and go, “What on earth really happened?”’

No, Harry, it’s not. It’s very easy. So let me spell it out for you. You and Meghan had it all: a very comfortable life complete with all the advantages of your station, the adoration of the British public, a positive platform from which to pursue your passions.

Meghan was welcomed with open arms and total sincerity; you had a £30 million wedding with cheering crowds from Windsor to Wolverhampton; Prince Charles walked Meghan down the aisle; you were part of the ‘Fab Four’, the future of the Royal Family.

The tide turned only because of your behaviour: the diva demands; the jealousy towards other royals; that baby shower; those private jets; the ingratitude; the hypocrisy; the ungracious rows over tiaras and Frogmore Cottage.

What happened, Harry, was that people started to question some of your and Meghan’s choices, and you didn’t like that.

And instead of wondering whether people might have a point when they said they didn’t much like being lectured about climate change by someone who seemed to use private air travel as an Uber; instead of checking your and your wife’s privilege (to use a phrase beloved of your new American friends), you threw a massive hissy fit and now make allegations of racism.

And here you are, gaslighting the entire nation while lining your pockets with your so-called misery. And I’m sorry, but it won’t wash. In my view it’s nothing to do with hate, and it’s nothing to do with race.

Your paymasters at Netflix may fall for this nonsense but the British public sees straight through you. That, I’m afraid, is the ‘full truth’.
Rebecca said…
I just like the headline in the Sun:

SUSSEX, LIES & VIDEOTAPE Four major fibs in Meghan Markle and Harry’s Netflix doc exposed as experts slam plot to ‘destroy monarchy with lies’
Rebecca said…
@WBBM
Hilary Rose should get a CBE once this whole sordid mess is concluded. Which it likely never will be, but one can dream. I’m crossing my fingers and toes that she will get first crack at analyzing the narc-fest dropping on Thursday.

Thanks for posting the Sarah Vine piece. She has Twit and Twat pegged too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zol3knWncpY

BLG's take on Marlene - it's powerful. If you haven't seen it yet (I don't recall the link being posted) do watch it.
Magatha Mistie said…

Green snide monster

The only issue with colour I see
Is mehs true hue
green with envy, jealousy
Oh what a slap
to her unfortunate face
When Kate showcased
that emerald necklace…

Maneki Neko said…
@alianor d'aquitaine

HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught became plain lady Patricia Ramsay when she married in 1919.

It can be done.
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Indeed it can, however, she relinquished her title of a British princess and the style of Royal Highness.
Note the word 'relinquish', i.e. gave up voluntarily. I don't think H would relinquish his title.

'Princess Patricia of Connaught was permitted by Royal Warrant to relinquish the style of Royal Highness' etc. (Wikipedia)
I’ve been wondering for a while, but particularly over the last few days, whether the royal family regret not putting their foot (completely) down with letting Mole marry the Trojan Horse Maggot? How history could’ve been so different. Yes, it might’ve been rough for a while, but neither (Maggot or Mole) would’ve had the amount of ammunition (time and situations to fabricate lies etc) to throw back at the family or the UK. 🥹😟

Just how many regrets does the family have now? 😞
Maneki Neko said…
Looking at the news and seeing pix of those two misery guys makes me sick. What is the atmosphere like in their household? What kind of life do those two children, if they exist, live? It must be a laugh a minute... I think they're now stuck in this vicious circle of complaints, crying, denouncing. They can't show a happy face and a normal life ever again or if they do, then that will prove the misery was just for Netflix (and $$$).
HG Tudor always makes me feel a sense of relief….here’s one of his latest!

Harry´s Wife : The Netflix Trailer - It's Backfiring Already (Meghan Ma…..

https://youtu.be/w3g4BnzRF_Q
Magatha Mistie said…

Cheers @Maneki & @Karla 😉

@Rebecca & @Wildboar
thanks for the Hilary Rose
and Sara Vine articles, extra salt and
vinegar sprinkled on the chip paper👍



Magatha Mistie said…

The C*unts of Montefester

Harry THOTer half blood prince
His Chamber of Secrets
Prisoner, Askhisbint
The deathly shallows of
Hermesiownhe
Attacking Stone of Scone, Monarchy
Expelliarmus dementor and your
demented donkey…

@Maneki Neko

Very true.

But. That was the official announcement of her situation. Her personal ideas may have been different.

Considering the holiness of those letters HRH for the members of the royal families one can ask whether the earl and countess of Wessex truly did not want they children to be a princess and a prince.

The hullabaloo of Prince Joachim of Denmarks family is a good example of the question.

Of course we know that Prince Harry is an exception of this rule. He told us so himself when his son was born.
The best way to wound a narcissist is to completely ignore them! Hmmm the royal family are doing this by carrying on as normal. 😁

She won’t stop till people stop giving her airtime.
Maneki Neko said…
Sorry, meant 'misery guts' not misery guys.
All those carefully staged, posed, choreographed photos - they are not snapshots - do not inspire pity, they inspire revulsion. I would be mortified to be photographed crying/holding my head in my hand etc for the world to see and to illustrate my 'grief' and 'despair' at the way the BRF treated me. Forget the £30+M wedding, the £1M wardrobe, Charles walking you down the middle etc. With a bit of luck, more people will see through them after the Netflix horror show.
Sandie said…
The King and Queen Consort will be at the Christmas Carol service organized by the Princess of Wales. There will probably be quite a few other royals showing their face. So, there they will be ... participating in one of the traditions of a happy Christian special time. All that Christian goodwill and happy holiday spirit in contrast with the deceit and whining of two very nasty people ... Netflix does not need people to like or believe the series, but watch it (the views of the two short previews has assured them that they will get a huge audience). But, like her podcast series, viewing of the first episode will be high and then drop off.

By the way, Netflix refers to the British Commonwealth. That hasn't existed for decades. Lousy fact checking, using photographs that have nothing to do with them (including of crowds when William and Catherine got married), relying on a lawyer and Bouzy to speak up for them. (Bouzy is in trouble because the media are now interested and Nate, who is suing him, is happy to supply all information he has, which is a lot.)

And I do wish the media would stop referring to scenes of her crying. In the one photo you can clearly see she is smirking behind her hand, then the next shot she hides her whole face. If your wife is genuinely distressed and crying and you whip out your phone to take photos ... you're sleeping in the chicken coop for the rest of the year.
Observant One said…
@RR Thanks for the reminder to check out HG Tudor’s video on the NF trailers. It was so good, I cried one tear out of my left eye😉

@Magatha I love Montefester and the spell to rid us of the dementor and her demented donkey. Clever girl!

@ Rebecca Thank you for copying and pasting the Hilary Rose articles. They make my day!
Sandie said…
https://www.tumblr.com/kingwilliamv/702883222038740992/x

You can find the official notice about the Carol service at the link above ... service, support for others, selflessness, compasson ... not the sort of think the whining duo would be interested in.
Fifi LaRue said…
Hey Netflix!

93% of people watching the Dumbarton's trailer despise it, and them.
Girl with a Hat said…
The Body Language Guy on Twitter says:

My sources at Netflix confirm that the stock photos fiasco in the Harkles’ trailers has triggered emergency meetings to address whichever images and clips have been used in the final product.

The Montecito screams are real. This is a shitstorm of epic proportions.


https://twitter.com/Knesix/status/1600125101357223936
Girl with a Hat said…
The Body Language Guy on Twitter says:

My sources at Netflix confirm that the stock photos fiasco in the Harkles’ trailers has triggered emergency meetings to address whichever images and clips have been used in the final product.

The Montecito screams are real. This is a shitstorm of epic proportions.


https://twitter.com/Knesix/status/1600125101357223936
Humor Me said…
Help - does someone have an archive (or a cut and paste) of Hilary Rose's article in The Times, please? and Thank you.
abbyh said…
Seatbelt time people. This rollercoaster is going to do a loop de loop.

I wonder what the legal documents they all signed say about liability on fact checking? Who was covering it? One might think that whispers of the problems of the interview might have circulated in HW so as to warn NF (unless letting NF take a hit was the plan).

And, this will lead to questions of the past and any future documentaries for their final director (that first director dodged a bullet and probably bound by an NDA).

Wait, did they just hire someone recently to do fact checking?

I am wondering if NF are looking at inserting some kind of disclaimer now (aka the Crown) as they are frantically looking at legal use of every frame.

And, now that the press is a teensy bit less muzzled, the chances of MSM getting in the fake narrative action increases (many want to be the next Woodward and Bernstein).

Just think about the negative comments which didn't happen but there is some claim of how the Palace planted negative stories about them. If true, wouldn't there have been a similar rise in negative comments?

This also tells us just how moderated the articles and comments were on them have been until now on places like the DM.

I think a lot of people who might not have been planning on watching, will now watch it - to see the train wreck coming of false narratives, ott photographs, word salad making vague, vague claims but proof on the level of Big Foot level and obvious hits against specific people which may just come off as mean spirited at worse and be discounted for their obvious hate at best.

Mel said…
Might just be PR to get people to watch. And then be a damp squib like The Crown.

Or...down on purpose by ...???... to force Netflix to withdraw it at the last minute.
They know what they said in it. If not allowed to edit it out after the funeral, they came up with this plot to force it to not ever show?

Kinda suspicious about 3 top Archewell people quitting abruptly last week.

They wanted no part of it? They saw the storm coming?
Mm is gonna blame them for this even tho it was her idea?

Something is afoot.
Girl with a Hat said…
I doubt it will air.

Professional photo editors on that Twitter thread are saying that they were shocked at how many copyright laws were broken and that there would be major damages awarded to the copyright holders if Netflix aired the documentary as is.

Not sure they have the time to replace and edit out all the copyright infringement and just plain misleading photos.
Hikari said…
Re. Netflix trailer

Is it possible that the copyrighted photos in dispute were just put into the trailer to get buzz going and won't actually appear in the finished product? Trailers are cut independently of the movie production side usually and are outsourced. If MM gave the trailer company a bunch of copyrighted material, they should have done due diligence but it may not be in the final edit of the series. I can hardly imagine a highly respected documentary director not getting this right. Where the Sussexes are concerned, EVERYTHING needs to be fact-checked and quadruple-checked for permissions--can't take their word for anything.

This will be how the Suxxits distance themselves from the fallout--they will claim they didn't give permission for the disputed images or even know they were appearing.

As far as I'm concerned, Netflix can bite the dust after this--they absolutely deserve to go bankrupt after all this controversy . .it's the Markling they deserve.
snarkyatherbest said…
Mel. great points agreed but what about the contract. if they didn’t deliver in a time frame perhaps specified who is at breach. i am thinking the team quit knowing they would take the fall either way and no doubt the mrs who is uber hyper on copyright infringement thought she could get away with some of the pics and if she didn’t it would be delayed. so who will have to pay over this delay? netflix or harkles. either way the production company looks like a mess. i’m guessing this won’t help them ever deliver content again (ah shucks we will be relegated to just analyzing award dinner photos)
snarkyatherbest said…
Hikari. netflix has over $5B in cash on their balance sheet and are no longer bleeding cash. so sadly they won’t be going bankrupt any time soon.
rom what I’ve seen and seen reported. there’s at least 3 different bits of camera footage used in the trailers that is falsified. My sentiments exactly GWAH, I’m now doubting whether it will air or it might be delayed. I’m hoping Netflix get sued for the sloppy and inept storytelling, and the lies within it get fully exposed. 🫤😃

You’re always going to get viewers who will watch a little to be nosey. My feeling is, the only opinions that matter when it comes to the British royal family, are the Brits and to an extent individuals from the Commonwealth countries. I do think amongst those individuals the majority just don’t care for the duo, and overall with everything going on in the world…people have far more pressing and important things to worry about than 2 sick, sad and soulless individuals who reside across the pond. 🫤
Girl with a Hat said…
but if the copyrighted pictures already appeared on the youtube trailer, than that may cause copyright infringements already.
OKay said…
@Humor Me Rebecca posted the Times article at 7:55 AM.
Humor Me said…
Thank you - did not scroll back far enough.
Anonymous said…
Wonder if H$M were plotting to sue NF. Wouldn't surprise me.
Fifi LaRue said…
Folks, I got a little disappointing news for you: there is no copyright infringement if the moving image is six seconds or less.
Anyone remember the movie, "The Secret," based on the book? The whole movie is composed of moving images of six seconds or less.
Rebecca said…
A young man has thrown an egg at King Charles in Luton during his walkabout. KC carried on.
Rebecca said…
This is very long but I recommend it. From the Telegraph:

Diana would be appalled at the damage Harry is doing to William

The Duke of Sussex casts himself as the sole champion of the late Princess of Wales – yet continues to monetise the memory of his mother

ALLISON PEARSON


Good grief, I know The Crown takes liberties with reality, but this new series is really pushing it. Why would its writers expect us to believe a plot as fantastical as this?

Synopsis: Following the death of the family’s beloved matriarch, her son receives a warm welcome from the people but the King’s honeymoon period is short lived. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have secretly been filming a documentary series to honour their $100 million contract with Netflix. Having experienced the chill of public excommunication at his grandmother’s funeral, still unsure what he gets in her Will, and with Papa not returning his calls, even Halfwit Harry realises that washing the family’s dirty laundry again on eight billion TV screens might not be such a smart move. But the Sussexes are under pressure to deliver content.

“Ms Truth”, Meghan’s animated series about a little girl who travels through history having her ancestors burnt at the stake for being insufficiently feminist, has been cancelled for being uncommercial, self-righteous and just really, really annoying. At this rate, the Sussexes might have to downsize from 16 bathrooms in their Montecito mansion to a frankly unacceptable 11. Throwing Harry’s entire family under the Gold State Coach is a small price to pay to keep the cash for the globally compassionate Archewell foundation rolling in.

Meanwhile, the Prince and Princess of Wales travel to Boston for the Earthshot Prize. This long-planned event, in which William continues grandfather Philip’s environmental campaigning, is disastrously overshadowed. First, when Lady Susan Hussey, William’s godmother, is accused of racism by a guest wearing African dress to a Palace reception. Lady Hussey is swiftly dispatched, despite being less of a liability to the royals than, say, Prince Harry. Monarchists are upset by King Charles’s capitulation to a trouble-seeking race activist and his perceived disloyalty to his mother’s loyal companion of 60 years.

Before that furore has time to die down, a trailer for “Harry and Meghan. A Netflix Global Event. Volume 1” is released. By complete coincidence, it appears halfway through the Waleses’ US tour when it has maximum chance of stealing the thunder of Harry’s big brother! It turns out a photographer has been in 24/7 attendance throughout the period the Sussexes were seeking privacy, on hand to record those “casual yet intimate moments” when they are smooching in the kitchen in full evening dress. Think Boy Meets Girl photo stories from Just Seventeen magazine.

Meghan gives Harry her best eyes-glistening-with-adoration pose while the fifth in line to the throne looks like some smitten farmhand Madam has borrowed from the pig-pen.

With a crash of dramatic music, a still photograph taken in Westminster Abbey reveals the Duchess of Sussex, a picture of innocence in white, while, in the pew in front, the invariably smiling Kate is looking daggers. Cut to Meghan weeping artfully on an H blanket. (Maybe it’s the £1,260 Hermes price tag that made the poor duchess’s eyes water?)
Rebecca said…
A second, longer Netflix trailer follows 48 hours later. It is an open declaration of war. Harry accuses the Palace of playing a “dirty game” and one contributor says Meghan’s experience in the Royal household was “about hatred, about race”. To communicate the full force of the hurt, Meghan has temporarily stopped wearing mascara. Harry talks about the “pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution… this feeding frenzy”. Inconveniently, there is no visual record of Meghan actually being harassed by paparazzi so they use old footage of Princess Diana, a still of massed photographers at a Harry Potter premiere and footage of cameramen who were filming former glamour-model Katie Price arriving for a court appearance. This blatant manipulation begins to attract adverse comment.

“No one knows the full truth,” says Harry ominously, staring straight into the camera. “We know the full truth.” DUN DUN DUUUN!

Summary: Prince Harry believes he is avenging his wronged mother from whose fate he tried to save Meghan. His tell-all memoir, Spare, is published in January. The Coronation is in May. Harry has seven months to prevent his father and stepmother becoming King and Queen. Fearing further damaging revelations, will King Charles apologise for “institutionalised racism” in the Royal family in an attempt to appease his angry son and crazy narcissist daughter-in-law? Or will the Sussexes self-combust in pursuit of flaming revenge, their victim narrative turning to ash as the public sees them for the greedy schemers that they appear to be….

ENDS

Any hope the Palace might have had that this vulture-on-the-wall docu-series would be relatively innocuous has been dashed. Essentially, Harry and Meghan have produced a real-life ending to The Crown starring themselves as those cruelly-wronged, star crossed lovers, Harry and Meghan. Netflix must be cock-a-hoop. No need for auditions or any tiresome disclaimer such as they were asked to use when there was a row about the veracity of the current series. Harry & Meghan, which is available to view from Thursday, can boast that it is stronger than fiction. Because its leading man and leading lady have no need to master a script or invent scenes; they were there.

Ah, but that is to presume the couple are reliable witnesses to their own experience. Viewers will find no dissenting voices here. No Camilla, Catherine or Sophie Wessex who also “married into this institution”, which can’t have been easy, but, unlike Meghan, chose to take it in their stride and do a sterling job.

No one pressing, “Are you quite sure it was racism, Meghan? Maybe people just didn’t like you because you were a high-maintenance nightmare?” The Sussexes lose members of staff like other people lose car keys. In the summer of 2019, a Palace insider contacted me and reported “chronic, resentful feeling of inferiority combined with a love of control over her husband and a lack of reconnaissance on how the Royal family behave results in a lethal combination. Heading for another Wallis Simpson is the general verdict.” That won’t be in the series either, I bet.

“I realised they’re never gonna protect you,” Meghan says bitterly in the trailer. On the contrary. At first, “they” (loyal courtiers) bent over backwards to prevent stories about the new Duchess’s behaviour reaching the media. If they started leaking against Meghan it was after it became clear that no one was going to protect them. An internal report into the handling of bullying allegations (which the Duchess denies) will never see the light of day because Buckingham Palace said there were “confidentiality agreements”. Meghan and Harry are very hot on safeguarding and respect; just not for other people.
Rebecca said…
Nowhere is that selfish obliviousness clearer than in Harry’s relationship with his brother. Casting himself as the sole champion of the late Princess of Wales, Harry rails, “I've seen what happens when someone I love is commoditised to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person.” But what else are Harry and Meghan doing if not making a living from monetising the legend of Diana? Cynically, they conflate the story of the two royal wives when there is really no comparison. Married to Prince Charles just after her 20th birthday, Diana accrued huge public affection over 15 years of duty while enduring a loveless match. Benefitting from a far more caring Royal household and a doting husband, Meghan bailed in under two years.

Harry forgets that his mother had two sons who both adored her. A devout monarchist, Diana would be appalled at the damage her younger boy is doing to his big brother, her darling “Wills”, via the institution he will one day lead. If, that is, there is a monarchy left when Harry has finished his tantrum.

It’s the hypocrisy and the vindictiveness that I find unforgivable. In a May 2016 interview with Prince Harry, Andrew Marr asked, “You are pursued - how can you possibly have a private life?”

This was the prince’s reply: “Sadly, that line between public and private life is almost non-existent any more. We [the Royal family] will continue to do our best to ensure that there is a line… everyone has a right to their privacy… Sadly, in some cases there is this incessant need to find out every little bit of detail about what goes on behind the scenes. It’s unnecessary.”

Six years later, that warm, hugely likeable young man has put a bomb under the line he said should exist between the Royals’ public and private life. Shamelessly, he hawks the shrapnel to the highest bidder. But you keep telling yourself you’re the caring one, Harry son.

Tomorrow night, the Sussexes’ Grievance Show will pander to what Harry himself once damned as the “incessant need to find out… what goes on behind the scenes”. I hope the public has grown weary of their whingeing. How helpless and how sad the King must feel as he agonises over whether to cut the prodigal son loose or leave the door ajar, as a father’s love says he must. What does the Sovereign he now is say? The late Queen would not have hesitated. In three weeks, Charles III makes his first Christmas broadcast and we will know his choice: the Crown or family, truth or fiction; which is it to be?
SwampWoman said…
Well, well, well. Again, the BRF doesn't have to do anything about the mockumentary. There are a lot of eagle-eyed people pointing out their lies/misrepresentations all over social media.
SwampWoman said…
Oooh, I like that line "Sussexes Grievance Show". I would elaborate a bit with the Sussex Grievance Dog and Pony Show" because it is all a sales pitch for commercial gain.
Mel said…
Thinking about this a little more, I can't fathom that the Harkles are smart enough to do this as a plot to delay or prevent the airing of the series.

However, I do think that Mm would do something like this thinking she wouldn't get caught. Because she's so focused on proving her point that she has been harassed.
Maneki Neko said…
The Netflix trailer that showed inaccurate/misleading photos, e.g.cropped or taken pre *, reminds me of the Oprah interview.

the deliberate distortion and doctoring of newspaper headlines in the misleading montage of British newspapers broadcast in ‘Oprah with Meghan and Harry’. Many of the headlines have been either taken out of context or deliberately edited and displayed as supporting evidence for the programme’s claim that the Duchess of Sussex was subjected to racist coverage by the British press.

How can anyone give credence to that farrago of nonsense?

https://www.thewrap.com/daily-mail-cbs-harry-meghan-oprah-tabloids/
snarkyatherbest said…
https://twitter.com/royalfocus1/status/1600225880936046592?s=46&t=0HMdUtg-oemEAn5H3x-Szg

we have a tiara event!! oh yeah when is the rfk dinner?
Girl with a Hat said…
it looks like the Kennedy award is removing the mention of structural racism in the description

https://twitter.com/AkuaAhuofe/status/1600148254242373632
DesignDoctor said…
@Sandie
I enjoyed reading the release on the Christmas Carols and was delighted, when I scrolled further down that page to see Wm's Speech at the Earthshot Prize.

@Rebecca
I read all of the articles you post and appreciate your efforts in keeping us informed!
DesignDoctor said…
The tiaras worn tonight by the Royal Ladies attending the Diplomatic Reception are stunning. If you scroll down the Twitter link @Snarky posted (copied below), there is a full picture of Catherine's tiara on it's own. Gorgeous!

https://twitter.com/royalfocus1/status/1600225880936046592?s=46&t=0HMdUtg-oemEAn5H3x-Szg
Humor Me said…
Kate appears to be earring the lotus flower tiara! Stunning!!
@Fifi LaRue,

It’s far more complicated than just copyright issues. If Maggot and Mole said they were harassed by the press, they’d need to back up their claims with photos as evidence to give the narrative credibility. Only they didn’t have any photos because there’s been no hounding by the press. The pair both lie, and have zero issues with lying! Remember the whole Oprah thing and the 17 proven lies and doctored photos? So production and perhaps with assistance of the duo decided to use other people’s press footage. So if other people’s photos and footage has been used throughout the series it’s a huge problem, particularly if they want credibility. 🥹

I’m sure they didn’t get permission to shoot from inside BP, there could be all kinds of fallout because someone didn’t do their due diligence or cared what the actual truth was.😟
xxxxx said…
The Times
HILARY ROSE
Monday December 05 2022, 5.00pm
A second Netflix trailer from the Sussexes? It’s going to be ugly
If there’s not a bunker in Buckingham Palace, they might want to build one, says Hilary Rose


As requested. Archived at: https://archive.ph/7nlTb#selection-769.0-777.92
Fifi LaRue said…
@Raspberry: Thanks!
DesignDoctor said…
Thanks for the link to the Hillary Rose article @xxxxx
Rebecca said…
New from Valentine Low in The Times:

Palace must reject Harry and Meghan ‘lies’, says former aide
Ex-employee calls for non-disclosure agreements to be lifted over Netflix series


A former Buckingham Palace employee who claims they were bullied by the Duchess of Sussex has called on the palace to hit back at the allegations that are expected to be made in the Sussexes’ Netflix series Harry & Meghan.

The former employee, who is one of many members of staff bound by a confidentiality agreement, said: “The only way to end it once for good is for us to be allowed to speak, and for the palace to firmly reject their lies.”

The six-part documentary series, which is released in part tomorrow, contains serious allegations against the royal household, including claims that the palace leaked and planted stories.

There are also claims, highlighted in a trailer that was released earlier this week, that the attacks on the duchess were motivated by racism. Some palace insiders were “seething with rage” at the allegations, according to one source.

However, one unanswered question is how the documentary will address the allegations — first reported in The Times — that the duchess bullied members of staff. A review of the allegations was conducted by an independent law firm, but Buckingham Palace refused to publish the results.

The Sussexes have denied any allegations that the duchess bullied staff.

One person said to have been bullied by the duchess, who has remained silent until now, was so outraged by the two trailers promoting the series that they have decided to speak out, albeit under conditions of strict anonymity.

“It’s emotionally draining,” they said. “It feels like there’s no end to it.”

The former employee called on the palace to “step up” by lifting all the non-disclosure agreements, and said they should “publicly respond to [the Sussexes’] attacks”.
Rebecca said…
Buckingham Palace has maintained a strict policy of not responding to the advance material from the series, saying that they want to concentrate on the royal family’s engagements this week.

It remains uncertain whether they will make any official response to the series, although that may change if the allegations are serious enough.

After the duke and duchess’s interview with Oprah Winfrey last year, in which they implied that an unnamed member of the royal family was racist, Buckingham Palace released a statement saying: “Some recollections may vary.”

In the latest Netflix trailer, Harry says: “No-one knows the full truth… We know the full truth.”

The former employee said: “They always use vague terms ‘the truth’, ‘my truth’, but nothing concrete is said.”

Instead the duchess uses people like the journalist Omid Scobie to convey her narrative that some people within the palace were racist, the former employee believes.

The palace declined to comment, but it is understood that they are “monitoring events closely” and do not believe there is any point saying anything until they have seen the programme.

The former employee also believes that Meghan has been trying to push other former Palace employees into breaking their confidentiality agreements so they can be taken to court.

“She knows we can’t financially protect ourselves by going to court, so she keeps pushing.

“It’s all a game for her. And she is loving it.”
Girl with a Hat said…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXFah3n3ZTs

Trevor Coult, the recipient of the Military Cross and a British serviceman, has been muzzled by Youtube because he was being asked by the many journalists what he thought about Spary's service in Afghanistan.
Petunia said…
Catherine looks spectacular as usual. She is such a credit to the RF.

Meanwhile the alleged eco-warriors make a yuuuuuuge "carbon footprint" to travel cross-country for a meaningless award given by one of the most corrupt families in history at a ceremony emceed by a killer. You can't make this stuff up.
Midge said…
Its been quite some time since I have posted anything but I have been here all along. Thank you for all the articles that you all have made available for the rest of us. Came across this one and don't think it's been noted yet - my apologies if I missed it and am repeating something.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11509651/Meghan-Markle-told-childhood-toil-match-Cinderella.html
"Why are so many of the storylines in Meghan's narrative of her like straight out of fairytales?"
SwampWoman said…
Wow, Queen Camilla looked lovely!
HappyDays said…
@Rebecca:
Thank you for all the articles you copy and paste here for those of us who do not have access to some of these publications.

If the Sussexes keep this up, by the time all six episodes of the whineomentary appear on Netflix and Harry’s book is published, plus if incendiary remarks are made by either Harry or his first wife at the Ripple awards in New York, that Charles is so angry he takes action to crush the Sussexes like a pair of cockroaches.
HappyDays said…
The Robert F. Kennedy Foundation lists a Sunshine Sachs email as a contact address. I wonder how many more award deals that were brokered by the Sussexes former public relations firm Sunshine Sachs remain since thevSussexes relationship with SS ended a few months ago. Eventually these deals for the mutual benefit between pairs Sunshine Sachs’ clients will run out for the Harkles.

Here’s the Saint Meghan Markle link on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/y1qqnk/im_crying_this_award_literally_has_a_sunshine/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_term=link
Maneki Neko said…
The former employee also believes that Meghan has been trying to push other former Palace employees into breaking their confidentiality agreements so they can be taken to court.
As per V Low's article in The Times.

The viper needs to think very carefully about the implications. If staff are released from their NDAs, this could backfire badly for her. I really hope they will be and will say what it was like working for TBW. Time the world heard 'their truth'.
Dickie Arbiter speaks up -

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/diana-at-fault-queen-adviser-harry-meghan-144656182.html

'Diana was at fault, too': Queen's former adviser's warning to Harry and Meghan
Emma Mackenzie


·Yahoo UK royal reporter
Tue, 6 December 2022 at 2:46

Part 1:

A former adviser to the late Queen and the Royal Family has warned Prince Harry about courting press attention and urged him not to 'muddy the waters' by claiming what happened to his mother could happen to Meghan.
On Tuesday, Netflix released the full trailer for Harry & Meghan, the six-part docuseries that looks set to feature a number of claims about stories that were leaked to the press about the couple.
In the trailer, Harry is shown referring to the "feeding frenzy" surrounding women who marry into the Royal Family, drawing a direct line between Diana and his wife. "I was terrified", he says. "I didn't want history to repeat itself."
Dickie Arbiter, a former spokesperson for Queen Elizabeth, said Harry's mother played an active role in shaping her relationship with the press.
He told TalkTV: "I first met Diana three days before [her] wedding. I knew Diana right up until the time that she died. I worked with her and for her for five years. There are times when she did court the press.
Watch: 'Diana was at fault too': Queen's former advisor warns Harry and Meghan

"Harry says he doesn't want happening to Meghan what happened to Diana. Well, a lot of the fault was Diana's".
Arbiter explained: "She went out of her way to talk to them privately", citing that she would telephone the press.
"Let's not muddy the waters by saying 'what happened to my mother, I don't want to happen to Meghan' they have courted the media", he added.
The trailer is not the first time that Harry has compared the treatment of his wife to that of his mother.
In the 2021 Apple TV show, The Me You Can't See, Harry said: "My mother was chased to her death while she was in a relationship with someone that wasn't white and now look what's happened. You want to talk about history repeating itself, they're not going to stop until [Meghan] dies".
He also added it was "triggering" for him and said that he and his wife "get followed. Photographed, chased, harassed. The clicking of cameras and the flashes of the cameras makes my blood boil.
"It makes me angry and takes me back to what happened to my mom and what I experienced as a kid."
Both William and Harry have made public comments about how their mother struggled with press intrusion. William said in a documentary marking the 20th anniversary of her death that: "Most of the time she ever cried about anything it was to do with press intrusion".
He also said the press "lost its perspective on what was appropriate", when following Diana.
In The Me You Can't See, Harry echoed these sentiments, recalling the paparazzi chasing them in her car when he was a child. He said: "She was almost unable to drive because of the tears, there was no protection [...] and that happened every single day until the day she died."
Harry also spoke about blaming the paparazzi for his mother's death: "Here was no justice at all. Nothing came from that. The same people who chased her into the tunnel, photographed her dying on the backseat of that car."
Part 2

An inquest in 2008 into Diana's death found that while the "speed and manner of the following vehicles" were a factor in causing the accident, the jury unanimously found that "the death of the deceased was caused or contributed to by the fact that the deceased [were] not wearing seatbelt(s) [and] the fact that the Mercedes struck the pillar in the Alma Tunnel". Equally, that Diana's driver's judgement was impaired by alcohol was deemed a contributing factor.

Arbiter is correct in saying that Diana did court the press. She famously collaborated in secret with Andrew Morton on his bestselling book, Diana: Her True Story.

Her former private secretary, Patrick Jephson, has also said that both she and Charles briefed the press against each other during the acrimonious breakdown of their marriage.
According to the Beeb this morning, H said he was `humbled' to receive the award.

Excuse me while I puke...
of course, we should have expected * to mimic Princess Catherine - and to have the slit at the front, up as far as Possible.

Clearly, she never learnt how to exit a vehicle elegantly.Says it all, I suppose.
I wonder how the president of Ukraine feels about being equated with these two wastes of space and rations?
Maneki Neko said…
Good article in the DM in which * is compared to fairy tales heroines (she thinks she's one).

Why are so many of the storylines in Meghan's narrative of her life straight out of fairy tales? Duchess has told of a childhood of toil to match Cinderella, and being saved from a wicked sister-in-law (and stepmother) by her own Prince Charming

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11509651/Meghan-Markle-told-childhood-toil-match-Cinderella.html
Observant One said…
While looking at the DM’s article about the RFK gala, one thing stands out. * must think she is winning hearts and minds, or she is really coked up. It’s probably both. The rictus grin is kind of creepy, TBH. It’s clear that she is trying to change the public’s perception to the “playful 🤢and fun” person she THINKS she is.
Karla said…
For those who don't Twitter or Facebook.

Are you putting money before family, Harry?'

https://twitter.com/Sapphireblues3/status/1600412985234575360?s=20&t=OqBgoc-GQ3XPC2wQkBDbPw

...
DM
Are you putting money before family, Harry?': Prince and Meghan face awkward grilling from journalists about the royal family as they attend New York gala just hours before release of bombshell Netflix series.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11511573/Harry-Meghan-face-awkward-grilling-journalists-Netflix-series.html
Fifi LaRue said…
@WBBM: Several celebrities have tried attaching themselves to Zelensky's heroism. For instance, Sean Penn, who flew to Ukraine, and gave Zelensky Penn's Oscar to keep.

IMO Mrs. Dumbarton looked okay; however, I did not see photos of her exiting a car. Did she show off her goods?
Humor Me said…
Things I read before falling asleep -

~ NF takes resposibility for the photos - we are telling a narrative is what I think I read. Press does this to infer what was happening. This used especially when the subject is dead. Okay.....so this is NOT a documentary - it IS a fantasy.
~ that * wants the staff who signed NDAs to be realsed and talk so that she can sue them.
~ that the "inside job' was there from the start (remember, W warned H to take it slow) and that W and is staff planted stories about *. and the comments: do these people read - it has been 25 yrs. The paps did not kill Diana.
~ that the terms racism was removed from the award at the last minute. The British Press continue to write about the Hs receiving the award for racism.

Has anyone found the transcript for the actual remarks and presentation? Just read what the press shouted to the couple and H's reaction is of a level of "let them eat cake" with that smile. SMH
Hikari said…
Saw photos of the "event" last night. St. Markle once again in a white off the shoulder number that makes her look like she's wearing an inverted lampshade. Another outlet showed H holding an umbrella over her like a flunky while she exited the car. Hair was aggressively scraped back and slicked down but at least it was neat. She looked infinitely better groomed than at her own (third) wedding. Going the full Kardashian except for the weird baggy dress.

She wore Diana's aquamarine ring and her sugar outlets crowed over it. Hence I was gratified to see that press for this tatty self-congratulatory "event" has to share space with the Princess of Wales looking resplendent in the Lotus Flower Tiara, aka one of the actual Crown Jewels. Rachel fails once again.

Featuring more of Rachel's patented hunched over laughing posture 'cause she's just high on life, doncha know . . or frankly, just high. Both she and H looked high AF.

***************

https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/ripple-of-hope-award-gala-2022-meghan-markle-adorns-princess-dianas-iconic-aquamarine-ring-with-prince-harry-1202374
Maneki Neko said…
@Fifi

This is what you missed - for your delectation.

https://tinyurl.com/3n2n863y

ieschew said…
@WBBM As H said he was humbled, he also said it was just the beginning. Dear heavens spare us.

Given that threat: I am sure we all have our ideas who the bullied former staff is, and I hope there is enough BRF respect there that the plea to release NDAs is seriously considered. Otherwise, it’s left to the family members and “palace insiders” to make vague statements, and there is no way the Sussex baiting will cease. I would like to see the NDAs released so there can be corroborated, concrete proof that the Sussexes are lying so this can stop.

If there is some kind of scheme behind the charities and the award, as most of us suspect, it needs to be uncovered and charges pressed at the same time. I want her, Ken Sunshine/his staff, and all of the related schemers to be exposed and held accountable. How do you Nutties see that effectively happening/do you think it’s plausible? This nonsense has to be shut down.

What’s so unacceptable is the attention it takes from the very issues such people claim to care about. Never mind the blatant hypocrisy of the Sussexes—taking a private jet, commissioning an LV dress, and pulling up in three giant SUVs.

Does anyone have scoop on attendance last night? I kept an eye on the DM’s live “red carpet” feed, and it looked as if the organizers were circling the same few “celebrities” (read: Alex Baldwin and his fake-latina wife) in front of the press pool over and over. I took that to mean a low yield on desirable attendees.
@Fifi - almost.

Scroll down through photos at

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11511163/Harry-Meghan-Couple-vow-beginning-awards.html

It's a detail of this:
Image address

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/07/00/65316561-11509663-image-a-50_1670372116325.jpg

It doesn't say much for the organisers of the event, not providing a step - or were they expecting everyone to turn up in low-slung limos? Nor does it say much for H, not making sure she won't fall. Or was * stupid enough not to check that garb matched the transport? Or was it deliberate?

It's a wonder the dress didn't stay firmly up, thanks to friction with the seat. That would have been hilarious. As it is, my husband asked `Where's Pussy?'

How did she get back in afterwards?
Did H give her a leg up?

Suggestion: get a car with a fold-away step, like my old Land Rover. More money than sense, some people.. or use a mounting block.
Observant One said…
@Hikari
They certainly did look high. Of course, they were in NYC and attending an event with Kennedys, so it was inevitable.
snarkyatherbest said…
Hikari. i thought so too they seemed high in something. over exaggerated laughter and her showing a lot of leg while sitting. ok you want to be diana cross the legs at the ankle and cover up those legs with the dress and that for you too ms kennedy. you are on a stage already. but then again maybe the mrs was advertising for number 4 gotta say. some are saying it’s diana’s ring (different color and setting) but she definitely looked like she was in competition with the current princess of wales who wore a rented dress -with a $15MM heirloom choker. don’t try an compete duchass you won’t win.

am curious about harry and the book. will he tour. will she let him tour alone or will she be there for the readings and the interviews and interrupt him the whole time. if she isn’t with him on tour then for sure she’s entertaining at home and is working on number 4 😉
snarkyatherbest said…
oh and did you see kerry Kennedy (in her inappropriately short min dress um mrs you are my age a little decorum) gave the duchass and her plus one a framed pic of his mother. what did that have to do with RJK ripples of hope racism? so confusing.
ieschew said…
Hold the phones. Gayle King says neither she nor the Sussexes believe the RF is racist.

Still, showbiz royalty is here in the form of Gayle King, the powerful CBS News host, friend of Oprah Winfrey and sometime confidante of Harry and Meghan. Gayle is wearing an eye-popping lime green dress that clings to every curve and she exudes brisk in-the-know bonhomie.

Do you really think the British Royal Family is racist, I ask her?

'No I do not. And neither do they,' she says, meaning the Sussexes.


Jan Moir at the DM was there and quotes Ms King:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11513181/JAN-MOIR-wanted-watch-Harry-Meghans-terrible-betrayal-close.html
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Fifi LaRue said…
@WBBM and @Maneki:
Thank you both!

We must give thanks to the person who filmed the Spary's entrance, and at the table.
Did anyone notice that NO ONE greeted the Mrs.? The only one who spoke to her was the waitperson.
Mrs. Dumbarton did that number with Kerry Kennedy that she does with Mr. That is, get her hands on someone to re-direct them, and act like they're both going in the same direction.
Spary, however, was surrounded by a group of men, which goes to prove that the Mrs. Dumbarton is nothing by herself, it's Hairy people are interested in. After all, he's royalty.

@ieschew: That is something! Gayle King preaching the truth. Gayle and Oprah are not the Dumbarton's friends.
Fifi LaRue said…
PS: Mrs. Dumbarton made sure she had her big teeth inserted for the event.
snarkyatherbest said…
i hope they dont release the NDAs. the sugars will go after the employees, dox them, every social media post will be exposed, any time they pumped into a persona of color there will be days of rants on social media that the employee was racist. i think the NDA protects them from a lot. i prefer a new set of controversies like financial irregularities, surrogate usage, kids dna are not harry’s dna. something that reeks of fraud and potential criminal liability.
Maneki Neko said…
Friends and family snub Harry and Meghan’s Netflix show: Elton, Oprah, Edward Enninful and the Obamas AREN’T taking part in bombshell series

* Netflix promised interviews with 'friends and family' appear in the new series
* But it has been revealed key allies will not be taking part in the bombshell show
* The likes of Oprah Winfrey, the Obamas and Elton John will not be shown
* It is thought the programme will also not hear from a single royal 'talking head'

Even H’s ‘surrogate Dad’, the music producer David Foster, is not taking part.
. . .
Moreover there will also not be a single royal ‘talking head’ in the Harry & Meghan series – not even Princess Eugenie with whom they remain close.

https://tinyurl.com/5er8fter

I'm not sure these people are friends and they're not family.
Sandie said…
@Fifi LaRue
The British tabloids have been kind and only shown flattering photographs of her. I assume that the American press has not been so kind because I have come across some photos of her that show how bad the dress actually is. It's as if she wrapped a huge towel around herself, looked in the mirror, said 'nailed it' and walked out the door. It makes her look very square and she just does not have the body and beauty to carry off such a stark colour and look without jewellery ... But, considering her love for lots of itty bitty jewellery, perhaps it is better that she did not try to 'gild the lily'.

Did you notice he got soaked while protecting her with the umbrella? They can afford three SUVs and 'bodyguards' but can't afford two umbrellas?

What I have read of the speech makes no sense. But, she spoke about being 'suicidal'. I can believe she was immensely distressed in a life that she was completely unsuited for and not capable of adapting to, but she belittles and minimizes the awfulness of suicidal depression.

Someone on social media was unkind enough to take the photo showing them at their table from above and behind (he is hiding a massive bald patch) and then compare it with the royal banquet. They really have fallen in status! And I doubt they engaged with anyone at all that night. Did they even eat anything?

@ieschew
That article about what Gayle King said is mind blowing. Are they trying to walk back what they said? Everything they say and do is PR strategy to make money and get attention so it is not surprising that they should change their story if the one they have been using becomes 'inconvenient'. But perhaps Gayle has sinply seen through all the nonsense and knows they lie about everything? Anyway, the article is well worth reading.
DeerAngels said…
I really need to get eye's operations and glasses. I thought at first glance she was wearing eco friendly dress made of toilet paper. Wrong event.
Sandie said…
https://twitter.com/RoxanneReaction/status/1600291729063542785

Unfair comparison? Perhaps ... but it dies show that yet again she wore a very expensive bespoke outfit and, to put it kindly, it just did not work.

@Marnie
Thanks for those accounts from LSA. Very interesting.

So, they are sponsoring another award ... something about gender equality in student film?
@ieschew

The Jan Moir article didn’t pass me by either, especially that conversation There was a bit more to it that you missed…I’ve highlighted that last part below in bold text. 😁

Still, showbiz royalty is here in the form of Gayle King, the powerful CBS News host, friend of Oprah Winfrey and sometime confidante of Harry and Meghan. Gayle is wearing an eye-popping lime green dress that clings to every curve and she exudes brisk in-the-know bonhomie.

Do you really think the British Royal Family is racist, I ask her?

'No I do not. And neither do they,' she says, meaning the Sussexes.

Then what the heck are we all doing here, eating mini mozzarella balls on sticks and wondering why host Kerry Kennedy — daughter of Robert F. Kennedy — is wearing such a short dress? Especially when she is going to sit on a stage with Meghan in a side split dress that fabulously reveals most of her legs.

It is for a good cause, for the best cause,' says Gayle. Yet not for the first time at this charitable event I have the distinctly uncharitable thought that Harry and Meghan are being given this huge, glitzy, empty award for something they did not do in a situation that did not happen. And that this beatification by the Kennedys — the closest thing America has to a royal family of its own — dovetails rather beautifully into their slick, ongoing self-justifying, self-serving, propaganda machine.



If I’d been Jan, I would have asked what good and best causes? What about what they’ve done to the royal family! I think I would have heckled the despicable pair as to why they were there what about the racism claim they made! 🤬
Sandie said…
https://koshermasala1.tumblr.com/post/703007618933915648/smoking-hot-tea-coming-out-of-the-nipple-of-nope

Someone else who was there but not in the venue. Some explosive stuff ...!
Question:

King Charles III has every right to forgive his own son anything he chooses.
But has the king also right to accept his sons insults and dishonour thrown against his british subjects?
Sandie said…
https://twitter.com/BarkJack_/status/1600141237444661251?s=20&t=tHXohaZ22KiSroM9t78JQw

@BarkJack reckons the hapless prince has already been cut loose by his family. In his memoir, will put sole blame for mother's death on father.

Speculation: she had to cut him off from his family so she could have complete control of him. It is the nature of her narcissism. How she did that and the stories she used are actually immaterial, hence they can change. Her end goal is all that matters to her ... complete and sole ownership of him.

Do you suppose the Nobel Peace Prize is on their shopping list? It wouldn't surprise me.
Blogger alianor d'aquitaine said...
Question:

King Charles III has every right to forgive his own son anything he chooses.
But has the king also right to accept his sons insults and dishonour thrown against his british subjects?


No, Charles has no right to `forgive' Harry for what he has done to me and my fellow subjects.

Nobody can presume to `forgive' the hurt done to a third party - that right rests with every individual speaking for him or herself. I for one will never forgive him and his wife for slandering and libelling me as a British subject.

Besides which, in ecclesiastical terms, forgiveness/absolution has to be preceded by penitence, of which there is nary a sign. Only the ugliest triumphalism imaginable.
Cutting people off - yes, it removes the victim from contact with those who might help then keep in touch with reality.
abbyh said…
I am not convinced that there is some magic time which gives people an out for usage without worry for copyright infringement.

https://www.thinkific.com/blog/how-to-avoid-copyright-infringement/

music which could give precedence

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/copyright-laws-30-seconds-music-61149.html

And even youtube

https://promo.com/blog/youtube-copyright-rules


I think NF inhouse lawyers are perusing the contract closely.

My question is: who had the control over the pictures - meaning who edited that stuff in?


abbyh said…

I will have a new post out some time after the show drops so we can have all that in one place.
Observant One said…
@Marnie. Thank you for the blind item and flavorful comments. I was particularly impressed by the new monikers of Bedsheet and Brainless. (B&B)

@ WBBM: If I were a British citizen, I would be very angry about being constantly insulted by B&B, too! I feel like Charles III must address their constant barrage. It has been painful to watch, even from an American POV. I cannot imagine how how much this hurts and angers you.

We’re all growing weary of the constant barrage of lies and insults without consequences. I hope we see some much needed level-setting in the next few weeks.
Magatha Mistie said…

@Observant One
You’re welcome 😉

Good to see you back
@GWAH @Midge

Love Jan Moir- silent auction
“If meh had not met haz…
she would be just another actress
on a silent auction date” 👌

Her white robe looked like
a wedding reception chair cover,
just needed a large pussy bow
behind 😳

Magatha Mistie said…

Walk of Blame

Big white dentures
grin and bearing
Matched the sheet
she was wearing
Exposing her
slapper car exit
Linebackers shoulders baring
She must be past caring
Di-splaying her vulgar sl*t slit…





Music for instance: There can be as many as 7 different copyrights in a single sheet of printed music, especially if it's for a song, with very few circumstances in which it is permissible to photocopy it - ease of performance is one, to get around an awkward page-turn, for example.

I imagine that a film sequence could be similar, although it is probably a matter of Performing Rights. There may be an allowance for `sampling'.

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