As part of Samantha's lawsuit, the duo can be questioned.
That will be quite interesting - how far ranging could this go?
I don't know but it is interesting considering all the cases and the things which leaked out during them.
Not much appears to be going on. Living Legends came and went without fanfare ... what's the next event? Super Bowl - Sunday February 11th? Oscar's - March 10th? In the mean time, some things are still rolling along in various starts and stops like Samantha's law suit. Or tax season is about to begin in the US. The IRS just never goes away. Nor do bills (utility, cable, mortgage, food, cars, security, landscape people, cleaning people, koi person and so on). There's always another one. Elsewhere others just continue to glide forward without a real hint of being disrupted by some news out of California. That would be the new King and Queen or the Prince/Princess of Wales. Yes there are health risks which seemed to come out of nowhere. But. The difference is that these people are calmly living their lives with minimal drama.
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Curious photo - Lilibet now has dark brown hair & apparently a chignon...
Pregnant again - supposedly 3 months already. Also, says he has to choose between her and his family.
Another post with more details about the pregnancy.
South Park incinerates Harry and Meghan
Can Harry and Meghan take a joke? Thanks to South Park, we’re about to find out
Tom Cruise tried to sue; religious groups issued death threats; Russell Crowe saw the funny side. How will Kyle and co's new victims react?
The best part of South Park’s beautifully relentless take down of Harry and Meghan isn’t Harry’s autobiography Waaagh. It’s not the couple’s brightly lit luminous green house bearing five signs demanding people respect their privacy. It’s not even the reference to Prince Harry’s frostbitten penis. It’s this exchange between the South Park four – Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny – at the height of the Sussex’s campaign for public solitude.
Kyle, the one in the green hat, lives opposite the fleeing princeling and moans to his schoolfriends that Harry’s all night drumming sessions are annoying him. There’s a pause. “Look Kyle,” Stan says (blue and red bobble hat). “We just kind of don’t care about some dumb prince and his stupid wife.”
“I don’t care about them either!” Kyle cries.
“So then why do you talk about them all the time? Dude, we’re just kind of sick of hearing about them.”
See what they did? The show not only rips into the Sussexes; it rips into pieces like this that keep the story going. South Park’s blatant refusal to let anyone off the hook means no matter what your opinion going into an episode, something is going to punch you in the mouth and run off laughing. And thank God for that.
“When people say, ‘How can you make fun of that?’ or ‘How can that be funny to you?’ I’m like, ‘Everything’s funny to me,’” co-creator Trey Parker recently told the Los Angeles Times. “When we started the show, we were 20 years old, and it was all about, ‘You can’t say that.’ Well, we just said it.”
One of the joys of The Worldwide Privacy Tour is that it boots South Park back into the spotlight and reminds us just how good satire, when done properly, can be.
Twenty-six years after Parker and Matt Stone’s 1997 debut episode Cartman Gets an A--l Probe (bless them), the Comedy Central series is still responding at speed to gossip and global events with timely filth and fury. Recent shows have dealt with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – Back to the Cold War essentially argues that an ageing Putin declared war over his failure to get an erection – Kanye West’s newfound anti-Semitism, and four Covid specials including militant assaults on Zoom’s HQ and a kids QAnon called the Lil’Qties.
And when it comes to insulting celebrities, the rough tally is just over 300 movies stars, world leaders, religious figure heads and sporting heroes ruthlessly torn apart. Which, given there’s been 321 episodes and movies, is a very impressive headcount.
These range from the scatological – Morgan Freeman’s godlike voice reads a chapter from The Poop That Took a Pee, Bono poops out the longest poop in the world which turns out to be himself, Mel Gibson poops on Cartman’s face and Steve Jobs’ products are powered by poop – to the fatal, with Queen Elizabeth and Justin Bieber perishing in dire ways.
Some celebrities get a lot of South Park love. Caitlyn Jenner, for instance, shows up in 11 separate episodes with a severely deformed face where she is generally running down pedestrians. Oprah Winfrey, meanwhile, who has a pistol concealed in her sentient vagina, is regularly insulted by the four South Park boys and drinks blood to save herself from Covid.
At other times, Parker and Stone seem to revel in meta pranks. They have been banned in China for an episode called Band in China which mocked the way US companies avoided alienating Chinese authorities to reach that lucrative market. The plot involved a dope dealer meeting Winnie the Pooh in jail… It’s complicated.
When it comes to Scientology, their Tom Cruise episode Trapped in the Closet sees Cruise, John Travolta and R Kelly spend much of the show in the closet. In a specific reference to Cruises litigious ways, the credits listed everyone involved as either John Smith or Jane Smith. Cruise threatened to sue.
This episode led to soul legend Isaac Hayes, who played Chef on the show and is also a Scientologist, resigning from the show, saying, "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.” Stone later pointed out that Hayes had “no problem – and he's cashed plenty of cheques – with our show making fun of Christians.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Parker and Stone were avid Monty Python fans as kids – it’s tempting to see South Park as one long modern version of the Life of Brian, particularly as they went on to create the Book of Mormon which tears merrily into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the first half at least, before tailing off into an average musical after the interval.
The strangest stories, however, are those celebrities who embraced their South Park moment. Disney Channel boyband Joe and Nick Jonas said the scripts had pretty much nailed their experience whilst Russell Crowe – portrayed as the drunk, angry host of a show called Russell Crowe: Fightin’ Round the World in which he travels the globe punching people out – saw the take-down as an intervention after he’d yelled at Parker and Stone for not liking his music.
It may be too much to ask that Prince Harry takes note. If Kyle finds his drumming annoying and wishes he would stop… maybe he could #bemorerussellcrowe.
In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, a load of magazine covers showing South Park's version of Meghan are plastered on screen.
They only flash up for a couple of seconds, but in this day and age it's easy for people to pause their TV or take a screenshot.
The cartoon front covers are relate to real ones that Meghan has actually posed for, such as the Vanity Fair front page she did before she wed Harry.
There is also one the duchess recently did for The Cut to promote her Spotify podcast, but the most controversial one is a spoof of GQ.
In the real-life front cover, it reads 'Meghan's annus mirabilis', which translates from Latin to 'Meghan's wonderful year'.
This was done at the time to hark back to the late Queen's famous annus horribilis speech, where the Queen looked back on a year marked by scandal and disaster for the royals in 1992.
However, the South Park version simply reads: "Princess Anus."
I like Spare on a G string 🤣. Good title, well done!
@Sandie
I don't know how reliable Star magazine is. I looked it up and it's described as a tabloid magazine (remember, * stated that they didn't have tabloids in the US. National Enquirer, anyone?). I wonder if she's planning a mythcarriage for the Coronation, just to shift the attention onto herself. And if she's not pregnant, or even if she is and the news has been leaked, will she sue for invasion of privacy?
Supposedly, the twat was seen having lunch with Gov Newsom of CA.
The comments are particularly funny
Star magazine is the tabloid that a youtube star who was an editor there claimed * sold stories to
Before * started dating the twit, no stories in Star magazine about the Royals. Afterwards, she claims, there were a lot because * sold into to The Star.
Meghan Markle's legal 'minefield' could hit the Coronation and send it 'sideways,' after her half sister accused her of defaming her in order to 'cover up' her 'false rags-to-riches' narrative.
That's the view of Dickie Arbiter, who was The Queen's press secretary between 1988 and 2000, who told Jo Elvin on Palace Confidential that 'it's a bit of a minefield this whole thing.'
Dickie, who was also press secretary for King Charles III, told the Mail Plus talk show that it has the potential to 'knock the Coronation news sideways' by causing a distraction in an important year for the Royal Family.
'It's a bit like walking through a minefield that's only been half-cleared and we really have to wait and see what the judge is going to sum up on,' he explained.
The elder Markle, 58, appeared with her lawyer on Wednesday in a virtual court hearing on her defamation case against her half-sister.
READ MORE: Samantha Markle accuses Meghan of defaming her in order to 'cover up' her 'false rags-to-riches' narrative
Samantha, (pictured) who is based in Florida, claims her younger half-sister defamed her when the former royals sat down for a televised interview with Oprah in 2021
Samantha, (pictured) who is based in Florida, claims her younger half-sister defamed her when the former royals sat down for a televised interview with Oprah in 2021
Her attorney claimed Meghan 'got caught' and resorted to publicly 'putting her sister down' because she threatened to expose her.
Lawyers for Meghan, who were also present on the call, said the claims were 'inappropriate' and 'offensive' to the former Suits star, 41, and demanded the case be dismissed over its 'fatal defects'.
The will-they-won’t-they element of whether the Sussexes will come to the Coronation is also a headache for the Palace, argues the Mail on Sunday’s Charlotte Griffiths.
The editor-at-large said: 'They probably do want to end the speculation and it’s annoying for them, because I actually think Meghan and Harry haven’t made up their minds either.'
Responding to the question 'should the palace just make a decision on this?' Charlotte explained: ‘They can’t say “you’re banned” because that would make them look terrible.'
She continued: '[the palace] just don't know whether Harry and Meghan will accept.
'It would be very embarrassing for them if Harry and Meghan make a show of refusing the invitation.
'So I think that's why they're allowing the speculation to keep going because they're stuck in this no man's land.'
Charlotte suggested that it would be pleasant to see Meghan at the Coronation as Charles walked her down the aisle on her wedding day.
Whereas Dickie would rather neither of them attend and said that if they did, it would be Harry making an appearance on his own.
‘Are they going to come? It’s the $100,000 question,’ he added.
‘If they do come, I don’t think it’s they, I think it will be him rather than her.
'Personally I think they’re better off not coming, they don’t want to deflect from the big occasion.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11763127/Meghan-Markles-legal-battle-overshadow-coronation.html
https://www.musicmundial.com/en/2023/02/15/prince-william-spent-valentines-day-with-his-mistress-and-not-with-kate-middleton/
Never heard of the source, it just showed up on my feed.
Yourcomment and reference to the photo of hapless reading with the children almost got lost!
How does ginger hair change to brown in the second year of life? I remember Archie's hair colour also dramatically changed.
As for her being pregnant again ... he said they were only going to have two children, never her.
IIRC, I told him where to go.
`She will be impacted by her (`Camilla Parker's') new status, but so will the entire British royal family. All members, including the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Dukess of Sussex, will be required to bow before King Charles III and Camilla Parker following the coronation, a position of authority that Prince Harry and the other offspring of the British monarch would undoubtedly find offensive'.
They don't even realise that British women seldom, if ever, put their maiden names before the husband's surname. As for `Dukess' and `mundial' and the idea of wives having to pledge fealty ...
Clear from other articles such as they detailing the `conditions set by the Harkles' with regard to Abbey attendance and from the general impression that they know the square root of nothing as to what happens, that there can be no doubt as to who this publication is in bed with.
Wake up, Harry. It's time to choose.
I sympathasize with your dream...er' Nightmare. I suffer with occasional nice dreams about my ex-husband (40 yrs ago) who was anything but at the end of our extrenmely short marriage. I fell sooooo sick when I wake up. Just 'ick'.
south park was great. Bafta will make her nuts. sugars are pushing the rose rumors again. guess all of this is getting under someone’s skin
BLG had a great time with the South Park episode.
For all the nutty‘s that don’t reside in the United States, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have encapsulated wet average Americans think of the couple. They are not stars here. All the media saturation has been paid for, all their celebrity friends have been paid for, but this is really what America thinks of the Harkles. Anyone who tells you different is Sussex Squad. It’s true that she had more supporters on this side of the pond prior and just after the wedding. An American Duchess was a novelty and we were really really hoping that it would work better than the last time. But the couple had squandered their goodwill here within the year.
As a dying King Edward VII says to his chief minister in “Lady Jane”: I just want this to be over.
https://archive.ph/mBPOf
Hope this link leads to the story of raspberry gin for the coronation.
I bet the Todger turns royal commentator, perhaps with Anderson Cooper. Even better if that housewife host that got drunk with Anderson on NYE joined them. ( Forget his name) The Todger would get more money and attention on tv than hidden behind a post at the ceremony.
Wonder when/if they will appear somewhere together again. Todger gets more attention alone.
The wire is supremely unsuited for elected office if she could even run as a royal wife and titled duchess.
Re The New York Post, have they living under a rock, 😐didn’t Tom Bower already write and have his book published on Maggot called Revenge? 😳 That unauthorised biography, unless he’s working on a second book?! 🥴
'When South Park turns on you, there's no recovering': Megyn Kelly says Harry and Meghan won't come back after animated sitcom savaged them in latest episode entitled 'The Worldwide Privacy Tour'
- Megyn Kelly believes that South Park's satire will be the beginning of the end
- The former Fox and NBC host spoke about them on her SiriusXM show Friday
- I feel this is a pronouncement that they have jumped the shark,' she said
Megyn Kelly believes that South Park's savage satire of Meghan and Harry will be the beginning of the former royals' downfall.
Kelly, speaking on her SiriusXM show Friday with Jim Geraghty and Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review, said the long-running Comedy Central cartoon is a sign that it's over for them.
'I feel this is a pronouncement that they have jumped the shark, they are not beloved and her hopes of running for president, reported hopes, are all but dashed,' Kelly said.
The Duchess of Sussex has become more involved in politics of late, with whispers of presidential ambitions being heard as recently as last summer. Her biographer went as far as to call a White House bid 'likely'.
'That's not happening,' Kelly added. 'When 'South Park' turns on you, there's no recovering.'
Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s show follows the young royals, the Prince and Princess of Canada, flying around the world on a Global Privacy Tour to promote his autobiography ‘Aaargh’.
Following the release of Wednesday's episode, many were quick to publish their reactions online, saying even 26 years on the show 'has the best writers in the game by far!'
Others said the episode had brought them back after getting bored with the show years ago, while new viewers were drawn in having never heard of South Park before.
The episode focused on a red-headed prince and his wife from Canada who become frustrated with public attention after a family feud.
The show has used Canada as a stand-in for other countries before. In Season Nineteen, the new Canadian President - who carries more than a resemblance to Donald Trump - looks to build a huge border wall to keep the Americans out.
The show attracted new viewers including Twitter user Canellelabelle who said 'I have never ever heard of this show till now but THIS is hilarious! They summed up exactly how we all see this annoying duo.'
Twitter user Pièce de Résistance, who said they had got bored with South Park 'years ago' said they might watch the controversial episode, 'which, [by the way] is precisely why Trey and Matt did a Harry and Meghan episode,' they said...
Article continues on recounting the show's episide, as have been previously reported...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11766957/Megyn-Kelly-says-Harry-Meghan-wont-come-South-Park-savaged-latest-episode.html
😂😃😜😍
I particularly liked the nuances on branding. We’re living in the age of the narcissist and the branding choices offered to Kyle all had victim as one of the components. 🫣😂
It should be nominated for an Oscar- animated short and it deserves to win! 😁
'When South Park turns on you, there's no recovering': Megyn Kelly says Harry and Meghan won't come back after animated sitcom savaged them in latest episode entitled 'The Worldwide Privacy Tour'
Megyn Kelly believes that South Park's savage satire of Meghan and Harry will be the beginning of the former royals' downfall.
Kelly, speaking on her SiriusXM show Friday with Jim Geraghty and Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review, said the long-running Comedy Central cartoon is a sign that it's over for them.
'I feel this is a pronouncement that they have jumped the shark, they are not beloved and her hopes of running for president, reported hopes, are all but dashed,' Kelly said.
The Duchess of Sussex has become more involved in politics of late, with whispers of presidential ambitions being heard as recently as last summer. Her biographer went as far as to call a White House bid 'likely'.
'That's not happening,' Kelly added. 'When 'South Park' turns on you, there's no recovering.' . . .
They've gone too far and are the architects of their own misfortune.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11766957/Megyn-Kelly-says-Harry-Meghan-wont-come-South-Park-savaged-latest-episode.html
In case the link above doesn't work. I want a strawberry gin cocktail
Isn't Parker Bowles her first husband's surname? Why are they using her previous married name instead of Windsor (or would it be more correct to say Mountbatten-Windsor)?
EXACTLY! I do think that "dumb prince and his b*tch wife" is what most of us think (grin).
The Telegraph:
Meghan is reinventing herself – and will be laughing all the way to the bank
The Duchess of Sussex may have taken a step back from the spotlight, but behind the scenes she appears to once again be on manoeuvres...
For months now, mystery has surrounded what appears to be the Duchess of Sussex’s new Instagram page. Last summer, a new @Meghan handle appeared on the social media site, accompanied by a previously unseen childhood photograph of the mother of two.
It came as the 41-year-old dramatically declared in an interview with The Cut magazine last August: “I’m getting back… on Instagram.”
Writer Allison P Davis noted at the time how Meghan “delivered a nothing with such gravitas”. She later clarified that she was “no longer sure she would actually return to Instagram”.
Yet with no one other than a celebrity able to secure a handle on first-name terms, it was assumed that @Meghan would be the vehicle through which the social media-savvy Duchess relaunched her online persona. After Meghan fans began flocking to follow the page, its profile picture was changed to a pink dahlia – the symbol adopted by members of Harry and Meghan’s “Sussex Squad” of online devotees. (The emoji is a nod to Meghan’s mother Doria still referring to her daughter by her childhood nickname, “flower”).
No posts and just 195 followers later, however, and the Duchess’s re-emergence on the social media scene appears to have stalled. But why?
“What Meghan does next” is a question currently stumping royal watchers as the Sussexes recalibrate following the publication of Harry’s controversial autobiography, Spare.
Having been invisible during her husband’s publicity campaign, reports emerged of the Duchess possibly having reservations about what her husband wrote in his excoriating memoir.
Despite once commenting that the couple move together “like salt and pepper”, Meghan was conspicuous by her absence at his side for his various media appearances, including on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the US. By remaining below radar, the Duchess appeared to be sending a clear message: This is Harry’s project, not mine. Contrary to suggestions her finger prints were all over the 410-page personal outpouring, in which Harry revealed rows with the Royal family – among other intimate details – a source said: “Is this the way she would have approached things? Possibly not.
“But she will always back him and would never have got involved in promoting such a personal project.
“This was about his own life, his own journey and his own perspective.”
So what is the next stage of the Duchess’s own journey? The appointment of a Hollywood venture capitalist who is famed for making millions of dollars for celebrities would appear to hold the clue.
Adam Lilling founded Plus Capital in 2012, which says it aims to partner “the world’s top influencers – those who can affect more change in a day than most can in a lifetime – with the best entrepreneurs and operators in the world”. The Sussexes have been working with Mr Lilling for some time, having been introduced to him by mutual friend Ellen DeGeneres, a US television host, who is said to have worked with him “forever”.
The Sussexes and Mr Lilling were spotted among the guests as DeGeneres renewed her wedding vows to Portia de Rossi in California last month.
It comes as Meghan has also been linked to Gordon Getty, following unconfirmed reports the pair were spotted having lunch together. The San Francisco billionaire is the scion of the late J Paul Getty, whose oil fortune made his family among the richest in US history.
According to Tom Bower, author of Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors, both potentially lucrative alliances suggest the Duchess is “building up to something big”.
He told GB News: “The question is, how will she make a lot of money in a short period of time in the end to make sure that she doesn’t need always to parade herself as the victim of the royal family?
“She’s always looking for other business opportunities. What’s interesting is the people she goes to. Who is going to maximise Meghan’s popularity, who’s going to make her really big and very rich? She’s very shrewd and clever in that. She’s always looking for opportunities and for people who can help her.”
Describing Meghan as “seeing dollars everywhere”, he added: “She wants to ride in the big Cadillacs, the private jets on command, at the moment she needs to scrounge for those sorts of things. She’s on a treadmill which is fast, she wants to get there faster than tomorrow.
“The mystery is there, that’s the great thing. She’s making herself scarce while she puts the next huge exposé, the next theatre of opportunity together and then she’ll unveil herself.”
But as what, exactly? Returning to Instagram would allow Meghan to commercialise herself on a Kardashian level, earning yet more millions and even billions in the process.
She is no stranger to monetising her online output, having secured a number of profitable product placement deals before she met Harry, through her now defunct website, The Tig, named after her favourite Tignanello wine.
And there’s the not insignificant matter of her own autobiography. Having let it be known that she kept a diary during her time as a working member of the Royal family, Meghan has made no secret of the fact she has a voice and is not afraid to use it.
Declaring she has “a lot to say until I don’t”, she told The Cut: “It’s interesting, I’ve never had to sign anything that restricts me from talking. I can talk about my whole experience and make a choice not to.”
While the Duke has reason to reconcile with his family, his own flesh and blood, the Duchess is not bound by such ties. The couple are said to have a four-book deal with Penguin Random House. Harry received a reported $20 million (£16.7 million) advance for Spare, the Duchess has already published her children’s book, The Bench, and a health and wellness guide is said to be in the pipeline. It therefore follows that the fourth and final book could be Meghan’s memoirs.
In the meantime, the couple will move onto the next phase in their multi-million dollar, multi-year deal with Netflix by departing from content about themselves and focusing on “on fictional, scripted content”.
As a source told The Daily Telegraph last month: “It will be rom coms, feel good and light-hearted programmes.” They are also both working on individual projects, including the Duke’s Heart of Invictus documentary series which is due for release this summer.
The move towards scripted content has triggered yet more staff changes at Archewell, with both Ben Browning, internal content head, and Fara Taylor, who leads the marketing team, leaving later this year and not being replaced. The departures follow those of Mandana Dayani, chief operating officer, and Rebecca Sananes, head of audio.
This week, the couple’s reputations took a new battering with an entire South Park episode dedicated to mocking their “World Privacy Tour”. In one scene of the irreverent cartoon, written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and broadcast on Comedy Central on Wednesday, they are described as “a dumb prince and his stupid wife”.
Yet with yet more money-making schemes on the horizon, lesser-spotted Meghan may end up having the last laugh… all the way to the bank.
Prince Harry in a ‘predicament’ over whether to attend King’s Coronation
Friends said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could be accused of ‘snubbing’ the family if they don’t or booed by the public if they do
Victoria Ward
The Duke of Sussex is in a “predicament” over whether to attend the coronation, The Telegraph understands.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have no idea how their attendance at the ceremony might be received by the British public or even other members of the Royal family.
Aware that it will be “pretty much the most important day” of his father’s life, the Duke would like to be by the King’s side to mark the historic occasion.
He is also keen to salvage the broken relationship with his family. However, the rift between the two sides has never been deeper.
The day of the Coronation, May 6, is also their son, Archie’s, fourth birthday. And while that is not expected to be the deciding factor in their decision, it will certainly play a part.
If one or both do not attend, they could be accused of “snubbing” the family. If they do attend, they run the risk of being booed or labelled hypocrites.
“It’s complicated,” one friend said. “There are a million different variables. Anybody could understand the predicament.”
Both the Duke and the Duchess are expected to be invited to the Westminster Abbey ceremony and other members of the Royal family are understood to have been told that will be the case.
Invitations have not yet been sent out but guests are due to start receiving them within days.
Despite much private discussion in recent weeks, the Sussexes have not personally received any confirmation that they will be invited, let alone the role they might play, and are wary of making assumptions.
“They’ll cross that bridge when they come to it,” the friend said. “They do not have any insight. They’re in limbo.”
The couple will not make a decision until an invitation lands on their doormat in Montecito, California.
Then, they must decide whether the Duke attends at all, on his own or with Meghan.
If either of them does fly over to the UK for the ceremony, it is understood the visit will be brief.
The Duke would have no official role during the ceremony. He would likely join other members of the Royal family who are traditionally seated in the Royal Gallery in the Abbey.
The King is said to have scrapped the tradition of royal Dukes kneeling and “paying homage” to the monarch. That role will now be performed only by the Prince of Wales.
Buckingham Palace has not yet revealed who will be in the procession to or from the Abbey or who will appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the RAF flypast.
However, neither the Duke nor the Duchess would be expected to appear on the balcony.
That honour is likely to be reserved solely for working members of the family, as it was during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations last June.
The Sussexes may also be invited to the Coronation concert, which will take place at Windsor Castle on Sunday, May 7.
But given the low profile they kept at the Platinum Jubilee when they only made one public appearance at the service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, they may opt out.
Asked last month whether he was planning to attend the Coronation, Prince Harry told ITV News anchor Tom Bradby: “There’s a lot that can happen between now and then, but you know, the door is always open, the ball is in their court.
“There is a lot to be discussed and I really hope they are willing to sit down and talk about it.”
He insisted that such conversations would have to be based on trust, amid concern they could be leaked to the media.
Both the King and Prince William were blindsided by the allegations and revelations Harry made in his memoir, Spare, and in his accompanying interviews.
As a result, many members of the Royal family were said to have lost all trust in the Duke and were “wary” of talking to him in case their words were repeated in television interviews or his next book, sources revealed.
“If either of them should attend someone is going to make a fortune out of producing South Park themed banners saying “Don’t look at us” and “We just want privacy” etc…”
“And then he can smear his blue penis over the stained glass window in a bid for more privacy, before then lifting his wife's head up and staring vacantly at the chasm, where her soul is supposed to be.”
“ Sued by her sister, estranged from her father, fallen out with her former friends, hated by her husbands entire family, despised by the majority of the Uk, ridiculed around the world. I hope she gets pleasure from the money because that’s all she’s got.”
One of them says, to us....'How do you rodger dodger with a todger?" just as the male waiter leans over to pour us more hot water.
Deceased.
Prince Andrew fears King Charles is forcing him out of his £30m Windsor home: 'Furious' Duke of York tells friends his brother is slashing the annual six-figure grant that helps him maintain sprawling Royal Lodge
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11767393/Prince-Andrew-fears-King-Charles-forcing-30m-Windsor-home.html
I wonder what Camilla Tominey gets in return for this sort of pablum?:
Well, I certainly hope she isn't selling her reputation for a pittance! She should get at least enough money for a large coffee and pastry of her choice.
/oh, wait, maybe that would be my dream. Right, already living part of it.
I think it would have been rather easy for those two to fade out of the spotlight. Harry could shave his thinning hair and beard. * could have ditched the wig and the makeup. Both could run errands in their minivan with the children in car seats in back. No teetering about on two sizes too large high heels for either of them.
How can constant financial insecurity and trying to fulfill the promises they made for content that they were not capable of producing be superior?
You are quite right -her maiden name was Shand, a Scots name. How could I forget? Husband has distant (in both senses) NZ `rellies' of that name. It still means, though, that an English double-barrelled name was completely misinterpreted.
May I plead old age?
@KnitWit
Ooh! Raspberry gin! I'm salivating at the very thought of it. Rhubarb gin has a good reputation and is very easily made by infusion - lots of online recipes.
From the Irish Sun: https://www.thesun.ie/fabulous/10217024/prince-harry-news-meghan-markle-king-charles-coronation-concert/
TODAY, 03:00
Harry and Meghan probably won't attend the Coronation, royal expert says
Gertrude Daly told the Daily Star how it's very unlikely that the Duke of Sussex will get the "summit" he asked King Charles for and then attend the Coronation with his wife Meghan.
She said: "The Sussexes have a seat at the coronation. It is their choice if they want to attend. But, the royals are not going to bend over backwards to get the Sussexes there.
"I don’t think the Palace would agree to another summit with Prince Harry, as I don’t think any summit would be productive at this point of time.
"I don’t think the Sussexes want to make a good faith effort to compromise, and meet in the middle. They just want the palace to cave to all of their demands.
"Prince Harry may be waiting for an apology, but I don’t think the royals believe they owe any to the Sussexes. And in fact, I think many royals probably feel they deserve an apology from the Sussexes."
TODAY, 02:00
Paul Burrell: Nothing was 'enough' for Harry and Meghan
Princess Diana's former butler said that whatever the Queen suggested was never enough for the Sussexes.
He said: "[The Queen] did so many things which are unprecedented to try and get them to fit into the royal family but in vain because it didn’t seem to be enough.
"To bend over backwards and to take Meghan on her first engagement to Chester wasn't enough, to offer Meghan the chance at having Sophie Wessex to mentor her on her royal programmes weren't enough, to say to Meghan 'you can continue acting if you like, if that's what you want', wasn’t enough.
"Nothing seems to have been enough to make them want to stay, so I think to myself you can try all you like, if they were so minded to leave the royal family, which they were, nothing was going to persuade them to stay."
I haven't yet read today's Sun for comparison though.
I like to wake-up on a Sunday having a peaceful relaxed day after attending a sacred Mass experience but unfortunately I saw the articles you posted . I had to stop reading immediately as it was already spoiling the calm of my morning.
But thank you for finding and sharing them! I just have to wait till later to read them so it doesn't cause my breakfast to revolt in my stomach! Ugh!!
SecondhandCoke
19h
My stepbrother is good friends with Matt Stone and Trey Parker; in fact, I met them last time I visited him. Anyway, they told him that she apparently made Harry make the calls and Harry said something like, "You have it wrong. We NEVER asked for privacy. In fact, you got a LOT wrong." And the person tasked with fielding the call apparently said something like, "It's a cartoon, sir," while everyone around listened in and laughed their asses off. Unbelievable. But so Meghan.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/115jx2h/comment/j92p3l8/
https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a35773234/meghan-markle-oprah-privacy-tabloids-exclusive-clip/
When she was dating, she thought she would finally be papped and featured like an A-lister. But, the prince was paranoid so she had to play his game. She often strayed over the line because she still called the paps at times, and he just did not see it, and if she goes out and there are paps, she beams and looks at them directly, because it is a driving need in her. It must be a nightmare for her to live this 'double life'.
Celebrities in New York can't leave their apartment without being papped. Instead of trying to control it and making themselves miserable, they ignore the photographers. But even the nicest most even tempered celebs sometimes get rattled even though they usually have nothing to hide and are usually pleasant or ignore the cameras. (Even William got rattled when some idiot ambushed him and the children on the Sandringham estate.)
It is much more difficult for paps to capture her in Montecito without watching the house 24/7 and then following the vehicle, so I reckon she gets papped when she calls them. (Him as well ... what pap waits in the cold and rain outside the house and then follows him to the beach?)
He hates being papped by photographers or the public because it exposed his 'unpleasant' side (fall down drunk, wearing a Nazi uniform, playing naked billiards), plus he has internalized and radicalized beliefs about his mother. From what he has revealed in his memoir, he is resistant to being helped by therapy and so is just wasting money by seeing a therapist or should be trying a different kind of therapy.
As I have said before, there are different definitions of privacy. The public and media obviously apply the definition 'a state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other people (n); the state of being free from public attention (adv)'. The two should learn to live in reality instead of forcing everyone to align with their self-constructed fantasy.
Morons.
Poor Lilibet. Mother prefers Archie and wants another ( presumably better) boy. Their very own former royal spare. If they manage to produce one. ..hold that thought..... this gives malignant mama a chance to move on on from divorce. She can start a new charity based on baby maybe-Getty. Or even not need to hustle. Unlike the royals, the Getty's will d demand paternity tests, possibly in vitro.
I already feel at bad for Lilibet if she exists. Her hair changes color and constantly which casts doubt. Her brothers hair seemed to lose it's ginger cast too. Well, mommy and daddy aren't detail oriented.
Mrs. Todger is very quiet. She may stay incognito until people stop laughing as South Park. Haven't watched yet, I can stream it while tidying up my messy home.
Choices separate real feminists from fame whoring gold digging poseurs.
@SwampWoman,
You are quite right -her maiden name was Shand, a Scots name. How could I forget? Husband has distant (in both senses) NZ `rellies' of that name. It still means, though, that an English double-barrelled name was completely misinterpreted.
May I plead old age?
Heh. No, I was just confused as to why the papers referred to her by her former married name, not her name before she married, and not her current married name. Seems disrespectful. So it was a mistake on the part of the reporter who didn't realize that her husband's last name was Parker Bowles. Apparently there are no such things as fact checkers.
Eugenie has just been in LA and was snapped at an art exhibition at a Getty gallery. No doubt she visited with her bestie cousins but I am surprised that there haven't been photos of them together. The duo usually arrange some kind of outing when there are visitors, and make sure that a pap photographer is there, or count on 'someone in the crowd' snapping them with their cellphone!
Maybe it is a silent message that Eugenie is aligned with the Getty family. Especially if the stupid wife is looking to dump her cousin to jump into the Getty estate. Or maybe she is on a mission to sell how saintly and put upon by the royal family her poor cousin-in-law is. Perhaps if she can convince them to let her jump away from Harry into a new lifeboat, daddy won't get tossed out of his estate.
ILBW's quest for global dominance suffered from both bad luck, (the pandemic & the economic downturn), & bad judgement. Being a royal victim, Diana 2.0, was never going to fly. People who are young & naive enough to fall for that myth weren't even alive when Diana died. Diana worked as a victim only for a while. The public was stunned that a young, beautiful, blonde, aristocratic royal could be so unhappy. Her lustre was dimming even before she died. News of her affairs had even reached the US. I recall a story headline in some magazine like Newsweek, (which was once much more reputable than it is now), asking if Diana had a 'personality disorder." The mistakes made by the Fayed family's driver were also well publicized here. Diana was losing her celebrity goddess status even then.
ILBW also seems to have miscalculated in moving from a sort of fun-loving consumer influencer a la the Tig, to her preachy quasi-political persona, which doesn't seem to have gained her much traction. If the global economy had remained robust, she might have rebranded herself as a 'cool mom' who knows all the best kid & homemaking stuff to buy. That ship has probably sailed. She's not looking young & cool enough to pull that off.
Perhaps she can part Gordon Getty from a few million. He's pushing 90, & seems to be an unusual bird. His late wife probably protected him quite a bit when she was still alive. I've actually met him. He was a close pal of one of the finger bowl using & private jet owning branch of my husband's family. They bonded over their love for classical music. Getty fancied himself as a composer, & my in-law was a quite competent amateur musician. Even decades ago, Getty was unique. He seemed to waver between being a man who knew he could buy or sell just about anyone he met, to being a rather nice & modest man who employed the best teachers in the world to teach him about music.I hope he can escape being mauled by ILBW. For those who don't know the acronym ILBW, it's from South Park, 'Instagram Loving B**ch Wife.'Loved that episode. It had a very sweet message. We're people, not brands.
I wonder if Princess Diana would have mellowed enough as she aged to allow Catherine to eclipse her if she were still alive. Hopefully, she would have found some sort of stability & permanent happiness by now.
ILBW & her appendage won't like the beautiful pics of Catherine at the BAFTAs with handsome Prince William.
https://twitter.com/HRHPWales/status/1627368633482592260
Daily Mail summing up their predicament about the coronation.
If they were not viewing it from a self-absorbed narcissistic stance, they would definitely want to go and the only consideration would be 'how would our presence affect the King and working royals?'. But they are completely focused on themselves and how they feel and what they want. I also think they have not made up their minds because they are not in agreement.
He is still in the line of succession, as are his children I assume, and he is the son of the King and the brother of the future King. He owes everything he has to the royal family and the UK. I think it would be good manners to attend, as part of the congregation, as planned. Ideally, before even receiving the invitation, he at least should apologize, to his family and the people.
Something like this (I have tried to copy woke speech, without much success): "In my journey of independence, I have, in all my therapy and various other methods, including writing a memoir, finally realized that I am a selfish, rude and hurtful spoilt brat. I apologize that this revealing of myself has been so public, and mostly I apologize to dearest family and friends, colleagues and the people of the UK and the Commonwealth, for all the hurt and upset I have caused. On 6 May, I would dearly love to be there when my father and stepmother are crowned. Mostly I hope that everyone (the public and the media) remembers that what is important on the day is the king and queen, and the prince and princess of Wales.
Better by far to shut up and drop their demands now, while the King is still relatively well-disposed towards them. After the Coronation, it'll be far too late to achieve even an armed truce.
I just wish she would start wearing some spectacular jewels from the Royal vault. Tonight she only wore a pair of inexpensive (18 pounds) gold Zara earrings but with a pair of black opera gloves which added a dramatic flourish.
Hopoefully the Coronation events will see her dripping in jewels!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11769623/Feeling-flirty-Kate-Princess-Wales-gives-Prince-William-gentle-tap-behind.html
I am also a huge fan of the jewellery in the royal vault. It is already there (so they are not buying expensive new stuff), and so much of it has symbolic meaning and ties to the past, which is so royal!
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Oh dear ... the following is the sort of publicity that the dastardly duo do not want:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11769983/Prince-Harrys-legal-fight-Home-Office-cost-UK-taxpayers-300-000-figures-show.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/21440963/prince-harry-cost-taxpayers-300k-police-protection/
The following opinion column sums it up nicely ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21442206/vanity-or-stupidity-prince-harrys-legal-fight-armed-guards/
This issue may become central to their decision to stay away from the coronation, but they will arrange some kind of media blitz to try to overshadow the event. It is a compulsion with them.
I would like to see him attend on his own, happily getting on a bus with other minor royals, sitting far away from his brother, and with a happy smile on his face.
What do you think of this @meghan IG account?
Remember when they flounced off to Canada and her old IG was mysteriously reactivated for about 24 hours and then shut down again?
I think she has been itching to get back on IG, where she has total control.
In the above article they reproduce a couple of long posts on her old IG. Gosh, she always expressed herself in pretentious word salad!
"It is understood the case against the Home Office will be heard in April.
The court case has been ongoing since autumn 2021 and a Freedom of Information request showed it had cost the full sum of £296,882 to defend." (DM) ( This is taxpayers' money)
Again, the arrogance and lack of insight are astounding. I hope the Home Office wins and H has to pay the court costs (he might appeal!). They don't need 'round the clock armed protection', no one is interested and would go near them. You leave the job, you leave the perks. Does he realise (rhetorical question) how insulting he is?
Apparently, we have had to shell out almost a third of a million quid already for the Home Office to fight the demand for their 24/7 armed protection while they're in the UK.
"Ambitious-Data-9021
🧴Preparaton Aitch 🚽
17h
Okay, So my source says that they are notorious for not paying their staff (mentioned nanny and personal trainer as two specifics) or having them work upfront then not paying on time or paying less etc. I don’t know if I can add specifics here"
Some tea buried in this Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/110u66y/february_week_3_sub_chat/
I'd add that, for me, Huw Edwards on BBC also let it be known by changing into a black tie about the time the late Queen died, having previously been wearing blue. Nothing was said about this so it must have been OK with the RF.
Are Harry and Meghan planning to sue makers of South Park? Royal commentators claim lawyers for duke and duchess are 'casting an eye' over animated sitcom after it savaged them in 'The Worldwide Privacy Tour' episode
No insight into their lives and actions. They'll just make it worse if they sue. Oh well, bring it on.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11771669/Are-Harry-Meghan-planning-sue-makers-South-Park.html
ILBW will not go to the Coronation alone, because of ... boos and rotten vegetables being thrown at her.
She'll have a mega miscarriage or something.
Gardeners, nannies, cooks, maids, personal trainers come through agencies or personal referrals. If the Todgers are regularly stiffing the help, they will soon run out of help d/t their reputations at agencies; and, referrals will dry up, because no one wants the embarrassment of having made recommendations for the Todgers. That's another way their acquaintance/friend group has shriveled to almost nothing.
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-just-me-The-relationship-between-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle-looks-like-that-of-a-narcissist-and-her-victim-Is-there-any-semblance
Almost all posters are of the view that there is but a number resort to ad hominem attacks on these posters, usually from the position the `You're not a medic and shouldn't say that.'
A mild example:
`No. It’s very fashionable lately to call people whom one dislikes “narcissists,” but in fact it’s a (rather rare) psychological diagnosis, not a pejorative.
Those who make that accusation are not only displaying ignorance about mental health, but usually also infantilizing, and thereby insulting, Prince Harry.
To which I'd reply,
`There's a very simple explanation for that.
`It's rare diagnosis because narcissists don't go to their GPs complaining that they are suffering from narcissism. They're perfectly healthy and perfectly happy as they are, thank you very much. After all, they are the ones who are `perfect', any change would be for the worse.'
`Rubbish! If that were the case, you certainly wouldn't be here!'
- Meghan Markle has reportedly taken issue with her depiction in South Park
- The episode introduces her as a 'sorority girl, actress, influence, victim'
- It also mocks the couple's grievances as they go on a 'worldwide privacy tour'
Insiders claim Meghan Markle has been left 'upset and overwhelmed' for the past few days at how she and Prince Harry are depicted in an episode of South Park.
The episode, titled 'World Privacy Tour' pokes fun at the couple's grievances, while Meghan is introduced cuttingly as a 'sorority girl, actress, influencer, victim,' by another character.
The satirical series ridiculed the couple's demands for privacy while on a publicity blitz for the prince's autobiography 'Waaaah' - a dig at Harry's recent memoir Spare - in last week's brutal episode.
The source told The Spectator that the Duchess of Sussex 'is annoyed by South Park but refuses to watch it all.'
Earlier today, a royal commentator said Harry and Meghan's lawyers are 'casting an eye' over South Park.
It has also been suggested the broadcast may have 'legal ramifications' with the Sussexes' lawyers.
Royal commentator Neil Sean told Fox News that representatives for the pair are now watching the series closely for any more attacks.
He said: 'According to sources close to the ex-Royals, it appears that, like so many things with Meghan and Harry, this may have legal ramifications attached.
'Their legal team are casting an eye over the episode to see what is wrong, and what could be turned into something more sinister.'
Mr Sean added that the makers of South Park have, as yet, received no legal correspondence.
[****The article goes on to retell the previously publiahed account of what is protrayed in the episode.]
MailOnline has approached representatives of Harry and Meghan for comment.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11773161/Meghan-Markle-upset-overwhelmed-depiction-South-Park-DAYS-says-source.html?ito=push-notification&ci=5mc2xw-MP5&cri=qH07ofvYCq&si=iJANmsHQpl66&xi=c3c56fff-5cc1-48ae-bf7c-2ed9417ca9bb&ai=11773161
Anglican church leaders around the world oust Archbishop of Canterbury as their head in historic blow for Church following decision to permit blessing of same-sex couples
A group of Anglican church leaders from around the world have ousted the Archbishop of Canterbury as their head following the decision to allow the blessing of same-sex couples in England.
The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) has said in a statement that it no longer considers Justin Welby to be 'leader of the global communion', and it has 'disqualified' the Church of England from being its 'mother church'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11772769/Anglican-church-leaders-oust-Archbishop-Canterbury-head-following-blessing-sex-couples.html
Meghan 'has been upset and overwhelmed by her depiction on South Park for DAYS' after irreverent US cartoon described Duchess as 'sorority girl, actress, influencer, victim' in scathing episode
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11773161/Meghan-Markle-upset-overwhelmed-depiction-South-Park-DAYS-says-source.html
Meghan 'has been upset and overwhelmed by her depiction on South Park for DAYS' after irreverent US cartoon described Duchess as 'sorority girl, actress, influencer, victim' in scathing episode
*Meghan Markle has reportedly taken issue with her depiction in South Park
"The episode introduces her as a 'sorority girl, actress, influencer, victim'
*It also mocks the couple's grievances as they go on a 'worldwide privacy tour'
Insiders claim Meghan Markle has been left 'upset and overwhelmed' for the past few days at how she and Prince Harry are depicted in an episode of South Park.
The episode, titled 'World Privacy Tour' pokes fun at the couple's grievances, while Meghan is introduced cuttingly as a 'sorority girl, actress, influencer, victim,' by another character.
The satirical series ridiculed the couple's demands for privacy while on a publicity blitz for the prince's autobiography 'Waaaah' - a dig at Harry's recent memoir Spare - in last week's brutal episode.
According to a source in California, Meghan spent the last few days ‘upset and overwhelmed’ over how she was portrayed. The source told The Spectator that the Duchess of Sussex 'is annoyed by South Park but refuses to watch it all.'
Earlier today, a royal commentator said Harry and Meghan's lawyers are 'casting an eye' over South Park.
It has also been suggested the broadcast may have 'legal ramifications' with the Sussexes' lawyers.
Royal commentator Neil Sean told Fox News that representatives for the pair are now watching the series closely for any more attacks.
He said: 'According to sources close to the ex-Royals, it appears that, like so many things with Meghan and Harry, this may have legal ramifications attached.
'Their legal team are casting an eye over the episode to see what is wrong, and what could be turned into something more sinister.'
Mr Sean added that the makers of South Park have, as yet, received no legal correspondence.
. . . The rest is a summary of the South Park episode.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for her? So they can dish it out but they can't take it. If they tried to forget about it, people would but suing the makers of SP won't help. They never learn.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11773161/Meghan-Markle-upset-overwhelmed-depiction-South-Park-DAYS-says-source.html
https://www.bing.com/search?q=Roxy-+Avalon&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN
Although South Park was an accurate portrayal, and because they’ve taken in their minds to suing (again), I cannot help feeling uneasy.
They will not let this remain in the public domain without some repercussion. I realize they’ve consulted lawyers, and the squad is out for the kill, but as I say, I feel very uneasy.
I am interested in food recipes (I have 300+ cookbooks) and knew that Coronation Chicken was touted as a special dish for QEII coronation from what I understand...so does anyone know yet if there will be a contest for some special dish for Charles & Camilla's coronation?
I hope that somebody is filming her as she gracefully collapses to the floor and sobs in despair. I hope they get a closeup of the mascara and eye-makeup trailing down her cheeks as she blows her nose in between screaming death threats at her staff, Harry, and the entire South Park crew.
OMG, merching opportunity! Are there such a thing as designer snot moppers? It isn't as though the rich and overindulged would grab a tissue or a paper towel to catch those precious bodily fluids of theirs. Maybe they use the skins of gender-transitioning baby seals that didn't survive the reassignment surgery. I know that there are extremely expensive eye makeup remover products that are made up of exotic things like oil of weeds from countries other than ours.
Martha said...
Feel sorry for her? Balderdash!
Although South Park was an accurate portrayal, and because they’ve taken in their minds to suing (again), I cannot help feeling uneasy.
They will not let this remain in the public domain without some repercussion. I realize they’ve consulted lawyers, and the squad is out for the kill, but as I say, I feel very uneasy.
Martha, if Tom Cruise was featured locking himself in a closet on South Park with all those people telling Tom Cruise to come out of the closet and he wasn't able to sue, I don't think she has any hope of victory. That being said, I'm sure some enterprising attorney will be happy to take her money, paid in advance. South Park even did Steve Irwin in hell with a manta ray tail stuck in his chest.
Tom Cruise in the closet clip from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzvExtJgxw
If only their party could be over.
Nothing short of H waving the white flag of unconditional surrender will see him back in proper contact with his birth family (`whatever that may mean' these days) but that'd entail abandoning the children and Megsy.
Far easier to take the path of least resistance.
Some home teuths about her supposed successful career and personal wealth:
https://at.tumblr.com/houseofbrat/twenty-seven-days-ago-you-may-already-know/pb6v9ll8f1u8
Is she pregnant? Probably not.
https://at.tumblr.com/houseofbrat/interesting-that-some-people-want-to-believe-that/299s5gm72zub
Also some posts claiming that the affair with Getty is real, but she is not going to get any money from him, nor be able to use him for influence. She wants a baby with him. I am not sure about the Getty affair. Does hapless just sit at home looking after the children?
"I hope they get a closeup of the mascara and eye-makeup trailing down her cheeks"
Ha ha! SawmpWoman, just enlarge my avatar and that's exactly what you'll see 😁
https://thecrownsofbritain.com/2023/02/18/royal-round-up-18th-february-2/comment-page-1/#comments
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If only their party could be over.
Nothing short of H waving the white flag of unconditional surrender will see him back in proper contact with his birth family (`whatever that may mean' these days) but that'd entail abandoning the children and Megsy.
Far easier to take the path of least resistance.
I would think the path of least resistance would be purchasing a plane ticket (or hopping a ride on a private plane) and fleeing the ILBW.
https://twitter.com/ArabellaRober19/status/1628069325985787906
Apparently, there's been some kind of threat against the Privacy Seekers but the authorities have traced it back to their own IP address?
The person who posted the tweet is claiming that they published that threat from Al Qaeda themselves. The claim is not credible. The threat, a long rant, was suposedly written in Arabic and posted in a radical outlet in France, in the group's magazine One Ummah.
I think some people, like TBW, view the 'imaginative' fiction of movies and TV series as real!
What does surprise me is that no one in mainstream media picked up on that story. That is odd. The DM did report on threats the Taliban made, via phone, after the publication of the book. When it was revealed he was dwployed to Afghanistan, the Taliban made threats, by phone.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11606051/Furious-Taliban-taunts-big-mouth-loser-Prince-Harry-revealed-killed-25-enemies.html
If the duo did invent and plant that rant, then they have talents, which they are not using for the greater good! They should be working for secret service!
HG Tudor also thinks they created a fake threat. I thought it was supposedly published in France not Spain?
What does the blink thing mean? I’ve heard it used so many times, but I can’t work out what it’s supposed to mean or indicate. 🫤
“Internationally protected person” means— (A) a Chief of State or the political equivalent, head of government, or Foreign Minister whenever such person is in a country other than his own and any member of his family accompanying him; or (B) any other representative, officer, employee, or agent of the United States Government, a foreign government, or international organization who at the time and place concerned is entitled pursuant to international law to special protection against attack upon his person, freedom, or dignity, and any member of his family then forming part of his household.'
https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?height=800&def_id=18-USC-216574708-1528478296&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:51:section:1116
So why does H believe he's entitled to IPP status?
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1737109/princess-eugenie-news-moving-US-prince-harry-dxus
Princess Eugenie following Harry to the US 'will only be a good thing for the royals'
The Princess and her husband Jack Brooksbank are holidaying in the United States right now.
Lady Susan Hussey is BACK performing official duties on behalf of Princess Anne just three months after being forced out of Palace life when she was engulfed in race row for asking black domestic abuse campaigner where she was 'really from'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11782189/Lady-Susan-Hussey-performing-official-duties-behalf-Princess-Anne.html
Slightly OT
Lady Susan Hussey is BACK performing official duties on behalf of Princess Anne just three months after being forced out of Palace life when she was engulfed in race row for asking black domestic abuse campaigner where she was 'really from'
Thanks! Nice to know.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64223264
https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/43/messages/69.html
In Reply to: Blink posted by Hanney on August 30, 2005
: What is the meaning and origin of the phrase "who blinks first"?
meaning derives from a kids game in a staring contest - whoever blinks first loses. in an adult context, it sometimes refers to a hi-tension stand-off between fierce rivals - can be applied to business or war.
ie The blinker gives way and backs down. I first heard it used of the Cuba Missile Crisis in 1962 - it was attributed to Dean Rusk when Kennedy held his nerve and Khrushchev gave way, wtte `The other guy blinked first'.
To blink first (idiom): To be the first party in some situation to give in or back down. Who in a confrontation will be the first to yield or submit?
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The Queen supported a number of royals with her income from the Duchy of Lancashire or her personal wealth... Andrew, the Wessexes, and her three cousins, and maybe Anne. Charles is under no obligation to do so, but I doubt that he is going to turf them all out to fend for themselves. If we look at the Queen's cousins:
The Duke of Kent lives in Wren House, a cottage at Kensington Palace. He is a working royal so his staff is paid for by the SG, and he gets a pension from the army. He has no family estate. The Queen was probably paying his rent, or as a working royal maybe it is a grace and favour home.
The Duke of Gloucester also lives in the Kensington Palace complex but moved into a smaller apartment recently. He was a working architect but gave up his career when his older brother died, and became a working royal, so he also has staff supported by the SG. He sold Barnwell Manor, which he used to lease out, in 2022. As with the Duke of Kent, his is probably a grace and favour home.
Prince Michael of Kent lives in an apartment in Kensington Palace, but is not a working royal. He also served in the British army, so would get a pension. From Wikipedia: In 2002, both Michael and his wife were the subject of criticism over the rent paid on their accommodation at Kensington Palace following scrutiny by the House of Commons Public Accounts committee on the cost of royal palaces and whether they were value for money. The committee had called on the Queen to evict its residents and put the apartments on a more commercial footing. When it was claimed that the couple paid a rent of only £69 per week for the use of their apartments at Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace announced that "The Queen is paying the rent for Prince and Princess Michael of Kent's apartment at a commercial rate of £120,000 annually, from her own private funds. This rent payment by The Queen is in recognition of the Royal engagements and work for various charities which Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have undertaken at their own expense, and without any public funding."
The situation with the Queen's children is more complex. If we look at Andrew, he does get a pension from the navy but it is not enough to support him. Now that he is not a working royal, he does not have staff paid for by the SG. Royal Lodge must cost a fortune to run, and his lease agreement was that he would renovate and maintain it at his own expense for a reduced lease amount. The Queen must have been subsidizing him and I am sure that increased greatly when he lost his SG allowance. Royal Lodge is far too big for him, but unlike the Gloucestershire, I doubt that he would willingly move into a smaller place.
In my opinion, this public uproar being stirred by the tabloids is much fuss about nothing. Politicians cost taxpayers far far more than these aging royals. To turf them out and extract rent from private individuals would make no difference to the country at large financially. But it seems that Charles may be on a mission to do exactly that. However, I think the Andrew uproar is about the King refusing to continue to subsidize an extravagant lifestyle for a brother who does nothing useful for the country or family.
Grumblethinskin
So dumber and dumb
Declined to keep shtum
Refuting claims
suing going on
Madam ain’t happy
underlined with her sharpie
Her portrayal as a
empty vessel harpie…
@Swampie
We should do a duet 😉
@Observant One
TC was my favourite cartoon😻
@Maneki
Folie Buggers 🥰
Unfortunately Fifi
I wouldn’t trust Eugenie
as far as I could thrust
her mother.
I confess I am very disappointed in Eugenie. She looked beautiful at her wedding and after a party and holiday heavy vapid youth appeared to be genuinely interested in charities and have a good relationship with the Queen. Since getting too cozy with her Waaugh cousins she has diminished and seems as dodgy as they are. Beatrice manages to keep her nose clean; there are upsetting rumors that the bond between the York sisters has been Markled due to E.’s association with them and that relations are strained. Bea is insulated from court intrigue due to her husband’s wealth and titles in his own right. She is chatelaine of her own Italian castle. Euge on the other hand must spend far beyond Jack’s means as a lowly brand executive to provide, and now they are having another baby. So she may be prone to the same entitlist grievances that make her father and her ginger cousin such joyous pieces of humanity.
Andrew spoilt his daughters by raising them with expectations that they would live large on the Crown and have all the perks and deferences of Royal princesses. Their actual place in the hierarchy came as a shock. Bea has made peace with it, I think. Eugenie, possibly not. As to her true level of collusion with the Harkles, We can’t know how much is real and how much is fueled by press speculation that might be entirely made up. For her sake, I hope she is keeping her distance, but her family does not have a history of loyalty to Charles.
Thank you both for explaining the blink idiom! I totally get it now….I should’ve thought about how one can stare out another before blinking game…d’oh! 😁
Meghan Markle 'upset' as Palace is 'only fighting for Harry' to attend King's Coronation
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1738480/meghan-markle-prince-harry-king-charles-coronation-latest
A ROYAL expert has claimed Meghan Markle feels the Palace "doesn't care" if she attends the King's upcoming coronation.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/21365621/prince-harry-news-meghan-markle-king-charles-coronation-concert/
And gahve you seen the OK! Collectors' edition cover? It is called Royal Women: Celebrating females of the British monarchy. Catherine is the centrepiece. The Late Queen is there, as are ... Camilla, Anne, Sophie, Zara, Beatrice and Eugenie together. You know who is not included? For a narc, that will sting.
https://the-cat-with-the-emerald-tiara-1.tumblr.com/image/710058631253606400
Posing in a għonnella/faldetta was just another bit of play-acting.
I like the statement in the Wikipedia entry:
`The hooded garment took a lot of space, and for this reason it became impractical to wear on Maltese public buses'. BTW, I can't resist the old joke that `You're never alone on the Mosta bus...', a reference to the abundant fleas of 50 years ago.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's popularity in US slumps even further: Duke's approval rating drops by three points in a month to -10 while his wife hits - 17 in new poll after they were savaged in South Park episode
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's popularity has slumped to an all-time low in the US, where they are now less popular than the disgraced Prince Andrew, a shock poll has found.
Since December last year, Harry has sunk 48 points and Meghan 40, giving them net approval ratings of -10 and -17 respectively, according to a survey by Redfield & Wilton for Newsweek, conducted on February 19.
While Andrew is still viewed negatively following his New York civil trial against his sex accuser Virginia Roberts - which he settled out of court - his net approval rating sits at -2, with 26 per cent of Americans saying they like him compared to 28 per cent who do not.
The Sussexes' nosediving popularity across the pond comes just days after they were royally mocked by South Park - a satirical cartoon famed for having its finger on the pulse of American culture.
{The article goes on to state]
This week's poll shows that 18 per cent of US respondents felt neither favorably nor unfavorably about Harry, while 7 percent replied 'don't know'. Some 20 percent were on the fence about Meghan and just 8 percent did not have an opinion.
The figures mean that only 25 per cent of respondents expressed no strong feelings either way about the duke, and 28 percent about the duchess.
However when it came to Andrew, who has been keeping a low profile, some 32 per cent of respondents had a 'neither favorable nor unfavorable' view, while another 13 per cent answered 'don't know' - meaning a total of 45 per cent did not have a strong opinion either way, perhaps making him a less polarising figure.
Respondents were also asked if they felt positively or negatively towards Harry, Meghan and Andrew, with the results likely making sober reading for the couple.
Some 32 per cent felt positively about Harry, compared to 27 per cent about Meghan and 26 per cent about Andrew.
However, 44 per cent held a negative sentiment towards Meghan, compared with 42 per cent for Harry and just 28 per cent for Andrew.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11785559/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markles-popularity-slumps-South-Park-episode.html
https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/20230221164909/prince-harry-meghan-markle-son-archie-room-tyler-perry-home/
Pretentious, or what?
https://archive.ph/gWylk
"Harry and Meghan are currently focused on work helping create safer online spaces for young people and new Netflix projects with their production company.
Despite the couple being out of sight and busy with various philanthropic and commercial endeavours, a cottage industry of fake news and inaccurate gossip about them is thriving in lieu of new information.
Other recent tales about the Sussexes have suggested the couple are:
"Going through tough times" (false – "Couldn't be happier!" said a friend)
That they just hired "showbiz dealmaker" Adam Lilling to help "go all-out" on becoming billionaires (not quite – the entrepreneur's venture advisor company Plus Capital has been working with the pair since moving to the US almost three years ago and it's "old information and not news", according to an Archewell spokesperson)
Details about Meghan's impending return to Instagram were shared in a lengthy broadsheet essay (wishful thinking – a source says she has no account on the platform at present or on the horizon. "This is all trash," added the rep)
On top of this, there's near-daily "exclusives" in almost every paper about the couple's supposed plans for King Charles's coronation in May.
The reality, sources tell me, is that no-one, no matter how well-sourced, knows their plans right now – the couple has yet to be invited and can't make a decision, nor any form of itinerary, until that happens.
At this point, much of the above is typical tabloid fare – news of this nature, even when totally false, still gets the clicks, and revenue, that publishers desperately need.
But it also speaks to a bigger issue that Britain's other oldest institution is currently facing – the lives and work of the Royal Family just isn't grabbing the attention of readers and viewers as they once did.
When you realise that the only other royal story this past week to receive even a fraction of the volume of Sussex headlines were articles about the Princess of Wales's Bafta red carpet outfit, it becomes clear that The Firm might just have a public interest crisis on their hands.
As Sophie and Edward fly back to Britain on Friday, the couple and their team might be questioning whether their barely-covered visit was truly worth it. And for an overseas trip that came at a cost to the struggling British taxpayer (in security alone), the bigger risk is that soon members of the public will start asking the same."
Rumour that she is in 'talks to launch her own clothing line' but seems to not agree with the company on style.
"A ROYAL expert has claimed Meghan Markle feels the Palace "doesn't care" if she attends the King's upcoming coronation."
That one has no self-awareness. Why would the Palace care? I also read that she was upset she wasn't included in the plans for the Coronation. Why should she? William might be consulted but I don't think Charles needs to consult the rest of the RF, let alone an insignificant malignant viper who's left and has continued to attack the RF.
Archie's four poster bed: hmm... Was it his parents'? He is a baby on the video and and there is a cot next to the bed so I don't think the four poster was his. On the other hand, there is a recent looking photo in the same article showing master Archie at the piano. Now we know the child was precocious so I suppose we have a budding Mozart in Montecito?
Scobie and his mistress have no idea about the real work of the royal family. But I am in awe of this king of the UK. Imagine if every country had a head of state who devoted their life to doing work like that!
I’m glad Lady Hussey has been readmitted to the royal fold. Good on Princess Anne to have her stand in for her.
@Hikari
I agree with your assessment of Eugenie. And I don’t believe she and her husband would relocate to Southern California if Mole and Maggot weren’t there. I’m sure Mole is encouraging his cousin to make the move.
@Sandie
That OK! cover is fantastic. I hope Maggot sees it.
@CatEyes
It is very gratifying to read that Andrew is now more popular in the US than the Sorority Girl/Actress/Influencer/Victim. We Americans are not as dumb and shallow as some people think.
@Sandie
"A ROYAL expert has claimed Meghan Markle feels the Palace "doesn't care" if she attends the King's upcoming coronation."
That one has no self-awareness. Why would the Palace care? I also read that she was upset she wasn't included in the plans for the Coronation. Why should she? William might be consulted but I don't think Charles needs to consult the rest of the RF, let alone an insignificant malignant viper who's left and has continued to attack the RF.
If we're going to make a list of all the people that do not care if she attends any events whatsoever in perpetuity, that 'Royal Expert' is going to need several forests' worth of paper to get all the names down.
Seems 'odd' that she is in California @ 2 months before the coronation. I'm waiting to see if there are any papped outings with the dumb prince and his ILBW (grin).
An interesting thread, especially the comments, about her being a grandiose narcissist and him a vulnerable narcissist.
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Interesting comment explaining why they may not yet have received their invitations, on this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/11afn6j/the_latest_from_barkjack_on_twitter_harkles_are/
Meghan the Microbe
1h
Invitations are approved by Parliament and then go out in stages or waves. Prince Albert was in the first "wave" which is why it's reported he's accepted.
This is to see who RSVP's to see how many seats are left to add onto the next stage/wave..... and so on.
For Example, Charles is having 2,000 guests. If the first wave of invitations is 200 and only 150 accept, that leaves 1,850 seats left for the next wave of invitations and not 1,800. And so on it continues until all 2,000 seats are filled.
If all invitations went out together it could result in only 1,500 attendees and 500 empty seats which could have been sent to other people.
Charles does his "wish list" and then it's put forward for approval of Parliament. That then starts the waves or stages. Charles is told if any seats are left from each waves' RSVP date, so he can add/invite more people onto his next list/stage, or not.
The first few waves are sent to other overseas Royals and dignitaries as they usually have their calendars filled years ahead. Being some of the first to receive their invitations, gives them time to change any other arrangements on May 6th, or to not change if they can't. The stages started back in January and are still continuing up to the final stage with RSVP cut off date of 24th March.
https://youtu.be/VO9Tj8YsoDY
I am continually astounded at the beyond childish antics of The Prince and his ILBW. “Nobody cares” whether she attends the Coronation? This is toddler tantrum language. I wonder if it’s a precursor to throwing herself and the ground, kicking and flailing.
1. No one does care. She’s abused her in-laws and the people of the UK for the last 4 years, unceasingly, and she’s surprised she’s not welcome to their parties?
2. Why does she care that they don’t care? Isn’t it toxic and racist and not kind over there? She’s never shut up that these people hate her and the feeling is mutual. It should be a relief not to be expected to go.
But she is still SO pissed that her version of reality of herself as St. Markle is not embraced. She is like every psycho dictator in history—you WILL adore me -and obey me unquestionably and I will terrorize you to make you do it.
The Megxit manifesto was the Harkles playing chicken with the Queen. She called their bluff and said “See ya, bye!” Hazza was entirely convinced that he’d get all their demands met because ‘he was Grannie's favorite’. 3 years on they still haven’t accepted that they didn’t get what they want.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/royal-expert-raises-fears-over-142400699.html from Mirror originally)
Royal expert raises fears over Duke and Duchess of Sussex attending coronation
Daniel Green
Fri, 24 February 2023 at 2:24 pm GMT
Prince Harry and Meghan have been invited to the coronation in May, but it is not clear whether the pair will attend
Royal experts have claimed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would "ruin" the King's coronation if they attended the ceremony in May.
It is understood that the couple have received an invite to the event - but it is not confirmed if the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will fly back to Britain to attend.
Speaking to GB News, author Tom Bower claimed that King Charles would be overwhelmed if the pair attended the ceremony.
He also said people were "sick" of Prince Harry and Meghan and would prefer they steer clear of the momentous occasion.
According to The Mirror, Bower said: "If the King allows Harry to come to the coronation, it is going to ruin the coronation.
"It'll be overshadowed by Harry's presence and Meghan's too.
"I think his behaviour now is going to irritate people again. People will be sick to death of him, hopefully very soon."
The coronation will take place at Westminster Abbey on May 6.
Hear! Hear!
Neither Charles nor William is said to be in any mood to pander to Harry's demands following his latest attacks on the Royal Family.
With just over 70 days to go before the King is officially crowned on May 6, alongside the Queen Consort, the Daily Mail can reveal how icy family relations still are.
Some sources sympathetic to the royals' predicament have described the situation as a 'toxic stalemate'.
'There is still a huge amount of ill will boiling over in the family,' one said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11789969/King-Charles-Prince-Wales-no-intention-giving-Prince-Harry-apology-demanding.html
King Charles and the Prince of Wales have no intention of giving Prince Harry the apology he is demanding from them if he is to attend the Coronation.
Neither Charles nor William is said to be in any mood to pander to Harry's demands following his latest attacks on the Royal Family.
With just over 70 days to go before the King is officially crowned on May 6, alongside the Queen Consort, the Daily Mail can reveal how icy family relations still are.
Some sources sympathetic to the royals' predicament have described the situation as a 'toxic stalemate'.
'There is still a huge amount of ill will boiling over in the family,' one said.
'Save the date' cards are set to be sent out in two weeks to the 2,000 guests who have been chosen to attend the pared-down spring ceremony.
Numbers have been drastically reduced from the 8,251 guests who attended Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation to make the event more streamlined amid the cost of living crisis.
Formal invitations to those who have indicated they will accept will not be posted until three weeks before the event itself.
But, as the Mail reported last year, Harry, 38, has long had an 'open' invitation to all family events as a member of the Royal Family, despite having quit official duties.
That olive branch is still there, although it has been stretched to the limit by his and wife Meghan's repeated attacks on the family via their Netflix documentary series, Harry's memoir and numerous critical television and print interviews.
One journalist with close links to the Sussexes, Omid Scobie, claimed this week that 'no-one knows their plans right now – the couple has yet to be invited and can't make a decision, nor any form of itinerary, until that happens'.
But those with knowledge of the Coronation's planning have greeted this claim with snorts of derision, and describe it as 'the Sussexes' classic get-out clause'.
'As if a piece of gold-embossed card would change everything,' one said. 'The problem goes far, far deeper than that.'
One well-placed source says Harry has made it clear that he wants a private 'apology' of some sort from both Charles and William before he will attend.
There is no mention of Meghan, but as their son, Archie, celebrates his fourth birthday on the same day, there is an assumption by many that she is unlikely to go to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation anyway.
The idea of an apology is something Harry has raised publicly, when he told ITV's Tom Bradby in an interview that 'the ball is in their court'.
'There's a lot to be discussed and I really hope that they're [the family] willing to sit down and talk about it,' he said.
The Mail has been told that King Charles, 74, is at least prepared to speak to Harry – 'he's his son, he loves him', a friend declared.
But William, 40, is said to be emphatically 'not in the mood for any kind of conversation'.
And Harry's private insistence that he and his wife are owed an apology before any rapprochement can begin has become a major sticking point for both the King and his elder son.
'What are the family meant to apologise for?' one insider asked. 'As the late Queen said, recollections may vary.'
Another source said it was likely there would be conversations between the two camps in the coming weeks over arrangements for May.
But they warned: 'I don't think His Majesty is minded to apologise for anything at present. Quite the opposite. There is still a huge amount of ill will boiling over in the family.
'Conversations could still happen in the next few weeks [over the Sussexes' attendance], I am sure, but they will be waiting a very long time for an apology. There's a great deal of hurt [at Harry's actions].'
Another family friend added: 'I hear that William has no intention whatsoever of apologising and remains incandescent, especially around the way his wife, the Princess of Wales, has been treated.'
The Mail has previously reported that William is furious about the attacks meted out to Kate, particularly in his brother's memoir, Spare, which came out last month.
Harry – who always had a warm relationship with his sister-in-law – painted her as cold and aloof towards his future bride.
And shockingly – given his repeated attacks on those he believes have 'leaked' information about the family drama – he also revealed intimate details of private conversations, both verbally and by text, between her and Meghan during their infamous disagreement over Princess Charlotte's bridesmaid dress.
'The relationship isn't even rock bottom now, it's non-existent,' the source said. 'And I just don't see, if Harry were to come to the Coronation, how William could even bring himself to look his brother in the face.'
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11789969/King-Charles-Prince-Wales-no-intention-giving-Prince-Harry-apology-demanding.html?ito=windows-widget-push-notification&ci=554931
I am perfectly happy to ignore them, but I am just one person, and the papers, well . . . <>
They just won't stop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8K_ExoVUvM
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/11aqaij/the_worldwide_privacy_tour_is_simply_the_ghost/
I see the word `twunt' features - well done that Nutty, a most felicitous typo, n'est pas?!
More whining and victimhood and wokeness ahead ...
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Prince Harry is taking center stage at a virtual book event for his groundbreaking memoir, Spare.
PEOPLE exclusively reveals that Penguin Random House will produce an international livestream event with the Duke of Sussex on Saturday, March 4 at 12 p.m. EST on VIMEO.
Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, will join Harry at the live event. The renowned speaker is known for his trauma, addiction, stress and childhood development expertise.During the intimate conversation, the pair will discuss living with loss and the importance of personal healing before answering questions from the audience, which can be submitted when registering for the live event.
Ticket information and more details about the event can be found on: PrinceHarryMemoir.com. Each ticket includes a hardcover copy of Spare."
Interesting comment on this thread:
Question: Jack do you have any info on whether the duo have been affected by South Park show? Are they bothered? Thank you.
Answer: In a reconvened meeting a copy writer at People Mag early this week they spoke of hurt. I spoke to her yesterday. She confirmed the pair are humiliated AND outraged. Will "lay low" until TIME anniversary.
Overall, BarkJack insists they will be at the coronation (those two are tone deaf and completely self-absorbed, and, in my opinion, the idea of 'stealing the limelight' is irresistible to them). I predict they will harass the king for a photograph of him with them and especially with the children (worth a lot of money to them). As for the birthday party for Archie, it is being described as 'intimate'. So, the duo, the two children, and Eugenie, Jack and August. I wonder if Andrew and Sarah will attend? And I wonder if Doria will accompany them to babysit and give her daughter 'moral' support (i.e. tell her how she is the most wonderful everything ever).
I can't exactly wish you a Happy Lent(!) but shall be `keeping the faith' so to speak.
Perdition to faithless princes!
God bless the Prince of Wales!
God save the King!
I thought not eating rich food, chocolate, meat on Fridays etc was enough, as well as praying. We shall miss your writing. Would lurking still be considered schadenfreude?
You will be greatly missed. Please come back asap.
Camilla’s non-royal grandkids to take starring roles in King Charles’ coronation
https://nypost.com/2023/02/25/camillas-grandkids-will-have-role-at-coronation/
I admire you for your public profession of your faith and committment to giving up something for Lent. May the holiness of this time enrich your journey through to Easter.
A few years ago I told my quartet ladies what I was giving up.
Their comment was that it's supposed to be something I *enjoy*.
That article from New York post is very interesting. It would certainly be a break from traditions to have her grandchildren play such a significant role in the ceremony so I do wonder about the veracity of the article. I wonder if Louis will be at the coronation. He would have been at formal pre-school for a year and he was at the Christmas church service so I think he will be. As for Archie and Lilli, being at the ceremony would give them royal credentials that may be rather lucrative for them in future, but I doubt that he would or could be able to cope with a 2-hour public occasion like that. As I said previously, I do think the duo will want formal photographs (styled by the duo) of the children with their grandfather, the King. The duo must be struggling with a dilemma - miss out on all the attention because his wife did not get the grovelling apology he demanded and it is going to be awkward to be sidelined and and ignored; or get the global attention they crave.
https://nypost.com/2023/02/25/camillas-grandkids-will-have-role-at-coronation/
Daily Mail has picked up on the story about the coronation.
Odd that the award was presented by him informally via Zoom call with no sign of his wife.
Will miss you but I understand.
Today is Sunday. Some maintain that the 40-days-and 40-nights of Lent exclude Sundays, as these are feast days, come what may. It's also the only way, I think, to make the maths work. So perhaps I’m not breaking my abstinence by posting this:
https://uk.style.yahoo.com/catherine-zeta-jones-michael-douglas-090000489.html
Also at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11792047/Inside-St-Jamess-Palace-Hollywood-royalty-Catherine-Zeta-Jones-Michael-Douglas-in.html
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas move in to St James' Palace
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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are reportedly living in St James' Palace.
The Hollywood couple are believed to be residing in an apartment at the palace in London, where King Charles, Queen Consort Camilla and Princesses Anne and Beatrice also live.
An insider told the Daily Mail's Eden Confidential column: "It's just perfect for their requirements when they're visiting the capital."
Rentals at the palace first became available in 2015 and a source said at the time: "In theory, anyone can apply but all prospective tenants will be subject to security and background checks."
Catherine, 53, and Michael, 78, have son Dylan, 22, and daughter, Carys, 19, together.
They split their time between Irvington, New York state and Majorca. They also own properties in Bermuda and Canada.
Speaking previously about her admiration for the Royal Family, Catherine said: "I'm a massive royalist.
"In our family, we'll dress up on royal occasions. My son will wear a top hat and tails and have scones.
"I had a wonderful lunch with Camilla and Lady Astor in New York years ago, before they were even married, and I loved her. What you see is what you get with Camilla."
Please do not stay away for too long. You have such a huge amount of knowledge and your comments are always on point.
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Interesting ...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11794041/England-rugby-legend-James-Haskell-says-Prince-Harry-swap-parenting-tips.html
Good onya WildBoar
giving up the chore
Of following the bleeders
on their hunt to score more
Will miss your witty
intelligent comment
Looking forward to your resurrection
after Lent…
SP: First lady botherer, hahaha 👌
@Sandie
Thank you for the Jimmy Choo
info.
Didn’t know he started out
with a grant from the
Prince’s Trust.
Also Idris Elba, and many others.
Over a million young people
have benefited from the trust.
A wonderful legacy from
King Charles.
As is the Duke of Edinburgh Award
God Save the King
@Mel
Hahaha!!
I'll give it seventy two hours and you'll be back.
1d
She is (allegedly/rumor you didn’t hear it from me even though I heard it from others) currently working that Getty connection and other bigwigs to get an “angel investor” to plop down millions (tens of millions) into various “startup” plans she is floating. We see some of these ideas being floated out there with her PR releases. The main ones include:
*Back before something went seriously wrong with the conception/gestation/birth management of Archie, she wanted to bring out baby stuff—clothes, accessories, cool California mom stuff. She bought websites, sought investors, the whole thing crashed.
*More recently she has been exploring relaunching The Tig (named after Harry’s favorite nanny, Tiggy, but then, she never Googled or stalked the young royal gentlemen or anything.:). Most of this has been in a kind of vague “lifestyle brand” format. I know people in tech she talked to about this at various times. They all said, “You need ten to twenty million to start it and constant branding/hard work for reinvesting; and if you’re lucky, in five years you’re not broke.” She’s very 1995 in her consciousness, with fashion, lifestyle trends, and dot.com boom thinking where you could get millions invested in you just for having a catchy domain name. Ain’t gonna happen.
*About six months ago she started having her “people” float communiques to designers saying she was “ready to receive” samples from them, basically deigning to “audition” them to potentially become a part of her “brand.” Being the usual Me-Again who believes she is the cosmic epicenter of all that is good, this then morphed into attempting to get broke, talented designers to give up creative copyright so all their work could be branded as “Duchess” designs, with the usual cheap overseas sweatshops providing the clothes manufacturing. She is still exploring this. Allegedly.
*All along, she has looked at Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba, and Reese Witherspoon’s hugely successful lifestyle brands and attempted to copy/hijack/reverse engineer what they do so well. This was why Reese was invited to her wedding. Reese was way too smart.
*At this point, she is left to trying to find rich old fools to fund her. The Getty guy might give her a little investment, but not much.
Businesses, since they require real work, are not Mizzy Duchass’ thang. So if she gets money, she will hire, abuse and alienate any staffers and burn through the cash faster than you can say “investing all my royal allowance into a brown turd hat".
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/110u66y/february_week_3_sub_chat/
Sometimes it's got too much and I've neglected other important stuff. I'll just lurk and keep an eye on things unless major drama breaks out- it'll give other Nutties a chance. I'll try to hold out until next Sunday!
The Tig
That it was named after the nanny is the first I remember hearing of that.
I always read it as named after her favorite red wine Tignanello (the 2019 is running at about $149/bottle in most ads on the net).
I'm sure The Tig wasn't named after Tiggy Legge-Bourke, * wasn't even 'dating' H at the time IIRC. As you say, it was named after her favourite wine but being the linguist she is, she thought it was pronounced tig-nanello. Our whip smart * didn't realise g+n in Italian doesn't have a hard g sound, the combination sounds like nya/nyo etc, so tinyanello.
Blind Item #4
If you don't believe that the alliterate one doesn't have multiple social media accounts, then I just don't know what to say to you. She for sure has an IG account because her north of the border former friend even once let the handle's name out. There used to be a Twitter account under that handle too, but since you can read Twitter without signing up, she may have abandoned that one.
https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/
Why didn't I think of that! I could certainly use free samples to copy to establish my brand, too! Otherwise, I'm going to be doomed, DOOMED to continue to wear the working clothes of my people, T-shirts, blue jeans, and baseball caps. (These are indistinguishable from the dress clothes of my people except that the dress clothes usually don't little holes burned in them from welding, 3-cornered tears from getting caught on a fence, or paint stains.)
@BarkJack_
Saturday 6th May 2023. The wee lad's party is of no concern! Not expected to 'upstage' Coronation whatsoever. It is being held late afternoon while The Coronation Service will take place in the morning at Westminster Abbey.
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@BarkJack_
Feb 23
Replying to @Jay7yn
Child is innocent; and family. To be honest, not many can attend. Pre-existing schedules relating to duty conflict with his birthday.
It is shaping up to be a mere two hour craic for the wee lad, friends' kiddos &/or a cousin with nanny.
https://twitter.com/BarkJack_/status/1630054930420514819
And more ...
Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
Jan 9
Staff at Frogmore told to prepare for Archie's 4th birthday which happens to fall on 06 May.
The kids likely will NOT attend the Coronation.
(more fun to enjoy cake at home).
M&H have time to attend both if they want. KC3 Coronation to be ≈ 1hr, 2k dignitaries in attendance,
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@BarkJack_
Jan 9
Replying to
@FinMadame
There are staff available to be called at the ready for whatever the pair want at Frogmore. Freshening up rooms, pressing and sourcing outfits, much closer to arrival steaming them. Parts of the party. Arranging cakes, decor, guest list, invitations I suppose. Good event planning
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@BarkJack_
Nov 6, 2022
Exclusive -- our tech team did a massive incognito investigation, uncovering:
There is an orchestrated campaign to make Prince Harry seem 'more lustworthy'.
In desperate attempt to make him sexually desirable we saw:
-Misleading (false) accts sexually charged speak
-Photoshop
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Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
Nov 6, 2022
Replying to
@BarkJack_
ASIDE from technical findings, we wanted confirmation from someone working on their team. Yesterday, We posed as someone else and made calls.
It's absolutely confirmed, a part of their social strategy to try to make this guy seem "lustworthy". WHY do you think this is?
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@BarkJack_
Nov 6, 2022
Replying to
@nomorenolessrea
they really are putting in the effort!
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@BarkJack_
Nov 6, 2022
Replying to
@Ralandriela
It became more obvious about a month ago. (Likely around when the Memoir publication date became solidified, but prior to being publicized ) -- but we had to investigate these accounts who were saying such things (MOST indicate fake, some run by same IP address).
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@BarkJack_
Feb 25
Utterly False: The Times report that "Prince Harry 'wants apology' before he commits to King Charles coronation"
Suspected Sussex-instructed press, no basis in reality!
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@BarkJack_
Feb 25
99.9% bunk because I am privy to some of the wee one's birthday party planning deets.
There are UK travel plans in place and some security arrangements. It's highly un-likley they'll ditch at the last minute given the logistics I am privy to. It's not looking like he's bailing.
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@BarkJack_
Feb 26
Replying to
@atiqah_aryani
and
@tulsietown1989
That would be so petty! Of course it is expected if he go, so does she. They have no more significance than any other run of the mill attendee though. No prominence whatsoever.
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@BarkJack_
Feb 25
Replying to
@Sandy_Karenso
They are. I have seen proof.
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@BarkJack_
Feb 25
Replying to
@RoyalTerrier
The kiddos are not planning on attending the Coronation as far as I have seen at this point.
She is so self-absorbed that she is tone deaf to other cultures, including language. Her and her cronies probably came up with the name Tig for their, at the time, favourite, expensive, wine. She thinks it is a brilliant name for her blog, but it just reveals how shallow and stupid she is.
Remember the over-the-top gushing reporting that she was the smartest and most educated person in the royal family, ever? She has a basic, soft, degree and we have never seen her actual academic record. In my country, academic education is different from America and Britain. Admittedly, standards have dropped in terms of entrance requirements and time allowed to complete each degree but the programme remains the same: 1. Basic undergrad degree (3 years), for which you have to have 20 credits - 6 for your two majors, over 3 years; 4 other credits. 2. Honours (1 year), if you qualify, which includes a research paper that you have to present to a panel and compulsory subjects, although I am not sure how many. 3. Masters (2 years), if you qualify, which is a more intense and advanced version of Honours. Her higher education dies not impress me, and she has done nothing to indicate any knowledge in her fields of study (theatre and communication), either before, during or after being a working royal. South Park writers are right - she is 'empty-headed', but I do not think her husband has realized, nor do I think he cares.
Now who would be spreading this fake news? Certainly The Express has a number of articles proclaiming that the coronation is a big failure because all these stars have turned down the invitation to perform at the coronation concert. It turns out that Ed Sheeran, for one, was never asked. I think the King is more likely to focus on the traditional, and classic, and exceptional musicians who have benefited from the Prince's Trust, especially people of colour.
no way the Wales kids will be at the “party”. you know someone would have a camera ready. maybe eugenie and her kid? can’t even think any of them would want to be there given the “filming” and “taping” always going on with these two. who would want to be on a hot hidden mike for that!!
https://tinyurl.com/Kate-vs-Meg-Images
"Remember the over-the-top gushing reporting that she was the smartest and most educated person in the royal family, ever?"
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Yes, I do! She's so superficial. I checked Charles's qualifications as I know he did go to university.
He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read archaeology and anthropology for the first part of the Tripos, and then changed to history for the second part.During his second year, Charles attended the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth, studying Welsh history and language for a term. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a 2:2 Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Wikipedia)
As for William, who was at At Andrews with Catherine, he started studying Art History but later switched to Geography. 'William wrote his dissertation on the coral reefs of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean and graduated with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree with upper second class honours in 2005.'.
I think their qualifications are as good if not better than *'s.
. . .
Discussing the Duchess' misconceptions about the Royal Family, the author - who wrote the 2022 book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors - described the former Suits actress as 'money-obsessed'.
The expert said: 'Her great surprise and disappointment was that Prince Harry had very little money.
'She had imagined he would be worth hundreds of millions, if not billions, and she is having to make up for it now.'
. . .
https://tinyurl.com/mv4ds6yz
I don't think anyone is any doubt that she's money obsessed. She got her claws into him but our 'whip smart' thespian didn't die her research properly. Perhaps it's true after all that she didn't know much about him... (sarc).
@Maneki Neko: I'll bet Mrs. Todger is spitting tacks now that they've run out of money, and can't hire a top-notch PR firm like Sunshine Sachs. They were in arrears to the tune of $500,000 to SS so that means they were spending several million on PR every year until the well dried up.
I may have to make my own mug that says "I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger, but she ain't messin' with no broke gingers."
/apologies to Kanye
Thanks so much for sharing the laugh-out-loud, brilliant photo montage juxtaposing Kate with ILBW. Loved it! 😂
My favorites were:
- the ones marked "N/A", especially Girl Talk with Michelle category. WHAT A BURN! I choked with laughter
- the Recycled Fashion category, showing Meg over and over and over in her execrable white hat
- Date Nights is a perennal favorite of mine. Megsy looks (to me) actually evil, a devil personified
- and on and on and on
No-one needs to verbalize one single thing against Hazbeen and Megaloser, when one can rip them new ones in print while not actually saying or writing anything negative. The images speak for themselves.
Cheers!
That subreddit post by cozymayo on r/SaintMeghanMarkle is brilliant. I think my favourite is 'fleeing the paps'. In his memoir, he describes her in dramatic meltdown after the fictional incident, and he believed her even though all evidence shows that it never happened. The duo seem to have found a solution to this glaring problem: 'my truth' is whatever I need it to be in the moment as I tell 'my story'. A pity that most people are rational and know that it did not actually happen!
She wanted protection officers and a car and driver supplied by the monarchy, so she staged this meltdown for him when he got back from his engagement. She did not have the ring on her finger at this stage, but the manipulation worked because she got what she wanted. He had been out there on an engagement with protection officers, a chauffered car, guaranteed media attention, deference from everyone ... all that she craved but was excluded from.
She has made an appearance, promoting Clevr Blends.
Thank you so much for the 'contrast and compare' pix of * and Catherine. They brightened my morning! Have you noticed the South Park ones? In the wedding one, * is as white as H but in the privacy one she's a shade darker!😁
I like Delighting People with Surprise Hugs, Celebrity Superfans and Fleeing the Paps😂
@SwampWoman
Thank you for Meghan Merch at Etsy 😁, another joy to behold!
Ironic Pyrite*
What a mangled weave she wove
Still failed to rob
the Royal trove
Didn’t quite go to plan
Shafted herself
no manners, elan
Thought she’d mined
a massive score
Instead she’s regarded as
the fools oro** wh*re…
*Iron Pyrite-fools gold
**Oro-Spanish for gold
Ref: madam not realising
Harold was skint
'I wasn't passing mushrooms out!' Courteney Cox confirms Prince Harry stayed with her for 'a couple of days' - after he wrote about eating hallucinogenic chocolates from her fridge
Courteney Cox has recalled how Prince Harry stayed with her for a 'couple of days' - after the Duke of Sussex said he took magic mushrooms at her home.
The royal father-of-two, 38, revealed in his bombshell memoir Spare that he hallucinated that a bin was speaking to him after taking magic mushrooms.
Harry said that while he was staying at the actress' home, he spied a box of mushroom chocolates in a fridge and decided to eat them before washing them down with tequila.
Speaking to Variety, Courteney called him 'a really nice person', adding: 'He did stay here for a couple of days — probably two or three.
'I’m not saying there were mushrooms! I definitely wasn’t passing them out.'
She added: 'I haven’t read the book. I do want to hear it, because I’ve heard it’s really entertaining. But yes, it’s gotten back to me about it.'
In Spare, Prince Harry wrote that he took mushrooms while staying at Courteney's house in 2016, when he was visiting LA with a 'two good mates' - one of whom was 'dating a woman who lived' there.
After staying with his friend Thomas's girlfriend, the group 'moved for some reason' and ended up staying at the home home of Courteney, who was a friend of the girlfriend and 'had more room'.
'As a Friends fanatic, the idea of crashing at Monica’s house was highly appealing,' he wrote, adding that the actress was out of town 'on a job' so wasn't staying in the home when they first arrived.
However, he wrote that Courteney then 'turned up' out of the blue and began 'inviting people over' for a party. It was during that gathering that he spotted the 'black diamond mushroom chocolates' in the Friends star's fridge and quick 'gobbled' several of them.
I remember after a time standing up and wandering back into the house to use the loo,' he continued, adding: 'Beside the toilet was a round silver bin, the kind with a foot pedal to open the lid. I stared at the bin. It stared back. Then it became... a head.
'I stepped on the pedal and the head opened its mouth. A huge open grin. I laughed, turned away, took a p***. Now the loo became a head too.
'The bowl was its gaping maw, the hinges of the seat were its piercing silver eyes. It said, "Aaah."'
Tales of the duke's exploits as a 'party prince' have been extensively reported over the years.
Speaking on US actor Dax Shepard's podcast in 2021, Harry laughed as he recalled his infamous party trip to Las Vegas which saw naked photos of him leaked to the press.
In 2012, he enjoyed a wild weekend in Las Vegas, where he was snapped in just a necklace while a naked girl hid behind him following a game of strip billiards in his VIP suite.
During Dax's 'Armchair Expert' show, the royal was chatting about how people are more likely to run away and rebel after being told 'you need help' when the host mentioned the notorious trip, joking: '[Or] take your clothes off in Las Vegas'.
Part 2 of article above...... Prince Harry's decision to select Dr Maté to help promote his memoir is another sign of his interest in therapeutic healing, having previously discussed his experience of going through therapy.
The event, organised in collaboration with Harry's publishers Penguin Random House, will take place at 5pm UK time on Saturday March 4.
[The article goes on further to add how Harry's popularity has sunk in the polls.]
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11801821/Courteney-Cox-discusses-Prince-Harry-taking-drugs-home.html
"I think my favourite is 'fleeing the paps'.". That is a good one, and illustrates what a l.i.a.r Megaloser is, and just how delusional Hazbeen is. No one follows them, nor cares about them; but as you said (both wanted) "protection officers, a chauffered car, guaranteed media attention, deference from everyone". You nailed it.
I hope some day the paps reveal and prove conclusively that she has hired them for years, and state unequivocably that being hired for the almighty moolah is the only reason any paps snap images of them.
On a more nefarious note, many posters on-line have commented that Megaloser and Hazbeen's laser-focused fervor to regain Internationally Protected Persons' status is to have immunity from prosecution for wrongdoing.
In addition to them being fame w.hores, I suspect the above is true.
"... 'contrast and compare' pix of * and Catherine. ... Have you noticed the South Park ones? In the wedding one, * is as white as H but in the privacy one she's a shade darker!"
LOL! No, I had not noticed that. Thank you, you are so spot on, and now I enjoy knowing that snarky (and truthful) detail.
The category entitled 'Delighting People with Surprise Hugs' is good, yes, and I trust you've seen the actual video of Megaloser grabbing and pulling that smaller woman to herself for an unwanted hug. In the video the poor woman has a look of surprise turning to resignation, which turns then into revulsion as the claw won't let her go.
I just hate how * steamrolls over everyone, always.
The New York Post also has a story about ILBW appearing in the ad for Clevr Brands. They make a point of calling her The Duchess of Sussex, which continues to rile me.
There is also this in the NYPost—although the headline doesn’t reflect the largely positive opinion of ILBW held by the anonymous staffer who is quoted:
Meghan Markle ‘hated being second-rate princess’ to Kate Middleton: palace staffer
A couple of quotes:
“But it remains true that she is a lovely person so long as she is never crossed. For a weak boy unsure of himself like Harry, she is perfect because her absolute certainty makes him feel safe,” says the staffer.
The staffer describes Markle as a “very nice, smiley, super-positive person,” but theorizes she struggled with not being able to control her own life anymore after joining the royals.
The staff member also explains that Markle had a hard time being a part of the long-running institution where she had no influence. She was also reportedly upset that her residence would be at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace when she thought she’d be living in Windsor Castle.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11805205/King-Charles-evicting-Harry-Meghan-Frogmore-Cottage.html#comments
If true, then it does say something about KC and how he is balancing his duties to country and his remaining family - the son plus grandchildren who are the future. Makes PW's future, I think, easier for PW to navigate.
As for PA, moving is always a pain but ... uses that property.
I didn’t see this coming either. Wow. I honestly wouldn’t have thought the King had the cojones to evict them from Frogmore Cottage (and not even offer an alternative, like an apartment at St. James Palace.)
Long live the King!
That was a plot twist I did not see coming.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11805205/King-Charles-evicting-Harry-Meghan-Frogmore-Cottage.html#comments
If true, then it does say something about KC and how he is balancing his duties to country and his remaining family - the son plus grandchildren who are the future. Makes PW's future, I think, easier for PW to navigate.
As for PA, moving is always a pain but ... uses that property.
Yes, I was quite happy not to be on camera as I read that because I'm sure my mouth was hanging open in the classic "HUNH?" posture. I don't know what to think about the Andrew/Frogmore Cottage thing.
Isn’t one of the stipulations residency?
Cheers
Tom Parker Bowles: the Firm’s new secret weapon?
The Queen’s first born is about to gain prominence in the royal family. All signs are that he’s an asset, says Andrew Billen
Any good soap opera knows when to promote a peripheral character to centre stage. The Corrie extra is suddenly at the bar of the Rovers Return. The obstetrician in episode one of This Is Us is back for its Christmas special. The soap has plans for them both.
And so it is with Tom Parker Bowles, an affable restaurant critic and cookbook writer who happens to be the Queen’s first born. In The Crown he has thus far made only one memorable appearance, when as a young man he was victim of a tabloid cocaine sting, and that was in 1999.
Twenty-four years on, in Prince Harry’s book, Spare, he appears in but a single paragraph. Harry, angry at press stories about his hunting trip to Germany in 2017, complains that he believes they had been offered by the Palace “in exchange for greater access to Pa, and also as a reward for the suppression of stories about Camilla’s son, who’d been gadding around London, generating tawdry rumours”. Talk about tabloid smears.
Now, however, at the coronation in May it seems that it will be Harry who is little more than a face in the congregation. Instead it is reported that the son of Tom Parker Bowles and his sister Laura’s twin boys will have a formal role at the ceremony, probably, I understand, as pages. “The Sussexes,” one royal commentator opined, “will now have to watch on as Camilla’s family steal the limelight, a nation’s hearts and millions if not billions of clicks and likes.”
My sole contribution to this news is that Tom Parker Bowles’s 15-year-old daughter, Lola, and his 13-year-old son, Freddy, call their grandmother “Gaga” — or at least they did so nine years ago when I interviewed their father. “She’s a brilliant grandmother,” he also told me.
As a royal inexpert, however, I do have one other thought: if indeed Harry is deposed in favour of TPB, it may not be a bad swap. Where the professional spare brings discord, the professional eater brings harmony.
“I don’t see him often but I saw him two or three weeks ago,” Paul Levy, the former food editor of The Observer, tells me. “I think he’s a really good egg and, oddly enough, he is respectful. I mean, he’s good with his elders.”
In these post-Spare months, we can all see how that might be a handy trait. It is also probably true. Only two years ago in an interview in these pages, he volunteered that the man who had broken up his parents’ marriage was “sweet and gentle” and “ahead of his time”.
The royal historian Hugo Vickers told a paper that the move to include Camilla’s grandkids was indicative of the growing “inclusivity” of the royal family. Socially, admittedly, it may not look that way. Even Sara Buys, Tom’s ex-wife, an English-Zimbabwean magazine editor, would sometimes puzzle over something he said and did, concluding: “It’s a toff thing, isn’t it?”
But in Wiltshire they breed hardy, county, down-to-earth toffs. Tom went to Eton but was threatened with the local comprehensive if he did not buck up and do some work. The family ate Sainsbury’s ready meals and Camilla’s signature dish, as recorded in his recipe book Let’s Eat, was roast chicken with a single twist: “My mother insists that chopping off the dangly bit above the cavity and putting it on top of the bird improves the flavour.” Oh, and take it out when it’s done.
“He is not all cloistered. I think he’s seen the worst that the press and the media and public opinion can do to a person and reckons he can cope with everything hereon,” says Giles Coren, who lunches — martinis, two bottles of wine, a Poire Williams to finish — with Parker Bowles at least twice a month. He counts him as not only his closest friend among the restaurant critics (“not much of an achievement”) but a friend to whom he will trust his darkest confessions.
“You get an impression of indiscretion but that is because when he talks about his family, he’s talking about the King. So it sounds a bit indiscreet but it never is. He keeps a secret better than anybody.
“He is incredibly respectful about his stepfather, whom he refers to only as his stepfather, and obviously to the Queen, but he tells funny stories about them and does their voices.”
In 2018 Tom and Sara separated amicably after 13 years of marriage. In the spring of 2021, his new partner, Alice Procope, a journalist turned psychotherapist, died of cancer aged just 42.
“She was lovely, and he was so happy with her,” Coren says, “and her death came after all the things that he’d been through uncomplainingly in childhood. It was an incredible blow. He’d clearly met the love of his life and then for her to get cancer, and during lockdown when it was difficult.”
He entered therapy, which he says was useful, and remains on good terms with his ex-wife. “They’re still mates, still tight. They were married young. They were both posh, fun, party people, clever and sexy and funny and naughty and all that. I think that can lead to great fun, exciting marriages and then you have children and things will get a bit more grey, but they’re still great friends. He still stays with them at Christmas. I don’t think he ever went to Balmoral.”
Coren believes Parker Bowles’s childhood alone would have been enough to turn someone else “bitter and twisted, which is obviously one of the things Harry must be”. Yet it has not.
If somehow the inclusion at the coronation of the journalist branch of the Parker Bowles family means a less tangled and less insidious relationship between the Crown and the Fourth Estate, that would surely be to the good.
But I see a further justification of his family’s new star billing and it is this. TPB, just by being TPB, probably tells us some things about his mother: that she is funny, pragmatic, relaxed and strong.
“I mean, she must be a great mum because of who he is. He is so well adjusted and resilient,” Coren says.
He was surprised at the news that his friend was plunging his children into the spotlight of the coronation because he had never tried to be part of the royal family or promoted his connections himself. Yet Coren thinks it was the right decision, because of his qualities.
“He’s not bitter or angry. He’s not an alcoholic or a drug addict. He’s come out of it all as a good and loyal friend and a popular person with very few enemies, which is sort of extraordinary when you see what happens to the rest of us. The other thing to bear in mind, which is unusual, is that he’s very clever. He’s an intelligent, properly educated guy with a good degree and he’s well read,” Coren says.
“In fact he would make an excellent king. I’d be all up for that.”
There is a legal battle ahead as he no longer qualifies for CoS. Frogmore Cottage was his justification for 'residence' in the UK and part of his legal demand for royal protection (him being CoS). It will be far more expensive for them to lease (or even buy) their own residence in the UK, and it won't come with the protection they had on the Windsor estate. If they do attend the coronation, and I doubt they will in the light if this news, they will probably stay in a hotel, as they have done before on one visit.
It will be interesting to see how the duo spin this, but it seems the estrangement is irreconcilable. (Entitled victimhood whining would be their usual reaction.) Don't believe any PR she puts out. She wants this. There is much talk about separation and divorce, but I don't believe it. She will not be able to find another husband that she can control and manipulate to this extent, and that is more powerful than love or anything else for a narc.
Pregnant? I was wrong - she has lost a lot of weight.
Interesting that they did not walk in together, holding hands. But they both look very happy. She is especially joyous at being out there and being papped, and at an exclusive restaurant.
Bronzer applied to face with a trowel.
The Duchess of Sussex "is a lovely person so long as she is never crossed" and "her absolute certainty" makes Prince Harry "feel safe," according to Gilded Youth, released by Biteback Publishing on February 28.
Author Tom Quinn suggests friction between Meghan and the palace arose from the constraints the royal institution placed on the duchess, who, according to one source was expecting to live in Windsor Castle.
The book quotes a "staffer at Kensington Palace who remembered Meghan well" saying: "She is basically a very nice, smiley, super-positive person, but having always felt in control of her own destiny and with the sort of personality that strives to be the best, she suddenly found herself in an institution she found she couldn't influence and that assigns roles to people that do not change.
"She was dazzled by the worldwide fame that being a princess would bring, but she was shocked by the palace protocol and by the fact that she was not and never could be first in the pecking order.
"She hated the constraints and the rules; she hated being a second-rate princess — second to Catherine Middleton, I mean. She thought she would be living in Windsor Castle, for example, and just couldn't believe it when she and Harry were given Nottingham Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace.
"Most of all she hated the fact that she had to do what she was told and go where she was told in the endless and to a large extent pointless royal round.
"I don't think in the whole of history there was ever a greater divide between what someone expected when they became a member of the royal family and what they discovered it was really like."
Meghan and Harry went public with their relationship in 2016 but she did not begin working as a royal until December 2017, a month after their engagement was announced.
By January 2020, the couple announced they were quitting royal life and they have since given an extensive account of how it all went wrong.
Harry accused family members of briefing the media about them and said the royals did not do enough to help the couple in their conflict with the British press.
https://www.newsweek.com/meghan-markle-second-rate-princess-kate-middleton-gilded-youth-tom-quinn-1784077
Harry accused family members of briefing the media about them and said the royals did not do enough to help the couple in their conflict with the British press.
However, it was also clear from Harry's book Spare that there were deep-seated conflicts behind the scenes, including with palace staff who he appears to have some negative feelings.
The palace staffer quoted in Gilded Youth suggests Meghan was treated "in a slightly condescending way because she was not a blood royal."
The courtier said: "Kate had to put up with the same thing, but she was better at dealing with it because she does not have Meghan's messianic tendencies and she used charm and patience to get people on her side rather than trying to hector them into being nice to her.
"The thing to remember is that there is no limit to Meghan's ambition, and like most fiercely ambitious people, she never thinks, 'Have I got this wrong? Am I overreacting?'
"But it remains true that she is a lovely person so long as she is never crossed. For a weak boy unsure of himself like Harry, she is perfect because her absolute certainty makes him feel safe."
Meanwhile, a former Kensington Palace aide, described as working "closely with Meghan," told the author: "Meghan completely buys into the idea that Princess Diana was unfairly treated by the press and then hounded to death by them—she sees herself as being treated in the same way and for similar reasons.
"This is the glue or a large part of it that keeps Meghan and Harry together. They feel it's the two of them against a cruel world and that their battle isn't just for them—it's for everyone who has been badly treated by the press.
"They can't do anything without feeling it has global significance. Harry was never like this before he met Meghan. He had no ideas of his own.
"He rarely, if ever, spoke about global warming. He was a sort of Tim-Nice-but-Dim character who liked getting pissed (drunk) with his army and Eton friends, did a bit of shooting and fishing and was otherwise undistinguished."
Tim-Nice-but-Dim was a character in the 1990s U.K. sketch comedy show Harry Enfield and Chums who was posh and friendly but not very clever.
Spare describes a "poisoned" atmosphere at Kensington Palace in the private office they shared with Prince William and Kate but Harry blames it on staff his brother brought in from the government.
"Meanwhile," he wrote, "in the midst of all this, Meg managed to remain calm. Despite what certain people were saying about her, I never heard her speak a bad word about anybody, or to anybody. On the contrary, I watched her redouble her efforts to reach out, to spread kindness."
https://www.newsweek.com/meghan-markle-second-rate-princess-kate-middleton-gilded-youth-tom-quinn-1784077
Another good article about the children, and her ambitions for them.
What astonished me is the complete lack of self-awareness in the couple. How could she have gone into the marriage, insisting on bring a working royal (even though the family said she did not have to be), and been so clueless about what to expect? How could he be so clueless about his wife's character that he insisted on pushing a completely unsuitable person on everyone? One does not change history, the monarchy, all that is British, to cater to the personal whims of anyone, never mind her. So much heartbreak and damage could have been avoided if he had stepped down and moved to America with her before the marriage. They would have maintained goodwill and that vital good relationship with the family. Everyone would have understood that she was unable to make that sort of adjustment and commitment. Perhaps some would have condemned her for 'stealing the prince', but they could have overcome that, by behaving with dignity and integrity and grace, and maintaining a good relationship with the royal family.
The fact that he took the decision after the publication of Spare should send those two a message.
Now should they decide to grace the country with their presence by attending the Coronation, they might not have anywhere to stay (Charles might decide that Windsor,BP etc might be full with more important guests)
@Wild Boar
I know you were giving up enjoying 'the schadenfreude of writing' but I hope you're not giving up the the schadenfreude of reading
Isn’t one of the stipulations residency?
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The stipulation is 'domicile', which in this context is not synonymous with residency. (This was discussed last year or a good while back).
Now should they decide to grace the country with their presence by attending the Coronation, they might not have anywhere to stay (Charles might decide that Windsor,BP etc might be full with more important guests)
@Maneki Neko: It’s great to see Charles toss Harry and his wife out of Frogmore, which to me sends a message to the Sussexes that they are in a sharp decline within the family.
This has to be a major wounding to HW’s narcissism in that Frogmore was symbolically an attachment to the Royal Family that is now being taken away by Charles, which is a power move on his part. To me, this move by Charles also does not bode well for HW’s intense desire for titles to be given to Archieficial and Lilibucks. No titles for the kids hurts her ability to merchandise the kids on her lifestyle blog The Tig if she revives it as rumored.
The status of TOS and his toxic wife continues to decline.
If the Sussexes decide to show up for the coronation, perhaps the palace can pitch a tent or rent an RV (I think you Brits refer to it as a caravan) and put them up somewhere on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
(new article in the DM). So not only * was a superstar (never realised) but a global one to boot! I must have lived under a rock. I'm not sure whether this is the author's description or the Palace staffer he spoke to or our superstar herself.
That she 'hated being told what she could and could not do', I can well believe.
A couple of paragraphs:
Meanwhile another person claimed the Duchess was 'dazzled' by the worldwide fame being a 'princess' would bring, but was shocked that she was 'never first in the pecking order.'
A third source said Meghan likes to 'mix exclusively' with celebrities, adding she was unhappy being treated as 'a servant of the people' and not a star.
Boo boo! Never first in the pecking order. Woe is me! Perhaps as she's so whip smart she could have realised the royal who was number 1 was the Queen? As she never seen any hierarchy in the world of the cinema?
As for being in the BRF, it's not Hollywood and this just show how unsuitable she was for the role. We know all this, it's nothing new, but it's good to be reminded of how stupid and arrogant the witch is.
It’s much cheaper to have him live there than the Royal Lodge (where he lives now). The latter I believe will be hired out as a venue, so it will make money, not cost (so much) to run. Maggot and Mole will have no UK base….excellent news! I hope it’s true. 😄
This detailed article shows how complicated the issue of domicile is. It is a matter that is decided case by case, and they are so litigious that he would sue the monarch if his eligibility as CoS was removed. What comes across clearly to me is that she has no legitimate claim to domicile in the UK; Archie does have an arguable claim; there is precedence for Lilli as well. Domicile is not the same as citizenship.
The article above describes the following:
"A, whose domicile of origin was England, went to India where he had a legitimate son B. B, while resident in India, had a legitimate son C who also, while resident in India, had a legitimate son D. A, B and C intended to return to England when they retired at sixty years of age, but they all died in India before reaching that age. D's domicile of origin remains England, even though he has never lived there."
So, in a legal battle, it would all depend on the judge.
I wonder if Parliament will change 'domicile' to 'residence' in order to clear this up. At the time the law was written, someone like hapless would have been forced to remove himself and his children and their children ... from LoS and thus CoS. Royals who lived abroad for long periods stepped down as CoS during that time, but were usually serving as Governor General of a realm (like Australia), had their own home in the UK, and always intended to and did return. Royals flouncing off to live in America (like the duo and that Prince of Denmark) and those who relocate to America while maintaining friendly relations (some European royals) is much more common today. European royal houses seem to deal with this 'modernization' in a much more decisive way than the Brits do. Far in the future, we will be able to analyse both approaches rationally and come to a conclusion of which approach is more successful.
For now, I think the hapless one must be removed from LoS and as Cos, and his children should not be awarded any titles; invitations to personal family events only (thus the Coronation is a bit tricky); and no residence in any Crown property (as seems to have occurred since the lease for FC does not seems to have been renewed).
My reasoning: representing the Crown in any way (in name or deed) and being eligible to be the monarch, by being in the line of succession, should require residency in the UK. The monarch of the UK is British and committed to life in and the people of the UK, not American. Foreigners have married into the aristocracy, and even the royal family, and have understood this basic concept. There are many examples in history and more recently.