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Is this Deja Vu or does it just Feel that Way?

 I know things take a while for deals to be finalized but it just feels like there has never a point in time where the talk is not of how they, or she/he, are/is ready to step into a spotlight, do something, may be paid for it and slay the opposition which doesn't appear to be exist in these articles.  The deals are always what others would drool over.  And oddly often very vague on details other than big money.  And endless opportunities in all directions.  These articles seem to be sprinkled everywhere like glitter.  It's always glory and money around the next corner.  The next deal.  That's the one which will pay out without mention of the last one.  Rinse.  Repeat.

It started with the same kind of talk when they left the royal family.  It was/is always how much money is possible and that the choices are wonderful for them.  Maybe that is why it feels like this is a lecture to us and not conversation with us.  At this point, I think we know the talking points pretty well.

The Royal Family does do publicity but it feels like it has a softer or quieter sound to it.  Existed but understated?  While the duo's always seems louder or more of it.  Perhaps it was because they were all new and shiny back then.  Or not.  

But, but, but ... by now, they have a track record of how the various opportunities have played out which never seemed to have the walk into the sunset moment it was projected to have.  So I'm still not certain on what basis all these huge number deals are calculated (new math?).  

And, I suspect, that for a lot of Hollywood, the people who want to meet them to say they have met or try to pitch something, have done so by now.  And if they haven't (by now), probably are not rushing to clear their calendar in hopes there is an opening which can be worked out mutually.  

This time it is where she can come back and influence the world and make rock star money for less than the time of a single band set.  He seems to not be part of the deal.  That's kind of new. It will be interesting to see how that plays out short and long term for both of them.

But the question becomes: Ok. So why is this push different than all the others in the past?  How will that change the profitability this time?  What is that number based on?  and how was that calculated?  Companies appear to be being more careful about how and what they back financially (post Bud Light).  They tend to be looking more for hard numbers to back up the ad people's projections.  

Once you get past that, the problems become what are the long and short term plans?  Who is driving those trains?  And how much is their cut?  Because sustaining something is an endless loop of "what to do next?" as well as "how do I retain freshness?" which needs an experienced eye and has feelers out to  the changing whims of the world.

The other problem is that all these influencers (existing) and the wanna-bes have you in their sights.  And they want your numbers and the money you are bringing in.  You have to be hungrier than they are.

So one needs to be relentless in being driven as each moment or a wrong step could drop you closer to the leading pack on your trail.  You have to be able to move past an oops and lead the public into the next "thing" you are pushing without missing a beat.  You have to handle it well publicly as well as privately with your team.  



 


Comments

Opus said…
People can be offended by anything. My Father repeatedly asserted that he was not my father and laid the blame for my conception on a man who happened to be a peer of the realm and who used to travel on the same train in the morning as my Mother. I rather hoped it might be true.
Hikari said…
"Tall Paul" has earned his nickname, it seems. He's 65 years old and appears to have done nothing with his life since he divvied up Diana's jewelry between her grieving sons apart from finally coming out of the closet and trying to cash in for money and attention on Diana's memory like a vulture. There is merit to the idea that he might be a useful tool to the RF in the flow of (dis)information, not as a trusted informant with access to important secrets, but as a rube who only *thinks* he has been given meaningful information. He's a patsy and I believe whatever crumbs of real intel he might disseminate are known in the spycraft business as 'chicken feed'. He's a self-important windbag, but essentially harmless.

Removing any alleged children that may or may not have ever set foot on English soil to meet their great-grandmother during the Jubilee or any other time from the equation, it's probable to 100% that the Sussex adults (using the term loosely) were invited to meet with the Queen for tea or lunch and blew her off, for reasons including:

--Being too lily-livered to face other members of the family that would have been visiting the Queen at the same time.

--Possibly the invite was only for Harry and he refused to attend without his handler, because (see above)

--Infantile retaliation over the Queen having refused to entertain any photos of herself with Sussex spawn, owing to the ongoing uncertainty about their provenance. If these children are illegimiate, begged, borrowed, stolen, incubated in for-hire wombs or inanimate, the Queen could and would not provide legitimacy to any shady cons by allowing a photographic record to be created that gave the Royal imprimateur on the Douches' version of events re. their natural parenthood and rights to titles and succession for alleged heirs. The evidence is OVERWHELMING that the 'presentation photo' on 8 May 2019 featuring 'Archie' pictured with his Royal grandparents was a fake. Philip and HM were pictured in those exact postures and clothing at the 2014(ish?) Great Windsor Horse Show. Identical. No freaking way would the Queen have dressed in country tweed for a formal portrait at Windsor Castle on such an historic occasion as the presentation of this blessed infant.

My agnosticism about "Archie" and "Lili" continues. Let's see if the Douchess will be using images of 'her children' when she opens her Instagram account. Gotta scrounge up that $1 million per post. Absolute, indeniable legal proof that she's a mother of two by any means would be worth a million. So far it's all been smoke and mirrors and something that smells a whole lot worse than smoke.
Girl with a Hat said…
@OCGal, @Hikari

I doubt that Lilibucks exists, let alone that she was in the UK for her alleged first birthday. I also think that the Queen has her own doubts about the veracity of the claims of her existence.
OCGal

No I don't believe it either. The Lilibet-meeting with the queen. And one of the reasons is Harry's letter after the queen died.

He was "grateful" for all first meetings = "the first moment you met my darling (this he stole from his father's words about Camilla. The idiot, Harry, not Camilla) wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren." When you meet a one year old child for the first time and you can't know whose child or what child that child is, you hardly ooze love immediately. And she was very ill woman with very great pains so hugging wriggly children is hardly a thing you want to do, love or no love.

That whole letter is full of meghanspeak and disgusting when you think what he did to the queen.

It is his way to get to tell the story as he want it to be because he did not expect the death of the queen so soon.

By the way, did he threaten to kill himself ("go to the Queen") in the Well child speech? He is one unspeakable moron!
Maneki Neko said…
@OCGal said

I would like to hear what other Nutties think about whether or not they ever met.
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I'm sure, had the Queen met Lily and Archie, we would have heard about it. * would have shouted it from the roof tops. The thing is, we never saw the Queen and Archie and/or Lily together or with her other great-grandchildren. Maybe HM smelled a rat and refused to pose for photos that would be published worldwide.

Re Paul Burrell, like some I don't think he has many links if any, with RF staff so any info from him I'd take with a large pinch of salt.

@Hikari

Re the 'presentation' photo of Archie being a fake. It may have been photoshopped, hard to tell, but I thought we'd ascertained the Queen's outfit, although very similar to one she wore at the Great Windsor Horse Show, was definitely not the same - the check pattern on her skirt is different. I think it was just a family event and the Queen didn't feel the need to dress up for Archie, she just wore something comfortable, no need for diamonds and formal dresses. As for who/what Archie was, that's a different story.
Mel said…
AbbyH...you're right that in all the stories that come out there is probably some nugget of truth. We just don't know what it is. It's always interesting to pull out each sentence and twist it around, turn it over and think what *other* scenario might this sentence fit into? Choose something wild that you'd never think in this whole world could be true, and that's probably the truth.

Kids....IDK. I lean towards no kids at all. Thus the Harkles being asked to leave. Pressure was being put upon them to prove the kid's existence. Can only make excuses so many times before someone says, ok, let's see the kid.

But I'm open to other scenarios. A might be a surrogate. L probably doesn't exist. If she does, she appears not to have any legs. Poor soul.

If either kid is real, I'm think there's been deliberate obfuscation, using friend's kids, rentals, etc. Some photos of A might be real, others probably not. L it's hard to tell.

I'd sure love someone to spill the beans there. The truth is probably far crazier than we have any idea.
@Hikari

Whoops! I understood that the soubriquet `Tall Paul' meant the 6'4" tall footman who was stood out so dramatically when walking in the funeral procession, that is, Paul Whybrew, not Burrell. Nothing to do with Diana...

As People points out, he served the Queen for many years and was loyal and and utterly trustworthy, cut from completely different cloth from Burrell.

https://people.com/royals/paul-whybrew-what-to-know-about-queen-elizabeth-trusted-footman/
an excellent piece.
Mel said…
I think it was just a family event and the Queen didn't feel the need to dress up for Archie, she just wore something comfortable.
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She probably also wasn't expecting to have a picture taken right then, to be spread all over the world. Probably thought this was a casual meetup, unaware that a photographer was present.

I can't fathom her wearing something so casual if a picture was to be taken. The woman had a sense of decorum, and that wasn't it.
Paul Burrell is a creep, but not "Tall Paul". That is a personal page to the late queen Paul Whybrew, a very decent person who was very important to Her Majesty.
Hikari said…
@Maneki

I recall our conversation about the very similar/not the same outfit the Queen was wearing in the photo. It's quite remarkable that HM and Philip struck identical poses in their body language to the earlier photo as well but I guess there are only so many ways to face a certin direction, bend, stand, smile, etc. The similarity between the two photos is remarkable.

Equally telling to me, the Windsor Castle photo was registered by Meghan's photographer for the exclusive use of Sussex Royal, Inc. Meaning that Buckingham Palace and HMTQ made no official recognition/claim to the contents of this picture or how it was disseminated. One supposes if the Queen really was a full and enthusiastic participant in this event being captured for Royal posterity, she would have made it an official BP photo with a Palace photographer, making it, of course then Royal property. If such an offer was made, Megsie wasn't having any of it since she's a heartless mercenary who only sees dollar signs attached to everything. It is hard to imagine the Queen being fine with some shill hired by Meghan to sell this photo of her baby with the Queen and Philip to the newspapers taking this photo within the walls of a Royal residence but the official Palace photographer excluded.

That's why I think the photo was faked by Meghan and her hired flunky . . because the Queen did not choose the photographer and HM was not for sale. The pose is so stilted and odd, too. HM looks much more natural with all the numerous approved photos of her with her other great-grands. The difference is stark. Why should that photo be any more genuine than the christening one? And we know that one is a load of bollocks.
OCGal said…
@Maneki Neko, @alianor d’aquitaine, @Girl with a Hat, @Hikari, thanks to all for confirming to me that I am not the only one suspicious about the tale that Lilibet the Original personally met Lilibucks the fool’s gold.

@alianor, you made me very sad with your astute observation that QEII as a “…very ill woman with very great pains so hugging wriggly children is hardly a thing you want to do, love or no love.” Poor, dear woman…tears just sprang into my eyes thinking of her (and Prince Philip’s) last years enduring failing health while dodging the grotesque shenanigans of H & M and what I suspect are vinyl dolls.

And OMG @alianor, I didn’t catch this chilling point before. You wrote “By the way, did he threaten to kill himself ("go to the Queen") in the Well child speech? He is one unspeakable moron!” Wow! Thank you for bringing up this point for us to ponder.
According to the Independent today, a murderous teenager who killed his parents and 3 siblings, when he was 14. was “draped in unmitigated evil”, according to the judge at his trial.

Not so very different from the Harkles, then, IMO.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alabama-teenager-family-murder-sisk-b2408252.html
Harry Sussex in Dusseldorf: "IK bin ein dusseldorfer".

He did not ask how to pronounce "ich" properly. Probably too much work, but otherwise he seems to think he is as important as John F. Kennedy in Berlin 1963.

There was a very cold reception for him and angry faces of veterans who did not cheer him at all. He almost run away from the stage, because, at last, he understood that the atmosphere has truly changed and he has screwed it properly.
Mel said…
I also wonder if the palace let Mm copyright that photo instead of them was because they would then have plausible deniability when it comes out that A was a doll or surrogate born.

We didn't know anything about it. Nuh uh. Not us. We were tricked as much as you were.
Hikari said…
@Mel

Ping. Exactly. And why would the Palace need plausible deniability over a newborn Prince?

I think we know why.
Girl with a Hat said…
It seems that Edward Enninful, *'s little pal at British Vogue, the one who was pictured with her in their tiny little hats celebrating her contribution to the magazine a few years ago, has been markled.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12499709/She-swat-like-fly-party-packed-list-stars-week-prove-Anna-Wintour-spectacularly-skewered-former-protege-Vogues-King-Woke-Edward-Enninful.html

He was hoping to replace Anna Wintour as global editor of Vogue, but it seems that Nuclear Wintour has decided to clip his wings.

The man actually had one month's magazine cover with only black models from Africa wearing black clothes with bad lighting so that the photo just looked black with blacker shapes. He was trying to prove a point about how black models aren't lighted well in photos, how black models don't make the cover of many fashion magazines (where has he been?) and how models from Africa aren't as prominently featured as they should be (again, where has he been the last 10 years?)
Fifi LaRue said…
@Hikari: You sure have a way with words, i.e., over-egged the pudding to name just one example.

Paul Burrell reminds me of a favorite word to describe his over-fawning manner: obsequious.

Some good thinking going on here: I'm going with the Todgers have PB on the payroll to try to give some credence to the existence of "the children." Again, like the Taylor Swift concert, no photos. Another case of the dog that didn't bark in the night.
Rebecca said…
There is an article in the NY Post about H and M’s luxury hotel suite in Dusseldorf. As some of you know, M is in the habit of writing comments under the name Guest Speaker. Well, the comments for this article include the following from someone playing on the opposing team:

Guest Screecher
1 hour ago

Word on the street (or road, specifically Olive Mill Road) is that someone not named anything like Schmeghan Schmarkle was observed unhinged, alone, screaming in her vehicle to parties unknown. Maybe on the phone. Maybe just screaming.
abbyh said…
I have always been Team Something but not of the body and possible more of a rental(the reading of the book to A had no connection between the two. totally came off as virtual strangers).

People are bring up some really good points about how or why they believe what they do.

the photo of HM/PP meeting Archie
Some good points about who owned the rights, what that could be useful for and why HM might look "casual" compared to other moments.

I suspect once it happened, the palace could begin to see all the different directions this could go ultimately (and none of it under their control) so the Arch meets Arch was possible a pivotal or confirmation moment as a shot over the bow kind of warning about how they need to protect HM, HM's image, the BRF in regards to the duo.

The Palace would not want Lili 1 meets Lili 2 and especially not leave something like that in the hands of people who appear to be focused on click celeb moments instead of the definition/meaning of service as defined by the BRF. And this is before you get into things like protecting her because of HM's health.

Hikari said…
My sincere apologies go out to Tall Paul Whybrew, HMTQ’s favorite footman, whose 6’4” frame I remember at her funeral proceedings. I think he was in Westminster Hall IIRC. I mistakenly attributed his nickname to that slimy ingratiating little toad Burrell. I was thinking “tall” in the context of Tall Tale Burrell. We’ve got a lot of homegrown American tall tales like Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, and Pecos Bill. And the Brits have got Paul Burrell, who apparently has the power of invisibility at all the intimate lunches with the late Queen and an ability to read her mind. Paul was in HM’s good books once—it was she who suggested Paul transfer from footman in Buckingham Palace to Kensington when Diana needed a butler. Her Majesty knew he was ambitious to rise in service and footman to butler was a big promotion. He was in her Majesty service for several years and she liked him, but I suppose she took a dim view of his self-promotional and entrepreneurial activities after Diana’s death.

Schmeaghan Schmarkle was schpotted schreaming to herscheself on the schtreet? Well, schucks….Schame there aren’t any schnapschots. Guess not even WME can work miracles with the insane.
Rebecca said…
From the Daily Beast:

Prince William and Kate Middleton Sabotage Prince Harry’s Invictus Launch
Did William and Kate just launch a splashy video hours before Harry launched the Invictus Games? Yes, they did.


Attentive followers of the royal soap opera have got used to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sabotaging Prince William and Kate Middleton’s big set pieces in recent years.

When William had an event for his charity Earthshot in the diary in Boston last December, for example, up popped the trailer for their new show Harry & Meghan. Meghan’s famous ‘Are You OK?’ interview was released the same day as Kate set off for a tour of Pakistan. And just this week, minutes before William and Kate were due to lay a wreath for the queen on the one year anniversary of her death, an emotional -looking Harry was spotted paying tribute to his grandmother Queen Elizabeth on an oh-so casual visit to her burial place in Windsor.

Well, the message from the Prince and Princess of Wales’ office Saturday was “Two can play at that game,” as William and Kate torpedoed Harry’s launch of the Invictus Games with the release of a podcast featuring them and Princess Anne.

Saturday’s Invictus launch represented the culmination of two years of work for Harry, and he duly delivered a rousing speech at the opening ceremony in Germany. Harry said: “You, and your families, are once again part of a team, surrounded by people who know what it means to serve, who have a good idea of what it’s taken to get here, who see and know you, and who respect you through a shared experience.

“This year’s Games is a Home for Respect. Think about that word for a second. Respect. What does it mean to you? What does it look like? What does it feel like? Some people may act as if respect is something veterans are asking for; that people with injuries - whether visible or invisible - have to demonstrate they are worthy of it.”

He added: “These games are not solely about medals, PBs or finishing lines—they are about overcoming any and all perceptions that have held you back, especially those you’ve placed on yourselves. Because all of this, all of us—are here because of you.

“This isn’t a gift. This isn’t a handout. This is yours. Take it.”

It was a pivotal moment for Harry, widely seen as a last chance to detoxify and relaunch his brand. And yet, just hours earlier, William and Kate released their headline-grabbing podcast of themselves, together with Anne, chatting to her son-in-law, Mike Tindall, and two other hosts, for Mike’s sports podcast, The Good, The Bad and The Rugby.

William is the patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, Kate is patron of the English version and Anne is patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, and the podcast was recorded to support the beginning of the Rugby World Cup on Saturday evening.

To cap the resultant flood of coverage overshadowing the launch of the Invictus Games, a glowing Kate showed up at England’s first game against France in Paris in a stunning white Alexander McQueen suit Saturday night. This is likely to be a very, very sweet moment for William and Kate, after several years of deliberate and public humiliation at the hands of Harry in their bitter internecine war.

Rebecca said…
In his interview, William praised the 2012 Paralympics as a “huge moment for disability sport taking off. And it’s obviously got bigger and bigger since then.” In another world, where interviews hadn’t been given and books hadn’t been written, it would have been unimaginable for William not to add, “…and it is so brilliant what my brother is doing in Germany this weekend….” But of course, interviews have been given, books have been written, and instead of warm endorsement, a slightly awkward sense of unfinished business hung in the air, albeit briefly before the laughter and backslapping resumed.

The podcast, needless to say, elicited much media coverage, despite the fact that there was little said in the interviews that was newsworthy. In large part this was because the podcast was not just an audio affair: a full, hour-long video version, with immaculate lighting and perfect sound, of the conversation was posted on YouTube. It has the fingerprints of Kate and William’s young and savvy PR team all over it.

William, Kate and Anne bantered with Tindall in the grand Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, perched on their maximal, satin sofas before an ornate Georgian fireplace with unfashionable early nineteenth century portraits of royal children looming above them.

While William and Kate were reliably jolly—we learned that Kate competed barefoot in the school parents’ race, loves cold water swimming, and “seeks out” cold water in which to bathe at all times of year—it was Anne who was the real revelation.

She was, for starters, an absolute expert on the subject of sport in general and rugby in particular, but what was truly astonishing was the sense of geniality that she exuded. The famous stern Anne was nowhere to be seen.

She had a neat line in self-deprecating humor as well. Asked, for example, I connection with her son Peter, “What were you like as a touchline mum?” she shot back: “I was brilliant.”

Meanwhile, two thousand miles away, Harry strode on to the stage in Dusseldorf to open the latest edition of the games for wounded servicemen he founded in 2014. “Grasp every opportunity and revel in it. Because in your joy, in your happiness, in your achievements, we all win,” he said.

The stadium cheered him to the rafters.

But tonight, William, Kate, and Anne have stolen all the headlines from him.

Touché, some in royal circles might be saying.
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

The DM has extensive coverage of the royals today, especially that rugby podcast at Windsor Castle with Anne, William and Catherine.

The opening of the IG should be a major event ... one article way down the page.

And what is this bizarre story about him mentioning that his wife is 48%(something like that) Nigerian in the opening ceremony? First, that percentage can't be right. Second, there is nothing Nigerian or African about her at all. (Would be like me claiming to be German or British as I have ancestry from both countries!) And no one believes that they show any interest in the games outside the appearances. They are not William and Catherine and the attempt to mimic them to gain popularity is bizarre.
Magatha Mistie said…

Dam-son’s Tart

Come to my party
said the Queen to Ms Sly
May I suggest
a large slice of humble pie
Please bring the children
unless they’re a lie
Erm, no said Ms Sly
I really must fly…

Magatha Mistie said…

@WildBoar
Pall Paul perhaps 😉

Sandie said…
@abbyh
Guest Screecher! Hilarious response to Guest Speaker, who many believe is the unhinged duchess in disguise!
Maneki Neko said…
'A humiliated Prince Harry was forced to wear a German scarf on national television after failing to score a single point on the country's version of Match of the Day - where he failed to score a single point.

The beleaguered royal missed six attempts to be beaten by the country's 63-year-old Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius - who only needed his first kick to beat the prince as he neatly netted two goals in a row.'

Slightly embarrassing or what? Now contrast and compare:

Catherine was cheered by 60,000 crowd as she watched England play against Argentina in the Rugby World Cup in France. She is the patron of England Rugby.
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* will be spitting feathers.

Incidentally, H travelled to Invictus in Dusseldorf by private helicopter. How green!
Magatha Mistie said…

@OCGal
Thank you for the
Ogden Nash poem
loved it.
Reminds me of
Hazez Claws 😘

Magatha Mistie said…

Haz making an arsenal
of himself on German TV
The Dorf is missing its Dussel…

Dussel-idiot
Dorf-village



My view? There are two children who get photographed as pseudo-Lidl and ersatz Aldi but I don't know who they are in real life. Certainly not young M-Ws.
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

Dam-son’s Tart and The Dorf is missing its Dussel… Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! Thank you for always brightening up our days.

OCGal said…
@Magatha Mistie, superb Dam-son’s Tart* poetry for us!

In my head when I read your fine piece, I immediately began to add lines in the vein of

‘“Little Jack-Off Horney” stuck in his todge expecting a plum,
but pulled out wife-scum (Yes, I rhymed plum with wife-scum),
and sneered “what an entitled Prince am I”’

* For any Nutties who may not know, Damsons are plums, and Damson Tart is a well known treat. Many recipes on-line for your baking pleasure.
OCGal said…
“Guest Screecher” commenting in NYPost, I love it, thanks!

I too believe that Guest Speaker is the Doucheass’ handle. Guest Speaker is unrelenting and single-minded in trying to tamp down every single negative comment or conjecture about the Duchess of Sussex in every single related NYPost article.

If Guest Speaker were just a hired hand doing the Doucheass’ bidding for hire, the person would not be so vigorous giving each comment the full-speed-ahead unhinged treatment 100% of the time. Additionally, if Guest Speaker were to be the joint effort of her flunkies, we would by now be able to see differences in phrasing and temperament depending on who is doing the rebuttals.

But every single comment I have read by Guest Speaker is consistent in its delusional angry over-the-top defense of the Doucheass, and thus I believe is from the hand of the increasingly unhinged grifter herself.

I hope Guest Screecher gets under Guest Speaker’s skin. The Doucheass can dish it out, but sure can’t take it.
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/16eya3e/neil_sean_says_thats_your_warning_haz_asked_for/

Neil Sean claims that hazmat asked the King to restore his military titles that granny took away! Nope!
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/16f0m2d/a_tale_of_two_videos_and_of_public_support_vs/

Check out the comments on the thread. The podcast Mike and his friends did with the three royals at Windsor Castle got more than a million views in less than 24 hours and is outstripping what hazmat has put out for the IG, by leaps and bounds. No wonder hazmat is trying to 'copy them' by claiming him and his wife are competitive about sports at home!

It is quite sad. Before her, as a royal, all he had to do was show up to be almost the most popular royal. Now, he is lost and flailing.

As one commentator says, this is the star power that Netflix thought they were signing up for a hundred million. This is the kind of royal support the IG needs as well.
Girl with a Hat said…
Word has it that Harry was attempting to get a photograph of the late Queen’s gravesite inside Windsor. He and bedbug hoped to sell it and had a buyer in a holding pattern. This attempt was stopped by Harry having to empty his pockets and leave his phone outside. Lol

https://twitter.com/ArabellaRober19/status/1700881289526616431
According to my German dictionary, `ein Dussel' is colloquial German for a twit or twerp and `dusselig/Dußlig’ means `stupid). Did he come close to saying `I’m an idiot’?

My apologies, Magatha - I hadn't read preceding posts properly, just that I was trying to establish whether he, like JFK, had claimed to be some sort of doughnut.
VetusSacculi said…
Could we now describe Haz as a Dusseldork?
It will be interesting to see if madame intends to participate in Harry's game (not games, game) in Germany. His audience did not yell their enthusiasm when he (with utterly ridiculous falsetto) told them about her "Nigerian" inheritance. That was clearly the high point of his speech and it fell flat.

(There are eight different ethnic groups plus more in Nigeria, but I doubt that H or his wife know this. From their point of view that is as irrelevant as learning pronounce few German words correctly for your opening speech)

It looks like nobody in Germany is waiting madame to arrive, at least not with bated breath and if she can't expect cheering and humble curtseying from the plebs she won't like it. Besides she needs 500,000 euros for her wardrobe and silk sheets and a helicopter for herself alone.

Well, I don't think she will play. The odds are against her.
OCGal said…
Discussion taking place on X about the Doucheass’ constant re-branding, and one witty person wrote

‘Her brand is literally "I won't take no for an answer."’

Spot on, that
Maneki Neko said…
H claimed * is 48% Nigerian, supposedly. This reminds me of a certain Ngozi Fulani, real name Marlene Headley, she of the BP reception incident, who was born in the UK and is of Barbadian ancestry. She took on a Nigerian name and wore Nigerian costume. Didn't she claim (falsely) to be part Nigerian? Maybe we'll see * in Nigerian garb.
I recall that back in the day Creepy Paul, ie Burrell, claimed that ERII had confided in him that `Dark Forces' were at work with ref to Diana.

Make of that what you will but it fed into the conspiracy theories about her death. PB's a trouble maker.
Fifi LaRue said…
IMO 2023 will be the last year Dussel Dork will have any involvement with the IG. He's lost any shred of star power, he's demanding, and self-serving, and everything references to himself. I bet he had to mention *'s heritage or pay h*ll when he got home.
Girl with a Hat said…
Tbe rumours are that * will join the Dork in Dusseldorf tomorrow.
Yahoo has published this snippet from `Cinema Blend'– telling it like it is. I’ve no idea who/what Cinema Blend is but I assume it’s from US or Canada.


CinemaBlend.
Insider Drops Details On Why Prince Harry Is Allegedly Looking To Call A ‘Truce’ With King Charles And The Royal Family

Sat, 9 September 2023 at 6:00 pm BST

`The relationship between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the Royal Family has been strained since the couple stepped away from their duties and relocated their family to Los Angeles, and it’s only gotten worse since then. Between their Netflix docuseries "Harry & Meghan," his tell-all memoir "Spare," and their handling of King Charles III’s coronation, it seems a reconciliation is as far away as ever; however an alleged insider explained why the Duke of Sussex might reportedly be ready to call a truce.

`Prince Harry may be running out of options, a source for InTouch Weekly alleged, following his and Meghan Markle’s Spotify deal falling through and their eviction from Frogmore Cottage. Despite continued support from Netflix, King Charles’ younger son is reportedly panicking over money and their future in the United States amid the alleged decline of business opportunities, as they lose favor in Hollywood.'
Hikari said…
Still churning out the “truce” talk.

These two are being profoundly ignored by the Palace and they can’t stand it. They’re not getting the answer they demand, so they keep picking, picking, harping and picking some more on their tedious theme.

King Charles isn’t having any of it. When he said “overseas”, he meant it. I think the king was further deeply hurt when his son and wife tried to make his Coronation all about themselves again and he is resolutely Done. They are just going to keep yammering but at the highest level no one is listening.
Fifi LaRue said…
@WBBM: Thanks for the post. If the Todgers are worried about money, they do what the rest of us do when funds run short: we economize. Only fools keep running up the credit cards. No sympathy. Todger wants to return to the RF not because he's prodigal but because he's greedy.
Sandie said…
I do believe that the children exist and are living with them and are the children shown in photographs. But I am not convinced that they were born of the body. Eapecially with the 'first pregnancy', in the last trimester and in the months after the birth, she had a very puffy face, significant weight gain around the hips, and seemed to tip over in terms of irrational moods. These are all signs of sudden increased estrogen, which is what is given to mothers who wish to breastfeed but used a surrogate for pregnancy and birth. Yes, all women have increased estrogen during pregnancy and especially show signs of this in their face, but her signs were extreme. I have also previously analysed the issue of the birth certificates rationally and fairly and concluded that the birth certificates are not proof that the children were born of the body. Nor are the bizarre birth stories he tells in his memoir ... for Archie more than Lilli. I am always freshly amazed at how many, especially wealthy, wealthy women in America do use surrogates ... and often young and healthy women. The duo would never have accepted their children not having HRH prince/princess titles because of a rule that they regard as old-fashioned and unnecessary.
Harry verily is a philanthropic. He richly gives his smiles, his inspirational speeches and his high-fives and with these deeds of his he makes the world a so much better place.

Soldiers of the world are a band of brothers. It would be interesting to know how much stories are told among the Invictus contestants about Harry's "service". I mean the truth about his time in Afghanistan. His flying the Apache helicopters, his kill-number of 25 and his bragging that he was treated just like all the other solders without any extra favours and no special treatment. There are stories in social media about all this but it seems that against all that Harry complains about his family not protecting him, the royal family seems to be strong enough to prevent facts about his true deeds in his "war" to be discussed in the open.

He seems truly enjoying himself in Germany. He is so animated, so jolly even when people around him are bored or calmly discussing with each other. Perish the thought that he may has taken acting lessons from somebody. No, he truly is living his best life.
My feeling about the piece I posted was that, at last, it was being implied in America that it was:

a) up to Harry to make peace overtures, rather than just whine because the other side hadn't backed down

b) the only reason he might be prepared to be conciliatory was because he need a source of royal cash again.

In other words, it was stating what we always believed but seldom, if ever, saw it spelled out in the British press, which preferred to yammer on about `olive branches'.
Sandie said…
https://archive.ph/2023.09.11-135329/https://desistarsgilrsfunclub.blogspot.com/2023/09/rare-clip-emerges-beyonces-bodyguards.html

Lots of wild gossip at the above site, but none of the so-called evidence is provided. No links at all to the so-called 'rare clip', and she would have had security with her when she entered and left the stadium anyway.
Humor Me said…
@Hikari - thank you for saying "Overseas and he meant it".
I just read on line that a documentery featuring the first year KCIII will not have any mention of the overseas son and his wife.
I have said before, and I still by my comment: that sentence was the Kraken released.
KCIII made his decision. The only thing that was "forced" was the titles for the kids, and that was set in motion 100 + years ago and out of KCIII's hands. He's done. If H does return, it will be to a farm to live with obscurity. I hurt for the man. He may have his faults as a man and a father, but he did not deserve thi.
Mel said…
I have said before, and I still by my comment: that sentence was the Kraken released.
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Agree. KC has been silent on the topic ever since. No indication he had *any* interest in H and his nobody wife from then on. I suspect that H is dead to him.

And H is even deader to POW.
snarkyatherbest said…
i think the wife and h are indeed separating and trying to diss each other. i’m guessing the what appears to be a fake photo of H leaving St. george’s chapel dressed casually was put out by her minions to embarrass him on a day of great sadness to others. and he retaliates with the comment that the wife supporting the nigerian team as a reminder that she identifies everything to her “race”. it’s entertaining for sure and only a little more clever than the jonas turner divorce pr. ah M&h are truly hollywood now 😉

oh and for the Wales trolling them. that they had on Princess Anne on their team with comments “enjoying an event depends who you are sitting next to and they can’t stop laughing” was priceless and a shoutout to Catherine having to sit next to Messy Missy M. Also saw somewhere else that Catherine trolled in the white suit in France to show how it’s done versus M at invictus last year and a reminder for now the mrs isn’t at invictus so far this year
Fifi LaRue said…
Check out The New York Post. Mrs. Todger was photographed going through a drive-thru burger joint. The photographer just happened to be in the kitchen, and told the cooks to get out of the way so he could get a clear shot of the Mrs. grinning.
abbyh said…
I have seen better photos of her. She can look good sometimes.

That is not a real smile. The edges of the lips are flat, not turned up. Almost like right before a grimace.

When you are talking about how you have what it takes to be a major player in influencing people to follow you ... this is not a salable look to potential backers or the general public.

DM comments are talking about how she is not aging well in these photos.
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12505679/Meghan-Markle-Burger-friend-Harry-kicks-Invictus-Games-Europe.html

She called Backgrid again!

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Nick Ede, a brand and culture expert, and friend of the duchess dating from the period before she met Harry, casts light on what Lilling's presence reveals — and unpicks what 'brand separation' means in practice.

'I've spoken to mutual friends and it's not true they are divorcing,' says Ede. 'What is actually happening is they are trying now to undo the damage they did with the Harry & Meghan documentary and Spare, which made them into a toxic couple.

'The first way to do that is to allow Meghan to get away from the victim narrative and away from Harry so people can see who she is.

'Meghan needs to forget about being a duchess and forget about good works. She has been isolated in Montecito and hiding away. But she is fun and funny, which is why we became friends. There wasn't anything fun in [the documentary] or in the [Spotify] podcasts.

'She will use Instagram to connect directly with fans around the world and to step out into who she is, which is not at all a victim.

'She is 100 per cent a celebrity and will concentrate on that while Harry does whatever moves him.

'If they are wise, they will copy the Beckhams, where each half of the couple has their own 'thing' and they do only a small amount together.

'She could easily earn a million dollars. There is a lot of money which she will make very easily — as long as she does it away from him.'
In the photo here:

https://pagesix.com/2023/09/11/meghan-markle-hits-in-n-out-burger-drive-thru

...she reminds me of a dog about to snarl.

Article also details Harry's favourite fast nosh - it's encouraging that he doesn't have a problem with this sort of sustenance, the antithesis of what Loma Linda Blue Zone residents consume...
Maneki Neko said…
I've just seen pix of * arriving at LAX for her flight to Heathrow - mercifully for us, only a stopover - looking very happy. No wonder, she was taken by 'luxury BMW' and straight to the aircraft (flying commercial?), looking like the cat that hot the cream. She really thinks she's something, looking like a VIP. As she was snapped a couple of days ago buying a burger at a drive-through, I don't think she has as much class as she thinks.

Harry may as well enjoy his few hours of freedom left, he won't look happy and smiling once the witch is with him.
Sandie said…
On her way to IG! I suppose private jets do leave from LAX, but maybe she took a commercial flight?

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/16gon0k/spotted_at_lax_on_her_way_to_invictus/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/16gn6qh/stole_from_the_daily_mail_our_happy_queen/
Fifi LaRue said…
I really don't believe that Nick Ede is *'s friend. He appears to be another predator telling the Dookass that she's going to make millions. At this point after all the negativity that the Todgers have spewed, there's just no turning back. There's no redemption; she will never be thought of in a positive light. Dookass thinks that a photo of her next to Kerry Washington, and another photo of her going through a drive-thru makes her relatable. No. The comments on-line show that it's just more fodder for commenters. She'd have to spend eight hours a day, five days a week doing charitable work, meaning volunteering to redeem herself. Dookass won't do that. She won't do one hour a week. Maybe that's too generous. What? She puts in one hour/month to make their "charity" legal. She wants to be famous the easiest way possible with the least amount of effort. She's counting on paid pap shots at a drive-thru and parking lots to be the way to go. Still waiting for her Instagram account to go live.

I bet that screaming in her car that someone witnessed was Dookass screaming at her team at WME. Those poor people having to put up with her for their jobs.
Well, it seems I was wrong. Madame is going to Germany.

It truly tells the agenda of journalists of our days that that woman in an airport is as great story in Daily Mail as the princess of Wales working for a good cause. A waste of space contra a force for good.
snarkyatherbest said…
i’m so excited. thought we would only be getting parking lot and burger drive thru pap shots. but girlfriend is going to germany. it’s like the gift that keeps on giving. prob trying to deflect PW going to NY (btw i was a week away from being there. he really needs to consult my schedule next time) we will have ill fitting clothes, harry scowls, word salad and moderation? what will doria do while she’s gone. will doria be papped having lunch with Oprah? what about the school pap walk? what are the kids doing. certainly not going to germany unless as some were rumoring maybe archie will be there. perhaps they found a german local archie to fit the bill. it’s gonna be a ride. yes in a perfect world we would not see any of them but we have to make olive oil out of lemon cake or something like that.
OCGal said…
Oh this is truly great: M’s ridiculous Panama hat is identified as “Meghan’s Crown”

From @Sandie’s subreddit link showing M at LAX prior to boarding plane while clutching the ubiquitous Panama hat: some good comments cut-and-pasted with which I heartily agree:

- I see Meghan's planning to inflict her white panama "power hat" on the world again! The one that clears out boxes at Wimbledon, and allows sneaky side-eye glances at her enemies. The one that makes her look like an idiot with no new ideas. Meghan's Crown.

- Why does the hat piss me off so badly. When I think of Düsseldorf I don't think of a Panama hat. And why not a hat box? She plan on wearing it on the plane?

- The hat pisses me off too lol in an unreasonable way

- It's the hat she sports when she is "open to work"

- The hat returns, is it a bat signal of some sort. - end cut and paste of comments -

And I offer my own two cents:
a. she is utterly ridiculous to bring that cheap-ass straw hat to Europe for mid-September wear. Straw hats are for protection from the sun in hot sunny climes, for which September in Germany doesn’t qualify.

b. I hate that her headgear is sloppily referred to as a Panama hat. Authentic Panama hats (really originating in Ecuador) are truly magnificent in their weaving and construction. The floppy cheap nasty headgear that the Doucheass wears is 180 degrees removed from a true and celebrated Panama hat…
According to the Mirror, she's arrived in Dusseldorf but wtf 's going on in the photo?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/breaking-meghan-markle-beams-finally-30908511

She must have put on the slap in the plane - gosh, when I think of the rows there've been over folk going blackface...
Come to think of it, if she hadn't ladled on the bronzer en route, with her natural skin tone, the huge dark glasses and the teeth, she have looked like a skull - he's still got 7 weeks to go to Halloween.
Germany's (and Europe's) biggest newspaper Bild tells us that Harry is no more alone in the Invictus games when madame arrives in Dusseldorf. How romantic. And then she rushes to her next goal : Harry!! Very sportive of her (and hilarious). But the paper has no comment section so information how the Germans take all this is not available.

Rheinische Post commented on the program. There is no more any mention of madame partaking any active role during the last day of games. hmm.
OCGal said…
This Xer is following in the honorable footsteps of our own Magatha Mistie. She wrote:


Ava J. @AvaJames_21


🎶Wrinkle, wrinkle, D List Star
How I laugh at what you are
Your CURRENT Husbands, none too bright
But at least your veneers shine at night🎶
Maneki Neko said…
When I wrote about * papped at the drive-through, I thought the name probably had another meaning in the urban dictionary. It certainly does, as well as the name + burger. Do they do it deliberately or do we keep seeing a different meaning in some of their words?
I've found the Daniel Boland response to Harry's speech at the opening of Invictus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLtfUFmC2TE

Worth a watch.
So madame started as she obviously thinks to go on and gave a speech about herself. And the world can be relieved that she had the strength to do her own hair and make-up in her fine hotel. But if it's true what Daily Mail wrote that her audience was 1,600 persons, then truly there was no loud cheers and the only person who clapped enthusiastically was her husband. The German papers are not interested, which is not so good for her international, high monetary rewards bringing new career we are all expecting to be launched any day now.

Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat...
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12510153/Sorry-late-party-Meghan-Markle-apologises-missing-start-Invictus-Games-makes-cuff-speech-buying-milkshakes-doing-school-run-leaving-Germany.html

She makes her first appearance at the IG with all the usual behaviour, and delighted to push husband aside and take centre stage. Her dress is modest but too many buttons undone. And she still is not wearing the engagement ring.
Girl with a Hat said…
Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships.

* Markle has a face that launched a thousand limericks ridiculing her.
Magatha Mistie said…

*Luftwazza’s wings have been clipped
By the clacking of her gums
Something wicked this way comes
**Boot(y) hat trick…

*Luft- (sp)air
**Boot- boat

Hikari said…
I guess money will buy anything. The enduring mystery of our time is going to be why such a talentless, subpar looking charisma free grifting mental basket case is still getting this kind of attention. She’s still getting enough international press and money coming in that her delusions are fed on the daily. This woman has pernicious mental disorders… And she’s a criminal…but she still quizzically a celebrity. Is there any end in sight to this? She should’ve been institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital or else incarcerated years ago. What is she but a glorified hooker that does not deal in reality? No one who’s ever worked with her for any length of time has anything positive to say. She’s toxic, but she still in our faces each and every day.

Her husband is an equal psychiatric mess, and a multiple substance addict, and intellectually disabled. But he comes by his celebrity naturally as the grandson and son of monarchs. I think he would actually be happy with a much lower profile if it weren’t for her. He’s always been toxically jealous of his brother, but if he had married a more suitable woman, a loyal British subject, And remained on-side, the RF would have continued to manage his life and find him roles within the firm that matched his slender capabilities. He would’ve been better off than he is now. I just do not understand how either of these two are still garnering support from any quarter. Individually they are disasters, and collectively they are beyond the pale. Can nothing be done to shut them up and make them go away? My sanity is frayed by the relentless Sussex PR Chinese water torture.
Magatha Mistie said…

@OCGal
I enjoyed your
Little jack-off Horney
and Wrinkle, wrinkle, delish!

@Maneki
Isn’t Marlene being investigated,
corrupt organisation?
Hopefully our Meglene
follows suit…

@GWAH
A face that launched a
thousand limericks hahaha
Her loose lips launched
#shivermetimberschticks





Hikari said…
GWAH,

Helen: the Face that launched 1000 ships.
Murky: the Face that Launched 1000 Quips.

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

The other day I had a Suits clip inflicted on me that randomly popped up in my feed.

For anyone unfamiliar with the premise, Rachel Zane is the paralegal/office bike for a guy named Mike who is posing as a partner in a law firm even though he not only never sat for the bar… He never attended law school at all. How he came to be practicing law under false pretenses I don’t really know, and it interests me not at all, but Rachel, as both Mike’s PA and his girlfriend, is constantly having to scramble to keep his secret—this monstrous fraud—from being found out.

I can only think that when she read her character bio, that of a rabidly ambitious social climbing woman whose sole purpose on the show is to look like arm candy and cover up a colossal fraud, the character of Rachel really resonated with her on a profound level. I really don’t know if the character was named Rachel before she ever read for the part, or they named the character after her, but either way it’s like this role was tailor-made for her.

I have to admit that in this scene I saw, * was actually doing decent work. She looked pulled together and sexy -professional, her delivery was not histrionic and there was a minimum of forehead wrinkling and mugging. She actually came across as a sane and confident person who could legitimately be employed by a law firm. Suits is a very lightweight soapy drama, but she didn’t embarrass herself. At least in this brief moment, she seemed like a plausible professional actress.

When did it all go so sideways? It seems impossible to believe that in these days, She could’ve gotten away with being the narcissistic diva rage monster we all know and hate and been able to retain her employment. For a lowly 6th billed on the call sheet, she was eminently replaceable. To hold onto that gig for 6 years, and be sent on international press junkets, she had to have brought something to the table. When did her rampant insanity start driving the bus full-time? If she was that Cray Cray in Toronto for all those years as she is now, why was she not in a rubber room years ago. No Comprende.
Martha said…
Oh, Hikari, I especially liked your post tonight…slender capabilities, Chinese water torture. Torture, indeed, for the onlookers. I’d love some first hand reports from the invictus when IT showed up. Saw this nomenclature on another blog, and loved it!
Fifi LaRue said…
Hikari, you really know how to get to the heart of issues. Driving the insanity bus...
Now she's got the house cleaner going with her to the burger drive-thru.

What happened to BFF Kerry Washington?
There's a photo of * meeting Glory Essien on latest SMM (link doesn't work)

Are these really the hands of a woman in her early 40s?

Maneki Neko said…
* took centre stage at the Invictus Games - quelle surprise! Why did she have to be there, and if she had to why couldn't she just let Harry make a speech? It has nothing whatsoever to do with her. The Montecito housewife apologised for being late, showing us what a good mother she is. I thought they had staff for all those menial tasks? Very unprofessional.

Acknowledging that she had missed the opening of the days games she told the audience she had to spend time with her two young children in Los Angeles – buying them milkshakes and taking the eldest on the school run before leaving for Germany.
...
Prince Harry was at the event but took a back seat and allowed his wife to take the spotlight.
What a mug! I bet she bullied him into it.

https://tinyurl.com/yckfz28u
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

I'm not sure what happened to Marlene, aka Ngozi. She stepped down 'temporarily' as CEO of Sistah Space so is she back in the saddle now as it were? I couldn't find anything about
Another fake who's of Carribbean descent but seems to be interested in African culture only. As obnoxious as *. The whole thing's a bit dodgy but apparently Ms Fulani was cleared of wrongdoing by the Charity Commission.
This DM article might give you some info.

https://mol.im/a/11608121
Magatha Mistie said…

Ranters Inferno

As she bangs again
her empty humdrum
Haz looks gobsmacked
he’s keeping schtum
Makes a change
from his open wide jaw
Tooting his tonsils
inflamed gaping maw…

Magatha Mistie said…

Beanz Meanz Meinz

Bronzed and basted
Smirk firmly pasted
Sporting a watch
Tag Ho-yer
Hand to her chest
No boobs nor a vest
Poor Lil must’ve been fed
pure soya…



Sandie said…
This is an ineresting (objecting to Uncle Andrew attendeing a private church service, alongside his brother Edward, at St George's chapel on the anniversary of her death - envy rather than a moral objection):

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Awkward times at St George's Chapel when Prince Harry turned up to pay his respects to his grandmother a year after her passing.

A source says that, during his visit, Harry discovered that a special service attended by Prince Edward and Prince Andrew was scheduled a few hours later.

Apparently, Harry wasn't impressed at confirmation that fellow exile Andrew, who he took a swipe at in his autobiography, Spare, over the Virginia Giuffre imbroglio, is being brought in from the cold.

His attendance wasn't publicised but he is now a fixture at family events, having grudgingly accepted that he won't be returning to a full royal life.

Harry, says the source, left St George's 'wearing his finest scowl'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12510713/EPHRAIM-HARDCASTLE-Prince-Harry-not-impressed-Prince-Andrew-attended-special-service-mark-year-death-Queen-Elizabeth-II-source-says.html
Maneki Neko said…
Accordyto the DM, H&* received 'a rapturous welcome'. * was posing for pix with fans (12 year old girls). She was wearing wide shorts emphasising her chicken legs. Not a good look. They did talk to some Invictus athletes, though. The event is there to showcase the athletes' efforts, not*'s PR.
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

Beanz Meanz Meinz

Brilliant! 'Poor Lil must’ve been fed
pure soya…' Genius! Keep up the good work.
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

There's a photo of * meeting Glory Essien ..
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Never mind her hands, why is she 'excitedly' hugging Invictus star Glory Essien and cheering on the African nation? ''You're my Nigerian sister!', she said. Do now she's Nigerian on the strength of a DNA ancestry test (I did one with two different companies and got very different results. My sibling was sceptical too). As I said before, shades of N Fulani, who's no more African than I am.

She has an African 'sister' but what about her American father? Her British in-laws? Or are they the wrong colour?

Here is the photo.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-12512207/Meghan-Markle-Prince-Harry-Invictus-Games-Glory-Essien.html
Fifi LaRue said…
If * were to be Dx with Chinese Medicine she would have the condition of Phlegm and Fire Obscuring the Mind.
In ordinary English it's called batsh*t crazy.
KnitWit said…
The actress is of Nigerian heritage? Maybe she is related to the grifting " Nigerian royals" online spammers.

I loved seeing Princess Anne. The bickering brothers routine bores me.

As for the children, I hope there are no children in their "care". None are featured in photos by official royal photographers with other royals -especially the late queen or King Charles. Those are the "money shots".

The actresses obsession of monetizing photos has cost authentication. Weird, moody, black and white photos hurt their image. Especially the photoshopped hair on daddy and the kids.

Opus said…
I was naturally fascinated to read Hikari's explication of the goings on in Suits and as far fetched as it may seem there are various people posing as qualified lawyers who are not or who perhaps are but do not have licence to practice what they are practicing. I firstly noticed or at least became aware of the possibility when sitting my law exams (Ally Pally) because there were no checks on the identity of the candidates. Even then I thought that wrong. For a very remunerative sum of money - and some have that - I felt certain that some of those sitting the exams were not the same person as that named on the paper. With exams twice a year that might be a nice little earner - say for a lawyer who has himself been struck off the roll.

The idea that para-legals (what we once called clerks) would be romantically linked to their boss does of course stretch all credibility.
Fifi LaRue said…
@Opus: While in college I worked at a top law firm in the city on evenings and weekends. I became friends with one of the para-legals who passed on the office gossip, and oh boy, there are lots of affairs going on between lawyers and lawyers, and lawyers and para-legals, married or not.
Maneki Neko said…
@KnitWit

* has 43% Nigerian heritage. She described herself as Caucasian on her CV, admittedly that was well before her DNA ancestry test. Now she's African and we'll be hearing about her love of Africa (well demonstrated during her visit to SA). No room for her white relatives, I suppose.

https://www.newsweek.com/how-meghan-markle-discovered-nigerian-ancestry-1825966
Humor Me said…
Ahem - the white shorts suit with Black tee was another coy of a Diane look in white shorts with a black tee. Diana's legs were complimented by the choice of shorts style. Madame's was made worse.

Madame really is trying - that is my takeaway from the photos posted of her appearances thus far. WME must have gotten through to her - to make money, you must sell (it) like nothing else matters. The take away was recalling her comment to her aide in SE Asia "I can't believe I am not being paid for this."
Hikari said…
@Opus

I was naturally fascinated to read Hikari's explication of the goings on in Suits and as far fetched as it may seem there are various people posing as qualified lawyers who are not or who perhaps are but do not have licence to practice what they are practicing.

Apart from a few scenes inflicted on me against my will, I have not actually watched Suits, but I have read a synopsis of the basic premise. Mike (Patrick J. Adams) was apparently a friend of the chief partner of this law firm, Harvey (Gabriel Macht), who has given his friend a job at the firm, fully aware that he isn't a qualified lawyer. I have no idea how this would even be possible. It isn't just a one-off where he poses as a lawyer for one case; this is his ongoing employment for a number of years. It's television, and therefore, fantasy . . but the lack of oversight does stretch credulity. They must be incredibly tight friends because the entire scheme is criminal on so many levels.

I firstly noticed or at least became aware of the possibility when sitting my law exams (Ally Pally) because there were no checks on the identity of the candidates. Even then I thought that wrong. For a very remunerative sum of money - and some have that - I felt certain that some of those sitting the exams were not the same person as that named on the paper. With exams twice a year that might be a nice little earner - say for a lawyer who has himself been struck off the roll.

It blows my mind that the security surrounding your bar exam was so lax. Wow. When I sat the National Teacher's Exam (NTE) in hte 1980s, I had to provide my ID to the proctor at registration. Same for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) which I took when I thought I might go to grad school. I passed the former with flying colors but not the latter. My discipline of literature is a very wide field and the test that year was extremely heavy on the literature of the English Enlightenment, the 17th and 18th centuries. I'd had a basic survey course in that period but it was my weakest and spottiest area of study. Apart from Shakespeare and a mandatory course in Chaucer, most of my reading was in the late Victorians and American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. So I bombed that exam and didn't feel like scraping up the fees to take it again.

Hikari said…
The idea that para-legals (what we once called clerks) would be romantically linked to their boss does of course stretch all credibility.

Does it? Were your clerks all men? I can see that such fraternization would be frowned upon. Bosses dating the support staff is officially disallowed in most organizations but that doesn't prevent it from happening. Boss/secretary/clerk liasions are so common in real life, that's why they are a trope on TV and in movies, I'd have thought.

Suits went off the air several years ago; it had a few more seasons sans 'Rachel' as the Duchess of Sussex had been relieved of her contractual obligations before her wedding. Not because she was marrying H, but because her on-screen boss/lover and the star of the program had decided to quit. As her character was entirely supplemental to his, there was no plan to continue 'Rachel' on the show without him anyway . . You can bet Madam wasn't best-pleased with that. In her mind, she was the star of the show and should have been promoted to partner, even though she hadn't finished law school yet, not given her walking papers. She behaved on-set exactly the same way she behaved once she joined the RF.

A few months ago, Netflix picked up the syndication rights to the show and is now airing it on their platform, so it's getting a resurgence and people who never chucked a rock at it 10 years ago when it was airing on basic cable are now watching it. This might have been beneficial to Harry's Wife 3 years ago when she first arrived back for her 'triumphal return'--in the midst of a global pandemic. Hard to imagine that she'd have contended againt 'Tiger King' with any success. But the revived viewership for a show she left 6 years ago isn't going to do much for her at this stage. Season 1 aired in 2011--12 years ago. She hasn't aged well since and that's all too glaringly obvious.

If you want to see an American legal drama that is actually good, I can highly recommend the cable series "Damages" starring Glenn Close and Rose Byrne. Close plays Manhattan's leading class action litigator and head of her own firm, a truly scary woman named Patty Hewes. Rose Byrne plays the ingenue recent law graduate who joins Patty's firm as an associate and realizes too late what she's in for. Patty Hewes is a 21st century version of the Marquise de Mertuil from Dangerous Liaisons. She will stop at nothing to win, and she's always impeccably suited. I recommend it highly.
Fifi LaRue said…
Re: Affairs in Law Firms: Some time ago a locally famous attorney, senior partner in his own firm, passed away. His obituary made front page news. The grieving widow was quoted extensively, and listed his survivors as herself and their child. She was the second wife, starting out as the attorney's personal secretary. The attorney was married to wife #1 at the time, while the affair was going on. He divorced wife #1 to marry wife #2. Wife #1 and children of that union had one sentence at the bottom line of the obit. Wife #2 got the house in the south of France, plus most of the assets.
Mel said…
Awkward times at St George's Chapel when Prince Harry turned up to pay his respects to his grandmother a year after her passing.
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So who was at St. George's that would have told H that?

I'd read someplace, don't remember where, that Beatrice and Eugenie were there at the same time as H, but they had elected to use the private entrance.

Sounds like one or both of them has loose lips?
Fifi LaRue said…
Word is that IG ILWBW spoke about doing her how hair and makeup to disabled veterans.
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12516189/Buckingham-Palace-looks-petty-having-say-Highland-Games-Invictus-Media-strategist-says-ill-against-Harry-not-held-against-competitors-event-disabled-veterans.html

Unnamed sources for this story but we all know who is always complaining about the royal family! The whole article is a litany of unnamed people complaining that the royal family show no support for the Invictus Game with 9bvious insinuations tat they are being petty and 'hurting veterans'. This is the closest to a reply from the royal family:

"Palace sources reportedly say that members of the Royal family never involve themselves in each others’ professional endeavours, and they would not expect the Duke to voice support for the finalists of William's Earthshot Prize, for example."
Maneki Neko said…
I seem to remember * was going to write her own Spare but I'd forgotten about the whole thing. I've now read that Tom Bower said * 'is writing her memoirs' and will document the details of her life in a 'money-spinning tell-all book'.

He told GBNews: 'My information is that she is writing her memoirs and it will be a huge money-spinner.'
...
But in the interview about her memoir, Mr Bower also blasted Ms Markle's reasoning for being late for the event as 'ludicrous'.

The author even made unfounded claims that Harry and Meghan's trip to see Beyoncé was 'absolute media manipulation' and 'clearly all set up to film her hugging Harry.'


Recollections may vary, as we well know, and they certainly will in *'s 'memoirs'.

https://www.gbnews.com/royal/meghan-markle-writing-tell-all-book-tom-bower-exposes-duchess-new-bid-after-harry-memoir
https://www.newsweek.com/how-meghan-markle-discovered-nigerian-ancestry-1825966

"I just had my genealogy done a couple years ago," Meghan said, to which Ziwe responded: "What? What are you?"
"Forty-three percent Nigerian," the duchess replied. "I'm going to start to dig deeper into all this because anybody that I've told, especially Nigerian women, are like 'What!'"


I don't know how the rest of the world uses language but to me in the UK, `getting one's genealogy done' suggests paperwork, going back through marriage and birth records as far as possible. In her case, it was reportedly `done' in 2017/18 to demonstrate her connection with Edward III. It is not the same as DNA analysis but then I suppose her understanding of the term is on a par with her understanding of `calligraphy'.

The usual sort of DNA analysis suggests where some of one's ancestors may have come from. Even if 43% of her genetic markers associated with particular places suggest Nigerian ancestry, it doesn't mean she `is Nigerian'. Had she had her mitochondrial DNA checked, she might have been on firmer ground.

(Of course, there are plenty of people who, for political reasons, insist that everyone in the world is African but they're thinking back to the remains at Olduvai.)

Whatever she learnt at Northwestern, it didn't include Critical Thinking.
Sandie said…
https://youtu.be/XlgahiBnc_Q?si=hPXSxlL8MCC2qJV9

Taz has done a good video of TBW at the IG ... and there are some nuggets. What the media are not reporting: while she was giving her first speech, a lot of the veterans in the room were getting on with their conversations and pretty much ignoring her. Was that why haz was looking do miserable and tense? Because he was going to have to face the full force of her rage later? She has her own photographer with her, which is why the British tabloids are being flooded with photos of her and why there is so much coverage.
Sandie said…
Remember when she got a freebie trip to Malta to promote tourism there? Then she was all about her Malteses heritage (just because grandparents or further back lived there for a while)? The photos she took and the article she wrote ended up being all about her, to the dismay of the Maltese tourism board.

Why is she claiming a close connection to Nigeria? The country does have the biggest economy in Africa, but it is also well known in Africa as producing a lot of drug dealers and Internet scam artists! She went to the extent of getting staff to find a Nigerian for her to use for a photo op. Perhaps I should not try to make sense of this because there is no sense to it!
Maneki Neko said…
Told you * was now African.

She was "introduced to further members of the team and the defence chief, who gave her a nickname - Amira Ngozi Lolo - she could use if she ever visits the country.

Amira is a warrior princess from a legend, Ngozi means 'blessed' and Lolo is 'royal wife'
...
'She said she couldn't wait to visit Nigeria for her mum and the kids,' he revealed.[Derek Cobbinah, who helped co-ordinate Nigeria's debut in this year's competition].

'She's always welcome to visit Nigeria and other African countries.'"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-12516995/Meghan-Markle-visit-Nigeria-Invictus-Games-Prince-Harry.html
Girl with a Hat said…
My ex was a lawyer. He had dated his secretary before meeting me. She no longer worked for him when we met.

The senior partner in his farm also ended up with his paralegal. I'm not sure if they were having an affair, but when he divorced his wife, he ended up with her.
Girl with a Hat said…
DNA tests depend on interpretation for deciding where the DNA originates from.

For example, there's a big debate about whether Jewish people were originally from the Middle East because their genes resemble Armenian genes (from people now living in Armenia) but some people classify the Armenian genes as being "Middle Eastern" rather than from Asia.

It was a big debate about a book that posited that Jewish people had migrated from Asia Minor.

So, you see, there's room for interpretation in deciding the origins of certain gene patterns.
Girl with a Hat said…
@Fifi,

being someone who isn't involved in the legal world, in my experience with my ex who was a lawyer and his professional world, the lawyers are a very randy bunch.

One of the senior partners in one of the smaller well-known law firms in this city is the owner of the best known strip club. He has been known to sleep with the strippers, to put it mildly. All the lawyers know this, but outside the legal profession, no one seems to be aware of that.
abbyh said…

I played around with the accuracy of the genetic testing (as some apparently claim to be able to tell you which country and even down to tribe).

Generally thought to be probably overreaching as it sounded as if they were looking for too few markers to winnow down to that level of accuracy. 54 countries. Ball park number of 3000 tribes in Africa. That's a lot of blood draws and computer algorithms in a very short time even if you stick to just countries, it would be easy to overlook something by not enough test samples.

Remember this is a huge, huge continent. Land mass goes: Asia, Africa, Europe, N America, S America, Australia/Oceania and finally Antarctica.

The land area under someone's control did not correspond to the current country's boundaries. Tribal control may now be here but was not quite so much here way back when. History may have happened to alter that boundary. And, sadly, some comingling may have happened not by choice.

Why Nigeria is a good question.


Her memoir. I am picking up some extra wine just in case I need it. Not a boy scout but be prepared.
Why Nigeria? Indeed!

I notice * didn't mention which commercial firm she used - or didn't

Upon reflection, I think she may have snatched that `43%' out of the air, perhaps based on the belief that the British slave trade used the territory we now call Nigeria for about 50% of its slaves, the other main source being the Gold Coast, to the west of that.

Anyway, her idea of what constitutes `ancestry' is very vague after all, like her purported Maltese connections, as Sandie has reminded us.
Sandie said…
https://x.com/BarkJack_/status/1702176684223471818?s=20

One person overheard a popular WME exec explain modus operandi a little too loudly after wine at an upscale Brentwood dinner & pressed record. I heard the audio. "Exec.' said (half sarcastic or no?): "If the watch or bracelet is on, bet that arm is raised for the picture"
-----

Hilarious! She is so basic and so predictable! Gosh she really is loving making herself the centre of attention at IG.
Opus said…
One of the problems with the written word (no vocal inflections, no body language) is that it can be difficult to tell whether and to what extent the writer is serious. When I opined that romantic encounters would never happen in law firms I had my tongue firmly in my cheek. Whenever I went anywhere new the first question I would ask the staff was, which woman was ***** the boss not because of any prurient interest on my part but to ascertain exactly who was really in charge (Ladies it is one of you) and thus who not to upset.

It is not of course the case that every person working in a law firm is qualified (the fiction being that the lawyer overseas his employee) and thus if one does not know, one might assume qualification where there is none. I have certainly and on more than one occasion observed Judges becoming hot under the collar as to an advocates right to present a case.

I was serious however as to lack of ID checks at examinations. I venture to opine that before recent decades England was a very homogenous nation where certain things were just not done and thus the need for exam security was non-existent. I am old enough to recall a time when lawyers would accept VERBAL undertakings from each other. Knock you down with a feather - and almost old enough but not quite to recall a time when there were members of The Bar who had never sat a law examination - exams being a new-fangled invention for the Bar.
Hikari said…
@Opus

In the UK as here in the States, an accused had the right to represent him/self at trial, if they have been deemed mentally competent, but they needn’t be versed in law or even literate. It is their right…though I think it must have been our Mr. Twain who opined that “Anyone who represents himself has a fool for a client.” But if one is going to advocate for others in court, a JD in good standing is the bare minimum requirement.

Since the Dook and Douchess of Monte are so often in court, it might be a permissible diversion off track a bit if you could speak a bit on barristers vs. solicitors and what it takes to become a Silk. These are designations we don’t have in the U.S. I’m not sure what, other than experience, qualifies an attorney to argue in court.
Maneki Neko said…
Now that she's Nigerian, * has upped her use of bronzer. She looks noticeably darker in the Invictus photos.
Girl with a Hat said…
I don't know if anyoone here has read the book "Guns, Germs and Steel". It's a great book, and you'll learn why we can domesticate horses and not zebras and the repercussions for Africa of not having a draft animal.

Anyway, the tribes near Nigeria were very successful agriculturally and this allowed them to basically colonize the rest of Africa except for parts of Southern African. This is called the Bantu migration.

The Bantu Migration from their origins in southern West Africa saw a gradual population movement sweep through the central, eastern, and southern parts of the continent starting in the mid-2nd millennium BCE and finally ending before 1500 CE. With them, the Bantu brought new technologies and skills such as cultivating high-yield crops and iron-working which produced more efficient tools and weapons.

Eventually, the Bantu dominated, with the exception of South Africa and the Namibian desert, all of the African continent south of a line crossing from southern Nigeria to Kenya. In all, some 500 languages spoken today in that vast area are derived from the Proto-Bantu language. Although most historians would agree on the general occurrence of the Bantu migrations across Africa, the precise timings, motivations, routes, and consequences are all still being debated.

The Bantu
The Bantu were agriculturalists who spoke various dialects of the Bantu language. Their heartland was the savannah and rain forest regions around the Niger River of southern West Africa (modern Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon).


This is why they use "Nigerian" as a catch all for genetic testing: because the Bantu descendants are basically everywhere in Africa.
Fifi LaRue said…
About the Dookess' claim of 43% Nigerian. Remember one thing: Everything that comes out of her mouth is a lie. That's how she operates. I would guess that the 43% belongs in reality to Dookess' mother who had one white and one black parent.

The Dook really did look miserable when Dookess showed up at the IG. There's gonna be hell to pay for him.

As for Mrs. Todger's book, it will do less than Mr. Todger's book. It sits at the library on the rental shelf, and no one wants it, there is no one in line, on-line waiting for it.
Not quite OT:

I have just started ballet lessons - that is a Silver Swans class, for the 55+yr.olds. at a local dancing school (highly recommended!). One of the melodies played to accompany us was `if I Only Had Brain' and the tune has been running through my mind - which of the Harkles most needs a brain do you think, regardless of whether they themselves think they need it?

Queen Camilla was promoting the scheme in 2020, just before we went into lockdown before we went into lockdown, so that's the reason I've only just caught up with it.

It's in the US already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHCBUYojpE4
Hikari said…
Well, I took a gander at the IG photos. She's accessorized her 43% Nigerian claim with a bath in bronzer, looks like. I'd say rather at least 43% Oompa Loompa. She's glowing orange. She looks ridiculous. The article I saw went on to list in detail, with photos, every item of the very basic black pieces she was wearing. Her cashmere black shell was from J. Crew, everybody! She's so down to earth and relatable!

Because, at a biannual event honoring wounded veterans, who have lost limbs in the line of duty and are still carrying on with athletics at an elite level, the MAIN purpose and focus should be promoting that the Duchess of Sussex is wearing Manolo Blahnik on her feet. When, you know, a lot of the competitors sacrificed their feet in battle. And what disabled and permanently maimed veterans of war REALLY want to here for inspiration of their mental health is how Harry's wife puts her slap on. I don't think anyone else there is in the market for bronzer and fake eyelashes.

Rumor has it that these IG games will be the last Hairball is affiliated with. For the love of all that is holy, they should have cut him loose last time 'round. They have allowed themselves to be Markled by retaining him as a figurehead all this time . . he should have been cut loose in 2020, after he abandoned his post to run off to America. Hairball is an entirely useless article who has done nothing to support or develop the Games for years. All he does is show up for the photo ops and the glory after having demanded private jets and luxury accomodations for him and the wife . .out of the coffers of a *charity* for amputee soldiers. I've got no words. I do not know why this is allowed to continue. It's a travesty of beyond epic proportions.

Invictus was dreamt up and organized as Harry's project, to give him something he could at least be seen to be doing. Same with Sentabale . . and WellChild. None of these organizations is officially a Royal charity, which is why he was allowed to stay in place nominally as their figurehead. But the ersatz Royal is no longer deserving of the term and is obviously not a fit representative of anything. These organizations need to decisely cut all ties with him and seek other patrons who give AF about what they do. It's no skin of the Crown's nose. King Charles isn't going to care. These charities need to save themselves and salvage what remains of their good name and their charitable endeavours without interference from the Ginger Tw*t and his wife.
Fifi LaRue said…
@WBBM: There is one class/week for older people, and it's called Boomer Ballet. Sigh. Thanks for the info!

@Hikari: It's my intuition that IG will cut Todger loose. He's been allowed to be involved being QEII's grandson, but somebody is going to say, enough is enough. The veterans don't care about him, and he sucks away $$$$$$ that could rightly go to the veterans.
Maneki Neko said…
@Hikari

I agree entirely with your post. As I mentioned previously, she's overdone the bronzer and fake tan possibly as she looks much darker (but then she's African now). And don't forget, she's done her own hair! So accomplished! When she should have disappeared into the background as H's spouse (or better still, stayed at home). The games are about the athletes, not to promote the H&* show, particularly with sickening over the top PDA.

@Wild Boar, @Fifi

We'll done for starting ballet, it's never too late. I really dislike the term 'boomer', it is so derogatory. Couldn't they have called the class something else? Silver Swans is so much more elegant.
Opus said…
At the risk of drifting way off topic I will (but briefly) attempt to answer some of Hikari's questions as to the contrast as to the law as practiced in the various American States and the law as practiced in England and Wales (Scotland - and Canada - of which I know nothing are different jurisdictions).

One may certainly represent oneself (can't immediately think of any exception to that other than the obvious ones) but until the 1898 Criminal Evidence Act a defendant could not testify in his own defence !!!! (way before my time). I have to say that those who represent themselves are too often way way way out of their depths and even if not are likely to be too emotionally connected to their case. I know you would expect me to say that but I am afraid it is true.

As Hikari has observed England has a split Profession and it might also be said that The Bar itself is also split as between Junior Counsel and King's Counsel (silks). Neither distinction is known in America but I am well aware that in practice America has specialist Trial Lawyers (the equivalent of Barristers) and the reputation of some American advocates is so great they are treated as if they are silks. I saw some of Depp -v- Heard and cannot say that I was much impressed with the advocates (but Miss Heard is very appealing especially when crying).

On the subject of taking Silk (which may well be refused) it can be a double-edged sword from which many have suddenly been forced to retire (usually to a Circuit Judgeship) for as a Silk one has to persuade Junior barristers that (in the more serious case) you are the sort of lawyer likely to prevail or at least achieve a result and are thus worth being instructed by the Junior Counsel. The Silk is supposed to 'lead' that is to say cross-examine with a Junior merely doing the examination in chief. If no barrister wants you to be their leader you will be left without work or income for Barristers are all self-employed. You may thus apply to take silk (after I think) seven years of practice at the Bar but you may well be turned down. Sherborne I am told is not a Silk and has I thus assume applied for Silk and been rejected. My old head of chambers was NOT a silk.

Ally Pally (for those not familiar with London) is Alexandra Palace, which is not a Royal palace, but a vast enclosed space high up near Muswell Hill with (when I was there) the roof space being home to pigeons. Just what you need when trying to answer questions on floating charges and sinking funds or as the case may be. I assume that a J.D. is a Juris Doctor: I have never met an English lawyer with a legal Doctorate, most are just M.A.(Cantab) or (Oxon) which does not mean they have taken a Masters but merely paid Twenty five pounds sterling to upgrade their Bachelor's degree. Really - I'm not joking. That is how it is here.
Magatha Mistie said…

@Wild Boar
Silver Swans, love it
Camilla promoted it during
lockdown, couldn’t play it
over here, Enjoy

@Opus- Sorry not sorry, it's a proper medieval Masters, predating the other sort of Masters by centuries!

It's by analogy with an apprenticeship, BAs being the `journeymen' in the system. So it's conferred 7 years after Matriculation, the point at which one `signs on' as a junior member of the university. IIRC, the formula states that one has shown by one's `way of life and doctrine' that one is a fit to be a Senior Member of the University with voting rights in the Senate.

It's sad that people don't appreciate this.

I agree, however, that anyone who represents himself in court has a fool for a client - my divorce was hampered by the respondent thinking he could fight my plea according to the law as he considered it ought to be, not as it is, ie it shouldn't have changed since the time of Henry VIII. I jest not- he told the judge that he wanted the Court to make me go back to him so I could continue my duties as his wife.

One hell of a narcissist in action.
What is the purpose of journalism in Britain? To publish 10 articles a day about a woman without morals, accomplishments or looks instead of telling stories about the men and women whose accomplishments give her the opportunity to show off her pricey wardrobe and jewelry.

What is the difference between Harry's face on Wednesday and Harry's face on Thursday in Dusseldorf? Youtuber HG Tudor calls it "spicy poontang", obviously Harry got lashes of it and now he is in love again. It is interesting that the state of someone's marriage is so obvious for the world to see just by watching the husband's facial expressions change.
There's a deeply disturbing/shocking photo of * apparently inserting herself into the proceedings here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/16jaafw/this_is_wrong_on_so_many_levels_if_you_are_a/

...yet to me it looks peculiar without my being able to work out why. Is it a photoshop? Does it appear anywhere else? She looks like a cardboard cut-out figure. I don't even know where it was published prior to SMM, if it indeed was.

What do Nutties think?
There's a photo of her at the 2018 IG here:

https://www.eonline.com/news/981225/meghan-markle-s-first-official-twitter-photo-is-a-tribute-to-prince-harry

Her legs look as skinny then as they do now (but at least her top fits) so has she lost all that much weight recently? Wasn't she supposed to be pregnant then?
Sadly, the photos genuine - here it is on film:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/meghan-markle-is-seen-marching-at-the-cycling-medal-ceremony/vi-AA1gLZyv
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12522525/Meghan-marches-victorious-athletes-following-cycling-medal-ceremony-Invictus-Games-Dusseldorf.html

Leading a military/victory march? With husband cheering on from the sidelines? To me, this is so weird and I am baffled.
Sandie said…
royal-ossa
A TAROT READING ON HARRY

I'm going to post one of my readings on Prince Harry. I've decided not to post the other. It's about his substance abuse, and, well, better left alone.

My guestion was, "Is Harry aware of how much he's disliked?"

Cards are drew are: 2 of Hazards, 7 of Wands as overall energy. Below that is 5 of cups, Ace of Swords, Wheel of Fortune, Knight of Wands, King of Swords

Impression/Energy: He is aware. He'd like it all chained up. He is not without the desire to control people & situations around him. He's willing to push back and fight until he's an old man. Reading is very much about fighting. To his core, he believes this is his calling. His destiny. Harry is not clear about what should be fought, he just feels a clear desire to fight.

He has some small regret but feels it's too late for him.

He feels his family is distracting him from his goals. He has this sense of carrying overwhelming responsibilities. Was not clear which family is causing the distraction. Is it the one in Britian or the one in America? The cards would not be clear.

Everything is a challenge or competition to him. He feels everyone, including his family, is competing with him. He feels he's most deserving and wants no one to keep him from what he desires.

Sometimes he regrets everything that has happened the last few years. He can obsess about it.

He feels trapped between choices. He's being warned to not wait too long or it will be too late.

This phase of his life is the belief that he is living his destiny. Again, a card of choices appears that could change what he thinks is already cast. Choices are difficult for him.

His stubbornness is his downfall. He does not look to his heart for anything. He prefers to be judgemental. He thinks he is full of common sense but refuses to exam any other side but his own.

The reading bookends his regrets and his stubbornness. All this fighting is in between these cards. IMO, this is not someone who you could count on. Not a team player or someone who provides encouragement to others.
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Sandie said…
oracle of energies: then they give themselves another chance, perhaps a new honeymoon phase
a lot of anxiety we try to be strong, we try to attract new customers to get money.

why harry and meghan attack the BRF in the press with the oracle of Greek mythology: jealousy William is Zeus and harry is currently Pluto the underground world, they are lost something during a meeting where a decision was taken against them? they have the impression that we are trying to push them out of the world. They have the impression that the brf wants to keep things for them!!!
their creativity does not take shape in the real world, there is frustration. Lots of chaos!!!

with the tarot cards: we try to attract light, abundance and future clients too. Are we at the start of a new communication strategy? after the decision of a king of swords we speak of justice with the consequence of bringing additional troubles. A queen of swords, Meghan, who is behind this communication strategy, is really tired of these fights. She doubts a lot and she prefers to lock herself in an illusion or does not want to face something. we are undertaking something new but it is quite chaotic and troubled. We're trying to get through this and get new opportunities but I have the energy of an emperor who has a lot of power who has to save money, a lot of direct or indirect communication
https://www.tumblr.com/mysteriouslytransparentwitch/728462963075416064/meghan-and-harry-energy-september-14-we-all?source=share
Sandie said…
Does anyone here have an explanation of her leading that 'parade' onto the grounds? It is real - photos and videos - but why would anyone think this was a good idea? Is she mocking the royal family with their military patronages and honory military roles? Or is she just stupid and childish in what she thinks is a good idea? Why did no one at the IG stop this?

Note how she has become the story of the IG - all the photos in the tabloids, grabbing the mike to make a speech about herself at the first appearance, handing out medals (ceremonial role so not really unexpected), getting heaps of tabloid attention and completely diverting attention from the veterans and the accomplishments of the athletes, and now leading a military parade. She is out of control and I reckon he is getting 'kept happy' back at the hotel so his glum look when she first appeared is fading and replaced with the happy hapless of before she arrived. (If she is getting positive attention and major fawning media coverage, she will be happy and 'reward' him, in my opinion.)
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

It did look like a cardboard cutout or else photoshopped but I found this video. She's emulating Catherine on a walkabout, walking towards people, except that Catherine has a right to.

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video-news/harry-and-meghan-join-veterans-at-invictus-games-in-dusseldorf/a1856942465.html
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

Re photo of her (*) at the 2018 IG

The article is dated 27 Octobe. By then they were in Oz on their first overseas tour when * was allegedly with child - remember, she couldn't button her coat at Eugenie's wedding.
Not sure if she's lost weight, she dies appear slimmer but then back in 2018 in Oz maybe she wasn't pregnant, who knows.
Maneki Neko said…
* is pictured at an Invictus reception in a long sleeveless dress that hides her legs (or nearly completely) but shows weird bulges. H looks rather fed up - maybe he's had enough of being forced to smile and happy/in love.


https://tinyurl.com/2dtbpnh2
Maneki Neko said…
I was thinking about *'s over the top behaviour at the Invictus Games: the perma grin, the look of lurve, the PDA, taking centre stage, rushing to see 'fans' and posing for selfies. This wasn't a Hollywood film premiere, red carpet event, except in her head. I think this is because she probably never had any boundaries, or very few, as a child. Consequently, she doesn't have a mental and emotional brake to slow her down or stop her.
She did have guidance and training from BP and while this was useful and well received, I imagine, by Catherine and Sophie, it was totally wasted on *. She's incapable of following instructions and in any case she probably thought all this etiquette and protocol etc were quaint British rules that didn't apply to her, hence wanting to modernise the monarchy. She's a lost cause.
@Maneki Neko,

I agree, she's FUBAR and he probably is as well. Between them, all is SNAFU.

@Fifi & Maneki

I'm of the generation before the Baby Boom - I recall a lecturer talking population dynamics and attributing it to `the pent-up enthusiasm of of the returning warrior'. I used to get the impression that my mother regarded it as `rather common' for so many to be reproducing at this time.

I too dislike the term `boomer' unreservedly -it's always said with a sneer. I admit that, as Dad was RAF, his postings meant he never set foot on foreign soil, though he may have flown over them. So he was able to see Mum fairly frequently, at least by wartime standards.

`Silver Swans' may refence the madrigal `The Silver Swan', as well as hinting at Swam Lake, so it's a reminder of mortality.
HG TUDOR on fire:

F**k You! Look At Me (Meghan Markle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d08KZqS-OXA
Taz's latest:

NIGERIAN PRINCESS - Is Any Country Safe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31V-NJ0MudA
Humor Me said…
Invictus is part of the problem for "allowing" TW to lead a parade during the competition. I can understand H being a part of parades - he is the patron and a veteran.
But * - skinny legs and all- is a distraction the IG cannot afford.
A simple no with the explanation we are so happy that TW is here to support you and the atheletes, but he is not a featured guest his year.
BLG/Royal Rogue
UNACCEPTABLE! Meghan marching in front of VETERANS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PToY4V3_kvg&t=246s
Correction - this is link for BLG/Royal Rogue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PToY4V3_kvg
Girl with a Hat said…
the Royal Rogue, aka The Body Language Guy compares * 's outfit to Gandhi's clothing.

https://twitter.com/the_royal_rogue/status/1702747863145394635
PS She's not just marching, she's merching.

The Royal Rogue video reveals that she's being used to advertise the sunglasses. It's like a fashion shoot - she's using both the vets and the German military as props, to give a bit of local interest.

Just like Malta.
Maneki Neko said…
@Girl with a Hat

Thanks for the link to Gandhi's photo! Priceless. There's a risk if * sees this that she might find the comparison favourable and might see herself as a mahatma or 'great soul'.
This might be a case of illusory superiority. Does she look in a full length mirror and think she looks pretty in those shorts?
Maneki Neko said…
Amanda Platell is asking 'Never mind the Invictus family, Meghan, what about the relationship with your own father?'
Exactly what I mentioned before but I bet her father, never mind her in-laws, are not exactly uppermost in her mind.

My husband mentioned H wearing his Nazi uniform and now being in Germany. 'The German penal code prohibits publicly denying the Holocaust and disseminating Nazi propaganda, both off- and online. This includes sharing images such as swastikas, wearing an SS uniform' ... (www.pbs.org)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12524315/AMANDA-PLATELL-Invictus-family-Meghan-relationship-father.html#article-12524315
Elskainga said…
@Maneki Neto- IMHO, the Markles and the Raglands are better off being estranged from *. Needy and Greedy’s grifting is on full display @the Invictus Games e.g., who brings their own PR crew and photographer to an international sports event for wounded veterans during which you merch your outfits and hope to attract brand deals? The Hazbeens create drama, discord, unpleasantness, attention seeking in every endeavor they participate. It’s better to cut ties from such negativity and gaslighting even though the two children would benefit from grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins doting on them.
Hasbeen wrote about “genetic pain” from his family. Well, his kids are don’t stand a chance.
Fifi LaRue said…
@Maneki: You hit the nail on the head: Todger's wife has no boundaries. Todger may have looked happy for an hour, but the rest of his life is absolute h*ll. Perhaps Todger also lacks boundaries.
Over on SMM there's extensive discussion of how the proceedings were halted for a bussed-in crowd to sing `happy Birthday' to H.

One Sinner remarked that she'd been sceptical of the `rumour' that * had demanded that the Coronation Service be halted so the assembled congregation of royalty, nobility, statesmen, legislators, military top-brass, ecclesiastics and choirs, to say nothing of the representatives of the People, could sing Happy Birthday to Archie.

She believes now that it wasn't a rumour after all - * really did demand it.

* has surely out-Carolined Caroline of Brunswick and future generations hence will be open-mouthed at the tales of her bloody nerve.

------

I wonder if the German people realise she's the reincarnation not of Diana but of Josef Goebbels? She already dresses like a Brownshirt.

https://www.historyhit.com/hitlers-bullyboys-the-role-of-the-sa-in-nazi-germany/
Maneki Neko said…
Taking centre stage again, this time to present medals to the swimming finalists. Can the veterans not complain? Did we ever see Philip doing the same with the Queen? And what on earth is she wearing? The trousers are too high-waisted, for a start, and that's a style that doesn't suit her.
I hope the whole episode backfires on her.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/16/11/75500759-12525609-image-a-16_1694858841301.jpg
Hikari said…
The Invictus organization is entirely independent of the Crown. It may have started as a Royal charity in the beginning, but now it’s its own entity. Hazmat is now too toxic and negative value to keep on as patron. There must be any number of celebrity veterans they could ask.

Until they cut him lose, they have only themselves to blame. Frankly, he should have been recused as their patron after the Deal incident. That for me was the Rubicon for Harry. His hurtle down the greasy slope of grifting for bucks was inevitable from there.

Anyone who doesn’t tell the grifting idiot formerly known as HRH to get on his bike and pedal straight into the Atlantic is only enabling him..and her. As long as he’s got these threads of patronage to cling onto, he and the wife will continue to pose as “Royals”. This display at IG is exactly what they always wanted and exactly what HMTQ sought to forbid with Megxit.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/16/11/75500759-12525609-image-a-16_1694858841301.jpg

Has H sobered up? He's got quite an authority pose there, stern, immovable, attempting to ignore her? Photo on SMM shows him leading her firmly by the hand. has he put his foot down?

One can only hope...


Here's the link for `Happy Birthday'
:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/16k1si5/invictus_volleyball_match_stopped_again_for/
O/T

https://uk.yahoo.com/style/revealed-really-gets-baby-boomers-135326113.html - article from D Telegraph.

I concur, especially the parking issue. I was reduced almost to tears in one CP which demanded payment by smartphone. Fortunately, I had the right amount in cash and solved it by paying a friendly person to get the ticket for me. I shall throttle the next person who tells me to `get a child to help'. What child, I ask?

Rant over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjlIZC-lSHI

Taz recommended this site - Sue Smith. It's excellent. First half of this video looks at other royals but greater part of second half deals with Harkles.

Of course, * will never face up to her behaviour because she has no problem with it - sadly, it's us who find it problematic. It was ever thus with narcissists
Hikari said…
One Sinner remarked that she'd been sceptical of the `rumour' that * had demanded that the Coronation Service be halted so the assembled congregation of royalty, nobility, statesmen, legislators, military top-brass, ecclesiastics and choirs, to say nothing of the representatives of the People, could sing Happy Birthday to Archie.

She believes now that it wasn't a rumour after all - * really did demand it.

* has surely out-Carolined Caroline of Brunswick and future generations hence will be open-mouthed at the tales of her bloody nerve.


If HG Tudor is what he says he is, an Ultra Narc, it is possible that not all narcissists are as clinically INSANE as Harry's Wife. The complete and utter not just disregard but *contempt* for boundaries and rules goes beyond narcissism. I beleive many high-level political and corporate leaders and celebrities are narcissists, but at least in the public eye most are capable of observing decorum. TBW's levels of delusional grandiosity are so far off the charts, she needs a new chart devised just for her.

But she gets away with it so often because people just let her seemingly do whatever TF she wants. Most normal people are adverse to making a spectacle so it's easier just to let things slide and let someone get away with bad behavior. But TBW has highjacked the entire Invictus event and made it all about herself . . and she was allowed to do it. If she tries to pull these stunts again at another IG event, let Herself be photographed in her ill-fitting designer merch getting arrested for trespassing. To ensure this does not happen again, they are going to have to jettison him as patron, giving her no more status as 'high-profile attendee/wife of patron' status. If she shows up sans Harry, she can be made to leave, under her own steam or in a paddy wagon, her choice.

One has sympathy for the wronged Caroline of Brunswick, George IV's legitimate Queen. Even though her husband barred her whilst throwing a hissy, as his legal consort she had every right under God and the law to attend his Coronation. Merching schmattes at Invictus as the wife of the ersatz patron of a non-Royal sporting event is a different matter.
Girl with a Hat said…
@WBBM,

you're wrong about the Brown Shirts and *. The Brown Shirts ironed their clothes and were impeccable in their uniforms.
Who said,
`"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it' ?

That's right, JG - although presumably he said it in German.

It's really rather alarming.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://twitter.com/Scottie_Di/status/1703022347945754814

look at her emaciated face with the sinews showing
@GWAH
True, so very true about grooming! I was thinking of the peculiar shades of dung she's been wearing lately.

That photo is disturbing, although a strong light from a low source to one side will reveal the worst of any irregularities. I suspect the near-vertical line on her forehead is a prominent vein, made visible by the lack of fatty connective tissue. What is the line of 3 lumps along her jaw? Swollen salivary glands? Ditto lymph nodes?

Whatever the cause/s, it's not a pretty look, prematurely aged.


@Hikari
Yes, that's true too, given her legal position and Caroline of Brunswick did have a lot of popular support, although her conduct was perhaps more extraordinary than that of *. I need to do a formal `compare and contrast' of them - Caroline's upbringing seems to have been as extreme as that of * but in an entirely different way. In both cases though, the result has be to produce individuals with an intense urge to transgress boundaries.
There's one photo on SMM (sadly I can't find it now) which apparently shows a large swelling just above the pit of her neck/ends of her clavicles, suggestive of thyroid problems, perhaps goitre. I gather this could be a side effect of Ozempic and should be taken seriously.

Or it may just have been a trick of the light.


Maneki Neko said…
We seem to have missed the latest Harry Markle, The Harkle Show of Staged PR Photos. Some good points, including the story of a L/cpl who ended up in an unmarked grave in Sussex. His granddaughter wanted a dedication service for him and wrote to H and Charles, among others, as her grandfather was buried in Sussex. Guess wrote replied to her and who didn't? Unfortunately, the article was written before the end of the IG so we don't have the whole perspective.

Lady C's latest video is interesting. She said people in Nigeria resent *, that the Germans don't like her and thatKing Wilhelm of the Netherlands has banned her from his palace. What actually happened was that at last year's IG at The Hague, "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be received by King Willem-Alexander or offered a room in the royal palace during their visit to The Netherlands later this week" (April 2022). Water off a duck's back with *.


https://youtu.be/D-6v1Vk9dyc?feature=shared
Magatha Mistie said…

Ragtag and Knobtail

Marching out of step
she’s well out of line
Someone should mention
her physog’s in decline

Thin or fat
she’s not all that
Rat in tat
an annoying twat

So desperate to merch
not a cunning stunt
Rag and bones shtuk
ever decreasing bundt…

Sandie said…
Interesting ...

"Remember when MM was campaigning to present the Life Stories segment of the Closing Ceremony via a flurry of PR? Then Invictus quickly announced that experienced German TV host Hadnet Tesfai was announced as moderator for that segment.

Here's what happens. Hadnet interviewed two family members on stage, the second was Anna-Zofia, daughter of Ukraine competitor Taira Paievska who was captured by Russian forces and subsequently released. Moving interview, sensitively handled by Hadnet to big applause at the end. At the end, Hadnet is thanking Anna-Zofia, when all of a sudden Harry rushed on stage and gives Anna an extended full body hug. Hadnet looks startled, recovers and then says 'Look, Oh My God, I was just about to introduce you, but now that you are here (another startled look), he is here, the Duke of Sussex, this is your stage'.

Hadnet then walks offstage with Anna-Zofia , exchanging another surprised look at Harry, who is visibly smirking. What does Harry do? He says 'Thank you, Anna'. Doesn't even mention Hadnet by name.

Edit: I believe Hadnet was supposed to say a few sentences introducing Harry formally, this is likely something M was insisting she was going to do. Harry rushing the stage made sure that Hadnet didn't get that moment."

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/16kxf0c/invictus_closing_ceremony_harry_deliberately/
Magatha Mistie said…

Pfennig Dreadful

Sheathed in
open-ended condom
Covering her stretched
well worn pudendum
Colour was apt
reptilian green
Auf Wiedersehen Pet
now keep schtum
and not seen…



Elskainga said…
Sandie-

The IGF must review Harry’s position as patron after the last two dog and pony shows aka Invictus. Harry was actually doing a pretty good job with his time at the IG until Greedy showed up. Their dysfunctional relationship taints everything, Harry is also oppositionally defiant as clearly seen in his smirking at the TV host. If Netflix and WME continue to support and promote these two f.ckwads then a pox on both their houses.

There is a photo of Greedy at the IG in her short romper seated with her legs crossed with her ass showing. So gross 🤮 Once a yacht girl…
Having trouble finding it…

Off-topic (sort of) : Women over 40 years of age need to have 5 lbs at least of extra weight to maintain a softness in their face denoting youthfulness and also for healing during illness. I am 5’7” and used to be 125-128 lbs as a young woman. Now that I am in my 60’s, I am 132-135 lbs, still look good in my clothes but I needed the extra weight last January whenI came down with RSV. The illness had me bedridden for ~7_10 days and I actually stopped eating for five days. I just wanted to sleep and had no appetite. I was able to survive and heal because of my extra reserves and of course, medications. I also watched my mother and sister get too thin during their illnesses and couldn’t withstand the final bouts.
I'm in tears.

I've just followed the links from SMM to the story of L/Cpl Ricky Ferguson MC, in this article from the Shropshire Star

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2020/12/14/flashback-to-december-2010-brave-solider-ricky-is-a-true-inspiration/

Taz brought picked up on his story. He stepped on an IED, lost both his legs and all fingers of both hands, also an eye, as well as needing extensive facial reconstruction. Yet he competed at IG in 2014.

I haven't the words to describe my total, utter, disgust at the conduct of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. They are truly horrible people who ought to be ashamed to the depths of their souls - if they have them, which I doubt. In earlier times, I might have taken comfort in the thought that judgement and eternal damnation awaited them after death - but now? It is difficult not to hope fervently for something nasty and prolonged to take them out of action in the here and now.
Girl with a Hat said…
that picture of them walking out of the IG where she's wearing the green, shoulderless dress

In her mind, the people in the audience all love her and she has just won an Oscar. LOL
One should always believe Meghan when she does something. She does not wear cheap clothes when she can wear very expensive ones, like she did one year ago in The Hague. Like she did during her "service" in the Royal family. So now the fact that she uses cheaper clothes is hardly because she wants to encourage her "fans" (who ever they are!) to see that she is using something they also can afford to buy. And I don't mean she is not merchandising them, she is.

All this is extremely humiliating to her and refreshing to people who are watching.

I believe that she has no more money to buy the haute couture and Invictus organization did not give her clothes allowance.

Has she been forced to sell her engagement ring to pay her PR?
OCGal said…
@Magatha Mistie,

I am choking with laughter in reading “Pfennig Dreadful” at your creative nerve in rhyming

pudendum

with

schtum

You have reached the pinnacle!

OCGal said…
@Wild Boar Battle-maid, thank you for the Shropshire Star article on soldier Ricky.

1. I, too, am in dissolved in tears. The helplessness I feel at his terrible injuries, and his resolve to just keep keeping’-on has me beside myself. To that end,

2. I, too, hope the two irredeemable grifters get their just desserts in this life so I can witness and cheer their downfall. Sad to say, I don’t think there is any punishment or downfall severe enough to come close to matching or rectifying the evil deeds and injustices they have put so many innocent people through.
snarkyatherbest said…
alianor d'aquitaine. totally agree. it’s all she has and her tell is in her neck. it’s very strained in all of those pics. she is not a happy camper. i suspect they have been told it’s Harry’s last rodeo with Invictus and they decided (mostly she) to burn it all down. make a mockery of all of it for rejecting them/ her. invictus was dumb should have canceled him just before so neither would be there. so now it’s the H&M mostly M sh$t show and good luck getting traction with new sponsors for the next time.
OCGal said…

@Elskainga,

I know the image to which you refer, where the grifting doucheass is seated at Invictus in wide-leg shorts with right leg crossed so high over left leg that one can almost see exactly what she is selling.

She is so coarse, and in the rankstank image she’s throwing her practiced come-hither smile straight at the cameraman, and thus to the unwilling viewers. I saw that revealing image all over the internet last week, and was sure I could immediately find it for you but am literally shocked to discover that it seems to have been scrubbed.

I guess WME is earning their pay. The image is findable (by me) no-where now.

Next, excellent point, you said “ Harry is also oppositionally defiant as clearly seen in his smirking at the TV host.” I am so angry, so angry, that he rushed the stage (@Sandie, thank you for the Reddit link which includes video of the exact right spot where he pulls his crap) before being called via introduction by German TV host Hadnet Tesfai while she was wrapping up her interview with Anna-Zofia, then dared to overwhelm the startled young woman in a (probably unwelcome) bear hug. As she and Ms. Tesfai walked off stage he then thanked “Anna” when her name is Anna-Zofia and all others called her by her correct name, and most egregiously, Harry purposely did not thank Ms. Tesfai at all; he did his own evil bidding or that of his handler by not mentioning or acknowledging Ms. Tesfai at all after he ambushed them.

I agree his was a satisfied, triumphant smirk. Loathsome.

Finally, I am glad you’ve successfully recovered from your very serious illness at year’s beginning, but I hear you and acknowledge your loss of your beloved mother and sister who couldn’t make the same recovery. I send you my heartfelt condolences.
To return to that shocking photo at https://twitter.com/Scottie_Di/status/1703022347945754814,

I can now see 4 lumps along the jaw.

43% Nigerian? Could she could pass. not as H's late Mummy, but an Ancient Egyptian (unwrapped) - although some of those look in a better state of preservation than her. She missed her chance with The Mummy sequence:

The Mummy (1999) - trailer on IMDb,

`An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.'

https://www.youtube.com/embed/h3ptPtxWJRs?wmode=transparent&html5=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&autoplay=1


Observant One said…
@Magatha I’ve been away for a while, so it was lovely to see Pfennig Dreadful when I logged back in. Pudendum, indeed!

I had to come here to express my horror at the outrageous upstaging of the athletes at the IG. Neither of them seem to understand how to behave in an acceptable manner in a civilized world. Mental illness is the only possible answer and I think THAT should be obvious to most people, by now. He’s lucky he hasn’t been placed in a conservatorship.

TW, in her play suit, let her Ozempic face, botoxed forehead and rictus grin speak for her. She remains shallow, self-absorbed and obsessed with fame and fortune.

OCGal said…
Hallelujah! I found the cross-legged image to which @Elskainga referred. Here is link to a well-known Twitter (X) poster who had posted it. I was determined to find this image:

https://twitter.com/HGTudorKTN/status/1703028367669280809
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Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

I missed the link to the Shropshire Star article and had a look after reading @OCGal's post. I am humbled at L/Cpl Ricky Fergusson's immense courage. And then we have the spectacle of the Harkles' antics, which makes a mockery of what the veterans have had to endure. Dominic Reid id the CEO of the Invictus Games and he needs to rein in those two (a bit late now) and preferably remove them from any future games, or else he is complicit in their vile behaviour.
Maneki Neko said…
@OCGal and @Obdervant One

Thx for the photo of ILBW sitting in some golf cart, sporting a vast expanse of thigh. Did she really have to? (Yes). And that come hither look, even behind sunglasses... Once a ho, always a ho.
Elskainga said…
@OCGal.

That’s the one! Thank-you for finding it; I was getting frustrated not being able to find the photo. I am going to copy it into my saved photos to future proof this image from a scrubbed ethernet.

She is so trashy and a Douchass, don’t ya know!
Maneki Neko said…
#Magatha

Thanks for Pfennig Dreadful. Another gem! Auf Wiedersehen, Pet maybe - at least the series was funny - but we haven't seen the last of her. I think keeping schtum and not seen is impossible for *.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://twitter.com/TheFakeDuchess/status/1703501109891866775

close up of *'s horror feet. Warning - they're pretty awful.
Rebecca said…
I hope the seat in that golf cart was wiped down with disinfectant after Meghan sat in it.
`Morton's toe', as the long 2nd toe is known, is really quite common (I've got it. It's v. painful if it takes the full force of a stubbing and one needs wide shoes with a deep toe box). Oddly, according to Wikipedia, `another study on the Idoma people of Nigeria found almost a third of people have it' but overall it affects about 22% of people

It's variously known as a `Greek foot' or a Celtic foot', and is even, like red hair, considered a hangover from a Neanderthal ancestor, but so far not a `Nigerian foot' as far as I now.

Apparently, it's more a case of a short big toe than a long 2nd one
Maneki Neko said…
@Rebecca

I hope the seat in that golf cart was wiped down with disinfectant after Meghan sat in it.

Ha ha ha! I meant to write the same thing and nearly forgot, I remembered before posting but then didn't want to sound too crude 🤣
Girl with a Hat said…
@WBBM,

it's not just her long second toe. Her toes are jammed together and are piled up one on top of the other.

She can afford to have that looked after.
VetusSacculi said…
Her reported behaviour at the IG was so trashy and unbecoming it's almost as if she knows it's the last one she'll ever be able to attend. With the rictus grin and exaggerated gestures, she appears utterly deranged and/or off her face. Aside from the fact that she has no place marching in a parade in shorts and bare legs, the clips of her running about like a giddy schoolgirl for selfies with people in the audience and blowing kisses to people at the closing ceremony just confirm once and for all that she cannot behave and is undeserving of a royal ducal title (even if it's only courtesy of who she married). I live in Sussex and I feel like wrestling that title off her myself if I have to. Other than to rescue Hazza for his mental safety, I think the royal family have pulled up the drawbridge. I don't give a rodent's bottom how they want to make a living outside the royal family - they're both so talentless, good luck with that. But not in my name.
@GWAH

Yes indeed but there's always something amiss with the joint at the bottom of the big toe as part of the condition - it predisposes one to bunions as its out of line. A for the rest of her foot, yes, it's the result of badly fitting shoes combined with very high heels that throw one's weight onto the toes. In theory, she's too young to have experienced the worst of the winkle-picker era although I do wonder about today's stilettoes.

For real deformity, I've seen models of what happened to Chinese feet when they were bound - the nearest in real life were those of a life model who'd been a professional ballet dancer all her days.

She really has no excuse for not wearing shoes that fit, even if they have to be made for her.
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/16lw34d/at_age_8_meghan_markle_took_over_her_best_friends/

Interesting video posted... (the first clip is her playing 'queen' at friend's birthday)

When she grabbed the Mike and gave that speech when she arrived at the IG, most people there were milling around and charting and ignoring her. You can actually hear and see that in the video. That is why he was looking so glum.

The next clip shows her run over to pose for a photo with a severely disabled person in a wheelchair. She completely ignores the person in the wheelchair. It is the most appalling display I have ever seen.
NeutralObserver said…
@Elskainga, So sorry to read about your mother & sister, & yes, we older people need a bit of reserve poundage in case of a serious illness. In fact, extreme thinness is viewed as a sign of possible illness in people over 60.

I'm just as appalled as everyone here is at ILBW's hijacking of an event highlighting men & women who have sacrificed & suffered so much, but let's be honest, it was expected. It's what she does.

What does puzzle me (along with the weird provenance of the kids), is how on earth does WME hope to make money from this manic & unkempt woman?

Hello, WME, Hazmat & * ain't the reincarnation of the Gisele Bundchen & Tom Brady power couple that was. Never were, never ever will be.

There are people who are odd looking, uncouth, & messy looking popping up on various places on the web & other media who seem to have attracted audiences & $$$, but they seem to usually be people who are interesting, funny, or even intelligent. Russell Brand was a pretty big thing before his current problems, but the Todgers aren't even as weirdly amusing as he is. So, not sure where your client/clients fit in, but good luck!
Maneki Neko said…
Catherine is 'not expected' to join Prince William in Singapore for Earthshot Awards ceremony in November. At least she has the intelligence not to eclipse her husband, especially after *'s latest antics at the IG. That's the difference between class and crass. She might also want to be with her children, unlike *.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12530851/Kate-Middleton-looks-elegant-549-black-Holland-Cooper-blazer-visits-Royal-Navy-base-Somerset-commodore-chief-Fleet-Air-Arm.h

Crockery breaking in California.

On tonight's local news, young women sailors said how much they appreciated The Princess of Wales's visit - it was nice to know they themselves were appreciated.

Will the mail now go all out for Catherine? It'd be hilarious if they now put *'s gas at a peep. I do wish they'd show some respect refer to her properly though; where the other one's concerned, I see using her maiden name as a mark of disdain.
The story is that madame is writing her memoirs. I do wonder how many books she will sell.

I tried to find information about the reprints and pocketbooks of "Spare", that golden moment in the Western literature, but I did not find anything. One has to ask why. It was such a breathtaking success when it came out.
Sandie said…
https://www.newsweek.com/prince-harry-meghan-markle-narrative-royal-jealousy-netflix-documentary-1826298

Jack Royston debunks another story in the mockumentary (actually two). The rift between the brothers over bullying of staff happened before the Australian tour (yep, that early!), which does not support their claim that the rift was caused because of jealousy of how brilliant she was on that tour. And the story about her being on the front page when they stayed overnight at BP and how awkward it was at breakfast (not my fault I am the most popular ever narrative) was completely made up ... it was the late Queen who was on the front page.

I do hope this story gains traction and they are exposed as narcissistic liars yet again!
Girl with a Hat said…
@Sandie,

good catch. their narrative is slowly unraveling.
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12534355/Photos-emerge-Meghan-Markles-surprise-trip-Dusseldorf-cafe-homeless-women-William-touches-New-York.html

I wonder how many more photo ops she got that can be used to get her attention post games? I do find it odd that she visited this place ... she has no link to their work and made no donations. If she was doing research for a project in LA, then it would make sense, but the duchess always hijacks organizations for attention rather than actually doing something meaningful and concrete.
Magatha Mistie said…

Verdi-grease Lubricante

Sheathed in a
reptilian green prophylactic
Stick insect displayed
she’s bony and brassic
Usual prose
open legged stanza
Repetitious, malicious
pernicious preying mantra…

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