Christmas and then New Year.
It's a crazy time of year with all the anticipation of gifts given and received. And followed by hopes of a good next year.
Them? well, it is rarely seems to be a dull moment. One or both always seem to have something going on.
Keep calm and carry on (while I wrap the gifts I have and order those I have not yet).
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Interesting ... I have not been able to find out who took the photos of hapless for Backgrid. But, the photos are labelled as Premium Exclusive. The photos were taken 16 January. There is a web embargo until 10:21 pm EST, 17 January. The photos of hapless are the only ones with an embargo. Suspicious!
In the latest offerings from Backgrid: Brad Pitt and his girlfriend, haplesss, and Bianca Censori are Premium Exclusive. Bezos and Sanchez, Chris Evans with wife and friends, are Exclusive. Hunter Biden is neither Premium nor Exclusive!
Unless hapless happened to phone his father and actually get to speak to him and did find out about the prostrate procedure. The King had no intention of keeping it a secret from the British people, so he might not have been concerned about saying something to his son. But I think this is unlikely.
Setting up pap shots in parking lots and on pavements is what the duo do ... because it makes them feel important?
good sleuthing!
This article is a mess. No, the monarchy do not need hapless. The King is still able to carry on his constitutional duties and no Counsellors of State need to step in for him. No way could hapless stand in for William or Catherine either. Besides, all three will be able to continue with the work they do 'in the office'. It is just public appearances that they will not be able to do for a while.
If a regency is required, it would not be Edward who would step in as regent. It would be William.
Neither the monarchy nor the UK need hapless.
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Supposedly it was John Travolta who wanted to make hapless a living legend of aviation. Odd.
@HumorMe says`…Abdominal surgery has you out of the hospital in 5 days at the most: Gall Bladder, total Hysterectomy with tube/ ovaries, even a simple transplant is 5 days if no complications.…’ and I imagine that even with modern techniques, there are still risks from thrombosis and such like.
It’s the `complications’ bit that’s important here. All NHS patients have to sign to say that they understand that all operations carry risks , none is 100% safe. Discharge might be delayed for fairly= trivial reasons - my blood pressure refused to go down within the expected time so I had to wait.
Presumably, the medics are especially risk-averse in this case – this patient is not only precious to her nearest and dearest but to the nation, a huge asset in terms of international relations. Perhaps they just want to be sure of help being at hand immediately in case of a sudden emergency, whereas little people like us may well have to wait hours for an ambulance or doctor to attend.
Heroics are still a bad idea, despite all recent surgical advances. I recently had a procedure after which I was told not to raise my arm(s ) above shoulder level for 4 weeks, lest I pull something free before it was properly bedded in. Perhaps they don’t want the PoW playing rugger too soon?
Tomorrow night Her Pompous Nothingness wants to dance with John Travolta in a night dark blue off shoulders velvet evening dress!!!!
I pray, I DO pray they (the "living legends of aviation" people) say yes to this. The comedy gold in the annals of the ridiculousness of this one and his wife would be delicious.
(Information: courtesy of lady Colin Campbell)
Royally Sage
@sage1411
There is a lot of questions behind the scenes if Harry has actually been a pilot.
4:16 PM · Jan 18, 2024
Blind Item #2
Now the arch rival of the royal is pushing the narrative that not only is the royal a racist, but is also an alcoholic which is why she needed surgery.
https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2024/01/blind-item-2_18.html#disqus_thread
some interesting comments including some pasted screenshots about the award that Hairy will be getting.
It was Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos' fiancee who leaked that the Sussicks paid for their award.
Also, Lady C says that after the awards, * wants to dance with John Travolta in a similar dress as Diana wore in her fling around the ballroom with Travolta.
the whole story about the legend of aviation award from Lady C
apparently, Lauren Sanchez is keeping * away from her fiance, Jeff Bezos.
*'s fans called out for their disgusting comments regarding Catherine's surgery.
Superb article :)
Such a good question. In this age where people speak about "my truth" which may have no connection with independently verified facts, no. The old Russian proverb of "trust, but verify" is (in my opinion) backwards. Verify, THEN perhaps trust is earned. Perhaps. I'm still going to verify.
Our press is not trustworthy. I have been astounded to read the accounts of meetings where I was a participant (or merely attending as a civic duty) to find that nearly everything reported was incorrect. The local media affiliates have often closed comments about local news because they are corrected by the people that were not paid to report accurately. Heh. It usually starts something like this: "What kind of special idiot gets not just one or two items incorrect, but everything? Oh, and here's a list of the misspelled words!"
Ah, yes, John Travolta, grieving widower of Kelly Preston. He's been in the news lately, IIRC, about his children wanting him to move forward because their mom would not have wanted him to be alone (with his $250,000,000 fortune).
Does anybody think that she would want to dance with John Travolta if he didn't have a huge wallet?
Let’s begin with the Living Legends Awards that Archewell denies Harry paid $30,000 for. Perhaps someone else paid the $30,000? Maybe technically they are speaking the truth? Can you believe it? Harry and Meghan speaking the truth? I have been told behind the scenes stuff. The information that Harry paid for the award was leaked by a committee member. Guess who is on the committee? Guess who is also receiving an award? Guess who is a far more effective operator than Meghan? That’s right. Lauren Sanchez who has shot up in my estimation because it turns out she knows how to fight fire with fire. She is everything Megsy Baby would love to have been and had not quite managed to be. Well, Lauren Sanchez was heard joking that she needed guards around Jeff Bezos because she caught Meghan trying to talk him up twice. According to someone at WME, Meghan floated the idea of recreating the same Victor Edelstein dress that Princess Diana wore when she danced with John Travolta 30 years ago. Evidentially, Megsy Baby thinks she is a really good dancer. She took lessons but still doesn’t know what a curtsy is. Evidentially, Meghan wants to dance with John Travolta after the awards are handed out. You know Meghan considers herself Diana 2.0. Perhaps she will develop an aristocratic tilt up of her nose to disguise the ski slope given to her by a bad plastic surgeon. There are rumblings that Harry is taking over all press for anything pertaining to him, rather than use John Travolta’s perfectly competent press team. There are many inquiries if Harry was ever a pilot based on information that has come to the fore. Oh dear. Oh dear. You know he accepted an award for fighting racism within the Royal Family, then said there was none. So perhaps it makes sense he plans to accept an award for being a legend in aviation when in fact, he has never been a pilot. Harry was a gunner whose “ranking” stopped him from being elevated to a co-pilot. Evidentially, John Travolta was at the Beverly Hills Hotel. When have we heard this before? Hello Gordon Getty! H has made me a target. Can you help me get Diane Feinstein’s senate seat and buy me a $40 million house? I don’t understand why your family is so mean to me. The last thing I care about it titles, money or fame. So, Harry approached John Travolta at the Beverly Hills Hotel. John Travolta is a very kind and decent person who evidently has a heart of gold. John thought it was harmless to give Harry this award to be a legend in aviation and his lifetime. Then the organizers “accidentally” managed to let it slip that Harry was paying for the award. Remember, Archewell denies paying for this award. But can we really believe these announcements that come from California? Remember when Harry said he left this country on a commercial flight from Farnborough Airport? There are no commercial flights at Farnborough. How does that work? I could go on and on with the many occasions the people at Archewell get the wrong end of the stick. The word in California is that Lauren Sanchez let slip that Harry paid for his award. I hear she is not only a capable pilot but capable at snatching the richest man in the world away from his wife. I hear that she and her brother were responsible for having Jeff Bezos’ wife find pictures of his “private member.” This is a classic technique to break up a marriage. Get the wife mad at the husband then be there to comfort the husband. She sure knows how to play her cards better than Megsy Baby. Evidentially, Lauren has ordered that she and Jeff be kept separate from Harry and Meghan. Then we leap to the next chapter in the grimm tales of Meghan and Harry. Apparently the Army has an issue with Harry buying awards for himself. All of this info is courtesy of someone at WME. I will not say if it is a client or employee.
Some key passages:
... But in a hitherto unnoticed statement during the second reading of the bill in the Lords on November 21, 2022, Lord True, lord privy seal and leader of the Lords, said that the royal household had confirmed that in practice only “working members of the royal family will be called on to act as counsellors of state”.
... Those currently listed as eligible to serve as counsellors of state are the Queen, Prince William, Prince Harry, Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice, and the two new additions, Princess Anne and Prince Edward.
The King added a special rule which will mean Anne and Edward will be counsellors for the rest of their lives, unlike Harry, Andrew and Beatrice who will gradually be replaced when Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis come of age.
... Dr Craig Prescott, a constitutional law lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, warned that in order for counsellors of state to act for the King, he must first enact letters patent to allow them to do so.
1) M - lay off the Chardonnay and get working on will she or wont she be in Suits reboot
2) no doubt PofW is a racist alcoholic because she cant compete in a carpark pap competition with her husband's true love who resides in Montecito
As for the legends of the mile high club - it makes you really want to attend. Lauren in her Mafia wife attire (girlfriend why dont you just show up naked by now - not a good look) steering her plus one away from the carparkle queen. M in an off the shoulder dress luring Mr Travolta onto the dance floor in her deep throaty voice - i am the real princess of Wales Netflix or amazon prime - this is the content that we need to see. I hope there are lots of paps there, and a few good plants to report back to us!!!
Prince Harry today admitted defeat in a libel case he brought against the Mail on Sunday – on the day he was due to hand over documents.
The Duke of Sussex abandoned his case just hours before a deadline for his lawyers to pass over a list of relevant documents.
They could have eventually featured in the trial which was over claims he had attempted to mislead the public.
Instead, Harry threw in the towel, with his lawyers informing the High Court at 10am he was 'discontinuing' his case.
He will now face having to pay the newspaper's costs of £250,000 along with his own lawyers' fees – meaning a total legal bill of more than £750,000.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12983337/Prince-Harry-withdraws-libel-case-against-Mail-Sunday-security-row.html
BBC Crewman 1 `We’ve just hear that Harry & Meghan have notified the Press they will be doing a walkabout to see the flowers’.
Crewman 2: `Hm – I wonder if anyone’s told the King’?.’
Pregnant pause…
Later:
A Crewman. ` The Prince and Princess of Wales and the D &D of Sussex will be doing a joint walkabout.’
Something was then said that implied that this was His Majesty’s response to the Harkles’ effrontery.
It looked to me as if it was a Royal Command but one less about putting on a united front (as the papers spun it) but more importantly a tactic to neutralise the Harkles. The Royals inspecting the flowers for Diana had political motivation (to help defuse public anger) so too had this event – preventing * making it all about her *. Yes, the Princess of Wales looked unhappy but it was anger with * for instigating the whole business, not about the King’s part in it.
Just think of the costs he'll have to pay! The Court just `loves' litigants who settle at the Court door - putting his costs up even more if he'd done the sensible thing at the right time.
Stick that in your bong and smoke it, 'Arry Boy,
Here is the statement from him about withdrawing from the case against DM.
He is focusing on the judicial review and the safety of his family. (I think this is about forcing the UK to pay for their security, and those two do not move without SUVs and bodyguards.)
He does not want to give a continued platform for the claims in the DM. (The DM has proof of what the wrote.)
Costs still have to be calculated so it is premature to speculate. (Unless DM is very charitable, he has to pay all his own costs plus the DM costs.)
Nope I do not believe him. He was facing the deadline for disclosure, and he has no proof at all to back up his story. In fact, any evidence he has backs up the DM story.
I can recommend this review of Robert Hardman's book.
thanks for the link.
as an aside - I still have to laugh at the idiocy of wanting Archie's (who may not exist) birthday acknowledge during the Coronation.
I haven't been posting partly because of the busy holiday season, but mostly because it seemed to be a superfluous pile on as the Harkles, as Magatha has wittily & frequently reminded us, are really circling the drain in almost every respect. Can things get any worse for them? Surely the cockroach like aspects of *'s character will help her survive.
The health issues of the Princess of Wales and King Charles were very concerning to me, as it seemed as though some malevolent force was attacking two members of the RF who have already been maligned & attacked enough. Best wishes to both the Princes & the King for speedy & safe recoveries!
As I have mentioned in the past, I do find the Harkle court cases fascinating. So Harry has been handed the legal slap in the face that he has been asking for. I don't know that much about British courts or how much deference the RF is accorded by them, but since * got away with perjury in her case against the Daily Mail, I didn't have high hopes for this case. Does it signal a withdrawal of a certain amount of royal protection or deference for the dubious duo? I really have no idea. It's interesting, though.
just had a though about the mention of Archie during the coronation i think she wanted the BRF to make a mention so there is proof of child. yeah i’m still holding on there isn’t an archie in their custody. harder to strip for LOC if you acknowledge the child. the mrs really doesn’t want focus on any children. she sees what goes on Prince louis becomes a worldwide meme and boss baby. the Dame of Montecito would not want to share the spotlight
is it possible that * deliberately called out Catherine and Charles as the alleged racists BECAUSE she knew that they had health issues? you know how narcissists love to prey on the people they consider weak and love to attack when someone is at their lowest point, i.e. a health issue
* was a no show at the award for Legends of Aviation and Haznoballs snuck in through the back door
But Harry has a new career. RENT-A-PRINCE if you want to give your feast an extra sparkle and it does not cost you a penny, he is willing to pay YOU 30.000 grand to participate.
This must be very painful for the Royal Family. Harry's lack of any dignity i cringeworthy. Poor King Charles and William.