I am talking about Catherine and Trooping the Color.
It's barely over a week away and will she/won't she decision is leaning toward not in public media.
The ceremony is almost three and a half hours beginning really at 10, parade starting 10:30 and flyover at 1.
That's a long time even if you are sitting. Especially if you have not been out in public in a long time plus you have or feel you have to be the face of being the parent while your spouse is busy being officially second to His Majesty. And He won't be on a horse this time (uproar over tradition).
Yeah but, but ... what if she showed up for just part of it, like the flyover?
OH, that would be heartwarming after worrying about her as she has been coping with her disease.
But ... eh, my guess is not. Just because if she showed up, it would become the Catherine's back show instead of the celebration of the King's birthday. And Catherine is known for being able to be in the background in public royal settings which are focused on someone else (ie not spotlighting themselves).
She might be ready to come back but may well decide this is not the time or the place to do that. Marrying into any royal family comes with lots of opportunities to be gracious to the public but also to the other family members.
(even so, between us, I'd clap if I saw her)
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Judgment: Angel Gabriel coming down from the heavens and people rise up to greet him. This is a card of redemption, forgiveness, and reckoning. This is Harry as he sees himself as he hands out mercy to those who don't believe in him. He believes Judgment is his calling. He will not giving up efforts to make people see who he really believes he is.
(Judgment: This just indicates to me that a lot of his time and energy and focus is being spent on court cases.)
Eight of Wands: This is a card of action, swiftness, quick decisions. It's also a card of travel.
Is Harry travelling very soon? Yes. Knight of Pentacles (man on a horse) is the clarifier. He's going somewhere soon on a financial growth or money making opportunity.
Nine of Pentacles: Fruits of labor, plenty of financial independence and stability. He's been working on some project he expects that will ensure is financial future.
Is there money coming from his father? Yes. The clarifier card is Nine of Cups. This is a wish come true. Something he's getting in gratitude.
(Nine of Cups: Money from his father couid be as a father or as a monarch. But cups are associated with emotions and not material things. You could read it as a reconciliatory phone call or meeting with his father. I would read cups here as a 'no' with regards to money.)
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Knight of Cups: The knight in shining armor card. Putting on the charm. There are other aspects of this card that indicate a person easily bored and seeking new stimulation. He's a dreamer who is easily led. This is a dreamer who can step over the line and find himself in trouble financially and in personal relationships. He can sometimes be found to be somewhat out of touch or old fashioned in his approach. Harry sees himself as the great diplomat and in touch with modern needs but he needs to use caution when it comes to opportunities and financial windfall.
(Knight of Cups: The characteristics of the person signified by this card are mostly passive. He is graceful, dilettante. He is amiable in a passive way. He is quick to respond to attraction, and easily becomes enthusiastic under such stimulus; but he is not very enduring. He is exceedingly sensitive to external influence, but with no material depth in his character.
He can be sensual, idle and untruthful. Yet with all this he possesses an innocence and purity which are the essence of his nature. But he is, on the whole, so superficial that it is hard to reach this depth.
He tends to mismanage all his affairs; and unless sheer good fortune attend him, his whole career will be an unbroken record of failure and disaster. Often his mental “civil war” ends in schizophrenia or melancholy madness. The abuse of stimulants and narcotics may precipitate the catastrophe.)
Ace of Pentacles reversed: This is a card of missed chances, lack of planning and a bad investment.
(Ace of Pentacles: I don't read reversals. To me, this card indicates new ideas for material wealth. So always another money-making scheme./, but without suitable thinking and action, it remains an idea.)
Is this something else other than the cards above? No. The card pulled is The Eight of Cups as a clarifier. This is a card of disappointment, withdrawal and leaving the deal on the table and walking away.
Is this something with Invictus? Yes or No? Maybe. The card is Queen of Swords reversed as the clarifier. We will know more in the fall.
(Queen of Swords: To me this card here simply means that she determines any outcome for him. This queen can have these characteristics ... intensely perceptive, a keen observer, a subtle interpreter, an intense individualist, swift and accurate at recording ideas; in action confident, in spirit gracious and just. Her movements will be graceful, and her ability in dancing and balancing exceptional. She can be cruel, sly, deceitful and unreliable; in this way, very dangerous, on account of the superficial beauty and attractiveness which distinguish her.
The character, excellent in itself, cannot support interference. Foresight and prudence, care in preparation of action, are a safeguard. Advantage is to be won, moreover, by reliance on help from apparently unsuitable comrades. This alien strength often supplies the defeat of inherent weakness, and may even create definite superiority to circumstance. In such an event, there may be temptation to undertake rash adventures, foredoomed to failure. But even so, no blame is incurred; the conditions of True Will have been satisfied, and the issue is compensated by the feeling that the right (however unfortunate) course has been adopted.
Such people acquire intense love and devotion from the most unexpected quarters.)
An in-depth balanced article, though it still gives him sole crefit for the creation of IG.
I found this interesting:
'Yet no amount of praise will counteract the icy blast directed towards the Sussexes from the Windsors back in Britain. On his last visit, the King’s aides were baffled by Harry’s claims that his father was too busy to see him. Those within the Palace have such a faint dotted line into the Sussexes’ office that it was said to be far from clear what Harry’s plans were in the first place.
As for his brother, there is no longer any hope that a meeting will take place in the short term.'
Re the dowager hump, yes it looks that way. Considering *'s been doing yoga and Pilates for years, supposedly, you'd think she would pay attention to her posture but I find her posture is terrible. She's all hunched up, she rarely stands straight.
Catherine will be at the Wimbledon Men's Final. Pap walk from the double-handed claw? More breathless, throwback articles from Hello? Attacks on Catherine via the SS?
Marie Tillman Shenton and her current husband both draw 6 figures salaries from the foundation. Marie used to work for ESPN in marketing. Marie's hubby has ties to BetterUP. Lady C mentioned this yesterday.
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Last year, at the Invictus Games in Germany, a photo of Prince Harry, his wife, and a colleague of mine went viral. In fact, imagine my surprise when I first saw it here in this sub! Much later, during a work trip, I met up with my colleague for dinner, and I couldn't resist asking her about Invictus. I thought she was pro-H&M; however, her experience revealed quite the opposite.
First the picture. She recounted that Meghan Markle spotted her and a friend, saying, "This would make a great photo opportunity," then practically manhandled them into taking a photo. Although Meghan was nice during the photo op (and Prince Harry was much nicer, and carried the actual conversation), my friend described her as "evil" and mentioned that Invictus is used primarily for PR. The organizers and volunteers had code names for the couple and could predict their arrivals because entire sections would be blocked off for staged events, and Getty photographers were ushered in.
In Harry's opening speech, he mentioned recently discovering his wife's Nigerian heritage. My friend said there was "tumbleweeds" of awkward silence, except for some cheers from about a dozen Nigerians who had been "rounded up" for this announcement. It struck many as disrespectful, diverting attention from an event dedicated to injured soldiers to focus on Meghan's heritage.
She was also at the event where Harry danced down the stairs to meet the Nigerian team. Organizers had gathered Nigerian women into a section, and H&M were then escorted down among them. Meghan walked right by my friend without acknowledging her, despite having forced a photo with her the previous day. It was clear that the Nigerian connection is obviously about PR. They stayed for only 10 minutes, and people were planted for photo ops. It all felt very contrived, with Getty photographers capturing them "posing for photos in the crowd" before they were quickly ushered out.
In fact, my friend revealed that supportive cardboard banners are handed out to people gathered in sectioned-off areas. [Editor's note: this is where my mouth dropped open. THEY'RE HANDING OUT BANNERS OF SUPPORT!]
She said Harry seemed to hate the attention but is besotted with Meghan. He disliked it when the crowd sang "Happy Birthday," whereas Meghan appeared to revel in the attention, enjoying people pulling at her and touching her hair.
Funny anecdote, Harry was heard saying: “Keep those fucking English away from me," clearly referring to English journalists.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e2avj7/this_story_about_our_saint_was_just_shared_with_me/
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Re the dowager hump, yes it looks that way. Considering *'s been doing yoga and Pilates for years, supposedly, you'd think she would pay attention to her posture but I find her posture is terrible. She's all hunched up, she rarely stands straight.
I don't *think* it is posture; could be compressive fractures of the vertebrae. I wouldn't think that getting enough weight-bearing exercise and getting the vitamins/minerals necessary for healthy bone structure (which can't be seen) is high on her list of priorities. Her skeletal structure seems a bit wonky anyway with her feet/hands looking to be too large for her height. Her bone structure appears to trend more to the masculine side than feminine IMO.
"Harry and Meghan will not be joining the rest of the Royal Family in August," the source said.
"The King is keen for it to be a happy family occasion which will see members of the Royal Family come together for just over a week to discuss plans for the future and to unwind.
"The Sussexes will not be part of that meeting but may join the King at a later date when the Queen and the rest of the Royal Family have left."
https://archive.ph/k75BL
Do you think they will visit with Charles at Balmoral at the end of the summer? I would be surprised if they did not. As with the late Queen, such a visit would give them major coverage and they could build all sorts of narratives to feed their favourite flying monkeys. She will probably say that Charles made the apology she demanded. Will Charles allow them to have photographs that they can use as they wish?
If I was Charles, I would not invite them. They are not to be trusted.
And Harry, our hero of the day, that courageous soldier used true wounded veterans as human shields against boos and once again, with his own words, was hiding behind Nelson Mandela's back. NM a man who is today an idol for all mankind to look up when one speaks on high moral values and personal bravery.
He does not get it, prince Harry, does he, why people feel so deep contempt for him.
Has she been selling shares in Clevr Blends?
They got a lot of money from Netflix and Spotify (not the full amount but still a lot), plus earned some from speeches in the beginning, Charles gave them money, she does get something from residuals, he personally had a small fortune, they invested some ... True, they live an expensive lifestyle, but they also always get someone else to pay for private jets and holidays. She is probably still managing to get clothes and jewellery for free or for a major discount but no longer from big brand names.
They still have a lot of money. But, more importantly, they still get attention, and breathless coverage from Hello.
Politics is volatile, so she probably thinks she can still fulfill her dream of being a major political figure, but she has been quiet on that front for a while so she may be in retreat after failing to get Congress, the Senate and Newsome to open doors for her. Newsome might publicly defend the duo, and look ridiculous, but he is not going to get her into Senate or Congress, in the state or nationally.
"He does not get it, prince Harry, does he, why people feel so deep contempt for him."
I think they are both so deluded, which is why they cannot change how they operate, other than disastrous surface changes, and why they must not be let back into the royal family.
I still think they might visit the King at Balmoral, and then use flying monkeys to unleash stories about an apology from the King, becoming part-time working royals again, children being the favourite grandchildren ... plus nasty rumours about William and Catherine being spread. How low can they go?
John Travolta being diplomatic and kind, but not accepting invitations from the duo. Must be a blow to them ... he owns planes, and probably a holiday home or two.
`Twenty-two children have died and at least 132 have been injured after a school building collapsed in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, local officials say.'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw0y1jl95rdo
It's a long way to go for a photo opportunity but surely that's the very least a humanitarian Nigerian princess can do?
Watch this space - but my guess says it'll be ignored.
Unofficially, Beatrice is half in and half out (my opinion). The duo will be furious. But, Beatrice steps in where and when she is asked to, keeps RAVEC and the Palace informed, and makes no demands. The duo wanted to be in control and dictate to everyone. Beatrice gets the same level of security as working royals when she attends an event when asked to by the Palace.
Maybe John Travolta is not interested in being humiliated again after Harry publicly accused him "dining out on Harry's mother and their dance in the White House" when they were in the Aviation Awards. Harry is a horrible moron.
He does not understand long words so "consequence" is too complicated to him. He treats people like dirt and then does not understand that they do not want meet him again.
Holy sh1t! Someone tried to assassinate Trump? Sorry to be off topic, but this is insane. It was so darn close.
Yep. And *nobody* is talking about Thick and Thin.
YouTuber Celt Views has a very interesting video covering her explanation for “Megxit”. I think it was WBBM who posted that link—its well worth a watch. I can’t lay my hands on that link just at the minute but I will hunt it up. Her conclusion is what I believe happened, too. Megxit was staged by the Sussexes as their brave manifesto to “find freedom” from a repressive racist institution… They have created a media empire based entirely around their “Romeo & Juliet Victimology Narrative.” For a while this bogus narrative was quite lucrative.
The Sussexes did not leave the RF of their own accord— They were told in no uncertain terms to get out by her late Majesty the Queen. More precisely, Harry’s wife was severely removed from the United Kingdom by orders of the queen and packed off to Canada, effectively banished. Her behavior had become too egregious to be borne. Harry was given the choice… Renounce her and stay in the Firm, or follow her. If the latter, the separation would be permanent and irrevocable. He chose her. Their behavior since then has been the vindictiveness of two toddlers who are being forced, for the first time in their lives to learn what an unyielding, unequivocal No means.
In short, the Sussexes are not welcome in the UK. There will be no reconciliation at Balmoral, ever. Meg has never been to Balmoral and H has has refused to visit there since he got involved with her. The annual teasing over “will they/won’t they”? Is just a ploy for attention. So I wouldn’t worry that they’ll be seeing his family anytime soon… Like when hell freezes over.
YouTuber Celt Views has a very interesting video covering her explanation for “Megxit”. I think it was WBBM who posted that link—its well worth a watch. I can’t lay my hands on that link
Sounds like a very reasonable explanation. The alternative would be convoluted, high drama worthy of a soap and almost conspiracy level of covert actions. Close to that time, there were always rumors about her being put on a plane but who and exactly when were always cloudy. But they persisted.
Recollections may vary takes on a new level of response, maybe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atexYOhPEQs
Except Hairy thought he was on his usual "time out," and things would blow over in a year or so. Nope. The middle-aged man-baby was out. I believe his anger is about never getting out of "time out," that it is permanent. Unless...he knows what he'd have to do.
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Meghan Markle had to be "held back" from calling King Charles after "sabotaging" her latest business venture, an insider claims.
In April, the former royal gifted 50 jars of strawberry jam in a basket of lemons, from her long-awaited lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, to influencers across the US.
But, an insider has told New Idea magazine that the 42-year-old believes it is "no coincidence" that the King authorised the release of his $50 Highrove Royal Estate Honey to coincide with her product.
The source said: "She is trying to establish herself as a lifestyle mogul but now she's competing with a royal rival."
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Meghan's relationship with King Charles has now "evaporated" to the point where she believes her father-in-law is interfering with her career, the source claims.
Charles has also just launched Highgrove Splash, a men's aftershave retailing for $250, in a move which has further frustrated Meghan who was "planning to develop her own men's grooming range".
A source told New Idea: "She had no idea [about this] and now suddenly, as she sees it, there's a glut of his products on the market.
"She's one step away from calling Charles about the clash but Prince Harry is holding her back."
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The Suits star will now return to focus her efforts on her American Riviera Orchard brand but is "convinced" Charles promoting his new launches is a "deliberate attempt to to curb her success".
And then Charles reinforced the banning with the phrase "My overseas Son and his wife."
That was an interesting video.
We have been living through bizarro land that this could have happened. DJT is alive by the Grace of God. I am horrified by the damage this shooter caused at this rally - he did not care (I saw the layout of the event).
I remember JFK, I saw LHO be shot by jack ruby. I remember the horror on the ABC correspondent's face when Reagan was shot.
The political rhetoric has always been bad - that is a fact. But the reactions to it now are more frequent - so that is on us as a People. I do not have the answer.
I stumbled across a treasure trove of tea on nutjob ... stories about people who have interacted with her. She frantically tried to scrub the Internet of the stories, but people kept a record and it is all told in the many comments in the above thread. She really is awful and has consistently treated people badly.
Interesting that most people who met hspless found him likeable but dumb.
The royal family cottened on to her from a very early stage.
There are a trove of stories in the comments in the above thread, so it is well worth going through them all.
As ever, only Victor Meldrew's `I don't believe it!' is an adequate response to this news, with `WTF does she think she is?' as a back up.
For non-Brit Nutties, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVAX166QwrU
I’m not sure what Coates sources are but her tea sounds legit. We recall the time when TOW was pictured being escorted from the national theater with her hand splayed out displaying bare fingers. This was perceived as a threat to H that she was going to leave him. At least, that’s how TOW wanted it spun.
What actually happened according to CV: TOW had been summoned to a meeting with her Majesty. TOW knew she was in for it, so she responded that she had a previous engagement at the national and was unavailable to meet with the Queen. Chicken legs attempt to play chicken with the Queen was a fail: HM immediately sent word to the national theater that the Duchess was to be turned away at the door and escorted back to the palace. When she arrived, she was compelled to handover her wedding rings, which is why she exited barehanded. The baggage was hauled back to the Queen and summarily fired without appeal. In point of fact she was taken immediately from the Queen’s presence by car to the airfield and put on a plane to Toronto. HM was taking the trash back to where Harold found her.
Waiting aboard the plane under instructions from TQ to see that Harry’s tart got airborne out of UK airspace were the Earl and Countess of Wessex. Baggage was not allowed to speak to H or collect any belongings…that’s how angry HM was. There was absolutely no baby Archie aboard.
So now there is some context for the Gruesome Grifters’ insistence on an apology and Harry’s dark muttering, “They know what they did.”
I believe that the baggage is banned from entering the UK except by invitation of the sovereign. For some bizarre reason, after throwing her grandson and his wife out of her kingdom, Elizabeth received them back for the Commonwealth service in 2020 followed by her platinum jubilee. But that was ceremony, not family. If Harry and Megan hadn’t already been on the continent when her Majesty died, I highly doubt the Douchess of Suxxit would have been received at the state funeral of HM.
MM will never set foot in the UK has long as William draws breath, I’m pretty certain.
On another note, 'Royal fans claim Venus Williams snubbed Prince Harry at ESPYs after she failed to join standing ovation and didn't clap when Duke was called on stage to collect his award' (DM).
'In a video shared by ESPN on YouTube, Harry can be seen running up to the stage to collect his award, but while his wife and much of the crowd stood to applaud the Prince, Venus remained seated and was not seen clapping.
Later on in the clip, the sporting icon - who was recently honoured with her own Barbie doll - was seen standing up next to Meghan as Harry gave his speech.
But royal fans say Venus 'shaded' Harry, while others have accused her of giving the couple major 'side eye'.
Taking to X, one person wrote: 'Are they still b*** hurt that Venus and that whole front row shaded Harry… the video was even crystal clear'.
Another said: 'Loved seeing Venus giving Harry and Megsie the "side eye"….no standing ovation or clapping'.
A third person pointed out that perhaps Venus, like many others, also protested the Duke's award: 'If Venus didn’t agree with Harry getting the award that was her right not to clap'.'
They're not quite getting the fame and adulation they want.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13635343/Royal-fans-Venus-Williams-snubbed-Prince-Harry-ESPYs.html
There was also a reference to TBW being caught taking photographs of the Cambridges’s rooms and rifling around the bedroom looking for Catherine’s engagement ring. It was not clear whether this was the same occasion in 2016 when TBW Was busted doing the same and shipped back to Toronto or more recently. I am not certain I believe this part, since TBW would’ve had no access whatsoever to Catherine’s rooms once the duplicitous do it was removed from Kensington Palace, But even presuming she had been able to get in, staff would’ve been present and guests not allowed free range and private rooms, even her.
I don’t doubt that she would do exactly this if given the opportunity, but a question whether she had the opportunity. In any case, Sophie and Edward would not have been involved on the earlier occasion, but they were sent the second time to make sure TOW left the country. That would account for the filthy filthy look Sophie gave Harry’s wife when next they met for the Commonwealth Service a few months later. Sophie won that round.
I didn't know or couldn't remember that * had the brazen cheek to get herself to the National Theatre in a bid to avoid a meeting with the Queen. This shows unbelievable insolence. She really had no idea how deal with the BRF and protocol and didn't realise the Queen wasn't a figurehead. She probably thought the Queen was a benign person - which she was - but was tough and strong at the same time. She seriously underestimated her. Not so whip smart after all.
I have no doubt that the douchass is persona non grata within the BRF. I don't know if she can legally be barred from the UK - the sovereign doesn't not have that power - but I can't see her being invited to any royal event any time soon. * stating that she hates the UK and doesn't want to visit is once again turning the tables around. She's not wanted by the BRF and her take on it is that she doesn't want to set foot in the UK. The cowardly little trollop knows that she can't fool the British any more and that they are not exactly enamoured with her.
I knew it! The Palace took back Diana's aquamarine ring, and other precious jewelry. If Mrs. Biscuits did have it she would have flashed it on Diana's birthday.
Do you think Sophie had a go-to brown paper bag for Mrs. Biscuit, like a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a change of underwear?
How absolutely delightful the Queen took out the Trash.
It was WBBM who found it. I just reposted.
It explains
- the vendetta that * and Hairball have against his family.
- the Oprah interview and why she felt she had to tell so many lies.
- why she wanted the interview to air despite Philip being on his death bed.
- the last appearance at the National Theatre.
- why * seems to be scared of Sophie, like at the Jubilee Mass when Sophie shot her a look
We tend to think of the late Queen as a sweet old lady but she wasn't going to allow * to undo what she had worked so hard for over 7 decades by ruining the BRF's reputation.
Do you think it’s plausible that Harry’s wife is on an MI:6 watchlist and her passport has been flagged? Six exists to monitor threats against the security of the UK from forces abroad. I would say that both H and his trollop pose a clear and present danger to the UK and to the Wales family in particular…with her demented fan base fomenting violence. Unhinged people will do anything to achieve their aims.
I think there are protocols in place to ensure that neither of the Sussexes can come and go at will.
Do you think it’s plausible that Harry’s wife is on an MI:6 watchlist and her passport has been flagged? Six exists to monitor threats against the security of the UK from forces abroad. I would say that both H and his trollop pose a clear and present danger to the UK and to the Wales family in particular…with her demented fan base fomenting violence. Unhinged people will do anything to achieve their aims.
I think there are protocols in place to ensure that neither of the Sussexes can come and go at will.
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@swampwoman - yes, it was an assissination attempt on the former president.
We have been living through bizarro land that this could have happened. DJT is alive by the Grace of God. I am horrified by the damage this shooter caused at this rally - he did not care (I saw the layout of the event).
I remember JFK, I saw LHO be shot by jack ruby. I remember the horror on the ABC correspondent's face when Reagan was shot.
The political rhetoric has always been bad - that is a fact. But the reactions to it now are more frequent - so that is on us as a People. I do not have the answer.
The political climate is very bad. My personal feeling is that we're all being deliberately manipulated, regardless of which 'side' we are on, and it isn't for good. It is for others to gain power while we lose autonomy.
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"His relationship with brother Harry upset him more than he would care to admit. But he found it easier to cut ties rather than allow himself to be continually annoyed."
Get thee gone, pest!
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e49ejz/william_and_catherine_agree_to_ignore_harry/
The Queen took out the Trash.
I think if anything, it's MI5 rather than MI6, which could do something about *. MI5 protects the UK's citizens and interests against national security threats (both at home and overseas). Whether they have the power to stop * from entering the UK, I really don't know. She could visit as Harry's +1 if he was over here for something like Invictus, as long as she was nowhere near the BRF or any royal residence. I don't think she'll be invited for tea at BP, never mind Balmoral, any time soon so the royals should be safe. Remember that she can do as much, if not more, damage from thousands of miles away.
https://psychicnikki.com/predictions-archive.html
However, some about the royal family have actually happened:
Cancer
King hospitalized
Accident with a horse
Nutjob gets a new TV show
Some predictiins are 'rolled over' from the previous year, and seem very dated by now!
The Palace took back Diana's aquamarine ring, and other precious jewelry.
This reminds me of an article in the MoS which I was going to post about. It's behind a paywall so I can't add a link but I got a hard copy. The article is a out another American married to a royal, 'Did Wallis Simpson secretly plan the theft of £17M of her jewels as an insurance job?'. It wouldn't be a stretch of imagination to substitute * for Wallis. A few excerpts:
- Edward's mother, Queen Mary, soon became alarmed by stories about the glittering Mrs Simpson, who 'dripped in new jewels and clothes'
- Queen Mary was assured by her son's circle that the jewels were paste. But her instinct proved correct. ... she was horrified to discover Edward had gifted the American woman £50,000 worth of jewels at Christmas and a further £60,000 a week later.
- Both Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels lent the duchess jewellery to wear to public events... A former servant later said:"Rarely was anything handed back".
In summary, there was no inventory of the jewellery, which was vast and stored in a trunk under the maid's bed and some jewellery went missing. Wallis had ordered the trunk to her bedroom. No one saw or heard anything and the dogs didn't bark. The thief/thieves knew where to go.
'The stolen jewels were insured for £400,000 (£14M today)' ... The insurers paid up promptly.
'One authority who was convinced of the Windsor's duplicity and fraud was Leslie Field, author of The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II.
It's a very long article but you get the idea. I wouldn't put it past * to do something similar.
I've now found a link to the same article! Scroll sideways to read it.
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-irish-mail-on-sunday/20240714/282071987127246
I don't think any of the top jewelers have lent the dog biscuit woman any jewels.
In fact, a strip mall jeweler wouldn't lend her anything.
Is Claire's still around?
Publishers are usually swift to get one on the market, especially if they can market it as containing 'sensational' new material.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13641607/EPHRAIM-HARDCASTLE-Prince-Harry-publication-Spare.html
Interesting. Why no paperback? Why no new edition? He claims he left huge amounts out of the book, so there is plenty of material. Perhaps the ghostwriter is 'not available' to spend a huge amount of time trying to cobble together a new chapter?
You're right, I don't think the top jewellers have lent * anything, certainly not now although perhaps while she was still in the BRF. Wasn't there something about * keeping some royal jewels? And what about her engagement ring that was first upgraded (was the real stone removed?) and then went missing for several months? As usual, there's always something shady where * is concerned.
'But it seems Harry has no new spare excitement to impart. His family has kept him at arms length, aware that anything they say could be taken down and used in evidence against them.
The only exclusives Harry could offer relate to his view of the Coronation from behind Aunt Anne's plumed hat and how he nipped in to Buck House en route to Heathrow to use the loo. Too much information, Harry?
While Meghan didn't dispatch Lucozade and grapes to her father-in-law when he was diagnosed with cancer, she did privately wish the King well.
Will she dispatch birthday greetings to her father Thomas when he reaches his 80th tomorrow?' (DM)
They'll have to rely on the sale of jam from ARO, although I'm not sure it's a roaring success. It looks like their sources of income are getting fewer and fewer. How much longer will they be able to maintain Mudslide Manor?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/tyler-perry-paley-honors-prince-harry-meghan-markle-host-committee-1235950385/
The Paley Center has convened some of Perry’s closest friends and colleagues as part of its Paley Honors Tribute Host Committee, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; Perry is godfather to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter, Lilibet, after offering up his house to the couple following their contentious exit from the royal family.
"Ariel Emanuel, Jon Feltheimer, Whoopi Goldberg, Taraji P. Henson, Matt Johnson, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Gayle King, Debra L. Lee, Mellody Hobson, George Lucas, Scott Mills, Nicole Avant, Ted Sarandos, and Kerry Washington are also part of the committee."
Another rumour that he is miserable ... and they are wanting to sue the US press for publishing negative articles about them!
Rock bottom? Did we miss the moment? Or is this the ignominious slow slide?
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They always leave events early. If you can be bothered to re-read articles about them since they became a couple, they do the bare minimum as require - arrive as last minute as possible to event start time, do arrivals greeting line /red carpet/ pictures/ video or go straight into event, immediately give speech/ accept award/ join talking panel.
They only do green room / extra photos, if and only, with important guests at events, but only if those VIPs are more important than themselves.
Otherwise they go from stage ( speech/ accept award/ panel) straight to exit the event.
Markle was notorious for hating any fan events or meet & greets that she had to do for Suits and always did the mandated, contractually agreed minimum. She thought pictures and red carpet interviews was enough.
Any other interviews were self-promotion in her quest for fame so she was OK with those, and even then just spoke to the interviewer and their pre-interview prep team.
She brought that attitude into the royal family and we caught it afew times eg her engagement at Mayhew when she was late for hours, popped in for 15mins for the photos and then left.
Or the time she visited a retired actors’ home where she was late, made one very brief cursory tour of one room, unveiled a plaque and left immediately. Visit lasted 20mins.
Her first post-birth engagement, Smartworks, where she showed up for speech only then left while claiming it was ‘feeding time.’ - visit lasted 15mins.
Famously, she got angsty at the BP garden party and started loudly telling Harold that she was bored even though she’d only been at event for 15mins. Her attitude got her booted out, but it achieved her aim.
Harold adopted her attitude eventually, but he is much better if he is solo because he clicks back into royal mode where he spends time with as many people as possible at events, and not just the important people nor does he (appear to) care being photographed.
The worst execution of this minimal engagement attitude was at Invictus Games Dusseldorf. Despite all the media coming out of it, they didn’t spend longer than 10-15mins at each event, and they only worked the games for a couple of hours daily. Just long enough to get pictures.
Many people have said that a section of each venue would suddenly be curated before they arrived, they’d come in and sit for 10mins, mug for cameras as directed by off camera person, and then left immediately. Even the birthday sing-a-long to Harold was orchestrated in this way.
In many, many articles, there is always a throwaway line about the little time they spend at events. That they are always late and leave early.
For the ESPYs, they apparently arrived at the venue/ took their seats minutes before the show started. They allegedly spent a long time back stage between that opening and eventually getting their award, and then left 30mins before the show finished. Very much their MO.
It’s not about security. They do it because they don’t want to be amongst ordinary people ( Harold said this directly in his security court case) and they can.
I came by chance across this headline in the DE and I couldn't believe it, 'Meghan devastated as 'she can't understand why people don’t admire her'. * 'is struggling to understand why her output is not generating any respect and admiration amongst the general public, according to a royal expert.
Earlier this year it appeared that she was working on numerous projects, from launching her new brand American Riviera Orchard to producing two new shows for Netflix and releasing a new podcast.
...
However she still seems to be finding the backlash hard as she reportedly feels constantly criticised and as if she is "unfairly picked on".'
I had to laugh when I saw the headline. Can she be really that thick? Constant whining hasn't helped and now she's whining that she can't understand why. She is the architect of her own demise. May I suggest some introspection and less navel gazing might help.
Interesting comments about why Archwell is such a failure.
I do think there are a lot of people in America with money who will throw a donation or two their way every now and then, but the duo do not know how to do the hard work to build something lasting that makes a difference in the long term. They think like school children.
I think it is just talk about sensational new material for a paperback of Spare. I have no doubt that he could add a few more chapters of mythical events and conversations that would create a media storm, and the publishers could easily make a profit without having to sell many millions (paperbacks are cheaper to print, and it is cheap and easy to add a few chapters). But do they have the discipline, and how much would they have to pay the ghostwriter, and can they risk being sued for libel?
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FBI agents searching the history on Crooks’ electronic devices found a Google search of Christopher Wray, the FBI director; Merrick Garland, the attorney-general and an unnamed member of the monarchy, according to people familiar with the call.
https://archive.ph/2024.07.17-231747/https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/secret-service-investigation-trump-assassination-attempt-0bvc3j076
Perhaps he was simply a fan of hapless and nutjob? But they will use this to scream 'We must have full security, paid for by the British people'! Trump has full-on security and he still got shot.
"The number of Harry's fans has been decreasing in recent years.
While he was once one of the most popular British royals, he and his wife are now at the bottom of the list. Interest in the Sussexes is also steadily declining in America.
A planned documentary by ZDF is now to publish new information about the "Sussex system". Unlike in their Netflix documentary, however, Harry and Meghan have no influence on this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e62bna/zdf_documentary_on_kate_has_premiered_next_up_the/
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's 'perfect route' back into the Royal family explained
Lauren Welch & Kiesha Dosanjh
Thu 18 July 2024 at 10:31 am BST·2-min read
Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet might just be the golden ticket for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to rekindle their relationship with the Royal Family, according to commentators.
The Sussexes have been tipped to potentially use 2024 as a year to bridge gaps with the royals, and this strategy is seen as particularly poignant for the Duke.
Patrick Christys suggested in a January segment to Royal pundit Kinsey Schofield that the couple could "surely use the grandkids as a way back" into the Royal fold.
Schofield agreed, noting it would be the "perfect" route for a family reunion. "If Harry did want a way back in he could use the excuse that despite his personal beef with King Charles, he wants his children to have a relationship with their grandfather, it would be the perfect way back wouldn't it?" she remarked.
She also recalled a moment when Prince Harry, upon learning of his eviction from Frogmore Cottage, reportedly questioned his father, "Well don't forget according to reports when Prince Harry received the phone call that he was being evicted from Frogmore Cottage, he said to his father 'don't you want to see your grandkids anymore?'" reports the Express.
Schofield highlighted, "So you are exactly right if there is a way in, Harry is already thinking about it."
Despite making two brief visits to the UK this year, including one in February after news broke of King Charles' cancer diagnosis, Prince Harry has travelled without Meghan, who stayed behind in the US with the kids.
Meghan and Harry's little ones have made only a handful of trips across the pond, with Lilibet's inaugural visit occurring in June 2022.
Archie, unlike his sister Lilibet, was born in the UK in 2019 and moved to America when he was just a tot. The family now resides in a swanky £12million mansion in Montecito, California.
When Harry last visited the UK in May, Royal experts speculated that it was unlikely the Duke would bring his youngsters with him.
Royal expert Hannah Furness suggests this decision could be down to concerns over security.
While discussing the matter on an episode of A Right Royal Podcast, Hannah explained: "There is quite a heavy narrative that Meghan and the children won't be coming back until they can resolve this security issue to their liking. But [Harry] will certainly be coming and going."
It still hasn't sunk in that it's not up to them, has it?
you can only save people who want to be saved
and the line out of It's a Wonderful Life
You're worth more dead than alive (to George Bailey).
A photo about her cooking show, and speculation about which property was actually used.
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In [redacted, pre-2020], planning had already started for the succession of Patronages once the Queen passed on, and it was suggested that Madam may want to take us on, a charity with [redacted] at its centre is a good look!
So she came for a visit. These Royal visits are really important as big donors want meet and greets, we get a years worth of press and publicity and the staff and the families we support have a great day, we get donations for catering and funfair equipment and it's a party.
She was a fucking brat
She sulked when we told her team she couldn't have a photo op hugging the children and didn't want a sit down to talk to the mums about their experiences
My [young male colleague] wheeled me in the line for the meet and greet and when when I was introduced ... and our CEO explained my big patent, she reached over me to shake [young male colleague's] hand, obviously flirting with someone almost half her age, completely ignoring me.
When he explained I was the genius (his words), she just said "oh" and walked off. Our CEO was gobsmacked at her rudeness and the Palace was so apologetic.
Anyway we got [another Royal Patron]. [He/she] is brilliant and has an amazingly ... sense of humour.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e6c81e/one_persons_experience_meeting_meghan_story_found/
I don't think the children would be enough to be a way back into the RF. This is not a one-way street, the RF would have to want to meet the Harkles, however lovely the children. Maybe Harold is trying to soften up daddy but I don't think this will work. Nope, ain't going to happen.
@Sandie
I thought just the same as you re the attempted assassination of Trump, i.e. that H&* will claim this shows they could be a legitimate target. I think there is a difference between a politician and presidential candidate and a former prince and a washed up actress.
` Can she be really that thick?'
That was the point I was trying to make about the Poodle. Neither of them has any idea of the effect thy have on other people - and its consequences. Both must have a large part of their brains missing or at least not working.
Thanks for the Reddit post about the royal patronage. I can't say I'm surprised. This illustrates that she had zero interest in her patronages/meeting people and that under a very thin veneer of sophistication (in her own mind) she's just a boor. She can't fool people now.
I came by chance across this headline in the DE and I couldn't believe it, 'Meghan devastated as 'she can't understand why people don’t admire her'. * 'is struggling to understand why her output is not generating any respect and admiration amongst the general public, according to a royal expert.
Well, there it is. People that have actual things to do don't sit around being devastated because they don't understand why people don't admire them. They are too busy getting on with life to worry about what other people think.
I'm not sure why I should admire some random skank for buying herself awards and pretending to be charitable anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vnURL6UNAvQ
He calls Meghan The Duchess of Sussex an `agent of poison'. Haven't watched it yet but think you'd like it pdq.
Now let me see if this will load...
thank you for that video link.
It was quite informative. Tom Bower doesn't hold back any punches, does he?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/everything-we-know-as-prince-harry-to-appear-in-itv-phone-hacking-scandal-documentary-tabloids-on-trial/ar-BB1pNHux
I shan't be watch but hope some public-spirited Nutty will take the hit for us. Its ITV1 on Thurs 25th, prime time. I'll find something I've already recorded instead, probably a back edition of `New Tricks'.
New Tricks is one of my favorite shows. American public TV and BritBox have brought the antics of the UCOS squad to these shores. I wish I could forget every episode and experience the show for the first time.
Every time the Twats trot out the “Doesn’t Grandpa want to see his grandchildren?” Schtick I just chuckle at their tedious predictability. How many years/decades do they think they can run this con?
I believe every bit of the tea from Celt Views about the circumstances Madam was shipped off to Canada. Would the Queen, no matter how justified in firing the baggage, would she have deprived a 6 month old baby of his mother like that? Archie was not part of the conversation because there was no Archie. There still isn’t nor an invisible American born sister. I’ve never believed in the fauxnancies since December 2018. My unbelief is not proof but does any reasonable person really think HMTQ would cruelly split up a young family? Nah. If Harry’s wife really had an infant at the time, she might’ve been demoted from Royal duties but not kicked out of the country. If these children were real, I think we’d have evidence of efforts being made to retain the Sussexes within the Royal fold. King Charles is now the legal guardian of all his minor grandchildren. Don’t we think we’d have heard something of Harry’s concerned family intervening to rescue the children from a potentially dangerous life with their drug dependent self harm threatening father and a mother the late Queen herself called evil? The silence around the kids is so deafening I can only conclude that there are none. King Charles nor anyone else in the RF has met these kids and that’s a situation that will continue. When’s the last time we saw any photos of “the kids”? It’s been a whole year.
Talk is cheap, and it’s worn thin.
I was today year's old when I learned that Doria is pronounced Dough Ria.
@WildBoar
I like ‘New Tricks’
original cast
I’m re-watching ‘Wycliffe’
still good, bit dated
and ‘Adam Dalgliesh’
Martin Shaw, always
easy on the eye 😉
Two nations separated by a common language! I'd assumed the name rhymed with Gloria or is that pronounce differently in the US? Or perhaps I confused it with `Dorien' (Birds of a Feather) or the Dorian mode in music?.
What about the `Ria'? Like Wendy Craig in `Butterflies' or `Mariah', rhyming with `fire'?
OT comment about Brit TV:
New Tricks was excellent until Season 8 began its sad decline. Somewhere between S7 and S8, the sparkle completely left the show, both in terms of script quality and cast dynamics. The squad, who I believe had all become good and respected friends with each other over the years, soldiered on through a lackluster season eight and Commencing in season nine, cast attrition began. The first to leave was James Bolam. I was very fond of “Jack”, the elder statesman of the group. Then his colleagues followed suit one by one. They were united and vocal in their collective reason for their exodus: namely, executive producer/director Julian Simpson, who in their opinion had created an intolerable working environment and driven the quality of the show’ writing straight into the toilet, by what were I can only assume autocratic and heavy-handed egotistical management. I have to take the side of the actors, because that ensemble was comprised of a tight knit group of professionals with probably a century of experience in show business among them. It must have gotten pretty bad if none of them could tolerate the situation any longer.
It took a bit of time but I warmed up to the “new guys”: Denis Lawson, Nicolas Lyndhurst and Larry Lamb. They each brought their own brand of quirkiness to the show and it’s just a shame that things fell apart at the executive level. Because in the best of all possible worlds, what should’ve happened is that UCOS, having become so successful in their brief of solving cold cases, was expanded from four to seven. More the merrier. There would’ve been so many hilarious comedy pairings with the “old guys” and the “new guys” working together. RIP New Tricks… at least we have the reruns.
As for Martin Shaw, if you like Adam Dalgliesh, have you met Judge John Deed? Or Inspector George Gently?
I never watched New Tricks but remember watching Wycliffe and Dalziel and Pascoe, also The Professionals (Martin Shaw). That was a few years back...
Mr Reid said the Invictus organisation is in a "great place", with the announcement for the 2027 games coming soon and a pipeline prepared for 2029. "If you were to talk to other major sporting events, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, they would be envious of that pipeline." He added: "I think now it requires energy and a fresh look to engage it and take it to the next level. I think it's a good time for all of us."
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Dominic Reid is described as right-hand man to hapless, but he is actually the person who did all the work to create IG and keep it going for 10 years.
Perhaps he is stepping down because it simply has become time for him to retire, but his statement indicates otherwise. It has a 'I can't do this anymore' feel to it. I would love to know what he really thinks of hapless and nutjob.
Roy Marsden is my favourite Adam Dalgliesh. He starred in the earlier series.
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I just came across this: In some circles, they are being called 'the uninvitables'! Their behaviour and the kind of attention they attract is just not appealing to everyone. From this, I would deduct that they are not actually nice people that others would want to meet and hang out with.
The Royal Rogue is reporting problems with the polo documentary and the cooking show.
Polo: hapless needs to travel, worldwide, to get more footage but wife will not let him go without her and won't let the children leave the country, so, at best, there are delays.
Cooking show: Sarandos thinks this was a bad deal that Netflix made. Wants to release a teaser to guage what the actual interest is. Thinks that this show may be 'comedy good', even though it was not made as a comedy.
UPDATES - Things at Netflix are getting worse:
The Polo documentary is moving forward but production/logistics is a mess because Harry is supposed to be the 'glue' to keeps everything together but that means that he needs to travel to a number of countries to interview and hang out with polo stars. But that means that Meghan doesn't want him to go on his own (as per usual) and traveling the two of them makes everything 10x more complicated because kids aren't going with them. Yeah, they could just bring the kids (they're still little), but as usual, Meghan is making this more complicated than it already is.
Polo documentary had an original release date of November but at this point they would need a miracle to make it on time. Would need priority from the corresponding production companies and... well, let's say that they are handling other projects at the same time (Including Archewell Productions, of course). but Archewell has already another issue going on:
The 'cooking show'. Still at a halt. Sarandos (Netflix CEO) is mad as hell because this might be one of the worst deals in Netflix's relatively short history. Last Hail Mary is releasing a teaser to gauge public interest, with content they have from the pilot. I'm already calling it - it's going to be comedy gold. In other words, people will focus on Meghan, NOT in the cooking show, or much less in becoming a subscriber to Netflix.
IF they release that trailer then Netflix will have the confirmation that whatever they do with the cooking show, it's going to happen with a number of high profile shows, like whatever Disney has done with Star Wars. People will prefer to watch literal HOURS of Youtubers dissecting and mocking the original material instead of watching the original episodes themselves. That is part of the phenomenon I've explained in recent lives, part of the strain on the finances of streaming services right now and the need to move faster with quicker content (AI is going to be important for this in the next couple years, despite any other strike).
The entertainment industry is at a crossroads and the Harkles chose the worst possible moment to want to play the 'producer' game. Only behemoths like Tyler Perry have the clout and money to keep playing that game, but with a difference: Perry is keeping budgets of his productions really, really tight. That allows him to make more bets.
Failed at producing entertainment (by what looks like at Netflix's internal drama), and failed at 'pseudo-royal' trips (The Nigeria trip was a net negative both in terms of finances and brand image), the only things left are the ARO brand, which would not be able to take off without the MIA cooking show, and Meghan's book which Penguin Random House has put on a freezer. I guess until she can make her mind about her brand or whatever comes next.
This is without having into consideration that they have considerably less allies in ANY industry than 3 years ago. For obvious reasons. Accepting the Pat Tillman award was one of the WORST decisions Harry (and Meghan lol) could ever make, but it was pushed by Serena's personal interests to prop up marketing to her documentary. Bad move. Her documentary looks like just a vanity project because she's really busy with other businesses.
Cont. ...
Harry fell for the award accepting thing 'because his friend Serena insisted', and that couldn't backfire in a worse way.
Wouldn't be surprised that we get fresh pictures of the kids in the following weeks. Remember that Meghan's birthday is coming and she will want headlines - ANY headlines to celebrate. Whatever celebrities or personalities are left are just connections of Harry through BetterUp, since Meghan's rolodex is pretty much fried.
There are always jobs open for rent-a-royals, though. But the appeal of having Harry and Meghan at your event is tied to 1) their brands and 2) their reputations. So, the amount of 'bidders' in the rent-a-royal business decreases if you're too much trouble to work with. And the Harkles are reaching that event horizon as well.
- a post recalling her visit to the retired thesps' home in that skin-tight summer dress dress.
I don't recall seeing the side view pointing out the Hapsburg Jaw & and Dowager's Hump before. I also hadn't noticed the lump on/over a thoracic vertebra. Was she wearing a recording device even then?
Dung-Ho
Meh’s poisoned quill
Is ready to spill
Her latest book
Survival Skills
Commando style, going bush
A turd in the hand, nowhere to flush
Infertile plain, our Wilde Gnu
Will clamber and crawl
through shit for a sou
Ferreting, fossicking
spiralling ‘ills
Nothing’s too murky for our
Bare Grills…
@Hikari
Yes, seven UCOS members could have worked,
although Nicholas Lyndhurst will always be
‘Rodders’ from ‘Only Fools and Horses’
to me.
I liked Brian and his long suffering wife.
Amanda Redman was a better fit
than Tamzin Outhwaite?
I do indeed love John Deed
and George Gently 🥰
@Maneki
Dalziel and Pascoe, love ‘em, especially
DL, very funny, rough diamond, Pascoe
was a bit of alright 😉
Vaguely remember the Professionals,
Brits answer to ‘Starsky and Hutch’
apparently Martin Shaw hated
being in the show
@Sandie
Ray Marsden was perfect as Adam Dalgliesh
until Martin Shaw came along, sorry!!
My all time favourite though is
Morse
Lewis was good, Endeavour superb
but old Morse, classic, perfection to me
Nonplus None
They’re execrable
Uninvitable
Soon to be excisable….
@WildBoar
Score-ia
Meghan Markle, 42, and Prince Harry, 39, were reportedly in a panic over the new tell-all documentary by the infamous German royal commentator.
The upcoming programme will focus on the Duchess of Sussex's past, with reports stating that Meghan fears what might emerge.
The duchess has had no direct involvement in the documentary and her team are said to be “concerned” over what details might be contained in the expose.
"There are obviously concerns over what revelations might be contained in the documentary and the situation is being closely monitored,” said the source.
Grunewald and her team have recently been filming for the project in California, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex live with their children, Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e8mygk/surprise_surprise_not_really_the_zdf_expos%C3%A9_on/
“@JayKitsap
My SO read an article earlier today about the ESPY's off of Google News that sounds amazing, but I can't find it myself.
Before going on air Serena had to go on stage to tell everyone to stop booing and behave civilly. Paid 'clappers' were added to the audience, PH was about to have a mental breakdown backstage. That was when the veterans were added to be with him.
The Duo left early because PH was about to lose it.
Does anyone have a link to this?
2:26 PM · Jul 20, 2024 90.8K Views”
I continue to be filled with righteous rage — and sorrow — that Loser Harry was given the Pat Tillman award.
And I have 100% contempt for the Loathsome Twosome that they dared to make a big deal about leaving before the end of the event. They said big goodbyes to all sorts of people, walking the front row shaking hands, hugging, gurning, emoting and arms flailing, all while the cameras were rolling and the show was in progress.
They love to churn up chaos, tell lies, accuse innocents of vile things, get hard-working people fired, grasp at anything of value due to entitlement, and they’ve expected for years that no-one will stop them or call them out on any of it. These two rely upon the fact that all other people have good manners and don’t want to cause a scene.
I wish everyone would start calling them out on everything, every single time.
It is happening, but as slowly as molasses in January and I want their final denouement to be crushing, and satisfying, and to come right now.
With luck, the whole thing will `erupt' very soon, expect `sulphurous emanations' and `igneous flows,`shaking' on a global scale - she'll try deadly fallout but we're immune now. Pity the German producer isn't called Richter. * won't just be quaking in her shoes, but it'll all be her own `fault'.
Apologies, this is punning of the lamest Victorian type. I've forgotten the witticism about her outdoor sanitary arrangements that occurred to me the other day but there's no way I can emulate Magatha's latest offering. Thank you, m'dear.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e3g37r/july_week_3_sub_chat/
Only the pert, fried-egg, breasts of a youngster can get away with that style. She has the posture of an old woman who is past standing up straight.
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Bugger, there's a delay on the German documentary
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e8mygk/surprise_surprise_not_really_the_zdf_expos%C3%A9_on/#lightbox
Re * at the retired actors' nursing home, her poor posture does emphasise her Dowager's Hump but her strange dress completely squashes her breasts - I don't know how she could breathe - but her bump, seen sideways, looks flat, not rounded. I don't think she was wearing a recording device it looks to me like her bra clasp sticking out very slightly. I watched the video and her back looked flat. The thing is, when it comes to *, we don't trust her and we always suspect something dodgy.
There is a good possibility nobody will be paying attention to That One after the election either because it is quite unlikely that the side that lost the election, either legitimately or not, is going to accept the result.
Have to admit that the gruesome twosome have become so dreary that they're almost sad. To me the only thing interesting that could come out about them would be the full story on the children and for them to lose their titles, which will probably never happen!
Important news here in the USA has been much more absorbing than these two dullards.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e92249/super_injunction_question_if_the_harmless/
This arises from something that came up on Lady C (which BTW I haven't watched) -
- we've been assuming that there's a super-injunction about the megnancies imposed by the Royal Family but what if it were imposed by the Harkles?
Prince Harry set to inherit fortune in just a few weeks
says this Daily Express article
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has bequeathed her entire estate (which mainly comprises the contents of her houses) to The Queen.
In her will, she asked The Queen to make certain bequests to members of her staff, and these bequests will be subject to Inheritance Tax in the normal way.
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The Queen Mother lived well beyond her means and was hugely in debt when she died.
Her wealth was in the form of artworks and items like Faberge eggs, which were added to the Royal Collection, and property (Charles inherited Castle Mey, and the Crown properties were shared between Charles and Andrew, but they do not personally own them and Andrew spent his own money to refurbish Royal Lodge).
There is no evidence that she invested millions years before her death and that this was to be split between her grandchildren, with hapless getting a bigger share than his brother. This supposed fortune that she invested for her grandchildren was not mentioned in her will because it does not exist.
Hapless also did not inherit anything from his grandmother. He did inherit a pair of valuable guns from his grandfather, which his wife insisted he sell.
Imagine how epic the meltown must have been when the wife realized that hapless would not inherit a fortune from his grandmother or father, and the supposed fortune from his great grandmother was fiction. Why stick around when there is no inheritance?
There are no circumstances under which the duo could have any kind of injunction that prevents the media from reporting about surrogacy or anything else to do with the birth of the children. This is a fantasy that has been concocted by people who make their living telling stories about royals and who call them selves 'experts'.
Nutjob might have started this story by telling someone that they had an injunction to keep the details about pregnancy and birth secret, but it is not true.
Besides, what Crown judge would grant a super injunction to keep secret a surrogacy when such surrogacy would make the child ineligble to be in the line of succession? That would be treason.
Buying property in Windsor? He is probably keen to find a 4-bedroom, or larger, property there so that his children can get to know their British family. No way is she going to stay in the UK, nor spend money on property in the UK. So, she winds him up about security.
They could probably stay in Frogmore Cottage, in the safety of Windsor Great Park, if they give enough notice about their intention to visit. They would be even safer if they spent a couple of weeks in the summer at Balmoral. But she has no interest and she is not going to let the children out of her complete control. There is always going to be another excuse.
And will he not have to pay taxes if he owns property in the UK and spends significant time there? I think his ideal is to have a UK home and spend at least half the year there. No way is she going to do that, nor let go of a single penny to pay for a UK home.
I did think last week it was his 40th birthday soon and that he was due some inheritance but was too lazy to check, so thanks for the link.
I looked up the topic and found this on some website via The Guardian.
'At age 21, Prince William and Prince Harry split the first half of their portion, which totaled around £6 million (about $7.8 million). The Guardian reports that Harry took the majority of the inheritance to “compensate for not becoming sovereign.”
The brothers will split another dividend when Prince Harry turns 40 (later this year). The second installment will be worth an estimated £8 million (about $10 million), though we highly doubt Prince William will be as generous next time around'. (my emphasis)
'Princess Diana also left behind money for her two children. The royal set up a $10 million (after taxes) trust fund for Prince William and Prince Harry, who started receiving dividends at age 25. Forbes estimated the annual checks to be worth around $450,000.'
These annual checks are chicken feed for * and if Harold receives £8M ($10M), it won't be a 'fortune' to them, especially *. The money won't last long with her. I reckon. What are the annual maintenance costs of Mudslide Manor, for a start? We'll see what happens after his birthday. Maybe * is holding tight and could start separating after H inherits, who knows.
https://www.purewow.com/news/prince-harry-net-worth#:~:text=The%20Guardian%20reports%20that%20Harry,40%20(later%20this%20year)
I'm not sure about the superinjunction. 'In English tort law, a super-injunction is a type of injunction that prevents publication of information that is in issue and also prevents the reporting of the fact that the injunction exists at all.' There have been a few superinjunctions in the past few years that we know of, usually about a footballer trying to stop his extramarital affair leaking out.
I do understand your reservations and how you could see an injunction re surrogacy as treason. Let's face it, the likelihood of Archie or Lily actually acceding the throne is very small. Anne, for instance, was 3rd in the LoS when she was born but is now 17th. The children are 6th and 7th but hopefully, George will get married and have children. In any case, Harry is before them in the LoS. Maybe the RF did get an injunction, knowing A & L would be very unlikely to get near the throne and they would thereby avoid a huge scandal. On the other hand, it could be the Harkles who wanted a superinjunction.
The Guardian has published a full list of Superinjunctions, gagging orders and injunctions.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/datablog/2011/aug/05/superinjunctions-gagging-orders-injunctions-list#data
She did a pap walk - lunch with a friend. Aged jeans, a white shirt unbuttoned, the Dior handbag with her initials, and heaps of gold jewellery.
I look for * to initate divorce proceedings in March 2025.
Supposedly he gets the rest of the inheritance from Diana when he turns 40, but they have had plenty of money to spend in the past 6 years. However, I reckon the way she spends means they require a much bigger fortune than they have.
@Opus
There was a phase when TV sets in detective shows kept having the same curtains as me. The original Barnaby (John Nettles)had dining room ones like those in my bedroom -the phenomenon was rather spooky. It even got to the stage where the resemblance was with Foyle's pre-war wallpaper. It was like being haunted, I wondered what it said about me?
On Topic.
I just wondered if the Harkles could have got a superinjunction by spinning a sob story about having their privacy invaded in general terms. Could such a legality prevent the Family from acting? The whole business has a rather Kafkaesque quality as it is.
Here are the facts about the inheritance from Diana:
Princess Diana’s estate is reported to have been worth £21,711,485, according to the High Court of Justice of England. That equates to more than $30 million. Perhaps that is no surprise for a royal estate, but it is undoubtedly a significant sum even when distributed between beneficiaries. However, inheritance tax cut the final value by over £8 million.
* £50,000 was left to Paul Burrell – Princess Diana’s butler.
* Sentimental items, such as keepsakes, collectables, china, art and photos, were left to Diana’s seventeen godchildren.
* A fund set up to benefit Prince William and Prince Harry, their spouses and children, and special charities contained £1.4 million, Diana’s clothing and her famous wedding dress.
* All remaining assets and funds were split equally between William and Harry, available to them at age 30, although the trust money was to be accessible from age 25.
Diana included a ‘Letter of Wishes’ with her will, requesting that her jewellery and ¾ of her belongings go to her sons and the other ¼ to her godchildren. Diana’s mother and sister (the estate executors) challenged this through probate court, claiming there was a variance in the will. This delayed the Prince’s access to these items until age 30, and Diana’s godchildren each received one item of her property. It was reported that this was seen merely as a ‘tacky memento’ for each godchild rather than the ¼ share they were due to receive. There was little information as to why Diana’s mother and sister felt so strongly about this, and they contested it without first communicating with the parents of the godchildren, causing some bad feelings.
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The only inheritance from Diana that the brothers do not have is the 1.4 million fund, which also includes her clothing, including the wedding dress. Nutjob, as a wife, has access to this fund, as do his children. However, this fund is also supposed to fund charities. Hapless already had the bulk of the inheritance from Diana when he met Nutjob.
There is no big payout of an inheritance for hapless when he turns 40, from his mother, grandmother or great grandmother. And I doubt there is much left of his inheritance from his mother.
Do the Maths. He was 9 when she died and his share was about 6 million, maybe a bit less. That would have been invested. How much would it have grown when he got that inheritance at age 30? How much has he spent since he met her, a couple of years later?
Meghan On The Verge Of Dropping A Huge Bombshell On The Royal Family - Is Disaster Looming?
PDina talking about how Tom Bower seems sure that * is getting ready to release her Kraken in the form of her memoir. It'll be bad but even worse for her and H.
...and here it is from the man himself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18fDnXmek4
Where and when the children were born is public knowledge. However, unlike other royal births, we have no public disclosure of who delivered the children, nor confirmation that they were born at the hospital that the media claimed.
If the children were born to surrogates, the duo would have a long list of people they would have had to silence, forever. For Archie, this would require that long list of people participating in a fraud to deceive the royal family and the public. For Lilli, it would be easier to find people to agree to such a scheme.
The secrecy may simply be a matter of control. Nutjob is notorious for not following rules. To follow someone else's rules is to relinquish control, and she hates doing that.
But, this is how they could have got away with it (though still unlikely) ...
Archie: Born to a surrogate. The duo have a super injunction to silence the hospital staff. They take Archie home from the hospital, immediately, and register his birth later as if Nutjob gave birth. That means there are hospital staff who know that Nutjob did not give birth and that by keeping the secret, they are committing fraud on a huge scale. The surrogate could be silenced with an NDA (I think this is standard practice). They could have got a super injunction for the hospital to 'protect the privacy' of the child.
Lilli: This would have been much easier for them as they can register Nutjob as the mother to a child born by a surrogate, immediately after the birth, at the hospital. Plenty of rich people hire surrogates for pregnancy and birth, and surrogates and hospital staff are used to being quiet or being kept quiet.
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Of course MeMe does a parking lot pap walk and the photos come out on Prince George’s Birthday.
The fashion instagram account I pulled these from identified the lady as Kimberly Williams Paisley. Interestingly, she is huge into fundraising for Alzheimer’s and was inspired by Santa Barbara’s Unity Shop for their own grocery store in Nashville that supports locals facing food insecurity. Archwell will probably end up “collaborating” “supporting” “partnering with” the store.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1e9ngqo/repost_as_per_usual_meme_releases_pap_photos_on_a/
The Guardian with the story about the fortune that the Queen Mother supposedly left her great grandchildren. Here is the relevant bit:
"Of the trust fund, William and Harry are likely to share about £6m at the age of 21 - the bulk going to the younger son apparently to compensate for not becoming sovereign - and a further £8m when they reach 40. Princess Anne's children Zara and Peter Phillips and Prince Andrew's daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, together with Princess Margaret's children, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto, will also receive bequests running into several millions each."
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Note that this was reported and taken as fact and repeated by all biographers and media: that the Queen Mother had a fortune that she put in a trust, that hapless got a bigger share than William, and that hapless gets the bulk of it when he turns 40. No one has confirmed that this is true.
None of the great grandchildren have confirmed that they did inherit a fortune from their great grandmother, and I find it odd that she would not have left anything for her grandchildren from Elizabeth but supposedly did for those grandchildren from Margaret, but not the great grandchildren.
I just learned from PDina's video that Lady C regularly holds Balls, and invites YouTubers. What fun that must be to go to Castle Goring to Par-Tay.
On another note, if * is penning a memoir that ends up being a major dis to the BRF, she couldmake a lot of money but at this stage a lot of people have realised what sort of person she is and won't buy/believe it and the book, if it's that bad, will be the kiss of death for her. She might make money but her reputation, already tarnished, won't be recoverable.
She probably talks about writing her memoirs, but I would be surprised if she actually completed a publishable manuscript.
Although, she might like the idea of using a ghostwriter ... having someone in the guest house who is required to not only listen to her talk about herself all day and night, day after day, but also allow her to rewrite everything in her word salad. And then there would be days, or even weeks, when she would wander off for lunch, or a holiday, or shopping, or to pursue another idea of starting a business, making a TV show ...
Megsy trying to compete with an 11 year old? How pathetic! I saw the photo of George yesterday, looking more handsome every year.
Trying to compete with an 11-year-old child and LOSING. Bwahahaha.
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/unexpected-reason-prince-george-wont-194440147.html
Unexpected reason that Prince George won't be going to secondary school in September
Not that they give a reason, beyond saying that he's staying put.
Prep schools span 7-13y.o., when the public schools cover 13-18yrs old. It's the 2-stage State Sector that divides at 11, unless it's somewhere that still has Middle Schools. He's heading for a Public School (ie an independent one, not the local Comp.
you've outdone yourself. Bravo!
Given the current unprecedented political fracas Stateside, the Dook and Dookess of Monteshitshow are more irrelevant than ever. Does anyone care to start a betting pool on his long it will take for tge Dookess to attempt to insinuate herself with presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris? I learned on Entertainment Tonight that VP Harris is a self-proclaimed foodie who has appeared on several cooking programs and had her own cooking channel online… Presumably not since she’s been vice president but we don’t really know how she’s been spending her time for the last 3 1/2 years.
What is it with these woke California women and their obsession with cooking programs? Unlike Migraine, Kamala, the Jamaican-born daughter of an Indian mother seems to actually cook instead of just pretend to do it. The stalking will commence shortly, if it hasn’t already started. The Dookess of Delusion has probably already volunteered herself to be Kamala’s running mate. As a fellow biracial sistah from California. The Vice President has her own government issued plane, Air Force Two, which * no doubt feels entitled to use as a fellow biracial sistah A list celeb from Cali.
I can see her sick mental wheels turning…Harry as First Gentleman of the United States!!! Makes as much sense as a fourth rate American mattress actress as a Princess of the United Kingdom.
What interesting times we do live in. There are many similarities between KH and MM. One might be the next President of the USA. The other is a Kween in her own mind. Oh the irony.
https://www.tumblr.com/brf-rumortrackinganon/756832365916094464/if-harry-needs-to-wine-dine-and-schmooze-a-bunch?source=share
"Harry's return to the UK in September is nothing more than a grift to be available as Counsellor of State when Charles and Camilla go to Australia."
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#1 - Harry and Meghan both make a lot of promises they never keep and I see this being exactly that.
#2 - They both know that interest in Invictus Games is next-to-nonexistent - from the public, from the media, and from sponsors. And in the immortal words of Bob Iger, the Sussexes need Invictus Games more than Invictus Games needs them, and what better way to make Invictus Games need them than to show them what they'll miss? Cue the invisikids making their much-anticipated long-awaited public debut at Invictus Games and all the media just namedropping them garnered. (I think she means they will spread the rumour to get coverage but won't actually show the children.)
#3 - For all the PR they have about being perfect parents and having so well-behaved children, Meghan is too much of a narcissist to let people see that her children are normal. She likes keeping them from the public because then we have no choice but to believe the stories she tells us. If they bring the kids out, she loses control of the narrative(s) around them and she needs that control.
https://www.tumblr.com/brf-rumortrackinganon/756835851762335744/do-you-think-theyll-really-take-the-children-to?source=share
#1 - Harry really genuinely sees Invictus Games as his legacy and I think he's 100% serious about Archie "inheriting" it so for that to work, he needs to connect Archie to the organization sooner rather than later.
#2 - Every scheme Meghan's had for fame and fortune has totally bombed: Hollywood A-Lister, humanitarian, activist, feminist, politics, author, lifestyle brands, fashion influencer, foodie, American royal. All she has left is literally her children. And since it's pretty clear that Harry is the one who's put his foot down on those kids being photographed or used for publicity, if he's happy to finally let Meghan take the kids "out" at an Invictus Games event, she's going to be all over it.
#3 - Their stupid "anything you can do I can do better" game with the Waleses. Since William and Kate started "exposing" their children to public engagements and royal work from ages 4/5, of course Harry and Meghan will begin taking their kids to public engagements when they're 4/5 years old too.
https://www.tumblr.com/brf-rumortrackinganon/756835851762335744/do-you-think-theyll-really-take-the-children-to?source=share
They do take the children, with Doria and a nanny taking care of them. The children will be displayed at very carefully curated events, like a playdate with other children. People will have to sign NDAs and the Nigerian photographer (and perhaps a Hello reporter) will be the only 'media' allowed into a closed event. Other media will have to hope to catch glimpses of the children being taken in and out of a venue. If the children appear in the stands with them, it will be for a short time, and stands will be cleared for that time. As it is, the duo already have a parachute approach to appearances at the IG ... the scene is carefully set, they appear, they interact with people chosen before hand, and then they leave.
All of the above would simply bring the duo more bad publicity, but the scenario is based on their behaviour over the years, and their inability to learn from mistakes.
William takes on 5 more patronages. He is leaving hapless way behind, except for that roomful of awards that ginger has. Surely by now the duo have accumulated more awards than they have actually presented to others (IG medals only counts as one)?
'... do you think that Eton's introductory booklet has a secret section for the ultra rich parents of not very bright children, with a picture of Harold at his dimmest, and a caption that reads "by hook or crook we got this thicko to graduation: we'll graduate your dumbass too!"?'
Unless the child grows up and goes through the military like his father, then how is Archie connected other than this was something my Dad started?
I just don't think the image of someone who does not have military on their CV is the face of what the games would want (now or in the future).
'German documentary set to bring Meghan Markle’s secrets to light has unexpectedly been put on hold.
The documentary is a project by German filmmaker Ulrike Grunewald, who announced on her Instagram account that the project is to be delayed as the research is still going on.
The statement read: “The documentary about Harry and Meghan has to wait – research is still underway.”
The documentary, which is set to air on ZDF network in Germany, is said to have left Harry and Meghan worried about what it might contain. The programme will mainly focus on Meghan’s past, leaving her team “concerned” over the claims it may make. [my emphasis]
Royal commentator Grunewald and her team are known for unveiling the secrets of the British Royal Family. The team has been filming the documentary in California, where the Sussexes currently live with their two kids, Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
“There are obviously concerns over what revelations might be contained in the documentary and the situation is being closely monitored,” a source said.'
https://www.geo.tv/latest/555340-meghan-markles-expos-gets-mysteriously-delayed-after-her-concern and other websites.
The Express said “Every detail will be checked and double-checked to make sure that it is legally sound and factually correct.” How does it feel when the boot is on the other foot, Megsy? They don't care what they say/write about the BRF but when it comes to them, it's a different story. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
The Germans did a documentary on William and Catherine and were in California getting information and footage for one on the Montecito duo. It may have just been PR to drum up views, but the Germans claimed that the documentary would contain some explosive stuff.
The duo did what they always do ... use legal threats and intimidation to try and shut down the Germans. I think everyone knows the duo well enough to know that you have to have yourself covered legally so that the duo cannot win a case and would just waste more money trying to.
The article about this German documentary maker was originally in the Express.
Word salad ... but he seems to mostly blame the media for the rift with his family.
Nope.
It is what him and his wife did and said to the media that did that.
The tabloids often try to stir up feuds/problems between Charles and William, William and Catherine, Camilla and (pick one), and so on. This does not cause an actual rift in the family, who remain close and happily continue working together.
Hapless really is a fool.
Surely that is a bad strategy? If you don't have a clear goal, when do you know you have 'won' and when do you know when you have to cut your losses and give up?
Is this about settling a personal grudge?
The security battles are, I think, because he hates being forced to give up the convenience and personal benefits of being royal, and because his wife manipulates him in keeping him and his children away from the royal family by using security as an excuse.
View Halloa, Nutties!
Given the current unprecedented political fracas Stateside, the Dook and Dookess of Monteshitshow are more irrelevant than ever. Does anyone care to start a betting pool on his long it will take for tge Dookess to attempt to insinuate herself with presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris? I learned on Entertainment Tonight that VP Harris is a self-proclaimed foodie who has appeared on several cooking programs and had her own cooking channel online… Presumably not since she’s been vice president but we don’t really know how she’s been spending her time for the last 3 1/2 years.
Isn't THAT the truth! As far as I know, she had one assignment as VP (and didn't do it). I vaguely remember her complaining about children in cages (separated from their 'parents' or 'handlers') but that was done during the Obama administration. Sequestering children with unknown people, many of whom may be child sex traffickers, seems pretty sketchy to me but hey, I'm not a government official.
Thanks for the info about the documentary on German TV. It probably won't see the light of day if the duo have to go through everything with a fine tooth comb to make sure it's all legal and, of course, that they're shown in a good light.
When it comes to the elusive Sussex Spawn, to me Occam’s Razor applies, too: We do not see the children because there aren’t any children. Pretending to hide them away for “privacy” reasons worked for a little while when “they” were allegedly infants. But Master Archie is now of school age and we have not seen a single “family photo” since the staged curiosity last Independence Day over a year ago. No birthday snaps, no Christmas cards, nothing.
The Sussexes are a gigantic fraud. The wedding was a sham. I believe that Megaliar, with or without Harold’s foreknowledge and complicity, tried to broker a surrogate or otherwise buy herself a baby to pass off as Harry’s heir. That plan was thwarted. The Palace found out about it and put a stop to it, or the pregnancy failed or the birth mother refused, under her right of law to relinquish her baby. In any case, I don’t believe any children exist with either H or M’s DNA. I believe they are both incapable of having natural children, and one or both parties knew this prior to the marriage. Hence the smirk they shared at their wedding during the bit in the vows about marriage being for the procreation of children. Everything having to do with sex is a perverted inside joke with this pair. To what extent Harry was aware of or participated in the scheme to defraud his family over phantom children is unknown. He may have been sucked in after she got the ball rolling on the pregnancy show and compelled to go along with it. I don’t think either half of this couple has the slightest interest in children except as a means to garner attention and more money from Harry’s father.
The RF tried to deal with this in-house since both halves of this couple are profoundly mentally disturbed addicts. They covered for her in a word. But then came the christening photos and the trip to South Africa, and Harry’s wife had become an uncontainable liability. The Queen removed her from Royal service and from the United Kingdom. Harry was given his choice, and he chose her. Out of spite, they repeated the con a second time, Tormenting two elderly people in their last days. “Lilibet and Archie” are the products of two diseased and vindictive minds. The appropriation of the Queen’s childhood family nickname was calculated revenge—to make her suffer for firing her grandson’s tart and him by association. At least one medical professional had her practice and reputation ruined by aiding and abetting the Dookess in her motherhood con. We don’t see images of those children anymore because the avenues to rent or borrow someone else’s kids for publicity purposes have dried up. All she’s got left to pedal now are tales of their prodigious exploits. She’s always future faking with these kids but never produces. Where is the proof? We haven’t seen a single legitimate document relating to these children, Archie was never registered with the American Embassy as an American citizen, and there are zero legitimate medical professionals willing to attest that they witnessed these births.
Indeed, Harry can never come back. As long as he’s far away in America, he and his phantom children are kept under the carpet as it were. If or indeed when the truth comes out about a gross fraud perpetrated on the line of succession, It’s going to be bad. Maybe not to the point of dismantling the monarchy all together but it will certainly be a shot in the arm to the republican cause. King Charles is protecting the legacy of his late mother by Taking a softly softly approach to the duplicitous pair and continuing the fiction that they themselves decided to decamp to America to “raise their children as private citizens.” Yeah, sure.
These two have been playing the kid who cried Wolf since they got together and what’s amazing is that anybody is still taking their Fantasia seriously even for a minute. Do we not believe that King Charles would move Heaven and earth to keep two of his grandchildren in the Kingdom, even if the alleged parents had to quit the Firn for conduct unbecoming? If the Sussexes had a boy and girl cousin for William’s kids to play with, don’t we think some effort might have been made to bury the hatchet for the sake of the children? The monarch is now the legal guardian of all his minor grandchildren, as the late Queen was when she packed Harry’s baggage off to Canada—sans infant. Is this what “they know what they did?” Means? That law was instituted to protect Royal grandchildren from a feckless and irresponsible set of parents—of which H and M are the 21st century counterparts. Maybe this archaic law has no authority outside of the UK…but it’s a centuries old Royal tradition. Wouldn’t this serve as a motivator to show the King’s American grandkids were thriving being raised “overseas”? But the paranoia and perpetual secrecy/bizarre clandestine antics around these kids gives the exact opposite impression… there’s no thriving happening by anyone connected with the Sussexes. The RF is resolutely not touching the topic of any children in California. I think that has been their legal advice. This subject is far from over.
Megsy is teasing an appearance by “her children” at Invictus? I dare her to stop running her mouth and just do it already. Can she? I don’t believe she can.
'... do you think that Eton's introductory booklet has a secret section for the ultra rich parents of not very bright children, with a picture of Harold at his dimmest, and a caption that reads "by hook or crook we got this thicko to graduation: we'll graduate your dumbass too!"?'
Oh my gracious, I read that as ELON's introductory booklet and started wondering when he'd opened a school for the dimwitted children of accomplished parents.
I appreciate you.
They tell us that Harry is planning a month's visit in Britain and during that time he is going to mend his relations to his family and friends.
So far no one knows how many of his family members are ready to risk their intimate family details to be published in US newspapers when Harry returns home after his visit. Harry badly needs money and family news of the Royal House always bring rich rewards, that much is clear.
Then there is the problem his friends face. Will they forgive and forget is only a part of their dilemma. Do they consider cordial relations to Harry's family to be a priority for the wellbeing for themselves and their families? In that case they may be too busy during their holidays for any catching ups with Harry.
What Harry wants Harry gets?
Meghan Markle unlikely to join Prince Harry for 'olive branch trip' to reconnect with his family because she has 'too much on her plate' and 'fears being heckled in public', magazine reports
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Harry, 39, is reported to be planning to come back to the UK this summer for an extended period of time as he wants to 'prioritise mending his broken relationship with his family'.
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However, despite the Duke's intention to cross the Atlantic for a longer trip, his wife of six years is reportedly not expected to join him as she has 'too much on her plate' with the launch of her new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard.
An insider has claimed to one magazine that as well has having to look after her business interests, the Duchess of Sussex is also fearful of being 'heckled again in public' after the couple were booed in 2022 at an event during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
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A source told Closer that the King's youngest son is 'convinced' that by spending an extended amount of time in Britain 'he'll have a better chance of reconnecting with his family'.
The insider claimed that despite the pair being fully committed to their marriage, they could end up spending a month apart so he can focus on this task.
They told Closer: 'Harry is very anxious to go home and see his dad, catch up with his friends for his birthday in September and also pay a visit to his aunt, Princess Anne. But that situation hasn't changed for Meghan.
And of course, any decision by H to travel to Britain has to comply with RAVEC.
* has too much on her plate with the launch of ARO? But I thought ARO had been launched with great fanfare a couple of months ago with photos of jars or jams in bowls of lemons. She's not doing the heavy lifting. Maybe she's busy with the inviskids? I think this is far more likely 'The last thing she needs is the stress of going back to the UK, where she fears she'd be heckled again in public, which she finds incredibly painful'. Not as painful as it would be for the RF and the rest of us to see her face.
H ''convinced' that by spending an extended amount of time in Britain' he has a better chance of reconnecting with his family shows how naive he is. They need calm and piece, particularly Charles and Catherine and her family. On a practical note, where would H stay? Wherever he might stay, I can't see him being in the UK for a month. Doing what?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13668717/meghan-markle-prince-harry-reconnect-family.html
@Hikari asked 'Megsy is teasing an appearance by “her children” at Invictus?' She's always teasing an appearance or a project, it keeps her in the news lest we forget about her.
Yahoo!news has an article stating that *'s attendance at the 10th Anniversary Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral is confirmed although she's had a 'change of heart' - what heart? She has none or has she had a new one? - as she won't feel safe. As good an excuse as any, I guess.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-faced-huge-dilemma-221421220.html
Prince Harry has reportedly expressed interest in attending the upcoming UK celebrations of Indian billionaire Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's lavish wedding. Sources suggest the Duke is keen to mingle with the couple and their high-profile guests, hoping to potentially boost his profile and financial standing in the Hollywood circle.
Meanwhile, the Independent and Express seem to suggest that it's a foregone conclusion but the texts are full of `ifs' and `may be's.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/prince-harry-hoping-to-join-indian-billionaire-anant-ambani-s-wedding-in-uk-because/ar-BB1qzOBP#:~:text=P%20rince%20Harry%20has%20reportedl
Wow. Markle’s endorsement is a massive game changer and will deliver the win for Kamala, especially if she adds drama by revealing the choice by opening a briefcase.
His wife frames her non appearance in the UK as her being too busy and important and also ask him of racism i.e. she is pretending that she has the power of choice here. I stand by my former assertion that she has been flagged as a non-desirable to enter the united kingdom except if expressly asked for by royal command. It might be a gentleman’s agreement with customs or whatever but I do not think the duchess will ever again darken UK Shores. The fact that she has to mirrored every single time citing “pregnancy“ or “work commitments“ or “fear of heckling“ when her standard MO is to always Chauvin where she’s not wanted regardless of what people think about it tells me that she is being prevented by some legal means from joining Harry on his frequent giants to the UK where his family steadfastly refuses to see him. It’s getting really tediously predictable.
"What does he mean when he says he is Diana's true heir? Is he saying he sleeps with married men?"
Harold admits he does not remember his mother. William does, and was close to her. She too him out for a solo lunch just before she went off in her holiday with Dodi that led to her death. William does not make a habit of telling grandiose lies and speaking word salad or playing the victim. He says his mother was paranoid because he personally experienced that.
William has done far more to protect his mother, by keeping quiet and in actively trying to ban the infamous interview. Harold tarnishes her reputation every time he talks about her, and allows his wife to ruthlessly exploit his mother.
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As for the story about a month in the UK, without wife and children ... is he trying to get away from the wife? He could, through the King's office, arrange to visit Balmoral in the summer, at a time when he would likely be able to see most of his family. Why the mention of Anne? I think that was one of their 'brilliant ideas'. Anne just got kicked in the head by a horse, and she is a very popular royal. Being seen with her, or even a story of visiting with her would give them good PR.
If they don't live together, and have nothing in common except substance abuse and bad behavior, why does he let her run through his inheritance?
It was William who discovered the hacking. That led to the Leveson Inquiry. As a result, tabloids shut down, privacy laws were changed, people went to prison, tabloids were fined. William supposedly got a payout, without having to go to court. Seems to me that William achieved a lot, 20 years ago.
What has hapless achieved and what will he achieve? What does he want? Is he trying to compete with his brother? Is he trying to get a huge payout to pay for the upkeep of his wife?
I think she encourages this foolish and pointless behaviour to keep him under control. A rational, sensible husband is no good to her.
Instead, they painted him as some sort of weirdo on account of his appearance and religious extremist/nutter on the grounds that he was a member of the Prayer Book Society, an entirely respectable organisation of which the Prince of Wales was patron at that time and who remains patron as King.
It was only recently that Jeffries found out that the Press had used illegal means to find out about him, hence his inclusion in this case.
It makes me sick that H is piggy-backing, it seems, on those who have genuinely suffered at the hands of the Press.
As for Super Injunctions, they are shrouded in mystery, but, though I am decades out of date there never used to be a right to privacy - as such.
Your post made me realize that the duo are like vampires, preying on the genuine suffering of others. What astonishes me is that the phone tapping was used to create sensationalist stories rather than to expose genuine wrongdoing.
I am fully supportive of any means being used to expose corruption, lies and so on among politicians, but that was not what the media were doing.
To me, the duo have come to represent the arrogance and entitlement and sometimes evil of the ruling elite. If they had gone away quietly and busied themselves with honest genuine work, I would say they are entitled to privacy. They did not. As much as they blame the media for everything, the duo love giving interviews and making speeches and writing op eds and memoirs, so most of the exposing was done by themselves.
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Prince Harry was lost for words when the Duke of Sussex was asked about Princess Kate and King Charles's cancer battles in a new documentary.
The father-of-two took part in Tabloids on Trial, a documentary exploring the royal's fight against the British tabloids, as well as other celebrities like Charlotte Church and Hugh Grant.
After discussing his legal battles in the UK against the British press, an ITV reporter asked the duke about the King and the Princess of Wales, both of whom are currently battling cancer.
Rebecca Barry asked the prince: "Both your father and your sister-in-law have been unwell.
"It's a reminder, I guess, to all of us that life is precious.
"Does it ever just make you think, 'This is not worth it. Life is just too short for these legal battles'?"
Prince Harry, who appeared shocked by the question, stumbled over his words as he responded.
The 39-year-old said: "Erm, I don't think the legal, the continuation of these legal battles is the sort of, I...
"The two things are completely separate.
"Erm, you know, my father and my sister-in-law, and me, you know, following through on these legal battles are two completely different things."
https://archive.ph/2024.07.25-221831/https://www.gbnews.com/royal/prince-harry-kate-middleton-king-charles-cancer-itv-documentary
@Opus
I'm glad to say I left those curtains behind in 2001 - and you've hit the nail on the head about `normal' because they were `contract curtains' supplied with the carpet in a new-build `executive' house!
https://dstol.substack.com/p/whats-wrong-with-prince-harry
What's Wrong With Prince Harry?
David C. Stolinsky
Jan 08, 2023
Volumes have been written about what's wrong with Prince Harry. It's Meghan, Meghan's therapist, his father, his brother, his schooling, his military service, whatever. But it's obvious. He was 9 when his mother died. He's still 9.
Impulsive, unable to foresee the consequences of his actions, lacking boundaries, boastful, narcissistic, blaming everyone else, unable to see himself as responsible for his actions. A good therapist could help him mature. A bad therapist enables his feeling of victimhood. And here we are.
Meghan Markle is promoting a new make-up range by her friend Victoria Jackson
'It can be revealed that the Duchess has been promoting a new make-up range by her friend, mogul Victoria Jackson, who is part of her ‘Montecito Mafia’.
Jackson has just relaunched her iconic Eighties cosmetics brand, No Makeup Makeup.'
Sorry, never heard of this 'mogul' so I looked up this ‘Montecito Mafia’: 'Beauty entrepreneur Victoria Jackson is a major player too, with the Sussex couple's neighbour considered to be one of Meghan's closest confidantes, reportedly described by Meghan herself as a "safe harbour".' My life is now complete.
Apparently, * is promoting the makeup range 'purely out of friendship', and 'no money is changing hands', which is hard to believe as * was taught by Doria not 'to give the milk for free'. And I don't think * is a good ambassador for the no makeup makeup look 😉
We Nutties didn't miss them. I'm not sure this is the whole article.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DlistedRoyals/comments/1ebydkq/richard_eden_insincere_meghan_was_sending_out/
Overblown
We can always rely on
Our ginger dandelion
Blowing his seeds of hate
The milksop pissenlit
Lends himself, takes the pee
Blaming others for his dire strait
Time Mrs Wolf stopped
for their own stakes
Just one Puff
is all it takes…
This reveals how bitter and resentful he is, holding onto imaginary grudges. It possiblylis not true that his father called him a spare after he was born.
He says this:
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Here’s which royal called him “spare” before anyone else, and what Harry’s publisher wants from him now that he can’t produce.
Prince Harry says this is the first person who used the word ‘Spare’ when speaking about him
Prince Harry was born on Sept. 15, 1984, and the duke claimed that was the very day he was called a “spare.”
In his memoir, Harry talked about being Prince William’s “spare” writing: “I was the shadow, the support, the Plan B. I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy. I was summoned to provide backup, distraction, diversion and, if necessary, a spare part. Kidney, perhaps. Blood transfusion. Speck of bone marrow. This was all made explicitly clear to me from the start of life’s journey and regularly reinforced thereafter.”
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But, then he says this:
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According to Harry, his father [then-Prince Charles] is the one who called him a “spare” just hours after he was born. Harry wrote: “I was 20 the first time I heard the story of what Pa allegedly said to Mummy the day of my birth: ‘Wonderful! Now you’ve given me an heir and a spare—my work is done.’ A joke. Presumably.”
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So, who told him at the age of 20? Who regularly reinforced? Did he ever speak to his father to find out the truth?
Narcs (i.e. his wife) stir up resentment in their prey as a means of control. Did he have this pathological resentment before he met her?
By the way, I do think Charles might have said this, but you have to be intelligent to understand British humour, and how it is used. Surely a wife would have understood her husband well enough to know that? But, whatever was going on between the couple, using children to hurt the other in a marriage breakdown is despicable.
Rumours are swirling again about separation and divorce in Montecito. I don't believe it, but if it does happen, those children are going to be weaponized to an extent that will make Angelina Jolie look like an amateur.
How very convenient of Prince Harry to blame the rift with his family on his one-sided, obsessive, eternal battle with the tabloid and popular Press.
He made the claim on last night's documentary Tabloids On Trial (ITV), telling sympathetic Health Correspondent Rebecca Barry it was his 'mission' against newspapers that destroyed the relationship with his family. Was it really?
'Yeah, that's certainly a central piece to it,' he said, nodding from deep within the ruff of hair that now encircles his entire face, like a giant, ginger dandelion. 'But, you know, that's a hard question to answer because anything I say about my family results in a torrent of abuse from the Press.'
Torrent of abuse? Tsk. Clearly, three years in California have done little to halt the growth of Harry's giant beanstalk of a martyr complex. He's one of those pampered sensitivos whose elite status makes him believe that any mild disagreement with his views is a vicious personal attack.
Not only his royal duty, but his duty as a brother and a son. It excuses him for the cruel things he wrote in his autobiography Spare about his family, including his stepmother ('dangerous'), his sister-in-law (imperious demands, wife who fitted the royal mould, utter witch who made darling Megs cry) and damning passages depicting his father as a damaged, dithering adult who loves his teddy bear and fears emotional intimacy. It ignores the fact that it was Prince William whose Chief of Staff first went to the police with his suspicions of illegal phone hacking.
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Let's not forget it also exempts Harry from any accountability over that nasty business of globally smearing the entire Royal Family as racists fretting over the colour of baby Archie's skin. Then vowing never to reveal the true identities of the two individuals allegedly involved before it somehow became public — whoopsadaisy, thanks Omid — that it was CHRLS and K*TE all along.
Harry (with Meghan at his side) has broken the blood bond by repeatedly invading the Royals' collective and individual privacy on television, in documentary projects, in print, on film, via Oprah, Anderson Cooper, Netflix, Apple, and Tom Bradby — perhaps even on a podcast near you right now.
Indeed, I've never understood why the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continue to ostracise poor old Thomas Markle for his silly but minor transgression with newspapers, when what they've done together is a thousand times worse — on an industrial scale.
For the truth is that Prince Harry and the Royal Family fell out about a lot of things a long time ago. And to blame the rift on his Press crusade is not just disingenuous, it also provides him with the perfect excuse and a freshly minted get-out-of-jail-free card.
I suspect it's not what King Charles or Prince William would say, it's not what the Princess of Wales would say, it's not what all the scolded courtiers and former palace staff members would say about what really caused the royal rift. However, it is what Prince Harry says and in Harry's world, what Harry says goes — because who is going to argue with him?
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Up there in his gilded Californian mansion, with his polo pals and his grandiose Archewell website — a total iron dome of dumb — he lives in a confected orbit of celebrity by proxy; he is a fish out of water, a prince in a republic, a rebel on pause. Today, the Sussexes exist as an abstract construct built on stunts and showbiz buzz, measuring out their existence by embarking on crusades and accepting embarrassing awards such as the Ripple of Hope or the Living Legend of Aviation.
Against the wishes of the late soldier's mother, who along with ex-military chiefs, urged him to turn it down, Prince Harry accepted the Pat Tillman Award for Service at a recent star-studded event in Los Angeles. It was the action of a man so desperate to be seen in a heroic light that he'd risk ridicule and controversy just to add another medal to his trophy cupboard.
Prince Harry's life now is propped up by such awards, along with honorary accolades and his assorted pet projects. Some of them, like the Invictus Games, are indeed noble. Yet blaming his grievances against the Press as the reason for his ongoing isolation from the rest of his family is fooling absolutely no one. Except himself.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-13673943/JAN-MOIR-Harry-outrageous-claim.html
https://archive.md/2024.07.26-020911/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-13673943/JAN-MOIR-Harry-outrageous-claim.html
@Neutral
Have you watched ‘Inspector Lynley’
or ‘Frost’
‘Foyle’s War’ is brilliant
Written by Anthony Horowitz
a favourite author of mine
@WildBoar
I’m sure your curtains and
wallpaper are exquisite
My black coffee cups, and pot
used to appear in numerous
shows
Good taste, I’d say
@GWAH
Cheers, glad to make you laugh 😘
Harry has one great blessing: his children. The world is full of people whose greatest sorrow is that they can't get children, own or adopted, but he has Archie and Lili.
If only he would stop moaning about how horrible father King Charles used to be and instead would pick his "little ones" up in his arms and start living with them full time. His problem is that he has no career, no interests, no hobbies (horse polo and idiotic court cases do not count), his life is so empty and hollow.
Maybe the full meaning of life for him is in the nursery of his own house.
Thanks for Overblown and The milksop pissenlit
Lends himself, takes the pee
I love Foyle's War, it's brilliant (I think it's on repeat on some Freeview channel), also very well acted, particularly by Michael Kitchen.
Keep up the good work- no mean feat with the duo's dreariness. Will you be inspired by the no makeup makeup endorsed by *, bronzer notwithstanding? (either in a ditty or a new look😁)
Hapless talks about his phone being hacked, and his mother's phone being hacked.
The post above asserts that it was his voicemail box that was hacked, not his phone. I don't think he understands the difference.
Charles did indeed have his phone hacked, in that someone, accidentally or on purpose, was able to listen in on an intimate conversation he had with Camilla.
However, the Levison Inquiry was about tabloids getting PIs to access voicemail messages. As the post above shows, this was easy to do. But, what is also clear is that once William discovered what was going on, everyone in the royal family would have had to change their passwords. Hapless thus knew that the tabloids had accessed his voicemails many years ago, and, under guidance from palace staff, acted to prevent this from happening again.
By the way, he claims in his court case that it was under the monarch, his grandmother that he was forbidden from suing as it would cause reputational damage to the Firm. But, in this interview, he says that his grandmother encouraged him to sue and supported him. Which is it? Both cannot be true
I do wish lawyers would earn their fees and compile a record of all these contradictory statements and ask the judge to declare hapless an unreliable witness.
Enjoy your limericks as always!
We all must be getting bored by the Harkles, as we're straying off topic. The political news here in the US is quite riveting and the Harkles seem sort of same old, same old. However, the ginger one has big legal bills to pay, and they need to do something to keep money flowing their way, so this might just be a lull before they detonate their next foolishness and treachery bomb.
`Unreliable witness' - I agree and would add 'vexatious litigant' as well.
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From a Buddhist perspective: resentment isn’t anger with someone else at all; resentment is anger with oneself, misdirected at someone else through the lens of victimhood.
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From a scientific perspective: Those who have a perpetual victimhood mindset tend to have an “external locus of control”; they believe that one’s life is entirely under the control of forces outside one’s self, such as fate, luck or the mercy of other people.
Based on clinical observations and research, the researchers found that the tendency for interpersonal victimhood consists of four main dimensions: (a) constantly seeking recognition for one’s victimhood, (b) moral elitism, (c) lack of empathy for the pain and suffering of others, and (d) frequently ruminating about past victimization. ... researchers do not equate experiencing trauma and victimization with possessing the victimhood mindset. They point out that a victimhood mindset can develop without experiencing severe trauma or victimization. Vice versa, experiencing severe trauma or victimization doesn’t necessarily mean that someone is going to develop a victimhood mindset.
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This is a good article:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/valley-girl-brain/202103/the-love-the-grudge-resentment-feels-good
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I think he has found his niche with his wife in California, where he does not have to give up his grudges or his victim status, and where he will always find someone to listen and give him a public platform.
WBBM
I like your comment.
I am uncomfortable with posting a link to history.
Can I repost with taking about something personal from your past?
OOps that did not come out well
Can I delete part about personal history which might be traceable?
US Air Force Colonel Mark Anarumo, 54, is claimed to have sexually harassed an employee at a military university where he became president, partly by making inappropriate claims about his sex life, court documents obtained by The Daily Mail reveal.
He is alleged to have told multiple people, including young graduates, 'that he once had sex with Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex'.
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The future Royal went to the Incirlik base to entertain troops with an American charity that sends celebrities to 'engage with service members and boost military morale'.' ...
'to entertain troops'? Perhaps they need to rephrase that. The colonel denies anything inappropriate happened and there is no evidence but maybe this is not the sort of thing that * will be happy to read. Could you imagine a British colonel being associated with Catherine in a similar manner, even if it was only an allegation?
The Duchess of Sussex, 42, attended the G9 Ventures Summer Summit, hosted by power broker Amy Griffin.
She’s believed to have flown in from Santa Barbara, Calif. by private jet with her close friend, make-up guru Victoria Jackson — and sources say she will be picking up tips for her new lifestyle business, American Riviera Orchard, which has yet to officially launch.
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https://pagesix.com/2024/07/26/royal-family/meghan-markle-jets-into-ny-for-hamptons-business-summit/
My motto for this get together: Let's change the world, one mascara stick at a time.
Please remember:
* She has not yet trademarked this mythical business.
* She has no products to sell
* She has no staff to run the business.
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An interesting post about how cruel and hurtful the duo were to the late Queen in her last weeks and months.
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I am sure everyone has seen the video of Diana, but here is the best part of it ...
Diana: Harry, shush!
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1ed2gp2/sugars_omg_diana_is_looking_down_smiling_and/
Wild Boar Battle-Maid comment:
Never mind curbing criticism of the Harkles, UK free speech in the very places where philosophical questions are commonly thrashed out is in danger. Legislation to protect free speech in UK universities was in the pipeline but that's now under threat, apparently:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/labour-sparks-more-outrage-with-chilling-decision-to-abolish-university-free-speech-act/ar-BB1qFFz2?cvid=9e6128c93ec7402a885c7a7a6f167b56&ei
Is THIS the man he has become?!?
Does he ever think that there may be a possibility that his mother and grandmother might be in Heaven and listen to his lies?
We know his wife has told him that Diana is there somewhere and is blessing their every move? But really?!
Re. What Sparry said in print via his ghostwriter about being conceived solely as a backup plan and body part farm for Willy the Heir…he’s saying he didn’t find out until he was 20 that his father called him a spare. One wonders why he didn’t include the widely reported comment of Charles when he saw his second born for the first time…”Oh god it’s a boy and he’s even got red hair.”
We only know about this ostensibly private remark made to his wife because Diana published it via Andrew Morton, to make Charles look cold and unfeeling and cruel. Mission accomplished. It was an awful thing to say and the new father should have bitten his tongue until blood came out his nose before blurting such a callous comment. But Diana had lied to Charles for months that the baby was a girl. He could have become excited about the arrival of a second son but Diana never gave him that opportunity. He walked in expecting a daughter. She had deceived him and he reacted ignobly but humanly in a moment of shock. I’m not excusing the truly awful thing he said but I suppose he’s regretted it every day since. Diana created that situation for herself and, it could be argued, cared a whole lot more about getting revenge on Charles than she did about her child’s feelings. Did she really think that Harry, then aged 8 would never get wind of it? A truly loving mother would’ve taken that hurtful remark to her grave.
I’m pretty sure Harry never viewed himself as a body part farm until his wife poured that poison in his ear. There’s no undoing the damage she has caused. It’s permanent.
The QM was notorious for doting on the heirs and ignoring everyone else. I’d wager that H’s first feeling of Spare Partness came from her and various Nannie’s who gave William more sausages than from his parents. The cards were stacked against him from birth into that dysfunctional household…but if he never heard the word Spare from his father’s lips until he was 20-and then by proxy in some book…again, a remark presumably made to his wife and then published…it’s a safe bet that Chas never actually referred to his second son as the spare in his earshot.
Harry is a tragedy, but a very predictable and petty one.
She is doubling down in showing as much shoulders and back as possible, in this wrinkled, too big 'suit'.
The outfit on a model and in her (last pic). There are very few women who could make such an outfit look good, and realistically wear it without it getting wrinkled.
Lady C has picked up the rumour that TBW is regarded in royal circles as having a dangerous fixation on Catherine.
https://x.com/DebsScotsLass/status/1817079034561396855
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https://x.com/DailyTPodcast/status/1816776643668509019
Camilla Tominey speaks out about hapless blaming the media for the rift in his family, and other things. Well said ... as she says, if she tried to put anything they said in the Oprah interview, in Spare, in various other interviews, she would not have been able to get past the legal department.
Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
MM ramping up networking. Used recent sighting with Kimberly Williams-Paisley to reinforce her own self as an “actress”. Sent press releases detailing their NWU history & which recapped M’s career in relation to Kimberly’a & hired-a-pap.
Sad & Desperate!
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The above is in reference to her bring papped when she came out if the restaurant, round about George's birthday.
Another interesting post:
Royally Sage
@sage1411
Lady c says the press has cleaned up their act since William’s lawsuit, but the palace thinks Harry is desperate to make sure that the press does not reveal their dirt on Rachel. The harkles want to control the media narrative about themselves.
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There are no photographs of the Duchess of Sussex in the Royal Collection, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
This is despite the vast archives containing more than a million objects spanning five centuries of the monarchy.
Works from the collection are often displayed at royal properties, including the King's Gallery next to Buckingham Palace, which is currently holding an exhibition titled 'Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography'.
But while the display has delighted visitors with previously unseen photos of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, tourists have been surprised to find no images of Meghan Markle or her two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
The MoS understands this is because the collection – which is cared for by the Royal Collection Trust, a department of the royal household – does not contain any such photographs.
Images of the Royal Family do not automatically become part of the Royal Collection, but are often donated by the photographer or specially commissioned.
Royal Portraits contains five photographs of Prince William, but there are no shots of the Duke of Sussex as an adult, and he features only once in a 1994 photograph taken by John Swannell.
It depicts a young Prince Harry laughing with his brother William and mother Princess Diana.
The Royal Collection is not owned by King Charles but rather 'held in trust' for 'his successors and the nation'.
A spokeswoman for the trust said: 'Royal Portraits... focuses on photographs taken during organised portrait sittings', adding that images from the collection were 'chosen for what they can tell us about the evolution of royal portrait photography'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13679379/meghan-royal-collection-archives.html
(Disclaimer: I do think the children exist.)
There are portraits taken by a professional photographer of her, the couple, and them with the children. These photographs could certainly be regarded as official photographs that show the evolution of royal photography. (Although that Christmas photo of the family, taken when Lilli was a baby, seemed to have been extensively 'edited', and so may not be acceptable for quality reasons.)
The couple may well have portraits of them with the children that they have not released to the public. The Royal Collection did not ask for them because they do not want the family to be represented in the Royal Collection, and certainly not for public display.
I wonder what the reaction will be in Montecito?
Different in what way?
Great photos and comments at the above post ...
The claw: control and domination. If someone is getting attention, she uses the claw to take ownership and thus colonize the attention. My amateur psychology!
And she has always loved freebies!
I'm sure that Hairy was favoured over William in some ways by his parents.
William had to behave more properly whereas Hairy could run amok.
It is only in because of his chosen life story of victimhood that he is always overlooked.
As for this idea that he was conceived to be a spare part factory for his brother, who does that? Most families have more than one child. Is it so the first born can have access to spare parts?
Some (extremely rare) families do have a second child to help one of their existing children with medical issues, but these families are roundly criticized by everyone when this fact comes out.
thanks
From, an opinion on why the ckaw stats away from the UK:
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She isn't banned from entering the UK. If she was, then she wouldn't have been allowed into Heathrow airport to meet up with Harry and fly to Nigeria with him. If it was a private flight, she wouldn't have been allowed off the plane once it landed. If it was a commercial flight, she wouldn't have been allowed to board because her passport would have been flagged at LAX.
Most likely, there are restrictions in place concerning her access or proximity to the royal family, since she didn't do the coronation and that's something we know she really wanted to go to given all the PR she did around it. (I don't buy the gossip that WME told her not to go and she listened. Meghan doesn't listen to anything that isn't her own voice. She probably streams her Archetypes podcast 24/7.)
But there's definitely something stopping her from being in London since she didn't go to the Invictus anniversary service, after doing all the other Invictus travel with Harry. Is it the royals' doing? I don't know.
Gossip from reddit (remember all info is gossip until there are published, public receipts) is that Meghan is barred from royal property and cannot be within a certain proximity to Charles, Camilla, and the Waleses because the RPOs have designated her a "fixated person," meaning there are legitimate concerns for the principal royals' safety after the long lens pap photo from the night Her Late Majesty returned for a final rest at Buckingham Palace and after touching Kate at the funeral. (On the latter, Kate's status as Princess of Wales means no physical contact unless she initiates it.) YMMV.
Time will tell what's going on.
She is both frustrated in being in a situation where she is not in control and one in which she cannot dominate. If she appears with the Royal Family, they have rules. They also make her feel inadequate, especially Catherine, but she will never admit that, especially to herself.
He dream has always been to be an A-lister in Hollywood. She already has all that the Royal Family can do for her (the title and global recognition), so she has no use for them. She wants recognition and support for the mythical ARO from Charles, but she is not going to get it, so not only are the family of no use to her, but she is more resentful than ever.
She has to maintain control of husband and children. Letting them come under the influence of the Royal Family, especially the children, is very threatening to her.
However, I doubt that anyone in the Royal Family is extending any kind of invitations to her. She did want to be at the historic coronation, and used the media to publish her demands, and, foolishly, to leak a story about a personal letter from the King. When the Royal Family ignored her demands and hints for an invitation, she would have been deeply wounded. She has tried the same strategy with Catherine, and has again been ignored.
If she is still with hapless, it will be interesting to see if she will appear at the next IG. If ARO, the Lemonada deal, and the movies she is supposedly producing do not achieve the success she dreams of, or do not happen at all, she will be desperate for the controlled public appearances the IG will give her, but will be in a very weak position. Delusions of grandeur will keep her going until she has to face reality, but a cornered malignant toxic narc could be very dangerous, so the Royal Family should brace themselves for a vicious onslaught.
Interesting ... The article seems to have sources in both camps.
The story about hapless receiving an inheritance from the Queen Mother, or anyone else, when he turns 40 is a myth.
Neither of the duo have been in contact with William or Catherine. The rift remains.
Hapless is happy in California, but he wants the full security ... and his father is the one person who can make that happen for him. I doubt that his father could or would. A royal source says that is the only way to reconcile father and son ... give hapless the security he wants. I suspect that the Royal source is in Montecito.
From a kind and very tactful courtier, who allowed himself to be named: “Too often Harry’s behavior is lacking judgement,” said Patrick Jephson, Princess Diana’s former chief of staff. “But that may partly be [due] to growing up in a royal world where fault could usually be deflected onto somebody else, insulating him from the consequences of his actions.
“Frequently, Harry’s announcements lack intellectual rigor; he often has good points to make in support of his allegations but they are not always coherently marshaled. Particularly when he invokes his mother.”
Victoria Ward often speaks for them. Obviously, hapless is not in direct contact with his father, so he is using the media.
"The Duke remains devastated about the withdrawal of his right to automatic police protection, which has become one of the biggest barriers to reconciliation with his father.
Similarly, given that his father’s principal private secretary, and other senior members of the royal household, sit on RAVEC, he feels that if there was a desire to help him, things might be different."
I would be really angry if someone did that to me, but, yet again, I think hapless is deluded in believing that his father can give him whatever he wants, or that it would be at all prudent for his father to even try.
References to whether it's `in' Britain or not are veiled, one site says it's `outside security'. One can only escape to England by going through Border Control/Immigration; this is where * would have been turned back if indeed she has been banished.
https://www.heathrowvip.com/s/ https://airportslounges.com/lhr-lounges/the-windsor-suite-heathrow-terminal-5/ It has been reported on another site that it'd set you back £1600 an hour, probably more now.
Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
#PrinceHarry security fears. “How can H&M travel to travel-warned locations but not UK?” 🤔 The real reason will shock!
MM convinced H, that his own family want her ☠️‼️Rock solid source said “she has H believing The Firm hurt mum & will hurt her too,”. He wants assurity.
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Elvis and Priscilla ❤️🇺🇸
@ElvisandPrisci1
* But is the “real reason”
they have a fixated person restraining order on her.
She cannot come close to the Wales family or the King and Queen after her bizarre behavior at QE2 funeral
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Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
This has indeed been floated but I want to see concrete proof. It is a very good theory of course but I haven’t been able to corroborate it much.
Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
As well, their unfounded delusions (thinking the Firm is out to harm them) could also be grounds for total ban on their presence in the UK as well (but again, I need more proof to see she’s been banned outright).
https://x.com/BarkJack_/status/1817781477959979026
IMO, she is not banned ... she simply is not invited. Although the result of both may essentially be the same, the meaning is entirely different. And even then, not invited may simply be the result of ignoring her list of demands (apology, confessions, full security ...).
It is an error many people may make. For example, Diana never said Charles was not suitable to be king. She said she knows him and he would find the role too restrictive. There is a difference between 'not being good enough to be king', as what she says is interpreted, and 'not wanting the restrictions being king would impose on him'. She was not thinking of how he would fulfill the role, but how unhappy it would make him. If she was alive today, she would have matured and may be in a very happy marriage, as Charles has and is, and may say something very different.
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Meghan Markle is in talks over supporting a charity that provides food and clothes to the needy close to her and Prince Harry’s US home.
The Duchess, 42, is understood to have spoken to Father of the Bride actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley about the possibility of helping non-profit Unity Shoppe in Santa Barbara, near their home in Montecito. Angela Miller-Bevan is executive director and CEO at the store, which is already supported by Kimberly, 52, and her country music superstar husband Brad Paisley, 51.
Angela said: “I know other celebrities that support us have spoken to Meghan. I’m hoping it works out. We’d love to have her as part of our family.” The project already works with stars such as Katy Perry, Rob Lowe and Footloose singer Kenny Loggins.
Angela said: “Celebrities and the wealthy people here in Santa Barbara do want to give back to their community. They give us a lot of support, which we are very grateful for – especially for our annual telethon.” Mum-of-two Meghan was spotted enjoying lunch with Kimberly, who also has two children, at trendy Italian restaurant Tre Lune in Montecito last Sunday. Like Meghan, she is passionate about carrying out charity work.
As well as Unity Shoppe, Kimberly also helps Meals on Wheels America, Feeding America and Alzheimer’s Association. Angela said: “Brad and Kimberly were inspired to open their own version of the Unity Shoppe in Nashville after visiting us here. They’ve been incredible. Rents here in Santa Barbara and Montecito are higher than in New York.
“Teachers, health workers, shop workers have to spend the vast majority of their income on rent. They have little left over for food. We see a lot of middle-class people here, middle-income people, who need our services.” Former Suits actress Meghan was a volunteer at soup kitchens in Los Angeles as a teenager.
She has said: “I started working at a soup kitchen in Skid Row of Los Angeles when I was 13, and the first day I felt really scared. It was rough and raw. I just felt overwhelmed. One of my mentors told me that ‘life is about putting others’ needs above your own fears’. That has always stayed with me.” Meghan was contacted for comment.
https://archive.ph/2024.07.27-205421/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/meghan-markle-talks-over-new-33341508
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Netflix have NOT been impressed with *some* of what Archewell is producing, re: MM cooking/ gardening show. Archewell sent back to drawing board multiple times. It’s not looking promising. (Not connecting with audience, not captivating I am told). However, they forge on.
Talking about drugs ... in his latest interview, when he is talking about security, and not being safe in the UK: he says wifey could be knifed or have acid thrown at her. He lowers his head and smirks as he says this, very obviously. People call this 'dupers delight', but I think it is a childish inability to hide his association with those words: knives (plastic surgery); acid (drug taken for pleasure and which he has personally admitted to using).
I suppose in a way that is dupers delight ... their words have a double meaning and the 'other' meaning is their secret.