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Could there be a Return?

Richard Eden had an article with the headline of how TO is "'running out of time' to rejoin Royal Family because William will be 'reluctant' to give his brother a role when he becomes King"

I thought: say what?  "reluctant"?  a "Hell No!" sounds more realistic.

Reluctant makes it sound like it is within the realm of possibility to still work things out between the two brothers.  All the periodic chatter of extending olive branches periodically plays into that, doesn't it?

But do we really think, at this point after all (the interview, the various books - named names, photos raising lots of questions, press releases with crossed timing and some bit of news from a friend of theirs who is not named - why not?), it is possible for them to really play happy extended family all walking into the same sunset?


I don't think so (but I could be wrong - even really wrong - please don't ask about how wrong I've been about some stock decisions).


I'm just trying to think up how tolerant the family members "might be" willing to be around him (and or with her) and when or where it could be.  Thinking not much.  Maybe never?  (there is a part of me which is wondering about how that will play out for King Charles' funeral - Operation Menai Bridge.  I'd like to know, but also really don't want to have to hear that any time soon).  

Or the recent news that they have not been invited to Balmoral (or Sandringham for that matter).  Ouch.  That's fond memories of happier days when life wasn't as crazy as it is today.  (or maybe not - in Spare there was some snark, was there not, about not having some sort of bedroom appropriate to his status - pp 11 and 236).  

In the first OS book, the one they "didn't" cooperate with supposedly until they apparently did, I remember something about how they, or he maybe, felt a lot of pressure to make it/their mark/some level of some sort of success or something as there was a strong enough feeling to make it into the book that Prince George (and the siblings) were breathing hard and fast on his/their footsteps to take over.  And, when that was to happen, it sounded as if it was anticipated to be totally game over and no soup for you two.  All or nothing.  

That book was also highly skewed to how they outdid everyone else in the family (including his late mother) in the Down Under Tour.  All kinds of numbers showing how wonderful they were perceived.  

And yet, here they are now - not representing the BRF brother and, not living across the pond where cousins could play with cousins/second cousins more easily.

So, the comment from the King about having a nice life overseas may really have been the final word on how the family viewed it/them/their choice.


Comments

Girl with a Hat said…
that info about the conference in Colombia that they weren't invited to comes from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4EXNyWREIQ

apparently, this is a good youtube channel for royal gossip
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13759533/videos-Sussexes-faux-royal-tour-Columbia-not-sound.html

An interesting article examining how tightly they controlled coverage of their visit, including omitting audio from videos.
Sandie said…
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a61906795/shop-meghan-markle-outfits-day-3-colombia/

Her paid PR in the media ... still trying to make Duchess Meghan happen. Why? It is a made-up name because there is no such title. They would not be pushing it without instruction from her. Why is she doing this?
Sandie said…
Some interesting comments from a tarot reading, using her intuition as she is on holiday without her tarot cards:

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I agree with a comment I read on Twitter. This "tour" is going to be a disaster for Meghan and Harry in the medium and long term

When the independent Colombian press does its investigative work, the conclusions are not going to be great... the British press will pick up the information and then the American press too.

We will associate Harry and Meghan not with leaders but with influencers who take advantage of economically unstable or economically fragile countries to use their money and get paid.

Meghan is in a mental turmoil. She is convinced that she is a leader right now.
-+-------

Meghan Markle who is convinced that she is the real royal and that she is a real diplomat that the BRF has underestimated.

I repeat myself but Meghan is completely convinced that she has succeeded in this tour and that she has created a new turning point. Except that she has spent more than 1 million on security and that she is not affiliated with any country to obtain contracts for this country so it is a financial loss. I will not be surprised if the Colombian government jumps during the next election.

Harry you visit countries that are almost on the brink of financial ruin to satisfy your ego and your lack of recognition.

Conclusion: it is almost back to school, the heads of state will return to service and will see again that they are not part of the forefront.
Girl with a Hat said…
Another video of her and the VP's husband side by side. Tell me what you think of their side glances.

https://x.com/wuikle/status/1825755404321935596
I expect many UK Nutties will have seen the reports of the King breaking his time at Balmoral to visit Southport today to pay his respects, view the flowers and, most important, meet his people.
What struck me was the very great affection shown between Monarch and subjects - his visit was much appreciated and clearly helped bring comfort to many at this sad time.
I felt very moved and the tears welled up - but I also thought how very fortunate we are to have Charles III , a good man who clearly loves his people. His reign my prove to be all too brief but he will go down in history for his warmth and humanity.
To cheer you up wrt MeMe:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1ex3yew/the_sussex_colombia_tour_aka_the_meme_circus_show/
Elskainga said…
Perhaps this photo will make * realize the importance of her father’s work in set lighting director and that he was so accomplished that he won ( didn’t have to buy) several Emmys for lighting. Of course, contacting her father is a step too far…
Elskainga said…
We all know that * uses her sexuality to attract and dominate men, married or single. As a HW starlet, it may have gotten her a second audition/bit parts. Now she’s aged out, is raising ?? a daughter??? ( I know, I know) thereby should act as a role model and is a guest of a country’s representative while in the media glare, that she courts btw, with her husband attached at the hip and she can’t help herself. “I’m a hugger.” “ W&C are so cold.” I’ve written this dozens of times: It’s a blessing they left the Monarchy ‘business’ as she is so ill suited to appropriately perform in public . Pushing boundaries that are formally recognized for a reason!
Girl with a Hat said…
what do you think of this comment? Did Hairy get jealous when Prince George was born and he lost Catherine's attention? William always made sure that Hairy stood beside him, not behind him, and yet Hairy found a way to stab his brother in the back, saying he was always treated as #2? (he is a #2, but that's beside the point)

https://x.com/MeghansMole/status/1826005735433711876
Girl with a Hat said…
I read that the Harkles even demanded that the staff at that expensive hotel sign NDA's about what they could see and hear during the Harkles' stay there. There must be a lot of fighting and screaming in order for the pair to demand such control of the staff.
Sandie said…
https://archive.ph/2024.08.20-230048/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/20/is-this-meghan-markle-most-bizarre-boast-yet/

Normal: My daughter is three and is talking. Like most toddlers ...

TBW: From above article:
We will never achieve true social justice, says Meghan Markle, unless we embolden girls and young women to “use their voice and be heard”. To this end, she told a conference on “Afro-Descendant Women and Power” at the weekend, she has always taken great care to “encourage” her daughter Lilibet through “the role-modelling I try to do as a mother”. And now, thanks to these efforts, she is “so proud” to report that Lilibet has “found her voice”.
Sandie said…
https://archive.ph/2024.08.20-235843/https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/29989785/prince-harry-colombia-tour-meghan/

I disagree with Arthur ... that hapless should call himself Harry Wales. He is not the son of the Prince of Wales.

As many have pointed out, take away the prince and HRH and leave him with the titles gifted to him by Elizaeth II when he got married.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Earl and Countess Dumbarton. Baron and Baroness Kilkeel.
Do the legal work so that he can use Sussex as a surname rather than Mountbatten-Windsor? The latter is his birthright so I think they should be magnanimous and let him use Mountbatten-Windsor as a surname. Let his children inherit his titles. They are forever tainted so William and Catherine would not want them to be passed on to their ancestors. But perhaps they should return to the Crown when he dies and in future a descendant of William and Catherine can try Sussex and overcome the 'curse'.
Sandie said…
https://twitter.com/BarkJack_/status/1826111534755623319

Have you seen the creepy photo of her posing with a group of kids and the completely inappropriate behaviour from the boy? Very disturbing.

She must stop all this hugging and grabbing on to people for the cameras.
Sandie said…
For your entertainment (he is miserable):

mini tarot reading prince harry 20/08/2024
he wants a transformation in his life but he doesn't know which path to take. He feels stuck (I asked for his energy after this tour) he reflects on his life and several aspects of his life (he is approaching his birthday)
he has a broken heart, he feels hurt, he is waiting for money his inheritance ???
he hopes that this inheritance will open up happiness and healing for him. He hopes for a balance with Meghan too and financially.

he reflects, he seeks a solution to recurring problems. There is a concrete change in Meghan or in a woman on hopes, projects.
The wheel turns favorably here with good success, we hope to obtain something from the king or someone powerful money or an inheritance.

in conclusion I have a king of batons, with death a voluntary man undergoes a fairly important transformation or even petty in a relationship or in a couple. I don't know if it's William or if it's someone else but there is a transformation in a couple jealousy fascination desire power. Maybe Meghan with another man. This last part is quite strange.

https://www.tumblr.com/mysteriouslytransparentwitch/759351125615984640/mini-lecture-tarot-reading-prince-harry?source=share
Sandie said…
For your entertainment (she is delusional):

mini tarot reading meghan markle 20/08/2024
in terms of abundance, she feels mixed, the media exposure was not very great.
She hopes for a rise in power, she is very happy even if there is criticism, she loved the security of being surrounded.
She is thinking about several options to get money.
She feels revitalized and ready to get more opportunity, glory, money but also prestige, she no longer wants to be in incantation but in action.
She is the one who worked on this tour.

she is happy because she feels she has taught the BRF a lesson (this is how we really work)
for her it is a triumph because she is the one who acts and builds this tour.
It is an opportunity to show her work to the world, how she has refined this tour.
She feels really blessed right now, it is a mental success for her. On the other hand, in their relationship, there is a small crisis that is setting in.

She is currently studying contract proposals.https://www.tumblr.com/mysteriouslytransparentwitch/759349575375110144/mini-lecture-tarot-reading-meghan-markle?source=share
Sandie said…
Gossip about Archie:

"Yeah word on the street is that the team of professionals working with him are to treat his off-the-charts anxiety issues due to what is undoubtedly a raging attachment disorder."

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1ewzw86/comment/lj2g1a0/
From OK! via
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/meghan-markle-frustrated-prince-harry-215641670.html

Meghan Markle 'frustrated' by Prince Harry 'wasting his life' - 'It's easy for her to look forward'
Rebecca Russell & Kiesha Dosanjh
Wed 21 August 2024 at 10:56 pm BST·3-min read


As Prince Harry approaches his 40th birthday, it's been claimed that the Duke 'spends most of his time thinking of the past' reportedly pining for the love and affection he had from the British public before stepping back from Royal duties, according to one of his oldest friends.

"He's an angry boy. Things haven't turned out how he wanted, the confidant told The Times. "I think he misses being over here [in Britain] desperately and wants to be admired more. Anyone who knows him feels he'd rather be top of the pops here with everyone loving him, as they do with William and Kate."

Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond gives her insight, and explains how this could be 'frustrating' for Meghan.
"If Meghan is encouraging Harry to leave the past behind and move on, then I think it is a healthy move. They have made their decision, left the working royal family and left the UK," she exclusively told OK!

Harry and Meghan left the family and stepped back from royal duties in 2020, to start their new life overseas, where they welcomed their second child, Princess Lilibet. Earlier this year, the Duke formally confirmed he was a US resident.

"He says he now regards the USA as home — at least for the time being," Jennie continues. "Brooding on the perceived injustices of the past and re-living old quarrels is a waste of a life, and I think Meghan sees that."

However, Jennie says it's 'easier' for Meghan to look forward, without the history with the royal family: "On the other hand, she doesn’t have an entire and complex history of life in the confines of the royal family to worry about. It’s easy for her to look forward…ensconced as she is in a country and lifestyle she is so used to and clearly loves.

But Harry has said he wants to be reunited with his family…so he is obviously going to think about what has happened and how they have come to this state of affairs," she continued, although she said this could be 'frustrating' for Meghan.

"And that’s probably quite frustrating for Meghan…who seems to be at ease with estrangement from her own family. I don’t think Harry spends 'all' his time looking back….but the Harry I knew as a young boy was someone who enjoyed fooling around with his family and having fun with them."

Although Harry made some 'bombshell revelations' in his memoir Spare, he also reminisced over fond family memories, as Jennie says it's 'only natural' he misses the connection.

"In his book Spare he writes about his fond memories of some of those family gatherings….and it’s only natural that he now misses that connection and perhaps is still considering ways of repairing the damage done in recent years.
Meghan, however, has I think consigned her brief dalliance at being royal very firmly to the past…except for the title and the kudos it brings," Jennie concluded.


Bit late for Buyer's Remorse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyer%27s_remorse
Girl with a Hat said…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6abe8f934a2bb2e0c5707f06da67a3e95149cd4d839c2459e64254bf2e4ab9fb.jpg?w=600&h=331

apparently, she has green contact lenses on here during her trip to Colombia, and there's another photo that shows how she copied Catherine's hairstyle

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8651041784bed876551559e396a08d949627d0ebd25dcd0a38b582f9e44d6a2d.jpg?w=600&h=511
Magatha Mistie said…
Singalong 🎤
Apologies: Fred Gilbert
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo


Riven Rock Bottom

As she trawls along
the Rue de Garçon
With her co dependent spare
You can bet we’re all aware
She’s in search of a billionaire
You can see they’re high
by the squinting left eye
and the constant blink
it’s a telling lie
From the biatch who broke her bank
in Montecito….



Magatha Mistie said…
False Tart

Our demi-monde
Tricked and conned
Many with foreplay
The cunning stunts punt
On a lily liveRed runt
Will falter if he fails to pay…




Magatha Mistie said…

Pros-echo

Deep notes of oral
in her sparkling pro’se
Dark tannin tones
and a sulphurous bouquet
Acidic, fermented
vintage vin de cay
A varietal drop
on a dry nose day
An earthy finish
astringent golden spray…

Magatha Mistie said…

@WildBoar
Alas, poor Doric!
I was meaning whore
historic

@GWAH
My pleasure in leisure 😉

@Swampie
Thanks, good to hear from you
Unfortunately when I’m at play you’re all abed
and vice versa



The Express is stirring the pot by dubbing any move to remove the Sussexes from the position to which they have become accustomed, with talk of `Royal revenge plot'. Such loaded language.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1939075/prince-harry-removed-line-of-succession
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

You've outdone yourself with False Tart and Pros-echo. Genius! Thanks for the laugh.
Maneki Neko said…
Nutties will be pleased to know that 'Prince Harry and Meghan Markle revealed that they donated a number of drum sets, a learning environment, and upgrades to a 'socio-emotional gym' to the people of Colombia following their quasi-royal tour.' (DM). What use will drum sets be? And can anyone explain what the rest is? Real philanthropists would not divulge what they give, when or who to. In my opinion, they've just made things worse for themselves.
Girl with a Hat said…
From an article at the Express about *'s visit to Sandringham for that shooting weekend where she behaved badly once more:

But their (Harry's friends) scathing analysis of Harry’s new girl didn’t end there - and he said texts between the guests were fired between them as they left.

He claimed one said "Harry must be f*****g nuts" and that another said "she's a total nightmare". Prince Harry and Meghan's representative has been approached for comment.


https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1939868/prince-harry-meghan-markle-friends-verdict
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/king-charles-broke-royal-protocol-125526111.html

No, he didn't. He defines it, what he does is protocol. As Prince Philip did at that naval dinner in near-tropical temperatures in hot, tight mess kit. He removed his `monkey jacket' saying `This, gentlemen, is bloody ridiculous!' and proceeded to loosen his collar and roll up his sleeves.
Maneki Neko said…
'King Charles Contemplates Truce With Prince Harry After Spiritual Guidance From Religious Leaders'

I wonder if one of those religious leaders is Welby, that arch meddler. If Charles is thinking of a truce with Harry, where does this leave *? Does she have to be included? H might well want a truce to include her and * will be pushing for it. As long as Charles is only 'contemplating' the possibility...

https://www.newsx.com/world/king-charles-contemplates-truce-with-prince-harry-after-spiritual-guidance-from-religious-leaders/
Not quite South Park but it really calls them out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmGPs0CZVuY

https://www.newsx.com/world/king-charles-contemplates-truce-with-prince-harry-after-spiritual-guidance-from-religious-leaders

This appeared along with the video I mentioned above. Am still trying to find out about the channel - clearly of Indian origin. Curiouser and curiouser...
I'd feel much happier if I knew it was Richard Chartres, former Bp of London, not Welby, who was giving the King spiritual direction. He's an old friend from C's Trinity days and seems less of a drip than Welby. He delivered the sermon at Margaret Thatcher's funeral.
Christian forgiveness is seen now as more about letting go of how one feels about someone who has hurt you, than letting them walk all over you.
I imagine that Chartres, being High Church/Anglo-Catholic, ie rather traditional, would stress that neither H nor * should receive more conventional `forgiveness' without demonstrating truly contrite hearts.
As if.
The Princess of Wales went to church this morning.
The Telegraph described her coat/jacket as `camel'.
Hello! called it `tartan'.
I'd call it, however, `Prince of Wales check' - a checked lightweight tweed suiting, like that worn by Edward in the 30s, only he wore it in grey but here it's a light brown/beige.
Don't these journos know anything about fabrics?

.
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

Correct. The MoS called it 'a beige tartan Marlborough trench coat'. It's not tartan! Tartan is in multiple colours. The article was written by someone with a foreign name, a young one too I bet.
Sandie said…
Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
While H&MM’s personal engagements in Colombia were apparently "co-financed", it's understood that international agencies chipped in to help with the costs.
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Anyone have any ideas on who these 'international agencies' might be? My thoughts are that the Vice President tapped donation money given to the Colombian government. The couple may have dipped into Invictus funds as well.
Sandie said…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/william-furious-that-harry-and-meghan-still-deliberately-call-catherine-kate

Interesting article about how the duo insist on calling Catherine 'Kate', in their media statements and in the card they sent her after hearing about her cancer diagnosis. The article notes how the American media always use 'Kate Middleton', including this Daily Beast article, but it is actually rude.

The couple are like defiant toddlers.
SwampWoman said…
I'm not sure the journos know anything at this point.
Even worse example of journalistic blunder which is `misinformation', here:
https://uk.style.yahoo.com/princess-beatrice-drops-huge-hint-205403878.html
There's a photo captioned `State Banquet' which is no such thing.
It's a civic banquet in Guildhall, in the City of London for the Emperor of Japan, I think.
Th chap in ermine is the Lord Mayor; Nutties may recognise the big fur hat at the back - worn by the Lord Mayor's sword bearer, seen at the Jubilee Service at St Paul's.
I find this sort of thing so irritating - our county council posted an article crowds in the High St of our county town, illustrated with a photo which I instantly recognised as Republic Street/Triq ir-Repubblika* in Valletta, Malta, confirmed on Google Earth.
When I pointed this out, the reaction was more or less `So what?'
What about eliminating `misinformation'.
abbyh said…
Re: What makes Prince William angry?

I doubt that having his wife called Kate instead of Catherine is the highest thing on his list.

Sandie said…
https://www.instyle.com/meghan-markle-major-condition-uk-return-prince-harry-8701046

Tom Quinn making up stuff again:

Her conditions for visiting the UK with the children and allowing the children to meet their relatives:

A home of their own
Full-on government-paid security for each of them, 24/7.
Sandie said…
This is interesting:

Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
A new block of misleading accounts (albeit run by real people) located in Canada, will be involved in mass supporting Invictus Games.

Keep an eye out for those accounts. They aren’t bots, avatars may be ai generated. Our technical team picked up on this, lately.
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You will notice other key hallmarks of misleading accounts: unusual adoration for H&M

-anti-monarchist sentiments. -Engagement baiting tactics etc.
-using #s wrong titles etc or referencing them King/Queen
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They would be paid in some way yes, to manage several acct. It’s a public relations tactic some Hollywood firms still employ to this day, but also good publicists will seek to generate organic fandom. If none, they have to buy it for high profile image rehabs.

Sandie said…
https://www.gbnews.com/royal/meghan-markle-prince-harry-news-backlash-crossroads

Impossible to cut and paste the text from the article because if all the ads and pop-up windows ... but an 'insider' spoke to OK magazine.

They are aware of the backlash for their Nigerian and Columbian tours, but are not sure what to do about it. (How about some real contemplation on the valid criticism?)

They love doing the tours and believe they do good by 'shining a light' on issues. (No, you get attention for yourselves and make no difference to the 'issues' you shine a light on'.)

They believe that these 'tours' elevate their standing in Hollywood, and they desperately want that. (You are a nightmare to work with, have no talent, and are grifters ... faux royal tours make no difference to that.)

Being cut off from their families kind of leaves them clinging to each other, and they believe makes them stronger as a couple. (A spouse should not be a permanent life raft. This is toxic co-dependency.)
NeutralObserver said…
LOL! I see why everyone has been complaining about the new format. I can't find a way to preview my comment.

I just wanted to say to @WBBM that Justin Welby gives me Paula Vennells vibes, nominally a person of the cloth, but one who seems motivated by something other than altruism, perhaps taking care of #!?

My purely uninformed opinion is that all of the 'reconciliation' stories are either plants from the gruesome twosome, or are made up by the 'royal reporters.' My guess is that the real royals aren't going to splash all of their personal emotions and interactions all over the media.
Girl with a Hat said…
@Sandie, use the Brave browser because it blocks all ads and popups
SwampWoman said…
Yes! Don't cut off our credit cards! Any day now, the Real Royals of England will beg us to come back because we've been royaling so much better than the rest of those losers. They will shower us with cash and free housing and free security and then we can pay our bills. Pinkie promise.

/Any reunion talk that doesn't include the words "titles removed" and "exiled to" sounds highly unlikely.
Humor Me said…
@neutralobserver: I agree on the reconcilitation rumors. Charles does not want or need the headache of H, unless he is content to return to the fold as a private citizen, living quietly on one of the rural estates (aka farm); * needs the royalconnection and the idea of a detente to stay marketable. Farm life will not cut it.
@Neutral Observer: good point about Vennells and Welby - she's at least resigned her church duties, as well as a number of other directorships.
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f2brvr/how_about_a_faux_royal_tour_to_botswana/

I am surprised they have not gone to Botswana, for a second honeymoon. However, I don't think they can grift off Invictus Games in Botswana, and would she dare to visit South Africa again after she told those fibs about the fire in the bedroom and called the ambassadorial residence a housing unit?
Sandie said…
https://www.tumblr.com/brf-rumortrackinganon/759919970771746816/timeline-bullying-allegations-rumors?source=share

A great summary of the bullying of staff by TBW, supported by her husband. Recently, it has been reported that they had lost 18 staff in the last 5 years, but we established that in reality, it was more than a couple of dozen. Is the bullying still going on in America? I am surprised that no one has leaked that to the media, but perhaps everyone is afraid of being sued.
Sandie said…
Prince Harry will "call in" connections while Meghan Markle will "block and delete" hers as the ex-working royals face "cold, hard decision-making" in September, a celebrity astrologer has predicted.

Inbaal Honigman on Tuesday took to tarot cards to predict Harry will seek the support of his friends in the UK as he prepares to unveil a new venture next month.

“Checking in with friends and contacts from the past, Harry is looking to old connections to help him target a project off the ground,” Mr Honigman said on behalf of Slingo.

https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity-life/celebrity-astrologist-predicts-cold-hard-decisionmaking-for-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-in-month-of-september/news-story/8894f18e773aa6f5a25e4d4a6a73cc9f

I am thinking of taking out my tarot cards and doing a few readings for the duo, for fun. Gale force winds here for a few days, so a good way to distract myself while trapped indoors! (The headline calls her an astrologer, but the article seems to be about a tarot reading she did.)
OKay said…
These may very well indeed be her "conditions" for returning...knowing full well they will never be met, and thus "forcing" her to stay out of the UK.
Maneki Neko said…
I've watched the Jane Pauley interview, When the Bully wants Revenge, with H&* where she asks * about her 'desire to end her life'. Watch *'s face and facial expressions at 7'50 and particularly from 8'12. There is such a disconnect between what * is saying about allegedly wanting to end her life, and her facial expressions and smile.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BjuvdNMG0vo

Does she really think she can fool people? Apparently she screamed Ayr CBS producers after the interview as she wasn't prepared for that question. Showing her true colours once again.

OKay said…
Rumour has it she absolutely did know about the question, even encouraged it, but then Harry didn't like it so off she went.
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f2qmf9/whos_hank_trying_to_fool_being_in_town_does_not/

Hank is off to New York in September to hang around some kind of UN climate thing. He is not included in the official programme for the week, but is going to hang around and have meetings with organizations he is a patron of or still connected to (African Parks etc ).

Guess who else will be in New York at the same time? William, for an Earthshot Prize summit. Pathetic Hank will just end up looking bad in contrast with his brother: the one calling on People magazine to get coverage in obscure places; the other drawing the crowds, getting full-on security and being treated with respect by city officials. It would be the final blow if William is invited to the UN to give a speech to a full auditorium!

I wonder if wife will join him to muscle in on some UN-related attention. Perhaps hapless will confront his brother in public ... sneak into the UN building, throw himself at his brother in front of everyone ... 'acknowledge me!'.

I will indulge myself in fantasy until September passes ... and nothing happens!
Sandie said…
@Maneki Neko
Definitely a 'duper's delight' smirk from her in that interview. His complete lack of interaction with her was also bizarre. Weird relationship dynamic! Perhaps he has heard the 'suicide' story so often that he is heartily sick of it. I bet he silently screams when he hears the dish soap story as well.
Sandie said…

Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
Hammer about to drop this week in a super important call with NETFLIX executives & the Harkles.

Sources leaked info suggesting existing material not proven popular signals reluctance to go forward.

Based on what we know, we are expecting public updates soon from either side.
Sandie said…

Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
MM’s agents tell her ‘Sept is her month, because, it’s tough to compete with Halloween, Veterans & Christmas’!

This is why Sussies calls it ‘change maker’ month every year. Get ready for their “POWER MOVES”
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We've reported for the last couple years September is their month to pull a ton of stunts. They call it their "changemaker month"
Sandie said…
A reminder:
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One of the amusing findings among Tom Bower's Revenge, was that there was growing irritation amongst the family towards TW's very light workload. As I recall, she also frequently used her 'pregnancy' to weasel out of engagements.

Given the fact that the Harkles married in May 2018, and they were working Royals throughout 2019, then left in January 2020, this amounts to roughly 18 months... 52 weeks+26 weeks=78 weeks, of which TW worked 72 days, which amounts to around 0.92 days per week...

I do wonder whether the 'freedom flight' was linked to the Harkles being asked to step up their engagements, to more than around 1 day a week...

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f30q6d/no_wonder_tom_bower_reported_her_workload_as/
Sandie said…
https://archive.ph/2024.08.28-093425/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/style/meghan-markle-cesta-collective-bags-investments.html

An interview with her, via phone. Confirmed that she spends most of her time online looking at clothes, accessories (bags, shoes) and jewellery. The article claims her home is in Santa Monica, which is rather odd. In June she was seen doing a photo shoot in a Santa Monica public park. Some of her favourite restaurants are also in the area. Did NY Times simply get it wrong, or is this like the pre-engagement article that gave their date of meeting as during IG in Toronto, which was later changed to a later date, in London?
abbyh said…
I was reading the sad story about Mariah Carey's estrangement with her family, especially siblings. It hit me where part of what the siblings were complaining about is how she used her position (autobiography) to describe them in a bad way and such that they were not able to respond or defend themselves.

I thought, Gosh that sounds familiar with *'s siblings.

The family narc had a recent firework display in which I've been ordered to crawl back into hell from whence I came so I've been doing a lot of mental work on how different people can see the same experience and take away a totally not even the same universe view of what just happened here.

SwampWoman said…
I was reading the sad story too about Mariah Carey's estrangement from her late sister. *sigh* Dealing with an addict is a damned if you, damned if you don't situation at the best of times. The monetary help is *never* used to pay the rent, for food, etc.
Girl with a Hat said…
@Abbyh, I'm sorry to hear that you're going through that. Narcs are the bane of our society.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://x.com/EyesWideShut996/status/1828455554743783663

On this twitter thread, the first response is a video of Diana's two children. Harry and William are each given gifts by a well wisher, and Harry immediately rips the present from William's hand and gives his brother the gift he received. Already signs of jealousy and entitlement in young Harry.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f3du3l/so_this_is_why_hazmat_are_going_batst_crazy_cdan/
I was going to say there's a bizarre photo of a pregnant' * here but when is a photo of her not bizarre?
Anyway, it's when she was supposedly expecting Archie.
It looks as if the bump is so high that she can put her hand under it level with the top of her hipbone, so Archie's almost in her thorax.
Magatha Mistie said…

Apologies:Little Jack Horner

Little Haz Moaner
Sat on his boner
Eating humble pie
He’d stuck out his bum
For his surrogate mum
Then cried “I’m a fool when I’m high…”



Magatha Mistie said…
Apologies: Little Miss Muffet

My Whey or the High-way

Little Miss Hug-it
Sat on her muff-it
Resembling a bird of prey
Down fell a prince
Wasn’t hard to convince
To give in
git got her own way…

Girl with a Hat said…
As per a comment at CDAN yesterday, Neil Sean says on his youtube channel that Hairy tried to call the Obamas to try to get * a position in Kamala Harris' campaign but that the Obamas weren't taking Hairy's call.
Sandie said…
@MM
I love Little Miss Muffet!

Nope, I think he is a fool most of the time, not just when he is high!

@abbyh
Hope you are ok. We all have our own perception of reality. A huge clue that someone is a toxic narc is when they are completely unaware of and couldn't care less about someone else's perception or experience, so they end up being very cruel to others. The worst is if you let their gaslighting make you question your own experience of reality and even sanity, so suffering is doubled.

@GWAH
Gone are the days when they were given important platforms, which they did not have to buy (albeit small amounts) through awards or fake total tours. Harris is rumoured to go through staff like TBW and hapless, so, behind her goofy 'nice' public persona, she may be quite problematic herself. She is not going to want the toxic couple anywhere near her, and for the Obamas, this election is too important to let the fake royals from California tarnish and damage the campaign to crown Harris in the White House. I don't think the eagerness of TBW to be involved is about genuine support for Harris or the Democrats ... she has never seen a global platform that she did not want to grab for herself .
Sandie said…
Rebecca English says that Prince William will not be in New York for the Earthshot Prize event when hapless is there. TBW might just accompany him to get papped going in and out of restaurants. Do they have any friends or associates they can dredge up to get papped with there?
Sandie said…
... he is increasingly desperate for a reconciliation with his father, as well as with the wider Royal Family.
‘There is no doubt that Harry wants to patch things up with the King,’ one source said. ‘His father’s cancer treatment has given things an added sense of urgency.’
It’s safe to assume this is the main reason Harry won’t be updating his tawdry memoirs with new comments about his relations. It’s also why he won’t be trying to sell more copies of Spare with appearances on chat show sofas.

https://archive.ph/2024.08.29-110723/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13792137/RICHARD-EDEN-Palace-Harry-reconciliation-royals.html
Sandie said…
Some bizarre PR from them about the children:

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry want them to have normal lives — and are in no rush to tell them about their royal heritage.
“They’ll have those conversations in due time,” a family friend shared in the latest issue of Us Weekly, adding that they want Archie, 5, and Lilbet, 3, to be loved for who they are as individuals. “They’re so well-mannered. Archie is sweet and curious and playful, and Lili is vibrant and happy.”
“I think every parent wants to share their kid with the world, but they just can’t,” they explained to Us. “[Prince] William’s kids, for example, have way more safety, even though they’re recognizable. And the same doesn’t apply to Meghan and Harry’s children. They know the world wants to see [them but] I would expect them to live smaller lives until that gets sorted, if it ever does.”
Despite their busy schedules with their Archewell foundation and their personal business ventures — including her American Riviera Orchard lifestyle brand and an upcoming Netflix show —, Meghan and Harry are very hands-on-parents.
“They take the kids to school, they pick them up, and they are very active and present with them throughout the day,” the friend added.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f3se6z/us_weekly_harold_and_his_wife_want_the_putative/

What on earth do they want 'sorted'?

Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

I opened your link but couldn't see any photos of * pregnant. Did you post another link?
Maneki Neko said…
* is 'monetising herself '. In X. Reddit, the DM etc.
'Duchess is ploughing money into small brands and then plans her outfits knowing the labels will get a sales boost'. Curious. I would have thought sane people would avoid her disastrous fashion choices. Does she also drink lots of Clevr blend coffee and eat tons of ARO jam?

https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingNews24hr/comments/1f413v8/now_meghan_markle_is_monetising_herself_duchess/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13791757/Now-Meghan-Markle-monetising-Duchess-ploughing-money-small-brands-plans-outfits-knowing-labels-sales-boost.html
Sandie said…
Us Weekly advertising their gushing feature on TBW:

https://x.com/usweekly/status/1828785278036709824

For every ten brutally negative comments about TBW, there is one gushing 'I love her' type comment. Is Bouzy no longer taking her calls? Oh yes, X has eliminated most bots and it is too expensive to pay real people to sing your praises. Even the vile SS make a fuss if they do not get paid.
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/royal-deception-over-archies-birth-102247931.html

At least they say `Meghan lied'. We all (including the Royal Family) knew they did but we had no evidence that would stand up in Court - it was all circumstantial and couldn't be proved. Harkles would have wriggled and said we'g got it wrong eg they went to a secret branch of the Portland and had trained the stork to find them.
Mel said…
Nope. And then those who don't know what they're talking about judge you for not 'helping.'

After you've given $/help over and over and over, to no avail. When finally you've had enough and tell the person to figure it out themselves, they tell everyone what a meanie you are.

They only asked for a place to stay for a few nights. Is that so much to ask?

Leaving out that last time time you let them stay over a few nights, they and their druggie friends stole all of your construction tools from the garage as well as your kids's bikes.
abbyh said…
The photo is not on any initial post - look for a sub comment.

Thanks for the support people. I appreciate you.
I could have done some things differently than I did. I made some mistakes.
I just know that if it had not been X, then it would have eventually been something else which set them off.
Maneki Neko said…
@Sandie

Re the bizarre PR, what stuck out for me was “[Prince] William’s kids, for example, have way more safety, even though they’re recognizable. And the same doesn’t apply to Meghan and Harry’s children." Is this what the PR is about?

And when H&* do eventually tell the children about their royal heritage, what will happen when the children say they want to meet their cousin's and the rest of the RF? I bet this is something they haven't thought through, like everything they do.
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

I like your revised nursery rhymes, both very good. 'My Whey or the High-way', well done.
@Maneki Neko
Scroll down, past the cat photos to a post from TheBun-dge.

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I gather the Sun has printed today a list of all her `partners' from here: https://www.whosdatedwho.com/dating/meghan-markle
Some are childhood `sweethearts' , others I've never heard of. All were short . The thing with the ice-hockey player is called an encounter' .




OKay said…
Harry's security.
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

Thanks for this.
Maneki Neko said…
Duke of Sussex joined his brother at uncle's funeral after secret dash to the UK from LA... but did they speak?(DM)

There are no details as yet.
Maneki Neko said…
This is from The Sun re the funeral

'A local in Snettisham, Norfolk, said: “We never saw them speak to each other and they kept their distance.”

The princes both “discreetly” attended the funeral for Lord Fellowes — who was their mother Diana’s brother-in-law.

They were said to have kept their distance from each other and sat at the back of the church.

Sources close to US-based Harry had previously claimed he would not attend.'

I don't think anyone expected anything else.
Girl with a Hat said…
Lady C reports that the Harkles tried to set up a pretend royal tour to India but were turned down by the country.
Sandie said…
The report from the BBC about the memorial service:

Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex both attended a memorial service for their mother’s brother-in-law Lord Robert Fellowes on Thursday.
Prince Harry flew from his home in the US to join his brother at St Mary’s Church in Snettisham.
The memorial service took place close to the royal Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
A source who attended the service confirmed to the BBC that both of the brothers had been in attendance.
A church warden who wished to remain unnamed told the BBC: “It was wonderful that both princes were able to attend their uncle’s memorial service yesterday at St Mary’s Church.
"The service was a lovely family occasion celebrating the life of such a special man.
"Many friends were also present and also many members of the St Mary’s Church family."
According to the Sun, the brothers "kept their distance" at the service and were not seen to speak to each other.
Sandie said…
Card reading about ARO:

https://www.tumblr.com/is-mayo-an-instrument/749423414170845184/in-this-reading-i-saw-funding-issues?source=share

In this reading, I saw funding issues.

State of Business - King of Hearts (empathy/sympathize/love), 10 of Diamonds (stable/huge sum of money/tradition), 5 of Clubs (conflicts/fights/arguments), Ace of Diamonds (new job/fortune/stability)

During my recent reading, I observed Meghan experiencing distress over the potential failure of her business. I also saw Harry aiding Meghan in some way. However, I'm uncertain whether he would personally invest his own funds to help her.
These cards suggest the involvement of a wealthy individual, possibly a King of Hearts, who has shown interest in financing this endeavour. He also hails from a background of inherited wealth. While my speculation leans towards Harry, it remains plausible that he may not be the figure in question. Regardless, indications point towards a significant dispute concerning finances and the project at large.
Sandie said…
Cont.

Strategy - 7 of Diamonds (hard work/manifest/plans), Jack of Diamonds (hard work/loyalty/determine), The Fool (naive/childlike/joy/random)

Meghan's strategy seems to lack a clear blueprint. I'm only seeing hope for the venture's success and longevity.
It's quite interesting. Despite this being her passion project, she's still experimenting to see what sticks. It seems the priority lies in creating products that resonate and fit with the brand's aesthetic, rather than moulding aesthetics to the products. Basically, she's aiming to sell the aesthetic of American Riviera Orchard. Therefore, I'm expecting a lot of random products from her business in the future.
Overall, American Riviera Orchard is encountering difficulties with funding and a deficiency in strategic direction. It's uncertain whether the business will thrive. While marketing an aesthetic can work, it remains unclear if this particular aesthetic will captivate people's interest.
Sandie said…
Re. the card reading I shared ... I had a thought today that ARO will be based on an influencer model. Rather than producing goods herself, she will find companies whose products she likes and get them to brand a particular product with her label. It would work like the celebrity wine model ... the winery produces a wine that they label with the celebrity branding. The celebrity thus promotes the winery and gets a cut of the sales of products with her label on it. Or, the celebrity contracts the winery to make a wine for her and she shares profits with them, or she gets them to recover costs and offers publicity as their 'payment'. With this budiness model, she does not have to worry about production, warehousing or distribution. Anything ordeted through her ARO website, she gets commission on but the business actually making the product takes care of warehousing and distribution.
Sandie said…
Dynamic Reading: Meghan & Harry (April 2024) - same card reader as above

Dynamic - 5 of Spades (failure/pride before downfall/abuse/surrender), Queen of Clubs (courageous/independent/confident)
Something failed. It's not their relationship. Surprisingly, I think their relationship has gotten better. Unlike last time when I kept seeing a separation between the two.
This failure I'm seeing feels like a project that Meghan was working on. I think it's the American Orchard thing. The Queen of Clubs tells me that Meghan has a lot of confidence in this project. It can also possibly indicate someone else. Likely an investor or someone that can play a major role in Meghan's new business.
Meghan - 4 of Spades (fear/worries/solitude/withdrawal)
I see Meghan worrying and withdrawing herself from everyone.
It's hitting Meghan quite hard because she had a ton of hope in this thing. I'm not saying that her whole endeavour has failed. I'm only seeing an aspect of it getting terribly affected.
Harry - 6 of Diamonds (support/charity/funds)
I'm actually seeing Harry worry about Meghan's emotional well-being. He's supporting her as much as he can. However, I'm also seeing Harry helping Meghan's business.
This card is a money card which makes me think that there are some issues with investors or just funds in general. I see Harry reaching out to anyone who can invest in this business. He might be pulling out money from his own pocket too.
Overall, it seems like there are some money issues for a specific endeavour that Meghan is working on and Harry is helping as much as he can.
Maneki Neko said…
'Vicar describes how he did not see warring William and Harry speak as they left their uncle's memorial service after Duke secretly travelled 5,000 miles to be there'

No revelations except that the reverend didn't see where H and William were seated - or else is keeping a diplomatic silence - that 'a potentially more formal celebration of Lord Fellowes's life was still being considered to take place in London at a later date.'

I wonder if Harry was worried about security. There is no information as to how he flew, whether commercial or private.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13796809/Prince-William-Harry-Lord-Fellowes-memorial-service.html
SwampWoman said…
Oh my gracious. Aren't they special! (And 'special' is not meant in a good way but instead notes that they have gotten to the very bottom of the stupid hole and are digging it deeper with power tools.)
Sandie said…
Most outlets are calling it a funeral service, but it was actually a memorial service. He died 29 July. They do not wait that long to have a funeral!
Sandie said…
https://archive.ph/2024.08.30-150532/https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/30173109/harry-and-william-didnt-speak-funeral/

Reverand Tansey says that both brothers attended the reception after the memorial service but he did not see them interacting with each other. Interesting that William did leave the church ahead of his brother, which is the appropriate protocol.
OKay said…
"It's uncertain whether the business will thrive." I'm no psychic, but I can state unequivocally that it will not.
Maneki Neko said…
'Experts voice concern over Meghan Markle's American Riviera Orchard brand - as the company is yet to put a single product on sale five months after glitzy Instagram launch

... The brand's Instagram page and website also remain bare with no option yet for customers to buy products.

... 'I would have major concerns if I was an investor ,' PR and brand marketing expert Matt Yanofsky told The Times.
But records show that in July – some four months after requesting to register it – there were a number of 'irregularities' which needed to be 'corrected'.

The US Patents and Trademarks Office notified the Sussexes' lawyers of various issues, including incorrect classification of yoga blankets, picnic baskets and recipe books.

And the agency said that fees are due to various bodies around the world to register the trademark – totalling $11,382 (nearly £9,000).

There are also reports that Meghan has so far been unable to hire a permanent chief executive for American Orchard Riviera.' ...

So no surprises there.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13798547/concern-Meghan-Markles-American-Riviera-Orchard.html
Magatha Mistie said…

Haughty coquette du jour

She’s all feet and teef
With a skewed belief
Her body was made for couture
A box like shape
With legs well agape
Bespoke payments
made by l’heure…




Magatha Mistie said…
Cheers@Sandie @Maneki
I forgot the title for Haz Moaner
‘Pruned’

@WildBoar
Chest Birthed 😉



Sandie said…
https://x.com/sage1411/status/1829508460603486462

The truth about IG ... William was heavily involved in setting them up (he was the actual brains behind it), he donated his settlement from the phone hacking (one million), and when hapless and TBW flounced off, he gave another substantial donation, and him and Charles were there supporting the first games. Also, William handed out the first medal, and the IG is supposed to raise money to support wounded veterans (housing, rehabilitation), and not be spent on the duo for their first class expenses.

We have all always known the truth, but everyone should stop protecting hapless and make this information mainstream.

IMO, for the IG to survive and return to its original mission, it needs to get rid of the costly deadwood. The duo get a lot of publicity for themselves, but actually take attention off the athletes and spend rather than raise money.
Sandie said…
@Maneki Neko
She jumped the gun in launching a non-existent company. Why? If I think reasonably, I would say she needed investors and she wanted to show that she was hugely popular and the business would do very well. However, it may just be the narc wanting to get attention and her tendency to have delusions of grandeur. They employ so many staff and yet they cannot get a trademark application right. And, without a CEO, how can she have a business plan?

As I said in a previous post, if she was wise and savvy, she would make ARO an influencer company. She finds a brand she likes and gets them to put her label on a product, for which she gets a slice of the profits. In addition, she can use her website to solicit sales, which she simply passes on to the producer for another percentage of the profit. For any reasonable person, this is a simple business model, but I suspect she would even mess up such a scheme.
Sandie said…
This is interesting ... In 2013, she donated a pair of Milano heels to auction for a charity called Shoe Revolt.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f5fq35/that_time_meghan_markle_called_herself_a/

If you look through the slides, it seems that she donated a pair of shoes from the wardrobe on the set of Suits, and not her own.

She is not on the list of celebrities in this piece of PR for the charity:
https://www.looktothestars.org/charity/shoe-revolt

"The organization auctioned shoes and donated the funds to its chapters called Teen Revolt, whose purpose was to educate young people to fight human trafficking. Similar to Archewell, the organization had a lofty goal but paid lip service to its mission. The victims never saw a dime. Shoe Revolt and its subsidiaries have since been shut down aka “Markled”, and some may suggest Archewell is heading in the same direction."
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

Haughty coquette du jour - this sums her up, * in a nutshell.
Some one called ms Rachel Meghan Markle in the state of California gave birth to a child in 1997. This record was sealed December 2018 (so no more information).

Do I believe this? That is irrelevant. My beliefs or non beliefs do not count.

Information: Youtubers PDina and Paula M Channel.

@Magatha - like Sigourney Weaver in `Alien'?
Sandie said…
Paula M is a wild fantasist, in my opinion. If the records are sealed, how come she got access to the infirmation supposedly in these sealed records?
Sandie said…
Keeping with the money theme, it turns out the alliterate one loves to wear designs/outfits that only have a few remaining in stock. That way, after wearing it, she can say the company sold out. She has also been known to make her friends buy the remaining stock if no one else is buying it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f62l5v/todays_cdan_blindwe_already_knew_she_was_doing/

I think she is online shopping all the time, so she will keep it for a while before wearing it.
Sandie said…
https://archive.ph/2024.08.31-200730/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13800335/Duke-Sussex-Harry-asked-former-aides-help.html

Hapless is seeking a return to the royal fold. Nothing is said about his wife, nor the security he is fighting for, nor the apology to his wife that he has been demanding. He wants to be a part-time working royal, living part time in the UK. This is what they have always wanted.

What do you think?

I think she is fuelling this ... she has a grudge, and she won't let it go until she gets what she thinks she is owed. I think she is delusional. And where are they going to live? Frogmore Cottage, or are they going to be demanding Windsor Castle again? I doubt that they have the money to actaully buy and maintain a grand residence. Royal Lodge?
Sandie said…
... all the Twitter bot farms that are in Brazil (10.71%, according to a 2023 study) are also getting shut down...

And since the assumption that Meghan, Bouzi, and Sussex Squad use Brazilian bots/bot farms to attack the BRF on Twitter is very plausible, there's a very, very strong likelihood that Sussex Squad will be impacted by Twitter Brazil being shut down.

https://www.tumblr.com/brf-rumortrackinganon
Maneki Neko said…
In Reddit
Duke of Sussex asks former aides to help plot RETURN from his US exile in first stage of 'rehabilitation' strategy: Prince's friends vow to help smooth path back and dub it 'Operation Bring Harry In From The Cold'

Are they separating/separated? Or else, H is publicising the idea in an attempt to soften the British public and the RF. He can buy a property in the UK to use for holidays or short visits, on condition that he stays there incognito - we don't want to know - but what does he expect? To be accepted back with open arms? He can't return to his previous life and status and needs to realise it.

Also, '...another American PR adviser. Christine Weil Schirmer joined the Sussexes in 2020 as head of communications but left quietly late last year.' (my emphasis). An other one bites the dust.
Maneki Neko said…
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OKay said…
Originally from Paula M, I believe, and pretty widely discredited by Redditors. It would be interesting for sure, but there is no way she has information that nobody else does.
I'd like to think that if Richard Chartres were acting as spiritual counsel for HIs Maj, he would be concerned more for HM's spirit/soul than for H's. Any advice about forgiveness would be focussed on the benefit to the King, not to Harry.
I get the impression that he'd be tougher about H showing genuine contrition than Welby would be (after all, he was smitten/taken in by * ). Harry alone is responsible for his own spiritual welfare, or lack thereof, he is the only one who can improve matters for himself and there's n sign yet that he is capable of recognising that.
The comment section of Daily Mail has 9K opinions and counting RE: Harry's return to Royal duties and very few are positive. Maybe his failed highness reads that newspaper and reconsiders his options. Or maybe not.

The picture one gets is of a (severely) mentally challenged person who has no idea in the world what he has done. And that he might be responsible of the reactions he is getting.

"Daddy, I want to come home and I want that you and the taxpayers start paying my life again like before my freedom flight and later I will inform you all what I want to do and what I do not want to do so I don't feel trapped. And send me some money that I can hire a private jet home."

Henry Mountbatten-Windsor a living embodiment of the word "entitlement".

Fifi LaRue said…
IMO it'd be more interesting to have the names of yachts and clients that MM has serviced than when/if she gave birth.
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f6mq6i/after_some_prodding_by_a_colombian_senator/

This is all so murky. Who are the 'philanthropy and international agencies' that financed the trip to Colombia? And, if you scroll down the comments, you will see that 'participation guarantees of the Duke of Sussex' are included in the costs to the Colombian government. It is all very odd.

Maneki Neko said…
@Fifi

Didn't * have an affair with an American politician? I think he was a politician and he had a very high post. I can't remember his name but it was rather unusual. It was either an affair or that was, shall we say, a commercial transaction. American Nutties should remember.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://x.com/NaomiSky_15/status/1830270355954688284


It’s about to be revealed that #PrinceHarry has been accused of sexual assault against a BetterUp employee. The media knows. The public is going to find out he’s a demon.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=782ZaDkhI_M

Neil Sean says that Hairy was a blubbering mess outside the church after his uncle's funeral because of William's rejection.
@GWAH
My heart bleeds for him - not.
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/prince-harry-planning-major-uk-142818046.html
from OK !originally
Does he seriously think that he'll get engagements? Does he not realise that it's not up to him? Or will he go `independent', as in US, Nigeria & Colombia?
@Fifi & Maneki Neko
Is `Steven Mnuchin' the name you're trying to think of? I thought his name was mentioned with regard to * shortly before the previous POTUS came to London and he `escorted' the then Duchess of Cambridge into Dinner at State Banquet. Photo at
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/06/state-banquet-queen-kate-middleton-tiara-sash-donald-trump-melania
If I'm wrong, I apologise to the gentleman in advance.
In my fantasy ideal world, H would end up in a totally enclosed community of Trappist monks, with a perpetual penance of having to brew beer but never able to drink it.

That way, we'd neither see nor hear from him again but he wouldn't be given the chance to enjoy the fruits of his labours. Pure torment for him.
Girl with a Hat said…
Does anyone have access to Daily Mail +? there's an article about secret negotiations and a blueprint for rehabilitation of Hairy that I would like to read
Girl with a Hat said…
That article starts with: They had conceded, with no small regret, that they would probably never hear from their old friend again, resigned to believing that once-strong ties had been severed beyond repair. Yet from out of the blue, the phones of a select band of Prince Harry’s former confidants have recently been pinging with conciliatory messages. To their astonishment, the royal runaway had reached out to them through WhatsApp, four years after he left the UK for California.

‘It was a genuinely big surprise,’ one source told The Mail on Sunday.
Elskainga said…
@Maneki Neko: I believe the American politician you’re referring to is Steve Mnuchin, an investment banker, Secretary of the Treasury under President Trump and most importantly to *, a movie producer. There is a photo of * and Mnuchin together at a White House function under Obama admin. How the two of them hooked up would be an interesting story.

All these pr stories about Hazard and Maud is just annoying and making me sick of them due to over saturation of their ridiculous drama, hurt feelings, olive branches, security concerns, divorce rumors, etc. Spinning wheels remain stationary. I wish they would go away, knuckle down and work on one or two important projects ( PC has Early Childhood Development and PW has Earthshot and homelessness) and after several years of efforts, talk with the press about their progress. They always exclaim upcoming $$$ making projects-they’ll be billionaires I tell you- and then nothing happens after the media clarion call.
In their forties , * is back to being an influencer whose time has come and gone and H at 40…???
Fifi LaRue said…
@Maneki: IDK about the politician. I did see a comment about how MM wore a black bra under a white blouse, then sweated all over it so the black bra became a glaring spectacle--exactly how a prostitute on some seedy street corner would dress.
Sandie said…
We should not be surprised by these stories of olive branches and 'back in the fold'. There was gossip and rumours at the beginning of the year that this was their year of reconciliation. Not a grand strategy but an impulse from toddlers who insist that their every whim is pandered to and that they are the centre of the universe.

So far, this is the closest they have got:

"The Duke of Sussex, 39, stayed with his uncle Charles Spencer at Althorp House following his surprise appearance at the memorial service for his late uncle, Lord Robert Fellowes, on August 29, PEOPLE has learned."

https://people.com/prince-harry-stayed-at-princess-diana-childhood-home-althorp-recentuk-visit-exclusive-8705224

I have always said that forgiveness and reconciliation is always possible, but with them, the betrayals and awful things they have said and done were caused by character, and that has not changed.
Sandie said…
The whole conversation is interesting, but I have posted some:

https://x.com/BarkJack_/status/1830582951907934311

Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
Real story on this may shock you❗️

•Plans are in place should Harry divorce & have to return to UK.

•There is an Operation Name (top secret of course). But it’s not for the event Prince Harry wants to relocate & re-integrate at whim. & Not an invitation to return.
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What if he divorces&wants to stay in the US? There’s an assumption that if his marriage fails he will come ‘home’ but he’s said the US is his home .
What about kids access?Or if he wants to return but stay away from the RF- buy a house in Devon,say&live off grid on his own.
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Precisely. He’s on his own now.

The “intervention” or “Operation” only applies should he require return.
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If I knew… I would but this information is coded & highly encrypted.

I can only confirm the existence of a ‘crisis management’ plan wrt Harry should he ever require a return to UK due to familial dissolution; & fwiw I assume this plan includes his children or their wellbeing.
Maneki Neko said…
@Elskainga

Thanks. Yes, that's him! I did think his first name was Steve. How * ended up at a function at the White House and photographed with him is a mystery. There's no reference to him and * on the internet, yet I'm sure there was a mention of those two together a few years ago. Maybe the 'interaction' was a one off of the pay per play variety.
Sandie said…
https://x.com/BarkJack_/status/1830587864956150258

Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
Here to debunk a rumor Wills is encouraged or plans to “bring back H”; not true.

H cannot return as is now. Only potentially be accommodated (& not in a working Royal way) in the extreme event of Divorce or familial breakdown.
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napsonarainyday
@napsonarainyday

The Sussexes are behind this ridiculous Harry Goes Home campaign. They did the same not too long ago w/ a Times article. M&H always do a PR push in late summer: her fashionista crimes & more will they/won't they drama.
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From the YouTuber taz:

According2Taz
@according2_

Can’t believe the number of people think that Harry wants a reconciliation. He wants leverage & content to sell. He might be convincing a few people he’s changed, but it will only be to weaponise them to fight his battles for him. He does not want peace because he’s not sorry.
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And, of course, now the narrative has changed. It is possible that media are being briefed by one or the other and the duo are not saying the same thing and people are trying to make sense of the word salad drivel each speaks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f7nb8u/stories_about_harry_wanting_to_return_to_england/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f7r6f1/megs_claw_is_at_it_again_prince_harry_has_no/
Maneki Neko said…
Another day, another news

'Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is content with his life in California and has no plans to resume Royal duties in the UK, The Telegraph reported citing sources.'

Apparently, H 'has built a strong circle of friends around his wife, Meghan Markle, and is involved in several new ventures'.
Which is it, H misses the UK and is rather lost in California or is he living the life?

https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/prince-harry-has-no-plans-to-return-to-uk-and-resume-royal-family-duties-report-11725343322065.html
There are whispers on SMM that something may be found wrong with their `marriage license' - I'd to think that a way has been found to demonstrate that the marriage was not valid (wrong motives - cash on her part, revenge on his - `defrauding' the Royal Family/the State of millions, or she defrauded him -conning him about a pregnancy). Both might be provable.
I know that marriages are `made' by the couple and a year together is taken as evidence that this has been accomplished. This was assumed to be an absolute rule when I raised my doubts near the start but, from my experience as a plaintiff, there are usually layers of subclauses and exemptions underlying such a rule and it is nowhere near as absolute as one might think.

Wouldn't it be ironic if the rug were to be pulled from under their feet when they file for divorce?
`Sorry old chap, you can't get a divorce because you weren't legally married in the first place - and tough luck, Meghan, you're not entitled to a penny.'
The crowning irony is that they could end up in gaol, after a trial conducted in the name of the King.
A girl can dream, can't she?


Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

A girl can dream. And this about it - if those two are not legally married, then the children are illegitimate and can't be in the LoS, can they?
Maneki Neko said…
@Girl with a Hat

I have a copy of the MoS article which you were looking for. I can't be bothered to read it, I've only glanced at it quickly - it's a bit long - but this article sums it up, or some of it, I think. If I have time, I'll read the article and will sum it up.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/prince-harry-sends-surprise-texts-33587985
Maneki Neko said…
'Meghan Markle's lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard suffers another major blow ahead of product launch

...On August 31 the Patent Office denied her application, saying that businesses are not allowed to trademark geographic locations, including the nickname of the coastline around the Sussexes' Santa Barbara, California, home: 'the American Riviera'. ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13808441/meghan-markle-lifestyle-brand-american-riviera-orchard-trademark-product-launch.html

Maneki Neko said…
In her latest video, Lady C's latest says that H supposedly coming back to the UK has been described to her as 'a cynical exercise that is and a massive PR con H&* and their people have planted. She says they know they can't come back.
She starts about H's return at about 10".
https://youtu.be/Zs2LXTwtgYE?feature=shared
Maneki Neko said…
@ Girl with a Hat

I'll try and copy or paraphrase the main points of the MoS article you wanted.

It was a copmmon belief among H's friends that he had become a 'strangely sulky figure, given to sermonising and self-centred psychobabble and taking pot shots at his family.'

H did not just message old chums, 'he has consulted at least one former aide from his days as a working royal'.

'The overtures herals what sources refer to as early steps towards what they hope will be H's 'rehabilitation' and, possibly, a partial return to the royal fold. Willing to forgive and forge, friends have responded positively and want to actively help him smooth a path back to the UK' [I say BS].

The source hopes that H will call 'quality time' in the UK. What this is is not explained. Apparently, 'a plan for a way forward has already been prepared'.

'One friend has devised a strategy for how H might begin to start moving in UK circles again.' ... 'This person believes there is a real chance H could even carry out very low key royal duties again one day.' [I can't see it] The 'source' believes H could come back with no publicity, attend very mundane events and prove himself. ... 'It could happen one day if certain member of the family could find it in themselves to allow it'. [I see this as a dig to W&C]

'Friends want a commanding figure to lead the comeback campaign'... There's a mention of Edward Lane Fox, his former right-hand man.

H is cut off from his oldest friends. 'There's a feeling back at home that it's unsustainable'. ... 'His friends are now able to overlook these deeply wounding comments' [as written in Spare] and believe his orignal intention was 'not malicious' so there's 'a path to forgiveness for him'.

Apparently, H is less embittered these days. 'Repairing his realationship with his father, if not his brother, is seen as an achievable aim'. This certainly remains to be seen.

Sandie said…
@Maneki Neko
Well, that is rather inconvenient for her! Of all the lawyers they use, not one could give her advice for this trademark application? Of all the time she spends on the Internet, shopping and looking for ideas, she couldn't find information on how to successfully trademark a business, or write a coherent business plan, or ...?

I have always thought she should trade on her name as it is well known ... call her influencer business 'Just Meghan' or something like that. Stop being so pretentious and just be yourself. You love shopping and getting attention so get a lot of attention persuading people to buy stuff you like and work out some kind of deal that gives you a percentage of sales.

And I suppose it would be too much to ask her to find a conscience and awareness of others and publicly apologize to her family, the royal family, and the British people. We can send you a list of what she has to apologize for because we have been keeping score. Then, every day, she can try to be a better person as she merches her way through life, doing pap walks every day, and perhaps a gushing interview with Hello magazine now and then to tell everyone how wonderful your latest favourite product is.
Girl with a Hat said…
Isn't it ironic that Hairy did everything he has because he was tired of playing second fiddle to William, and is now playing second fiddle to his loathsome "wife". I put quotation marks because there is some question about the legitimacy of the marriage. LOL
Maneki Neko said…
@Sandie

Re ARO, it's not just te trademark application.

* 'a slew of problems with her filing – including her apparent failure to sign the correct documents.' (it's either carelessness/negligence or else she was never serious about the project)

* 'The USPTO admonished the Duchess for giving vague descriptions of her products that could fit into multiple trademark categories.'

* 'The office said her brand's proposed 'cocktail napkins' could be paper or textile – two different categories – and her 'cooking utensils' could be manual or electric.'

* 'American Rivera Orchard soft launched earlier this year as a lifestyle brand that will sell products such as jams and cookbooks
American Rivera Orchard soft launched earlier this year as a lifestyle brand 'that will sell products such as jams and cookbooks'

* 'The refusal even included a screenshot of another Santa Barbara business's product already using the term 'American Riviera'.

*The screenshot showed that the site sbcoastalcandles.com sells an 'American Riviera' candle for $34.95.

* 'Registration is refused because the applied-for mark is primarily geographically descriptive,' the Office said in its Saturday filing.'

In short, she never undertook the project seriously, she had, and still has, no CEO and the whole thing is/was slapdash.


Elskainga said…
@Sandie- Your newest rebranding idea for * is a great idea as being an influencer is within her limited range of abilities. Unfortunately, she’s 43 years old, nothing special with no famous friends, looking every bit of 43 and then some with a discredited reputation that precedes her. * has even been dropped by Kris Jenner as an agent, ffs. Uninspiring , unprofessional, unprofitable & lazy does not a business woman make.

The irony is that after all of the drama, lies, pain, pr nonsense, alienation, etc of the last 6+ yrs with * in the news, she is back from whence (it’s all very Shakespearean) she started.
Sandie said…
@Maneki Neko
Wow, that is so sloppy.

I am bemused. What is the problem? It is not difficult to get these trademark applications correct. If you need professional help, the duo have numerous lawyers on speed dial.

What was she trying to achieve, and why did she get it so wrong?

So, the information you have given indicates that the ARO is dead before official launch. She attended two business gatherings, and publicized that, supposedly looking for investors and looking fir a CEO, for a figment of her imagination.
Sandie said…
She is back in charge of briefing the media, via one of her outlets ... The Mirror?

https://archive.ph/2024.09.04-012148/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13810145/Prince-Harry-William-King-Charles-feud-help-out.html

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Prince Harry will not return to royal duties unless William apologises, but would be willing to 'help out' the Firm if asked by his father, a report has claimed.
Sources close to The Duke of Sussex have suggested he is happy with his decision to quit his royal role, the Mirror reported.
But they claim he would be open to a temporary role within the Royal Family if asked to help out by his father.
It comes after the Mail on Sunday revealed last week that the Duke had turned away from his 'Hollywood publicists' and had resorted to texting former confidantes 'from his old life' on how to mastermind a return from exile in the US.
However, sources stressed Harry and Meghan, who have spent the past four years living in California with their two children, are not seeking a permanent return.
.....
Artemisia19 said…
Megain, the gift that keeps on giving.
Sandie said…
Monday, September 02, 2024
Blind Item #1
The ginger haired one and this permanent A list actor/sometime director had a phone chat on Saturday. Perhaps the ginger haired one was asking whether the attorney who handled the divorce of the actor in such a quick and spectacular fashion would be interested in a new client.

Posted by ent lawyer at 6:30 AM
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Perhaps I am in stubborn denial, but I do not think divorce is on the agenda. She cannot afford to lose him.

I think he may genuinely love her. I think he does get frustrated and annoyed with her, as we have seen, but he now knows her ... that she needs to be the centre of attention, pushes him to the background, is compelled to control and dominate, is a fantasist, and so on. On the Nigeria trip, he was being presented with gifts, ceremonially. She leapt up, pushed her way forward, and grabbed a gift that was meant for him. I don't know if a narc is capable of feeling shame or embarrassment or has any awareness of making a huge faux pas in public. But, on that occasion, he reached out and soothed and physically showed her affection and protection. I have seen him do that before and subsequently.

The children are a huge incentive for him to stay with her, even if he should fall in love with someone else and be tempted to leave her. I don't think reconciliation with his family and friends in the UK is enough incentive for him to leave her, and certainly not while he still loves her. I suspect that his love for her is genuine and committed, through good times and bad. It is not the modern way of love and marriage, but especially because of the awful breakdown of his parents' marriage, both him and his brother love and commit the old-fashioned way.
OKay said…
If PEOPLE says it, then it almost assuredly came from The Wife. Harry probably has a favourite park bench he uses for these visits.
Humor Me said…
Interesting reading these days - just when one thinks H is going back to the UK (bring H in from the Cold) a statement is issued saying H is happy and not going anywhere. It is not lost on this reader that the many offerings of return were styled to make it appear he is helping out his father with the "low key" events (i.e. ribbon cuttings) and living quietly. What it really is saying the the original plan - half in / half out. Nothing too tasking/ we will work but again calling the shots and not staying permanently. Who is this man kidding? I still say * will get her hands on the final pay out from QM and then file for divorce. It will be ugly as she is prepared to sling mud to get what she believes she is entitled to receive. I cannot imagine KCIII bending to her blackmail. And then there are the children - why hasn't someone published the truth of the children? What is stopping the American press from going there? This is just like Wallis back in the 1930s - but the press is unusally silent on both sides of the Pond.
Fifi LaRue said…
Perhaps Megsy would have successful with her trademark application if she instead applied the effort she puts into responding to on-line gossip to actual work. Megsy has her priorities!
SwampWoman said…
I don't know! I do think the clapback about how happy he is with his wife and children were from her.
Sandie said…
@SwampWoman
I agree that the clap back about how happy he is was from her. The actual source was The Mirror, one of the outlets she uses for PR.

I think she is very invested in the image of their lives being like a happy Hallmark movie. He is probably more realistic, but because he gets frustrated and annoyed by her behaviour and how he has to pander to her delusions of grandeur, does not mean he does not love her and will leave her ... I think he is far more realistic about the marriage.

She won't leave him (or kick him out) unless she can nab a billionaire who will marry her and sign a prenup that is to her advantage (highly unlikely) or she can make multi millions in her own right (also unlikely). Surely she knows by now that the bits of income she gets from what she has squirreled away and invested, from residuals and from the couple of small companies she has invested in are just not going to be enough? Surely she has realized by now that there would not be a huge payout from the royal family nor continuos support? I don't know how stupid she actually is and how far her delusions go, but I may be wrong and she has not thought about all that, and is deluded enough to think she is the superstar, not him. True, she will always be papped, but so is Katie Price!
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f960lp/the_telegraph_aro_refused_trademark_meghans/

She regards the failure to get the trademark 'routine and expected', and says that a way round the problem is to simply to have a disclaimer that she does not claim exclusive use of the term 'American Riveria'. So, why did she not do that from the start? And why is she ignoring all the other problems with the trademark application? Documents not signed. Fees not paid.

In comments in various places I am seeing so many people wake up to the fact that the woman who boasted about being so smart is actually as thick as two planks.
Sandie said…
Amid reports that Harry was interested in performing some duties in the UK, a source close to the heir hit back by labeling the California-based royal as “very thick” in a new interview.

“Harry is a broken record at this stage,” William’s pal told the Daily Beast. “We all know he would love to be given a part-time royal role, but Queen Elizabeth was very clear that he couldn’t be half in and half ou

The pal added, “Whoever is promulgating these ludicrous theories on Harry’s behalf is simply pretending to not get the message that he is not wanted. They are either very thick or pretending to be.”

https://archive.ph/2024.09.05-064540/https://pagesix.com/2024/09/04/royal-family/prince-williams-friend-blasts-prince-harry-as-a-broken-record-after-reported-demand-for-an-apology/?_gl=1*rv3wtb*_ga*MTEwNzAxNjU5MC4xNzI1MzQ3ODY4*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTcyNTUxODY4NS44LjEuMTcyNTUxODY5NC41MS4wLjA.
Sandie said…
Prince Harry is due to speak at Bill Clinton's annual New York summit alongside Matt Damon and José Andrés—who recently joined Prince William's Earthshot Prize.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240905131848/https://www.newsweek.com/prince-harry-bill-clinton-prince-william-jose-andres-1949258
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https://archive.ph/2024.09.05-113259/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13816307/RICHARD-EDEN-Meghan-William-Kate-Harry.html

'There will be no reunion until Harry and Meghan apologise to their Royal Highnesses for everything they have said,' one former courtier told me. 'And there is no sign that is likely.'

A friend of the royals told me: 'It's hard to see a reconciliation. How could there be when William and Catherine have the justifiable fear that anything they say could appear in a future book or be repeated in a TV programme.'

In a reference to Catherine, who has been undergoing treatment for an unnamed form of cancer, a pal of William told me: 'There is one member of the family who William is keen to see returning to public engagements – and it's not Harry.'
Opus said…
Much as one might like WBBMs reasons from the 3rd inst as to why and how the marriage of the Duke to the commoner Markle might be avoided and found void I have to say and with regret that imho none of that will stand up. What would be persuasive is whether either party to the nuptials was at the time married to someone else. I have forgotten whether duress makes a marriage void or voidable - the latter I think. Both were of legal age and appeared to be compos mentis. That's it I think. My fee note is in the virtual post.
@Opus
Thank you for your legal opinion - my virtual cheque is on it's way.
It was a very slender hope that there might be an exception deep in the Royal Marriages Act but I doubt whichever of the George's it was behind the Act could possibly have imagined the situation we are in now.
If only she had another marriage few had heard of, even one ending in an invalid divorce like the one I heard that preserved the abandoned wife's pension rights...
Perhaps the royal lawyers know we don't and the age of miracles is still with us.
Sandie said…
Off topic? William's beard is back. Internet is in meltdown!
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"Insiders say Harry is the more low-key (and less frequently spotted) of the two, but it sounds like when he is out, he's like most other dads who live in the suburbs (again, minus the security detail)."

Richard Mineards, a society columnist for the Montecito Journal Archived Article“It’s a very wealthy community, we have a lot of people giving a lot of money to our cultural organizations as well as charities, but we don’t see them,” he said. “We have got a lot of very rich and very famous people here, and none of them have a security retinue like the Sussexes,”

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1f9uvi6/prince_harry_and_meghan_markles_neighbors_reveal/

https://archive.ph/2024.09.05-191200/https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/royals/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-s-neighbors-reveal-rare-details-about-their-life-in-california/
Magatha Mistie said…

Apologies: Buckingham Palace
Christopher Robin

Guardians of the Fallacy

They changed the locks at Kensington Palace
When Lucifer Gobbing engaged hazzas phallus
Callous took hold
it wasn’t too hard…
Seditious strumpet
then played her r-ace card
Sheer Malice…



Magatha Mistie said…

Srinagar Lil

Jodhpurs in Jaipur
and wellies in Delhi
Showing her shoulders and covering her belly
Mother meg won’t cut it
in Bombay or Calcutta
The Uttar Pradesh
likes her chicken in butter
Running out of Lucknow
needs viAgra for sure
To those that don’t know her
she’s the boa of Goa…





Magatha Mistie said…

@Sandie
I’ve sorted her pro-posed India trip 😱
@Maneki
Whiff of Bombay Duck about her
Back-life 😉



Magatha Mistie said…

Quickie 🎤
Apologies: I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles

Blow by Blow

She’s forever blowing bubbles
Shitty bubbles with her spare
They’re mostly high
Enhances their lie
Just like their dreams
they’ll fade and die

Fortunes always biding
Begging everywhere
They’re forever causing troubles
Petty troubles
we don’t care…





Sandie said…
I missed this update (another door closing on him):


The RF website has been updated - It now states that "Only working members of the Royal Family are called upon to act as Counsellors of State."

https://www.royal.uk/counsellors-of-state
Sandie said…
"A source informed me that QVC had backed out of a collaboration with TW of royal inspired jewellery. This was due to the poor quality of the merchandise and are allegedly seeking compensation for losses."
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The source for the above is the Harry Markle blog. I question the information. We know that she spends a lot of time and money shopping online, so I am sure she knows the site well. However, she does not make jewellery so would have to partner with a company. What losses would QVC have had if they declined the deal because the quality of the merchandise was too bad?

https://www.qvc.com/jewelry/_/N-mflu/c.html
Sandie said…
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1944898/prince-harry-video-invictus-games-prince-william-reunion

Another 'heartfelt' video from him about IG. I fail to see the purpose of these videos, other than to make him feel useful and to maintain presence in the public eye. I may be wrong, but this kind of video does not make people excited about the athletes or the competitive nature of the games, nor does it attract donations to cover costs (especially for him and his wife) and a fund to support disabled veterans.
I see see Ian McKellen has `sided' with H. Oh, for Pete's sake! How bloody pathetic. From the Daily Beast, via Yahoo:
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/sir-ian-mckellen-roasts-royal-120315521.html
Strange how these thesps think there opinions are so important.
Sandie said…
A rather strange article shared here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1faj1sm/harry_and_meghan_to_spend_time_apart_will_bank_of/

He will be spending more time in the UK.
He wants to repair broken family relationships, especially with William and Catherine.
He/she fears for her safety in the UK.
She won't visit the UK because she is much too busy working.
Because of safety issues and her being so busy working they already do spend time apart.
She also has an issue with trusting the royals again.

I have been adamant that they will not separate or divorce, but this sounds like a separation, or at least living apart, on different continents, with him away from his children, for a lot of the time. Countdown to divorce?
Fifi LaRue said…
Megsy won't be visiting the UK ever again due to the Order of Protection issued to keep The Royal Family safe from the viper. Her a$$ was dragged to the plane and told never show her face in the UK again, Or Else!
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

I love Bombay Duck, or at least used to (can't get it nowadays). Please don't use it and * in the same sentence! 😉
Sandie said…
An interesting post from SMM:

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Does anyone else think this might have been the weirdest week in H&M watching to date? It went from 'Harry was a hero because he showed up at his uncle's memorial service without making it all about him (unlike his time during his Grandmother's lying in state/funeral service). Followed by a relative quite week of journalists just repeating the story Harry wanted from this. 'He was well mannered and cordial. And spent the weekend with his Uncle Charles'. And 'he's enlisted old friends and courtiers to help him with a come-back'. And now today, just 7 days later to: 'Meghan will never return to UK without full security for each member of the family'. And 'Harry will require that William, "Kate", Camilla, and Charles each give Meghan a personal apology followed by a press conference where all 4 confirm they have apologized. Then Harry will consider filling in IF ASKED'. WTF??

I can't figure out if Harry went off script and Meggy is mad. Or if Harry expected this to be the most amazing gesture of atonement anyone has ever performed and he's pissed because he was so magnanimous but daddy still isn't returning his calls.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1fayj3f/is_it_just_me/
Sandie said…
Insider trading? And I only know if two companies that she has invested in. What are the others?

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1fav7ef/a_couple_in_crisis_her_funny_tricks_french/

"Behind the joint facade, in reality, grimace soup has been on the menu for months at the Sussex household."
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(At the beginning of the article, it talks about Meghan's embrace of small, unknown companies.)
"....A commendable initiative, isn't it? Yes, but not only that. Because behind this honorable attitude hides in reality a very lucrative system. Before showing off with a new brand, Meghan invests money in it, once the object is worn, sales take off, and all she has to do is collect the profits. Smart! The Duchess of Sussex has already repeated the operation between five and ten times. A career as an influencer is opening up to her. But beware of the fraud squad, because putting marbles in a box that we know will be a hit tomorrow could make us think of insider trading... "
Sandie said…
The Trademark Office has also told Meghan Markle that the ARO design is unreadable and essentially so convoluted you can’t find the “O” of ARO, which is right. Her logo is terrible, and I’m sure is her own creation.

https://x.com/RNN_RoyalNews/status/1832121809543610682
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Until someone shares an archived version, here is the preview:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13822733/Inside-Harrys-glitzy-Montecito-world-turns-40-JAN-MOIR-visits-enclave-poses-tantalising-question-DOES-Prince-day.html

The cover photos are of her shopping, smiling directly at the camera, and him riding a bike, like a kid, and also looking at the camera but not with the glamour smile.
Sandie said…
The Trademark Office has also told Meghan Markle that the ARO design is unreadable and essentially so convoluted you can’t find the “O” of ARO, which is right. Her logo is terrible, and I’m sure is her own creation.

https://x.com/RNN_RoyalNews/status/1832121809543610682
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Until someone shares an archived version, here is the preview:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13822733/Inside-Harrys-glitzy-Montecito-world-turns-40-JAN-MOIR-visits-enclave-poses-tantalising-question-DOES-Prince-day.html

The cover photos are of her shopping, smiling directly at the camera, and him riding a bike, like a kid, and also looking at the camera but not with the glamour smile.
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13821333/narcissistic-sociopath-personality-disorder-protect-yourself.html

A nice summary in the article. It seems to me that the royal family are following the three basic guidelines given:

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1. Gray Rock the Narcissist

Unlike a typical narcissist who exaggerates their own self-importance, malignant narcissists feed off any form of attention they can get, regardless of whether it's positive or negative.

To combat this behavior, Delta advised that people should 'gray rock' the narcissist by removing any and all emotional responses to their actions.

2. Give the malignant narcissist the illusion of power and control

If going no contact isn't an option, Delta advised viewers to manipulate the malignant narcissist by flipping the script and giving them the illusion of having power and control over you.

3. Go No Contact

The first and foremost important step you should take when dealing with a malignant narcissist is to completely cut contact with them, Delta said.


Maneki Neko said…
Harry is set 'to get a huge windfall' when he turns 40. I saw this headline in the DM so looked excitedly at the article. It's 'only' £8M, a huge sum by ordinary standards but peanuts for *. Certainly not enough for her to want to divorce.
Sandie said…
Thos is from The Express:

"The Beckhams are said to be among VIP invitees at an A List party Meghan is throwing for Harry at their $14.7 million mansion in Montecito, California on Sunday night. Other guests reportedly include near neighbours and friends Oprah Winfrey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ellen DeGeneres and pop stars Katy Perry and Ariana Grande, as well as Hollywood power brokers and Harry’s polo pal Nacho Figueras.

But a business source close to one invitee said last night: “All eyes will be on the Beckhams – if they come – and how they interact with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex following a lot of stories about their big falling out."
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Photos, pr I do n't belueve it!
Sandie said…
https://nuttyflavor88.blogspot.com/2024/09/as-time-passes-and-we-get-older.html

Link to the new post ... back to the original format!
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