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 Well, what do you think of the shot over the bow by Vanity Fair?  

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/prince-harry-meghan-markle-cover-story-2025

One doesn't expect them to be "wild" about this story.  And it is from the locals who perhaps really want to send a message to the couple about how their neighbors are viewed in a not positive light.  Apparently unsigned notes are not dropped in the mailbox in that neighborhood any more (maybe Ring is a fear).  I have not read it yet (apparently I now need a subscription) but perhaps the library has it.  

However, the DM has some parts of it.  And they dish.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14297853/Meghan-Markle-Harry-caregiver-reparenting-Montecito-claims-new-article.html

The DM has also had some prior articles clearly criticizing them in the showing up to hug and so on as the fires rage.  Trauma Tourists and similar labels are being tossed in their directions.  It wasn't like this (so public) at Uvalde that I remember.  But I could be wrong.

What is interesting is that the articles are sticking more to them like oobleck.  The articles start off with fresh news but now is starting to list all the other problematic history. This (trailing history as part of the print story) is becoming more and more of a trend.  

So that's kind of new.  Don't think it is "the" kraken but it comes off as a shift in the tide.

As a side note, think about what is a tourist (someone looking at something novel to their daily life, not at work, and possible on vacation or retired - not a steady job stopping their visit ... and transient - meaning not going to be there next week, next month or a year from now).  

Hugs are nice but they do not put a roof over a family's head.  Nor does it put food on their table.  Or clothes on their back.  Today.  Tomorrow.  Next week or even next month let alone a year from now.  Make up is a nice thought but what if the kid hasn't eaten since yesterday?  The sad me reads: the hotels and landlords are gouging families who are just trying to survive.  

The cynical side notes that: the difference between real people trying to help and those who are cosplaying are that cosplayers show up with their camera.  Apparently if there is not photo, there is no proof.

What is real help to these people in need?






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Magatha Mistie said…

PhantasMadoria

Her eyes lit with burning embers
Megiana made sure haz remembers
Things that didn’t happen
were never said
Spectral speculation
disturbing the dead
All this con-jecture
best left in the past
But possession by smegma
ensured Di was cast…

Fifi LaRue said…
Someone at SaintMeganMarkle posted a link to the VF article. I couldn't figure out the angle of the writer. But calling being raised in the Palace a "zoo" was perplexing or perhaps insulting to the Harkles. I must be dense; it was either a total takedown, or an uninformed and gullible interpretation of the Harkles. I am puzzled.
Maneki Neko said…
Funny this is about a VF article. The Telegraph has a very short article about *, 'Staff had therapy after working with Meghan' _[on her VF podcast]_ . Not about the 'disaster tourists' but still interesting.

'Several people underwent "long term therapy" or took extended breaks from work after working with the Duchess of Sussex on her podcast, Vanity Fair has claimed. The magazine recounts a source alleging that the strain Meghan put on her colleagues when things went wrong was "really, really, really awful" and "very painful". The allegations are contained in a lengthy profile of the Duke and Duchess marking the fifth anniversary of their departure from the UK.'

This is on the front page and is developed on page 3. Apparently, H is 'conveyed as a naïve, lonely figure who has failed to make any friends and is desperate to reconnect with his family'. . . . 'The Duke is said to have said: "I have very bad childhood trauma. Obviously. My mother was essentially murdered. What is it about me that didn't make me one of these bad guys?" '. . . Still playing the victim and convinced his mother was murdered. It would be interesting to hear William 's take on this.

Girl with a Hat said…
you can find the VF article in this thread. Click on the photo of each page to make it bigger, and then you can click on it again to zoom in.
https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2025/01/blind-items-revealed-1_17.html#disqus_thread
Humor Me said…
@Fifi La Rue - it is not you. It is the article. I got whiplash. It is not a positive peace, not is it a takedown. It is - bizzare. Much like the Harkles themselves.
Fifi LaRue said…
@Humor Me: Thanks! Some people on CDAN were able to interpret the article.
Girl with a Hat said…
I'm reading the VF article and have found these whoppers on the part of the author of the article:
- mentions the paparazzi chase in 2023 - probably the NYC alleged chase in 3 mph traffic, but no mention of the city, or the circumstances and the author uses this incident to bolster Hairy's claim for security while in the UK
- includes Hairy's refusal to attend the wedding of the Duke of Westminster for reasons of security in the narrative. I'm not even sure that Hairy was invited and that if he were, that an awkward reunion with William, his brother, wasn't the real reason for the refusal
- mixes Hairy's accusation towards Camilla's and other courtiers of planting unfavourable stories about him with Hairy's suit against the Daily Mail for stories about him about pushing for adding security. I haven't really conveyed very well how the author uses both of these allegations to try to make Hairy's case more valid but it's more obvious when reading the VF article

This is just an analysis of approximately 5-10 paragraphs of the said article. I find this author very manipulative in trying to frame the entire situation differently than what we already know it is.
Whoo Hoo!
Lady C & Dan Wootton claim that Radar Online has effectively challenged the 'Orrible Couple to prove that the children are rightfully in line.

Will the supposed parents sue or say nothing?


https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1i51gvw/harry_meghans_archie_lili_surrogacy_issue_finally/
Girl with a Hat said…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zD0CQcc5eo

Lady C and Danny Wooton video - Meghan and Harry's surrogacy scandal must be addressed
Girl with a Hat said…
Lady C opens the video by saying "Do we want a bastard on the throne?" because Archie is in the Line of Succession! Pretty harsh.
Magatha Mistie said…

Binfire of the Vanities

The original tale of
Vanity Fair
Featured Becky Sharp
a gold digging mare
There’s nothing fair
about mevains vanity
A modern day version
Meggy Sharpie…

Magatha Mistie said…

@GWAH

God save the King

Harsh words from Lady C
Regarding progeny
Poor old Archie
whoever he may be
Time to expose
Di-version and her clown
All that matters
protecting the Crown…

Magatha Mistie said…

Discurtstyous

Hollywood has turned
Megs has been burned
Hopes for QVC
calls not returned
Here’s a tip
when you’re causing a scene
Never, Ever, disrespect
our late Queen…

OKay said…
Harry was specifically not invited to the Duke's wedding. The Duke even put out a public statement about it at the time. One must question how much research this "author" actually did.
Maneki Neko said…
Well done, @Magatha x
Girl with a Hat said…
Best comment I've read in a long time - concerning Trump deporting Hairy for lies on his visa:
"If he (Trump) kicks that piece of shit(Hairy) out of the country I will personally load up some pack mules with chisels and dynamite and add his face to Mount Rushmore."
re `being in a zoo' - wasn't it H who likened the experiencing of belonging to the RF to that of living in a zoo? Something about cages, IIRC, but perhaps it was the idea of being on show all the time?
He said he'd rather be `ordinary' , though I can't think that he'd really have liked that.
OKay said…
He tried "Just call me Harry" for five minutes. Now, everybody's laughing at him. No, I'd say he didn't like it at all.
Maneki Neko said…
In her latest video, Lady C says re the VF article that a telling point is 'the inclusion of the fact that VF was told that * sent a representative to a particular publisher to canvas the possibility of a post Harry divorce book. That's pretty weighty and, believe me, there is no way that VF would have included that information if they hadn't been told it and accepted as factual, notwithstanding the fact that the Sussexes' are trying to say no, no, that could never happen and publishers would approach her. We'll, publishers aren't going to approach her.'

.Ady C sounds quite sure and she is normally very guarded in what she says. First I've heard about a 'post Harry divorce book'. Have I missed anything or does anyone know more about it?
https://youtu.be/MJPmQfNJgSY?feature=shared


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