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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


Good Grief - H has settled
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd9qqj3gvv1t
Girl with a Hat said…
There was a blind item about this over at CDAN the other day.
Imagine you're married and find out that your spouse is shopping around for the best deal regarding a book on your divorce, which hasn't even happened yet
Girl with a Hat said…
So Hairy settled with the Sun newspaper for a "large" amount? I don't believe the amount was very large.
Hikari said…
@Maneki

Re. The “post-divorce manifesto”.. it’s being trotted out as a “new” venture, when, according to Inside Edition on US TV, this proposal was floated “several years ago”, when someone representing MM contacted publishers re. Interest in such a project. Nothing came of it because there was no divorce. I think this would’ve been early on in their post-Megxit attempt to be moguls of all media. I believe the Duckarse still owes Penguin at least one book of their multi-volume deal. No doubt she used the threat of a tell-all following a divorce to torment Harry and bilk more money out of Charles. It would surprise absolutely nobody who knows the score with these couple of asshats that they would get divorced. Indeed, we here are befuddled that it’s. Taking so long to happen. I was sure she would split after 3 years.

The newly installed POTUS has a keen interest in the visa status of JCMHFKAP. He liked Her late Majesty very much; he probably regards KCIII less warmly but maybe out of respect for Chas’s mother, the visa matter can be dealt with in a private conversation instead of a public humiliation.

I have a feeling this is going to be an interesting year.
Here's HG Tudor's take on the case:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiRbDiMZHjE

Sounds about right to me - but I hadn't realised he's got yet another case in the pipeline for next year. Added to which he's badgering the police (the Met) to investigate alleged criminal aspects of Press behaviour.

Will he never belt up and go away?
PS Recent photos show that H is getting a double chin and, worse, letting his beard extend over it to blend with his neck.
This is a `style' that has long turned mu stomach whenever I see it.
From the Telegraph (too often IMO) supportive of H:

https://uk.yahoo.com/style/real-reason-harry-dropped-fight-190508076.html
Magatha Mistie said…

Quidaitch

The dragon slayer
law court purveyor
Lives his life to pur-sue
If you don’t agree
with his hypocrisy
It’s easy money
to demand a fee
The Sun will still shine
despite the hue
Litigious lamebrain
sold his soul for a sou…

Magatha Mistie said…
Quickie 🎤
Apologies: Frank Sinatra
The Lady Is a Tramp


Tramp-ho-mien

She’s too hungry
nothing will sate
She loves the drama
all full of hate
She never bothers with people
can’t relate
That’s why meh is a tramp

She likes the free cash
handed by spare
a life unaware
She’s broke and woke
Loves California
her old boat ramp
That’s why the laidly is a tramp…

Magatha Mistie said…

@GWAH & @Maneki
Thank you X


Maneki Neko said…
The moronic duo dismissed the allegations in VF and find them distressing. How can they dismiss them and at the same time ring them distressing? And do they not think the Queen and Prince Philip in particular and the rest of the BRF found the Oprah interview distressing? Selfish gits.
Maneki Neko said…
Very good again, Magatha! Very apt.
Girl with a Hat said…
So did they learn a lesson or not? Up to you to decide.
Hairy was photographed beside some firefighters in San Diego, California. No ball and chain with him. Not much publicity either.
Is this a lesson learned or should he have not done this public appearance at all?
I'm leaning towards they have learned but they still want to keep their foot in the door to keep doing them, once the furore of this latest publicity crisis has passed.
Fifi LaRue said…
@GWAH: I think even a Narc can feel humiliation, that's why Megabully is staying out of the limelight for a few hours.
Girl with a Hat said…
From an article at the DM:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14323493/Prince-Harrys-Mail-excessive-judges-rule.html

A legal battle brought by Prince Harry, Baroness Lawrence and others against the Mail is costing a ‘manifestly excessive’ amount of money, two judges ruled yesterday.

They said the estimated £38.8 million case costs were ‘outside the range of reasonable’.


38.8 million !!
Maneki Neko said…
Comment seen in the DM:

"Meghan Markle earned a not-so-sweet nickname during her time with Spotify."

"Ex-staff members have revealed they decided to christen her ‘Eva’ and this was used as a warning signal to let people know that she was either arriving or on the warpath,"

"The nickname came from the 1955 camp classic ‘Queen Bee’ starring – Joan Crawford… This is because, like the Joan character [Eva Phillips], she stung her victims to pieces. This is exactly how staff felt about working alongside [Meghan]."

"As well as describing working for Meghan and Harry as being like "working with teenagers" in a brutal three-word verdict, Cohen said that during the couple's first tour to Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, she ended up being "screamed at".
- - - - - -
'Eva' - 'she stung her victims to pieces.' But apart from that, * is charming, warm, [em]pathetic, and a fabulous employer.

Maneki Neko said…
H might have got £10M from the Sun but that mount won't go far once he's paid his lawyers who, as usual, are the only winners. I saw a very good comment in the DM about He's 'win':

'I spent years representing clients in court (not trial advocacy though) and have seen how unpredictable trials can be. I’m pretty sure Harry’s barrister was worried that his client would undo himself under cross-examination. Justice Fancourt had already made some tart comments about Harry’s evidence in interim hearings. Of course Harry didn’t come away empty handed but to The Sun’s lawyers, settling for some damages/apologies is all in a day’s work and nothing personal, whereas Harry had an axe to grind. Even if you know the game, cross-examination is hugely stressful and a good barrister is masterful at trapping a witness. It’s actually fascinating to watch. Harry is not too bright and is used to deference. Just the kind who might lose the plot under pressure. People who think he won outright simply don’t understand litigation.'

A very good point and I think a good barrister would make mincemeat of H during cross examination.

Magatha Mistie said…

hmbroyaled

La Barbecue’s markled
Their pork’s been pulled
Salad’s slawed
Insurance fraud
Spares ribs over sauced
therein lies the rub
Don’t photo the Corn
when scrounging for grub…

Apparently, according to speculation by Sam Markle, * is threatening H with a tell-all book about him, if he can't come up with a divorce settlement to meet her expectations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70XXxB5z13I
Girl with a Hat said…
In this rather long video (for him), Neil Sean talks about a variety of subjects, but also mentions that William refused to be alone with * at all times, because he thought that she would use the opportunity to accuse him of some inappropriate behaviour, according to some people who worked for Kensington Palace at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxYFjEb2Ks0
Girl with a Hat said…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/06270a1b49dfd236e296d508fab8e140ba48aee3fa1cd4359be89106923efb54.jpg

Very interesting look at the timing of her epidural story during the delivery of Archibucks.
abbyh said…
How convenient?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14323257/meghan-markle-lindsay-jill-roth-book-prince-harry.html

I had not thought of it but read the part about how does your family resolve conflict and that then Prince Charles was not warm and welcoming when told of the upcoming autobiography.

I'm kind of hard pressed to think who would realistically think that having just trashed these people (BRF) that any of them would feel and act all warm and friendly towards the people who criticized them in print. And, knowing they cannot say anything in response to try to set the record straight.

Or the reasons why she was not allowed to join them while QE was about to pass. Just because you don't agree with them, doesn't make them wrong or unreasonable. It is only that you don't like them or want them changed to your liking.

Or the claim that there is/was no class for her to learn how to follow the protocols. There isn't a class like Royal British History 101, Silverware 202 or Curtsy 325 but they offered all kinds of people to try to help her adjust but she didn't take to them or use them for their knowledge. They tried to help both of them succeed.

A lot of families support their adult children financially.
I still think that his father was trying to gently remind him that sooner or later he would be king and at that point, the duo would lose the financial support from the Duchy as it would now all legally (entailed) to the new POW and his family. We will never know the words used or how far his father was able to speak this information when dropping this bad news but generally speaking, that's a tough conversation to give and to hear. No one wants to hear the money faucet is going to be dry but it needed to be said so expectations could be adjusted long before it actually happened.

Notice that this is about his family but yet he married into hers. Wonder how an article about how she would answer the questions would roll?
Magatha Mistie said…

@GWAH
I was referring to a DM article a couple
of days ago, our fatuous foodies visited
a Texan restaurant, La Barbecue, last March
Owner/chef is accused of $350,000 fraud scheme 🔥

Magatha Mistie said…

Vexatious Lil’cant

When the hand that was bitten
no longer fed you
You took to the courts
anything to sue
Still desperate for dollars
more hullabaloo
You’re life now exists in a
puddle of poo…


Girl with a Hat said…
Meghan Markle 'delays' new episodes of her Archetypes podcast after postponing her Netflix cookery show - following bombshell claims about the disastrous production in Vanity Fair article

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14333069/Meghan-Markle-delays-podcast-Archetypes-netflix-cookery-show.html

I thought the Archetypes podcast was finished and done for.
abbyh said…
You are right. That deal is gone. Sounds like the Lemonada deal (I think Fall of 2024).
Another misleading headline:
`King Charles Is Considering Giving Kate Middleton Royal Power Worth Billions That Hasn't Been Granted in 115 Years'
at https://uk.yahoo.com/news/king-charles-considering-giving-kate-132700534.html
It's from Cosmo - Royal Warrants stimulate trade and bring in money to the national economy - not to the pockets of Royals.
Girl with a Hat said…
It is the Limonada deal. According to an item at CDAN today, they can't find any sponsors, so the new episodes are being put on hold.
Maneki Neko said…
A lawsuit to make Prince Harry's secret visa records public is set to have its first court hearing since Donald Trump's inauguration.

The Heritage Foundation has reopened its case to have the duke's immigration papers released.

The American think tank has raised questions about how he was able to gain entry to the US in 2020 with his wife Meghan having admitted in his 2023 book Spare to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.

Heritage has made accusations Harry had either lied on his papers about his drug use or has been given special treatment by the Joe Biden administration in order to emigrate to the country.

Lawyers for the think tank and Harry have now been ordered by Judge Carl J Nichols to meet at a federal court in Washington DC next Wednesday, February 5, according to a ruling seen by Newsweek.
. . . . .
This could be interesting. If this goes against Harry, I wonder if he'll sue (if he can).
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14334543/Prince-Harry-visa-drugs-lawsuit-court-hearing-Donald-Trump.html

Girl with a Hat said…
So Hairy is taking a leave of absence from Better Up to take care of * because she is sad from all the bad publicity
Elskainga said…
Abbyh- Writing about the tantrum * threw when denied attending the Queen’s deathbed which then upset Harry who reacted by screaming on the phone at his grieving father triggered my complete distain for *. I remember reading about the effects of *’s callous cold-heartedness on the entire family at that vulnerable sad time and I, a mild mannered person, wanted to slap her face. As a recent married-in who had a passing relationship w/the Queen (really the entire family) her role was to stay in the background, support her husband and in-laws and be available if needed. I hope Harry truly realizes how upsetting her behaviors were to himself by riling his emotions thus changing his interactions with family. Very toxic
A quotation from the SMM thread on H possibly suing VF:
`This isn't GB where daddy controls the justices'.

Strange how some people still believe that the our Monarch has powers like POTUS. To paraphrase what we are frequently told from the western side of the Atlantic - we fought a war in the 17th century to put an end to this sort of thing.
Charles I lost his head; his sons provoked anger at their Interference in the in the judiciary :
`... in 1668 the system of appointments “during pleasure” was reintroduced, and in the last 11 years of his reign Charles II sacked 11 of his judges. The next king, Charles’s brother, James II, sacked 12 in just 3 years.
This was bound to affect the quality and independence of the judiciary; judges knew very well their jobs were at risk if the sovereign did not like their judgments...'
(at https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/history-of-the-judiciary-in-england-and-wales/history-of-the-judiciary/)

The Bill of Rights (1688) limited the power of the monarch but the complete separation took much longer:

`...Additionally, until 2006, the Lord Chancellor was part of the government, Parliament, and the judiciary. The Lord Chancellor’s role changed drastically on 3 April 2006 as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. This major change has been described as the most significant to affect the justice system since Magna Carta. The Act establishes the Lord Chief Justice as President of the Courts of England and Wales and Head of its Judiciary, a role that from 1873 had been performed by the Lord Chancellor. For the first time an express statutory duty was placed on the Lord Chancellor and other Ministers of the Crown to protect the independence of the judiciary. For the first time in its 1,000-year history, the judiciary is officially recognised as fully independent from the government and Parliament and a fully equal branch of the State'. (ibid.)
Girl with a Hat said…
I had no idea about the judiciary's independence in the UK. Very interesting.
Girl with a Hat said…
Wow, as if she has nothing else to do!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14307693/meghan-markle-netflix-series-fans-engagement-ring-alteration.html

Meghan Markle has sparked speculation that she has redesigned elements of her engagement ring for the fourth time after the Duchess of Sussex's sparkler appeared to show slight alterations in trailers for her new Netflix series.
abbyh said…
Not that I know of.

Is any one getting messages about personal data, log in with flag warning?
Girl with a Hat said…
no, but I'm on a PC and always logged into my Google account
Maybe it's because we've put in so many links?
Maneki Neko said…
'Hollywood's leading lights were paying close attention last night when streaming-giant Netflix held its prestigious season launch in Los Angeles.
...
Yet one of Netflix's best-known collaborators, the Duchess of Sussex, was barely mentioned at the event - even though her lifestyle show, 'With Love, Meghan', is due to be released in March.

Worse, in another sign that America is falling out of love with the royal couple, a leading comedian at the event made Harry and Meghan's film-making record the butt of a dismissive joke.

Describing his own live talk show, which debuts on March 12, just a few days after Meghan's series is due to launch – John Mulaney said: 'This will be the one place where you [might] see Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting next to Nikki Glaser sitting next to a family therapist with music by Mannequin Pussy…

'This is a really fun experiment. Not since Harry and Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a specific plan.'

The Hollywood audience responded with 'snickering' and a few 'whoas', according to a source in the auditorium last night.' . . .

'someone without a specific plan.' That's definitely *. Ouch!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14342715/harry-meghan-ridiculed-comedian-la-netflix-event-duchess-new-show.html

Girl with a Hat said…
Nigel Farage went to a meet and greet for MPs and the Royals. He was talking about how the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have stepped in to take on many of the royal appearances and called the Harkles: "wonderboy and wondergirl" . LOL
Magatha Mistie said…

Fecunt

The long game’s lasted
a thousand years
She’ll need more than a Chit
and her cervical smears
To prove beyond doubt
they’re his and heirs…

So Harry is continuing the destruction of Invictus Games with his wife participating as The Most Important Person (never mind the poor athletes)?

He truly is an ArchMoron!
Girl with a Hat said…
Is it true that she asked for $500k from Invictus Games for her wardrobe? They don't even want her to be there, and she has the gall to ask for money to buy clothing?
Magatha Mistie said…
Singalong 🎤
Apologies: Victoria Woods
The Ballad of Freda & Barry

The Ballad of the Absentia Mare

Mega and Harry
sat up one night
Their minds unclear
their eyes too bright
The mood was soft, something was up
as mega sniffed her cocoa cup
She curled her lip, like a soured lime
And switched off Harry’s on-line time
Harry cringed and played as dead
As mega grabbed his pipe and said

Let’s do it, we’ll do it
do it while the crowd is right
I’m feeling, revealing
a little bit of me not white
I’ve malice
your phallus
I can handle all the Bucks in Palace
I’ll do it, must do it tonight

He said

Can’t do it, won’t do it
Everyone will know I blew it
Your fiction for faction
Will only undermine megxit
Your decision to cause division
May help me beat Will’s television
Might do it, Will do it tonight…




i hope this isn't too contentious -
Are H's chances of staying in the US even lower now, given that the war on both drugs and illegals seem to have been stepped up in the last couple of days? I'm thinking of the motivation given for recent decisions...
Fifi LaRue said…
Since Hawwy went MIA in September, it was thought by some that he had escaped Megabully's clutches. Somehow she pulled him back in. Pity for the dumbbell.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/5d/5d92/5d925b0786154de5822de868c76ab66b-15182386609014456837.webp

The German magazines are saying that they've separated and that he's living with his new squeeze. Scheidung von Meghan - Harry wohnt bei seiner Neuen.
Girl with a Hat said…
Trump may not want to harm Charles and might consult him before doing anything, or Trump may do something completely unexpected. You never know with him.
@Magatha
What a gem! I love `Barry & Freda', especially `beat me on the bottom with the Woman's Weekly...' Of course, I immediately think of the old, small, pre-glossy version : `Famed for its knitting...)

How I miss Victoria Wood - I doubt if we'll ever see her like again.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://x.com/CameronDLWalker/status/1886905012288184793

She made this video in which she is bragging about finding some Billie Eilish swag for a young woman who lost everything in the LA fires. She didn't do anything except contact people who contacted Billie Eilish.
Yes! Youtuber RHR Jen has a piece where she counts how many times the Baroness mentions herself in 1min 38secs. A new achievement!
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/ye-shouts-wife-bianca-censori-021237792.html

Will ILBW rise (or do I mean sink?) to the challenge posed by Mrs West claiming to be `the most googled woman'? As yet, she hasn't gone this far - is she about to tell H to hold her beer?
Magatha Mistie said…

Meggie Eyewash

No work involved
just meggie begging
Passed on some stuff
usual over-egging
Voice note to oneself
when desperate and broke
Don’t Embroider the names
of your kids on your yoke
Taking the credit from others
sad scheming
You’ve given re-grifting
a second-hand meaning
The door Jam-b is sticky
not a-jar
As ever, Magatha…

SwampWoman said…
Well, I'm certainly glad to find that she hasn't acquired any actual class yet.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://x.com/moonmoon818/status/1886988691928965607

There's a movie coming out about a woman who fakes a pregnancy (or should I say Megancy) by wearing a moonbump because she is jealous of a friend called Kate who is really pregnant.
Girl with a Hat said…
There's also this story about a photo of the Harkles and kids going viral. It's supposed to be a photo of them all lying in a circle on the grass, heads touching. Apparently, they sent this photo to Charles recently(?) maybe for Christmas (?) but you can tell that the kids are younger than they're supposed to be.
It's in a comment over at CDAN, but the photo that was pasted in the comment is part of an article and it's not very big.
Girl with a Hat said…
The judge in Prince Harry's U.S. visa case has indicated he is open to releasing 'maximum' portions of secret documents relating to the royal's immigration status.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1279734-prince-harry-meghan-markle-excite-king-charles-with-archie-lilibet-photo

This is the photo of the invisikids that I was referring to earlier.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1iilszb/neil_sean_and_a_big_bomb_the_uk_courts_have_asked/

I fervently hope this is true.
Maneki Neko said…
@Magatha

Great work as always.

@SwampWoman

Nice to hear from you.

@Girl with a Hat

Then usual b&w artsy photo. I wonder if Charles was sent the same photo? We can be certain Thomas Markle wasn't. Will the Harkles now sue the friend who accidentally (?) shared the photo?

@Wild Boar

Re Neil Sean's video, wouldn't it be satisfying if this is true? Harry might regret insisting on security for his offsprings.
. . . . . . . . .
Incidentally, * 'recently showcased her maternal pride by donning a jumper embroidered with her children's names.' Is this to reinforce the idea that she is their mother? I'm very proud of my children but certainly wouldn't have worn a jumper with their names embroidered on it when they were small. Maybe this could be a new ARO venture, order a jumper with your children's names lovingly embroidered by *'s own fair hands...


@GWAH
I followed the your link, with the lying-in a-circle pic but also clicked on the block of small pictures beneath - a Temu ad with ?Harkle lookalikes, presumably...
OKay said…
The photo was apparently captured during an interview at Gloria Steinem's house. There are better images over on Reddit.
OKay said…
I read about this. It's an Amy Schumer project! She's crass, but spot on.
Girl with a Hat said…
JAN MOIR: Meghan the Marie Antoinette of Montecito's video message is her cringiest act yet

Had she and Harry discovered a cure for cancer? Did Disney finally get in touch and offer her a voiceover role as Dawn the Prawn in Finding Nemo 3?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14369133/JAN-MOIR-Meghan-Marie-Antoinette-Montecitos-video-message-cringiest-act-yet.html
Maneki Neko said…
Jean Moir's article is worth a read. * sounds desperate for any publicity

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14369133/JAN-MOIR-Meghan-Marie-Antoinette-Montecitos-video-message-cringiest-act-yet.html#comments
Girl with a Hat said…
including children lookalikes?
SwampWoman said…
Thank you! Lost electricity in the ice storm a few weeks ago, and the computer was fried in the power surges. Yes, it was surge protected. It died anyway. No, I hadn't kept the paperwork on the surge protector. I didn't want to redo all my passwords if I didn't have to (call me lazy!) so my late computer laid in state in the repair facility before being pronounced dead. Now my new computer and I are having issues with each other currently.
Maneki Neko said…
Sorry to disappoint everyone if you thought *'s latest Netflix Venture, fatuously called With Love, Meghan, was a cookery show, it's a lifestyle show.
...'the show – titled With Love, Meghan – will be a ‘how-to’ guide to entertaining, offering inspiration and ideas for those who aspire to be the perfect hostess.'
...‘It’s a very magical and beautiful guide to hosting and entertaining rather than a how-to cookery show. It’s about inspiration – more like, “Why not try and make this kind of pasta or this kind of dessert”.

Perfectly relatable if you're a busy working mum. Who would take inspiration from *?

One comment:
'Thank you, Meghan. I can now have a dinner party in my bedsit. Pot noodles and bread for dipping and a big glass of Tizer, but some will have to use mugs. I only have one glass, but I'll be doing it in style.'

This is probably just the MM show. Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath, she ain't.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14369987/Meghan-perfect-hostess-Netflix.html
Girl with a Hat said…
People at CDAN have noticed that Lillibucks' teeth in that photo seem to be adult teeth and that Archieficial's arm seems to be abnormally long.
Artemisia19 said…
The Royal Rogue is reporting that Archewell received up to $13 million from USAID with money originating from USAID and then funneled through numerous NGOs before landing in Archewell's account. This is also being reported on X.
KnitWit said…
Hard to believe that Gloria Steinham showcases the Markle's photo. She has met so many people. Must be a favor/deal. Lily looks older than Archie. H looked baked. That hand from nowhere boggles the mind.

I remember family holiday photos where my father set the timer on the camera and ran from the camera to join the photo before the timer went off. Not fine art, but clearly real.

Tired of the photoshopped fiction.
Maneki Neko said…
Our duo are in Canada for the Invictus games where they can reportedly expect a warm welcome. This might be debatable. Madam 'is not scheduled to speak' but this doesn't mean she won't. I just hope the whole thing is not about her/ H& her. Luckily, sub zero temperatures should mean * won't be parading with acres of flesh on show, at least outdoors.
Obviously, they are expected to fly 'from Santa Barbara airport in a private chartered jet'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14371319/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-Invictus-Games-Canada-welcome.html
Girl with a Hat said…
Princess Kate is mentally and emotionally stronger than Meghan Markle, who married a man who would need "two weeks to put on his own trousers" without royal staff. That's just a couple of the great bits from the recent preview of Tom Quinn's book in
@thetimes
.

https://x.com/RNN_RoyalNews/status/1887618608844439958
Girl with a Hat said…
Also, Hairy's African Parks organization received $20 million from USAID despite the issues with his rangers raping women.

No wonder they were so eager to promote Joe Biden's policy of censoring people in social media.
Girl with a Hat said…
From the Times, a nice change of pace because it sounds so lovely:

Given they greet complete strangers with the phrase, “Alright, my luvver?”, perhaps it’s not too far-fetched to believe that Bristolians are the most romantic people in the UK.
A survey this week found those in the heart of the West Country show their other halves more love than any city in the country, with 40 per cent claiming they give “daily” signs of affection and many saying “I love you” about nine times a week.
Girl with a Hat said…
I wonder if they will use this tactic to prevent bad press:

A few weeks ago, I received an email from a well-known male celebrity – a household name – who, in recent years, has been exposed for partaking in some ‘bad behaviour’.

I would go into more detail but, for reasons that will become clear, I cannot.

This celebrity had been irked by a story I had written about his misdeeds. He has form for getting in touch directly with journalists and, after it was published, he emailed me telling me that my words had consequences – and that one day I would have to live with the knowledge that I had pushed someone over the edge.

Knowing of similar messages he has sent to fellow writers, I could only presume he was talking about his own mental health.

I am unable to share his identity: he labelled the letter with an instruction that it was ‘not for publication’. But I also know that this individual has a history of giving journalists negative stories about his colleagues and other celebrities in a bid to damage their reputations.

He is not alone in playing the mental health card.

Another British male star of equal prominence has been furious at how he has been portrayed in the media following claims that he has cheated on his partner (he is a generally deeply unpleasant individual). He instructed his lawyers to email me: ‘Every time Katie Hind writes about our client, it affects his mental health.’

Welcome to today’s new form of celebrity injunction, where male celebrities – and they are almost always men – will attempt to stop their misdemeanours being revealed by claiming that they are suffering from mental ill health, even in some cases threatening to take their own life.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14369825/rich-celebrities-stop-sordid-behaviour-shocked.html
Girl with a Hat said…
That photo of them with the kids, well it looks like Hairy's been photoshopped into it. Look for Media Lush's comment in this CDAN thread:

https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2025/02/blind-item-8_7.html#disqus_thread
Does anyone believe that the baroness truly wanted to kick Catherine out of her happy marriage and get William for herself? Can a person be so utterly stupid? Did she believe that harassing William constantly physically would do the trick? Even when Catherine was pregnant with Louis?

That really sounds very strange behaviour, I say.

Artemisia19 said…
No wonder Mehgain thought she could get a ride on Airforce One and speak at the DNC. USAID is looking like a massive money laundering operation.
Maneki Neko said…
The DM has an article on the duo in Vancouver for the Invictus games. I just skimmed it and here are a few points.
* 'has been spotted adoringly [as if] watching her husband Prince Harry as he opened the seventh edition of the Invictus Games.' Did she need to stand next to him? (Rhetorical question). * 'is said to be focused on supporting her husband and the games in the coming week.' . . . 'Her focus at the Games will be on uplifting her husband, the competitors, and sharing their stories.' I'd say she's focused on making sure the cameras are on her.
. . . 'The source said: 'Her attendance underscores her support for her husband
a £5,000 a night suite that comes with its own private elevator and rooftop patio.' This on top of the privately chartered flight. Who is paying for this?

I suppose the rest of the games will be in the same vein.
Girl with a Hat said…
Did she really think that the UK would accept William as king if he left his loving (pregnant) wife and children for his brother's fiancee or wife? WTF, that's unacceptable moral behaviour. No one wants to be led by someone who has bad moral values, except maybe a criminal gang.
OKay said…
Unfortunately, Vancouver rarely gets sub-zero temps. Even in the mountains of Whistler, things are fairly mild.
OKay said…
I find this very easy to believe. In her mind, Madame is irresistible. "Drop-dead gorgeous," "mile-long legs"...she even listed herself a supermodel at one point! She's utterly insane. Frankly, I doubt Will would take the bait even if she were all those things, because her desperation shines through.
Girl with a Hat said…
Donald Trump WON'T deport Prince Harry from the US as he says: 'I'll leave him alone. He's got enough problems with his wife. She's terrible'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14375465/donald-trump-wont-deport-harry-meghan.html
Girl with a Hat said…
In addition, they require a 3 car convoy with security for their travels in Vancouver, one of the safest cities in the Americas.
Now I am laughing: The baroness has taken her place (!) in the Invictus Games and started her week with unspeakable ugly expensive clothes and mindless word salads and what happens!?

The President of the United States of America tells the whole world that "She Is Terrible!"

(And lets Harry stay in USA because of that)

Maybe she will not be so full of herself and leaves some visibility to the true heroes, the VETERANS!

Girl with a Hat said…
also, there's a blown up photo of Lillibucks and she doesn't have milk teeth, she has a full blown adult set of gnashers!
Outlandisg comment (said with tongue firmly in cheek) on CDAN:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1ik0nn0/cdan_today_believable_that_shes_pretty_vile_no/#lightbox

The responses vary from `rubbish', or wtte, to `only too believable' . Wide scepticism about where and when it might have happened (if it did).
I do recall, though, there were stories from their early days at Frogmore that the police had more than once found her wandering around the Great Park and in the town centre of Windsor, at night, in a state of befuddlement, with the implication that she was under the influence of psychoactive substances, even if was just just good ol' alcohol.
Was their involuntary departure from Frog Cott precipitated by something like this imagined scenario?:
She goes out late in the evening, somewhat deshabillée and not to say plastered, with a coat slipped on over her nightie, and seeks out Wm giving the dog its final `comfort' walk of the day? I mean, what's a girl to do but take advantage?

I see it as completely within her character.


Midge said…
Well it didnt take long for * to grab hold of the microphone - apparently she gave a "heartfelt introduction to Prince Harry just hours after the couple touched down...." The speech was unplanned of course.
Harry did not get very warm welcome which is understandable because his opening speech was LOUSY incoherent word salad and he did not thought it polite towards the athletes to dress beautifully, he was a total mess (some substance??).

I do believe he should leave the patronage to Mike Tindall or some one with more enthusiasm.



Girl with a Hat said…
I've heard several people say that he looked stoned.
Girl with a Hat said…
https://x.com/hrrysgreysuit/status/1888345779326394758

Look at how people in the background are looking at her. It seems she started pushing someone's wheelchair without asking. Also, her bra seems to be poking through the opening of her top's armhole.
Girl with a Hat said…
She had 4 outfit changes today. I wonder how much that cost.
Maneki Neko said…
Good one. She should be in the background, sitting with the audience, not taking centre stage. Once again, it's the MM show. As for her outfit, the armhole is quite big and her bra or whatever is way too high. I would never go out like that. She's an embarrassment.

Maneki Neko said…
I would advise you read this on an empty stomach.
'The Duchess of Sussex, 43, packed on the PDA as she watched from the stands in Vancouver with her husband, snuggling into him before leaning in for a passionate kiss.' If you have a very strong constitution, there are also photos. I couldn't read beyond those few lines and just glanced at a few pix. That was enough. Was she trying to send a big FU to Trump after his putdown? I'm sure he laughed when he saw the pix (if he even looked!). Of course, the cameras must be on * at all times (eye roll).

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14376265/Meghan-Markle-loved-display-Prince-Harry-Invictus-Games.html

Maneki Neko said…
@Girl with a Hat

Re *'s outfit, don't forget that Invictus allegedly paid for her wardrobe. I can't remember if it was $ but the figure was 30,000. If this is true, this is scandalous. If she must insist on attending, she can supply her own wardrobe. The trousers on the photo you mentioned are as usual too wide and too long, she can't ever get it right.
Maneki Neko said…
Apologies, firstly for yet another comment and secondly if this has been shared before.

'UK royal correspondent Neil Sean claimed to Fox News the Duchess of Sussex, 43, was given the name 'Eva' while she was working on her podcast Archetypes.

He explained: 'This wasn't an engaging pet nickname. The nickname came from the 1955 camp classic 'Queen Bee' starring the ultimate diva herself – Joan Crawford…

The film is about a 'manipulative' socialite who 'sets out to destroy the lives of all those around her', according to Turner Classic Movies.

Mr Sean also explained that behind-the-scenes staff found it 'really difficult' to deal with Meghan because of her mood swings and that she was 'quite tough and bossy'.

'This is because, like the Joan character [Eva Phillips], she stung her victims to pieces. This is exactly how staff felt about working alongside [Meghan].'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14347163/scathing-nickname-Meghan-Markle-Spotify-staff-used-warning-Prince-Harry.html


Hark who says which (as my old ma would say!):

https://uk.yahoo.com/style/prince-harry-criticises-weak-moral-230451688.html
From DT:
Prince Harry criticises ‘weak moral character in the world’
Albert Tait
Sat 8 February 2025 at 11:04 pm GMT·4-min read

Prince Harry has said there is too much ‘weak moral character in the world’ - Samir Hussein/WireImage
The Duke of Sussex criticised the “weak moral character in the world” in a speech just hours after Donald Trump called his wife “terrible”.
The Duke, 40, told a crowd of 40,000 at the BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada, during the Invictus Games opening ceremony on Saturday that there was “difficulty and division in many parts of the world”.
“At this moment, when there is no shortage of crises, no absence of uncertainty, no lack of weak moral character in the world, the values you embody, the way you carry yourselves – not only at the Invictus Games, but each and every day – your courage, your resilience, your humanity, illuminate a path forward for us all,” he said.
His speech came on the same day that Donald Trump ruled out deporting the Duke from the US over suggestions of historic drug-taking, claiming the royal has “enough problems with his wife”, Meghan, whom he said was “terrible”.
The Duke and Duchess, 43, appeared together at the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games, the sports competition for wounded service members and veterans which was founded by the Duke in 2014.

In a speech sandwiched between performances by musical stars Chris Martin and Katy Perry, the Duke paid tribute to the indigenous peoples in Canada. “I would like to begin by honouring the First Nations, who are hosting this year’s Games. Lílwat, Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh,” he said.
He addressed the crowd with a traditional greeting - “Hite-sap - coo-cwee-lum” - which is a message of welcoming used in large gatherings.
Addressing the hundreds of competitors, he said: “The Games were born more than a decade ago, from a promise I made to myself.
“A promise to uphold my obligation – a sacred obligation after my own decade and privilege of military service – to do whatever I could to help my fellow brothers and sisters heal, and to champion everything we stand for.
“Over the past decade I’ve lost count of the times we’ve heard you tell us that the Invictus Games saved you.
“Respectfully, I disagree. Invictus didn’t save you. You saved yourself.”

The Sussexes flew to Vancouver on Friday and arrived at the five-star Fairmont Pacific Rim, one of the city’s most expensive hotels, in a convoy of three large blacked-out SUVs.
At a behind-closed-doors welcome reception for competitors on Friday evening, the Duchess kissed her husband on stage and told the injured veterans: “You are his family.” She also said she felt “at home” in Canada.


DT article (cont)
They spent the first day of the competition meeting athletes from Team US and Team Canada. Both were seen hugging competitors in Instagram posts by the Duchess. She was also filmed laughing with a group of female US competitors while the Duke was seen dancing in front of Canadian athletes.
The games come at a strange time for the Sussexes and will likely provide a welcome distraction from questions over their professional futures.
Just last month, Prince Harry agreed to settle with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers for an eight-figure sum. Some saw it as a climbdown in his battle against the tabloid press. He had previously described himself as a “dragon slayer” who wanted to “change the media landscape” forever.

His idea for a Spotify podcast has also been gently mocked. Dubbed a “sociopath podcast”, he reportedly wanted to interview powerful men with complicated stories such as Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg, about how their experiences turned them into sociopaths.
His Netflix show about polo did not generate the buzz it might have expected, his best-selling memoir is long done and dusted, and his relations with the Royal family remain on a scale between strained and non-existent.
For the Duchess, her anticipated Netflix show has been postponed after the Los Angeles fires, while a blistering Vanity Fair cover story last month portrayed her as a ruthless boss.
In the face of all this, the nine days of the games, which run until Feb 16, offer a brief respite, where they are respected and adored by competitors and fans alike.
When the Sussexes appeared on the jumbotron during the opening ceremony, they were greeted with rapturous applause from the stadium - only the appearance of Team Ukraine produced a louder noise throughout the whole ceremony.
The Duchess, wearing a white Sentaler coat, rested her head on her husband’s shoulder as emotional videos of competitors, in which they detailed their struggles, played on the large screen.
Martin, who performed the Invictus Games anthem which he created in 2014, paid tribute to the Duke, saying: “Thank you, Harry, for being such an inspiring leader and kind and sweet man.”
After the ceremony, the Duke and Duchess watched an ice hockey match between the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs at the Rogers Arena.
Harry's second speech was astonishingly correct when he spoke words that there is "no lack of weak moral character in the world". For once he described himself and his deeds quite accurately and with truth that everyman can accept. He had even found a tie.

Another thing hanging around his neck is his wife who is trying to get people to believe that they are living a life of passionate love towards each other. I don't understand why. Harry has not that script in his papers and he is obviously not playing along.

His wife seems aim to the history books as the most loving and adoring mother who in the end had no children only beautiful romantic stories about them.

The Freak Show of The Duke of Duchess in Canada



OKay said…
Unplanned by Invictus organizers, no doubt. But Madame has been planning her spontaneous speech for weeks and weeks already.
Girl with a Hat said…
Hairy talks about weak moral character while he is driven everywhere in BC Place in a golf cart. He and * wave to the amputee veterans who are making their way on their stumps and wheelchairs.
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Lady C
@LadyColinCampb
I am hearing very interesting things about the state of the Sussex marriage and it's from regal not media sources. Things are a lot more convoluted than they appear to be on the surface. Sadly this forum doesn't offer enough space to address the complexities, but I think I will do so on my YouTube channel.
@realDonaldTrump
is right. Harry has more than enough problems on his hands. The majority of them begin with the letter M . M for Meghan. M for money. M for Machiavellianism. M for merching. M for mistake. M for megnancies. M for media. M for manipulation. I could go on and on, but this is neither the time nor the place. In the meantime, I would recommend that everyone who wants a ringside seat on the combination of Greek tragedy, Shakespearean drama, Feydeau farce, and Hollywood vulgarity that is taking place in Canada remember the words of the song: "It ain't over till the fat lady sings." All the posturing at the
@InvictusGames25
, all the Ozempic in the world, all sixteen bathrooms in Montecito won't be able to flush the reality of what is really going on once the turds surface. Harry might not seem the ideal candidate for sympathy over the last few years, but my goodness, is he deserving of pity.
https://x.com/LadyColinCampb/status/1888651670524993566
Girl with a Hat said…
this is the video of them riding a golf cart past all the amputees. LOL. I laugh at their heartlessness.

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2025/02/09/1457628760546719074/1024x576_MP4_1457628760546719074.mp4
The Princess of Wales would never come to an important happening looking sweaty, red in face, hair over face and give a speech with ridiculous oohs and aahs, rambling on without any idea what she was saying and slurring words like she had been drinking. With "You guys" like her audience were a bunch of idiots, with "MY HUSBAND", "PRINCE", "DUKE", with I NEED YOU TO KNOW because my husband is the only one who has been working hard day and night and breakfast time for all this to happen etc, etc, etc...

Catherine is an epitome of elegance, sophistication and right sort of humanity and the Brits have right to be very proud of her!!
Recalling how much you liked Eric & Ernie's breakfast striptease number, I thought you might enjoy their take on `Hey, Big Spender!' It's from 1975 with Pan's People - it's so appropriate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg0aLNBnkg0

The quality's not good but I see it as the one line-up where ILBW wouldn't look out of place dead centre.
Did I detect some booing in the buggy-ride video? Surely not?!!!
KnitWit said…
They deserve to be booed - riding a golf cart past disabled veterans giving the royal wave.
Maneki Neko said…
I thought I did but wasn't sure. Glad it's not just me. They deserve to be booed. They have no shame.
Maneki Neko said…
Re ARO produce, * 'will finally launch her brand in just a few weeks time at brand-new brick and mortar stores owned by one her employers, streaming giant Netflix.
. . . the success or failure of her products in the Netflix House superstores will 'make or break' Meghan's entrepreneurial ambitions.'

The first of the American Riviera Orchard stands will open in early March in two of America's biggest retail centers, the King of Prussia Mall in Philadelphia and the giant Dallas Galleria.'

Not really exclusive, then. Well, Philadelphia and Dallas Nutties, this is your chance to sample *'s wares.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14381333/Meghan-Markle-Netflix-American-Riviera-Orchard.html
Fifi LaRue said…
With the photos in Canada, it appears Megabully is in extreme competition with the Wales, and their family photos after Catherine's medical treatments.
Girl with a Hat said…
so she will do this without obtaining any trademark?
Girl with a Hat said…
I think you'll all emjoy this

https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2025/02/meghan-markles-dream-invictus-games.html#disqus_thread
A Sinner on SMM observed that it's not as if ILBW is a veteran. I beg to differ- she's may not have been in the Corps of Sappers but she's surely an Old Slapper.
Fifi LaRue said…
IMO there isn't going to be any jam in any brick and mortar stores run by NF. More "manifesting" by Megabully. And probably more screaming at people at NF.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hOT5JdsXAY
Invictus Games Stands EMPTY Due To Meghan Markle Stealing Attention
OKay said…
LMAO WBBM, you do have a way with words.
OKay said…
My first thought as well. She's just talking again.
Maneki Neko said…
@Girl with a Hat

Good question about no trademark for ARO. And is * trying to flog last year's jam and dog biscuits that didn't sell? (Past their sell by date?)
Thank you for the video of *'s spoof speech, that's * to a tee.
No one is going to forget that it was Harry who totally destroyed the Invictus Games by allowing the whole focus concentrate on his wife's half a million dollar wardrobe and filthy unkempt hair (no more money for a decent hairdresser?).

He has done a dirty trick to all those men and women who are competing in the games AND their families. He has no right to preach about honour to anyone for he has none!

abbyh said…
I feel sad for the competitors and their families. It is their chance to show off, shine. But the focus is all on her, what she's wearing or doing next.

I fear the undertone will become: why bother training for this if my efforts don't get noticed?
Girl with a Hat said…
She finally got the message and has cut short her stay at the Invictus Games.
https://x.com/MeghansMole/status/1889368812195348549
Girl with a Hat said…
As per a comment over at CDAN, Hairy told her "You're as terrible as Trump says you are" and she got on a plane and left to go back to California.
Elskainga said…
Trump has lots of contacts in HW and Santa Barbara so he knows the inside tea regarding these two morons. * was even escorted to a White House function by Steve Mnuchin, a wealthy HW producer, power player, Republican and Treasury Secretary under Trump’s first term. I’d love to hear the stories he’s heard about her; must be some ripsnorters.
Girl with a Hat said…
People can't decide whether :
1. they had a big fight and she decided to leave
2. Invictus people asked her to leave
3. she got the pics she needed for her Netflix show
4. she's still in Vancouver but keeping a low profile
5. she got kidnapped by aliens.
Girl with a Hat said…
Apparently, she figures prominently in a Red Cross commercial for the California fires.
Girl with a Hat said…
The aliens didn't get her.

Headline at the DM:

Windswept Meghan Markle arrives back in California on private jet after leaving Prince Harry behind at Invictus Games - as she reveals gifts for Archie and Lilibet and says she is 'cheering' her husband on from home
Girl with a Hat said…
He's been obliged to watch, powerless, as his favourite couple have been subjected to a fearful pummelling in print, which included being labelled 'the most entitled, disingenuous people on the planet' by a Montecito neighbour.

But as Omid Scobie digests Vanity Fair's profile of Prince Harry – 'lost, out of his depth, and naive' – and Meghan, working for whom is alleged to have caused some former members of staff to undergo 'long-term therapy', might he have difficulties of his own to contend with?

I ask because Scobie's company, MeYou, has been closed down after being on the receiving end of a compulsory strike-off notice in December.

Seemingly indifferent to that warning, Scobie, who recently moved to California – so that he's now, so it's said, approximately two hours' drive from Harry and Meghan – took no action.

In consequence, MeYou, which Scobie established in 2016, and of which he has always been the sole director, has been dissolved. This means that it ceases to have a legal owner, with the result that its bank account is frozen and any assets are passed to the Crown.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14390183/Harry-Meghan-cheerleader-chief-Omid-Scobie-company-forcibly-closed-Crown-Heres-RICHARD-EDENs-latest-royal-bombshell.html
Maneki Neko said…
I was just going to add reason (excuse) number 6 to your list: she is so maternal that she missed the children and couldn't bear to be parted from them any longer.
Maneki Neko said…
If that's what she bought.


Did you see what * got them? If the goodies on display in the photo are what she bought then is not a mother. Chocolate with big nuts? The goodies are not suitable for young children if that's what she bought them.
Here is the photo for other Nutties.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/13/08/95148171-14391201-In_an_Instagram_post_on_Wednesday_evening_Meghan_said_she_was_ch-a-20_1739434092351.jpg
Girl with a Hat said…
from a comment over at CDAN:

Word on FB is that Hawwy was called into a meeting with top Invictus people and told in no uncertain terms that his wife had to leave AND that she had to take down all the videos she took there and posted on social media. Not sure what the leverage was, but apparently she did both.
Harry has lost it. He is not even a beta male. In Greek alphabet he just and just a gamma. Will he ever get his manhood back? I doubt it. Some women will have him for he is a son of the King. But not the ladies of quality, that train has left. One would feel empathy if he were a decent human being, but he is not. He has earned everything that he is going to get. When you hurt your people for money it is OK you have to pay and pay hard.



Girl with a Hat said…
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
The bear-claw items (or whatever they are) in *'s photo of the `goodies' she took back for their `little ones' brought to mind Yorkshire Fat Rascals:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7317295@N04/47426075541
Remind you of anyone?
Maneki Neko said…
Now * has posted a video of the children making love heart treats for Valentine's day - this after a b&s (natch) photo of her and Harry sharing a kiss and saying she was missing her Valentine: 'Beyond proud of my husband and what he’s created. My love, I will eat burgers & fries and fish & chips with you forever. Thank you for you.' Yes, we believe you... She might have left the Invictus games but she makes sure she's in the news. In the DM if anyone is remotely interested.
Maneki Neko said…
The DM has 'unearthed' footage (they haven't) showing the pair with William and Catherine looking at flowers left outside Windsor castle after the Queen's death. I did watch it at the time and forgot but the way * walks on her spiky heels is interesting. Catherine walks normally, with both feet parallel, while * sashays like a model on the catwalk with one foot literally in front of the other. She looks very unsteady on her heels and her gait is very ungainly, all the more when you watch Catherine walk straight and assuredly.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14372303/prince-harry-meghan-markle-walkabout-william-kate-queen-death.html
Girl with a Hat said…
also as part of that article:

Despite having not spoken in months, Harry was aware that the eyes of the world were watching his and Meghan's every move at that crucial moment.

As they turned past the gate of Windsor Castle, he appeared to strategically slow down his walk while subtly using his hand to guide her back into place.

But in a slowed-down clip of the moment, which was viewed widely after being posted on TikTok, royal watchers commented that Meghan seemed to be determined to break royal protocol.

One said: 'Meghan just does not want to accept hierarchy.'

Another posted that after six years with Harry: 'She should know protocol by now.'

A third commented: 'Harry knows what she's doing. She's trying to be the spotlight as always.'

Another asked: 'Why did she need constant reminding?', to which someone else replied: 'She knew but was determined to always try and be first.'

Other comments included 'Meghan wouldn’t accept not being the star', while someone else questioned: 'How does she not get this? It’s not that hard.'
abbyh said…
I seem to remember a rumor at that time that security called Prince William to let him know that the duo were planning to go out and greet people and look at the flowers. And that he then called his brother and suggested they, the four, would go look at the flowers and greet people. Wouldn't that be a nice gesture?

If true, nicely played Prince of Wales.
@abbyh
I too was watching the TV (probably BBC) for ERII's funeral - I definitely heard the commentators saying that the Harkles had informed the Press of their intention to do that walkabout but someone then had tipped the wink to the RF/CRIII/Wm.
The follow up was that the Wales's, set about spiking the Harkles guns by asking them to accompany them... in response to the KIng's wishes.
Yes, it was handled with elegance and * further revealed her true nature some more. Doubtless she threw herself on the ground sobbing once they were out of public view.
Maneki Neko said…
For the trip to Invictus, Harry, a mere appendage, had an ordinary suit bag while Madam, the superior one, had a monogrammed one. She doesn't half fancy herself!

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/?rdt=56503
Girl with a Hat said…
I think Netflix were involved in the Sussex' plans but somehow, William managed to ruin the attempt to make the mourning part of the Sussex' Netflix series.
abbyh said…
WBBM - I knew I had heard something somewhere (somehow) about it.

What's kind of funny is that in the absolute solemness of the several days - that even if they had pulled off this photo op and thought it as bettering W&K, it still would have been stuck out like a sore thumb - not in fitting with the atmosphere of the people at that moment in time.

It would have have had a photoshop slickness to it, like them holding hands while walking about which was unauthentic to how people felt. Sure they could have planted a few fans and it might have passed off as good for the States but I suspect the backlash would have far surpassed that of one tear towards them than they had already received.

OTOH, the uproar towards Spare was yet to come so ... maybe karma has a way of making their voice known sooner or later. Served cold and all that?
Magatha Mistie said…

Slush Fund

Wardrobe changes
and shunting a wheel chair
Milk floating past veterans
with a wave, no care
Look at me, look at me
I’m brave can’t you see
I’m the face of Inrictus
not you Harry
I slayed the snow run
in a rubber bun
And showed those not able
how to have fun
I’ll be back for the finale
it’s all about me
I’m no Whistler’s mother
nor MVP…

Magatha Mistie said…
@Maneki 😘
Welcome back@ Swampie and @Midge
@WildBoar: flat markles
sour grapes on top


Youtube "The vintage read show" has a very good piece "Political players?" about Sussex couple's very questionable machinations with Archwell moneys. I have no dog in this fight but if I were subject of His Majesty King Charles III I think I'd have something to say about all this. The King seems to take a very cool attitude towards Harry's tricks even when his son is breaking every rule he is supposed to be respecting in his Monarchy and Family.

Girl with a Hat said…
Maybe that's because Charles is and has been breaking many rules about interference in political/governmental matters, and just as lately as a few weeks ago where he happily showed Keir Starmer around a housing complex.
Girl with a Hat said…
a comment at the Globe and Mail, Canada's newspaper of record about the closing of the Invictus Games:

Open with Meghan Markle, close with Justin Trudeau. Perfect bookends. Two attention seeking peas in a pod who use the vets for photo ops.

Contrast to the Prince and Princess of Denmark, who donned team uniforms and sat in the bleachers for two days in BC with everyone else.
Girl with a Hat said…
from reddit - Saint Meghan Markle - the cost of her Invictus outfits. The author did the calculations. Some items were not new, but the new clothes and accessories totaled $18k or so

TLDR; She wore 17 new items, which totaled $18,067

She wore 11 outfits over the five days.

Each outfit averaged $37,405.90

Her lowest-cost outfit was $30,670

Her highest-cost outfit was $49,555

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1ir1yot/cost_of_megsys_invictus_fashion_show/
Girl with a Hat said…
I was over at St Meghan Markle on reddit and there's a thread about Ashley Hansen, who was * and Hairy's PR guru for 18 months. The poor woman had to have therapy after that experience. There's a link to an HG Tudor youtube video that dissects Hansen's interview on another podcast.
What I found interesting in all of this is that Hansen mentioned that Hairy was just as much of a pain in the butt as his wife. The two of them were entitled prats. It just surprised me.
Magatha Mistie said…

Deviled Megs

What’s up next
from madam most vexed
A curated pap walk
or divorce via text
Don’t hold your breath
the latter won’t happen
The capon’s been spatchcocked
slatterns pattern
We’ll be served cold dishes
from 1970
As she floats through her kitchen
wearing Pippa Dee…

abbyh said…
The upcoming Tom Quinn book from the royal servants view, is something about how various members of the BRF would flinch as she approached to hug with the usual justification that that's how everyone behaves in California.

And, that this led to claims that she was flirting with her future brother-in-law but the author states pretty conclusively in the DM article that it was not flirting.

I don't completely buy this (not that I ever have).

Not everyone walks up hugging people in the state. I've been there at different times and people did not do this to me when being introduced or we saw each other again - unless it was a close relationship, long term yada. It is not some requirement that one must hug people when you see them.

As for not flirting, I have my doubts on multiple levels.

I've had guys stand just a little too close, touch me just a little longer, hand lower than others and so on. I would place a bet that Prince William has had women approach him in a similar fashion. I'd say he's seen it and can recognize it at 50 yards. (even if only half the story is true that he would not allow himself to be alone), then says something about his ability to recognize friendly versus predatory trying to pass off as friendly aka as erring on the side of caution.

The other main reason is that if it is true that she started a hook up with JCMH while she was still technically with Cory, then ... that's form.

Girl with a Hat said…
I heard about some line of products called "As Ever, Meghan" or something. Did she give up on American Riviera Orchard? I don't follow.
Girl with a Hat said…
If someone is a hugger, but they notice that people are drawing away when you go in for the hug, just stop it. You have no right to invade people's private space like that.
I'm not a hugger and when people try to hug me, I cross my arms, and say that I don't do the hugging thing. (Personally, I think it's ridiculous to hug people you barely know).
Maneki Neko said…
You are right, * 'has renamed her luxury lifestyle brand 'As Ever' and launched a website with a cover photo of her holding hands with her daughter Lilibet, three, in the California sunshine.'
If you were wondering what 'as ever' means in this context, 'As Ever essentially means as it's always been, and if you've followed me since 2014 with The Tig,'...
This is still the same pretentious rubbish that will probably quietly peter out.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14406793/meghan-markle-rebrand-american-riviera-orchard.html
Humor Me said…
The skinny kid in the photo is not the same as the kid who spreading fruited cream cheese in her Valentine's photos.
Maneki Neko said…
I didn't even see the photo, I didn't scroll down, I just read the first few lines!
The child spreading the Valentine's bagels or whatever they were looked bigger and older. You can never believe * (as ever). Different name, same bilge.
Some commenters on the DM said her new logo bears a very strong similarity to a the coat of arms of a town in Majorca. Another coincidence??

https://x.com/royal_diaries/status/1891737262976618703
Maneki Neko said…
And now 'Civic bosses in the sleepy Mallorca village of Porreres are reportedly considering legal action against the Duchess of Sussex, 43, after accusing her of copying its traditional coat of arms for the logo of her newly revamped luxury brand, As Ever.' Off to a flying start!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14409473/spanish-town-considers-legal-action-meghan-markle-logo.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1is6mm6/merching_the_royal_kids_hope_harry_is_happy/
The child in this photo appears to be wearing a wig - the volume of hair is prodigious. Is Our Little Princess running to get to to an Irish Dance contest?
I have always found it very irritating when the baroness after megxit has used this "how she is so excited to share her exciting news with you all, guys" (all this mumbo jumbo in a breathless "excited" voice). She is the only one, well maybe with last two sussex squad members, who is interested in her crap.

Her panting does not make her announcements any more interesting, she is a middle aged woman for heavens sake.

She is just so vulgar, vulgar, vulgar.



In 18 months, she'll be nearer 50 than 40.

Maneki Neko said…
'An independent clothing company with the same name as Meghan Markle's lifestyle brand has pleaded for support - as fans lashed out at a 'royally scandalous' rebrand.

As Ever, which makes clothing in New York and New Jersey, said they were 'not affiliated' to the Duchess of Sussex's project and thanked everyone for their concern about their 'namesake brand'.'

Once again, she didn't do due diligence before she changed her brand's name. Can she ever get anything right?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14412353/Clothing-company-Meghan-Markles-lifestyle-brand-breaks-silence-Duchess-teases-launch-date-new-Instagram-post.html
Girl with a Hat said…
so it seems the re-brand is another failure, what with a Spanish town threatening to sue for copyright infringement, and a small clothing company complaining that * stole their name. LOL
Fifi LaRue said…
That Markle woman can't do anything right; she effs up everything.
The one thing where the baroness is not lazy is stealing names and ideas.



This video is weird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HRoQTxolIU
`AGAIN! Meghan BREAKDOWN Over Archie's Adoption Record Leak: The Shocking Truth Revealed by Tom Bower'

It rests on the premise that Aldi (and Lidl) were both adopted - it is asserted that this had been revealed by Tom Bower, yet gives no references/further evidence. Has anybody seen/read anything by Tom about `adoption'? I can't find it in `Revenge'.
Nor do I recall any statement by anyone that A was definitely adopted - it' has been pointed out that, under English law, the mother of a child is the woman who carried it. A surrogate child has to be adopted, even if it is genetically the offspring of the would-be parents.
My often-expressed view, is that the document presented as A's birth certificate suggests that it is an `interim' certificate, as issued to adopted children. I say this because I believe that were it issued for a conventionally carried child, I it would have an official stamp in the bottom right-hand corner.
Under ordinary circumstances, adoption wouldn't matter; in Royal cases it matters hugely. The law that the child is `born of its mother's body' the mother being the lawful wedded wife of the father, and that the birth is reliably `witnessed' , is intended to prevent a cuckoo being sneaked into the Succession nest.
In short, it looks as if A is an adopted child but so far I have not found that view expressed outside this forum, until this video appeared.
Girl with a Hat said…
How Meghan Markle rebranded from burger-flipping seductress...who wanted to start a website called Spoon Me, Fork Me... to wholesome Netflix luxury lifestyle guru

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14414755/Meghan-markle-rebranded-burger-Netflix-luxury-lifestyle-guru.html
There's a splendid post on SMM which summarises how the writer feels about the Harkles and why s/he is a sinner. It's beautifully written and applies equally to me. I wish I could be this eloquent. Here's the link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1it9fyz/she_will_never_stop_right/

I'm sure that many other Nutties will also concur with these sentiments as well.
PS I should have added that I'm referring to the post by Witty-Town-6927.
Maneki Neko said…
Yes, it's weird. I've found another video where Lady C allegedly 'secured Aldi's adoption records.' * apparently collapsed 'in almost cinematic fashion' at the news. The cynic in me thinks this was to cause a diversion and to make * a victim yet again and therefore attract sympathy. The duo's representatives 'issued carefully worded statements, dismissing the claims as baseless fabrications from unreliable sources'. Perhaps, but they didn't issue an outright denial and haven't sued Lady C, yet they're very quick to resort to legal action to silence their critics.

The video is an hour long, too long for me, and I just doubled the speed. At 14", the video states that if Lady had accessed the adoption records, 'either they'd been leaked by an insider with access to highly classified documents or had they been acquired through legal loopholes that allowed certain details to surface?'. Apparently, 'Lady C had been sitting on the information for quite some time'. If there is any truth in this, I think we'll have to wait and see. I know Lady C has mentioned, or rather, carefully alluded to a lot of information but according to the video, she had 'exposed secrets that often turned out to be strikingly accurate'. The rest is mainly a rehash of info we know.

Something came to my mind: * & H said Archie was born at the Portland. While I can understand they didn't want to reveal any medical details and wanted privacy, I cannot understand what stopped the medical team to sign the birth announcement, if birth there was.

https://youtu.be/fK6ylPlXXsM?feature=shared
Maneki Neko said…
From CDAN Blind Items Revealed #7
February 6, 2025

Since the A+/A list actress was at a film festival not far from where the alliterate one "lives," the alliterate one invited her over. The actress said that wasn't ever going to happen.

Angelina Jolie/Santa Barbara Film Festival/Meghan Markle

Posted by ent lawyer at 12:30 PM 8 Comments

One comment: Angie's crazy, but not THAT crazy.



Elskainga said…
“All her ideas are total crap”. “ She’s a perfectionist at getting it all wrong”. Tina Brown distilled her business acumen into a few sentences. A year ago, * had to rush out a ridiculous teaser video about her “luxury” (basic,imo) brand American Rivera Orchards. Week after week for months, pr puff pieces about her ARO business -no products mind you- and now it’s on to a new launch. I find her chaotic, exhausting, difficult and unreliable. This may be her one and done foray into retailing.
As an aside, if the photo of a table set for lunch is an example of her products, well, Pottery Barn does it better. Nothing luxurious.
abbyh said…
Somewhere in this may be where she is getting her information from. Neil talks about how the point is getting the kids the so called necessary security but that neither kid has been signed off on by a Royal doctor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQofEq7Eao
Girl with a Hat said…
thank you for the link.
Girl with a Hat said…
Neil uses the expression "As ever, let me explain" in every one of his videos. In one of his latest videos, he also addressed * directly, saying that he knows she watches his channel regularly. Did she get that expression from him or from Diana's old letters? Diana used to sign them "As ever, Diana".
I imagine that neither H nor * have a clue about why the law is as it is. H should have paid attention in history classes at Eton - not a bit interested about what had gone on in his family.
Furthermore I maintain that the RF did signal to us that there was something suspect about `Archie' - the careful wording of the announcement posted on the gilt easel said it all. IYKYK. It's not as if they faked a doctors' evidence. The funny business only becomes relevant , however, if A, L or or one of their descendants, find themselves in the position of George I, if there are no more legitimate descendants of Charles III. It will not be forgotten, assuming we still have a monarchy. I can't think the the Accession Council would accept H as king, should the very worst happen and the Waleses were wiped out - he'd need the `consent of the people' - in whatever form that is deemed to take
I still remain to be convinced that the children we are shown are who H & * say they are
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