Richard Eden has an interesting article in the DM which references an article in The Guardian about the necessity of the passport applications for the kids as including HRH and the last name of Sussex.
Why? Well supposedly this is all because they want to allow the kids to decide for themselves to become a working royal or continue to stay in private life.
The main focus becomes how this bewilders the Palace considering how difficult the parents found it all and then left. As well has his thoughts that this is about maintaining royal aura ("links" is his term) before ending with how a push for the daughter might be as the American Princess might be helpful to her mommy's business.
What I wonder about is:
What or where did they get the idea that the kids would be welcomed into the fold and become working royal?
I am not convinced that was ever an option once they stepped back.
America doesn't do British history quite the same way or to the same detail. Manners or rather etiquette is different. And the clothing is not SoCal or Hollywood where a lot of skin shows.
Sure some of that can be taught but it takes more than a couple of classes to incorporate the how to respond to a situation and not embarrass the Firm. And yeah they can have dressers help pick appropriate clothing but the person has to be willing to wear it.
It takes years before they let even the adults attend one of the big fancy dress dinners (and even then you start with being seated with "safe" people).
This is assuming that the people in the UK want more than just the current royals available (meaning the Wales and the various cousins/so on). Is there that level of drive to wanting those kids in that kind of positions from the country?
And what about the current King or Prince of Wales? They are or will be running the Working Royal Team. They have to be open to this because if not, then it stops right there even if the kid wants to do this. Right now the BRF is making do and still showing up without Mommy or Daddy of said kids.
So ... another question is: by that time (kid becomes an adult to become a working royal) will there be that level of need considering that by then the three Wales kids will be of age. And they have grown up steeped in the history of the country, taught etiquette when they were little and have grown up seeing how it should be done by their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and so on. Much less guidance to put them in the schedules.
So ... is it realistic to even think that someone can just step in and be polished, able to handle this kind of job with the finesse it requires or ... is that just another hopeful Hollywood script?
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A day in the life of meggie le pew
Starts as it ends
trawling sites she can sue
Obsessed with DM and multimedia
And a burning desire to
embellish her megipeed’ere…
'To get people to work for them at very low salaries, the alliterate one and her lapdog offer stock options. Umm, your company is worthless so, that is not much of an incentive.'
I don't think their stock options would make up for low salaries.
https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2025/07/blind-item-13_0649253415.html#disqus_thread
He gave numerous interviews about his book and told stories of a ridiculous father and a balding brother who was loosing his looks. Stories of "plantings" and "leakings" and "briefings" that had only one goal: to destroy him and his wife. According to him it was immoral not to complain and explain and ever since he has not stopped to complaining and explaining.
Now he seems to be in a situation that he needs the goodwill of the mentioned father and brother. And he seems to think that he has every right to get their immediate attention and help. But his first words are not "I'm so, so sorry that..." They are I WANT and I NEED and I HAVE RIGHT !!!
Sharp as a tack that one like his spouse.
Good luck to them.
I am sure the Palace is very humbled of Harry's magnanimous gesture!
The Monteshitshow court are going to expect the King of England to move his appearances to suit the American royals now.
I think the goal is to be able to say they have tried (even this) to make one or both available so they could get in to see the King. Then they can say they have tried to reach out but ... as always ... they are being refused admission/contact. Another way to claim victimhood if you will.
What they aren't seeing is how their prior choices have limited the options for contact now - that what they have done has way crossed the line. It probably felt good back then to hurt the ones they thought were against them (the duo). They no longer had the stability of the palace to help avoid these kinds of future issues.
I remember that there was something about how they would reach out to the family, extend olive branches and so on after the interview/books as if they expected the BRF/palace/royal tradition would turn to them with open arms after having thoroughly accepted the punishment by the duo as justified with an all is forgiven, welcome back to the family.
The monarchy stepped up and moved on without them (or even a backwards glance). I am reminded of a movie Meredith Baxter (sure it was her) where to get back at her ex husband, she kept dropping off the kids at his place. His response was to hire nannies and housekeepers and just kept rolling forward in his new life with his new girlfriend/wife.
A lot of tech start ups do offer stock option to replace a chunk of the salary as many are cash poor. Company goes public and the holders of the options cash out. It feels like a lot of people hired on with them have some tech in their CV or they will have rubbed shoulders with people who were around who would likely talk the tech money/stock. If so, then one could see the potential of taking options over all salary (if that was even offered).
When the company is publicly traded, stock options are vested (you get the options after a certain time period) and unvested (you haven't held them long enough to control - ie sell). If you leave before they were vested then usually you lose the unvested options. If any are vested you generally have a certain time period to exercise the option when you leave.
However ... if the company is not yet public, then you generally leave with nothing (because everything it was based on hasn't gone public yet and you haven't stuck around for that valuation by people wanting or not to buy the stock).
We naturally do not know the vesting schedule which would have been in their contract.
This is a different financial vehicle but notice how the vesting works. With, say a 401k or 503b, the worker puts in X amount towards their retirement and the company matches like 5 or something %. Each year most times you are vested like 20% of the money the company matched to your contribution but some plans may be more of a none or all (you have to be in it for 5 years but then you get all their part). If the company sees that most people leave after 3 years, having a high vesting schedule means the company is more likely to get back their contributions most of the time because people would leave before they could take their part.
But Montecito hasn't gone public yet so the whole vesting part is pretty much just discussion.
So ... if they do offer options, think about how long each person who has left - stayed before leaving. That would be an interesting chart to plot.
The other interesting question is when exactly people were told that going publicly traded would happen. And, has that date moved in signed contracts over time?
But it seems that Harry tries (again) to insist and harp to get what he wants and I don't believe it is going to end well. During these last years Harry has told the world several times that he loves his father and brother. Very strange love because one can see the hate, contempt, disgust and the need to deeply hurt on his face when he talks about them. Sometimes it is just best to believe people when they show you who they truly are.
`Harry' and `humility', two words which seldom, if ever, appear in the same sentence.
True, so very true.
I had owait this morning in the hairdressers and glance through the only mag available - Hello! from md June I think. The main article was about Bea and Eugenie and the extraordinary thing was that there was absolutely no mention of Snitch or Snatch.
... but in a local charity shop today, I was glancing through a book of `How to clean your house', by one `Mrs Hitch', which, I discovered too late, promised to help you `make your kitchen sparkle, like Meghan Markle'.
True, it was published in 2019 but it still left me feeling that there was no escape from the bloody woman.
Apologies: Harry Dacre
Daisy, Daisy
Wedding Knell
Megsy megsy
forced haz to say I do
Drove him crazy
all for the love of loose screw
It wasn’t a guileless marriage
with all her guise and baggage
She splayed her feet across his seat
And rode him to Timbuktu…
Nickelodium
Rather quiet over there
the absent mare
Plotting her next move
with or without spare
Bridges burned
the world’s turned
Desperate for dollars
madams been spurned…
Carpe DM
Earning less than a pot of honey
Poor bloody workers
in need of money
Netflix House
another Soho
Caters for those
in the know…
@WildBoar
My Nan made a wicked parsnip wine
Raisins also
Your wit is now famous. I saw a comment on CDAN re a blind, 'The alliterate one was super super chummy and close to a guy the other night at dinner who looked to be a foot taller than the lap dog and just buffed out. Not a security guy though.'
I don't know who the guy is, in as much as the story is true, but I read this comment:
Mishi Mishi
5 days ago
'I saw some new nicknames for the pair over at nutty's blog:
Wallet and Vomit.'
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Keep up the good work.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/85e17990cf12ee03dd2c9c332fab177a45ac548e8b0360c3ed04bc2d3481d21c.jpg
That is what I meant.
No doubt the next step is continuous stories in quality tabloids (is that an oxymoron?) about Spare II and "MY STORY: The Soul Destroying Violence I Suffered During MY Horrifying Time in Britain Told By MYSELF With MY Own Words To You That You Will Understand What They Forced ME To Live Through Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh......"
And then there will be the lawsuits maybe this time even from the British Royal Family when the baroness can't help herself when "sugar coating" her book with her "truths" what have nothing to do with anybody's or everybody's lived reality.
We do live in interesting times.
We've just had a weekend in London, staying near High St. Kensington, close to KP, and found ourselves in Whole Foods. Those outrageous allegations she made about being mobbed in that emporium flooded back. Do you remember, it was about the time the engagement was announced?
There was still no sign of any publications at or near the checkout, let alone trash mags with her face on the cover. Such items, I imagine, would be at odds with their values. It's also hardly the sort of place where folk would shout at, or after, her, it's hardly Albert Square! For example, there's a dearth of traditional pubs like the `Queen Vic' (aka `London Boozers') as many (most?) residents are grandees, doubtless with accounts at the wine merchants their families have dealt with for generations.)
I recall someone here did call her out, on the basis if local knowledge, but was ignored outside our circle..
It consists of a photo of *, captioned with `I love this picture! It’s like when dogs hang their head out the car window'.
It's made my day -thank you, Deep Poem 55.
Watchdog says all parties, including trustees, patrons and chair Sophie Chandauka, should not have had row in public'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/06/prince-harry-among-those-criticised-in-report-on-dispute-at-sentebale-charity#:~:text=Harry%20and%20the%20co%2Dfounder,%E2%80%9Cplay%20the%20victim%20card%E2%80%9D.
So Hairy resigned from Sentebale and is now threatening to create a rival charity, but as many people comment, that requires work and he is allergic to it.
There's also a comment in that thread about Hairy asking the British government for a loan or grant of several million pounds to set up a charity in the name of his mother
He can't have seen this:
`Reeves must raise tax to cover £41bn gap, says think tank'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn85vyd1epzo
This is weird. The text of the report has photos superimposed on it, making it impossible to read. now I wonder who did that?
It is high time someone takes him to a quiet room with no disturbances and tells him: "Harry, you are an idiot. A man without a functioning brain. No person in this world want to support any endeavour you start so go home, raise some chickens and just shut up preferably the rest of your life."
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/meghan-markle-689351c959919.png?crop=1.00xw:0.802xh;0,0.119xh&resize=1200:*
Milked Sop
The kween of hertz
dropped down the charts
On account of her having the last say
The knave of hertz
love of tarts
Will cost him
as-ever-ance pay…
Bad beat*
Choosing Riven Rock
over Pall Mall
The gall of the gal
SoHo SoCal
Losing the plot
Typical THOT
Stirred the pot til she
lost the lot…
*poker term 😏
Hahaha, thanks, very surprising 😘
@WildBoar
After she popped off
we found many bottles
didn’t dare try them!
@OKay
I agree, Princess Royal
wouldn’t give the muck off her shoe
to those two
Whip smart intelligence in action.
(Youtuber Mike Zeroh)
He wasn't fired. Wasn't declared redundant and paid of. Nobody gave him a brilliant reference so he'd get another job, with better T&Cs, so he could fail in a different organisation.
No, he resigned/ quit/ walked out/ broke his contract, even got a `small' Golden Goodbye, apparently, but it was his own doing.
He still can't understand what he's done. To say he has `learning difficulties' seems a huge understatement although the words we would once have used to describe his lack of intellectual ability are now considered taboo.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1ml882a/a_view_on_why_harry_and_meghan_shouldnt_be/
Meanwhile, Channel 5 is devoting 1&1/2 hrs this evening to `Harry's terrible year' - ie the first half of 2025. There are royal `experts' making their contributions so it's not quite unrelieved whinge-athon. Am recording it to report back here - though I expect it to be nauseating sycophancy.
I found this:
https://www.nytimes.com/1945/12/20/archives/john-amery-hanged-for-treason-brother-in-vigil-outside-prison.html
It's very interesting , especially as the traitor's father was of high rank.
'Diva Duchess' Snubbed By A-List Pals On 44th Birthday — Including Tyler Perry, Beyonce, Prince William and Kate Middleton
Meghan Markle was ruthlessly snubbed by former A-list friends and royal family members as she was accused of writing a gushing 44th birthday tribute to herself on Monday, August 4, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Markle formerly scored public shout-outs from the likes of Beyoncé and Tyler Perry on her birthdays after stepping down from the royal family in 2020. Those well-wishes have dried up along with her celebrity friend circle as "Duchess Difficult" has been surrounded by negative press for most of 2025.'
It couldn't have happened to a nicer person.
https://radaronline.com/p/meghan-markle-snubbed-by-a-list-stars-royal-family-on-birthday/
And from the Telegraph, quoting the 'Instagram account of her lifestyle business, As Ever: “Celebrating the woman behind it all.
“She pours her heart, vision and magic touch into every detail, and today, we raise a glass to her!
“Happy Birthday to our founder.”' She/her business wished herself a happy birthday. I wonder if she ever reflects on what might have been, had she played her cards right.
I'm not reading this with the same tone of voice that you are. I'm thinking it is cultural. Can you help me: this phrase is saying this but the message sent is XYZ?
My goal is not to escalate things further. Thank you again for helping me to learn more.
Remember this? I don't remember where this was. Was it as Kevin Costner's? I seem to remember that coat she is wearing from that event.
Also, there's a new set of nicknames for them in that thread - Hugs and Drugs. LOL
'Prince Harry is planning to outflank the boardroom rival who accused him of bullying by launching a new African children's charity, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.'
. . .
'The MoS has learned that Harry has now upped the ante by issuing a formal complaint about Dr Chandauka's conduct, accusing her of 'recycling' unfounded claims.'
I haven't followed the ins and outs of the case but is Harry now going to sue Dr Chandauka? Ihope doesn't drag * into his new charity/doesn't let her insert herself into it.
The prog. began by not pulling its punches and made quite a point about how the US press hadn't dealt kindly with them, even Vanity Fair had changed its tune, it seems. The mood softened at the end though and they trotted out all the customary platitudes about reconciliation. At least they did ask how the family could ever trust him again.
Two curious things I noticed about H:
- despite being on the receiving end of just about the most expensive education available in the UK, he still doesn't know when to say `I' and when `me'. This tends to be an affectation of people who have had a less than rigorous school experience, as they're afraid of saying `me' even when it's correct. It's like saying `H' as `haitch' rather then `aitch'. (BTW I was a council-school kid all the way through but was very lucky in the schools I attended.)
- in the sequences of his diatribe to the BBC following him losing his case, his lower lip was set in a rigid horizontal line which just went up and down as he spoke, like the mouth of a marionnette. I've heard Mancunians described as having `mouths like letterboxes' (something about how the mouth is set in relation to the accent produced) but H doesn't come from Manchester, What did it signify her, intense anger or something beyond that?
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1mm415g/invictus_commentary/
Also, I forgot to say that Channel 5 gave H the sole credit for Invictus - they still fell short of complete reconstruction.
I can understand that she didn't want to continue funding the charity via polo games, etc because that wasn't a very large source of money.
I don;t mean to excuse Hairy and his contribution, this woman also doesn't seem to be guiltless in the Sentabale fiasco.
@Magatha - I'd have sniffed the contents cautiously , perhaps had a tiny taste and taken it from there, assuming of course that you didn't suspect her of dabbling with henbane and the like, or death caps!
and e
H is guilty of hypercorrection.
'Hypercorrection is the nonstandard use of language that results from the overapplication of a perceived rule of language-usage prescription.'
'The attempt to be "correct" leads to an incorrect result' according to linguists Otto Jespersen and Robert J Jenner. I find this hypercorrection irritating...
BTW can you explain why things are now `outside of' instead of just `outside'? I was sharply corrected in primary school for saying that I had `fallen off of' something, so where's the difference?
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/1mmt224/prince_harry_my_terrible_year_apple_tv_link_and/
@RoyalReporter
Prince Harry and Meghan have announced a new deal with Netflix and, as predicted by some pundits, it’s a “first look” deal, giving the streaming giant first refusal on projects but loosening the ties. They’re already working on joint projects though and remain in partnership
https://x.com/RoyalReporter/status/1954925683299209523
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There was a nut job from Nantucket…..,..
Deep_Poem_55
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1d ago
who left the royal family and said fuckit. . .
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pasta_always
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1d ago
She duped and she scammed
and sold her shite jam
‘til everyone told her to suck it
@Wild Boar
I don't know about 'inside of', I think it might be an American influence, like a lot of the English language these days (in the hospital, bored of, on the weekend etc). My pet peeve is the dangling participle...
Hypercorrection, however, is not Harry's worse fault.
And it is going to be fun!!