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"William has been made to manage Harry - all the responsibility, none of the hard-ass financial control."

One of the things you learn quickly when writing about the Royal Family is that many other people do it better. One of those people is a Lipstick Alley font named Aunt Jane, whose comments are always perceptive and thoughtful. I know nothing about Aunt Jane, who doesn't even use a profile image, but Lipstick Alley is primarily a site for Black women plus a few other women of color; white participation is discouraged. Lipstick Alley's Meghan Markle Unpopular Opinions Part 2 thread is now on 889 pages (with about 20 comments per page) and counting. The thread is public and anyone can read without participating. Today's comment from Aunt Jane was particularly good, so I am reproducing it here. (Aunt Jane, if you would prefer that I take this down, drop a quick comment below and I will do so.) The BRF is ultra dysfunctional thanks to the example set by HM. It also seems to me that the toxic example set by Diana - using a much too young William as a principal counse...

Diamonds are a girl's best friend: Why Meghan is buying lots of jewelry

What does a gold digger do when she (or he) worries that the money train may soon be coming to a stop? A smart gold digger thinks about the assets she (or he) will be able to take along when headed out the door. Like jewelry. Meghan has been spending a great deal of money on jewelry recently; she just  redesigned her 18-month-old engagement ring , adding pavĂ© diamonds plus a new, thinner band. She also showed up at the Trooping of the Color in early June in a new eternity ring , supposedly from Prince Harry. The Daily Mail, never adverse to an inflated figure, estimates that Meghan has worn 600,000 pounds worth of jewelry in the past 6 months, more than Kate has worn in the 8 years she has been married to Prince William. Kate is not heading for a divorce. But Meghan probably is. Making the jewelers bid Enty mentioned Meghan's jewelry habit in his June 24 "Gossip Galore" podcast, available on Patreon. "Apparently she is spending money right and left -...

Meghan and the Inevitable Scandals of the Sussex Foundation

Two foundations, two office spaces, two sets of administrators, two sets of accountants, two sets of expenses. This week the Royal Foundation, the charity project that Prince William and Prince Harry founded together in 2009, was split into two. Harry and his wife Meghan will run a separate charity that has not yet been named, although some fun-seeker set up a Royal Sussex Foundation account on Instagram. A digital squatter has taken @Royal SussexFoundation  Meghan apparently got what she wanted: her own version of the type of celebrity foundation run by Jennifer Lopez, John Mayer, Lady Gaga and others she sees as big stars like herself. (Not to mention the foundations of Meghan buddies like George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey.) Celebrity foundations aren't popular just because famous people want to "give back". They are popular because they can make you look charitable without having to actually be charitable. If The Nutty Flavor Foundation sponsors, say, an a...