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Ham pr disasters 44! Will there be karma? Or will the slippery mackerel of consequences pass them by?

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jeffgoldblum · Yesterday 14:49

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Williaminagingerwig · Yesterday 22:45

Lunde · Yesterday 22:44

Yes - she was obviously copying Wallis Simpson at the Queen's jubilee - just trying to grab attention and stir up trouble

God! Even the gloves!

Lunde · Yesterday 22:44

CoffeeCantata · Yesterday 21:40

There was a notorious white coat dress with a big collar which M wore to the Platinum Jubilee church service, I think. It was the occasion where they were booed as the descended the steps, after Megxit.

The outfit raised eyebrows because a) it was a Dior copy of an outfit worn by Wallis Simpson. Exactly what message she was sending is open to speculation! Or if she was even aware it was a tactless choice? b) it was very strongly suspected that she and H were wearing microphones under their clothes and Megan can be seen repeatedly fiddling with the collar. It was the occasion where they questioned their seating allocation, and also, the Handsome Equerry, Major Johnnie, was placed directly behind the pair..

I don’t know if Charles was still paying but I image it must have cost a eye-watering sum.

Yes - she was obviously copying Wallis Simpson at the Queen's jubilee - just trying to grab attention and stir up trouble

Ham pr disasters 44! Will there be karma? Or will the slippery mackerel of consequences pass them by?
Illegally18 · Yesterday 22:41

Mylovelygreendress · Yesterday 21:17

Unlike Meghan, Diana had fabulous legs .

Disagree.

bluegreygreen · Yesterday 22:39

BunnyBunbunbun · Yesterday 21:30

Meghan still has no idea what the royal family is about.

Constitutionally, I doubt there will be many changes to the role of the Sovereign as head of state or the system of succession, things that require a government role.

As for the royal family, I think we've already seen many of the changes that will happen under William happening now and even at the end of the Queen's reign - a smaller, slimmed-down royal family, just the Sovereign, spouse, direct heirs and spouses and younger children of direct heirs, not all the uncles, aunts, cousins, third cousins, wives of second cousins once removed, etc. In terms of charity and community work, there will be a focus on communities around the country, apolitical social issues. There won't be dozens of people on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, for example.

Yes, I don't mean constitutionally - thinking more about how the institution that is the Royal Family will work day-to-day.

AlexandraCarrington · Yesterday 22:37

She has never , ever once looked a patch on Diana .

Diana's clothes always
Fitted properly
Were not creased and crumpled
Were appropriate to the occasion
Didn't show her underwear

Lunde · Yesterday 22:36

fuschiaproudparrot · Yesterday 21:11

I think the hideous blue and white dress was before they married ? Maybe she thought that was how British women dressed ?
As for that blue pleated horror think she was wearing her Spanx / chub rubs under it - wrong colour though.

IIRC she wore it around a month after her own wedding to the wedding of one of Diana's sister's children. It was an Oscar de la Renta dress (although looked more like a duvet cover)

Boudy · Yesterday 22:28

Serenster · Yesterday 21:26

Remoulade Sauce on twitter/X has done the work for you….

Brazen!

AtIusvue · Yesterday 22:24

So………….Meg was dropped from WME last year according to a Times interview with Ari Emmanuel

‘He used to represent Meghan Markle too, but they parted ways last year. Where does he think her career is heading? “Here’s the great thing: I don’t have to think about that any more.”’

Which I think we guessed a while ago, but this is the best line that he can come up with?!!!!! Ouch!!!

Yesitismeandiamcomingforyou · Yesterday 22:24

Boudy · Yesterday 19:15

spokesperson for the Duchess said: "Authenticity is the quality she prizes above all others in how she shows up for others and in what she bestows upon the world. This storied approach to her lived experience will catapult her into the galaxied heights of the most revered of writers, embracing in a single breath the legacies of Tolstoy, Zola, Proust, Manzoni, Tolkien, Goethe, Hawthorne, Ibsen and Shakespeare"'

WHAT?? THE HECK

Snorted out my tea at this!!! What a load of cobblers!

Boudy · Yesterday 22:20

IdaGlossop · Yesterday 20:14

It is fiction. I am its author. It says a lot about just how out of touch and self-regarding they are that you think these could actually have been the words of a Sussex spokesperson 😁 Note that all the writers listed are novelists and playwrites.

😄 Brilliant

IdaGlossop · Yesterday 22:19

DaisyDooley · Yesterday 22:02

Who has she briefed that to?
I would be surprised if Zara & Mike entertained them.

Possibly that esteemed organ The Express. I would be surprised too. Mike Tindall made quite clear on the steps of St Paul's that he thinks Harry is a tosser. As for Beatrice, her association with her ghastly parents is quite enough without adding the shameless Sussexes to the mix.

CoffeeCantata · Yesterday 22:17

wordler · Yesterday 22:10

Not just Major Johnny - he had two former heads of MI5 sitting either side of him behind them!

Wow! They real had their number by then!

wordler · Yesterday 22:10

CoffeeCantata · Yesterday 21:40

There was a notorious white coat dress with a big collar which M wore to the Platinum Jubilee church service, I think. It was the occasion where they were booed as the descended the steps, after Megxit.

The outfit raised eyebrows because a) it was a Dior copy of an outfit worn by Wallis Simpson. Exactly what message she was sending is open to speculation! Or if she was even aware it was a tactless choice? b) it was very strongly suspected that she and H were wearing microphones under their clothes and Megan can be seen repeatedly fiddling with the collar. It was the occasion where they questioned their seating allocation, and also, the Handsome Equerry, Major Johnnie, was placed directly behind the pair..

I don’t know if Charles was still paying but I image it must have cost a eye-watering sum.

Not just Major Johnny - he had two former heads of MI5 sitting either side of him behind them!

Mylovelygreendress · Yesterday 22:05

DaisyDooley · Yesterday 22:02

Who has she briefed that to?
I would be surprised if Zara & Mike entertained them.

Absolutely no way plus Mike’s Dad died very recently so I imagine he has more important matters to deal with .

MajorSideEye · Yesterday 22:05

AlexandraCarrington · Yesterday 17:55

But that last one 🙀🙀 Completely see-through!!!

Didn't she have one single person around her to say 'you need a slip with that skirt'? Didn't she have a dresser?

Yup bet she did Alex but she wanted her Princess Di photo moment!!

DaisyDooley · Yesterday 22:02

IdaGlossop · Yesterday 21:59

Quite a sight. A walk of shame down one of the most famous aisles in England, with Meghan smirking in snow-white Chanel down each centimetre of the carpet. Looking rather like a Swan, in fact. Then to be boxed in, far away from the most senior royals.

Meghan has briefed that they have made a visit to the Tindalls and Cousin Beatrice. I'm not sure she'd have the courage to set foot on the Gatcombe Park Estate after their Platinum Jubilee antics.

Who has she briefed that to?
I would be surprised if Zara & Mike entertained them.

IdaGlossop · Yesterday 21:59

Mylovelygreendress · Yesterday 21:44

H and M were supposed to travel with the other non working Royals ( Tindals etc) in a mini bus but were deliberately late then demanded a limo to take them so they could arrive separately.
H’s face when he saw where they were sitting was a picture.

Quite a sight. A walk of shame down one of the most famous aisles in England, with Meghan smirking in snow-white Chanel down each centimetre of the carpet. Looking rather like a Swan, in fact. Then to be boxed in, far away from the most senior royals.

Meghan has briefed that they have made a visit to the Tindalls and Cousin Beatrice. I'm not sure she'd have the courage to set foot on the Gatcombe Park Estate after their Platinum Jubilee antics.

Usernameinabeyance · Yesterday 21:55

AutumnCrowAdInfinitumEtUltra · Yesterday 21:35

Yes, it was dear @AtlasVue and then @BigWillyLittleTodger and you, @jeffgoldblum and a bit of @bluegreygreen I think?

And it’s tough work being pecked away at while trying to maintain a longstanding framework for discussion.

Sigh. Will AI kill MN?

I might name change on thread 45

DaisyDooley · Yesterday 21:48

Funny how she doesn’t wear bespoke Dior now isn’t it.
The Queen however looks a Bobby dazzler in a bit of Haute Couture from Dior!

Aprilfountain · Yesterday 21:46

wordler · Yesterday 21:33

This one is my favourite because you can accidentally wear the same type of dress or colour but you have to make an effort to do the same pose.

It was a blatant attempt to copy Diana's photoshoot and therefore get her claws into the gullible prince. How on earth could Harry not see it?

Serenster · Yesterday 21:46

The Official Flounce

I thought that was a nickname for the voluminous Oscar de la Renta dress for a moment 🤣

Mylovelygreendress · Yesterday 21:44

CoffeeCantata · Yesterday 21:40

There was a notorious white coat dress with a big collar which M wore to the Platinum Jubilee church service, I think. It was the occasion where they were booed as the descended the steps, after Megxit.

The outfit raised eyebrows because a) it was a Dior copy of an outfit worn by Wallis Simpson. Exactly what message she was sending is open to speculation! Or if she was even aware it was a tactless choice? b) it was very strongly suspected that she and H were wearing microphones under their clothes and Megan can be seen repeatedly fiddling with the collar. It was the occasion where they questioned their seating allocation, and also, the Handsome Equerry, Major Johnnie, was placed directly behind the pair..

I don’t know if Charles was still paying but I image it must have cost a eye-watering sum.

H and M were supposed to travel with the other non working Royals ( Tindals etc) in a mini bus but were deliberately late then demanded a limo to take them so they could arrive separately.
H’s face when he saw where they were sitting was a picture.

StartupRepair · Yesterday 21:44

Not representing. Collaborating with the Queen.

IdaGlossop · Yesterday 21:43

DaisyDooley · Yesterday 21:33

She has never , ever once looked a patch on Diana .

Diana had star quality, even in photographs. The summer of her wedding, I had a summer job in the furniture department of Harrods. It was on the same floor as the toy department, which Lady Di, as she was, had visited shortly before I started. The youths employed to wrap and move furniture were all philosophy students that year, overseen by a camp supervisor. Two of the youths were walking by the toy department during Lady Di's visit and thought it was an absolute hoot that one had called loudly to the other, within earshot of Lady Di, 'Oh look, there's a Lady Di lookalike.'

Usernameinabeyance · Yesterday 21:41

JSMill · Yesterday 21:34

I remember seeing those pictures and my first instinct was to feel sorry for her, that it must be hard knowing how to dress when you have the spotlight on you. However, as I saw more awful outfits, I did think she had the resources to get the best advice in the world and her poor fashion choices were avoidable. I remember struggling to pick a dress for a very fancy wedding when I was in a Frasers store years ago and the assistant calling for the store stylist, who picked me something amazing. If I could afford that on a teacher’s salary, I am sure M could afford to seek advice.

I think from what I have gleaned is she doesn't want the sartorial flawlessness of the RF guidance and rules hence The Official Flounce

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