The latest royal family drama

[Kinsters]

It's like a TV show. How embarrassing!

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/royal-aides-reveal-meghan-bullying-claim-before-oprah-interview-7sxfvd2c3

The latest is that Meghan is accused of bullying staff. Harry and Meghan then responded that Buckingham Palace was using the Times to peddle false stories/a smear campaign. So presumably the "leak" comes from Buckingham Palace/the Queen.

It's all so childish. Why can't they all just be grateful for the extremely cushy life that they have!

I'll be watching the Oprah interview. I think the royals never come across well in these kind of things. Like Andrew's awful interview...he's just so out of touch with reality. And I think that's a characteristic that Harry unfortunately shares with him.

@knittingaddict

Prince Andrew should be in prison. I don't think the same can be said of Harry.

Are we doing away with things like courts, juries and all that sort of stuff for everyone or just him or the rest of the royal family?

@Kinsters

Thanks for the english lesson Sparkling.

You are most welcome.

I wonder if they will mention Andrew in their interview actually .

I personally think Andrew is guilty of no more than being naive and having an ego.

And it was common knowledge that H&M were getting through staff quite fast.

I would love to send them a copy of the item from Yemen on the BBC news, the blind 9 year old teaching younger children in their ruined school when there weren't enough teachers. They all need to get some perspective

It was fab.
But I do wonder why you think that H&M don't know about stuff like this and they aren't involved in different initiatives that help others?

Links can be provided. The World Kitchen... 4 centres in weather ravaged parts of the world. Texas Womens Shelter that had to close for the first time in 45 years and M&H donated to refurbish and replace the roof...

And so on

@jabbathebutt

I wonder if they will mention Andrew in their interview actually .

I personally think Andrew is guilty of no more than being naive and having an ego.

And it was common knowledge that H&M were getting through staff quite fast.

I don't see why PA would come up in the interview. He's a relative, but not connected to anything that's going on with H&M currently.

I mean, it probably sounds stupid to describe it as such but actually calling out BP is equivalent to shots being fired. I feel like with them permanently being out of the BRF now and with the upcoming Oprah interview, the gloves are off and the Palace is not going to hold back anymore

So if you have a dodgy relative, you’re absolved of all criticism? Great news 👍

Did I say that? It was in response to someone on the first page saying that Andrew and Harry were basically two peas in a pod.

Presumably Harry doesn't receive any money from UK tax payers, so I don't understand why anyone cares so much. I'm not a Royalist and the Royal family are largely an irrelevance. Prince Harry more than most. I don't understand the obsession with H and M on here.

They don't seem to think things through. Their main complaint seems to be that they have bad 'unfair' press and an unfair and damaging amount of press attention.

They could have easily got rid of the press attention by keeping themselves to themselves, conducting philanthropic works privately, not giving interviews, not writing articles for major publications, not issuing press releases..

Yet they seem to court media spotlight. Doing an Oprah interview is about as fame hungry and limelight seeking as it gets.

They do an interview and trailers get released talking about being 'silenced' and 'shocking revelations'. What did they expect?

Now someone else is speaking their 'Truth' to the Sunday Times about them it is suddenly not fair and a smear campaign. Should employees at the palace be 'silenced' because their narrative does not fit with Harry and Meghan's.

If you repeatedly and consistently pull the tigers tail, don't complain when it swings back round and bites you back.

@Dryshampooandcoffee

This poor couple get blasted for everything they do. In they eyes of the British media they can’t do anything right. Some of the articles that came out about her after her miscarriage were awful, however her sharing that news would have made lots of couples going through the same thing feel less alone. They were then also slammed for being ‘attention seeking’ for sharing their pregnancy announcement, I’m sure if they hadn’t and someone papped Meghan with a huge bump a couple of months from now the media would have gone crazy. Bizarrely as Brits we thought we owned Harry, and are basically throwing our toys out of the pram because he’s got married and moved with her back to her country. A relatively normal thing to do.

Absolutely all this. My belief is that Harry, having been brought up as “the spare” until his brother had children, saw his role in life disappearing, and probably wanted to get the hell out, but didn’t know how to. Along comes Meghan a couple of years later, in her 30s, has seen a bit of life and is her own woman, and says to Harry that his life doesn’t need to be how it is, and shows that there’s an alternative, and supports him in going for it. The RF has NEVER had something like this happen before, but are supportive of him, whilst Buckingham Palace, the men in grey, as Diana referred to them, just don’t know how to deal with it. That’s my theory anyway

another day another op gleefully starting a bash meghan thread.
Its sad that people actually belive this bollocks.

hey contain copies of emails from Meghan’s own staff reporting her

Yep. Same with Diana when she was out of favour. Exactly the same. The RF have a very clever and manipulative PR machine

@ElizabethG81

The "allegations" are backed up with emails from their communications secretary discussing it. The Times doesn't just make shit up. This just confirms everything that was said at the time, she's a bully.

Interesting that times reporting their version of the truth to a well respected newspaper is seen as smear, but a highly stylised interview with a chat show host is obviously god honest truth. Ffs.

@Samcro

another day another op gleefully starting a bash meghan thread. Its sad that people actually belive this bollocks.

Morning Samcro welcome to Groundhog Day.

@knittingaddict

Prince Andrew should be in prison. I don't think the same can be said of Harry.

This is turning into the royal equivalent of “Yes, but Corbyn ...” whIch is the inevitable response to any criticism of the government. Criticise any member of the royal family and the first reaction is “Yes, but Andrew ...” So bloody predictable.

Never had something like this happen before?! I suggest you look at a bit of fairly recent history!

If they watched the item about the blind child in Yemen I hope it made them reflect on their self pity. Meghan whining in Africa about her life. We all have our moments but if they are aware of these things they aren't very self aware to expect all the sympathy for their hard lives. Handing out money when you have millions isn't that big a deal to be honest, bit like me giving a £1 to a busker. Doing some self reflection is much harder.

I don't have anything like their advantages in life, I'm nearly 70, I've been my husband's carer for 30 years, some days I feel sorry for myself but how could I whine about my life when I think of that little boy.

Are we doing away with things like courts, juries and all that sort of stuff for everyone or just him or the rest of the royal family?

Anyone else would have been interviewed under caution by the police or US authorities. I haven't ruled out that happening, especially with Ghislaine Maxwell going to trail. Let's see what happens.

eek Fergie toe licking......now that was something!

Megs and Haz, my toes were curling watching the wedding from behind a cushion.

They could have easily got rid of the press attention by keeping themselves to themselves, conducting philanthropic works privately, not giving interviews, not writing articles for major publications, not issuing press releases.

Why should they have to keep quiet, why shouldn't they be able to speak out if they were treated terribly by the press (which let's face it, they were)

@ancientgran, its utterly mindblowing the wealth.

Sparklingbrook Hi((waves)) isn't it strange how posters who seem to dislike them so much, want to talk about them constantly!

We all have our moments but if they are aware of these things they aren't very self aware to expect all the sympathy for their hard lives

Oh, that's right, if you're born into privilege, and wealthy, what the fuck you moaning at, why expect sympathy when you've got such a "hard life?"

I personally think Andrew is guilty of no more than being naive and having an ego

Oh please noooo. At the time the girls that were coerced were under age and who knows how many he had sex with. They were groomed and coerced.
Also PA is not innocent of very many other awful stuff. Go and check out his Wiki page... look at 'Libya connections' and 'corruption and Kazaksthan'... how he has never been investigated is beyond me, but he has been protected by the Queen of course..

Then people wonder why mental health isn't more widely spoken of and is hidden away.