If you had millions like Meghan......

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Would you be making a series about petals and spaghetti or doing something useful?

I watched about 3 minutes of it.

I'm just waiting for the flogging of glittery shit.

Yeah I'm not obsessed ,provide names etc I'll take you seriously otherwise it's just hearsay she's not Been convicted of anything

You can do that. You don't have to own the money to help run a charity, at every level (depending on where you live and what sort of work you're interested in).

My kids are small and I have zero time for myself, let alone others, but after they grow up I think I might like to volunteer to help young people who struggle in school. And maybe at other things too.

As for the subject of the thread, I got bored before the end of the trailer. I don't know enough about Meghan to either like or dislike her, but the show felt like a 15-year old girl trying to make tiktok videos. (a loaded 15 year old to be sure...)

Ps - you can even make a career out of working in a charity, if it's your passion. I didn't just mean volunteering I'm sure they need people to organize things too, and there are surely both paid and unpaid roles to be filled.

So how about go, earn your own millions by 'making series about spaghetti' and then donate it all? No? Easier to 'donate' somebody else's money, I'm sure.

And why Meghan? Why not Jeff Bezos? Elon Musk? Yes, I'm sure they made token contributions to charity to appear good and use the tax breaks, but they're both not known philanthropists and Meghan is a pauper compared to them (and similar). Hell, Bezos doesn't even need to donate anything, he just needs to pay appropriate tax on his endeavours and that would help the economy considerably. Yet he chose to buy a massive fuck off diamond to his fiance and go to a space trip (and whatever the hell else he does).

Anyway. If I'd be filthy rich (more than Meghan) - I wouldn't do anything. I'd sell my business, enjoy my family, help my family in various ways, buy multiple properties in gorgeous corners of the world and travel the world continuously as that's my favourite thing to do. I travel a lot already, but I would do it more and in more luxurious ways.

I'm not rich, but comfortable and all I have I've earned myself. So others are welcome to do the same. I don't see why should I share what's mine - nobody gave it to me, I earned it. I don't volunteer, engage in charity and/or donate my money and nor would I, if I'd be rich-rich. I'd leave it to my child and brother (if he survives me) instead.

'Humanitarian issues' don't concern me. AT ALL.

Meghan is doing nothing wrong. Haven't watched her show (might do), but you're also entitled to skip it, if it annoys you so much. Plenty of massive Hollywood stars are hugely rich and still make films. They don't have to, they're certainly wealthy enough, but presumably they want to. So if 'cooking spaghetti' on screen makes Meghan happy - good for her.

I'm sure they're very wealthy, but they live in a big house and they must have a long list of staff on their payroll - chef, housekeeper, cleaners, chauffeur, nanny, gardener, pool attendant, security team, PR team, accountant/financial adviser, secretary etc. I'd say their monthly wage bill adds up to an eye watering amount. Then factor in the cost of private schooling for their two children, private healthcare for all, luxury holidays (they can hardly pitch a tent at a campsite) etc. They're only in their early '40s - they could live until their '80s or '90s. Probably no harm to maximise their earning potential.

But money aside, do you ever wonder if they get bored? I mean, we all dream about winning the lottery and ditching the day job and hiring someone to do all those time consuming, pesky chores for us. But what would your actual day look like if you have staff to cater for your every whim?

WTAF

"The state she is in"

She always looks great whatever she is wearing and with or without make up.

I guess you would rather have that drag queen look like Lisa Rinna.

To those who say 'just leave her alone'...she literally is always putting herself in our faces, why can't she leave us alone. Everything I know about this woman I have learned against my will, I really wish they would go away and live a peaceful and happy life with their beautiful kids. She is everywhere, constantly reinventing and promoting herself it's relentless.

@roastedrapidly "Everything I know about this woman I have learned against my will,"

By clicking on threads with "Meagan" in the title....

Or even Meghan...

I thought the same. It was like a parody show, it was so pretentious. Otherwise, I don't have much of an opinion of her either way.

Dh and DS have no interest in Meghan whatsoever and they have managed to avoid any mention of her in the press , on TV or anywhere else including Mumsnet - which they do not read . It is frighteningly easy. 😊

I admit I do read things and I watched a bit of her latest programme. Not sure why - I think part of it is joining in a conversation about something controversial however trivial . Things she has done and said annoy me ( OW interview - which yes I watched - didn't have to , the H&M docuseries ditto ( and some of WLM ) . But I know I'm doing it , and some of it is being able to chuckle along with the reviews. I don't care if me clicking on WLM gets her a NF view because my choice and I don't actually actively want her to fail, seriously. I don't hate her , I don't know her. But as Marina Hyde said , people do like being part of a conversation. But it is very easy to avoid anything abut her.

Is she? What was her last public project before this TV show? It's a couple of years since the podcast or the last TV series. It's even a year since the jam was soft launched. She is doing very little in the public eye. The likes of the Mail though do plenty to froth up this kind of weird hatred.

I don't care for much about Meghan (and Harry even less) but I won't deny that she looks fabulous. Her style is the polar opposite of Kate's but that's fine - they have hugely different lives.
My main gripe about her is the cheesiness of it all; sickly sweet nothings about her relationship with Harry and championing parenthood as if none of the rest of us knows what it is. OK, she thinks her kids are "amaaaazing." Meghan, give it a rest. Most of the rest of us feel the same way about ours.

On a tangent I'm loving the flowers with everything threads on X .

Did you forget about her appearance at the recent fires? Not a project as such, but it was self-promotion.

If I had her millions no one would have a clue who I even was. I’d live my life privately helping those I wanted to help and doing everything I wanted to do. Some people like attention ?

@BasiliskStare "But as Marina Hyde said , people do like being part of a conversation. But it is very easy to avoid anything abut her."

Absolutely. I love frocks and sparkly things and gossip. So I click on RF threads to see the pictures and marvel at the mindset. And to be amused at people saying "She's just in my face all the time-I can't avoid her. Every time I open a thread with "Meghan" in the title THERE SHE IS!!!!

Incidentally-isn't Marina wonderful!

They’ve been open that they need money, they don’t have as much as they need because he wants a life comparable to the one he grew up with particularly security wise.
lets be realistic, prince harry isn’t going to move into a 3 bed semi and get a job selling cars.

They didn't self promote this at all. They wore face masks and it was only when someone noticed who they were that it became a story.
Even if they had though, what would be wrong with doing some emergency aid work in your home city and using your profile to highlight the aid needs at the same time? Isn't that what the OP thinks they should be doing, using their profile for good.

I like these threads. I don't believe royalty should exist, but H&M are my favourite royals. They're getting on living according to the beat of their own drum. It's ok not to like it. I don't follow them or any other celebrities (In my mind royals are celebrities) but I'm happy that they are doing their own thing.

"They didn't self promote this at all. They wore face masks and it was only when someone noticed who they were that it became a story."

Your naivety is touching.

So is your cynicism.

Yeah right - they didn’t want to be seen, it was all very low key 😂 oh, and the face masks were off for much of the time.

She loves publicity - without it, she has no brand.

@Fawn87 , exactly.