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When the stakes are this high doesn't it make more sense to hear our story from us?

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Believeinyou · 04/12/2022 00:06

what stakes? what are they on about?

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IcedPurple · 05/12/2022 10:45

WeWereInParis · 05/12/2022 10:29

I don’t think they would have been aware. It’s like when a newspaper uses a general stock photo when talking about a subject.

They may not have been aware, but I don't think it's quite like a newspaper using a stock photo. The whole trailer is personal photographs from throughout their relationship, the clear implication is that this photo is to do with them as well, not that it's just there to illustrate what photographers look like.

And newspaper photos are credited under the photo, so it's clear what it is and is not showing.

Whereas in this case, had it not been for internet sleuths, people would have assumed that this bank of photographers were there for Harry and Meghan. So it is definitely misleading, intentionally or otherwise.

poefaced · 05/12/2022 10:45

WeWereInParis · 05/12/2022 10:29

I don’t think they would have been aware. It’s like when a newspaper uses a general stock photo when talking about a subject.

They may not have been aware, but I don't think it's quite like a newspaper using a stock photo. The whole trailer is personal photographs from throughout their relationship, the clear implication is that this photo is to do with them as well, not that it's just there to illustrate what photographers look like.

There are other standard images in the trailer. The press shot for instance.

BringItBackBruno · 05/12/2022 12:44

Holy Moly I've just seen the second trailer - they're really not going to be happy until they have slagged off every aspect of the royal family are they?

vera99 · 05/12/2022 12:56

brilliant stuff - only THEY know the REAL TRUTH !

IcedPurple · 05/12/2022 12:59

BringItBackBruno · 05/12/2022 12:44

Holy Moly I've just seen the second trailer - they're really not going to be happy until they have slagged off every aspect of the royal family are they?

My first thought was, haven't we heard all this before?

"not many people have asked me how I am'".

Finding Freedom

Oprah interview

"the me you can't see"

and probably more besides.

Why do they think the world needs to repeatedly hear about their about this? I thought they'd found freedom? Why are they so fixated on the past?

vera99 · 05/12/2022 13:02

Harry & Meghan. Watch the Netflix Global Event. Starting December 8, only on Netflix.

Volume I: December 8
Volume II: December 15

In an unprecedented and in-depth documentary series, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex share the other side of their high-profile love story. Across six episodes, the series explores the clandestine days of their early courtship and the challenges that led to them feeling forced to step back from their full-time roles in the institution. With commentary from friends and family, most of whom have never spoken publicly before about what they witnessed, and historians who discuss the state of the British Commonwealth today and the royal family’s relationship with the press, the series does more than illuminate one couple’s love story, it paints a picture of our world and how we treat each other. From the critically-acclaimed, two-time Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus, Harry & Meghan is a never-before-seen look at one of the most-discussed couples in history.

potniatheron · 05/12/2022 13:02

I'm not sure what the stakes are that Megan was referring to: I thought it might be a reference to the importance of being kind and anti-racist? Sort of, what kind of world do we want to live in going forward?

704703hey · 05/12/2022 13:05

Right so they're making money from running down Harry's family and presenting themselves as paragons of virtue. This is not going to go down well.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 05/12/2022 13:07

Brilliant stuff - only THEY know the REAL TRUTH !

In some ways this may well be true, as in "Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors" etc.

However on current form I'd say the chances of us being told anything like the truth are minimal ... "their" truth perhaps, but that's probably all

vera99 · 05/12/2022 13:10

The director has some serious cred - either she is whoring herself which I seriously doubt or she thinks there is a real story to be told which sheds light on the human condition maybe ?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Garbus

Fladdermus · 05/12/2022 13:11

Oh my word, they're going full on Jeremy Kyle for posh people aren't they.

feellikeanalien · 05/12/2022 13:15

I wonder if their disgust about how women marrying into the RF are treated extends to Kate?

MarshaMelrose · 05/12/2022 13:19

poefaced · 05/12/2022 10:14

Yes, titles are often vague, but the opening post shouldn't be a vague. Cryptic quotes with no context are annoying. You shouldn't have to read lots of posts to figure out what the OP is on about.

4 posts. 2 posts of 1 line and 2 posts with just an emoticon.
Oh lord. The time it took to look at them. 😱
Get a grip. 😏

AutumnCrow · 05/12/2022 13:26

The stakes - the future king William and his lack of moral fibre?

Is THE TRUTH THAT ONLY WE KNOW that big brother William gave a crappy story or two to the tabloids about Meghan, to get them off his (William's) back about his alleged affair? I mean, that's pretty old news if that's it because I've heard of it.

I think it's to do with William anyway.

adriftabroad · 05/12/2022 13:40

It dawned on me yesterday that I think Catherine asked Harry is an (albeit English), new mother way, what his babies may look like (having probably been asked it herself so much at that point in time) it is what we do. It is exciting speculation. Certainly happened to me (and I loved it)

Hair, eye, skin, height etc as had been mentioned ad infinitum. It has happily been discussed by any expectant mothers everywhere. (But maybe not in USA?)

Thats what has caused the rift. They are threatening them because Meghan hates Catherine and has a cluster B personality disorder of some sort.

BringBackCoffeeCreams · 05/12/2022 13:44

Harry seems somewhat bewildered at there being a hierarchy within the royal family. Is that the crux of his problem with them, that he can't separate out his position within the family from his position within The Family?

Is that why they were bleating to Oprah about 'others' getting the roles they wanted.

SirMingeALot · 05/12/2022 14:00

Fladdermus · 05/12/2022 13:11

Oh my word, they're going full on Jeremy Kyle for posh people aren't they.

Hope so!

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 05/12/2022 14:07

feellikeanalien · 05/12/2022 13:15

I wonder if their disgust about how women marrying into the RF are treated extends to Kate?

I thought exactly that. Or Camilla.

Did they think of their precious woman-protecting when they threw Kate under the bus in the Oprah interview?

StormzyinaTCup · 05/12/2022 14:08

feellikeanalien · 05/12/2022 13:15

I wonder if their disgust about how women marrying into the RF are treated extends to Kate?

Or Camilla?
I wonder how PH has treated Camilla in the past?

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 05/12/2022 14:10

BringBackCoffeeCreams · 05/12/2022 13:44

Harry seems somewhat bewildered at there being a hierarchy within the royal family. Is that the crux of his problem with them, that he can't separate out his position within the family from his position within The Family?

Is that why they were bleating to Oprah about 'others' getting the roles they wanted.

It’s strange isn’t it! I mean they’re a literal line of succession that ranks people above others. Why is he shocked that he is not as high up as he thinks he should be?

AutumnCrow · 05/12/2022 14:18

I think it's probably best that whatever it is that's been festering comes out now, to get it all over with and so we're all in the know. A trouble shared is a trouble halved and all that.

It will either be a proper bombshell or utterly bathetic. But whichever, it's done.

I'll be interested in their views on Sarah York and Andrew.

oakleaffy · 05/12/2022 14:19

Camilla was absolutely vilified by the press.
FAR worse than what Meghan has had.

Camilla bore it with stoicism, without making a song and dance - Tampongate was pretty dire, but Camilla ignored it.

I do think Camilla was really “ Hated” by many of the public, but she kept her dignity as best she could.

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 05/12/2022 14:44

AutumnCrow · 05/12/2022 14:18

I think it's probably best that whatever it is that's been festering comes out now, to get it all over with and so we're all in the know. A trouble shared is a trouble halved and all that.

It will either be a proper bombshell or utterly bathetic. But whichever, it's done.

I'll be interested in their views on Sarah York and Andrew.

You’re u see the misapprehension that they are going to talk about anybody but themselves

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 05/12/2022 14:46

oakleaffy · 05/12/2022 14:19

Camilla was absolutely vilified by the press.
FAR worse than what Meghan has had.

Camilla bore it with stoicism, without making a song and dance - Tampongate was pretty dire, but Camilla ignored it.

I do think Camilla was really “ Hated” by many of the public, but she kept her dignity as best she could.

Absolutely, she didn’t run off and cry and sulk.

And it was nasty. So much about her appearance. She also didn’t get security protection until she was married and had to bore it. She also isn’t a fame seeker by nature, her boreing of the nastiest was done out of love for the man she wanted to be with.

oakleaffy · 05/12/2022 14:50

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 05/12/2022 14:46

Absolutely, she didn’t run off and cry and sulk.

And it was nasty. So much about her appearance. She also didn’t get security protection until she was married and had to bore it. She also isn’t a fame seeker by nature, her boreing of the nastiest was done out of love for the man she wanted to be with.

I have a lot of respect for how Camilla coped-
Also she seems a good egg- My son was fishing (unbeknownst to him ) opposite her house, and she let him be- No fussing about “ Security “.