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

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what stakes? what are they on about?

No. What happened was that Harry went for a boozy lunch with Charles and Camilla, not long before he married Megan. This was back when he still loved his dad and tolerated his stepmum. They have a lovely long lunch, conversation was wide ranging and affectionate, irreverant and full of jokes. Towards the end of the lunch they were all talking about Harry and Megan's future children as Harry said he was very keen on kids. After various flights of fancy on how many kids he might have, what sort of people they'd be, what they'd look like, Camilla lightly mused on how unusual it would be if their future children had ginger Afros. Harry laughed uproariously. He's used to being lightly ribbed about his hair colour by his family. He went home and recounted the pleasant joke to Megan. She lost it. Half an hour of being berated later and Harry is now forced to get with the programme: it wasn't funny at all; it was horrible and racist. Yes Megsy, I understand, please will you stop shouting at me now? Ok.

This is why Harry looked to uncomfortable when Megan recounted the incident during the Oprah interview.

Presumably you wouldn't sign up for an 'up close and personal' documentary about you life - I know I wouldn't.

@BringBackCoffeeCreams as a journalist your reverence for those journalists who risk their lives slagging of Putin and also those who slag off Meghan and Harry brings tears to my eyes.

Because you do care about all of them, don't you? Otherwise you wouldn't be on a thread slagging off Harry and Meghan and would be on one about Putin instead.

If it's not too intrusive, may I ask you what ties those three people together in your mind?

One is a ruthless despot who in just over 20 years has built a cult in his own image, eliminated all political opposition by fear and murder both at home and abroad, has cowed neighbouring countries and is now attempting to crush another one with no regard to their citizens or his own. He's plunged those countries who want to stick up for Ukraine into turmoil by cutting off gas supplies and hinting about nuclear war.

The other two are are annoying but nothing on that scale.

As a trained journalist I can't see the equivalence. But as a seeker after truth I ask: "What am I missing?" Do tell.

As a trained journalist you need to brush up on your reading comprehension. I never said I had reverence for any journalist who slags people off. I was expressing admiration for reporters like Dmitry Muratov, who risk their lives speaking truth to power, and contempt for 'journalists' like Piers Morgan who just like to shout shite at people. If you can't see the difference I can't help you.

Excellent point.

Presumably you wouldn't sign up for an 'up close and personal' documentary about you life - I know I wouldn't.

@Sigma33 no I wouldn't unless someone offered me a lot of money. Then I'd think about it, as I believe many people would. But it would have to be a lot of money before I'd sit across a table and ask exactly what people wanted to know and whether I wanted to tell. That would involve lawyers but ultimately it would be my personal decision. I still might say no. Or I might say yes. It depends.

Those are my criteria but other people's would be different because we are all individuals. But act of agreeing to be interviewed doesn't mean anyone gives full access to their private life, home or contents of their knicker drawer or that journalists should expect it. You'd agree wouldn't you?

That would have been the arrangement before Prince Charles, as he then was, sat down with Jonathan Dimbleby to talk about aspects of his private life including his relationship with his ex wife.

@BringBackCoffeeCreams as a fellow journalist I am sure Dmitry would ask the same thing as me. What is it in your mind that links Netflix irritants Harry and Meghan to Vladimir Putin, a despot who could spark World War III?

I asked that question before. Did you miss it while you were Googling or did you deliberately ignore it?

Anyway, what's your answer? Enquiring minds want to know.

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Surely with his involvement in the Heads Together charity he would have lots of contacts and would be best placed to help Meghan get the best care. Not his family but Harry himself, her husband. That's who should be her first port of call.
I'd expect dh to help me with that one. Not his Dad etc.

Having a photographer film it. FFS 🙄

And I am sure that all got thrashed out beforehand.

The point I was trying to make was that it is irrelevant who you would allow in your house - we are not discussing the documentary being made about your life.

We are discussing a couple who have already let journalists in to their home to film.

That does not, of course, mean they have to let any and every journalist in, but it does suggest a slightly different approach to privacy than 'no one comes in unless it's my mum, the plumber or the police with a warrant'

Now you're just being rude so crack on reading stuff into what I said that I never said.

Or, of course, the medical team she chose for her pregnancy.

She seems to have chosen an incompetent team, who were either unable to ask her how she felt or unable to respond to her replies, or kept it a secret. But then, if she was willing to ask HR for help, why wouldn't she be willing to ask her medical professionals?

or she kept it a secret...

If ever I hear the truth spoken by either one, I'll probably drop down dead. Apparently in the released preview of their Netflix film Harry is talking over a shot of tens of cameramen taking shots saying 'I have to protect my family'. More lies and bullshit, the shot of the cameramen was taken five years before he even met Markle, the cameramen had been invited to the premier of a Harry Potter film. How can anyone ever believe anything they say?

I wonder if Netflix did this on purpose..?

Sounds a bit tin hat territory to me, but since it doesn't exactly make Netflix look good either what would be the point?

Unless they're hoping to create such a sh1tshow that H&M will feel driven to do yet another series of "their truth" and Netflix hope to get the rights to that too?

Drum up interest? Will more people watch because the trailers are already stirring up outrage? How many would tune in if the pictures were all their dull, staged, perfect happy family snaps?

I'd thought they must have been acting themselves for those shots/ sequences, whatever, I thought they were recreating what happened.

It would be quite fun if you could have a light-hearted drama with the other Royals joining in too - you know, being themselves, but a bit more rehearsed.

Exactly like .....'The Only Way is Essex'

How about....'The Only Way is Sussex'.

But, it doesn't feel humorous and entertaining, it feels horrible for Will and Kate and the poor children involved. Not to mention the poor late Queen, in her lifetime.

What a difference it would have made if that journalist had managed to pair Meghan up with Ashley Cole, when she was after him, before she met Harry.

What I'd like is for Netflix to update 'The Crown' - zoom forward in time to Harry meeting Meghan and have actors being them and interpreting their dramas. As we are told, 'The Crown' is not real life.

I think they'd be really annoyed seeing other people acting their story, instead of they themselves acting and dramatising it and inventing it.

Meghan asked about him and the journalist said she could do better.

Drum up interest? Will more people watch because the trailers are already stirring up outrage? How many would tune in if the pictures were all their dull, staged, perfect happy family snaps?

Well yes, but if all this "hounding" is true I''d have thought there'd be evidence of it that Netflix could use to create the interest?

I honestly believe the RF and H&M are deliberately exaggerating this “Feud” Kardashian style for attention and it’s working like a charm. They are all over the papers every day and keeping their position by having the two sides argue over who is right. Love them or hate them but don’t ignore them.

Once I realised, I lost all interest in their drama. Now, it might be accidental but I can’t be bothered with it these days.

Well, to create more interest and free pr? It certainly worked. Everyone from DM & BBC have been analyzing the photos.

It does make you wonder doesn't it. 'Their truth' seems as believable as my mother's truth and she believes lizard people are trying to take over the world. Sometimes it doesn't matter what the evidence says your feelings say otherwise and that's what counts apparently.

Only one 'side' is promoting this 'feud' however.

You are naughty @Diverseopinions
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