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To be fed up with Harry and Megan in the news

96 replies

ChristmasCaroline · 15/12/2022 12:24

I don’t have any real issue with them, nor love for them.

But I’m sick to death of every bloody newswebsite being full of articles about them. It’s just really boring!!

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phoenixrosehere · 15/12/2022 17:05

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 15/12/2022 17:02

I haven’t put words in your mouth. She wasn’t a millionaire but she has no idea what it’s like to be poor

So.. nor has she said she has nor did I get that impression from the different things I’ve seen her on. If that’s your impression though.. that’s your impression..

Whammyyammy · 15/12/2022 17:12

For a couple that want privacy, they have a strange way of going about it.

TheKeatingFive · 15/12/2022 17:12

When people stop clicking on the articles, the newspapers will stop writing them.

This

Starting threads on MN probably isn't the best way to indicate lack of interest in th either

TheKeatingFive · 15/12/2022 17:13

For a couple that want privacy, they have a strange way of going about it.

They never said they wanted privacy

Dreamsoffreedomjoyandpeace · 15/12/2022 17:14

I like them. I don’t understand the lack of sympathy myself….I mean my life’s shit but I can still understand how incredibly stressful it must be to be hounded by the British press.

Plus, the British press dictate so many things that happen in this country (hand in hand with the tories of course). Like him or not, they destroyed Jeremy Corbyn, just as they destroyed Meghan. Someone ought to at least try to stand up to them. It was pointless though judging by this thread.

phoenixrosehere · 15/12/2022 17:23

Dreamsoffreedomjoyandpeace · 15/12/2022 17:14

I like them. I don’t understand the lack of sympathy myself….I mean my life’s shit but I can still understand how incredibly stressful it must be to be hounded by the British press.

Plus, the British press dictate so many things that happen in this country (hand in hand with the tories of course). Like him or not, they destroyed Jeremy Corbyn, just as they destroyed Meghan. Someone ought to at least try to stand up to them. It was pointless though judging by this thread.

I highly doubted that would have happened on MN in the first place. I think some enjoy the good girl/bad girl, Team xyz stuff.

FourChimneys · 15/12/2022 17:29

I haven't read any articles, I've just scrolled past. Don't see TV news.

I'm sure they are all warm, well-fed and not worrying about their bills. I'll save my head space for people with actual problems.

LadyKenya · 15/12/2022 17:33

TheKeatingFive · 15/12/2022 17:12

When people stop clicking on the articles, the newspapers will stop writing them.

This

Starting threads on MN probably isn't the best way to indicate lack of interest in th either

Exactly. Like moths to a flame. H&M are media gold!

phoenixrosehere · 15/12/2022 17:40

LadyKenya · 15/12/2022 17:33

Exactly. Like moths to a flame. H&M are media gold!

More like an easy target to complain about while saying “I don’t care about them”.

MayThe4th · 15/12/2022 17:43

I blame the media. If the media had called their bluff and stopped reporting about them when they said they were stepping back we wouldn’t have heard about them.

And if people weren’t reading the articles the press would have no reason to report on them.

I have 0 interest in them or anything that is written about them. But tbh from what I have read the documentary has been a flop, and as such it’s even the possible the book won’t sell, and once that’s over with we won’t hear of them in the same way any more.

And from what I saw on the news last week, any talk of them being hounded by the press was actually footage of other people being chased so it seems it didn’t actually happen. When you have to steal someone else’s moment to make a point it doesn’t exactly reflect well or create believeability in any of the other claims you’ve made.

Oneeyedreindeer · 15/12/2022 17:57

But surely they’ve now proven they’ve got nothing real to say? They have done their documentary and there’s nothing there. “Spare” will come out with very little there either and they will be out of content so that’s it for them….

phoenixrosehere · 15/12/2022 18:12

MayThe4th · 15/12/2022 17:43

I blame the media. If the media had called their bluff and stopped reporting about them when they said they were stepping back we wouldn’t have heard about them.

And if people weren’t reading the articles the press would have no reason to report on them.

I have 0 interest in them or anything that is written about them. But tbh from what I have read the documentary has been a flop, and as such it’s even the possible the book won’t sell, and once that’s over with we won’t hear of them in the same way any more.

And from what I saw on the news last week, any talk of them being hounded by the press was actually footage of other people being chased so it seems it didn’t actually happen. When you have to steal someone else’s moment to make a point it doesn’t exactly reflect well or create believeability in any of the other claims you’ve made.

If people would choose not to buy, then the media would stop. I struggle to understand why people buy into it if you don’t like them and have better things to worry about. The media will sell whatever generates revenue. Less hits, less money, less talking about them, the less you’ll hear from them. Simple as that.

TheKeatingFive · 15/12/2022 18:18

I struggle to understand why people buy into it if you don’t like them and have better things to worry about.

People like this can't seem to help themselves. They are (on some level) looking to get riled up. The media take full advantage, naturally.

GCAcademic · 15/12/2022 18:21

Both they and the press are as tedious as fuck and I’m sick of all of them. Hopefully when they’ve made their hundreds of millions from this whingethon culminating in the book they can hole up in their next, bigger mansion and STFU. Never have I seen so much bandwidth occupied by such mediocre and unremarkable people.

phoenixrosehere · 15/12/2022 19:07

TheKeatingFive · 15/12/2022 18:18

I struggle to understand why people buy into it if you don’t like them and have better things to worry about.

People like this can't seem to help themselves. They are (on some level) looking to get riled up. The media take full advantage, naturally.

Yep. They feed each other. I highly doubt they are talked about outside of social media as some on here want to portray.

purpledalmation · 15/12/2022 20:22

I agree, far too much coverage. Unfortunately it's like looking at a motorway pile up on the other side of the carriageway. You just can't look away.

Readaboutyourself · 15/12/2022 20:22

Same. Wish them nothing but peace and the media to stop harping on about it.

Madamecastafiore · 15/12/2022 22:17

x2boys who mentioned virgin??

TodayIsFridayHooray · 15/12/2022 22:19

phoenixrosehere · 15/12/2022 16:43

! I think they are both whinging rich kids who'd have a massive shock if they actually saw what a hard life is!

Um.. I think Meghan would have more of an idea than Harry how hard life can be. She didn’t grow up in a palace remember nor were her parents millionaires.

She did go to private school though, so I dont think she was as poor as she likes to make out!

x2boys · 16/12/2022 08:17

TodayIsFridayHooray · 15/12/2022 22:19

She did go to private school though, so I dont think she was as poor as she likes to make out!

Has she ever said she was poor ?
Or are you just making that up?
The media always like to portray Kate Middleton as an ordinary person too ,but she had quite a privileged upbringing .

ZenNudist · 16/12/2022 08:20

Yes, especially because their docuseries has scant news or revelations and is just 6 hours of blarting on.

The best they've got is Megan didn't know how to curtsey and William "screamed" at him for leaving the RF.

I also thought ridiculous to blame the daily mail for causing a miscarriage in a geriatric pregnancy.

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