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Harry & Megan AIBU?

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Mykidslovebluey · 17/05/2023 18:14

’Multiple near collisions’ ‘Could have been fatal’… Yeah but it wasn’t thought was it?! Surely there’s more important news stories to take up all the news channels with! Right?

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Saucemonkey · 18/05/2023 09:26

Kate the future queen can travel by train and even chat to people on the platform without being mobbed, but apparently M&H are being hounded by the press driving from a place where the paps already took loads of pictures ….ummm…

custardbear · 18/05/2023 09:29

@Humanbiology - cannot abide Andrew - he's pond-life found feeding on the bottom of rancid pools of water IMO ... but this thread is about H&M and their egocentrism

Humanbiology · 18/05/2023 09:32

The more you talk about them the fatter their pockets get. They are not stupid and Charlie and Camilla love them and their grandchildren. Blood is thicker than water the British people didn't want to pay for them they saw Harry as a sell out. They had to carve out their own shit. Do you honestly believe that their is rift in the family the press is printing it to keep British people happy.

custardbear · 18/05/2023 09:33

Saucemonkey · 18/05/2023 09:26

Kate the future queen can travel by train and even chat to people on the platform without being mobbed, but apparently M&H are being hounded by the press driving from a place where the paps already took loads of pictures ….ummm…

Lol - they're clearly just trying to turn the spotlight on themselves 'woe is me, I'm so wonderful people chase me like Diana - I'm so important it's so unfair' ... then they plaster it themselves all over the world to try and garner attention ... but as is coming the norm, people can see what it's all about - their egocentric desperate need to be seen in print ... thankfully people like Kate (and many other people in the public eye) can do this with grace and elegance - it's clear that those creating a maelstrom around themselves are trying to self publicise to make themselves into something ... but H&M are just looking like idiots ... again!

Humanbiology · 18/05/2023 09:33

custardbear · 18/05/2023 09:29

@Humanbiology - cannot abide Andrew - he's pond-life found feeding on the bottom of rancid pools of water IMO ... but this thread is about H&M and their egocentrism

What paper do you read if any?

Catsmere · 18/05/2023 09:37

Eurodiva · 18/05/2023 09:06

So surely because of the tragedy involving his Mother, you would expect him or Meghan to tell the driver to slow down if the car chase actually did happen .

You’d think so!

Mackerson · 18/05/2023 09:38

Newnamenewname109870 · 18/05/2023 09:21

Oh no because almost killing loads of people isn’t bad at all. I’m something needs to be done about the press hounding celebrities and willing to risk lives.

Where is the proof they nearly killed anyone? It was 10pm in the centre of NYC. There would have been a ton of people around. If there were cars driving down the pavements chasing them as has been claimed (one poster claimed they were trying to hit civilians and police), don't you think that someone would have been, at the very least, minorly injured and cars scratched and banged. It might be that people will come forward and state that is the case, but you'd think reports of that would be coming out by now.

Mackerson · 18/05/2023 09:42

Catsmere · 18/05/2023 09:37

You’d think so!

Apparently they were going at 2km an hour. How much slower can a car go?! I've no idea why the paps needed bikes and cars to chase it. They could have just strolled next to it.

custardbear · 18/05/2023 09:46

@Humanbiology - what difference does that make to my comments. FWIW broadsheets, news programmes ... no, I don't read The Sun or any other drivel if that's what you're trying to catch me out with

Humanbiology · 18/05/2023 09:51

custardbear · 18/05/2023 09:22

@Outofthepark .... typical response to say 'bullying' etc if you don't like people challenging - very 'playground tactics'
Bitter - nah, their behaviour is embarrassing! I'd hate to be in the media/telly etc as it's a toxic place filled with arseholes out for themselves. I'll stick to advances in medical research thanks, a much more joyous career

Slow day at work is it. It's easy to pretend you're someone you're not. Meghan and Harry are making money out of you they are the clever ones. Bad press is good press they earn money and sell books and Netflix series. You keep on watching them Americans knows how to make money and Harry is loving it.

custardbear · 18/05/2023 10:08

@Humanbiology - it is quite a dull day actually so far. Thanks for telling me I'm trying to pretend to be someone I'm not, makes me realise my job is probably something that makes you want to believe I don't do, but I do!
As for negative press - well they're making themselves look like idiots and that's just elevating them into the realms of unbelievable liars

YouWonJayne · 18/05/2023 10:13

Humanbiology · 18/05/2023 09:06

You're showing your privilege already you don't see it because it will never happen to you. You will never be judged on how you look you are white Meghan was and it's racist. Please take off your white privilege glasses and read the press only prints what sells and racism sells.

What makes you think I’m white? That’s very presumptive and strange.

RecordsTurning · 18/05/2023 10:16

Hehehejeiej · 18/05/2023 08:53

@RecordsTurning I’ve just had a look at it and it seems like there’s no footage of a chase, just the cab being stationary and the paps getting up close at that point. She’s smiling and nobody is wearing a seatbelt. It’s so weird of them to make these claims. New Yorkers are laughing their heads off at them. I don’t know what Harry and Meghan are trying to achieve.

The point is that the taxi driver is lying or mistaken by saying the paparazzi kept their distance. There’s video evidence of them close to the car taking photos. How is that keeping their distance?

I’ve lived in New York and have friends there. They’re not laughing at Harry and Meghan, they all hate the paparazzi because they see how aggressively they behave.

YouWonJayne · 18/05/2023 10:19

Humanbiology · 18/05/2023 09:24

Do you feel the same way about Prince Andrew or is it because he is white why you don't have an opinion. The Queen didn't help her son did she? She failed him as a mother.

You honestly sound unhinged now.

this thread isn’t about Andrew. Should people always post “Oh and BTW I don’t like what Andrew did” on every RF post otherwise they’re a supporter?

Your OTT frothing and shouting ‘white privilege’ about people when you have NO IDEA what they look like or what their lives are like os completely embarrassing and shows how little brain power you actually put into your posts.

Mackerson · 18/05/2023 10:21

RecordsTurning · 18/05/2023 10:16

The point is that the taxi driver is lying or mistaken by saying the paparazzi kept their distance. There’s video evidence of them close to the car taking photos. How is that keeping their distance?

I’ve lived in New York and have friends there. They’re not laughing at Harry and Meghan, they all hate the paparazzi because they see how aggressively they behave.

That's not what the taxi driver said. He said they followed at a distance and sometimes at lights they pulled alongside them and took photos. But there was nothing dangerous. At one point they got caught in a traffic jam and 6 paps approached the car. There's a video of that. One pap took pictures at the rear passenger windows and the rest were at the front of the car and they moved away when the security guy got out of the front seat.

JuvenileEmu · 18/05/2023 10:22

So has it been clarified yet whether the press were chasing H +M, or H+M chasing the press, desperately trying to get them to take photos of them?

YouWonJayne · 18/05/2023 10:23

RecordsTurning · 18/05/2023 10:16

The point is that the taxi driver is lying or mistaken by saying the paparazzi kept their distance. There’s video evidence of them close to the car taking photos. How is that keeping their distance?

I’ve lived in New York and have friends there. They’re not laughing at Harry and Meghan, they all hate the paparazzi because they see how aggressively they behave.

I imagine it’s a case of perspective - being a cab driver in NYC must mean you have a different perception of what’s dangerous than what I/Harry/Meghan would.

I visited Naples and the traffic is MENTAL. The cab drivers barely break a sweat and don’t see it as a problem. I was in the back getting ready to meet St Peter 🤣

MeinKraft · 18/05/2023 10:31

'Now he's in a car with the mother of his children and the only other mother figure he's ever known, and they're in the same scenario'

Emotional rhetoric, he's had a grandmother, a step mother and a god mother

RecordsTurning · 18/05/2023 10:38

YouWonJayne · 18/05/2023 10:23

I imagine it’s a case of perspective - being a cab driver in NYC must mean you have a different perception of what’s dangerous than what I/Harry/Meghan would.

I visited Naples and the traffic is MENTAL. The cab drivers barely break a sweat and don’t see it as a problem. I was in the back getting ready to meet St Peter 🤣

From what I’ve read, the taxi driver only drove them for 15 minutes. He doesn’t know what happened before they got in his taxi. That would impact his view on the situation.

The video clearly shows that the paparazzi didn’t keep their distance. It’s not a matter of opinion.

He may not have felt scared, that doesn’t mean others would not have. He was not the paparazzis target. I know people who have been caught up in paparazzi chasing celebs, they felt unsafe and they were not the ones being pursued. The paparazzi are relentless in New York, they’re rude, aggressive and really don’t care who they hurt. They’re scum of her earth.

Humanbiology · 18/05/2023 10:39

YouWonJayne · 18/05/2023 10:13

What makes you think I’m white? That’s very presumptive and strange.

Is that your response your attitude suggests otherwise you can be anything you want on the internet.

Swrigh1234 · 18/05/2023 10:41

RecordsTurning · 18/05/2023 10:38

From what I’ve read, the taxi driver only drove them for 15 minutes. He doesn’t know what happened before they got in his taxi. That would impact his view on the situation.

The video clearly shows that the paparazzi didn’t keep their distance. It’s not a matter of opinion.

He may not have felt scared, that doesn’t mean others would not have. He was not the paparazzis target. I know people who have been caught up in paparazzi chasing celebs, they felt unsafe and they were not the ones being pursued. The paparazzi are relentless in New York, they’re rude, aggressive and really don’t care who they hurt. They’re scum of her earth.

You are trying way too hard to believe a story that the rest of the world is laughing at.

YouWonJayne · 18/05/2023 10:44

MeinKraft · 18/05/2023 10:31

'Now he's in a car with the mother of his children and the only other mother figure he's ever known, and they're in the same scenario'

Emotional rhetoric, he's had a grandmother, a step mother and a god mother

And a great grandmother he was exceptionally close to

Humanbiology · 18/05/2023 10:47

YouWonJayne · 18/05/2023 10:19

You honestly sound unhinged now.

this thread isn’t about Andrew. Should people always post “Oh and BTW I don’t like what Andrew did” on every RF post otherwise they’re a supporter?

Your OTT frothing and shouting ‘white privilege’ about people when you have NO IDEA what they look like or what their lives are like os completely embarrassing and shows how little brain power you actually put into your posts.

Unhinged??? Is that meant to be an insult 😂 from the day I was born I was unhinged and I am mad as a box of frogs. We're all mad but the difference between me and you is that I own my insanity.

Keep on talking about them and give them more money. The royal family are educated at the best schools so you think they have the same believes as you about Harry and Meghan. More importantly he's Williams brother and has a niece and nephew blood is thicker than water. Even up to prince Andrew they haven't turned their back on him and he's a disgrace. The royal family have to be appealing to the British public so they can get paid.

Humanbiology · 18/05/2023 10:54

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