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Oh dear...Harry and Meghan's Christmas card photo

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ChristmasPudd1990 · 17/12/2024 09:00

Does this scream "Photoshop" to anyone else? Lilibet's shoes, Meghan's leg and outrageously long arm,L is dressed for summer,A dressed for winter,the 3 year old looks more like 6. Jeeez...how embarrassing...🤦‍♀️

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FloofPaws · 17/12/2024 18:48

Whatafustercluck · 17/12/2024 18:12

Did they risk British security and interests by forming a dubious close connection with a Chinese spy? No, they did not. Do they have history of cavorting with very young girls who have been procured by a sex trafficker and abuser of underage girls. No, they have not. I find this perpetual H&M character assassination perplexing and irritating in equal measure when you look at the very low standards they're surrounded by.

I like the Christmas card. I have no strong feelings against the other royals, other than the one alluded to above.

This thread isn't about him though is it ... stick to the thread or start your own about Andy

Petitchat · 17/12/2024 18:48

ChristmasPudd1990 · 17/12/2024 09:00

Does this scream "Photoshop" to anyone else? Lilibet's shoes, Meghan's leg and outrageously long arm,L is dressed for summer,A dressed for winter,the 3 year old looks more like 6. Jeeez...how embarrassing...🤦‍♀️

how embarrassing that you even sent this post. It's about...............fuck all !

Samcro · 17/12/2024 18:48

You could say the same about the people who take delight in tearing them apart.
a quick look at the Meghanbash topic will show you how bad it is.

FloofPaws · 17/12/2024 18:50

needsomewarmsunshine · 17/12/2024 18:12

I was wondering about the OP, sarky, rude and generally dismissive of everyone then she flounced because "I bored". No love, you flounced because you came across as a hitch and were called out on it when you probably thought everyone would agree with you and they didn't.

So very many
People do agree
Though - across the world 🤣

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 18:51

@FloofPaws Fortunately YOU don't get to decide who posts on this thread or if anyone wants to start another thread

It's not deflection it's discussing issues that have arisen on the thread, just because it doesn't suit your very obvious agenda....

Extiainoiapeial · 17/12/2024 18:56

TheLimeHedgehog · 17/12/2024 18:45

I'm beginning to think some people are on overtime or bonus for the length of time they spend defending someone they do not know or never met with so much veracity 😅

I'm beginning to think some people are on overtime or bonus for the length of time they spend hating on someone they do not know or never met with so much veracity 😅

FloofPaws · 17/12/2024 19:01

@Manypaws - it's deflection ... also called whataboutery- trying to change the subject - very poor try

thepariscrimefiles · 17/12/2024 19:02

ChristmasPudd1990 · 17/12/2024 09:33

LOL well,nest of vipers indeed. Should have known 🤦‍♀️🤣

Are you not a viper yourself? You're hardly filled with the milk of human kindness.

You start a bitchy thread and complain when some posters call you out about it.

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 19:05

@FloofPaws you are doing not bad yourself

Perhaps try and stop thinking in such er simple and limited terms

It's isn't always an either or in terms of h and m/ royal family, some of us can see good and bad in all of them

I understand that this can be a new and difficult concept for you to grasp

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 17/12/2024 19:05

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 18:11

Henry vlll is a poor bench mark

I would think as leader he should be setting an example but yes he undoubtedly should have married Camilla

He literally founded the church, "poor benchmark" or not.

Plenty of other monarchs have been serial adulterers, notably Edward VII whom I already mentioned.

At least in Charles's case it was only one, and the woman he should have married in the first place.

FloofPaws · 17/12/2024 19:06

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 19:05

@FloofPaws you are doing not bad yourself

Perhaps try and stop thinking in such er simple and limited terms

It's isn't always an either or in terms of h and m/ royal family, some of us can see good and bad in all of them

I understand that this can be a new and difficult concept for you to grasp

You're derailing ... the thread is about H&M - simple concept

DamnUserName21 · 17/12/2024 19:06

I came across the card on CNN, incidentally. I liked the photos. Found them to be as photo-shopped as any other professional public photos.

The H&M hate is very bizarre and petty.

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 19:08

@FloofPaws it's actually about their Christmas card so you best stop derailing

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 19:09

@wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting that makes it okay then, you best stop mentioning it though as you will be accused of derailing... oh wait

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 17/12/2024 19:12

Lifeomars · 17/12/2024 18:44

I did not say "oh what on earth have they done wrong?" I merely expressed bemusement at the extent of the ire and rage they seem to provoke in some quarters and mentioned that I do not take an interest in the doings or perceived misdeeds of the royal family. Not really interested in exploring the details that seem to exercise the imaginations of so many although the vehemence of both their detractors and supporters. I do however take a very dim view of Prince Andrew but his behaviour does not seem to enrage people they way M and H do

That's because his behaviour is universally condemned. You can't have much of a discussion about that.

Anyway, he's not on Harry's and Meghan's card, which is what we have been (mostly) 'discussing'.

Whatafustercluck · 17/12/2024 19:13

FloofPaws · 17/12/2024 18:48

This thread isn't about him though is it ... stick to the thread or start your own about Andy

Oh wind your neck in. I'll reply to a public thread in any way I choose, thanks. Like 22 pages of other posters have.

FloofPaws · 17/12/2024 19:15

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 19:08

@FloofPaws it's actually about their Christmas card so you best stop derailing

Well it certainly isn't about Andy though is it 🤯🙄

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 19:15

I haven't mentioned Andy

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 17/12/2024 19:15

TheLimeHedgehog · 17/12/2024 18:45

I'm beginning to think some people are on overtime or bonus for the length of time they spend defending someone they do not know or never met with so much veracity 😅

"Veracity"???!

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 17/12/2024 19:17

DamnUserName21 · 17/12/2024 19:06

I came across the card on CNN, incidentally. I liked the photos. Found them to be as photo-shopped as any other professional public photos.

The H&M hate is very bizarre and petty.

Criticism does not equate to "hate".

"Hate" is far too strong a word.

thepariscrimefiles · 17/12/2024 19:18

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 17/12/2024 09:52

The card is hideous isn't it?

Then again, everything these 2 clowns do is hideous.

Well Meghan is beautiful and I presume that both her children are gorgeous. Much better looking than anyone else in the Royal Family.

I find the things that Andrew does much more hideous. Hobnobbing with a convicted sex offender, paying off a victim of sex trafficking and hiring an alleged Chinese spy as his chief representative in China, and inviting him a few times to Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace and his house. He's a fat ugly fucker as well.

Livingtothefull · 17/12/2024 19:18

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 17/12/2024 18:08

How many cringey things have you ever said that wouldn't come over so well if they were put in the public domain?

It's my understanding that he went back to Camilla when his marriage failed, and that Diana had taken several lovers, some of them married, over a period of time? He should have married Camilla in the first place.

@Manypaws does the church teach compassion and forgiveness? and given that Henry VIII was the first governor of the church and kings like Edward VII have also held the role, it makes Charles look like a virgin!! 🙄

I don't have a lot of sympathy for him I'm afraid. Unlike us he occupies a hugely privileged role, and the reality is that his private life is going to be of interest to the public. Particularly after his lavish very public (and publicly funded) wedding to Diana.

I don't buy that he was forced to marry Diana instead of the so called 'love of his life' (though Camilla was just one of many married lovers). He was 32 at the time of his engagement, Diana was 19. And I am a bit tired of Diana's supposed failings being rehashed, the woman has been dead nearly 30 years and doesnt have to impress us any more whereas C&C do.

It is true that the Church preaches forgiveness, but that is supposed to follow repentance. And I don't see a lot of repentance or humility in the way the most unpopular Camilla is shoved in our faces after a lengthy and expensive (to the taxpayer) PR campaign.

FloofPaws · 17/12/2024 19:22

Manypaws · 17/12/2024 19:15

I haven't mentioned Andy

Or Charlie 🙄

FloofPaws · 17/12/2024 19:24

@thepariscrimefiles - biology lesson for you, plastic surgery doesn't change DNA

Livingtothefull · 17/12/2024 19:27

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 17/12/2024 19:17

Criticism does not equate to "hate".

"Hate" is far too strong a word.

When a particular couple are targeted for criticism over and over again and on a huge scale - despite the fact that there are far more appropriate objects for criticism and despite the fact that this couple's relentless targeting distracts from legitimate criticism of others - it takes on the character of hate.