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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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PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 18/12/2024 17:10

RisingSunn · 18/12/2024 13:59

A BBC journalist likened her mixed race newborn to a chimpanzee… and we are policing how ‘badly’ she reacted to the press?

I don’t know what to say.

You say that, and it makes it sound like Laura Kuenssberg or Steve Rosenberg or Hugh Pym were on the 10 o'clock news broadcasting revolting racism, which clearly woukd never happen. It's very misleading and damaging. The disgusting racism came from Danny Baker, who although he lists 'journalist' as one of his jobs is a dubious comedy writer and presenter. Absolutely no-one normal thought what he posted was OK.

Baker deserves to be cast into the wilderness, but you are being very disingenuous by stating this abhorrent behaviour was a BBC journalist.

LaMarschallin · 18/12/2024 17:16

PigglyWigglyOhYeah

Baker deserves to be cast into the wilderness, but you are being very disingenuous by stating this abhorrent behaviour was a BBC journalist.

Quite.

Extiainoiapeial · 18/12/2024 17:18

Baker deserves to be cast into the wilderness, but you are being very disingenuous by stating this abhorrent behaviour was a BBC journalist.

Well... he worked for Radio 5 live, Radio 2 , Radio 1, had a BBC Saturday night late night show, BBC London, hosted various BBC shows, .. so I'm not sure we can say he wasn't a BBC journalist, depends what you call a 'journalist'.

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 18/12/2024 17:30

Extiainoiapeial · 18/12/2024 17:18

Baker deserves to be cast into the wilderness, but you are being very disingenuous by stating this abhorrent behaviour was a BBC journalist.

Well... he worked for Radio 5 live, Radio 2 , Radio 1, had a BBC Saturday night late night show, BBC London, hosted various BBC shows, .. so I'm not sure we can say he wasn't a BBC journalist, depends what you call a 'journalist'.

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I would call that a presenter, but you go ahead and please yourself.

RisingSunn · 18/12/2024 18:07

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 18/12/2024 17:10

You say that, and it makes it sound like Laura Kuenssberg or Steve Rosenberg or Hugh Pym were on the 10 o'clock news broadcasting revolting racism, which clearly woukd never happen. It's very misleading and damaging. The disgusting racism came from Danny Baker, who although he lists 'journalist' as one of his jobs is a dubious comedy writer and presenter. Absolutely no-one normal thought what he posted was OK.

Baker deserves to be cast into the wilderness, but you are being very disingenuous by stating this abhorrent behaviour was a BBC journalist.

Journalist or presenter…I believed he worked for the BBC in various capacities.

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 18/12/2024 18:47

RisingSunn · 18/12/2024 18:07

Journalist or presenter…I believed he worked for the BBC in various capacities.

He certainly did. But to simply refer to him as a 'BBC journalist ' is misleading, as most of us knew him as Chris Evans' sweaty football friend who wrote scripts, and not as a correspondent on the 10 o'clock news.

Krampers · 18/12/2024 18:51

x2boys · 18/12/2024 06:44

You said the chances of their kids winning any genetic lottery Is slim that's just plain nasty
How would you like people to mply your two very small children will ugly????

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They most likely are hence the way it ttalks about other people’s children.

Krampers · 18/12/2024 18:55

TheLimeHedgehog · 18/12/2024 11:00

Shame no one asked Meghan that, I hear she was very upset about it. 😊

Honestly seek psychological help. Your obsession with Meghan is really unhealthy bordering on psychotic.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 18/12/2024 19:32

Extiainoiapeial · 18/12/2024 17:18

Baker deserves to be cast into the wilderness, but you are being very disingenuous by stating this abhorrent behaviour was a BBC journalist.

Well... he worked for Radio 5 live, Radio 2 , Radio 1, had a BBC Saturday night late night show, BBC London, hosted various BBC shows, .. so I'm not sure we can say he wasn't a BBC journalist, depends what you call a 'journalist'.

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Worked as a journalist first. The NME, worked for LWT, wrote for the Times, Empire - definitely counts as a journalist.

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 18/12/2024 20:50

Wasn't working as a journalist for the BBC, but ok. Whatever.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 21:24

toucheee · 18/12/2024 05:33

You really do live in cloud cuckoo land. There’s no way the Queen would have paid Virginia £12m if Andrew hadn’t taken advantage of a 17yo girl and had sex with her.

She would have done it to avoid the scandals of a trial and prevent intimate personal details being aired in public.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 21:30

thepariscrimefiles · 18/12/2024 07:36

I said that I presume they are nice looking. In relation to the Wales' children, Charlotte is quite pretty but the boys aren't as nice looking as William and Harry were as children.

The Harry and Meghan haters constantly criticise Meghan's appearance when she is obviously very pretty. It's true that Andrew was probably the best looking of the Queen's four children when he was young, but it's almost poetic justice that his appearance has deteriorated in tandem with his behaviour and reflects all his vices, e.g. arrogance, greed, gluttony and predatory sexual behaviour.

You can't "presume" anything - you don't know!!

I think Catherine and William's children are gorgeous - good bit of the Middleton genes coming through there. I think William is much more handsome than Harry is. Meghan is very pretty too, or was - she needs to leave her face alone.

Andrew was the most attractive in his family, but I guess the arrogance and the greed has always been there. I'm not convinced about the predatory sexual behaviour. He never has shown any proclivity towards young women in the rest of his life. Gluttony - anyone can like their food a bit too much!

CalicoPusscat · 18/12/2024 21:45

The only good things about Andrew that I can see are that he obviously adores his daughters and ex wife, and that he's teetotal.

As a bit of a guzzler myself I tend to approve when people don't drink alcohol. But yes he's incredibly spoilt and entitled.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 21:52

thepariscrimefiles · 18/12/2024 08:08

Well said?? Who would pay £12 million, with all the negative publicity that it generated, unless what would be revealed was even worse than that? He was friends with a convicted international sex trafficker for god's sake.

The Harry and Meghan haters are obsessed but the Andrew defenders take delusion to another level. I never thought I would feel sorry for Charles, but he is in a Catch 22 situation with the latest scandal of the Chinese spy and the further embarassment Andrew has caused the Royal Family. Charles either has to provide Andrew with sufficient funds to stop his grubby deals and relationships with foreign spies and dictators or cuts him loose to fend for himself financially, which will obviously bring more scandal to the Royal Family's door.

As Marina Hyde said in the Guardian:

'But speaking of signs, if only there’d been some before this week that could have indicated to the royal family that Andrew was permanently unsuited to activities involving either judgment or money.'

I'm not defending Andrew. He was a complete moron and an arrogant fool to remain friends with Epstein when his nefarious activities became clear. I'm just not convinced about Giuffre's credibility particularly when you take the Dershowitz accusations into account. The RF couldn't afford to take the chance of putting Andrew on the stand - can you imagine the utter carnage? I think the Queen took the path of least resistance, the lesser of the two evils.

I am sure he told her that he wasn't guilty and I am sure she believed him.

But Charles is left with an almighty problem! Andrew is a total liability.

frazzled1 · 18/12/2024 21:52

x.com/Marly21036678/status/1869208348413010222
Archie's legs looks a bit odd, dog to the left looks strange too. Poster on X thinks they've found the original picture.

Oh dear...Harry and Meghan's Christmas card photo
wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 21:56

YankTank · 18/12/2024 10:19

FFS. Get over yourself and move on with your life. A certain cohort of the British public and the British press made it VERY clear to Meghan that she was not welcome here. They bullied her until she had enough and moved back to her hometown, where her family and friends live. When she left, the cohort who made it crystal clear to Meghan that she wasn’t welcome here clutched their pearls…”How DARE she leave? And how DARE her husband go with her? HE’S 5th IN LINE TO THE THRONE! They’re letting down the Royal Family!” Fuck that.

Congratulations—you won. You harassed her until she left. However, you’re clearly struggling to come to terms with the fact that yes, she will continue to live a public life in the US, and yes, that may include sending out Christmas cards from her foundation. She’s clearly not welcome here, yet your expectation is that she is not allowed to live her life in her hometown either. Why are you allowing this woman to take up so much free space in your thoughts? Why the obsession? Why is her every move and every photo taking up so much of your headspace?

Bullshit. Meghan never intended to stay. She was happy to get the titles and then piss off to monetise them.

Nobody's "obsessed" but it's a conversation piece. We're allowed to discuss figures in the public eye, n'est ce pas?

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 21:58

trivialMorning · 18/12/2024 10:22

I could see them doing that - letting press assume but they know better.

The press intrusion must be quite something to deal with and worry about with kids.

Ironically they would probably have had better protection from the press in the UK. However, whatever they're doing must be working as we've barely seen any leaked photos.

MerryMaker · 18/12/2024 21:58

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 21:52

I'm not defending Andrew. He was a complete moron and an arrogant fool to remain friends with Epstein when his nefarious activities became clear. I'm just not convinced about Giuffre's credibility particularly when you take the Dershowitz accusations into account. The RF couldn't afford to take the chance of putting Andrew on the stand - can you imagine the utter carnage? I think the Queen took the path of least resistance, the lesser of the two evils.

I am sure he told her that he wasn't guilty and I am sure she believed him.

But Charles is left with an almighty problem! Andrew is a total liability.

So Andrew gave more than £12 million to Virginia but you think her accusations were not credible?

Do you think Andrews TV interview of I can not sweat and was at Pizza Express made him more credible?

Because most people watched that TV interview and thought Andrew was a big fat liar. And the court said the TV interview could be used in evidence by Virginia. At that point everyone knew Andrew would lose the court case.

The £12 million was paid because it was better than Andrew losing his court case.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 21:59

toucheee · 18/12/2024 11:46

What did you find ugly about Meghan as a child? She looks cute as a button to me. Confused

What did you think of Catherine as a child?

Why did you bring Catherine up? She wasn't under discussion. It's not a competition.

RisingSunn · 18/12/2024 21:59

frazzled1 · 18/12/2024 21:52

x.com/Marly21036678/status/1869208348413010222
Archie's legs looks a bit odd, dog to the left looks strange too. Poster on X thinks they've found the original picture.

Oh my goodness - just take a look at the user name of the X account.

I’m beginning to think a lot of these obsessive Megan haters - or whatever you want to call them - are actually really unwell!

MerryMaker · 18/12/2024 22:00

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 21:58

Ironically they would probably have had better protection from the press in the UK. However, whatever they're doing must be working as we've barely seen any leaked photos.

Which is why everything they were doing was constantly leaked to the press?

Bingobanging · 18/12/2024 22:06

RisingSunn · 18/12/2024 21:59

Oh my goodness - just take a look at the user name of the X account.

I’m beginning to think a lot of these obsessive Megan haters - or whatever you want to call them - are actually really unwell!

You’re only beginning to think that? 😆Absolute nutters and they’ve been so for years 😂

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 22:08

MerryMaker · 18/12/2024 21:58

So Andrew gave more than £12 million to Virginia but you think her accusations were not credible?

Do you think Andrews TV interview of I can not sweat and was at Pizza Express made him more credible?

Because most people watched that TV interview and thought Andrew was a big fat liar. And the court said the TV interview could be used in evidence by Virginia. At that point everyone knew Andrew would lose the court case.

The £12 million was paid because it was better than Andrew losing his court case.

Tbh I think his comments are more credible than a woman who had made such a serious allegation against a man and then had to backtrack, yes!

Should have been easy enough to prove the sweat thing one way or the other, and maybe he was in Pizza Express - maybe he keeps a diary??

The fact that he couldn't take the risk of losing doesn't necessarily mean he would have lost.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 22:09

MerryMaker · 18/12/2024 22:00

Which is why everything they were doing was constantly leaked to the press?

Like what?

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 18/12/2024 22:11

RisingSunn · 18/12/2024 21:59

Oh my goodness - just take a look at the user name of the X account.

I’m beginning to think a lot of these obsessive Megan haters - or whatever you want to call them - are actually really unwell!

I refuse to go on that odious platform but I am sure if you checked out the Sussex Squad, you would find plenty of nutters.