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To be a bit gleeful about Harry's court case

422 replies

Viviennemary · 21/08/2026 15:34

Serves him right. He's made millions from Netflix, book deals and accusing them of being racist. Bit odd he's now coming back.

Will the King pay his debts.I hope not. Now the long suffering public will be fleeced for his security costs which will be around £5m a yea r. And they wonder why they are unpopular.

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SweetPeasandGerberas · 22/08/2026 23:14

Ablondiebutagoody · 21/08/2026 15:57

Sure

So wish the laughing 😃 emoji was available

Dollymylove · 22/08/2026 23:16

He wants to get his feet back under the Royal table before Charles carks it. William will be having none of his shit and might give him the boot anyway

SummerNocturnal · 22/08/2026 23:23

Not gleeful, no.
I still think there should have been Leveson part two.
And disagree that papers lobbied against it and the government went back on their word.
Gavin Burrows claims he was given a bad edit which given what he said on camera, does not tie up, is now living in some unknown place for his own safety and still insists he was paid 75k for opinions only.
I understand Mail journalists felt stressed, some hurt and some angry with reputations on the line. They came out fighting and won - legally, there was no concrete evidence, despite the Mail using Steve Whittamore for another 18 months 2005-7.
But the complainants I think were ill advised and misled. I don't take any glee in them losing. I do understand the legalities now and how it was seen as frivolous.

Saw this story today though and do still believe the press have a lot to learn still. I also think the amount of clickbait and ragebait now is insane, including the inordinate interest in Meghan.
And I do think the amount of press coverage regarding Jason Arday recently was not balanced. I still think we need Hacked Off or an equivalent, and I do believe that the media self-regulating means they haven't always been brought to account.

"Daily Mail accused of stalking woman mistaken as White Stripes drummer Meg White | The White Stripes | The Guardian" www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/21/meg-white-daily-mail-white-stripes

Viviennemary · 22/08/2026 23:46

Apparently the offer of an acting role has been withdrawn. (Thats if it ever existed in the first place.) Better not not say I'm gleeful.

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Nothavingagoodvalentinesday · 22/08/2026 23:55

nocoolnamesleft · 21/08/2026 15:54

I feel a bit sorry for him. I think he genuinely believed that the press had behaved as he accused, though clearly none of it was proved.

None of it was proved because none of it was true.

nocoolnamesleft · 23/08/2026 00:02

Nothavingagoodvalentinesday · 22/08/2026 23:55

None of it was proved because none of it was true.

Doesn't mean he didn't believe it.

Backtoschooloncemore · 23/08/2026 00:32

Viviennemary · 22/08/2026 23:46

Apparently the offer of an acting role has been withdrawn. (Thats if it ever existed in the first place.) Better not not say I'm gleeful.

That is a shame for her. She must have been a half decent actress if not a top flight one, and it would be good for her to develop her career there again. However it would be much more difficult for her now - aside from anything else, the film industry is not keen on 40-something women. But she also comes with a lot of baggage, not least an inability to let others lead on publicity.

Babyboomer50 · 23/08/2026 01:09

I love Harry but very much dislike the others. He's normal the others not at all .

TheOriginalEmu · 23/08/2026 01:23

Ablondiebutagoody · 21/08/2026 15:44

If he doesn't want publicity, why get his publicist to place the stories about their return in the papers? Surely not to generate a bit of a frenzy to justify us picking up his multi million pound annual security bill.

Fucking balding, grifting, morally superior, bell end.

that could describe any one of the royal males. they’re all grifters, he’s no worse than the rest of them

ErinBell01 · 23/08/2026 02:00

MyManinCaracas · 21/08/2026 15:44

Have a word with yourself. You’re on the wrong side.

Did you read what the judge said???

Benjithedog · 23/08/2026 06:01

Babyboomer50 · 23/08/2026 01:09

I love Harry but very much dislike the others. He's normal the others not at all .

But he’s not though is he?

DraigCymraeg · 23/08/2026 08:10

emuloc · 22/08/2026 20:31

It is his Son, and he is not short of a bob, or two. I thought that he is still Harry, Henry,Mountbatten-Windsor, or did he tell you that he has changed his name?

The King already gave them millions when they left the UK.
Harry inherited further millions from his mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
He is a man in his forties.
Please explain why he should receive even more from his Father?
And I call him Markle because she wears the trousers.

ACynicalDad · 23/08/2026 08:14

Decent people don’t write books about their family. He was one of the most loved people in the country and now nobody cares.

PrettyLittleRose · 23/08/2026 08:25

Backtoschooloncemore · 22/08/2026 12:15

Where is this mythical hate that people keep coming on these threads and declaring?

You jest!

This site is full of threads that are vitriolic and hateful about Harry and Meghan.

The whole internet is actually.

I mean, I think they do have a bit of making up to do with the British public, after all what he's put his family through, and the things they said about how racist the UK is, but the hatred for Harry and Meghan is visceral on here from some. No matter what Meghan does some people just launch at her. She is LOATHED by some. And for not very much.

emuloc · 23/08/2026 08:26

Viviennemary · 22/08/2026 23:46

Apparently the offer of an acting role has been withdrawn. (Thats if it ever existed in the first place.) Better not not say I'm gleeful.

Again, what are you gleeful about. Does all this enhance your life. In what way?

emuloc · 23/08/2026 08:27

DraigCymraeg · 23/08/2026 08:10

The King already gave them millions when they left the UK.
Harry inherited further millions from his mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
He is a man in his forties.
Please explain why he should receive even more from his Father?
And I call him Markle because she wears the trousers.

I see that I would be wasting my time.

PrettyLittleRose · 23/08/2026 08:28

emuloc · 23/08/2026 08:26

Again, what are you gleeful about. Does all this enhance your life. In what way?

Some people just love to see other peoples downfall and misery.

Imagine being like that.

Got to feel sorry for anyone who has this frame of mind to honest. I would hate to be full of that much resentment and loathing for people I don't even know. (Or for anyone I did know actually!)

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DraigCymraeg · 23/08/2026 08:34

emuloc · 23/08/2026 08:27

I see that I would be wasting my time.

You clearly don't believe that Harry and Meghan have put a foot wrong.
A son who wrote in his biography about killing his Father by bombing by an RAF jet.
If you think that is acceptable or normal, I suggest you seek psychiatric help urgently.

Backtoschooloncemore · 23/08/2026 09:00

emuloc · 23/08/2026 08:26

Again, what are you gleeful about. Does all this enhance your life. In what way?

You don’t think being happy or gleeful enhances your life? Do you prefer misery?

Backtoschooloncemore · 23/08/2026 09:01

PrettyLittleRose · 23/08/2026 08:25

You jest!

This site is full of threads that are vitriolic and hateful about Harry and Meghan.

The whole internet is actually.

I mean, I think they do have a bit of making up to do with the British public, after all what he's put his family through, and the things they said about how racist the UK is, but the hatred for Harry and Meghan is visceral on here from some. No matter what Meghan does some people just launch at her. She is LOATHED by some. And for not very much.

sweeping statements but you have linked a single post.

Benjithedog · 23/08/2026 10:06

PrettyLittleRose · 23/08/2026 08:25

You jest!

This site is full of threads that are vitriolic and hateful about Harry and Meghan.

The whole internet is actually.

I mean, I think they do have a bit of making up to do with the British public, after all what he's put his family through, and the things they said about how racist the UK is, but the hatred for Harry and Meghan is visceral on here from some. No matter what Meghan does some people just launch at her. She is LOATHED by some. And for not very much.

Maybe they both need to carry out some deep introspection on their behaviour because it’s this which has brought about their current situation.

Benjithedog · 23/08/2026 10:07

emuloc · 23/08/2026 08:27

I see that I would be wasting my time.

You would because he’s already milked that teat dry.

Messedupmyusernameagain · 23/08/2026 10:36

emuloc · 23/08/2026 08:26

Again, what are you gleeful about. Does all this enhance your life. In what way?

I'm not sure what people want now. Harry has taken the court cases. The Oprah interview was years ago and since then, Meghan has worked. Most of the obsessives are desperate for her work not to work out, despite it having no effect on them, and it meaning she's earning her own money instead of sponging off us, like her useless husband wants to do. They could just not watch! She posts stuff on her own Instagram. Just don't follow it. What, really, do you want to happen if all your dreams could come true? Just say it. Divorce? She'll get tons of money from that and two small children will have to spend the next 10 years being ferried across the Atlantic. People were desperate for Harry to be deported from the US. Now they have come back it's outrage! Do you just want Harry back? Doing what? Don't say ' I just want them to go away' because the only thing that will make them ' go away' and live a quiet life is if the press don't publish 1000 stories from every tiny thing they do. The only way they will do that is if the interest dies down, but there are people keeping the whole thing alive by desperately searching for every single utterance of theirs so they can be outraged by it. The threads on here are just ridiculous! How many are there?

Benjithedog · 23/08/2026 11:18

But here you are commenting on one. And just because you have an opinion on them does
not make one obsessive.