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Harry and Meghan resigning Act 5 *MNHQ edited title*

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CurlyWurlyTwirly · 15/01/2020 09:41

Previous thread

I’m not the original OP of the series. That credit must go to @TheMustressMhor
I just stepped in when the last thread filled up with no replacement

There is still an appetite for discussion / gossip depending on your POV.
I asked for MN to put it in the Royal Family topic as the subject is no longer headline news; but still ticking along. I think those people who are interested will find it and add their comments regardless of its location.

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Ritascornershop · 16/01/2020 06:10

What on earth would she know about the lives of Indigenous girls? I suppose if it draws funding their way ... but I really dislike them being used to get her positive publicity.

Guacamole · 16/01/2020 06:12

The articles coming out of Canada are interesting and may their point clearly. Having Harry and Megan in Canada for extended period of time, carrying out royal duties there is almost providing the Canadians with a permanent royal presence (a live in pseudo-royal family) which they don’t want. It would be like them having to deal with a recurring, lengthy royal tour. Also I’d forgotten the French-Canadian population, you can see why they’d also have a problem with it.

The more this progresses the more you see Harry and Megan didn’t have a clue, if they were advised, they were advised very badly. A spectacular mess that isn’t going to be fixed easily.

Mominatrix · 16/01/2020 06:18

Hmm, with her carbon footprint what on earth was she able to contribute to a conversation of stopping the continued use and development of fossil fuels?

StartupRepair · 16/01/2020 06:19

God she is so in love with her own expertise, isn't she? She can just lob in anywhere and people have to drop everything to discuss their work. To what end? Who is she representing?

WineOrGinOrBoth · 16/01/2020 06:53

Just coming on to check everyone is ok
today?

I don’t do SM so I’m very interested by what you are all saying.

I hope they can come to some agreement that gives Harry the life he craves. It won’t ever be good enough for Meghan though.

There’s so much poverty in the UK & she could have done a lot here, but we simply weren’t glamorous enough.

I suspect as pp her ultimate aim is the US. Much as I dislike the idea of another Trump term, I like the idea of putting a spoke in her wheel.

GoFiguire · 16/01/2020 06:56

Has anyone asked if Archie is OK?

I think Meghan should become friends with Angelina Jolie and adopt rainbow babies. Angelina thought she was getting a purple baby but it turns out it was just doing a poo.

stellabelle · 16/01/2020 07:09

I wonder if the Queen will invoke that 300 year old law of the <a class="break-all" href="http://go.mumsnet.com/?xs=1&id=470X1554755&url=www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a22790404/kate-middleton-prince-william-custody-kids/" target="_blank">Monarch having custody of minor royal children..* Highly unlikely.

Hard to imagine ! She might be the monarch, but the idea of a 93 yr old woman taking custody of her grandsons child ( a child with two healthy, normal, married parents) is beyond ludicrous.

willothewispa · 16/01/2020 07:10

wonder if the Queen will invoke that 300 year old law of the Monarch having custody of minor royal children. Highly unlikely.

I doubt she will but Charles could In the future. Meghan is presumably hoping the Queen is around for a lot longer.

CurlyWurlyTwirly · 16/01/2020 07:15

As this thread is moving so fast; I’ve started another one for later today when this one is full.

If anyone is around when the last page fill up, please could you post the link again.

Next Thread: Act 6 Harry’s First public appearance since The Announcement

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OVienna · 16/01/2020 07:35

wine totally agree re the charity work she could have done in the UK.

And yes, after all that's been said about how the UK compares unfavourably to the US in terms of racial inclusion Hmmit's tempting to me to cast a postal for Trump and give her and her PR "people" four more years to reflect on that. I won't though!

MurrayTheMonk · 16/01/2020 07:49

But again I dont understand these public appearances at women's charities. Is she intending to do further work with them? Give them financial support?Or is she just popping in to cheer them up with her sprinkling of star dust?
And why is she happy to do that and get pictured in Canada but not here? What's the difference? Im sure the people there were excited when she came and happy to see her-but then thats the exact same as everyone she visited here then... all that fuss and upset to move to Canada and do the same things with the same press following (but just in less formal clothes?). WTF was the point?

Lordfrontpaw · 16/01/2020 07:51

She probably doesn’t want to be ignored or said to be in hiding. I feel sorry for the refuge... I don’t suppose they could have said ‘no’.

Why have you come?
To say ‘hi’
Errrrr, would you like a tour?
Not really, just stand for a photo - bye

WineOrGinOrBoth · 16/01/2020 07:53

That’s sort of what I was saying Murray but you just said it better.

We aren’t glamorous enough. So many multi cultural places in the UK, so much poverty - girls being unable to buy sanitary products, she could have done loads here. But no. Not exciting enough.

If she’d put her head down & got on with it, she’d have got lots of positive press. She just wasn’t prepared to put the work in.

BolloxtoGender · 16/01/2020 07:54

It’s like MM has just invited herself.

In what capacity is she turning up as? It feels kind of awkward doesn’t it? Inviting yourself to random charities for PR purposes?

BolloxtoGender · 16/01/2020 07:55

Feels a bit awkward and embarrassing.

ChardonnaysDistantCousin · 16/01/2020 07:59

I don't think she's helping her cause in Canada with these highly publicised appearances. The Globe editorial made it clear that they don't want a Canadian offshoot of the RF and it would have been wiser to keep a low profile.

bohemia14 · 16/01/2020 08:08

I'm enjoying these threads but there have been some comments that are just nasty - eg sweat patches.

What I'm gobsmacked by is her visits to the refuge etc in Canada. It's as if Meghan is presenting us with a fait accompli - she's launched herself into a role she hasn't even been offered of Royal in Canada. All she has to do is lie low in her luxury mansion with her gorgeous baby until Harry sorts out and agrees their future. What a cheek!

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anonacfr · 16/01/2020 08:10

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Myimaginarycathasfleas · 16/01/2020 08:27

* "I think Meghan may go for a “reunion” with her Dad. She’ll introduce him to Archie. It’s the only way of stopping him testifying for the MOS.^ At the moment he has nothing to lose as she has completely ghosted him*^"

Another excellent point from Curly. It would be the perfect opportunity to heal that breach, although they would both have to agree a truce on speaking to the press. I don't think there's any hope of reconciliation with Samantha Markle. She's turned out to be a bit of a Cassandra, but she's poisonous with it.

I came on to comment on this:
Apparently she referred to herself on CVs and other documentation as being caucasian for many years, but now suddenly she is pitching up in Africa and in London soup kitchens and claiming she is everyone's black sister and understands their pain. Because this suits her current narrative.

To be fair to MM, her acting CV at least describes the ethnic range she would be able to play, rather than how she identifies. She could pass as Caucasian, and that would massively increase the roles available to her, so I don't think she should be criticised for this.

I always felt uncomfortable with the "I stand before you as your sister" speech, because plainly she didn't. When she left that gathering she would have gone back to comfortable and safe accommodation with the finest food and facilities available. She did not, and never would, share their experience.

I think her intentions were good but it was a sound bite, nothing more. And she hadn't thought through what it actually meant, which seems something of a pattern.

Lollypop701 · 16/01/2020 08:29

Sorry, but so far all I’ve got in my head is ... megxit and the halfwit prince

Myimaginarycathasfleas · 16/01/2020 08:29

Well, apologies folks for that formatting debacle. (Thanks, IPad, you fucker).

I hope you are all OK and it didn't give you migraine.

SingingLily · 16/01/2020 08:31

I hope you are all OK and it didn't give you migraine.

At least you asked us if we are all OK.

Not many people do.

Grin
MrsBrentford · 16/01/2020 08:33

I know you are all worried but I am ok 👍🏻

I see we haven’t been told off overnight.

Notwiththeseknees · 16/01/2020 08:34

I have found my people! Sorry I'm late - I assumed no threads were permitted to criticise their Royal Wokenesses. I assumed that something like this would happen on the day they announced their engagement. Unless you live in the UK and even then, it is impossible to imagine the sheer dedication and graft being members of the RF. The damned if you do, damned if you don't attitude from the press. It called The Firm for a reason and that cutesy little girl pose was just 'off'. The finishing of PH's sentences, the touching of his arm, the pushing him by the small of the back, it just didn't add up. I think he has been a bit gas lighted into believing he is 'fragile'.

Frogmore Cottage was never going to work - what a dump compared with Anmer House and it is too close to the plebs (us), the car park and the aircraft noise must be horrendous.

It's also so insulting to the Canadians - we will hang about here until Trump goes, then we can spend more time with our pals in LA as that is where we really want to go - but you guys will do for now!

Grrrrrrrr - can you tell I needed to vent 🤣