Harry and Meghan - "It Has Come To This"

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These are the words of Prince Harry. He sounded defeated. He has lost his military patronages. He is no longer living anywhere near his brother or father. He is moving to Canada.

Meanwhile, Meghan has been photographed in the park, with Archie and the dogs, beaming. It seems that she alerted the paparazzi herself. Meghan has truly got what Meghan wants.

I wonder what they said to one another when he got back?

*I'm not sure as she has loads of freckles and moles which not everyone is keen on. One leading magazine reported they may have darkened due to hormonal changes whilst pregnant and that her skin was dehydrated. Doesn't sound as if she has "amazing skin".

Really? If that's 'dehydrated skin' then it still looked great to me. And surely you just have freckles and moles, they're not a skin problem? I agree with @bohemia14 that her freckles are charming and I'm glad (as a freckle owner myself) there's someone in the public eye who has them and is considered beautiful.

Not sure what the hell is going on on Instagram though. It really would be best to be quiet for a bit. Unless you can't afford to lose time building your brand. @SingingLily - really interesting about the date of the company registration. Clearly a lot's been happening behind the scenes.

Morning everyone,

I think there are a LOT of coincidental posting going on at the moment. I really like Kate’s initiative, it seems amazing for children and it is sad if it is being bumped down the news as I think it needs all the publicity it gets.

M’s skin looks amazing though, with the freckles. I love freckles, which I had some

'Meghan owes me - it's time to look after daddy'.

Apparently a direct quote from Mr Markle. Whatever one might think of her, he does sound like a real piece of work.

Do they even control their own insta though? Genuine question... haven't they git a team to do that?

Coincidently I used to live on the same street as The Mayhew, just a few doors down.

I am sure they have a team.... but what is the instructions to the team? “Avoid posting general pictures when the RF is announcing a new initiative” (very easy to do), “keep posting so we stay relevant” or “do make sure that if W&K are in the news, we have a lovely update as well”....

What the Barber Shot and Shouting Cats

No, no - how about:

Shouting Cats - and What the Barber Shot.

Um.

Trying to get it to flow.

Then realise it doesn't have to flow. I keep seeing it as What the Butler Saw

and that has nothing to do with shouting cats.

Hmmmm.

Impressed that SingingLily got a whole extra five minutes in bed this morning because her shouting cat permitted this for once.

One of mine woke me at 03.19, head-butting and licking my hand.

I mean - just why?

coincidental posting
My arse

Here is the culprit

No! I succumbed and clicked on that instagram.

Detaching from such social media signalling is definitely good for my mental state.

Even if the post timing was coincidental, I too do not understand the point of the influx of retrospective charity posts. “Look at all these nice things I have done”? It looks to me like that’s what her message is “I do stuff for charity! I’m nice! Look!”

I think all the royal accounts are pushing the DoC today and quite rightly too. She's a working royal and not trying to get attention solely for herself. People will get bored of Meghan and Harry very quickly and they will run out of ideas, unless they have another baby to join "merchie" (love this!)

Really? If that's 'dehydrated skin' then it still looked great to me.
Aren't most celebs photos altered anyway?

And surely you just have freckles and moles, they're not a skin problem?
I haven't said they are a skin problem. Just that not everyone is keen on them which is true. I also have freckles, which when I was younger I hated, but now love and some people used to comment on them as if they were unattractive (although others liked them). I'm just pointing out they aren't universally liked. I don't think moles are attractive though.

I'm glad (as a freckle owner myself) there's someone in the public eye who has them and is considered beautiful.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some will consider her beautiful and others won't.

Well if meghan wants to post her pics let her.... but hey, Kate survey
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i think we need why kate is great thread as well

I don't understand why MM is posting pictures of something she did weeks ago as a member of the RF. I thought they wanted out of the RF. Why are they still calling themselves their royal highnesses on IG as well? When are they going to walk away from it?

Of course, the two photos at the dog place are of her as the main focus, one to highlight how nice a person she is, showing such concern for a dog. Same with the photo about her tying a ribbon for the South African girl that was raped and murdered, she always has to be the focus of attention.

Going back to his money, Harry was left £20m by his mother 20 years ago and £7m from his great GM 15 years ago (?). Presumably MM has the other millions that together add up to the £34m figure that is talked about.

Harry's money will have been invested over a long period. £20m invested for 20 years will be a lot more. Gold, for example, went up massively for a large chunk of those years - 300%? Investments would have been spread about of course but with compound interest, just having invested in gold, he's worth a lot more than £34m. I'm too scared to put what the compound interest calculator I found online is saying he would have as it's astronomical.

Of course as the RF they don't spend much - granny takes care of accommodation, holiday homes are given courtesy of friends, friends like Elton cover travel costs, there is always someone to pick up the bill so the £34m won't have been dented hardly at all. Given compound interest on a large chunk of it over 20 years they can afford their own security.

It's very easy to find out what engagements the RF are doing, she only has to look at the Court Circular which is in the public domain, anyone can look. I don't buy it for one minute that she didn't know.

How about "The Cat, the Barber and other pheasant pluckers"

Boris Johnson knows the power of a dog in PR.

Anyone else wonder if those dog leads were being advertised too? She was holding them very prominently in one shot.

But maybe I'm being ridiculous.

I think it's time Lupo Cambridge the gorgeous black lab got his own insta account.
He'd get millions of followers.
Someone would not be very amused

Myimaginarycathasfleas

Genius.

Just need capital letters for "Pheasant Pluckers" and it's good to go.

Mind you, surely we won't need a twelfth thread?

Teddy,
I looked at the Court Circular the other day and commented on here that I could see nothing for 2020 in the upcoming 8 weeks for HMQ, PC, PW, Kate but there were plenty of engagements for Princess Anne, Edward and even Duke of Gloucester. A poster responded that they don't list them for some of the RF for security reasons.

I'm pretty sure PH would have known or could find out about Kate's engagements yesterday and the day before which are in the press today anyway.

GuytheBeagle

I do not think you are being ridiculous.

I am fairly suspicious of all that MM does at the moment. I wish she would do something to redeem herself.

SingingLily are any vegetables, delivered by electric car, expected at your lavish residence today? (Apologies if your residence is not lavish. Ours certainly isn't.)

Just seen that quote from TM. I think he and M are more alike than they know. What an awful way to behave and what a thing to say.

I think it's time Lupo Cambridge the gorgeous black lab got his own insta account
That will never happen (but only because Lupo is a Cocker Spaniel).