Thread 18?

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I go away for the weekend and thread 17 disappears

March isn’t too far away now. Will we see their return for the commonwealth service?

Have they found a new home yet?

Will they make an appearance at Beatrice’s wedding?

OVienna which law firm have they hired? They may have started the law suit assuming the MOS would settle. They may have instructed their client to settle early in the process but they refused. They may have proposed a settlement to the MOS but the MOS refused.

Yes absolutely Harry should have known it was a cultural gaffe. Cultural as in appropriateness, I don’t think it’s necessarily a more American word. But should knowing and actually knowing are two different things of course. He may have known had he thought about but it didn’t occur to him. And it’s dependent on him approving the wording line by line before it went out. He may have left it to Meghan.

I suspect they might be hurling lawsuits out left, right and centre as warning shots across the bows so show the world that they are not to be fucked with (E.g. the supposed pap shots walking the dogs with Archie in the park that were clearly staged)
It seems that they have bitten off more than they can chew with the DM on this one though. The Mail seems confident that they have a strong case here.

And I agree; Megan has shown Harry a way out, and as she was leaving regardless (and taking Archie with her), he had little choice in the end.

CanIHaveATiaraPlease

That has always been what I thought. William warned, Harry was up in arms about it as he had found the love of his life (and no-one else had wanted to marry him), and he was determined not to let her go. Hence why he didn't explain the RF hierarchy, and she assumed they'd be leading a Hollywood lifestyle, without understanding the (boring) duty part.

Despite everything, I still feel sorry for him.

It seems that they have bitten off more than they can chew with the DM on this one though. The Mail seems confident that they have a strong case here

I’m not a lawyer so could have this wrong. Once things are stated in court; they are in the public domain, so the MoS can “publish and be damned”
In the UK, damages are usually only of the order of a few hundred thousand, so even if they lose; the MOS have probably done a calculation that it’s worth it in the extra clicks and advertising revenue they will get. They are published in the US, Canada and Oz online so that is a big chunk of advertising revenue, with new Sussex material.

In the US, there are punitive damages aswell, so the threat of being sued is a bigger deterrent.

In terms of checking any instructions, re: a Brutish audience; Harry does not seem like a details man. Tbh, the opinion of theUK does not seem to matter much to Meghan. She has quite the scorched earth policy when she moves on.

Megan has shown Harry a way out, and as she was leaving regardless (and taking Archie with her), he had little choice in the end

I’m not so sure about the leaving regardless. I think in the Africa interviews, it sounded like Harry was thinking about living in Africa. It’s always been his dream. Once Meghan had convinced him to leave in principle; it was easier to switch it up to North America.
I suspect Harry was presented with the 6 week break in Canada as exactly that. It was only once they were out there that it became permanent. Hence there still being engagements in the Diary for 6 months from November.

angelina it would not surprise me if the Mail wants its day in court. At all. But I believe this is something that anyone who was advising them should have warned them of beforehand and I reckon would have.

I never thought there was any scenario in which Meghan would live quietly in the African bush.

Angelina it’s the Mail on Sunday they’re suing, not the Daily Mail. They’re separate papers. Technically it’s the company that owns both companies that they’re suing - DMG Media.

i never thought there was any scenario in which Meghan would live quietly in the African bush

But I’m pretty sure she convinced Harry she was open to Africa.
Their first holiday together was a tent in Africa.

Wasn't that holiday to Botswana on their third date? They certainly didn't hang about!

www.itv.com/news/2019-10-20/prince-harry-africa-could-be-home-but-would-be-hard-make-much-of-a-difference-on-the-continent/

Harry talking to Tom Bradby in October about Africa and spending a lot of time there, focussing on conservation.

Bit of a disconnect between that and networking with US bankers.
Who knows; once they have secured their independent funding, let’s hope Harry gets to spend time in Africa.

I've read that Blind thread now. Steer is they felt she was building a dossier on them.

I've read that Blind thread now. Steer is they felt she was building a dossier on them.

OV (as I call you) this was hinted about heavily in mainstream media too, that MM wrote down every single interaction with RF members.

surely Harry should have known better than to allow something to go out mentioning their intent to "collaborate" with the Queen, ffs!!! Who do they think they ARE???

It’s truly astonishing that they would use such a term as “collaborate” in connection with an actual QUEEN! The levels of naïveté and sheer arrogance are off the scale. And yes indeed: just who do they think they ARE?

Keeping a diary about your interactions with your dhs family?

Only 2 reasons I can think of - abusive in laws or leverage for a deal at a later date?

But we don’t know who wrote it.
Of course we don’t - but surely the prince and his wife had a vested interest in checking the wording? Or are they really that careless?

drina27 They are the “breath of fresh air, the couple to modernise the monarchy, the humanitarians with 11mil social media following, the creators of a brand worth 1bil”

This is the narrative they try to put forward, and the most galling thing is trying to pass off as self-made.

CanIHaveATiaraPlease

Kate and Fergie were treated disgustingly by the media. And those joining in perpetuated many harmful stereotypes of women.

You can see something similar on these threads. Meghan is painted as the manipulator etc, for example.

Meghan had it even worse though as a woman of colour.

Again attempts to dismiss her experience are harmful, not only to her but women and people of colour in general.

Tiara maybe Charles is financially abusive for only giving them a 2mil annual allowance

collaborate

Surely, all possible avenues of outrage on this were exhausted umpteen threads ago!

What has transpired makes sense to me now of something I thought unusual on the wedding day: best man Prince William’s odd look as he turned to watch the Disney Princess being escorted up the aisle. It was a mixture of disbelief and bemusement.

About the RF members asking permission to get married - is it just protocol or could the Queen say no, and that’s it?