Harry and Meghan fly off into the sunset (soon)

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The key point, of course, is that he is not flying helicopters, even for fun, but is begging for voiceover work for his wife at a Disney premiere instead of.. you know the rest

That wasn't the point I was answering. The key point is someone said he couldn't fly helicopters, I corrected them. It's a skill he has learnt. He can.

There is no correlation between passing exams to be able to fly helicopters and 'begging for voiceover work' as you so nicely put it.

Excellent post @FiveTwoFaster

Put website up with grandiose statements and ludicrous vernacular, backtrack repeatedly as the Palace point out the details needed thrashing out privately for a reason - reason being, the taxpayer has been pissed off a LOT.

That was extraordinarily lacking in judgement and decent PR advice.

He wasn’t begging

He was almost ordering

Showed his sense of entitlement

Private jets aren't necessarily all they're cracked up to be either. Very ... small. Convenient I suppose, but sometimes their airports (fields?) are in impossible to get to places unless one has a driver.

(Back in the day, I used to do some glamorous seeming stuff, through work. It was never as glamorous as you imagine from the outside though, probably much like being a member of Royalty)

The whole situation is fascinating. Within my group of friends, we've never really discussed the RF besides the big events, but M and H have been a topic of great discussion. People that were royalists are becoming apathetic and those that were monarchists seem to be vehemently against the whole institution now.

What were the deletions for?

That was extraordinarily lacking in judgement and decent PR advice

I know you were referring to the website, Catherine, but for me the really disturbing thing is just how many choices that sentence could be applied to ...

I think that FiveTwoFaster makes a useful point, that they scroll past stuff about what MM looks like, because they do not care. Plenty of PP have made similar comments about ignoring posts like this.

It probably makes the thread easier to read if you just do not pay attention to posts which do not interest you.

I haven't any pets of my own so I rely on other cat owners to share

Glad to oblige ... meet Holly and Ivy

FiveTwoFaster;
You have so nailed it !
Now all I am left with is a sense of grevience that I am required to contribute to their wretched security.

Thank you, @Puzzledandpissedoff! They are adorable! They could not have arrived at a more opportune moment either, as the Commonwealth Day Service coverage is already having me tearing my hair out with the constant references to the M-Ws. I mean, the day is all about them, right?

@ FiveTwoFaster best post on the thread

Puzzled!!

They're gorgeous! Holly and Ivy...did they arrive at Xmas?

Mischief keep us updated please, no TV near me

Delurking... nice to see Sophie getting good coverage there and promoting her work and causes. Was rather disappointed to hear the Royals won’t be arriving until 3ish ... I’ll was hoping to catch it all before school run.

And now Prince of Wales talking about environment video clip. So the links are all promoting royal work it’s just the commentary that’s mentioning m&h and it being their “last” thing

Thanks, Catherine and "myimaginarycat*

They actually arrived in the October, but with Christmas coming up the names seemed appropriate. I should explain they're 4 now, but thought you'd enjoy the kitten pics ...

kittens.... . Ours used to sleep in DD2's Baby Annabel bed when they first came home.

Here is a picture of a cat for you all

Oooooohhhhhh, what a gorgeous puss, Mustress - the colouring's just perfect. Intelligent looking, too

Just watching the commonwealth arrivals before the service and it seems to be shaping up for a really nice event

So the Order of Service says William and Kate are in the procession

It didn’t say Harry and Meghan were

But now there’s been a last minute change so W&K aren’t in the procession either?

I wonder what brought that about

Harry is leaving and William is in the line to be king

They’ve often been given equal privileges but from now on their different status will be clearer

Oh Harry you’re a fool

Countless of Wessex is looking amazing

William and Kate looking relaxed

@ilovejeffgoldblum said:

“I’ll bet my hat that the glib mentions of the McCanns, like racism was to get the thread deleted”.

I mentioned the McCanns in reference to the double standard where anything remotely speculative about them and their parenting is zapped, but all sorts of speculative things about MM are allowed, including the pearl clutching judgement about her parenting, and it is HER parenting that is criticized by the way, not Harry’s. It’s the double standard that intrigues me and I will continue to call out hypocrisy and double standards where I see them.

I can’t speak as to whether racist posts like the deleted monkey one are being made deliberately to have the thread pulled but I can definitely confirm that as it’s a free forum where you can apparently raise even the most speculative issues as long as they don’t break Talk Guidelines, I will definitely call out racism, with proof, if it rears its head again. And I will do so, I repeat, with proof, and without breaking Talk Guidelines.