Why is Harry talking?

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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8234071/Row-Prince-Harry-claims-UKs-coronavirus-crisis-better-led-believe.html

Is there something seriously wrong with him?

Harry said -

'If u love Meg, please call me'

There's nothing like this old chestnut to show how far people will go to achieve their own end.

To put on record how TM feels, to actually state as fact that's how he felt - without him telling her - is off the scale arrogance. I wouldn't be surprised if he did testify against her, partly because at this stage he has nothing to lose and partly because they appear to have similar characters.

I know TheCloot, it’s a slippery slope to go down.

“If you love me you’ll do this” “if you love me you’ll that”

Very childish way of communicating and exercising control.

“If you love me you’ll do this” “if you love me you’ll that”

It could be from an Abusers handbook.

In truth, I suspect Harry Wales isn't used to being told "No".

I can't imagine Sunshine Sachs is particularly happy about that Forbes piece either, as they are specifically mentioned as being responsible for what generally seems to be seen as an on-going PR disaster.

Their public relations are now being handled by the Los Angeles-based celebrity agency Sunshine Sachs.

Why would any prospective client choose them?

He said allegations relating to Mr Markle “appear to have been put on to the record without the claimant [the duchess] having contacted her father to see if he agrees with them”.

Is this important, though? Can she not assert that the key factor here is her observed distress at TM's treatment by the press, without TM actually having to agree or disagree with her perspective?

i think their arrogance comes from their royal visits abroad, meetings with the high level people there, how they were cheered, respected, etc. they started to feel themselves as grandiose.

A very minor point, I know, but Harry seems able to text quite long words but always uses "u" for "you".
My daughters don't to that and they're a lot younger than Harry. I don't do it (probably because I'm older than Harry).
Is this a remembering-when-I-was-a-yoof thing?

LaMarschallin - Don't think so, I sometimes use u instead of you, and I'm older than Harry.

Is that the only text speak you use then?

If so, why aren't you putting "l8" for "late" and "f" instead of "th"?
They save valuable pico-seconds too.

To me it looks ridiculous to stick a "u" in an otherwise normal sentence.

LaMarschallin - Probably because that's the only one I know! Have never really thought about it to be honest.

@LaMarschallin that stood out to me too! I’m delurking to add my penny’s worth. Only people I know who still use the u are family members in their 50s-60s, and I think it’s because they think it’s still cool.

At first this made me suspicious that they were fake texts, perhaps written by someone who thought that’s how millennials talk, but apparently not. Maybe Harry thinks this gives him the common touch and relatability factor when talking to non royals?

Maybe Harry thinks this gives him the common touch and relatability factor when talking to non royals?

That's a possibility, Mariposa 🦋.

Mamamia456

Probably because that's the only one I know! Have never really thought about it to be honest.

Fair enough. It's just the people I know of Harry's age (and a bit older and younger) don't use it any more.

Even most older people (say, 60s up - "older" people are always older than oneself, I suppose ) just write normally.

And someone in their 30s would certainly have known about sentences like "c u l8r m8" from back in the day.
Now, with more educated thumbs and better phones, nobody seems to bother.

I hope they reevaluate & think about their actions & the consequences of them. The press have not been innocent in this but the Sussexes war against the media would have been dealt with better if they’d just kept their heads down & taken time out. It may not all have gone away but out of sight out of mind

Precisely - but again, that would have taken judgement and there doesn't seem to be any

Mariposa - Well I definitely don't use it to try and be cool 😁.

When will the judge decide on Friday's proceedings?

@Mamamia456 my own use of the word cool probably now makes me uncool by default 🙂

@CallmeAngelina apparently within the next week

I haven't really followed the story in the press regarding MM's letter, but I did read that the MoS published it because the style in which she wrote it, ie elaborate handwriting and no words crossed out and it looked as though it had been copied from a draft, meant that she knew it would be made public at some time.

I have always drafted letters first, even personal ones, and would never send a letter to someone full of mistakes and with words crossed out, so I don't really buy this.

That Forbes article is cutting, I thought the American media were supposed to be the nicer ones.

Was thinking of the difference between the Godparents that they went so out of their way to use Royal privilege to avoid revealing so that there wouldn't be any media interference with them and now the 5 friends who presumably will all be put on the stand/video chat.

I never understood why they weren't named like it wasn't really something I think you'd need anonymity for but presumably its something either all of them or some of them wanted. I wonder if they were consulted before this case and how they feel now about being called as witnesses and embroiled in something a lot bigger than talking about how nice your friend is especially as one of them will be named presumably as leaking information (the letter) and allegedly not consulting their friend before speaking to the press about her

have always drafted letters first, even personal ones, and would never send a letter to someone full of mistakes and with words crossed out, so I don't really buy this.

I have never drafted letters first or rewrote if there were mistakes. I don't think most people do draft their letters first. I think it's quite unusual to do so tbh. I think it was written entirely with public consumption in mind.

Much like the text messages pre the wedding

I don't think he's very bright. Nice enough chap, grand in the Arctic or with his mates from the army. Punching above with M, just not that smart, really. The Royals had the best education money could buy, not a fine brain between them really.

I wouldn't send a deeply personal letter to someone, who had previously sold stories to the media about me without considering the realistic notion that they would also send the letter to the highest bidder.

I believe that she was disappointed that her father sat on the letter for so long, and that's why she let her friends mention it in the People article.

YgritteSnow - I must admit I am a bit of a perfectionist like that, but I always thought that's what everyone did.