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Why is Harry talking?

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botanicalart · 19/04/2020 17:49

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?

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EthelMayFergus · 20/04/2020 12:18

Bubbles I think you're right about the court case, I don't think The Mail care if they win or lose - they just want to spill some beans.

RosesandIris · 20/04/2020 12:20

Don’t forget that Thomas claims he’s going to testify. That will be a massive draw .

CanIHaveAPenguinPlease · 20/04/2020 12:23

HaM May win but it may be a hollow victory.

ChicChicChicChiclana · 20/04/2020 12:26

"I don’t know why they keep using their titles instead of their real names when they moved to a country that famously cut loose from the Throne and apparently want to be private citizens."

Exactly, to the pp who said this. I was supportive (insofar as I gave it much thought) or them when they decided to "step back" from the Royal family. And I thought, good on HMQ for making it plain exactly what that meant from her perspective Grin.

Now, I just look at them both and think "what the actual jeff do you think you're doing? why are we still hearing from you? why do you expect anyone to be interested?"

SkaraBrae · 20/04/2020 12:26

Why are talking about her holding the baby?

BubblesBuddy · 20/04/2020 12:28

The first hearing is due next week against The Mail on Sunday. Demonising the papers in advance is the tactic. However court reporting is open to everyone unless it’s judged as being a closed court. Unlikely one would think.

TerribleCustomerCervix · 20/04/2020 12:28

Remember when Harry was really popular, he was the one member of the RF that you could imagine going on a night out with. Joined the army, pretended to race Hussein Bolt, just generally seemed down to earth and a good laugh?

It’s clear now that the RF just had an incredible PR team and Harry is actually a bit of a wanker.

Blossom513 · 20/04/2020 12:34

twitter.com/scobie/status/1252187849321054208?s=20

It's Omid Scobie but this thread gives a bit more detail to the reply they have submitted today. I wonder what the MoS have to be prepared for this to go to court.

Interesting she acknowledges her friends did speak out about the letter but she didn't know they would. Some friends huh? Hmm I can't remember if we know who they are or if they were just a source. Wonder if she is still friends with them, that would be very telling. Do you think the MoS have proof they feed stories to the press maybe? Or do you think the full letter and dispute with Thomas Markle is going to come to light?

wrongsideofhistorymyarse · 20/04/2020 12:45

The two of them remind me of Becky Sharp and Rawdon Crawley from Thackeray’s Vanity Fair.

Perfect.

FrancisCrawford · 20/04/2020 12:54

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LikeGlitterandGold · 20/04/2020 12:57

I'm just glad they didn't stay in Canada and we're don't have to pay for their security. I have a question though...I thought they gave up their RF titles but they refer to themselves as Duke and Duchess?

Viviennemary · 20/04/2020 12:59

Because he no longer has advisors telling him not to say idiotic things. Or if he has he's not listening.

RubyViolet · 20/04/2020 13:05

FrancisCrawford Shock

I had totally forgotten this. www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jan/12/prince-harry-racism

LetTheCabbagesDie · 20/04/2020 13:12

Apparently there is going to be a virtual court hearing on Friday when MM and the Mail have the case heard.

Do we get to "Zoom" in? Court cases like this can normally be public, right?

LetTheCabbagesDie · 20/04/2020 13:13

@RubyViolet bloody hell, me too! Shock

MissEliza · 20/04/2020 13:14

Omg that 'little P friend' comment was horrifying. Then he was the bloody nerve to talk about 'unconscious racism'. Apologise for your bloody conscious racism first.

GoodStuffAnnie · 20/04/2020 13:37

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Packingsoapandwater · 20/04/2020 13:37

Crikey, I'd never heard about that story. Blimey, who the hell says shit like that?

It weirdly explains a lot though. I've had a few problems with the accusations that Britain is racist to Markle, largely because it seems to ignore the reality that the working class of my generation (Gen X) saw a fairly high number of mixed race children born to one English parent and one West Indian parent, and many of those parents freely married in Britain in the 60s and 70s when there were fairly severe civil rights problems in the US.

To say Britain is racist, to me, is to deny that British society and culture is full of mixed race middle-aged people now in their own mixed marriages who are an integral part of British life and society, and have been for decades.

The Markle racism angle almost seems to suggest that she is the only mixed race woman ever to set foot in Britain. Confused

But weirdly, I'm wondering if a lot of this is because Harry has lived in a bubble world where Markle is the first biracial woman ever to enter the fold in a real way. And he assumes Britain is like the world he has lived in (where exposure to people of colour has been limited), whereas, in reality, many ordinary white people have had biracial children and adults in their families and lives for up to fifty years or so now.

Packingsoapandwater · 20/04/2020 13:46

Okay, I'll just kinda try to make a bit of a point about this.

If Britain was so racist towards biracial women, then it would follow that women like Zadie Smith and Oona King would never have had any professional success in this country.

Only Smith became a feted author and King now sits in the Lords - - and neither of them, despite being in highly vicious fields (literature and politics), ever really received much criticism at all.

NotEverythingIsBlackandWhite · 20/04/2020 13:56

Harry is talking because he is no longer on the front pages and he doesn't like that he and his wife have become irrelevant to most people.

I wish he would just stop talking because he seems to put his foot in it every time he opens his mouth or does something.

The tabloids printed pictures of him and Meghan delivering a dozen or so meals to those in need. That is fine but he had to be in a Porsche car along with their security detail. They have now downgraded to a Cadillac but they just don't seem to understand how this comes across.

Why can't they do things without the press knowing? If I was famous I'd disguise myself so that no-one took pictures of me and I wouldn't publicise it. They want to use the press to show them in a positive light but don't like it when they get pulled up in things.

I wish they would just go and live their lives privately and totally give up their HRH titles and stop trying to cash on in the Royal Family. Of course, that will never happen because they do want publicity but they want to control what is said about them.

YgritteSnow · 20/04/2020 13:59

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peppermintcapsules · 20/04/2020 14:10

Of course, that will never happen because they do want publicity but they want to control what is said about them.

And cry foul and spit their dummy out when others will not do what H&M want, which is to fawn over them and big them up. Their plan to be George and Amal Clooney or the next Brangelina flopped so now they are scrambling.

fuckinghellthisshit · 20/04/2020 14:16

This is from PopBitch yesterday:

Snapper's delight

Blossom513 · 20/04/2020 14:23

The photos in the Sun are credited to Jeff Rayner of LA-based photo agency Coleman-Rayner. You may remember Jeff as the man who previously set up the staged shots of Thomas Markle getting fitted for a wedding suit and searching for pictures of Harry at an internet café – the ones that kicked off the entire Markle family imbroglio in the first place.

I saw this mentioned on twitter earlier today but with no source. Can't be bothered to look, but if it's true then this shows just how bloody hypocritical this pair are.

AmeliaE · 20/04/2020 14:33

Has he said when they are going to pay back Frogmore? That is the statement we need from that couple now that the UK is short of cash.

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