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Harry and Meghan biography

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sunshinesupermum · 26/04/2020 12:08

Hasn't Prince Harry learnt anything from his mother's experience of having someone write her biography 'to set the record straight'? Couldn't they have at least waited until after his grandmother's death, however long that might be?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8257071/Meghan-Harry-biography-bombshell-Royals.html

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caperberries · 02/05/2020 20:31

The subtext is cheeky fucker territory “The Making Of A Modern Royal Family “!

Hmm, it seems a breach of their exit agreement!

Mummyoflittledragon · 02/05/2020 20:32

The title reminds me of Nelson Mandela - Long walk to freedom. Hardly in the same league. And yes, very cf with the modern royal bit.

HerRoyalNotness · 02/05/2020 20:35

WTAF? I’d they’d put in a good 10 years and made some decent changes modernising the institution fair enough. This is ridiculous!

miri1985 · 02/05/2020 20:35

I think the song "Free Nelson Mandela" could be updated to "Free Harry and Meghan" and used to raise money for them to get a lovely house in Malibu

TimeLady · 02/05/2020 20:39

Interesting timing.

Can't wait to read the reviews. Grin

ButteryPuffin · 02/05/2020 20:43

There's a lot to be irritated by there but I'll plump for 'the young couple'. I don't think this should be how you describe people 35 and over.

This has been said before but Omid Scobie really is an oddly mysterious figure. You get very little about him by googling and it's all from the past five years. Nothing on his childhood, where he went to university, his journalistic training.

miri1985 · 02/05/2020 20:51

This has been said before but Omid Scobie really is an oddly mysterious figure. You get very little about him by googling and it's all from the past five years. Nothing on his childhood, where he went to university, his journalistic training.

I've read on twitter that he used to go out with Markus Anderson of Soho house fame but I haven't seen anything that confirms that other than people saying it.
Interesting as well that he got first billing despite his surname being second alphabetically, it must mean that its more his book than Carolyn Durand's

Thatbitchcarolebaskin · 02/05/2020 20:52

Could one of the friends be Priyanka Chopra? She’s been Markled now hasn’t she?

7Worfs · 02/05/2020 20:55

Years from now there will be a reveal - someone will pull the rubber mask off his face and...

...it will be Megs! Shock

and she would have almost got away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling MNers

Mummyoflittledragon · 02/05/2020 20:56

7worfs 😂😂😂

yoloPenguinsEatfish · 02/05/2020 21:01

Well, good grief. That blurb is even more sick-making than I would have expected. But what a gift for tomorrow's papers.

Mamamia456 · 02/05/2020 21:04

Mummyoflittledragon

I don't think that balcony scene is an example of MM thinking she knows best, she just turned round to say something to Harry, she probably didn't realise that the National Anthem was just about to start and they should all be facing the front.

There is a video of the Queen telling William off during the Trooping of the Colour one year. Nobody seems to be reading any more in to that.

Womanlywiles · 02/05/2020 21:07

Oh dear.

I think it's pretty presumptuous and pompous to talk about "creating a humanitarian legacy" when you haven't done anything yet. I also think it's for others to call a person "a humanitarian" rather than to declare yourself so. Isn't it as a result of such sterling efforts over many years that people feel an individual is "a humanitarian" and has moved beyond the role they have into embracing something larger? Princess Diana only described herself as such after 15 years and as an attempt to not have her work with landmines and their prevention politicized. You don't find "being a humanitarian" as a degree or a job description because it's a quality as a result of going far beyond the normal expectations of your role. H & M haven't done anything extraordinary at all when it comes to public service as far as I can tell, compared to many of the other royals: the Queen herself, Anne, Charles or Sophie. This seems just a cynical money maker.

Although I am sure they are very frustrated at their inability to talk back and defend themselves when senior Royals. I can't see how this won't seriously damage their relationships with all of Harry's family even more and completely infuriate the Queen.

Won't they look like complete fools if noone wants to touch them with a barge pole after this and all of their big dreams and assumptions about how they will bless us all from on high (while hanging with A listers and Royals) in the future don't come to fruition?

As someone in the USA this seems like extremely bad timing. I don't think anyone who is identified with a monied elite wants to draw attention to themselves at the present time. Considering such great suffering and fear in the country and the world that could potentially last years and cause a financial crisis worse than the Great Depression.

DandyWoreHoles · 02/05/2020 21:17

^The subtext is cheeky fucker territory “The Making Of A Modern Royal Family “!*

That’s the subtitle.

The subtext is “We ARE The Royals. And we escaped! And now we are FINDING OURSELVES while still being ROYAL but also: Relatable. But in an INSPIRATIONAL way because unlike you, we’re changing the world ... which we can finally do now we are FREEE ... but still ROYAL.”

Blueroses99 · 02/05/2020 21:17

There are some suggestions as to who the Markle 5 might be (about half way down the blog post):
harrymarkle.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/meghans-pity-party-of-porky-pies/

CanIHaveAPenguinPlease · 02/05/2020 21:18

Young couple? Young couple? Pull the other one. Young is mid 20’s & below. I got married in my 30’s. Dh & I didn’t refer to ourselves as a young couple.

CathyorClaire · 02/05/2020 21:20

Carolyn Durand is some sort of hack for Oprah Magazine.

Funny how many roads lead back there.

And the decision to 'step back' isn't 'unprecedented' Hmm. The parallels with Edward VIII (culminating in uttter irrelevance)e are very well documented.

CanIHaveAPenguinPlease · 02/05/2020 21:21

God the RF must be seething. Harry really should know better. And he is to blame for this. He’s been brought up in RF & knows the score.

Womanlywiles · 02/05/2020 21:23

This seems such a dangerous strategy when you are still financially dependent on your Royal father for your extremely extravagant lifestyle, and the good will of others to still see you as someone worthy of the respect and special treatment of a member of the RF. If you don't want to be treated as Royal that can quickly be arranged. Rejection can work both ways. The public in the US may be just as unimpressed as the UK if Harry appears to bite the very hand that gives him his status, especially with an elderly and dutiful monarch in the middle of a pandemic.

TinRoofRusty · 02/05/2020 21:36

Wow, they really love themselves. They believe their own delusional hype. Finding Freedom, FFS. What a fucking insult to people who've had to escape desperate circumstances.

TimeLady · 02/05/2020 21:37

My guess is that the publishers read the judgement yesterday and thought "WTF? We need to get this out there before the shit hits the fan big time".

Mummyoflittledragon · 02/05/2020 21:52

Mamamia
I googled that video of PW. He stooped down and turned his head to the side rather than facing behind as he addressed his very young child. HM told him to stand up, which he did. Meghan turned her back on the people she was supposed to be honouring in front of millions - to have a chat. HM seems to have rules for everything and therefore I imagine will have a rule prohibiting such behaviour, which came over as extremely rude even if the national anthem were not about to play. Meghan did this not once but twice. Had she taken advice, she would have known how to act. The only job she and the other royals had that day was to be fully attentive to what was happening, stand and smile.

alliwantisagoodnightssleep · 02/05/2020 21:57

Coincidence that the book information was released on Charlotte’s birthday??

StartupRepair · 02/05/2020 22:00

Lol at their desire to be 'away from the spotlight'.

DandyWoreHoles · 02/05/2020 22:01

Thanks, yes I saw the blind - I just forgot about it Blush

Yes you did @CanIHaveAPenguinPlease ! You posted it on another thread the day before it came up here, doh Grin