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callmeadoctor · 08/06/2020 09:29

www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1292590/meghan-markle-prince-harry-la-career-plans-latest-royal-news

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OverUnderSidewaysDown · 18/06/2020 17:32

Cobblestone Lane puts me in mind of the 1980s children's book series called Puddle Lane.

CherrySpritz · 18/06/2020 17:58

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SunbathingDragon · 18/06/2020 18:03

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But I still want to know HOW they are going to make the amount of money required to fund the lifestyle they seem to aspire to? Apparently they want to be philanthropists. But this is the wrong way round. You become a philanthropist, like Bill Gates, when you’ve made your billions through your business activities and then set up a foundation to distribute that vast wealth to help others.

H&M just don’t have enough money to fund a multi-million dollar mansion, private jets, 24/7 security, £50,000 designer dresses. They’ll blast through Harry’s £34M and her reported £5M in the blink of an eye. Well they will if they start to dig into their own money as even Charles‘s considerable wealth isn’t a bottomless pit.

Neither have the skills as far as I’m aware to enable them to generate multiple millions so just how are they going to do it? You don’t get that sort of income from your charitable foundation and if you do, there’s something very corrupt going on. Certainly there’s a limit to how many times the corporate world will pay to listen to poor H bleating on about his dead mother and his mental health.

There seems to be such an enormous disconnect between their huge ambitions for themselves and the very limited skills they have to try to achieve them.

They are either deluded or else they are planning on doing something different to what they have so far said.

I wonder if M thought she would be offered her pick of Hollywood films and make millions that way.

lifestooshort123 · 18/06/2020 18:08

Whatever the mistakes and whoever is at fault, I've always had a soft spot for Harry. I've watched him grow up and I wish he was back home with the RF and involved in the army again. I feel for him living this alien life in Tinsel Town.

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SunbathingDragon · 18/06/2020 18:12

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Whatever the mistakes and whoever is at fault, I've always had a soft spot for Harry. I've watched him grow up and I wish he was back home with the RF and involved in the army again. I feel for him living this alien life in Tinsel Town.
I think that a large number of people had a soft spot for him and, as a result, Harry probably assumed the public goodwill would stay with him when he decided to leave the RF. As a result, the backlash is probably harder for him to deal with right now.
CherrySpritz · 18/06/2020 18:23

@lifestooshort123

Whatever the mistakes and whoever is at fault, I've always had a soft spot for Harry. I've watched him grow up and I wish he was back home with the RF and involved in the army again. I feel for him living this alien life in Tinsel Town.
While he seemed to have many good qualities I have a feeling that he’s always been entitled and chippy and his public image was very well managed when he was under the protection of the RF. Now he’s out on his own with MM stoking his burgeoning sense of injustice and paranoia we’re seeing the less than lovely aspects of his personality.
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Viviennemary · 18/06/2020 19:13

The DM has written Meghan said that Jessica M was going to be dropped by her anyway as Meghan feels that JM has been trading too much on Meghan's royal name. Oh the irony. Completely lost on them. I suppose that's what comes of having no self awareness.

Justmuddlingalong · 18/06/2020 20:25

🤣 The irony indeed! Imagine trading on a royal name, who would try to do such a thing?

BarleylemonPenguin · 18/06/2020 20:25

Harry could do a Beckham and be sponsored by a watch brand or sailing company to which his royal status would add cachet (in the eyes of may consumers anyway).All of this global humanitarian vague charity stuff seems to be a lot harder work to get off the ground

Ironically, they have painted themselves into a corner because the humanitarian stuff is the only thing they can do (but are not heavy hitters in this domain either because all they have is Di). H is actually too close to the throne for commercial ventures to work (I really can't imagine him advertising watches like others further down the line can and I can't imagine any company wanting to be associated with him because of the possibility of 'getting it wrong' and getting into trouble with the Queen - as she has repeatedly demonstrated since January. Most things they attempt are likely to be shut down. I wonder if making them unemployable in the eyes of the world was part of her plan

scottsdc15 · 18/06/2020 20:40

"Ironically, they have painted themselves into a corner because the humanitarian stuff is the only thing they can do (but are not heavy hitters in this domain either because all they have is Di). H is actually too close to the throne for commercial ventures to work "

I agree with these statements. Harry's cousin got so much s* for that Chinese milk advertisement. I can't imagine H & M doing anything similar and getting anything but the same response - and amplified. And I think the more ventures they do, the more they cheapen their brand.

People like Angelina Jolie were able to expertly navigate and balance their business & humanitarian work, but that's because they made their money first and then dabbled in philanthropy. Mostly spending their own money.

Harry & Meghan -though rich - have no interest (as far as I can tell) in using their own money to support their causes. I see them more as trying to copy the Clinton foundation model, and I don't see this ending well.

Roussette · 18/06/2020 21:13

This thread is turning pretty horrible again. Creaming money from charities. Really?

What an awful thing to insinuate.

ButteryPuffin · 18/06/2020 21:15

Yes, philanthropy as individuals does imply you donate your own money. What they actually could be is fundraisers, but that means you're working for other people, not in charge.

ButteryPuffin · 18/06/2020 21:21

It's already been said on here that the royal family as a whole are living off what others contribute. Is that ok but speculating about individuals doing that isn't?

Roussette · 18/06/2020 21:31

No comparison

thisenglishlife · 18/06/2020 21:33

None of you know how they will make their money or how they will help others.

Justmuddlingalong · 18/06/2020 21:38

Neither do they it seems.

Viviennemary · 18/06/2020 21:41

Being a philanthropist does imply that it is somebody who has made a lot of money and now wants to help others using that money they have made. Not sure if that's quite what H and M have in mind. Will they be spending their own money on these good causes. I read Harry has around £30m and Meghan has £3-5 Million.

alliwantisagoodnightssleep · 18/06/2020 21:45

According to our friends at google the definition of philanthropist is:

A philanthropist is a person who donates time, money, experience, skills or talent to help create a better world. Anyone can be a philanthropist, regardless of status or net worth.

So technically they can be a philanthropist if the don’t donate their own money.

Justmuddlingalong · 18/06/2020 21:51

So the same thing as Madge who volunteers in the Cancer Research shop. I don't think that's quite the type of philanthropy M and H are aiming for. And absolutely no offence to Madge or any other volunteers, obviously.

alliwantisagoodnightssleep · 18/06/2020 22:05

justmuddling exactly like Madge but with more photo ops!!

MissEliza · 18/06/2020 22:18

I was very interested to read this article by Lawrence Fox.

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BarleylemonPenguin · 18/06/2020 22:19

The thing is, we are all discussing these events as if these two individuals are free to sail off into the sunset and do their own thing. Clearly, they are not, and never were. They are connected to the RF in a way that other individuals severing ties with organisations are not. They had a very narrow remit while in the RF, and, now that they have 'left', still have that very narrow remit about what they can do. They just took it with them. They are far, far worse off than they ever were when in the RF. This is why joining the RF is not a game, and why so many don't want to do it or get into trouble when they do. The adult, mature reality of 'royalling' is very different to what is in the imagination - and, it's for the rest of one's life Shock

CherrySpritz · 18/06/2020 22:41

@Roussette

This thread is turning pretty horrible again. Creaming money from charities. Really? What an awful thing to insinuate.
People have different opinions to you. That doesn’t mean the thread is ‘turning pretty horrible.’