Harry and Meghan news

[callmeadoctor]

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

I see points 1,2 and 3 already!

@Inspiralcarpetry , dandy was posting on another thread, I believe she is getting better but taking a break from mn for a while 😢

HaM originally intended to establish a foundation. They changed that to a non profit. I assume that was when someone explained to them that in the US, foundations are mostly seeded with money from their founders. Foundations are also subject to far more operating restrictions and far more IRS oversight than are non profits.

American NPOs typically spend very little on charitable activities, something like 5-15% of total revenue by those NPOs that carry on charitable activities. "Charitable activities" has a very specific definition for IRS purposes. Unlike a foundation, there is no requirement for an NPO to carry out any charitable activities. An NPO's net profit cannot benefit any individual. But, NPOs can pay salaries and expenses (as can foundations) to individuals.

Personally, I don't believe HaM's non profit will generate much funding from public donations. They are going to have to rely on funding from established foundations, or on any merchandise they sell related to their NPO.

Thanks halo , you've managed to explain that so succinctly snd without being patronising.
Even I understood it!😄

are people who don't agree that HaM = bad not allowed to post?

That is somewhat disingenuous. A poster claimed the entire thread is going to hell in a hand basket based on one post, which, it appears, only one other poster reacted to. Sousone was absolutely correct, IMHO.

Good to hear that Jeffgoldblum (*love your films!) and that's an interesting read Halo.

Thanks from me too, Halo - there's a lot I didn't know there, and it's becoming clearer why an NPO would be preferred

@Sousone

As I bystander who has never got involved in any disagreements on these threads, I’d just like to share an observation.

Certain posts have been present on every thread that has been deleted. They have the same MO on every single thread. It goes:

1. I’m here to balance the negativity
2. I disagree with you
3. Let me remind you that I’m entitled to disagree with you
4. Here are more reasons why I disagree with you

• if at this point they haven’t managed to escalate the ‘disagreement’ into a bunfight, they move to stage 5:

1. You’re disgusting/hateful/racist/misogynistic/and so on.

Stage 5 almost always gets a rise out of posters who then bite back and posts get deleted. The thread then gets zapped.

It comes as no surprise that we’re entering stage 5 just as the thread almost manages to reach page 40.

I enjoy reading these threads and hope they continue. Please posters, pay attention to what is going on and avoid it.

Agreed. It’s like real life though where there are some people that you just smile at, nod and ignore.

It wasn't based on one post. The one post was at the end of lots, I said about it and what I felt was unfair and pretty awful things posted about them on this thread on Tue 16June 1829hrs

I have asked often if there are rules who can post on this thread. I have not seen anything from mn hq.

I wouldn't think HaM would be able to afford to give loads of money away. Yes they are rich, but I read today that KYlie has 55 million, so compared to people like that, they are not.

And Sousome has a point. It is interesting to see so many posts deleted.

Thanks Halo, very interesting.

I think it is interesting how many people have strong feelings about H & M. Obviously they invoke strong feelings in many positive or negative (or about aspects of the discussions).

I think that when people are very strongly invested, there is a bigger scope for misunderstandings. And when there is upset, there is a bigger need for careful wording - unfortunately most people are less careful with their words when upset...

Agreed. It’s like real life though where there are some people that you just smile at, nod and ignore.

So true.

I think it is interesting how many people have strong feelings about H & M. Obviously they invoke strong feelings in many positive or negative (or about aspects of the discussions)

Yes, it's interesting. My very best friend who I've known nearly all my life, I could say probably has an opposing view to me about MM. Not hugely, not particularly based on anything, she just didn't really take to MM from the start. We talk about it from time to time, but it's all amicable because it's not strong dislike from her, and believe it or not, I'm not strong like.

I came across this.

Which is why Jessica is so obsessively protective of their relationship, almost to the point of paranoia. She walks a fine line of playing it to her advantage. A few people have told me that it is specified clearly in her pitch deck on the second page that she will under no circumstances ever talk about Meghan Markle. But the first page of the deck is a photo of her …at Meghan Markle’s wedding.

It sounds very much like H&M and their relationship with the RF. The only reason they are interesting is because they are members of the RF, but they don’t want to be working members of the RF. The only reason JM is well-known, is because she is a friend of MM’s, but she won’t let others capitalize on her friendship.

www.laineygossip.com/how-jessica-mulroney-used-white-privilege-and-white-fragility-against-sasha-exeter/66442

Lainey (Elaine Lui) is sort of rewriting history here. As noted in that long post, she works with JM's husband Ben, and prior to this event, her gossip blog had all sorts of negative insinuations about Kate Middleton, and plenty of positive ones abut Meghan Markle.

Latest DM “ Exclusive “
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8437497/Meghan-Markle-believes-shes-destined-help-fight-systemic-racism-US.html

Wow. If the reports on considering a political career are true, she will be in for a rude awakening. If she believes the UK tabloids were unfair, she will be in for a real shock once the GOP machine starts digging into her past. She will long for the day all she dealt with was the tabloids.

I think the reports of a political career are as believable as the friendship with Liza Minnelli. That is, made up twaddle to sell papers that some posters on here will lap up if it can be twisted to make MM look bad.

Of all the stories leaked recently I think there could be truth in this . MM has very strong views on a range of subjects and is a good public speaker .

Why would considering a political career make Meghan Markle "look bad"?

The only sources I can find on this are US Fox News and Daily Mirror so I, personally, will wait for something a bit more substantial !

@calmcoolandcollected - don't be disingenuous- you had already started to put a wee negative spin on it when you posted the dubious info.