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Harry and Meghan - everyone still being respectful please

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Oldbutstillgotit · 28/09/2020 10:17

Lots still to talk about .

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SunbathingDragon · 06/10/2020 21:05

@Pancakeorcrepe

Also didn’t David Duchovny become well known with the X Files? That’s the show that made him a success. And he was the lead in it, the same cannot be said for MM.
Agreed.
smilesy · 06/10/2020 21:06

@froggygoneacourting. As I said previously there is no reason why she should not move back to her home town other than she is supposed to be a member of the British Royal family and wants to be known as a Duchess. It is not possible to live in the USA and support British causes. This can only be done from the UK and by putting the people you are supporting first and not making things all about yourself.

MissEliza · 06/10/2020 21:06

Reese Witherspoon would be a very useful person to know. I quite admire what she's done with the book club and producing programmes.

Andylion · 06/10/2020 21:10

I remember around the time of the wedding reading that a well-known actress had turned down an invite as 'she didn't know the bride or groom'. I couldn't remember who it was - so you may well be right!

I remember hearing that too. Maybe it was just here on MN, because I just googled and found this. It would be strange if Reese had declined the wedding then posted about it so enthusiastically.

variety.com/2018/biz/news/celebrity-reactions-royal-wedding-1202816802/

Harry and Meghan - everyone still being respectful please
myrtleWilson · 06/10/2020 21:12

@froggygoneacourting

Why on earth would she not want to move back to the city where she was born and raised, and where her mother and many of her old friends still live?

Shooting locations have very little to do with where films and TV series are actually 'made' ie where the meetings and decisions are made, where all the power happens. Most auditions are still held in LA (or in London if it's a British show) regardless of where the project is shot. For example The X Files was filmed in Canada, but their CD suite was based in LA and so most actors were cast out of LA and flown to Canada. Meghan's auditions and screen tests for Suits certainly would have been in LA. Game of Thrones filmed in Belfast but they used a famous London-based CD; if you wanted to be on Game of Thrones you'd have to go to London to audition even if you lived in Belfast. Only the SA casting was handled by the Belfast-based team itself. Even shows like Holby City and Doctors which are filmed out of the BBC studio in Birmingham, their casting office is just north of London so anyone who auditions for those shows has to travel to London. Shows that have Writers' Rooms, the WR will usually be in LA, even if it's filmed in Canada. Ditto the production office and production meetings.

If someone didn't know anything about TV/film and has never worked in the industry, it's understandable to look at the public information and make a superficial assumption "oh X Files is Canada/GoT is Belfast/Holby is Birmingham, that must be where the whole thing is made." That simply isn't the case because TV/film doesn't work like that. It's a shame, and I personally am involved in several campaigns to de-centralise casting, because it's deeply unfair that actors outside of London lack access to so many auditions and opportunities (and it's worse in the US since the distances involved are so much greater).

If Meghan plans to audition for acting roles, or take production meetings (which presumably she will as part of her Netflix deal) then LA is still where most of those auditions and meetings take place. Not to say that she couldn't do things from elsewhere - especially now when so much is happening over Zoom - but being in LA would help.

@froggygoneacourting - you are clearly very well connected in the film sector- I think you've said you're a scriptwriter/screenwriter? Are you suggesting from your industry knowledge that Meghan is planning to return to acting?
Andylion · 06/10/2020 21:15

In agreement with pps about David Duchovny's fame coming after X Files.

Not sure we all saying this same thing though
Neither DD nor MM were well-known in Hollywood before they filmed their American series in Canada. Neither of them failed in the US and decided to pop over the border to try their luck here.

EastonSarah · 06/10/2020 21:31

she is supposed to be a member of the British Royal family and wants to be known as a Duchess.
She isn't and she doesn't?
Also, there's certainly many things to criticise them for, but what does it matter where she lives, how famous she was before and the Netflix deal?

meercat23 · 06/10/2020 21:59

@EastonSarah

she is supposed to be a member of the British Royal family and wants to be known as a Duchess. She isn't and she doesn't? Also, there's certainly many things to criticise them for, but what does it matter where she lives, how famous she was before and the Netflix deal?
If you are right and MM does not want to be known as a Duchess then I entirely agree with you that she can lives where she likes and do what she likes.

Have they stopped using the Duke and Duchess titles? I hadn't heard that.

smilesy · 06/10/2020 22:10

@EastonSarah
I have not heard that they have dropped their titles. Harry is very much still a member of the British Family and Meghan is by marriage whether she likes it or notThey have both commented on matters pertaining to the UK. It would seem inappropriate to do this if they do not have the platform of belonging to the Royal Family. Otherwise, why would they care? Not that I think they should comment anyway really.

Viviennemary · 06/10/2020 22:14

I hadn't heard either that she is no longer a member of the royal family and no longer uses the Duches s title. Since when. Is there a link. How strange.

Maireas · 06/10/2020 22:47

Still on the Royal Family website as members of the royal family. Still referred to by their titles.

froggygoneacourting · 06/10/2020 23:14

Are you suggesting from your industry knowledge that Meghan is planning to return to acting?

No, not at all. Sorry, that wasn't my intention. I was speaking in general about LA's status within the industry.

I don't have any insider info about Meghan, but I would assume based on what's been reported about the Netflix deal that she and Harry will be working in an executive producer capacity to develop shows. Whether in front or behind the cameras, LA is the most useful place in terms of arranging meetings and in terms of where the majority of US-based 'talent' is located. So for example if they develop a project that requires auditioning actors, then I'd assume those auditions will happen in LA even if the show is filmed elsewhere. If they end up working with a prodco or a writers' room, it'll most likely be in LA.

Some people have speculated that she'll return to acting, personally I think that's unlikely because the scrutiny would be so high, and she wasn't an A-lister and appeared to be moving away from acting anyway, but that's just my opinion.

SunbathingDragon · 07/10/2020 15:59

[quote Iknowthingsthatwillhappen]www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1344286/meghan-and-harry-meghan-markle-prince-harry-latest-news-coronavirus[/quote]
Not looking good for their environmental credentials especially since H&M came out worst without taking into account the private personal travel that they were most criticised for.

I’ve no idea how influential Perez Hilton is with regards to celeb life in Hollywood these days but certainly he would have been very knowledgeable (even if not a pleasant person) at one point.

Oldbutstillgotit · 09/10/2020 07:48

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8821253/Prince-Harry-Meghan-celebrate-David-Foster-Katharine-McPhees-pregnancy-news-dinner.html

I wonder who tipped off the paps ? Must have spoiled their date night .

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SunbathingDragon · 09/10/2020 08:31

@Oldbutstillgotit

Since the pictures are by Backgrid, they were prearranged and taken with full consent.

Let’s see, who needs and wants the publicity the most... Considering Harry claims the snap of a camera gives him flashbacks long the lines of PTSD, it doesn’t give much credibility when he is in cahoots with an agency taking pap-like shots when he goes out for something innocuous like a meal.

Lockupyourbiscuits · 09/10/2020 08:32

Regarding M and H latest pap pics -Can someone please explain the benefit of wearing a coat round your shoulders
I’m pretty sure it would slip off into the nearest puddle if I tried it
Is it a fashion thing or maybe for a Buck’s Fizz type outfit reveal ? I can understand if you have arthritic shoulders but why not use your coat sleeves ?

LittleBearPad · 09/10/2020 08:50

My favourite quote in the story.

“They both arrived at the restaurant wearing a mask but local COVID-19 rules allow diners to remove the face covering once seated.”

It’d be a rubbish dinner otherwise!

Coat round the shoulders - rich enough to have a chauffeur. Coat is purely decorative as they won’t have to walk across a cold car park.

Oldbutstillgotit · 09/10/2020 08:54

SunbathingDragon

Who / what is Backgrid ?

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Oldbutstillgotit · 09/10/2020 08:55

I did wonder if the coat was to cover a bump ? ( or get nosy people like me talking !)

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JaJaDingDong · 09/10/2020 10:21

Can someone please explain the benefit of wearing a coat round your shoulders

I thought she might be pregnant too!

TheChristmasPrincess · 09/10/2020 10:36

As soon as I saw the photo I wondered if she was pregnant. But I doubt that she would wait long enough for her to start showing to announce it considering she announced she was pregnant with Archie at 10 weeks at Eugenie's wedding even though she was still quite flat at this point (fetus the size of a strawberry) as she thought she was showing and people would speculate and it would take attention away from the wedding and their overseas trip. According to Scobie’s book anyway.

Legwarmers · 09/10/2020 11:04

". Also Smartworks released the video featuring Meghan's session (which took place in March) over a month later on 29 April - a day which had quite a bit of coverage of the Cambridge's 9th wedding anniversary. I know, what an amazing coincidence! "
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So not 1st 5th or 10th - but 9th well news but not the biggest clash of the year!😃😃 do H&M have to place Mark a calendar and dodge dates any time news of the royal family is about to leak for example . If it had been the day before or after would MM be strung up for that too. This is pathetic!!!!*

SunbathingDragon · 09/10/2020 11:19

@Oldbutstillgotit

SunbathingDragon

Who / what is Backgrid ?

It’s a global celebrity news agency that edits and touches up photos. They pay the celebrities for the pictures. In general if you see Backgrid in the copyright on a picture, it’s a safe assumption that they were prearranged pictures. Many celebrities have gone on record confirming they work with them and like them because they know the pictures will be photoshopped to make them look good.

I expect the coat is to make people speculate she is pregnant because William has had too many headlines lately and it’s not a coincidence that every time someone from the RF has favourable headlines that H&M do something.

Oldbutstillgotit · 09/10/2020 11:46

@ SunbathingDragon thanks for explaining that . I have learned something new today !
BUT .... I though camera clicks were triggering ??

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