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The royal family

Sit tight, she’s on...

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HeathIns · 08/03/2021 21:06

Oprah is annoying me already.

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Cokie3 · 09/03/2021 00:50

@Wonderbrush

I don’t believe it when Meghan say she didn’t know much about the royal family. Americans have a big fascination of the royals. She took a picture outside Buckingham palace when she was a teenager. Are you telling me she didn’t know about Prince Harry at all. Everyone knows of Diana so I find it hard to believe. My grandma who lived in a small island in the Indian Ocean had pictures of the royal family in her cabinet! I can’t imagine that they didn’t tell her what she was getting into. Kate had a lot of training and they even got her to change her speaking voice. If Harry waited to get married, rather than propose after a few months they would’ve been in a better position.
No, Americans don't have any fascination with royals, believe me on that. And none of them have a single clue what it means. None of them. What Meghan said resonates because Americans take pride in themselves defeating England in 1776 and they are so insular they have zero understanding of what a Commonwealth is or what the RF is, let alone how it works. The ones I've had the conversation with believe it's akin to Miss Universe or something. Beautiful princesses. They have ZERO understanding of what it actually entails.
JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows · 09/03/2021 00:53

I find Meghan downplaying Kate's harassment revolting. "Rude isn't the same as racism". Oh sorry didn't realise it was a competition Hmm

Besides, for Kate:

  • being upskirted (when she was dating William)
  • being papped in pubs, bars, shopping trips, family outings, going to work
  • accusations of her being a social climber and gold digger
  • constant articles critical about her make up, hair, her weight, her skirt length (I remember there was an article every sodding day about her skirt length and if she had weights lined in her skirt, as if journos were desperate for her skirt to blow so they could see her knickers l), her accent, her voice, her mannerisms
  • classism because she's a 'commoner' (and a millionaire!)
  • worse than anything Meghan had to endure - topless pictures taken of Kate on a private holiday splashed across a magazine and the internet for the world to see

That's more than rude, it's fucking criminal.

Danja2010 · 09/03/2021 00:54

They won’t be hounded by the press there. That will be a blessing. There is nothing worse than the tabloids in the UK.

JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows · 09/03/2021 00:57

@Danja2010 I assume your post was satire? You really think the US press will leave them alone? Ha! They're worse than British press who have and respect an agreement with the RF to not take paparazzi shots. They'll get no such respect in America. Here's a delightful US publication, the cover was from a couple of weeks ago. Imagine what they'll say about H&M once the adoration has died down.

Sit tight, she’s on...
lunarlife · 09/03/2021 00:58

Of course they are going to be hounded by press here, there are a ridiculous number of tabloid magazines that publish guff about the royal family in the USA.

Emeraldshamrock · 09/03/2021 00:58

@JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows Awful. I really like Kate too.
No women are safe marrying Royalty. The tabloid media should be ashamed, that newspaper online that allows comments should be shut down too.

OverweightPidgeon · 09/03/2021 00:58

@Impatiens it absolutely is racist, I haven’t said it isn’t

lunarlife · 09/03/2021 01:02

No, Americans don't have any fascination with royals, believe me on that.

This I don't believe because I see endless trashy magazines at the supermarket checkout covered with ridiculous headlines.
What is true that they don't seem to understand a thing about the monarchy actually works.
I was surprised to see just how many blinking mags covered the royals here given that they had no USA links when I first arrived.

Impatiens · 09/03/2021 01:03

I didn't intend it as a dig at you @OverweightPidgeon

JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows · 09/03/2021 01:03

Also I think people on this thread are beginning to run away with the notion that William warned Harry not to marry Meghan so quick because "think of your black child" - it was a theory from one poster and TBH I think a reach that far would launch you clean into the stratosphere

Cokie3 · 09/03/2021 01:04

@CoronaIsShit @Pimlicojo She was quite clearly laughing at something said off-camera. But of course that is inconvenient to your preconceived agenda.

Impatiens · 09/03/2021 01:04

@Danja2010

They won’t be hounded by the press there. That will be a blessing. There is nothing worse than the tabloids in the UK.
It wouldn't be a blessing - they clearly crave the attention.
RickiTarr · 09/03/2021 01:05

classism because she's a 'commoner' (and a millionaire!)

Oh come on @JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows Kate has lots of good qualities but how could she have been a millionaire in her own right when she was dating William? Only possibly by gift and that would never be public information.

JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows · 09/03/2021 01:09

@RickiTarr as in millionaire family!

Cokie3 · 09/03/2021 01:13

hand over laughing mouth isn't a look that engenders trust.

Oh for fuck's sake! People are getting really, really desperate now! ConfusedHmm Christ almighty!

RickiTarr · 09/03/2021 01:31

[quote JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows]@RickiTarr as in millionaire family![/quote]
Well that’s not the same. Grin

I wish I was worth what my dad’s worth.

Savethewhales · 09/03/2021 01:47

I watched 4 in a bed on amazon prime, I then watched Eddie Murphys coming to America 2 was kind of a blow out for me, nothing beats the original so a big fat thumbs down from me..

Blueberries0112 · 09/03/2021 01:55

“This I don't believe because I see endless trashy magazines at the supermarket checkout covered with ridiculous headlines.”

I am too busy using the self checkout line or loading up my groceries to even noticed the magazines. And We are so bombarded with so much magazines and ads that we don’t even see it anymore.

SpanishLady · 09/03/2021 02:03

Cam77 - you don't make balanced posts - the whole family weren't friends with Epstein like you are suggesting. They are vile, evil etc / maybe they are but you don't actually know so you should at least clarify it's your opinion not just make wild sweeping statements

It's the same argument to be made about comments criticising Meghan - she's a narcissist, she is using Harry -

We are all speculating of course but at least posts saying 'I think x because of y' gives some semblance of judgement actually based on something .

douliket · 09/03/2021 02:05

Diana is such a big loss in this. She would have supported Harry and Meghan. She would have been such a contestant source of love and support. What's rolling out here is Diana's worst nightmare. Those little boys were her world and English people must have very poor memories as it wasn't too long ago when everyone was chanting in the streets that the people of their Nation will always be there for him and how they all prayed he would be happy and how everyone would try step into Diana's roll be there foe that boy as he grew.
But no..not support seems to be something in the past.this man and his family need all out support .yes she was vaguely aware of royal life but no amount on googling could really prepare her for what's ahead.
It sounds horrendous ,simply awful.
Harry needs the British people to stand behind him and taking the place of where Diana was often when he was a boy encouraging him ion all the way.
You can't blame Meghan for not knowing how much was involved , yes she knew she would be a working royal with privileges and security. But nobody could have known how things would turn on her just like Diana .nobody could have prepared her for allowing lies to be spread in press and having to sit back and allow it when she saw every royal around were praised by the press left right and center.
And when the palace let that story realise falsely, they never demanded the press to right that article .they said they would protect but when the smear campaign began, they couldn't have thrown her under a bus as much as they did.
What protection ?
What solution? Was h and m expected to just continue their years of serving the public while they dragged her down piece by piece in the British press, where they continued to lie and smear her name.

Best of luck to them both after getting out of that cult like organisation. It's a very tuned in firm and they know exactly who to keep and then exactly who they don't want to keep. So support and protection is very precious and saved for their elite royal members.

I think she knew her freedom would be impinged but she certainly did not know to what extent.

I feel Harry has done an amazingly brave thing and has put his most valued treasures first, his pregnant wife and his son

I wish them nothing but happiness and that's exactly what I feel they will have.

Also on a last note, I cannot believe about the tabloid parties..how so sleazy it feels, I cannot choose to believe that William amd Harry have been happy with these parties given the nature of the relationship these people had with their poor mother.I am surprised that William did not have his brother wife back immediately with no questions even asked. I'm sure his mother, Diana would love to see her both boys standing strong together and putting a halt to these rags , these very same type of people have killed their mother and caused her so much distress in her life .

I fee sad that Will is staying so by the book.
I am shocked at his lack of support or his lack of respect to his mother in going against Harry in some of this.
Poor Harry he really needs Diana at his side,
These two will have happy endings,I'm so glad they got away

Chloemol · 09/03/2021 02:09

The way I see it, they have had their two minutes of worldwide fame, got their anger at the RF off their chest ( destroying any chance of Harry coming back into the fold for a long time, if ever) put across their take, knowing the RF will never be able to respond

In a couple of days time it will be fish and chip wrapping, and they can do as they wish, live in the US, never return to this country, make as much money as they want , but having lost all their family apart from Megs mum

Sad really but it’s their actions throughout that got them here

Blueberries0112 · 09/03/2021 02:13

www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2020/04/13/newspapers-are-struggling-with-coronavirus/?sh=ba19a8c39ef9

Yep, hardly anyone read newspaper and tabloid off the rack anymore these days

MadinMarch · 09/03/2021 02:24

Very strange to do that interview and not be paid.

Although they're not getting paid for the actual interview, maybe the deal is that they get the royalties from it? would probably pay for all their future security needs forever

PaulHollywoodsLowHangingFruit · 09/03/2021 02:26

This is my current sense of things.

I am confused - having been recipients of negative media attention to the point their mental health was in crisis, they are now courting the limelight. Why? They have the means to live a life making more life-enhancing choices.

Sense of entitlement is through the roof. Why was there an expectation that their security costs and lifestyle continue to be funded by the royal family? Especially given the previous spiel re financial independence.

Is the lack of title re their son a device to have their security funded again? Is the racist figure in the family they are shielding an implicit threat?

What exactly was so difficult about life in the royal family - what actually happened such that their mental health deteriorated? Could they have chosen not to read the tabloids?

Why was Meghan/Harry incapable of getting mental health support in place independent of the palace? They are both adults.

Were their expectations of others unreasonable?

Are they viewing the situation only through the lens of racism when other factors (cultural, personality,mental health) had a far larger bearing on the predicament they found themselves in?

Not sure what positive things they thought would arise as a consequence of this interview. There are so many contradictions over time that they are seemingly unreliable witnesses.

I hope they find their authentic life- somehow I don't see this achieving an uncomplicated existence.

Blueberries0112 · 09/03/2021 02:41

This is the type of news I see daily

Sit tight, she’s on...
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