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Positive thread on Meghan again

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Mummy194 · 07/05/2021 19:16

Now that at the other knock off MN chat has been shut down, we seem to have an influx of those posters on here with new or encouraged accounts.

For those who are not interested in trawling through negative post after the other. You can come on here for positive news about Meghan and Harry.

Why not, everyone else seems to be viewed positively, without 'cynicism'. I don't mind taking this at snail pace, we just post on the good things about H&M, they sure seem to be doing a lot of that lately, and it's really buried under the negativity on MN.

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Skiptheheartsandflowers · 15/05/2021 11:55

Still curious about these letters you mentioned Thomas Markle selling to the press before the wedding, Roussette? The letter that sparked the court case is of course notorious but that came afterwards.

Samcro · 15/05/2021 12:22

@JaniieJones

'Most people would walk away'

The walking away isn't the the problem it's the Oprah Winfrey crap and talking about his family that is. When it was 'the family she never had' a short time ago before he was told no, he could not do as he pleased while still a full time senior royal.

maybe what happened after the engagement change the way they thought. people keep bringing up "the family she never had" I can only assume things did not turn out that way. all the being thrown under the bus by other royals, might have changed their minds.

Roussette · 15/05/2021 12:27

Skip

After then. Caught me out, yes. I couldn't be arsed to go and google so you got it right and I didn't.

Not that it matters because equally bad in my opinion. A father selling a private letter sent to him by his daughter to the press. Horrible.

SueSaid · 15/05/2021 12:55

'I'm surprised you can say that the walking away isn't the problem, did you feel that at the time?'

Yes. I'm not psychic obviously but this was all pretty foreseeable. H has had a very obvious chip on his shoulder for years. Of course the anger and grief from his parents divorce and mother's death will be much of the cause of it but the fact is he has seemed to be a ticking time bomb resentment wise.

They should have had a low key private Tindalls style wedding and stepped back from full time royal roles in a dignified and respectful manner.

What they actually did was have the big do, try to use that high profile to shine lights on their chosen causes and were told no. This blaming everone else, be it the msm, palace staff or PC (there's no blame but it's all his fault) is tedious and very obviously projection.

Lockupyourbiscuits · 15/05/2021 13:26

A few days ago I bumped into an elderly ex colleague. She had lost her husband 5 weeks ago - devastated doesn’t cover it .
Her family are her only comfort now, thankfully rallying round .
How nice it would have been for Harry to find some positives about his grandfather in his podcast .Maybe even think about his grandmother’s mental health .
Unless there is a serious problem I think children benefit in spades from having grandparents in their lives. It also helps teach them empathy when their grandparents become frail and need a little support.

derxa · 15/05/2021 14:12

@Lockupyourbiscuits

A few days ago I bumped into an elderly ex colleague. She had lost her husband 5 weeks ago - devastated doesn’t cover it . Her family are her only comfort now, thankfully rallying round . How nice it would have been for Harry to find some positives about his grandfather in his podcast .Maybe even think about his grandmother’s mental health . Unless there is a serious problem I think children benefit in spades from having grandparents in their lives. It also helps teach them empathy when their grandparents become frail and need a little support.

Absolutely.

Sylvan92 · 15/05/2021 14:28

The ‘family she never had’ comment was strange at the time when she clearly had two loving parents. (Remember the Father’s Day post on social media in 2016 - she was still close to her dad then) It was almost like she was cutting off her own family. Now H is cutting himself off from his own family, with whom he had seemingly happy relationships for many years. It’s impossible not to believe his relationship with M hasn’t played a part.

Samcro · 15/05/2021 14:46

i think I would cut of my father if he did the things hers did.(not that mine would have,)

derxa · 15/05/2021 14:49

@Samcro

i think I would cut of my father if he did the things hers did.(not that mine would have,)

I wouldn't

Roussette · 15/05/2021 15:19

i think I would cut of my father if he did the things hers did.(not that mine would have,)

God, yes, so would I. Such a betrayal.

Fuckingcrustybread · 15/05/2021 15:39

@Roussette

Skip

Meghan's father didn't sell the letter, he made it public because 5 of her friends were trashing him in People magazine. He wanted to tell his side so he went to the MoS.

Fuckingcrustybread · 15/05/2021 15:42

@Roussette

No, it's not different. All the Thomas Markle stuff kicked off before they got married, it must have been so stressful, he sold letters to the gutter press, he set up pap shots and sold them and they asked that he stop doing that.

Hardly the same as this. Not hypocrtical at all.

Good on them... they are speaking out, and it will shine a light on what goes on in the RF. Change is needed, let this be the start

Meghan Markle paid for the photography of Thomas getting a new suit, for the wedding he was never invited to attend.

CallmeHendricks · 15/05/2021 15:51

So, some of you would cut off your own fathers ( ) for doing a mini photo shoot, yet you think the RF are being unreasonable to be hurt/upset/whatever they're feeling at the absolute annihilation they've subjected to by H&M?

What odd double standards.

Viviennemary · 15/05/2021 15:57

Thomas Markle was not invited to the wedding. Fact.

Roussette · 15/05/2021 16:13

Meghan's father didn't sell the letter

this is a very grey area.
In some press it says he was paid for it, in other press not. But he did sell stories and is on record at saying he did.

Meghan Markle paid for the photography of Thomas getting a new suit, for the wedding he was never invited to attend

Do you know that for a fact? Because on another thread, a poster who is not a fan of H&M was proved wrong on this. Someone had unearthed the official guest list and he was on there.
Please don't ask me to go and unearth it as well.
I am just saying what happened on another thread.

CallMe
It's hardly just a mini photo shoot is it?

What about his blackmailing? 'I will contact the press with stories every 30 days until you see me' type thing.

And no, it is not an absolute annihilation of the RF.

Roussette · 15/05/2021 16:18

Meghan Markle paid for the photography of Thomas getting a new suit,

Where does it show this?
In every report I've seen he took along a photographer to a coffee shop, then he was going to the Tailors to be measured up, but it was closed so he ended up in a gift shop being measured up with his own photographer there. He staged the photos then sold them for £100,000

Viviennemary · 15/05/2021 16:33

I'd like to know why Thomas Markle didn't get an official invitation. Did it get lost in the post. Apparently Dorias was delivered by two officials. If I didn't get an invitation to a grand formal wedding I'd assume I wasn't invited. And no formal invitation to £34million royal wedding. Did they run out of money for stamps.

CallmeHendricks · 15/05/2021 16:41

So, he is alleged to have sold stories about Meghan. Or, you could argue, he was monetising his position and contacts, in rather the same way that Harry and Megan are doing now.
Only with less of a motive for revenge.

Sylvan92 · 15/05/2021 16:44

MM most definitely did not pay for those pictures of him getting measured up for a suit. He and his other dd dreamed up the idea to put him in a positive light.

Roussette · 15/05/2021 16:44

No idea. All I know is, he was on the official guest list, according to the previous thread.

As for selling stories, we are talking about him selling stories as a father. And he did.
I don't know what you mean with the revenge comment, sorry.

Roussette · 15/05/2021 16:46

I don't know where the idea of MM paying for the photographer has come from. It was just before the wedding, I'm sure she had better things to do!
Everywhere it says he set it up like he was being papped but he was the one who took the photographer with him and set up shots in the coffee shop and the Tailors, but ended up in a gift shop.

derxa · 15/05/2021 16:54

Archie has seen one GF twice and the other not at all. It's all very odd.

ShamedBySiri · 15/05/2021 16:57

It's odd that Meghan never took Harry to meet her Dad over the period when they were dating/engaged. If she had included her Dad in the relationship from the start (at least once they had decided they were serious) all that mess probably wouldn't have happened. Why didn't she want Harry to meet her father I wonder?

CallmeHendricks · 15/05/2021 16:59

In my opinion, there is an element of revenge motivating Harry & Meghan's decision to badmouth his family. I don't think Thomas Markle had the same motivation for those pap shots.

derxa · 15/05/2021 17:01

@ShamedBySiri

Indeed

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