Royal party on 19th October

[Viviennemary]

There's to be a party on 19th October to thank celebs who donated to the Diana statue. Elton John will be there. It was reported a few days ago H&M would probably/might come. Now apparently they're not coming. Which is better because all the focus would be on them and who snubbed who. But as its only going be an hour long and probably not televised what woul be the point of coming all that way. I also read the other day that they may lead their own jubilee celebrations next year in the USA.

The only difference is that no sane person believes anything they write!

That's what people said about Diana and the tabloids and it turns out most of it was true. So you never know!

@BeckyWithTheAverageHair

It was in an American magazine along with the story that PH and MM had a big argument over the Christening and it all got recorded accidentally by the mikes they were carrying around for the programme they're making.

That sounds like bullshit of the highest order. Those American tabloids regularly run stories about how Kate is pregnant with twins and Camilla is going to dump Charles. The only difference is that no sane person believes anything they write!

If this is true, that recording will leak soon enough. I'm not holding my breath, though I'm prepared to laugh uproariously if it happens. But really, why would they have been arguing about a christening while traipsing between photo ops with a cameraman and their whole security entourage trailing behind them?

It's worth remembering, though, that things like an argument over a tiara, Kate crying at a Meghan's dress fitting, and announcing a pregnancy at Eugenie's wedding were quite reasonably dismissed as tabloid nonsense until it became clear that they weren't. So were the stories about a rift, dating back years.

[quote Toddlerteaplease]@PurpleOkapi they don't christen at Westminster though. I think they tend to do it at Windsor or in the Music room
At BH. [/quote]
Fair enough. But I don't think William can stop them from using any of those sites, either. Or from doing it anywhere else in the UK. Or from visiting the UK and spending time with other relatives. So either they don't want to visit anyone regardless and the whole christening thing is totally made up, or their willingness to visit Harry's 95-year-old grandmother depends on her willingness to cooperate with photo ops. I'm really not sure which is worse.

I'd love to read an adhoc bank holiday was scheduled

However celebrating that awful statue is really of no interest to most people it's terrible

And as for H&M
I doubt anyone cares to be honest

This is a thread slating people you don’t know and who’s lives and actions don’t affect you, right?
Gosh.

@Etinoxaurus

I know!
We really must not let a bit of bonkers speculation spoil a good thread!

The only thing that's missing is. .one of my relations/my friends aunt/someone I was at school with works at KP/is nanny to K&W and she says she hears that W banned the christening and told Harry he was never to set foot in the UK again!

@Roussette
It’s the earnestness! Quite extraordinary.

Posters, really it’s not a good look.
(Les Dawson mil bosom hoiking tricoteuse meets Lauren Cooper)

The earnestness, oh yes! And the knowledge. or total lack of!

@Etinoxaurus I suspect OP didn't get much of a reaction as she'd have liked when she posted about the christening a while ago. So she's posted again in the hope that others will rush in to slag off the Sussexes. After all, tearing them to shreds has become something of a hobby for many Mumsnetters since about 2017!

@Etinoxaurus

This is a thread slating people you don’t know and who’s lives and actions don’t affect you, right? Gosh.

yep another bashing thread. people are just obsessed with making stuff up about them.

If you don't want folk to discuss then why appear on Oprah and tell a world wide audience about your Family squabbles. And make a state visit to New York.

I don’t know their motives @Viviennemary
I just wonder how spending so much time speculating on someone else makes you feel. It doesn’t feel very fruitful or healthy.

Why would they come here again? Their agenda is much better pursue in the US. Apparently they are a bit more popular there.

Why would they come here again?

To keep their DC in touch with half their heritage, and a chance to have relationships with their paternal family. Even if they want to swerve some of the people in it, there are plenty of cousins with whom the relationships appear to be good and who have DC of similar ages.

I would have thought that coming over for a family visit, including a party commemorating the late Princess of Wales (which is more a personal than official occasion) would be a much less controversial time for a first visit, rather than it being a state occasion

They don't seem very interested in keeping up contact with the Markle side of the family. There are cousins, uncles and aunts there too.

maybe because the Markles have not been nice to them, her father and step siblings have just made names for themselves on the back of their connection to Meghan.
I wouldn't be around people like that,

@Viviennemary

If you don't want folk to discuss then why appear on Oprah and tell a world wide audience about your Family squabbles. And make a state visit to New York.

But @Viviennemary your threads are very blatantly trying to call out to your reliable crowd who then pile On to use M&H as a punch bag. Maybe be a bit more Genuine and title your thread what it is - H&M ......... You will then attract the audience you want. I am sure if you reach a few more posts and draw in the same Crowd of anti M&H - when exposed as basic playground bullies they will then say it is a MN intellectual discussion about H&M trying to control the narrative - in the media and challenging their comments in the thread as otherwise means you don't understand the subject of people in power controlling the narrative

Every time they go anywhere or do anything, will you be calling it a 'state visit'?

Odd!

You aren't paying for them, they can do what they want, let them go, it'll help,. honestly!!

I will probably comment if it's in the press. And made a big thing of. Like meeting VIPs and politicians.

Good on them!

Great to see

This thread is hilarious. Maybe this, I heard that. And then possibly such and such. IT'S ALL UNRAVELLING! Or maybe they're just living their lives and ignoring all the ridiculous gossip emanating from our illustrious tabloids and bitter keyboard warriors. 🤔

@Viviennemary

I will probably comment if it's in the press. And made a big thing of. Like meeting VIPs and politicians.

That's perfectly your right so good for you. 👍

Seems to me the posters getting more exercised here are the ones who want to moralise about what other posters discuss, and who are keen to speculate about the mental health of - to borrow a phrase 'people you don’t know and whose lives and actions don’t affect you'. It doesn’t feel very fruitful or healthy. Let threads you don't like go, it'll help, honestly!!

Every time they go anywhere or do anything, will you be calling it a 'state visit'?

If that was aimed at me, then no don't be silly. I didn't say state visit.

I do think they may be invited to attend state occasions here, such as the Jubilee celebrations and may travel to attend. That would of course be considerably more high profile than coming over for family events (such as this delayed party)

No. It wasn't aimed at you. You didn't say their visit to NY was a state visit, Vivienne did.