Courtiers the release !

[jeffgoldblum]

In preparation for the books release , and with permission from randompenguin , I thought it would be good to start this thread now !

@SammyScrounge

The heart wants, what the heart wants

She was far too indulgent with poor wee Harry.

I think so too, hence the frantic retreat from hostilities towards Pa and Bro now she's gone. I think they're feeling extremely apprehensive now.

It's been fairly widely publicised, including The Times 'Reports have also emerged that Penguin Random House, the publisher, asked for the first draft to be improved and rewritten because it focused too much on mental health.'

Enjoyed your insight into how the world of publishing works @MrsMaxDeWinter - thank you.

@LondonWolf
Ah I see, makes perfect sense when you put it like that

www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1681156/prince-harry-meghan-markle-netflix-book-money-gb-news/amp

Just come across this.

Harry got her the help she needed outside the institution.

But when Oprah asked him why he didn't help her he squirmed a bit and said something about being ashamed. Why not say "but I did!"

That doesn't fit the primary "WE HAD NOWHERE TO TURN!" narrative.

I don’t actually believe anything they say. It’s all twisted or projections.

I disagree with his conclusion, Meghan can rubbish the royal family, but she can find a positive path out of this - if they want it.

covid has slowed down their plans but also gave them time to reflect. She hasn’t rubbished the royal family in her podcasts, one comment about not signing an NDA seemed to be all in a supporting magazine article

KC will quietly pay for peace. He doesn’t want the start of his reign marred by family fighting
and Meghan wants a political/philanthropic career, a cash injection would be very useful.

Me neither It's all self indulgent drivel. Everybody knows this.

I do think they would have been better served to have waited a while to have down the OW interview, but what’s done is done

I don't think they would have done the Oprah interview at that point had their plans to gull bankers with more money than sense on the after dinner circuit not been scuppered by Covid.

They had to do something to upstage the pandemic or face being even more sidelined by it.

@CathyorClaire

i think OW had courted them for a long time,I think it was a launch pad, they were always scheduled to do the interview but were lead (advisors/ow ?) to look backwards with rancour rather than forward with joy

Having escaped nightmare bullying neighbours this summer, I’ve just looked forward not backwards and I’m honestly much happier.

Is it possible that the RF - i.e. PC/ KC would have paid them for the book? Depending on what the book may reveal, he may not want it out there.

@Coucous I think at the moment, it would make sense for them all.

That’s the most plausible explanation.

Can you ever completely bury a book? Maybe best for the RF to get it out there and weather the storm then keep looking over their shoulders.

By that stage, I reckon that the courtiers may have already twigged that they were being set up to fail (something which was reported as a common belief among staff). Perhaps it was not framed as a sincere request but as an on-the-spot loyalty test by H which he was reportedly carrying out repeatedly. Given the list of bullying allegations against M which they would have already known about, they were right to proceed with caution.

Loyalty tests! The mind boggles 😂

i think OW had courted them for a long time

I think the invitation to the wedding suggests more of a symbiotic relationship. I'm quite sure Oprah was more than happy to accommodate them but I also think they could have named their date at their leisure.

Is it possible that the RF - i.e. PC/ KC would have paid them for the book? Depending on what the book may reveal, he may not want it out there.

I think it's more than possible Charles will bail them out although a second scandal-avoiding payout of millions on behalf of deeply unpopular non-workings is unlikely to play well with the peasants.

'Courtiers' does give a feasible explanation for why she went to HR, as PP said.

I think she knew that bullying allegations against her had already started or were going to be made, and MM got in front of that by going to HR herself directly and saying how she felt. Even though she didn't have an employee/employer relationship and therefore HR wasn't appropriate an avenue for MM.

I think the book contains large sections anti Camilla and Harry is beginning to realise that this may affect his future relationship with Charles. I also think there will be a lot of text about the wonderfulness of Meghan and how his family didn't sufficiently appreciate it.

The post is really rubbish at present and I only received my Private Eye today, that should have arrived last Wednesday.

Someone seems to have leaked the post funeral edit of Harry's book.

😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

Private Eye has always poked fun at Prince Charles' favourite phrases such as appalling carbuncles.
The King's use of the word "stinking" promises much future amusement.

Funnily enough, thanks to Private Eye I now find myself back on the topic of the thread!