Harry, Meghan and Netflix are go

[CathyorClaire]

The long awaited documentray is hitting the screen on December 8th:

www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-prince-harry-meghan-markles-28607547

What with the award in a few days and the book in January they're ramping up the game.

I don’t think Charles was greedy. I think he was backed up against a wall. He knew he had to marry someone.

I remember in the 1970s the media was fervid about who Charles was going to marry. It was the thing for women to run up to him in public and kiss him. I think it was Prince Philip who said enough was enough. Camilla had finished with him and married someone else. His grandmother set him up with Diana.

I understand that we on MN always make perfect decisions and never mess up. I dare say Charles thought it would all be ok. But they didn't really know each other and the rather phlegmatic, methodical Charles was never going to be a great match for the mercurial, over-emotional Diana.

A terrible mis-match but I don't believe any of them went into it with bad intentions.

I wonder what H&M's annual expenditure is.

Likewise, have a lovely evening!

They could cut their expenses hugely if M stopped wearing very expensive couture. Harry seems fairly conservative in what he wears. He doesn’t seem to spend a lot on clothes and grooming. They could live in a much smaller house somewhere less exclusive. They could stop taking private jets. They seem to need to live this very expensive lifestyle to prove they are special people. Why couldn’t they have invested Harrys inheritance and gone to live quietly somewhere out of the limelight , in a modest home? The money would have lasted their lifetime and they wouldn’t have needed to to sell their souls for money.

What Meghan wants, Meghan gets.

She has spoken very openly about her ambition in the past and has worked hard with laser focus to achieve her goals at ever step of her life.

I doubt Harry wanted any of this.

But his openly communicated desire for a wife and family meant he has likely adapted his wants to meet her needs and at the same time getting the family life he wanted.

I wonder how much time he spends with his old mates and if he misses that camaraderie. I suspect he is someone who is quite extroverted and needs his tribe around him (more so than William) and wonder if he is missing that or if he has made new friends in LA and his family life and marriage is sufficiently fulfilling.

No one knows how much funding H&M got, only that W&C and H&M got 4.5 million from the Duchy and that, in the year H&M left that bill was 1.2 million cheaper.

Not true. The bill remains at 4.4M.
I looked this up, because someone on SM pointed it out when the budget came out and was wondering if H&M were not getting that much to begin with. Infact that random person reconned that when H was single he probably got nothing and used his army money because he always wore the same clothes (grey jumper, brown suede brogues, grey suit 😂)

You been here long enough to know this was answered that they could physically get away from the toxic gladiator style wasteland that is the palace. Say, go to Canada - where the palace source is not around. Help the queen without fleecing the taxpayer.

More like they undermined how effing stupid people get about H&M, and how they are desperate for a 'gotcha' moment.

Or they knew, and them and H&M are winding fools up and are laughing like hyenas at the stupidity (while said fools are publicising the series, ofcourse) 😂😂

And your going to be furious now, Meghan has won the people's choice award for Archewell. Their mantelpiece must be heaving.

😂😅

The People’s Choice awards! I remember those from the 1980s - Days of Our Lives won a lot. 🤣🤣

Looking for any award going to shore up their public images vs giving out awards and large financial to other people for their achievements. Quite the contrast, I agree

Diana is dead because of them.
no, that’s not true , she was having the time of her life with her summer fling cruising the Med,
if they spent the Night at the Ritz instead of going back to his flat , history would look so much different now,
She was divorced for a number of years and in good terms with her ex husband at that time.

I can't work out if this is a parody post or not but just in case it isn't, it is worth pointing out that these awards are not real, and that they are part of the 'work' of a self-congratulatory group of people who monetise real human tragedy for their own ends.

Well you sound like a parody yourself, because the award is by public vote.

Well you sound like a parody yourself, because the award is by public vote.

As you said upthread , the public can be effing stupid about H&M

I thought the people's choice award was for entertainment? I see the much panned film, Don't Worry Darling, won best drama. Hmm. 😒

It is the context here that makes the use of stock footage problematic.

Their argument appears to be - Diana was hounded by the paparazzi and media after she entered the Royal Family and this ultimately led to her death. Meghan has been hounded by the paparazzi and media after she entered the Royal Family and they are worried the same thing will happen to her.

They use images of Diana being hounded by the paparazzi
They then juxtapose these with modern images of the paparazzi - grouped taking photos and chasing a target. The natural assumption, given the narrative is that the target was Meghan. This has been demonstrated to be false.

An equivalent here would be, for example, a documentary about Tiananmen Square. With an argument that current circumstances in China are potentially leading to another Tiananmen Square. Then using real images of Tiananmen Square and then juxtaposing those images with modern day images of protests and police force from another country.

It is disingenuous and dangerous. It is seeking to pull the wool over peoples eyes to fit their agenda.

If their argument is valid, use valid and truthful imagery.

I do wonder if H&M were a nightmare for Netflix and the director of the documentary to manage - and they reached a point where they said, let them hang themselves. They think they know best, lets let them do what they want and let them live with the consequences of that.

Especially their haters, more specifically 😁

Well Meghan said they trusted the director to do the story as Luz (the director) wanted it.

So there's that.

Never trust 'the numbers', and that goes for all numbers. The stakes or, in M's world, steaks? really are that high.

The natural assumption, given the narrative is that the target was Meghan. This has been demonstrated to be false.

There is also footage of children waiving flags in the 30s. So don't see your point, except you are desperate to paint H&M as liars again. ZZZ

She also said - even if it’s not the way we would tell it. Gives H and M a get out clause if ( when) it goes tits up .

Or maybe that is exactly what happened.

I can't imagine a reputable director taking 'directions' from someone else. Most directors want control of their work. That is the whole point.

I think people forget that Diana had a lot of mental health issues. Charles was the product of a cold upbringing, didn't know how to show affection easily and it was a disastrous marriage that should never have happened. Diana was far too fragile for the role she had, and more time between engagement and marriage would have shown that. William took a long time to introduce Catherine to the world of royalty and she went into it knowing exactly what she was going to live with. Harry rushed Meghan in, and look at the fallout of that decision.

I hope that William and Catherine make sure that their DC are in solid relationships before entering marriage and the cycle gets broken.

@notanotheroneagain

Can you imagine a documentary where someone's says Harry and Meghan only travel by private jet. And then use stock footage of someone else entirely climbing onto a private jet. Do you think that would be a fair use of stock footage. I mean it doesn't need to be literal does it.