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.

We wish,

Yes it's very tame so far.

yes I think she did, she was in her mid thirties. Catherine did Operation Raleigh when she was 18 and had just left school.

not a very fair comparison

For the record Meghan also had an internship at an embassy in Argentina organised for her by her uncle who she didn’t invite to her wedding . She also had all for university fees paid, so maybe not quite so different .

@Roussette can I ask why you never watched it?

I haven’t watched the latest series either despite loving the historical aspect of the previous series along with the sets, the clothes, the clothes. I love period drama but this particular series is way too painful to consider watching and the current shenanigans are a complete and utter turn off.

Because I'm old and I lived through it. Why would I watch a dramatisation of what I can very clearly remember? I am not a historical drama fan either. I'm more interested in the here and now.

Sorry my previous post was to @ZeViteVitchofCwismas

On your post Badger, I totally totally disagree. The RF use the press to their advantage in their symbiotic relationship, they both need each other, they both manipulate headlines according to who is in favour. Why is there a Royal Rota, why does the Palace court the Press with functions, meals etc. They can censor the Press when it is getting out of hand very easily. They just choose not to at certain times to protect the heirs.

It's a stunning, lavish piece of work. It's beautiful..

Maybe i should try it!

Not all her fees. I believe she also had some sort of scholarship, and worked while at university to pay for part of the fees.

I'm on second time rewatch, with DD and I'm enjoying it even more,I like how they weave historical aspects into it as well and it's loaded with humour.

The university she attended (Northwestern in Chicago) is hella expensive, so unless she had a substantial academic scholarship, a work-study job wouldn't be a drop in the bucket to her financial obligations there.

Most of her father's state lottery win paid for it I would think. He did declare himself bankrupt after committing the funds for her education.

You would think. You don't know. You are just making stuff up. And she financially supported her father once she started her acting career.

You are the one known for making stuff up on the Royal threads. You wont even watch the NF because you don't want your blinkers to fall off but you are still all over the threads trying to change people's minds. It is too late. Everyone can see them for what they are.

What are you on about? Why the personal attack?

For your information I watched all three episodes last night. Where did you get it that 'I won't watch it'? I said about 10am yesterday that I'd only watched some clips at that moment in time, but I never said I wasn't going to watch it. I have done. YOU are the one making stuff up!

Would you direct me to what stuff I am know for making up on Royal threads? First time that has been levelled at me.

It must be really galling and very hard for you that there are quite a proportion of people in the UK and US who actually thought the series was quite good. Stop hitting out at posters (like me) because that fact annoys you.

And after investing in a dodgy business scheme.

I was responding to the poster who said all her fees were paid. I don't know the exact proportions and of course her father contributed probably the greatest share. But she also won a scholarship and worked her way through uni too.

You should definitely give it a go, even if you only watch the first 2 seasons. Claire Foy was brilliant as the young Queen. I’m not normally a fan of Matt Smith, but I loved him in this as Phillip.

“You would think. You don't know. You are just making stuff up. And she financially supported her father once she started her acting career.”

You would think. You don’t know. You are just making stuff up.

I agree about the first two series. You really get that feeling of how crushing it was for a young woman to become Queen, how much of herself she had to surrender to her duty, how stifling everything was in the post-war period.

I'm on the first episode. I think it's lovely. I've always liked them but I think the early days relationship stuff is probably completely true. They look so happy. She's beautiful, I can see why he was bowled over, and there's nothing more attractive than a man who really likes you.

I can fully believe she had no idea what she was getting into. As a modern American celebrity from LA for God's sake, I think she expected the RF to have much more control, and that it's all a bit of an act with them being "normal people" the rest of the time.

Meghan has been the victim of a misogynistic and racist campaign and it's really sad that they felt they had to do this to regain control of their image

I watched the firs 3 episodes on netflix. When they keep away from being victims and describe how they met etc it's quite interesting. They are good enough to include her father although are pretty cruel about him in saying she no longer has one and I think they misused her half sister's daughter pretty badly by including her.

The constant racism stuff and the way they show a relatrively rare British anti lockdown march or something as if the UK is littered with white people who hate MM because she is a quarter black and the way it is mentioned the UK is only 3% black (hardly the UK's fault) is unfair on the UK. They also say things that others say are not true eg that the royal wedding press interview was staged when Radio 4's interviewer says it was not.

Harry and disgracefully Andrew, are still there the 'scaled down' but also EXPANDED list of counsellors of state

You seem to have misunderstood. This is a way to avoid increasing the number of working royals.

Leaving aside the Consort, there are 4 - the next adults in line to the throne.
So without the overseas resident and the disgraced dukes, that would be William, Beatrice, Eugenie and Edward. But two of them aren't working royals, and for many items of business, two CoS are required.

So better to add two working royals, tan give a formal role to another non-working

That's not true, and neither is the previous poster's accusation that Roussette makes things up. I haven't seen her do that even once.

Meghan stated in court documents for her case against the Mail that she had never denied that Thomas Markle supported her financially, but that Doria had also contributed to her university fees, and Meghan herself had won a scholarship grant as well as doing work-study to help pay the fees. Also that she'd begun making 'voluntary contributions' to her dad from 2014 when she was earning good money on Suits.

I aren't misunderstood anything

Charles witters about slimming down the monarchy

Well his problem is in order to get rid of Harry as a counsellor of state he would have to get rid of Andrew. He clearly did not want to get rid of Andrew .
Disgraceful .

So he INCREASED the number of counsellors of state .
Btw the term 'working 'royals is an oxymoron. None of them work

So Andrew is still there , still a Duke , still a counsellor of state , while hate is whipped up for Harry
It's sick