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Was the great royal burgundy parade a cheeky swipe at Meghan?

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tatalan · 21/12/2022 12:37

Daily Mail thinks it has evidence. Let's discuss.

Was the great royal burgundy parade a cheeky swipe at Meghan?
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tatalan · 22/12/2022 12:08

lollipoprainbow · 22/12/2022 12:03

@tatalan be gone with your big fancy words. I'm wondering now if you are actually the author of this nasty article in the mail.

😂😂

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MarshaMelrose · 22/12/2022 12:36

tatalan · 22/12/2022 11:36

She wasn't in attendance.

Princess Michael? At the Carol service? Yes, she was but fefinitely not in festive burgundy!
She looked liked she'd just walked in from Siberia.

Was the great royal burgundy parade a cheeky swipe at Meghan?
tatalan · 22/12/2022 12:42

MarshaMelrose · 22/12/2022 12:36

Princess Michael? At the Carol service? Yes, she was but fefinitely not in festive burgundy!
She looked liked she'd just walked in from Siberia.

Wow, ok. I hadn't seen pics of her, guess she didn't get the memo.

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MarshaMelrose · 22/12/2022 12:46

tatalan · 22/12/2022 12:42

Wow, ok. I hadn't seen pics of her, guess she didn't get the memo.

Or too busy controlling the huskies to read it. 😂

tatalan · 22/12/2022 12:52

MarshaMelrose · 22/12/2022 12:46

Or too busy controlling the huskies to read it. 😂

😂😂

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pelargoniums · 22/12/2022 12:59

Burgundy lipstick though ::taps nose::

tatalan · 22/12/2022 13:01

pelargoniums · 22/12/2022 12:59

Burgundy lipstick though ::taps nose::

This thread's cracking me up 😄

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lollipoprainbow · 22/12/2022 13:03

The lady behind is also in burgundy nudge nudge wink wink.

pelargoniums · 22/12/2022 13:38

Can’t wait for the Christmas Eve broadcast when Kate sits down at the piano and busts out a mean rendition of Lady In Red

Postapocalypticcowgirl · 22/12/2022 13:50

OP, a lot of your posts sound incredibly naive. Lots of people, when they leave jobs, sign contracts which agree they cannot talk about what happened before they left the job. If they are lucky, there is a bit of a pay off. These are legally binding documents, and if you break them, there can be legal consequences. In general, the employer has a lot more money than you (doubly so, if it's a royal household, I'm sure) and so can take you to court.

There are situations where the press can report on these things, but for someone who's signed this sort of agreement to come out and do a "tell all" would put them at a lot of personal risk. In general, the police do not get involved in employment disputes, and wouldn't be interested, either.

I suspect a lot of what we see in the press doesn't come from the parties involved, but from colleagues/ex colleagues who know the person involved won't ever be able to reply.

And yes, I'm sure that Charles/William/Andrew etc are all shit employers too. Charles was well known to be a dick to his tenants when he was duke of cornwall. So part of it is also what the national press are interested in reporting.

But I think the idea that we should automatically take the side of the (powerful, wealthy) employer, over their employees because those employees aren't willing to speak out is a pretty dangerous one.

tatalan · 22/12/2022 13:52

pelargoniums · 22/12/2022 13:38

Can’t wait for the Christmas Eve broadcast when Kate sits down at the piano and busts out a mean rendition of Lady In Red

I hear she's singing, so we might get her version of that song 😂

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SenecaFallsRedux · 22/12/2022 13:53

He gave up his place in the line of succession to marry her as she is Catholic and I think a divorcee.

Prince Michael is back in the line of succession after the law changed.
People in the line of succession can now marry a Catholic and remain in the line; but they can't be Catholic and remain in the line. One of the Duke of Kent's sons and two of his grandchildren have lost their place by becoming Catholics. One of them, Lord Downpatrick, is in line for the Dukedom.

vera99 · 22/12/2022 14:01

I hope that's not fox fur (or any other animal) on her coat as I love foxes considerably more than the RF. Red line for me....🐺

meinteresamucho · 22/12/2022 14:07

How do you know about how Charles treated his tenants? Was that reported?

vera99 · 22/12/2022 14:14

pelargoniums · 22/12/2022 13:38

Can’t wait for the Christmas Eve broadcast when Kate sits down at the piano and busts out a mean rendition of Lady In Red

Better than me for sure but that's a low bar. Tom your gong is in the post....

Meghan, if you're watching I hope Elton is giving you lessons for I Will Survive...but not White Flag... 😁

ancientgran · 22/12/2022 16:58

lollipoprainbow · 22/12/2022 11:44

I see Sophie Winkleman has piped up now calling the senior royals hard working and brave (??!!) another one having a dig.

But she didn't wear burgundy.

Prescottdanni123 · 22/12/2022 17:10

I'd have loved to see the Royal Family WhatsApp chat while they were planning this.

Wills: Right, let's all wear bright colours. How about Burgundy? It means power.

Charles: Sounds good. And can someone wear the same colour as Camilla?

And a slightly different note, I wonder how all of the Meghan stans are going to defend her over the curtsey thing now that it has come out that she completed a perfect curtsey in an episode of Suits. Therefore the part about her not knowing how to curtsey to the queen was a complete lie.

SenecaFallsRedux · 22/12/2022 20:22

Therefore the part about her not knowing how to curtsey to the queen was a complete lie.

I just watched that clip. It was a dip of about 5 inches, if that. Certainly not a full curtsey of the type that most royal women make to the monarch. Or a "perfect curtsey" as some of the media are describing it.

BethJ62 · 22/12/2022 20:29

Meghan attended ballet lessons as a little girl and one thing all female dancers learn is to curtesy at the end . I did it , my DDs did it and now my DGD does it .

SenecaFallsRedux · 22/12/2022 20:42

BethJ62 · 22/12/2022 20:29

Meghan attended ballet lessons as a little girl and one thing all female dancers learn is to curtesy at the end . I did it , my DDs did it and now my DGD does it .

Actually, that might just back up her point. That some kind of muscle memory from childhood prompted her to try an elaborate ballet curtsey that was inappropriate for the Queen.

BethJ62 · 22/12/2022 20:44

SenecaFallsRedux · 22/12/2022 20:42

Actually, that might just back up her point. That some kind of muscle memory from childhood prompted her to try an elaborate ballet curtsey that was inappropriate for the Queen.

Clutching at straws a bit there !

cyclamenqueen · 22/12/2022 20:48

But also it shows that there are lots of kinds of cutesy and how was she to know which was the right kind.

at school we were taught to ‘shake, take and bob’ but that would have been no where near deep enough for the queen, but then again a full ballet curtesy would be too much

SenecaFallsRedux · 22/12/2022 21:01

But also it shows that there are lots of kinds of cutesy and how was she to know which was the right kind.

Especially true for Americans. Our curtseying opportunities are few and far between.

pelargoniums · 22/12/2022 21:06

Prescottdanni123 · 22/12/2022 17:10

I'd have loved to see the Royal Family WhatsApp chat while they were planning this.

Wills: Right, let's all wear bright colours. How about Burgundy? It means power.

Charles: Sounds good. And can someone wear the same colour as Camilla?

And a slightly different note, I wonder how all of the Meghan stans are going to defend her over the curtsey thing now that it has come out that she completed a perfect curtsey in an episode of Suits. Therefore the part about her not knowing how to curtsey to the queen was a complete lie.

Why people expect her to remember something she did for 30 seconds once at her day job a decade ago is just weird. I can’t remember what I had for breakfast this morning, let alone something I learned at work for a one-off years ago.

antelopevalley · 22/12/2022 21:08

I did ballet as a kid and learned how to curtsey. Many years later I would have to think twice how to do it.