I'm feeling a bit sorry for Harry

[ssd]

I feel like he needs his mum more than ever. To put an arm round him and say "enough son".

He needs guidance, he's never had maternal guidance. Its well documented that Williams life has been really enhanced by Kates parents. Harry has never had that and i feel sorry for him.

Well he is right - there wasn’t a chase in the 10 - 15 minutes they were with him.

The only person who doesn't have a position to defend in this is the taxi driver. And his position is that they were followed but there were no safety isssues. Considering it was the same paps and they were driving safely, that would indicate that the chase earlier had been exacerbated by Harry's team. Because the cabbie, untrained in safety driving, seems to have handled this situation so much more safely and wisely than the trained security unit drivers. Maybe Harry should consider employing him!

More like a Cupid Stunt !

To be fair, I think they were followed by paparazzi.

but an annoying incident became a “near catastrophe”

it could have been avoided if they just went straight to their destination. The decision to play cat and mouse in a 4 vehicle convey with paparazzi on foot, scooters etc was a very bad mistake. Their security seem inept. Transferring them into a cab with an unknown driver???? And not mak8ng them wear seat belts.

Queen of Hertz 😂😂😂😂

I cannot say how they felt. I wouldn’t like to be hounded by press so I have sympathy for that.

I wonder if we will get to see all the footage. That in itself would show quite how near catastrophic it got.

But if I were frightened and being chased for two hours, possibly at speed, then my seatbelt would most certainly be on. Sympathy waning.

Their publicist popping out a little carefully worded statement to highlight the connection with Diana’s hounding? Sympathy there but why when a seatbelt would have saved her life does he think it a good idea to go without? Sympathy turning.

Their publicist popping out a little emotive statement saying no one had been in touch from the RF? Sympathy lost.

This for me is the modern day version of the boy who cried Wolf. It screams flat out publicity courting, stirring the press they say they hate (but unfortunately desperately need) and of course trying to highlight the need for the security they chose to leave behind. I don’t know if they can’t find, or won’t pay for, the top level of security but it apparently went very wrong the other day, so something is lacking.

In an ideal world, the paparazzi, press and those who make their life unhappy should ignore them.

The thing is, I don’t think that would suit them either.

Aye - that tickled me.

Oh so true Arcane

@ArcaneWireless Spot on.

It was a good one!

When I read the story of the 2 hour chase around the famously deserted streets of Manhatttan I'll swear I could hear the voice of Judge Judy shouting “Baloney” from across the Atlantic.

@MrsGusset - and following up with her famous “don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining”

Spot on, @ArcaneWireless

No one said there was a high speed chase. Stop twisting for your narrative.

The Mayor Eric Adams has also said “I would find it hard to believe that there was a two-hour high speed chase”

clearly he was referring someone who had called it a high speed chase. Don’t know who, but clearly he felt that was a matter he had to address.

however - using the word chase” implies speed. Otherwise you’d use “follow”, which does not imply speed.

Whoever it was, it was not H&M.

What a pair of idiots. It is not unexpected they would be followed after the highly publicised event they attended, this is standard paparazzi stuff. They should have had a proper plan, proper security (one guy, seriously?), never use public transport (how can a taxi with an unknown driver be secure, have they forgotten Princess Anne!) and also accepted some photos may be taken as they are public figures and that's a standard experience for pretty much all celebs. I can't roll my eyes enough on this one.

Whoever it was, it was not H&M

well, technically they have not said anything, have they?

they have neither confirmed or denied a single thing. Just the inept PR statement that made them a laughing stock when the truth came out, and then radio silence,

im not counting idiot Scobie, because nobody believes a single th8ng he says, so wh6 would they tell him anything??

Exactly, @Highdaysandholidays1

nothing was more predictable.

@notanotheroneagain Yep. Like H&M s pr team acted without their knowledge and issued this ridiculous statement because that's what paid employees do?

Hopefully this will finish them off in America - how much humiliation can one coupe take - ALL self inflicted

Karma is sweet 😃👌🥂

I would be getting rid of an employee who was going a bit rogue and embellishing statements for the drama.

Words matter.

Someone’s peg would be all of a shoogle if they were not running a statement past my gaffer before putting it out there for all to see.

It seems like they are being taken advantage of by their own staff, who expose them to unnecessary risk make them figures of fun through inept PR statements.

what should have been taken seriously has made them figures of fun.

You are very invested in both H& M who are 'disgusting individuals ' and should 'piss off to Monteshitshow'. Not forgetting Meghan who is a treacherous daughter in law. 🙂

I think the 'no one had been in touch from the RF' to me is another big clue to behind the motives for these shenanigans.

In the same way we're now having 'security alerts' around their Californian mansion being played up.

These carefully orchestrated performances are not for mainstream audiences, they are being broadcast especially for the viewing pleasure of the Met, the UK courts and darling Pa.

We're demonstrating just how vulnerable we are using sub standard security ( because of cost) and how decisions to remove our security is endangering our lives.

We didn't get anywhere with throwing direct grenades at the RF to give us what we demand, so now we'll hit Pa straight in the crown jewels with emotional blackmail to tug on the purse heart strings.

Can you imagine Pa, the blood you will have on your hands should anything happen to your darling boy, his actress wife and their children if you don't stump up to meet our blackmail demands?

Come to think of it, this could be book 2 we're waiting for...