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Looks like Harold's having the last laugh...

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JRHartley72 · 10/01/2023 19:03

His publisher has confirmed he's sold 400,000 copies across all formats in ONE DAY. That's probably a record breaking amount for a memoir.

www.thebookseller.com/news/prince-harrys-memoir-sells-400k-copies-across-all-editions-in-its-first-day-on-sale-says-transworld

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MarshaMelrose · 11/01/2023 01:42

vera99 · 11/01/2023 00:59

I've delved depths in the pursuit of gossip but that's the lowest of the low sites.

Yeah, it really isn't. 😂 If anything it's one of the higher quality ones. But like them all, they're just tittle tattle until confirmed.

MarshaMelrose · 11/01/2023 01:45

Newwardrobe · 11/01/2023 01:20

I wonder why he hasn't sued ? It's such a dreadful allegation.

Because it doesn't say its him. It blind gossip. And anyway, suing would give it airtime and credence.

vera99 · 11/01/2023 01:48

Given that the Sussexes are litigious and bearing in mind the Lord McAlpine twitter defamation where he went after hundreds of social media users I would advise anybody on here hinting through innuendo or providing information that allows jigsaw identification of that site to think very carefully before doing so for their won sakes. MN have pulled one thread already.

www.theguardian.com/media/2013/feb/21/lord-mcalpine-twitter-defamation-cases

vera99 · 11/01/2023 01:50

MarshaMelrose · 11/01/2023 01:45

Because it doesn't say its him. It blind gossip. And anyway, suing would give it airtime and credence.

Jigsaw identification and allowing unmoderated comments to stand. Craig Murray went to prison in Scotland for pretty much the same thing.

StormzyinaTCup · 11/01/2023 02:00

I found it!
I've filed it for the time being under 'Gossip' where the PW ones currently live.

MarshaMelrose · 11/01/2023 02:22

vera99 · 11/01/2023 01:50

Jigsaw identification and allowing unmoderated comments to stand. Craig Murray went to prison in Scotland for pretty much the same thing.

There were a lot of dodgy things about the Salmond trial which will never be fully resolved now. But Craig Murrays caase was to do with breaking court legal restrictions and the protection of witnesses.
It can't be compared to a gossip site. And anyway Blind Gossip is not a UK site and not subject to any of the legal systems in the UK.

vera99 · 11/01/2023 03:33

MarshaMelrose · 11/01/2023 02:22

There were a lot of dodgy things about the Salmond trial which will never be fully resolved now. But Craig Murrays caase was to do with breaking court legal restrictions and the protection of witnesses.
It can't be compared to a gossip site. And anyway Blind Gossip is not a UK site and not subject to any of the legal systems in the UK.

My inelegant point is that a uk based poster on a uk site inferring through the information they post that can identify the person in this case Harry has committed illegal acts is I would have thought is defamation. McAlpine went to great lengths to identify hundreds of posters that made that inference about him and was successful. I'm not a lawyer so will bow to greater knowledge if others have it.

ShamedBySiri · 11/01/2023 03:57

Well apparently Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold 8.3 million on day one.

He's not JK Rowling. And I don't see a film franchise following on from this. Although possibly future Royal biopics will take a different direction from schmaltz to comedy.

Looks like Harold's having the last laugh...
Refreshmentsanyone · 11/01/2023 07:07

BradfordGirl · 10/01/2023 23:56

Ah but they are not Harry and Meghan. Different rules apply to Harry and Meghan.

Well yes different “ rules” apply because of it’s context. It’s been written in the midst of on going drama between his old family and his new one.

Fergie wasn’t royal to start with. She had legally and physically separated her life so anything she said about the family was as an outsider.
That’s a pretty different perspective to a book from a son who still wants a stake in his family. Or not, I guess.

Itsnottime · 11/01/2023 07:25

I’ve just found the story. I think I heard it at the time but couldn’t quite compute it. Actually now after all that had happened, I do believe it could be true.
I think the Harry we have been carefully spoon fed for years is a much more complex and darker character. There have been a lot of hints that things have been covered up for years . I read a few days ago that some of Williams friends are very angry at the job Harry has done in William considering that there are stories they could tell about Harry that could make your hair curl. Or words to that effect. I wondered too if W didn’t want to spend the eve before H’s wedding with him and his mates because they were perhaps the ones present at the drunken pool party or worse. He didn’t want to be associated with them. Especially on H’s stag night.

There are flashes in the interview with TB when you see a very unpleasant man I think. A sneering, vicious person. It’s not the whole person, but I do believe there is someone else in there. The story about the disabled Matron gives an insight into his character when he was younger. An entitled, selfish and frankly unpleasant person who had been brought up to think women are lesser. There for his titillation.
The very fact he lost his virginity the way he did tells you something too.

I really hope this story isn’t true but I no longer think it is outside the realms of possibility. If so, he isn’t so different from his Uncle. Horrible thought.

Kateforqueen · 11/01/2023 07:41

@Itsnottime it's shocking isn't it. If there's even a shread of truth its too much. Who put the story back in public domain last night. I doubt it was the royal family, I'm imagining they are still biding there time.. Could be a number of angry sources at this stage

vera99 · 11/01/2023 07:41

The kicker in that made up story is the RF have been covering up for Harry for years so the logical conclusion if that came out it would blow the whole damn lot up.

JRHartley72 · 11/01/2023 07:45

It's really not wise to share unsubstantiated and libellous allegations about a very serious offence that you've copy and pasted off a low-rent blind gossip site. So I've asked @MNHQ to remove those comments. Seriously, do not keep repeating them!

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JRHartley72 · 11/01/2023 07:46

Itsnottime · 11/01/2023 07:25

I’ve just found the story. I think I heard it at the time but couldn’t quite compute it. Actually now after all that had happened, I do believe it could be true.
I think the Harry we have been carefully spoon fed for years is a much more complex and darker character. There have been a lot of hints that things have been covered up for years . I read a few days ago that some of Williams friends are very angry at the job Harry has done in William considering that there are stories they could tell about Harry that could make your hair curl. Or words to that effect. I wondered too if W didn’t want to spend the eve before H’s wedding with him and his mates because they were perhaps the ones present at the drunken pool party or worse. He didn’t want to be associated with them. Especially on H’s stag night.

There are flashes in the interview with TB when you see a very unpleasant man I think. A sneering, vicious person. It’s not the whole person, but I do believe there is someone else in there. The story about the disabled Matron gives an insight into his character when he was younger. An entitled, selfish and frankly unpleasant person who had been brought up to think women are lesser. There for his titillation.
The very fact he lost his virginity the way he did tells you something too.

I really hope this story isn’t true but I no longer think it is outside the realms of possibility. If so, he isn’t so different from his Uncle. Horrible thought.

Er, I'm really not sure you want to implicate all PH's friends. 😳 I'd ask for this comment to be removed if I were you.

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LetsDoThis2023 · 11/01/2023 07:50

Snore.

JRHartley72 · 11/01/2023 07:50

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JRHartley72 · 11/01/2023 07:51

LetsDoThis2023 · 11/01/2023 07:50

Snore.

Sorry, do you need to take a nap?

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Itsnottime · 11/01/2023 07:53

JRHartley72 · 11/01/2023 07:46

Er, I'm really not sure you want to implicate all PH's friends. 😳 I'd ask for this comment to be removed if I were you.

I’m not implicating them all, but I assume at his stage party some of the friends present had been involved in some less savoury behaviour.

Itsnottime · 11/01/2023 07:53

Stag

JRHartley72 · 11/01/2023 07:55

Itsnottime · 11/01/2023 07:53

I’m not implicating them all, but I assume at his stage party some of the friends present had been involved in some less savoury behaviour.

Yes you are! Someone up the thread has stated the unsubstantiated allegations and now you've said his friends were present! Friends who can clearly be identified with a cursory Google search. Clearly you know nothing about jigsaw identification and implied blame. I've studied media law so I do.

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LetsDoThis2023 · 11/01/2023 08:02

@JRHartley72 I think half of our nation needs to get a life!

JRHartley72 · 11/01/2023 08:03

LetsDoThis2023 · 11/01/2023 08:02

@JRHartley72 I think half of our nation needs to get a life!

Is that going to be your legal defence? 😂

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MissMarpleRocks · 11/01/2023 09:18

I can believe many things of Harry but not that. It’s just nasty gossip 🤢