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Sasha Walpole

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ChocMarshmallows · 12/02/2023 09:12

I really really like her!! She's so respectful, humble, funny, chill and genuinely lovely! No drama, no backstabbing, no dissing the royals or even Harry. What a thoroughly nice person!

If Harry had stuck with her and she had stuck with him, they would likely have been a fantastic duo and I fully expect Harry would have turned out far more normal, down to Earth and waaaaaaay less wokey/therapy-speak/narcissistic & self absorbed etc.. (though might not have had such a positive impact on Sasha!)

Sasha, u r awesome!

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purpledalmation · 12/02/2023 18:15

mathanxiety · 12/02/2023 18:07

If she was a Highgrove employee she probably signed some sort of NDA. The book didn't mention her name and 'older woman' wasn't very specific as a description for anyone trying to track her down.

All their friends at the time had a good idea what had happened and several knew. Sasha herself was only made aware following a friend texting her. Harry didn't even have the decency to say he was about to blow up her privacy. Poor woman had a lucky escape when he ghosted her.

mathanxiety · 12/02/2023 18:15

I can't believe there is a serious suggestion that this woman and Harry would ever have got married, or even been seen in public together.

There is absolutely no way a mucker outer of the polo ponies would have been seen as an appropriate partner for him. She knew that and he did too.

Roussette · 12/02/2023 18:17

Plitvice · 12/02/2023 18:12

It was a teenage bonk in a field vs a mature bonk in Rwanda which then evolved into something else.
It is clear that he likes bonking outdoors with women who don't believe in waiting long either.

Can you explain what you mean? 🙄

Plitvice · 12/02/2023 18:20

mathanxiety · 12/02/2023 18:15

I can't believe there is a serious suggestion that this woman and Harry would ever have got married, or even been seen in public together.

There is absolutely no way a mucker outer of the polo ponies would have been seen as an appropriate partner for him. She knew that and he did too.

So you are saying that she wasn't good enough to be his girlfriend.

You are an obvious Meghan fan so your assessment is based on the high opinion you have of Meghan which others may totally disagree with.

Many would expect the brother of a future king to marry somebody a lot more successful than Meghan. Even Freddie Windsor (much lower down the line of succession) did this. Andrew wanted to marry Koo Stark but was not allowed and she was a more successful actress than Meghan.

Ridemeginger · 12/02/2023 18:26

I very much doubt an NDA would cover Sasha's personal life, which has nothing to do with her work life, or that is would be enforceable if it tried to. She didn't work for Harry, she has broken no contractual obligation wrt Harry, she didn't shag him in the course of her employment.

The paps and the papers new about the circle of friends back in 2001. At the time of the shag, Summer 2001, the papers were gearing up to break a story about Harry's drug taking and the goings on at the Rattlebone Inn. That story broke in January 2002. Sasha says in her Piers Morgan interview that she had a run in with the paps back then.

Nicholas Owen, former ITN Royal Correspondent, said on the news today that the first thing every tabloid editor would have done when the shag story leaked would be to track down the woman in question. They already had the archives of the 2001 gang. How long do you think it would have taken them to figure out who it was?

Ridemeginger · 12/02/2023 18:33

*knew

Roussette · 12/02/2023 18:33

Plitvice · 12/02/2023 18:20

So you are saying that she wasn't good enough to be his girlfriend.

You are an obvious Meghan fan so your assessment is based on the high opinion you have of Meghan which others may totally disagree with.

Many would expect the brother of a future king to marry somebody a lot more successful than Meghan. Even Freddie Windsor (much lower down the line of succession) did this. Andrew wanted to marry Koo Stark but was not allowed and she was a more successful actress than Meghan.

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I'm more interested in the post I wanted you to clarify. It sounds like a classic women shaming thing to me. Both of Sasha and Meghan.

'Women who don't believe in waiting long' 😮😮😮

MrsMaxDeWinter · 12/02/2023 18:39

Many would expect the brother of a future king to marry somebody a lot more successful than Meghan.

Why is the bar higher for the future king's brother's wife than for the wives of future king himself?

Diana, Camilla, Kate, were all less successful than Meghan before they married? Diana was a cleaner and nursery aide, Kate worked at Jigsaw for a few weeks, and Camilla was a secretary.

Why is the bar higher for the brothers' wives and not the kings' wives?

Plitvice · 12/02/2023 18:40

Roussette · 12/02/2023 18:33

I'm more interested in the post I wanted you to clarify. It sounds like a classic women shaming thing to me. Both of Sasha and Meghan.

'Women who don't believe in waiting long' 😮😮😮

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Do you find it shameful? I never wrote that.

The average wait is eight dates if you google it.

No need to judge, just stating facts they provided themselves.

Roussette · 12/02/2023 18:42

Plitvice · 12/02/2023 18:40

Do you find it shameful? I never wrote that.

The average wait is eight dates if you google it.

No need to judge, just stating facts they provided themselves.

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What?

You wrote that at 18.12 !!

Plitvice · 12/02/2023 18:43

Roussette · 12/02/2023 18:42

What?

You wrote that at 18.12 !!

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I never wrote that it was shameful, I wrote that it was factual. You wrote that it was "shaming" so you must consider it shameful.

Roussette · 12/02/2023 18:46

Plitvice · 12/02/2023 18:43

I never wrote that it was shameful, I wrote that it was factual. You wrote that it was "shaming" so you must consider it shameful.

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Here is your post. It's easier if I let others look at it and make their own minds up.

It was a teenage bonk in a field vs a mature bonk in Rwanda which then evolved into something else.
It is clear that he likes bonking outdoors with women who don't believe in waiting long either.

Of course it is not shameful to me which is why I picked up on your post which insinuates it is.. It's demeaning women by you

jeffgoldblum · 12/02/2023 18:47

Nothing shameful about not waiting, I slept with my husband the first night we met and we've been married 27 years and are still happy .

Ridemeginger · 12/02/2023 18:48

Ridemeginger · 12/02/2023 18:26

I very much doubt an NDA would cover Sasha's personal life, which has nothing to do with her work life, or that is would be enforceable if it tried to. She didn't work for Harry, she has broken no contractual obligation wrt Harry, she didn't shag him in the course of her employment.

The paps and the papers new about the circle of friends back in 2001. At the time of the shag, Summer 2001, the papers were gearing up to break a story about Harry's drug taking and the goings on at the Rattlebone Inn. That story broke in January 2002. Sasha says in her Piers Morgan interview that she had a run in with the paps back then.

Nicholas Owen, former ITN Royal Correspondent, said on the news today that the first thing every tabloid editor would have done when the shag story leaked would be to track down the woman in question. They already had the archives of the 2001 gang. How long do you think it would have taken them to figure out who it was?

Also wanted to add that Sasha ceased working at Highgrove in April 2001, prior to the shag date, I believe. Therefore, along with my reasoning above, the fact that the incident occurred after the dates of her employment means she is unlikely to be caught breaching any NDA.

derxa · 12/02/2023 18:54

a mucker outer of the polo ponies Oh the snobbery!!!! 😆 It's amazing how snobbish the anti royal mob are.
I regularly shovel sheep shit out of pens. I wouldn't have touched Harry with a barge pole

MrsMaxDeWinter · 12/02/2023 19:04

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AliceOlive · 12/02/2023 19:06

I don’t want to start a new thread but wondered: if NDAs were signed for royal staff, wouldn’t it be the institution that must call for the enforcement? I would not think an individual who left the country, the family and the institution would have any standing.

Whatever the case, I wouldn’t want to test those waters if I were Harry.

derxa · 12/02/2023 19:08

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But why not?😆

AliceOlive · 12/02/2023 19:09

Sorry, I see NDA standing was already mentioned by @Ridemeginger.

I didn’t want to wade through it all as MN RF discourse seems particularly xyz today.

Ridemeginger · 12/02/2023 19:10

AliceOlive · 12/02/2023 19:06

I don’t want to start a new thread but wondered: if NDAs were signed for royal staff, wouldn’t it be the institution that must call for the enforcement? I would not think an individual who left the country, the family and the institution would have any standing.

Whatever the case, I wouldn’t want to test those waters if I were Harry.

Yes, as I said above, the NDA was not with Harry. He can't enforce it. He'd have to persuade the RF to try to. That's highly unlikely to happen.

notanotheroneagain · 12/02/2023 19:10

Ridemeginger · 12/02/2023 18:48

Also wanted to add that Sasha ceased working at Highgrove in April 2001, prior to the shag date, I believe. Therefore, along with my reasoning above, the fact that the incident occurred after the dates of her employment means she is unlikely to be caught breaching any NDA.

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So no 'power advantage' for Harry as she was not employed then. Just one of the mates.

Ridemeginger · 12/02/2023 19:12

I've never said there was a power advantage.

MrsMaxDeWinter · 12/02/2023 19:14

@derxa because the wave of loathing radiating from you would have given him a punch big enough to send him head first into the farthest dog bowl on the planet😂

notanotheroneagain · 12/02/2023 19:15

Can't understand what is so hard to accept.

Harry fell madly, madly, heard over heels, in love with this woman of colour, MM. He saw her as his future, committed to her and had kids with her.

That's that. End of the story.

AliceOlive · 12/02/2023 19:22

Ridemeginger · 12/02/2023 19:10

Yes, as I said above, the NDA was not with Harry. He can't enforce it. He'd have to persuade the RF to try to. That's highly unlikely to happen.

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Makes sense to me.

I can’t imagine this interview is sitting well with Harry or Meghan. I would be very upset for my DH to openly discuss women he’d slept with before me. And truly humiliated for one to go on tv and talk about it.

But it seems like Harry doesn’t think of the people he wrote about as real people, with lives, emotions and loved ones to protect. Bit like someone indicated upthread, I guess he considers them “bit characters” to his starring role.

For that reason, I’m glad she did the interview.