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What next for the Sussexes?

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Casuaala · 07/05/2023 14:49

I thought yesterday couldn't have gone better, all things considered; there was the least amount of drama or negative coverage possible regarding the Sussexes.

I'd like to hope that this marks a fresh start. Harry's got all the recriminations off his chest. The Royal Family have maintained a dignified silence and hopefully the future is rosy. The Sussexes can have the life they want in the US, with a small presence in family events back here when appropriate. (I wouldn't be surprised however if Megan never makes it back on UK soil).

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notanotheroneagain · 08/05/2023 09:17

SoTedious · 07/05/2023 21:27

I'd be amazed if she went back into acting, I think producing is more likely, like what Reese Witherspoon has done.

I'm always surprised when this path is suggested - Reese Witherspoon is an Oscar winning Hollywood A list film star who has producer / exec credits over 20 years and Meghan is a tv actress who has been out of the business for several years. Producing film or tv takes a lot of skills and Netflix don't tend to take a punt on someone who has no real experience and doesn't have the star power of RW or the A list contacts book.

Too late, she is already a producer with Netflix.

poppysockies · 08/05/2023 09:19

Just as Zara Tindall is free to pursue various commercial opportunities, and Mike Tindall to go on I'm a Celeb.

If they want to go down that route, H&M really need to stop using the titles.

Some 'spare' Danish princes lost their titles recently due to merching - there's definitely a precedent there. Once William is in charge, I suspect there'll be a shake-up.

poppysockies · 08/05/2023 09:20

Too late, she is already a "producer" with Netflix.

There, fixed it for you :)

SATSSTAS · 08/05/2023 09:25

What a sad situation all round.

Harry has broken his Papa's heart.

KCIII did not look happy during the coronation, before or after. He looked stricken.

There was a gaping hole in this whole affair, a hole that harry and his family should have filled. It could have all been dealt with differently.

Very embarrassing and heart breaking not to have both his sons and all grandchildren on the balcony at his most important occasion, another slap in the face from the Sussexes.

Harry and Meghan should never have slagged his family off via books, Netflix and TV interviews. They were all personal, petty, unprovable attacks and have undermined the royal family and their reputation, possibly beyond repair.

I blame the Queen and PP for not allowing KC to marry Camilla but Harry has unwittingly acted as a catalyst for the tensions of several generations of royals. He threw the proverbial 💩into the fan.

JRHartley72 · 08/05/2023 09:26

Well, we already know what Meghan's doing - taking up hiking! The Daily Fail has the pictures. What an utter surprise* to suddenly see Meghan out and about the very same weekend of the biggest event in Royal history in 70 years where her BIL and SIL have been front and centre. I mean, months and months they've lived there and they haven't been papped once, what are the chances, eh? 👀

As I said on another thread, this woman is a master PR manipulator and I am really fearful for Harry's future with her. If they ever split, I think she'll publicly eviscerate him. She'll do another sit down Oprah interview and it will make Diana's interview with Martin Bashir look like an episode of Jackanory.

*Not surprised in the least. God forbid she didn't make the front page once this weekend.

SoTedious · 08/05/2023 09:27

poppysockies · 08/05/2023 09:20

Too late, she is already a "producer" with Netflix.

There, fixed it for you :)

I did say "no real experience".

I realise she has a producer credit on a podcast and on the series where they bought in and repackaged other people's interviews. I wouldn't call either of those film/tv producing though.

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:28

Howsimplywonderful · 08/05/2023 09:05

@Viviennemary

A backgrid photographer, who turn up when requested

Backgrid don’t employ photographers. They buy photos from them.

8roses · 08/05/2023 09:29

Paid for pap walk - timed for release just as the concert finished. Not sure what the aim was - ‘Meghan goes for walk with employees?’

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:30

I blame the Queen and PP for not allowing KC to marry Camilla

Camilla didn’t want to marry him, she married someone else.

Curtaintwitcher72 · 08/05/2023 09:31

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:28

Backgrid don’t employ photographers. They buy photos from them.

Yes, it's an agency. Which means it's a lone pap. What are the chances they just happened to be there at the exact time MM decided to publicly leave her mansion for the first time in months?

polkadotdalmation · 08/05/2023 09:31

Personally I'm glad Harry turned up for his fathers sake, walked in, left and went home. He could wear Dior or primark for all I care. He clearly wasn't warmly welcomed by many but what goes around, comes around.

What I think will happen to the couple is they will try multiple avenues to earn revenue, some more successful than others, but many will fail because meghans micromanaging amounts to bullying of staff. Harry has never had a job and frankly has no idea about the discipline a job entails. His book deal will stick to more positive hopes he has and will leave his family alone (fingers well and truly burned there along with the bridges) and won't be the big success the first was.

Meghans acting is done and over. She doesn't have the skills to be a director/producer (see above comments on micromanagement) so I think she will front up various woke/left wing/populist 'causes' and do well there.

Ultimately Harry has no organisational skills and relied on meghans Hollywood 'fame' (which was false) to fund this new life, and Meghan relied on Harry's connection to the RF for her fame.

Inexplicably they have both trashed that connection, and will eventually settle down into relative obscurity, struggling to maintain financial stability. A by product of the royal connection trash fest is a suspicion and dislike among much of Hollywood elite because they don't like people who sell their secrets (eg Courtney cox and her loo), so no red carpet and Hollywood feting for them.

Moral of the story, don't bite the hand that feeds you....or lie, gaslight, defame and hurt people who tried to give you everything you wanted.

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:32

Well, we already know what Meghan's doing - taking up hiking!

Shes been seen hiking many times. Lots of people hike there. It’s common.

Do people expect her to hide away every time the royals do something? Hide for the whole week of the coronation? She went for a walk. So fucking what?

Curtaintwitcher72 · 08/05/2023 09:33

8roses · 08/05/2023 09:29

Paid for pap walk - timed for release just as the concert finished. Not sure what the aim was - ‘Meghan goes for walk with employees?’

You can tell they are aware because they all so awkward as they're walking. There's nothing natural about them because they know they're being photographed.

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:33

Curtaintwitcher72 · 08/05/2023 09:31

Yes, it's an agency. Which means it's a lone pap. What are the chances they just happened to be there at the exact time MM decided to publicly leave her mansion for the first time in months?

They hang out because lots of celebrities go hiking in the area. Often they do their own Instagram live of it though 😂

SATSSTAS · 08/05/2023 09:34

The pap pic is portraying Meghan and her entourage. She's surrounded by her own team that love and support her, where she is the boss, the most important person. More than anything I think it's a message to Harry: "I've got my hiking boots on and I'm doing this next bit of the walk alone". Poor Harry.

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:35

polkadotdalmation · 08/05/2023 09:31

Personally I'm glad Harry turned up for his fathers sake, walked in, left and went home. He could wear Dior or primark for all I care. He clearly wasn't warmly welcomed by many but what goes around, comes around.

What I think will happen to the couple is they will try multiple avenues to earn revenue, some more successful than others, but many will fail because meghans micromanaging amounts to bullying of staff. Harry has never had a job and frankly has no idea about the discipline a job entails. His book deal will stick to more positive hopes he has and will leave his family alone (fingers well and truly burned there along with the bridges) and won't be the big success the first was.

Meghans acting is done and over. She doesn't have the skills to be a director/producer (see above comments on micromanagement) so I think she will front up various woke/left wing/populist 'causes' and do well there.

Ultimately Harry has no organisational skills and relied on meghans Hollywood 'fame' (which was false) to fund this new life, and Meghan relied on Harry's connection to the RF for her fame.

Inexplicably they have both trashed that connection, and will eventually settle down into relative obscurity, struggling to maintain financial stability. A by product of the royal connection trash fest is a suspicion and dislike among much of Hollywood elite because they don't like people who sell their secrets (eg Courtney cox and her loo), so no red carpet and Hollywood feting for them.

Moral of the story, don't bite the hand that feeds you....or lie, gaslight, defame and hurt people who tried to give you everything you wanted.

More fantasy. Christ, some people really do spend a lot of time imagining the absolute worst for this couple and projecting all kinds of insecurities onto them. Harry understands work ethic, he was in the army!

LimeCheesecake · 08/05/2023 09:35

Re the Dior suit thing - pretty much all the fashion labels did the same for other celebrities attending - eg Victoria Beckham put out a photo of the Spanish Queen and pointed it out it was one of their frocks she had on, I can’t remember the others, but there was defiantly lots of “X looking stunning in our xxxx dress/suit.” But not for those who’d dressed the family.

I guess it’s a sign that at least for the Dior team, they saw themselves dressing a celebrity who was going to attend as a spectator, not a member of the family (who you don’t use as advertising).

Curtaintwitcher72 · 08/05/2023 09:35

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:32

Well, we already know what Meghan's doing - taking up hiking!

Shes been seen hiking many times. Lots of people hike there. It’s common.

Do people expect her to hide away every time the royals do something? Hide for the whole week of the coronation? She went for a walk. So fucking what?

Oh come on, don't be so bloody naive. She hasn't been seen in public for over four months bar that video intro for her mate and she's NEVER papped hiking or shopping or going for a coffee like celebrities often are and suddenly 24 hours after the Coronation she's 'caught' going out, thus guaranteeing her front page coverage? Defend her all you want, but she and her PR advisors know exactly what they're doing.

notanotheroneagain · 08/05/2023 09:36

Curtaintwitcher72 · 08/05/2023 09:31

Yes, it's an agency. Which means it's a lone pap. What are the chances they just happened to be there at the exact time MM decided to publicly leave her mansion for the first time in months?

The chances are extremely high.

Everyone wanted to know what MM is doing this particular weekend. If there is anytime to stake out for high value pics of MM, it's this one more than any other time, surely.

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:37

More than anything I think it's a message to Harry: "I've got my hiking boots on and I'm doing this next bit of the walk alone". Poor Harry.

oh my days. She goes hiking and this is what you get? What utter nonsense! I went for a walk by myself yesterday and have done many times without my husband of 30+ years!

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:38

I guess it’s a sign that at least for the Dior team, they saw themselves dressing a celebrity who was going to attend as a spectator, not a member of the family (who you don’t use as advertising)

Wrong. I’ve posted photos of other designers sharing who they dressed including Sophie and a bunch of European royals

Curtaintwitcher72 · 08/05/2023 09:38

notanotheroneagain · 08/05/2023 09:36

The chances are extremely high.

Everyone wanted to know what MM is doing this particular weekend. If there is anytime to stake out for high value pics of MM, it's this one more than any other time, surely.

But... but... what about her privacy? wails

8roses · 08/05/2023 09:38

The last time she was papped was after the news came out about the titles for the ‘kids’ - all planned.

Roussette · 08/05/2023 09:38

I walk on my own just about every day!

Poor Mr. Rou, he's for the bin 😂

Curtaintwitcher72 · 08/05/2023 09:39

Whaeanui · 08/05/2023 09:37

More than anything I think it's a message to Harry: "I've got my hiking boots on and I'm doing this next bit of the walk alone". Poor Harry.

oh my days. She goes hiking and this is what you get? What utter nonsense! I went for a walk by myself yesterday and have done many times without my husband of 30+ years!

Yeah, I'm actually with you on that one. If me going for a walk was a signal I was about to leave my husband I should have left him a million times over by now!

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