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The royal family

Harry - what next?

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TrashyPanda · 16/06/2023 12:51

Continuation thread for all things Harry, Meghan and all things Archewell.

welcome back everyone!

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MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 10:48

Howsimplywonderful · 04/07/2023 10:42

@MarcelProust

No-one believes them anymore. They over egged the pudding with their ‘near catastrophic’ car chases

Correction : you don't believe them.

Most reasonable people would consider driving over pedestrian sidewalk and bumping cars off as dangerous. Even the mayor said even a 10 minute high speed chase is dangerous.

PS. the mayor's address also said some police officers seemed to have been in danger, but he was still to get the full report later.

Howsimplywonderful · 04/07/2023 10:50

Happy to let people believe it though, it’s like the faked Headlines for the Oprah interview.

Wheresthebeach · 04/07/2023 11:06

MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 10:32

Why are you answering your own questions in a different post?

She's not. She's answering mine.

SaxSick · 04/07/2023 11:08

MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 10:42

That was a media spin taken out of context. The Netflix show was saying, look what the media do on a daily basis to people. We were told this was a lie before the show aired, and it turned out, they didn't say it was footage of them.

It certainly shows that all sources are edited to a certain end and H and M's team are no exception.

MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 11:08

How erm........bizarre ?

MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 11:09

SaxSick · 04/07/2023 11:08

It certainly shows that all sources are edited to a certain end and H and M's team are no exception.

It's explained in the documentary itself.

Howsimplywonderful · 04/07/2023 11:12

‘’We couldn’t get footage of them being chased despite filming them so used footage of other people to try to explain how they are being chased’

Milcar · 04/07/2023 11:21

No-one should be harassed, but at the same time isn't it sensible to take reasonable precautions?

E.g. if it's a hot day, and I am in my (imaginary!) bikini in the garden, and fancy going to get an ice cream, I could walk up the HIgh Street in my bikini to get an ice cream. I have every right to do that, I am not bothering anyone.

BUT, it is very likely I will get a lot of attention, maybe get filmed by some people, maybe that gets on-line, maybe then there are unkind comments about my appearance, speculation about my intentions and state of mind. All of which is out of my control.

OTOH, I could put on shorts and a T-shirt to get the ice cream, no-one pays me any attention, I get home and take them off and loll in the garden with a lolly.

Equally, if you are a high-profile person attending an event where the paparrazzi are likely to be, you don't want to be followed back to where you are staying, surely you just plan for it? Go to a hotel with good security, relax for a couple of hours (or stay the night), and wait for any paparrazzi to go?

It makes no sense to me.

MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 11:27

Sorry, but your comparisons make no sense at all.

They went to the venue, posed for pics as expected. What more is needed ?

What do you think they did that equates more attention paid to them - as in wearing a bikini in your axample?
As in, what do you think was the controversy that you think garnered extra attention in this case?

Wheresthebeach · 04/07/2023 11:39

MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 11:08

How erm........bizarre ?

What's bizarre?

Puzzledandpissedoff · 04/07/2023 12:18

MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 10:42

That was a media spin taken out of context. The Netflix show was saying, look what the media do on a daily basis to people. We were told this was a lie before the show aired, and it turned out, they didn't say it was footage of them.

Not sure what "We were told this was a lie before the show aired" means, but then they tell so many that I appreciate it gets confusing. However most of us hardly need to be told how filthy the media can be so how does misleading footage help?

And what about the faked newspaper headlines, some of them - in the context of criticising the British media - not even from UK sources? Again, we all know some articles have been disgusting, so why not refer to those instead of misrepresenting the issue?

SaxSick · 04/07/2023 17:19

MarcelProust · 04/07/2023 11:09

It's explained in the documentary itself.

As in - we have used footage relating to Katie Price to show how bad the press can be? We have used footage relating to Michael Cohen to show how bad press can be? Yeah right.

MarcelProust · 05/07/2023 08:23

It was illustrating the scramble of the press for pics and content. The invasion of people's lives, they did not have to name specific names because so many suffer from it. That was the subject of that particular segment of the documentary.
It was the papers who lied before the documentary aired and said it was supposed to represent Harry and Meghan, when it wasn't .

The same with the headline papers. It was to show the domino effect of the toxic British media and how these news are spread overseas. Hence Oprah defiantly refused to take the headlines down. Harpo said no and even CBS ignored the British press.

They like to twist things to make out that H&M are liars, and others can see right through the bm.

Milcar · 05/07/2023 08:37

But if the footage was from e.g. a Harry Potter premiere, then the cameras were invited. From Katie Price - what was the context? She has successfully used the media to build a career.

The idea that overseas press take their lead from the UK media might have been the case in the days of Empire. These days I suspect they run to meet the interests of their own population.

Milcar · 05/07/2023 08:38

Sorry, to say Katie Price used the media is a bit dismissive/negative. She understood the role the media plays, and worked with it. Fair play to her.

SaxSick · 05/07/2023 09:32

@Milcar the footage was local when she appeared in court for yet another drink driving offence.

cassiatwenty · 05/07/2023 22:03

Milcar · 05/07/2023 08:38

Sorry, to say Katie Price used the media is a bit dismissive/negative. She understood the role the media plays, and worked with it. Fair play to her.

Precisely

costacoughee · 06/07/2023 13:23

Unfortunately for Harry so much of the public see him now as some kind of idiot who was dragged into the limelight he wanted to avoid and who has made mistake after mistake after mistake for the past 3 years. How can you take him or his interests seriously any more?

Wherestheheatwave · 06/07/2023 18:25

costacoughee · 06/07/2023 13:23

Unfortunately for Harry so much of the public see him now as some kind of idiot who was dragged into the limelight he wanted to avoid and who has made mistake after mistake after mistake for the past 3 years. How can you take him or his interests seriously any more?

Sadly true.

cassiatwenty · 06/07/2023 22:08

costacoughee · 06/07/2023 13:23

Unfortunately for Harry so much of the public see him now as some kind of idiot who was dragged into the limelight he wanted to avoid and who has made mistake after mistake after mistake for the past 3 years. How can you take him or his interests seriously any more?

My heart breaks but I have to agree

costacoughee · 07/07/2023 11:28

Harry has really lost his way. He's so far down the rabbit hole even real therapy rather than cannabis and woo Californian 'therapies' will help him. His wife is having her own branding problems so I can't see her being useful

Roussette · 07/07/2023 13:45

What 'branding problems' are you talking about? I don't understand, unless you mean the made up Dior story. You shouldn't believe everything you read in the rubbish media!

I'm sure they are fine in California away from the toxicity here.

BadgerB · 07/07/2023 15:37

I've read somewhere that Harry gets his inheritance from the Queen Mother when he turns 40. She thought it would take him a long time to grow up and be sensible....
It's said to be 40million, plus, probably, accrued interest. That should keep them going for a while.
It would certainly keep most families "unto the third & fourth generation"

Iwantcakeeveryday · 07/07/2023 15:45

Roussette · 07/07/2023 13:45

What 'branding problems' are you talking about? I don't understand, unless you mean the made up Dior story. You shouldn't believe everything you read in the rubbish media!

I'm sure they are fine in California away from the toxicity here.

Its ridiculous isn't it? I think people want the worst to be true. Someone from America rejecting what we are told is something to aspire to, being a member of the royal family, can shatter some peoples image of what our country is and what's important to our culture. Actually people in other countries don;t look at the royals and wish they had something like it, or they could be part of it, its quite the opposite. This just proves that only a certain type, picked and chosen by people within the institution, can fit into this medieval system. Harry is right, most of them don't marry for love. They have to find someone that can be moulded into what the institution wants and needs.

Wheresthebeach · 07/07/2023 17:13

I think it was outrageous for Harry to suggest that the others didn’t marry for love. He was once close to Kate and to imply that his brother doesn’t love her is an awful thing to say. So narcissistic- look at me I’m the only one who has married for love.

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