Harry - what next?

[TrashyPanda]

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

welcome back everyone!

In the Netflix documentary you’d think/they’d like you to think they were the first couple ever to fall in love.
Totally self obsessed clowns 🤣

Do they still have the Netflix deal? I can see this becoming a Woe With the Windsors weekly special.

Bravo TV will surely snap them up.

I think they underestimated the Queen, Charles and William. They thought they were far too dynamic and clever for the stuffy old Windsors.

Yes Netflix still live. Be interesting to see how that pans out

Yes I think you’re right

How long though? , I mean they do realise you have to do the job if you've been paid?

Aren't they just! All that "love story" nonsense.

So sorry!

meant for another poster who seemed a wee bit unsure

chalk it down to a senior moment

With regards to the favourite grandchild, I've also read that Beatrice held that position. While I am sure that there are things about Harry that she loved, she didn't seem to favour any of the grandchildren.

The only thing I know about Goop is the vagina scented candles

which I can live without

quite happily

You're right, she didn't. I doubt that Elizabeth had favourites. She would certainly never have told anyone! It's all speculation.

I can definitely imagine them finding the Palace pace too slow. They were encouraged to take a year off to be newlyweds but declined plus Meghan allegedly declined Sophie as a mentor as she had Harry. Considering that Sophie had a career pre-marriage and made some very public gaffes she may have had some very good advice.

She might have loved him but she was clearly pissed off with him

and who can blame her?

did anyone (except H&M) think it was a good idea?

sureky not?!?

@SoyMarina - and that’s fine when you are a teenager in your first love

not for 2 adults in their 30s, one who is divorced!

Yes @TrashyPanda , I can't get over the spite in the way he said about Williams balding!
' the famous resemblance to our mother fading'

I watched a documentary about a Princess Anne at 70 and she was speaking about her work with Save the Children. She started at 21 and said she spent the first five years learning about the work of the charity before she even made a speech.

Slightly randomly I interviewed Princess Anne about her work for Save the Children for the BBC when I was 10. She was very nice.

The BBC vetted all the questions but let me ask her why they didn't move all the poor people to the rich areas (in those words). Strangely enough she didn't think that was a great solution (yes, I still cringe).

She's how a royal should be. Gets on with the daily grind without moaning, it's not about her ego and she doesn't spend thousands on expensive outfits. I suspect not a role model Meghan was ever likely to emulate though.

I've met Princess Anne, too. Lovely skin.

We had to line up to meet her and I'm afraid I foisted myself on her. 😏 We were only teenagers and she asked my friends on either side of me a question. I didn't consider they were quick enough in their responses, so I answered for them. Hey, I was doing them a favour! 🤷‍♀️. Her mouth didn't tell me to shut up, but I think her eyes did. Hehe. No way. I got to speak to her twice. 😄

I really do not think he is living the life he would have wanted.

I suspect, if Harry was being honest, he'd admit that he feels like a fish out of water in Montecito. I've been there and it's a rich enclave of huge homes hidden behind high hedges and big gates. I very much doubt there's any sense of community or if you even see your neighbours. There's a small high street with a handful of expensive restaurants, posh delis and shops. The Santa Barbara area is really pretty, but it's not like he can just head out on his own and go for a run, grab a coffee with a friend, or go for a walk with his dog along the beach.

I'll take a wild guess that he's pretty socially isolated and doesn't meet many people with whom he feels he has anything at all in common. It's a world away from the kind of places and people he grew up with and initially, I'm sure that was very attractive to him, but deep down I bet he's homesick. I know lots of Brits who've made their home on the east coast of the USA and far fewer who've stuck it out long-term on the west coast.

It's been quite the week for Eton educated boys with bad hair and variable recollections. Not to mention thinking that hard work is for other people.

Narcissists who think they don't need to heed advice. People who treat their friends with contempt.

A period of working with charities and learning humility is an option. I'm not confident it will be taken up.

Sounds like a Channel 5 documentary.

I think working with one or more charities over a period of time so they (individually or jointly) really get credibility in those fields is going to be key to what their future is like.

They were fiendishly unlucky with the timing of the start of the pandemic, and I think they are still struggling to regain momentum. I don't think there really is a sense of focus or clarity.

Sentabale barely gets mentioned. What are they doing for Invictus at present? What's happened to the African charities Meghan was working with before she met Harry? If they want to be influential philanthropists (when they're not mega-rich) means they need credibility. And that tends to mean depth rather than breadth. But I think it may have been the pandemic that interfered with original plans and ideas and meant they became a bit scatter-gun. However with each year the passes since 2020, that reason becomes flimsier

I worked in PR for 20 years - people with big egos struggle to take advice.

Harry & Megan are angry at their dissenting audience because they believe they can tell people what to think.

I'm sure they were advised to concentrate on their genuine passions and strengths to build their brand.

Instead they have created a soulless platform without a thought for their audience.

Another PR rule is universality. Talk about any issue but approach it from the angle which most people can relate to. So for example, loosing a parent for Harry and being a successful woman of colour for Megan.

If you want people to like you and you're very rich, you can't complain (unless it's to your therapist.)

Really basic rules which they have chosen to ignore because they are cleverer than everyone.

I bet he's going to regret all of this when he divorces 🏃‍♂️🙏