Meghan Markle - Duchess of Dior?

[MamoruHisaishi]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12206159/amp/Is-Meghan-mega-bucks-Duchess-Dior.html

'Ari will have a strategic and tactical battle plan in place to link her with sophisticated brand partners, like Dior. This is an opportunity to distance Meghan from the negativity of the past. 'It's no accident that she didn't go to the Coronation, that she didn't show up in London alongside Prince Harry when he was in court recently,'he said, referring to the Duke's appearance in the witness box in his phone hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers.
'Meghan is wise to distance herself from her husband's toxic dramas. This is a woman who constantly moves forward. This is about building a global brand. There will be some big deals announced soon.'

'I think Meghan is reading the tea leaves correctly in seeking to distance herself from the toxic emotional drama that Harry seems unable to put in the past,' he says. 'This is a strategy and she is getting very good advice. 'People are sick and tired of Harry constantly castigating his family and I don't think he is doing himself any favours to keep blaming the press for everything that went wrong in his life and dredging up stories from 25 years ago.
'Meghan will focus on the positive and all the things which made her so appealing to millennials and Gens X and Z in the first place,' he said, referring to the demographic terms for those under 40.

She will go back to an image of a strong, successful woman who built her own career and will focus on serious women's issues, but also things that are fun and aspirational, like couture fashion.'

Alison Bringe, of brand performance company Lauchmetrics, said: 'She'll be in line with the best-paid mega-influencers, if not the highest paid in the world.' Jeremy Murphy, who runs New York's 360bespoke PR agency, says Meghan is reclaiming her identity.
'She and Harry seem to be on different tracks which could be an issue,' he said.
'I don't think most people know what Harry believes in other than his wife and children.

I think it's all well and good that Meghan is finally moving on from all the royal drama and negativity, but these comments sounds like meghan’s planning to or on the brink of finally moving on from harry and their Sussex partnership. I guess salt and pepper aren't moving together after all...

I do wonder if the story has been leaked by her side? A more cynical side of me wonders if it's to test the reaction or push Dior into a decision.

I can see it though and with her Tig stuff imagine a decent direction to be moving towards a better direction.

Yes I also think the relentless media coverage is bullying. They are trying to carve out a living for themselves, let's leave them to it. Imagine being them and at the end of so much vitriolic coverage, I think it has got to affect them and I don't find it pleasant.

Did you even read the article? It sounds like a positive press release from her PR to distance herself from the Spotify debacle and also her husband and his toxicity. Which imo, is smart of her to do so.

And the sussexes way of trying to make a living is sharing private things about the royal family, and making accusations against them, via interviews, documentary and a book. They're selling this to the public, so not sure why you think the Sussexes are asking to be left alone? They already denied seeking privacy, they just don't want to be criticized, which is too bad because fame doesn't work that way.

This definitely sounds like a PR spin by Meghan’s team.

@MamoruHisaishi

The rumour of Meghan bullying staff was put out by Jason Knauf - to tank her. It was a lie. Everybody knows it was a lie. It’s been known as a lie for years. It isn’t arguable.

And yes - we all have a right to say what we want, except to yell “fire!!” in a theater. We need to prioritise whether we want to put out positive or negative energy into the world.

I’ll never understand the hatred for someone people don’t know, will never meet and who has absolutely no effect on their lives whatsoever.

It’s absurd.

@MamoruHisaishi

And you aren’t sorry.

A high end brand influencer? So she would do advertising campaigns for Dior?

I am not into high end fashion but it seems the other people they name have careers and being the face of x is a small side project. How lucrative is it to be the face of Dior?

I am talking all the other press coverage about them being grifters out today. Look I may not agree with them sharing all in the memoir, and no doubt they already regret it, but I also do not agree with this hounding of them by the media that is just ongoing. It is like a witch hunt. Wealth does not protect you from being affected by this stuff- who do they have, her mother, a few celeb friends, they are quite isolated socially and I just think enough is enough. It is as if some people get off on picking on her and I just find it really nasty frankly. Whatever mistakes they have made, I do not like seeing people being picked on so relentlessly like this it is really. I hope she gets millions from Dior and has her bullies seething with anger..

It is the same impulse that fuelled those horrible school bullies known in every school. Getting off on picking on someone and I just find that more despicable always than the behavior of the person at the end of the bullying, who may have somehow drawn attention to themselves often through things they cannot control. What has she done that is so terrible? Harry is the divulger of all his family's private business not Meghan yet the vitriol is held back for her somehow. It is a dirty business.

It was reported on by Valentine Low from The Times who had spoken with multiple staff members who were bullied by Meghan and Harry. He also reported on it in his book. He quoted staff members saying they felt sick and afraid after being screamed at.

Odd that if it’s untrue, neither of them have sued over it. They love a lawsuit, those two.

@GlorianaCervixia

Valentine Low didn’t bother to find “multiple staff members.”
All his quotes were “a person close to the couple” or “a staff member” or “a person on the royal couple’s staff” or other anonymous people.
He didn’t include one actual name just like in his book.
That’s how the anti-Sussex crowd works.

@DreamTheMoors a bit like the Sussex's themselves when they accuse family members of racism but don't name them.

And yet this fluff piece was full of quotes and statements from her PR company, absolutely 100% this was written and printed at their request.

I found the several references to her consciously distancing herself from Harry and his 'dramas' far more interesting. Is this the beginning of the end for them? I wonder if Harry will go snivelling back to his family.

There were loads of names and people dientified in the book (which I have just finished reading).

And descriptions are made about how people like Sam Cohen were treated in quite a great bit of detail. it names the so-called 'Sussex Survivors Club' as Sam Cohen Sara Latham, and Marnie Gaffney and says that THEY came up with the descriotion of Meghan as a 'narcassistic sociopath'. These people were clearly prepared to put their names to the Low book.

And as a PP said- they have not sued. They sue at the drop of a hat. So why not Low?

Oddly enough I found the Low book to make a real stab at being sympathetic. It describes the pressure MM was under in quite sympathetic terms on occasion.

I can see the Dior deal happening. Dior aren't afraid of divisive figures and MM is very beautiful and looked very slender in the photos yesterday.

The rumour of Meghan bullying staff was put out by Jason Knauf - to tank her. It was a lie. Everybody knows it was a lie. It’s been known as a lie for years. It isn’t arguable.

No, it’s not a lie. Perhaps you should stop attacking Jason Knauf for exposing Meghan's lies in court? And also, Valentine Low was the one who leaked the story and this accusation of bullying has never been retracted. He even wrote about it in his book as well. Harry has all but admitted it in his book as well:

Nerves were shattering, people were sniping.
"In such a climate there was no such thing as constructive criticism. All feedback was seen as an affront, an insult. More than once a staff member slumped across their desk and wept.

I don't know about you, but if people are breaking down at their desks at work, that tells me that the work environment is extremely toxic. Harry frames this as ‘constructive criticsm’, but the staff clearly disagrees.

And yes - we all have a right to say what we want, except to yell “fire!!” in a theater. We need to prioritise whether we want to put out positive or negative energy into the world.

You seem to be engaging in negative energy yourself by attacking people who are criticizing the Sussexes.

I’ll never understand the hatred for someone people don’t know, will never meet and who has absolutely no effect on their lives whatsoever.

Perhaps you should take your own advice and stop trying to control people like myself from snarking on two millionaires who don't even know I exist. It's really none of your business what I do with my time.

Low absolutely names staff members who were bullied. He also says that Meghan ultimately did Harry a great kindness in helping him leave a life where he was unhappy. It's ridiculous to reduce his work to "the anti-sussex crowd".

@DreamTheMoors @My2pence2day @lifekeepsgoing

So agree with your posts. I am astounded by some of the stuff that has been posted in the last day or so. I have never seen it before like this on MN and I've been here a long time.

So a Spotify guy was rude about them and their podcasts, he was unprofessional, H&M did nothing, haven't shown their faces, haven't commented on it... for that they are dragged through the mud, insulted, mocked, and to be honest it's been a case of people dancing on their graves.

It is bullying, plain and simple. And it appears to be quite acceptable to do that.

I hope Meghan makes a success of anything she does, with Harry alongside her. And good luck Harry with the court case, you are brave sticking your neck above the parapet, knowing what abuse you would get for doing so.