The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the Invictus Games 2023

[MrsMaxDeWinter]

Most of the Invictus threads seem to be filling up, or focused on fairly parochial issues, so I thought, now that Meghan is in Dusseldorf, I would lead us off with a general new thread about Harry and Meghan at Invictus 2023.

Some initial thoughts from me.

The UK tabloid narrative about how much Harry and Meghan are loathed globally is blown apart by the warm and rousing welcome they both received, both separately and together. So the UK tabloids have to dig deep to write eye-rollingly silly stories about Harry being "humiliated" because he did not score a goal during a fun, light-hearted TV appearance to promote the Games.

Invictus clearly means everything to Harry, and it is lovely to see Meghan supporting him, and to remember that it was at Invictus in Toronto that they first went public. The event must have such lovely memories for them both.

Favourite picture: Meghan with Glory Essien, the Nigerian athlete.

The Nigerians have really lit up the tournament. A Kenyan senator who met Harry last week posted on X that she would work on Kenya to be the next African team.

After everything in the last year, it's so lovely to see that Invictus is getting bigger, that Harry is as committed as he has always been to the Games he started, and that Meghan is there to support the veterans, and her husband.

Yeah the golds and tans look so good on her

It’s green 🤔😆

I thought teal 😁

I have very slopey shoulders ( which I didn't realise until I had to cut the straps off my wedding dress halfway through the day because I didn't realise how annoying they were going to be!) I can't stand spaghetti straps. Maybe she has the same problem. I like strapless dresses!

I think you'll find what you've just done there will be really against TG. That is not a nice thing to do.
Everyone can have second thoughts and c&p ing a deleted post is very underhand. I doubt you'd like it

And yet you just reposted it!

I have realised my error and have already contacted MNHQ
The edit facility timed out

But thank you for pointing that out 🙄

I have also alerted MN. I don't think it is underhand as it is a feature of the site and shows what the poster really thinks but thought OOPs Ive gone too far. I would hope that I wouldn't post something along those lines.

As they say in court, jurors disregard that. Hopefully MN will remove all references to it.

It's an unpleasant thing to do

I wouldn't dream of doing it to anyone whatever my thoughts

More unpleasant that that statement she made.

@themessygarden
I find your PA on a poster unpleasant too.

I'm stepping away. Make mileage out of it if that's what you want

It tells me everything I need to know

I am not making mileage out of it, I don't think what was said should be minimised, very glad I saw it though, it confirms exactly what I thought.

What on earth is this all about.

@themessygarden it's not just you

If that comment referred to any other skin colour you can bet it would, quite rightly, be pulled apart by other posters. But on this particular occasion it's the calling it out that is 'underhand' and wrong and we should all pretend we haven't read it and move on. What a crock of hypocritical bull. This place gets crazier by the day. Happy Monday everyone.

When a show has a panel of white people berating and criticising a person of colour, I don't see the problem pointing it out. In fact it's the type of thing that gets discussed all the time. Other examples would be a panel of men discussing a women who complained about sexism, that would rightly be pointed out because it could lead to bias on their part or a lack of understanding of what its like to be a woman and therefore the panel should have a balance of opinions from men and women. People point that kind of thing out all the time. Similarly a panel of media who are all white discussing a woman who has accused their industry and some of their employers of racism and unfair treatment would not be considered by many of us to be a balanced panel. I would say similar if there was an election on and a tv show had a panel discussing the leaders debate or something with only labour supporters on the panel.

As per MNHQ instructions many many times, I shall be ignoring the personal remarks levelled at other posters.

I don't understand your point, what supposed show are you talking about there?

GMB, as per the edited post. It states it quite clearly that is what is being referred to.