Meghan, Duchess of Sussex spotted out and about, part 2

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Part 2 of a nice, unproblematic thread to discuss some of the fab outfits from the Duchess of Sussex, and some of the many great causes she (and Harry) and Archewell supports.

When it's warranted yes!

I couldn't see it was a wink, apologies, hard to tell sometimes

Time to go to Specsavers.

How can you dislike someone you don’t know? Genuine question. Especially as there are lots of us on this thread that would call out any poster that claimed a dislike of MM. We don’t know these people and all of their facets of personality. Your post seems harsh, and contradictory. Skullbabe had a valid point but your post undermines it unfortunately.

That is a good question
how can someone dislike someone they don’t know.
let’s ask the posters who delight in ripping Meghan to pieces.
on the other hand we could just accept that Meghan looks great

Totally agree @Samcro most of the time, she does! She’s obviously happy and relaxed which is great. 💗
I just don’t get the double standards on either side…..but let’s stick to the thread.

Harry rarely gets papped unless he is with Meghan and they never ever get papped with their children, so they know how to avoid it when they need to.

It is against California law to take pictures of celebrity children.

I’m a bit bemused by the idea that Meghan doesn’t come out in public for months, but when she does she gets papped.

I would have thought that she’s out more often than we know, and she often doesn’t get papped at those times.

I do know celebs will ring paps to be photographed eg Kim Kardashian. I’m confident most celebs do at times when they need to raise their profile. But I’m thinking that at this time, and at the time of the coronation etc., images of Meghan are in high demand. I don’t think she needs to ring anyone. And the pictures we see aren’t necessarily taken on the day the papers tell us they were, as a pp noted.

I also don’t believe Meghan was ‘grinning maniacally’ She seemed to me to be obviously smiling at someone. Would we say Kate was ‘laughing maniacally’ when we see images of her laughing and there is no one else in the frame?

It is against California law to take pictures of celebrity children.

Not so - the law in California prevents photographers from harassing children to take photos, but if they are in a public place then a photo can legally be taken and published without the law being broken.

At this stage, I think, you either think Meghan decides to have a photo taken of herself on carefully selected dates, or you don’t - and I doubt anyone’s going to change their minds on that!

I am sure Meghan is out and about living her life and not holed up in her house and not daring to go out. Good!

However, as normal, whenever there is a pic of her it's staged/designed to pop up when the RF are doing something according to some... she really shouldn't smile either! How dare she. And walk to her car. Should've got a taxi to take her the 50 yards!
Has anyone yet said that the pic of her walking to a car was designed to overshadow the RF Christmas Concert 4 days away?

Has anyone yet said that the pic of her walking to a car was designed to overshadow the RF Christmas Concert 4 days away?

That’s not til Friday, Roussette - plenty of time for another picture to emerge!😀

This photo came out on the morning of the Royal Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham, Palace though, the date of which was known in advance, obviously.

Can I establish then Serenster that Meghan should not leave her house and go to the gym or anything similar if the RF are undertaking any duties?
Is that what you're saying?!

Can we keep this to style and fashion please?

She can do what she likes but maybe not arrange to be papped on certain occasions? Hike on Coronation Day ??

Apologies

No, not at all, Roussette. I imagine Meghan leaves her house all the time (she has told us she does the school run for example). Nothing wrong with that at all!

It’s just interesting to note that no matter how obscure her surroundings, those pesky paps always seem to catch her right when the Royal family are doing something of more. What an extraordinary coincidence etc etc…

This is hopeless. We can't even talk sensibly about Meghan out and about. Absolutely hopeless. The RF according to Royalists are always doing something, busy people. Yet a woman thousands of miles away should not go out if they are. Because she might get papped and if there is a pic it's all her fault and she is trying to overshadow the RF.

Pathetic.

Do you want to persist with your theories on this thread Serenster. Because if so, there is no point me being here.

This isn't Meghan out and about, her fashion choices, or anything remotely like this. It's a 'let's get at Meghan' thread. Despite there being others people can post on.

@Serenster you know what? I sure as hell HOPE Meghan's PR team is behind every single pap photo of her. Why on earth shouldn't she do PR? She's one of the most talked about women in the whole world, much of it fabricated, spiteful, infantile nonsense.

Her and Harry are up against the most powerful and well-funded PR and media machines in Great Britain and the western world, consisting of billionaires such as Murdoch, Rothermere, and Barclay and their numerous media channels, our billionaire royal family and their hyperactive briefing operations, an absolute army of 'journalists' and 'royal experts' and even bots churning out thousands of pieces of hateful, persecutory content aimed at M&H EVERY SINGLE DAY.

M&H don't have anything remotely approaching the resources of these behemoths. But that doesn't mean they should sit around like ducks waiting to be shot at.

Nobody goes to war against someone using the PR equivalent of nuclear missiles and combat drones with just sticks and a catapult (even though it feels like that's exactly what's happening)

So GO, GO, GO Meghan's PR team! More pap shots! More dinners with Gwynneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz! More videos dancing at Beyonce's! More photo ops with Kamala Harris' husband! More, MORE MORE!

Not so - the law in California prevents photographers from harassing children to take photos, but if they are in a public place then a photo can legally be taken and published without the law being broken.

“Under existing law, any person who intentionally harasses the child or ward of any other person because of that person’s employment is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.”

”The bill would specify that harassment means knowing and willful conduct directed at a specific child or ward that seriously alarms, annoys, torments, or terrorizes the child or ward, and that serves no legitimate purpose, including, but not limited to, that conduct occurring during the course of any actual or attempted recording of the child’s or ward’s image or voice without the written consent of the child’s or ward’s parent or legal guardian, by following the child’s or ward’s activities or by lying in wait. The bill would specify that, upon a violation of the above provisions, a parent or legal guardian of an aggrieved child or ward may bring a civil action against the violator on behalf of the child or ward for specified remedies.”

This says nothing about pictures taken in public. This is why you now see no pictures of celebrity children taken in California unless with express consent of the parent/guardian.

Agreed regardless of this point - many will disagree about the relationship between this couple and the paparazzi press so I will leave it there.

There is no doubt that M and H are chased by people hoping to get a quick shot of them as well as them setting up photo ops. They are money for these photographers. They create a great deal of news most of it unpleasant. It's current day SM.

Can I establish then that Meghan should not leave her house and go to the gym or anything similar if the RF are undertaking any duties?

As I’ve said earlier - anything Meghan does over the next 2 weeks will be taken as an affront to the RF. Again, it’s confirmation bias in practice. I believe the narrative is that Meghan is trying to upstage the RF (which honestly confuses me because many who don't like her repeatedly state how insignificant she is so not entirely sure why they pay her any mind at all) - so any picture she has around the period of time of an event will confirm this to them. Many discard the other times pictures and videos are taken which have no relation to anything the RF are doing because it doesn’t fit this narrative. Additionally - the idea of women warring drives clicks and money and so it makes absolute sense for editors and paparazzi to want to get pictures and video during big events for either to increase sales/clicks. Like I said before - the picture of Meghan published the Monday after Remembrance Day weekend showed how this works in practice. Regardless- it is very apparent that many people are wedded to the idea of this woman living only to “get at” the RF by walking out of a gym to a car with her natural hair under a cap smiling at her companion and other such things.

As I’ve said earlier - anythingMeghan does over the next 2 weeks will be taken as an affront to the RF

We had some diplomats posh dinner yesterday, Carol concert Friday, there will no doubt be other RF out and about dressed in tartan and matching coats doing this that and the other.
And if there should dare to be a papped shot of Meghan, she is overshadowing the RF!
Of course the media line this up for clickbait, how can any sane person not see this?! It's how the media works! Especially the more grubby side of it. They will actually save pics to create a story!

Methinks there is a lot of paranoia going on from posters on here not getting that !

We had some diplomats posh dinner yesterday 😂

@Roussette I don't think people think she is overshadowing the RF at all but yes people will comment on her first appearance after all the latest hoo ha.

Why does anybody need to know what Meghan is doing over the next two weeks. She isn't part of the royal family now and represents nobody. Yet still seeks the limelight in spite of moving away to seek a private life. It's wearing a bit thin.

i see this thread has been derailed. such a shame. you would think with the old school numbers threads back, this one could just be about clothes and be nice . surely one thread without cyber bulling is not much to ask.