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Endgame Part 6

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Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar · 23/12/2023 13:57

A turkey, absolute balls of stuffing or a right Christmas cracker? We'll let you decide. Please keep the discussion interesting, civilised and relevant - the Holiday Armadillo is lurking!

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Puzzledandpissedoff · 22/01/2024 11:59

She's surely out of material by now

Not about Harry she won't be, IcedPurple, and I expect some would be only too keen to read "her truth" on that subject, should it ever come to it

wildernesssw · 22/01/2024 12:02

True, but would he be rich enough to buy her off? The RF overall would be, but I suspect would leave them to it...

IcedPurple · 22/01/2024 12:23

Puzzledandpissedoff · 22/01/2024 11:59

She's surely out of material by now

Not about Harry she won't be, IcedPurple, and I expect some would be only too keen to read "her truth" on that subject, should it ever come to it

"My Harry Hell" would probably be a best seller, I agree. She'd probably get another widely viewed Oprah interview out of it, a teary Netflix 'documentary' and maybe Moehringer would even agree to write the book.

However, it would be the last throw of the dice if it were to happen. Over the past 4 years, she hasn't really done much to cultivate a career independent of her increasingly irrelevant royal connections so ending them completely would be a gamble.

HonoriaLucastaDelagardie · 22/01/2024 12:24

There has been no indication (that I can find) that PH has a current pilot licence.

I wonder if he'd have had the nerve to accept the 'award' if Philip had still been alive. Philip really was qualified to pilot a range of different types of aircraft.

Take away the royal connections, and she's just another attractive middle aged woman who used to be in a popular cable TV show. There are so many of them in California.

And all the stars, that never were,
Are parking cars and pumping gas....

Sagharbor · 22/01/2024 19:29

HonoriaLucastaDelagardie · 21/01/2024 14:42

H&M were unfortunate in that covid hit and the world went into lockdown just after they did their flounce. They weren't able to get out and about 'building their brand'. People had more serious things to think about, and by the time it was all over, they were a bit yesterday's news.

if they had known what was going to happen, perhaps they'd have delayed their exit, and been seen having Zoom meetings with nhs workers.

Their financial problems could be reduced if they lived in a less expensive house, in a less expensive part of the world. I'm sure the choice of California (and the possibility of mixing with A Listers) was down to Meghan. Harry might well have been happier living on a modest ranch in Canada.

How exactly do you know about their financial situation?

Why would you think, yet you do not know them as such, that they're facing financial problems? Do you have access to info that others don't?

Sagharbor · 22/01/2024 19:33

Mylovelygreendress · 21/01/2024 17:30

I don’t think it is a huge amount ( in Royal terms) - about 4/5 million . Given H and M’s hugely expensive lifestyle , that won’t last long !

Another poster who appears to have seen Harry and Meghan's tax returns.

How do you come up with these figures?

How would you go about making such proclamations about people you only see in the media?

Gardeningtime · 22/01/2024 20:09

Sagharbor · 22/01/2024 19:33

Another poster who appears to have seen Harry and Meghan's tax returns.

How do you come up with these figures?

How would you go about making such proclamations about people you only see in the media?

Why are you attacking posters, they have only posted general knowledge.?

Gardeningtime · 23/01/2024 06:08

Any one else notice it’s went very quiet on Kate? Generally the press would be camped outside the hospital, trying to get pics of William and the kids visiting, and any other relatives, her parents, sister or William’s wider family.

I suspect the palace has asked the media to respect their privacy and stay away after the initial furore. And the media have respected that. Which further validates this was a serious issue.

maybe a lesson for Harry and Megan, having a good relationship with the press comes into its own at times like this.

MrsFinkelstein · 23/01/2024 07:48

There were photos the other day of William leaving (which lead to a frenzy of nasty posts on SM about why he didn't visit her until that day 🙄).

There will be no photos of the children because of the agreement in place with the Press.

The hospital will have a couple of entrances not visible to where the press are held - so her visitors will use those.

Gardeningtime · 23/01/2024 08:15

MrsFinkelstein · 23/01/2024 07:48

There were photos the other day of William leaving (which lead to a frenzy of nasty posts on SM about why he didn't visit her until that day 🙄).

There will be no photos of the children because of the agreement in place with the Press.

The hospital will have a couple of entrances not visible to where the press are held - so her visitors will use those.

Yes sorry that’s what I meant, radio silence since the first photos, and no way they’d not see the cars with her parents sister etc and the kids are able to be photographed when with the parents, it’s just school stuff or,doing kids stuff.

Mylovelygreendress · 23/01/2024 08:33

Gardeningtime · 23/01/2024 06:08

Any one else notice it’s went very quiet on Kate? Generally the press would be camped outside the hospital, trying to get pics of William and the kids visiting, and any other relatives, her parents, sister or William’s wider family.

I suspect the palace has asked the media to respect their privacy and stay away after the initial furore. And the media have respected that. Which further validates this was a serious issue.

maybe a lesson for Harry and Megan, having a good relationship with the press comes into its own at times like this.

I agree that this is being done by agreement. It’s too much of a coincidence that none of the British papers or news channels are reporting anything .
There may be something in foreign press but I haven’t looked.
I hope she is recovering .

Gardeningtime · 23/01/2024 11:35

Exactly, normally they’d be all camped out, and publishing here is a pic of her mum going in, or her sister, did they smile or have a tear in their eye, they always do, this time it’s went from on thr news to complete and total silence. A couple of puff pieces on why she should take time to recover, but it’s very obvious the place has either embargoed or asked them all to stay away and not photograph any of the visitors.

EdithWeston · 23/01/2024 11:41

Anyone in that part of London? Is the press camped outside?

The hospital is bound to have some sort of back entrance or delivery bay. People who don't want to be seen will be using that.

ajandjjmum · 23/01/2024 11:51

I've read that the press are no longer camped outside. William gave them the one photo, but any visitors will be using private entrances to the hospital. Understandably.

wordler · 23/01/2024 13:05

There will be freelance photographers still hanging around the area but that hospital has a lot of options for entering privately.

The main stream TV would look bonkers if they were still standing around each day with a full crew outside the hospital - way too expensive to do that.

Gardeningtime · 23/01/2024 13:36

wordler · 23/01/2024 13:05

There will be freelance photographers still hanging around the area but that hospital has a lot of options for entering privately.

The main stream TV would look bonkers if they were still standing around each day with a full crew outside the hospital - way too expensive to do that.

Doubt it, the photographers have moved on, and if the media has been requested to respect privacy or embargoed there is no point hanging round for a pic of someone driving in that no one will publish. No money In that.

for the pp, yes William also. used a private entrance but you’ve still got to drive there, and that’s where William was photographed. Driving there. The photographers aren’t even doing that now. It’s complete radio silence.

ArcaneWireless · 23/01/2024 13:57

I agree with the radio silence.

She has the right to privacy. She has the right to not have her medical history speculated about in the press.

They have given a reason why she won’t be available for Royal duties and that should be that.

Good on the press for stepping away.

wordler · 23/01/2024 14:14

Gardeningtime · 23/01/2024 13:36

Doubt it, the photographers have moved on, and if the media has been requested to respect privacy or embargoed there is no point hanging round for a pic of someone driving in that no one will publish. No money In that.

for the pp, yes William also. used a private entrance but you’ve still got to drive there, and that’s where William was photographed. Driving there. The photographers aren’t even doing that now. It’s complete radio silence.

There will definitely be a couple of freelancers hanging around to see if they can get a shot of someone related to Kate - it’s even more valuable now that the rest of the pack have moved on.

William let himself be photographed that one day to give the main press one shot - the rest of the time he’ll manage to slip in and out without being photographed - very easy to do - sit in the back of a tinted car rather than drive it yourself. The Middletons similar. The Wales kids similar.

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 23/01/2024 14:18

I suspect the press have been given more details than we have and agreed to sit on it for now. Poor woman it’s horrid being away from your kids when you are in hospital.

Gardeningtime · 23/01/2024 17:17

wordler · 23/01/2024 14:14

There will definitely be a couple of freelancers hanging around to see if they can get a shot of someone related to Kate - it’s even more valuable now that the rest of the pack have moved on.

William let himself be photographed that one day to give the main press one shot - the rest of the time he’ll manage to slip in and out without being photographed - very easy to do - sit in the back of a tinted car rather than drive it yourself. The Middletons similar. The Wales kids similar.

I can’t see how it is more valuable if no one will print them, which appears to be the situation..

Puzzledandpissedoff · 23/01/2024 17:22

The main stream TV would look bonkers if they were still standing around each day with a full crew outside the hospital - way too expensive to do that

True enough, wordler, though I'm sure it wouldn't stop them if there was a real story to be had

There isn't though; quite rightly the details have been kept private, so what is there to say beyond "hope she recovers quickly"?

wordler · 23/01/2024 19:40

Foreign press, publications and photo agencies would buy them - and the UK press would buy them if they were good enough.

Would have to be something different than just William in the car though to make it worth while.

The kids, any of the Middletons would be worth buying.

The reason we are not seeing any is that all of the above are able to access the hospital without being seen. That shot of William clearly at the wheel of the car was a deliberate exposure to give the main tabs something to use to discourage the masses of press but there will definitely be a number of freelancers left checking out the area each day.

Chouxpastryishard · 24/01/2024 06:46

I see M and H popped up at a film premiere in Jamaica. Just what on earth is going on? What were they doing there and what is the point? They are really getting desperate now.

BrittleVeneers · 24/01/2024 07:02

It’s been reported they were there with the CEO of Paramount annd Nickelodeon and his wife, Tracy. Also, they’ve been photographed and filmed meeting and talking with the Prime Minister of Jamaica at that same premier.

They were at the premier of the Bob Marley movie ‘One Life’.

And Meghan looked like a Princess. Absolutely gorgeous and understated. She glided in the black outfit she wore.

Why would anyone think bring at a film premier in Jamaica is ‘desperate’? Exactly what makes it ‘desperate?’

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