Happy Birthday, Spare!

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It’s the one year anniversary of the release of Spare, how are you all celebrating?!

In all seriousness, a year on what impact do you think the book has had on the Royal Family and the Sussexes?

In my opinion it clearly did very well commercially but in popular culture it became a bit of a joke. In terms of the RF I’m not sure it made much difference - to people who already didn’t like them it confirmed what they already believed, to people who did like them it was more evidence that Harry was no loss. I also think even a year later it has made reconciliation between William and Harry impossible.

She went for a walk with her friends to undermine the Royal family ?

So bad!

Surely if she really wanted to be in the press, she would have gone to the Coronation

This one deleted too. 👍

I would rather have a thread full of memes than this mince again.

Only if you include Jeff again @ArcaneWireless !! 🤣🤣🤣

Exactly, @ArcaneWireless

We heard about Mike Tindall because he groped a female member of 'I'm a Celebrity get me out of here'. Dirty sod!

Breathe.

He is applauding my attempt at a forward roll.

His wife taught me 😏.

She went for a walk with her friends? How can you really believe this?

Most mums want to share their kids birthdays to be honest. They get excited.

Thanks @ArcaneWireless , that really hit the spot! 🤣

I don’t get the Zara/Mike hate, they seem like a right laugh, no whinging, no titles, just getting on with their lives. Being a Meghan/Harry stan forces you to be angry with the most random people, it must be exhausting.

Within reason, people should be able to share what they like about their children without in-laws throwing shade in print and on video. They should be able to do as they wish without the virtue-signaling comparisons made by their own family members. Some have shown this respect, others not so much.

It’s difficult to feel empathy for the ones that openly criticize others.

Who has said they hate them? I've missed that.

And who is a 'stan'? Would you like to name the stans on here? I understand it to be quite rude to call someone that.

Where a simple “yeah, that was not cool” or “I did wonder about that, too” would calm everything here. Instead we see 100 year old examples of bad behavior dusted off and paraded around as justification.

We had a toy as a child that they called a Chinese finger trap. With a little give, it was easy to release yourself. Otherwise, you’d be stuck forever.

Hatred of H&M is presumed with any criticism. What’s good for the goose, surely?

So... does this mean we can't mention the Hello deals that have been done with other members of the RF apart from H&M?
Peter Phillips sold his wedding photos for £500K, it was a 100 page spread or something ridiculous... certain members of the RF were not happy about it.

Why would you ask me if you can mention something given that you’ll surely mention whatever you wish?

or do you mean can you talk about whatever you like and expect that no one will reply unless it’s with complete agreement? I’m not one who enjoys policing words and threads, but even I can’t commit to ceasing to reply to whatever you may drag out.

There is a difference. Thousands of MN threads and hundreds of thousands of MN posts for a start....

They are far more interesting and active. You know this. They aren’t upset about it. Why should you be?

In reply to your last post Alice.... YOU are the one who talks of 100 year old history and bad behaviour being brought up. I was just checking

Can’t for the life of me understand what’s wrong with selling wedding photos to Hello 🤷🏾‍♀️ weddings are expensive. They’re not working members of the RF or high up the line of succession just relatives. Seems like the kind of thing to get angry about when you are looking for something to get angry about.

No clue what you point you are trying to make Rousette. You are complaining of hundreds of thousands of posts but you do contribute to that, you know.

What sort of question is that lol

They are vilified on here and in the media day in day out. Even when they haven't done anything. Nothing I say will make any difference but I say it anyway because I think they are treated worse than mass murderers. There you go.

By the way... how do you know they aren't upset about it. You are not in their heads. Personally my MH would be in the toilet with the sort of endless vilifaction Meghan gets.

You call it 'interesting and active' to talk about. I call it bullying. I prefer my stance to that.