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New Sussex website

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MaturingCheeseball · 12/02/2024 21:39

So I see there is a brand-new Duke and Duchess of Sussex website. Very glossy.

But the self-aggrandising! I just read Meghan’s bio and - cringe - it was the worst of LinkedIn. Sometimes less is more!

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Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 13/02/2024 22:15

Carpediemmakeitcount · 13/02/2024 22:10

Prince Andrew is using his status

Prince Andrew I’m guessing is a tricky one for the RF but as he’s not been convicted what can they do with him? Most royalists I know can’t stand him though.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 13/02/2024 22:16

NonPlayerCharacter · 13/02/2024 22:13

Didn't they have to shut down their original website which they set up when they announced their departure? Because it wasn't compatible with the deal they subsequently thrashed out with the RF, as it made a brand out of the Sussex title.

I think that one was sussexroyal.com. It looks like they've basically set up officially with the Sussex title again even though they agreed they wouldn't. I doubt there's anything the RF can or would do legally, but it's a bit of an arsey thing to do. If you hate being royal as much as they claim to, why would you keep capitalising on it?

But they want and prob need to make money hence rebranding and also H’s recent flying visit to see Pa.

Vespanest · 13/02/2024 22:26

Its the trademark act 1994 that you need permission to use titles, emblems etc for the use of financial gain, their website first paragraph talks about business so have somewhat blurred the lines

Puzzledandpissedoff · 13/02/2024 22:29

You're right, @NonPlayerCharacter; I'd forgotten about sussexroyal.com or whatever it was called

Seen from that POV it might well be thought this is an attempt to set up another "royal" site, which begs the question of what the point would be if other ventures were working out that well

Turtlerussell · 13/02/2024 22:30

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JaneJeffer · 13/02/2024 22:30

StartupRepair · 13/02/2024 21:50

The King of Norway just asked his daughter Princess Martha to stop using her title as she has hooked up with a dodgy Californian shaman. They were doing speaking tours called The Princess and the Shaman. He sells fake cancer cures.

Oh my God 😂

StartupRepair · 13/02/2024 22:32

My dream is for them to do a joint venture with H and M.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 13/02/2024 22:32

StartupRepair · 13/02/2024 21:50

The King of Norway just asked his daughter Princess Martha to stop using her title as she has hooked up with a dodgy Californian shaman. They were doing speaking tours called The Princess and the Shaman. He sells fake cancer cures.

That's right up there with Stephanie of Monaco and her taste for elephant trainers, acrobats and so on Grin

Turtlerussell · 13/02/2024 22:33

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Eaumyword · 13/02/2024 22:46

Gosh, what a grandiose website!
Not shy to toot their own logo'd horns are they 😂

AngelinaFibres · 13/02/2024 22:48

Maireas · 12/02/2024 22:43

Spare was told with "unflinching honesty".
🙄

There are lots of tik tok spoofs of meghan with Harry's voice reading his audio book dubbed over. I want to swipe but I just can't. It's so addictively twatty. He 'wrote' this shite and then he read it out loud with absolute, oozing sincerity.

Namechange4976 · 13/02/2024 22:49

Getthethrowonthesofa · 13/02/2024 20:21

Honestly the more I think about it, the more I think Charles will have no option but to remove their titles. Not doing so will damage the monarchy. He can’t let them monetise like this.

I’m a little stunned they’ve done it, it’s goading behaviour and clearly they think Charles is too weak to act.

I honestly don’t believe Charles would ever do that. No matter the provocation. I think they know that. Charles isn’t doing anything about Andrew. He seems to feel sympathy for him.
It seems likely they are maximising their opportunities before William becomes King. I think William will be very firm.

Namechange4976 · 13/02/2024 22:54

Carpediemmakeitcount · 13/02/2024 21:57

They left the UK like you wanted them to and now they have built a life for themselves. They haven't commited a crime like pedophilia all they are doing is promoting themselves.

Like you wanted them to? Who are you referring to?

maeveiscurious · 13/02/2024 23:02

I think the new site is very America, it's for that audience

BritneyBookClubPresident · 13/02/2024 23:21

Lunde · 13/02/2024 17:50

OMG they are cosplaying the Obamas - almost identical website 😂

https://barackobama.com/

You're right!

MrsHGWells · 13/02/2024 23:24

TeenLifeMum · 12/02/2024 23:42

There’s a link to the old site… did they lose the login to edit and have to set up a new one?

lol you can just hear “ Haz, Hazz, Hazzzzzz have you seen where I left my princess diary, I has our passcodes in for our HRH website”🙄

Namechange4976 · 13/02/2024 23:38

BritneyBookClubPresident · 13/02/2024 23:21

You're right!

Do they believe that they’re on a par with the Obamas then? If so, their hubris knows no bounds.

MrsHGWells · 13/02/2024 23:47

Thunderbird7 · 13/02/2024 11:00

This paragraph made me physically convulse

You’re not wrong.. h & m are the ones desperately with both hands out for the hand out …

OnceinaMinion · 13/02/2024 23:51

I think when they came into it they would be like the new Obamas. Harry has always been the nice but dim Prince and she’s an ex actress (who did do some charity work), what exactly they bring to the table is hard to understand.

He now seems to do bad attempts at comedy and she likes having her photo taken at things. It’s not exactly aspirational.

HeddaGarbled · 14/02/2024 00:27

Well, reading the Obama bios does put it into context rather: him banging on about how he got more votes than anyone else in the history of the world ever, and her with her best-selling books and fabbiest podcasts.

You’d think they were the people least likely to feel the need to boast about everything.

It’s all just so …… well …… American.

AcrossthePond55 · 14/02/2024 00:51

I am hereby coronating myself as HM Across I, Queen of Quitealot.

Kneel before me <taps the MN collective with ceremonial sword> I hereby dub thee all Members of the Order of the Garter-Belt, 1st class. Arise, Ladies (and Gentlemen) of the Belt.

Now, let's throw a helluva party!! (THAT'S what a title is really for!!)

But seriously, do I think H&M will be stripped of their titles? No. I think the RF will wait for them to just fade into obscurity. It's already happening in the Entertainment Industry, they really aren't getting the 'major' offers and invitations they thought they'd be flooded with.

Carpediemmakeitcount · 14/02/2024 01:05

Namechange4976 · 13/02/2024 22:54

Like you wanted them to? Who are you referring to?

Don't play games you know who. The papers write what the people want to read. Hate sells.

Carpediemmakeitcount · 14/02/2024 01:19

HeddaGarbled · 14/02/2024 00:27

Well, reading the Obama bios does put it into context rather: him banging on about how he got more votes than anyone else in the history of the world ever, and her with her best-selling books and fabbiest podcasts.

You’d think they were the people least likely to feel the need to boast about everything.

It’s all just so …… well …… American.

Americans are go getters they have to be nothing is handed to them not like in this country.

Carpediemmakeitcount · 14/02/2024 01:30

If they are selling alternative therapies or medicine it wouldn't be a good idea to promote her princess title.

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