american riviera orchard - what was that all about then?

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It seems to have gone the same way as their Sussex Royal site. I don't know much about social media or PR, but this all seems pretty odd and ineffectual.

I was thinking of the claim in the Valentine Low book that she had told aides during the Oz tour that 'I can't believe I'm not being paid for this'

Thank you, @IcedPurple; I haven't read that particular book, but wondered where the claim came from and now I know

On the various initiatives I can't speak for the rest, but wasn't Meghan supposed to be doing more podcasts with someone called Lemonada?
Nothing more heard about that either - at least so far - but I looked them up at the time and see their bankroll is relatively tiny, so how that would appeal financially has to be open to question

Unless you have a career as an actor or musician, can you name a single person who has fame and fortune and who DOESN'T have an entire machine behind them? That's what the WME's of the world are paid for. MM's comparator is those people. She doesn't feel the need to put in the work, because nobody else does. Indeed, I imagine she feels that WME or Spotify or Netflix have been remiss in their duties to her because they haven't managed to pull a cat out of a hat for her.

Celebrities have talked about the pressure of having a whole team behind them, however. How having a team running your production company or your business means that a whole load of salaries and livelihoods are depending on you to keep producing whatever it is that you do. And when your content to date has been yourself, that means you are the one that has to keep on producing. That’s a whole heap of pressure. And if it doesn’t work - like Pearl, or Archetypes, that quite a few people out of a job…

This.

IIRC Valentine Low’s book mentioned that everyone in the royal households called the now POW Catherine, except for MM who always called her Kate.

And as they’re eco conscious, they’ll sell empty jam jars as drinking glasses? And vases, and storage pots…

And dog bowls....

Given Harry's self confessed and widely publicised drug use, I should think a lot of brands, whether corporate or individual, won't want to work with him, because of possible damage to their reputation.

I never thought of a drug association with a wholesome homely brand.

It doesn’t quite go.

Harry has managed to become the oracle on racism so anything is possible

A hand thrown lidded jar, sensitively glazed in shades of griege, in which to keep one's magic mushrooms. What's not to like?

The one thing I find it hard to laugh about. The biggest bloody grift of them all.

They would have been better aiming to start with a stall in the barras

As long as they have stopped bad mouthing this country and calling people racists then I don't give a fuck what they do.

This.

WTF?? I can think of at least 4 Harry related racist comments reported in the press. Goodness knows how many racist comments/incidents happened that weren’t publicly mentioned.

I wonder if she will turn up with the kids to the invictus service next month, I suspect she will as it will give her the headlines she craves without the worry of Catherine stealing her thunder.

But ……..it’s not safe !?

She won’t be able to resist coming I suspect, despite the danger to life by stepping foot on these shores . It will be her opportunity to relaunch as the perfect family for her American Horror Story website.

I don't think she will.

Why do you think not?@musthorse

I hope she's just done it to annoy the fuck out of everyone.

I agree @musthorse . Harry has argued for years that he needs full Royal protection or it is not safe for him to bring his family. As he is still fighting for full protection, he can’t very well backtrack now can he ?

To be frank I think she won't ever come back as I think she must know deep down that many British people dislike her! She's surely not that dim that she doesn't know that? She likes to be the big fish in a small pond. I also think ( please note I'm not a doctor) that she has to be the centre of attention at all times. Now of course she could get that at the Invictus but then she's out of that small pond and she's not in control. Control is very important to people with narcissistic traits.