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.

Look at Liberty Ross and Tamara Mellon. Went on to relationships with much older billionaires when their first marriages broke down and no-one mega rich and younger would have them.

Maybe I'm being mean. But we can all hear Mrs Merton, can't we?!

There were reports that Meghan was visiting 89 year old Gordon Getty, supposedly his family stepped in to put a stop to the meetings, this could all be hearsay of course.

There are a fair few bitchy rumours which do the rounds on Twitter and elsewhere.

Once upon a time, MNHQ used to delete any mention of them, even if it was tangential or mentioned to deplore (led to a lot of Swiss cheese threads, some of which were so full of holes they ended up zapped in their entirety).

But at some point, MNHQ silently changed this, and it now seems OK to repeat what the bottom feeders of the internet post elsewhere. I'd have stuck with the earlier moderation policy. I don't see that it benefits anything to repeat here the details of the horrible stuff posted elsewhere.

She was worth a few million when she married him and would be entitled to half their joint assets that they earned together .

She may or my not have had a "few million" when she married him, but I doubt there is much left of what they have earned together.

Their security costs must be astronomical, their house is ridiculously expensive, they are very litigious, they pay for awards etc right left and centre - as someone upthread said, they must burn through money.

Their security costs must be astronomical

And will only increase as the children get older, go to school, want to go out with friends, eventually want to travel independently.

But what could the highly intelligent, stylish and independently wealthy Elena Zhukova , who has an adult daughter (who has her own home and family), and who seems to know how to keep her gob shut, offer Mr Murdoch that MM, a former z-list, self-publicising, camera-hogging, money-obsessed, spill-the-beans-for-attention actress with two small children couldn't? 🤔

And?

I am sure MM was well off from her role in Suits. Good for her. But not enough to pay for their current lifestyle.

Equally H, with far more inherited wealth, probably can't afford it long term. He has suggested that himself given his comments about being cut off.

They have had plenty for a comfortable lifestyle compared to 99.9% of the world. But apparently that is not enough for them

EdithWeston

I don't see that it benefits anything to repeat here the details of the horrible stuff posted elsewhere.

Well, I suppose it keeps me abreast of what's happening elsewhere on the internet

Yes, that's what I tend to think will happen. He would be left broken and alone. She will keep the kids in the US so he would have to stay there too. He's left himself very vulnerable, and she is ruthless.

@Runnerinthenight - pretty sad but yes, I suspect he'll be broken, he's really got no money making skills, and she's ostracised him from all he knows - let's hope that he's welcomed back into his family again, I'm sure he would be, but it would be pretty uncomfortable for a while!!

She wears a lot of muted colours now - with no particular reason! She's just full o it.

OMG the FUSS about having to SHOCK HORROR buy his own sofa 🙄

I think they’ll stick together for the time being.

i don’t understand the surrogacy rumours - from what we’ve seen Archie looks just like Meghan and Lilibet looks like Thomas Markle…

Meghan was definitely pregnant, those ginger children are definitely Markle - Windsors.

I think that's why we don't see them - the Markle genes are too strong and other than hair colour there isn't an eyelash of H in them.

She won't like that when she'd pushed the Diana card so hard.

For him to come back to the UK, if he was even welcomed, he would spend a lot of time away from his kids. I don't think he'd be welcome anyway by other members of the family.

His hand might be forced to shut her up? She would 100% run squealing about the trauma she suffered from H and his family!!

That's an interesting piece.

Rumours about the QM trust fund kicking in at 40 have been doing the rounds for a while but the figure there is £8m split with W.

Obviously we don't know how it's split but even if he copped the lot £8m even with whatever interest has accrued isn't going to keep round the clock bodyguards and 16 bathrooms in plumbers for long.

I wouldn't trust any NDA that Meghan signed.

Obviously we don't know how it's split but even if he copped the lot £8m even with whatever interest has accrued isn't going to keep round the clock bodyguards and 16 bathrooms in plumbers for long

I think it's the sixteen bathrooms in their house that has me 😵- that's a lot of Cif. SIXTEEN bathrooms....

@MrsDanversGlidesAgain 16 bathrooms! And this for a poor boy who only had a small bedside lamp when growing up, and his wife who had to eat out at all you can eat $4.99 salad sizzler bars. Didn’t they do well! 😆

And never had bike rides....it fair warms the cockles, dunnit?