Is it true that there was a framed photo of Diana on the bedside table when Meghan gave birth ?

[unkake]

To Archie? I have just read this for the first time as I didn't read Sparse and I found it hard to believe. Isn't that a bit weird? Can you imagine having a photo of your MIL to look at when giving birth ?

@peanutbuttertoasty was that before or after he went at the gas and air so much it ran out and went off site to get and bring back the Nandos? Which he promptly ate in the delivery suite. I think? If memory serves. :)

Ah yes, the Nandos was just pre her doctor donning their rubber gloves and it was the bodyguards who went off site to purchase, not H.

What a guy! 😅

I don't think it's weird at all.

I wonder what the baby made of the fast food? 'Our ayurvedic doctor advised us in the in the first minute of life a baby absorbs everything...so whisper'. That was after the Sanskrit mantras into soul hymn remix. Nandos prob not part of the carefully orchestrated plan I'd have thought. :)

Well, that illustrates the issue well. I would understand if it was her mother the one that died and did recently, but the MIL that died 20 years before? Wonder how long before they get one of Diana’s fingers in a glass case!

Kate, I thought you were told to stay away from Photoshop.
You'll get in trouble again.

@NotAgainWilson I would understand if H wanted Diana to be present in some context re: the photo but he says it all came from M. Poss she thought a nice gesture etc but you could see it as being a bit theatrical as she never knew her or had her in her life.

You kind of hope all of that is made up, or they are both quite bonkers. But then why make up a story that makes your wife sound completely deranged? That book was so ill-judged.

These are the kind of family stories my family tell at Christmas, to laugh about. “Do you remember that time we caught Aunty Meghan clutching granny’s gravestone and begging for guidance? Was she drunk? She must have been, she’d never even met her”. Fuck knows what possessed Harry to put it all in a book.

Pretty standard advice in US maternity wards, to bring pictures of loved ones, family, important family friends, intended godparents - quite often it's even suggested to bring pictures of pets. The idea is to create a supportive environment for the baby, so that from the first moments they will feel at home and start to know about this new life they're entering (and ease away from memories of a past life, if they still have them). While many would consider it superstitious (and medically unnecessary) now, it once was believed that it also anchors the baby in this life and makes them want to stay, warding off the possibility of the baby being stillborn or dying right after birth. It would be especially likely to have a picture of someone who the child will not see in the first few days - kind of completing the picture for them, in a way.

It seems a bit late to worry about it now, though - Archie's practically shaving, isn't he?

@capitanaamerica aha, that makes sense. I think prob what their ayurvedic doctor advised then.

@Saschka it does feel like satire. I wanted to root for him/them but it feels like someone telling them to unwisely expand in various places to have a laugh at his/their expense.

@unkake

Keeping a loved ones hair as a memento keepsake is a victoriana tradition and each to their own in regards of dealing with a loss of cherished loved one and Keeping their memory alive,

Obviously aspects of Spiritualism is something that Harry and Meghan relate too by the sounds of it...

I don't think this is weird from Harry's point of view. I lost my 22 year old son in 2022 and i know it's irrational and it has no magic powers nor can it influence anything but I had a photo of my son sat at the Christmas table lol I know he is dead and it might be weird but there is something inside of me that just wasn't ready to face it without him and all I have got left is memories and photos lol if I ever had another child I could see myself taking a photo of him with me while I gave birth because I can imagine it brings up all kinds of feelings tbh, Harry was very young when he lost his mum and she will never get to meet his kids so I don't think having a photo of her there is that weird tbh. I might have found it weird before I lost my son though but knowing how I personally feel inside I don't know lol it doesn't sound weird to me.

It’s like Prince Andrew’s Emily Maitlis interview in terms of complete obliviousness to how badly they come across.

I feel sorry for Meghan who has undoubtedly been on the receiving end of a lot of racism, and obviously was in no way prepared for what she was stepping into. But both of them need to sack whoever is giving them media advice, find somebody who knows what they are doing, and do exactly what they are told to do.

TBF we haven’t heard anything batshit from them in a while (the jam selling is not my thing but is pretty inoffensive), so perhaps they have already done that.

🤣 now that’s a picture

Harry has severe trauma around his mother's death and this is being exploited and made worse with all this nonsense about channelling her through yoga and asking for guidance. Its all rather insane. Harry really is an idiot.

Oops I'm accidentally on tattle.

That’s a bit weird.

Came back to say.., my Mil was present for my child’s birth 😂

😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣

To be honest, British people accusing anyone of being deranged about Diana is a bit rich......

She really saw him coming.’ Yes dear of course dear we can have a photo of someone I’ve never met ‘. She’s hardly gonna say no is she knowing how obsessed Harry seems to be.

Tbf, the idea of Diana was in the room when the baby was being made too (ok, not quite, but he has certainly linked her to his anatomy before), so why not during the birth?

Harry on his nether regions:

"I found a tube, and the minute I opened it the smell transported me through time. I felt as if my mother was right there in the room. Then I took a smidge and applied it…down there."

Wish I'd made that up.

I don't think anyone's saying pictures of the dead whom you loved is weird. They're saying giving birth with a shrine to your dead MIL whom you never knew is weird