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Why do Harry and Meghan tell porkies that are so easy to prove wrong?

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YaMuvva · 28/05/2024 15:44

Starting with the porkie that Archie wasn’t gonna be titled. Anyone who understands the Letters Patent would know that as long as the Queen was alive this was never gonna happen. I said this when watching the Oprah interview and I’m pretty appalled they told such an easily provable lie.

Then Harry said that daddy cut his security off. Anyone who knows about RAVEC knows it is independent of the Royal Family and Charles couldn’t do this if he tried. Same with “Only titled people get security” / this was so easy to prove wrong.

And why are there 2 versions of the proposal story. Did they think we wouldn’t notice? Is one a Hollywood version for their American audience?

The same with the ‘how they met’ story - in their engagement interview they said it was a blind date, to Netflix they met on Instagram.

I also was puzzled at her saying she never wore bright colours and that royal women could never wear the same colour as the Queen. It’s just nonsense. See below pictures.

Why do they do this? My theory is that everything they do now is for an American audience who are used to the reality TV narrative of “Some scenes have been created for entertainment” style TV and just accept their narrative as partly fictional, as long as it’s entertaining?

Why do Harry and Meghan tell porkies that are so easy to prove wrong?
Why do Harry and Meghan tell porkies that are so easy to prove wrong?
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Makemydaypunk · 30/05/2024 08:17

BemusedAmerican · 30/05/2024 07:48

But the letter was controversial since it was signed by a man and the person in that position is a woman. People in the US filed FOIA forms. I don't think it was ever resolved. There was lot of talk on Reddit about it.

Yes I remember that, also wasn’t there something dodgy about the headed notepaper and it conveniently arriving just before Harry’s security case?

CantDealwithChristmas · 30/05/2024 08:18

IsoldeWagner · 30/05/2024 05:22

It would be good to have some reasonable debate on here. The behaviour of Meghan and Harry is curious.

I don't think their behaviour is that curious. To me it seems to be pretty predictable coming from two people of average or below average intelligence and an enormous sense of entitlement.

They thought that they would recieve global, unstinting praise for leaving the RF and 'exposing' it as racist. They thought that the RF would crumble and that people everywhere would embrace them as true and visionary leaders towards the sunny uplands of #BEKIND, AUFENTICITY N TROOTH. Furthermore, they thought that once their reputation as latter day saints had been fully and easily established, the money would roll in, enabling them to adopt a rarified position of 'respectable politically active celeb royalty' - the small, niche and highly desirable space occupied by the likes of the Obamas, Malala and Amal Clooney.

In making these calculations they disregarded a few small but crucial facts:

  1. The general public is not stupid. There is wisdom in the crowd. The public is not a hollow vessel lumpen proletariat waiting to be filled with truth and goodness and told how to think and behave. They are good at percieving hypocrisy and inauthenticity and disingenuousness and will either ignore it or actively ridicule it.
  2. The RF is far more beloved than H&M thought. Yes, we know they're messy, ugly, awkward and a bit dumb. But they're OUR messy, awkward, ugly and dumb. They're family. And we know they're at least trying their best. They are troopers. We like that.
  3. H&M's dramatic flounce meant that the Americans were offered a choice between supporting them or supporting the RF. They chose the RF. See? Americans aren't stupid either!
  4. H&M are BORING! They are hollow brass pots of vacuity, sound and fury signifying nothing. So even if Points 1 - 3 didn't exist, there still wouldn't be a role for them in public life, because they've got nothing to say.
  5. Finally and most crucial. They're pompous. And laughing and skewering pomposity is enormous fun. That's why people love these threads. Not cos racism or cruelty or bigotry or anything else that the more po-face posters claim. It's because we're human, with a functioning sense of humour.
smilesy · 30/05/2024 08:19

BemusedAmerican · 30/05/2024 07:25

@Thedom one of my coworkers saw Meghan by the Hertz counter and mistakenly thought she had signed with Hertz to do ads since the dress matched the Hertz sign. She was horrified at the idea.

I might be in the minority but I don’t like that dress because it has one of my pet hates - pointless small cutout details. I always think it looks like someone slipped with the scissors 🤷‍♀️😂

Makemydaypunk · 30/05/2024 08:29

I agree with everything you have said @CantDealwithChristmas excellent post.

Serenster · 30/05/2024 08:30

DingDingaling · 30/05/2024 00:10

“Scobie speculates “schadenfreude” from Charles, when pictures of William and Kate’s tour of the Caribbean – the couple dressed in white, in an open-top Land Rover, looking like Mr and Mrs Coloniser about to address the mine shaft – landed badly. But these hints of a brewing crisis, whether speculative or evidenced, are supplementary: the crisis is obvious, and has been since Megxit (if we’re really calling it that). It’s much larger than a family estrangement, and remaining estranged – or making up, for that matter – won’t fix it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/29/royals-dismiss-harry-meghan-racism-omid-scobie

Funny, isn’t it that Omid Scobie had nothing but praise for Meghan and Harry when they similarly recreated an image of Queen Elizabeth appearing on a hotel balcony in Fiji. Meghan wore a white dress too, even. There were no cries of “Mr and Mrs Coloniser” from him or the Guardian then. Could there possibly be an agenda at play?

Why do Harry and Meghan tell porkies that are so easy to prove wrong?
Why do Harry and Meghan tell porkies that are so easy to prove wrong?
MummyJ12 · 30/05/2024 08:40

According to this interview with her previous agent, Meghan lied about their first date being a blind date. Meghan knew that she was going on a date with Prince Harry and had googled him beforehand. (Of course she did!)
It’s also a lie that she wanted to continue her career. She didn’t. She terminated her contract with her agent before the relationship was even made public. (Telling her agent that she wasn’t continuing with her career).
Interview with agent linked (yes it’s the mail but it’s an interview rather than speculation so I believe it), apparently Jessica Mulroney got in touch before the interview to try and convince Gina not to not give it. Interesting.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5589993/Meghan-Markles-friend-Gina-Nelthorpe-Cowne-reveals-Harry-romance.html

Meghan Markle's friend reveals the ins and outs of Harry romance

Ahead of her wedding at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Meghan's friend Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne pays tribute to the bride-to-be, who she describes as unique in her determination to succeed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5589993/Meghan-Markles-friend-Gina-Nelthorpe-Cowne-reveals-Harry-romance.html

YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 08:45

Wickedlywearynamechanged · 30/05/2024 01:15

You mention the 'straight outta Compton' article which has already been debunked as the work of two LA journalists. And yet it keeps coming back, like the zombie article that it is.

It was written ‘in Los Angeles for the Daily Mail.’ I have no idea what nationality Ruth styles is but this was a Daily Mail article - paid for and published by the Daily Mail.

This reminds me a little bit of the argument that the paparazzi chasing the car in which Diana died were not UK photographers therefore British tabloids are not to blame. Whether they were British or not is beside the point. The reason they were chasing that car is because their target market was the UK tabloids - who were paying insane amounts of money for photos of Diana.

The UK tabloids really like to distance themselves from their questionable practices. They always point the finger elsewhere. Just like they did recently with the Kate frenzy. The tabloids stirred like crazy and then, when it began to seem to unseemly (even for them) they withdrew themselves from the conversation and blamed sm entirely. Except for a couple of journos who wrote mea culpa articles the rest were poring blame on sm and accepting no blame for their own actions.

They’ve done it again in the past week or two, with their sly Rose and Camilla articles. Stirred up a resurgence of questions around Kate on sm once again.

News of Diana was sought globally not just in the U.K.!
And it’s why the British Press made an agreement not to publish paparazzi pictures of the RF anymore. That’s not a privilege extend anywhere else

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YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 08:46

Wickedlywearynamechanged · 30/05/2024 01:15

You mention the 'straight outta Compton' article which has already been debunked as the work of two LA journalists. And yet it keeps coming back, like the zombie article that it is.

It was written ‘in Los Angeles for the Daily Mail.’ I have no idea what nationality Ruth styles is but this was a Daily Mail article - paid for and published by the Daily Mail.

This reminds me a little bit of the argument that the paparazzi chasing the car in which Diana died were not UK photographers therefore British tabloids are not to blame. Whether they were British or not is beside the point. The reason they were chasing that car is because their target market was the UK tabloids - who were paying insane amounts of money for photos of Diana.

The UK tabloids really like to distance themselves from their questionable practices. They always point the finger elsewhere. Just like they did recently with the Kate frenzy. The tabloids stirred like crazy and then, when it began to seem to unseemly (even for them) they withdrew themselves from the conversation and blamed sm entirely. Except for a couple of journos who wrote mea culpa articles the rest were poring blame on sm and accepting no blame for their own actions.

They’ve done it again in the past week or two, with their sly Rose and Camilla articles. Stirred up a resurgence of questions around Kate on sm once again.

Also can you please link to any “Rose and Camilla” article published in the British press in the last 2 weeks please? I can’t find any

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YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 08:48

Wickedlywearynamechanged · 30/05/2024 01:33

There is a world of difference between ‘fair criticism’ and hammering a woman’s personality, looks, actions, voice, words etc repeatedly - there is nothing fair in that.

We are seeing extreme policing of women, by the media, and on sm now. Meghan is one of many women being policed. But she’s receiving a giants share of it. Very few women are so thoroughly policed as Meghan Markle is at this time, and has been for years now. In a time when women’s rights are being generally undermined globally. It is no coincidence imo.

So HANG ON / we can make fair and constructive criticisms about women who lie and deceive but we aren’t allowed to mention their personality, actions or words?! How are we supposed to do that.

Do you always advocate for stifling free speech? I’m pretty appalled at Diane A bot’s behaviour but should I stay silent on the matter because of #BeKind - I’m a laydeeee so #BeLind always trumps everything right?

Ive never said a thing about Meghan’s looks or voice so take that accusation elsewhere

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YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 08:50

Wickedlywearynamechanged · 30/05/2024 01:33

There is a world of difference between ‘fair criticism’ and hammering a woman’s personality, looks, actions, voice, words etc repeatedly - there is nothing fair in that.

We are seeing extreme policing of women, by the media, and on sm now. Meghan is one of many women being policed. But she’s receiving a giants share of it. Very few women are so thoroughly policed as Meghan Markle is at this time, and has been for years now. In a time when women’s rights are being generally undermined globally. It is no coincidence imo.

No one is “policing” Meghan BTW. I think you’ve got confused with a different word. If she was being policed she wouldn’t be able to continue to tell the lies, give the interviews and generally cause upset wherever she goes in the way she does.
She is perhaps one of the least policed women in the world.

Id a die hard feminist but I’d rather cut off my own hand than live in a world where women are never ever talked about except in glowing terms, even when they’ve behaved terribly.

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YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 08:50

Wickedlywearynamechanged · 30/05/2024 01:38

Are you a tag team trying to disrupt reasonable debate?

On that subject you might like to think about why the Sussexes pose such a problem for the UK and the Western alliance. Disrupting stories about them might get you flagged as Russian or Chinese agents, lol.

is this an attempt to stifle debate?

There is nothing reasonable about hating on Meghan Markle.

Who hates her?

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YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 08:51

DingDingaling · 30/05/2024 02:19

Considering how people bang on about the couple still from this period and talk about the period of time the articles were written it makes said articles and opinion relevant. Where do you think the hate came from? A vacuum? History is history and if people still want to peddle falsehoods about them it is worth doing a deep dive into the media that spawned hellfire in the UK.

What falsehoods have been peddled?

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YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 08:53

AliceOlive · 30/05/2024 02:49

I am trying to figure out where the hate originated which causes Harry and Meghan to engage with people who are openly trolling a woman with cancer. That’s a level of hate Harry and Meghan are actively displaying in real time. And why? Because of some lipgloss?

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Indeed. Apparently we can’t comment on the actions of a liar because that’s policing but the ‘newbies’ here don’t mention the extreme hate a woman with cancer is experiencing in the name of her BIL and SIL who not only stay totally silent on the subject but are self proclaimed friend with the man driving the hate campaign (and it IS hateful) against Kate.

Funny that. How do you defend that @DingDingaling and @Wickedlywearynamechanged

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YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 08:55

Wickedlywearynamechanged · 30/05/2024 03:23

Diana died because she wasn't wearing a seatbelt and her driver was impaired.

I don’t disagree but being chased was a factor. And my point was not about that, it was about how the UK tabloids create mayhem, & stir people up (all for clicks and money) and then pretend it wasn’t them.

Or are we at the point that we are going to defend some of the worst practices of the UK tabloids in order to support our own narratives?

Yes I am going to defend it because Diana died nearly 30 years ago and tabloids in the U.K. for a total are above and behind more forgiving than the US or many other places

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Movingtothecity · 30/05/2024 09:00

Ellaelle · 29/05/2024 14:36

You have clearly been hiding under a rock or minding a bit too much of H an M's business, that you are missing marchioness chumleeeees ever so soft launch. Consort Camille has taken her under her wing and is showing her the ropes, pay attention

You obviously missed the fact that Giles Coren admitted he made up the rumours about William and Rose. He said it was a joke.

Why do Harry and Meghan tell porkies that are so easy to prove wrong?
Teddleshon · 30/05/2024 09:02

@YaMuvva actually I think it’s not often reported quite how much the tabloid landscape has changed in the UK. Kate and Will have just one public photo with their children on the first day of term and then are left alone (any school run pap shots are taken on behalf of international press).

You never see pap shots of the RF now in the British Press. Another porkie told by Meghan was that they couldn’t tolerate life in the UK because of the rapaciousness of UK press photographers.

The combination of Diana and the Leveson inquiry changed everything in terms of infringement of privacy.

LumpiBolleaux · 30/05/2024 09:06

History is history and if people still want to peddle falsehoods about them it is worth doing a deep dive into the media that spawned hellfire in the UK.

History is history and if two people want to peddle falsehoods it is worth doing a deep dive into why they are so determined to spawn hellfire in the UK.

There. Fixed it for you.

As for policing? Has Meghan been under scrutiny? Yes. Policed? No.

The thing is, if you act badly then your actions will be discussed. If your stories change or are unbelievable, then your stories will be questioned. If your intentions don’t seem honourable, then you will be under scrutiny. And if you are a hypocrite, people will hold you to account.

It isn’t policing. It is an understandable reaction.

I wish Harry got equal criticism (or more) as I think he is worse. But given people are still making excuses for him being that ‘poor damaged BOY’ I can see why that is not the case.

Reality. He’s a big boy now. Middle aged man in fact. And his behaviour has been dreadful. Borne of resentment, spite and revenge because he didn’t get his own way.

His behaviour is far worse than her behaviour, but let us not kid ourselves that she is so very innocent and hard done by.

She ain’t.

Ellaelle · 30/05/2024 09:17

Movingtothecity · 30/05/2024 09:00

You obviously missed the fact that Giles Coren admitted he made up the rumours about William and Rose. He said it was a joke.

Apparently she's been pegging him silly! (W an R)

Serenster · 30/05/2024 09:21

They probably sent the heavy boys to Giles to retract, definitely something going on there, recently prince William even took her son to a footy game. 🌹 and Will are definitely at it!!!!

Mindlessly repeating malicious internet gossip, I see? Be better.

Here is the friend that went with George and William to the football, and here is the Chomondeley’s oldest son Oliver. Two different children…

Why do Harry and Meghan tell porkies that are so easy to prove wrong?
Why do Harry and Meghan tell porkies that are so easy to prove wrong?
Gorgonemilezola · 30/05/2024 09:21

Ellaelle, you'd think if Rose was there 'with' Camilla the Mail would have been creaming themselves over photos of them together. There aren't any in that 'article'. There's a picture of Rose on her own, but none if her actually with Camilla. So a bit of an exaggeration, no?

Gorgonemilezola · 30/05/2024 09:23

Ellaelle · 30/05/2024 09:17

Apparently she's been pegging him silly! (W an R)

Apparently? We're you hiding under the bed? My goodness, the lengths the Sussex Squad will go to in their attempts to smear the rf. I salute your diligence Grin

YaMuvva · 30/05/2024 09:24

CantDealwithChristmas · 30/05/2024 08:18

I don't think their behaviour is that curious. To me it seems to be pretty predictable coming from two people of average or below average intelligence and an enormous sense of entitlement.

They thought that they would recieve global, unstinting praise for leaving the RF and 'exposing' it as racist. They thought that the RF would crumble and that people everywhere would embrace them as true and visionary leaders towards the sunny uplands of #BEKIND, AUFENTICITY N TROOTH. Furthermore, they thought that once their reputation as latter day saints had been fully and easily established, the money would roll in, enabling them to adopt a rarified position of 'respectable politically active celeb royalty' - the small, niche and highly desirable space occupied by the likes of the Obamas, Malala and Amal Clooney.

In making these calculations they disregarded a few small but crucial facts:

  1. The general public is not stupid. There is wisdom in the crowd. The public is not a hollow vessel lumpen proletariat waiting to be filled with truth and goodness and told how to think and behave. They are good at percieving hypocrisy and inauthenticity and disingenuousness and will either ignore it or actively ridicule it.
  2. The RF is far more beloved than H&M thought. Yes, we know they're messy, ugly, awkward and a bit dumb. But they're OUR messy, awkward, ugly and dumb. They're family. And we know they're at least trying their best. They are troopers. We like that.
  3. H&M's dramatic flounce meant that the Americans were offered a choice between supporting them or supporting the RF. They chose the RF. See? Americans aren't stupid either!
  4. H&M are BORING! They are hollow brass pots of vacuity, sound and fury signifying nothing. So even if Points 1 - 3 didn't exist, there still wouldn't be a role for them in public life, because they've got nothing to say.
  5. Finally and most crucial. They're pompous. And laughing and skewering pomposity is enormous fun. That's why people love these threads. Not cos racism or cruelty or bigotry or anything else that the more po-face posters claim. It's because we're human, with a functioning sense of humour.

Absolutely spot on

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smilesy · 30/05/2024 09:26

Ellaelle · 30/05/2024 09:17

Apparently she's been pegging him silly! (W an R)

Are you getting off on repeating this? I’m beginning to think you are 😂😂

Ellaelle · 30/05/2024 09:27

Gorgonemilezola · 30/05/2024 09:23

Apparently? We're you hiding under the bed? My goodness, the lengths the Sussex Squad will go to in their attempts to smear the rf. I salute your diligence Grin

Oh come on their shenanigans are an open secret even Ryanair made comment to it

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