In the UK are we…

[StrawberriesandCreamTea]

…really like this? Back in March the New Statesman had this to say:

“Our parasitic behaviour is the only reason she’s made this announcement.”

https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/03/kate-middleton-and-the-sickness-of-a-nation

I didn’t see anything about a list, just people he had searched and shown an interest in. Maybe there was a list also.

@Thedom @smilesy many thanks for the confirmation that she’s the royal. Disturbing.

It’s really disturbing.

She has security obviously but it’s been mentioned that pre-illness she was sometimes seen in shops and cafes after school. How hard would it be for an experienced gunman to succeed ? Not a rhetorical question, I really don’t know!

Someone mentioned that they saw Michael Middleton in a Berkshire playground with G and C some years ago and chatted to him briefly. If that’s true it makes the kids a bit vulnerable. I guess it may not be true though (it was one of those “nice celebrities you’ve met” threads and Michael was up there with Keanu Reeves, Gordon Ramsey, Posh Spice!).

It’s a balancing act between living your life in a normal way and being safe. Jill Dando was unlucky, John Lennon and Rebecca Schaeffer too, Holly Willoughby had a recent narrow scrape as did Donald Trump.

They have one job.

As I said, people are not stupid, and the idea that a surgery whose seriousness was downplayed would take months to recover from before returning to public duties immediately caused speculation - because people at large have direct experience or are otherwise familiar with recovery from surgery, and the lengthy recovery period that was anticipated immediately generated raised eyebrows.

All of the speculation was entirely predictable and avoidable. The Prince and Princess were let down by the so-called professionals advising them.

Omg it's still the same old crap about a woman and her illness - a woman who has reappeared in public again and has had an incredibly positive reception. No one gives a shit about what they KP said initially. Well no decent person anyway.

I agree, people generally are not stupid.

The stupid ones were speculating.

No, Catherine was “let down” by intrusive speculation by people who didn’t actually have her interests at heart - quite the opposite. And those same people are really disappointed that she’s back and ok. To the extent that they are now blaming her for the fact that their own venal interest, their own fevered, gleeful speculation and worse case scenario wish list have been entirely scuppered. They are casting around for someone to blame for their own disgusting behaviour.

And they did it very well.

They made an announcement on Catherine's behalf.

Bouzey and the SS went batshit.

They ignored him.

The stories grew.

They ignored them.

At a time of her choosing, Catherine made an announcement.

Bouzey continued to be batshit, but everyone else was 'Ah, sorry love!"

At a time of her choosing Catherine reappeared and blew Bouzey and the SS completely out of the water. ToC, Father's Day tribute, birthday greetings to William....

Game, set and match to Catherine and the PRs.

@Rhaidimiddim So very true! The only people looking foolish and frankly evil are the SS.

Yes, indeed. Has Bouzey ever apologised to William?

What is Bouzey up to right now, do we know?

One thing for sure - he's blown his credibility.

He’ll never apologise to William. I don’t think his type apologises. Last seen pouring over the photo of Catherine released just before Trooping The Colour for photoshopping. Photos get photoshopped shocker. And arguing with Dan Wooten on X.

Strange he didn't comment on Catherine's appearance at Wimbledon. That would usually be prime Bouzey gobshite territory.

It looks as if he's currently calling anyone who wants Biden to step down a racist (looks at the Democrat alternative, Kamala Harris ).

I think the murdered by William/body double theory is now blown out of the water. Nowhere for them to go now except rehashing old nonsense and bitching about laziness, as per last week’s threads.

Well rehashing and bitching is the perfect aya to describe the RF board 😆

Them what cast the first stone and that…

Not the Montecito kind of stoned.

It looks as if (Bouzy's) currently calling anyone who wants Biden to step down a racist

I'd expect that, *Gorgonemilezola *since bereft of anything sensible to say it's all he's got - especially as he still seems to be operating in the times when it could be relied on as an instant shutdown

As so often it does no favours to those genuinely suffering from the horrors of racism, but thinking of others appears beyond this toxic man, which is why I agree with mathanxiety that the hideousness over Catherine was predictable but not that it was avoidable

Oh Lordy, is that what Harry’s “big balls energy” is all about?!

Puzzledandpissedoff Bouzey is nothing more than a misogynist bully. Unsure why he'd be the kind of person Meghan would want to be associated with. Unless of course she is using Bouzey as a mouthpiece to whip up hatred against Catherine.

I think sometimes the Sussexes hear someone say something positive about them or that seems to support them and then they want to be friends with that person, regardless of anything else the person may have said. When they do realise that the person might not be doing their popularity any favours, they are in too deep to get out of the relationship 🤷‍♀️

In other words, the Sussexes are clueless?

Very possibly, smilesy, but it's not really a wise choice to make - especially with someone as poisonous as Bouzy

That said, with the A listers disappearing like snowflakes in the sun and the "big deals" either being cancelled or coming to nothing, maybe people like this are the only option left?

It was a Netflix production and a Netflix decision to include all the interviews with people including Bouzy’s. A lot was revealed that we didn’t know before including the interview with the half sister’s niece.

“That said, with the A listers disappearing like snowflakes in the sun and the "big deals" either being cancelled or coming to nothing, maybe people like this are the only option left?”

Wishful thinking on display there.