New Meghan and Harry interview

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JAN MOIR: She gave Harry an icy stare any husband would know - watch what you're saying, mister!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13707697/JAN-MOIR-Harry-icy-stare-husband-watch-saying-mister.html

Why isn’t any of this making headlines? How do they get away with it?!

oh for goodness sake! Whatever happened to “just call me Harry.”?!!

If she can't handle an interview like that without losing it, Meghan's rumoured political ambitions may not be such a good idea. It was not exactly Paxman.

Wasn't there a report after that networking event that Meghan went to in NY, that she had lost her temper when someone didn't refer to her as the DoS? Weird to be so needy about that, they must be very insecure.

It also makes it impossible to believe that using "Kate" instead of "the PoW" in their statement about Kate's diagnosis was a mistake. Just a deliberate bit of bitchiness at the expense of a woman with three little children who was just starting chemo and had been through that awful trolling. And here they are with the cheek to preach about mental health and bullying.

Struggling for balance here, but it's nothing new for charities to pay "celebrities" for their attendance while calling it marketing, and presumably that could stretch to paying for their security too

However it raises the question of what they're actually getting out of it, and with a mere $2 million in the bank it's certainly not the money. There's the heightened profile of course, but I'm not even sure that's a positive now that H&M seem stuck in a downward spiral of making everything about themselves

Admirable as the cause is, my honest view is that they'd now do better with someone else - a view shared by increasing numbers of veterans if their comments are anything to go by

Oh all that's deliberate: Kate, your brother, your grandmother etc. All deliberately designed to belittle. The more they demand people bow and scrape to them and use the titles they previously claimed to despise, the more desperate they appear. Because the titles are all they have.

Perhaps H&M are the donors, channelling the appropriate amount via IG, then clsiming whatever tzx relief they can on their 'donation'.

Especially as we're always being told that the British Press has it in for them. But Archewell deinquency, African Parks, Invictus grift all does uninvestigated

Dom8nic Reid said the same thing, about IG needing new faces.

That would be marginally better, but then somebody always pays for "tax relief" too - it's money that doesn't end up in government coffers to pay for essential services. It's one thing (and a good thing) if the money on which relief is claimed is doing some good for someone else who needs it. It's quite another if that money is simply coming back to you in the form of a benefit (ie a private security bill saved) and you are claiming tax relief on top of it.

In a nutshell. What kind of people take money from a charity for their private security!

Yes, that rather silly narrative that the British Media has it in for the Sussexes.

Invictus definitely needs a new figurehead, it's being ruined by the Sussexes.

Watching the Olympics coverage, I was thinking how Dame Kelly Holmes would be a wonderful advocate for Invictus. Although she didn't serve in a combat role, she was in the army for many years and received honours for her service before she was honored for her athletics. She's a decorated (and one of our greatest) Olympians, so knows what work goes into getting to a games. She's an advocate for mental health awareness, having suffered from self harm and depression. She represents 2 minorities as a gay, black woman, and having suffered from an, at times, traumatic, working class childhood, she already helps young people from deprived childhoods through her eponymous trust. She helped bring the Olympics to London in 2012 as part of London's delegation, so she has a breadth of experience that ticks the boxes for Invictus ambassadorship. For me, she offers so much more than Prince Harry.

Meghan referred to the late Queen as Harry’s grandmother and William as “ your brother” . She seems to have a huge issue according the correct status to those senior to her yet insists on her own title being used .
The Sussex statement about the POW was disrespectful and Harry should certainly have known better .

Dame Kelly Holmes would be a wonderful figurehead, @Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar that's a great idea. Maybe also bring JJ Chalmers on board. They certainly need something to improve their image after the catastrophe of the Sussexes.

Both Harry and Meghan set great store by their titles. They define them, give them status, open doors. They are nothing without them. However, they don't seem to respect others' titles.

Absolutely JJ Chalmers* too - in fact, they would make a perfect double act! Charm, talent, service, honour and compassion.

(*He's an amazing craftsman on top of it all!)

He is, isn't he! Plus a former teacher 👍!
Both of them understand what personal challenge means.

I think his actual words were "a new perspective" and "I think now it requires energy and a fresh look to engage it and take it to the next level", but yes that could easily be taken to mean what you suggested - though as a true professional I'd expect Reid to couch it in gentler terms

Point is he's out of the managerial mess and much will probably remain speculation, but what I honestly don't know is just how much influence Harry has to keep himself onboard

Unfortunately @PoppysAunt , I don't see Harry letting go voluntarily even though he should put Invictus above his own ego and wants and needs. As the one good thing he has done (or is attributed as having done) in his civilian life, I don't think he will be persuaded to part with it. In the next couple of years, it will also be giving him a sword and shield in coming to the UK and making demands on his family and RAVEC.

There's also been some talk that Washington pulled out of its bid, so Birmingham got the 2027 games by default.

@Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar

Can we start a petition?

(Can somebody check she's up for it first?)

You're absolutely right, of course.
He's lucky the RF gave him the IG patronage.
He won't let go - more importantly, nor will Meghan. It gives them a world stage, and they can get the all important media coverage for themselves and her fashion.

I think that's a real possibility.

They wouldn't want to highlight it was them, but if there was a tax break somewhere, it makes complete sense they would want to use that.