Netflix deal, looking like it may be over for H&M

[Thedom]

The rumours have been doing the rounds for a while, but Puck News now reporting it, which means it is very likely that their contract with Netflix will not be renewed.

"The streamer is not expected to renew its five-year, $100 million deal signed in 2020 with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Meghan’s passion project, the animated kids show Pearl, has already been canceled, and the unscripted cooking and polo offerings didn’t connect the way the royal couple’s Harry & Meghan did. "

puck.news/the-best-and-worst-deals-of-peak-tv-part-1/

Good points, @DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace - it's all about his privilege, and that of his wife and children.

Oh why does Meghan always touch her bump.

I have never seen anyone wrap both arms around their bump in the way MM did, i'm not surprised it was commented on. it was the most bizarre and strange bump cradling, it was like she was doing a pregnancy photoshoot at every public outing.

I've seen the side by side headline comparisons, and I don't think it's fair to do so without including the FULL timeline of headlines about Kate.

Skipping the section where she was harassed, upskirted and papped topless for YEARS prior to the bump-cradling photos skews the story.

FWIW I don't think any royal girlfriends or wives should be effectively subject to a decade of media hazing before they're given positive pressure. But it's not true that Kate was always treated kindly.

I agree - one arm over, one arm under. It was a constant cradling. I don't particularly care about it, I noticed it, but I'm not surprised it was commented on.

@CarmelaBrunella @Thedom - she's holding onto the only thing that'll make her some money 😬🙄

It was like she was doing a pregnancy photoshoot at every public outing.

This is exactly what it was like - because she quite clearly was. Meghan has always had a great awareness of what looks great in still photographs - of course she has, she was climbing the “Hollywood Star” ladder where that matters. So you can see shot after great shot of her with a hand charmingly positioned by her cheek, her hands loosely clasped under her chin, her jacket drawn back so you can see the curve of her bump etc etc.

The Royal photographers and camera crew and the Royal Rota journalists, who followed her most days, would also have seen first-hand the artifice that goes into the gorgeous still shot. Walking ten or so steps with your hand held up to your face looks quite odd in real life. Constantly moving your coat out of the way so your bump is visible ditto. And they probably also saw plenty of occurrences like the charity visit in South Africa where Meghan’s sole focus was making sure she got the shots she was after (in that case, playing with babies on the floor - so relatable!), rather than anything, or anyone else.

You spend all day watching that, you probably don’t form a great impression of the authenticity of the person you are covering? And if there’s an attitude of “she’s doing it again…” in the press pack, I am very sure it will work its way into their coverage.

What about the coat flicking to present her bump in all it's glory.

I was still a supporter of her at that point and I couldn't understand why she was doing the weird coat flicking when she realised a camera was on her or the crazy bump cradling.

Her attention seeking motives have become clearer over the years though.

@Thedom it certainly hasn’t stopped as the skirt opening in Colombia by pushing her dress to expose her knee shows. Still don’t know what was going through her mind. She knows the camera is there whilst forgetting the camera is there.

Serenster, exactly.

Yes, along with making the effort to constantly pull open the neckline of her shirts, so it looks better in photographs. She is forever trying to curate an image that isn't real, and thats why she comes across as being so fake and unlikeable to the general public. .

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6481215/Meghan-Markle-British-Fashion-Awards.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton
Here's the British Fashion Awards images....

Madonna complex.

And I don't mean the pop star.

It's certainly a strong image

It's exactly like a husband leaving a wife . They rewrite the story to make themselves feel less guilty in what they are doing - attacking and betraying the other party. Of course when there is 💵 involved as well it's even better.

I agree - there are pictures of Catherine touching her bump (eg resting one hand o it) when she was in the advanced stages and it's pretty difficult to avoid contact with it at all. Meghan was making a two handed cradling gesture, from early on, which had the effect of highlighting it.

They are not the same action.

Essentially yes.

There were two changes
a) to the law, abolishing male supremacy in primogeniture
b) a new set of LPs issued around the time of the Wales marriage (so before any of their DC were born and before Harry had met Meghan) giving the HRH Prince and Princess to all William's DC

b) was deemed necessary because of the longevity of the late Queen (who was still in good health at that point). The existing LPs only gave HRH Prince to the eldest son of the DGC of the monarch in the direct line (ie the child who would have been the heir before the change at a) occurred). So without the new LPs, the Wales DC, if the first two had been born the other way round) would have been Lady Charlotte (direct heir), HRH Prince George and Lord Louis - which is a bit of a nonsense. The change meant that all the DC regardless of sex and birth order would have the same royal titles.

Amen!

All the criticism of the criticism of H&M here on the grounds that it is a bit why-do-you-care silly to have opinions on the behaviour of people you don't know.

But H is still in the line of succession and could one day become our HoS and* *that is concerning. I think the establishment has slipped up on this matter a bit, and measures should have been taken to remove him from the succession already. I don't give a flying about taking away his titles; get him and his American children off the next-in-line list.

*(although I think that would never be allowed to happen, we'd have a George I/William and Mary/Edward VIII moment and nominate someone else)

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Ultimately, Parliament is Sovereign.
It's a constitutional monarchy, and I do suspect that measures are in place to prevent Harry (and also Andrew) from ever being close to being Head of State.
It happened with the Glorious Revolution, with Edward VIII and it could happen again.

I think he is just very dim and finally found a mummy substitute he could shag.
She stoked up all his resentment for being second son and stroked his enormous ego because it suited her own ends.
Quite funny that he is now still second fiddle albeit to his wife rather than his brother.

I still can’t believe she announced her pregnancy to the family at Eugenie’s wedding. And there was speculation she was because she wore a massive coat over her dress that was only buttoned at the top. As though she was hiding something but giving room to grow. Then you see the photos of her from the Pacific tour and she was still relatively flat (she conceived around the same time I did with baby 2 so she was only about 8-10 weeks at the time).

She did a very good Hollywood style media campaign. All eyes on her. @And failed to recognise that the RF isn't Hollywood.

The outfit and her posturing at Eugenie's wedding! It looked like a maternity coat that she couldn't button up 😂.
She's very entertaining. Although I could see why Eugenie would be pissed off.

I think that's the fundamental difference between Hollywood and the RF.

Hollywood has people who are born into privacy and build their careers on media attention.

The RF are born into media attention and have to find a way of balancing that with finding privacy.

Meghan was very happy to have paps on her doorstep, because it helped her career. Harry was horrified.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/meghan-markle-dress-royal-wedding-givenchy-princess-eugenie-coat-windsor-a8580601.html
"I can only do up two buttons on my bespoke Givenchy outfit"

And hand framing the face again !