Duke of Sussex : "potentially initiate a partial return to the royal fold"

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Duke of Sussex asks former aides to help plot RETURN from his US exile in first stage of 'rehabilitation' strategy: Prince's friends vow to help smooth path back and dub it 'Operation Bring Harry In From The Cold' | Daily Mail Online

After everything he has said and done........

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Wasn't there a bit of a rumour that she was using Charles' to "buy" clothes, but then returning them and pocketing the money?

Apparently the ring now looks similar to the one Trevor gave her. And she still wears his bracelet.

I don’t mind her changing the ring tbh. It obviously wasn’t her style. 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s a risk when the guy chooses it without any input imo.

But by that time she and Harry will have been distanced from the RF for so long that people won’t be interested in listening to the same old stuff . As someone else said , once the Wales children reach their teens the focus will very much switch to them .
Also , if H and M divorce ( which I think they will although I hope they don’t) I would imagine that any settlement would depend on Meghan keeping her mouth shut .

Charles paid for her bespoke couture wardrobe of Givenchy, Dior, Stella McCartney etc. because of the rules, he paid full price.
Why was the tag left on that red dress? Why have none of the clothes been seen since?
I do wonder what happened to them.

That sounds like one of those weird internet rumours to me.

The designers would have billed Charles' office directly, so Meghan wouldn't have been involved in the transaction. Many of the pieces would have been bespoke, so no way to return them. Also, I don't see reputable designers getting into a scam with the royal family like that.

It sounds to me as something someone just made up.

But didn't Harry say in an interview that they'd talked about it, although he'd designed it, and they'd agreed what she wanted, including the diamonds from Diana's collection? Either Meghan wasn't able or willing to be totally frank about what she wanted at that point, or Harry hadn't fully got into his 'what Meghan wants, Meghan gets' mode by then. Maybe a bit of both.

Re any future NDA drawn up in the hypothetical case of a future divorce, I hope the royal lawyers include a clause prohibiting fiction writing based on past events. I can imagine, after The Bench, Meghan moving into producing a blockbuster Barbara Taylor Bradford style tome where a poor girl marries into the elite but is then SILENCED by various evil onlookers over whom she eventually triumphs.

Some of it was sparked by the fact that Meghan wore a dress in Fiji that had a visible tag from the manufacturer on it that said “Returns will only be accepted if this tag remains attached”. Normally when you buy a dress you’d take off a large visible tag (the dress has never been seen again).

(Also, I don’t imagine any of us know how Charles paid his sons expenses!)

I suspect post them leaving the RF Meghan has had lots of loan dresses etc or "freebies" . So if that dress with the ticket was then maybe the ticket was overlooked.

Maybe.

Harry confirmed in Spare that Meghan was breaching the rules about accepting gifts though. So she may have been looking for work arounds on the rules when designers were offering her so much.

I think we have a good idea as lots of people do business with royal offices and have said this is how they operate.

I expect she accepted some freebies, as with the dress above, which royals aren't meant to do. She's never been known for her attention to detail, hence leaving the tag attached.

(Oh just re-reading your post BasiliskStare - Meghan wore that red dress with the visible tag while on her an dHarry’s Royal tour of the Pacific in 2018 when she was still most definitely a working royal).

fair play @Serenster I'm wrong with that one but astonishing on a "proper tour" no-one noticed that.

Oh they did.

But back then it was believed to be an oversight, and that one shouldn't pillory her staff for an unusual mistake.

I also hope they don't divorce.

But, if they do, I don't think Meghan would have to sign a NDA. The reason Royal wives often do that is because their husband's wealth does not belong to the husband. They are often funded by another family member (e.g. the monarch, or a duchy that does not personally 'belong' to the recipient in a straightforward manner). That doesn't apply to Harry. He's had big inheritances and big windfalls from the deals (Netflix, Spotify, Spare). So he doesn't have leverage, Meghan is entitled to around 50% of the assets plus maintenance/school fees, etc.

The one I think must have been a loan was the red Caroline Herrera dress with the detachable skirt - I saw it on a tall v v slim model and I did just think "dress for the shape you are , not the one you want to be." It was a bit showstopping but not sure it fitted as well as one would hope & not brilliant for her shape. I thought a case of the dress wearing her rather than the other way about. A shame as some looks ( mostly casual ) she does really well. Anyway I suspect her clothes budget is not as big as might be though because I bet she gets all sorts of freebies and loans.

Are you talking about the one with the east and west boobs and inverted nipples, @BasiliskStare ? She wore it to a veterans do (totally inappropriate)? I think in Netflix you can see it being fitted to her. Funnily enough, her pal and jam recipient, Tracy Ellis Ross, wore a very similar CH dress and it was also dreadful. These dresses should not be worn anywhere other than in a fashion editorial, they are not flattering at all on anyone normal.

I've just looked up that dress, it really doesn't do her any favours at all it doesn't even fit her properly.

Falls foul of the clothes wearing you rule.

Very often the clothes she wears, even if the garments themselves are attractive, don't fit well and/or are inappropriate for the occasion.

I remember that red dress - just too much fabric. Simple lines suit her better.

I watched Suits, back in the day, the clothes provided really suited her and fitted. I had a peek at The Tig, it was a well put together Instagram account.

What strikes me is that she's still a prisoner caught up in the royal web kinda having to do duchessy appearances, tours, trying to appear worthy but without the well oiled palace machine of dressers, hairdresser, secretary, and staff to prevent derailments.

That's because she wants the royal life, @justasking111 . She just doesn't want the strictures of an institution.

She's asking for the impossible then. Under the smooth surface Catherine appears to glide across are many, many feet paddling furiously.

I read Patrick Jephsons memoir, jakers the behind the scenes work that was done to achieve the illusion of an effortless tour was astonishing

I still recall the shock of her ill-fitting, boring wedding gown! She could have had anything on earth but that!