Continuing HR article, Netflix

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See all these wise posters, lots of what we have said has been ‘confirmed’ by other sources

article in the DM:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13874743/Harry-Meghan-Hollywood-turns-Sussexes-ALISON-BOSHOFF-venom-schadenfreude.html

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One senior Hollywood publicist tells me: 'First of all, everyone industry-wide, EVERYONE reads The Hollywood Reporter. It's really striking that WME did not stop this running.'
She adds: 'WME normally – you would think – would have been threatening and denying access to other stars. Was this done here?

Thats exactly what we all thought! it’s strange how they are letting this stuff out.

As we have all seen in recent days, the dark art of covering up and killing stories- look at Al Fayed and what he got away with. So WME have done nothing???

Also, Harry attending an event in his own because Meghan is sick. No. This is part of separating their ‘brands’- I doubt she will attend any future events like these with Harry.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13875773/sick-meghan-markle-prince-harry-kevin-costner-charity-event.html

Seems like the wheels are falling off to me!

Remember little Louis clambering on his knee at the Jubilee celebrations. That showed a very different side to Charles to the stiff upper lip we are used too.

At one of the weddings, possibly Williams, did he not have Camillas flower girl granddaughter, in his arms on the balcony?

They maybe don't see lots of each other and I can't imagine Charles has ever done practical care like changed a bum or taken a kid to the toilet. But I think he is more hands on than given credit for, Disney Dad / Granddad

I've just googled for Charles and Camillas Granddaughter to find one of him in a suit spinning the wee one round.
But yes he did have one Camillas DGDs in his arms on the balcony.

I do remember that with Louis and it was really sweet and showed they do have a relationship, but I don't see him as someone who would be missing the grandkids if he didn't see them for weeks on end. Harry's kids are total strangers to him, so I think it is even less likely that he is pining for quality time with them.

The part when she mentions others going through a cancer fight etc, I thought we might have seen Charles
I think she and William must be very conscious of the fact that Charles' health and progress is his business to share and not theirs - the blabbing that goes on elsewhere has made them all rather cautious.

It's still pining for the relationship they don't have.
It's that same thing when a pregnancy is announced family get excited for the parents to be, but also excitement having the little person in their life.

I imagine Charles must feel wistful about the lack of contact with Archie and Lili, but there are the Wales kids and Camilla's grandchildren. He's been ill, he's busy and the lack of a real relationship sadly means that as individuals they will not be as important as a grandchild you do actually see regularly and have got to know and seen grow. Sad, but that's my honest opinion.

Loved the Jubilee pageant where every time the camera panned to the Royal box, Louis was being held by someone different.

But that kind of reflection is exactly what Harry hasn't done. He wrote about the pre wedding night issue in Spare and made it sound as though he was still annoyed at William going back to be with this family.

Catherine had given birth less than 4 weeks before the wedding - William's new baby was only 25 days old on the night before the wedding.

By the point Harry writes Spare he's had two babies of his own - but he doesn't write in Spare that he was annoyed at the time but now completely gets that William wanted to get back to his new baby and postpartum wife.

He writes that he's upset because he'd been there for William the night before the wedding and expected the same for his own wedding, without any acknowledgment that circumstances have completely changed.

When you think about the timings - yes I know she has many resources and a lot of money but it's still amazing to me that Catherine was able to drag herself up, into wedding gear, leave her newborn and then spend the morning corraling a car load of bridesmaids and then sitting on a hard pew for the wedding ceremony. She must have been uncomfortable and shattered.

I remember being really surprised they had chosen that date at all, bearing in mind that Catherine was due shortly before. It was just such a tactless date to have chosen and I wondered even then if it was deliberate:

I was actually surprised that the wedding was arranged so soon after Catherine was due to give birth . I know there are restrictions with availability etc but it was pretty amazing that she was able to go and in a light coloured outfit !

xpost @Makingwaves2 was distracted mid typing !!

Maybe Meghan hoped Catherine wouldn’t go ? I remember reading somewhere that Meghan didn’t want George and Charlotte in the wedding party but The Queen insisted.,

Well yes. That’s one conclusion!

Not so sure.

Remember Louis wanting to sit on his lap at the Platinum jubilee celebrations (I think it was). Which he then did (welcomed by Charles) for a long time and they were chatting away.

Not the response from a small child to a distant grandparent.

All very spontaneous and I'm pretty sure you'll struggle to get Louis to do what he doesn't want 😂

Oops - sorry, later to the party on that comment 😂

Beatrice is having baby no2

Now her wedding was lovely. She seems really nice

Charles and Louis -
(and yes, Louis was obviously very comfortable with him at the Jubilee.)

On a recent episode of the Queen's Reading Room, she talked about how KC3 is a brilliant reader-aloud to children. So he may be more pro them than we think....

Yes - her wedding was a lovely and perfect way to deal with a wedding during Covid times. Repurposing a special dress from the Queen and releasing just a few sweet pictures. That's a good model to go with for future non-heir royal weddings. Publically modest (I'm sure behind closed doors the wedding reception was pretty lavish but not rubbed in anyone's faces) and a small press release.

Televising the wedding of the heir makes sense to me - it's a state occasion and an historical event. But not sure heir's siblings need a TV wedding. Although I'm sure there will be many who want to PR benefit of photogenic Charlotte and Louis's nuptials.

But not sure heir's siblings need a TV wedding.

I enjoyed watching H&M's wedding. The weather was good, Windsor looked lovely, and it was a nice touch to have all the guests walking down to the chapel, so one could see them all and get a good look at the frocks.

Gosh I hadn't realised the wedding was so soon after Catherine had given birth. That's a lot of pressure at 3 weeks postpartum. And makes the whole bridesmaids dress saga a hundred times worse now in my mind.

And a very good point, I hadn't clocked that he was complaining about William and the stag night after he was also a father himself, and so should be able to understand. He and Meghan are just odious IMO.

The King ( when simply Prince Charles) wrote The Old Man of Lochnagar to entertain Andrew and Edward . It was later published and the proceeds donated to charity .

I also enjoyed watching it - and Eugenies too - I love a royal wedding.

I also thought Zara's was a nice compromise - TV coverage for entrance and exits and a private ceremony in Scotland.

But I'm not sure the expense for non-heir weddings is worth it. Certainly not in the current climate - maybe by the time the Wales kids are marrying we will be ready for more.

I'd advise that Charlotte and Louis get out of London for their weddings though as a better PR move. Ideally, George would get married in Wales but I'm not sure St David's is big enough although historically very interesting. Plus I guess if you've got to host all the heads of states and other royal families for the heir's wedding then London makes more sense as a hub.

But it would be nice to see a royal wedding in a northern cathedral to highlight a different part of the country.

In retrospect the carriage drive was unnecessary, and probably added a lot to the cost of security. Other than that marrying at Windsor made sense whereas marrying in St Paul's or Westminster Abbey would have been over the top for anyone who wasnt the heir. Those two are necessary for the heir because it's a State occasion and the guest list is enormous with all the dignitaries that have to be invited.

Beatrice, Eugenie and Edward's weddings are the model going forward. I suspect also that fewer will be televised in future.

It was Andrew who insisted on Eugenie having a similar wedding to H and M . If I remember correctly, Eugenie and Jack wanted to get married in May but had to give way to H and M because of seniority so Andrew demanded a similar wedding .

Does anyone side eye Catherine for wearing very very pale yellow to Harry’s wedding? Yellow that photographed as white…?
I thought that was odd, for her.