Where is Harry?

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Just that.

No. Camilla has previously spoken about how her focus in this area was sparked by a friend's experience. This was a good few years ago too. I'm glad she is finally getting coverage for this.

I didn't know she's worked on it before. I was just stunned the number was as high as 1 in 5.

Yes, Camilla does very low key, under the radar stuff for DV.

Both she and Sophie have been working in the area of violence against women for years. So glad they are starting to be seen and heard.

I think it has less to do with Hollywood supporting the RF and more to do with the fact that people in Hollywood circles will have been dealing with M in private situations for the last four years. And she, herself, has pissed them off individually one by one with weird/ unacceptable behaviour.

H is, himself an elder abuser. Having a go at his dad on the day his dad's mum was dying!

The majority of DA victims are women. Say it as it is. It's not adults; it's predominantly women.

I'll agree the majority are women, but that doesn't mean men aren't also victims. And with additional stigma being a man who's abused.

Yes, agreed and I posted about this a few weeks ago.

People who rise to elite levels in Hollywood, the real A listers like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston etc etc, do so not only because they make the studios a hell of a lot of money but also because they are relatively easy to work with on set. (I know Pitt has had accusations of abuse levelled against him by Jolie and I'm not commenting on that, just talking about on-set professionalism). That is, they can be relied upon to turn up and do their job well in relatively few takes and not hold up production with tantrums, or erratic behaviour, or silly demands, or simply not following through on what they're supposed to do.

Despite the popular image of the on-set diva starlet, Hollywood only really rewards talent long term if that talent also behaves professionally.

For H&M to have had such a precipitous fall from grace suggests to me that:

1. They have not been earning their studios/producers/sponsors the amounts that were initially projected AND
2. They are difficult to work with, and/or unreliable.

Camilla has been doing work for DV survivors for decades. As a DV survivor myself I've spoken with people who've had some experience of working with her. Apparently she's humble, committed, knowledgeable, does lots of lobbying work behind the scenes, not always for media (obviously DV shelters don't allow cameras due to threat to life from the women's absuers).

I have SO MUCH admiration for the long term work Camilla has done. And guess what? She manages to do it without writing silly messages on bananas, or crying because no one's asked her if SHE'S OK.

Harry’s next appearance seems to be that Paley centre event honouring Tyler Perry. It would be his and Meghan’s joint sighting in months.

@GiveMeSpanakopita I knew she did work on Osteoporosis but not on DV. Wonder what else she plugs away on with out recognition 🤔.

It's up there with the tons of stuff Prince Philip quietly did that I had NO CLUE about until all the Obituary programmes when he passed away, Environmental stuff, first electric taxi in London, involved in setting up WWF and remained President of it.
I'd never fully appreciated his work in getting the Duke of Edinburgh awards set up or his hand in actually running it. I'd sort of assumed someone else had done it and he just endorsed it with the name.

The 'old fashioned' royals certainly get about a bit.

I met Prince Philip when doing my DoE bronze award (he visited my school and other schools outside of the UK). Saw QE2 when she came to my current city. Met Sophie Wessex (as was) when she came to our autism support charity event there. They've just seemed to pop up in my life and popular culture, from Blue Peter's royal safari (Val 'n' Anne) onwards, and despite my being a mild-mannered socialist republican I can think of worse things

I met Sophie a couple of times through my work and was very impressed how well informed and prepared she was .
Met Diana back in the 80s . She seemed to glow .

Absolutely.