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Meghan at glitzy launch party

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Twistybrancher · 16/11/2024 18:39

Meghan in LA this week at some fancy launch party. Think these are her friends who own a high end salon.

The wavy hair has made a return, I’m guessing this is the new look she’s going for, for the rebrand. Jury is out out for that particular style- mid parting, flat waves. Thinks she suits a side part, with full waves. But hey!

Personally I like the paired down eye make up look. I always thought the heavy lashes and dark shadows were a bit much for royal duties (I feel Kates is far too heavy on the smokey eye too!)

But it sure does make her look different. I do think ita just make up and not surgery…but other posters are better at spotting these things.

Harry not there. They are her friends, so no real reason but when it’s a social event, doesn’t look great that they aren’t together….again

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14090659/Meghan-Markle-dances-friends-glamorous-launch-party-Los-Angeles-without-husband-Prince-Harry.html

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Puzzledandpissedoff · 18/11/2024 17:55

Meghan was a working member of the Royal Family for just over a year . How much could she (truthfully) say about that short period ?

We may never know, @Mylovelygreendress, though Harry may have fed her god knows what about the family, but a lack of actual facts has never stopped her spouting off so far

Like her husband, and as we've seen too often, truth and Meghan aren't exactly close buddies, and once blown credibility isn't easy to recover

Twistybrancher · 18/11/2024 18:06

jouxlake · 18/11/2024 17:50

I do wonder if her 'investment' in these companies is a financial investment at all, maybe there is no money invested but rather a promotional investment, there is no denying she does bring publicity to these small time ventures, so possibly getting some share holdings for showing up for the photo ops. All seems very strange, not least of all the hanging on to other women for the photos. So very weird.

This is exactly what I’ve thought.

  1. We would have heard if she was a financial backer. Not the actual sum but if she had invested money.
  2. Why she shoehorns herself in pics. She wore the handbags in Columbia and got an NYT article out of it, she did a video for the drinks brand and is at the launch party of the hair loss brand and she spoke to Instyle (quite the jump down from NYT). It’s why the pics from Highbrow Hippie her eyes are clocked on the camera. She has to make sure she gets her face in the pics.
  3. She can guarantee the brand that she will get free press worth… thousands…if not hundreds of thousands

But the more businesses she ‘invests’ in, I think the less the press will be interested. It’s not that interesting. I think that’s why she had a revamp of the hair….something for the press to talk about while she’s at these promo events. But she diluting her ‘Duchess’ brand everytime she does these events, so eventually the press won’t bother

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wordler · 18/11/2024 18:25

She does look good in that jumpsuit though - it’s definitely a good style for her.

BusyOliveSloth · 18/11/2024 19:23

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FloofPaws · 18/11/2024 19:31

Goodness that photo below looks like the two other people are trying to get a photo together and MM is shoving herself in ... and notice her name is in the biggest font size too 🙄

CathyorClaire · 18/11/2024 20:17

And get over it, he moved with his family to the US some time ago. There are absolutely no credible signs that he will ever return.

I'll 'get over it' once we stop coughing for the costs of his vexatious litigations and his now demonstrably unnecessary blue light vanity cavalcades.

Unfortunately the cost of bidding to bring his suspect circus to a bankrupt UK city which will no doubt be saddled with further unspecified expenses will never be recouped. Likewise the cost of the ridiculously overblown wedding he was happy to watch his wife sneer at as not the real deal.

Darling boy may 'never return' but he's still as happy to fleece the UK taxpayer as the rest of them.

MrsLeonFarrell · 18/11/2024 20:26

I doubt anyone will ever remove their title and really what's the point? Parliament has enough to do sorting out the country, it doesn't need to spend time on such trivia.

Europe is awash with titles that mean nothing, my favourite is always Bourbon with Two Sicilies. It's the Two part that sells it, obviously an upgrade on whoever is only Princess of One!

The Sussex title will simply become an ordinary dukedom in time and hopefully their grandchildren will be able to live normal lives like all the other non royal dukes.

CathyorClaire · 18/11/2024 20:46

Europe is awash with titles that mean nothing

True.

Beatrice's hanger-on hubby is a Count which apparently makes her a Countess.

No wonder Charmless was so determined his 'blood princesses' got the full fat gig 😁

Twistybrancher · 18/11/2024 20:50

Polo season 1 ( as if there will be more! ) is out 10th Dec

Says its produced by meghan and Harry… so if they aren’t promoting it together….thats weird

They have an award thing for Tyler Perry on the 4th Dec. Again, will be expecting that both will be there. Tyler is the godfather of one of their kids, so not just a Meghan friend.

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CathyorClaire · 18/11/2024 20:57

Polo season 1 ( as if there will be more! ) is out 10th Dec

Who's not on the edge of their saddle in anticipation? 😎

MrsLeonFarrell · 18/11/2024 20:57

CathyorClaire · 18/11/2024 20:46

Europe is awash with titles that mean nothing

True.

Beatrice's hanger-on hubby is a Count which apparently makes her a Countess.

No wonder Charmless was so determined his 'blood princesses' got the full fat gig 😁

That phrase, blood princesses, really isn't as impressive as he obviously believes. It makes me think of vampires rather than royalty.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 18/11/2024 23:22

I doubt anyone will ever remove their title and really what's the point? Parliament has enough to do sorting out the country, it doesn't need to spend time on such trivia.

I disagree these are British titles from the most famous and high profile royal family in the world and the King is Head of State, the tiles are not from some obscure little European state that has a long defunct monarchy, these titles hold weight whether you believe in the monarchy or not so I don’t agree it’s trivial, particularly when the parents have a massive axe to grind. Charles hasn’t slimmed down the RF at all, it’s going to be down to William to radically change Letters Patent going forward, I expect he will take no prisoners.

OneTealSloth · 19/11/2024 07:37

Twistybrancher · 18/11/2024 20:50

Polo season 1 ( as if there will be more! ) is out 10th Dec

Says its produced by meghan and Harry… so if they aren’t promoting it together….thats weird

They have an award thing for Tyler Perry on the 4th Dec. Again, will be expecting that both will be there. Tyler is the godfather of one of their kids, so not just a Meghan friend.

Good God 😂

See the watching, see the tracking, see the desperation for cracks based on appearances that haven’t happened yet.

Oh Harry and Meghan, your haters will never rest.

GiveMeSpanakopita · 19/11/2024 07:45

She doesn't get the A-list invitations she once did. The Clooneys, the Obamas, all those elite-level celebrities who once showed their support have withdrawn because they have calculated, quite rightly, that the Royal Family has more long term brand value than H&M.

If H&M hadn't done interviews slagging off the RF, it would never have had to be an either/or choice. That was an entirely unforced error on their part.

Contradictions abound in H&M's PR. On the one hand they had a Netflix documentary in which talking heads lined up to give a CRT reading of British history in which the RF are evil colonisers. Harry spoke of how the RF was a gilded cage which trapped his father and brother, and heavily insinuated that Kate Middleton was nothing more than a Firm-approved Stepford wife. The logical conclusion of this would be that H&M would bravely throw off the shackles and trappings of royalty and set an example of a postcolonial way of life. But they are in fact very wedded to their titles as can be seen from Archewell website and the order to US media that MM should always be referred to by her title. This is a glaring contradiction which does not reflect well on H&M's integrity.

The second contradiction is in their attitude to the media. Harry clearly hates and fears it. He is on a vastly expensive and wasteful legal campaign against the British media which has not yet and probably will not achieve the destruction of the tabloid press (which is what H seems to want) MM seems to like it more, and to want to court it. She enjoys red carpet events, he does not. It is very difficult when a famous couple is not on the same page as regards brand strategy. It dilutes the brand badly.

The third contradiction is the most dangerous. The Parents' Network. What is it? Is it a support group for parents who have lost children to suicide, in which case is it adequately staffed with specialist psychologists? it is well known that a person's risk of suicide rises precipitately if a family member has committed suicide in the past 5 years. It rises further when a person associates with actively suicidal people.

Or is The Parents' Network actually a pressure group to force social media companies to self-regulate more effectively, or differently? If so, what exactly are its aims? Have those aims been published? How ethical is it to use freshly grieving parents as part of a pressure group? Do all those parents agree with the political aims of the group?

In conclusion: their brand is capricious and contradictory. This is why their star is falling. And these are strategic errors which they have made, and presumably would not have made had they paid for, and listened to, good strategic comms specialists.

OneTealSloth · 19/11/2024 08:29

GiveMeSpanakopita · 19/11/2024 07:45

She doesn't get the A-list invitations she once did. The Clooneys, the Obamas, all those elite-level celebrities who once showed their support have withdrawn because they have calculated, quite rightly, that the Royal Family has more long term brand value than H&M.

If H&M hadn't done interviews slagging off the RF, it would never have had to be an either/or choice. That was an entirely unforced error on their part.

Contradictions abound in H&M's PR. On the one hand they had a Netflix documentary in which talking heads lined up to give a CRT reading of British history in which the RF are evil colonisers. Harry spoke of how the RF was a gilded cage which trapped his father and brother, and heavily insinuated that Kate Middleton was nothing more than a Firm-approved Stepford wife. The logical conclusion of this would be that H&M would bravely throw off the shackles and trappings of royalty and set an example of a postcolonial way of life. But they are in fact very wedded to their titles as can be seen from Archewell website and the order to US media that MM should always be referred to by her title. This is a glaring contradiction which does not reflect well on H&M's integrity.

The second contradiction is in their attitude to the media. Harry clearly hates and fears it. He is on a vastly expensive and wasteful legal campaign against the British media which has not yet and probably will not achieve the destruction of the tabloid press (which is what H seems to want) MM seems to like it more, and to want to court it. She enjoys red carpet events, he does not. It is very difficult when a famous couple is not on the same page as regards brand strategy. It dilutes the brand badly.

The third contradiction is the most dangerous. The Parents' Network. What is it? Is it a support group for parents who have lost children to suicide, in which case is it adequately staffed with specialist psychologists? it is well known that a person's risk of suicide rises precipitately if a family member has committed suicide in the past 5 years. It rises further when a person associates with actively suicidal people.

Or is The Parents' Network actually a pressure group to force social media companies to self-regulate more effectively, or differently? If so, what exactly are its aims? Have those aims been published? How ethical is it to use freshly grieving parents as part of a pressure group? Do all those parents agree with the political aims of the group?

In conclusion: their brand is capricious and contradictory. This is why their star is falling. And these are strategic errors which they have made, and presumably would not have made had they paid for, and listened to, good strategic comms specialists.

lol

OneTealSloth · 19/11/2024 08:37

Anyways I’m hoping for a full ARO launch by spring 2025. Fingers crossed.

For those concerned about Lemonada, they call Meghan and her team, a dream. Another 2025 drop. I’m excited for her next year.

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Mylovelygreendress · 19/11/2024 09:17

OneTealSloth · 19/11/2024 08:29

lol

Not sure what you find funny . @GiveMeSpanakopita makes some very valid points and the subject of suicide is NEVER funny .

Twistybrancher · 19/11/2024 09:41

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Twistybrancher · 19/11/2024 09:50

Excellent post @GiveMeSpanakopita

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MrsLeonFarrell · 19/11/2024 09:51

BigWillyLittleTodger · 18/11/2024 23:22

I doubt anyone will ever remove their title and really what's the point? Parliament has enough to do sorting out the country, it doesn't need to spend time on such trivia.

I disagree these are British titles from the most famous and high profile royal family in the world and the King is Head of State, the tiles are not from some obscure little European state that has a long defunct monarchy, these titles hold weight whether you believe in the monarchy or not so I don’t agree it’s trivial, particularly when the parents have a massive axe to grind. Charles hasn’t slimmed down the RF at all, it’s going to be down to William to radically change Letters Patent going forward, I expect he will take no prisoners.

The power of the titles depends on their position within the monarchy. William didn't meet leaders in South Africa because of his title alone but because his title has a constitutional role. When Harry was a working member of the Royal family the Dukedom of Sussex had the power to get him meetings with Heads of State. Now he is no longer a working member of the family he meets deputies with personal agendas in countries (thinking Nigeria and Colombia) he visits, and on those visits he spends a lot of time waking behind his wife He has the illusion of power but none of the substance.

This is why I don't think his title should be given much weight anymore. It obviously doesn't get them much attention with serious people with genuine power either in politics or show business. He can get in the papers and win awards but he doesn't change anything. I think it's striking that the charity work that he is succeeding at was all established when he was a working royal.

If other countries start giving him and his campaigns serious political weight I'll change my mind but in the meantime I think the question of his title is a very minor issue that doesn't need attention in a world where poverty and Ukraine and other things are far more important.

Twistybrancher · 19/11/2024 09:55

On the point of the Obamas, I’ve always noticed that Michele always talks about the importance of family. I don’t think she would have approved of the way they went about things so publicly.

She would be more than aware that it’s difficult raising a family in the public eye and to air dirty laundry was a terrible move.

Also, A listers, like the royals, demand privacy. It’s a luxury in their world, so they aren’t going to risk inviting H&M into their world incase they talk about them.

Harry is literally the sort of guy that would sell his granny for a packet of biscuits

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Samcro · 19/11/2024 10:00

if the titles are removed ,i presume the dukedom. Harry will still be a prince. so they will become prince harry and princess henry and of course no one will say princess henry. so you will have princess meghan.
careful what you wish for.

JADS · 19/11/2024 10:01

CathyorClaire · 18/11/2024 20:17

And get over it, he moved with his family to the US some time ago. There are absolutely no credible signs that he will ever return.

I'll 'get over it' once we stop coughing for the costs of his vexatious litigations and his now demonstrably unnecessary blue light vanity cavalcades.

Unfortunately the cost of bidding to bring his suspect circus to a bankrupt UK city which will no doubt be saddled with further unspecified expenses will never be recouped. Likewise the cost of the ridiculously overblown wedding he was happy to watch his wife sneer at as not the real deal.

Darling boy may 'never return' but he's still as happy to fleece the UK taxpayer as the rest of them.

I think this is worth reiterating.

Invictus coming to Birmingham is going to cost us. Don't get me wrong, the outstanding work of Prof Keith Porter and QE11 Hospital (formerly Selly Oak) deserves celebrating, but there are cheaper and more inclusive ways.

Just look at the Commonwealth games that has been moved to Glasgow. It has stripped out loads events to make it work financially.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 19/11/2024 10:02

If other countries start giving him and his campaigns serious political weight I'll change my mind but in the meantime I think the question of his title is a very minor issue that doesn't need attention in a world where poverty and Ukraine and other things are far more important.

It wasn’t Harry’s title I was talking about, it was the children’s titles, although the titles may hold no weight as such having them at all could be very problematic in the future for reasons I’ve listed in my previous posts.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 19/11/2024 10:05

Samcro · 19/11/2024 10:00

if the titles are removed ,i presume the dukedom. Harry will still be a prince. so they will become prince harry and princess henry and of course no one will say princess henry. so you will have princess meghan.
careful what you wish for.

Not that this would ever happen but the title of Prince can be removed easily, the Dukedom’s however are much harder to revoke.