The Beckhams at the State Dinner

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Ouch that's got to touch a nerve for the Sussexes ! I did notice that VB was respectfully dressed as was only right for the occasion.

RosieLeaf · Today 01:09

Why on earth were they there? Still after his knighthood, clearly.

Probably because anyone with any taste had a prior engagement. I wonder if it was a last-minute invitation. Beckham's hair needed a trim and the stubble and neck tattoo don't work with the white tie dress code. VB is clearly not at ease. Her really clingy black dress is more Hollywood royalty than real royalty.

I hope Kemi Badenoch took the opportunity to promote women's rights.

@Blewprint

It's not the wealthy white expats that have issues, it's the system of visas for domestic workers, builders etc who have their passports removed, aren't paid fair wages and are abused by their employers plus high accident rates. Speak to ngo's from the countries they recruit from and you quickly understand the truth about that so called safe society. Throughout the Gulf area there are similar problems not just Qatar

Endless cheating?

One affair hit the headlines.Isnt anything else (by both of them) just rumour?

Good question.

No.

Their turning up will have meant far, far more to the girl with the new wheelchair and indeed to the local paper - which probably got the most amazing, precious, bump in sales and thus to its revenues - than to the Beckhams fgs.
'A shame?' Am not inherently a fan but come on. You cannot claim this was anything but them doing an amazing thing for their local community at the time.
This was many years ago when he was still a footballer and she was struggling to find her brand and they were seen out and about locally - they were hovering at the bottom of the greasy pole of fame. Yes, grateful for the wheelchair but I'm not sure the young girl cared 2 hoots about a photo on page 4 of a local independent! This was definitely the Beckham's getting themselves noticed on the climb to A-list celebrity status - difficult to understand probably.

Doubt the Sussexes give a shit.

Saw them on the news last night, she looked overwhelmed by the whole occasion walking in. Then there was a bit of footage of him listening to the speeches during which he seemed to be gurning or trying to remove food from his teeth or something. They certainly didn't look at home.

Definitely after his knighthood. He’s so transparent.

Corrupt country supports corrupt country shocker.

The UK is hardly innocent.

Yes but we would have voted them in. Not just some random family some (gullible) commoners fawn over.

Of course she did!
I had my photo in the local paper with a now disgraced former politician when I was about 9 and it made my year. Still got the cutting in my parents’ photo album!

"current news"

I don't think your post ticks any of those boxes

Its mutual - Beckham has been angling for the next honour for yonks, he is part of the "pack" of celebs which the Royals like to be seen with to appear vaguely relevant.
But yes in this case obviously the entire state visit and banquet was all arranged to poke the Sussexes in the eye.

As to why we are "playing nice" with a regime which regards human rights as some kind of optional extra, to be dispensed with when convenient (like the slave labour when building stadiums) - well the answer is easy. ££££££££

I think that the OP is looking at Harry and Meghan through a 'prism of hate', otherwise why mention them? They weren't at the State dinner and haven't expressed an opinion on the State dinner, so what is there to discuss?

Lucky escape if you ask me, those state dinners look really boring....

The Sussexes aren't current news, and I doubt if they give a shit tbh. This constant need to drag H&M into every story is ridiculous.

What news? The Beckham's were invited to an event what has it got to do with H&M?

Did they always thry wanted an invite? Did they say they were upset or bothered?

Or is another 'let's turn an event into something we can bring them into it even if it is irrelevant'

You’ll have to ask the Foreign secretary that

I recommend Tom Bower's book on the Beckhams for anyone interested.
What did he conclude?

The whole event was a disgrace and the Beckhams being there underlined its ludicrousness. I hope Camilla did object on moral grounds.

Really? The clips I’ve seen she grabs his hand as she spots the camera, most likely as if there was a picture of them walking separately the papers would be “Beckhams divorcing” the next morning!
They are a couple who have actively chosen a life in the spotlight, she didn’t look the slightest bit petrified or uncomfortable imo.

What difference does her objection make if she’s sat there dining on pheasant?

You don’t get to claim any moral hierarchy from a token objection.

She grabbed his hand and smiled straight to camera. "No issues in this marriage, see".

The online gossip boards however tell a very different story.

Dread to think how much it cost.

She wasn’t there!