Sentebale no. 3

[Thedom]

The ex lead Patron Its getting plenty of media coverage today.

(ps, my hash key doesn't work )

It's certainly not about connection, that thing she's always on about.

You were fooled by the bp fantastic PR>
nothing to feel bad about< there are millions of people who think all the rest of them are lovely and would never behave like spoilt brats ( those pr people shuld be on good money!)

And from memory!! Harry did comment that he wanted his children to inherit invictus and I believe sentebale ! , so yes he thinks they solely belong to him !

What she should have done is managed a positive spin on the situation so that the organisation's reputation didn't suffer

Positive spin ? On bullying? Really?

I think the lemon is because she has lemon trees in her garden, gives away baskets of lemons, had lemons feature in her show etc etc. I think she likes lemons.

Simnel cake is VERY English/British. Never seen it anywhere else. Shame, it's delicious! I think she'd be slaughtered for trying it on in California!

Meg also said she wants the kids to inherit As ever in the People article the other week.

They’ll be nothing for them to inherit

One particular moment was notable too - when Dr Sophie Chandauka answered the accusation made by former trustee Dr Kelello Lerotholi saying he had never seen any of this. She immediately said he had a very poor attendance record and he wouldn't have 😂

I'm another one who's wondering how the Sussexes are going to try to spin these very damaging events - in particular, Meghan.
Her fame, brand and social standing stems almost entirely from Harry's position as a Royal (even though he seems to have burnt most of his bridges on a personal level there, albeit keeping the title). So, how long will she last if she were to call time on the marriage? But at the same time, currently, his antics are actively damaging what she's trying to do with As ever.
What to do? Well, for one, hold out for a bit longer until the prognosis on Charles's health becomes clear (to the general public that is, as no one seems to be keeping them in the loop privately). Call me a cynic but after all, she will presumably want/need the front-row seat at any up-coming State funeral.

This quote from Warren Buffet ( who I think was paraphrasing Will Rogers - I knew the quote not who said it ) - “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.”

Or in Harry's case people carefully curating your reputation for you perhaps.

Meghan going out on stage at Invictus opening ceremony in Vancouver was also 'last minute', wasn't planned as she herself admitted in the speech. Did she railroad Harry and the organisers again, she really has form. .

Can Invictus really go ahead in Birmingham now?

Already plenty of criticism about it, but now that its confirmed these charities are bullied by Harry and Meghan into allowing Meghan grandstand and everyone on the committee have only one option, and that is to appease Harry and Meghan or end up getting fired.

Yes I laughed at that. So typical of them, not thinking about the reality, the hard graft required to have a business, but imagining something far in the future when everything has magically worked out.

'A positive spin'. This reveals the common misunderstanding about PR. Ethical PR practice involves telling a person's or organisation's story using the facts, even if the facts are uncomfortable. Too often, it is assumed that PR is about telling an untrue story that makes the person or organisation look good. The story Dr C is telling is about an organisation that has taken a wrong turning and that she is working to put back on track. She cannot tell that story without information that puts the charity in a bad light.

Whoever's been difficult or otherwise in this situation, it's terrible publicity for PH at a time when he desperately needs some good publicity.

I agree with PP's that PH didn't realize that once he'd severed his connections with the RF, he'd lose most of his soft power and would need to behave differently. Some humility wouldn't go amiss.

The place is currently experiencing major issues with rodents because of the bin strikes. How can they justify spending millions on these games to the people of Birmingham.

But that's as weirdly controlling as the Royal Family, surely? You can't have your own ideas or careers. Carry on As Ever, a brand that is squarely about ME. Carry on Archewell. Carry on Invictus.

Poor bloody kids.

From an American perspective, Meghan is part-African American. I work daily with recent migrants from Africa and people of African-American descent who were born and raised in the US. There is a big cultural divide. I've also visited the European country where my grandparents were born and lived until their teens, and it reenforced how much of an American I am. There has been lots of studies on cultural identity in the US for you to read.

Dr. Sophie was not in a court of law. I thought she did a good job of explaining the issues. Harry should not have leaked a statement. The matter should have been dealt with quietly by the Charity Commission. Once he released it, she spoke up to defend the organization and its employees. He set her up to be tried in a court of social media. She was right not to back down.

He's not the prince of my realm or her realm. That is one of the reasons he doesn't matter in the US.

All that will be left at this point is a couple of empty jam jars, a box with copies of Spare up the loft and their childhood memories of their parents constantly telling them to turn their head from the camera.

All this talk of inheritances, passing things down the generations, is psuedo-Royal speak. From "service is universal", nobody owning the word "royal", you can make your own princess-like life or even better, the insistence on titles for themselves and their children, the monograms and the cringe signet ring, paranoia about securidee etc etc, they've been all about staying royal but in a better, more modern + more successful and "free" way than the BRF. This is what they aspire to and think they're building.

So true @TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis Someone I know has built up a well established furnishings etc business. She wanted her daughter to take it over. Last I heard the daughter wanted to become an archaeologist. I can see PW is in a bit of a different position , but for members of the general public ( which basically H&M now are albeit rich and famous ones ) it really isn't a good thing to try to decide what your children will do in my book.

But what about the podcasts?

God I hope that gets published, it’ll be interesting!

Seems a bit fishy @glitterturd! 🤣🤣

What I am saying is that for the benefit of Sentebale, which will now be looking for new patrons, trustees, board members, funders etc, she should not have toured the TV studios this weekend airing the organisations' dirty laundry, whoever was at fault. What she should have done is managed a positive spin on the situation so that the organisation's reputation didn't suffer.

No. HARRY should not have put a statement out to the press about his heartbreak over what's happening at the charity, implying all sorts about the charity's management and its future. All SC is doing is saving the charity's reputation from accusations of mismanagement, by saying "this account is false and this is why, we remain focused on a locally-led organisation serving local beneficiaries first and foremost and here are the steps I've taken to ensure that happens as best I can".

This was not a "when they go low, you go high" moment that SC messed up. This was Harry putting a damaging - to the charity and to SC - press release out there and SC trying to wind back some of that damage.

I wonder if Prince Lesotho from Santabale will be a guest and give us some insight in how to run a successful charity.

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