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The royal family

Sentebale no. 3

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Thedom · 31/03/2025 07:40

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

(ps, my hash key doesn't work )

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TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 01/04/2025 10:36

EsmaCannonball · 01/04/2025 10:31

What kind of PR expert would regard a person being 'regarded as a pariah' but 'still receiving a lot of attention' as being a selling point? Sponsors don't want to be associated with the wrong kind of attention, which is exactly what Sophie Chandauka has been saying.

Honestly, when you look at Harry and his posh attack dogs you start to wonder if Eton should do refunds.

Well, Nigel Farage springs to mind. Trump. Putin. Musk.

They have something in common, can't put my finger on it...

Switching to Meghan's launch, she really does seem to have aimed squarely at her super fans (a keepsake box to celebrate the launch of her products - nobody rational is keeping that) - I just doubt that there's much money in her super fans. In a small way, people hating her is a big part of her appeal - but not to a significant enough audience.

Her BuzzFeed coverage is interesting - this is from back in the day: https://www.buzzfeed.com/shylawatson/nothing-but-respect-for-my-princess-mm

BuzzFeed weren't shy of rowing back on Chrissy Teigen articles when she was exposed as a bully - but they keep plugging Meghan. I suspect CT is the wrong sort of ethnic minority to get their unwavering support.

14 Meghan Markle Facts That, Honestly, You Probably Didn't Know

Nothing but respect for MY princess.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/shylawatson/nothing-but-respect-for-my-princess-mm

Skimpyy · 01/04/2025 10:37

AtIusvue · 01/04/2025 07:48

Harry’s friend is Head of Comms and a veteran of the industry……apparently

https://zotusgroup.com/veteran-media-strategist-alex-rayner-appointed-as-head-of-communications-for-alkebulan-group/

Looks like quite a flaky career to me. Lot of hopping about, fingers in opportunistic pies and no evidence of traction or growth/achievement.

Wonder what PH has promised him? Maybe to step into the role that his recent PR hire will likely vacate.

jeffgoldblum · 01/04/2025 10:38

JADS · 01/04/2025 10:13

I don't know where Harry gets the idea that he was the Great (white) Hope for the RF. He was popular granted, but that doesn't mean we all thought we should throw over William for him.

I didn't used to care much for William, but I think he has inherited the best from his Dad and his Mum. He really is family orientated and I admire him for that.

An over inflated opinion of himself, combined with the drip , drip in the ear most likely!

MummyJ12 · 01/04/2025 10:39

chatshit · 01/04/2025 10:35

https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryandMeghanNetflix/comments/1jmj4w7/megathread_on_sentebale/

This post has some very interesting alternative takes on what is going on. I think it's highly suspicious that they've recruited William's ally to the board. Disgusting behaviour.

Read one paragraph and it’s already BS.
SC has raised more money for the charity than Harry these past few years 🙄

IdaGlossop · 01/04/2025 10:39

Profhilodisaster · 01/04/2025 10:05

H is very happy for me to speak for him about how he feels about this awful situation,’ said Rayner

This is so pathetic, a bit like getting your mum to make a doctors appointment for you as an 18 year old because don't know what to say .

Why couldn't Harry make a statement via his comms team , why get your mate to speak for you?

My guess is that H&M having a friend support them is more powerful than speaking themselves. Some of the coverage over the last few days has mentioned that 'The Sussexes were contacted for comment' but they did not respond. Everything has to be played their way.

sumor · 01/04/2025 10:43

Because it reads like Harry's side is saying "SC is just an uppity black woman who didn't know her place and didn't grovel to her betters" ... which basically proves what SC is saying

It's like the man who had a publicly racist moments prior to his marriage and who's own memoir showcase misogynistic attitudes would have a problem with a well educated high successful black african woman.

chatshit · 01/04/2025 10:46

MummyJ12 · 01/04/2025 10:39

Read one paragraph and it’s already BS.
SC has raised more money for the charity than Harry these past few years 🙄

where's your proof?

Vespanest · 01/04/2025 10:46

There problems for Harry short term is waiting for the US press to pick this up and even if this was a pissed up Alex trying to do his mate a favour without Harry's knowledge any denial will come off the back of Harry's demand of others to take responsibility for their actions.

RandyRedHumpback · 01/04/2025 10:47

Racism has long been used against woc who speak against H&M. Because H&M's quest has nothing to do with race or lifting up/protecting poc. No, it's about enhancing their own power, and what weapons they can use to obtain that power. Their supporters know the script. They use the real plight suffered by some/many poc to elevate the Sussex status from privileged to untouchable. If a poc speaks against them, they unleash the tropes and weapons of race against those people. So we have Dr C being said to be jealous of another woc on a podium, one whose status is based on her looks and bagging a white man - not jealous of anyone else mind, as she needs to know her place is behind the white prince and the other white guy. I watched the Piers Morgan segment on Dr Chandauka as it came up on my feed. Stalwart Sussex supporter, Paula Rhone-Arien , herself a woc, is basically using the "hysterical black woman" trope against Dr C - who has been the epitome of calm and collected as far as I'm concerned, as opposed to the emotion fueled flounce of Harry. Oh, and Dr C is not to be automatically believed "Me Too" style as the matter is in "litigation" (it is not, it's under investigation by the Charities Commission), as if she's a criminal on trial, but MM's claim of racism was to be believed without question. Power, power, power. That's all this is about.

jeffgoldblum · 01/04/2025 10:47

chatshit · 01/04/2025 10:35

https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryandMeghanNetflix/comments/1jmj4w7/megathread_on_sentebale/

This post has some very interesting alternative takes on what is going on. I think it's highly suspicious that they've recruited William's ally to the board. Disgusting behaviour.

Really?

Lunde · 01/04/2025 10:48

Thedom · 01/04/2025 10:18

This is funny, from the Nigeria trip, I had never seen this before, the narrator is annoying, but it is only 2 mins long, Meghan has form.

She really has form for trying to grab gifts that were not for her. The tug of war with the young polo player in 2022 was also funny. Also the argument with the palace aide when she refused to hand over the flowers,

There were also stories about their unannounced visit to the UK in NYC a few years ago that she grabbed a gift from a table that was laid out for a different reception later that day!

MummyJ12 · 01/04/2025 10:48

IdaGlossop · 01/04/2025 10:39

My guess is that H&M having a friend support them is more powerful than speaking themselves. Some of the coverage over the last few days has mentioned that 'The Sussexes were contacted for comment' but they did not respond. Everything has to be played their way.

So much for, when Harry complained about the RF complaining and explaining through other people and that “everything that you read or hear from now on will come from my own lips”.

EsmaCannonball · 01/04/2025 10:50

The article makes it pretty clear that Harry's friend is speaking to the Daily Mail with Harry's full permission and as Harry's mouthpiece. I think we can confidently state that everything Posh Friend says in the article is direct from Harry's mouth. It's a smear campaign using a tabloid that Harry supposedly hates but one that he knows has a huge readership in the UK and US.

ViolasandViolets · 01/04/2025 10:51

Why should a venue at the lowest common denominator offer a cheap rate knowing that this is essentially now a TV shoot and therefore a completely different thing to a polo match.

I hadn’t really thought about this aspect much before SC raising this. I presume production companies have people and lawyers dedicated to sorting out this sort of thing. I also vaguely remember being asked to sign a release for my children being filmed for something (can’t remember what, it would have been something they turned up to - they are not actors or anything like that). So I guess there might have been a need for a similar release from people filmed in the NF documentary given it was a private event. I can see how someone with no knowledge of an industry could think you could just turn up and film but if you are being paid £100million to produce stuff then you really have no excuse.

ViolasandViolets · 01/04/2025 10:52

EsmaCannonball · 01/04/2025 10:50

The article makes it pretty clear that Harry's friend is speaking to the Daily Mail with Harry's full permission and as Harry's mouthpiece. I think we can confidently state that everything Posh Friend says in the article is direct from Harry's mouth. It's a smear campaign using a tabloid that Harry supposedly hates but one that he knows has a huge readership in the UK and US.

With friends like those, who needs enemies?

MayaKovskaya · 01/04/2025 10:52

I think we know that Harry only "hates" the Daily Mail when it's not being flattering to him and his wife!
Otherwise, it's just fine.

MummyJ12 · 01/04/2025 10:53

chatshit · 01/04/2025 10:46

where's your proof?

Oh now you want proof of everything!! You should be asking proof of everything that is on that BS you linked to.
Extracts are on this link.

x.com/freedom_007__/status/1906806684963508722

Bruisername · 01/04/2025 10:53

He’s sending traffic the DMs way and money as you can only see it on their subscription site. Very odd

MayaKovskaya · 01/04/2025 10:53

Bruisername · 01/04/2025 10:53

He’s sending traffic the DMs way and money as you can only see it on their subscription site. Very odd

Quid Pro Quo.

chatshit · 01/04/2025 10:55

MummyJ12 · 01/04/2025 10:53

Oh now you want proof of everything!! You should be asking proof of everything that is on that BS you linked to.
Extracts are on this link.

x.com/freedom_007__/status/1906806684963508722

But Harry was at the charity then. Doesn't prove anything.

MummyJ12 · 01/04/2025 10:59

chatshit · 01/04/2025 10:55

But Harry was at the charity then. Doesn't prove anything.

But the point Harry is trying to get out there is that the charity has shot its golden goose. The thread you linked claimed that she couldn’t raise funds. So it’s bullshit.
They have raised funds in spite of Harry not because of him.

RandyRedHumpback · 01/04/2025 11:01

Lunde · 01/04/2025 10:48

She really has form for trying to grab gifts that were not for her. The tug of war with the young polo player in 2022 was also funny. Also the argument with the palace aide when she refused to hand over the flowers,

There were also stories about their unannounced visit to the UK in NYC a few years ago that she grabbed a gift from a table that was laid out for a different reception later that day!

There's footage of her in Colombia snatching a bouquet of flowers given to Harry away from him. He looked really cheesed off.

Baital · 01/04/2025 11:04

ViolasandViolets · 01/04/2025 10:14

He is just beyond heartbroken and flabbergasted that the charity he founded as a teenager has been taken hostage by the chair. It feels tantamount to a hostile takeover**

This is a big issue to many charity founders - recognising that the charity is not their personal possession. It is also an indication of the level of control or influence he felt he still had that he words it like this. There could still be a hostile takeover by a chair but when a charity is twenty years old you should have moved beyond the point where you are talking about how you founded it and at least talk about how the chair is changing the direction of the charity away from those groups it was set up to help (if that is what is happening).

Exactly this.

How much time and effort has Harry actually put in? I doubt it has ever been something he has ever had to factor into his plans, just a vanity project he can dip into when he wants to.

But then feels entitled to call the shots. As I have said before, I have come across this sort of founder a few times.

jeffgoldblum · 01/04/2025 11:07

MummyJ12 · 01/04/2025 10:59

But the point Harry is trying to get out there is that the charity has shot its golden goose. The thread you linked claimed that she couldn’t raise funds. So it’s bullshit.
They have raised funds in spite of Harry not because of him.

Don’t bother!!
anyone who supports a privileged white prince over a self made black woman , isn’t worth your time.

Skimpyy · 01/04/2025 11:07

TheMeasure · 01/04/2025 09:17

I presume that, once Alex Rayner had written that pile of nonsense, he handed it over to Harry to approve? Which he did?
What an absolute shit-show this is turning out to be.

H&M wrote it and then got him to put his name to it.

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