Sentebale #5

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As I finished the last one.

I'm so glad the MSM is finally beginning to acknowledge and report on the SS.

Sentebale: Harry has hung the trustees out to dry. They should have known better and I have no sympathy. But I'm pretty sure Harry will see them as collateral damage, not his fault or problem, that their job was to support and protect him and nothing that happens to them after the CC investigation is anything to do with him. Tbf, I can't see the CC coming out with anything too serious as regards the ex-trustees. But still. Arrogant and stupid as he is, I think Harry's too knee-jerk to have anything close to a strategic enough vision to set fire to the charity only to come to its rescue. I also don't think he cares enough about the organization: he hasn't been to Lesotho in 6 years, losing it would be like losing a finger (wtf?), it's an unproductive relic from his previous life (Invictus at least serves a purpose today), and pretty sure his day to day life as influenced by his wife and children leaves little room for the beneficiaries of Sentebale (other than polo matches of course).

Oprah: given her personal history, and the amount of time and money she's put into her South African Leadership Academy for Girls, I expect she's very much on the side of Sophie Chandauka. And, I think she saw Harry for the braying, entitled, spoilt white British prince he is before she met him, and MM for the grifter she is the second she set eyes on her. Nothing gets past her. She used them, not the other way round. She has her own agenda (not money, at this point, and not even power: I think she's vested in her personal history and past and going to her grave at peace with herself and her wrongdoers and having set some things right) and neither of H&M figure in it at all. It would be a nail in Harry and Meghan's coffin if Oprah were to sympathetically interview SC, and Oprah knows this. If she does it (I have seen rumours she's in talks), that would be Oprah healing herself. (BTW I've never been an Oprah fan, but my Mum loved her in the 80s and 90s!).

The last time I have seen anything about them together was the time last year when Oprah pulled a power move against Meghan at a bookshop opening.

Meghan was giving a speech in full world salad mode (some malarky about bookshops being her place of safety) when Oprah strolls in late. ... not sneaking in the back or scuttling hurriedly to a seat ... Oprah strolls along the front row, blocking Meghan from the audience and saying hi and waving to a few people. Rather than just pause and/or acknowledge Oprah - Meghan tries to just keep ploughing ahead with her book-buying anecdote as she's the most important black woman - right?

You can tell Meghan is pissed off but she cannot yell and tantrum - coz it's Oprah.

A short video was caught by the journalist and writer Elizabeth Holmes and loaded on her Instagram while others got still photos.
https://www.instagram.com/eholmes/reel/C_wMyKsyq6y/

At least one of them had made a comeback

Definitely an up-tick since Catherine’s all-clear.

Thanks for posting this, very interesting. It pretty much backs up my previous post about the SS too!

He gave up everything to give Meghan the LA life she wanted

• burned bridges with his family
• gave up his friends and UK social life
• gave up his job as a working royal where he was allowed to focus on his interests
• gave up his home (I think Harry was OK with living in Notts Cottage but Meghan wanted the princess trappings)
• gave up all of the trappings of a comfortable life to hustle in LA eg housing sorted, £2 million allowance per year, cars, security, domestic staff, clothing and probably a valet to iron them, a staffed office to do all the dull paperwork, polo ponies, daddy's lawyers on speed dial etc etc)

Now he is left following someone else's dream but has little to come back to either.

It think that the issue with Meghan is that she bait and switched after the wedding. Harry seemed to think that he was marrying a woman who loved the same things as him - visiting Africa, camping in Botswana, doing lots of charity work for good causes (OK with others doing the hard bits) .... But the reality was that she wanted the billionaire, LA celebrity, merching lifestyle - so that's where he ended up.

William also seems to have the self control not to look sulky or angry in public - we’ve only had anonymous sources talking about his temper - the one video that was out where you could see he was angry was when the pap photographer was stalking them in Norfolk during lockdown and they’d ended up in a country lane with their kids on bikes and no nearby security.

You could tell he was furious that the photographer was lurking around the bushes near the kids but his voice and face were very controlled - there was no raging.

He's been such a fool, with an inflated ego, he really had no idea how much the palace bolstered him .

Good point made on X Daniel Martin (her makeup artist) has made a comment on one of the SS's posts making it one of the few occasions where there is a direct link to her .

Another time W was reported to be (justifiably) furious was over the topless photos of C taken by a pap when they were on a private holiday in France.

And he also lost (gave up) public respect and affection. I think he is still reeling in shock at their loss and I also suspect he didn't appreciate them until he lost them.

I should add I don't blame Meghan for all the things Harry's lost. It was on him to make wise decisions about all these things and 'wisdom' is not something I associate with him...

The drug use was always going to be problematic.

I am too. It’s about time.
I was on that SS thread too and remember that MNHQ wouldn’t allow a second one even though there wasn’t a single post deleted on it. Complete madness.

Maybe so, but combined with all the stuff you listed that Harry has lost (even if it was willingly given up at the time) it still makes for a really unhealthy dynamic. For both of them. And personally not one that I can see getting better as time goes on (and in case any stray Sussex Squadders are lurking then no, I'm not bloody wishing that on them).

Yeah, this is my take too.

Harry seemed to think that he was marrying a woman who loved the same things as him - visiting Africa, camping in Botswana, doing lots of charity work for good causes (OK with others doing the hard bits)

I'm not sure Harry loved those things either.

How often has he 'visited Africa' when it wasn't for 'work'?

I don't think they're gone!

Considering he hasn't visited Sentebale once in the last 5/6 years he hasn't been there very much with "work" either.

No. I don't think he ever had any real interest in 'Africa'. The grey suits set up a cushy little charity for him there and of course he had the occasional glamping trip to Botswana with his latest squeeze. But beyond that I don't think he was bothered.

One of the more interesting parts of Spare were his descriptions of holidays in southern Africa when he was younger. IIRC he could just suddenly decide he wanted to go and other people would make it happen for him and, of course, the wealthy white owners of the places he stayed would roll out the red carpet for him.

I can believe William has a bit of a temper (lots do) but being angry about very intrusive pap photos of his wife and a photographer lurking in the bushes when out with the kids is on most peoples "well I would be too" list I think.

He certainly doesn't seem to have the same line in whinging self pity as his brother, at least publically, which is what we see. It annoys me that Harry and his fandom behave like he's the only one who lost their mother tragically, when William was only a couple of years older and had been in a difficult position as her confidante/support. Yes, Harry looked so young and vulnerable at the funeral but so did William with his head down the whole way. He was 15 years old.

And he got some nice holiday pics out of it to cultivate the image, here's the cheeky chappy prince playing football with some children, ooh he's such a scamp. Aww look he's holding a tiny baby, isn't he lovely.

Ten minutes later, H: "right job done. Oft to the polo field".

I think they're like the Candyman, speak their name 5 times in a row and whoosh... up they pop 😬.