Confessions of a Female Founder fails to chart this week

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It's not good news for Meghan. The podcast by Meghan is out of the Spotify 100 in the US and the UK. With Apple it's not even in the top 200 chart.

https://podcastcharts.byspotify.com/

You'd hope this would at least put to bed the royalist/republican element. Harry and Meghan have absolutely no issue with the concept of royalty or hierarchy, even with those they call friends, the only issue is William was born first. Meghan is more of a royalist than I'll ever be. I'd be happy for the HRH, sir/maam, bowing and curtsying all to go.

I bet Peter Andre is brassed off now there is a celebrity who loves their kids more than he does.

What might be the RF's long term strategy?

I've wondered this (and the strategy for Andrew) for a while now.

C3 was notoriously conflict averse even before he became ill. He seems to be kicking serious issues down the road presumably for W to deal with in due course.

Personally I think there's only so much mileage in 'never complain, never explain' It's now running out of gas IMO like so much else in royal 'magic'

It's Edward and Wallis all over again.

He was very peeved at her not being granted HRH, and spent years unsuccessfully trying to change this. He insisted that their household staff address her as 'Your Royal Highness'.

"Technically" the Sussexes remain TRH but they were specifically told not to use it, so they really shouldn't be. HRH is the royal 'trademark' so I think this would be taken a lot more seriously than them using the peerage titles, which I think nobody really cares about.

When does the next Flounders episode drop ?

Press are saying that spokespeople for Meghan denied using the HRH so maybe we imagined it!

Damn my menopausal brain causing me to hallucinate

I wonder if their staff in Monteshitshow have to call them your highness? In a country that has no monarchy. It is all so bizarre and ridiculous. I think the RF should hold their nerve and continue to ignore. It’s clear that M and H are trying to provoke. It’s a fascinating watch.

That is just bizarre.

Even Kate and William sign off more 'personal' messages on their official social media, such as those about football, with 'W' or 'C'.

Yet here's Meghan, in California, giving gifts to her 'friends' as HRH? She no doubt thinks it makes her look important and high status, but in fact it makes her look sad and pathetic.

Mentions harry, she's riding on his coat tails. Doesn't mention him, she must be hiding something.

The energy people dedicate to disliking strangers is wild

I think the comment from the spokesperson has the not for commercial use disclaimer. Which for Meghan would be impossible as everything she does now is purely for commercial gain.

Aside from the use of HRH generally, who sends friends gifts with such a formal message?

This is a bit personal but recent events have started to give me a very uneasy feeling. My own mother (insisted on "Momma" not Mom, we are Midlanders) had to be fed with a constant supply of unfettered adoration from us. We knew what was expected and the consequences if we fell short, not physical punishment but Arctic coldness. She was very keen on gushing letters telling her how marvellous she was. She also had quite serious MH issues and what I strongly suspect was NPD (I can't diagnose her of course) One of my siblings has a (proper, made by a psychiatrist) diagnosis of C/PTSD based on their childhood, which was spent entirely with our mother and with very few ameliorating influences (grandparents dead, Dad had finally gone, older siblings cut off for years at a time) There is a lot.

I don't know. Sorry for rambling, just a few elements of this are hitting some nerves. I very much hope I'm wrong and the expectations on Archie and Lili are normal, they are really happy and continue to be so.

The official statement from BP makes no reference to 'commercial use'.

"The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family."

She simply should not be using HRH at all.

And we all know the 'spokesperson' is actually Meghan, don't we?

That interview had such an awkward moment - the interviewer asked him a normal question on the first amendment and Harry was really curt in his response, and condescending telling the journalist to read some book that he suggested?! It didn’t come off well to me

In some of his interviews e.g. with Anderson Cooper he comes off super surly, which is odd because people behind the scenes have said he’s quite charming etc etc. I think he can be quite rude at times

The entertainment is endless .

I did read ( albeit a few years ago) that staff were expected to curtsy to her .

Strange, isn't it, that the "why do you care?" type posts always appear when H&M are making a mess of things

If everyone has it wrong and they're not actually making a mess you'd think folk would concentrate on this instead, but no - it's all the fault of others for commenting at all

Then again, and in fairness, with H&M's credibility completely blown it can't be easy being a fan these days ...

No more energy than you've expended posting that.

There’ll be a new release of products with the next set of episodes of with love. Those are out in autumn I think? So I’d guess a new range of autumn themed products as seen on the show (pumpkin spice, cinnamon, thanksgiving stuff etc).

Or maybe, in keeping with the promotion of all things British that she's taken to doing, there'll be a Bonfire Night theme - sausages, perhaps?

Someone had shared the footage of her being handed the letter from her husband and kids on that podcast, and honestly it was cringeworthy beyond words. It's like she's convinced herself that she's the best wife, best mother, best human in existence. I'm not sure if she's just been horribly overindulged as a child (like Harry clearly well after Diana died) or it's American parenting... but I think she needs to write a letter to Harry instructing him to show it on his face as he looks a million miles away from a happy husband these days.

Her father used to arrange for a limo to collect her from school to take her to the tv studios. I’d say she was pretty indulged.

Yes odd isn’t it!!
and strange threads about funeral attire and bins .

What kind of business is that though?

Selling a relatively small number of generic white labelled products a few times a year?

Given the logistics of setting everything up and keeping it ticking over, it would run at a big loss even if everything is 'sold out'.

a member of our extended family was like this. Always dominated the conversation that was all about her and how much her kids loved her and what a fabulous mother she was and that our own children loved her more than their own mothers. It was so sureal and boring. I quickly learned not to react to anything she said and so she soon left me alone as I wasn't giving the appropriate responses. The funniest thing was the only person praising herself was herself lol