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The royal family

Rebrand, Restructure, Harry and Meghan 2025 version

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Thedom · 25/05/2025 08:15

The Era of Joy didn't last long.

This is going to be interesting, it's going to be a full on PR onslaught for the next few months, and then we will have Harry launching his very own 'commercial project'.

Clearly an article straight from the Office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, giving an exclusive to the DM.

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Superhansrantowindsor · 31/05/2025 20:39

I can’t believe Diana wore Anais Anais! No way.

MayaKovskaya · 31/05/2025 20:42

Superhansrantowindsor · 31/05/2025 20:39

I can’t believe Diana wore Anais Anais! No way.

Well, so various sources say.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 31/05/2025 20:43

I’m sure I’ve seen Penhaligon’s Bluebell and Diorissimo mentioned.

smilesy · 31/05/2025 20:45

MayaKovskaya · 31/05/2025 19:39

It's my sister's favourite perfume, she's been wearing it for more than 40 years! I'm not keen, but it's an easy gift! 😊
I've read about the psychological trick of the perfume before.

Oh yes. Our sense of smell evokes the strongest memories

MayaKovskaya · 31/05/2025 20:49

smilesy · 31/05/2025 20:45

Oh yes. Our sense of smell evokes the strongest memories

As evidenced by Harry in Spare and the Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream.
It really does have a deep impact

Thedom · 31/05/2025 20:52

Totally off topic, but has anyone watched Guardians on BBC Earth on youtube? I watched earlier, two episodes so far, 10 minutes each episode, really interesting and the cinematography is beautiful, Well worth a watch.

Introduced by William, narrated by an actor with a very interesting voice.

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ILovedThe1990s · 31/05/2025 22:17

I read that the project that Harry is reportedly developing is not a perfume but a new documentary project with NF focusing on the life and legacy of Princess Diana, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of her death in 2027, with Harry as both co-executive producer and narrator.

Harry commercialising his mothers legacy on NF, sounds more like exploitation than a genuine tribute.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/05/2025 22:28

If that’s true William will be livid and rightly so.

MayaKovskaya · 31/05/2025 22:36

@ILovedThe1990s I genuinely hope that's not true.

CarefulN0w · 31/05/2025 22:42

I admit I wore Annais Annais to school in the 1980’s, but no way on earth do I believe someone with Diana’s perfume budget would be popping down to Savers in 1997 for a bottle of £30 scent.

Thedom · 31/05/2025 22:43

It wouldn't surprise me in the least, but so very distasteful to benefit financially from selling out his mother to Netflix, as IF Harry could be en executive producer on anything, Polo was a massive flop, and hasn't he already admitted he has very little recollections of his mother. I wonder if William could get an injunction to prevent it going ahead.

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MayaKovskaya · 31/05/2025 22:48

CarefulN0w · 31/05/2025 22:42

I admit I wore Annais Annais to school in the 1980’s, but no way on earth do I believe someone with Diana’s perfume budget would be popping down to Savers in 1997 for a bottle of £30 scent.

She didn't necessarily "pop down to Savers". I used to buy mine in various London department stores, including Barker's of Kensington. Diana often went off piste and certainly had eclectic tastes. She used to buy tights from M&S.

CarefulN0w · 31/05/2025 22:53

Lots of wealthy grown women wear tights from M&S. I’m really not convinced those same women wear cheap perfume aimed at teenagers.

MayaKovskaya · 31/05/2025 22:57

CarefulN0w · 31/05/2025 22:53

Lots of wealthy grown women wear tights from M&S. I’m really not convinced those same women wear cheap perfume aimed at teenagers.

In the 1980s it wasn't cheap and it wasn't aimed at teenagers. I got it as a work leaving gift in 1983.
Anyway, this conversation is absolutely pointless. You are not going to be convinced so let's not bother. Goodnight.

AliasGraced · 31/05/2025 23:06

BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/05/2025 22:28

If that’s true William will be livid and rightly so.

He seems desperate to get their attention so maybe this is what he wants.

HonoriaBulstrode · 31/05/2025 23:08

If that’s true William will be livid and rightly so.

Poor William. He will hate it, and there won't be much he can do about it. Anything he tries, will just create more publicity and add to the 'Diana's boys' feud' story.

BigAnne · 31/05/2025 23:28

Didn't W&H agree that they wouldn't get involved with any tv productions regarding their mother?

NewAgeNewMe · 31/05/2025 23:43

I hope that’s just a rumour but then again it would position Harry as Diana’s Son. William is just a son.

Weepixie · 01/06/2025 03:28

CarefulN0w · 31/05/2025 22:53

Lots of wealthy grown women wear tights from M&S. I’m really not convinced those same women wear cheap perfume aimed at teenagers.

That’s not what Anais Anais was and I doubt it is even now.

AliasGraced · 01/06/2025 03:32

Apparently Harry asked Earl Spencer about changing his name to Spencer . It gets more and more ludicrous if true.

whackamole666 · 01/06/2025 07:16

Puzzledandpissedoff · 25/05/2025 10:50

I can't see why they would (continue a contract with Meghan alone) What has she got to offer, when NF can afford to pay for people of genuine talent and achievement

Neither can I, @HonoriaBulstrode, and I was surprised to see the bit about the "success" of As Ever Meghan considering how it tanked in the ratings, but that's why I was clear about it only being a rumour with the usual unnamed "sources"

Unless of course Netflix perceive there's an even bigger story coming up and are hoping for some sort of exclusivity ...

I watched As Ever.
It was successful in sending me to sleep on the sofa, honestly I was out like a light.
Maybe her programmes can be marketed to insomniacs?

MaturingCheeseball · 01/06/2025 09:15

Anais Anais was a victim of its success. It became naff. It has a very different, in fact lovely, scent. Sneering at it is just silly.

Actually Old Spice has a very pleasant scent. I did a blind smell test with dh and he went, “Mmm, that’s nice.” He would never buy it or wear it knowing that it was Old Spice.

Anyway, on the subject of a Diana documentary - if this is true then Harry just sinks ever lower into a swamp of bitterness and greed. Poor William.

TheAutumnCrow · 01/06/2025 09:38

MayaKovskaya · 31/05/2025 15:34

They thought they could cash in, get good deals riding on their fame and royal connections.

I wonder if there was something else in it for Harry as well, something that seemed to give him quite a thrill and must have felt incredibly powerful. For the first time in his life, he was the hero of the story of 'fighting racism' by dint of being married to his wife and leaving the UK. That's all he had to do, to turn everything round - initiate and join in the frenzy.

Gone were the memories and stains of the Nazi costume, the 'p*ki' and 'raghead' insults, and the anti-social behaviours of his youth.

Now he could wear the cloak of immunity while he and Meghan unleashed open season on his family's skin colour, on the British monarchy, the British press, the British people, and Britain (the United Kingdom) itself. For grateful in-migrants to the UK like myself, who has found great personal and family happiness here, that lengthy open season on the British and their institutions - riding on a ghastly wave of post-modernist angst and identity politics blowing in from US east coast and west coast universities - was egregious and probably unforgiveable.

And trust me, unlike Harry I do know a bit about fucking colonialism, being of mixed ethnicity and not having a posh accent and 'birthright' privileges.

Harry's later denial of what was said and done makes it even more sickening to me, H&M having accepted the 'Ripple of Hope' award that unequivocally was given to them by Kerry Kennedy for saying and doing the very stuff he later denied was said and done. Harry, it was broadcast - by you and M. To paraphrase my favourite Kim Wilde song because why not: Harry, why not be a man about it for once, and admit it was all made up and wildly exaggerated?

Anyway, it's all crumbling now. When you construct a social lie, it falls apart in the end - the centre cannot hold.

Uricon2 · 01/06/2025 10:24

I'm reluctant to continue the perfume discussion, but can well believe Diana had eclectic tastes and chopped and changed over time. Anais Anais was very popular in the 80s. My best friend (RIP) wore it by the gallon (we all wore perfume by the gallon in the Decade That Sublety Forgot, it complemented the ciggie smoke nicely 😂)

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