As Never the second release ...

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Wine, apricot spread and honey. I think we've had all the suggestions for names already ?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14832085/amp/Meghan-Markle-new-products-rose-wine-apricot-spread.html

The fans she’s posted images of, what age group are they in?

It’s increasingly obvious she has nothing to contribute.

Everything she does is so amateurish and dare I say, inauthentic.

No one would know, the names and insta handle are blank, and the photos are only of the unopened goods. Could be IA generated images, employees or friends, hence why there are no names on them

As L and A get older, it will be obvious to them that they lack any a wider family and it may be that H is beginning to realise that cousins, aunts and uncles etc help give structure and support to emerging teens. I agree that being working royals is one of his aims but I like to think (naively?) that he'd like them to have those contacts just for family reasons as well. Oh dear, the damage that's been caused 😒

Neither the Sussexes or the Clooney's brownnosed H&M IMO.

The Beckham's had known Harry for years and had gone to W&C's wedding. They rightly started to distance themselves after David was blanked in Australia and H&M accused Victoria of leaking stories after being allowed to stay in the Bs home.

The Clooney's were invited to a wedding - it was a bit gauche attending when they didn't really know the couple, but plenty others did the same. Kudos to Reece Wetherspoon for being honest. AFAIK the Clooney's have had limited contact since? Or did Amal go to the baby shower?? Id say they were a bit naive to be drawn in, but I don't think they brownnosed. If anyone was doing that, it was Meghan.

There were reports Amal organised the baby shower and Meghan was offered their private jet, there and back to the UK.

I'll give Sir Suck-up a pass on this one then 😁

Interesting about the jet.

I wonder what on earth might have made people so willing to throw their luxury accommodation and toys at a pair of strangers when apparently there was nothing in it for them?!

I agree Reece Witherspoon emerges with credit. She must thank her lucky stars she swerved the wreckage while the Clooneys emerge looking a bit shabby.

I thought it was Serena Williams who organised the shower.

It's all a mess isn't it. I wonder why they made Tyler Perry godfather to Lily, as a thank you for the private jet and house to stay in ? A bunch of flowers and a nice card would have sufficed . Who makes an almost stranger a godparent?

People who haven’t considered the potential consequences of the almost stranger being accused of sex crimes I guess.

People who want to be closely associated with a billionaire?

Jointly with Amal. According to Vogue magazine

It makes me wonder if Charles was worried about the H&M wedding being a shitshow and started calling in favours to sort out the music, the sermon, and - via his known acquaintances from eg the then Prince’s Trust - the high profile guest list.

In hindsight, I think Charles was busting a gut to include Meghan’s cultural heritage including guests from the US involved in acting and humanitarian endeavours. The Clooneys and Oprah fitted the bill perfectly, perhaps?

Charles then volunteered himself for the aisle walk. And he was very gracious to Doria after the ceremony. He even arranged for M to be baptised into the Church of England a few weeks before by the Archbishop of Canterbury no less, to enable her to be married to H by the Archbishop in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

All thrown back in his face of course.

Fat chance of anything in their life’s to be normal when they have parents like Meghan and Harry.
They’re being raised in an atmosphere of drama where exploitation of the titles for money is paramount.

I’m tickled about this new claim of Harry wanting Meghan to change her rose launch date. The wonders of telepathy 😭

There’s no guarantee of closeness IMO. I remember that Polo match with Meghan as a new mom, there was no interaction with Kate and the children.

Lilibet’s first birthday at Frogmore was heavily briefed that the cousins wouldn’t attend.

I’m not placing blame on anyone but it’s easy to put on rose glasses to what might have been.

One of the best parts of the wedding was the very talented young cello player (I can’t remember his name). Those bozos would never have thought of him. The gospel choir was excellent as well. Interestingly, when a couple of members were interviewed, they said there was a lot of back and forth between them and H and M about the arrangement of the music. I did wonder at the time how those two knew better about the music than them. It’s all about power and control with them isn’t it? Just like insisting you can definitely taste egg in a vegan dish.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason is the cellist. He won BBC Young Musician, which Charles likes to watch, apparently. And Charles himself is/was a cellist.

Absolutely bent over backwards. Gracious and welcoming. H&M are absolute dicks

Gracious and welcoming on the surface, no one knows what happens behind the scenes. The treatment of Diana would tell you that.

Just saw someone refer to her on X as ‘Meghan Mark-up’! 😁

As she should, the point of business is profit. I’m sure the various royal estate shops mark up their prices too.

Absolutely. I always say you never know what goes on behind closed doors, which is why I was curious about what they would say in their ‘tell all’. There have been three separate opportunities: OW, the NF series and Spare, and they have said nothing of any substance.

Lilibet’s first birthday at Frogmore was heavily briefed that the cousins wouldn’t attend.

Considering it was a matter of weeks after the Oprah interview, is that really surprising? They were only in the country for the Jubilee anyway, doubt they'd have been otherwise