Natasha Archer’s Instagram Following

[tataler]

I’m somewhat fascinated by the instagram following of Kate’s former stylist and personal assistant of 15 years.

Understandable to monitor fashion blogs like whatmeghanwore but what’s the interest in Heather Dorak or Daniel Martin?

She even followed Meghan and asever before hastily unfollowing - why hide now?

Perhaps part of her new luxury fashion consultancy is keeping tabs on in-laws friends and associates.

that’s not casual Instagram use. Following Meghan’s pilates instructor, hairdresser, close friends all who live far away in California and don’t even follow back, plus even Harry’s ex? Then unfollowing them after she leaves the job? That’s not random, it’s targeted, and it looks obsessive.

You can believe whatever suits you, but the behavior speaks for itself. It’s not just checking in or being curious, it’s stalking. And it’s weird.

'The monarchy, on the other hand, have influence and longstanding relationships with the press in exchange of flattering covering.'

You are kidding, right?

Nope.

Hokayyyyy 😁

When has Meghan sued the press other than the DM case over her strategically leaked letter to her father? A case where she would have been held in contempt of court for lying had she been anyone else.

Lol so you dont have any. So you go round making disparaging comments about Meghan and her telling untruths and lies. Yet here you are doing the same thing....the very behaviour you use to make nasty comments about someone else and you are behaving the same.

That’s a false equivalency. Kate had a full team of stylists, there are standard tricks to prevent wardrobe malfunctions, and other royals like Letizia, Camilla or Mary don’t have those issues. It’s not about blaming her, but about acknowledging easily preventable lapses. With Diana... she fucking died, the problem is the invasive media, not Diana's clothes or belt. How is this even comparable? Are u serious? Also I would be angry for everyone blaming a victim for their death but the poster apparently clarified thats not what it was meant.

Now imagine if it were the other way around: if Meghan had multiple wardrobe malfunctions showing her private parts, or if her loyal employers had followed everyone in Kate’s circle. The meltdown, accusations would been relentless. The double standard is impossible to ignore. To some people Meghan is attacked for everything, while Kate is excused or even praised for similar things.

Are you blaming Kate for being up skirted? Wow

ETA neither Queen Mary or Queen Letizia have ever been hounded in the way the Princess of Wales has been.

Sorry , really not interested, thanks though.

@Raystar what is your definition of upskirting - I asked up thread if there was a difference between UK and US because you seem to be referring to scenarios in which a skirt/dress is accidentally blown upwards - which isn't the scenario we (UK posters who remember Kate's early days in the RF/being RF adjacent) recall

ETA - you mention 'malfunction' - the upskirting we are talking about was not a wardrobe malfunction. It was the paparazzi crowding round Kate, calling her all sorts of names, literally lying in the gutter trying to take a photograph up her skirt - do you see the difference? A man deliberately trying to take a photo of a young woman's genitalia or buttocks and then to sell that to the worlds media

Also at the time of upskirting Catherine was not married or officially in the family, no stylists or security or advice for her!

Honestly, just go and find out what upskirting is - you are making a tit of yourself here 🤦‍♀️

“Wardrobe malfunction” ffs

Honestly @Raystar I sincerely hope this is a case of same language divided by an ocean because otherwise your attempts to minimise upskirting (which is a specific criminal offence in the UK) are horrendous and are akin to victim-blaming

“Easily preventable lapses” on the part of the victim - that’s quite the description of now criminal behaviour. Do you think all sexual harassment is a the fault of the victim, I wonder 🤔

The blame lies entirely with the photographers who took and published those invasive photos. Just pointing that her team could have taken basic precautions, like all other royals do, isn’t blaming her, it’s acknowledging that professionals are there for a reason and the situation could be preventable.

And as for Queen Mary or Queen Letizia... Letizia, for instance, has endured years of media smears in Spain, accused of being cold, manipulative, even resented for being a commoner. Her husband was thrown mud recebtly. She doesnt have It easy and even faced strong smearing. I suppose you dont follow Letízia for saying that, she is a strong great woman.

Honestly, I think we’ve really gone off the rails here. The focus on Kate’s skirts showing her inner parts is a strange and unproductive direction, it’s not what I came here to discuss, definitely not the heart of the issue. What I’m more interested is what’s going on with Natasha. What you think? It was coincidence? She was following Meghan because she and her friends are the enemy?

It was never as vile as what Meghan faced. Kate didn’t endure racism, or media figures fantasizing about parading her naked through the streets, or people calling her child a monkey. No one twisted the truth to claim she made someone cry, only for it to turn out it was the other way around and then still kept spinning it against her. This constant “but Kate got it bad too!” narrative is pure deflection

Here’s a blog post summarising the media coverage of Kate life in 2007 - one year in her life, when she was a private citizen in her 20s, not entitled to any security, trying to work and dating Prince William.

The events covered include Kate being hounded by over 30 paparazzi on her 25th birthday. Some lenses were thrust less than a foot from her face, and her car was blocked. Much of the coverage is of Kate on her way to work at Jigsaw - a job Kate ultimately had to leave because of press intrusion. She also had to pull out of an all-girls cross-Chanel rowing team she had joined. This was because of “security issues.” The leader of the crew said: said: “It’s dangerous enough as it is, without having to take into consideration the world’s [paparazzi] causing us to capsize the whole time. They’ve been a nightmare”.

William himself released a statement asking for the press to back off, and Kate’s lawyer also stated she strongly objected to having her photograph taken in a public place while going about her private business, but nothing changed. A lot of the photos covered in this year were taken by photographers harrassing Kate despite being asked not to take her photo (videos were filmed of this) and photographers lying in the gutter or jumping on the front of taxis to take photos looking up her skirts.

Kate endured nearly ten years of this. Not to mention the phone hacking and breach of privacy photos. I haven’t even mentioned the negative headlines either….

https://thebritgirl.tumblr.com/post/124384506572/catherines-life-a-timeline-2007

(also - how do you know Kate didn’t also cry over the wedding stress incident? It’s perfectly possible they both did, isn’t it?)

@Raystar sorry, firstly Kate didn't have a team when this was happening and other than always wear trousers, what could she have done to avoid upskirting. Can you please be specific as to the incidents you understand to be upskirting - otherwise, I and others on the thread will have to go with the view as you being a victim blamer.

Victim of what exactly? The wind? Over and over again? No one physically lifted her skirt, photographers captured what happened because of her wardrobe choices. There are plenty of ways to prevent that, especially when you’re a public figure. She also had past incidents of being captured flashing her genitals at parties before becoming a royal. So no, this wasn’t some shocking new situation, she should’ve learned by then If It worried her so much.

And really, are you really comparing this to the racism Meghan faced? To the pain of Diana? To the harsh stuff Letizia passed? That’s not only tone-deaf, it’s insulting. Take a break.

Kate had a full team of stylists, there are standard tricks to prevent wardrobe malfunctions, and other royals like Letizia, Camilla or Mary don’t have those issues. It’s not about blaming her, but about acknowledging easily preventable lapses.

Outrageous. You do realise what the photographers were doing is now a crime? And this is one of the dresses Kate was upskirted in. Do tell what “standard tricks” work to prevent upskirting in a slim pencil skirt…..other than stopping the photographers, that is, which she couldn’t do.

You need to step back ! Read the posted evidence and reflect on what you have just posted.

'And as for Queen Mary or Queen Letizia... Letizia, for instance, has endured years of media smears in Spain, accused of being cold, manipulative, even resented for being a commoner. Her husband was thrown mud recebtly. She doesnt have It easy and even faced strong smearing. I suppose you dont follow Letízia for saying that, she is a strong great woman.'

But not the actual physical harassment that Kate was subject to for years and years. None of these women should have to put up with the intrusion but Kate must be made of tungsten to be still standing, tbh.

Well Sunny and Ray are quite the victim blaming duo aren't they - I think that tells us all we need to know

They don’t even realise in their haste to condemn Catherine and uplift Meghan they have posted the equivalent of saying a rape victim “ was asking for it” .