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Is As ever all over? Starting to feel like it.

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AtIusvue · 06/08/2025 10:13

It’s been 14 hours since the launch of the 2024 Rose. Nothing has sold out. This is despite it being designed again as a scarcity drop, so it can’t be argued she’s finally got her stock levels right.

  • As ever stated the wine launch going ‘live’ at on the 5th August. Language designed to get you to rush and buy. Just like all this SM shopping you get now.
  • Meghan put out a message many hours ago, stating that they have so much more stock (sad clapback to stuff not shifting) but hurry and be quick because it’s selling fast!!! (It’s clearly not)
  • This launch however, has attracted very little press compared to previous drops

The scarcity gimmick is already tired and because she’s been absent from SM for 2 months…save for a few stock images/videos- she’s lost any momentum she had. She’s putting in bare minimum and her customer base feel it. She’s checked out.

There’s been talk of another series of WLM 3 and Meg getting a new NF contract, but I think that is just to fill the void until she can get WLM2 out. At which point, we will find out if there is any truth in any further deals.

The reason why I doubt WLM3, is that for continuity, you would need the same venue. But the home is now being used to to host weddings etc, it’s no longer a private rental but one open to the public to rent. There’s no way Meg would film in that location now. In addition she would need to have gotten the go ahead already for WLM3 and be filming right now to be able to stick to a schedule. The fact that it isn’t already confirmed, it’s giving the signal that WLM is over (in addition to knowing NF deal is done)

Now if WLM is over, I don’t think she has the draw to pull people to As ever. She doesn’t engage with her fan base enough, she does the bare minimum of SM posts, which she hasn’t even achieved the last few months. The Shopmy page is dead too. This is why the new wine launch has barely registered and hasn’t sold out 14 hours later. Yes, there will be more stock but it’s been designed for a sell out so there won’t be huge numbers.

As ever I think will be slowly wound down. There will be WLM2, with maybe another 18 months of drops. Then like everything else, it will be dropped quietly. Everyone is starting to get a bit bored by the half hearted, very beige effort she’s put into her ‘business’ and have tuned out.

She will have to launch yet another version of herself very soon. We’ve had actress, feminist, activist, producer, philanthropist….now female founder. God knows what’s next!

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BoudiccaRuled · 14/08/2025 10:06

Mylovelygreendress · 14/08/2025 08:45

She also complained that they were “only” given a wing in the Governor’s mansion in Australia rather than the whole mansion .
I remember the podcast where she talked about the S African accommodation ( I think she actually called it a housing unit?) and supporters were bending over backwards on MN trying to say it wasn’t an insult , it was an American expression. Until American posters put them right !

This is her not understanding how diplomatic visits (and security arrangements) work. If, for example, the PoW went on a state visit to India, he would stay at the British High Commissioner's Residence. The BHC and their family would also be there!

Puzzledandpissedoff · 14/08/2025 10:12

Because (her father) didn’t immediately leak the letter , Meghan had her “friends” leak particular parts to a magazine!

Don't forget she denied that, @jeffgoldblum, and actually claimed she had no knowledge at all that her friends were speaking to People magazine

As if ... especially when she also somehow "forgot" that they'd both cooperated with Scobie on his various ramblings Hmm

Thedom · 14/08/2025 10:27

Puzzledandpissedoff · 14/08/2025 10:00

Your recollection is correct, TheMeasure, and while we don't know what ANL paid for the more technical copyright breach, we do know that Meghan received just £1 for the "invasion of her prrivacy"

Which says a lot for the judicial view of just how private she intended to keep it

and as a result of that court case, everyone knows and remembers that she lied to a court, most people have forgotten the outcome of the court case.

Mylovelygreendress · 14/08/2025 10:32

Did we ever find out who the friends were ?

JSMill · 14/08/2025 10:37

Mylovelygreendress · 14/08/2025 10:32

Did we ever find out who the friends were ?

IIRC the identities of the friends weren’t revealed despite the Mail’s lawyers attempts to have them revealed. Tbh that whole People story is a perfect example of what hypocrites H and M are. They made such a big deal in the NF series about BP ‘leaking and planting’ stories when this is exactly what they were doing!

Ladedahlia · 14/08/2025 10:39

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were no friends and it was Meghan herself.

ThePoshUns · 14/08/2025 11:02

TheMeasure · 14/08/2025 08:31

And on a different note, anyone else think it was a bit rich for Prince Andrew of all people to warn Harry off Meghan, allegedly because of her “past,” with HIS record?!

Speaking from a point of knowledge maybe?

jeffgoldblum · 14/08/2025 11:03

Snobb · 14/08/2025 08:17

Do we know who these 'friends' are that she groomed to speak to the press? Are they still actively in her life - or have they distance themselves realising they had been skid-markled?

No @Snobb, we have no clue ! , Meghan insisted that their identity remain confidential for reasons 🤷‍♀️ , the judge complied.

jeffgoldblum · 14/08/2025 11:05

Mylovelygreendress · 14/08/2025 08:45

She also complained that they were “only” given a wing in the Governor’s mansion in Australia rather than the whole mansion .
I remember the podcast where she talked about the S African accommodation ( I think she actually called it a housing unit?) and supporters were bending over backwards on MN trying to say it wasn’t an insult , it was an American expression. Until American posters put them right !

Ah yes ! The straining to do some explaining was epic to behold! 🤣

Weepixie · 14/08/2025 11:09

Mylovelygreendress · 14/08/2025 10:32

Did we ever find out who the friends were ?

No, but it doesn’t take much to guess who they were if you’d perhaps, for eg, seen pictures of the baby shower, or seen the same names repeatedly mentioned in the press as Meghans friends/inner circle.

jeffgoldblum · 14/08/2025 11:10

Puzzledandpissedoff · 14/08/2025 10:12

Because (her father) didn’t immediately leak the letter , Meghan had her “friends” leak particular parts to a magazine!

Don't forget she denied that, @jeffgoldblum, and actually claimed she had no knowledge at all that her friends were speaking to People magazine

As if ... especially when she also somehow "forgot" that they'd both cooperated with Scobie on his various ramblings Hmm

Yes , she did puzzled ! Completely forgetting the fact that most people would wonder exactly how so many of her “friends “ managed to get their hands on a supposedly private letter to her father and then all decide simultaneously to leak it to a magazine! 🙄

Snobb · 14/08/2025 11:41

MavisandHetty · 13/08/2025 19:01

It’s because getting involved with Andrew would have been flying too close to an expensive libel action. It’s all too true, too disgusting. And yet here Meghan is making nicey-nicey with Chrissy Teigen.

It’s because getting involved with Andrew would have been flying too close to an expensive libel action.

I think it's because they knew the Queen was protecting, defending and bankrolling him to the tune of £13 million of hard working tax payers graft - and they didnt want to cut off their revenue stream - their 'compassion' and 'morals' are only there to line their own pockets.

Mylovelygreendress · 14/08/2025 12:19

Weepixie · 14/08/2025 11:09

No, but it doesn’t take much to guess who they were if you’d perhaps, for eg, seen pictures of the baby shower, or seen the same names repeatedly mentioned in the press as Meghans friends/inner circle.

Wonder if they are still friends ?

JSMill · 14/08/2025 12:56

Mylovelygreendress · 14/08/2025 12:19

Wonder if they are still friends ?

I’m pretty sure Amal Clooney was there and it doesn’t look like they are in touch with the Clooneys anymore.

MavisandHetty · 14/08/2025 13:03

Weepixie · 14/08/2025 11:09

No, but it doesn’t take much to guess who they were if you’d perhaps, for eg, seen pictures of the baby shower, or seen the same names repeatedly mentioned in the press as Meghans friends/inner circle.

Two names that have consistently appeared in the rumours are Abigail Spencer and that blonde woman in the straw hat who sat next to MM at Wimbledon that time she turned up in ripped jeans and had a whole stand cleared after she was denied entry to the royal box.

You just know the type. So excited are they by daily Ng so close to celebrity and seeing their own names and faces in print, they’ll do anything under the guise of friendship.

Itawapuddytat · 14/08/2025 13:21

Weepixie · 14/08/2025 04:01

I remember reading about that. Didn’t she have to give up her Royalness so to speak because she married someone her family didn’t approve of or am I confusing it with another Japanese royal.

Regardless of who it was though, she’s certainly doing a proper job of what Harry and Meghan got themselves into and can’t handle.

In Japan any female member of the Imperial family who marries a "commoner" loses her Royal status and must "leave" the family . The women are also excluded from the line of succession. That's "them rules" there...

BemusedAmerican · 14/08/2025 14:21

Itawapuddytat · 14/08/2025 13:21

In Japan any female member of the Imperial family who marries a "commoner" loses her Royal status and must "leave" the family . The women are also excluded from the line of succession. That's "them rules" there...

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The Japanese princess also turned down her dowry.

Parade just posted this somewhat snarky review of Harry's finances. Sorry - it's in American dollars. 😄

https://parade.com/culture/prince-harry-net-worth

Weepixie · 14/08/2025 14:30

There’s a very good article in the Mail about the latest deal with NF and if someone can remind me how to do a link I’ll post it. Thank you.

Weepixie · 14/08/2025 14:33

Let’s try this

https://archive.ph/QgFq0

ETA - have I managed it 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️

Spectre8 · 14/08/2025 17:33

Itawapuddytat · 14/08/2025 13:21

In Japan any female member of the Imperial family who marries a "commoner" loses her Royal status and must "leave" the family . The women are also excluded from the line of succession. That's "them rules" there...

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And? Do you think they RF shoukd also have this rule? Do you think this outdated exist rule is a good thing? That its yet again women who are being penalised.

MrsMitford3 · 14/08/2025 17:34

"Chrissy" is trending on twitter with loads of screen shots of her past tweets-including telling a 16yo reality star to kill herself.

It is linking her and posting pics with meghan on the cooking show-comments are scathing...

Thedom · 14/08/2025 18:16

I think having Chrissy on is a purposeful PR tactic to garner controversy, hence build interest in the show, they were well aware of Chrissy being 'cancelled' over her disgusting messages to a16 year old teenager who was clearly being groomed.

It's repulsive that Meghan would use CT as a bandwagon to attract column inches for her boring 'family' show.

IAmATorturedPoet · 14/08/2025 18:19

It's interesting because it was Chrissy Teigan that got one of the first batches of Jam back in early 2024 and these same Twitter posts came up then. Any decent PR team should have bought this to MM attention back then and advised it was unwise to feature CT in any further projects.

So, it looks like MM either has no PR, bad PR or just isn't that bothered by CT past tweets. Is she going for the 'no such thing as bad publicity' model? which seems a bit bonkers given the couples involvement with Childrens Network 🤷‍♀️

Puzzledandpissedoff · 14/08/2025 18:21

But what a way to gain interest if so, @Thedom Confused

I'd like to think she wouldn't touch this woman with a bargepole if really big name alternatives were available to her, but since all the big names seem to have gone AWOL maybe the likes of Chrissy is all that's left?

Typo

Thedom · 14/08/2025 18:28

Chrissy Teigen has over 40million insta followers, that might have been an incentive to choose to overlook an adult woman telling a teenager to commit suicide.🙁

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