As ever/WLM2- puts the boasting into hosting

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Continuing the on from the As ever thread

• Funny article from Jan Moir

https://archive.ph/UfTPx

• Turns out Chrissy wasn’t the only known bully that Meg invited onto the show. David Chang has serious anger issues and has bullied staff

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/meghan-markle-s-shameless-pr-stunt-with-david-chang-is-disgusting-b1244549.html

• Megs new show hasn’t appeared in the Top ten on NF in the UK or US, which she had done for the first series. NF aren’t promoting it other that in the ‘new this week’ section. You also have to scroll along to find it.

• No stock sold out yet

IMHO, Charles has only himself to blame if he shared this information with H.

H makes a living from blabbing about his relations directly into the nearest microphone or via proxies such as the aforementioned "friends".

It is up to Charles to ensure that H has no information to share.

Paul Burrell 🥱🥱🥱what the hell is he writing a book about now, I saw it serialised but didn’t bother to read any of the articles.

What does he know? Hasn’t he been a florist since Diana died almost 30 years ago. Nothing to do with the RF since then, as far as I know!

He won't have shared anything. He knows how Harry makes money/gets in the headlines.

I was thinking the same. He's not anywhere near them!

Harry allowing his friends to speak on his behalf is giving credibility to the odd nugget of supposition that ends up in these articles, there is no way he can contain it now that he has opened the floodgates.

Wonder if it’s the same Eton misogynistic twat who tried to insult Sophie Chandauka on behalf of Harry!

I’m not certain this “two years” thing has come from Harry - the line in the article says rumours have been swirling “around the palace” which certainly indicates it’s not come from him (although that could be deliberately written to suggest that in reward for getting a “scoop”). But they do also reference courtiers as sources for several perspectives in the article.

Either way I agree it’s pretty horrific to have that included, whether it’s pure speculation or based on any sort of truth it’s very cruel to publish that. It will be interesting to see if that rumour gets published anywhere else.

When my Dad was terminal, his wonderful oncologist told us he wasn't likely to see out the summer. He died in April. She had such a kind, gentle way with words given the awful job she had. The idea of giving KCIII just 2 years in the bloody Standard is really horrible. I hope this is just bs.

If that is so, then I really don't blame William for spending so much time with his kids.

Well as we know from Netflix there has been a significant anniversary recently.

Someone (not me) has helpfully archived the serialisations.

edited to correct timeline

It's "what he knows" that fascinates me, though whatever it is probably dates back to when he had to be kept out of the witness box

I can't stand the man and his silly smirk, but it's hard to blame him when you consider how keen on covering things up the Windsors are

Hard to blame him? For monetising privacy? For making a living out of gossip?
I think we can blame him completely for choices he has made.

It demeans the Standard to have published that, in my opinion. I think it's unacceptable and disrespectful to publish any life-end estimate for a monarch, president or prime minister. They give so much of themselves to the role. Some things should be left alone.

Harry has made all these choices himself and will have to live with whatever comes of them. I would imagine he is aghast when thinking of his father's lifespan because after that, things are - if he can imagine it - going to get much tougher for him.

One of the ads for the book said - ‘how the late Queen spent her last few days’ by Paul Burrell and my immediate thought was anyone buying it deserved to be robbed of ever penny they have let alone the cost of the book.

Re what has been said about King Charles - if I were Harry and I hadn’t said anything of the sorts to friends I’d be shouting my innocence from the rooftops, not keeping quiet about it.

And the donations - I’m happy the charity’s received it but does Harry really think people are for sale, that the public can be bought just the way he can?

I wonder if this Children In Need donation goes back to when he threatened to sue the BBC over their reporting of his daughter’s name. Someone has said to him, ‘Look, if you want to rehabilitate your image in the UK, you need the main stream media on-side, particularly the generally pro RF BBC.’ Children In Need is the big BBC charity. I suspect it is the media he is softening up, not the public (although they may respond positively to it, too).

I think it’s a bit pathetic that he’s turned up in the UK pretending to still be good old Prince Hal, circa 2015, as if he’s never been away and hasn’t trashed his family and most of his relationships in the meantime. My mother knew a woman once whose husband left her for another woman. Four years later, she woke up to find him getting back into the marital bed in his pyjamas, as if nothing had happened. This is what Harry’s faux royal tour makes me think of.

Oh my god, that's such a good analogy!
Harry is totally trying to resurrect his time in the UK, when he was popular and influential.

Evidently he does.

I agree. And I don’t believe he wants to come back to the UK or to contribute to the UK society, culture etc beyond a ‘drop’ significant enough for him to gain enough ‘glow’ royal adjacency to trigger commercial deals in the US for him and his wife.

This is him doing half in / half out by stealth.

It’s notable that he is ‘using’ associating with charities related to his previous life - he hasn’t been able to get anyone else to take him on.

Also interested in that it is his personal money not Archewell - why is that? Is Archewell in trouble ?

I really need to know the end of this story...!

“he’s turned up in the UK pretending to still be good old Prince Hal, circa 2015, as”

Exactly, , he says it’s from him personally, and has not included his wife.

Exactly, he’s cos playing being a working royal. When was the last time he was photographed grinning and looking like he was enjoying being at an event? Normally he has a face like thunder.
I hope Charles and William continue to ignore him, because there is only one reason he wants to see them and that’s to boost his coffers.
And I would suggest that the £1m was transferred to his own personal account from the archewell account. No way is that free loader using his own cash.

I would imagine it’s from his settlement payment, less than 10% of what he was rumoured to have been awarded. £12 million was the number being talked about, I think. Probably plenty of tax efficiencies too, so the cost to him personally will be a lot less than £1 million.

It’s still a great donation for any charity to receive, but the motive behind it, is as transparent as the few hairs on the top of his head, it does not appear to be even remotely altruistic.

The media response to H’s visit seems to be quite muted . A cursory glance at the newspapers suggests that Israel , Mandelson , Labour and even Greg Wallace are grabbing the headlines with poor old H being a mere footnote .
KC will be in London today for his cancer treatment so I imagine H has everything crossed !!

I saw about the donation on bbc news which makes sense as a donation to children in need.

I'm also surprised by the muted media response. Yes, there's a lot of other stuff going on but that's never stopped them from making a big deal of a royal story before.

It feels a bit insulting that Harry thinks he can buy the British public's respect and affection. When he had it before, it was freely given. And it's not something you can force.