Can someone explain why Harry and Meghan are Humanitarians of the year ?

[Mylovelygreendress]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15178897/prince-harry-meghan-markle-award-new-york.html

Yes, maybe Kristin Scott Thomas would have said hello.

If she had been a different sort of person, she would have held her hands up and been big enough to admit it wasn’t the right life for her . Not because everyone was racist/nasty/didn’t appreciate her wonderfulness, but because she didn’t have the personality or skills.
Very few people would be able to hack that life of constant scrutiny , lack of privacy and rigid rules. No one would have thought less of her if they had both decided to leave and have a different sort of life. They could have done it with love and understanding, lived a quiet life in the Cotswolds with minor celebrities playing court. They decided because of the flaws in their personalities to blow up the bridge behind them and leave themselves without many options.

Yes, I agree, @Letmeoutodhere .

Um, I hesitate to put myself up in competition with Meghan, but <whispers> I am actually an advanced gift wrapper too. (Well, I've been on a course). Maybe we could do a collab?

Very envious of the parallel parking skills. I can park in a car park no problem. Parallel parking continues to flummox me.

And my wrapping skills are a complete joke!

I used to work somewhere where I would have to gift wrap. A complete embarrassment. I had all the tools to make curly ribbons, I had a wrapping station and everything I wrapped up for these expensive gifts for clients looked like a pile of poo!
But I can park a car 🤣

In my earlier years I could giftwrap like a Blue Peter Presenter. One Christmas when my sadly recently departed DF had been quoted in a very very short article in the FT , I wrapped all his presents in the FT - lovely pink , corners / creases aligned with black satin ribbon with lovely bows. I once did a box of Christmas presents for my nieces in a sturdy brown carrier bag which I had drawn on to make it look like wickerwork with cardboard balloons sticking out in lovely colours. I tell you Valerie Singleton had nothing on me . Oh I did once make a Sindy kitchen out of a cardboard box with a little margarine tub as a sink.

I'm wasted I tell you . 😂 Not worth a fraction of what H&M are mind you. But hey ho - I'm happy.

This is lovely :). I bet your df was touched by your thoughtfulness!

This cannot pass unnoticed @MrsLeonFarrell. Are these display items or can you play out scenarios with them?

I’m not convinced she ever had potential

Including everything they’ve shared publicly?

Sure!

This is unreal 😂😂😂

It's a little book, which i haven't cut into yet. I'll try and find it and post a photo

I've enjoyed this mild de-rail into parcel wrapping descriptions. I'm ok at curling ribbon but I've been taking notes from the last few posts!

I can neither wrap a present respectably nor parallel park.

I have nothing to offer the world 😭

No point in you hosting a women's entrepreneur event then!
Begone!

Unless being able to knit counts? I have even managed two colour brioche rib (with a lot of swearing. And a lot of wine. Thinking about it, the effects of the wine might have contributed to some of the swearing. By the time I finished the cardigan - it was absolutely gorgeous - DD had outgrown it...)

Proof!

Goodness me. I don't know quite what to make of this.
On the one hand - they're ripped!
On the other hand, Barack and Michelle are in their undercrackers
Please god no version with Donald Trump.

At least it wasn't less covering underwear!

😵

I can't unsee that.

I wish I could.

My apologies!

Just going to leave this here.. wait for it..

It's a whole new world.

Wow! Amazing what you can get.
Any chance of seeing some of the Obama's clothes please, @MrsLeonFarrell ?

@NormaMajors1992coat

Where??? And...why???
I'd have to do an Andrew with my title of Granny if I gave my DGC that. My DD is sparing with bad opinions but "Classless" was delivered witheringly about Meghan.

Wonder if there's a Catherine/William one? Bet there was a Charles/Diana one.

(I wish I'd kept my Daisy by Mary Quant paper dolls now.)