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The royal family

PR disasters continued. Thread 6

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AtIusvue · 17/03/2026 11:47

For all PR disasters of Meg and Papa Sussex

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Baital · 03/04/2026 08:03

HeddaGabbles · 03/04/2026 06:57

He should have realised she was completely unsuited to being a Royal wife. That was his big mistake.

I watched that programme on lip reading the Royals recently. It was a terrible programme, but what struck me is that Charles , William and Harry all have the same petulant, spoilt , whiny and self absorbed personality. Kate came across as cheerful, positive and self aware. I think if you are brought up in that life and know nothing else it must really create very odd creatures who are unable to relate really to the concerns of ordinary people. They cannot in truth have any real perspective on their lives and how fortunate they are. They’ve never dealt with money worries, being at the mercy of an employer, being unable to afford to buy somewhere to live. Going to the supermarket : saving for a holiday etc. So many many things we find normal they have no experience of. So it all becomes about how cold their feet are, when they can get home, whether they’re too hot or feeling hungry. Which makes them very selfish and probably very hard to live with.

I'm not sure that you can make judgements on anyone's personality on the basis of a single TV programme!

Tbh I think it says more about what you want to believe...

Mylovelygreendress · 03/04/2026 08:18

I disagree about William . The best thing he did was marry Catherine and be embraced into a loving close knit family who support each other . He strikes me as being a devoted husband and father.
DD1 was at St Andrews at the same time and although she didn’t mix in the same friendship groups she said W seemed very “ normal”.

ThePoshUns · 03/04/2026 08:32

ShamedBySiri · 03/04/2026 07:53

My DH gave me a beautiful scarf I had admired/hinted for my birthday. I could really do with some lessons on tying scarves. I try to copy how people in photos who have achieved a great look have done it (I’ve saved one of Catherine 😉). Have to say - Meghan would do well to do the same. Hermes have a YouTube video of various ways with a scarf.

Yes it looks more like mummies bandages on her than a scarf!

MrsLeonFarrell · 03/04/2026 08:36

I feel that William works at being normal and Catherine helps with that. You can't help how you are brought up, and no rich child really knows how the other half live, but you can choose as an adult not to be entitled and arrogant.

BoudiccaRuled · 03/04/2026 08:45

Guest385 · 03/04/2026 07:45

Pap walk and now H and Archie skiing on empty ski slopes. Do the kids ever see other kids? Damage control from H&M.

Didn’t H talk about generational harm? His kids appear so isolated, isn’t he just inflicting a different type of harm. Often wondered how those kids will feel in a few years.

We honestly have no idea how the children live their lives away from Megan's Instagram. Everyone they are at school with would be from wealthy families whose parents keep their lives private. They may well be at other kids' houses playing happily every afternoon.

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 03/04/2026 09:08

MrsLeonFarrell · 03/04/2026 08:36

I feel that William works at being normal and Catherine helps with that. You can't help how you are brought up, and no rich child really knows how the other half live, but you can choose as an adult not to be entitled and arrogant.

I've always found that poverty (from mild to severe) can have a similar, dehumanising effect on how they see other people too.

There are lots of people not well-off who see anyone financially even moderately successful as having no problems etc.

I think the figure used to be 56k after which money made no meaningful difference to happiness - after that it depended on the individual's personality and social circumstances. Obviously people can be happy with more and with less, but the figure after which money doesn't buy you additional happiness (which is rooted in your psychology) is surprisingly low. Probably a bit higher these days, of course.

AtIusvue · 03/04/2026 10:12

With the video of Archie skiing, it’s obvious that they haven’t been on skiing holidays before with the kids. He is nearly 7 and having a beginner lesson, which is odd for a rich, posh family. All the rich kids are skiing at 3. They don’t have an excuse either, as in California they are only ever a couple of hours away from the slopes.

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AtIusvue · 03/04/2026 10:20

What seems super odd to me with As ever, is she still hasn’t done an Easter seasonal drop. There’s been no awful pictures of tea canisters and jam jars in baskets. You’d think that’d be right up her alley…..crap in baskets and tied with bows.

Easter is the second biggest season for food gifting after Xmas, but she’s done nothing. There’s a ‘spring’ flower box collab, that’s it.

There’s no new products added to the line, there was no novelty Easter items promoted. I’m guessing you need 6 months to plan for these things. She clearly doesn’t have the money and staff to plan for these events.

It’s also one year since she’s launched….and what did she post…a video of Archie having a ski lesson?

Not celebrating one year on, not thanking her followers, not bringing out a new product to celebrate, not offering a birthday discount etc. Nothing….shes not mentioned her 1st year As ever anniversary at all.

Again, another sign (there’s now many) that As ever will be quietly forgotten about.

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Papercompany · 03/04/2026 10:38

That is strange that she hasn't put something out for Easter. An easy sell surely. Another business going by the wayside ..as ever

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 03/04/2026 11:02

Stacey Solomon has 6.1M followers. Crazy

But not as crazy as not doing an Easter basket

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 03/04/2026 11:03

I posted too soon.

As Ever Easter Basket

PR disasters continued. Thread 6
Thedom · 03/04/2026 11:06

She is nothing if not predictable,😂😂. kids slepped out again to try to distract more embarrassing disclosures.

She is such a boaster, ‘quick learner Archie’, easy to look like a quick learner if you have a full time ski instructor and the ski slope to yourself !

She really is insufferable !

jeffgoldblum · 03/04/2026 11:16

wordler · 02/04/2026 20:09

I think I was on that thread - and you know I am no Harry apologist but I do think Harry will have a general point re being treated differently.

The sausages example was a silly one - but I think Harry's brain is all over the place and has hung onto stuff like that as representative of how he was feeling about being treated slightly differently.

The issue is he didn't have the temperament to get over it on his own and no one was helping him with that.

The big comparison is Anne - and I really wish I could find the clip online because her tone and expression say everything - who talked in a documentary about how the senior nanny was very focused on pampering Charles and was very harsh with little Anne. She gave a very wry expression and said something like "well that's just how it is" or something like that.

She lived with the inequality of being the spare and then pushed further away from the top spot by her younger brothers but hasn't let it define her life or take up space in her brain.

While some of that may be true @wordler, it still remains also true that Harry himself was treated differently and with more privilege than other children in the royal family!

ThePoshUns · 03/04/2026 11:17

Funny how the focus is on Archie for a change, it’s almost as if she reads everything that is written about them…maybe she walks amongst us?!!

ThePoshUns · 03/04/2026 11:18

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 03/04/2026 11:03

I posted too soon.

As Ever Easter Basket

I thought it said ‘love eggs’ until I zoomed in. I thought she’d gone a bit Paltrow!

Thedom · 03/04/2026 11:24

ThePoshUns · 03/04/2026 11:17

Funny how the focus is on Archie for a change, it’s almost as if she reads everything that is written about them…maybe she walks amongst us?!!

Exactly, and also how she publicly positions the kids, Archie the surfer and ski dude, Lilibeth the home maker Mom helper

She is such a massive hypocrite.

AtIusvue · 03/04/2026 11:45

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 03/04/2026 11:02

Stacey Solomon has 6.1M followers. Crazy

But not as crazy as not doing an Easter basket

I know!

She lives for wafting about with a wicker basket in hand! Can’t believe she passed up the opportunity

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AtIusvue · 03/04/2026 11:46

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 03/04/2026 11:03

I posted too soon.

As Ever Easter Basket

Damn it 😂

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Starryfifty · 03/04/2026 11:46

I give is 2 weeks before we see the kids faces. That's exactly where it's heading and it will be a distraction from the inevitable Oz trip flop/cancellation

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 03/04/2026 11:49

😂 😂 I think everyone needs to look at the details 😂 😂

But I think it says it all about her marketing 😂

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 03/04/2026 12:00

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 03/04/2026 11:03

I posted too soon.

As Ever Easter Basket

Is this an AI effort by any chance? Just asking, as the fox/dog bowls/ lumps of shit on the embroidered cloth look a tad suspect.

bluegreygreen · 03/04/2026 12:02

fox/dog bowls/ lumps of shit

Sausages, surely?

CreamolaFoam26 · 03/04/2026 12:02

AtIusvue · 03/04/2026 10:12

With the video of Archie skiing, it’s obvious that they haven’t been on skiing holidays before with the kids. He is nearly 7 and having a beginner lesson, which is odd for a rich, posh family. All the rich kids are skiing at 3. They don’t have an excuse either, as in California they are only ever a couple of hours away from the slopes.

Blimey, was that really a beginner skier? I thought he’d been doing it for years - he didn’t even need poles to hold on to.

Treylime · 03/04/2026 12:06

I don't know anything about skiing but I thought he looked pretty good. Didn't look like his first time skiing to me.

CreamolaFoam26 · 03/04/2026 12:07

bluegreygreen · 03/04/2026 12:02

fox/dog bowls/ lumps of shit

Sausages, surely?

They looked like ears of corn to me.

And the rest looked like a bloody mess.

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