PR Disasters ….part 7

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Meg and Harry PR shenanigans

Sadly , increasingly I think you are right. & I do think some of stuff she came out with on the OW interview was egregious - Archie's title etc . I also thought that bit in their miniseries by the chap who spoke about the Commonwealth and the Empire was barely GCSE level understanding - but it suited their narrative at the time.

Not for one moment am I going to say that M as a woman with a pretty successful career at the time ( and in terms of many actresses it was - not stellar - but to be fair earned her a decent living ) wouldn't find some of the strictures about being a potentially senior member of the RF onerous . I can see that. I do think though , she either underestimated how much she could bend the role to her will or indeed that she wouldn't be self made global patron speaking out on whatever she wanted in the style of some other very rich famous people.

I hope to goodness she and H are in love though , because the thought of sticking with a chap for 7 odd years for the title sounds too depressing for words to me. But then being a Prince of the Realm probably sprinkles a little fairy dust on any chap .

Agree @Coclare.

If you look on IMDb, her profile is updated with the smallest events, all under the 'Duchess of Sussex' name.

I don't think it would be unreasonable to take the dukedom away from Harry (and therefore the Duchessdom (?) from Meghan), if he's going to spend the rest of his life as a non-working royal, raise his children outside the UK and be at best neutral to the contribution of the RF to the monarch's subjects. (I also think it's bonkers that his children are prince and princess of a country they have no personal knowledge or experience of.)

He would remain a prince, which he was born to, and will always be the monarch's son or brother. The Dukedom was given in recognition of his future contribution to the country as a working member of the royal family.

Let's face it, being a working royal is a very well paid acting job. It simply isn't possible that e.g. Princess Anne is interested in every person she meets and every event she goes to. She is pretending/acting.
Meghan should have viewed it as an acting job, if she wasn't able to find the role genuinely interesting (she didn't seem interested in the theatre opportunities, for instance). I'm sure being an actor is incredibly boring too - that's why the big stars have stand ins.

I think the problem was that as she wasn’t getting an actual salary she didn’t view it as a paid gig.

I think you're right. Except she left out the allowances from KC for clothes , free housing in beautiful houses , travel to "gigs" , no doubt personal spending money etc. Payment "in kind" obviously didn't register. 😊

OMFG 😂

Well done that woman!

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/prince-harry-sued-libel-by-his-former-charity-sentebale-court-record-shows-2026-04-10/

‘According to a record made public on Friday, Sentebale lodged a defamation claim last month at the High Court against Harry and one of his close friends Mark Dyer, who was also a trustee of the charity.
There were no details as to what the lawsuit involved. Neither Harry's spokesperson nor the charity immediately responded to a request for comment.’

I absolutely love this for him 😂

Dr Sophie is a warrior! 😍

She was thinking ahead……..

🫣😬🤣

I truly hope she has all the receipts for this (as I think the lingo goes - 😊)

But if she has, & I do hope that - then it will be very interesting to see how H copes with being on the other side of litigation. Maybe being H doesn't give you the corner on court cases eh ? Sometimes just being a prince doesn't mean you are in a complete bubble ( well from A.N. Other prince I think we know that now 😂 )

🍿 🍿🍿 😂

I suppose it's possible that cooler heads will prevail and she'll accept a settlement. That would hurt Harry's pride though!

And his wallet

It's such a relief that someone is not prepared to put up with Harry's nonsense or be overawed by his royal status. He's picked the wrong person with Sophie.

Prince Harry sued for defamation by charity Sentebale he co-founded https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr517n2v7myo

Wow!

Any 🍿anyone?

Also included in the Radio 4 6pm bulletin. I can hear groans from Buckingham Palace. I blame H for the court backlog.

Wow, just got a BBC news alert about it too!

They have no idea about PR. Complaining about Tom Bower's latest book merely propelled it to the top of Amazon's best seller list. Own goal! Poor PR people, having their advice ignored.

MM does the same eg at One Young World, she was supposed to talk about One Young World but talked about herself.

No comments allowed on the DM which means you know Harry’s lawyers were all over it. Love how much this will be costing him, even at this stage

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15722801/Prince-Harrys-Sentebale-charity-founded-honour-mother-Princess-Diana-suing-libel-High-Court.html

This is gold 😀.

Can’t wait for Sophie’s tell-all book.

Men in grey suits Harry ? But maybe "You don't know what you've got Till it's gone " *

I do think he has made big missteps with his charitable things since finding freedom. Sentebale , Africa Parks , IV. Not all in the same way .

*All credit J. Mitchell.

Sophie will surely win. She's a lawyer so wouldn't bring a case she wasn't going to win.