PR Disasters….Part 8

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PR Disasters of the The Duke and Duchess of Sussex continued :

• So far we have Meg using charity events/sick children/vulnerable adults to merch her fashion, with the launch of her new fashion platform
• She will be appearing on MasterChef Australia
• Harry claiming to have had therapy when Archie was born, even though he never sought MH help for his ill wife a few short months earlier.

This, with 24ct bells.

She's H's ex- girlfriend, who got dragged into court recently in H's case against ANL.

Oh, and an editor at the DM.

So not a know-nothing nobody.

She is "movie snuggles" the journalist who Harry claimed not to know but sent a lot of flirty texts to back in the day. She seems to know a lot of Harry and William's friends.

Princess Diana had a frog emblem on the bonnet of her car that was a present to her from the then Prince of Wales during their courtship.

I would disagree with you on this, as I believe a fair few others would! If the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did something truly magnificent and unselfish, I’d be glad that finally they’ve redeemed themselves and lived up to the expectations of people who supported them and their choice to leave in the beginning. I wouldn’t turn a genuine and good gesture from them into a joke. Goodness knows the world could always use real charity and these two have enough attention on them to do real charitable work without scandal, controversy and huge expenses.

I don't criticise them for the sake of criticism, as I’m not a ‘hater’ which Sussex fans like to call the critical observers. I’m still waiting for that spark of awakening, if and when it arrives.

I agree.

I always admired their decision to keep their children private and not to have them titled.

So, that ended about 2022. Since Oprah the respect I had for them has diminished every time they merch their own and their children's privacy.

The accusations of merching their titles and trauma tourism appear to have really hit home.

The SS online are all have their script now - Catherine showed up at a baby bank wearing fancy clothes, just for a photo op! Zara Tindall & her husband do nothing but merch their Royal titles, and live off the taxpayers for free! (?)

Truth hurts. And their posting clearly photoshopped images of crowds - H&M got more crowds at the hospital than Queen Mary did!

Thanks

Can't this super feminist do steps on her own? Where's the bucket 🪣 🤮

It’s part of her MO with Harry - she is the delicate little fawn in need of protection from everyone who is so mean to her, and rhinoceroses and steps. I imagine, at home, she is ‘incapable’ of opening jars, changing lightbulbs or doing anything that requires reaching above shoulder height, as she is a tiny little woman. Harry is needed to ‘help’ the defenceless little creature. There’s no point mentioning the word ‘feminist’ and Markle in the same sentence - she has no idea what the word means and probably would struggle to spell it.

The Guardian has published a classic in its ‘yeah, but …’ genre of opinion pieces - on Meghan.

(The only thing it truly has an opinion on these days is that women have a duty to give men who are sad whatever they want.)

It hasn’t seeped into the writer’s mind sufficiently that people on, say, this well-read board are mostly pissed on with the male Prince that is merching being 5th in the Line of Succession, and enabling the marching of the minor 6th and 7th.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/18/is-meghan-markle-really-the-most-trolled-person-in-the-world

Nevertheless, there is criticism of Meghan therein - which should trouble Liam Loose Cannon and James Holt.

Meghan isn't "one of the most disliked people in the world" any more than she's been the most trolled for 10 years. That's a hyper focus on one person. What about Trump, Netanyahu, Erdogan, Musk and many others? She's drawing it into herself for the victim narrative.
Also, the tabloids didn't "seeth with hatred" when she wore a bright green dress to an event when the dress code was black and white - they did what she wanted - photographed her and wrote about it.
However, I agree with the author's criticism of their hypocritical use of titles and self styling as "humanitarians".

But they didn't keep their children private and they are titled? Right from the start - they didn't understand why Archie wasn't an automatic Prince (was a great grandchild of monarch at birth)

The whole privacy and back of heads is a joke - 'teasing' the public and not letting them forget they have children. And talking about their childrens personalities all the time - they have little else to talk about

The children are used frequently on social media. We don't see their faces, but they're still used.
The candles is a new departure, though.

I don't have quite the same faith as some in "what William will do" - we'll have to wait and see - but while I wouldn't wish an earlier death on anyone there's no denying that little has gone right since Charles took over

I'd rather have none of them, but at least the Queen managed some kind of moral authority, if only based on a long reign doing what she perceived to be her duty

Apart from the Prince's Trust - possibly the best thing he ever did - what exactly has Charles done except prate at us, whine and please himself?

There is what I think is quite a good article in the DM today by Sarah Vine ( not clever enough to post an archive link - but an excerpt below. )

I think , combined with M's trolling remarks , H&M's victimhood must surely be hurting their "brand" .

"Whole suitcases of hurt and resentment, which he regularly unpacks in public, occasionally lobbing the contents at those he blames for his misfortunes.
Like a wounded animal, he lashes out: his father, his brother, his sister-in-law, the press – anyone who gets in his way or dares to question the wisdom of his actions or behaviour. Is he even aware of how toxic his actions can seem, or of the great harm they cause?
Or is his behaviour just that of a very angry, very spoilt, very sad little boy who, even at the age of 41 and a father himself, is still grieving the loss of his mummy?
Not that any of that is an excuse. We all have degrees of personal agony in our lives, but not all of us use it to destroy the lives of others, as Prince Harry has repeatedly done."

I think the candle timing is very deliberate. If there are any moves to take away titles now, H&M will claim that it was because they had a great tour in Australia and the RF are jealous. They're using the opportunity to normalise merching the titles.

I expect Lilibet’s closet will be opening its doors in the not too distant future.

Didn’t one of the Scandinavian monarchies decree if wanted to have titles, then had to be brought up in the country? IIRC it was Sweden..

yes I think it was, so Princess Madeleine, went back to Sweden from the US, with her DCs.

if I’m wrong someone will be along to correct.

William could decree that. Would also possibly deal with Eugenie issue, if true she’s living in Portugal. Then only the problem of Beatrice to deal with.

But H&M could call William’s bluff but I can’t see Meghan coming back willingly.

Alternatively, titles for working royals only or who have retired. Not for someone who shat on you from above and threw a temper tantrum or for bringing the crown into disrepute. Deals with a whole load of them right there.

The Queen and moral authority - really?

She orchestrated plundering the funds to buy the silence of a sex trafficked teenager repeatedly raped by her son!

That wasn’t enough for The Queen though she also had to go further and degrade and denigrate the victim with a public statement calling them a liar.

But who would care if they whinge, really? The fickle public will move on, as they always do.

The media - well, they always have other fish to fry in celeb land. Megyn Kelly seems to have moved on to True Crime and not just M&H, Maureen Callaghan to more cultural commentary and not just M&H, and Shauna K has just about had a bucketful of it all.

Meg and H are so bloody boring when they're not merching the titles and the kids - and even that will become commonplace and boring, like M&H's endless lies and wingeing is boring. If people want to pay to read it or watch it, fine; there are always people with really weird fetishes. I didn't realise that being bored rigid was one of them; but it would seem that there are a few out there.

I agree completely, DirtyGertyy - there was a lot else besides that too - but that's why I said "some kind of moral authority" as opposed to it being deserved overall, and even that was largely based on her colossal reign and the fossilised attitudes it encouraged

Admittedly expecting any kind of decent behaviour from that family's a low bar, but while I may have put it clumsily, I was trying to focus on the difference between somewhat hopeless and completely hopeless

Honestly, I think the palace cares. I think they assume there is a core group of royalists who will support them no matter what and they spend their time worrying about the opinion of what politicians would call "floating voters". They don't really follow the monarchy or know a lot about it but they'll be vocal if something significant happens (AMW/H&M leaving/Diana's death). My personal view is that the courtiers spend too much time trying to tinker with minor things in an attempt to keep support from this group, but it's futile as most of the public don't notice or care.

Yes people become bored with it. It's the same story on repeat - there never seems to be a point where he has moved on. He has fed this public image of himself to his ultimate detriment. Anything he tries to do is tainted before it happens due to his own actions. People get bored of misery guts especially when combined with a preachy well off life.