Harry and Meghan's Australian jaunt -part 3 it's nearly over!

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I think he pretends to himself it’s ‘work’.

or "service"

Making things difficult for Pa, the little stirrer.

I think this is largely true.

DH was sent away at 7 and his mum and dad were both in the foreign service. He and his siblings (younger) spent holidays and exeats with their aunt and grandparents.

I know it is 'normal' for so many. But DH when our first DS was born (and DS1 has very complex disabilities) was completely clueless about what it meant to be a hand on father. He had no paradigm for it. Just recently I said to Dh that he needs to teach DS1 how to shave because that's what fathers' do. He was befuddled. I KNOW not everyone who has a parent who went to boarding school is like that- but DH was. He was just all at sea. So I watched youtube videos about teaching a boy to shave and then walked DH through it and then stepped back so DS1 thought it was his dad teaching him.

Yes, and even though both of her sons were away at boarding school, Diana didn't even spend much time with them. That final summer she was on Dodi's yacht, then away with other friends.

That was a wedding of convenience for one party at least. I went to school with Liz. Her father was stinking rich and they had an enormous house in Hampstead. What other aspiring designer who had just left art college would instantly be set up in their own West End studio/shop with little need to balance the books? That’s what appealed to David as Liz wasn’t really his type! He was absolutely hateful to her when they split up.

I remember how we were all told in the 90s that Diana was a child focused, hands on parent. We would judge her parenting very differently these days.

A Disney mum?

Absolutely. At the time there was a lot of negative press content about how little she actually saw her sons. Remember they broke up in July and she wasn't scheduled to see them until September.
She certainly made sure that she was photographed when she was with them, mind

I once googled something like ‘born without a soul’ whilst trying to make sense of a close relative and Google came back with lots of information on psychopaths. They were spot on as a later found out.

That's interesting. Probably not the best idea to give such a massive job to relatively inexperienced designers.

David does the British version of ‘say yes to the dress’ on TV.

I loved it.

It was incredible and set a completely new trend in wedding dresses. The whole ensemble looked amazing in the Cathedral. Copies got snapped up! It was very much of it's time.

Jesus, this sounds so scary and sinister.

They did well, though. Their shop was incredibly popular. All the rufffled dresses, lacy collars and romantic look really took off. It was just poor management that ended it. They were successful with that trend.

I was eight when Charles and Diana married. I thought the dress was the most beautiful thing in the world 😍 and how that spencer tiara too! But I remember really disliking Diana’s hair as it wasn’t princessy enough for my liking.

Me too! I loved her hair though. I remember sitting in the hairdresser’s getting my hair cut just like Lady Di and the radio announcing that Princess Anne had a baby girl.

Might I point out that Mark Toth warned Harry about this in his article 2 years ago.

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4651318-harry-and-meghans-heart-of-darkness/

I am not a Trump fan at all but I thought he responded well to Harry's latest dig.

Might I point out that Mark Toth warned Harry about this in his article 2 years ago.

Doubt if Harry read that. It's got big words like 'preemptively' and 'disingenuously'. And I don't suppose he's ever heard of Joseph Conrad.

Good to see you @BemusedAmerican - thought you hadn't been about for a while

I think Trump said or intimated he’s recently spoken to Charles so maybe ‘amused paternal patience’ was rehearsed as a diplomatic scenario, plus Trump probably knew he’d be asked the question. He actually did sound amused. Trump knows he can chuck Harry out on a whim, but is presumably doing Charles a favour keeping him in CA? I think that kind of power gives Trump a warm feeling inside.

Strange days.

It does all make Harry look like a massive berk.

Doesn’t it….

No way really? I remember him on a CBB a good few years ago, he didn't exactly come across well, boring & full of his own self importance

I LOVE couture, especially weddings (I practically lived in the V&A when I lived in London) & I was so disappointed with Diana's dress looking back, everything was wrong

This thread is beyond embarrassing.