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The royal family

PR Disasters- Part 9

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AtIusvue · 21/04/2026 15:31

PR disasters of Meghan and Harry.

Left off at the last page with Meg selling candles to people who want to know what her young children smell like. She’s also using the kids full titles in the press release….just for a dash of extra exploitation.

As you were

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bluegreygreen · 27/04/2026 14:11

People object when Harry is likened to AMW, saying that AMW's crimes are orders of magnitude greater.

Perhaps - though he hasn't yet been found guilty of any.

To me, he's simply 20 years or so ahead. The attitude to others is the same.

Edit: crossposted with @elessar

SqueakyDinosaur · 27/04/2026 14:11

Indianrollerbird · 27/04/2026 12:26

Harry pinched Catherine on the bottom during Trooping the Colour 2011, when she bent down to talk to some children. It was laughed off. Because he gets a free pass and always has.

https://archive.md/9HH1y

Poor Catherine. That would have been her first Trooping the Colour, too - newly married into the RF and no doubt very anxious to please. What an absolute twat Harry is.

Scorchio84 · 27/04/2026 14:22

BigWillyLittleTodger · 27/04/2026 12:28

And let’s not forget he slapped the late Taylor Hawkes across the face, TH was seriously pissed off about it and this was when Harry was 37 years old, he is an awful person.

Yeah his security had to step in before it escalated.. 🙄total asshole

Papercompany · 27/04/2026 14:36

I just watched that Bondi video - the tone is awful....did any lifeguards hang back to actually watch the beach?! They are like a crowd of puppies following their Mum. The way they walk over that woman who is reading is awful. It really doesn't look 'controlled' considering how safety conscious Harry is....and cameras everywhere.

Is it that they already 'done' the Bondi massacre bit and this was an add-on? Why were H & M getting a display of lifeguards going out with a boat?! They are private citizens, etc etc. And to slap that man's bum while he is showing him something is awful - so dismissive of what he is doing.

And I never knew about the pinching of Kate's bum while she is working....Jesus that's awful. He must have some idea of how inappropriate it was! I assume Harry received etiquette training along with the best education money can buy?

Is it wrong to say that i'd be interested to see M's face if Harry tried similar to her?! To interrupt her word salad on the world stage with a slap on the bum?!

Rhaidimiddim · 27/04/2026 14:36

Starryfifty · 27/04/2026 13:52

The Taylor Hawkins slap was absolutely horrible. H also ridiculed John travolta at some aviation awards thing. It was nasty and snide

John should have got an Oscar for holding his grin after being accused of dining out on his dance with Diana.

Rhaidimiddim · 27/04/2026 14:40

bluegreygreen · 27/04/2026 14:09

The incident on the beach is particularly horrible because it is an abuse of power - only relative power, perhaps, but the lifeguard was clearly very uncomfortable when he reacted and was made to accept Harry's ongoing laughter.

It happened on 17th April, one day after Harry had given a speech at the InterEdge Summit, an event promoting workplace psychological safety.

Yes, my reading of the body language was that the lifeguard was moving into roundhouse-swing mode (and I would have loved to have seen him follow through and bop the Royal nose) but then checked himself when he saw who it was. H not even realising how close he got to a smack, and the guy being place in the situation we women all know - do I complain and ruin the moment or suck it up.

SqueakyDinosaur · 27/04/2026 14:41

God, I wish the lifeguard had given him a really good hard THWOCK.

Indianrollerbird · 27/04/2026 14:42

Junippa · 27/04/2026 14:00

God, that's horrible. Poor Catherine, what choice did she have under those circumstances except to laugh it off in front of everyone?

I would be beyond disgusted if my BIL pinched my arse. Who on earth does that to their brother's wife? I mean, hands up here everyone whose BIL has pinched their arse? Eurgh.

Yes, newly married in and not in a position to take umbrage. But I think it's an early sign of his contempt for her.

Indianrollerbird · 27/04/2026 14:45

Rhaidimiddim · 27/04/2026 14:40

Yes, my reading of the body language was that the lifeguard was moving into roundhouse-swing mode (and I would have loved to have seen him follow through and bop the Royal nose) but then checked himself when he saw who it was. H not even realising how close he got to a smack, and the guy being place in the situation we women all know - do I complain and ruin the moment or suck it up.

I think this has probably happened to Harry a lot. Someone wanting to retaliate to his actions, and having to hold back because of "HRH". It's empowered the little shit over the years and contributed to the arrogant fool that he is today.

Starryfifty · 27/04/2026 14:52

Indianrollerbird · 27/04/2026 14:45

I think this has probably happened to Harry a lot. Someone wanting to retaliate to his actions, and having to hold back because of "HRH". It's empowered the little shit over the years and contributed to the arrogant fool that he is today.

And will continue to get away with it unfortunately

Rhaidimiddim · 27/04/2026 14:58

Indianrollerbird · 27/04/2026 14:45

I think this has probably happened to Harry a lot. Someone wanting to retaliate to his actions, and having to hold back because of "HRH". It's empowered the little shit over the years and contributed to the arrogant fool that he is today.

And the Montecito tendency, when moments like this gather momentum and negative comments, to have the victim issue a statement saying they didn't mind in the least. Like with the woman in the wheel chair, Sophie C, and some others I can't now recall.

Indianrollerbird · 27/04/2026 15:03

Rhaidimiddim · 27/04/2026 14:58

And the Montecito tendency, when moments like this gather momentum and negative comments, to have the victim issue a statement saying they didn't mind in the least. Like with the woman in the wheel chair, Sophie C, and some others I can't now recall.

Yes! It's not their fault, and nobody minded anyway.

SqueakyDinosaur · 27/04/2026 15:05

And if they did mind, it's just because they don't understand the generational pain that Harry lives with, or the burden on Meghan of being the most trolled person ever to live.

bluegreygreen · 27/04/2026 15:13

I do wonder if he's coming close to the tipping point, where the loss of power and relevance will mean that someone won't hold back, and will object (physically or verbally)?

And if so, does he have any appreciation of that?

Starryfifty · 27/04/2026 15:23

bluegreygreen · 27/04/2026 15:13

I do wonder if he's coming close to the tipping point, where the loss of power and relevance will mean that someone won't hold back, and will object (physically or verbally)?

And if so, does he have any appreciation of that?

I think he believes he has power, status, relevancy etc. He's oblivious imo

LaurenBacal · 27/04/2026 15:25

Indianrollerbird · 27/04/2026 14:42

Yes, newly married in and not in a position to take umbrage. But I think it's an early sign of his contempt for her.

I don’t think it was contempt.
I think he’s always wanted what William has,
from an extra sausage to the partner. I think he genuinely liked and got on with Kate until he met Meghan who felt threatened by her and diminished her by degrees in his eyes. He probably thought the bottom pinching was all in good fun, like Diana and Fergie poking their umbrellas at people for a laugh. All of them infantile and lacking in brain cells .

notimagain · 27/04/2026 15:34

bluegreygreen · 27/04/2026 15:13

I do wonder if he's coming close to the tipping point, where the loss of power and relevance will mean that someone won't hold back, and will object (physically or verbally)?

And if so, does he have any appreciation of that?

There were rumours that did the rounds from his Southern Africa days that on more than one occasion H's protection officers had needed to step in when he'd got a bit handsy with some the locals.

TheAutumnCrow · 27/04/2026 15:51

Beating up sexually exploited, trafficked women in Afghanistan. As discussed openly on Reddit and Quora.

Allegedly he enjoys hitting.

LaurenBacal · 27/04/2026 15:51

TheAutumnCrow · 27/04/2026 15:51

Beating up sexually exploited, trafficked women in Afghanistan. As discussed openly on Reddit and Quora.

Allegedly he enjoys hitting.

What’s the evidence though?

Indianrollerbird · 27/04/2026 16:13

LaurenBacal · 27/04/2026 15:25

I don’t think it was contempt.
I think he’s always wanted what William has,
from an extra sausage to the partner. I think he genuinely liked and got on with Kate until he met Meghan who felt threatened by her and diminished her by degrees in his eyes. He probably thought the bottom pinching was all in good fun, like Diana and Fergie poking their umbrellas at people for a laugh. All of them infantile and lacking in brain cells .

Would he have done that to the Queen, his mother, his Aunt Anne or one of his female cousins, do you think? He might have once liked Catherine a lot and wanted a happy relationship with a nice girl, like his brother. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t look down on the commoners and thinks himself a superior being, even the ones that marry in. His own words about Catherine and the shit he and his wife fed to Scobie looks and sounds like contempt to me.

Rhaidimiddim · 27/04/2026 16:24

bluegreygreen · 27/04/2026 15:13

I do wonder if he's coming close to the tipping point, where the loss of power and relevance will mean that someone won't hold back, and will object (physically or verbally)?

And if so, does he have any appreciation of that?

If that happens, please let there be clear footage.

TheAutumnCrow · 27/04/2026 16:25

LaurenBacal · 27/04/2026 15:51

What’s the evidence though?

Anecdotal accounts (‘leaks’) from military sources, which may or may not have substance.

I suppose the allegation fits into a pattern of known violence while he knew he was protected by his security ‘goons’. Assaults on photographers, his protection officer(s), Taylor Hawkins, possibly Andrew MW (denied by H), his contemptuous misogyny shown toward a number of women over the years, his own strange sexualised behaviour, and his close friendship with the York family that seems to have continued to some degree.

But there’s currently no evidence that is conclusive.

LaurenBacal · 27/04/2026 16:30

It’s a bit ironic the self proclaimed ‘feminist’ is so smitten with him.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 27/04/2026 16:59

TheAutumnCrow · 27/04/2026 15:51

Beating up sexually exploited, trafficked women in Afghanistan. As discussed openly on Reddit and Quora.

Allegedly he enjoys hitting.

WHAT??? Shock

I'm not on either of those sites so hadn't heard this, TheAutumnCrow, but I was about to point out that one difference between Harry and Andrew is that H seems to lack AMW's (and his father's) connections with known paedophiles

If the above is true, however, I'm not sure that would be much better Confused

Typo

TheAutumnCrow · 27/04/2026 17:11

That would be quite the cover-up by the Palace, would it not? And would, ironically, give H enormous power over the palace establishment and parts of the military/government hierarchy. ‘You know what you did.’

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