PR Disasters Part X

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For all Meg and Harry PR shenanigans

Yes, and this is a kid whose first words were ‘crocodile’ and ‘hydrate’ by the time he was a year old, at age 3 advising his mom not to work too hard, crying over his dads stress levels, and discussing land mines at age 4.
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No, but my point was more that the King was there at an event that was important to them.

I think UK primary school children would have known about the US president being in London at an event to celebrate VE day.

They may have barely any extended family, no cousins, aunts or uncles, no connection to the British half of themselves, no understanding of their place in perhaps the most famous family in the world, no concept of its history, culture, values. BUT… they do have the chocolate man! HOORAY FOR THE CHOCOLATE MAN!

(This is what Meghan seems to be saying anyway.)

I come from a very disconnected family. No relationships with my grandparents, cousins etc was ever encouraged and I really paid for it. I have always tried to encourage it with my own children. However, I didn't have the chocolate man !!!!

Different folk coming into the lives of A and L must be very confusing for them

Most of their friends would have at least one grandfather, they know that they are mostly good things to have.
At a similar age, school got our kids all excited about Prince Harry's wedding. It's pretty easy to do. Wouldn't be a stretch to get them excited about a grandad and his being a big cheese.

I don't think she's good at talking to people, or listening to them. She comes across as being terrible at it, quite frankly; worse than anyone I've ever met. She's not only completely disinterested in others but also quite dull and boring (not to mention nonsensical). She has a (in my opinion) a beautiful face from several angles, but that's it.

Very good points about the kids exposure to Megs celeb/business connections…..but not family. It’s very weird.

I did a bit of reading on compartes chocolate. So bought over by a rich family like was said up thread. They pivoted to doing limited edition drops and collabs and that’s now what they are known for. On trust pilot they have a terrible reputation for delivery times, bad customer service and a particular problem with their corporate chocolate dept.

I can see why Meg has attached herself to this guy. He is all about using influencers/Tik tok, Instagram etc to push limited edition drops. It’s all hype. This will be her new bestie no doubt. Its very transparent.

Also, as if the kids wouldn’t know that their grandparents are on the news!!! If my granny was in the local gazette…id bloody know as a kid even if I hadnt seen it.

If the King of Spain did something that got news headlines might come up in school assemblies or lessons. Remember one primary school assembly had was on piper alpha disaster - I was around 10 at time google tells me - because it was in the news.

Brexit, solar eclipse, diamond jubilee, local chartist commemorative marches - anniveraries of world wars - both primary schools my kids went to were all over them putting them in context - talking about them.

The 250 th anniversary and Kings speach to congress do seem to be grabbing some US headlines. BBC Newsround is aimed at 6- 12 years old - so while the younger girl is possibly too young if the boy was in UK he'd be seeing news and news topics and big events would be coming up in school.

I have some pretty cool ancestors. More than one important bishop, a physician to the Tsar, and some pretty key moments of history - a lordly ancestors was a key mover in Lady Jane Grey's brief queenship. Another ancestor told Queen Victoria to get tae fuck, essentially.

I found them fascinating, even when I was young! And I'm not even very closely related to the modern day Viscount (it would take a Kind Hearts and Coronets level of intrigue to get me anywhere near that!).

Yes, it's all a bit sad, isn't some?

Some 'chocolate guy' who is a business associate, not family and not really a friend. Then the disembodied voice and back of head of her 4 year old daughter somewhere in the chicken coop. What really was the point of this video?

The only thing I feel sorry for in the whole sorry spectacle of these two is his left arm for being grabbed, clutched and hung off of. It actually makes me wince watching her grab him like a leech.

I think it's really sad that the kids have 2 living grandfathers that they won't know but even more so that one of them is the King. I can see this backfiring on H&M and they may well want to be part of the extended family after such a sheltered upbringing.

If I had a child in Archie’s class I couldn’t resist a little mischief, making sure my child knew all about the King’s visit and that the King is Archie’s grandfather. I’d be telling my child to ask if Archie ever sees his grandfather and if not why not. 😉

And seriously - this sort of event might well be discussed at school, in assembly or whatever. How do H&M think they can hide it all from the children and ignore the historic events? Will they tell the school that any discussion of the Royal family/King’s visit is banned? They can switch off the TV but they can’t switch off the questions.

I can’t wait for the teenage rebellion because surely as the children get older they will see their cousins having fun together at Christmas etc and wonder why they are left out and wish they had some relatives to play with.

A round up of clips from Harry’s early life and times before his marriage. Lots of fun times at Balmoral, tender moments with Charles, a fishing lesson with Charles, joshing with William and the cousins.
This is what he has lost and what his children will never have.

I can’t believe he doesn’t miss it and regret the loss for his children on those occasions when he opens up the memory box of his past. Really very sad.

https://x.com/nancytsidley/status/2044838965195550748/video/1?s=46

To be fair, if he can't remember his mum, he can hardly be expected to remember all that.

If I had a child in Archie’s class I couldn’t resist a little mischief, making sure my child knew all about the King’s visit and that the King is Archie’s grandfather. I’d be telling my child to ask if Archie ever sees his grandfather and if not why not. 😉

Thankfully most adults wouldn't upset a six year old who may have a lot to contend with at home anyway.

Throwing a remark to the parents I could see happening but don't know if they do regular school pickups.

As to whether they rebel in teen years - well may not happen - and I think from very limited amount seen there are issues with their parenting but doesn't mean the kids will rebel thay may well get FOG - fear obligation and guilt - drilled into them and spend their adult days being distant and unpicking that or desperatly sucking up and trying to please or they may well be great parents and that's not coming across via media.

Also you don't tend to miss what you haven't ever had - so their normal with likely be their nuclear family. I grew up rarely seeing any of my cousins and that was our normal and same with my kids - but we have friends who cousins are very much a part of their everyday lives - ironically like Dad and IL had. So could well just be interesting background when they are older - depens what they do in life.

I think Harry missed his family and friends now the shine of new life has rubbed off - whether he understands its as a result of his own actions or puts it under his persecution complex who knows . I don't think Meghan had a great family background - so again what she views as normal or desirable is going to be different.

He really is a silly boy. Throwing all that away.
I just read on X that Meghan is planning on her H renewing their vows. I do hope it is true!

Just incredibly bizarre. What the hell is a chocolate man?

The guest list will be interesting. I wonder if anyone from the 'spectacle' will be invited?

She says 'Compartes is here', so it must be someone from that corporate chocolate company 'As Ever' works with.

But why on earth upload this to your public Insta page? Is his presence supposed to be some kind of 'win'? Are we meant to be interested in her poultry or the back of her daughter's head? Or what?

Set against the King and Queen's diplomatic triumph on the east coast, it is indeed bizarre.

I really hope this is true. I'd love seeing what their special private non-spectacle renewal ceremony would be like. As obviously,it would both be incredibly private, and also we'd all hear about every purposeful, meaningful detail.

It may have come and gone and I completely missed it, what happened to the collab with the flower company?

Yes, actually, I don't think she is any good at genuinely talking to people or listening to them. But I do think that she is better than most people at presenting herself and seeming confident and polished in interactions (acting training). The surface is good, but the content is lacking. Same thing with the fluent but meaningless word salads.

Just saw that myself! Christ 😂🙈

I'm honestly baffled. Is she selling something?? As for chocolate man ffs