Page 18 | PR Disasters Part X

AtIusvue · 2026-04-29T12:09:17+00:00

For all Meg and Harry PR shenanigans

Not2identifying · Today 00:00

I believe he craves royal attention, not celebrity attention.

Starryfifty · Today 00:02

The problem with Meg and H is they are just so unlikeable, painfully dull and pretentious. There are multiple celebrities with limited talent but the successful ones have a certain something. Kim K, I would always have presumed a bit of a grifter until I saw her on Graham Norton. She's whip smart and something quite likeable about her. Victoria B has the same. With Meg, unfortunately that "likability " factor is just not there and never will be

Starryfifty · Today 00:06

Not2identifying · Today 00:00

I believe he craves royal attention, not celebrity attention.

But he stepped down as a working royal. I just don't think he wants to do any graft at all. Just "exist" as a member of the royal family and expect deference while he's "doing what he was born to do" yet he has not clarified what this is

Starryfifty · Today 00:12

Why can't harry engage with unicef ?? Loads of ex army do it from where I am from. Boots on the ground. Help in any way you can to support where he can but unfortunately it just won't attract enough gravitas / glamour as spouting nonsense word salad from Kiev

StartupRepair · Today 00:18

I suspect they will watch the King etc on the TV and tell the dc 'we could have been there except Pa/William and Kate/the grey men were so mean and didn't realise our awesomeness.'

Not2identifying · Today 00:51

@Starryfifty I'm aware he stepped down as a working royal but I'm less sure Harry is!

Lifestooshort71 · Today 02:23

Starryfifty · Yesterday 22:31

Who would watch marriage vow renewal?? Especially these two who are unbelievably dull

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I'd watch it

corblimeygvnr · Today 02:25

StillSpartacus · Yesterday 18:59

A vow renewal would be hilarious. Apart from the oft quoted wisdom that vow renewal is most often followed by divorce, the other reason is that people who married young had a budget wedding and want to celebrate in style once their finances are more stable.

Are we supposed to think the Windsor castle nuptials were a budget affair to be improved upon now they are doing sooooo much better?

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He will have to cheer his miserable gob up then ! 😂

Jellybelly80 · Today 04:01

MargaretThursday · Yesterday 21:18

I remember the company; wasn't it called Party Pieces?

It wasn't a crowded market back then.
There wasn't anything else that really rivalled it at that point - possibly the party store in two towns away which might have had a better range but you couldn't guarantee what was in stock at any one time. But even that was similarly priced but you had to go and fetch it.

I remember the excitement when we discovered it when dd1 was small, from recommendations.
Almost everyone who did a party round here seemed to use it because it wasn't ridiculously expensive and there was a good selection of choice and you could get everything in the same theme easily: table cloth, plates, napkins, party bags cups and maybe party hats too.
The delicious dilemma for your child as they teetered between the pink ballet theme, or the cats or maybe the Disney princesses! Or you could mix and match and have some from each.

It was fairly standard; you ordered what you wanted, the order came with a catalogue and you took it into school and passed it to whichever parent asked first - sometimes you had two or three parents hoping to get it.

No one cared who was head of the company, and I never saw adverts; simply word of mouth.

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I agree.

LaurenBacal · Today 04:22

OtherS · Yesterday 22:44

Good point. I can't really the W&C doing faux royal tours, selling their clothes and posting weird teaser shots of the kids, however hard up they were.

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I suspect W and C would give anything for the chance to disappear from public life and just live in a normal way. It’s just never going to be an option for them.

elfendom1 · Today 05:15

It is quite interesting to watch. An epic failure, nothing will salvage.

IcedPurple · Today 07:54

Indianrollerbird · Yesterday 22:57

Which is why I said turn it into a reality series running up to the renewal. Why do people watch utter crap like MAFS, the programme about choosing the dress and the like? Some people like watching vacuous rubbish. Weddings and the drama they entail seem to attract viewers. Add in two controversial “royals” negotiating the process, and possibly showing themselves up/letting slip a few relationship secrets, and you have something that will probably attract a distributor like Netflix.

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Maybe, but for that to work you'd need protagonists who are prepared to at least pretend to be 'authentic' and make fools of themselves a little bit. That's what people want from reaity TV. They want to see that rich folk sulk, get into arguments with their family, say silly things, 'just like us'.

Meghan and Harry however, take themselves painfully seriously. Especially Meghan. She has to always be seen as perfect and superior. That in itself can make unintentional laughs, such as 'Don't you know I'm Sussex now?' but not enough to attract a large audience. People are bored with these two now.

Not2identifying · Today 08:03

Rumour had it that H & M were worth something like £30m when they left (mainly because of inheritance). I 100% agree that W & C would have made that work to live quietly if they'd been in the other couple's shoes. They'd just pop up during Wimbledon!

HoldMyWine · Today 08:05

I think KC’s visit just showed how unimportant they are both in America and to the RF. They really have nowhere to turn in terms of making money. The doors have been firmly shut. They are not going to make money from their faux tours. No one was paying them to be at Bondi or the hospital, very few paid to see MM at the retreat and her clothing thing isn’t going to make her fortune.

HoldMyWine · Today 08:07

Not2identifying · Today 08:03

Rumour had it that H & M were worth something like £30m when they left (mainly because of inheritance). I 100% agree that W & C would have made that work to live quietly if they'd been in the other couple's shoes. They'd just pop up during Wimbledon!

Yes normal people with that much money would live a nice, comfortable life. I know I would!
Nice house in the country, a flat in London and another somewhere hot. Bliss!

Noseyoldcow · Today 08:08

HoldMyWine · Today 08:05

I think KC’s visit just showed how unimportant they are both in America and to the RF. They really have nowhere to turn in terms of making money. The doors have been firmly shut. They are not going to make money from their faux tours. No one was paying them to be at Bondi or the hospital, very few paid to see MM at the retreat and her clothing thing isn’t going to make her fortune.

Only Fans? 😆

Mylovelygreendress · Today 08:17

I think the only thing left for them is to fully involve their DC , so a series like At ( borrowed) Home with the Sussexes .
I can’t see them doing a vow renewal . Who would attend ? No Royalty , no Clooneys , no Beckhams. And most people would speculate about the reason . The only people I know who have had a vow renewal have had affairs .

Ohpleeeease · Today 08:17

BigWillyLittleTodger · Yesterday 23:51

Would Harry actually go along with it? Surely even though he is Meghan’s handbag he would be utterly mortified at what they had been reduced to?

You would think, but is there anything he hasn’t agreed to? The hideous NF series showed how deeply obsessed with her he is. He’s incapable of challenging her, however low she takes them.

Recklessismymiddlename · Today 08:19

Mylovelygreendress · Today 08:17

I think the only thing left for them is to fully involve their DC , so a series like At ( borrowed) Home with the Sussexes .
I can’t see them doing a vow renewal . Who would attend ? No Royalty , no Clooneys , no Beckhams. And most people would speculate about the reason . The only people I know who have had a vow renewal have had affairs .

A couple of friend's have done them after serious illness, but I agree usually I’d say an affair!

Thedom · Today 08:23

IcedPurple · Today 07:54

Maybe, but for that to work you'd need protagonists who are prepared to at least pretend to be 'authentic' and make fools of themselves a little bit. That's what people want from reaity TV. They want to see that rich folk sulk, get into arguments with their family, say silly things, 'just like us'.

Meghan and Harry however, take themselves painfully seriously. Especially Meghan. She has to always be seen as perfect and superior. That in itself can make unintentional laughs, such as 'Don't you know I'm Sussex now?' but not enough to attract a large audience. People are bored with these two now.

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It actually could be really funny, the Markles trying to gate crash, her father being wheeled around outside by his new Filippino wife. Oprah and Gayle could come out of the closet, Tyler Perry too, with some young dude by his side, they could even get a lawyer to serve him for historic sexual abuse on camera. Meghan being all earnest about the table settings and how she could merch the clothes and decor, developing gross recipes that all her buddies will applaud and secretly gagging behind her back, caught on camera.

The friend with the weird voice and expressions could do the ceremony, all Meghan’s friends could walk her down the aisle in a chain holding each others hands. Harry growing his hair a bit longer so he could do a real comb over so the light didn’t bounce off his bald patch at the altar, everyone high on psychedelics, cocaine and spliffs.

Images of the RF going about their business with a haunted look on their faces in case they are somehow asked their thoughts about it and why they are NFI.

Man, I would watch it, it could be TV gold in the right hands.

oh nan I forgot about Marcus, would need to find a VIP role for him, maybe carrying Meghan’s train.

Mylovelygreendress · Today 08:31

Anyway it’s Charlotte’s birthday today so …..

HoldMyWine · Today 08:37

Mylovelygreendress · Today 08:31

Anyway it’s Charlotte’s birthday today so …..

Maybe M will drag the milkman into the potting shed and get over excited about that..

Choux · Today 09:24

My Big Fat Sussex Wedding. They would say it’s because their Windsor wedding was what they were forced to have because of being the Queen’s grandson. And this time it’s the wedding they dreamt of back then.

Do we have any recent evidence they are still on good terms with Oprah, Gayle and Tyler? Because that DM article makes it seem a lot of bridges have been burnt.

Lifestooshort71 · Today 09:27

Thedom · Today 08:23

It actually could be really funny, the Markles trying to gate crash, her father being wheeled around outside by his new Filippino wife. Oprah and Gayle could come out of the closet, Tyler Perry too, with some young dude by his side, they could even get a lawyer to serve him for historic sexual abuse on camera. Meghan being all earnest about the table settings and how she could merch the clothes and decor, developing gross recipes that all her buddies will applaud and secretly gagging behind her back, caught on camera.

The friend with the weird voice and expressions could do the ceremony, all Meghan’s friends could walk her down the aisle in a chain holding each others hands. Harry growing his hair a bit longer so he could do a real comb over so the light didn’t bounce off his bald patch at the altar, everyone high on psychedelics, cocaine and spliffs.

Images of the RF going about their business with a haunted look on their faces in case they are somehow asked their thoughts about it and why they are NFI.

Man, I would watch it, it could be TV gold in the right hands.

oh nan I forgot about Marcus, would need to find a VIP role for him, maybe carrying Meghan’s train.

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LaurenBacal · Today 09:27

Thedom · Today 08:23

It actually could be really funny, the Markles trying to gate crash, her father being wheeled around outside by his new Filippino wife. Oprah and Gayle could come out of the closet, Tyler Perry too, with some young dude by his side, they could even get a lawyer to serve him for historic sexual abuse on camera. Meghan being all earnest about the table settings and how she could merch the clothes and decor, developing gross recipes that all her buddies will applaud and secretly gagging behind her back, caught on camera.

The friend with the weird voice and expressions could do the ceremony, all Meghan’s friends could walk her down the aisle in a chain holding each others hands. Harry growing his hair a bit longer so he could do a real comb over so the light didn’t bounce off his bald patch at the altar, everyone high on psychedelics, cocaine and spliffs.

Images of the RF going about their business with a haunted look on their faces in case they are somehow asked their thoughts about it and why they are NFI.

Man, I would watch it, it could be TV gold in the right hands.

oh nan I forgot about Marcus, would need to find a VIP role for him, maybe carrying Meghan’s train.

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Don’t forget Lilie and Archie as pageboy and bridesmaid with only the backs of their heads showing.