PR Disasters part 11

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The ongoing dramas from Montecito courtesy of H&M.

I can’t see another thread but I made the same mistake last time …

Why does Harry need to make statement about David Attenborough, or anything else?

Anne, Andrew or Eward never felt the need or presumption to go around making statements.
Being a younger child of the monarch who is not in line to the throne is not a role which requires statements.

He was really led to believe somehow that he has the same standing as William.

If he wanted to send David Attenborough a card he could have done. He doesn't need to announce it. He's such an entitled twat.

Agree, however the holding the cards with regards to the children only affects Harry, not the royal family or the British public, and even then it’s only for a relatively short period, once they are 18 they will be out of her control.

Totally agree!

From David Copperfield: Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six , result happiness.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.
Most of the house sales mentioned were not part of the divorce settlement, they were bought together after (weirdly) Fergie and Andrew MW's divorce. And dodgy as hell.
MM might make a chunk from the divorce, but on-going alimony won't be much because Harry doesn't earn anything. She may earn another lump sum for spilling the beans but after that no one will touch her. No rich men, no production companies, no broadcasters. She has trashed her reputation so will only have a couple of one-off opportunities. She may end up profiting off "playing the wicked woman" but I can't see her doing that, she thinks she's marvellous.

I actually think Harry would be crushed if there was a divorce and his mental health might lead to a very bad situation.

Because his ego has been damaged by the Irwins, it’s another pathetic clap back.

They are unable to do anything privately - letters, cards even funeral flowers. They have some huge attention seeking need to be "recognized" for everything they do.

Also I do not doubt it is a clapback against the Irwins (who refused Harry and Meghan a PR visit in Australia) but who contributed with Prince William to a celebratory video message.

Of course there’s the possibility that the RF have a few grenades of their own ! There have been multiple rumours about Meghan pre Harry and also the bullying accusations .

Why does Harry need to make statement about David Attenborough, or anything else?

He doesn't need to, @StrawberryWasp, but Attenborough is a wildly popular figure and Harry probably hopes for some of that to rub off on him if he can manage to persuade people they're friends

Of course there’s the possibility that the RF have a few grenades of their own

Edited to add that I've said this all along, @Mylovelygreendress
There may be "bits missing" from Meghan's backstory that the public don't know, but I'd bet good money that the palace will and they probably ran checks right from the start

Sorry x post with @BigWillyLittleTodger

What relationship does Harry have with David Attenborough?

No apology required 🤗 someone may have missed that particular and important point in my monologue!

Blah blah blah. People keep going on about Harry's mental health with no evidence that he has any problems other than being a whiney, cross, spoilt man. He is likely to descend into a life of drink and drugs, much like Princess Margaret before him, but that tends to happen to rich people with no direction or responsibilities. Please spare us the "mental health" diatribe, it is completely overused and is being devalued as a result.

I suspect Harry might think he and David are both beloved of the UK!

and Harry assumes he should also be a "secular saint" 🙄🙄

I'd call this another PR fail. (Re H & David Attenborough). Here's what the express on-line has to say ( I would think quite widely read MSM ) . I think H has met DA with KC , but I think W has more of a relationship. Tributes in inverse proportion to relevance it seems to me.

www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/2203199/prince-harry-has-no-right-david-attenborough

Isn't it Meg that has constantly talked about her struggles? Post, these have been the toughest 7 years. Two days later, happy 7th birthday Archie 🙄

I don't disagree, PrinceHarrysBaldPatch - though didn't Gabor Mate diagnose him with something? - but it's very fashionable to hang absolutely everything on it, and the conditions being "unseen" can sometimes lend a degree of manipulation

What did he diagnose him with? Self indulgentitis ? His constant, trauma, crying in a foetal position and the worst was, did he have a mental breakdown when Archie was born (or before) ? What a clown

Yes Mate said ADHD - which would explain, not excuse, his impulsive arse pinching behaviour and any prior / current addictions. I think he is also emotionally under-developed due to poor parenting, messy childhood and trauma. I am not sure he was anyone’s priority - both parents were having affairs so their heads were elsewhere - this isn’t to say that it’s not his own responsibility to be accountable and to engage with MH professionals to address his issues. His rigid thinking and external loci of control need addressing otherwise he will be stuck in his bitter, victim spiral for life - and then we will see the negative impact on his own DC when they enter adulthood.

@Puzzledandpissedoff Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner filed for divorce a day after their 10th anniversary whilst Tom Cruise filed for a divorce 3 days before his 10th anniversary with Nicole Kidman.

were both living in California?

Tom Cruise did the dirty on Nicole financially by dodging the ten year deadline, but more widely known was the photo of her celebrating in the street after it was finalised, so I think she won over all 😄
And she obviously made up for loss of earnings by becoming a mega star actress in her own right post-divorce.
I thought the Afflecks had an amicable divorce so the ten year deadline wouldn't matter but really know nothing about it.

William was very fortunate to go to university and meet Catherine and various friends when was (?) 19. Harry’s equivalent was a socially vacuous and hierarchically-structured posho gap year experience or two, followed by having his path being smoothed through Sandhurst and onwards.

Did he used to make his own announcements pre Meghan? He was a prince then so surely if he feels it's a prince's duty, he would have always done so. And before W&C had the children he was of course much nearer the throne, so why would he only start once he's been knocked three places down the line of succession, lives in a different country and has no apparent relationship with the monarch. I suppose he maybe feels it's part of his job as a duke, but I can't imagine why as we don't hear other random dukes babbling on. I can't really see the Duke of Devonshire suddenly deciding to publicly regale us all with his thoughts and feelings on random celebrity birthdays, for example. It's all very peculiar. It's like he really believes he and William have equal standing. Sad.