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 …

Just a bit

Surely any autobiography( ie work of fiction) would be part of the 4 book deal announced back in 2021(?) ?
Would anyone other than diehard fans believe anything? She was part of the RF for less than 2 years and has been well and truly shut out since then . I reckon it would be a bitchfest against Catherine.
Also , if those 4 highly successful women are guiding M how come everything she touches fails ?

Their life sounds utterly miserable, everything is curated and sold to portray an image that they simply can’t live up to. It must be awful.

Their choice.

Agree. The best thing about the WLM series were the shots of absolutely beautiful California countryside in the background. Made me want to go! This is a less good backdrop, let's say.

I absolutely believe that Archie either hates shorts or that this is to show that he doesn't have to wear shorts like the old fashioned Wales children. Oh no, he's usually in t-shirt and jeans because their lifestyle is so cool and relaxed.
Yet you contrast the Sussex's stiff little figures alone on a beach, with the Wales children laughing and at ease with one another and I know which one looks preferable to me.

Yes there is never any warmth or joy in any of the Sussex photos.

"So, yes, the Met Gala did not need Meghan, but apparently, she did not need it either".

Never had a gif been more appropriate.

This thing is, he might have had all of that, Meghan just didn't show it. Yet another example of the problems with being both a celebrity influencer and a "royal". Influencers tend to show their children's faces and do posts about birthday prep and how to make what they make. Working royals release photos of their children's faces in return for privacy in their childhood so don't need to show private birthdays because we understand the social contract behind the photo.

Meghan is not building an influencer brand because her posts aren't personal enough to catch people's long term interest. One article about the photo them everyone moves on. Plus she is behaving like a working royal, which she isn't, in releasing photos, rather than a member of the family who don't tend to show many photos of their children because they aren't part of the social contact.

In the middle of all the mixed messages is someone who doesn't know who she is and is assuming a status she doesn't have in an incoherent way. This won't work for them until they stop the muddle and commit to something long term.

Blake Lively supposedly had her "dragons" who would not let her fail and would attack any and all enemies on her behalf. We all saw how that worked out for her.

At least Blake made it to the Met Gala...

No '4 book deal' was ever 'announced'. It's a rumour which gained traction on the interwebs, but Random House has never made any such announcement. I doubt this '4 book deal' exists, given that we've seen nothing since 'Spare'.

Harry wants to come over for a "one year to Invictus" fundraising thing and is trying to drum up royal support as fundraising is proving tricky despite the former Tory government giving Invictus Birmingham £26 million

Thanks, @Lunde; I'd wondered what the thing about Harry coming over was about, but mostly I want to know what that £26 million of public money was spent on

In the meantime, please, please let's not have Scobie brought into the headlines again. I'm still reverberating from his purple prose about Meghan in her yoga garden, serenaded by a group of parrots whose tails seemedd to have been dipped in paint pots

Still, makes a change from being serenaded by singing seals I suppose ...

I doubt this '4 book deal' exists, given that we've seen nothing since 'Spare'

Edited to add maybe not, @IcedPurple, but I still believe an autobiography from Megahn's pretty much inevitable and that it's just a matter of time

The red hair is indeed on both parents’ sides. So when Harry is crowing that the ginger gene prevailed and that he had worried Meghan’s genes would be stronger, it’s not her red headed genes he’s talking about. It’s her black genes from Doria, that he didn’t want to see in his children. And yet he had the temerity to claim the RF were the racists over the alleged “skin tone” conversation. The most race based commentary about those children has come from H&M themselves.

Hardly surprising really, from Prince “don’t worry, she’s not black or anything” Harry. Also known for, as you say, “woo hoo, my white genes win” and “the racism clearly described by my wife, a woc, was nothing of the sort”. I remember pointing out his obvious racism once on here and was promptly denounced as… a racist 🤦‍♀️

A day date. Also known as spending time with your child.

As I said before, I don't think Meghan has the support structure to do the Met.
Let me say I despise all things Kardashian and have never watched a minute of their show. But there was a clip on X of them getting ready and Kim & her Mum were chatting and laughing, probably other family members tool. The amount of back ground work that goes into it is insane with stylists and designers and hairdressers and make up artists all running around putting it together. Kim and Mum discussing the look. Taking advice. I actually warmed to them about 0.1 degree.
Similarly there was another clip of Emma Bath and Serena Williams chugging back champagne and caviar, while the hairdressers were getting busy, having a fun time together.
Who would Meghan be with - having fun??? Asking opinion and taking advice??? And can she afford such a huge back team of stylists etc plus a one off dress (assuming there may be a lack of designers stepping forward to offer one for free)?

I feel so sad for those two children. I bet they barely see their parents, and have no extended family at all. Compare that to the "evil" RF that they both had to flee from where it's apparent that William has great support from his cousins, aunts/uncles and Kate's family. George/Charlotte/Louis also have that extended network.

I literally raised my eyebrows reading that line.

Jeff Bezos has a net worth of almost $280 billion. His wealth places him in make in the top 50 countries when ranked by GDP. Bezos has more money than the GDP of nations such as New Zealand, Greece, Hungary, etc.

Oprah has a net worth of $3.4 billion. Less than 1.5% of what Bezos is worth. Add up all the other names and you may get to 1.5% to 2% of what Bezos is worth.

The fact that H&M okayed a clapback to insult Jeff Bezos' wife, who is so very desperately trying to make it into the elite circles of power and prestige as "the wife" after being sidelined as "forever engaged fiancée"...well that is quite the choice.

It is an even stranger choice when you include the wealth and social networks of everyone who co-chaired or attended the event (such as Beyonce who comes with her very own Bey-hive of crazy fans!)

Why is Doria mentioned as one of the influential women ? Also Tyler Perry mentioned in that article. He has been ghosted by m and h as they fleeced him for 14million.

Love bombing Kris J. Typical narcissist behaviour

Unless it is unusual. A date implies something that isn't often.

That DM article is ludicrous. So they turned down an invitation to the Bezos/Sanchez wedding? 😂

Well, we know they lie, constantly.

Wouldn’t you just love a clapback from Bezos/ Sanchez ?

I remember reports at the time that they were furious not to be invited 😬

To be fair re Archie and shorts, my son hates shorts and will not wear them in any weather.
He also would have hated a birthday in Disneyland.
And doesn't have friends round very often.
But my son has a diagnosed condition so probably completely different