PR Disasters chapter 12

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Meg n Harry giving us plenty to talk about as usual…..

Not so much at the RF (although maybe a bit at Catherine), but the whole media-SM-MIGS machine of comparing her to Kate incessantly. She wants to be top dog, at all times, in all arenas. That's certainly how she sees herself. I think she's sick of being compared to Kate all the time and coming out the loser all the time. It's Fergie and Diana all over again, but without the sense of humour (weird to think all that was going on in the background at the time).

Okay - she can’t help herself - that shot of her walking from the car looking straight into the camera lense!

Meghan, why can’t you resist?

I was just looking at that shot. Yesterday she was laughing at the lilac coat dress. Today she's strutting assertively and aggressively in a black Armani pant suit with severe hair and makeup, nowhere to hide look on her face. She wants people to think that THIS is her, not some pastel, wafting, soft, little-miss-perfect Catherine type woman. She's all business, Meghan, the breadwinner AND the mother AND the wife AND the philanthropist, unlike Kate who just turns up and does as she's told. Just like Harry said Kate is.

Yes it seems like she was having a dig at Kate.

I think fruit spread is more Meghan's wheelhouse than grieving parents who deserve a better supporter than someone who uses her kids online to sell said fruit spread.

How does she get these gigs ???

Very good question. How do the irrelevant losers with nobody serous behind them get gigs at the WHO?

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I'm with @Wordler here "It’s a weird form of self sabotage." and "Meghan, why can’t you resist?"

I am sure that wardrobe photo was a spoof of the Princess diaries - "Look - look I have a daughter who's a Princess." Whether the pop at C with the pastel outfit was a happy byproduct or intended or not I don't know. BUT why put the jacket you're going to wear at a very sombre event label outwards . That seems cynical given her OneOff tie up.

She could do some good but somehow , I won't go as far as to say snatch defeat from the jaws of victory , but seems to deflect from what are good causes she's interested in. I'd also say ( Tom Bower , Vanity Fair etc ) she has been accused of thinking philanthropy as what A listers do over a number of years. I think unless she reigns her self in good things she tries to do will be overshadowed by critical observations. And it would be so easy - stop using your children to promote yourself and cut out the commercial ventures when you are doing anything to do with charity / good causes.

ETA re the gigs - I suspect she asks for invites to them. Don't know abut this one , but I suspect H&M let it be known they would like to turn up to various things. And it draws attention, whether that is the right sort or not.

Actually the jam making may be a parody too..

If I recall correctly Forrest Lodge also had tenants until recently.

Social media has a lot to answer for with the damage it does to vulnerable people, and in particular vulnerable children. FIghting that damage is for sure a worthy cause. Not sure how that squares with promoting yourself on Instagram, complete with references to your kids and photos of them, if even from behind. What, cynic, me?

The comments are brutal, no one is buying her act, she just isn’t genuine and people can see straight through her, the alleged humility training hasn’t worked.

Now I haven’t listened to the ten minutes to check and I’m not going to. But apparently the speech has been largely plagiarised from another speech!

https://x.com/fallentoa/status/2056111987004682644?s=46

https://x.com/fashionistaera/status/2056121426118406523?s=46

TBF I think it is probably just a small section of that post that perhaps provided inspiration. I did listen to this small part of the speech.

https://x.com/fashionistaera/status/2056096598321721478?s=46

Or there may be a different speech that was the inspiration.

I don’t get the venue - presumably there was a small crowd in front of her listening. But during the short clip posted normal life is going on behind her. There appears to be a traffic light with people waiting to cross, engrossed in their phones, before disappearing from view.

Looking and acting more like Pinocchio every day.

Found a side on view. It looks like a (very) small crowd present. That Armani suit was worth every penny - it looks sharp and smart. Trousers a good length and not overlong.

It’s an ‘island (for want of a better description) with roads on all sides, with a sculpture of a broken chair, it’s a public open space, directly in front of the entrance to the Palais des Nations. looks like there was only a handful of attendees, perhaps some of the families ?

They usually close it off for high profile or high security events, It looked to be business as usual with cars driving by and people wandering around, so they obviously didn’t restrict access, now that would not happen if Charles or William were attending an event there.

Incredible that she managed to squeeze so much PR out of it, it was really a non event.

They seem to be getting the message from Australia.

What's going on with the make up? Where's Daniel when you need him?

I think he's not around anymore.

I don’t know, it’s hard to go wrong with an all black suit. I agree it fits. You don’t need to pay Armani prices (not that she will have) to get a decent black suit.

I’m interested in the allegations of plagiarism (again).