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The royal family

PR Disasters Chapter 14

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Recklessismymiddlename · 22/05/2026 10:43

Continuing the baton on from @Atlusvue

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Twisterr · 31/05/2026 14:01

Puzzledandpissedoff · 31/05/2026 12:44

You could be right, cathy, but given the sheer untrammelled greed we've seen so much of I'd be amazed if the pair didn't want $$$$ as well as the airtime

Very much agree with you about Oprah though; she's always reminded me of a bloated spider, waiting to ensnare the next opportunity, and will certainly hhave been laughing all the way to the bank

I remember some speculation that their ‘fee’ was Tyler Perrys house as he was a business partner with OW.

Starryfifty · 31/05/2026 14:29

OW is a shark. H and M are dim witted and money, publicity hungry. OW saw this and jumped on it. She knows damn well it was all BS. However, she'll be there for the divorce interview

DaisyDooley · 31/05/2026 14:36

Oprah Winfrey is the least convincing ‘interviewer’ I have ever seen.
She makes Fiona Phillips look like Michael Parkinson.

Im not surprised she has pulled that interview chat in someone’s back garden as frankly it makes her look ridiculous, inane and sycophantic. As well as really stupid.

Twisterr · 31/05/2026 14:45

DaisyDooley · 31/05/2026 14:36

Oprah Winfrey is the least convincing ‘interviewer’ I have ever seen.
She makes Fiona Phillips look like Michael Parkinson.

Im not surprised she has pulled that interview chat in someone’s back garden as frankly it makes her look ridiculous, inane and sycophantic. As well as really stupid.

OW also did an unprecedented and unscheduled interview with her bestie Gayle King on the morning after QE2 died - basically attempting to clear her name once she witnessed the accolades from across the world at QE2 death and realised she was on the wrong side of history. Her duplicitous squirming was more repulsive to watch than the H&M interview. She’s still on the sniff for the divorce interview and she has backed MM for that deluge.

LowLightsHighLights · 31/05/2026 15:07

Twisterr · 31/05/2026 14:45

OW also did an unprecedented and unscheduled interview with her bestie Gayle King on the morning after QE2 died - basically attempting to clear her name once she witnessed the accolades from across the world at QE2 death and realised she was on the wrong side of history. Her duplicitous squirming was more repulsive to watch than the H&M interview. She’s still on the sniff for the divorce interview and she has backed MM for that deluge.

And now she has seen how well KCIII did in the US, basically taking the piss out of Trump. So she'll be even quieter on the H&M front.

Until, as others have said, it's time for the divorce interview...

DaisyDooley · 31/05/2026 15:49

Twisterr · 31/05/2026 14:45

OW also did an unprecedented and unscheduled interview with her bestie Gayle King on the morning after QE2 died - basically attempting to clear her name once she witnessed the accolades from across the world at QE2 death and realised she was on the wrong side of history. Her duplicitous squirming was more repulsive to watch than the H&M interview. She’s still on the sniff for the divorce interview and she has backed MM for that deluge.

I haven’t seen that.

runs off to ask ChatGpt to find it.

MyAutumnCrow · 31/05/2026 15:54

HoldMyWine · 31/05/2026 14:00

I can’t link to instagram as it shows my account, but Buckingham palace shop have posted a great post about National scone day and scone etiquette, I think they maybe having a bit of fun at a certain someone’s expense!

Normally I’d find that funny of the Palace, but today I’m starting to look at the whole royal operation as a massive scam that lends an aura of respectability to huge money laundering and corruption schemes.

I’ll try and find it cute later. Maybe I need a drink.

Indianrollerbird · 31/05/2026 16:23

Oprah wouldn't have needed to "pay" H&M direct for money to change hands for that interview. Paying money direct to Archewell may have been an extremely good option for her - a tax write off for Oprah, achieved in giving money to a non profit, so a win win for her all round; and a "pay day" for the Sussexes, whose Delaware registered "foundation" would allow 95% of any receipts to be spent on Archewell's "expenses".

ShamedBySiri · 31/05/2026 16:50

Twisterr · 31/05/2026 14:01

I remember some speculation that their ‘fee’ was Tyler Perrys house as he was a business partner with OW.

I’d never heard of Tyler Perry before (obviously watch the wrong TV) but I always thought it odd that someone previously unknown to them (or at least Harry) would offer use of his private jet and a substantial property out of sheer kindness. Who does that?

(There was also the house on Vancouver Island lent by a Russian billionaire).

HoldMyWine · 31/05/2026 16:58

Don’t they owe Perry $14m ?

Starryfifty · 31/05/2026 19:20

HoldMyWine · 31/05/2026 16:58

Don’t they owe Perry $14m ?

Yes and they ghosted him when he tried to get it back. He's also lily's godfather but no relationship between them at all

CathyorClaire · 31/05/2026 20:20

Starryfifty · 31/05/2026 19:20

Yes and they ghosted him when he tried to get it back. He's also lily's godfather but no relationship between them at all

I'm sure there's a TV series somewhere in all this.

'Royal Sopranos' ?

Jellybelly80 · 31/05/2026 21:38

Why do H&M owe Tyler Perry 14m?

Starryfifty · 31/05/2026 22:10

Jellybelly80 · 31/05/2026 21:38

Why do H&M owe Tyler Perry 14m?

I actually don't know. Why would he even give it to them ??

HoldMyWine · 31/05/2026 22:23

Maybe the use of his house and jet wasn’t for free ?

FenellaFeldman · 31/05/2026 22:24

Anybody want to start a new thread?

Twisterr · 31/05/2026 22:57

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 30/05/2026 19:32

But I don't think he does actually want to be King. He wants to be the most important person, but it is clear that he doesn't want to do any of the grunt work.
I've said it before but the Spare is a lucky place to inhabit.

I think William would like to be the spare.

I don’t think PH himself wants or ever wanted to be King. I think he is become caught up in trying to please his difficult wife and has just morphed into whatever she needs him to be / do that meet her irrational demands. He’s very easy to whip up given his poor impulse control, emotional under development, unresolved anger and abandonment issues and his lack of cognitive ability.

Recklessismymiddlename · 01/06/2026 05:37

Thank you @FenellaFeldman

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MrsLeonFarrell · 01/06/2026 07:27

Twisterr · 31/05/2026 22:57

I don’t think PH himself wants or ever wanted to be King. I think he is become caught up in trying to please his difficult wife and has just morphed into whatever she needs him to be / do that meet her irrational demands. He’s very easy to whip up given his poor impulse control, emotional under development, unresolved anger and abandonment issues and his lack of cognitive ability.

There have been quotes from Harry about this which predate Meghan. I don't think Harry has grasped what being King would really mean but he is definitely jealous that William will have the position. Why else call his book Spare? His whole psyche revolves around the fact he isn't the Heir, years after he stopped being the spare.

Whilst I don't believe Harry and Meghan bring out the best in each other, i feel it's unfair to blame her for his entitlement and jealousy of William.

FenellaFeldman · 01/06/2026 07:44

Recklessismymiddlename · 01/06/2026 05:37

Thank you @FenellaFeldman

😊

FenellaFeldman · 01/06/2026 07:45

MrsLeonFarrell · 01/06/2026 07:27

There have been quotes from Harry about this which predate Meghan. I don't think Harry has grasped what being King would really mean but he is definitely jealous that William will have the position. Why else call his book Spare? His whole psyche revolves around the fact he isn't the Heir, years after he stopped being the spare.

Whilst I don't believe Harry and Meghan bring out the best in each other, i feel it's unfair to blame her for his entitlement and jealousy of William.

Yes, I think you're right. Somehow the marriage became an enabler for him.

FenellaFeldman · 01/06/2026 07:45

Join us on the new thread!

FenellaFeldman · 01/06/2026 07:49

and put this one...

FenellaFeldman · 01/06/2026 07:49

...to bed!

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