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The royal family

PR Disasters thread 16.

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HoldMyWine · 10/06/2026 18:55

Meghan and Harry the grift that keeps on grifting. Long may they continue. Better than any soap opera on the telly.

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RecoIIectionsMayVary · 13/06/2026 12:50

jeffgoldblum · 13/06/2026 12:36

🤣🤣🤣 thanks that was so funny! Really had me laughing, excellent parody work.👍

Properly excellent.

You gave it away with the 'young' 😂

IcedPurple · 13/06/2026 12:59

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 13/06/2026 12:50

Properly excellent.

You gave it away with the 'young' 😂

The best bit is them talking about 'us as a nation' when the spelling and language are clearly American. Though maybe Yankese is the default for ChatGPT?

MyDogClive · 13/06/2026 13:00

What a clap back. So detailed.

Lunde · 13/06/2026 13:06

ShamedBySiri · 13/06/2026 09:05

"And it all started so well, too. After launching in April 2025, Meghan sold out of every item – jam, honey, crepe and cookie mixes, tea and flower sprinkles - in a matter of minutes.
Two months later, she was back with more stock, having, she said, ordered ‘10x’ the amount, and again sold out of everything almost instantly."

Of course no one knows how many were in the original stock that sold out so quickly after launch - a few hundred? With sales to journalists, influencers, fans and YouTubers all keen to post a review. Practically none of whom would be a return customer. So projecting future sales on the initial interest was always doomed to fail.

It seems bonkers to me that she didn't have a book ready to go when WLM launched, plus collaboration with things like frying pans and a range of table linen and flower vases etc - surely that is the way to maximise the interest in a lifestyle tv series? But maybe Netflix already saw it was a doozy and didn't want to pay out for other items etc. Who knows. 🤷‍♀️

As I said at the start - Meghan has no idea who her target, repeat customer is. She talks about "teens" saving up their money from a Saturday job - but do they really buy jam and tea? They certainly won't be buying the $90 wine packs.

The products she chose seem to target an older demographic and a gift market - but has she considered their purchase patterns? For the high prices most would expect a unique product ... local organic or interesting flavours. But who is going to buy mass produced, factory jam at huge prices? Perhaps a one-off gift - but not a regular order.

Contrast with the UK royals
-As Ever strawberry spread, factory produced, for profit, sold online - £9 per 215g (very small jar) or £4.19 per 100g
-Highgrove Organic Strawberry Jam organic, profits to charity, sold in gift shops, online, Fortnum's etc. £7.95 per 340g standard jar, or £2.34 per 100g
-Waitrose Duchy Organic Strawberry Jam - organic, profits to charity, sold in Waitrose, £2.80 per 340g standard jar or 82p per 100g

She also didn't really understand that her sales in early months were not sustainable. She sold out the early drops yet a huge percentage of products appeared to be in the hands of journalists and influencers writing reviews, but not repeat purchasers, or superfans wanting to own a Meghan product, but at the prices few would buy regularly.

So a year later Meghan has a warehouse stuffed with products and still doesn't know who her target buyer is.

NormalAuntFanny · 13/06/2026 13:06

Well I was wondering how the harkles would mark trooping the colour. Turns out giving us a word for word account of Harry's 2025 25 min meeting with Charles.

https://archive.ph/SYVHV

This is certainly the kind of thing a 'rich young couple' living their 'best life' would spend their time paying to be put in the tabloids.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 13/06/2026 13:12

IcedPurple · 13/06/2026 12:35

You had me at 'good ooking young couple'.

I guess standards of youth and beauty are different in America. What time is it there now btw?

And I see the 'Why are you so obsessed?' crowd are back with a vengeance! But it's all about as original and interesting as a 2009 era lifestyle brand.

The bugle call went out when @sickofsixseven made her comment about the lack of supporters recently, and yes what is the time in Montecito???

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 13/06/2026 13:15

BigWillyLittleTodger · 13/06/2026 13:12

The bugle call went out when @sickofsixseven made her comment about the lack of supporters recently, and yes what is the time in Montecito???

You couldn't make it up 😂

jeffgoldblum · 13/06/2026 13:18

I’m still choosing to believe they were joking and taking the piss! , otherwise the alternative is just too embarrassing for them! 🤷‍♀️

IcedPurple · 13/06/2026 13:18

BigWillyLittleTodger · 13/06/2026 13:12

The bugle call went out when @sickofsixseven made her comment about the lack of supporters recently, and yes what is the time in Montecito???

Just gone 5 AM! Someone's keen. But then it's Trooping and Kate and her family are looking amazing, so it makes sense I guess.

FenellaFeldman · 13/06/2026 13:18

NormalAuntFanny · 13/06/2026 13:06

Well I was wondering how the harkles would mark trooping the colour. Turns out giving us a word for word account of Harry's 2025 25 min meeting with Charles.

https://archive.ph/SYVHV

This is certainly the kind of thing a 'rich young couple' living their 'best life' would spend their time paying to be put in the tabloids.

Oh my god. Does he respect no-one? A private and personal conversation shared in detail for the money and attention.
That is absolutely shameful. To exploit KC that way during his treatment for cancer is absolutely disgusting.
Harry has no decency or empathy - yet demands it for himself and his wife continuously.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 13/06/2026 13:18

Hoping this was parody, but if not I honestly can't believe that a PP wrote that Megan's "gracefully capitalized her fame" ... is all this really anyone's idea of graceful behaviour?? Confused

On a tangent, and about the endless "no faces" on the kids' photos ... what happens when they're at school events where other parents are bound to have cameras? I can't imagine they could force everyone else to leave their phones behind, and while many of them simply won't care I'm surprised nothing's ever appeared

IcedPurple · 13/06/2026 13:19

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 13/06/2026 13:15

You couldn't make it up 😂

Are we not entertained?

Is this not why we are here?

FenellaFeldman · 13/06/2026 13:20

Puzzledandpissedoff · 13/06/2026 13:18

Hoping this was parody, but if not I honestly can't believe that a PP wrote that Megan's "gracefully capitalized her fame" ... is all this really anyone's idea of graceful behaviour?? Confused

On a tangent, and about the endless "no faces" on the kids' photos ... what happens when they're at school events where other parents are bound to have cameras? I can't imagine they could force everyone else to leave their phones behind, and while many of them simply won't care I'm surprised nothing's ever appeared

It's a parody, no-one thinks they're a young couple, let alone an attractive one! Nor can anyone with reasonable cognitive skills think that Meghan or Harry have been hard done by! 🤣

BigWillyLittleTodger · 13/06/2026 13:21

IcedPurple · 13/06/2026 13:18

Just gone 5 AM! Someone's keen. But then it's Trooping and Kate and her family are looking amazing, so it makes sense I guess.

Of course Trooping! That explains it!

jeffgoldblum · 13/06/2026 13:22

FenellaFeldman · 13/06/2026 13:18

Oh my god. Does he respect no-one? A private and personal conversation shared in detail for the money and attention.
That is absolutely shameful. To exploit KC that way during his treatment for cancer is absolutely disgusting.
Harry has no decency or empathy - yet demands it for himself and his wife continuously.

I’ve read that @FenellaFeldman, don’t worry, it says absolutely nothing and is completely obvious that whoever penned it has no information at all ! A whole article that says nothing but repeated “ emotional “ comments! 🤷‍♀️

bluegreygreen · 13/06/2026 13:27

It's RadarOnline, which isn't usually a reliable source.

All it says is that it was an emotional meeting.

FenellaFeldman · 13/06/2026 13:42

jeffgoldblum · 13/06/2026 13:22

I’ve read that @FenellaFeldman, don’t worry, it says absolutely nothing and is completely obvious that whoever penned it has no information at all ! A whole article that says nothing but repeated “ emotional “ comments! 🤷‍♀️

Thanks, Jeff! Someone is making money out of this nonsense though.

FenellaFeldman · 13/06/2026 13:44

BigWillyLittleTodger · 13/06/2026 13:21

Of course Trooping! That explains it!

So predictable. Trooping the Colour is a popular event so they have to make a noise. Pathetic.

wordler · 13/06/2026 13:49

FenellaFeldman · 13/06/2026 13:44

So predictable. Trooping the Colour is a popular event so they have to make a noise. Pathetic.

It’s not necessarily coming from Harry as it seems to be old information we already knew. What often happens is publications like this look for trending keywords and recycle old stuff to take advantage of the trending clicks.

So King Charles would be trending this morning because of trooping and then editors would ask writers to rehash stories that can use the keywords.

Scorchio84 · 13/06/2026 14:09

MrsLeonFarrell · 13/06/2026 06:57

This morning on Meghan's Instagram she is celebrating someone's baby, full face. And then making sure that everyone knows that just because it is ginger that doesn't mean it's Harry's.

What. And I mean this sincerely. The. Fuck. Meghan?

I actually cannot believe her doing AND saying that! 🙈

SqueakyDinosaur · 13/06/2026 14:16

I would like to know how @toiletpaperthief knows that Meghan has made $22million from As Ever. And if she's going to spend some of it on remodelling the kitchen.

Mylovelygreendress · 13/06/2026 14:25

FenellaFeldman · 13/06/2026 13:44

So predictable. Trooping the Colour is a popular event so they have to make a noise. Pathetic.

I think we all knew that M would do something today but even I didn’t think she would be so utterly crass.
Some unpleasant stuff on X about the Wales family . As ever.

Starryfifty · 13/06/2026 14:26

her and H share the same "toilet humour " they both have zero wit. The ginger come in and the new baby is crass

Andylion · 13/06/2026 14:30

Treylime · 13/06/2026 08:28

And then making sure that everyone knows that just because it is ginger that doesn't mean it's Harry's.

What!? What a bizarre thing to say.

No one thinks that baby is Harry’s, because it’s clearly Simon Pegg’s.

Guest385 · 13/06/2026 14:34

toiletpaperthief · 13/06/2026 12:31

This is a very wealthy (and in love) good looking young couple living their best life with their two kids in sunny Santa Barbara (California), this 44 year old woman (who comes from quite a modest background) has gracefully capitalized her fame (and the hatred) by creating a lifestyle company making 22 million dollars per year. She's had the balls to give her diamond studded middle finger to a misoginistic and racist centuries old British institution and sue the Murdoch tabloids in between face exfoliations.

Little Englands seems to be obsessed with her while yelling "who does she think she is?!" "why did she not follow the rules and became an unhappy tabloid fodder princess Diana tragic figure like she was meant to be?"

"Crab mentality" (google it) comes to mind when I read these MN threads. Some introspection on why are we so obsessed and full of hatred for Megan and Harry as a nation would be a good start.

Edited

Can I ask where you got the 22 million dollar lifestyle company figures from?

Just this morning a spokesperson was quoted in the DM saying

“ the market intelligence about As Ever, which is provided by companies such as Crunchbase, is also discounted. Says the source: ‘As Ever does not disclose any (financial) information so NONE of this can be based in fact.’

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