PR disasters - thread 19

[Mylovelygreendress]

Can’t see a new thread and am pretty sure there is still lots to discuss !

I rather enjoy the ongoing soap opera of H&M and all the disasters, revelations, failed projects, fake tours, bitchy books, awkward interviews, cringe tv moments, and weird Instagram content they've continued to provide for my distracted amusement.

But even I'm bored now.

I don't care if he meets his dad this summer or not. Or what his travel arrangements are.

It's not a psychodrama. It's just tedious PR games for clicks.

I'm bored.

I want more dog bowl pushing and lip gloss non sharing type drama please.

I think they're kind of addicted to it now. It gets them attention.

Yes but they need to think of more fun ways to get the attention.
This is dull.

I vote for a reality tv show.

That would just be brilliant. We'd see it in glorious detail.

The dog bowl event was truly great though. Shame that wasn't captured on camera.

I agree @StrawberryWasp, I’ve been enjoying this soap opera for a long. Time but we really need a new script. This will they won’t they is very dull.

Yes dog bowl argey bargey was a high point.

The threads on here when Spare came out had me crying with laughter, and Atuluse's dedication to reporting on With Love was epic.

Ah Good Times...

Some absolute classics. The gifs were hilarious! Seals , Elizabeth Arden cream, todgers, dog bowls...It was very enjoyable.

This really has been an utter PR disaster for them. Although as ever, they won’t see it that way and it’s other people’s (William) fault.

Invictus must be furious with them. They’ve turned the whole thing into an utter farce.

I feel sorry for the Invictus organisation and veterans. How dreadful that a good thing has been hijacked by that pair for their own ends! Dreadful.

Exactly

Can you imagine! Coming over for cosmetic treatments, or a polo match, full taxpayer funding!

When it’s reported that “Harry is distraught,” I’m wondering if that’s more to do with the predicted loss to Harry of the ANL case.

Could be. Another poster said they thought Harry was spiralling. He's certainly not coming across as a balanced and happy individual.

Isn’t it wild that Harry can’t see how inappropriate it is for UK taxpayers to pay for 24/7 armed security that isn’t needed, for a private citizen going about his private business. The level of entitlement is really shocking. And comparing this to the security provided when there was an actual terrorist threat against Taylor Swift. (And thousands of concert goers.) Awful.

Is H still employed by Better Up ?

I don't think she is either. She just keeps up the pretence that they're so deeply in lurve , gambolling through fields of wildflowers in bare feet , eating silly food and singing the Sound of Music. I think she's in complete denial.

I don't think it was ever a real job, more publicity smoke and mirrors.

I agree he is probably paid to let them have his photo and biog on their website. It’s hard to see what relevant skills or experience he could bring to the role. Not sure how much longer this kind of thing will last though, he can’t be much of a draw for companies these days.

Yes BUT he is the son of a King and his brother has 24/7 security . So H should have the same ! Just because .
The fact that he is a non working Royal , doesn’t live in the U.K. and is irrelevant in terms of hierarchy totally bypasses him .
The best thing that KC could do is remove titles from all 4 , take them out of the LOS and let them lead the peaceful lives they -allegedly-want .
Entertaining though their shenanigans have been , I agree with @StrawberryWasp that it is all now a bit predictable and tedious.
Before long we will have the are they coming first Christmas headlines ?
Unless the journalists are scunnered too !

I agree. The recent Instagram was strange - the basket of clean fruit, wafting around the kitchen and garden, not doing anything, just posing. Most odd.

Totally agree. The shitshow has lost its humour and become tedious and predictable. If only they had the ability to laugh at themselves instead of taking everything so blooming seriously!

Oh yes, their pomposity is ridiculous! Such fools. No humour.

Couple of thoughts - why do we think that they haven’t accepted or confirmed the offer of royal accommodation at this point - as confirmed by RF/BP? Is it because it comes with conditions - no photographs / filming? I would imagine that they have a NF ‘first look’ storyboard approved but they can’t film on royal property - what are they waiting for? Maybe an offer from some old NT facility that will pass as royal to a US audience?

Also this flying the kids and Meghan over just for one day option is that to ram home the point that they are meeting with KC3 (if you read between the lines?) as I would expect there to be conditions here ie no public announcement that they are meeting or photos - so again H&M don’t get what they need commercially from the trip - but if they are flying the kids in and out for the day then all assume it’s to see KC3 so H&M get that news out despite being to not to.

If they do the fly on fly out in a day option does that mean that MM won’t come for IG and Chelsea pensioners or will they fly the kids in with a nanny.

I suspect ANL will drop any time in the next week and PH already knows the judgement is against him and the reputational and financial impact has him kicking off at something else.

I don't think they ever intended to stay at BP or any Royal residence. It's all just PR to gain traction.