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The royal family

PR disasters - thread 19

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Mylovelygreendress · 29/06/2026 08:44

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

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BasiliskStare · 30/06/2026 14:19

bluegreygreen · 30/06/2026 14:13

Maybe the penny has just dropped for Tom Sykes?

Or maybe this is today's take before he gives us the Sussex version next week.

We'll see.

Fair point. TS has his own living to consider. I don't think his (TS's) recent posts could be thought of a Sussex PR win. But as you say , we'll see.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 30/06/2026 14:20

bluegreygreen · 30/06/2026 14:13

Maybe the penny has just dropped for Tom Sykes?

Or maybe this is today's take before he gives us the Sussex version next week.

We'll see.

I'm very much with the second option there, bluegreygreen, but in the meantime does anyone actually know the date whoever's coming is due to come?

Ferryl · 30/06/2026 14:26

OctopusFriend · 30/06/2026 14:09

Nightmare! Can you imagine, industrial scale whining?!

I can very easily imagine sadly!

Ferryl · 30/06/2026 14:29

Re Harry exploring all available options to make the trip happen, I can’t remember who suggested they could come up the Thames in a submarine - excellent suggestion by the way - but perhaps they could also consider being parachuted in like the Queen for the Olympic Games …

jeffgoldblum · 30/06/2026 14:34

I shall be awaiting the 11th hour statement that in fact Harry is coming on his own!

OctopusFriend · 30/06/2026 14:35

Ferryl · 30/06/2026 14:29

Re Harry exploring all available options to make the trip happen, I can’t remember who suggested they could come up the Thames in a submarine - excellent suggestion by the way - but perhaps they could also consider being parachuted in like the Queen for the Olympic Games …

I think he should arrive on a flotilla of speedboats, all the way up the Thames.

BasiliskStare · 30/06/2026 14:42

Puzzledandpissedoff · 30/06/2026 14:20

I'm very much with the second option there, bluegreygreen, but in the meantime does anyone actually know the date whoever's coming is due to come?

Dear @Puzzledandpissedoff - It may surprise you to know that I am not privy to the diaries of KC nor the Sussexes. Sorry about that 😂But I do recall in one of their "we will be visiting" releases they were due to be at the RHC on the 8th July ( so a week tomorrow ) . Whether that has any more credence than anything else they've said , I don't know. But it's the best I have.😊 The IG events must surely have some forward notice if they need to organise things. That's the only date which stuck in my mind though.

MyDogClive · 30/06/2026 14:51

Ferryl · 30/06/2026 14:29

Re Harry exploring all available options to make the trip happen, I can’t remember who suggested they could come up the Thames in a submarine - excellent suggestion by the way - but perhaps they could also consider being parachuted in like the Queen for the Olympic Games …

Just checking. H does know that Daniel Craig is an actor, and that Granny used a stunt double to open the olympics, yes?

Puzzledandpissedoff · 30/06/2026 14:59

Thanks, @basiliskstare Smile

I realise "who comes" might make a difference to the schedule, but at least the 8th provides some idea

Of course there's nothing to stop Harry slipping in quietly, appearing just for the Invictus bit then buggering off again, but that seems not to be to his taste

Ferryl · 30/06/2026 15:08

MyDogClive · 30/06/2026 14:51

Just checking. H does know that Daniel Craig is an actor, and that Granny used a stunt double to open the olympics, yes?

Oh yes but he’s not bothered about the niceties. He just wants to get here any way he can - he must have done some skydiving in the past so he can teach Meghan, and then they can each have a child attached to them. Problem sorted. I wonder if he’d pay me a small fee for solving his dilemma…

MrsLeonFarrell · 30/06/2026 15:09

Charles is in Scotland now so Harry will have to go there, with whoever he actually brings. What a fuss about nothing.

Guest385 · 30/06/2026 15:14

MrsLeonFarrell · 30/06/2026 15:09

Charles is in Scotland now so Harry will have to go there, with whoever he actually brings. What a fuss about nothing.

Yes just seen a post of Camilla meeting JK Rowling at Holyroodhouse.

MrsLeonFarrell · 30/06/2026 15:19

Guest385 · 30/06/2026 15:14

Yes just seen a post of Camilla meeting JK Rowling at Holyroodhouse.

The thing is the monarch's routine is very predictable. They go to Scotland fot this week every year, then they go on to Balmoral. Harry must know that if he wants to see Charles this is where he'll be.

Rainingcatsandog · 30/06/2026 15:24

MrsLeonFarrell · 30/06/2026 15:19

The thing is the monarch's routine is very predictable. They go to Scotland fot this week every year, then they go on to Balmoral. Harry must know that if he wants to see Charles this is where he'll be.

They don't go to Balmoral until August though.

binkie163 · 30/06/2026 16:06

MyDogClive · 30/06/2026 14:51

Just checking. H does know that Daniel Craig is an actor, and that Granny used a stunt double to open the olympics, yes?

It was bloody brilliant I loved it. H could never garner that kind of adoration or respect, he has neither the intelligence or wit.

Edited to say: the queen challenging the Obama's was also fun and definitely wasn't his idea. He is useless.

bluegreygreen · 30/06/2026 16:19

Dear @Puzzledandpissedoff - It may surprise you to know that I am not privy to the diaries of KC nor the Sussexes.

@BasiliskStare - I'm disappointed

😉

MrsLeonFarrell · 30/06/2026 16:21

Rainingcatsandog · 30/06/2026 15:24

They don't go to Balmoral until August though.

I thought they went straight there. Maybe Charles will be in London after all.

Mylovelygreendress · 30/06/2026 16:27

jeffgoldblum · 30/06/2026 14:34

I shall be awaiting the 11th hour statement that in fact Harry is coming on his own!

Indeed . Then I can collect my £50 !

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bluegreygreen · 30/06/2026 16:27

Thanks @BasiliskStare

Archive link to Tina Brown DM story https://archive.is/e1gTC

Mylovelygreendress · 30/06/2026 16:29

Rainingcatsandog · 30/06/2026 15:24

They don't go to Balmoral until August though.

KC and QC are in Edinburgh this week .
And they go to Birkhill before Balmoral .

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BasiliskStare · 30/06/2026 16:31

bluegreygreen · 30/06/2026 16:19

Dear @Puzzledandpissedoff - It may surprise you to know that I am not privy to the diaries of KC nor the Sussexes.

@BasiliskStare - I'm disappointed

😉

You and I @bluegreygreen 😂 I am sorry for disappointing you. Whichever way I spin it I am simply not a member of the WRF nor the BP diary keepers. So. Sorry 💐 Ha ha (actually though maybe as close to BP thinking as Harry is 😂ie not close at all )

ETA - I could have done the archive thing , thanks to you & others but I thought that article would be available - Thank you for doing it

MrsLeonFarrell · 30/06/2026 16:33

bluegreygreen · 30/06/2026 16:27

Thanks @BasiliskStare

Archive link to Tina Brown DM story https://archive.is/e1gTC

Really good point in that article. This is not the time for the royals to be seen demanding more security funding, particularly for a minor royal who lives abroad. Harry's timing is awful, as ever.

OctopusFriend · 30/06/2026 16:34

Interesting article. Harry is angry? Surely not. Of course the children are being used as leverage. Harry's dad is an elderly man, with a high pressured role and having cancer treatment.
Any decent son would make the effort to visit his father, in these circumstances, no matter what. Harry is a rich man with no job and few commitments, he could have gone at any time.
It's shameful that he hasn't.
Oh and I hate that Disney picture.

Kipperandarthur · 30/06/2026 16:36

He certainly knows how to make a needless drama out of everything.
God only knows what his father is making of the latest dramatics.

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