PR disasters - thread 19

[Mylovelygreendress]

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

Explain, please?

Quoting myself here to say that after some digging it appears only two f&f per competitor are funded:

https://cfmws.ca/CFMWS/media/images/documents/Special%20Pages/Invictus%20Games/Family-and-Friends-Program-FAQ_En_May-2024.pdf

Why aren't the competitors funded and why have none of them ever called out this utter nonsense.

We know how fond the Sussexes are of NDA's. Are the competitors made to sign one?

Thanks for the clarification, I assumed it was owned by Fox.

actually I just googled …

Both Fox TV and Fox News are subsidiaries under the umbrella of Fox Corporation, controlled by the Murdoch family.

And ofcourse Prince William is well known as a die hard football fan. All calculated to shit on brother’s doorstep again!

It’s so pathetic. PW, however, is clearly a genuine football fan and people can see it. H will just look a bit sad.

If I had corporate £ to give to a charity I wouldn’t touch Invictus with a barge pole - £118000 per competitor? WhereTAF is the money going? They should knock it on the head now and competitors should either get on board with the German one or Warrior Games in the US. That HAM registered their other charity/foundation(/scam) in Delaware where only 5% of donations have to be actually passed on to charitable causes shows their complete lack of credibility or integrity.

I believe lots of injured servicemen were targeted for the Paralympics. I never saw the point of Invictus, especially as participation relies on there being a steady stream of injured military people.

I don’t know how many injured veterans there are, but surely the numbers aren’t increasing rapidly.

The costs really are utterly outrageous and totally indefensible. Imagine what could actually be done to support veterans more broadly with £60 million?

Is this not something the charity commission can look at?

It should be wound up in my opinion, or repurposed in a different direction. And separated entirely from Harry and Meghan’s toxic influence.

Imagine the psychodrama at the real thing next year? Ingruftys money used for his full bells and whistles security. It's a disgrace

The more I think about it the more I’m impressed with the utter lack of engagement by the RF.
Nothing since The Kings address to the nation after the death of QEll.
Absolute dead silence.
It’s clearly driving HAM bonkers.
Not a single X/INSTA post by the King & Queen or The Prince & Princess of Wales has been in reaction to anything that HAM have said or done.
You just know that if HAM had disappeared off social media and were living a private life on an estate in Arizona the social media and actions of the RF would be exactly the same.
That must burn. They must have realised that no matter how much they poke the bear the bear is simply getting on with his day.
This more than any other action has shown me how grey rock utterly works.
It’s a masterclass frankly.

Do they acknowledge Sussex family birthdays on social media?

They used to, for a while, but it was one way traffic.

Absolutely agree. You have to be in it for the long game but it works.
The silence also shows that any leaking, spinning and briefing hasn't come from the RF. If there's a statement from KP it tends to be given and that's that.

I think they are desperate for the RF to engage with them - the grey rocking is driving them crazy

Meghan seems to be stuck in the strategies that work for D-list celebs of starting social media wars that can be briefed to People, TMZ, or Page Six etc

I imagine they are alluding to and attempting to bring a topic onto this board that we here have blessedly been free of!

Totally agree, they are playing a blinder. And showing up and doing good, which is more than can be said for H&M

https://archive.ph/vrsVT

Lol at "Honestly, if she were an ice lolly she’d lick herself." about Meghan

The Mail is reporting a Royal Conclave but it's behind the paywall.

I suspect it just means the family had a meal together.

This article?

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15944371/King-family-dinner-amid-Prince-Harrys-visit-Britain.html

Meg's best and dearest friend Serena Williams was at Wimbledon. Could Meg not have flown over to support? Or is that another relationship blown out of the water?

The mail is making it sound like there was a specific plan to hve this high level meal together -it’s simply because it’s the Order of the Thistle day today so the King & Queen, PoW, Princess Royal & DoEdinburgh are there .
Of course they would eat together while they are all at Holyrood!

Basically says absolutely SFA.

I don’t think Meghan would show her face at the terribly English Wimbledon.
She knows she would be booed.

I’m not sure it would happen at Wimbledon! , however she would be politely ignored to death! 😁

Except the final para which conforms this thread as "royal circles"!