PR Disasters thread 21

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Camilla was loathed. If she can be rehabilitated and become Queen anything can happen. Just sayin’.

Camilla didn't have 'sources' clapping back at every single little thing said about her in the media.

And Camilla is Queen. Meghan is the wife of the exiled 5th in line.

Except the is keeping her gob shut right now. It is the unattributable leaks that do the damage and keep the drama rolling.

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It did take pretty much quarter of a century though 😁

Apparently Nigel Farage is making an announcement on the "future of his public life" at 2pm – same time as the ANL verdict. Is PH going to be sidelined again?! Pains me to say it, but NF is a far bigger deal news-wise.

Camilla's success came from taking the advice to keep her head down, to take on good causes, to say nothing negative - in fact, to say nothing at all.

Sophie did the same after the Fake Sheikh fiasco.

Edward did the same (eventually) after the It's a Royal Knockout debacle (followed by Ardent/Eddie Windsor/stalking William round St Andrews) mistakes.

They've all ultimately played the long, quiet game.

Kate's done the same for over 20 years, minus the initial scandal/gaffes.

Meghan and Harry just cannot seem to understand that the constant snapping back reveals them as petty, whiny, immature and embittered.

It may be that the others are the same in private. But they don't spill it in public, and that's what's given them an allure of gravitas - which is something the Sussexes have pretty much become defined as antithetical to.

And truth be told, she's still tolerated rather than popular.

Could be said of most of the royals except from die hard monarchists! 😉

I hope that the BBC do treat NF's statement as more significant.

They're really pissing me off with their click bait tabloid reporting recently, of which HAM are only a small part.

All very true. And both Sophie and Kate had topless photos, splashed over the papers, that quite rightly got them a great deal of sympathy.

There was a whole section on BBC local radio this morning waxing lyrical about Harry 🙄

Came on to post this. It'll obliterate whatever H has to say and take top spot in the news cycle.

@TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis the BBC probably will, but that's because the one person they fawn over more than Harry is Farage 😒

I’m not usually a huge fan of Nigel but I absolutely think he’s timetabled his speech at 2pm on purpose which I think is rather amusing😆

I doubt Harry has even crossed his mind. But the Sussexes' poor timing is truly epic. Every single time!

I’ll be watching Farage. More important but keeping an eye on this!

Harry might be grateful Nigel's muscling in come 2pm though.

Nige don't wanna do time. I wonder if he's panicked and is legging it?

He thinks he's far more newsworthy than NF

I think any attempt by Meghan to trash Harry post-divorce runs into the immediate issue of him presumably having a hell of a lot to say about her.

He knows how and why certain parts of her internet history have been scrubbed, he knows what the deal is with Soho House and Markus Anderson, he can accuse her of being his drug dealer, of lying, cheating, bullying staff, faking stuff, of being and doing anything. And some of it would stick. Some of it he may be able to prove to some extent if it has a grain of truth. She’ll have phone footage but perhaps he will too.

He won’t care about anything but vengeance. His brain collapsed a long time ago. Certainly by the Sentebale claim in March-April this year he’d begun fragmenting and he’s losing the ‘just about OK’ Harry persona.

I don’t think he cares much for others in a healthy, well-adjusted way. The way he turned on Catherine was bloody astounding, as he transferred his pitiful psychological energies from her onto Meghan like a revolving projector.

Wasn't there a big announcement a few months ago that she was going to return to acting?

Some friends of hers were quoted as saying how sought-after she was going to be for Hollywood film projects.

And then...
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The RF and MIG will have a dossier I’m certain. As certain as I am that had Meghan not been mixed race, this marriage, would probably not have been allowed to go ahead. Reminiscent of Koo Stark.

The RF and MIG will have a dossier I’m certain

I've often said the same, @Recklessismymiddlename, and believe it to be beyond doubt. Te "little people" may be short of some of the details, but I'd be amazed if the institution is

Would he retaliate though? Assuming he goes back into the Royal fold post-divorce and becomes a working Royal again, I think he might decide that "don't complain, don't explain" isn't actually a bad mantra to live by after all. I bet secretly he's exhausted by all the yapping, as my Gen Z teen would put it.

He will retaliate. He's every bit as vicious as sheis and has absolutely no loyalty to anyone

Thinking on it, Catherine literally had MILLIONS of men lusting after her own sister's bum ON HER WEDDING DAY.

I doubt she'd be threatened or impressed by a random woman's sexiness after that.