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The royal family

PR disasters thread 22

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bluegreygreen · 09/07/2026 12:49

The ongoing saga of Sussex PR

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HoldMyWine · 10/07/2026 08:31

FenellaFeldman · 10/07/2026 08:20

Excellent point!
Also.... doesn't William vanquish Harold?

Yes! How fortuitous.

AtIusvue · 10/07/2026 08:31

BillyBites · 10/07/2026 08:04

I think it's time that Liam McGuire reconsidered his position. Hard to say if it's H&M responsible for the current PR shambles or he himself orchestrated it.
Either way, it's been an absolute shit-show all round.
And, speaking as one whose close relative used to work with him, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. 😜

It’s been so bad….I think Liam either hates them or is a double agent….because this is just pure PR chaos. From week to week, they end up looking worse. Just when you think it can’t get worse…it does.

I don’t think he will be with them next year.

AtIusvue · 10/07/2026 08:37

Chris Ship ( I know, I know!)

says that the meeting is supposedly happening at Highgrove. Harry travelling from Birmingham with Meg and the kids flying in.

Meg will probably try and sneak some As ever jam in the Gift shop on the way out ( that’s me, not Chris Ship, but probably just as reliable info!)

Starryfifty · 10/07/2026 08:42

AtIusvue · 10/07/2026 08:31

It’s been so bad….I think Liam either hates them or is a double agent….because this is just pure PR chaos. From week to week, they end up looking worse. Just when you think it can’t get worse…it does.

I don’t think he will be with them next year.

It's not him. It can't be. They just do not listen and have a psychological need for constant headlines/ attention

Serenster · 10/07/2026 08:44

I’m also very amused by the Sussexes’ online supporters casting the Spencers as the lovely harmonious family that provide Harry and Meghan with the love and familial affection that they are sadly lacking from Harry’s close family. The Spencers? The four-times married Earl who is not on speaking terms with several of his seven children and didn’t attend their weddings? The aunts who are also close to William (Lady Sarah McCorquodale has supported William at engagements in Lincolnshire)? Any port in a storm, I guess…

KilkennyCats · 10/07/2026 08:46

Lunde · 09/07/2026 18:59

When Ingriftus stared it ran for 4 days really cheaply
-£500K from William, Catherine and Harry's foundation
-£500K from the Treasury using banking fines
-approx £500K from the Mayor of London - mostly waiving rental fees for the venues and staffing using the 2012 post Olympic legacy fund
-some corporate sponsorship from Jaguar Landrover

However after Meghan got involved - costs spiralled with the most recent Canadian Games costing $63 million. Even with this huge budget competitors were not insured and participants are funded by their national teams not IG

For comparison the US Warrior Games has a budget of £5-10 million and is completely free

😮
How has this been allowed to happen??
The plug needs to be pulled now.

IcedPurple · 10/07/2026 08:48

Serenster · 10/07/2026 08:44

I’m also very amused by the Sussexes’ online supporters casting the Spencers as the lovely harmonious family that provide Harry and Meghan with the love and familial affection that they are sadly lacking from Harry’s close family. The Spencers? The four-times married Earl who is not on speaking terms with several of his seven children and didn’t attend their weddings? The aunts who are also close to William (Lady Sarah McCorquodale has supported William at engagements in Lincolnshire)? Any port in a storm, I guess…

I agree. We hear so much about the royals being 'dysfunctional' (whatever that means) but the Spencers make the Windsors look like a happy family from a breakfast cereal advert.

Also, I'm not aware that Harry and William were ever very close to their Spencer cousins or uncle, who were mostly living in South Africa when they were growing up.

IcedPurple · 10/07/2026 08:49

AtIusvue · 10/07/2026 08:37

Chris Ship ( I know, I know!)

says that the meeting is supposedly happening at Highgrove. Harry travelling from Birmingham with Meg and the kids flying in.

Meg will probably try and sneak some As ever jam in the Gift shop on the way out ( that’s me, not Chris Ship, but probably just as reliable info!)

Edited

If this is true, or even if it isn't, it's disgraceful that this information is being shared.

If it happens it is, or should be, a private family visit. There's no reason in the world why the public should know about it.

Serenster · 10/07/2026 08:53

The funniest manifestation - Earl Spencer will hold a white tie dinner at Althorp in honour of Harry and Meghan and Meghan will wear the Spencer tiara (despite the fact there is a Countess Spencer!). Honestly, these people…

Starryfifty · 10/07/2026 08:56

This meeting will backfire hugely on the RF. look at the shitshow this week. Apparently PH wanted accommodation in BP for Tuesday night only. This was where he wanted to be and after the judgement

BillyBites · 10/07/2026 09:03

Why will it backfire? And “one night only” is surely irrelevant and makes no difference to whatever reasons were given for BP’s refusal. As we’ve discussed here already, the optics of Harry potentially giving a speech from there post-judgement could not be allowed to happen.

FenellaFeldman · 10/07/2026 09:06

Starryfifty · 10/07/2026 08:56

This meeting will backfire hugely on the RF. look at the shitshow this week. Apparently PH wanted accommodation in BP for Tuesday night only. This was where he wanted to be and after the judgement

So why didn't he let them know on time? How come he can't respond to invitations?

ShamedBySiri · 10/07/2026 09:06

Serenster · 10/07/2026 08:53

The funniest manifestation - Earl Spencer will hold a white tie dinner at Althorp in honour of Harry and Meghan and Meghan will wear the Spencer tiara (despite the fact there is a Countess Spencer!). Honestly, these people…

Really need the 😂😂😂 for this one.

FenellaFeldman · 10/07/2026 09:07

IcedPurple · 10/07/2026 08:49

If this is true, or even if it isn't, it's disgraceful that this information is being shared.

If it happens it is, or should be, a private family visit. There's no reason in the world why the public should know about it.

It's being shared because that's how Harry and Meghan live their lives.

Starryfifty · 10/07/2026 09:09

Starryfifty · 10/07/2026 08:56

This meeting will backfire hugely on the RF. look at the shitshow this week. Apparently PH wanted accommodation in BP for Tuesday night only. This was where he wanted to be and after the judgement

God knows. Probably still demanding the bells and whistles

Starryfifty · 10/07/2026 09:10

How can Meg and kids come without desired security??

Starryfifty · 10/07/2026 09:13

Watching Jo Elvin, Katie N, Kinsey s and that fool
Brontë last night. Jo uncharacteristically furious, thinks it's really time to remove titles, particularly after H's rant about the judiciary.

HurrahforHollywood · 10/07/2026 09:20

BasiliskStare · 09/07/2026 22:48

So this from the Times article re H at the hospital " He told NHS nurses that he was aware of the “cuts and financial difficulties” to the health service as he spoke about “the insanity that seems to be circulating, not just in this country but in general”.
Wading into politics a tad H ? When will he learn to keep his trap shut.

Probably never and that is my final answer Jeremy.

I think he needs to look at himself first when it comes to insanity.

FenellaFeldman · 10/07/2026 09:22

HurrahforHollywood · 10/07/2026 09:20

I think he needs to look at himself first when it comes to insanity.

He also needs to think; "hang on, I pay no tax, yet I expect the UK taxpayer to fund limitless security for me.., no I can't see a contradiction here" .

Lifestooshort71 · 10/07/2026 09:28

I'm not wasting any headspace on are they coming or not, who will they meet and where. We are being manipulated and I don't appreciate it.

HoldMyWine · 10/07/2026 09:30

Lifestooshort71 · 10/07/2026 09:28

I'm not wasting any headspace on are they coming or not, who will they meet and where. We are being manipulated and I don't appreciate it.

I agree. It’s just tedious now. The sooner they go back to Monteshitshow the better.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 10/07/2026 09:34

Lifestooshort71 · 10/07/2026 09:28

I'm not wasting any headspace on are they coming or not, who will they meet and where. We are being manipulated and I don't appreciate it.

Absolutely spot on, Lifestooshort

This will they/won't they come is getting so manic it's reminding me of the "Where's Kate" nonsense. I appreciate they want the clicks but am equally determined not to oblige, though fortunately we've only got until Saturday (?) to go

ShamedBySiri · 10/07/2026 09:38

I'd be very surprised if any meeting was at Highgrove. Just because Harry was in Birmingham yesterday, does he have more to do in Birmingham today? Did he stay in or near Birmingham overnight? Unlikely I would have thought.
By the way I have solved the mystery of the closed road around Highgrove last week. The road past Highgrove to Tetbury was closed for two weeks in March and a new pavement created so that people can walk from Tetbury to Highgrove. DH thinks the King demanded this but I think it is more likely the local council marked it down as green credentials to encourage tourists staying in Tetbury, or perhaps local workers to use walking access. No one does of course. Anyway, whichever contractors did it finished off the curb with bricks laid in a shockingly higgledy piggledy way. Even I who has never laid a brick in her life could have done better. In no time they started working loose and falling out. So after the brief overnight closure the worst parts of the brick work has been redone. It's still rubbish. Can't imagine who, at the council, would have signed it off.

JoanChitty · 10/07/2026 09:38

I rather hope the circus will turn up at Highgrove as Harry can show his children his tiny bedroom and where he was given the fewest sausages! Then he can bitch and moan how the rent from his old family home is given to his evil big brother William. It’s so unfair!

Victorius19 · 10/07/2026 09:39

Chris Ship needs a gagging order, frankly. The crap that comes out of his mouth is unreal.

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