PR disasters thread 22

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The ongoing saga of Sussex PR

I don't disagree, I'm hoping, for the King's sake and the hope of a better, less dramatic relationship going forward that they have learnt not to do that.

I know! I'm going to have to eat @jeffgoldblum's cheese hat 🤷‍♀️

I think both William and Catherine are both mature and emotionally stable enough to understand that a Grandparent wants to see his family. We really don't know the details of everything, despite what the I papers tell us. Family sitting down with family who have hurt them is hardly a rare situation for any one.

Good for KC , good for Camilla . ""It is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing." All he (H) needed to do was be quiet and do things on the downlow. I very much hope H has learned something from this. I wouldn't blame W for keep his distance but really H did you need to cause the chaos?

edit for clarification .

Agree. Seeing Harry is one thing but I couldn't bear to have to suffer a visit from Meghan. Though I suppose if he wanted to see the children they come as a package.

Who wants to bet a "Private" photograph "accidentally" appears on a story board in the kitchen in the future? Possibly in the warm up to Christmas.

I must say, I didn't believe she would come and I also didn't believe the meeting would happen at Highgrove. Though I suppose it lends itself to tea on the terrace, a walk though the gardens and no access to indoor private areas.

I wonder if garden tours were cancelled today. 🤔

Which reminds me that when they were first together (not sure if they were engaged by then) Harry wanted to show the gardens to Meghan and demanded that all tours that day be cancelled. The manager said absolutely not, people book and plan a visit, often having travelled considerable distances, as a highlight of a trip to the UK. Of course Harry didn't like being told No, and tried to take it up higher, but his request was denied. A nasty temper was how an employee I know described the incident.

So anyway, Meghan will have got her tour today.

And I will return £50 !

I suspect H and M are in a challenging position financially hence M and the DC coming over .
Where are all their supporters who claimed that H and M don’t need the RF ? And is the family not toxic and racist and they had to flee for their lives?

That's a Meghan view point right there. My husband loves me so baldly.

That's an interesting point - why would you reconcile with a family that you described/ alluded to as racist? I thought M was going to need an apology ? Yet here they are desperate to get back to the salty island and all it encompasses.

BREAKING NEWS
KING & QUEEN HAVE MET Harry, Meghan and the children at Highgrove this afternoon.

@Kirschcherries as usual the Royal Family have played a blinder. Simple statement but pre-empted the HAMs. Chefs kiss....

I think it's a Charles 1 Harry 0 situation. Out of the way at Highgrove, on the King's terms and with total security. And given Charles was in Oxford and Didcote today, I can't imagine they were there for hours. I bet he gave them 20 minutes and then got an equerry to show them the gardens.

Meghan must be furious that it wasn't London where she could tip the paps off about their route to Clarence House...

H wrote the book and called her the villain on Anderson copper interview. I certainly wouldn't want to be anywhere near that horrible prick

I hadn’t actually thought about the location but you are right . Meeting them at Highgrove was a masterstroke .
Well played KC .

It's interesting that HAM and kids arrived at Highgrove, had tea (or whatever) and a run around the garden and managed to leave without anyone knowing a thing about it!

I wonder if Meghan was collected at the airport without being told where she was going.

Yes, this is entirely consistent with that message.

'A private family occasion', hosted in a private family residence. Very appropriate.

And also right at the end of their week here. The story can't be spun out through other engagements.

Sorry ladies, is Highgrove where KC and QC actually live ?

It's Charles' country house, he lives at Clarence House in London.

In the house that KC pays William £500k a year to rent, burn 🔥

Yes it was a masterstroke with the press blackout - I expect they got tea and the kids ran around the garden

Highgrove was a brilliant choice because it's not "royal" to the US market like BP, CH or Windsor and no major Diana connection like Sandringham

Ah ok thank you

I think the Queen would not allow Charles to meet Harry or Meghan without her being there as his guard iyswim. I believe she is quite protective of him and has no wish to see him hurt further or coerced by his idiot son and his grasping wife.

And that statement puts a warning shot across the grifters’ bows doesn’t it? No way should they be saying anything about the visit.

I wonder what all the Sussex fans will make of this as well given all the demands that Charles should have made BP available at the drop of a hat, how the UK was too racist and unsafe for them to come too and how fully armed security should have been provided.

I think Charles has played this brilliantly. A private meeting a private residence. No need for police presence or any fanfare surrounding it.

And I don't think this will impact William and Catherine. Plenty people like me have siblings we don't speak to and we have our own individual relationships with our parents which is fine. I can't see them coming over for Christmas so I really think there's nothing for them to be worried about.

Charles' country home in Gloucestershire - but a country house and not a palace!