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The royal family

PR disasters thread 23

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 11/07/2026 23:05

Let the games continue…….

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Warmhandscoldheart · 13/07/2026 14:46

DelectableMe · 13/07/2026 14:31

It's just awful, isn't it? William must be absolutely dreading it.

I really feel for him.

I also predict the documentary will be released around Diana's birthday, July 1st, just in time for PH's arrival in the country for the Invictus Games which starts on July 10th 2027.

I really hope I'm wrong but I'm very cynical about PH.

DelectableMe · 13/07/2026 14:47

jeffgoldblum · 13/07/2026 14:39

Whhaaaattt!

I can totally see her trying to use anti British prejudice and stereotyping for her own ends; she's done it before. However, the racism turned out to be a lie and she's lost credibility. Also, not everyone in the US is so limited and prejudiced. I think it might not work.

GoddammitPrincess · 13/07/2026 14:48

Starryfifty · 13/07/2026 10:36

Unfortunately H gets away with an awful lot. These Visa files will be heavily redacted and all glossed over. His comments regarding the judge were absolutely horrendous. Arse slapping people in public etc. He's bulletproof and will continue to get away with it

Slaps a lifeguard on the arse …. Tumbleweed from mainstream media.

Those dodgy Invictus accounts - again tumbleweed

The horrendous controlling white pill episode - barely mentioned.

Skipping barracks when there was a CDT - never mentioned.

This MIG are def still covering for him and Meghan and her scrubbed internet history. Still
protecting the RF, the question is why?

Starryfifty · 13/07/2026 14:56

I really don't see how internet can be scrubbed ? That seems bizarre

DelectableMe · 13/07/2026 14:59

Warmhandscoldheart · 13/07/2026 14:46

I really feel for him.

I also predict the documentary will be released around Diana's birthday, July 1st, just in time for PH's arrival in the country for the Invictus Games which starts on July 10th 2027.

I really hope I'm wrong but I'm very cynical about PH.

Nothing would surprise me. He really does plumb the depths.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 13/07/2026 15:03

The MIG are def still covering for him and Meghan and her scrubbed internet history. Still protecting the RF, the question is why?

Perhaps because even worse revelations would bring more cries of "why didn't they do anything about it", @goddammitprincess?

For all the spinning the institution can seem pretty sanguine as long as their image stays intact, but they've already been badly burned with Andrew and I doubt they'd welcome another bout of terrible headlines⁹

Edited to add that if you doubt the Internet can be scrubbed, try looking for the Oprah interview, @starryfifty ... David Copperfield could hardly have done a better job

Starryfifty · 13/07/2026 15:14

Puzzledandpissedoff · 13/07/2026 15:03

The MIG are def still covering for him and Meghan and her scrubbed internet history. Still protecting the RF, the question is why?

Perhaps because even worse revelations would bring more cries of "why didn't they do anything about it", @goddammitprincess?

For all the spinning the institution can seem pretty sanguine as long as their image stays intact, but they've already been badly burned with Andrew and I doubt they'd welcome another bout of terrible headlines⁹

Edited to add that if you doubt the Internet can be scrubbed, try looking for the Oprah interview, @starryfifty ... David Copperfield could hardly have done a better job

Edited

Yes. The OW "disappearing" is bizarre but we all have clips and we remember it very well. Julie Birchill refuses to back down on the yacht girl claims. CG and the pill revelation. Will that be wiped? The type of man H is, is very transparent now

Batcats · 13/07/2026 15:22

TheHatTrick · 13/07/2026 13:29

I am sure and I hope they wouldn’t do this anyway unless they all moved back to UK. It seems like it would be hard to adapt. I also get the impression Archie is a sweet and sensitive little boy. I’m just extrapolating from what they’ve shared, of course.

I think some people are desperate to hold onto this idea of the cousins all being best pals and some sort of endless support for one another. The truth is they dont know each other. They've by all accounts had vastly different childhoods on opposite sides of the world. There's very little common ground between them. And the Wales children I'm sure are close to their cousins on the Middleton family and in the wider Royal family. There was a sweet picture of Louis and one of Zaras children holding hands one Christmas. The idea that they won't have some special bond is a fantasy, there was no bond to begin with.

Plus it'd be the height of cruelty I feel, to uproot from their home and life in California to go to school here, thousands of miles from where they live.

Mylovelygreendress · 13/07/2026 15:27

Warmhandscoldheart · 13/07/2026 14:46

I really feel for him.

I also predict the documentary will be released around Diana's birthday, July 1st, just in time for PH's arrival in the country for the Invictus Games which starts on July 10th 2027.

I really hope I'm wrong but I'm very cynical about PH.

I thought Charles Spencer was against H and M ‘s Diana documentary? And wasn’t there a rumour that William was taking legal action to stop it ?

Mylovelygreendress · 13/07/2026 15:30

Puzzledandpissedoff · 13/07/2026 10:01

Definitely agree with the first part, Mylovelygreendress, but if it's mostly about the title for her, the one she's already using (Meghan Duchess of Sussex) is that of a divorced woman, so no change would be needed

Admittedly she'd no longer be able to bring on Harry for a cameo shot in her silly appearances, but since that's about the only use he appears to have would it really matter?

If the Dukedom is removed would that mean that a divorced Meghan would have no title ?

Recklessismymiddlename · 13/07/2026 15:30

I’m close to my U.K. cousins. I know my Cypriot cousins, but to say I’m as close to them as the U.K. is silly. I don’t see them anywhere near as much. I didn’t grow up with them, for a start off. The easy banter isn’t there. It will be the same for the Wales and Sussex DCs, to pretend otherwise is just fantasy.

Starryfifty · 13/07/2026 15:36

What about this Afghan movie ?? Another idea in the dust ??

Fromhere1 · 13/07/2026 15:47

Warmhandscoldheart · 13/07/2026 14:46

I really feel for him.

I also predict the documentary will be released around Diana's birthday, July 1st, just in time for PH's arrival in the country for the Invictus Games which starts on July 10th 2027.

I really hope I'm wrong but I'm very cynical about PH.

I think this will be very tempting to HAM. But there are no new angles? It's just a rehashing of the same old thing. If Lilibet genuinely looks like Diana then maybe the 'big reveal' will be part of it. That would be an awful thing to do to a child in a public forum but I wouldn't put anything past them.

I think that Charlotte looks very like her Dad - who in turn looks very like his Mum.

I think the idea of royalty is all smoke and mirrors - they're no better or no worse than any of us. HAM really cheapen the titles. They (and they're not alone in this) just use charities to boost their own profiles - if they just donated the amount they spend on flights, clothing, jewellery, accommodation, security, etc directly to the charity rather than planning these little tours I think it would be more beneficial for the charity. The amount of money spent on Invictus is outrageous - am amazed that this doesn't get mentioned in the mainstream media.

And, finally, Harry is flying back and forwards to the UK getting his profile boosted with these charities - what about Travlyst? Are is being only environmentally aware for the plebs? Do as I say and not as I do?

Very last thought at this time - he has an absolute brass neck to talk about others being resilient...the same grown man who fled on the freedom flight and bitched about his father cutting him off financially.

Starryfifty · 13/07/2026 15:51

Fromhere1 · 13/07/2026 15:47

I think this will be very tempting to HAM. But there are no new angles? It's just a rehashing of the same old thing. If Lilibet genuinely looks like Diana then maybe the 'big reveal' will be part of it. That would be an awful thing to do to a child in a public forum but I wouldn't put anything past them.

I think that Charlotte looks very like her Dad - who in turn looks very like his Mum.

I think the idea of royalty is all smoke and mirrors - they're no better or no worse than any of us. HAM really cheapen the titles. They (and they're not alone in this) just use charities to boost their own profiles - if they just donated the amount they spend on flights, clothing, jewellery, accommodation, security, etc directly to the charity rather than planning these little tours I think it would be more beneficial for the charity. The amount of money spent on Invictus is outrageous - am amazed that this doesn't get mentioned in the mainstream media.

And, finally, Harry is flying back and forwards to the UK getting his profile boosted with these charities - what about Travlyst? Are is being only environmentally aware for the plebs? Do as I say and not as I do?

Very last thought at this time - he has an absolute brass neck to talk about others being resilient...the same grown man who fled on the freedom flight and bitched about his father cutting him off financially.

Isn't Travelyst another dead duck ???

Warmhandscoldheart · 13/07/2026 15:53

Mylovelygreendress · 13/07/2026 15:27

I thought Charles Spencer was against H and M ‘s Diana documentary? And wasn’t there a rumour that William was taking legal action to stop it ?

I regretfully don't think William would have any grounds to take legal action as Diana was a public figure and there are many programmes available already.
And the media reaction would be harmful to William.
Better to bare it outwardly with complete silence.

Charles Spencer will definitely be against it but there's nothing he could do either.

NormalAuntFanny · 13/07/2026 15:56

So your Harry's dad supported you for the first few years?

And the RF never corrected any of the many lies you told?

And they never complained when you merched your titles?

And they offered you a palace to stay in on request?

And free security evaluated by experts?

And the king agreed to meet you despite dicking him around every which way?

Oprah Winfrey Reaction GIF
Horses7 · 13/07/2026 16:05

BigWillyLittleTodger · 11/07/2026 23:13

Is she silent or has she been silenced? 😂

“WHAT??” - has to be said in Oprah’s voice.
A lot of that interview was rehearsed to an inch of it’s life annoyingly 🤦‍♀️

DelectableMe · 13/07/2026 16:05

NormalAuntFanny · 13/07/2026 15:56

So your Harry's dad supported you for the first few years?

And the RF never corrected any of the many lies you told?

And they never complained when you merched your titles?

And they offered you a palace to stay in on request?

And free security evaluated by experts?

And the king agreed to meet you despite dicking him around every which way?

😂😂

Starryfifty · 13/07/2026 16:06

Why are they giving this knob positive press ???

DelectableMe · 13/07/2026 16:06

Horses7 · 13/07/2026 16:05

“WHAT??” - has to be said in Oprah’s voice.
A lot of that interview was rehearsed to an inch of it’s life annoyingly 🤦‍♀️

It's so bad, it's funny though. The desperation to depict themselves as victims!

KittyTinker · 13/07/2026 16:14

Starryfifty · 13/07/2026 15:51

Isn't Travelyst another dead duck ???

The UK government have an initiative called Jet Zero the plan is that every time you search for a holiday or flight you have to be informed of the carbon emissions used. I suspect Travalyst is going to be used as one of the sources of information. They have already been used in the data gathering. I’ve always suspected that Harry was given this back in 2019 as a future income source. I doubt he really thought it up himself but I could be wrong.

Lifestooshort71 · 13/07/2026 16:15

I disagree that H would slag off M if they divorced - I think he'll be ultra careful not to try and turn the children against her (and consequently against him), a mother's love must mean more to him than most? Whether he'll be treated the same is anyone's guess.

DelectableMe · 13/07/2026 16:18

Lifestooshort71 · 13/07/2026 16:15

I disagree that H would slag off M if they divorced - I think he'll be ultra careful not to try and turn the children against her (and consequently against him), a mother's love must mean more to him than most? Whether he'll be treated the same is anyone's guess.

It's very difficult to tell because he's so mercurial. I hope they don't split. If they do, it'll be horrendous because they're both such vindictive and dishonest people.

Starryfifty · 13/07/2026 16:19

DelectableMe · 13/07/2026 16:18

It's very difficult to tell because he's so mercurial. I hope they don't split. If they do, it'll be horrendous because they're both such vindictive and dishonest people.

No. He's as spiteful and nasty as she is. It will be a horror show when (not if) they divorce

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