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The royal family

PR disasters thread 25

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 21/07/2026 13:24

The Montecito diaries continue……..will it be Balmoral or bust?

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Starryfifty · 23/07/2026 13:11

Very odd that Meg didn't post anything in reaction to George's birthday photo

BigWillyLittleTodger · 23/07/2026 13:27

The latest from Richard Eden, nothing exciting.

https://archive.ph/9O231

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Aprilfountain · 23/07/2026 13:53

Starryfifty · 23/07/2026 13:11

Very odd that Meg didn't post anything in reaction to George's birthday photo

Maybe she's finally accepted that her previous, selfish behaviour has not done her any favours with the RF and never will do, so she really needs to change her attitude or HAM will be permanently excluded from the family going forward? One can only hope lol!

HoldMyWine · 23/07/2026 14:07

Maybe they left Highgrove with a list of do’s and dont’s from KC if they want to see him again?! ( or for KC to bail
them out)

CormorantWings · 23/07/2026 14:19

Starryfifty · 23/07/2026 13:11

Very odd that Meg didn't post anything in reaction to George's birthday photo

She doesn't normally does she?

MyDogClive · 23/07/2026 14:31

Can I just add how much I enjoyed the PE piece? So many good lines. Chuckled out loud at i i i phone.

BemusedAmerican · 23/07/2026 14:33

CormorantWings · 23/07/2026 14:19

She doesn't normally does she?

She normally does some kind of post about her life or business when the Wales post.

PullTheBricksDown · 23/07/2026 14:35

MyDogClive · 23/07/2026 14:31

Can I just add how much I enjoyed the PE piece? So many good lines. Chuckled out loud at i i i phone.

And 'just come from the Premier Inn by Victoria' 'Sir Lennington Henry tells me the beds are very good' 😆

CormorantWings · 23/07/2026 14:38

BemusedAmerican · 23/07/2026 14:33

She normally does some kind of post about her life or business when the Wales post.

Oh I see what you mean!

Mylovelygreendress · 23/07/2026 14:50

BigWillyLittleTodger · 23/07/2026 12:07

I’ve heard of these rumblings but I don’t believe there will be a split anytime soon, Meghan hasn’t played all her cards yet, I think they will stay together even if they can’t stand each other, at least until the hamlets are in their teens or when William becomes King because then it’s game over and she has nothing to loose, we will then see Meghan launch her umpteenth new persona on the world, until then they will play happy families trying desperately to claw their way back onto the balcony and merch the hamlets.

Meghan is heading towards 50 with a huge amount of baggage so no billionaire or multimillionaire will be interested but if she wants serious money and the possibility of hanging on to her title , she needs to sort out a divorce before William is King .
As for Harry being desperate to be a WR again , I can imagine W laughing until the tears run down his face .

Starryfifty · 23/07/2026 14:53

CormorantWings · 23/07/2026 14:38

Oh I see what you mean!

She always does

Mylovelygreendress · 23/07/2026 14:55

I do sometimes think back to the numerous posters who insisted H and M were blissfully happy, living their best lives in California and would never set foot near the RF again. And that they would be billionaires with M running for vice president.
Would love some of them to return !

jeffgoldblum · 23/07/2026 14:57

Not gone mylovely, still around.

CormorantWings · 23/07/2026 14:58

Mylovelygreendress · 23/07/2026 14:50

Meghan is heading towards 50 with a huge amount of baggage so no billionaire or multimillionaire will be interested but if she wants serious money and the possibility of hanging on to her title , she needs to sort out a divorce before William is King .
As for Harry being desperate to be a WR again , I can imagine W laughing until the tears run down his face .

I can actually imagine William abdicating if Harry was taken back to be a WR by Charles . There will never ever be a situation where C would tolerate that.

DaisyDooley · 23/07/2026 14:59

Mylovelygreendress · 23/07/2026 14:50

Meghan is heading towards 50 with a huge amount of baggage so no billionaire or multimillionaire will be interested but if she wants serious money and the possibility of hanging on to her title , she needs to sort out a divorce before William is King .
As for Harry being desperate to be a WR again , I can imagine W laughing until the tears run down his face .

And then he said “I’m sure everyone would love it if Meghan and I came back Pa”.

It’s still one of my favourite pictures of Camilla.

PR disasters thread 25
AnAutumnCrow · 23/07/2026 15:06

Mylovelygreendress · 23/07/2026 14:55

I do sometimes think back to the numerous posters who insisted H and M were blissfully happy, living their best lives in California and would never set foot near the RF again. And that they would be billionaires with M running for vice president.
Would love some of them to return !

Like @jeffgoldblum says, they're still around. However the script keeps changing in reaction to HAM's latest embarrassments, hence the suspicion in some quarters that they are likely part of a (not very good) PR set-up.

FallenNight · 23/07/2026 15:07

Mylovelygreendress · 23/07/2026 14:50

Meghan is heading towards 50 with a huge amount of baggage so no billionaire or multimillionaire will be interested but if she wants serious money and the possibility of hanging on to her title , she needs to sort out a divorce before William is King .
As for Harry being desperate to be a WR again , I can imagine W laughing until the tears run down his face .

She's 44 isn't she? I don't disagree with the rest, but I'd hate to be written off as heading towards 50 at 44!

jeffgoldblum · 23/07/2026 15:21

AnAutumnCrow · 23/07/2026 15:06

Like @jeffgoldblum says, they're still around. However the script keeps changing in reaction to HAM's latest embarrassments, hence the suspicion in some quarters that they are likely part of a (not very good) PR set-up.

Thanks autumn for voicing what I alone seem to be not allowed to!

Puzzledandpissedoff · 23/07/2026 15:22

AnAutumnCrow · 23/07/2026 12:53

Given what OW and her producer/lawyers did leave in that egregious interview, you do have to wonder wtf they decided to leave out.

How bad were some of the lies things that Meghan and Harry said that OW didn’t or couldn’t show??

Mind you, that would also demonstrate that OW knew the whole thing didn’t stand up.

You're not alone in wondering, AnAutumnCrow, but OTOH the discarded bits could just as easily be flannel, with the really damaging parts singled out for inclusion for maximum effect

So many of these heavily touted interviews turn out to be nothingburgers when seen, but much that was in this one - headline dishonesty included - suggested they were going for broke, and the contents could have been disastrous if it hadn't been seen quickly that so much was lies

bluegreygreen · 23/07/2026 15:28

So many of these heavily touted interviews turn out to be nothingburgers when seen, but much that was in this one - headline dishonesty included - suggested they were going for broke, and the contents could have been disastrous if it hadn't been seen quickly that so much was lies

And when the dust did settle, and all the hype was over, it was clear that they didn't really have much to tell at all - hence the lies.

jeffgoldblum · 23/07/2026 15:28

Puzzledandpissedoff · 23/07/2026 15:22

You're not alone in wondering, AnAutumnCrow, but OTOH the discarded bits could just as easily be flannel, with the really damaging parts singled out for inclusion for maximum effect

So many of these heavily touted interviews turn out to be nothingburgers when seen, but much that was in this one - headline dishonesty included - suggested they were going for broke, and the contents could have been disastrous if it hadn't been seen quickly that so much was lies

What I find interesting! , the set up! , she is interviewed alone first, no Harry and that’s when we get the most damaging accusations.
Then Harry is wheeled in and almost immediately contradicts what she has said! , it’s left in the edits , and no comments about this , when pointed out by viewers ( here on mn and in sm) , it’s either waved aside or ignored! Why? , why was it not edited out ? , why wasn’t more made of it at the time? 🤷‍♀️

jeffgoldblum · 23/07/2026 15:38

@Puzzledandpissedoff, I would also like to tell you , now time has passed and it’s less hot ( 😉) , that it was me who sent you the pm , it was simply explaining the deleted post of mine that was in reply to you, it’s not important now.😄

Lunde · 23/07/2026 15:39

Starryfifty · 23/07/2026 13:11

I honestly don't see a billionaire on the horizon for Meg. She would have grabbed one by now as things have been with grim in Montechitshow for a long time.

KC will bail H out unfortunately. Therefore he never learns

I have no idea of the veracity - but there were a load of gossip blinds 2 or 3 years ago that Meghan was having a lot of secret meetings with the recently widowed Gordon Getty (who was around 90) until the family stepped in.

Similar blinds that she was on the phone trying to arrange a meeting with Bill Gates the same week his divorce was announced ... but was unable to get through the switchboard!

But take with a pinch of salt

Puzzledandpissedoff · 23/07/2026 15:41

What I find interesting! , the set up! , she is interviewed alone first, no Harry and that’s when we get the most damaging accusations

I agree it was interesting, jeff, but perhaps not surprising for the very reason you said; Harry's got no control of his mouth, and since coaching can only do so much he could easily have spoiled the entire narrative instead of just some of it

Edited to add apologies again for not being able to either read or reply to PMs ... I don't know what the hell's happened to the thing, but even the page won't load properly Confused

And as for them leaving Highgrove with a list of conditions, I guess anything's possible, @HoldMyWine, but there's only a week to go until the ANL legal expenses decision and if they're going to be bailed out I wouldn't assume any "agreement" would hold for long after that

Lunde · 23/07/2026 15:42

FallenNight · 23/07/2026 15:07

She's 44 isn't she? I don't disagree with the rest, but I'd hate to be written off as heading towards 50 at 44!

I think she turns 45 in early August

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