PR disasters thread 25

[BigWillyLittleTodger]

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

It's not about education/academic intelligence. Diana herself said she wasn't academic but she was intelligent (albeit some very poor decisions) but she did a huge amount of good and I believe she would have continued

TBF to H and for context quite a few people train as pilots but don't spend that long in the job (for all sorts of reasons)...many leave and never look back...

Fundamentally what H did was not that unusual, but accepting a Legend of Aviation's award was seriously taking the mickey.

Maybe you could tell Harold that?

PW won’t be a young king! He’s already 44 and Charles could live another several years at least - he’s “only” 77.

Exactly, I've thought that for years now, and I believe it's very likely to be true. Harry has always been 'special', so to speak...

I believe HAM were offered an estate at the time of Megxit (Herefordshire?) but they turned it down. Although Meghan likes to play faux Lady of the Manor in WLM - "picking" her shop-bought, washed fruits and vegetables. I don't think she wanted a life in "real" farming ... more "influencer farming".

The problem is that HAM "play" at jobs and get found out (TV producer/ podcaster/ humanitarian). I remember a documentary series back in 2019 - Prince Charles; inside the Duchy of Cornwall - KC's depth of knowledge was incredible crop yields, breeds of pigs/ cattle/ sheep, traditional hedge and wall construction - he knew it all! William appeared in one episode, learning about the job. But I can't imagine HAM ever learning these things.

I agree with you that Harry seems to have a pretty "colonial saviour" view of life in Africa and his African charities. He didn't visit Sentebale in Lesotho after he met Meghan - yet was happy to travel around the world for "charity" polo marches. As Sophie C pointed out - his image was old fashioned for the 21st century.

PW will be a very young King.

He is likely to be in his late forties or fifties.

His grandmother was 25.

Edit to add that I agree that Harry's original position of privilege without significant responsibility is preferable.

At my age , late forties / fifties is young 😅😅

The sound doesn't work for me, but it looks like she's playing a parody of herself. Like that Australian comedian who also played the schoolgirl - Jaméeee (?).
Her acting/presenting is terrible. If that's who she actually is then... I have no words.

Playing at jobs is spot on. They never see anything through. No commitment. No natural curiosity. Always scheming / grifting. Bitter hatred for anyone they perceive as more intelligent/wealthier/ more attractive/ more successful than them.

Maybe this new "lad Harry" is his way of replacing Global Statesman which would be best laid to rest

I agree the end of "Global Statesman" Harry is well overdue, @Starryfifty, but isn't he a little old now to be playing a "lad"?

I'm not suggesting it's time for the pipe and slippers and appreciate "lad" may be all he's mentally fit for, but at 41 it's surely getting a bit stale

@TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis

Without wanting to belittle pilots in any form, being a pilot doesn't require you to have good emotional intelligence and it doesn't require anything above a "high average" of 110 IQ.
It requires above average degree of motor skills and processing skills, and above all the necessary training and sustained experience

Wouldn't really argue with some of that but would point out with regard to "necessary training and sustained experience:" that the student (certainly in the military world) is expected to progress through the course with the minimum amount of training.

There's little/zero scope for re-rides of lessons if a student isn't quickly picking something up - in short I'd add quick learner to the attributes...without that attribute a student never progresses far enough to benefit from sustained experience, and might explain in part why sometimes a bright A level student would sail though a course whereas an Oxbridge graduate might struggle or even fail.

Oh he's far too old but there's no other image he can use now. Just relieved Global Statesman is gone (for now)

Yeah I have to agree @BasiliskStare & @notimagain it really boils down to putting other people at risk just to pander to a spoilt prince, so yeah I think he could & did fly in whatever capacity but ultimately like everything else it seems he couldn't be bothered to keep it up for whatever reason..still there for the awards & plaudits though 🙄

This may not post straight away but in August Woman and Home which I sneaked I photo of surreptitiously

Another rebrand ??

I know

sorry was out so was best I could manage!

I've got access to Woman & Home via my library (online) so I'll post extracts, as the article makes some good points.

Obviously the article was written before Harry came to the UK, but the points about a rebrand are interesting. I've added four images of the second part of the article (the first part was about their earlier activities).

I was listening to Tom Sykes with Mark Dolan and he said Harry is five minutes away from lighting farts on TikTok! 😂
He did make one interesting point - his 20year old son had sent him a clip of the lavatory humour podcast on TikTok and pointed out it had 600,000 views (or likes - can’t remember which) and pointed out the younger generation aren’t interested in the monarchy but quite happy with the lewd cheeky chappy. Sigh. Is this the future? 🤔😓

Here is a classic scene with Steve Martin as Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. “Her laugh could make the birds sing”

The female presenter who gawpingly introduces her as ‘Masterchef royalty’ is like a parody of someone too. Calm down love, it’s really not that exciting.

Hilarious 😅 unfortunately they are not wrong.

I think that's the audience they are aiming for

If that's what lane they stick with, then it's the best for them tbh. It's not dignified but will give them the attention they crave