PR disasters thread 25

[BigWillyLittleTodger]

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

Thanks - no I haven't heard of "soring" - I must investigate. There are some awful heavy horse cruelty cases, after long working lives for the Amish - it really shocks me that they treat their draft horses so harshly, I suppose I expected better from a close knit, peaceful farming community. Dressage and show jumping also involve a lot of cruelty. I follow Idaho Horseshoeing School, and he gets lots of shocking neglect cases, horses just left to their own devices in a field or maybe a barn, with no regular care and their hooves grow to a shocking state curled up and around with the whole leg anatomy affected. He does some amazing rehabilitative work. But yes, Harry doesn't appear overly interested in horses despite his family background.

I was musing on the parallels between Harry and James Hewitt.
Now let me start by stating that I absolutely DO NOT believe Harry is Hewitt's son - it is widely accepted that he and Diana did not meet until some time after Harry's birth for a start, plus other reasons.
But look at their life trajectories:

Hewitt - sold out his stories re: Diana, branded a cad by his army mates, blackballed from army clubs and organisations which presumably meant he lost many/most of his friends and his social life took a dive.
Tried various business ventures with the money he made, but they all failed (not sure if he was ever bankrupted).
Went home to live with Mummy, where he currently shares a small two bedroom abode (according to google) and works as a gardener.

Harry - sold out stories re: his family, and dines out on the Diana memory. Has lost most of his friends and social life.
Tried various business ventures (with Meghan as well) presumably utilising money made, they have all failed.
Trying to go home to live with Daddy.

Military careers:

Harry couldn't make it beyond Captain.
Hewitt achieved promotion to Captain after six years. Served as Challenger tank squadron commander in Gulf War. Mentioned in despatches.
Failed exam for promotion to Major three times.

Hewitt used to drink in the village pub where I lived in Devon back in the day. The locals didn't really talk to him and he would cut a lonely figure propping up the bar on his own. The future beckons Harry - he'll be in a pub near one of us sometime soon...

Well after being bored I found more of the dribbles on Reddit. If this doesn't constitute a leak of the Treaty of Versailles part 2 then I don't know what would.

Also contains some fine HAM manifesting about what W&C are thinking etc etc.

https://archive.ph/HxJxo

Trigger warming: may be intensely annoying.

His name is Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

Do try and keep up. Especially when you are lecturing other people.

One of their colleagues brought up the name thing only last week.

They really are trying to manifest a reunion with W&C aren’t they, using “Princess Kate” 🙄 as the peacemaker, what a load of Sussex drivel.

It’s a biggish process. In the US they advise converting in your own country first, then applying to convert to US.

There are exams plus flying tests, and a health check which includes mental and psychological evaluations. The drug and alcohol screening is mouth swabs and breathalyser, afaik. So mostly won’t pick up on long term use, only current use.

He may not have hit enough of the qualifying criteria for those to be enough. He had to have enough flying hours in a number of categories which tbh I didn’t really understand. But he might find he had so much to do that it wasn’t worth it.

It’s Prince Archie Harrison.

Looks like a leak to me @NormalAuntFanny - and in one of the Sussexes' favourite publications too.

How surprising!

What I would like to know is: is it both of them, or just one?

TBH I'm a bit wary of judging H's military career against anybody else's without seeing how he fared compared with his similarly qualified cohort - now if anyone fancies wading through the (?) London Gazette .....

Unless someone comes up with him having committed a major foul I suspect despite the rumours it's possible he was like quite a few junior officers, good/very good at his specialist role but perhaps lacking the aptitude, drive or interest needed to progress to senior rank.

Now IMHO theres nothing wrong with that but you need to have an escape plan that you can execute in your early thirties if staying in the forces isn't an option.

That's where H fell down - A lot of people take the skills they"ve picked up and basically transfer them to another job, another employer...

H simply stepped over the side without a plan thinking he would be bound to be allowed to make a living as a "Royal"....

😂

Let's hope nobody shows Harold this:

https://abcnews.com/International/squid-game-life-seoul-fans-globe-join-event/story?id=126574221

Hilarous ! Twenty mins faffing around with cups !

As I coined the term HAMlets on a thread way back, I consider myself suitably chastised 🫣😂

Very American “holidays” instead of Christmas and other tells

Isn’t his name “Henry”, (to be known as Harry)?

Jesus what a load of tripe. I feel for W&C I really do

He doesn't seem to have much interest or application in anything. Apart from suing the press.

I don't know how he survived in the army. He has no application skills, interest or respect for authority

He's a man of many monikers.

'Harold' (from 'Spare'), 'Dragon slayer', 'Duke of Sussex', 'Prince of England'

What he no longer seems to want is for anyone to 'Just call me Harry'.

It comes down ultimately to the old adage,
fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

I do hope the MIGS inform KC of these leaks to their favourite publications, I’m sure he is kept abreast of the British mainstream media articles but not sure if US magazine would be on their radar though maybe I’m not giving them enough credit.

Reconciliations may vary….

I'm aware this is probably a dumb question but here goes. What is the point of these leaks? Especially to US Weekly and People?