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The royal family

PR disasters thread 26

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 26/07/2026 11:15

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Scorchio84 · 29/07/2026 14:16

Morelovelyandtemperate · 29/07/2026 12:43

@BasiliskStare Michael Caine's film was the truly awful Jaws 4, but it bought his mother's house, which was apparently not awful at all 🤣

Sorry @Morelovelyandtemperate I didn't see your post 😊

Lunde · 29/07/2026 14:19

ShamedBySiri · 29/07/2026 14:05

I think Harry would love a trip to Balmoral, to cement his “back in the family” image but I’m not so sure he’ll get an invite. I did hear the Marc Dolan show which claimed they would be invited for a two day trip. The journalist making the claim presented a convincing argument of Charles wanting to spend more time with his son and grandchildren and well, Harry wanting to get his feet back under the table as well as showing it all to A & L. Still I am very doubtful.

I do believe Balmoral was the late Queens most private and beloved home. It will be stuffed full of her special belongings still. I very much doubt the RF will want Madam snooping around, camera at the ready, exploiting the Queen’s beloved memory. She literally would have taken a photo of the Queen in her deathbed if she could have. And I think among all the despicable activities they have got up to, their behaviour on the day of The Queen’s death and during the subsequent period up to her funeral and on the day is the most unforgivable.

And if they did go - think about it. Charles and Camilla stay at Birkhall. I will eat my straw sun complete with decorative shell band if they are invited to stay at Birkhall. There’s another cottage, I’ve forgotten the name which the Wales family like to use and William will veto that being offered. There may be other suitable cottages/ houses otherwise H&M will likely be rattling around in the big house all in their own. Because NO ONE else will want to stay when they are there. I would think the Phillips and other cousins fix dates to coincide with the Wales’s so that all the cousins from both generations get to spend time together and have a lovely time. So NONE of them will be present at the same time as H&M. Don’t forget it’s not long since the big fat NO INVITE to Peter Phillips’ wedding. A one hour tea with the King won’t miraculously translate into everyone’s invited!

Still I suppose Charles could kill two birds with one stone and get unwelcome guests all dealt with in one hit. He could invite them to coincide with Andy Burnham’s visit. What fun! 😉😂

But is Charles really going to allow Meghan to use Balmoral and the rf summer holiday as content for her dying brand and Instagram page in the same way as she did at Althorp?

In any case Harry is really racking up the air miles as he is due at the Well Child awards in London in September.

MrsFinkelstein · 29/07/2026 14:47

The "invitation" to Balmoral may well just be the same one the LQE gave them.

They were always welcome, but everyone knew they wouldn't come.

I'm quite sure if they did accept then most of the rest of the family would schedule their visit to avoid them.

Scorchio84 · 29/07/2026 14:59

jeffgoldblum · 29/07/2026 13:57

It’s not as bad as swarm ! ( which he did to pay off a swimming pool) “beeeesss , bees 🐝 …killer beess “ 😁

Oh? I think I need to watch this 😂I admire his work ethic & honesty!

PinkHairbrushClub · 29/07/2026 15:00

I love Michael Cain. It’s just his job and so he does what he’s being paid for. No pretence it’s special! It’s quite refreshing.

ShamedBySiri · 29/07/2026 15:02

Ah well. If H&M get to be the only guests at the castle there’s no chance of Harry being forced to endure the smallest room. 😂

ShamedBySiri · 29/07/2026 15:02

That wasn’t a reference to a well known euphemism btw

jeffgoldblum · 29/07/2026 15:18

Scorchio84 · 29/07/2026 14:59

Oh? I think I need to watch this 😂I admire his work ethic & honesty!

It’s one of those films….so bad it’s good! , I last saw it as a child and have remembered it ever since!!! 😂

MrsLeonFarrell · 29/07/2026 15:20

MrsFinkelstein · 29/07/2026 14:47

The "invitation" to Balmoral may well just be the same one the LQE gave them.

They were always welcome, but everyone knew they wouldn't come.

I'm quite sure if they did accept then most of the rest of the family would schedule their visit to avoid them.

Exactly. They have always been 'much loved family members' to quite the late Queen. The invitation is probably always open, like the invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace when they are over, it's just that it hasn't been accepted up to now.

It would actually be a good thing if they start seeing Charles and maybe some other family members privately. Being isolated from family, unless they are abusive, isn't good for mental health. Harry obviously thrive in family and with structure.

None of this means a return to working royal status, it's just what has been the case from the beginning. The papers just like to stir drama as if any of this is new.

jeffgoldblum · 29/07/2026 15:20

PinkHairbrushClub · 29/07/2026 15:00

I love Michael Cain. It’s just his job and so he does what he’s being paid for. No pretence it’s special! It’s quite refreshing.

My name is …Michael Caine…

happy birthday film GIF
PullTheBricksDown · 29/07/2026 16:23

Theunamedcat · 29/07/2026 12:27

To quote ms winfrey WHAAAAT?

Urgh why would he do that we will have loads of we need security will they come wont they come will we see photos on and on jeeze I might just turn off the Internet and not leave the house

Edited

But any invitation to Balmoral (which I don't believe in BTW) would be on the current security basis and they wouldn't like that. Their recent visit to Highgrove and Althorp has shown that's sufficient though. And there would be full security on site at Balmoral as the King is there. Checkmate, HAM!

AliasGracie · 29/07/2026 16:26

PullTheBricksDown · 29/07/2026 16:23

But any invitation to Balmoral (which I don't believe in BTW) would be on the current security basis and they wouldn't like that. Their recent visit to Highgrove and Althorp has shown that's sufficient though. And there would be full security on site at Balmoral as the King is there. Checkmate, HAM!

I'm just wondering if they would expect their American security with guns to be accommodated on site. I am assuming so. I shouldn't think that would make Charles feel very comfortable.

Justdancevance · 29/07/2026 16:35

They couldn’t be armed near the King of POW.

jeffgoldblum · 29/07/2026 16:38

I don’t think it’s legal for anyone but the special armed police to carry guns in this country…I believe this is yet another source of complaints from waaggghhh!

Scorchio84 · 29/07/2026 16:41

jeffgoldblum · 29/07/2026 15:18

It’s one of those films….so bad it’s good! , I last saw it as a child and have remembered it ever since!!! 😂

Had a look & it's nowhere to be found! I'm gutted, I watched the trailer on Youtube though & it looks right up my street 😂😎

AliasGracie · 29/07/2026 16:48

Justdancevance · 29/07/2026 16:35

They couldn’t be armed near the King of POW.

Ah yes of course

KilkennyCats · 29/07/2026 16:52

Theunamedcat · 28/07/2026 18:22

I assumed the "they can just be kids" was a slight towards his brother raising the next generation of royalty and a knock about how he was raised by his dad

I might be jaded and cynical though

Still doesn’t explain why they’ve chosen to live in Montecito for their kid’s entire lives, if it’s so stifling for them?

SqueakyDinosaur · 29/07/2026 16:56

The little Waleses evidently get a lot of "just being kids" when they're not in the public eye. And far more genuine privacy when e.g. they're up in Norfolk. I do think that Kate in particular is doing a cracking job at raising them - yes, hugely privileged, blah blah blah - but clearly being taught when it's OK to goof around and when it's not.

Morelovelyandtemperate · 29/07/2026 17:07

AliasGracie · 29/07/2026 16:26

I'm just wondering if they would expect their American security with guns to be accommodated on site. I am assuming so. I shouldn't think that would make Charles feel very comfortable.

Foreign security with guns is not permitted in the UK or at any British Embassies/High Commissions around the world. Regardless of if it's the King's house.

Lunde · 29/07/2026 17:10

MrsLeonFarrell · 29/07/2026 15:20

Exactly. They have always been 'much loved family members' to quite the late Queen. The invitation is probably always open, like the invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace when they are over, it's just that it hasn't been accepted up to now.

It would actually be a good thing if they start seeing Charles and maybe some other family members privately. Being isolated from family, unless they are abusive, isn't good for mental health. Harry obviously thrive in family and with structure.

None of this means a return to working royal status, it's just what has been the case from the beginning. The papers just like to stir drama as if any of this is new.

I honestly think a holiday trip would be very stressful for everyone. How could anyone relax when they know that anything they say will pop up in a People article from their PR or activities photographed for her Instagram page?

jeffgoldblum · 29/07/2026 17:27

Scorchio84 · 29/07/2026 16:41

Had a look & it's nowhere to be found! I'm gutted, I watched the trailer on Youtube though & it looks right up my street 😂😎

For you @Scorchio84, I have deployed my special set of skills ( shopping and tracking down obscure movies!) 😁 ….if you have access to prime video…..I give you…

PR disasters thread 26
Starryfifty · 29/07/2026 17:32

Lunde · 29/07/2026 17:10

I honestly think a holiday trip would be very stressful for everyone. How could anyone relax when they know that anything they say will pop up in a People article from their PR or activities photographed for her Instagram page?

H has isolated himself. He appeared in his element on his "freedom flight " as he assumed he would be a "global icon" and didn't need his family.

He had zero regard for the mental wellbeing of his father, stepmother, brother and sister in law when he threw them all under the bus.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 29/07/2026 17:32

It would actually be a good thing if they start seeing Charles and maybe some other family members privately. Being isolated from family, unless they are abusive, isn't good for mental health

That's very valid, @MrsLeonFarrell, except for one thing ... how much more "abusive" do you want?

H&Ms' countless abuses of family members have all been discussed at length before, and since so many have actually been against individuals (rather than the institution) I'm not sure why they'd want to invite more the instant something didn't suit?

I can just about see that years of behaving much better might do it, even though I doubt either are capable, but for me a throwaway remark about "regretting some stuff" would have no more value than anything else they say - especially if it really was born of a simple need for money

jeffgoldblum · 29/07/2026 17:38

Puzzledandpissedoff · 29/07/2026 17:32

It would actually be a good thing if they start seeing Charles and maybe some other family members privately. Being isolated from family, unless they are abusive, isn't good for mental health

That's very valid, @MrsLeonFarrell, except for one thing ... how much more "abusive" do you want?

H&Ms' countless abuses of family members have all been discussed at length before, and since so many have actually been against individuals (rather than the institution) I'm not sure why they'd want to invite more the instant something didn't suit?

I can just about see that years of behaving much better might do it, even though I doubt either are capable, but for me a throwaway remark about "regretting some stuff" would have no more value than anything else they say - especially if it really was born of a simple need for money

I’m afraid @MrsLeonFarrell , I’m fully in agreement with puzzled on this one !
step away from who it’s about for a second…evaluate every single comment, slight, lie and action ( done on a global scale for the whole world to see!) and then ask yourself honestly if you could forgive and forget it ? , I couldn’t and I’m sure the majority of people would not be able to either 🤷‍♀️

Scorchio84 · 29/07/2026 17:48

jeffgoldblum · 29/07/2026 17:27

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