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The royal family

PR disasters thread 27

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 04/08/2026 21:29

A shiny new thread to continue the chat on the Sussexes summer shenanigans!

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BasiliskStare · 08/08/2026 18:57

To be fair @RecoIIectionsMayVary , if I inherited , or my husband did , a beautiful pair of earrings , I would wear them. They can be properly sanitised - so whilst I agree with you on many things on this I respectfully disagree. That said I can hardly see the earring in question owing to bad eyesight so I can't tell if I would wear those. I do like the Diana Cartier watch though . I just do. 😊

AnAutumnCrow · 08/08/2026 19:00

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 18:54

David Foster is a huge deal among the elites. I'm absolutely baffled as to why HAM would be let anywhere near them. DM reporting that Meg and McPhee are lifelong friends yet never saw them together 🙄 and you can be sure Meg would be milking that relationship

Maybe Meg’s realised they have to buy some dinner tickets at non-profit events to get admission and a photo op, so she bought some for these recent dinners? (Charged to Archewell obvs.)

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 19:05

AnAutumnCrow · 08/08/2026 18:47

It’s unusual for a monied bloke of ‘only’ 41 (nearly 42) to have that puffy, flushed face, a prominent(ish) tum and skinny legs unless he’s a long-time drinker.

But I guess he must have medicals so he knows how he’s supposed to stay healthy.

He did say/preach on recent podcast that gym is very important for his mental health and makes sure he fits it in (between what, god knows and he didn't elaborate) but he absolutely does not look like a regular gym bunny

ShamedBySiri · 08/08/2026 19:09

Regarding the walkabout at Windsor the clip where a woman reuses to shake hands with her has been doing the rounds again on X. Turns out there were several other women in that segment who also didn’t shake hands, which I hadn’t noticed previously. There was a teenager who kept her arms crossed and Meghan tried a fist bump on her (picking a young victim who wouldn’t react). I’d have told her to go home to her children.

Morelovelyandtemperate · 08/08/2026 19:10

Aprilfountain · 08/08/2026 18:12

He really is, in fact he doesn't look well at all. Things are not going well for HAM at the moment!

I've been on holiday recently and also looking a bit portly! Doesn't mean I'm not well.
People need to calm down over gingers looking red/pale/puffy. It's not the easiest of complexions.
I also look sweaty fairly often. Doesn't mean I'm "unwell". I'm just insulted to life away from Scotland/Norway or wherever I'm originally from.

AnAutumnCrow · 08/08/2026 19:18

I’m comparing him to what he looked like even just a few years ago, ie comparing him to himself not others.

bluegreygreen · 08/08/2026 19:18

David Foster is the person who was said a couple of years ago to be a 'second father' to Harry.

Re 'To be fair, only Charles seems not to have produced a close knit family.'
Charles seems to be close to the Wales family, and has friendly interactions with the Edinburghs and the Tindalls in public.

ShamedBySiri · 08/08/2026 19:18

Correction - she started to raise her right arm to shake hands but realised the girl wasn’t going to so she corrected herself and gave her elbow a tap with her left hand instead. The next woman keeps a hold of her phone and doesn’t offer a hand.
I wonder how many other people along that line also declined to shake hands that day. I’m sure it won’t have just been that little pocket of resistance in the film clip.

https://youtube.com/shorts/dZ9MonGuG28?is=V1wHOVXYQWigytHq

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 08/08/2026 19:20

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 18:54

David Foster is a huge deal among the elites. I'm absolutely baffled as to why HAM would be let anywhere near them. DM reporting that Meg and McPhee are lifelong friends yet never saw them together 🙄 and you can be sure Meg would be milking that relationship

Did he go to their wedding?

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 08/08/2026 19:23

@BasiliskStare your description of sanitising them made me certain I would never wear them 😂 evidently a weird issue of mine.

But I would fight you for that watch.

bluegreygreen · 08/08/2026 19:24

@RecoIIectionsMayVary screenshot of the Istanbul story attached.

Let me know if you need the rest of the article.

PR disasters thread 27
Tiddlywinks63 · 08/08/2026 19:27

Theunamedcat · 08/08/2026 18:50

Did you see the pool photo from Portugal he looked better there

Still not convinced it was him in the photo

SheinSussex · 08/08/2026 19:29

I’m so glad my husband does not have pubic hair on the top of his head 🤢

BasiliskStare · 08/08/2026 19:29

@RecoIIectionsMayVary - Crikey - I'd better get into training 😂Otherwise I am sure you will be Victrix Ludorum and I will be sadly disappointed. 😊

bluegreygreen · 08/08/2026 19:33

I think Meghan looks lovely in that outfit.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 08/08/2026 19:37

Tiddlywinks63 · 08/08/2026 19:27

Still not convinced it was him in the photo

I suspect they were heavily photoshopped, I doubt if Harry whipped his shirt off on the red carpet his physique would resemble that picture.

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PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 08/08/2026 19:40

bluegreygreen · 08/08/2026 19:33

I think Meghan looks lovely in that outfit.

Yes, she does. And it's only taken her 45 years to work out how to dress herself.

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 19:43

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 08/08/2026 19:20

Did he go to their wedding?

Oddly enough, no 🤔

IcedPurple · 08/08/2026 19:43

Theunamedcat · 08/08/2026 18:50

Did you see the pool photo from Portugal he looked better there

Easy to look good in a black and white photo which no doubt had been 'enhanced' prior to being posted. I suspect the latest photos give a more accurate picture of his physique. That is to say, a bit paunchy around the middle, and the rest too.

ShamedBySiri · 08/08/2026 19:43

RecoIIectionsMayVary · 08/08/2026 19:23

@BasiliskStare your description of sanitising them made me certain I would never wear them 😂 evidently a weird issue of mine.

But I would fight you for that watch.

I think when they are heirloom earrings it’s different @RecoIIectionsMayVary
I certainly wouldn’t sniff at those earrings.
It drives me nuts every time the DM and other outlets talk about a “sweet nod to Diana” - have they never heard of the concept of inheriting valuable jewellery and wearing it because you like it?
Anyway what I’d really like to know is where is that pearl necklace with the massive sapphire???

ShamedBySiri · 08/08/2026 19:45

Tiddlywinks63 · 08/08/2026 19:27

Still not convinced it was him in the photo

There was talk on X that it was in fact Marcus Anderson (though I’m not sure he has a ripped body either). I’ll never find it but photos lined up next to each other - the nose and profile were convincing.

Thedom · 08/08/2026 19:47

IcedPurple · 08/08/2026 16:33

Are royals personally involved in staff interviews? That would seem strange to me.

Knowing what we know now about her short tenure as a working Royal, it wouldn’t surprise me that she did, she seemed to have little to no regard for the team around her, she thought she could do better than everyone else and didn’t she claim she had an American ‘work ethic’ as opposed to the great lazy Brit’s 🙄, so I could totally see her deciding that no one else could hire appropriately on her behalf and she chose to do it herself.

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 19:48

BasiliskStare · 08/08/2026 16:25

I don't agree with everything Richard Eden says but on this I agree with him
https://www.dailymail.com/news/royals/article-16036515/prince-harry-step-invictus-games-king-charles-richard-eden.html

I don't think it's behind a paywall .

In addition , I think if H&M had anything about them , they would say to People , by all accounts their voice of choice , do not publish anything from "insiders" "sources" or anyone who purports to speak from us , unless we publish under our own names. But they won't. I do think the number of articles they let go because it upholds their we are practically back in the RF fold narrative is tantamount to unfair pressure on KC. Let's hope the MIGS are on the case.

Just reading this article. absolutely h should step down but absolutely he will not. He couldn't care less about the meaning of Ingruftus. This is all he has and it's something he can puff about. He's born to do it, doing good, an excuse to do walkabouts in between Xbox and weed smoking

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 19:49

H should really regret his nasty comments about his brother losing his his good looks and going bald. I'm no prize myself but H is a very rough looking 41

JSMill · 08/08/2026 19:53

ShamedBySiri · 08/08/2026 19:43

I think when they are heirloom earrings it’s different @RecoIIectionsMayVary
I certainly wouldn’t sniff at those earrings.
It drives me nuts every time the DM and other outlets talk about a “sweet nod to Diana” - have they never heard of the concept of inheriting valuable jewellery and wearing it because you like it?
Anyway what I’d really like to know is where is that pearl necklace with the massive sapphire???

I have seen C wear that necklace. My dh’s dgm died last year and I was invited to choose something from her jewellery collection. There was a pearl necklace similar to that but long. Obviously the pearls and sapphire are lower quality. My dh couldn’t fathom why I would want it but I just wanted to own something so beautiful, even if it stayed in the jewellery box because it was really old fashioned. My MIL ended up also giving me the gold bracelet he preferred as well!

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