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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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Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 21:34

Hope the majority of ye are having a drink of a Saturday 😀

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Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 21:35

The highlight of the piece (I would assume written by Meg)

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savemydrawers · 08/08/2026 21:39

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 20:34

Yes and according to "sources" Katherine and Meg lifelong friends so one would assume a wedding invitation would be extended. Considering Oprah was there and did say she was surprised as she didn't know them. Reece Witherspoon was invited too but declined due to having no relationship with them whatsoever

Meghan was grifting then.

Dontevenlookatme · 08/08/2026 21:42

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 21:22

Yes! I remember he was married to Yolanda

Not for long, married in 2011, separated in 2015 and divorced in 2017. A short reign.

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 21:48

savemydrawers · 08/08/2026 21:39

Meghan was grifting then.

Reece obviously sniffed it. Oprah was grifting too I guess

Lunde · 08/08/2026 21:49

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 21:35

The highlight of the piece (I would assume written by Meg)

So they are actually admitting that despite being an alumni of Eton and Sandhurst Harry wasn't employable or credible?

Righty ho then 🙄

BasiliskStare · 08/08/2026 21:54

@Starryfifty where in the name of Betsy is that from ? I don't really care , it's given me a laugh so 🍷to you. Is that actually real ? 😂 I don't believe it - that's got to be a joke - surely to god.

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 08/08/2026 21:54

MyGreyLurker · 08/08/2026 21:10

I read a very similar anecdote. Apparently, a small PR team was asked to prepare a visual presentation for Meghan to view at Kensington Palace. They spent a long time setting up their images on boards in the room in preparation. Meghan kept them waiting for over an hour and when she did arrive, walked in, glanced briefly at the board visuals, said 'No' and walked out.
No idea if either of these stories are true - wouldn't surprise me if they were.

Reminds me of an ex boss of mine. I was supposed to be presenting to the whole team about how we were going to run an event, when the post arrived and the boss opened it and started slagging off the details (of the proofs THEY approved...).

Then they started picking at the plans I'd made, consulting them, of course. I'll never forget the colleague who put their hand up and said, "I think we ought to listen to what Ninky has to say".

Incidentally, this boss was a ginger who decided to bugger of in live in California and try to run the company from there! He reminds me a lot of the pair of them!

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 22:05

BasiliskStare · 08/08/2026 21:54

@Starryfifty where in the name of Betsy is that from ? I don't really care , it's given me a laugh so 🍷to you. Is that actually real ? 😂 I don't believe it - that's got to be a joke - surely to god.

😂😂😂 it's from this utterly bizarre FB page

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BasiliskStare · 08/08/2026 22:32

Well thank you @Starryfifty - I still don't believe it but it made me laugh so - Thank you .
Even they .......

& therein lies their PR problem - so easily parodied

SignsofLife · 08/08/2026 22:46

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 20:16

🙄🙄

This is just gobsmackingly inappropriate on so many levels. That poor child.

SheinSussex · 08/08/2026 22:58

He hates her.

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jeffgoldblum · 08/08/2026 23:02

IcedPurple · 08/08/2026 18:28

I can't be the only person who hasn't got a clue who the other two people are?

I think, and I could be wrong..that the other two people are “ like a dad” David foster and his wife .

jeffgoldblum · 08/08/2026 23:10

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 20:16

🙄🙄

Lili would do what exactly at her age? , climb the greasy pole by using men? , throw away her family and friends when they are no longer of use? , grift her way into money? , lie constantly? , bully every woman she meets? …..no Meghan, that’s all you …your daughter is an innocent.

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 23:15

ShamedBySiri · 08/08/2026 21:06

Meanwhile Meghan has dropped a promo for the cookie queens. Can’t say I could be bothered to watch the whole thing, I have zero interest in this cookie nonsense. But it seems they used Bonne Maman jam! 😂

https://x.com/unremarkleble/status/2085670788233895981?s=46

Just watched this. Putting the do's behind the says. What the hell does this mean ? Also, meg is missing the whole point of the message of this movie. Jesus woman, it would take less than 30mins to do a bit of research

AnAutumnCrow · 09/08/2026 00:36

Does this ghastly expression mean ‘actions speak louder than words’ or some cliché like that?

PullTheBricksDown · 09/08/2026 00:56

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 21:34

Hope the majority of ye are having a drink of a Saturday 😀

'A real career' 🤣🤣 tell me another!

No, a series of recreational court cases you expect others to pick up the bill for is not a career.

BemusedAmerican · 09/08/2026 01:45

Starryfifty · 08/08/2026 21:34

Hope the majority of ye are having a drink of a Saturday 😀

I'm speechless. He was in his thirties yet not capable of looking into retraining? But then he wasn't capable of buying a couch on his own.

AnAutumnCrow · 09/08/2026 02:40

Maybe H wasn’t properly doing the doings ahead of the sayings and then he needed Meg to show him how to be all about the learnings and the givings, and now they have the waitings for the fruitings of the nestings and the hatchings of the griftings.

Cocolapew · 09/08/2026 05:41

What is going on with the giggle and hand to her mouth in the bagpipe video?
She play acts like an innocent teen, she looks ridiculous.
And again "my husband" does she never say his name?
Maybe she worries Marcus will slip out instead of Harry 😏

CariadDarling · 09/08/2026 06:50

@CocolapewI actually came in to post about the giggle and hand to mouth thing she did in video. She’s as false as false can be.

MrsLeonFarrell · 09/08/2026 07:08

I can't believe I've resorted to Wiki. Both Katherine and Meghan grew up in Los Angeles. They didn't go to the same schools but both their fathers worked in television so it's not outside the bounds of possibility that they have known each other since they were young.

Bit strange not to invite a lifelong friends to your wedding but maybe she was busy.

Dizzierblonde · 09/08/2026 07:47

She was busy - she'd just debuted in the lead role of Waitress on Broadway a few weeks before the wedding date. So really, a good reason to miss a wedding. I actually had forgotten that she was the original lead until I heard a song from the show on a Musical radio show the other day and they said it was her singing in the soundtrack.
Edited to say - just checked Wiki and she wasn't in the original cast but a replacement. Still a valid reason though. She may be a friend but MM doesn't appear to spend time with her, except on a red carpet with photographers.

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 09/08/2026 08:04

So really, a good reason to miss a wedding

Except it was a royal wedding. I don't know about you, but I'd turn up if I had an invite from the Palace!

Edited to add: And all those other famous and important people were also pretty busy, yet somehow managed to squeeze a wedding (of people they had never even met, in many cases!) in to their schedules.

ShamedBySiri · 09/08/2026 08:22

MrsLeonFarrell · 09/08/2026 07:08

I can't believe I've resorted to Wiki. Both Katherine and Meghan grew up in Los Angeles. They didn't go to the same schools but both their fathers worked in television so it's not outside the bounds of possibility that they have known each other since they were young.

Bit strange not to invite a lifelong friends to your wedding but maybe she was busy.

It was said on X that they were friends when young, lost touch but Meghan reconnected when K got engaged to a very wealthy man.
No idea of veracity of course, I didn’t save the comment so can’t link.

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