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PR disasters thread 29

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 20/08/2026 00:04

Im A Celebrity Au GIF by I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! Australia

It’s a September return to Salty Island!

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bluegreygreen · 20/08/2026 22:47

Appreciating your work @Cismyfatarse

Cismyfatarse · 20/08/2026 22:49

Starryfifty · 20/08/2026 22:37

How reliable is this ?

No idea. The Times is extremely reputable and will have many sources, given its status amongst newspapers. So there will be a source. But, no way of the public being certain.

NewAchievement · 20/08/2026 22:49

Wonder what the next polls on Royalty will be! I bet Charles’ popularity takes a huge nose dive after this!

AtIusvue · 20/08/2026 23:08

From the telegraph article:

‘The big question on everyone’s lips is, why now? Why have the couple decided to abandon their lives in California, the sunshine, the surfing and the sea, to return to the land where they were so desperately unhappy?

There is more to come. But for now, those close to them simply insist that there are “a number of factors” that drew them back, rather than one specific thing.
“The timing is good and works for them right now,” said one.’

So there is more to come and we will find out the real reason? Interesting.

KittyHigham · 20/08/2026 23:17

I think they will have chosen the school that the Tindall children attend so they can piggy back on the most popular non working royal family. We know H wants everything that W has, so he will want A and L in with the Tindall children.

Starryfifty · 20/08/2026 23:20

KittyHigham · 20/08/2026 23:17

I think they will have chosen the school that the Tindall children attend so they can piggy back on the most popular non working royal family. We know H wants everything that W has, so he will want A and L in with the Tindall children.

Always a strategy with HAM

MrsLeonFarrell · 20/08/2026 23:23

AlwaysRightISwear · 20/08/2026 22:36

Oh come on, this talk on THE BBC about rival courts is utterly ridiculous. What on earth can HAM offer anyone around them?

The press are going to have a field day. They've already started rehashing old stories and reminding everyone of the things the Sussexes have said in the past. We will have rival court stories and endless comparison but none of it means anything. There aren't rival courts, there is the working royal family, and minor royal celebrities. There is no comparison in power, influence or status between the two. It's just the press riling readers up for clicks and comments.

Starryfifty · 20/08/2026 23:29

A lot of noise around expenses around archwell and Ingriftus. Will be interesting to see if this is all covered up

sickofsixseven · 20/08/2026 23:34

Cismyfatarse · 20/08/2026 22:14

BBC TV said it had been reported in Australia and not denied……could be a bit part to provide cover for their return. Maybe she is playing herself in a new season of The Crown…

Maybe shes got a role on eastenders or corrie 😆

jeffgoldblum · 20/08/2026 23:52

She can’t act her way out of a carrier bag! , apparently her cameo was dropped because it wasn’t convincing!! …she can’t even act as herself!

Beesandhoney123 · 21/08/2026 01:26

Perhaps the mad dash back is due to health reasons, after all the NHS wont be costing the huge amount health care is in the US- perhaps it was their insurance co that was insisting on 24/7 security and if its something awful, they will be better off here, so the dc are near family.

School fees can be paid from a trust. The trust might specify UK education. The trustees might have decided not to release money from trusts anymore, to protect the fortune for future generations in the UK. Who knows? :)

I imagine then sneering at the british public, laughing at the little people as they double down on the grifting as rhough we should all be tugging our forelocks. And in public, acting all matey and smiley.

Starlia · 21/08/2026 02:46

BemusedAmerican · 21/08/2026 02:17

Ouch! Accurate though.

Karma2023 · 21/08/2026 03:48

They left the UK without a sensible plan and now seem to be returning without sufficient planning.

I think Harry makes rash decisions, borne out of unstable emotions which he later regrets.

I hope this decision doesn't lead to a decade of whinging about the UK. They are coming back as the UK heads into Autumn/Winter which will be a culture shock for them all.

scaredysquiggle · 21/08/2026 04:48

I really hope the fuss dies down. The media are giving it all so much airtime. I’d love it if the news outlets just stopped reporting and giving it column inches. They are feeding the idea that HaM are important.

Paunchyy · 21/08/2026 05:07

sickofsixseven · 20/08/2026 23:34

Maybe shes got a role on eastenders or corrie 😆

Traitors

ShamedBySiri · 21/08/2026 05:57

Today’s the day! Countdown to 2pm.
Then the gloves will be off at the DM.
The judgement will already be known to Harry and the others.

PR disasters thread 29
PR disasters thread 29
NewAchievement · 21/08/2026 06:29

BemusedAmerican · 21/08/2026 02:17

Ooooch! That must sting!!

MrsLeonFarrell · 21/08/2026 06:31

I really hope we don't see first day of school photos from the Sussexes. The Wales family do them as part of the social contract between monarchy and public. The Sussexes have no constitutional role, like the Tindalls, Yorks and Edinburghs, none of whose children are seen except at Christmas going to church.

MrsLeonFarrell · 21/08/2026 06:39

Rebecca English, in The Mail this morning, has written an article which makes it very clear there is no way back to official duties and that the King is adamant about this. I've always found her well sourced.

BunnyBunbunbun · 21/08/2026 06:42

NewAchievement · 20/08/2026 22:49

Wonder what the next polls on Royalty will be! I bet Charles’ popularity takes a huge nose dive after this!

Why? What does what someone else decides to do have anything to do with Charles?

GoodnessGraciousMeh · 21/08/2026 06:44

StrawberryWasp · 20/08/2026 07:06

Also, it's clear this isn't about the children. Again they're used as a smoke screen for HAM to do what they want.
The children were already in good private schools. They don't need to move.
It might be about the children if they were focused on building relationships with their family but HAM seem incapable of doing this.

I anticipate those children are going to be dragged from pillar to post, disoriented about where they belong, why they are estranged from their wider families, confused about the history and differing accounts, and pawns in their parents never ending psychodramas.
It's really not good for those kids all this.

Exactly this

ComePlayMyTrombolise · 21/08/2026 06:48

Paunchyy · 21/08/2026 05:07

Traitors

New landlady of the Vic with cameo parts for W&C so she can scream ‘Get outta ma pub’ at them?

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