PR disasters thread 32

[BigWillyLittleTodger]

Yet another new thread for more Sussex shenanigans!

I did wonder about his alcohol and substance abuse. He's very clear about it in Spare, although we had the evidence in the UK long before that.

🙄Perhaps Lily will want to play rugby and cricket while Archie will prefer dance and artistic swimming!

This is an interesting read. I grew up in the Cotswolds and may be moving back that way from city life. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Our English winters are dark, rainy and cold, and go on a bit. I can’t see Meghan coping with them - shes a city / cali lifestyle person. She couldn’t cope with Windsor which was quiet. They aren’t exactly going to be welcomed with open arms at any school. They can’t shroud the children in a bubble anymore. HAM behaviour will come back to bite them. Their kids are used to Cali. life too. You have to fit in private school circles and not stand out for extreme views, which ahem, when you’ve insulted the entire country, is going to be challenging for them. They don’t seem to have friends here and they inevitably will be hounded and commented on as infinitum by the press. And other parents etc. People of HNW ar these schools are generally discreet and don’t flash the cash. They won’t fit in with that. They seemed to latch onto one famous couple then another like the Clooneys, who then seems to drop them. I can see why the English schooling dream appears as such, and I’ve been in it too, but at the end of the day it’s just school. They need to create a life here and fit in. I am not convinced they can. The past will catch up with them every day. It just seem like a wonderful English dream. But it’s too stereotyped and not real.

Do they have friends in the UK? I haven't any heard any previous reports on him visiting any old pals while he was living in the US

H was very much under the radar regarding his drug / alcohol use in US. I don't think he'll be protected in UK

@BigWillyLittleTodger Absolutely Harry can fund his own lifestyle. Where on earth did you get the idea that he's begging from anyone? Aside from the fact that it's not known just what his arrangements are so claims about being helped need to be taken with a huge grain of salt (all these "sources" had absolutely no idea he was moving back so why should anyone believe anything they say?), help can cover a wide range of things. Perhaps a friend helped arrange the private flights, or the cavalcade from the airport, or finding a place to rent or a cheap mortgage. These are all nice extras, however, they're not essential.

For someone you've decided is broke, Harry seems to have a lot of resources available to him.

It’s interesting that you picked up on that too @BigWillyLittleTodger . It jumped out to me too.
I wondered who the ‘sources’ are who think that people want him to ‘work for them for a day or two’ and who will presumably pay him & pay for a private jet.

WHAT work can he do for a ‘day or two’ that companies will be willing to shell out mega bucks?
He went from, in 2020 to making a speech for a reported $1 million (where he waffled on about himself &his mother) to making a speech in Australia last year for the ‘princely sum’ of $50,000AUS - which is just shy of $36,000.

This means his ‘going rate’ has dropped in 6 years by a staggering 96.42%.
I mean, l know demand goes up and down but holy shit -96%!!!

I would LOVE to know which companies are going to pay £100k (so $136k) for the return jet plus ‘expenses’ plus a fee for him to witter on about his dead mum, his amazing wife and his depressed kids? He doesn’t know about ‘stuff’ in order for people to pay him mega bucks to speak and what else can he possibly do? What skill set does he have that people will pay for?
It all feels horribly reactionary and ill thought out.
If they had been terribly successful in montecito would they really have been bothered about an English Cotswolds education for the hamlets?
This really is going to be a huge disaster. There are so many possibilities for utter chaos, drama, lies and embarrassment.
I feel it in my Buxton water.

Yet not the resources he wants. Or the position.
And because he is the spare three times removed, he never will.

@DaisyDooley Where do you get the idea that anyone is paying any of Harry's bills from? There's no evidence of that anywhere. Perhaps some people who think he is special because he is a royal (sort of) are helping him with logistics and arrangements, maybe helping him to find a place or with the move. That doesn't mean Harry can't afford to pay for the move himself.

Harry really isn't broke and he's not begging his father for anything.

The chief organ grinder is his wife. That's the problem.

@Darkershadeofpink "other parents etc. People of HNW ar these schools are generally discreet " I agree albeit not HNW myself.

I know HAM want to not have the school named . I absolutely agree with them , and I think anyone should not even hint at the school's name. A&L deserve privacy but so do all the other children at that school. Just over quarter of a century ago when I lived in London , DS went to a school with DCs of a couple of properly famous people. All OK. The only time there was a kerfuffle was when one child was photographed in the uniform , outside the school but it got into a newspaper. ( This was pre the initial IPSO agreement which I think was 2014 - someone tell me if I am wrong) Oh my word , this did not go down well with all the other parents. HAM need to be really careful themselves with what they put out about the children, whether that be instagram or anything else which hints at anything to do with them. And in turn they can expect privacy from the media.

She won't have him in rehab. Terrible optics. However, I think he thrives on the drama. It's not just her

Where do I get the idea from that others are paying Harry’s bills?
YOU dear Bunbun.
From you.

And From having the ability to do relatively simple maths.

For someone you've decided is broke, Harry seems to have a lot of resources available to him.

Not his own resources though, as you so declared with such conviction only to be proved wrong by Harry’s own personal mouthpiece Page 6, you can keep protesting as much as you like and convince yourself that Harry is the next Bezos, whatever makes you happy 🤷🏻‍♀️

Right? Networth estimated at $60million plus with avg annual estimated between $10 million to $20 million the last three years (higher before that) and someone thinks he is begging?

I think it is true that HAM have a reputation for taking hospitality and favours from rich friends (source - eg H's own words on Freedom flight video - lent a house from someone they haven't met ) Whether they could afford this themselves but choose not to , different matter. In any case I think being suspected of ligging off very rich friends isn't a dreadfully good look as far as PR goes. If they can afford it , why not just pay yourself privately and don't expose yourself to comment. Obviously no-one understands their finances. It's just how it comes across. Which at a simplistic level isn't that what PR is?

Seems like H’s finances are a bit of a sore point.

Ditto the fact that M has been putting the children on Instagram, that Meta / Mark Zuckerberg platform, for years.

And that’s very interesting information from @sickofsixseven about the Green Card drug questions in the medical questionnaire, that H must have been due to complete any day soon. Thank you.

I wouldn’t be grinding organs.

You don’t know where they’ve been.

Maybe some folk just aren’t as fussy.

From Russell Myers in the Mirror, is the royal source Harry or the Palace? 🤔

He forgot last year's didn't he ? Wasn't he at Kris Jenner's party?

There is no way H will be at the Cenotaph. He asked HLMTQ if he could have a wreath laid on his behalf and she said no. I have no doubt he will be at another private , non Royal memorial service. Probably with photos. Where the Mirror story comes from I don't know but I think it's a bit of a non story. He won't be at the Cenotaph. I suspect he will go somewhere privately , well privately with subsequent photos.

The UK media collectively have been pretty indiscreet about identifying which school A&L will be attending. Whereas no one journalist has said "It's this one" if you add all the reports together it's pretty clear. I live in Australia and have a fair idea of which one it is!

If I were a parent there I would not be pleased.

Oh yes leering at her cleavage!

@BunnyBunbunbunno, being a blood sucking leach doesn’t mean the same as being financially solvent. But a huge well done on what has to be one of the stretchiest stretches ever posted on these threads. Are you a contortionist by any chance?

The Mirror hasn’t claimed he will be at the Cenotaph!