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BigWillyLittleTodger · 28/08/2026 19:14

Yet another new thread for more Sussex shenanigans!

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OliveMyLove · 31/08/2026 20:00

jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 19:57

If rumours are true, it was the horners who insisted the story was removed and told the Sussex’s it needed to happen.

Ooh that’s interesting. I thought it was rather silly to correct it. Is lunch that high stakes?

My2cents1975 · 31/08/2026 20:03

OliveMyLove · 31/08/2026 20:00

Ooh that’s interesting. I thought it was rather silly to correct it. Is lunch that high stakes?

Access to a billionaire's private jet? It is a stake and a jet does fly at a high altitude...

PullTheBricksDown · 31/08/2026 20:03

Hostamenace689 · 31/08/2026 19:56

I am not sure what qualifies as “sticking to the subject of the thread” any more tbh, especially on the 32nd edition, but at the risk of breaking guidelines…

I couldn’t agree with you more about the Spencers and other aristocrats but do you not think that national public institutions have even more of a responsibility to make reparations than private families?

I don't think I do necessarily, to be honest. The government and other national institutions have a lot of other people to look after and needs to meet. Aristocratic families have only themselves to look after and keep in luxury. And in some cases that luxury has come about directly from the exploitation of enslaved people and not other sources. Why shouldn't they cough up first, when they can easily afford to?

BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:03

I’ve not been around for a few days and I’m not sure what’s gone on here but please as MNHQ have requested please can we keep on topic, if you wish to discuss the ins and outs of the Commonwealth and reparations please start your own thread and discuss it there.

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jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 20:03

OliveMyLove · 31/08/2026 19:58

No and some people will happily stick fingers in ears and pretend not to hear when Charlotte Griffiths is mentioned at all. They go poof!

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PullTheBricksDown · 31/08/2026 20:04

BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:03

I’ve not been around for a few days and I’m not sure what’s gone on here but please as MNHQ have requested please can we keep on topic, if you wish to discuss the ins and outs of the Commonwealth and reparations please start your own thread and discuss it there.

Sorry! We range widely on here sometimes 😃

jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 20:05

SqueakyDinosaur · 31/08/2026 19:58

I want to know what happens if Invictus can't raise the additional funds it "needs" (to pay for M's demand for several floors of a 5* hotel as well as all the other freebies). They didn't clap back on THAT story, I noticed...

I’m no expert but I’m sure I read that the government funds were conditional, if they don’t raise the funds they don’t get the money from the government either.

myrtleWilson · 31/08/2026 20:07

bluegreygreen · 31/08/2026 19:45

Yes, I was surprised at that - though it wasn't one of the usual royal reporters.

Tin foil hats ahoy.......

Vivek Chaudhary is cited as senior reporter with focus on global stories - and most are in that category. He's cited as co-author on some royal stories, single author on others (eg Fergie in Dubai) - has reported on the Horners previously.

I did wonder if this was a kite flying story, attributed not to one of the regular royal reporters to give them some distance. The aim of any putative kite flying would be to invite H&M to choose to draw a line. Complained and correction issued. Future stories - no complaint or no correction = true story.

For the record, am not a journalist, lawyer or a media mogul - but given ANL will be v happy atm (albeit without yet securing full cost recovery) - I can see the logic in forcing the Sussexes to act

jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 20:07

OliveMyLove · 31/08/2026 20:00

Ooh that’s interesting. I thought it was rather silly to correct it. Is lunch that high stakes?

Apparently geri is very close to c and c and volunteers at many of their charities .

BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:08

PullTheBricksDown · 31/08/2026 20:04

Sorry! We range widely on here sometimes 😃

No worries! I know these threads meander but from what I can gather this one has gone completely off piste and we need to get it back on course which is discussing the PR shenanigans of the HAMs 🤗

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IAmATorturedPoet · 31/08/2026 20:12

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:16

IAmATorturedPoet · 31/08/2026 20:12

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That made me proper Lol 😂

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Skodacool · 31/08/2026 20:20

Lunde · 28/08/2026 20:18

I see there is a rental site in the Cotswolds where you can rent a whole stately home - such as this one with 8 beds. It comes with a gardener but the company arranges domestic staff if you want them

https://www.luxurycotswoldrentals.co.uk/properties/astley-manor-stow-on-the-wold/

It also has a gun room; Meghan won’t like that.

jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 20:22

IAmATorturedPoet · 31/08/2026 20:12

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Ohhh permission to meander a moment @BigWillyLittleTodger????
“come the fuck on ! Bridget ! “ 🤣

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:26

jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 20:22

Ohhh permission to meander a moment @BigWillyLittleTodger????
“come the fuck on ! Bridget ! “ 🤣

Ok just this once mind! 😂

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jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 20:27

jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 20:22

Ohhh permission to meander a moment @BigWillyLittleTodger????
“come the fuck on ! Bridget ! “ 🤣

You know what? , if Meghan actually had a sense of humour and this was actually her in the kitchen…I believe I could forgive almost anything!

jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 20:31

BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:26

Ok just this once mind! 😂

My liege !!

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:32

It’s a shame they haven’t used the move as the opportunity for a complete reset but instead have upped the ante of briefings and counter briefings, demands and complaints, what a way to live your life.

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BasiliskStare · 31/08/2026 20:33

I think re the Horner lunch story @DandyAF said because of the way the retraction is phrased it is the Sussexes who are saying it is incorrect , not the Horners. I'll go with that with one who knows. Still a bit curious how the DM got it so wrong but hey ho - it's a lunch - not the Cuban missile crisis 😂

💐@jeffgoldblum - hope you're feeling well.

Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 20:34

I assumed this return was a re-set but it certainly doesn't seem to be. Same old crap. Different country. It's worse for RF and UK as they too close to home

BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:45

Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 20:34

I assumed this return was a re-set but it certainly doesn't seem to be. Same old crap. Different country. It's worse for RF and UK as they too close to home

Now they are here it’s even worse, as much as I found them annoying at least they were in Montecito and we could just all collectively roll our eyes but now they’ve arrived to the UK in an explosion of self publicity of their own making and full of demands of being owed apologies and demands on the British tax payer to fund their security my hackles have risen so high they’ve reached outer space.

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IAmATorturedPoet · 31/08/2026 20:45

BasiliskStare · 31/08/2026 20:33

I think re the Horner lunch story @DandyAF said because of the way the retraction is phrased it is the Sussexes who are saying it is incorrect , not the Horners. I'll go with that with one who knows. Still a bit curious how the DM got it so wrong but hey ho - it's a lunch - not the Cuban missile crisis 😂

💐@jeffgoldblum - hope you're feeling well.

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Or the Treaty of Versailles 😂

Oneatatimegently · 31/08/2026 20:46

BigWillyLittleTodger · 31/08/2026 20:32

It’s a shame they haven’t used the move as the opportunity for a complete reset but instead have upped the ante of briefings and counter briefings, demands and complaints, what a way to live your life.

They never learn from their mistakes

DandyAF · 31/08/2026 20:50

Does anyone know when Harry is likely to learn the outcome of Raven's recent risk assessment?

I would imagine it would be at the very latest within 3 months of the decision but that's speculation.

Justdancevance · 31/08/2026 20:55

@BemusedAmerican

I was out walking the dog, and had amended my post but it had originally included an apology to all the non annoying Americans who are equally pissed off by them.

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