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BigWillyLittleTodger · 28/08/2026 19:14

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Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 22:33

The Wales off to Mumbai in November. HAM need to go big to upstage this

twatwrangler · 31/08/2026 22:34

Thank you so much. Will have a look.

Will it be another rabbit hole or will it be more like a mine shaft I wonder?

Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 22:35

i thought OK were very team HAM

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SweatyWarrenBetty · 31/08/2026 22:36

I feel like this thread is going round in circles now and there's not much else to be said.
Which just shows how quickly HaM could fade into the background if they kept themselves to themselves.
I hope they do.
But if not, I'll be back.

FenellaFeldman · 31/08/2026 22:37

CoffeeCantata · 31/08/2026 22:07

I would love a reporter to shout out an embarrassing question to Meghan or Harry when they're out and about, just as they asked William 'Are you a racist family?' the morning after the OW interview (which I thought he handled very well, poor chap).

Something like: 'Why have you returned to the country you said was racist and too dangerous for your family?' or, less deferentially, 'What's gone tits-up in the States for you to be back here with your tails between your legs?

I don't know if anyone would have the nerve! Harry is so unpredictable and mercurial, and both of them have been known to struggle mentally and emotionally, so you'd never know. Maybe too risky with characters like that.
I know they dish it out, but they really can't take it.
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DandyAF · 31/08/2026 22:38

Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 22:33

The Wales off to Mumbai in November. HAM need to go big to upstage this

Islamabad Wink

AustenitesUnite · 31/08/2026 22:39

Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 22:33

The Wales off to Mumbai in November. HAM need to go big to upstage this

November? Well, most of us are concerned there will be issues about Remembrance Day . . . .

HeirNspareBNB · 31/08/2026 22:41

DaisyDooley · 31/08/2026 18:10

Oh please STOP with this.
Danny Baker tweeted -or out on some other platform- a picture of a rather upper class couple, in the 1930s (ish) with a chimp between them fully dressed. He used it because he found it funny. He had been using it for years when people had a baby because, again, he thought it was funny.
He was brought up in an age where we all thought the PGTips adverts were funny. I still do. They are much better than adverts about periods and condoms.

He said he didn’t know MM was mixed race and in all honesty with that dark, straight hair and rather pale skin unless you had read about her you might not hve known. DH doesn’t give a shit about the RF and knows very very little as he never reads an article about them.
He got piled on. He removed the picture. He apologised.
If that is really the worst example of ‘racism’ then MM got off lightly.
Some of the ‘body shaming’ stuff that was written about the former Duchess of York was with hindsight horrifying. Do you bang on about tht and how dreadful it was for her -or just go on about Meghan having ‘exotic’ blood and a writer tweeting a picture Hedidnt realise was offensive??

I disagree. I saw that tweet and I thought it was incredibly distasteful, inappropriate and shocking in its naivity that anyone could think it was a good idea to tweet it. This is absolute unconscious bias in a tweet as it did not occur to Danny Baker that it was inappropriate. There is and was no excuse for it.

thenightsky · 31/08/2026 22:41

FenellaFeldman · 31/08/2026 22:37

I don't know if anyone would have the nerve! Harry is so unpredictable and mercurial, and both of them have been known to struggle mentally and emotionally, so you'd never know. Maybe too risky with characters like that.
I know they dish it out, but they really can't take it.
.

Yes. Someone shout out.. why did you say your son wouldn't get a title?

FenellaFeldman · 31/08/2026 22:45

thenightsky · 31/08/2026 22:41

Yes. Someone shout out.. why did you say your son wouldn't get a title?

"I thought you said he'd never be a prince because of his ethnicity? How come he's a prince?"
"How come you couldn't get MH support for your wife when you founded Heads Together with W&K?"
"How come you said last May that the UK was too dangerous for your wife and children to live in?"
"Why were you randomly knocking on doors in West London?"
......so it goes on..

twatwrangler · 31/08/2026 22:46

Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 22:33

The Wales off to Mumbai in November. HAM need to go big to upstage this

I reckon it could be Iceland.

It looks like their adverts have been a source of inspiration already.

It wasn’t a PR disaster for Kerry.

It might just turn the tide.

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Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 22:48

AustenitesUnite · 31/08/2026 22:39

November? Well, most of us are concerned there will be issues about Remembrance Day . . . .

They forgot about R Day last year as he was busy

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AustenitesUnite · 31/08/2026 22:51

twatwrangler · 31/08/2026 22:46

I reckon it could be Iceland.

It looks like their adverts have been a source of inspiration already.

It wasn’t a PR disaster for Kerry.

It might just turn the tide.

With a lovely slogan too ~ "That's why H&M go to Iceland" !!!!!!!

Sorry, but I really don't think they will get into advertising

But I never thought they would return to the UK

Oneatatimegently · 31/08/2026 22:55

Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 22:48

They forgot about R Day last year as he was busy

That photo speaks a thousand words.

FenellaFeldman · 31/08/2026 22:57

Starryfifty · 31/08/2026 22:48

They forgot about R Day last year as he was busy

Oh my god, look at Harry. Some photos just reveal the person, don't they?

Oneatatimegently · 31/08/2026 22:57

CoffeeCantata · 31/08/2026 21:54

What can you mean?

Isn't it obvious? She's just adorable, it's a treat for the veterans and she's also showing the world what's wrong with the stuffy old British royal family.

This is the way we do events now - we hit the ground running, or marching, wearing a cute playsuit.

I think she thought she was a cheer leader..

twatwrangler · 31/08/2026 23:02

Fair play to M for laughing that off.

I’d be picking my intestines off the floor after cringing myself inside out.

That picture is indeed quite something.

Oneatatimegently · 31/08/2026 23:04

twatwrangler · 31/08/2026 23:02

Fair play to M for laughing that off.

I’d be picking my intestines off the floor after cringing myself inside out.

That picture is indeed quite something.

We don't know what was said behind closed doors, do we?

twatwrangler · 31/08/2026 23:09

I’d prefer to know what was said behind KJ’s closed doors.

And to find out if her face went like this…

Steve Carell Ew GIF by Focus Features
Bigcat25 · 31/08/2026 23:10

OliveMyLove · 31/08/2026 19:44

He will not be able to reclaim the moral high ground after a DM reporter outed him as being her direct source for a major story in 2025.

This is one of the most shocking things he's done and he didn't get much attention for it. How can he sue the mail and CG specifically and come to her for collaboration before the case is resolved? Why on earth wouldn't they go to any other paper? It's so weird and corrupt.

jeffgoldblum · 31/08/2026 23:24

AustenitesUnite · 31/08/2026 21:33

Totally agree. I struggled to explain to an elderly relative why M was wearing slashed jeans when she first attended the Invictus games and this has flummoxed me even more . . . . .

Don’t tax yourself…just let it wash over you in an incoherent wave ….its the only way !

OliveMyLove · 31/08/2026 23:42

Bigcat25 · 31/08/2026 23:10

This is one of the most shocking things he's done and he didn't get much attention for it. How can he sue the mail and CG specifically and come to her for collaboration before the case is resolved? Why on earth wouldn't they go to any other paper? It's so weird and corrupt.

@Bigcat25 I see it the same way as you. It’s absolutely shocking. It is proof they’ve been gaslighting their families, the media and the public on two continents for years.

Bigcat25 · 31/08/2026 23:47

@OliveMyLove: Agree totally.

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