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PR disasters thread 33

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 01/09/2026 08:21

A shiny new thread for September Sussex shenanigans!

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jeffgoldblum · 01/09/2026 12:55

Starryfifty · 01/09/2026 12:47

This is absolutely baffling tbh and interesting no clap back from HAM or indeed Meg. Considering she's such an advocate for women

Yes my thoughts exactly starry .

CoffeeCantata · 01/09/2026 12:55

thenightsky · 01/09/2026 11:48

I wonder if the poor teachers are already quaking in their boots. Although I expect the nannies will be doing the drop offs (if they can find one willing to work for them).

I've worked as a teacher in both state and independent schools. Both have difficult parents - but of a different type. The problems in some state schools are from parents who are not supportive of the school, hated school and teachers themselves and frankly make teachers' lives a bit of a nightmare.

But in independent schools the parents are paying high fees and expect teachers to jump when requested. Not all - but some do expect to get their money's worth, to the last penny. They also expect much more individual treatment (fair enough) for their children. So yes, if I were a teacher at the chosen school, I'd be bracing myself!

What I really hope isn't allowed to happen, though, is for the school to allow HAM to call the shots and impose all kinds of restrictions and confidentiality on other parents/children. I can imagine M won't want A &L in any photos - especially not on the website - and this can cause issues with school plays/concerts etc, for the other participants. And can you imagine if the children were invited to a party? I guess security and a nanny would accompany them but what if HAM insisted on no photography, or to vet the invitees etc etc. I see trouble ahead.

jeffgoldblum · 01/09/2026 12:56

CoffeeCantata · 01/09/2026 12:47

Ooh, I'd love to read/hear a follow-up on that, Jeff. It's basically on a level with date rape drugging, or whatever.

Honestly, people who think Harry (and M) get a hard time - I think Harry gets away with what are basically criminal activities.

But he's such a fun, crazy chap!

Yes …..dare I say it?….its veering dangerously close to Andrew behaviour isn’t it!

CoffeeCantata · 01/09/2026 12:57

DandyAF · 01/09/2026 12:51

Haz, Meg, KC and that Magic Securi-Key.

Perhaps a new series of readers authored by Meghan!

jeffgoldblum · 01/09/2026 12:57

Thedom · 01/09/2026 12:50

On Reddit they have figured out George Soros and Ian Wace are connected. So much clearer now.

George Soros provided $25 million in seed capital to help Ian Wace and Paul Marshall launch the London-based hedge fund Marshall Wace in 1997”

Excellent dom ! As always follow the money….

DandyAF · 01/09/2026 12:59

OliveMyLove · 01/09/2026 12:33

I think @DandyAF was joking.

Yes Grin Must use tone indicators.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 01/09/2026 12:59

Please can we not derail the thread, if posters wish to discuss Prince Philip please start your own thread, we are only on page 3 and it’s already veering way off course, we don’t want a repeat of thread 32, thanks everyone.

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BigWillyLittleTodger · 01/09/2026 13:00

Also hello to everyone old and new! 👋

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diddl · 01/09/2026 13:00

Starryfifty · 01/09/2026 11:24

HAM will leak school name and invite media to photograph kids. Then another major security kick off

Media could say no?

bluegreygreen · 01/09/2026 13:04

CoffeeCantata · 01/09/2026 12:47

Ooh, I'd love to read/hear a follow-up on that, Jeff. It's basically on a level with date rape drugging, or whatever.

Honestly, people who think Harry (and M) get a hard time - I think Harry gets away with what are basically criminal activities.

But he's such a fun, crazy chap!

I'm still interested in why none of the UK mainstream media picked up on the Australian lifeguard story.

ETA Apologies for my bad manners - thanks for the new thread, @BigWillyLittleTodger

OliveMyLove · 01/09/2026 13:04

diddl · 01/09/2026 13:00

Media could say no?

I would hope for the children’s sake they will say no going forward. But it’s highly unlikely.

People have an article showing all the times they’ve shared photos of their children including ones with their full faces. Posters like to say they never share their faces but that’s provably incorrect. Another thing many HAM fans refuse to discuss. Presumably because it’s indefensible.

OliveMyLove · 01/09/2026 13:05

DandyAF · 01/09/2026 12:59

Yes Grin Must use tone indicators.

But given that Harry has attacked his own security at times, maybe not a laughing matter.

bluegreygreen · 01/09/2026 13:13

People have an article showing all the times they’ve shared photos of their children including ones with their full faces.

Do you have a link, @OliveMyLove?

HeirNspareBNB · 01/09/2026 13:17

Baital · 01/09/2026 12:08

😨 you had to do it, didn't you? Just when I had finally stopped having nightmares...

I’m so sorry.

bluegreygreen · 01/09/2026 13:19

binkie163 · 01/09/2026 12:32

Thank you for new thread, I have skipped 10+ pages of last thread as been busy.
You can all speak for yourselves I am fucking demure, I am a bloody lady and I will be treated as one.
I have to a degree zoned out of the ham bullshit as it has become boring, predictable and frankly annoying.
A new little feral cat has turned up at the farm with 2 tiny kittens and I am on kitten milk duty to help mum regain her strength. Better for my soul than 2 dysfunctional wankers heaping their misery on to others.
I am stock piling popcorn for sentabale court case.

I am stock piling popcorn for sentabale court case.

I don't know if it means anything, but Sentebale has changed its legal firm to Kingsley Napley from Womble Bond Dickinson.

Harry and Mark Dyer are still not represented.

Starryfifty · 01/09/2026 13:19

I think we'll see a kids photo op around Wales visit to Mumbai

HeirNspareBNB · 01/09/2026 13:19

NormalAuntFanny · 01/09/2026 12:22

Trigger warning next time please ;-)

Like this?

Mr P Chip GIF by @ICT_MrP
HeirNspareBNB · 01/09/2026 13:20

CoffeeCantata · 01/09/2026 12:27

I enjoyed Biff, Kipper et al. Always a joke in the illustrations for adults, I thought! Best one was the civil servant who threw secret plans in the bin for the cleaner's little girl to find and do her art on.

Last picture had them all at the zoo and said bureaucrat was in the background, shovelling elephant doings. Great stuff!

I'll get my coat....

You are a very strange person.

(lighthearted) 😜

binkie163 · 01/09/2026 13:22

jeffgoldblum · 01/09/2026 12:57

Excellent dom ! As always follow the money….

Soros is involved with WEF as is Charles, both attend and give speeches. Would a high ranking contributor want to piss off a high ranking member. They are not friends but definitely share friends, Bessent worked for Soros in very senior position and close personal friend of both Charles and Camilla.
So I doubt the wace connection with h is without his dad's blessing.

My2cents1975 · 01/09/2026 13:22

IMHO, most of the parents at any school A&L attend will be wealthier than HaM and will also have a genuine desire for privacy.

If HaM are foolish enough to brief that they had a chat with High-Net-Worth Parent X, or Parent Duke/Earl/Lord of Y, or Parent Sheik Z or Parent Celebrity ABC, the doors of the Cotswolds will slam firmly shut, personally and professionally.

HaM seem to love column inches and visibility and lowering their profile goes against their pattern of behaviour to date. I do hope, for the sake of their kids, that HaM can display some level of discretion...but it is rather unlikely given their track record to date.

PullTheBricksDown · 01/09/2026 13:23

Thedom · 01/09/2026 12:50

On Reddit they have figured out George Soros and Ian Wace are connected. So much clearer now.

George Soros provided $25 million in seed capital to help Ian Wace and Paul Marshall launch the London-based hedge fund Marshall Wace in 1997”

And Soros funded one of their overseas 'tours' previously, didn't he? How interesting.

PullTheBricksDown · 01/09/2026 13:27

HeirNspareBNB · 01/09/2026 12:05

Meghan and Harry have yet to be introduced to the torture that is Biff, Chip, Kipper and that Magic Bloody Key. Thoughts and prayers for them at this difficult time.

😱😱 Of course, if they've paid to have all those spare copies of The Bench shipped over here, Meghan can offer them as extra school reading books, complete with a personal appearance by the author at very reasonable rates.

jeffgoldblum · 01/09/2026 13:28

bluegreygreen · 01/09/2026 13:04

I'm still interested in why none of the UK mainstream media picked up on the Australian lifeguard story.

ETA Apologies for my bad manners - thanks for the new thread, @BigWillyLittleTodger

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I’m afraid I have a rather disappointing but likely explanation blue!
because he was a man ….just like Harry slapping the foo fighters drummer and hitting his own security….male on male violence is often waved away as not serious or worse “banter “ 🤷‍♀️

Baital · 01/09/2026 13:34

bluegreygreen · 01/09/2026 13:19

I am stock piling popcorn for sentabale court case.

I don't know if it means anything, but Sentebale has changed its legal firm to Kingsley Napley from Womble Bond Dickinson.

Harry and Mark Dyer are still not represented.

'Womble'???

Is that a misspelling?!

JSMill · 01/09/2026 13:35

BigWillyLittleTodger · 01/09/2026 12:59

Please can we not derail the thread, if posters wish to discuss Prince Philip please start your own thread, we are only on page 3 and it’s already veering way off course, we don’t want a repeat of thread 32, thanks everyone.

Well said.

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