Ham pr disasters 38! Ailing king? Or heartless son?

[jeffgoldblum]

Continuing the criticism…still interested, still not bored….

Are you serious?

What is in it for Ingriftus keeping H involved? I cannot fathom this at all.

Christmas 🎄 you say?

One of my first tasks when I become all powerful Queen, Absolute Monarch of the Isles will be to pass a law banning all mention of Christmas before 1st December.

However, in the spirit of Do as I say , not Do as I Do I was searching for Christmas wrapping paper last Friday. In Tetbury no less. None to be found, not even in His Majesty’s Highgrove shop.

The reason was because around this time last year I uncharacteristically bought two pottery ramen bowls that I spotted in the fabulous Burford garden centre, thinking they would be nice Christmas presents for the daughters. I carefully wrapped them in tissue paper and stowed them under the bed in a shoebox.
A few weeks ago we were in the gorgeous garden centre and saw more of the same ramen bowls which triggered a memory. I questioned DD2 “Did I give you a ramen bowl for Christmas?” She was quite sure there had been no gifts of ramen bowls. So DH peered under the bed, and like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat he came up with the shoe box containing two ramen bowls.

As they are moving into a flat together I decided it was appropriate to gift the bowls for the flat but thought I should wrap them in Christmas wrapping paper anyway. Either a late gift or an early gift 🤷‍♀️

Well I am quite pleased to report a total absence of Christmas wrapping paper throughout Tetbury, including the post office and the book shop. However I found a new roll still in its cellophane in the cupboard under the stairs so all was not lost. Except the joke which completely passed by both the DDs and DH 🤦‍♀️

I have not got time to comment about Uganda but on this subject the answer is simple …harry has stacked the board of invictus with sympathetic people and is paying them very generous salaries….

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@jeffgoldblumthat sounds like Sentebale then! Wasn’t there an official based in London who was getting his dc’s private school fees paid?

Alas, you could be right but he's a very, very bad look for ingrufus

Oh, H… Giggle! My Love xxx

I can't fathom it either. He hangs on to the coat tails of people who have triumphed over adversity.

They are everything that petulant prat is not.

One of my first tasks when I become all powerful Queen, Absolute Monarch of the Isles will be to pass a law banning all mention of Christmas before 1st December.

Sainsbury's had a stack of tubs of Celebrations in last week, right by the entrance. When they get the Quality Street in, you know Christmas has officially started.

Whereas he has flopped despite enormous privilege

M&S have their Xmas goodies in store. With a big stand of the chocolate tins & a sign saying “Buy now, put in the cupboard!” Or similar… Buy now, scoff them all, buy more!

Another way to look at it.

Invictus is failing because of bad governance, bad PR and a bad patron. At this moment, who knows if Invictus 2027 will actually happen?

If KC3 hadn't smoothed things with Uganda... When Invictus finally fails (either through lack of funding for 2027, or lack of interest/ money thereafter) KC3 gets stuck with the blame. H has already blamed The Letter for the Ugandan withdrawal; the Ugandan withdrawal then becomes the reason for Invictus failing ( being undermined by Pa).

KC3, by saying to Uganda - no, don't mind me, crack on! - has prevented copycat withdrawals, and has thrown the Invictus situation back into the lap of H and the Invictus committee. When Invictus fails, they can try to blame The Letter, but it will be much harder to draw a cause-and-effect line.

( This is leaving aside all the geopolitical stuff and the need to keep Uganda sweet as an ally... which I don't understand in an Invictus context ( well, any context, actually)).

He's a man in his 40s unable to manage himself, so others must step in. As well as blaming 'the institution' for the Uganda situation, he's also publicly dissed England's judiciary, press, civil service and associated bodies. His behaviour and inability to conduct himself properly is a problem for the state as a whole.

What an absolute liability.

There were plenty in Scotland when I was there in July.

The expense of getting shot of him.

Not any more, not since they changed the wrappers.

The combination of extreme privilege and a less than stellar IQ is a pernicious combination. As he seems set on this destructive path, I wonder whether conversations are being had between courtiers and government about The Harry Problem now he is slinging mud about the UK from within the UK.

I strongly suspect that is the case

I think the recent communication re Uganda and IG from BP via SCA no doubt read and approved by the FO , just shows that H's M.O. of throwing out an ill thought out press release ( cf reaction to Judge Nicklin's judgment on the ANL case ) can be met with a straight bat ( where necessary ) by BP. The Uganda strop I think has backfired on him. Increasingly if he tries to blame BP for anything which doesn't suit him I think it will get worse. Let us hope he has the wit to keep quiet about anything politically sensitive, because I believe even after his last speech in the Ukraine , BP issued a quiet note to say he was speaking on his own behalf. Let's see. But I'm not sure he's coming home to a hero's welcome thus far.

Not any more, not since they changed the wrappers.

Absolute sacrilege, that was. The big purple one and the green triangle and the gold penny are part of our shared culture. Quality Street with the Queen was an essential part of Christmas Day when I was growing up.

They've done it to KitKat too and most recently I noticed Jacob's Club.

I raise your privilege-plus-meh-IQ perniciousness and add on obstinate and reckless; and there's the full hand.

If Meghan knew then what she knows now…

What has become of this country. No wonder they flounced!

Don't get me started on Cadbury's Roses.