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Ham pr disasters 39! The Uganda divide…diplomatic necessity vs needless pandering.

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jeffgoldblum · 14/09/2026 18:34

Continuing the discussion, still interested, still not bored!

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Irememberwhenitwasallfieldsroundhere · 16/09/2026 07:33

Usernameinabeyance · 15/09/2026 21:32

Their private protection team= actually just a bloke called Steve going "nah mate I ain't doing that again what a waste of me time"

PMSL at a bloke named Steve

JSMill · 16/09/2026 07:38

LaMarschallin · 16/09/2026 07:32

Imo, they're pushing too hard and too fast to get the security they want.
Dropping these things over a period of months might have looked believable; dropping them over a couple of weeks looks like they're settling themselves up to fail.
They're desperate for that IPP status. Once they've got it, Meghan will be back to Montecito so fast it'll make your head spin.

They are just incapable of playing the long game. That’s why they flounced off in the first place.

NoTimeForThisShit · 16/09/2026 07:39

Starryfifty · 15/09/2026 17:49

Smartworks? The charity she has done absolutely nothing for ??

Nothing?! How dare you?! The bananas!

Mylovelygreendress · 16/09/2026 07:42

There is a house up for sale in Monteshitshow that sounds like HAM’s .
Check out Ron Brand Homes .

notimagain · 16/09/2026 07:42

PrivateCapacityFanny · 16/09/2026 06:45

We once had a friend whose husband was a very senior private security guy, ex-special forces blah blah blah and who was always being flown off to the middle east to do secret stuff for horribly rich people and to meet him you'd think he would have struggled to become a sergeant, the guy was a berk; dull, bolshie and slow on the uptake.

Perhaps it runs in the industry because the one thing you had to admit was that he was genuinely successful and undoubtedly well off.

SF definitely don't tend to be dull or slow on the uptake.

PrivateCitizenTooDimforDiplomacy · 16/09/2026 07:43

I don’t get what’s in it to acquire copies of the book in advance of release. It’s not as if a rival newspaper will eagerly pay for them to scoop the serialisation.

Perhaps there is some Royal sponsored scullduggery at foot.

LaMarschallin · 16/09/2026 07:45

they're settling themselves

"setting themselves"

Why does bloody Autocorrect always think it knows better than I do?

PrivateCitizenTooDimforDiplomacy · 16/09/2026 07:46

I love how the DM ( and quite often other newspapers too) use this picture of Harry at every opportunity.

Ham pr disasters 39! The Uganda divide…diplomatic necessity vs needless pandering.
PrivateCapacityFanny · 16/09/2026 07:46

notimagain · 16/09/2026 07:42

SF definitely don't tend to be dull or slow on the uptake.

You'd think but maybe he parachuted onto his head once too often.

PrivateCapacityFanny · 16/09/2026 07:49

PrivateCitizenTooDimforDiplomacy · 16/09/2026 07:43

I don’t get what’s in it to acquire copies of the book in advance of release. It’s not as if a rival newspaper will eagerly pay for them to scoop the serialisation.

Perhaps there is some Royal sponsored scullduggery at foot.

Dark skullduggery

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AtIusvue · 16/09/2026 07:56

https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/40391678/meghan-leaks-mobile-number-school-whatsapp-group/

So does this mean she wants to be a private citizen now after all?

How long until these kids are removed from school B for security reasons?

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/40391678/meghan-leaks-mobile-number-school-whatsapp-group

notimagain · 16/09/2026 07:57

PrivateCapacityFanny · 16/09/2026 07:46

You'd think but maybe he parachuted onto his head once too often.

The slack handful I've met don't tend to go around advertising what they do/did and probably wouldn't be great at cocktail parties,.so I guess they might appear dull in that context.

UncleColm · 16/09/2026 07:59

You would think the very woke Meghan would say 'hi everyone '....instead of 'hi Moms' - I am on three class WhatsApp groups and 2 of the 3 have a few Dad's on them. A self proclaimed 'full time Dad' like Harry would surely be a vocal presence on such a group...

Definitely calling BS on this one... I do believe they are behind the 'leaks' in an effort to keep themselves in the headlines.

Fondmemories · 16/09/2026 08:02

UncleColm · 16/09/2026 07:59

You would think the very woke Meghan would say 'hi everyone '....instead of 'hi Moms' - I am on three class WhatsApp groups and 2 of the 3 have a few Dad's on them. A self proclaimed 'full time Dad' like Harry would surely be a vocal presence on such a group...

Definitely calling BS on this one... I do believe they are behind the 'leaks' in an effort to keep themselves in the headlines.

That's what I thought too. Just 'Moms'? 🤮

calfolly · 16/09/2026 08:03

stillavid · 16/09/2026 05:30

I have a crazy theory that they are angling for a move to Windsor and to get the children into Lambrook as it is a known quantity from a security perspective. They also know it would infuriate William.

You know that would never happen right?

The schools educating the George, Charlotte and Louis will always put these children and their family's interests and needs first.

I'm afraid, Archie and Lili will never set foot into Lambrook, Eton and wherever Charlotte and Louis will attend.

That one is a done deal.

One reason for the above is that the HaM will be considered an actual security risk for those ahead of them in the LoS so wouldn't ever let them move in the same social settings as the Walse kids. There are other reasons too.

IcedPurple · 16/09/2026 08:06

LaMarschallin · 16/09/2026 07:32

Imo, they're pushing too hard and too fast to get the security they want.
Dropping these things over a period of months might have looked believable; dropping them over a couple of weeks looks like they're settling themselves up to fail.
They're desperate for that IPP status. Once they've got it, Meghan will be back to Montecito so fast it'll make your head spin.

They have no chance of getting IPP status.

Serenster · 16/09/2026 08:07

UncleColm · 16/09/2026 07:59

You would think the very woke Meghan would say 'hi everyone '....instead of 'hi Moms' - I am on three class WhatsApp groups and 2 of the 3 have a few Dad's on them. A self proclaimed 'full time Dad' like Harry would surely be a vocal presence on such a group...

Definitely calling BS on this one... I do believe they are behind the 'leaks' in an effort to keep themselves in the headlines.

They have form for sharing private text messages too - Harry in Spare, for example.

JSMill · 16/09/2026 08:08

AtIusvue · 16/09/2026 07:56

https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/40391678/meghan-leaks-mobile-number-school-whatsapp-group/

So does this mean she wants to be a private citizen now after all?

How long until these kids are removed from school B for security reasons?

Yesterday I thought it was strange that news stories were reporting that M had already joined the class WhatsApp. It seemed a trivial detail. I also thought it strange as I don’t think schools have anything to do with these groups so you would really only get added once you had got to know some parents at the school gate, so it seemed a bit premature. Today we have this story. It feels a bit off to me. It’s almost like an excuse to move the dcs again. We’ll see.

LaMarschallin · 16/09/2026 08:10

IcedPurple · 16/09/2026 08:06

They have no chance of getting IPP status.

Fair enough. I don't think it's appropriate for them.
But I don't think I'm the one who needs convincing.

IcedPurple · 16/09/2026 08:10

UncleColm · 16/09/2026 07:59

You would think the very woke Meghan would say 'hi everyone '....instead of 'hi Moms' - I am on three class WhatsApp groups and 2 of the 3 have a few Dad's on them. A self proclaimed 'full time Dad' like Harry would surely be a vocal presence on such a group...

Definitely calling BS on this one... I do believe they are behind the 'leaks' in an effort to keep themselves in the headlines.

Yes I am certain she leaked this herself. People at those schools are used to being discreet around the 'rich and famous' and if it was discovered who did it, they would be in big trouble. Why would you leak someone's number anyway? Obviously they are going to immediately change it.

Sounds like another made up story, just like the 'security threat' on the school run. Those two are exhausting.

Rentfreeinyourhead · 16/09/2026 08:10

IPP status you say?

Here’s more tea from X:

”Theory number 765:
Harry didn’t come home. He got pulled.
Nobody uproots two kids, lands in the UK, then switches schools days into term because life in Montecito suddenly felt incomplete. That’s an exit. But maybe it was a lone exit.
The Palace already knows what’s coming. It’s not visa issues. Not money. It’s something far worse. The kind of trouble the UK government doesn’t leave sitting in California if they can get Harry onto British soil first.
The King likely knows the whole charade. Perhaps that’s why we were fed that Charles was ‘told’ at the last minute and why that letter of guidance landed so fast. It looked like a slap-down - private citizens, no HRH, don’t treat them like working royals. But was it really? Time will tell.
Non-working royals wouldn’t be on the royal website - and yet Harry and Meghan have been there all along.
The whole fiasco keeps the public looking at a family row while they quietly work the real problem: get Harry his IPP status back so a prosecution is much harder to touch.
Oddly, a few MPs are putting an awful lot of effort into supporting full security for a non-working royal. We should be looking at who and asking why.”

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IcedPurple · 16/09/2026 08:11

LaMarschallin · 16/09/2026 08:10

Fair enough. I don't think it's appropriate for them.
But I don't think I'm the one who needs convincing.

It's not that it's not 'appropriate'. It's that it's not possible unless they become accredited diplomats. They have never held IPP status and never will.

Lookatmelookatmedontevenlookatme · 16/09/2026 08:13

RemainInAbeyance · 16/09/2026 06:56

Is that really what was said?

Where is Meghan the Feminist - why is 'best dad in the world' in the group?

We know they leak to the press, I know who my money is on.

Honestly I don’t believe it, it sounds like a super fan mock up.

TheRealHousewife · 16/09/2026 08:15

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LaMarschallin · 16/09/2026 08:15

IcedPurple · 16/09/2026 08:11

It's not that it's not 'appropriate'. It's that it's not possible unless they become accredited diplomats. They have never held IPP status and never will.

Right.
Thanks for that - I'm better educated now 😊
I just hope someone tells HAM that it's not possible otherwise I suspect there'll be more non-stories and, worse, the children will be shunted around even more than they have already in a bid to show how at risk they are.

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