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

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Continuing the discussion, still interested, still not bored!

Strip him of all titles. He'll be much safer then

When and where has he banged on about IPP status? My recollection is that he stated it in his first issue press release in 2020 when announcing he was leaving the RF - but then edited that version to remove it as he realised its not within UK Government remit to apply it unilaterally. Not aware he has mentioned IPP status since?

The strange thing is, though, he does seem to have managed to slip in and out of the UK fairly discreetly. Take the visit in July. Yes they leaked that they were coming and we had the whole will they, won’t they debacle, but they were actually here and no one was any the wiser about their arrival. It all a bit of a double standard if you will. They do know how to be discreet but choose not to be at times 🤷‍♀️

I think this too!
It won’t happen obviously, but they are trying to make it happen.

You're right, sorry - they have US protection under special Federal funding. So he wants more than the Obamas.

Robert Jobson opinion piece in The Sun.

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This 100%.

Even from what they've posted on Social Media it looks like they've been in/out of the UK flying commercially, in M's case probably more than once, in 2026.

I doubt they are staying for very long - that’s MM plan - doubt her delusional STBXH has clocked this yet - they won’t buy anything here - just rinse their mates for sufficient time to douse their DCs in Royal Glitter - Christmas Sandringham Walk with pops, holiday in Balmoral and a song and dance for 30th anniversary of Diana’s death should be enough - then MM will take her DCs back to sunny Cali and leave her dysfunctional dud of a STBXH behind.

I'm not even sure that he does. Harry certainly does not, and never has.

https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/923643/duchess-sophie-remains-in-good-humour-as-royal-tour-begins-with-travel-mishap/
Compare and contrast; Sophie on an official visit to Zambia, and championing her causes of gender based violence, and eye health.
Not about her.

But he won't ever shut up about it.

I wonder where the children's wishes are in all of this.
I know the narrative is always pushed about their young family in order to suggest HAM are young parents (they're really not) and yes, 5 & 7 are both young ages.
But they're not babies or toddlers.
They're able to have opinions about being taken out of one school in the US, brought to another school in another country, then, two days later, taken out of that one and apparently put in yet another. Doubtless they had friends in their first school. I suppose they barely had time to make any contact in the next one.
It must be so strange for them and quite stressful.
I'm sure a lot of us remember how carefully our children's first day at school was planned to make the change easier and a good experience - it's a big milestone in a child's life.

William does have IPP status because he is heir and could become king and HoS at any moment, anywhere if his father were to die suddenly. Which I think underlines why Harry isn’t, much to his chagrin 😆

@Mencia, that story about Felipe’s PPO’s interest being sparked by his university lectures, and doing the degree alongside him, echoes the experience of Charles and his PPO at Cambridge.

Apparently Charles’s PPO was awarded a First in (I think) Archaeology & Anthropology.

(By contrast, Harry’s bodyguards are probably bored witless and/or quite proficient on CoD for X-Box.)

Harry mentioned IPP status in the initial statement on the Sussex Royal Instagram page (which was rapidly retracted).

Following that, it was mentioned during his court case against the Home Office.

He hasn't mentioned it in public otherwise - his comments have all been more general.

By strict definition, Harry probably had IPP status for the period of his royal tours (eg in S Africa and Australia), as he was representing the monarch abroad.

No, that's an urban myth, debunked by Cambridge University. His PPO did not sit any exams and was not awarded a degree.

Absolutely. You don't have to be a highly paid security expert to know not to share your private phone number with strangers if you're someone so at risk that your children need to be driven to school in a multi vehicle convoy.

How is it they managed in school in Montecito for years with no issues? Yet all these problems and it's not even been a week? I have no doubt that all these 'issues' are being orchestrated by the Sussexes themselves. It's the near catastrophic car chase all over again.

Bummer - I liked the thought of a royal PPO versed in the structuralisme of old Cantab.

Yes, I think someone's idea of having a pop at Charles! Not true, however!

Could you imagine the scandal if they tried to enrol their kids and were refused ! I think they would blow the school out of the water if that happened.

If only doing nothing for us was the only problem.
They actively damage our country both at home and internationally.

Yes, this is the problem. They're not some harmless idiots, they're damaging and dangerous.

If there is no space at Lambrook or another school the Sussexes want their kids to go to then there is no space. Popular schools are unlikely to have a space available in both A and L’s years especially once term has started.

Drama llamas should go home and get a job. By home I mean back where they and their children were settled, or if that has become impossible for some reason, to somewhere they own a home and can be settled (Portugal?). I think it is very clear that where they are at now is not intended to be settled. Poor kids.

So, I get the allusions to a potential divorce - would M be able to take the kids away with her?
I don't get the other thing though about maybe the RF want him here before some news breaks and he needs immunity. What's that all about?