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Ham pr disasters 40! ..the 40 by 40 anniversary edition!

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jeffgoldblum · 16/09/2026 19:10

Still interested, still not bored!

Ham pr disasters 40! ..the 40 by 40 anniversary edition!
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Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 19:13

Evening, Your Jeffness. How nice to remember Meghan's 40th and the project she launched from that very desk!
Where's Harry, though?.

IAmATorturedPoet · 16/09/2026 19:19

@Williaminagingerwig Meghan’s been playing with photoshop again 😂

Thanks Jeff and great photo for our 40th thread. 😁

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 19:20

IAmATorturedPoet · 16/09/2026 19:19

@Williaminagingerwig Meghan’s been playing with photoshop again 😂

Thanks Jeff and great photo for our 40th thread. 😁

Oh dear! Understandable, however 😉

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 19:21

That's actually a really impressive desk, I like it. Mine is about a quarter of the size and was from IKEA

Choux · 16/09/2026 19:29

40x40 lol.
Some of the names tied to the project were Adele, Melissa McCarthy, Princess Eugenie, Stella McCartney and Serena Williams. However, Fitzwilliams said that the A-list names were not enough to get the “poorly organised” project off the ground.
The royal expert said: “There was never any clear idea of how it would be funded or how exactly it would be beneficial to spend just 40 minutes with someone. It was clearly just a gimmick designed to boost Meghan’s appeal, which she may have overestimated both then and now."
Fitzwilliams added that as part of the 40x40 project, "Meghan recommended ‘time spent in service to others’, a topic about which she knows very little, though she did, as a senior working royal, have the chance to serve and didn’t last long in it."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/meghan-markles-birthday-gimmick-quietly-35670632

Meghan Markle’s birthday 'gimmick' quietly shelved after major mistake

Meghan Markle launched a birthday campaign in 2021 to help women get back to work after the pandemic, but the project fizzled out almost as quickly as it began

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/meghan-markles-birthday-gimmick-quietly-35670632

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 19:32

Choux · 16/09/2026 19:29

40x40 lol.
Some of the names tied to the project were Adele, Melissa McCarthy, Princess Eugenie, Stella McCartney and Serena Williams. However, Fitzwilliams said that the A-list names were not enough to get the “poorly organised” project off the ground.
The royal expert said: “There was never any clear idea of how it would be funded or how exactly it would be beneficial to spend just 40 minutes with someone. It was clearly just a gimmick designed to boost Meghan’s appeal, which she may have overestimated both then and now."
Fitzwilliams added that as part of the 40x40 project, "Meghan recommended ‘time spent in service to others’, a topic about which she knows very little, though she did, as a senior working royal, have the chance to serve and didn’t last long in it."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/meghan-markles-birthday-gimmick-quietly-35670632

All very good points...

Puzzledandpissedoff · 16/09/2026 19:37

Thanks once again. @jeffgoldblum; I wonder if the thread will last longer than the 40/40 initiative Wink

BasiliskStare · 16/09/2026 19:47

Thank you @jeffgoldblum . 💐There are obviously more up to date things to talk about but if that is the desk of a working woman , I'm your Charie's Aunt . & a wonky table leg methinks. Anyway , back to the here and now .

PrivateCitizenTooDimforDiplomacy · 16/09/2026 20:04

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 19:13

Evening, Your Jeffness. How nice to remember Meghan's 40th and the project she launched from that very desk!
Where's Harry, though?.

Thanks for the new thread.

Re Where’s Harry? Wasn’t this when he popped up at the window juggling outside?

I wonder how his juggling is these days.

PrivateCapacityFanny · 16/09/2026 20:09

Puzzledandpissedoff · 16/09/2026 19:37

Thanks once again. @jeffgoldblum; I wonder if the thread will last longer than the 40/40 initiative Wink

I doubt it and hello again everybody!

Getting so frequent maybe we should do hello and thank you every other thread or something.

jeffgoldblum · 16/09/2026 20:12

Welcome all!! Sorry I was missing in action!! 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋 ( apologies for the missing juggling Harry! , he must have popped off to enjoy his father getting poked by his uncle!)

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Cocolapew · 16/09/2026 20:13

Princess Ann in Belfast today or HaMs school run 🤔

Ham pr disasters 40! ..the 40 by 40 anniversary edition!
IdaGlossop · 16/09/2026 20:13

I hear a strange wailing through my Windows in the North. Could it be Meghan, distressed that Charles S has knocked her off the front page of the Daily Mail? The race is on to create a story to brief before midnight that will reclaim the space.

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 20:13

Cocolapew · 16/09/2026 20:13

Princess Ann in Belfast today or HaMs school run 🤔

😂😂😂😂

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 20:14

PrivateCitizenTooDimforDiplomacy · 16/09/2026 20:04

Thanks for the new thread.

Re Where’s Harry? Wasn’t this when he popped up at the window juggling outside?

I wonder how his juggling is these days.

Well, what with being a Prince of England, and a full time Dad, he's probably too busy.

11add1 · 16/09/2026 20:18

While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss.
Another classic

AlwaysRightISwear · 16/09/2026 20:22

I can't see the revelations making H any more willing to reconcile with his father.

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 20:31

AlwaysRightISwear · 16/09/2026 20:22

I can't see the revelations making H any more willing to reconcile with his father.

I doubt that reconciliation is anything that arrogant man child would consider.

jumpintheline · 16/09/2026 20:53

It is a KC classic but I think the palace should not have clapped back on this one. HAM will be enjoying seeing them riled.

TheRealHousewife · 16/09/2026 20:55

Thank you & Signing in @jeffgoldblumNot name changed, been around a while, been working on my spelling on content & hoping I’m considered a worthwhile poster 🤭

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 20:56

jumpintheline · 16/09/2026 20:53

It is a KC classic but I think the palace should not have clapped back on this one. HAM will be enjoying seeing them riled.

Riled? It was the most calm, kind and empathetic of statements. I've never read anything which would indicate "riled" less.

TheRealHousewife · 16/09/2026 21:01

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 19:13

Evening, Your Jeffness. How nice to remember Meghan's 40th and the project she launched from that very desk!
Where's Harry, though?.

He’s at the window 🤭

Ham pr disasters 40! ..the 40 by 40 anniversary edition!
Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 21:07

TheRealHousewife · 16/09/2026 21:01

He’s at the window 🤭

😂😂😂 where are the juggling balls?

LaMarschallin · 16/09/2026 21:08

He’s at the window 🤭

It's like "Where's Wally?"
Except it's more "Where's the wally?"

Williaminagingerwig · 16/09/2026 21:11

LaMarschallin · 16/09/2026 21:08

He’s at the window 🤭

It's like "Where's Wally?"
Except it's more "Where's the wally?"

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😂