Kate & The Middletons

[Tabbytiger122]

I am currently reading Russsll Myers Catherine & William. Enjoying it but one thing that stands out is how the Middletons have never put a foot wrong.
Carole was not from an aristocratic background nor was Michael but they raised their kids not to put a step wrong. Kate also had embarrassing family members (Uncle Gary) but she still invited him to the wedding which was the right thing to do & it nipped the media scandal in the bud & took the wind out of any sails.. Meghan invited none of her extended family or her dad & it caused massive media speculation.
Kate was born for royal life & is a natural. Very proud of our future queen. Her parents did an amazing job.

On this thread?
Totally daft

So it’s not on this one? Then why on earth did it come up? Someone randomly started complaining about women being called solely by their surname?

I am not on all threads at all times. Nor do I have photographic recall. I saw CurlewKate coining the “Cawvids” acronym. Then complaining about Meghan being called “Markle” but haven’t seen anyone call her that here. It was days ago and don’t remember every post, though.

I don’t call Meghan “Markle” nor do I even call her “Meghan Markle” because I don’t talk about her to anyone who doesn’t know who is meant by “Meghan” and almost never talk about her outside of this forum.

I did last month with my Mom and her friend and was wildly surprised to see they find HAM’s antics so outrageous that they’d fit right in here on RFF. We used the name ”Harry and Meghan” then just “Meghan”. Possible someone said “Prince Harry.”

so its a pile on ?? maybe its just posters disagreeing with you.

Oh look it’s a quorum!

Just so you know, I’ve been invited to post by two posters so I am allowed now.

lol 😂

“You know I’m Sussex now.”

Hey, does she want to be called just “Sussex”?

🥱 this tired old comment again.

Meanwhile you are here daily.ripping apart Meghan And Harry for your own entertainment,.find it all so amusing don't you. Yet you have the audacity to tell others to look at their own conduct and behaviour. Why not turn the mirror on yourself? Do yo teach you children the same behaviour...sure kids its fun to gossip about other people

I think it is fair that if some expect others to look at their behaviour then they should look at their own.

Nothing tired about that. 🥱 lol

Are you okay with the AI generated images of H&M on the PR disasters thread that are often posted up maliciously to poke fun at them and blacken their reputation? Its just I don't recall you ever telling those posters off about their conduct

Was this where the whole “Markle” thing god started?

Who has called her that? I’ve genuinely not seen it in an age. I did see a recent InStyle article repeatedly referring to “Prince William and Kate Middleton.” The author seemed stupid rather than intentionally disrespectful, though.

No one seemed to have a problem when Thomas Markle was referred to as just ‘Markle’.

I wonder why that was.

@CoffeeCantata You didn’t actually expect an answer to that, did you?

Although, in fairness he was mostly referred to as Thomas Markle.

As Meghan is.

Did you ever object to the heinous rumors about William? Think back carefully.

I just don’t see the big deal. I have tons of old childhood friends who married and changed names. Sometimes their old surname pops out. It’s not meant one way or another. Neither is HAM necessarily. I used H&M forever but it’s easier to type HAM. What’s being said about them is what matters.

Unlike some of the names used for the rest of the Royal family, which are never used kindly.

No, it’s a pile on.

I’d love to show her a map of English counties and see if she could pick out Sussex!

LOL😄

If you read my post respond ing to Lilac upthread I go into this very point.

I really think you need to calm down, maybe even lie down.

I don’t think I’m in the habit of “ripping into” anyone, as you so hyperbolically put it. It sounds like the same rage-inflation we see with dear old vitriol and frothing and spitting bile.

I wish to inform you that I’m not in the habit of doing any of these most unsavoury activities, but I am partial to a bit is satire and mockery, in the great British tradition of Gilray, Hogarth, Rowlandson and others…right up to Private Eye and HIGNIFY.

If you have a problem with that the internet may not be for you.

It’s crazy stuff, Overt!

LOL!

Those were horrible, and all based on a nasty rumour started for a “joke” by Giles Coren…which, even after he went public and admitted it, the SS would not relinquish.

We all know at least 3 horrible rumours about HAM, but I personally do not believe them and my impression is that very, very few pps on here believe them either. They are not tolerated on MN, and rightly so.

My view of HAM is entirely based on what I have seen them do, and heard from their own lips and not on malicious rumours.

Your backtracking is staggering @CurlewKate ... You said you were going to start calling the Wales children "the Cawvids" to see it stuck & you were going to call our future queen "Middleton"
You starting backtracking & denying it when you were called out on your nasty, petty actions. Pathetic.

Lots of pots calling kettles black on this thread!

“Speaking at a function, Thatcher noted…”
“Accepting her Oscar, Winslet thanked…”
“At the summit in Brussels, Merkel visited…”
“In her seminal work, Woolf wrote…”

These are all perfectly normal, perfectly acceptable references in written English . Finding it rude is a very personal reaction.

I can't be bothered to argue with you. It's really boring.

You carry on calling people by their surname if that's your thing
It's not mine. I've never done it and won't start now