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Inappropriate photo op for William and catherine

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OneLilacHedgehog · 18/09/2026 16:28

This was at an event this week. But the photo just made me gasp. It looks like the elderly woman is being used as a prop, rather than being treated in a dignified way.

Inappropriate photo op for William and catherine
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MrsLeonFarrell · 22/09/2026 08:40

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 08:33

Why are you creating a narrative I have never said? I said nothing about the rest of Diana's family.

I was simply correcting a comment that said Diana's family pushed her into the marriage, when actually her own mother advised her against the marriage.
I am sorry facts are inconvenient to you.

Would you like to correct your OP about William and Catherine?

You are doing a nice deflect into Diana but this thread is about an inaccurate photograph and post and I would really like to see that acknowledged by you.

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 08:42

CoffeeCantata · 22/09/2026 08:34

OP - please tell us why you dislike William.

I don't know him, so I don't dislike him.

He does seem to do nothing that really makes a difference. It's all rich people type pr work for charities. And I dislike his misogyny e.g. the manner in which he hurries Catherine along, and his jokes about her. I actually think Catherine properly engaging with people, is getting it right.

I do also have an aversion to men whose support of a football team is so aggressive as ime they don't tend to be nice people. You can cheer and shout, and I have at football matches, without that aggressiveness.

But ultimately they are impressions. He is a stranger after all.

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OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:42

MrsLeonFarrell · 22/09/2026 08:40

Would you like to correct your OP about William and Catherine?

You are doing a nice deflect into Diana but this thread is about an inaccurate photograph and post and I would really like to see that acknowledged by you.

Me too.

CoffeeCantata · 22/09/2026 08:43

AndOP, I now see why people were teasing you for your assertion that you had legal experience.

I’ve rarely read so many biased and propagandist posts which are ridiculously selective in the evidence they choose to believe and that which they choose to discard. That’s a scary attitude if you are a paralegal. You come over as unscrupulous.

And the tone of your posts is also offensively dismissive and high-handed towards pps who challenge you.

noonames · 22/09/2026 08:44

I saw the photo and thought it looked disgusting, that’s it.

You ignored the published photos, pinched the worst one you could find from Reuters, made a stupid claim and then when challenged, tried to assert that there were two women on Bute that day, with the same hair, same face, wearing the same coat, who both had their photo taken with the PPoW, one of whom was happy and smiling (presumably this one didn’t make you gasp), while one was being used as a prop.

CoffeeCantata · 22/09/2026 08:45

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 08:42

I don't know him, so I don't dislike him.

He does seem to do nothing that really makes a difference. It's all rich people type pr work for charities. And I dislike his misogyny e.g. the manner in which he hurries Catherine along, and his jokes about her. I actually think Catherine properly engaging with people, is getting it right.

I do also have an aversion to men whose support of a football team is so aggressive as ime they don't tend to be nice people. You can cheer and shout, and I have at football matches, without that aggressiveness.

But ultimately they are impressions. He is a stranger after all.

My eyes have rolled so far back I can hardly type!🙄

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:45

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 08:42

I don't know him, so I don't dislike him.

He does seem to do nothing that really makes a difference. It's all rich people type pr work for charities. And I dislike his misogyny e.g. the manner in which he hurries Catherine along, and his jokes about her. I actually think Catherine properly engaging with people, is getting it right.

I do also have an aversion to men whose support of a football team is so aggressive as ime they don't tend to be nice people. You can cheer and shout, and I have at football matches, without that aggressiveness.

But ultimately they are impressions. He is a stranger after all.

So, you started this thread which is inherently dishonest?
About Diana's son who has worked in the Air Ambulance service, initiated a Homelessness charity, Earthshot, improvements to the Duchy of Cornwall, meanwhile supporting his father with cancer, his wife with cancer and looking after young children?
Do you prefer the other son, who trashes this brother for money?
Who would Diana be most proud of?

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:47

noonames · 22/09/2026 08:44

I saw the photo and thought it looked disgusting, that’s it.

You ignored the published photos, pinched the worst one you could find from Reuters, made a stupid claim and then when challenged, tried to assert that there were two women on Bute that day, with the same hair, same face, wearing the same coat, who both had their photo taken with the PPoW, one of whom was happy and smiling (presumably this one didn’t make you gasp), while one was being used as a prop.

Exactly. You're either incredibly unobservant @OneLilacHedgehog, or have zero idea about evidence.
You started this thread to bash W&K.
Why?

noonames · 22/09/2026 08:47

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:45

So, you started this thread which is inherently dishonest?
About Diana's son who has worked in the Air Ambulance service, initiated a Homelessness charity, Earthshot, improvements to the Duchy of Cornwall, meanwhile supporting his father with cancer, his wife with cancer and looking after young children?
Do you prefer the other son, who trashes this brother for money?
Who would Diana be most proud of?

According to Harry, Diana would be so proud of him, moving to the USA and living the life she would have wanted for him. Oh, wait..

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:48

CoffeeCantata · 22/09/2026 08:45

My eyes have rolled so far back I can hardly type!🙄

How very dare he support a football team! 🤣🤣

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 08:49

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:48

How very dare he support a football team! 🤣🤣

So disingenuous when that is not what I said

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OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:49

noonames · 22/09/2026 08:47

According to Harry, Diana would be so proud of him, moving to the USA and living the life she would have wanted for him. Oh, wait..

Can you imagine if she saw how Harry behaved now? Lazy, greedy, lying, petulant....worst of all, utterly betraying his own brother. For money.
Can you imagine how proud she would be of William and the Homeless project alone?

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:50

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 08:49

So disingenuous when that is not what I said

Clarify it then.
Why start this horrible thread? William was Diana's son, and the only one to continue her legacy.

noonames · 22/09/2026 08:51

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:48

How very dare he support a football team! 🤣🤣

The wrong type of goal celebration is reminiscent of Catherine not having the correct facial expression when lending a lipgloss.

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:54

noonames · 22/09/2026 08:51

The wrong type of goal celebration is reminiscent of Catherine not having the correct facial expression when lending a lipgloss.

Whatever William and Kate do, this OP will not change their mind.
The horrible, cruel and inaccurate premise of this thread is a testament to that.

MrsLeonFarrell · 22/09/2026 08:55

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 08:49

So disingenuous when that is not what I said

But you wrote the OP, care to correct that?

Truth is more important than ever in the age of AI.

CoffeeCantata · 22/09/2026 09:04

OP wanted to start a certain sort of thread, and it hasn't worked out.

OP - if your dislike of W & C is for the silly reasons you claim, can I suggest that Celebitchy is the place where' you'll find like-minded posters? They hate them on there and the level of spite is eye-watering.

And they dislike them for exactly the kind of reasons you give!

Go on, give it a try. Oh, and the editor, Kaiser, does exactly what you did - she posts the nastiest images of W & C and everyone takes them at face value, they're so brainwashed.

CoffeeCantata · 22/09/2026 09:07

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 08:39

We won't get an answer. It's so peculiar, because it's William ( with Kate).who is carrying on Diana's work!

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I certainly didn't get an answer that made any sense! Except to a teenage schoolgirl, perhaps.

OP just doesn't like them, Their actions and behaviour make no impact on their prejudices. They could make the blind to see and the lame to walk, and OP would still say C was wearing boring clothes and William was too aggressive when watching footie!

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 09:12

CoffeeCantata · 22/09/2026 09:07

I certainly didn't get an answer that made any sense! Except to a teenage schoolgirl, perhaps.

OP just doesn't like them, Their actions and behaviour make no impact on their prejudices. They could make the blind to see and the lame to walk, and OP would still say C was wearing boring clothes and William was too aggressive when watching footie!

Yes, I agree. This thread was created from a really horrible, dishonest image.
Someone who loves Diana, but hates her son. The son who honours his mother's work the most.
It makes no sense.

jeffgoldblum · 22/09/2026 09:19

noonames · 22/09/2026 08:44

I saw the photo and thought it looked disgusting, that’s it.

You ignored the published photos, pinched the worst one you could find from Reuters, made a stupid claim and then when challenged, tried to assert that there were two women on Bute that day, with the same hair, same face, wearing the same coat, who both had their photo taken with the PPoW, one of whom was happy and smiling (presumably this one didn’t make you gasp), while one was being used as a prop.

Worse! , they pinched it from a wales hate forum on Reddit!

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 09:29

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 09:12

Yes, I agree. This thread was created from a really horrible, dishonest image.
Someone who loves Diana, but hates her son. The son who honours his mother's work the most.
It makes no sense.

No I don't love Diana, she was a stranger to me. I admire the work she did.
I don't hate her sons, they are strangers. I was specifically asked what I thought about William and gave my impressions

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OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 09:38

OneLilacHedgehog · 22/09/2026 09:29

No I don't love Diana, she was a stranger to me. I admire the work she did.
I don't hate her sons, they are strangers. I was specifically asked what I thought about William and gave my impressions

You created this thread. Look at the image. Read your words.
You're trashing William and his wife.

OlympicWomen · 22/09/2026 09:39

jeffgoldblum · 22/09/2026 09:19

Worse! , they pinched it from a wales hate forum on Reddit!

A Wales hate forum? That's disgusting.
What would Diana think?

damnatiomemoriae · 22/09/2026 09:39

And yet you created this thread, purposefully selecting the photo you did, (despite there being more to chose from), in order to accuse Diana’s son and his wife of using an elderly woman as a prop and being treated in an undignified manner.

It surprised/horrified you so that it made you gasp.

What makes me gasp is the fact that you chose to do that.

CoffeeCantata · 22/09/2026 09:45

I have a theory that the reason some people (OK, let's be honest - Sussex Supporters) are so mean about W and K is because they know in their heart of hearts that Harry and Meghan have behaved badly towards his family but can't admit it to themselves. So they manufacture reasons to justify their behaviour.

And those reasons are largely manufactured - and often unbelievably trivial, as OP has proved. I mean - you don't dislike someone because you find their clothes boring! You might dislike someone because they have lied about their relatives to a world audience and betrayed family confidences and relationships. You might be justified in disliking someone for that.

But for having boring clothes? For getting a bit excited at a footie match? Pull the other one.

It's a bit like bullies claiming their victims were asking for it and that any normal person would have bullied them too.

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