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HaM PR disasters 43: AI crashes but amethyst flashes

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bluegreygreen · 23/09/2026 22:36

Hope no-one minds that I started this one...

Continuing the saga of Sussex PR disasters.

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ElsieJay · 24/09/2026 19:46

Fondmemories · 24/09/2026 19:39

Charles must find his younger son mortifyingly embarrassing. The 'Dook of Sussex'. Just so cringe.

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“ Dork of Sussex”, more like !

BasiliskStare · 24/09/2026 19:52

I've managed to find a video of H's AI speech. 15 mins - interrupted half way through . No heavy amounts of actual facts he had to deliver - speaking "as a father" . In this instance - if he couldn't have finished off that speech decently , without a teleprompter - even if he made a joke about the teleprompter going off - well I think that's poor show. No-one was asking him for accurate revenues over the last three years of AI related firms or predicted revenue from AI related companies. He had a very simple message. I'm not in charge of booking speakers for large global conferences , but if I were , H wouldn't make the cut. But he's a Prince and I'm sure a useful filler for 15 mins . And if you build it he will come 😊⚾🤑🛩

ETA aeroplane emoji 😎

Bigcat25 · 24/09/2026 19:53

Candleabra · 24/09/2026 18:18

AI got into my speech?!! Is this like the dog ate my homework?

It certainly shows he has no idea about the subject (or how AI works). And so crass and graceless to blame someone else. He comes across as so bitter and angry, and can’t even make a little joke at his own expense to cover a cock up.

Ridiculous isn't it! AI didn't sabotage his speech, but which is he blaming? Can't be both AI and Reid's fault.

As usual he doesn't know what he's talking about.

HoldMyWine · 24/09/2026 19:56

ElsieJay · 24/09/2026 19:46

“ Dork of Sussex”, more like !

Where is the laugh emoji when you need it?!

JSMill · 24/09/2026 20:04

Bigcat25 · 24/09/2026 19:46

I had the same though. He's being well paid and flown in, but had no initiative to finish it if his own accord.

He’s being paid for that! Wtf?

FancyKitten · 24/09/2026 20:14

Harry is being shown-up for the boorish posh boy that he is (which incidentally was a job he was perfect at, before he met MM. Being a prince. Born for it, even! Now he has to do actual work?). Not in Kansas anymore, Toto…

JSMill · 24/09/2026 20:17

FancyKitten · 24/09/2026 20:14

Harry is being shown-up for the boorish posh boy that he is (which incidentally was a job he was perfect at, before he met MM. Being a prince. Born for it, even! Now he has to do actual work?). Not in Kansas anymore, Toto…

I think what happened in NYC has definitely done that. He can’t have walked away from that thinking that went well! I guess people like that will just blame other people.

Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 20:20

JSMill · 24/09/2026 20:17

I think what happened in NYC has definitely done that. He can’t have walked away from that thinking that went well! I guess people like that will just blame other people.

I think he believes he did very well. Remember AMW believed he did brilliantly after the Emily M interview. H is alarmingly similar to his hideous uncle

CathyorClaire · 24/09/2026 20:28

CrookedEaredCorgi · 24/09/2026 16:09

Just been mooching about in my local Waterstones. I can report a total, complete, 100% lack of interest in "the" book. Not one person stopping to even glance at it during my observation period. 😂

Edited to add - quite a small display too, and small area of shop front window top left corner.

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Just 109 reviews on Amazon although it's still being touted rather hopefully at £14.

I've said before I do reckon C3 dunnit but without solid proof it was never going to float.

The self-inflicted Piers Morgan caper has left it dead in the water.

JSMill · 24/09/2026 20:30

Someone on X has called what happened in NYC H’s Milli Vanilli moment! Brilliant!

CathyorClaire · 24/09/2026 20:32

BasiliskStare · 24/09/2026 19:52

I've managed to find a video of H's AI speech. 15 mins - interrupted half way through . No heavy amounts of actual facts he had to deliver - speaking "as a father" . In this instance - if he couldn't have finished off that speech decently , without a teleprompter - even if he made a joke about the teleprompter going off - well I think that's poor show. No-one was asking him for accurate revenues over the last three years of AI related firms or predicted revenue from AI related companies. He had a very simple message. I'm not in charge of booking speakers for large global conferences , but if I were , H wouldn't make the cut. But he's a Prince and I'm sure a useful filler for 15 mins . And if you build it he will come 😊⚾🤑🛩

ETA aeroplane emoji 😎

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Does he ever not speak 'as a father'?

That's it Grin

fuschiaproudparrot · 24/09/2026 20:32

JSMill · 24/09/2026 20:30

Someone on X has called what happened in NYC H’s Milli Vanilli moment! Brilliant!

😂

I See You Basketball GIF
Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 20:34

JSMill · 24/09/2026 20:30

Someone on X has called what happened in NYC H’s Milli Vanilli moment! Brilliant!

Brilliant

fuschiaproudparrot · 24/09/2026 20:35

ElsieJay · 24/09/2026 19:46

“ Dork of Sussex”, more like !

😂

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Lookatmelookatmedontevenlookatme · 24/09/2026 20:44

Multibarpack · 24/09/2026 08:38

Businesses require hard work, understanding your customer base and finances. It is not enough just to be interested in, or even good at, the thing it is based on. That is why he failed at Netflix and Spotify.

Oh I agree, it goes without saying that A LOT of support would be needed to get the thing off the ground.

But I think as with Invictus, that support might be forthcoming if it meant he was gainfully occupied and less of a king botherer.

FancyKitten · 24/09/2026 20:44

CathyorClaire · 24/09/2026 20:28

Just 109 reviews on Amazon although it's still being touted rather hopefully at £14.

I've said before I do reckon C3 dunnit but without solid proof it was never going to float.

The self-inflicted Piers Morgan caper has left it dead in the water.

Quite. There’s a massive window display in my local bookshop. My first reaction was to roll my eyes.

MM could have told Earl Spencer not to cross Piers Morgan. I mean the man was cancelled & came back even bigger.

Can you imagine the celeb filth PM has up his sleeve? Charles Spencer won’t come away unscathed…

GrouvilleMaLuv · 24/09/2026 20:44

Bigcat25 · 24/09/2026 19:53

Ridiculous isn't it! AI didn't sabotage his speech, but which is he blaming? Can't be both AI and Reid's fault.

As usual he doesn't know what he's talking about.

‘Always complain, can’t explain’ sums it up in this latest show of incompetence.

AlwaysRightISwear · 24/09/2026 20:50

Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 14:52

Well that's the thing also ,you mentioned the Wales kids being used to it.
The Wales kids plus other royal kids like Zara & Peter Philips were brought up with the pomp & ceremony of royal life. They know how to politely greet folk, sit through long boring formalities, sign from the hymn book when it's required at a mass etc.. the Hamlets have had none of the soft skill training the other royal children have been mastering since birth & they'll have American accents too...

They won't have American accents if they manage to stick it out over here.

The rest is an issue though.

MajorSideEye · 24/09/2026 20:53

MeghansMerkin · 24/09/2026 09:01

So do I but I don’t subscribe to the jail rumours as no doubt the Markle kids would have spilled the beans already. I think she was probably broke, in debt, had to work unsocial hours or live somewhere unsuitable for a child etc so couldn’t care for Meghan financially or logistically as she would want. I think Doria had a very tough time. She was a very young woman when she married the much older Markle and basically was left to cook, clean and care for his dreadful teenagers 24/7 whilst he worked around the clock. They called her ‘The Maid’ - how offensive - she was only a few years older than them. I am impressed that she educated herself in later life getting a Masters in Social Work. I think she has a good character is measured and demure and would have a fascinating story to tell with a ring side seat at the ‘Markle’s Debarkles’

I know neither you nor I know Doria personally, so ultimately we’re both speculating, but I actually have the complete opposite view to you about Doria having had a “tough time”.

She married a man who was financially secure, so didn’t need to work. And according to Bower’s account, Doria regularly smoked weed at home, and Samantha suggested that her father knew Doria was sleeping with other men.

Doria apparently was not being particularly affectionate towards the older Markle children, who were already dealing with being abandoned by the mother, a workaholic father and the upheaval of having a new stepmother.

Then the arrival of a new baby, Meghan, who was apparently treated as the special little princess who received all the loving attention and was even sent to private school.

I don’t think the two older Markle children are awful at all. If Bower’s account is accurate, I think they had a pretty shit start in life and, from their perspective, a stepmother who didn’t seem particularly fond of them, while their younger half-sister received very different treatment.

But like I say! Who knows the truth, neither of us know them! (Thank god)

My2cents1975 · 24/09/2026 21:17

The phrase "don't know what you've got till it's gone" captures the whole NYC debacle in a nutshell...in fact you could extend it to the past six years.

Opportunities have dropped into H's lap solely due to his perceived access to monarch past, present and future. Because H did not earn these opportunities, H did not understand that he needed to put in the effort to make the most of the opportunities. Especially as H's perceived access with the RF will end once we enter the reign of William V.

Take this speech. CGI gathered important people into the room, who value their time and have achieved something in their various fields. H, already on the backfoot as a nepo baby, needed to meet the moment. H absolutely failed right in front of high profile, influential and wealthy individuals in the audience.

IMHO, H does not understand how many future opportunities have just slammed shut and how much he has embarrassed the Clintons. Several high-profile people have posted scathing social media comments about H's autocue fail and it is just a growing PR nightmare.

MajorSideEye · 24/09/2026 21:21

WingnutSOS · 24/09/2026 18:09

Found it! ‘Reid’ whoever that was, has been forced to take the blame..

Harry is so lacking in manners or class. What an entitled buffoon.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8MvxbXE/

OMG Wingnut that TikTok is so uncomfortable to watch. When he comes back on stage, only a couple of people laugh at his “joke”.

Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 21:31

My2cents1975 · 24/09/2026 21:17

The phrase "don't know what you've got till it's gone" captures the whole NYC debacle in a nutshell...in fact you could extend it to the past six years.

Opportunities have dropped into H's lap solely due to his perceived access to monarch past, present and future. Because H did not earn these opportunities, H did not understand that he needed to put in the effort to make the most of the opportunities. Especially as H's perceived access with the RF will end once we enter the reign of William V.

Take this speech. CGI gathered important people into the room, who value their time and have achieved something in their various fields. H, already on the backfoot as a nepo baby, needed to meet the moment. H absolutely failed right in front of high profile, influential and wealthy individuals in the audience.

IMHO, H does not understand how many future opportunities have just slammed shut and how much he has embarrassed the Clintons. Several high-profile people have posted scathing social media comments about H's autocue fail and it is just a growing PR nightmare.

They always dust themselves off and move on. He has had many disastrous speeches etc yet continues to get away with it

FancyKitten · 24/09/2026 21:43

My2cents1975 · 24/09/2026 21:17

The phrase "don't know what you've got till it's gone" captures the whole NYC debacle in a nutshell...in fact you could extend it to the past six years.

Opportunities have dropped into H's lap solely due to his perceived access to monarch past, present and future. Because H did not earn these opportunities, H did not understand that he needed to put in the effort to make the most of the opportunities. Especially as H's perceived access with the RF will end once we enter the reign of William V.

Take this speech. CGI gathered important people into the room, who value their time and have achieved something in their various fields. H, already on the backfoot as a nepo baby, needed to meet the moment. H absolutely failed right in front of high profile, influential and wealthy individuals in the audience.

IMHO, H does not understand how many future opportunities have just slammed shut and how much he has embarrassed the Clintons. Several high-profile people have posted scathing social media comments about H's autocue fail and it is just a growing PR nightmare.

Was just saying this about nepo babies. They’ve not had the hard knocks their parents had, to get to the top. When you’re handed everything on a plate, but don’t know how to used a knife & fork, it’s not much good…

FancyKitten · 24/09/2026 21:46

Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 21:31

They always dust themselves off and move on. He has had many disastrous speeches etc yet continues to get away with it

I don’t know… Meghan, who has more front than Brighton Pier, appears to be fresh out of ideas. What is she going to do next? Appears she was handing the baton to H, now they’re back in his territory, and he has dropped it. She can’t rely on him to make his own dime.

HoldMyWine · 24/09/2026 21:54

She must have serious ‘ick’ by now surely?