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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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Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 10:22

ButeNonagenarianMadeMeGasp · 24/09/2026 09:45

He’s doing his best to look royal, and if you discount his actual performance and behaviour at these ‘engagements’ it’s sort of working. Superficially there isn’t a lot of difference between Harry visiting a school and W+C visiting Bute. But he’s just not as good at it, and the coverage that he craves just exposes his inadequacies. And when there are proper royal moments like glitzy film premieres, remembrance, the carols and the walk to church on Christmas morning, he won’t be there. No doubt he will try to arrange a way to deflect - we had to decline our invitation from Tom Cruise because Harry was in NY - we couldn’t go to the Cenotaph because Harry already had a commitment to [insert name of regiment whose band you can hire] - we couldn’t make it to Sandringham this year because we were back in California. But everyone will know it’s because he’s not really one of them.

Ham are now realising they are missing out on the huge quintessentially royal moments the public love like the walk to the church with all the kids in tow.
Archie & Lily should be there like every other royal child but they can't due to their parents unforgivable actions.
The penny has dropped for Ham about just how much A&L have lost & there is no way back!

Mylovelygreendress · 24/09/2026 10:25

Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 10:22

Ham are now realising they are missing out on the huge quintessentially royal moments the public love like the walk to the church with all the kids in tow.
Archie & Lily should be there like every other royal child but they can't due to their parents unforgivable actions.
The penny has dropped for Ham about just how much A&L have lost & there is no way back!

I really hope A and L have lots of lovely little friends at school , go to play dates etc as they won’t be included in Wales / Tindall activities. It will be interesting to see if Beatrice and Eugenie are still close to them although I have doubts as they really don’t want to annoy William .

Puzzledandpissedoff · 24/09/2026 10:26

Many thanks for the new thread, @bluegreygreen; checking in for a hopeless attempt to catch up!!

WilliamsExtraSausage · 24/09/2026 10:28

OK. This is genuine. You can Google it yourself, folks. I just looked up The Knob in Northamptonshire. It is in a village called Kings Sutton which is near Banbury.

HaM PR disasters 43: AI crashes but amethyst flashes
Multibarpack · 24/09/2026 10:30

The wedding was weird because MM didn’t see it as a wedding but as a performance - a showcase to the Hollywood elite.

WilliamsExtraSausage · 24/09/2026 10:30

And it’s on the school run! In fact it’s probably easier to get to school than their current abode.

StrawberryWasp · 24/09/2026 10:30

When the working royals do their visits and events they are DOING THEIR JOBS.

Harry can prance about doing visits but it's NOT HIS JOB. He's just a bloke with a title chosing to go to an event.

The difference is: he doesn't get paid for it, he doesn't get security for it, he doesn't get given a house for it.

So what's he going to get out of it?

Yes he can prance around pretending it's his job, but it's not.

So what's he going to do for money while he pretends this is still his job?

Thedom · 24/09/2026 10:31

WilliamsExtraSausage · 24/09/2026 10:12

Here is a sweet nod to @theduchessoftwatt who I don’t think is on this thread yet. Some ideas in case any of you are thinking of a name change.

Haha, thanks. I keep meaning to name change and I only remember after I have joined the discussion on the new thread.

JSMill · 24/09/2026 10:35

Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 10:19

I think the message is we are not going anywhere. Doesn't matter how ridiculous we look as long as we are seen. H thinks he's playing a blinder at these gigs. He has absolutely no self awareness

I agree.

Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 10:36

Mylovelygreendress · 24/09/2026 10:25

I really hope A and L have lots of lovely little friends at school , go to play dates etc as they won’t be included in Wales / Tindall activities. It will be interesting to see if Beatrice and Eugenie are still close to them although I have doubts as they really don’t want to annoy William .

I don't think Beatrice & Eugenie will have anything to do with Ham, they'll need to stay in with William.

Will A&L be invited to much though? Reputation & discretion is so so important to the wealthy & powerful... they will keep Ham at arms length to stop them gossiping & finding out things that may be used against them later.

Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 10:36

StrawberryWasp · 24/09/2026 10:30

When the working royals do their visits and events they are DOING THEIR JOBS.

Harry can prance about doing visits but it's NOT HIS JOB. He's just a bloke with a title chosing to go to an event.

The difference is: he doesn't get paid for it, he doesn't get security for it, he doesn't get given a house for it.

So what's he going to get out of it?

Yes he can prance around pretending it's his job, but it's not.

So what's he going to do for money while he pretends this is still his job?

Honestly, I don't think they need money. They are getting exactly what they want. Attention and headlines and he gets to be announced as Prince and doooook

Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 10:38

WilliamsExtraSausage · 24/09/2026 10:29

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/92908656#/?channel=RES_BUY

I have also found them a lovely house to buy which should be within their price range.

Ohhh this is gorgeous!

Thedom · 24/09/2026 10:39

Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 10:22

Ham are now realising they are missing out on the huge quintessentially royal moments the public love like the walk to the church with all the kids in tow.
Archie & Lily should be there like every other royal child but they can't due to their parents unforgivable actions.
The penny has dropped for Ham about just how much A&L have lost & there is no way back!

Yes and Meghan has long ago realised that using the backsides of her children is not all that after all, she needs their faces with the real Royals for the big deal. I think it will be soon, the invisikids backsides are bringing nothing to the table except ridicule in the light of their hypocrisy about keeping their kids off SM.

Its going to be another about face, like Harry never being able to bring his family to the UK.

Multibarpack · 24/09/2026 10:42

Just coming back to TV presenters and Gemma Collins. Being a TV presenter is a skill. There are not as many people as you would suspect who have the ability to do it - to be at ease in front of the camera, to have charisma, possibly gravitas, to be able to ad lib smoothly, etc. Reality TV stars who cross over from their original show (where they have already been carefully selected) are those who have those skills. Gemma Collins didn’t become famous just for being famous; she had the skill and charisma to appeal to her audience.

Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 10:46

The kids faces reveal will be Diana documentary. I really don't think they will be anywhere near RF at Xmas

Mymanyellow · 24/09/2026 10:51

Multibarpack · 24/09/2026 10:30

The wedding was weird because MM didn’t see it as a wedding but as a performance - a showcase to the Hollywood elite.

Everything is a performance. That’s why she never appears genuine. It’s all an act.

StrawberryWasp · 24/09/2026 10:53

Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 10:36

Honestly, I don't think they need money. They are getting exactly what they want. Attention and headlines and he gets to be announced as Prince and doooook

I think they do need money.

StormGazing · 24/09/2026 10:54

Mymanyellow · 24/09/2026 10:51

Everything is a performance. That’s why she never appears genuine. It’s all an act.

…. and she’s a shockingly bad actor too!

Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 10:54

Thedom · 24/09/2026 10:39

Yes and Meghan has long ago realised that using the backsides of her children is not all that after all, she needs their faces with the real Royals for the big deal. I think it will be soon, the invisikids backsides are bringing nothing to the table except ridicule in the light of their hypocrisy about keeping their kids off SM.

Its going to be another about face, like Harry never being able to bring his family to the UK.

Yep, if Ham had been clever & just done their jobs like W&K things would be so so different for their kids.
I think the trappings of royal life look much more attractive to Markle now her kids are older & she sees the Wales children out & about so much at royal events

Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 10:54

Starryfifty · 24/09/2026 10:46

The kids faces reveal will be Diana documentary. I really don't think they will be anywhere near RF at Xmas

I agree

WilliamsExtraSausage · 24/09/2026 10:56

Tabbytiger122 · 24/09/2026 10:38

Ohhh this is gorgeous!

Isn’t it just?

TheTwerkingDuchessOfMonteshitshow · 24/09/2026 11:06

Thedom · 24/09/2026 09:51

Did it take the school a few days to put up that appreciation post?

I wouldn’t be surprised it was pressure from the Sussex’s, via Invictus to post publicly about it after the backlash , the no comment posts are,a typical playbook of the Sussex’s, which lends more credibility to it being requested by the Sussex camp, probably written by them too.

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By supposedly pandering to Invictus with the appreciation post surely that would mean them condoning Harry’s comment and gesticulating about breasts. Would they really cover up a safeguarding issue?

Not that I think he did say breasts, I’m pretty sure he said breath whilst modelling someone taking a deep breath.

fridaynightzzz · 24/09/2026 11:06

StrawberryWasp · 24/09/2026 10:53

I think they do need money.

I think wealthy people like that only stay like that if they don’t touch their core wealth. That money will be earning them money but probably not enough for what they want.

I don’t think they really meant to keep the kids faces covered. I think they made some stupid comments and then had to follow through. They weren’t bothered earlier on. So they started with the back of head thing. If they cared about it they wouldn’t show them at all or speak about them.
I suspect Harry realises unless he does something his children will stick out like a sore thumb in certain circles so needs them to have an English private education. If they grow up Californian they won’t ever fit in. So they have to be here.