Ham pr disasters 44! Will there be karma? Or will the slippery mackerel of consequences pass them by?

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Still not bored , still interested, if you find this thread not for you please pass us by.

It’s cutting into her back. It looks so uncomfortable.

Early to mid June 2023 rumours started that Meghan was going to be the ‘Face of Dior/Duchess of Dior.
We all know who starts these rumours don’t we!
On the morning of 20th June Dior pushed back by saying there had been “No negotiations or recent contact with Meghan’.

The timing however was just divine though as it was Ascot week and that same day (20th June) the Queen was at Ascot and she was dressed in a cream bespoke outfit -by The House of Dior.
Not so much a push back as a bitch slap
Just to cement it Camilla then wore navy bespoke Dior at a reception in Versailles in the autumn. As you do obvs.

It's just dreadful, surely she could have found something else?

The island of Barbuda in the Caribbean was a favourite of Diana who loved the K Club there. She took the boys there and there was no invasion of privacy other than a few nosy people who went over on their boats from Antigua to cop a look.

Camilla looks lovely - that navy Dior is absolutely stunning.

Funny photo

Yes!

That dress was far far too small, too creased and too ‘wrong’ for December.
Look at the hemline! It hadn’t seen an iron since it left the rack it fell off.
It just looked a bloody mess. As ever.

It looks at least two sizes too small, flattening her boobs and riding up on her hips.
I bet it cost a fortune yet looks so cheap.

Whenever I see Megan in that green outfit I always think of this character !

It beats me why, as others have said, when she has/had access to the best in the land for couture, jewellery etc that she gets it so spectacularly wrong on very public occasions. She does casual dressing usually well but rarely when she’s in the public eye.

Yes, not criticising at all the idea of Althorp doing the country house jams, etc. Most of the large houses need to find different ways to raise money these days.

I was thinking more that the timing was interesting, and wondering why they hadn't considered these products before now.

Alnwick is lovely to wander around, and the Duchess has made a very good job of the gardens. I love the Poison Garden.

@bluegreygreen - sorry I wasn't disagreeing with you about these big estates having to raise money. Of course they do - I do agree with you about the timing. I think we're essentially agreeing. I haven't seen the poison garden but have read lots.

@DaisyDooley Thank you for that photograph of Camilla wearing Dior ((the navy blue in Versailles ) She looked fabulous I think - perhaps the best I've ever seen her look. The other photo I think she also looks fabulous. What's the point of wearing couture if it doesn't fit properly.

I wonder if M doesn't sometimes like the "label" and so will wear it if it's expensive rather than thinking about whether it suits her or fits properly. But this may be a better subject for one of the Royal style threads , so I'll leave it there.

Starry, I’m Mum and Nana to quite a few loved ones who are dyslexic, and I’m quite dismayed by your comment. Of course being dyslexic can impact people. Some are affected more seriously than others, but it absolutely can have an impact.
It’s not related to IQ, but it can make learning considerably more difficult and, as a result, some people may never reach their full potential. And it’s not simply about reading, which is what many people seem to think. Dyslexia is complex and can affect many different areas of a person’s life.

A person can also be dyslexic while having other neurodivergent co-occurring conditions. ADHD, for example, is a common co-occurring condition.

I’m sitting here thinking about where two generations of my older loved ones have reached in life, despite the heroic struggles they faced at school and beyond, while at the same time thinking about the struggles the youngest generation of my family, who are dyslexic, are facing day in and day out, both in school and outside it. And then there are the parents and extended family who support them through those daily struggles.

A few little stories for you.
Being dyslexic can affect memory and sequencing. My youngest daughter knew her times tables by rote when she was about six because she’d heard them so often while we were teaching them to her big brother, who was about 12 at the time. He’s now a highly qualified engineer, but what he went through to get there would make your eyes water.

Then there’s my granddaughter, who is now almost an architect. She came home from university this summer and very excitedly told me, “Hey Nana, guess what? I can now tell my left from my right without even thinking about it!”

I said, “So does that mean you don’t have to paint a different colour of nail polish on each thumb when you’re showjumping anymore?”

Without that little strategy, she wouldn’t have managed around the course, despite walking it repeatedly beforehand to memorise it.

So when you say that Harry’s dyslexia shouldn’t impact him, do you realise that, in effect, you’re saying that dyslexia shouldn’t impact anyone who is dyslexic?

Because that simply isn’t how it works. Dyslexia affects people in different ways and to different degrees, and for some, the impact can be profound.

https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/adults/am-i-dyslexic/signs-of-dyslexia

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353552

It was clearly meant to be worn like that, there is what looks to be matching or built in navy briefs.

Let us be grateful that she was wearing underwear.

There are a lot of records from Victoria's time in the online version of the Royal Archives, AutumnCrow; it seems to go back to when Noah was a lad - providing stuff's still available, I guess - and it's records on those still living that they're more secretive about (even to proper historians)

https://ra.rct.uk/

Wow that must have been fascinating Coco!! Was the villa beautiful?

Also yes I'm a size 8 & I can be sure as shit there'd be no way I'd fit into any of the clothes from the 30/40/50's

https://archive.ph/U3jhl

A 'senior production source' (Archewell Productions?) says it will be 'box office dynamite'.

Two hours of Harry presenting, with Meghan narrating Diana's death? Is someone putting out this story, so that anything less will be accepted with relief?

Ouch! That looks so tight. What with the purple dress/red coat combo when she kept flipping it open to expose her bump, she was clearly determined to tell us that SHE WAS PREGNANT!

It was a bit vulgar and exhibitionist, I thought.

I've got quite the shelf full on Edward and Wallis as I find them quite fascinating.

Me too @Williaminagingerwig in fact I was in a local curio shop last week & picked up "The Crown in Crisis" for the princely sum of €1.. it's at the top of a heap of other books to get through

“They are banking on it being a global phenomenon, first on the big screen and then streaming on TV. And it’s going to make a fortune for Harry, Meghan and their Archewell production company.

“From this one project, it is even possible that in one shot they will earn more than the entire $100 million (£75m) five-year contract they signed with <a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/o/U3jhl/www.express.co.uk/latest/netflix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Netflix when they first arrived in America. It’s that big of a deal.”

Whoever the 'source' is clearly hasn't got a clue. We know they didn't make anything like $100 million from their NF deal. And the idea of queues around the corner to see a Diana film is fantasy.

“Princess Di is still loved by people in every corner of the planet,” our production source said, “so green-lighting this film was an absolute no-brainer.”

Really? Who outside the English speaking world cares about Diana? Even in Britain, nobody much under 50 is that interested. What more is there to be said about her? She really wasn't that fascinating.

His obsession with his dead mother is getting ridiculously unhealthy now, MM seems to encourage it. It's all they have.

That description always makes me laugh, pompous idiots😂😂

Love the new Latin name Autumn & glad you're on the mend 💐

Jesus Christ! A Global Phenomenon!! Which bloody globe? Certainly not Earth.

I’m beginning to think this shit is being leaked by the MiG!! Surely H&M aren’t mad enough to think this is remotely possible!!!