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Ham pr disasters 45! …hiding? …undercover?..or ready for the next adventure!

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jeffgoldblum · 30/09/2026 00:57

still discussing the delightful escapades of our favourite twosome!

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KilkennyCats · 01/10/2026 14:55

bluegreygreen · 01/10/2026 14:39

Yes, news reports in August suggested that Catherine would go with William, and that it would be a royal visit, not just a trip to host the prize ceremony.

Kate’s backing of William’s interests will be even more evident this November, when she is due to accompany her husband to the 2026 Earthshot Prize ceremony in Mumbai, India. The couple are also likely to spend time in Delhi at the request of the UK government.

https://archive.is/0gWhq

It might be hard to overshadow that.

But you know HAM’ll make total tits of themselves trying 😂

BunnyBunbunbun · 01/10/2026 14:57

Aprilfountain · 01/10/2026 12:41

Many people seem to think that Closer magazine is a mouthpiece for HAM, just like People Magazine is in America, not sure if that's true or not.

Closer is a nonsense scandal sheet just trying to create drama. I doubt HAM have anything to do with it. People magazine has some level of credibility but, being American, they don't really understand royal stuff so fell for the HAM freedom scam. Also, HAM feed People "info" and so People thinks it's got some great source, without realising that it just makes People magazine look ridiculous.

But, Closer is the lowest tabloid junk.

IdaGlossop · 01/10/2026 14:58

ShamedBySiri · 01/10/2026 14:53

X reminding us that Bezos/Amazon were Founding partners for Earthshot (which I didn’t know before) and will be streaming it on Prime.

Will await further official confirmation re funding for Invictus.

I didn't know about the early Bezos involvement either. I'm skeptical about Invictus despite Amazon having funded before, because nothing from HAM can be taken at face value.

AlexandraCarrington · 01/10/2026 15:00

The couple are also likely to spend time in Delhi at the request of the UK government.

I hope there's an evening event and Catherine wears something fabulous.

Starryfifty · 01/10/2026 15:02

AlexandraCarrington · 01/10/2026 15:00

The couple are also likely to spend time in Delhi at the request of the UK government.

I hope there's an evening event and Catherine wears something fabulous.

I predict kids faces reveal or a return flit to Cali in an attempt to upstage this

Thisusernameisalwaysavailable · 01/10/2026 15:04

Starryfifty · 01/10/2026 15:02

I predict kids faces reveal or a return flit to Cali in an attempt to upstage this

I genuinely don't think they will show the faces tbh

Theunamedcat · 01/10/2026 15:09

Sorry if ive missed it but has it been confirmed it was paparazzi outside the school?

LowlandLucky · 01/10/2026 15:12

KilkennyCats · 01/10/2026 12:29

They never plan more than 5 minutes ahead. Might explain why they keep falling flat on their faces.

In this case i think they have. Harry needs to be here for the anniversary of Diana's death. Filming will no doubt start in the New Year. The other part of their plan is to try and worm their way back in. They need the RF and they desperately want the VVIP treatment as without both they are just normal private citizens and that is the last thing they think they are. The swapping of schools, the men in the van are tick boxes to garner sympathy and security and their will be many many more of these "incidents" This time next year they will be back in the States telling Oprah how ghastly and frightening their year in The UK was but they had tried for the sake of the poorly King ( but not for he poorly father)

IdaGlossop · 01/10/2026 15:12

Theunamedcat · 01/10/2026 15:09

Sorry if ive missed it but has it been confirmed it was paparazzi outside the school?

No. All the press have is what HAM are telling them. No probing by speaking to the hire company and the police. Poor.

BasiliskStare · 01/10/2026 15:12

ShamedBySiri · 01/10/2026 13:40

I was wondering if it would play other records - have to be singles presumably. Obviously the sound quality is unlikely to be anything beyond basic.
But it’s a fun novelty.

@ShamedBySiri - I would believe @Scorchio84 - she seems to know what she is about. However , I have been in touch with F&M customer services and they are going to email me and say whether this thing will play singles. Whether it's recommended or not - different matter. The mini discs they supply don't look like normal 45rpm discs to me ( have I given my age away there 😊) Because of some incident best consigned to history I once tried to put a record on my mother's record player. ( I was about 5 or 6 at the time) . I managed to scratch the record and bend the needle. For Christmas I got a cheap plastic record player with 3 records. A New Fangled Tango - Lena Horne , Silence is Golden , The Tremolos and Where do you go to my lovely - Peter Sarstedt. I very much believe these were donated by Granny - as a) they weren't new and b) she seemed to know all the words. I also got a Pinky and Perky record.

Anyway again thank you @bluegreygreen - I've just read the second Closer link
"‘She knows they’re not going to be sitting down at Sandringham like everything’s suddenly fine, and frankly she doesn’t want to spend the holidays making uncomfortable small talk with William and Kate and a bunch of other people who’ve made it pretty clear how they feel about them."
😂And has she any empathy at all? . Does she think the RF may not want to sit down with them for the same reasons? Vague allegations of this and that & PW etc not marrying for love etc etc.

Closer , I know is not exactly the most credible publication. But they do seem to get a lot of "sources close to" etc like People magazine. The problem with H&M I think re PR is they will clap back to some things , eg Martha Stewart , but not others. FFS sake either leave these things as gossip , don't clap back where it hasn't landed well, because you run the risk of when you haven't clapped back it sounds half credible. If I were KC , I would say , how lovely, darling boy you want to spend time at your home in Montecito with A&L's granny over Christmas - we'll see you sometime in the New Year. But , I am not he. Obviously. Otherwise this would come from BP & not Basilisk via MN. 😂

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3peassuit · 01/10/2026 15:18

I’ve just noticed she’s hawking an advent calendar. Over a hundred quid for a few chocolates, are her fans that daft! I thought I was pushing the boat out when I buy the Lindt ones.

Starryfifty · 01/10/2026 15:20

LowlandLucky · 01/10/2026 15:12

In this case i think they have. Harry needs to be here for the anniversary of Diana's death. Filming will no doubt start in the New Year. The other part of their plan is to try and worm their way back in. They need the RF and they desperately want the VVIP treatment as without both they are just normal private citizens and that is the last thing they think they are. The swapping of schools, the men in the van are tick boxes to garner sympathy and security and their will be many many more of these "incidents" This time next year they will be back in the States telling Oprah how ghastly and frightening their year in The UK was but they had tried for the sake of the poorly King ( but not for he poorly father)

I did believe they were coming back to worm their way back into the RF. I think H desperately wants to. She just wants the bells and whistles security. He loves you puff his chest out in full regalia. Neither want the hard work. I just cannot see how the RF could ever let either of them back

IdaGlossop · 01/10/2026 15:20

BasiliskStare · 01/10/2026 15:12

@ShamedBySiri - I would believe @Scorchio84 - she seems to know what she is about. However , I have been in touch with F&M customer services and they are going to email me and say whether this thing will play singles. Whether it's recommended or not - different matter. The mini discs they supply don't look like normal 45rpm discs to me ( have I given my age away there 😊) Because of some incident best consigned to history I once tried to put a record on my mother's record player. ( I was about 5 or 6 at the time) . I managed to scratch the record and bend the needle. For Christmas I got a cheap plastic record player with 3 records. A New Fangled Tango - Lena Horne , Silence is Golden , The Tremolos and Where do you go to my lovely - Peter Sarstedt. I very much believe these were donated by Granny - as a) they weren't new and b) she seemed to know all the words. I also got a Pinky and Perky record.

Anyway again thank you @bluegreygreen - I've just read the second Closer link
"‘She knows they’re not going to be sitting down at Sandringham like everything’s suddenly fine, and frankly she doesn’t want to spend the holidays making uncomfortable small talk with William and Kate and a bunch of other people who’ve made it pretty clear how they feel about them."
😂And has she any empathy at all? . Does she think the RF may not want to sit down with them for the same reasons? Vague allegations of this and that & PW etc not marrying for love etc etc.

Closer , I know is not exactly the most credible publication. But they do seem to get a lot of "sources close to" etc like People magazine. The problem with H&M I think re PR is they will clap back to some things , eg Martha Stewart , but not others. FFS sake either leave these things as gossip , don't clap back where it hasn't landed well, because you run the risk of when you haven't clapped back it sounds half credible. If I were KC , I would say , how lovely, darling boy you want to spend time at your home in Montecito with A&L's granny over Christmas - we'll see you sometime in the New Year. But , I am not he. Obviously. Otherwise this would come from BP & not Basilisk via MN. 😂

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Charles is not a fool. The presence of HAM at the pre-Christmas lunch and SandringHAM would make things very awkward for everyone round the tables. He won't invite them. Which of us would want to be scoffing turkey with relatives who have spent six years publicly slagging us orf, especially after a public weigh-in in the bedecked Hall?

HoldMyWine · 01/10/2026 15:22

Seeing’s as KC hasn’t seen the HaMs since they moved back I can’t see him having them over for Christmas.

BunnyBunbunbun · 01/10/2026 15:25

LowlandLucky · 01/10/2026 15:12

In this case i think they have. Harry needs to be here for the anniversary of Diana's death. Filming will no doubt start in the New Year. The other part of their plan is to try and worm their way back in. They need the RF and they desperately want the VVIP treatment as without both they are just normal private citizens and that is the last thing they think they are. The swapping of schools, the men in the van are tick boxes to garner sympathy and security and their will be many many more of these "incidents" This time next year they will be back in the States telling Oprah how ghastly and frightening their year in The UK was but they had tried for the sake of the poorly King ( but not for he poorly father)

He could still be here for the anniversary of Diana's death in August 2027 without having to move back to the UK in August 2026. He could also make a documentary about Diana - even though nothing is confirmed and this is just a story that the media likes to throw out every now and then - without actually living full time in the UK. I doubt there will be another Oprah interview.

I think they just came back because Harry always wanted to be in the UK and left in a strop and he wants his kids to have posh British accents.

bluegreygreen · 01/10/2026 15:25

The next apparent suggestion for getting the brothers together ...

https://archive.is/oR91P

Starryfifty · 01/10/2026 15:27

bluegreygreen · 01/10/2026 15:25

The next apparent suggestion for getting the brothers together ...

https://archive.is/oR91P

Why do they need to re-unite ?

IdaGlossop · 01/10/2026 15:29

bluegreygreen · 01/10/2026 15:25

The next apparent suggestion for getting the brothers together ...

https://archive.is/oR91P

Hmm. A service of thanksgiving for the life of their mother comes with risks. The brothers could blank one another, the images broadcast globally.

Williaminagingerwig · 01/10/2026 15:30

Starryfifty · 01/10/2026 15:27

Why do they need to re-unite ?

Very good question!

jeffgoldblum · 01/10/2026 15:30

Yesterday's briefing from Chris shit .

"A spokesman for Harry and Meghan, who moved back to the UK last month, called the actions “an extraordinary lack of judgment” in the wake of the suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford, with a number of American children with families connected to the base said to attend the school."

Today's briefing from Chris shit .

"That raised alarms not just for Harry and Meghan's children, but for those American families who attend the school from a nearby US military site, because it happened just two days after the arrests were made at the RAF airbase in Gloucestershire."

it’s obvious that now the fairford cosplaying didn’t work and raised more questions, they are now backpedaling and claiming the “American children “ are from a different closer raf camp ( it will be obvious which one!) , I think they are deliberately trying to use the American military to get security because of the diplomatic angle .

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bluegreygreen · 01/10/2026 15:30

Starryfifty · 01/10/2026 15:27

Why do they need to re-unite ?

I don't see any reason why an adult needs to reunite with another adult who abuses him, @Starryfifty.

IdaGlossop · 01/10/2026 15:32

Williaminagingerwig · 01/10/2026 15:30

Very good question!

Courtiers presumably don't want the first and fifth in line to the throne divided.

fuschiaproudparrot · 01/10/2026 15:36

ACupOfVintage · 01/10/2026 13:15

I think the POW gave the passengers the respect and affection their age warranted. I thought she looked as if she was talking to her granny and her friends.

I thought it was touching to see several of them in the room get to their feet as a mark of respect when they twigged who it was. She certainly didn't go out of her way to be noticed and sat down very quickly at that table.

HoldMyWine · 01/10/2026 15:37

I’d be disappointed in the Wales’s if they did reunite. I admire their strength of character in not bending to the HaMs

BasiliskStare · 01/10/2026 15:39

IdaGlossop · 01/10/2026 15:32

Courtiers presumably don't want the first and fifth in line to the throne divided.

I'm sure they don't. I'm equally sure this situation would not have come about if H&M had not dissed their family , widely and repeatedly in public for $$$$$$$s.

Sometimes you don't always get want you want , you get what you need. With all plaudits to the Rolling Stones.

As it stands today - the Monarchy needs PW. It doesn't need H . It might be a nice to have but H&M really haven't helped themselves.

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