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Ham pr disasters thread 47! …it’s all so quiet…it’s all so still ….

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jeffgoldblum · 05/10/2026 17:28

Still interested! , still not bored ( well slightly!) 😁

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StaySpicy · 07/10/2026 18:17

Puzzledandpissedoff · 07/10/2026 12:46

Just found Meghan's "Day in Toronto" piece again if anyone wants to see it ...
a strong drink to hand is advisable

Wow, this is just... I mean, no shots of streets or even the outside OR inside of the places she mentions. It's so choppy, quick cuts, moving camera, shots of just her legs, her with a "model pout" on. It wasn't a "day in the life" at all.

It just really, really shows she wanted fame. It was a video about her. And, considering she went straight from Suits to dating Harry, it's reasonable to assume that her desire for fame hadn't suddenly stopped.

Well, she's got fame. But I wonder if it's making her truly happy.

Starryfifty · 07/10/2026 18:23

StaySpicy · 07/10/2026 18:17

Wow, this is just... I mean, no shots of streets or even the outside OR inside of the places she mentions. It's so choppy, quick cuts, moving camera, shots of just her legs, her with a "model pout" on. It wasn't a "day in the life" at all.

It just really, really shows she wanted fame. It was a video about her. And, considering she went straight from Suits to dating Harry, it's reasonable to assume that her desire for fame hadn't suddenly stopped.

Well, she's got fame. But I wonder if it's making her truly happy.

It's cringe but it's so very obvious then she was completely fame hungry. A day in Toronto?? She didn't show anything 😂

Mylovelygreendress · 07/10/2026 18:23

StaySpicy · 07/10/2026 18:17

Wow, this is just... I mean, no shots of streets or even the outside OR inside of the places she mentions. It's so choppy, quick cuts, moving camera, shots of just her legs, her with a "model pout" on. It wasn't a "day in the life" at all.

It just really, really shows she wanted fame. It was a video about her. And, considering she went straight from Suits to dating Harry, it's reasonable to assume that her desire for fame hadn't suddenly stopped.

Well, she's got fame. But I wonder if it's making her truly happy.

Oh dear , that is truly awful .

Your last sentence is interesting . I wonder how she feels about the daily criticism and negative comments . Do you think she knows how unpopular she is ? Does she care ? I just know I wouldn’t be able to get out of bed if I thought so many people disliked me .

Hamsterwheeloffortune · 07/10/2026 18:25

Lunde · 07/10/2026 16:58

I think Meghan has an absolute need to control all narratives and be the centre of attention. Doria was presumably instructed not to chat.

However we all remember Meghan's death stare when Doria dared to join in the conversation at the Grenfell Cookbook launch. 😳

I have a narc in my life and I am well acquainted with the Darth Vader laser stare of silence!

I'm a chatterbox and I received no end of the damned stares!

Starryfifty · 07/10/2026 18:36

Mylovelygreendress · 07/10/2026 18:23

Oh dear , that is truly awful .

Your last sentence is interesting . I wonder how she feels about the daily criticism and negative comments . Do you think she knows how unpopular she is ? Does she care ? I just know I wouldn’t be able to get out of bed if I thought so many people disliked me .

I don't think she gives a damn what anyone thinks as long as she has attention and is embarrassing her husband's family. H and Archie love her so boldly or whatever. We haven't heard her faff about her daughter yet

Hamsterwheeloffortune · 07/10/2026 18:42

PH loves her so baldly

Scorchio84 · 07/10/2026 18:47

OneHundredYearsOfAttitude · 07/10/2026 18:02

I remember reading somewhere, possibly in one of Tom Bower's books that in the lead up to the wedding Meghan followed her mum around like a shadow and wouldn't let her go anywhere without being there too. I think she was utterly terrified Doria would reveal something she shouldn't. Probably the same reason Thomas and the rest of her family weren't at the wedding- too many differing narratives to control.

It must be absolutely exhausting being MM!

& utterly exhausting being around her with no doubt a list of don'ts & more don'ts 🙄

BasiliskStare · 07/10/2026 18:53

Do you know . I'm getting a bit pissed off with H&M treating the the RF as their meal ticket. If you've got something sale worthy to sell , sell it. If you have something noteworthy to say, say it. But have the decency to do it as Harry and Meghan and if your main title is Mom - embrace it and give up all the other ones ( you have by marriage) . My opinion only , I reckon if the titles were removed M would be Meghan ( formerly The Duchess of Sussex ) . Oh I don't know , but really without H being second son of KC , where would those two be with their innate skills ? I know it's been said before so sorry everyone for saying it again

I do realise this is something of a trite post.

Tiddlywinks63 · 07/10/2026 19:01

Finally, Harry has never met Meghan's father - who knows what lies Meghan has told Harry and her friends about him? I don't think she wanted him there and risk contradicting her or other stories coming out. She trusted Doria to keep her mouth shut
@Lunde this is exactly what I said on their wedding day; I reckon she threatened Doria with exposing her past if she said anything detrimental about Meghan.
She couldn’t risk anyone in her family, or friends, exposing her for the avaricious fraud she is (and I bet there’s plenty to be dredged up about her)

Tiddlywinks63 · 07/10/2026 19:05

ilovemykindle · 07/10/2026 16:56

I'm surprised that not one person from the California school have mentioned that A&L went to that school even from different classes.
And no one from either British school have said they have seen them around.
Do the children have play dates with friends.
What about birthday parties do A&L attend.
What a lonely life for those little ones.

It’s horribly similar to the lives of Michael Jackson’s children….

Frenchjamisbest · 07/10/2026 19:07

Tiddlywinks63 · 07/10/2026 19:01

Finally, Harry has never met Meghan's father - who knows what lies Meghan has told Harry and her friends about him? I don't think she wanted him there and risk contradicting her or other stories coming out. She trusted Doria to keep her mouth shut
@Lunde this is exactly what I said on their wedding day; I reckon she threatened Doria with exposing her past if she said anything detrimental about Meghan.
She couldn’t risk anyone in her family, or friends, exposing her for the avaricious fraud she is (and I bet there’s plenty to be dredged up about her)

I suspect Doria doesn't know a lot of things about her from before she met Harry. It seems they weren't close at all before the engagement. It's all so odd.

Hamsterwheeloffortune · 07/10/2026 19:09

BasiliskStare · 07/10/2026 18:53

Do you know . I'm getting a bit pissed off with H&M treating the the RF as their meal ticket. If you've got something sale worthy to sell , sell it. If you have something noteworthy to say, say it. But have the decency to do it as Harry and Meghan and if your main title is Mom - embrace it and give up all the other ones ( you have by marriage) . My opinion only , I reckon if the titles were removed M would be Meghan ( formerly The Duchess of Sussex ) . Oh I don't know , but really without H being second son of KC , where would those two be with their innate skills ? I know it's been said before so sorry everyone for saying it again

I do realise this is something of a trite post.

"my main title is mom"....so in the baby years, just how many midnight poopy nappies did they change?

(Other mundane parenting tasks are available)

AlexandraCarrington · 07/10/2026 19:12

She couldn’t risk anyone in her family, or friends, exposing her for the avaricious fraud she is (and I bet there’s plenty to be dredged up about her)

She's a great deal more naive than I take her for if she thinks the security services don't know all there is to know about her. And what the security services know, I should think TLQ knew, in outline if not in detail.

binkie163 · 07/10/2026 19:18

I think I have missed most of the last 2/3 threads and popped up here at page 23. I did catch the bit about ss attacking a couple of vicars, absolutely disgusting and I felt the need to find meaningful chocolate company and donate a few advent calendars to food bank. I sent an email to the company yesterday to say how appalled I was at the behaviour. I got an unexpected reply this morning which just makes me think what a decent bunch they are.

I too am absolutely sick of the hams, I had a mother who spent her life upsetting, insulting and trying to get a reaction, desperate for attention but the harder she pushed the more everyone withdrew, she knew people especially women hated her, she didn't care, she loved turning up and making others uncomfortable. People avoided her but rarely confronted her, it wasn't worth the aggro.

TheSaintedAutumnCrow · 07/10/2026 19:28

bluegreygreen · 07/10/2026 12:47

I agree with @ChubbyCheeksCharlie - the press were critical of Chelsy at the time.

Here is an example https://archive.is/XrUjP

Well, won't that article just fry M's tiny mind should she read it. On about half a dozen levels. Boinnggg. Bang.

Kingsandqueenz · 07/10/2026 19:28

Tiddlywinks63 · 07/10/2026 19:01

Finally, Harry has never met Meghan's father - who knows what lies Meghan has told Harry and her friends about him? I don't think she wanted him there and risk contradicting her or other stories coming out. She trusted Doria to keep her mouth shut
@Lunde this is exactly what I said on their wedding day; I reckon she threatened Doria with exposing her past if she said anything detrimental about Meghan.
She couldn’t risk anyone in her family, or friends, exposing her for the avaricious fraud she is (and I bet there’s plenty to be dredged up about her)

The media should start digging here, it is very peculiar to only have one single member from either side of your family at your massive wedding where literally hundreds were invited...
Did she not realise how bad the optics would look? What was she trying to hide?

Hamsterwheeloffortune · 07/10/2026 19:31

AlexandraCarrington · 07/10/2026 19:12

She couldn’t risk anyone in her family, or friends, exposing her for the avaricious fraud she is (and I bet there’s plenty to be dredged up about her)

She's a great deal more naive than I take her for if she thinks the security services don't know all there is to know about her. And what the security services know, I should think TLQ knew, in outline if not in detail.

I'm just not convinced that MM is prone to deep thinking on a level beyond the purely mercenary transactions of what-can-I-gain from a person/situation/connection. And I'm not sure she'd care what MI5/6/MIGS knew if it came out after she'd benefitted from her time in proxy princess mode.

Starryfifty · 07/10/2026 19:33

Kingsandqueenz · 07/10/2026 19:28

The media should start digging here, it is very peculiar to only have one single member from either side of your family at your massive wedding where literally hundreds were invited...
Did she not realise how bad the optics would look? What was she trying to hide?

I think Meg's past is buried by MIGS tbh.

CoffeeCantata · 07/10/2026 19:36

AlexandraCarrington · 07/10/2026 19:12

She couldn’t risk anyone in her family, or friends, exposing her for the avaricious fraud she is (and I bet there’s plenty to be dredged up about her)

She's a great deal more naive than I take her for if she thinks the security services don't know all there is to know about her. And what the security services know, I should think TLQ knew, in outline if not in detail.

I think you’re right. Of course the secret services do due diligence on the whole family. The late Q would definitely have known. I know a lot is made of the notorious photo of the Q’s tragic face at the wedding but yes, I think she knew that things were wrong and saw serious trouble ahead, especially as by that time she’d experienced tiaragate etc.

The highly dysfunctional and blabbermouth Markle family would certainly have been a red flag. I don’t think H could have made a worse choice if he’d set out to do so.

Starryfifty · 07/10/2026 19:39

I reckon HAM have paid off the Markles. They have gone very quiet

SomethingUniqueThisTime · 07/10/2026 19:43

I must confess that at the time of the wedding I felt a bit sorry for Meghan - it seemed her family were just trying to make money out of the connection and were an embarrassment.
Obviously now I realise this was the story she needed us to believe. Then I heard she had invited people from Hollywood who had barely met her and the rest is history.

Mylovelygreendress · 07/10/2026 19:43

CoffeeCantata · 07/10/2026 19:36

I think you’re right. Of course the secret services do due diligence on the whole family. The late Q would definitely have known. I know a lot is made of the notorious photo of the Q’s tragic face at the wedding but yes, I think she knew that things were wrong and saw serious trouble ahead, especially as by that time she’d experienced tiaragate etc.

The highly dysfunctional and blabbermouth Markle family would certainly have been a red flag. I don’t think H could have made a worse choice if he’d set out to do so.

There is currently a LOT of stuff on X . Most of it I take with a huge pinch of salt but the repeated suggestions that she was connected to Epstein and AMW are not going away. Another story doing the rounds is that Tyler Perry stood as guarantor for their mortgage and they defaulted and that’s why they returned here .
Allegedly .

BasiliskStare · 07/10/2026 19:43

My opinion is , by and large M's past would be ignored by the RF. She was the person H wanted to many. I think a quick google ( doesn't take MI5 ) , would say she's been married and had relationships before. But , because H wasn't dreadfully important , in constitutional terms - who cares, Times had moved on in that eg no one knew or cared terribly about Catherine's previous boyfriends.

I'm far less interested in M's history pre H than what she has done since a married in Royal. & Increasingly , I think she thinks she hit the jackpot.

Mylovelygreendress · 07/10/2026 19:45

Starryfifty · 07/10/2026 19:39

I reckon HAM have paid off the Markles. They have gone very quiet

I wonder what was in the letter hand delivered to TM whilst he was in hospital?

StaySpicy · 07/10/2026 19:48

Starryfifty · 07/10/2026 18:36

I don't think she gives a damn what anyone thinks as long as she has attention and is embarrassing her husband's family. H and Archie love her so boldly or whatever. We haven't heard her faff about her daughter yet

Do you really think? Maybe I just find it hard to put myself in her shoes but I would be so unhappy without friends (as opposed to acquaintances) and family in my life. Not to mention having had a 6-year run of alienating people and court cases. And her business can't be doing that well, surely, which would be stressful.

I find it curious that she could really look at her life and be happy. Apart from her children, of course.

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