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Ham pr disasters 53! …..how low will they go? …we all hope not that low!

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jeffgoldblum · 20/10/2026 15:38

Well we have had the attempted upstaging of the Welsh senate …..now the Oman state visit….we all hope that whatever advisors that they still have will not allow any thing to interfere with Aberfan! 🤞

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Chaostheory12 · 22/10/2026 07:35

ThatCyanCat · 22/10/2026 07:29

She'll have learned cursive at school, it's standard in America, and didn't she work as a calligraphy writer once?

I remember reading somewhere that she took calligraphy lessons

Scorchio84 · 22/10/2026 07:44

AutumnCrowSeesDensePeople · 21/10/2026 23:32

We’re certainly an eclectic mix. It drives the sussex squad mad because they can’t understand it.

yep 🇩🇪🇮🇪🇬🇧

Academy Awards Film GIF by CBS
Scorchio84 · 22/10/2026 07:46

My flags didn't show up 🙄
Irish, Deutsch, English

MitohMit · 22/10/2026 07:47

ImaPrinceImaPrincebutmyBrotherWontAdmitIt · 21/10/2026 23:17

Maybe he should get LOSER tattooed across his knuckles. 🤔

With Harry’s spelling skills, he’d probably opt for « LOOSER »…

Coupled with « NO REGARTS »

I can also see him going for something like « HAZ LUVS MEGS » , or « HAZ FOR RÉGENT » across his knuckles, only to find out he didn’t have quite enough fingers to finish the job

Williaminagingerwig · 22/10/2026 07:54

MitohMit · 22/10/2026 07:47

With Harry’s spelling skills, he’d probably opt for « LOOSER »…

Coupled with « NO REGARTS »

I can also see him going for something like « HAZ LUVS MEGS » , or « HAZ FOR RÉGENT » across his knuckles, only to find out he didn’t have quite enough fingers to finish the job

Done with a compass point dipped in ink 🫟

Scorchio84 · 22/10/2026 07:54

jeffgoldblum · 22/10/2026 00:03

An important question for the ages!……can anyone really claim to be a 70s child if they haven’t run away from their mum while she waved a scholl sandal menacingly? 🤔

My mammy & my aunties wore those!!!! Now we weren't chased but my Auntie Peggy (I don't care if it's "outing") chased my cousin up the stairs with broom 😆

MajesticMeanderings · 22/10/2026 08:36

One of the things I've always envied about the RF is the wide variety of knowledge they build up from all the various visits they do and the people they meet. They're very well briefed and Princess Anne, in particular, is known for her expert knowledge of all the charities and organisations she is patron of. They seem able to talk to anyone about any subject, a skill which I really admire as there are so many aspects of life that I have little knowledge of

And then we have H, bless him, who still hasn't grasped the basics

A letter is sent out by the Lord Chamberlain and H complains that he wasn't given sufficient time to approve it

A decision is made at Sandringham and H says he's not tied to it as he didn't agree with it

H was disgruntled as he wasn't able to wear the insignia he wanted at HMTQ's lying-in-state (he wasn't entitled to it)

I think, even if he hadn't married M and got into the mess he's got himself into, he would never have achieved the same level of expertise the other Royals have as he just doesn't have the intellectual capacity and willingness to learn that the WRF have

He just doesn't seem to have grasped what the basic rules are and I felt his statement in the recent GQ interview when he said "Because I'm a prince" just about summed up his attitude to his life ~ he expects everything handed to him on a highly polished gold salver whilst the real RF are reading their briefing notes and talking to everyone from elderly Mrs Miggins in an old people's home to Heads of State at a banquet

Warmhandscoldheart · 22/10/2026 08:48

jeffgoldblum · 22/10/2026 00:03

An important question for the ages!……can anyone really claim to be a 70s child if they haven’t run away from their mum while she waved a scholl sandal menacingly? 🤔

We had a flatley, an electric clothes dryer, in our house. My mum would take one of the wooden slats out of it and wave it around like a sword. Oh happy days 😁

AutumnCrowSeesDensePeople · 22/10/2026 09:03

Boudy · 22/10/2026 07:23

I too am a republican. They have really made W&C look great imo. Doing them a huge favour with their utter nonsense.

Yes, I think this is an important point. I feel the same in many ways. In fact, if we ever did transition into a republic in my lifetime and have a presidential vote, I can imagine William being an independent ‘continuity’ candidate and winning, given his popularity/polling.

Also I resent the ‘lazy William’ trope started by a Lib Dem MP from the same circle of Lib Dem’s who hang out with Hacked Off, Byline, Sherborne and Harry.

Badvocthebad · 22/10/2026 09:07

MrsLeonFarrell · 22/10/2026 06:35

"Massively relatable" doesn't that just sum up Harry in two words. The fact he thinks his life is relatable and his assumption that everyone is relating to him rather than his family.

The jam plushie reminds me of how confused I am by Meghan's decision to make her entire business identity about jam. It's such a generic, basic product to choose. Although I would argue that her real identity is in her handwriting, extremely manufactured and, I would guess, a pain to do as it is very mannered.

I've come to the conclusion that the Jam thing is both a lazy idea stolen from the Duchy products (why bother coming up with your own product and usp when the plebs buy Jam and biscuits by the lorry load) and to try and "do" it better than the Duchy, which was, of course, started by the now KC3 and the profits of which ho to charity. Why else?
Pathetic.

Williaminagingerwig · 22/10/2026 09:12

AutumnCrowSeesDensePeople · 22/10/2026 09:03

Yes, I think this is an important point. I feel the same in many ways. In fact, if we ever did transition into a republic in my lifetime and have a presidential vote, I can imagine William being an independent ‘continuity’ candidate and winning, given his popularity/polling.

Also I resent the ‘lazy William’ trope started by a Lib Dem MP from the same circle of Lib Dem’s who hang out with Hacked Off, Byline, Sherborne and Harry.

Good point about William. The "lazy" and "bad tempered" William tropes have been created to undermine the monarchy. Why Harry thinks this is a good idea, is anyone's guess. I suspect it's to do with that weird fantasy involving the R word.

AutumnCrowSeesDensePeople · 22/10/2026 09:12

diddl · 22/10/2026 08:44

Anyone seen this?

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16227519/food-bank-Meghan-millionaire.html

About the woman who was food packing & I think more or less told M to get on with it?

‘the loving crowd’

I assume that’s a piss take to spice up the BTL comments?

Badvocthebad · 22/10/2026 09:20

Blimey.
So, the only supportive articles were in the DTel and the Sun?
Not a good look.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 22/10/2026 09:22

Badvocthebad · 22/10/2026 09:20

Blimey.
So, the only supportive articles were in the DTel and the Sun?
Not a good look.

Haz bestie Bryony will be on the case tomorrow in the Mail.

LookOutLookOutTomCruiseIsAbout · 22/10/2026 09:25

Williaminagingerwig · 22/10/2026 09:12

Good point about William. The "lazy" and "bad tempered" William tropes have been created to undermine the monarchy. Why Harry thinks this is a good idea, is anyone's guess. I suspect it's to do with that weird fantasy involving the R word.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Harry’s problem with the reference to working members of the royal family is that he thinks the term is “lazy”. His MO at the moment seems to be constant little digs at William and then WAAAAH MY BROTHER DOESN’T WANT TO RECONCILE

AutumnCrowSeesDensePeople · 22/10/2026 09:25

Chaostheory12 · 22/10/2026 07:35

I remember reading somewhere that she took calligraphy lessons

Yes, she said so herself, and it was another one of her endless college jobs. It’s not actually calligraphy though. Meg just calls it that, and, as ever, she’s wrong. It’s cursive writing with random flourishes on top that make it weirdly harder to read.

The gif hopefully shows some basic calligraphy, using the special pen with slanted nib edges and shapes of medieval origin. But it’s still a bit wrong because it doesn’t fully follow the stroke pressure rules.

Anyway, on top of everything else, even Meg’s ‘calligraphy’ is fake.

only you calligraphy GIF
Charismaticpanda · 22/10/2026 09:25

The backlash has been immense. I hope some journalist asks him if his need for reconciliation & no drama also extends to Thomas Markle & the Markle family?

Dontevenlookatme · 22/10/2026 09:27

diddl · 22/10/2026 08:44

Anyone seen this?

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16227519/food-bank-Meghan-millionaire.html

About the woman who was food packing & I think more or less told M to get on with it?

So now an innocent member of the public volunteering their time to help the less fortunate has been dragged into the media frenzy that surrounds HAM. Details of her life and business have been splashed across the DM for people to comment on. All because she treated HAM like private citizens.

Why are the media even covering these visits? There’s no justification on the basis of public interest, it’s just click bait.

Badvocthebad · 22/10/2026 09:29

Why can't H just grasp that they both need to just shut up, raise their kids and do good works, which they can do without all the pomp they apparently so despised?
It would take some time, but if they did that, maybe in a few years, they might get small roles and balcony time back?
I suspect that KC3 is not as well as we hope and thats sent HaM into a blind panic as they know Ws ascension is the end for them?
Fundamentally, they are both narcs. They cannot understand that they have behaved badly, nor that some things are unforgivable.
You can't trash your whole family and the very institution of the RF on the worldwide stage and not suffer the consequences, which they just don't seem to grasp.
I didn't know about the extra 400 pages that didn't go into Spare because they are too "destructive".
I guess that's his only ammunition left.
"Spare - the true unedited version" 🙄
Maybe he'll ask for cash to burn the pages and fuck off?

diddl · 22/10/2026 09:29

A lot of the press do seem to be gunning for him/them.

Badvocthebad · 22/10/2026 09:34

The really sad thing is that Diana would be horrified by his actions (and her brothers).
She was a staunch monarchist and very much respected HMTLQ.
She grew up as a member of the aristocracy and it was her life and what she understood.
It's why I struggle a bit when he goes on about her.
She'd be ashamed 😕

diddl · 22/10/2026 09:35

So now an innocent member of the public volunteering their time to help the less fortunate has been dragged into the media frenzy that surrounds HAM.

Yes I think that's unfortunate.

I think it's perhaps being used a a reason to republish & keep ridiculing H&M.

DancingFerret · 22/10/2026 09:36

diddl · 22/10/2026 08:44

Anyone seen this?

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16227519/food-bank-Meghan-millionaire.html

About the woman who was food packing & I think more or less told M to get on with it?

Helen Teasdale is a woman after my own heart - down to earth and the perfect foil for Markle.

I bet Teasdale has become a poster girl for the royal flunkies who had been obliged to be polite and tolerate Harry's appalling choice of a wife for fear or losing their jobs.

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