Ham pr disasters 54! ….the relentless reconciliation edition…

[jeffgoldblum]

Apologies for my tardiness! , the last thread finished unexpectedly!!! 😱

Excellent post Siegfried.

The remit of the thread is Sussex PR issues, and their ongoing public behaviour.

I agree that speculation around potential crimes belongs elsewhere, and like others I would be much more comfortable with that. However, I think discussion of PR statements, such as the unhelpful comment made by the friend to the Sun, belongs on this thread.

Thoughts to those for whom this is resurrecting horrible memories and feelings.

The reports I read said that Thomas Jr has reported it to the local police, who are preparing to investigate, and to an FBI Hotline.

So, no current investigation under way in either country.

Did you say the same when the tables were turned..no you didn't because it wouldn't suit your agenda

I can very much be onboard with discussing any HAM response to everything and how their own actions reflect on them. You are right @bluegreygreen that this is very much our raison d'être!

Very Welsh Methodist, there!

Apologies if someone has already said this, I don't have time to RTFT... A way out would be for MM to say the RF advised her to keep schtum before the wedding and for evermore. This would mean keeping quiet becomes the shame of the RF, rather than that of MM.
What with Jimmy Saville, it would be easy to spin as the RF have form. And I certainly wouldn't put it past HaM if they find themselves in hot water.
The RF PR will have their work cut out for them with this, I think.
[By the way, I don't believe a word Meghan says, and I don't think Harry would have been given permission to marry her if the RF had known about the new TM rumours. I'm just saying how MM might spin it if there's a backlash to her having known and kept quiet.]

So how did The Scum get hold of the story then?

No. I feel the same.

As said before, someone could be doing something wicked here or someone may well have historically done something wicked.

I’m inclined to keep an open mind considering the source.

Whatever is going on here, I hope that justice is done and I hope those who have been abused find the help they need.

As for the ‘friend’ and the ‘helpful’ statement?

I raised quite the eyebrow at that little can of worms opening.

Good post

You can see this being spun in some quarters as "well MI5/MI6 must have known therefore.......:. ".

Even if Meg spins it that RF knew she STILL knew and didn't report it? "Women have a voice" after all.

The older I get the more I realise there was a lot of sense in those chapel sermons!

Not much chance of the HaMs or the Yorks repenting 😄

Agree

Do you remember those ‘Facebook tat’ businesses that people used to claim to run to claim working tax credits? They were amazing - twigs with glitter, painted cheap goblets and truly terrifying graze board suggestions. A few still feature on MN at Xmas (ie having the piss taken out of them).

Funny old world.

A way out would be for MM to say the RF advised her to keep schtum before the wedding and for evermore. This would mean keeping quiet becomes the shame of the RF, rather than that of MM.

Except that still shows that MM knew and didn't say anything. Given that she spurned RF advice on anything else, and they allegedly were no help when she had MH problems, why would she go to them with this? that's an absolute gift to all the people like PW warning him off her.

I don't think the RF can claim any moral superiority here tbh.
AMW and his odious wife were involved in god knows what with JE and his circle.
I think the RF will keep quiet.
HaM would be wise to do the same.

My husband who has no interest in the royal family this morning said
"Thank God William was born first " 😂

I have an open mind and lots of questions 🤔
It will be interesting to see how this develops.

M has to stay quiet.
If she knew and said nothing, there's no coming back from that.
If she didn't know, then she has nothing to say/do about it, other than to condemn it.
I wouldn't put it past them to try to somehow and monetise this awful situation, sadly 😕

We were all wondering why they came back to the uk so quickly and with seemingly no plan...
Maybe we know now?

The royal family won't need to comment, Harry & Meghan have left the royal family, they are estranged & not working royals.

As we saw with the state banquet & we'll see again at Christmas H&M are no longer part of the family

Yes, but they will get asked for comment, as I'm sure you're aware.

Meg not staying quiet. She knew in 2018

https://www.dailymail.com/home/index.html

I don’t think the RF would claim any moral superiority at all.

Whoever authorised that ill advised statement has done H&M no favours at all and rather than shutting conversation down, it has opened up far more questions.

In the same vein as AMW.

I don’t think anyone would buy this though given that by all accounts the Queen was trying to encourage both Harry and Meghan to get in touch with Thomas Markle before the wedding. Meghan is in a very unenviable situation here. Notwithstanding the sheer shock of what her father may have done, I don’t think she can avoid saying something, otherwise it could well seem that she knew about the allegations in advance (which may be the case given the timing of their return 🤷‍♀️). Even something fairly non commital like she is appalled by the allegations and her thoughts are with the victims. But empathy isn’t her strong point unfortunately