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

[jeffgoldblum]

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

If investigations were ongoing since 2018, would a suspected paodophile be allowed travel? He was living in the phillipines. Was he cleared in 2018 but re-offended recently?

It’s easy Mrsleon the threads move at the speed of light lately!

They could have done that I agree. But i can understand why they didn't, particularly at that stage.

I usually always agree with you, but not this time.
I don't feel the statement is clear, or helpful.
It just raises more questions.

It completely contradicts all their previous comments about her father (& I don't disagree her paternal family appear appalling).

Why say the estrangement was about the pap photos and pressure of the wedding? Why the leaked letter to People? Why had Harry never once met him?

Most importantly, she never once in 8yrs thought to ask about the investigation? And why tf were the Met involved in allegations about a US citizen who had never lived in the UK?

A far clearer and understandable statement would be something like "I'm shocked and appalled to hear of this, my thoughts are with all children impacted by this, I will say nothing more until the investigation is concluded".

This is a horrible situation for her to deal with, but yet again, her inability to not use 300 words when 3 would suffice is going to cause her more problems.

Yes in your opinion but as we know people make their own choices. Meghan took a certain path. Others choose different paths without this. My opinion is it's fair to talk about it. We will have to agree to disagree on this. There's room for all opinions on here.

”I hope it can now be understood that, despite certain media publications' distortion over the years, any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children, was for one reason: to protect them. I trusted that the authorities were doing the same for other families.”

So she knew since 2018 and believed authorities were investigating in whatever country had jusrisdiction. But no charges ever came about so presumably there was no evidence? And she would have known no charges had been filed.

Yet when she had children these allegations were the reason she did not allow them contact with their grandfather from who, HAM were already estranged and whom H had never even met? No they weren’t the reason she didn’t let her dad see her kids. That statement is so misleading…all trying to vindicate her for cutting her dad out of her life.

The letter Meghan wrote to her father in 2018 is still available online from the court case and she says she is loyal to him.

Because they wanted to cover it up. That’s the only reason.

For a pair, who taught to shine a light on the stifling, caged life of a RF member. So terrible are the conditions, they had to speak out.

But they didn’t over this? They spoke out on many issues where they had no concrete evidence but it never stopped them.

The only difference is you don’t get money for speaking out on CSA.

Now she has put herself into a position where she going to have to reveal dates and what exactly she was told to try and clear up this mess.

This is a complete disaster from her end

I don't think this reflects on the overall image of the Royal Family but that's a good stretch there.

Leave them alone? It's a major news story. If the BBC are covering it, I'm pretty sure we're allowed to discuss it.
Also, why does it matter that we don't know them? I'm pretty sure that newsreader doesn't either, but he's talking about them.

Didn't Harry say at the time of the wedding he was trying to sort things out and get her dad over here?
Or something like this? This is from memory.

Nice try at deflection and whataboutism, but the AMW threads are that way.

Yes they always jump in too soon - said in haste repent at leisure.
There’ll now be loads of people who say if she had this knowledge (and obviously believed it as she’s now saying that’s the reason she Markled him) why wasn’t she more proactive?
Just when I thought it all couldn’t get any messier or horrible this happens.
I'm keeping an open mind until more is proven.

It's really baffling. H&M just took it as read for the last eight years that it was being dealt with? What about when TM Snr moved to the Philippines, a known hot spot for depraved men?Would that not trigger them to chase up what was going on, knowing he might be committing offences there?

The BBC have asked the Met (and Markle Snr) for a comment. I wonder how or if the Met will respond.

The one bit of the Meghan letter that is plausible is that the Met knew all about it and has done nothing for 8 years. They are utterly useless and have a particularly bad track record on investigating SA.

interesting, comments in the NYPost having absolutely none of it.

They are all saying what we’re saying. Why didn’t she say something? Why did she cover it up? Why did they say they fell out with him because of his press collusion? Why did Harry says it’s his fault Meg doesn’t have a father? What she’s saying doesn’t make sense.

Unfortunately, the DM comments are embarrassing…..seem to believe Markle Snr is completely innocent.

Presumably they have no jurisdicton in the US?

Interested what the MET will say

Yes, everything you are saying makes total sense, through the lens of what we previously knew. And what Harry & Meghan have said themselves about their families. It’s what I would have thought too (my comment was made before seeing MM update).

But now, with Meghan’s statement on the current situation with her father. They would have had to drop him from the wedding, of course. But from RF point of view, WTF…

But how could they investigate when her dad was a US citizen not living in the UK and presumably the computers holding any images were not in the UK? They could pass it to the Mexican authorities as that is where Thomas was in 2018 but after that it’s not their investigation to do.

Now they might have kept tabs on what Mexican police were doing and kept the Sussexes and BP informed of any updates but that is all they had to do.

I absolutely agree. There has been lots of speculation recently about H&Ms pathetic & desperate attempts to reconcile with the royal family . People are rightly questioning why no reconciliation with the Markle family?

This is Meghan's attempt to justify her position however it completely contradicts what Harry said & what she said originally.

Also how was Thomas Markle allowed leave the US, live in the Philippines & travel back to the US if he was under such serious investigation. None of this makes sense!

I don't know why the Met would investigate – he hasn't set foot on British soil in all the time M's been with H.

She wrote to him in August 2018 (the DM leaked letter that needed to pull at the heartstrings 🙄) and we are told another letter again when he was in hospital in the Philippines in 2025 (?) 🤷‍♀️