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Ham pr disasters 57! ….continuing the confusion and controversy….

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jeffgoldblum · 25/10/2026 19:46

Once more into the breach dear friends!!

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AlexandraCarrington · Yesterday 13:15

Buckingham Palace declined to comment under the specific Q what did BP know. They could have a nice clean cut distance and exit if they knew nothing just to say so.

There have been major changes at BP since 2018/19. How many people who are there now are in a position to say what anyone knew or didn't know back then?

Say anything and people will immediately start picking it apart looking for discrepancies.

I think H is also wise to say nothing. I wonder if he is, for once, getting good advice and listening to it. Raises the question of whether he and M have separate PR.

Starryfifty · Yesterday 13:16

HAM will no doubt threaten RF. Let us back in or we do an interview with the Scum. That door should remain forever shut. There is always worse to come regarding the Markles

readbutdonotpostoften · Yesterday 13:16

MajesticMeanderings · Yesterday 13:13

If H&M are considering doing another interview, they may do well to consider that AMW thought it was a good idea to do an interview with Emily Maitlis and look how that ended up . . .

Considering what they say and when they say it would have been a very sensible route to take from the very early days but they chose not to, unfortunately I do not see them changing course now.

Tiddlywinks63 · Yesterday 13:17

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · Yesterday 08:42

The poor woman just fell in love and had to leave her successful career

Wasn't HM happy for MM to resume acting? let's not make it sound like she was forcibly abducted by the RF.

Poor woman my arse, she’s one of the most calculating women I have ever read about; she set out to get Harry despite claiming she had no idea who he was ffs!

AutumnCrowning · Yesterday 13:19

nicegreenwillow · Yesterday 12:53

How much choice do some of these women have? Same in the Philippines.

That’s why I hate the phrase ‘sex work’ instead of prostitution as if all these women have full choice and agency, when most of them are coerced, pressured or plain trafficked.

Even worse is ‘child pornography’ instead of referring to images of child sexual abuse.

😕

Rhaidimiddim · Yesterday 13:20

AllegationsMayVary · Yesterday 13:02

Well The Times article with the exact Qs they are asking shared again by PP in this link states that Buckingham Palace declined to comment under the specific Q what did BP know. They could have a nice clean cut distance and exit if they knew nothing just to say so. H&M were not private citizens and were WRF member when this letter was sent to The Office of H&M in 2019.

That was responding to @Mylovelygreendress at 11.12am.

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They could be giving M enough rope to hang herself. Leaving the floor to her, see whether she'll attempt to blame the RF and what for.

Starryfifty · Yesterday 13:20

readbutdonotpostoften · Yesterday 13:16

Considering what they say and when they say it would have been a very sensible route to take from the very early days but they chose not to, unfortunately I do not see them changing course now.

They won't do an Emily M style interview where they could be ripped apart and proven liars.

Kingsandqueenz · Yesterday 13:23

AlexandraCarrington · Yesterday 13:15

Buckingham Palace declined to comment under the specific Q what did BP know. They could have a nice clean cut distance and exit if they knew nothing just to say so.

There have been major changes at BP since 2018/19. How many people who are there now are in a position to say what anyone knew or didn't know back then?

Say anything and people will immediately start picking it apart looking for discrepancies.

I think H is also wise to say nothing. I wonder if he is, for once, getting good advice and listening to it. Raises the question of whether he and M have separate PR.

Yes Harry is staying schtum for the moment... he is right leave it the Markles. I'd say Harry is wondering how the hell he ended up marrying into such a dysfunctional, trashy family...

However what can he say to backtrack from blaming himself about Meghan having no dad..

jeffgoldblum · Yesterday 13:25

AutumnCrowning · Yesterday 13:19

That’s why I hate the phrase ‘sex work’ instead of prostitution as if all these women have full choice and agency, when most of them are coerced, pressured or plain trafficked.

Even worse is ‘child pornography’ instead of referring to images of child sexual abuse.

😕

Almost as disgusting as the push to have “map” to replace pedophile ! ….for the reason…..to spare the feelings of said people!!! 😡

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readbutdonotpostoften · Yesterday 13:29

Starryfifty · Yesterday 13:20

They won't do an Emily M style interview where they could be ripped apart and proven liars.

They would only do an interview with questions they decide, pre-recorded so if the interviewer goes off script, it can be edited. Whoever did the interview would have signed numerous legal documents.

I do not think they will do an interview, but I think half way house is Meghan gives an exclusive article probably to the Sun.

The more I read about all of this, I just hope Harry and Meghan or just Harry, yell stop and realise the hole they have got themselves in, not just the TM situation but from the very beginning. I expect the way they are consumes their entire life, in fact it is their marriage - if it all stopped tomorrow, I doubt they would talk to each other as there would be nothing to talk about.

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MrsDanversGlidesAgain · Yesterday 13:30

Rhaidimiddim · Yesterday 13:20

They could be giving M enough rope to hang herself. Leaving the floor to her, see whether she'll attempt to blame the RF and what for.

That would be a very smart move. 'Let's see what she says she told us and what she says we knew.'

Rhaidimiddim · Yesterday 13:31

pipinghot · Yesterday 13:09

The prospect of "if we do not come back, we do an interview"?

That threat holds so much less weight than it did a few years ago. Now the RF might as well says fine. Fck it, do you what you like. Everyone's a bit desensitized to your blabbing now.

Meghan's got her book to write for a few more pennies.

Whatever.

And also, who'd want to cozy up and reconcile with someone who makes that sort of threat? Next it would be, M gets the loveknot tiara and sits next go Macron, or else we'll do an interview with The Sun.

Kingsandqueenz · Yesterday 13:32

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · Yesterday 13:30

That would be a very smart move. 'Let's see what she says she told us and what she says we knew.'

That should be the road they take as well as grey rocking.

Starryfifty · Yesterday 13:35

I really hope HAM aren't planning a Liverpool "royal walkabout "

Onebigsham · Yesterday 13:35

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · Yesterday 12:54

That's probably exactly what they do want. Mud sticking and trial by tabloid, without the unedifying prospect of a very public court case where the Markle siblings would be likely key witnesses.

If that is the case (and I do realise we are all speculating wildly here) then cynical old me is wondering who's actually pushing this, because that's almost Machiavellian levels of foresight and planning. TMS accused of historic CSA, no trial because they've scuppered it, loads of sympathy for MM and as a side effect, blowback on the RF for not supporting her through all this.

Of course it means shitting on her DF from a great height when he's ill, old and broke for whatever she's decided he needs to be punished for but heyyyyyyy......them's the breaks, right?

My gut feeling is that this was always going to come out when TM Snr died - it's been signposted enough over the years. For some reason (probably financial for the recipient of the Sun's sad face fund) this has been triggered early, but probably at a time when Senior will be judged too mentally and physically infirm to be traveling back to the Phillipines to stand trial.

Whether contaminating evidence was deliberate or unthinking, anyone who has ever watched a standard police procedural knows you don't go looking through evidence, move it, publish it or get a random 3rd party civilian to look through it. The minute you do that, the defence can claim that it is unreliable. Junior strikes me as a fellow who watches a lot of TV. The Sun journalist strikes me as someone who should know better.

The Markles are all calculating imo, it's just that they are all remarkably thick as well as short term thinkers, so Machiavellian is probably overstating it. But throwing shit, sewing confusion, claiming to be victims based on incidents that can't really be questioned/investigated and changing their stories so that the real truth can't possibly be known is their M O. They do succeed in getting their narrative out, aided and abetted by their respective credulous supporters; whether that's the Sussex Squad/journalists lacking research and critical thinking skills/commentators using them for an agenda on one side, or people like Lady C and Dan Wooten who ignore a million flags on the other. Their constant noise and preferred narrative is all over the media sphere and that's probably enough of a victory for them as that is their immediate goal, short term PR wins for themselves. I doubt they are really thinking (or caring) about what happens next or the fact that a million online sleuth types will be questioning everything they have said. That's especially the case when they have the likes of the Sun's Matt Wilkinson telling the public that the "trolls" (meaning anyone not in mainstream media or from a journalist background) can't be trusted.

TatianaTwinkletoes · Yesterday 13:39

Lunde · Yesterday 00:04

On a lighter note - I was thinking about the tale of 2 princely interviews

Harry said "I am a Prince" and repeated it several times.

William said "I wanted to be a policeman or a DJ" and laughed at himself

Or according to Graham Norton 'just William, the 'prince' is silent'

andyburnhamhere · Yesterday 13:40

Thankfully, there is still some milk of human kindness in the world although, in these particular realms, it appears to be in rather short supply.

https://spectator.com/article/i-feel-sorry-for-meghan-markle/

Many people, including readers of this piece and indeed Meghan’s husband Harry, will know what it is to have a difficult and dysfunctional family. Far fewer of us will have these dynamics played out across the international media, where intimate, even prurient details of horrendous events will be splashed out across the newspapers and internet alike. No doubt there will be further twists and turns and statements and intrigue for the foreseeable future. But before then, given everything that has happened, I feel deeply sorry for Meghan, as I would for anyone else who is in this deeply unpleasant and painful situation.

I feel sorry for Meghan Markle

The police apparently shared these allegations with Meghan but took no further action in disclosing them to other law enforcement agencies.

https://spectator.com/article/i-feel-sorry-for-meghan-markle/

AtIusvue · Yesterday 13:41

pipinghot · Yesterday 12:49

Your first cousin?

Yup

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · Yesterday 13:42

The Sun journalist strikes me as someone who should know better.

I have read that the Mail runs major stories past lawyers before publishing, and I find it incomprehensible that the Sun wouldn't do the same - and any decent lawyer would tell them don't tamper with the evidence and chain of evidence or you'll prejudice a trial. Hell, I'D tell them that and my knowledge of police procedure comes from TV. Everything that has come out about TMJr and the Sun makes me think a trial isn't the point.

What the point is I can't fathom.

jeffgoldblum · Yesterday 13:44

andyburnhamhere · Yesterday 13:40

Thankfully, there is still some milk of human kindness in the world although, in these particular realms, it appears to be in rather short supply.

https://spectator.com/article/i-feel-sorry-for-meghan-markle/

Many people, including readers of this piece and indeed Meghan’s husband Harry, will know what it is to have a difficult and dysfunctional family. Far fewer of us will have these dynamics played out across the international media, where intimate, even prurient details of horrendous events will be splashed out across the newspapers and internet alike. No doubt there will be further twists and turns and statements and intrigue for the foreseeable future. But before then, given everything that has happened, I feel deeply sorry for Meghan, as I would for anyone else who is in this deeply unpleasant and painful situation.

Now you have told us you are vera99 , you can stop pretending indifference, we know you are a fan of the Sussex’s and believe they can do no wrong.

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Rhaidimiddim · Yesterday 13:45

Starryfifty · Yesterday 13:20

They won't do an Emily M style interview where they could be ripped apart and proven liars.

If they want/need to do an interview badly enough, they won't have a choice.

andyburnhamhere · Yesterday 13:46

jeffgoldblum · Yesterday 13:44

Now you have told us you are vera99 , you can stop pretending indifference, we know you are a fan of the Sussex’s and believe they can do no wrong.

I don't know where you get that from. You accused me of exactly the same thing back then, and I rebutted it then, just as I do today.

Starryfifty · Yesterday 13:46

jeffgoldblum · Yesterday 13:44

Now you have told us you are vera99 , you can stop pretending indifference, we know you are a fan of the Sussex’s and believe they can do no wrong.

I would have sympathy for Meg, if she, in the position she has, followed up on these allegations. Yes, the MET have questions to answer too. Her and her hubby make a living out of speaking about child safety etc. They could and should have done better

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · Yesterday 13:47

But before then, given everything that has happened, I feel deeply sorry for Meghan, as I would for anyone else who is in this deeply unpleasant and painful situation.

Nope. She dropped herself in it. No-one (I assume) made her contact the Sun. Before you talk about 'milk of human kindness' she lied to Oprah when her husband's GF was dying. No-one made her do that. No-one made her make fun of HMTLQ. No-one made her do any of the stuff she has done.

Why do some people have such trouble giving this woman any agency in her life as if she's a helpless pawn of circumstance?

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · Yesterday 13:47

jeffgoldblum · Yesterday 13:44

Now you have told us you are vera99 , you can stop pretending indifference, we know you are a fan of the Sussex’s and believe they can do no wrong.

Oh riiiiiiiight. That name rings a bell.

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