Ham pr disasters 64! …….Prince Charming…Prince Charming…..ridicule is nothing to be scared of ! …..

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A lack of humour and self reflection is not helping.

My post is tongue-in-cheek 🙂 Given other diary clashes over those few days, it is not fanciful to think that H said: 'Liam, talk to GQ and check they can release my interview on the first day of the Oman state visit.'

Thank you for that. It’s the middle of the night here and I’ve been awake since 1.35 am. It’s now 3.13 and not much is making sense. I thought I’d had a great nights sleep till I saw the time. 🙈

What’s an ethical finance audit?

It was announced in May that Frogmore was going to be turned back into smaller units and that HAM's renovation was being ripped out.

I don't see why KC is responsible for housing multi-millionaires Harry and Meghan. Why don't they sell Montecito if they are short of money?

They are not going to be offered Windsor or Kensington Palace as frankly the other senior royals don't want the drama of HAM's car-crash reality TV lifestyle, especially while they refuse to stop taking swipes at the RF like a pair of sulky teens!. They were offered an apartment at BP but turned it down.

I guess it checks where the money is coming from - after the AMW issues.

I think the York sisters were begging for help after the AMW debacle yet Beatrice was hosting mysterious teas for businessmen in Saudi Arabia just 12 months ago at the height of the scandal.

HAM would never agree to an ethical audit . Meghan would have to give back the blood diamonds she likes to wear for a start.

Also, those offers were made on the basis of the Sussexes being working royals.
They wouldn't be made now.

He needs her as much as she needs him... birds of a feather flock together...
Harry's as thick as mince he'll never wise up..

Google suggests a net worth for HaM of around £45 million which is similar to figures I’ve heard suggested before. A million is not what it once was and definitely not in the realm of the super rich or Hollywood A listers. To live on income from that sum you would not be able to afford Montecito if you include all the security costs Harry was incurring. Harry could also potentially have to hand over a fifth of that in legal/court costs.

I'm curious about the Montecito place vis a vis selling to buy somewhere else. What we DON'T know (I assume) is whether they bought it outright or if they have a mortgage on it. They've only owned it 6 years and mortgages here are interest heavy. You pay practically nothing on your principal to start and the principal paid increases very, very gradually over the life of the loan so I'm wondering how much equity they actually have in it. The most common term here is 30 years, with some people taking a 15 year mortgage.

Mortgages are a huge tax write off so many people take mortgages rather than buy outright to get the tax break.

Harry was offered an apartment in BP for him, Meghan at the kids for his July visit - secure, big garden, heated swimming pool

But he he wouldn't say if he was taking it or not - so 48 hours before it was withdrawn

One thing I have read @AcrossthePond55 , and no US realtor me , but H&M got the Montecito house for a very good price because the previous owner was keen to sell. I believe it is widely believed they have a mortgage on it , maybe for the tax reasons you say. However , because they bought it relatively cheaply they may well have a large amount of equity in it now. Personally, until they have absolutely decided where they want to be , if it were me , I'd rent in the UK and decide whether they want Montecito to be the main home and potentially buy something more modest in the UK or vice versa. Or mansions in both countries if they can afford it . But it isn't me and I am gloriously unencumbered with the problem of having to decide where I have my eight figure houses. 😊

Thanks!

If you ‘only’ have £45 million and no significant income (other than from investments of that money) then more than one eight figure house is not sustainable as you are rapidly losing the investment income.

The property taxes are very high in Montecito.

It looks at the sources of funds going into and out of an account. A good ie ethical outcome is that funds are clean and legitimate, bad ie unethical cash payments from sources connected to tax-dodging entities, or funds a step away from laundered money, for example.

Didn't he later make a statement to the effect that Buckingham palace, one of the most protected and secure buildings in the world, wouldnt be secure enough for him and his family? Completely ridiculous

Oh my god I love this!!! 😂I love Adam Ant 😍My older cousin used to put white tape on my face & my other cousin would use her lipstick to draw two red stripes on my cheek when I was about 4 😆

I love his music & he was beautiful

Interesting you mention this as I recall when AMW and SF divorced reading some information that the monarch holds some sort of control over royal grandchildren. Though that's never been brought up in the case of A And L. Guess as QE11 was a g.grNdparent and by the time Charles took the throne the suspects were already resident in cali and may have been controversial and giving more fuel to their ongoing victim narrative.

Sussex not suspects ! Think auto correct has a sense of humour 😂

Waiting patiently <drums fingers>

I think that it's fascinating how much nonsense he talks. BP is secure enough for Heads of State, leaders and VIPs from all over the world, but not for a lazy petulant privileged Prince? Lots of "p" words.
Here's another one; preposterous.

I’m guessing Meghan will be recreating her single tear from her left eye to show the world how distraught she is.

She will have been watching her appearances in suits and Julia Roberts in the Pelican brief to show a brave strong woman determined to do the right thing despite the great personal cost.

I wouldn’t usually say this, for obvious reasons to do with women and work etc, but I do think at this time, with all the upheaval they have had, she would be better off staying at home with her children and giving them some attention and love. They must be completely scrambled, poor kids. I do hope she hasn’t been flinging herself about, weeping theatrically on the floor and being ridiculous (as her own reports suggest she has done previously) in front of them.

The Sussexes can't be housed near senior royals, if indeed the King was minded to offer to house then which I don't think he is, they simply can't be trusted to keep things private.

I agree that Meghan would be better off announcing that she needed to be with her children as an excuse to ditch Brussels. It does make her look weak though, especially in comparison to other royals who kept engagements in the face of the Sussexes allegations.

With everything they do the Sussexes show us the difference between senior royals and celebrities.

Thanks!