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The investigation into alleged bullying by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is ongoing, which is why nothing has been published in today’s sovereign grant report by Buckingham Palace. While it is only right that enough time is taken to thoroughly investigate what are very serious claims concerning Harry and Meghan’s treatment of palace staff, it would be wrong to keep the findings secret. At this stage we do not even know if the report will be made public – but in my opinion it should not only be published, but be published without delay once the probe has been concluded. It does not do any of the parties involved any favours whatsoever to sit on the findings until next year’s sovereign grant report. Justice delayed is justice denied, after all. Moreover, why should an independently funded investigation form any part of the annual review of royal finances that is released every summer? If the probe also lifts the lid on general behaviour within the royal household then that would be no negative thing, either. Harry and Meghan are not the only members of the Royal family to have ever been accused of bad behaviour. Like all institutions with a hierarchical structure, there are politics and power games regularly at play – and it is usually the staff at the bottom of the pecking order who suffer the most. It would also be good to draw a distinction between actual bullying and the sorts of accusations of bullying that are bandied around on Twitter. I don’t know if you saw it but I was trending on the social media platform this morning because I had repeated a remark Meghan had made about Archie being a voracious reader. As a result of this – and the Meghan-made-Kate-cry bridesmaid’s dress story (which I still stand by, 100 per cent) – I received death threats against me, my husband and my children. Yet unlike these despicable trolls, I am not, and have never been, a bully. This attempt to “cancel” journalists doing their jobs by falsely accusing them of racism is a very pernicious form of bullying that needs to be called out. It is not bullying the Sussexes to express scepticism about their modus operandi on TV or write unfavourable coverage. What bothers me most about the latest attack is this: if someone was issuing death threats in my name to the children of someone I know and have worked with for the past 15 years, I’d call it out. Yet the silence from Prince Harry on the issue of online hate against journalists remains deafening. Indeed, on the contrary, the couple’s eagerness to send lawyers’ letters in response to stories only serves to make life even more difficult for the people trying to report without fear or favour. It’s hugely disappointing and, frankly, demeans Harry’s quest to clean up the internet. If the Sussexes want to stop the online hate, they should start by calling out their own rabid “squad”." |
FFS! Not keen on the Dumb in Dumbarton but happy with the sex in Sussex. WankersLMFAO
#119 They all scatter cos Harry doesn't matter.They’re all fleeing London while he’s here![]()
Sure. He adored his Grandfather so much that he gave a bombshell interview to Okra during PP’s last days on earth, didn’t make any effort to try and visit him when he knew for a fact that he was dying, then posted a “ Thank you for your service” message when he did die. Yeah, that’s real devotion right there.
Poor Kayla Adams, she is a WOC and the abuse she has suffered from Sussex stans is abhorrent. Other POC calling her the N word and the C word, it makes me feel sick.Looked on the Meghan and Harry trending on twitter, the SS are truly vile
1. Saying Camilla Towney is a RF propagandist, liar, made up the death threats (screen shotted that Yahoo said the account doesnt exist, however as noted it was sent from an e form on CT website where you can just type in a made up email)
2. That the accounts published are lies and actually show the RF lived off the profits that HFW and H gave back from Frogmore
3. Saying the Dumbarton story is to deflect from these made up account information
4. Sending death threats as well as comments condoning 'R**e' and abusive of the Cambridge children as well as using racial slurs ( Check an account called Kayla Adams, she is one of us and posted some of the abusive she has received)
I never saw it as sibling rivalry at all. He and we know Andrew is a lazy bastard so any 'work' he did was always limited anyway and based around where the nearest golf course was to the event. Anyway he's pretty much cancelled himself now and nobody wants to see him flouncing around being billy big bollix. I think chas was more concerned with cost cutting because of criticism of the Firm so he's been working on this for years. The problem is the changing circs. I mean he undoubtedly had hazza and fishy fanny down as big wheels in the refurbed Firm, expecting them to jump in and actually work. Nope. They bailed. So now he's had to rethink and also allow for Brenda's very advanced age and limited duties and Anne and himself heading that way too. The goal posts keep changing so no wonder he's struggling trying to get it right. But with Wills help he'll do it. Camilla is a wise head too, as is Anne, and will be a good sensible sounding board and they'll work it out once the Harkles get dealt with. That's the big obstacle at present. Unfortunately the Long Game the Firm are (of necessity) playing is stalling Chas's plans. He's wary of taking any big steps in dealing with them. Something has to be done, but that's his kid and chas is soft as shite where haz is concerned. Always has been and that's a huge stumbling block for everyone.Yup! This is what I don't understand, he was trying to go from 15 working royals who attended over 3,400 engagements in 2019, to 6. Moreover, two of them are in their 70's, two have little kids, and two are idiots... so great plan, that. I don't get it.
In '19 the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent both did more stuff than Kate, H, Camilla, Sophie, and Mrs 6; heck William only did a few more events than they did. It'll be interesting to see what gets cut because they'll have to keep a balance between the flashy stuff and the recycling center visits. I know downsizing is popular right now, but Norway and Denmark are less than 6 million people, Sweden a little over 10 million, Belgium 11.5 million, etc., so reducing the number of working members of the family makes sense. Charles is extremely lucky Edward and Sophie are so capable and that Anne is very dedicated. I'm not a huge fan of the York girls, but I think William would be smart to make sure they, and later Louise and James if they want, carry out a few duties (unpaid, as they do now a bit).
I'm still convinced a lot the drama was because they were expected to take on more duties and just didn't want to put in the work. They got the tour but I saw that as riding the high from the wedding. There were going to be a lot more care home visits in their future and we all saw how well that went over with her.
All this makes me wonder how much William in involved in shaping the family moving forward. Charles has been on his downsizing kick for a while, but to me it felt more like sibling rivalry issues disguised as cost savings. I don't think William wants all of his cousins involved but I wonder if he agrees with Charles or not.