Harry & Meghan #53 Ginge & Cringe have no shame, manipulating the public using Diana’s name

[bubbadabut]

Off topic but for those who don't frequent the Covid thread, our friend and the creator of this thread's title, @50sGirl, has lost her dear dad to Covid. Stay strong, lady. . Stay safe all. X

 

[ResidentMerkin]

To be believed they have to stop lying. They have to stop their fake PR.
I don't think Archie is the issue. I think the fact that she wants privacy but is all over the place with the facts is the problem.
She was happy to show her bump to everyone, highlighting it at every appearance. There then rise questions because of the change in size of that bump. She sues everyone at the drop of a hat and yet she hasn't sued anyone about that. Yes it might be hard to pick one person but there's been nothing to counter any gossip.
So now she still won't be believed just by showing him because of her previous behaviour.
Archie is only a small part of the problem with their believability.

I agree - and it is the patently obvious schtick of trying to generate an air of mystery, rarity, exclusivity hidden behind the certifiably false pretense of "privacy" and victimhood. The schtick is to raise the "value" of the conveniently commercial "appearances" of said child. It is the celebrity name-dropping that the unborn and then born baby seemed to used for that questioned the overall sincerity of the situation
[deep breath]
- look I'm pregnant! at Eugenie's wedding, in Oz arching her back to feign an early bump, all of it screaming "LOOK AT ME! I'M AMAZING! LOOK AT ME!!"
- the BFC stage crash spoiling CWK's award and with extreme cringey belly cupping, completely upstaging Rosamund Pike (which did NOT go down well with anyone - not Pike, not CWK, not the BFC, and certainly not the audience, and really really not any of the other celebs who were in the audience who witnessed the entire stunt and couldn't believe that this c-list actress who recently married a b-list price had just Mean-Girls shoved a recognised fellow a-list actress off the podium) using her belly to make herslef untouchable
- super expensive, inappropriately tight-fitted prgnancy wardrobe at a variety of events complete with thee "SEE MY BUMP! LOOK AT IT!! LOOK AT IT I SAID!!!" coat flicking - all the while it was dramatically changing size and shape in the space of minutes. Anyone who has been pregnant or lived with a pregnant person for any significant period of time can tell you that the extremes of these belly changes are baffling. utterly and completely baffling. Mini-dramas left-right and center. Each coat flick was meant to have everyone go "oo wait - hold up. Pregnant woman in our midst. No loud noises and make way for the woman waddling in 8in stilettos"
- the baby shower. the whole thing was a tasteless merching event where it has now been proven by the secret service papers that were released that US secret service dudes were blindsided by the demand for her "protection" and that they were told that she had called the paps. Baby showers are private. They rarely demand that the 3rd trimester mother fly across the atlantic, or even fly at all. Usually it is the intimate group of guests who come to the future-mother's side of town and it is held somewhere private and no there are no party favours at baby showers. Seeing the "away" suitcases was the equivalent of Rose Byrne's character one-upping Annie in the 2011 movie Bridesmaids by giving out puppies at the bridal shower. All of this using the unborn child for drama, photos, PR. USUALLY members of the family are invited, but no, not even her mother. We know Meghan has form when it comes to not inviting family. Not even her sister in law. Nope. oh but recently-introduced Gayle King was there! oh and let's name drop Serena and Amal Clooney and pirouette across 20,000 carbon size 11 footprints by using her private jet for the swift 4 day jaunt in THE most expensive penthouse hotel room in NYC. AGAIN using the unborn child to associate herself with KimK-esque nouveau riche stylings and a-list name dropping.

-Morocco - stomping ahead of Harry, cupping the belly like a loot bag, and breaking every cultural and diplomatic (and pure common courtesy) norm imaginable. Using the belly yet again - but as a "me first" battering ram and a "get out of jail free" card for all the faux pas. Oh and wearing a $100k tent to a midday coffee meeting where everyone else was in business casual.... making sure the dress did what? HUGGED the now- square, 4th trimester-with-twins ginormous balloon. But she was eyond reproach because (all together now) "unborn royal baby coming through - outta my way".
- News drops that she is meeting with such folks as her BFF Gayle King at her home (wherever that was) in the run up to the birth. Whatever for, might I ask?> Gayle had flown all the way from LA to give Meghan a footrub? hadn't they just dropped $40k on a 3 day babymoon in some spa in Ascot or Wiltshire or whatever? Had Meghan not been pregnant, I doubt very much Gayle would have given her the time of day for either the showerr or the footrub.
any british journos invited during this private nesting period? nope. It was patently spiteful towards the brits. I'm not even British and I winced at the audacity and unnecessary nastiness of the regular PR "drops". We were moving from "Mean Girls" to "Heathers" at this point. All of this using the baby card throughout.
- "Birth" announcement (by the stables of Windsor) and later presentation, where only one journo is invited (in both cases) and apparently Gayle King as offered exclusivity (and then secured an $11m renewal of her contract with CBS right after that claim, which never happened) and Harry says "babies change so much in the 1st two weeks" at which point Meghan's Novichok stare pierced into Harry's right earlobe. The lone journo says "can we see his face a bit more" and Harry looks like he is going to shit himself. He is asked again. refuses again. the baby has not budged -- nothing. He is blissfully aware and hopefully asleep, but the interaction with the ONE journo iis creepy. It isn't "proud dad" ... it breathes "I've poo'd myself and I'm wearing no undies so no I will NOT turn around".
Meghan's Novichok stare is now on point, and we are truly in Heather's territory.... but she remains untouchabe because (once again) just had a baby and not just ANY baby - a ROYAL baby that nonee of you pleb will ever see.
-ONE picture of Archie with his grandmother. ONE. To this day. and it isn't like his grandmother is crazy old Mrs Smith from across the turnpike. She is the fucking Queen of England. ONE photo with grandma and you cannot even see his face. She could be holding a prize turnip for all we know. In fact, come to think of it, Frgomore did have an organic vegetable garden installed by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, did it not? perhaps it was a prize Turnip, that grew immensely with the help of all of the horse shit they had spouted in the meantime.

anyway.... where was I?

-MORE DRAMA around invisible Archie: time to name drop, in his name!! You peasants cannot see him. You are not worthy - but Hillary clinton is. and so is my new BFF Ellen Degeneres. I don't give a damn about seeing him but to make a big deal about totally random celebs seeing him is rubbing everyone's nose into "we are no longer in the pleb circle. you are not worthy". Fine. screw you. whatevs. We didn't see George, Charlotte, Lena, Louis or anyone else post birth otheer than for the christening or official photos, BUT we also didn't get regular news updates that Elton John had popped by to help change nappies or that Dame helen mirren had come over to have tea and burp a legit direct successor to the throne, did we. no. We saw official family photos (taken by Michael Middleton or Mama Catherine herself) and released properly.

-MORE ARCHIE-Linked DRAMA: nothing can be polite and simple, like "Hey he is going to be christened and here are his godparents and we are scheduling it around the availabilities of some key persons, like grandma, AKA THE FUCKING QUEEN OF ENGLAND, because frankly our schedules are otherwise EMPTY.... but no. we decide when it will be (scew you GanGan if you cannot make it. Not our problem) and who will be there (again just ONE member of her family) and who will photograph it AND who will know about attendees. No one will know. Not a soul. That's the answer. and we will SCREAM it that no one will know. so THERE.
Except let me stick a knife in and photograph my dead mother's sisters (who haven't been seen or heard from or mentioned or in the press for any reason in, oh, decades?) next to my dead mother's ex-husband and his new wife. That's a good idea. Use poor innocent Archie's christening to cause yet another stir. keep things simple? NFW. Shit-stir as often as possible and use the child as your cover.
this is photo op number 2 of the child - not including the turnip shot and silly foot and thumb photos that just upped the "ooo!!! Myster exclusive surprise, wink-wink-nudge nudge on-a-need-to-know-basis and you aren't in the club" ante.
-THEN there is the cringe-fest polo event where every person on the planet felt like running over and taking the baby from the moron's slippery grip. It was awful. She looked deranged. the child wasn't dressed and it was just weird and I don't think it was planned (excpet for the paps being there - called at the last minute). Whatev's. At least she wasn't name dropping some US celeb this time. but she was trying to play happy Royal Families after having dissed all of those persons at every turn in the run up to Archie's birth. Again using Farchie as the shield, battering ram, and get out of jail free card.
- Uses Archie as an excuse to not fly to Balmoral to visit Gan Gan (he's too young to fly) but instead flies the 3x as far distance not once, but twice to the mediterranean for super expensive villa holidays in Ibiza (hmmm? with a 3 month old? what?) and Nice (elton). Archie used as the excuse for flying on private jets, for his safety.
- SMartworks drive-by appearance: stays for 10 mins as the guest of honour, and then leaves using "feedtime Archie" as the excuse. wowzers
- There are now officially more official pictures of Farchie with Desmond Tutu than with any of Harry's family put together. Using Archie to get photos with people that frankly both of them would never have imagined seeing under any circumstance.
"Hi - I'm Meghan Markle, a retired back-up actress from a defunct TV show called Suits. Can I meet Bishop Tutu for a photosesh please?" Click
"Hi I'm Prince Harry, the spare to the throne of England and thee eembodiment of the nasty colonial past of my male, pale and stale entitled and uneducated forefathers. Can I meet Bishop Tutu for a photosesh please?" "thank you for your call buut the Bishop is very busy drafting a speech for his next UN security council guest appearance. Feel free to drop by our gift shop on your way out"
"Hi. We are HRH Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Can we come over for tea?" "Terribly sorry - the bishop and his family are having private family time that week"
"Hello - we've just flown over with our cavalry of bespoke bullet and mine-proof Range Rovers to meet with victims of violence and poverty. Can we come show you our baby?" " Ah a baby you say? Bishop can be photographed kissing a baby? give us an hour to tidy up and get the photogr.... oh you have your own photographers? Well isn't that convenient"
catching my very long drift yet?

- Using Farchie as an excuse to take time off " as a family" (to plot our revenge and dramatic departure) while in Canada
- Using Farchie as a weird photoshopped Christmas card where daddy is blurred into oblivion and momma is "whip-sharp". the hatchet job of the photoshop is so bad they have to reissue it with Momma slightly blurred and daddy slightly less blurred.
-calling the paps for the private walk on a public path with the child again precariously drooping out of the BabyBjorn.... MORE ARCHIE DRAMA!!! Archie sues the paps for the audacity of interfering in his privacy, even though all you can see is the back of his snowwsuit and his head is covered in a hood. It could be anyone. It is possibly a Canadian Turnip. Megsy knows they are there.... interestingly the RPOs and the dogs do not have any clue and do nothing about it. Not even bark. ARCHIE's PRIVACY HAS BEEN Threatened. More drama in the name of Archie. More PR in the secrecy of Archie.

- Harry and Archie photo. Can't it just be about dad and kid? No - we need to name drop the PM of NZ and our terribly charitable nature of donating 200 beanies so that the beanie is renamed Archie. Oh and we need to merch the shit out of the hat, the shoes, etc. Sigh


are you seeing the trend?
They are using him directly and indirectly.

There are no normal family photos from the general public of Archie out on a walk with momma, buying the first christmas tree. Nope - there are just ridiculous claims of trick or treating with a 15 month old. There are hundreds of Kate with her kids in Sainsburys, Hyde Park, Kings Road, Peter Jones, etc.
Meg goes so far as to say that the child's privacy is too important and they are too famous to have playdates. that is just nuts.
but THEN - to advertise theiir new commercial endeavours? THEN we bring out the child and have him speak his first words..... and they claim THEY are being used as click bait? What was that stunt if it wasn't using your perfectly honed strategy of drama and scarcity valuing your child reaching peak "scarcity value" by released a 4 second clip of his first words. Not even the Kardashians do that.
W + K used Louis' first words to help Attenborough and his fight for animals. They didn't do that for their $35m paid podcast premier about nothing.
If they want the kid to be private - then fine: stay private and let the kid have a childhood. If they want to use the kid as a prop, then fine but do it properly and don't sue in the name of the back of his hoodie/snowpants. Or don't do a birthday video where you have 6inches of makeup on, your haird is coiffed to within an inch of your life and your poor child isn't even dressed or in a fresh nappy.

the kid comes first. Get it? His best interests come first and THAT is not what is happening here. It is a disingenuous platform for whingeing, entitlement and money making.

Thanks it's all interesting stuff.
I'm intrigued about Harry and Meghan having separate bedrooms when they were in Australia as I find that strange for newlyweds.
If they did use a surrogate for the pregnancy then Harry must have been in on the whole deception. I know he's thick but how could she have organised it all without him being any the wiser?
That seems impossible to me.

Pom, you're needed

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[leviosa]

Just watched today's "Mock The Week". The end round was "unlikely dating profiles". One of the panel came up and said "Tired of seeing your family? Date me - Meghan Markle". They are officially a punchline.

 

[Poppea]

Thomas markle doing a new documentary to milk his cash cow again? Surprise suprise

Poor darling, looks like you got confused!

Thomas WAS Meghzys cashcow for years and years and years! When he had nothing more to give and had no other perks to offer, she got rid of him.

Now he is about to set the record straight so poor confused things like you will be able to see the truth about the greedy yachtgirl.

 

[Scotch Mist]

Were Kate's dresses also supposed to blow up in the wind to tittilate? She didn't even get them weighed down after the queen told her to

This isn't a Meghan vs Kate thread.
Not interested in comparing them. It's pointless.
Would be like comparing a Rolls Royce with a used up rusty old banger (Smeggy )
This thread is dedicated to slagging off Meghan and Harry. If you like them it's best to leave now ...
Bye

 

[Wu Tien]

Let's hope that Ms Markle doesn't try and write lyrics,

Did someone say lyrics? I've written some for Our Kween.

At the Soho

Her name was Smegma, she was a yachtgirl
With extensions in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would writhe and do the cha-cha
But while she wanted to be a star
Marcus always tended bar
Across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 til 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?

[Chorus:]
At the Soho (SO!) Soho Housa (Soho Housa)
The hottest spot fulla of lousa (here)
At the Soho (SO!) Soho Housa
Yachting and minge were always the fashion
At the Soho.... they fell in love

His name was Hazno
He wore a title
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Smegma dancing there
And when she finished, he put his leg over
But Marcus went a bit too far
Hazno sailed across the bar
Then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was a wedding and a single letter
But just who wrote what to you-know-who?

[Chorus]

At the Soho... Hazno lost his mind

Her name is Smegma, she was a lawgirl
But that was five years ago, when she used to have a show
Now it's Cali, just for Smegma
Still in the dress she used to wear
Extensions in her hair
Hazno sits there so refined, and drinks himself half-blind
Smeg lost to Kate and Hazno lost his mind

[Chorus]

At the Soho... don't fall in love
Don't fall in love

 

[NotDumbNotBlonde]

Saccharine-heavy shit from Scooby but seems to be suggesting she’s not pregnant yet?

Meghan Markle and Harry have 'made no secret of desire to grow family'

MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry have "made no secret of their desire to grow their family", according to a royal expert.

www.express.co.uk

"They coped without childcare."

Two able-bodied adults in a luxurious house with one child and no work responsibilities.

Heroic.

 

[Baguette]

I think that despite all the puff pieces and fake PR, the review will take place. Or finalised, as I'm sure negotiations and plans would have been taken place during the last few months. Also, the RF are aware of the public's interest and negative opinion of H&M, and how that could possibly result in turning against the monarchy. And with the raven missing from the Tower, well it doesnt bode well

Was the raven called Rachel, by any chance....

Comments on the Tom Bradby dribble in the Mail are over 10,000 now - that's big.

Top comment?

He turned his back on his family and more importantly the Queen and showed a level of arrogance and disrespect it shocked us all...... Maybe if he showed some humility and stopped preaching about wokeness to everyone from his multi million pound lifestyle we may listen....

and...

Don't let the door hit you on the way out harry. Theres a code of conduct in the military, you let us all down.

They planned it for a year before they made their announcement, they'd registered Sussex Royal as a trade mark in March 2019. At first I thought 'I don't blame them', then more and more information came out and it became more and more sordid and downright ridiculous. They're liars with a victim complex and huge egos, and a year on from Megzit increasingly disliked.

Meghan stood amongst the poorest in the world and said 'no one asks about me.' It was shameful then and it's shameful now.

 

[Scotch Mist]

Thanks to everyone for posting all the trial information. Fingers crossed that the lying bitch is going to be exposed

'The letter didn't say she loved me. It did not even ask how I was. It showed no concern about the fact I had suffered a heart attack and asked no questions about my health.

"It actually signalled the end of our relationship, not a reconciliation."

Glad that Thomas has managed to put that statement out. She should be ashamed of herself. What a cunt

 

[Wightgirl]

Sarah Vine in the daily Mail. Loving her description of Scooby

 

[Blimey O'Riley]

Hello everyone . I would like to thank you all for your links, thoughts and knowledge on H and M.

I joined about 10 days ago and I've read the last few threads with my jaw hanging open. I hope that if it doesn't go to trial, an investigative MOS journalist pulls it all apart anyway and publishes all of the lies and deceit, the background to them meeting, the pregnancy, who's raising Archie and the whole sorry tale of the arrogant prince and the experienced hustler.

Thank you again - it's been a great distraction.

 

[catp]

I have been lucky enough to stay in a similar type of place on Safari. I was very surprised to learn that she'd crapped/pissed outside. Begs the question...What the fuck for? There are luxury facilities - think 5 star hotels placed inside "tents" - it is NOT the same as camping. At. All.

Also, as we were likewise in the midst of lion territory, we were accompanied literally everywhere by hotel staff with guns. I initially thought it a bit bonkers that I even had someone with a rifle walk me the 3 metres from the bar to the uber glam powder room, and they waited outside to accompany me back! ...Until we went on an evening safari and on the way back saw a group of lionesses hunting a mere 10 metres away from the camp! A sobering thought, and I was extremely grateful for the hotel staff's quiet and polite insistence. They looked after us as if their child's life depended on it.

So, no wandering about as a clueless dumbass tourist, because it is dangerous.

Pretty sure JCMH's security team ( he was still Royal back then) wouldn't have let them just stroll around out there, either.

So, if she did poop/pee outside, she was either in a secure, private area - which does rather raise more questions than it answers, given the ready availability of very, very luxurious facilities?!

OR it would mean she was putting on a show for Royal security, hotel security as well as Harry? Again,

The other alternative... they were somewhere genuinely alone with no security, and not near their luxury ensuite... seriously - can you imagine the headlines if they'd come to harm? Beyond irresponsible. Not to mention the negative effects on the local economy/lack of tourism... couldn't give a outdoor shit about the impact on local African people. Makes a mockery of Travalyst aims to support local communities.

I really don't understand the story at all. It comes across that she is either lying, a fetishist, or a twat who happily puts local economies and the Prince's life at risk, so what was the PR point of it?

I mean, if they'd genuinely gone wild camping, I'd actually have been impressed ( but still cannot imagine any universe where we would need to know she'd shat outdoors...)

 

[Wu Tien]

Argument starting here about who's done more Kate Vs troglodyte.

In that list, they forgot some of Smegmatron's most outstanding achievements:

1. Peeing behind a bush while songbirds whose tailed had been dipped of pots of environmentally-friendly poster paints serenaded her (to block out the sound?).
2. Freelance yachting skills.
3. Hands-free human hoovering.
4. Having a magic minge.
5. Ability social climb using nothing more than her husbands.
6. Being the possessor of a nose that manages to stay on her face despite being tweaked multiple times.
7. Standing upright on chicken legs.
8. Juggling varied law suits.
9. Burning through Prince Charles's money.
10. Raging envy of her sister-in-law.
11. Being victimised by mean old Brits who weren't grateful to her for adding £1 billion pounds to the economy by grace of her wedding.
12. Managing the Incredible Disappearing Pregnancy Bump.
13. Merching.
14. Modernising the BRF, singlehandedly.
15. Reducing UN SecGen Ban Ki Moon to a pile of wobbling man jelly.
16. Acting like a two year-old by sticking her tongue out at passersby on her way to church with HM.
17. Finding the most ill-fitting clothes ever.
18. Being an inspiration to golddiggers everywhere.

Note: This is not mean to be an exhaustive list; rather, it merely highlights some of her many achievements. Smegma herself would be far too modest to broadcast these so I am doing so on her behalf.

 

[Poppea]

Isn't he wonderful???

 

[Fredsnail]

From the last thread: @sergeantsantiago

behind a pay wall / may have already been mentioned but they've ditched social media apparently? I didn't even realise they were on facebook/twitter...

Harry and Meghan quit social media
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have abandoned social media and will no longer use platforms such as Twitter or Facebook.Harry and Meghan, who amassed more than 10 million Instagram followers as

www.thetimes.co.uk

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have abandoned social media and will no longer use platforms such as Twitter or Facebook.

Harry and Meghan, who amassed more than 10 million Instagram followers as working royals, are rejecting social media as part of their new “progressive role” in America. A source close to the couple said they had “no plans” to use social media for their new Archewell Foundation and were “very unlikely” to return to platforms in a personal capacity.

The full article
Harry and Meghan quit social media

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have abandoned social media and will no longer use platforms such as Twitter or Facebook.

Harry and Meghan, who amassed more than 10 million Instagram followers as working royals, are rejecting social media as part of their new “progressive role” in America. A source close to the couple said they had “no plans” to use social media for their new Archewell Foundation and were “very unlikely” to return to platforms in a personal capacity.

The couple are understood to have become disillusioned by the “hate” they encountered on social media. Meghan has spoken about the “almost unsurvivable” experience of online trolling.

News of their decision emerged after Donald Trump was “permanently suspended” from Twitter on Friday “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”. Michelle Obama tweeted on Thursday that Silicon Valley companies should stop enabling the president’s “monstrous behaviour”.

The decision by the Sussexes, who announced a year ago that they were stepping back from official duties, signals another marked departure from royal life. The Queen, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and other senior royals often use Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to promote their official and charitable work.

Before her marriage to Harry in 2018, Meghan had a prolific social media presence, with 1.9 million followers on Instagram, 350,000 Twitter followers and 800,000 likes on her Facebook page. She also had a lifestyle website and blog, The Tig. The former actress used the sites for her commercial fashion and beauty partnerships, to promote her friends’ businesses, offer food and travel tips and post holiday selfies and pictures from her Toronto home.

Shortly after reports appeared in 2016 that Meghan and Harry were dating, she appeared to tease royal watchers, posting a cryptic image on Instagram of two bananas “spooning” in an embrace, with the caption “Sleep tight xx”.

In April 2019, Harry and Meghan reinvigorated the royal family’s online presence and broke world records when their @sussexroyal Instagram account amassed more than a million followers in under six hours.

Meghan is understood to have had frequent input into the content, which often featured inspirational quotes from the likes of the Dalai Lama and the late American writer and activist Maya Angelou, alongside videos and photographs of the couple’s official engagements.

They stopped posting on the account after the Queen banned them from using “royal” in any of their branding after stepping down from official duties.
Since their move to America, the Sussexes have been increasingly outspoken about the potential pitfalls of social media. Meghan, 39, has spoken about being “the most trolled person in the world”.


On the Teenager Therapy podcast, the duchess said the online abuse she experienced while pregnant with their son, Archie, had left her feeling “isolated” and “othered”.

“I’m told that in 2019 I was the most trolled person in the entire world, male or female,” she said. “Now, eight months of that I wasn’t even visible — I was on maternity leave or with a baby … If people are saying things about you that aren’t true, what that does to your mental and emotional health is so damaging … That’s so big, you can’t even think of what that feels like.”

In early 2019, while the Sussexes still shared Kensington Palace’s social media accounts with the Cambridges, it emerged that Meghan was bombarded with more than 5,000 abusive and racist tweets in two months. The duchess was subjected to threats of violence and even accused of faking her pregnancy.

The abuse directed at Meghan and Kate prompted Buckingham Palace to issue a statement with guidelines for people engaging in their social media feeds, and a warning that inappropriate content could be reported to police.


During a virtual summit for American publication Fortune last year, Meghan said social media users were like “people addicted to drugs”. In an opinion piece for American magazine Fast Company, Harry, 36, who is known to read much of what is written about him online, said: “The digital landscape is unwell.”

Social media, he wrote, had “stoked and created … a crisis of hate, a crisis of health and a crisis of truth”. The couple have backed the Stop Hate for Profit campaign, which called last year for a boycott of Facebook advertising.

Critics have said the decision last week by Twitter and Facebook to suspend Trump’s accounts was hugely significant because it was an acknowledgement that they are media companies rather than techology companies.


Sir Martin Sorrell, founder of FTSE 100 advertising giant WPP, said: “They’re taking responsibility now for their content so it’s opening up that Pandora’s box really.”

Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, called for “robust regulations” to ensure social media companies face “the same scrutiny and obligations as other parts of the media industry”.

He added: “This is not a debate about freedom of speech, it’s about accountability, fairness, and the health of our democracy.”

Lionel Barber, a former Financial Times editor, tweeted: “The Trump Twitter ban and Facebook’s belated clampdown finally settles it: platforms are publishers, with all the responsibilities that come along with that privilege.”


Instead of using social media, Harry and Meghan are poised to continue promoting their work in online video and television appearances, through selected publications and via their Archewell website, which they launched fully on New Year’s Eve. They are also expected to resume more frequent public appearances when the coronavirus pandemic eases.

The website features images of their mothers — the late Diana, Princess of Wales and Doria Ragland — with the catchphrase “Compassion in Action”, alongside details of their multimillion-pound production and podcast deals with the streaming giants Netflix and Spotify.

Their foundation has also formed a partnership with the Centre for Humane Technology, to back research into developing “safer, more compassionate online communities”. A source close to the Sussexes said this will be long-term “area of focus for their work”.

While the Sussexes may no longer use social media to promote themselves or their work, other high-profile figures are likely to continue doing so. The American talk show host Oprah Winfrey, a friend and neighbour of the couple in California who is making a mental health documentary with Harry, took to Instagram last month to promote Clevr Blends, an organic, vegan brand of “wellness lattes”.

The post to her 19.2 million followers, accompanied with a crown emoji, gushed about the “basket of deliciousness” she received from Meghan with the products. Soon after Oprah’s post, Meghan announced that she had invested in the company.

Of course this had to be announced today on Catherine's birthday. Couldn't possibly have waited 24 hours.

 

[freda19]

G'day g'day possums.
I wonder what the child prodigy with a wardrobe to rival the combined Kartrashians did to deserve being grounded?

So I'm a bit behind but had this stored. Our Brenda being a naughty scamp regarding the megxit review.

 

[freda19]

Did you notice in the transcript of the text supposedly written by Harry that the word apologise is spelt as "apologize?" Would Harry actually use that spelling?

Honey child,this is a bloke who had to repeat a year of school and then STILL had to have his art teacher help him cheat in order to get one of his passes needed. Even then it only got a 'B' so what the hell was it like before the teacher jooshed it up for him. In geography he only got a 'D', that's D for dunce. He has travelled the world since birth, been shooting natives in hot climes and claims to love foreign lands, but scraped by with a D.
It's a bit far fetched to assume he can spell anything other than " need more munny dada".
I bet the reason he failed to get his full helicopter licence is because he kept spelling his own name wrong and kept referring to his comrades as "ragheads and pakis". Cunt.

 

[Scotch Mist]

Yep. And the second thing he did? Signed an executive order to push schools to allow transgender athletes to take part in girls' sports/use girls locker rooms That's one for another thread I guess. Buckle up, people.

This is really worrying. There will be tons of guys 'switching gender' and women will lose out. It really isn't fair to female athletes.
I feel very strongly that this is wrong. Unfortunately all the faux feminists like Emma Watson who trot out the phrase 'trans women are women' appear to have no idea that they have been done over by a group of aggressive men with mental health issues and fetishes about 'feeling like a woman'.
It makes me feel absolutely sick

 

[NutMegandCinnamong]

Just read some extracts of the letter on previous pages, what a cunt to say “your other daughter”. Even if she doesn’t see her as a sister, couldn’t she at least have just said “Samantha”? What a bitch.

 

[freda19]

Were Kate's dresses also supposed to blow up in the wind to tittilate? She didn't even get them weighed down after the queen told her to

Why not, when she has legs to die for, unlike chicken legs snarkle.
On the plus side at least the delicious Kate remembered to remove the price tags ... again, unlike Merchie McMerchie who was scamming Charlie by getting him to pay for the dresses and then getting herself a refund from the seller by returning it.