The Royal Family #27

[stardust21]

What does Witchelling mean?

 

[Boring Monday]

What does Witchelling mean?

all through the afternoon of the Thursday before the announcement came that The Queen had died, we had 5 hours of Nick Witchell refusing to speculate having spent the previous hours doing just that … and then ploughing right on with continuation of. speculation. So basically speculating because Witchellating.

 

[House of Tea]

It should also include Prince Philip.

No, She should be on her own. She was The Queen. No need for extras.

 

[Brah Day Izit?]

I have just wrestled for the last five minutes to untangle a king-sized duvet cover that had tied itself in knots whilst tumble drying. I wondered if the queen has ever had to do this or Charles or indeed any member of the senior royal family? I know there were reports of Catherine shopping in Waitrose, but it does make me wonder what ordinary things they actually do. I often complain about household chores, but I think if I never had to do anything like that again, I might miss it. How do they fill their days if they don't have chores? Even loading the dishwasher.

I know it's been widely reported that The Queen would cook at barbeques, but I wonder if she ever cooked Philip a dinner or if it was always a life of privilege.

I can imagine the younger royals doing 'normal stuff,' but I simply can't see Charles logging onto Ocado to book a weekly shop.

Megs and H did talk about cooking chicken at Nottingham cottage - I wonder if they did the washing up?

 

[Boredofgrey]

I have just wrestled for the last five minutes to untangle a king-sized duvet cover that had tied itself in knots whilst tumble drying. I wondered if the queen has ever had to do this or Charles or indeed any member of the senior royal family? I know there were reports of Catherine shopping in Waitrose, but it does make me wonder what ordinary things they actually do. I often complain about household chores, but I think if I never had to do anything like that again, I might miss it. How do they fill their days if they don't have chores? Even loading the dishwasher.

I know it's been widely reported that The Queen would cook at barbeques, but I wonder if she ever cooked Philip a dinner or if it was always a life of privilege.

I can imagine the younger royals doing 'normal stuff,' but I simply can't see Charles logging onto Ocado to book a weekly shop.

Oh come on - we heard from the horses mouth that Meghan and Harry cooked a roast chicken……..

 

[Chocolategoggler]

I have just wrestled for the last five minutes to untangle a king-sized duvet cover that had tied itself in knots whilst tumble drying. I wondered if the queen has ever had to do this or Charles or indeed any member of the senior royal family? I know there were reports of Catherine shopping in Waitrose, but it does make me wonder what ordinary things they actually do. I often complain about household chores, but I think if I never had to do anything like that again, I might miss it. How do they fill their days if they don't have chores? Even loading the dishwasher.

I know it's been widely reported that The Queen would cook at barbeques, but I wonder if she ever cooked Philip a dinner or if it was always a life of privilege.

I can imagine the younger royals doing 'normal stuff,' but I simply can't see Charles logging onto Ocado to book a weekly shop.

Megs and H did talk about cooking chicken at Nottingham cottage - I wonder if they did the washing up?

I think they spend a lot of time ensuring things are "perfect" - clothes, banquets etc. Must be really nit picky.

 

[cantthinkofaname2]

Came up on my feed and it’s brought it all back

It’s one of those moments that will live with you for a while, a ‘where were you when….’ moment

We’d spent most of the afternoon watching Huw, Witchell, and Witchelling along with them. I’ll never forget seeing that flag. 2 out of 3 of us noticed it was at half mast and shouted literally seconds before the announcement, and just as Huw started speaking I got a notification off The Mirror of all places. Didn’t even realise/remember I had their app

 

[billybudd]

nah, why would a mixed race princess somewhere in the fam change the wish of a country to get their own HoS? At this point the HOS is still as white as can be for decades to come? Making such a decision depending on race is pretty worrisome anyway. Either they want an elected person and one of their own citizens (which could be another monarchy as well) or just remove old colonial ties. All valid reasons. MM wouldn’t have been an inside source? She might visited once or twice at most, sinking down the line quickly with the Cambridgelings growing up. She is not even from one of those nations? Just because she is mixed race is not the saying she has anymore ties to the country or cares more about it? Are all black or mixed race people in one pot now? Sorry but if that’s a reason for or against the UK monarch the reasoning is weak.
But yes, the fact she accused them of active racism didn’t help but I don’t see how this will be a real tipping point- especially as many are already determined to drop them. We are not talking about quick referendums but elections for those politics that had been years in the making. Furthermore, many people (yes even black ones) don’t exactly believe her claims or have started to form reasonable doubts. And all in all the general reaction to this shocker was actually shockingly calm. They played a big card and nothing really came of it.
My personal opinion: I get why KC says he will be their HoS as long as they want him but honestly cutting them all loose would resolve this constant criticism asap. It might look ungrateful and unfair to the ones that wanted to keep him, but in the long run it looks much better if you give it up than waiting till they send you off. And it might cut off the drama about reparations rather than waiting for an anti-monarchy dynamic.

Not speculation, widely and authoritatively reported from on the ground in Jamaica.

Harry and Meghan Interview a 'Fresh Wound' for Jamaicans During Royal Visit

Attorney and reparations advocate Bert Samuels has told Newsweek that Jamaican's are "hurt by the treatment of an African American woman" by the royals.

www.newsweek.com

Tom Bower, Revenge:

Why Meghan And Harry's Oprah Interview Is Still Plaguing The People Of Jamaica - The List

Meghan and Harry's Oprah interview is still plaguing the people of Jamaica. Here's why the interview was upsetting to the Jamaican people and how they feel now.

www.thelist.com

 

[kingseven]

No, She should be on her own. She was The Queen. No need for extras.

I think any Consort worth their salt needs to make their peace with being the ‘Support Act’. In spite of the late DofE’s strong personality he performed this role impeccably. I think our current Queen Consort and Princess of Wales will be able to do the same.

 

[SunshineRae]

I have just wrestled for the last five minutes to untangle a king-sized duvet cover that had tied itself in knots whilst tumble drying. I wondered if the queen has ever had to do this or Charles or indeed any member of the senior royal family? I know there were reports of Catherine shopping in Waitrose, but it does make me wonder what ordinary things they actually do. I often complain about household chores, but I think if I never had to do anything like that again, I might miss it. How do they fill their days if they don't have chores? Even loading the dishwasher.

I know it's been widely reported that The Queen would cook at barbeques, but I wonder if she ever cooked Philip a dinner or if it was always a life of privilege.

I can imagine the younger royals doing 'normal stuff,' but I simply can't see Charles logging onto Ocado to book a weekly shop.

Megs and H did talk about cooking chicken at Nottingham cottage - I wonder if they did the washing up?

I always wonder that, along with what tv do they watch? Did The Queen have to be free at 8pm to watch Corrie? Did she have a Netflix account? Would she binge on a sharing size bar of chocolate while watching tv? Would love insights to the small things.

 

[Citney]

I completely agree with you.

I think when Meghan says she didn’t Google the Royal Family, she is totally lying. But I think what she’s trying to say is that she didn’t go back to articles from 2010 to see the abuse Kate got.

I do agree with H&M that she shouldn’t expect to get abused, but equally I don’t agree with them that it’s the palace’s place to stop this.

I think a lot of their comments piss people in the UK off because we feel like the Royals owe us something as we fund them through taxes, where as in America they are received better because they don’t.

The idea that someone going to South Africa, on behalf of the Government, and at the expense of the tax payer, and then complaining about it, leaves a bitter taste for some people.

It’s the same with the idea she’s claims she couldn’t seek help for her mental health struggles. Harry, with William and Kate, literally founded a mental health charity, and William and Harry had already both spoken about how they had sort treatment. There are 10,000’s of people in the UK in desperate need of mental health support who can’t access it because of the state of the NHS, where as the RF can easily have a discrete private sessions, multiple times a week if they wanted!

I don’t think she really understood the role of a royal, I think she thought it was the same as being a celebrity and it isn’t.

I think though, that if the rumours she wants to run for office in America are true, she should stop slagging off the RF and the UK in general as the behaviour will just be massively used against her to show she isn’t fit for office.

They don’t get as much abuse here in the US because no one cares about them, they are not important.

This is sensible.
Tom Bower made it clear that when Meghan says she wasn't protected by the palace, what she expected and wanted was for the Kensington Palace press people -- Jason Knauf, Samantha Cohen, Sara Latham and other staff assigned to the Sussexes, all of whom were prepared to testify against her in court -- to call the newspapers and make demands, to stop "false stories" from appearing in the media, the way Hollywood PR reps do. (She never gave hers up during her royal service.)
What Markle means by false stories is, stories which challenge her long record of lying to reporters, as well as legitimate assaults, like the DM's "straight outta Compton" story. Or, possibly, Piers Morgan's comments on the Oprah interview, which I didn't see. Markle filed an official press complaint against Morgan.
The Queen had a track record for intervening with the press over intrusive coverage of Diana, but not, as far as I recall, of Markle. (Queen's press sec Michael Shea invited editors in 1981 to the palace for cocktails to ask them to stop harassing Diana. Queen made an unannounced appearance.) And Charles/Camilla/Marc Bolland have been direct sources for newspapers for 40 years, since at least 1982, when Camilla started calling royal reporter Stuart Higgins once a week.
There are PR experts here. Do you think KP should have taken on the racist press?
I wonder if the KP press staff, Jason Knauf et al, should have pushed strongly back on the racist stories, perhaps with the cocktails with the Queen strategy. The piecemeal pushback by Markle seems only to have caused the DM to double down on their anti-Markle agenda. But if the Queen, who famously, and uniquely, among world leaders talked to African and Caribbean leaders annually at Commonwealth conferences and danced with Nkrumah, had been enlisted as the anti-racism warrior she might have been, things might have turned out differently.
Or not. The press finally did hound Diana until her dying day. Markle has released that energy in the DM at least.

When almost every word you utter is a lie, and you married a member of the RF , you are going to get disparaging news coverage. I’m sure the press coverage would have been more favorable had Smegz not been a pathological liar.

 

[hehehe]

This was probably to do with the massive crowds of photographers who followed Diana from her front door to her car. Yes there may have been lots of not very nice stories about Meghan but I haven’t seen any footage of a similar clamour of photographers chasing Meghan down the street.
Doesn’t mean they don’t exist just because I haven’t seen them!

The pap pictures of her early in their relationship were all very obviously set up by her and nobody was chasing her anywhere. LA-style PR 101 - call the paps and then claim they're harassing you. Her extra benefit from lying about being harassed was forcing Harry to publicly confirm their relationship.

 

[WatermelonSugar22]

I always wonder that, along with what tv do they watch? Did The Queen have to be free at 8pm to watch Corrie? Did she have a Netflix account? Would she binge on a sharing size bar of chocolate while watching tv? Would love insights to the small things.

I did hear she watched the Crown (early seasons at least). Would love to know what else she watched! What TV someone enjoys offers a little insight into their mind. Wonder what Charles watches…

 

[Great_Kate]

I always wonder that, along with what tv do they watch? Did The Queen have to be free at 8pm to watch Corrie? Did she have a Netflix account? Would she binge on a sharing size bar of chocolate while watching tv? Would love insights to the small things.

I think it was been confirmed she liked Emmerdale. And I think they have catch up at BP I wonder if a 90+ year old woman still could turn it on though- some households have an astonishing amount of remotes for the tv. And with all the streaming platforms it has gotten quite the thing to navigate till you get the content you want.
I can see them doing the odd chore when they want (and I think shopping, cooking, dishwasher, tidying up behind yourself, putting clothes in the bin…. happens regularly) but it’s a massive discussion if it’s a chore you have to do all the time or something you can easily just outsource if you don’t feel like it. I also think ALL of them had to do some things growing up. Even the older gen. Learning how those things are done to be respectful of the work of others is a thing for the old money privileged bunch.

@ButterTart correct but my point wasn’t a point about what would be fair but what would makes sense in an opportunistic and strategic way. In the end it wouldn’t be KC or the RF anyway because I don’t think they can go after private people or companies but only a nation on the government level.
@LoopyLou47 I agree that W should have made such statement the very first moment. He could have said that he is happy to be here and that HMTQ is happy for for them to choose their own path. How they will ever be connected by friendship bla bla bla. It would have been a heads on approach. Just doing it at the end looked like they had the save face rather than being in control. I think if it doesn’t happen before W will cut them loose. It’s too much of a constant point of criticism. They can still visit those countries on a State visit? And G,C&L will survive not to tour an exotic realm under their families reign for their honeymoon. They can honeymoon wherever and than tour the UK- if that’s still done by then (which I can see. Young royals/young live sells even if they won’t have a permanent role as working royals).

And yes to a memorial. Big and pretty. Not some of the modern atrocities we saw in the last future. The Diana statue is just horrible.

 

[themuffinwoman]

I did hear she watched the Crown (early seasons at least). Would love to know what else she watched! What TV someone enjoys offers a little insight into their mind. Wonder what Charles watches…

Apparently the Queen Mother liked Golden Girls and that’s why they performed at the variety one year.

 

[Great_Kate]

Obviously last future is not correct. My autocorrect is completely f*d up at this point. It even swaps correct words

 

[lastdis]

No, She should be on her own. She was The Queen. No need for extras.

yes she should but I’d like to see him mentioned in some way. like a few words underneath . also remembering prince philip her strength and stay . just because them are her words about him

 

[Libbylulu]

I have just wrestled for the last five minutes to untangle a king-sized duvet cover that had tied itself in knots whilst tumble drying. I wondered if the queen has ever had to do this or Charles or indeed any member of the senior royal family? I know there were reports of Catherine shopping in Waitrose, but it does make me wonder what ordinary things they actually do. I often complain about household chores, but I think if I never had to do anything like that again, I might miss it. How do they fill their days if they don't have chores? Even loading the dishwasher.

I know it's been widely reported that The Queen would cook at barbeques, but I wonder if she ever cooked Philip a dinner or if it was always a life of privilege.

I can imagine the younger royals doing 'normal stuff,' but I simply can't see Charles logging onto Ocado to book a weekly shop.


Megs and H did talk about cooking chicken at Nottingham cottage - I wonder if they did the washing up?

Most with money chose not to do daily household chores, fix the gutters or paint the shed. Even Zara , despite being classed as normal, I doubt she changes the beds and runs the hoover.

EDIT to say it’s me whitcheling and of course she may actually do so

 

[EnjoyingTheShow]

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

Time for some fun gossip!

How many of you knew this? It was talk of the town back in the day. “Saucy” Hahaha.

 

[thegirlscout]

I am wary of having a statue - have you seen modern statues? They are god awful. Look at the Diana one, it’s criminal.