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February 26 - Sussex Thread

Posted by Susan T on February 26, 2021, 7:36 am

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That double decker bus ride

Posted by Susan T on February 26, 2021, 7:43 am, in reply to "February 26 - Sussex Thread"

Here's the Daily Mail's actual headline and bullet points:

'When the Queen speaks it's accepted she has a clear field': Palace brands rapping Harry's interview 'unhelpful' for overshadowing 'rare and important' vaccine video after he blames press for driving him away - and Meghan reveals pet name

Prince Harry joined TV host James Corden for a double-decker bus tour of Los Angeles in rare TV interview

Meghan Markle appears on a video call, reveals that she calls her husband 'Haz' and they are 'done moving'

Filmed earlier this month before the Queen confirmed that he and Meghan would lose all royal patronages

And it has been put out as Her Majesty made rare public health statement urging everyone to be vaccinated

Harry travelled around LA on an open top bus where they had afternoon tea and talked about Harry's new life

The British friends also visited mansion used in Fresh Prince of Bel Air with Harry rapping the theme tune

After touring LA's streets looking for celeb's houses, Corden and Harry took part in an army assault course

Link: Daily Mail

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What is he on

Posted by John W on February 26, 2021, 8:23 am, in reply to "That double decker bus ride"

I am left speechless by this appalling behaviour. He is disloyal, stupid and inane. The last season of the Crown treated the entire royal family as grasping, snobby idiots.

James II will never be dead while this idiot rules Bel Air!

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Re: What is he on

Posted by John W on February 26, 2021, 8:35 am, in reply to "What is he on"

My apologies for that incoherent rant. But where does one start with this calculated insult to the Queen and all of us whose Queen she is.

This is no more than an undisguised exercise in celebrity publicity making!

Hurrumph ... I'm off to bed.

And as we used to say in Queensland when I was a boy, "I hope his chickens turn into emus and kick his dunny down." (You might need to google dunny.)

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Re: What is he on

Posted by Hollie24 on February 26, 2021, 9:53 am, in reply to "Re: What is he on"

I think we can infer its meaning from context.

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Re: What is he on

Posted by Cynthia on February 26, 2021, 8:41 am, in reply to "What is he on"

So this is what they were filming a few weeks ago. How inane. "Maps to the Stars Homes." Sheesh.

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Re: What is he on

Posted by Susan T on February 26, 2021, 9:01 am, in reply to "What is he on"

He isn't on anything.

You're seeing the real Harry, the one the palace aides worked 24/7 to try to keep hidden.

The one the media called a "cheeky chappy" when he acted up (even as they labeled those from a lower socio-economic background "chavs" when exhibiting the same behavior).

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Re: What is he on

Posted by Martha on February 26, 2021, 12:11 pm, in reply to "Re: What is he on"

If Harry's time in the military was the making of the man, time with Markle has been his undoing. His behavior has regressed to childish and immature antics without regard for the impact on his family. Anything for attention from people who don't matter, as long as he's in the spotlight. Next will be a YouTube prank channel, where Harry and his celeb friends pull silly pranks around L.A.

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Re: What is he on

Posted by Jessie on February 26, 2021, 12:15 pm, in reply to "Re: What is he on"

I agree with you 100% Susan and everyone else about Harry. When I saw the video clips, my first thought was to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and how they did almost any interivew and anything to stay relevant. The same goes for the Sussexes. I am sure the palace and those who have shielded Harry over the years are cringing with embarassment.

As for his comments on The Crown, did anyone except him to bash the show that comes from Netflix, which is providing this superficial lifestyle for him and Meghan? Of course not, if he did their salaries would go out the window.

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Re: What is he on

Posted by karenl on February 26, 2021, 7:16 pm, in reply to "Re: What is he on"

The absolute truth, Susan and Jessie. A big Sussex PR stunt, with the same old Sussex theme, "We're not Royal, we're just like the rest of the middle class US population. We don't put on airs and the mansion in an exclusive neighborhood...we just have to live there because of the press, not because we don't want to mingle with middle class riff raff, you understand."
It's Harry without adult supervision that he had with BP, KP and Clarence House. He looks like a fool, and then the assault course....he's trying to relive his military glory and suck up to the US Military after losing his honorary military positions. This has done him more harm than any positive PR that was hoped for.

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Re: What is he on

Posted by karenl on February 26, 2021, 7:34 pm, in reply to "Re: What is he on"

Oh, I forgot to put in my diatribe...Meghan "reveals the earth shattering news", she calls him
"Haz", well, she told Tom Bradby in Africa she called Harry "H". Chelsy Davy called Harry, "Haz". I'll bet Chelsy is saying to herself, "she even steals my pet name".

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Re: What is he on

Posted by karenl on February 27, 2021, 12:02 am, in reply to "Re: What is he on"

"In an after-dinner speech, Miss Davy, who was dressed in a black and green flapper-style dress with a black feathered headband in her hair, revealed how she affectionately calls her boyfriend "Haz".

A guest said: "Chelsy made a simple speech in which she turned to him, smiled and said, 'My darling boy Haz, thank you for coming.'"

What a coincidence.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-410453/Chelsys-present-Harry-Britain.html

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Re: That double decker bus ride

Posted by Hollie24 on February 26, 2021, 9:51 am, in reply to "That double decker bus ride"

I can't pick up my jaw just yet. What an absolute embarassment he is.

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Re: That double decker bus ride

Posted by Karen on February 26, 2021, 11:14 am, in reply to "Re: That double decker bus ride"

As British born and bred I am disgusted and so so disappointed in Harry. I watched him grow up, my heart broke for him and William in 1997. Hoped that as he became an adult he would make his parents and us proud. I can't tell you how I truly feel. Now my heart breaks for his Grandparents and the rest of the Family.

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Re: That double decker bus ride

Posted by karenl on February 26, 2021, 7:27 pm, in reply to "Re: That double decker bus ride"

I'm sure not only the Queen, Charles and William are appalled, the entire Royal Family are probably appalled and may be taking the DOE's approach at being livid. Harry not only has embarrassed himself, he's just portrayed himself as a buffoon, an image he always strongly railed against.
I can't speak for the US, but I have the feeling that this stunt and the Oprah interview are going to be an utter disaster in the UK. I do feel that if it's the US audience they want and I'm sure it is, both stunts will be met with indifference here.
As one journalist pointed out this week in the DM, the Oprah interview and now this bus stunt, are being done not only to air they're gripes, but in hopes of making Meghan, more popular so people will click on their Spotify podcasts and use Netflix and they get more money. Not that they haven't done anything on either platform as far as actual work is concerned.

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"Netflix Reflects Reality? What Crowning Cheek"

Posted by karenl on February 27, 2021, 12:13 am, in reply to "Re: That double decker bus ride"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9305743/Netflix-reflects-reality-Crowning-cheek-verdict-royal-biographer-ROBERT-HARDMAN.html

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Re: That double decker bus ride

Posted by Kendra on February 27, 2021, 3:55 am, in reply to "Re: That double decker bus ride"

It is going down well with the crowd who already liked them but it isn't going to gain new fans.

It will probably push famous people away. If they can literally throw his grandmother under a bus, why let them in to their inner circle to get info to trade?

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Re: That double decker bus ride

Posted by Martha on February 27, 2021, 11:04 am, in reply to "Re: That double decker bus ride"

Harry is establishing himself as disloyal and frivolous. The contrast will be stark when royal appearances and tours start heating up and we see the royal houses hitting the road and in the news being others-focused and dutiful. Without the palace to do the prep research, plan the appearance and manage the after-action pr we'll all see Harry as he is - well-meaning but useless. We already see through Meghan.

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Re: That double decker bus ride

Posted by karenl on February 27, 2021, 2:54 pm, in reply to "Re: That double decker bus ride"

What the Sussexes have always strived for was the image of the young, hip, "just like you, we don't like stuffy and we don't follow the rules". It can work for a short time, but not in the long run. Meghan's approaching 40 and Harry's not too far behind, middle age "hip" doesn't cut it with kids. They're taking on tech giants and trying to censor the Internet and social media isn't going anywhere, kids and young adults, in general don't want their "stuff" messed with. They don't like the negative aspects, but they don't want it censored or gone completely. I'm sure if the kids/young adults viewed the hypocrisy of calling for a "nice" Internet and social media, then saw the Sussex Squad trolls which Harry and Meghan have never called out for the reason we know, then the Sussexes would be scoffed at.
Their worst nightmare has started to happen. CNN online had the pregnancy story on their front page for 5 hr. and then dropped the story all together as more important news arose. The last story about the Texas women's shelter has been relegated to the Entertainment Section. Supposedly, the Sussexes are providing money for "shelters" in Domenica and Puerto Rico (?) and that story isn't even mentioned on CNN.

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Re: That double decker bus ride

Posted by Sternchen on February 28, 2021, 1:51 pm, in reply to "Re: That double decker bus ride"

If they would really try to make a difference, they would support Prof Jennifer Golbeck. She was the one that did her PhD Thesis in 2005 and programmed the algorithm that lets the media giants predict exactly what you will like and other things. Prof Golbeck is trying to trying to help close Pandora’s Box again, talking to legislators and speaking at different events while still being a Prof at the University of Maryland.

But I guess she isn‘t Hollywood enough

Oh and Jen also has five golden retriever, you can find her (among other accounts) on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok under TheGoldenRatio4

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What we already knew

Posted by Martha on February 27, 2021, 11:05 am, in reply to "February 26 - Sussex Thread"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9306501/Disingenuous-Meghan-Markle-planned-leave-Royals-royal-biographer-claims.html

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Prince who?

Posted by Susan T on February 27, 2021, 9:50 pm, in reply to "February 26 - Sussex Thread"

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Link: Daily Mail

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Re: Prince who?

Posted by karenl on February 27, 2021, 11:53 pm, in reply to "Prince who?"

Too funny. This article really contradicts the British and American "experts" who have been declaring all along how "wildly popular and the American public love Harry and Meghan." No. There are many people I know who didn't know the Sussexes until I explained and....they still didn't care. The blather about them being wildly popular in the US is such a crock.
I love the woman stating she hopes they don't come to Texas...Harry and Meghan, you've been warned.

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Harry And Meghan Have To Hunt For New UK Mail Address After Clarence House Severs Ties

Posted by karenl on February 28, 2021, 12:09 am, in reply to "Re: Prince who?"

"the Duke and Duchess of Sussex now face a scramble to make new arrangements for their correspondence after the Prince of Wales withdrew his financial support for the mail service provided by his team at Clarence House.

The couple’s decision not to return to the royal fold as working members of the family means that all professional ties will be severed from the end of next month.

For practical reasons, that will include arrangements relating to their mail, the Sunday Telegraph understands, meaning that well wishers might have to start posting their cards to the US instead."

The "further consequences" are beginning.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/02/27/prince-harry-meghan-hunt-new-uk-mail-address-clarence-house/

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Re: Harry And Meghan Have To Hunt For New UK Mail Address After Clarence House Severs Ties

Posted by Susan T on March 1, 2021, 8:54 am, in reply to "Harry And Meghan Have To Hunt For New UK Mail Address After Clarence House Severs Ties"

Why was their mail being directed to Clarence House in the first place? I doubt he was holding it until they could deign to drop in and pick it up.

They were reported to have rented office space in London for Travalyst. If they really need a UK mailing address, they could use that. Or they could do like the rest of us do: either have their mail delivered to their house, or get a post office box in their new home town.

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Is Harry and Meghan's rebrand a swipe at the palace?

Posted by Susan T on February 28, 2021, 6:37 pm, in reply to "February 26 - Sussex Thread"

Harry and Meghan rebranded their website yesterday in the build-up to their Oprah Winfrey interview – with a defiant new swipe at Buckingham Palace.

The pair dropped a photograph of Princess Diana and their ‘Letter for 2021’ from the home page of their Archewell website, and replaced them with a lofty new mission statement.

The Archewell logo was also updated, to include the words ‘Service. Compassion. Action. Community.’

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Their updated Archewell website outlined their aims for their non-profit work in a mission statement written in the ‘woke’ language of their new home in California.

It said: ‘Welcome to Archewell. Through our non-profit work, as well as creative activations, we drive systemic cultural change across all communities, one act of compassion at a time.’

Link: Daily Mail

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Re: Is Harry and Meghan's rebrand a swipe at the palace?

Posted by Hollie24 on February 28, 2021, 7:04 pm, in reply to "Is Harry and Meghan's rebrand a swipe at the palace?"

I've lost track of how many changes the Archewell thing has gone through.

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Re: Is Harry and Meghan's rebrand a swipe at the palace?

Posted by karenl on February 28, 2021, 7:09 pm, in reply to "Is Harry and Meghan's rebrand a swipe at the palace?"

I'm sure it was their immature, spoiled children swipe at the Palace and HM. Nobody cares, especially when they feature their "volunteering" at the baby/child charity last summer...the one they flew to in a private jet, had their own PR team and photographer for the posed shots, especially the one in which Harry is spotting Meghan as she puts a backpack on a child. Oh, and they only stayed 10-15 min. That's the epitome of public service.

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Harry "Feared History Would Repeat Itself"

Posted by karenl on February 28, 2021, 11:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Is Harry and Meghan's rebrand a swipe at the palace?"

Meghan is back making sure everyone knows she's pregnant by constantly handling her abdomen. Harry's suit and shirt are too tight and he has a paunch. Guess sitting at the mansion all these months cooking waffles has a price.

Just from reading this article, these two are toast. Oh, did I say they're exploiting Diana to the max.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/meghan-markle-cradles-bump-oprah-23582820

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Re: Harry "Feared History Would Repeat Itself"

Posted by Hollie24 on March 1, 2021, 12:11 am, in reply to "Harry "Feared History Would Repeat Itself""

Meghan's face looks really swollen and puffy. She'either retaining a lot of water or she's had some work done. She just doesn't look right.

Harry's suit is too tight and so is his shirt. At least it looks like he finally figured out what an iron is, though.

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Re: Harry "Feared History Would Repeat Itself"

Posted by karenl on March 1, 2021, 12:13 am, in reply to "Harry "Feared History Would Repeat Itself""

Hmm...Harry confirmed to Oprah they "left the Royal Family", to James Cordon, he states they didn't leave, they only "stepped back". If you tell the truth you don't have to keep your stories straight or invent new ones.
As my friend said, "they've ********** themselves to the max."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9310655/Harry-Meghan-open-Oprah-breaking-point-shocking-interview.html

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Re: Harry "Feared History Would Repeat Itself"

Posted by karenl on March 1, 2021, 12:25 am, in reply to "Re: Harry "Feared History Would Repeat Itself""

I think Meghan's face is fuller because she's further along than what they want us to believe by the Instagram photo. Of course, she's 39 and older pregnant women are more prone to pre-eclampsia.

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