^^ Re. the uncle, I think there was some back and forth whether to invite him to W&K’s wedding, ultimately he was invited.
This is what he wrote on Linkedin
“With so much important stuff going on in the world sill (sic) these two muppets are craving attention! Please shut the F up and bring up their child and stop talking let alone demanding!!
Harry you have lost our love and respect. Meghan you are a wrong’n. Now hush please we are kinda busy saving lives an (sic) economy.”
I think that was a rant after Harry spoke of structural racism in reference to BLM, and said something along the lines of:
'I wasn’t aware of so many of the issues and so many of the problems within the UK and also globally as well,’ he said. ‘I thought I did but I didn’t."
Wish they would just drop out of public life forever. So not interested in their opinions or “work”
Just an example of someone wealthy trying to tell others how to live. Wish they would control their urges and stay SILENT. Does anyone care what they have to say?
Considering the pages of this thread, the numerous Royal threads in the past, I think a lot of people care or are curious about what they have to say.
Also what does control their urges mean?
It’s ok if you don’t like them. Not sure why you feel you need to come and tear away on a thread where there have been lots of interest (interest doesn’t always = “like” just for the record), support for one or both of them and a general desire to discuss the couple.
Yes, I think a lot of people are interested in what they have to say. And they are under no obligation to stay silent, not for you, me, or anyone else. Fortunately, you don’t have to listen or buy the magazines or read the articles or watch them on TV. We can change the channel when they come on or bypass the threads about them. It’s really easy to avoid consuming whatever product or output celebrities present to the world. And that’s a good thing, depending.
Life is short. I’m unsure why anyone vehemently opposed to what Harry and Meghan have to say would click a thread titled “Big News From Harry and Meghan.”
There’s plenty of stuff I’m uninterested in, so I simply forego reading about this e things. ?
I like Harry! Everyone should be able to decide the life they want to lead, and I’m glad he had the courage to do so. I’m sure they are loving it in beautiful California! It’s not like the Royal Family actually is in charge of the country, and it’s all show anyway. Good for him for choosing his own path if he was unhappy.
I’ll be curious about the Oprah interview. I hope it is balanced and not just all about how they needed to get away from the Royal family. The timing seems off for this special with Prince Philip in the hospital at 99. At the end of the day, they are a family with issues like most families. Maybe rhey should think more about family connection, family therapy and less about going on Oprah! But what do I know and I will probably still watch the interview because I’m curious. I don’t think we’ll see anybody else’s viewpoint on what’s going on in the family. I like Harry and Meghan and do hope for the best for them. Exciting news about a new baby!
I’ve read that it will probably be more British media bashing than anything Royal. He said it’s why they left. For some reason, I thought that Royals were so busy and just ignored all that, went on with their lives.
I do understand that about Philip . Still seems a little strange. The Queen will make an address also on March 7 so the Oprah special airing on the same day seems quite the coincidence .
The Oprah previews are interesting, particularly Meghan calling Harry’s family the Firm. The timing of the Royal family starting an investigation about Meghan and bullying seems strange. I hope they work this out. At the end of the day , they are still family and lots of families have to navigate parent, sibling, in law issues. The issues are certainly magnified because of the players involved .
Not sure going on national TV is the best way to maintain good family relations but I admit that I am looking forward to the Oprah interview. I hope it will be balanced and that more positives about their relationship with Harry’s family are revealed. And hope the sides can sit down together and hash this out. Family therapy if they can’t figure it out on their own !
Hope Prince Philip will be okay and that he can hang in there for his 100th in June!
I swear the British royal family and their courtiers are dumb as a bag of rocks. By launching an “investigation” of Meghan for bullying staff, they have ensured that the ratings for the Oprah interview will increase by a good 50%. Given that the family continues to protect an accused pedophile from having to meet with the FBI, going after the pregnant wife of the current heir’s son (who has been brutally bullied herself at the hands of the racist tabloids and their readers) this is not a good look.
They had an opportunity to learn and modernize after the Diana debacle but clearly they have learned nothing.
I agree going on National TV seems to just be continuing the strife among them all. Calling them The Firm (being an in-law) isn’t helping. I know that’s what they refer to themselves on the inside, but it just doesn’t sound nice and rather challenging coming from her. I’ve always like them, and was excited to see her join the Royal Family, but something inside is turning. When I was watching Harry on the Cordon interview, James called her. She said something to Harry and called him Haz. I believe that was deliberate and knew it would cause everyone to talk. I’m starting to think she’s a media attention lover and maybe a bit manipulative. I’m interested to watch the show.
I also was shocked to see an article about an investigation into the bullying allegations by the palace, along with a statement that the palace doesn’t tolerate bullying. Why now? And why that tone? That sounded more like a threat to me, along the lines of if you don’t toe the line, we’re going to send out some bad PR about you.
Obviously no one should tolerate bullying. It should be pointed out, though, that we are talking about 2 very different cultures here and what is acceptable or the norm in one could be very unacceptable in another. We all view things from our own experiences and my experience is that the expectations, stress and interactions in a high pressure NYC setting is radically different than the expectations, stress and interactions in the Deep South. I often have to remind myself to slow down and speak in a less demanding and direct manner than I’m used to. I could absolutely imagine that Meghan is used to a high stress work environment where people can be abrupt, and that she mistakenly talked to her staff in the manner that’s acceptable and the norm in her working world, but offensive in the English Palace world. So any “big revelation” that Meghan bullied her staff wouldn’t mean much to me without explicit examples. And even then, are we judging someone by perhaps their worst moment (which we’ve all had and all truly regret)?
Woops. I just read what I wrote and it could be construed as saying “judging someone by their worst moment” could excuse really intolerable behavior. It can’t. I’m still butchering my point that none of us are always as lovely as we’d like to be, and I sure hope no one would judge my character based on my worst moment. I feel sorry for folks that are always under a microscope.
I too have been gobsmacked by how poorly the Palace has handled things in the past few weeks. Following the Palace’s ham-handed announcement of the bullying investigation, an article in the NY Times floated the theory that the senior courtiers are basically running amok while the Queen, Charles and William are distracted by Philip’s illness.
I think the Palace’s missteps began earlier, with the announcement of Queen’s decision that Harry and Meghan had to give up their royal patronages and honorary military titles. I absolutely understand her position on that, but there was no need for the snippy press release, which, unfortunately, prompted M & H to respond with their own snippy statement. Imagine if the Palace, after announcing the Queen’s decision, had graciously gone on to say something like “the Queen understands Harry and Meghan’s deep commitment to public service and looks forward to following their charitable endeavors as private individuals.” That would have been a classy statement in my opinion.
As for the merits of the bullying allegation, I don’t know, but it seems strange that the tabloids have had a couple of years to dig up unflattering dirt on Meghan, but were apparently unable to come up with anything suggesting she displayed a pattern of difficult or bullying behavior on set or in her pre-Harry life.