Prince Harry (UK) III

[Ginger]

I got around to watching the Jane Pauley interview. The intro is pretty forthright that this project is just a new page on Meghan and Harry's website. I think it took all Meghan's strength not to flip out when Jane said, "It's a modest beginning."

They aren't even pretending this "project" is going to be more than the TV interview itself. I hope all of the parents involved are aware of that, and haven't been duped by Meghan's typical big talking into thinking it will be more than that.

[Ladybug]

Harry has an active case in the UK courts and it would be totally inappropriate (and unconstitutional) for his father, the head of state, to interfere in the issue. The king can’t order RAVEC to give Harry security. That’s not how the system works. Harry knows this, but he’s purposely spreading misinformation that “the king can fix this but he won’t” to an American publication to smear his father. While he’s battling cancer. If anyone thought Harry had an ounce of decency left in him, let this be the end of that illusion.

[Ginger]

Despite Harry saying the evil palace took away his security to punish him, his own court case proved that the Queen's advisors told him right off the bat that they wanted him to keep his security and would strongly recommend to Ravec that he keep it, and they did that. The letter they submitted supporting Harry was included in the court documents.

However, the Queen's advisors also warned Harry that his change in status probably meant that Ravec would deny the request, and they recommended that he work on setting up private security ASAP with a certain trusted firm that often coordinated with MI6. Harry chose to be stubborn and not do that, leading to his sob story about how "our security was pulled with no warning and no alternatives!"

Harry wanting his father to override the government to give him what he wants would top any and all previous reasons to abolish the monarchy. Personal corruption is bad enough, but that's authoritarian.

Harry demonstrates all the time that if he God forbid were the heir to the throne, he'd be as autocrat as he could possibly be.

[canuckcutie]

And if the King could pull strings then where would it end? I guarantee that in addition to himself & Meghan that Harry would want security for both kids and then what happens when they marry & have kids? Despite the fact that they’d be falling further down the line of succession they’d keep up screaming about threats and needing security until the end of time.

I’m sure Meghan nearly choked when Jane P called the initiative “modest”. Well based on the Sussexes history of lacklustre efforts it’ll remain modest…

[royalwave]

I continue to be surprised that they manage to snag interviews with well known outlets when they have so little to show for any of their efforts over the past few years. I would have been more interested in hearing about this initiative if it had actual goals/asks, or after they had actually achieved something...anything. By the way, whatever happened to the 40x40 campaign for Meghan's 40th birthday? Crickets. Yeah, that's what I thought.

Also, the visual optics and body language between the Sussex duo throughout the interview was rather scary. Meghan just looks mean and Harry looks like he'd rather be anywhere else, as usual. That being said, they seem to have an endless capacity to absorb terrible press and just keep on going with awful half-baked idea after awful half-baked idea. Anyone else would have hid under a rock by now.

[Auroranorth]

Legally speaking, I don't think Charles could override RAVEC and assign them security in any case. He might have been willing to pay for private security. But, given that even actual working members of the royal family like Princess Anne who are well liked and respected, only get it on official engagements, any attempt on Charles' part to force RAVEC to change their minds would cause a massive blowup, a PR disaster, and would ruin his reputation for years to come, to the point where William might also get splattered with the blowback. It's so totally unrealistic.

[gremlin45]

This hotel's cat is named Lilibet after QE2. I hope Harry and Meghan aren't too outraged.

Link.

[mandasant]

Josh Kettler, H&M's chief of staff, has resigned after 3 months.

[royalwave]

Aug 13, 2024 12:15:29 GMT -4 mandasant said:

Josh Kettler, H&M's chief of staff, has resigned after 3 months.

Apparently he was hired initially on a "trial" basis and they all mutually determined he wasn't the right fit. Is anyone though? Seems everyone they hire is on trial.

[tiggertoo]

That seems like a very lame attempt at spinning the resignation of yet another staff member. Why would they mutually do this within a few days of their trip to South America. I’d love to hear the true story of what went down.