Prince Harry and Meghan Markle thread

You can preorder Kate’s book on Amazon. Ive just placed my order - so want her to outsell H’s wife.

I'll admit I bought William's (I mean, he added just as much as Meghan added to "hers"...a foreword!) charity cookbook while refusing to get the other one...then it came in and pleasantly surprised me. Very well made, top notch photography, and very respected contributors.
 
He added: "But it was kind of like a caricature of someone playing the superstar, you know, because a real superstar, generally unless it's a super bad day, they will play it naturally and be generous with their presence."


That's an old story they must have brought to life again, because I remember reading it last year. BUT that caricature thing is kind of a red thread with her...in my opinion, she was never more than a caricature royal, with her patronizing behaviour towards the unwashed masses.

She gives a completely different meaning to fake it til you make it haha.
 
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Oh, yes... that military uniform :yes:
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Phil Dampier, author of Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan In Their Own Words, told Fabulous that Meghan is using the book to highlight how sad Harry is to lose his military titles.

He explained: “The illustration of a red-haired soldier (obviously you know who) hugging his little boy, looks as though he has come home from war after many years and pulls at the heart-strings.


“Mum is in tears as she looks through the window, and sees her husband returning from battle to pick up family life once more.

“It’s a scenario familiar to so many military couples separated by conflicts.

“But of course it wasn't a reality for Harry, who was in a different relationship when he served in Afghanistan.

“Rather Meghan is probably showing how much the Army meant to Harry and how upset he is to lose his military titles.


And the uniform, especially the hat, doesn't even look like a British Army one.
 
Here's the description of Kate's book being published. There really is no comparison possible between what this book represents in terms of service to her subjects from Kate vs the vanity volume of no consequence from that other woman.
How Kate Middleton Helped Turn Her Pandemic Photo Project Into a Charitable Book
By Morgan Halberg • 03/30/21 2:13pm
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Kate Middleton is venturing in to the publishing realm with her photography project, Hold Still. Matt Porteous via Getty Images

Last year, Kate Middleton teamed up with the National Portrait Gallery to launch a special photography project, Hold Still. The Duchess of Cambridge, who is royal patron of the National Portrait Gallery, asked people from all around the U.K. to submit a photographic portrait depicting their lives amid the coronavirus pandemic; the goal was to capture the “portrait of the nation” during the COVID-19 crisis.

Duchess Kate and a panel of judges received over 31,000 submissions, and selected 100 images that were put on display for a digital exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Now, the project is being turned into a special coffee table book, titled Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020.
As usual, Catherine is putting someone or something before herself.
 
Here's another page from the Amazon listing:

This is your bench
Where you’ll witness great joy.
From here you will rest

See the growth of our boy.
Absolutely profound. :rolleyes:

That dad sounds lazy, if he's just going to sit on a bench and "witness". :P
You know...sit back and let others do the work.
 
That children's book. It is 40 pages and Amazon is charging $18.99 for it ($11.99 for the Kindle version).

Interestingly, Amazon has it listed under "Children's Black & African American Stories."

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Are they kidding? Forty pages with four stinking lines at $18.99. There are at least four lines, two signatures, 2 seals, a picture of Washington and the colour green on the front alone of a US dollar bill and it's only worth one dollar or 100 pennies. :biggrin:
 
From the comments on Piers' piece on Princess Pinocchio's book:

Spot on Margo, and when Haz is a Hazbeen, there will be another book, all about what happened in the marriage and how badly he treated her. When anyone says, "but you looked so in love", she will say things aren't always as they appear. Except they are, we see through MM.

I'm afraid the commenter is right.

ETA: the "spot on Margo" refers to said Margo writing that she doesn't even love Harry but that marriage was a plot from the beginning.
 
I can believe it wasn't plagiarized. The Boy on the Bench has an actual plot, a little boy who is sitting on a bench with his dad because he's afraid to go play with the other kids.

Meghan's book has no plot, it's just a bunch of bad, sugary rhymes that don't advance any discernible story. It's word salad for babies!

Here's another page from the Amazon listing:

This is your bench
Where you’ll witness great joy.
From here you will rest
See the growth of our boy.
Is every single rhyme in this book boy and joy? That’s extremely Mcgonagall of her. https://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/gems/the-famous-tay-whale

I don’t really want to give them the clicks but is there any charitable donation with this book? I personally find it amazing they’d be so blatant as to make a novelty item like a picture book and it not be at least an archewell fundraiser.

It makes sense they put it in a specialised category like black American interest as fewer entries=better chance of being no #1. I notice they sometimes have several slightly differently worded but similar categories just so multiple things can claim to be #1.

Also it looks a bit like this illustrator is the author in the listing a bit and if the illustrator is well known in the US it’ll list the book when people are looking for his other stuff.
 
And the uniform, especially the hat, doesn't even look like a British Army one.
She’s enlisted him into the French foreign legion.
Yes! To all of this.
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Is every single rhyme in this book boy and joy? That’s extremely Mcgonagall of her. https://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/gems/the-famous-tay-whale

I don’t really want to give them the clicks but is there any charitable donation with this book? I personally find it amazing they’d be so blatant as to make a novelty item like a picture book and it not be at least an archewell fundraiser.

It makes sense they put it in a specialised category like black American interest as fewer entries=better chance of being no #1. I notice they sometimes have several slightly differently worded but similar categories just so multiple things can claim to be #1.

Also it looks a bit like this illustrator is the author in the listing a bit and if the illustrator is well known in the US it’ll list the book when people are looking for his other stuff.

No mention of money going to charity on these. The profit will likely go right to Meghan since she's going to need new designer clothes and jewelry since Charles cut off the supply line.