Prince Harry and Meghan Markle thread

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I kindly request that all members participating in the MM and Harry thread dial back the vile rhetoric.

I am not opposed to discussing public personas on TPF, including the constant torrent of news surrounding the couple from this thread. But I find it troubling when their looks are being nitpicked apart to a degree that is just not appropriate.

This thread has drawn criticism over the years, and I discussed it at great length with Megs and the mods. I am not looking to close it down, but the vitriol needs to be dialed back.

My personal feelings about hate threads aside, this ultra-negative vibe is something better suited for other forums, Reddit, or elsewhere. I am holding our community to higher standards.

Thanks for reading.
 
no doubt this was written by a sugar
Of course Meghan didn't want to continue her acting career. She was a D-list (or z-list as ceejay would say) actress. Marrying the prince made her a household name
"some in the palace felt threatened by her superstar status" :lol::lol::lol:
 
Her wedding ring is precariously loose (especially for one so apparently heavily pregnant) - if that's her wedding ring of course.
she just can’t look presentable can she? Even her fingers fight against a good fit :graucho:

This is an interesting thought:


I’m confused what’s even being alleged here. 1 minute it’s a sex tape with a dude I assume… next minute it’s some sort of hazing/torture video? Are they saying it turns into a all-girl S&M orgy because as little as I know about sororities I’ve never got the impression they are havens for the expression of sapphic desire especially in the 90s.

For what it’s worth I don’t think it’s a sex tape because:
1. I don’t think most people think consenting adults filming themselves is morally wrong. Unwise maybe but not something to punish someone over.
2. There would always be some ambiguity on who released it to the public. Could it be revenge porn? Acknowledging it would be morally wrong in that case.
3. They already knew she was living in a private members club and fishing for dates with wealthy men. Then she latched onto him very quickly while claiming she didn’t know who he was….. What conclusions would one draw from this? and would one be subsequently shocked by a sex tape?

Incidentally, do I learn a lot from this thread, I didn’t know anything about Elvis beyond the basics - so I started reading about him and his personal life at lunch and I have to say… sometimes ignorance is bliss
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But then again, that’s very Haz isn’t it? Happy to pick a fight about carpets not interested in addressing the grooming issue or any real issues.

Award shows these days have lost their luster. When awards go to people for non-merit reasons, it's a slam in the face to those who are deserving. When somebody gets passed over, the shows sometimes try to "make up" for it years later. Meanwhile, the whole award show thing is tarnished and basically meaningless. I think viewers say "OK, this one really deserves it" or "Clearly this award checks boxes and that is all", fooling no one.
I only follow the Oscar’s for the jokes and it’s never been a mark of quality tbh - I mean the films that haven’t won vs what has says it all.
There’s usually some funny moments though The year lala land… no moonlight won …get off the stage was funny and (although I felt sorry for Chadwick Bozeman’s family) when they announced Anthony Hopkins had unexpectedly won it and he’d gone to bed already - that was funny too. Oh and when Michael Keaton very visibly put his speech away when Eddie Redmayne of all people won an acting award.

Anyhow, all these awards are decided on by extremely out of touch, rich but bitter old theatre kids so it’s not entirely surprising things that pay them or extremely obvious and unsubtle politics they think will make them look good. So on that note I do think H has a good chance because he can pay them and he’s about on the right level of nuance.
Oscars Statuette GIF by The Academy Awards
 
With so many interesting subjects, NYT publishes an article on lip gloss. I wonder if they target the same audience as Spare. :annoyed:


I must really be old then. I grew up in the 70s and I never, ever shared lipgloss or lipstick with anyone, even my closest friends. "Communal lipgloss"? Ew. But I will ask my daughters and see what they say.
 
Shouldn't Harry have been overjoyed at being "the spare"? I mean, didn't they write a book about "Finding Freedom" in where they claimed to relish privacy? It's a shame they're incapable of making any money that doesn't involve throwing their own families under the bus. I don't begrudge the ghostwriter, whoever Harry decided to write the book was going to make a fortune, it's just that it was a given it was going to be full of lies in where everybody but them is evil but they're God's gifts to the world. It should be obvious to anyone that Haz and Claw are simply scum and have no problem selling out anybody to make a buck. Sadly, I think that will also apply to their own children. They will be merched to the hilt.
 
Oh you better believe it no one but no one belittles my Elvis
Ironically, the despicably disdainful turd, H, owes Elvis a “thank you.”

Partly due to Elvis donating $62,000. years ago to the building of the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii, H had a beautiful venue for staging his look-at-me-I’m-a-veteran photo op last year.
 
Blah blah blah, how many times are we going to hear the same tired story.

I kind of believe they did like her. I certainly think they loved the fact she was a ‘WOC’ and god knows if we haven’t heard that a million times since.

but if there was all these doubts and it’s obvious she wasn’t up for the job maybe they shouldn’t have thrown themselves into an expensive state marriage with some sleazy tart with a very confusing backstory H had known for less than a year. Maybe just you know, give her a probation period, tell her she can get married in Croydon registry office in a nice dress from pronuptia only and see what happened?

It’s just pathetic excuses for incompetence and further arguments that the royals don’t know what they are doing despite working the same job their entire lives.

Tbf to M&S I’ve never seen a fascinator that sloppy for sale there. I’m sure it was a very expensive bit of crap.

Again, she would look miles better if someone gave her a good long bath, possibly in antiseptic and threw that awful weave in the bin and found *anything* that wouldn’t hang like dog ears.

I think they’d show up to the opening a sphincter if they could get photos of them and we’ve seen this twice now so a hard no is the only sensible route if C wants to dig himself out of this endless cycle of passive aggression. Very much go no contact with the narc.

To be fair, that hunting cap with a silly bit of Maribou is miles more structured and makes more sense conceptually with a skirt suit than the used napkin on a hair clip M was wearing.

This is one of her neatest outfits for sure. She still looks incredibly cheap, of course, and her fake tan is absolutely luminous against white but by her standards it’s ok. I especially like the fact someone managed to tie down that greasy weave for a change.
If a time machine could send back TQ and her courtiers to do it all over again and benefit from the advice of the smart folks on this thread, the history of the Harkles would be quite different. There would be no history other than a brief relationship between H&M. No wedding No way she would have stuck out a probationary period. No way she would have settled for the Croydon registry office. Harry would have whined, kicked and screamed and been sent to commune with the elephants and his drug of choice.
 
It’s more complicated than that.
I’m sure it is and I have no doubt that favors were granted, but that won’t last forever. At this point he will be granted no more favors or special treatment because it would be considered insulting to The King and UK government that Harry has been insulting in his book. There will be no standing up for him. He’s on his own and he did it to himself. He is a Prince living in a country that doesn’t recognize Princes. Maybe Chunga Changa will be a better place for him.
 
I’m sure it is and I have no doubt that favors were granted, but that won’t last forever. At this point he will be granted no more favors or special treatment because it would be considered insulting to The King and UK government that Harry has been insulting in his book. There will be no standing up for him. He’s on his own and he did it to himself. He is a Prince living in a country that doesn’t recognize Princes. Maybe Chunga Changa will be a better place for him.
I hope you're right
 
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