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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.
 
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Chanbal said:
Well, the organization will get a lot of free publicity, good or bad... I love to support organizations that help women, but this one just made my 'do not donate to' list. :girlsigh:

Modesty is not part of TW's bio, even fake like everything that comes from the Montecito's 19 bath mansion. :shocked:

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Is this real? It can’t be.
If it is, I’m almost speechless, because I do have to speak to point out that she has relegated him to “Prince Harry, her husband.”
He used to be someone, His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales.
Now, he’s just Harry, Claw’s husband.
 
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Chanbal said:
Well, the organization will get a lot of free publicity, good or bad... I love to support organizations that help women, but this one just made my 'do not donate to' list. :girlsigh:

Modesty is not part of TW's bio, even fake like everything that comes from the Montecito's 19 bath mansion. :shocked:

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I can’t believe I actually read her stupid bio. That’s 2 minutes of my life I can’t get back. Lol. But I found the last line of the “enhanced” version kind of funny…

”Meghan resides in California with her husband, their children and their three dogs.”

Maybe I’m being hyper critical (scratch that, I know I am, but it’s Meghan…everything she does deserves a highly critical eye!), but I found it funny that she noted the number of her dogs, but not the number of her kids (or their names, for that matter). if she wanted to do it “right”, she would have actually listed her husband and children by name, but that would take the focus off of her for a nano second so we know that wasn’t going to happen. And although I admit the order listed suggests the level of importance of the parties, one could also argue that exclusively adding a descriptor to just the dogs elevates the importance of the dogs to a level the two children did not receive.

At least she didn’t name only the dogs, I guess: “Meghan resides in California with her husband, their children and their three dogs, Pula, Guy and Mamma Mia.”

Or better yet, “Meghan resides in California with some people and their three dogs, Pula, Guy and Mamma Mia”. Lol.
 
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For a royal reporter Richard Eden is massively missing the mark here. The Marquess of Cholmondeley might be a friend, but first and foremost he has held several important ceremonial roles for both The Queen and now Charles from early childhood due to his family's importance.

Also I feel Camilla's grandchildren and grandnephew make sense in this context. They didn't make up roles for them, they gave them roles that otherwise would have gone to sons of peers with little to no relationship to her. I think it's lovely.

 
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rose60610 said:
So how many more drummed up "awards" are there going to be so that Zed can get publicity for accepting them?
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Per usual, H&M go too far and repeat too much of the same thing, ultimately overloading the public with the same monotonous nonsense, resulting in the exact opposite result of what they intended. History shows that this “let’s bombard the airwaves” over and over approach inevitably works against them. Receiving award after stupid (paid for) award in a matter of days clearly dilutes the value of each award. Now people are using the sudden avalanche of awards as a reason to criticize the couple, instead of a reason to commend them. This strategy always backfires on them, yet they continue to do it.

ex: When they first started “exposing the truth” about the RF, people listened. The couple was relatively popular in the US after the Oprah interview. But they continued to pile on the complaints and the victimhood (and the lies) with the Netflix documentary, the release of Waaagh! and a series of ill advised interviews. People were overloaded and all the redundant complaining worked against them. So here we go again, if they got one or two awards a year, fine. No one would really care but it might get them some positive PR for a few minutes. But when they start accumulating awards at a laughably absurd pace, people notice and it reduces the impact of each award plus the totality of the rapidly bestowed awards becomes a punchline instead of a catalyst for commendation.

You would think the recent string of PR failures might inspire them to reassess and pivot away from this terrible strategy, but I guess not. They just can’t get out of their own way.
 
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QueenofWrapDress said:
For a royal reporter Richard Eden is massively missing the mark here. The Marquess of Cholmondeley might be a friend, but first and foremost he has held several important ceremonial roles for both The Queen and now Charles from early childhood due to his family's importance.

Also I feel Camilla's grandchildren and grandnephew make sense in this context. They didn't make up roles for them, the gave them roles that otherwise would have gone to sons of peers with little to relationship to her. I think it's lovely.

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I think it is high time to show that Charles and Camilla have a blended family
 
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