Earlier this week, Hello Magazine dropped their big cover story: a huge exclusive with Harriet Sperling, who married Peter Phillips this past June. She’s taken her husband’s name and now she goes by Harriet Phillips. She was photographed in the Cotswolds, on Princess Anne’s estate, Gatcombe Park. Harriet also gave a big new interview where she name-checked several prominent members of the royal family, including the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Hello cover story dropped in the middle of King Charles’ big Caribbean Flop Tour, so obviously, bitchy courtiers snidely briefed multiple outlets about how Horrible Harriet should have kept her mouth shut. Oh, wait, that didn’t happen. Qwhite stunning, really. Well, instead of pointing out this plain double standard, the Mail’s Richard Eden is instead saying that his palace sources are totally fine with Harriet’s interview because… she’s not Meghan.
The decision by Peter Phillips’s new wife, Harriet Sperling, to give an interview to Hello! has caused an outcry among some supporters of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The feature, spread across a staggering 17 pages of this week’s issue of the feel-good magazine includes a photo-shoot in which the former NHS nurse poses in a total of six different outfits.
‘Imagine the backlash if Meghan had given such an interview!’ Prince Harry and Meghan’s cheerleaders screech. They point to the criticism that the Sussexes have received when they have captured media attention while a big royal event is taking place.
Harriet – who has a 14-year-old daughter, Georgina, from her previous marriage – has been embraced by members of the Royal Family. The King and Queen, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended their wedding in June.
There are, however, no complaints from Buckingham Palace. Although Harriet’s husband is a ‘non-working royal’ like Harry, he attracts far less attention, being 20th in line to the throne compared with his cousin’s fifth place.
‘No one is remotely bothered about the interview,’ a royal source tells me. ‘Not only are the couple low-key but it’s a very positive article, focusing on her charity work.’
Indeed, while the Sussexes often use interviews to air their numerous grievances against the Royal Family or the Press, Harriet made sure the emphasis was firmly on her first charity patronage. She’s become the patron of Home-Start Cotswolds, a charity which supports new parents in the area spanning six English counties.
Catherine has been particularly welcoming to the Royal Family’s most glamorous new member. ‘I can look to Catherine for advice and guidance,’ Harriet told Hello!. ‘She’s very open-hearted, and I would always feel comfortable asking her if I needed advice about something.’
Her comments serve to highlight where the last woman to marry into the Royal Family went so wrong. Meghan appeared to take a very different attitude after she moved in with Prince Harry. Instead of adopting a humble approach and seeking to learn from the Windsors, the former actress seemed to behave as if she was already superior to them.
Who can forget her appearance alongside Catherine and William at the inaugural Royal Foundation Forum in London in February 2018? Although she had been engaged to Harry for only three months, Meghan dominated proceedings. The media christened the two couples the ‘Fab Four’ in their coverage of the event, but Meghan seemed to think they were more Diana Ross and the Supremes than The Beatles.
While the heavily pregnant Catherine was happy to let William lead the discussions, Meghan made sure she had the leading part, capturing the headlines from her husband and the others on stage with her passionate comments about the controversial #MeToo and Time’s Up movements.
Although Harriet Sperling may have married into the Royal Family only five months ago, she can teach Meghan a thing or two about tact and diplomacy. While Harriet used her interview to praise her new family members, Meghan has used such media appearances in the past to throw brickbats at the Windsors. The Sussexes’ most outspoken supporters might want to criticise Harriet for her Hello! interview, but there is much that the couple should learn from it.
Do you ever just sit back and really ask yourself “are they genuinely still mad that Meghan mentioned #MeToo in 2018?” Eden is citing that one moment – where Meghan spoke clearly about social movements while Kate mumbled a nonsensical word salad – from eight-plus years ago as proof that Harriet knows “tact and diplomacy.” Eden is proving our point – Meghan’s fans merely pointed out the way the Windsors and the British media have double standards for Meghan versus literally every white woman in this awful family, and instead of saying “we don’t have double standards,” they’re like “no, we totally judge Harriet Sperling by a completely different set of standards, because she’s white, take that Meghan!”
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- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle to attend the first Royal Foundation Forum Under the theme ‘Making a Difference Together,’ the event will showcase the programmes run or initiated by The Royal Foundation, and will include a number of delegates who have been involved in key projects. The Royal Foundation’s . programmes to date include Heads Together, the Invictus Games, and United for Wildlife. The Duke and Duchess, Prince Harry and Ms. Markle will appear on stage together to discuss why The Royal Foundation was set up, the projects they are currently working on, and their ambitions for the future. During the event, Their Royal Highnesses and Ms. Markle will also meet with other forum attendees. Ms. Markle will formally become the fourth Patron of The Royal Foundation after her and Prince Harry’s wedding.,Image: 534748353, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR SEVEN DAYS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
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- Royal wedding of Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling at All Saints’ Church in Kemble, England Featuring: Peter Phillips, Harriet Sperling, Georgina Sperling, Savannah Phillips, Isla Phillips Where: Kemble, United Kingdom When: 06 Jun 2026 Credit: Cover Images
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Diana Ross? Really? These folks don’t even bother to disguise their racism!
It’s accidentally an amazing comparison because the Beatles were heavily inspired by Motown girl groups just like the Supremes. They covered “Please Mr. Postman” (the Marvelettes) and “Chains” (the Cookies) on their first album, then “Baby, It’s You” (the Shirelles). Plus other Motown hits like the Miracles’ “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” and “Money ( That’s What I Want)”, which I think was actually written by Motown founder Barry Gordy.
The big difference is that the Beatles were open and vocal in their admiration of these Black American mostly-female singers. They didn’t pretend that they had invented the sound!
Thank you all for coming to my Ted talk lol.
also, early in the beatles’ career, they wanted to be the goffin & king (carole king/gerry goffin) of songwriting. consequently why ‘chains’ was on their first album. however, plenty of people don’t give credit to the people that influenced them.
too funny. meghan was prepared and was used to public speaking. she sounded very intelligent. coming after kate (mumbling nonsense), the difference was so glaring. kate looked like an idiot.
“controversial #MeToo and Time’s Up movements”. Yes, something pedophile protectors and sex trafficking excusers would say…
The new secret weapon and media trying to make her happen. Harriet should be wary of keen who doesn’t like competition . Peter Phillips has no royal title. Harriet would be wise to keep a low profile considering the dysfunction of the family she married into.please Harriet don’t ask keen for advice
It’s in the original interview that Harriet said that “there is obviously a certain level of respect there” between her for Kate. I think she had to
Put it in there to clarify she and Kate aren’t friends and that Harriet isn’t coming after Kate’s position.
Probably quite wise given how Kate slashes and burns anyone who tries to jostle
For clout.
Dang. From a psychological tactical point of view, this whole thing was WILD. She nailed it. She made herself completely subordinate to Kate and the others in every way. I bet you some shit was going down and she was like – I’m going to be the most inoffensive background character ever so she stops these shady ass shenanigans.
Harriet is paying the weird hierarchy dues that are completely a part of the royal family. The fawning, the deference. It’s literally baked into the foundation of their family. You curtsy to your own grandmother. It’s wild.
Can we talk about the cover?!? She is literally blending into the background. Her hair is matching that wheat or whatever it is. Her clothes are some sort of non color and her face is just blending in to match all of it.
This was so carefully done. It screams “I know my place and it’s to be bland and boring and a supportive member of this family. Kate is amazing and I would never dare to compare to her!”
So an intelligent woman like meghan cannot contribute to a discussion because that would not show tact and diplomacy. Really? Maybe keen should have learned and paid attention to current events so she could contribute. I guess the royal followers prefer stepford wives. And what does keen being pregnant have to do with it . It doesn’t stop her from speaking intelligently
How short Eden’s memory is when it comes to the media and Meghan. This event was hyped up as the first of many for the “Fab Four”.
All sat on the stage, and nearly all questions were directed at Meghan. Meghan, who just became engaged to Harry. All reporters hoped they could sneer at her American accent, catch her not knowing enough about the topic, or being insecure begging for help from The Heir and The Hair.
Instead they found a well versed Meghan, answering every question smart and with confidence, a stark contrast to Kate. Who seems to be fine with sitting there and looking good (and she did!) while William was fuming and Harry looked so proud of his accomplished fiance.
This was the end of the Fab Four and the beginning of the smear campaign directed by William’s office, especially Jason Knauf who worked for both couples.
Maybe Eden should for once mention the obsession the media has with Meghan from day one. While he rightfully says “no one cares about Harriet”. Poor Harriet needs to tread carefully, open hearted Kate claimed the Early Years for herself, she will dislike it strongly should Harriet be too competent in her new role.
It certainly sounded like they thought the wives of the ‘real royals’–William & Harry–should keep quiet and let the menfolk handle things. I mean, in addition to all the racist crap. Geez Louise, in the 21st century no less!
So tired of these racist a-holes.
I will say something nice today, though: during her pregnancy, with her shorter, more flattering hair and a few more pounds on her, Kate looked quite pretty. On the outside, anyway.
Yes, she always looks prettier when she lets herself gain a few pounds and pulls her hair up.
Note to Maureen:
Meghan *is* superior to all of the Left-Behinds combined, she made it on her own quite successfully before marrying in.
No woman who’s ever had a job should look to Cannot for any kind of advice, much less guidance — because Mumblina is utterly unqualified to do anything other than get up, get dressed, and be keen. Gurning, rictus grin and wild gestures for absolutely no reason at all included.
I completely agree.. if Waity is some role model for others Britian should be embarrassed at how inarticulate and uninformed she truly is because it is very obvious every time she opens her mouth to speak.
Eden is a snivelling clown, earning a lucrative living by an obsessive fixation on Prince Harry and Meghan DOS. He speaks and writes, negatively and relentlessly, about every aspect of their lives, based largely on the figment of his imagination and titbits of garbage fed to him by alleged “palace sources” “royal insiders”, et al.
Interestingly, little is known about him apart from his name, employment and his primary employer – The Mail tabloid. What is he hiding? Would he be able to survive the same daily critical lampooning, barage of negativity and microscopic scrutiny he gleefully inflicts on the Sussexs?
https://history.airglee.com/richard-eden-the-critic-who-cant-handle-the-heat/
Kate is not a role model but a cautionary tale as to what happens when a woman is prepared to sacrifice her dignity for money and a title. No one is looking to Kate for advice except to do the opposite of what she has done.
Harriet knows this too.
Women should know their place and defer to men is not the argument they think it is in 2026.
That’s how I took. Good gad!!
I dont even understand what he’s ranting about here. Meghan never gave an interview like this while she was a working royal. And also, many of her podcast appearances or interviews don’t reference the royal family at all, but the RRs pounce on every word, every eye movement, every shrug, as a sign of disrespect to the monarchy. Harriet does not experience such scrutiny.
And lmao that they’re still ticked about that panel event 8 years ago. Looking back, it feels like there were so many moments that might have been the tipping point for W&K (the wedding itself, the cookbook, the balcony appearance in Fiji, the trip to Morocco), and I feel like this was definitely one of them. Meghan didn’t dominate – she spoke clearly and passionately and was an active part of the discussion. Kate mumbled and looked like she was just there to keep Meghan from getting all the spotlight.
Also, I want to point out how careful Harriet’s wording is – she says she would feel comfortable reaching out to Kate IF she ever needed advice. She didn’t say she has asked for her advice, or that Kate has given her advice – just that IF she did, she might ask Kate. Do we really think Harriet is asking Kate for advice on anything?
Yeah, it’s odd. The last time Meghan mentioned the BRF in an interview was in 2022, and she called them her husband’s family. In her interviews over the past few years with CBS morning News, Jamie Kern Lima, and various magazines she hasn’t ” aired her grievances “, she didn’t mention them at all.
As usual it feels like the real issue is that response to Harriet’s interview and the Carribean tour was the Price is Right losing horn, and he’s angry that Meghan’s interviews including one from 8 years ago still get clipped and referenced without mentioning them at all.
Harriet has “humbled” herself and made herself ” less” which Meghan wisely refused to do.
Don’t forget the lipgloss moment prior to going out, where Kate acted like a weirdo being unable to provide a squeeze of lipgloss without being normal about it. Harry said that story for a reason. He knew Kate was being weird about Meghan even then.
Meghan without even trying looked the most professional and competent out of all four of them and while Harry was just happy for her, the other two were jealous. Meghan had had to work for any laurels in her adult life, whereas the others benefited from their identity. Now Harry did work on improving his skills in these settings and we have seen the work over the years. Meanwhile future king and consort remain mediocre.
Eden is also a racist bitch and pretending Harriet could handle a large setting like Meghan has done is a joke. Harriet can speak to issues relating to nursing, but she’s not a public speaker that we know of. That said in either case both Meghan and Harriet had held real jobs and not spent their formative young adult years chasing a rich man with a title, so Harriet probably can do some good with her endeavour. It is certainly more than the absolute nothing Kate has done since 2011 and will continue to do because no one expects her to ever do anything of value.
Since her charity is in the Cotswolds, it would be funny if she ran into Meghan and they became friends. Their husbands are first cousins. They were (Meghan still is) working women. But Harriet wouldn’t dare…Peter Phillips who lives with mummy needs to grease the William wheel so money coming so abandoned his cousin Harry. No worries Peter, Harry is close to his other Spencer first cousins.
On the lipgloss story – Meghan worked on a TV show where the same makeup artists did multiple people’s looks. Including lipgloss. There are completely sanitary ways to share.
Unlike how I approached it in hs and college with my friends 😂 I shared lipgloss with all my girlfriends, sisters, cousins whatever. Same as “ohhh that looks good! Can I try a sip?” Of course babe! It’s delicious! I want to share with you. It was just life.
Then Covid came.
And listening to Spare, I realized that certain things had fundamentally changed in me. Lots of them went back to the before – the idea of eating in a restaurant or being around unmasked people in no way inspires complete panic and dread anymore. But I have so changed. I won’t share MY drinking vessel. I’ll pour some of mine into a different cup for them, no problem. And I can’t imagine sharing lipgloss or chapstick with anyone but my husband and kids. That said – if someone asked for a dab on their finger like Meghan? Yeah girl, I got you! That’s completely different than the lip to lip smearing I did in hs etc. it’s amazing any of us survived that amount of shared germs…..
Harriet’s “Exclusive” Hello magazine interview and visibly photoshopped images is on brand for Peter Phillips. He sold “exclusive” pictures to Hello magazine of his 2008 wedding for £500,000 about $670.000.
Hello paid substantially for exclusive pictures of his 2026 wedding.
Where is Eden’s outrage for Peter Phillips who blatantly uses his royal connections for lucrative commercial deals, personal financial gains and other benefits?
https://www.tiktok.com/@ministry_of_hacks/video/7704968167915048195?
LOL there is no way Kate is being “open-hearted” toward a new thin, pretty blonde in the family, especially not one with life skills other than being married to QEII’s grandson.
Kate’s brother’s wife (or beard) is also thin and blonde, but we don’t hear much about her. Alisé.
“…the former actress seemed to behave as if she was already superior to them”
They wanna say “uppity” soooo f–king badly, don’t they? Jesus. And their continued anger at Meghan for daring to have informed opinions and beliefs/causes that she’s passionate about is so infuriating, as is the fact that their royalist readership is apparently onboard with that. What a disgusting way to speak about ANY woman! I mean, Kate is pretty much unanimously disliked around here, but I think that if someone was saying such things about her, most of us would still be like, “hold up, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to call her out, but THAT is out of line”.
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They pretty much did, effectively, call her “uppity.”
well she was better than them (I mean that’s a low bar- pretty sure I’m smarter than most of the BRF) She’s quite intelligent,strategic, andincredibly charasmatic and the BRF are just… not. As well as being lazy and incurious. Who wouldn’t think themselves better than the BRF- they’re a bunch of friggin’ idiots.
And that was one of the big problems with Meghan – she basically made it obvious that title or rank meant nothing. the myth of magic royal blood is just that – a myth. She didn’t just make Kate look bad – she made William look bad. She was more eloquent, more confident, and because she’s not used to people bowing and scraping to her because of who her parents and grandparents are, she knew she had to be more prepared. and it showed not just here but in every single one of her engagements as a royal.
Meghan didn’t even have to try to look better than them. She just did because she had held real jobs and worked on being good at things like public speaking and being knowledgeable about topics.
She also had to prepare over the years because she didn’t have a media ready to praise her for simply existing. In fact they ended up doing the opposite.
@miranda
YES! I read that and I was like ohhhhhh. Would you look at that. More racism. And sexism!
Meghan was able to answer questions directed to her in a thoughtful and engaging manor.
Kate held her bump and went “but I’m pregnant!
Like bro. If I had been there and had heard Meghan’s answers, I would have amplified her voice. “Meghan raised some really important points that I think are fundamental to this issue and worth exploring further. I honestly couldn’t have said it better myself.” Or “That’s such an excellent point. I’m so excited you are going to be my sister”. But then again, I’m not a racist sexist Disney villain who hates other women. I would have loved to have someone like her becoming my sister in law.
If Meghan had given an interview to Hello about how perfectly lovely the royal family are, there wouldn’t have been an issue. Or maybe they rota would have been all “Thé Royal family doesn’t need Meghan’s compliments. How vulgar and American.”
Definitely the latter. It would have been how dare she mention the rf! How dare she! Which, btw they’ve done even when she wasn’t mentioning them (eg things related to family- any family). But what’s even funnier they’re always big mad that she NEVER mentions them. They write pieces about it. They are utterly psychotic.
Black celebitches, I really respect the fact that you don’t just burn everything to the effing ground. I’m not sure I could muster the grace in the face of the constant deluge of misgynoir.
The idea that Meghan should “humble” herself keeps getting repeated by these white supremacists. It’s maddening.
Meghan was a university-educated humanitarian and feminist before she even joined the Royal Family. Why shouldn’t she use her voice on behalf of women whose voices we never get to hear? Meghan did everything she could to work within the constraints placed on her, but still was subjected to this racist crap.
Very “humble” indeed. She’s in a magazine with a dedicated 17 glossy pages and six outfit changes. All very “humble.” What they mean is that nobody noticed, nobody saw it, and nobody cared about this new “secret weapon.”
Can I just say? The respective facial expressions of Kate and Meghan in the photos from this panel discussion are *incredibly* interesting to me. Meghan looks switched on, focused, engaged, and sincere. Kate looks like she’s caught between preening for the cameras and the audience, (and Harry), and seething at being forced to sit next to someone who outclasses her so effortlessly. I think the mistake that many people have made in England is to assume that being a bit dim makes Kate a nice person. Like the phrase, “Tim, nice but dim.” It’s a bit of a revelation to confront the fact that Kate is both cruel, conniving, and dim. Meghan is none of those things. And I feel like you can see Meghan’s bafflement at this dawning realisation in these photos. Like, wowsa.
If Kate has any competition it is Harriet. She looks typically English, wears English fashions well, and is photogenic. However, she also appears to be articulate, which Kate is not, and she has had a successful career, which Kate has not, and supported herself and her daughter as single parent.
Kate can’t really be compared to or compete in the same areas as Meghan. As has been said, you can’t compete where you can’t compare. In fact, Kate falls way short when compared to her peers in Europe, and a couple of crown princesses in the next generation are already way ahead of her, Princess Leonor of Spain for example. Unfortunately for Kate, she does not seem to have the strength of character, work ethic, gumption, and talent to survive the toxic Windsors and thrive. She also appears to be not a very nice person. However, if she is a good mother to her three healthy children, that would make up for a lot.
I hear what you’re saying, @Tamsin, but…. I wonder how you can be a good mother if you’re a bad person. I mean. If you launch a global witch hunt against your sister in law because she’s more intelligent than you are, in a brazen and shameless attempt to cover up your own bullying of another woman, by accusing her of being a bully, I mean, you’re lowlife and crawling.
Also? Lying about her medical history …Kate has form for just lying when it suits her, it wasn’t just about Meghan. Hyperemesis Gravidarum is a serious, debilitating, occasionally life-threatening condition that sees prospective mothers on bed rest for months and hooked up to IV’s for days at a time, which I have witnessed at close range, in immediate family and close friends. As luck would have it, I experienced none of these symptoms. But it is not a condition that has you bouncing out of the luxury wing of a private hospital a few days hence not to return until your due date.
…likewise, “cancer.” We have five friends of varying closeness — from very close to fairly close to not terribly close — who have been diagnosed with cancer in the past five years. Three are still living. Two have passed away.
In the best case scenario, the course of treatment for leukaemia is 6 months of gruelling inpatient chemotherapy, followed by a stem cell transplant; another “best” case, with breast cancer, is a mastectomy followed by six months of prescribed outpatient treatment, a course of medication taken orally rather than via IV, “best” in the case of colon cancer is radical surgery, followed by more chemo, in successive waves of relapse and response, that can go on for years….
All of which is to say, revealing you have “cancer” in Feb / March only to declare yourself “cancer-free” in September is not credible. Not remotely.
Anyone launching vicious lies at extended family members, then telling more self-serving lies about serious medical issues, is a *bad* egg. Which makes her — in my book — a dubious candidate for “good mother”.
Very good comment, YankeeDoodle. I see Kate having trouble with her kids’ decisions when they become adults. She can be vicious, and she’s unhappy. A bitter older woman who will lie when it suits her. The cancer lie was to hide the blow to her occipital bone and subsequent reconstruction. The world seemed to embrace the lie, but the more perceptive folks know that cancer never made sense.
The occipital bone is at the back of the head, not the front. But agree with both of you, can such a person be a ‘good mother’? What are these kids learning from her?
Harriet’s ex husband I believe also helps support the daughter they share.
To be honest, it’s not like she thought that she would have to ‘work’ when she married Will. Her (and her mother’s) thoughts were probably focused on the clothes, the jewels, the parties, etc. Having to do tours, meet and greets and faking caring about your subjects was probably not on the agenda.
The press and Palace weren’t upset about Harriet’s interview because they don’t see her as a threat to them. Eden should just admit that. One of the main reasons they don’t like Meghan is she shows how mediocre and boring William and Kate are.
The royals are okay with Harriet because she’s not Black.
There, I fixed it. Period.
Oh Richie , why don’t you go paddle off to the corner and enjoy your kibble and bits or whatever James Brand is call and stop barking Meghan name you lowlife. Let’s be honest, what is Harriet supposed to really learn from a baby brain Kate, how not to be able to string an entire sentence together. Surely Harriet is an a kisser . Otherwise this is bonkers
This woman is so irksome somehow. Can you imagine fawning over Kate, who’s never worked a job in her life apart from part time at her parents’ firm selling tat and then on the phones at Jigsaw for a couple of weeks. It seriously took the Queen of England to kick Kate Middleton up the arse to get some employment, albeit a shitty little pretend job at a mid range clothes firm (“but what does she do?”). I’d be so embarrassed that it took the reigning monarch to force me into work! Her CV is dreadful, not even voluntary work. I wouldn’t be going to her for any advice of any kind on anything.
It’s worth recalling that the so-called “job” at Jigsaw was a sham—much like everything else involving the Middletons. At the time, there were plenty of articles featuring an fictitious “employment contract.”
Kate could leave the office whenever she pleased, for as long as she liked, without having to ask anyone…
This “job” coincided with a period when William had broken up with Kate yet again, and she—along with the entire Middleton family—was constantly tailing him. Whenever William showed up at a pub or a party, Kate and Pippa would immediately appear on the scene. Jigsaw was a small company run by friends of the senior Middletons, with an office located right next to—or directly across from—where William was living. Kate wasn’t actually working; she was using the space as an observation post, keeping watch by the window until William appeared. Then, she would “finish” her “work” and rush off to “run into him by accident” or follow him around.
Some “job” that was! :))
Which may also be why Kate had zero real feelings on MeToo. She was never put in a position where her “job” would put her in danger. She never had to decide between humoring a boss or pretending not to hear a comment because she needed to put food on the table. Much less any other much worse scenarios.
They aren’t fooling non-psychopaths. We know racism when we see it.
Hurrah for Harriet!
As long as she isn’t a white supremacist, if the British/rightwing media want to make her their new princess, all power to them. Just as long as they stop trashing Meghan, and let her live her life without their obsessive coverage.
I’m sure Harriet, with her ‘suitable’ English rose looks and her picture-perfect aristo British life, will be able to generate plenty of replacement clicks for them. Of course they’ll need something to whinge about, as negativity always generates more clicks, so maybe they can start some fake competition between Harriet and Kate.
I literally found myself asking an empty room: “Who is this plain White lady?” Those kids are GRASPING at straws—trying to make anyone in that family (who isn’t Meghan or Harry) relevant. I’m sure Harriet is a lovely person, but she has as much appeal as watching paint dry…
Appropriately dressed in oatmeal.
Mid.
She won’t “rock the boat”
I love Diana Ross. I wish Meghan would make an appearance wearing an enormous Diana Ross stage wig and a red dress with sequins.
Jay, thank you for your expertise on this subject. I love a maven. Also, I forgot who Harriet Sperling was. She’s so much more attractive than Kate and probably a much better person. I hope Kate feels diminished by her and Harriet becomes wildly popular and active in charities.
Can we ask how much Harriet and Peter were paid for this interview? Or was it a package deal with their wedding photos?
NoBs, I love your idea about a fake competition between Harriet and Kate to give Meghan some breathing room. I already posted above that I hope Kate views her as competition. And we know how Kate responds to competition (think of her lunging at Meghan during the walkabout). So yes, let’s puff up Harriet, and let Kate deal with it. You know both she and the media would never get as outrageous, racist, malicious, murderous and insane about White Harriet. I’m all for it.
Harriet actually reminds me of American soap opera actresses. She so looks the part. She’d play the good doctor or a mother with a troubled child or the wife of a man in a coma. Bland good looks and respectability. Nothing wrong with that, of course. She’d never play the villain. Kate would.
I think Kate’s best fashion looks are the ones that make her look villainous. Lean into those sharp angles!
It’s very evident to me that unless you dumb yourself down for the royal family, they don’t want you to be a part of it. Royal men appear to be attracted to vibrant smart women, that they want to instantly become trad wives or “Stepford” wives upon marriage. By all of the articles and comments I have read regarding the royal family, that appears to be the common denominator amongst royalists. So traditional and so absolutely boring.
Harriet fits that role perfectly, she is bright but went the traditional route as soon as she married into the family. She is plain enough to not be considered ugly , but not pretty enough to stand out in a crowd. She shows deference to Kate who is probably her intellectual inferior. Yes, she fits right in.
Siri, Correction: Kate is everyone’s intellectual inferior. Except Trump.
“Kate is everyone’s intellectual inferior. Except Trump.” LOL! Which is probably why they got on like a house on fire at the royal banquet dinner for him, when they sat next to each other!!!
Sorry, Trump’s.