Over the years, I’ve never really heard stories about the Duchess of Cambridge blowing it out for her birthday. I think that’s partially because her birthday falls in the second week of January, and usually she and William have just spent the holidays with their families and such. The most we’ll hear about is maybe a special vacation, but not even in recent years. Now that there’s a school schedule to contend with for the Cambridge kids, it just seems like Kate is happy to have low-key birthday celebrations with William and the Middletons. I’m not even aware of Prince Harry ever being invited to Kate’s birthday celebrations in any year. So why would it be different this year, now that Harry is married to Meghan? Well…
As rumours of a rift between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton continue to circulate, new reports suggest the Duchess of Sussex did not receive an invite to her sister-in-law’s birthday birthday last Sunday. The Duchess of Cambridge hosted a Sunday lunch with William and close friends at Anmer Hall, their Norfolk country home near Sandringham, as part of her birthday celebrations. But Prince Harry and Meghan were nowhere to be seen, suggesting that the feud between the two Duchesses is far from over.
Or it could just mean that Kate was doing a low-key birthday and didn’t want to invite anyone but close family. Or it could mean that Meghan and Harry were invited but chose not to make the trek to Anmer Hall. Or it could mean a million other things, or nothing at all. Stop trying to make this feud happen!
Also: stop trying to make “Duchess Difficult” happen – it’s asinine. The British papers are full of another negative-slanted Meghan story about how Meg is “losing another senior aide,” because I guess bodyguards count as senior aides now?
Meghan Markle could lose her third senior aide since becoming a Royal, as her bodyguard looks set to resign after less than six months in the role. The Scotland Yard Inspector could become one in a growing list of senior staff members to leave the Duchess’ side in less than a year. A concerning trend is beginning to emerge after reports last month claimed Meghan had been nicknamed “Duchess Difficult” by palace staff because of her allegedly demanding personality. Her latest dropout was personal assistant Melissa Touabti who walked away from the position after just six months.
There is now speculation surrounding Meghan’s rumoured personality clash with the protection officer, according to the Sunday Times. A source told the paper Meghan’s desire to be seen as “one of the people” has challenged her team. They said: “Unlike someone who has grown up in the royal family and has been used to having close protection from an early age, it can be constraining. Even though she was a famous actress, she could still do what she wanted in the way of getting around freely. But in her current role she can’t go anywhere without her protection team, and that’s a massive constraining force on an individual like her.”
The bodyguard, who wishes to remain anonymous, has been described as “brilliant” by her fellow colleagues and is said to be moving away from her job in the Metropolitan Police.
First off, bodyguards are NOT senior aides. They are bodyguards, and there is a lot of turnover in the Royal Protection Officer ranks across the board, especially when guards are protecting someone new to the family. I don’t doubt that Meghan has had some issues with full-time protection – it would have been quite a difference for her, and quite an adjustment. But there’s always turnover among RPOs.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, WENN.
Looks like the smear attempt is here to stay…..permanently.
Oh yes. It’s a shame.
Another made up story by the gossip press or someone in the Royal family is really out to sabatoge Meghan.
This PO is resigning FROM SCOTLAND YARD, NOT just resigning from Meghan! After almost 20, perhaps she’s just had enough police work?? JFC this is getting to insane levels now.
Well l heard that this officer is pregnant and wants to start a family or something like that. But of course the media doesn’t like the truth and this story started from the Sunday Times.
there was some talk about some of Kate’s stafff retiring some monthes into her first year of being a Duchess as well. It is not necessarily a smear campaign.
Clearly. And the press’s trashing-Meghan campaign stinks, considering all the public trashing of her by her own so-called *family.* It has to be beyond difficult for her, especially considering that she is midway (or further) through her very first pregnancy AND she suddenly has the eyes of the world on her while she’s trying to adjust to the constrictions of Royal life. This is certainly not healthy for a pregnant woman, NONE of it.
No one can blame the press for Meg’s messed up family. They tell stories that sell.
Btw where’s Camilla? What’s up with that? Guess the press isn’t allowed to ask about the future queen consort.
Camilla has two engagements scheduled on Wednesday, in Aberdeen. She’s fine. She did one fewer engagement than William did in 2018. The future Queen Consort is working just as hard as at least one future King.
Yep. Unfortunately, I think this shows the press isn’t giving up. Whenever the two families do *anything* apart, I expect we’ll be treated to this type of story.
Which is really insane!!! Did TQ do everything with Margaret? Does Charles do *anything* really with Anne, Pedo, or Eddie? Hell no! So WHY are William and Harry expected to live their lives (married or otherwise) in each other’s pockets?? They are not attached twins. They are allowed to do their own thing(s). Sheesh!
I wouldn’t say permanent, as the gossip press moves to another one sooner or later. Provided Meghan and Harry don’t have some crazy affairs and are taped talking about gross things like his father I’m sure they will be fine in a few years. I mean a fair amount of people are fine with Charles now, and seem to not like William more. All William ever did was lose his mom and he’s a bit lazy. The truth matters little with gossip, and for whatever reason girl cat fights seem to have gossip legs. The real question is why that is in today’s society. Hopefully that will change with time, just not yet.
Yeah. I don’t believe a word of any of this “feud”. It sells papers, and that’s it. There are NO receipts anywhere for anything.
Saying it again…she is getting Fergi’ed. She is seen as a lower class outsider, who married their favorite royal Harry (before that it was Andrew), which makes the British press hate her. It will get worse.
Meghan has one thing going for her – she’s about a million times smarter than Fergie ever was, bless her.
It’s like they think the royal family should be like the Kardashian’s. Live together. Go everywhere together. Have a completely unhealthy co dependent relationships together. Ugh. Fish bowl smother grossssss
Honest to god. I watch modern family and go why the hell are they together AGAIN. Omg stahhhhp
Huum… I love getting together with my family and being close to them. Maybe because we are happy and love each other? It is definitely not unhealthy or weird.
Weird is getting freaked out when families are close. You would be in for a ride in latin countries
Like they did with Diana. It might calm down when the Cambridge kids are older.
I remember when Princess Diana came into the firm. A lot of Prince Charles staff who’s been with him for decades quit. Everything was blames on Diana. A good read is The Housekeepers Diary by Wendy Berry. Supposedly this book was banned in Britain. Not sure if that’s true, but its posted across the front of the book.
Yeah she got a little good press last week, time to squash that! Geez.
If only Kate and Megs really were full on divas who hated each other’s guts – then at least the gossip would be so much better.
I don’t care about either of these stories. I’m pretty sure Anne does not invite Camilla, Sophie and Fergie over for a merry go round the chocolate fountain on her birthday either.
Excellent point!the press are finding whatever shady BS they WANT to find in the facts as presented.
Yep,if the press are looking this hard to find something wrong between the two women,or if Meghan is such a difficult person these stories would tell themselves, but nope,these stories are as contrived and lame as they can get.Heavily pregnant Meghan not going to Kate’s (low key) birthday party.Just no….
I’m laughing at the image!
I don’t have a dog in this fight but OMG I can’t believe the UK media is still strumming this guitar. It’s absolutely nuts. The same headlines about a “feud” week in and week out, with zero evidence.
These two stories are boring and lame. You can hear the monarchy yawn at the desperation.
Just peeked at the Daily Fail = over 8000 comments on this story!! Wow!!! They public isn’t getting tired of this or think it’s boring and lame! All top comments are very negative about Meghan.
We know the Daily Fail is terrible, but a decent percentage of Brits read it and don’t seem to like Meghan. H&M have horrible PR – they definitely need to do better.
The Mail doesn’t like Meghan. A lot of DM commenters don’t like Meghan. That doesn’t mean most Brits don’t like Meghan. Many DM commenters aren’t British, and in any event are not a representative sample. The actual polls show that most British people either like or are neutral towards Meghan.
This is such BS. The Met Police SO14 is the Royalty Protection Command. But if the officer is leaving the unit, or leaving the Met Police, she obviously can’t continue to serve as Meg’s protection officer. If the officer was switching from Meg to another royal, then maybe there’s a story. Sounds like the officer is just moving on to other things. What a non-story & another attempt to smear Meg. Ugh.
Good pointmakes good sense. Somehow that escaped the press. But of course they don’t WANT to interpret the facts in a way that has no negative aspect because O boy, SCANDAL.
I read that she (the bodyguard) is actually pregnant herself and based on the photos of her in the DM it’s possible she was already pregnant and showing somewhat while in australia and NZ. If yes it’s even less of a story.
My bday is the same day and Kates and I celebrated with my friends and did not invite any family members, not because I don’t like them but just because it was a friend thing, not a family thing
My birthday too! I “received” and so people stopped by and we had snacks. Basically Open house,its a crummy time to birthday, so do what u can.
My birthday is Jan 19, i hate it being this time of year. Jan is the worst month imo. Happy birthday!!
Birthdays in my family are two-fold: We have a dinner together (usually on the actual birthday), and “do” friend parties/dinners what have you the weekend before or after. No big deal.
IMO Kate and William had her Anmer party, and now that her family is back from St. Bart’s, and they are all in London (with the kids in school), they will prob have the PRIVATE family party. And of course that will get NO press attention.
Another January birthday here (happy birthday to the others!) and I agree – it’s a poor time for a birthday. The weather is crappy, you’ve been eating/gifting/socializing for over a month because of the holidays, and you’re just totally over it. Low-key is the only way to go. It’s not snubbing anyone.
🎉🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU JANUARY LILLIES 🎂🥂
That’s what my hubby calls me 💕💕
I frockin’ HATE this time of the year because:
Dec 25 Xmas
Dec 27 My mom passed seven years ago
Dec 30 My wedding anniversary, #35
Jan 12 My brother’s BD
Jan 20 My BFF of 46 years-her BD
Jan 27 My hubby’s BD (he will only let me take him out to dnner, nobody else is allowed, but still)
Jan 31 MY BD
🤯🤯🤯
I saw a petition online that wants to move Christmas to the end of January. I personally think it’s a brilliant idea and a wonderful way to break up the worst of winter. If it’s at the end of January, Spring is only 6 weeks away instead of three months. I suffer from SAD and I think this would help (me) immensely.
Happy Birthday everyone! We just came back from taking our youngest granddaughter out for a birthday lunch and laser tag. Missy’s Birthday is New Year’s Day and her birthday often gets lost in the holiday shuffle. She often has a party with friends at the end of the month, a family dinner on her birthday and a lunch and shopping date mid month with her grandear and nana. Yes I I did write grandear..
funny. my birthday is a week before christmas and i always hated it . everyone would combine christmas and birthday presents to just one.
Um, I don’t think this story holds much water at all, and I definitely don’t think it has anything to do with Meghan or any “feud”- I read that the only thing Kate did was a little party with William and the kids at home. NOBODY was invited!
(Plus, and I could be completely reaching here… but this birthday was Kate’s 37th. I can imagine that might have been one they wanted to be quite quiet marking, because of course, Diana never even made it to 37. Kate never knew her, of course, but I could understand if that would be quite emotional for William and for them as a couple. I imagine it will be even more strange for William himself when it’s his birthday.)
There’s no precedence for Kate having birthday events in the whole time she’s been part of the BRF. It’s a bulls*t story, a desperate reach to keep alive some gossip about a “feud”. Kate’s birthday has never, ever been a thing. I read a blurb yesterday that said she doesn’t like a lot of attention on her birthday and that’s why it’s so low-key every year.
A small party with family and closed friends, and not only Meghan and Harry weren’t there, but Charles is not even mentioned. Does Kate have a feud with him too?
Non story to me.
It’s absolutely a non story. Silly.
She must be feuding with the Queen too.
I noticed in the dailymail that her whole family left st. Bart’s on her birthday, which I thought was a bit cold. But anyway, her big party is probably this weekend, maybe last weekend was just a friend thing. Or maybe she’s a grown up who isn’t having a big thing, because it isn’t that big a deal and who cares who goes for dinner?
Makes sense to me.We never did/do huge birthdays.If someone does that’s just great for them,but the way I feel for my own birthday is that I have many blessings and many great days,I feel zero need to have a big hoopla just to celebrate myself.
I have a cousin who is social media crazy and a real attention seeker.I $hit you not she had about 4 *turning30*birthday parties over the course of a month 🙄
Thank you! Didn’t want to out myself as the birtday grinch but I’ll join in here. Most adults don’t have time to make an issue out of every.single.birthday.
Thank goodness for CB-ers! As a shy introvert I’ve never cared much for big parties, especially ones where I’m the centre of attention (particularly when we’re celebrating that I’ve gone one more trip around the sun – so odd!) I just like a quiet dinner or gathering with my family or close friends. Or nothing. My world is full of extroverts, so I always feel like I’m weird. It’s nice to find my people 😊
Same here Anners. I hate a big fuss.
The last few years, Kate has celebrated quietly with a few very close friends (godparents to her children) and usually her family, the weekend *before* her birthday at Amner. It’s why for the past three years at the Sunday epiphany service Kate and William have been accompanied by the same group of people. Sophie Carter, James Mead, etc. Theyre all in the church pics a few paces behind W/K. This year the Middleton’s were not there because they were in St. Bart’s, which sounds like the better deal!
Thanks, Elisabeth, for the factual reportage (from your keyboard to the DM’s eyeballs). I am agnostic on Kate, but I saw that it was the godparents gang at Amner for the weekend. PLUS 37 is not anyone’s special birthday. Moving on.
Once the baby is born, next comes the stories of the Cambridges refusing to see the child or go to the christening. Then no play dates with the children, no attending the same schools. Once the children are adults no invites to engagement parties, sitting in the back row at any weddings, etc
The press will keep this going for DECADES.
Exactly.
Like someone said above. The officer is leaving the Met police department completely, so this story is complete crap as usual.
Follow up story: Difficult Duchess Meghan drives former senior aide entirely out of her profession!
Decided not to read any of these mean-to-Meghan stories anymore. They’re ridiculous and often get me riled up/angry/upset for her. Though this was one was laughable. Have never spent my bday with my SIL, and I adore her. Many adults do low key birthdays.
I get upset too.
First mistake was reading the Daily Express.
I don’t know anyone who invites their in laws or family to every party they have. Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter are get togethers where family is always invited, adult birthdays are not.
Today’s tabloid editor’s assignment: Make sh*t up. Rinse, repeat.
Kate has friends? Seriously, I’ve never seen or heard about friends before. Who?
Kate has had the same group of friends since she was in high school. You don’t hear about them because they never, ever speak to the press.
@Elisabeth –
Exactly.
She especially has a core of 5 (and she’s godparent to all their children).
She’s at their weddings and recently threw a baby shower for one.
Her friends are discreet to the grave, ( especially in light of that blabbermouth room mate, Jessica Hays or summat?) who remain lowkey.
The BS of Kate not having friends is simple a false narrative that has taken hold by some, for their own convenience.
Yes! She has a group of close friends who I believe live close to Ammers Hall (or some of them do). One got married last summer and there was super cute picture of Charlotte (who was a bridesmaid) with the bride, her godmother and it was obvious how close they were. It was Sophie Carter and the pictures of her and Charlotte were so sweet.
Didn’t this same press call them the Turnip Toffs or some such nonsense? It’s so stupid!
Ok, cool.To all the other people assigning a nasty tone to my question – that’s on you. I just asked a simple, reasonable question. I’m not a royals stan. I’ve never heard about Kate hanging with friends. I have heard about William and Harry hanging with friends. I figured Kate might just hang with family. That. Is. All.
Yes. She’s had many of the same friends for years and years, though people here often like to pretend that she doesn’t.
Bitchy Kate, who runs off anyone (ESPECIALLY women) from being near William is a much better visual than Friendly Kate who is warm and welcoming. You KNOW there wouldn’t be anywhere *near* the same amount of press for that! Or for a brothers’ feud.
yep, even if one doesn’t like Kate, no need to push untrue narratives, esp when it’s only meant to make Meghan look better. I always support Meghan, but Kate is one with very close long term friends. Loyal, discreet friends.
To be fair both Kate and Meghan have had the exact same “oh she has NO friends” narrative thrown at them, and for both women it’s a total lie. Both Kate and Meghan have tight groups of friends they’ve known since at least university, who are very discreet and have never spoken to the press.
Kate got the “no friends” lie thrown at her for years. but at the moment it’s Meghan getting it worse. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen people repeating the lie that there was no one at the wedding Meghan had known since before Suits, when her mum was sitting right next to her best friend since school, whose daughter was a bridesmaid (and 2 other old/uni friends were there too).
Besides no one ever cares who a man is friends with. It’s sexist nonsense that the media are policing Kate and Meghan’s friendships, because it’s based on patriarchal oppressive stereotypes about women needing to be social and nurturers. You can bet if Kate or Meghan were more public about their friendships they’d be slammed for that too.
So, the people behind WKW decided to team up with UFO keep a running tally of Meghan’s wardrobe cost without doing the same for Kate. This was the same day Meghan announced her patronages.
They outright said it was because of the controversy. When it was pointed out they should do the same for Kate, the reply was something like they would try to keep up. Following criticism, they committed to doing it for both women and then finally abandoned the idea. They also linked to a post where they once kept track of Kate clothing expenses for a few months but I guess didn’t really care about Kate’s spending.
Susan is friendly with Richard Palmer who writes for The Daily Express. He tweeted a picture of a Christmas present she sent him. I’m calling some kind of shenanigans -not directly with Richard Palmer – but in general.
And I’m not thrilled that she gets to make money off of Meghan through the blog.
UGH, I hate when I make a mistake and I have unfairly maligned poor Susan.
It’s WWKD, not WKW. Nothing to do with WKW at all.
I still think Richard Palmer sucks.
Also, oddly enough, I don’t know who runs MM. It’s professionally managed and so is WWKD. I originally thought all these sites were labors of love fan sites.
Natalie S: I think you mean Meghan’s Mirror? That was the site originally partnering with UFONoMore, though they’ve since backed out of doing it after some intense outcry: https://mobile.twitter.com/MeghansMirror/status/1083418774898860032
I hadn’t heard anything about WWKD…
They’re linked under the same media group. I was reading through the twitter comments and they were asked if WWKD would be keeping count for Kate and the MM twitter account linked to the WWKD post.
They don’t seem to be fan owned sites. The MM one definitely strikes me as being done as a way to link to various products for sale.
Funnily enough, there’s never been an outcry when Kate’s spending has been counted. I don’t see the problem here. They both live off the public purse, fair is fair. I laughed at “has Charles asked them too? You can’t afford the designer clothes anyway, so why are you counting the money spent?” Perfect question for the posters here, too.
Who’s Susan?
Susan Kelley own and runs WKW. I mistakenly thought that site was associated with MM but it’s another Kate site, WWKD.
Kates expenses/spending has been tallied up for years. Why are you acting like it hasn’t? The media and blogs (including the exact same one – ufo, and this site ) have always covered her spending. Where do you think “Kate the spendthrift” narrative came from – out of thin air? Lol, so laughable. Even if these new blogs don’t do it, the media will report on Kate’s spending at the end of the year, as they always do. Whether the numbers are correct or wrong, it doesn’t matter, the media has always published her costs.
Of all the eye roll worthy tidbits in this article, the one that had me chortling the most was Meghan being such a ‘famous actress’. She seems like a lovely, self-made person by all accounts, but famous actress she is not. Unless being a not so memorable fifth lead in a very forgettable show gets you hounded by paparazzi everywhere you go.
well, then there’s the many commenters who call her a z-list actress that no one had ever heard of. Always ridiculous extremes.
Well she is by definition a famous actress now.
Any working actor is a successful actor in my opinion. Fame is a different story.
Yes, good acting jobs are hard to come by, and Meghan did get steady employment on a show for several years. Many would kill for that.
There is definitely a campaign by the press to push Kate up and pull Meghan down. They tally Kate’s wardrobe when she first joined the RF 7 years ago to 55000 and Meghan now to 500000. 7 years inflation and Meghan has had her own dresses from before her wedding. The press will continue to hound her until she got depression or divorce Harry.
Kate has been getting some swipes too. There is a TV documentary on this “feud” saying Kate feels threatened by Meghan. Kate supposedly got short shifted in the handing out of royal patronages.
I love that angle. Kate was so keen! But she got short shifted by Duchess Difficult. Meghan sent a 5 a.m. text and got the patronages!
FWIW, UFONoMore only counted new items with no record of having been worn before. There might have been a few new to us items that she’s had in her closet a while, but Meghan wore mostly stuff from new and upcoming seasons which means she didn’t own them pre-marriage and they are being counted fairly. I’m still very curious about the Cartier set and wondering who, if anyone, gifted them to her and why they wouldn’t come out and say they were from Charles. They also verified their number with a few fashion sites dedicated to Meghan who would not be inclined to let them overestimate. The fact is, both Kate and Meghan’s numbers would be even higher if UFONoMore could have factored in the prices of their bespoke pieces.
That’s not true, a royal blog did a big Twitter thread with photos (comparing to old photos from MM’s Insta) and proved that numerous items included in the tally were old, and in some cases years old.
I was just looking at that UFO article and their reasoning makes no sense. They don’t care about private funds versus tax payer funds so Meghan’s wedding jewelry was not taxpayer funded but because it was not explicitly called a gift and Meghan may have paid for it, it was included in the total price. People see that and assume it’s all taxpayer funded.
All they’re doing is trying to tally up how much it would cost someone to purchase that royal’s wardrobe without any discounts. If they can’t estimate a price or it’s a stated gift or loan, they don’t include it. So you can wear the Crown Jewels and a bespoke formal dress and add $0 to your tally versus $1500 if you do ten events wearing the same clothes but different pairs of $300 earrings.
That’s a fair criticism re: jewelry that belongs to the crown. The point I was trying to make was in reference to the criticism that they’re including stuff Meghan has previously owner/worn. DM did the price inflation conversion and it brought Kate’s first year total to £67,112.48, which I think was controversial back in the day.
I guess I just find it very curious that people are taking issue with this methodology this year when they’ve had no issue, especially last year, using UFONoMore’s total to bash Kate’s perceived spending even though there are still debates about whether or not she owned certain pieces (even jewelry) pre-marriage.
Oh, sorry, I wasn’t replying directly to your post, I just took so long in writing mine that by the time I submitted, there were two other posts.
I was looking through that site to get a sense of what it was about after seeing their intended collaboration with MM and came across that post.
Were people using this here last year? I don’t remember hearing about them before the DM article. My main criticism of the Cambridge spending is when it’s linked to thriftiness or being just like us but royal. No one in the BRF is thrifty. You can be selectively uptight about spending in certain categories but that doesn’t make a person thrifty. And I don’t like the down to earth angle of their pr.
In terms of Kate’s choice of outfits. I thought wearing Alexander McQueen to visit riot victims was a bit tone deaf. I think she leans on McQueen way too much especially for a day event, or when she gets the same thing but in a different color. Meghan did the same at one point in Australia when she wore Givenchy for a day event. And I don’t like that both Kate and Meghan wear such expensive clothes to Wimbledon (They’re just watching tennis. A thousand dollar outfit isn’t necessary).
We still don’t know the name of Harry and Meghan’s dog while Kate and William received backlash when they did the same thing with Lupo. I think we don’t know the details about the jewelry because the Sussexes may be even more private than the Cambridges.
“Kate’s first year total to £67,112.48, which I think was controversial back in the day.” Oh, yes it was. The archive here has the criticism posts and comments too. People are just being brand new on purpose lool. And I don’t know if that site was used here to bash Kate but her totals from other media sites have definitely been used, including the DailyFail.
Why was it tone deaf? In another post, you said what’s wrong with Meghan wearing expensive clothes when she visits certain charities. So how can wearing McQueen to visit riot victims be tone deaf? They’re only clothes. The issue of being expensive or not whilst visiting charities isn’t the point. They all spend far too much and this is one frivolous expense that we have to pick up the tab for.
Kate wore a lot of high street brands and mid-range labels during her first couple of years – she bought out the bespoke McQueen and designers for the bigger engagements. So, even with inflation, Kate’s first year of under 6 figures wouldn’t be anywhere near 200k. I don’t know why they included the jewels, that part was wrong as the Cartier pieces were gifts (I don’t know about the Birks), but if you take out the jewellery and some pieces Meghan has owned before, nobody can say that she has spent a small amount.
Or possibly, there could be a lot of truth to the rumors. She was some Hollywood startlet and celebrity that was likely accustomed to have any demand met instant. I suspect this is likely the cause of much of the friction. Someone doesn’t climb up the the Hollywood ladder without a lot of ambition.
Someone doesn’t marry the heir to the British throne without a lot of ambition. That sense of focus and discipline is probably one of the things Kate and Meghan have in common.
Fair point. Both must be disciplined and goal-oriented.
This person was talking about Meghan, not Kate. Everyone knows Kate is an ambitious social climber, Meghan is the same. I don’t see why it’s wrong to point that out because climbing is about wanting better for yourself.
My bad! I’m like hey, everyone who desired to join the firm must be very confident and like the perks. It’s not for everyone (Chelsy and probably lots of others)
And I bet Meg is crying into her Cheerios about the lack of invite. Lol, not.
The turnover rate at the palaces are always high because the pay is crap
Meghan, come back home with the adorable hubby. We love and need you here. Forget Great Britain. Set up royal court in New York or Washington, DC. I’d go for your monarchy in a heartbeat rather than endure Trump’s deplorable dictatorship.
Yes!
Why is it that discussion about James announcement about his depression seems to be off limits? I am not doubting the genuineness but I am questioning the timing of it, so close to the St Barts holiday, the new girlfriend, the Instagram account, and Carole’s recent interview. I read that DM shut down comments as soon as they became negative, even though most were positive. Is this the reinvention of James?
Why doesn’t DM moderate Meghan articles or shut down comments like they did for James?What is going on?
Maybe because the comments would be very nasty on a very sensitive topic? There’s another article up on the DM about James and so many comments are mean spirited and ugly. They didn’t take comments on the first article, but the comments are open now.
Amner Hall is over two hours away from London. Quite a hike for a low-key birthday party (on a weekday, but they don’t work lol).
I’m also sick of them pitting the two women against each other when we all surmise that the real issue is between the brothers.
The RPO job is a very demanding especially if the officer has family. My nephew went to school with someone whose Dad was never home due to that role. It’s no big deal if an officer leaves. I’d imagine that the new trend for hugging probably makes the RPOs nervous but I doubt they’d quit over it.
Birthday invite also a non story. The press are actually crying wolf so often i don’t believe any of it and most sane people will take the same view.
I hope Meghan practices mindfulness and ignore the non-stories. It will not be surprising if the Security person has been promoted to a higher position for having a successful trip with the duchess in Australia. It will follow a certain pattern, Royal Meghan success must be seen as a utter failure.”
The Guardian predicted this outcome just before the wedding – in terms of the tabloids. The uninformed comments will continue. So onlookers will have to make the necessary changes – look away .
The eye of the storm is always the calmest space. Harry and Meghan will have to continue to nurture their relationship, their family and tend to their royal duties. They need to build a solid foundation for whatever life throw at them. Too busy for distraction.
Meghan and Harry have an engagement tomorrow and I hope they take great care on the walkabout. DM reported ISIS has threatened Kate; some radical is riling people up to go for her supermarket and poison her food. The scary price to pay for becoming royal. Targeting a future queen would be a message sender for ISIS; they went after her son George the future king. Whatever differences they may have had this situation could be pulling everyone together because this is a threat that targets everyone.
Oh ffs, I would no more think of having my SIL for my birthday than fly. Just because someone marries your sibling it does not mean you will have anything jn common or get the right vibe from them. If your BIL or SIL is your bestie….great but that is the minority and count yourself lucky!
Kate’s family is not with Kate so wow if Meghan isn’t either. It’s not from any camp, it’s just a made up gossip.
A bodyguard is not a senior aide. Of the 3 people who have left Meghan’s employ, only one genuinely left. (1) the bodyguard left the force therefore she had to leave off guarding Meghan. Nothing to do with Meghan at all. (2) the aide loaned to Meghan by the Queen was only intended to stay for 6 months. That was stated from the very beginning but of course when she left after the 6 months its blamed on Meghan. No, she fulfilled and completed her 6-month contract and left. (3) Melissa, the assistant, was the only genuine leaving. She worked through a stressful wedding and a jam packed tour. She probably wanted a life and better pay. Again, nothing to do with not getting along with Meghan. These very pedestrian, normal, boring reasons for leaving a job don’t sell papers so they scandalized it and make it Meghan, Duchess Difficult’s fault when it’s not.
True. it’s more startling that these stories are all coming/starting from The Times, though. They don’t deal with tabloid stories, they’re a royal establishment paper. I suspect the courtiers are leaking.
The bodyguard story came from the Sunday Times (which is a different paper than the Times). The others didn’t.