Duchess Meghan helped a Canadian couple take a photo on New Year’s Day

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pay a visit to Johannesburg

There’s one thing uniting the Sussex fans and the anti-Sussex people: an eagerness to hear about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s plans and 2020 schedule. The Sussex supporters want to know what causes and charities they should hype, and the anti-Sussex people are gearing up to screech about whatever Harry and Meghan do. It’s my hope that 2020 brings us an unbothered Meghan and Harry, and that their six weeks away did a lot for their mental health. Harry and Meghan spent New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Vancouver Island, which is where they spent Christmas as well. We know they were still there because Meghan, Harry and Abigail Spencer were seen by a Canadian couple, and Meghan helped the couple take some photos:

A young Victoria couple out for a New Year’s Day picnic and a hike were treated to the surprise of a lifetime yesterday. Iliya Pavlovic and Asymina Kantorowicz had just finished eating in Vancouver Island’s Horth Hill Regional Park on Wednesday afternoon when they started taking photos of themselves with their selfie stick among the natural scenery.

“We noticed a group was standing nearby and they had two dogs, one of which was approaching us,” said Kantorowicz, who happens to be a producer for CTV News Vancouver Island. They were checking the pictures they had just taken when a woman from the group approached them. “She starts asking if we want her to take a photo for us,” Kantorowicz said. “We said sure. I didn’t see who she was at that time.”

Kantorowicz did recognize another member of the group as Abigail Spencer, an actress from the television show Suits. “I thought she looked familiar, but didn’t think it could actually be her,” Kantorowicz added. The realization sparked a chain reaction and it soon dawned on Kantorowicz that the woman who was asking to take their photo was none other than Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and fellow Suits actress.

“I froze up. I actually couldn’t believe who it was. Then I looked over to the side and that’s when I realized Prince Harry was standing there,” Kantorowicz said. “I kept looking back and forth like, ‘Is this actually happening?'”

Pavlovic and Kantorowicz graciously accepted the royal’s offer to photograph the pair. “In that moment the only thing I could think to say, ‘There’s only so much that selfie sticks can do,'” Kantorowicz said. “She laughed and responded with something like, ‘We’ll have to do better,’ and then Harry said, ‘No pressure.'” Markle took three photos of the star-struck couple before the royals left with the black dog and a beagle. “She handed the phone back and said, ‘Happy New Year!’ and we said, ‘Thanks and happy New Year!” the Victoria woman said. “Then we kind of turned to each other laughed and said, ‘Did that just happen?’ I still can’t believe it. It feels like a dream.”

The Victoria woman says Markle was “super friendly” during the encounter and she appreciates that the royal took the time to stop to help them out. “We didn’t want to make a big deal of it. We hope they’re enjoying their family trip to the island.”

[From Vancouver Island CTV]

This is all we’re getting until Meghan and Harry go back to England! This is it – just sightings and Canadian peeps saying that they ran into the Sussexes and they’re really nice. I haven’t checked the Daily Mail, but I suspect they’re running this story as Unhinged American Meghan Pushes Her Way Into Canadian Couple’s Picnic. Anyway… I am legit curious about the dogs. Did the dogs belong to Abigail Spencer, or were those Harry and Meg’s dogs? Did they get to bring their dogs to Canada?

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  1. Lala11_7 says:

    Meghan was a sweet, thoughtful and loving child…

    Meghan grew up to be a sweet, thoughtful and loving woman…

    PERIOD!

    • Harla says:

      This +1,000,000!

    • I agree. Love this woman! She strikes me as someone who makes an effort to be the best person she can be. No one is perfect, but the more I hear about her behavior towards others in these sort of private encounters, the more I admire her and wish her (and Harry and Archie) the best.

    • yinyang says:

      Yes! She was even on the news when she was 11, writing a letter and standing up to an ad discriminating against woman.

  2. Becks1 says:

    Aw it sounds like a fun/surreal encounter! I think I would have just frozen up once I realized who it was. Or started babbling lol.

    • Nahema says:

      It’s pretty cool that they’re able to just walk around and mostly not get spotted too. I guess even if people do see them, a lot of the time they don’t actually recognise them because you’re not expecting it.

      • Harla says:

        I bet you’re right Nahema, out of context most probably wouldn’t recognize them. Where I work nearly everyone wears uniforms so when I see co-workers out and about I almost never recognize them on sight, it takes a second or third look.

      • Becks1 says:

        the few pictures I’ve seen of Meghan “off duty” (like old pap photos and the like) – she can definitely fly under the radar. If she was wearing a heavy coat with a hat, and maybe minimal makeup, I think she would be hard to recognize immediately (I’m saying the part about the coat bc it’s winter.)

        I think Kate would stand out to me more bc she is taller, but who knows.

        I know someone who used to live in Brentwood TN (where a lot of country stars live) and she said she would see people like Faith Hill at the mall, but only recognized her bc first she noticed a tall super thin blonde, and then realized who it was. But it took a few minutes.

    • bamaborn says:

      Beck’s…Lol! I would have been a babbling fool. Something like, “picture take you want me”? Lol

  3. BabsORIG says:

    My strong suspicion is they brought their dogs with them. I just love this little family to a million little pieces.

    • Harla says:

      It sure sounds like it. I’d want to bring my dog too if I was going to be gone for 6 weeks but my dog would absolutely hate it 🙁

  4. (TheOG)@Jan90067 says:

    Wasn’t the new dog they got black? People were saying it was named Oz (as they got it just before/after the Australia tour?). And the other one sounds like little Guy that rode in the car with TQ when they went on their honeymoon.

    Either way, seems to have been a good time had by ALL involved 😊

    • Nic919 says:

      The description of the dogs by the Canadian couple matches what we know about Guy and the new dog. And they could easily travel to Canada with their dogs from the UK since the requirements are about the same and quarantine wouldn’t be needed if they have all their vaccines.

    • amanda says:

      Yes. the new dog is a Labrador I think but his name is not Oz. The Sussexes disputed that in 2018 on a trip to Sussex. And Guy was driving with the Queen a day or two before the wedding not the honeymoon

  5. Maria says:

    This is so sweet. I LOL’ed at “Unhinged American Meghan Pushes Her Way Into Canadian Couple’s Picnic”.

    The comments on the SussexRoyal instagram are so unbelievably vile. I do not understand why this family gets SO much hatred.

    Edit: I checked the Daily Fail and that is basically how people are treating this. A bunch of comments like “SHE NEVER ACTS LIKE SHE ACTUALLY WANTS PRIVACY”. For taking a photo of a couple. What is wrong with these people???

    • Brit says:

      Those people will hate regardless. If anything the nastiness is tired and stale. Meghan and Harry will never win with these people. We haven’t even seen pictures of Meghan in weeks besides a Christmas card. The media is obsessed with her and therefore keep her name in the news. What’s funny is that the haters keep her name in the headlines as well because they’re just as obsessed. They have a whole other Duchess to embiggen and praise to cringeworthy heights, they need to worry about her.

      • Nahema says:

        @Brit, you’re right – Meghan and Harry can’t win with these people. It doesn’t matter what they do, the hatred will still be there so they would do well to find a way to ignore it as much as possible. I think the same goes for many people on here though. I feel like Sussex fans actively look for these comments and stories to become enraged by them. You’re not going to change them and they’re entirely meaningless so why bother?

      • (TheOG)@Jan90067 says:

        Did you see the latest: DoC *reallyreallyreally* wants the cousins to be close…they LOVE Archie. What twaddle. First, it’s printed that they’ve barely ever *seen* Archie, now they *miss* him.

        And the great unwashed Brexit crowd eats it all up with a spoon and asks for more.

      • Mtec says:

        @Brit
        So true, there’s no winning with them. Also just fyi, I was curious when I came across that b&W pic of the Cambridges on instagram and I just wanted to see what type of people commented on it, and sure enough most of the overtly complementary comments and those that were thinly veiled comparisons to the Sussexes were all done by accounts with 0 posts in their own IG page. Sooo many fake/alternative accounts complementing them. I figure it’s the same when it comes to whoever regularly attacks Harry and Meghan.

      • MsIam says:

        @ Nahema, the people on here do not become enraged at the commenters. They are pissed off at the press. We know the commenters are nutcases, bots or paid trolls but what is the excuse for the press other than generating clicks and dollars? It’s not wrong to be mad about someone exploiting people for their own financial gain.

    • Feeshalori says:

      Alternate headline if Meghan didn’t offer her help: “Couple Struggles with Selfie Stick and Heartless Meghan Walks Right by Them!!”

    • Nikki* says:

      I feel exactly as you do, thanks!

    • February Pisces says:

      Most of the people who hate her are miserable moaning women who are mad that he married a very attractive biracial women instead of someone who is a dull, plain wallflower with no personality. Women who hate on her will always hate her and any other woman who is attractive, confident and a go-getter, because they are the women that threaten them the most. Meghan just has that natural sex appeal and star quality. Kate is no threat to them hence why they stan her. In fact most of of Kate’s stans are desperate for harry to fancy her because they are desperate to validate her desirability as a way of validating their own.

      • bamaborn says:

        February…you nailed it in a few paragraphs. You almost feel bad for women with such low self esteem, they spend their time on a keyboard commenting about a woman they don’t know and probably will never get the chance to know. Truly sad!

      • Bettyrose says:

        That’s probably some element of it, but if we’re going to target women with low self-esteem let’s also scrutinize the structural sexism and racism that fuels this resentment. It’s too easy just to blame female jealousy.

      • kerwood says:

        I think that you make a good point.

        The sad fact is that many of the most hateful comments on certain websites come from American women. Probably the same American women who voted for Trump. Harry was their ‘dream prince’ and the fact that a Black woman (people like that don’t see biracial) ‘stole’ their dream has driven them mad. A lot of those women’s sense of self is based on ‘well, at least I’m White’. If that’s taken away, they have NOTHING.

  6. Miriam says:

    Kaiser you did great in not checking daily heil ‘s nasty version which per usual had snarky comments. The RACIST trolls are having a field day bashing Meghan even calling her “attention seeker” despite us not having ANY picture of her!!!!

    I’m not suprised by this lovely story. It shows who they REALLY ARE and it reminded me of Meghan helping someone during her first Ascot👇
    https://images.app.goo.gl/gNHhQaiwXpnPcrLF6

    • Harla says:

      That was such a sweet, natural gesture helping the Queen’s racing manager with his binoculars that fell down his arm. I think that Meghan is like most of us, helpful and caring.

  7. Sofia says:

    Aw this is a sweet encounter

    But I’m on the fence here. On one hand I’m glad the couple actually spoke up about Meghan being nice. It’s nice to have a story like this among the sea of “Me-again is a diva!!!”

    On the other hand the poor woman’s words are going to get twisted. But then again that was always going to happen even if Meghan found the cure for cancer

    • Brit says:

      On Jeremy Vine UK yesterday some on a panel actually attempted to bash them over a supposed gift they got for Archie. No matter what they do, the haters will hate regardless. It’s honestly pathetic.

      • Marie says:

        Jeremy Vine is a troll. Considering they had no idea they were in Canada until KP leaked it, I highly doubt they know what Archie got for Christmas.

  8. Peg says:

    Black dog, Beagle and Archie, get set, ready, go.

  9. OriginalLala says:

    A sweet and pleasant encounter! and yet some of the comments about this on other sites are so vile 🙁
    I literally read several comments saying that since the woman is a CTV journalist, the whole thing is just a planted PR stunt to get positive media stories about M. It’s nuts.

    • Elena says:

      She is also a colleague of Jessica Mulroney’s husband. I’m not saying it to snark or call it a publicity stunt, just another tidbit

      • Erinn says:

        Colleague, but I believe one is on the east coast CTV and the other on the west. It’s not like they’re in the same building. I mean, it’s still interesting that it was a journalist for the same overall company – but not as sketchy if they worked on the same show.

      • Nic919 says:

        CTV is a large broadcasting company employing thousands across Canada. A producer on Vancouver island is only a colleague of Ben Mulroney, who is based in Toronto, in the most general way.

      • chicken tetrazzini! says:

        Yes, and I’m a colleague of Big Bird’s since I work at PBS Wisconsin

      • BabsORIG says:

        They are NOT colleagues, they simply work for the same network where one is a producer in British Columbia while the other is a presenter in Ontario. Two different provinces, one on the east the other on the west coasts. A colleague would be one she works with, not some random guy who works for the same company but in a different province on the east coast. A CNN producer in California is not colleagues with some program presenter in Florida.

      • Jen says:

        That’s like calling an Amazon warehouse worker in one of their sites a colleague of Jeff Bezos. Not everything is a conspiracy.

  10. Lindsay says:

    They credited Kate with the fact Meghan took that picture of Harry and Archie!! No mom has ever thought about that before FQC Kate! Such a brilliant, innovative idea!

    • Mego says:

      You are right yet pretty harmless imo. Crediting Kate for Meghan’s work is a whole nother thing.

      • Lindsay says:

        It just sets up a “stronger” narrative ( more “evidence”) the next time they credit Kate with something.

        Plus, it is hilarious!

    • Jen says:

      You mean i’m allowed to take pictures of my husband and child? OMG! I never thought of that! Thank you, Kate Middleton! Thank you!

    • RoyalBlue says:

      You know the Cambridge fans really wanted Harry to pick a Cressida or Chelsey who were younger than Kate and would automatically fall in line behind her. Instead, Harry picks someone the same age as Kate, but way more accomplished and purpose-driven. This showed up lazy Katy, and William won’t have that! thus we have the constant spew of embiggening theories of Kate being the inspiration.

      • Nic919 says:

        The biggest issue is that Kate isn’t really anything special. The press has always had to exaggerate her accomplishments because she just has done so little with her life and didn’t make any efforts to improve. Suddenly Meghan comes into the family with passion for causes and innovative ideas and they can’t handle it because social rank doesn’t matter when it comes to popularity (see Charles and Camilla ). So instead of learning from Meghan, the strategy is to attack and pretend that being lazy and boring is the establishment thing to do.

  11. Murphy says:

    The specific mention of the beagle is going to make her haters say this was planted.

  12. Sippingroyaltea says:

    This is a cute little story and I’m happy the Sussexes are enjoying their break, and I also have to agree with the person above that it’s time to move on from the haters. Why is anybody here still reading DM comments? We all know that they’re vile, racist, and sexist so I can only assume that the reason you’re reporting back is because you like being upset and you want others to be upset with you. Meghan is suing the DM and they are going to keep going hard at her for that reason so stop looking for them to be fair or reasonable when it comes to her and learn to let some of this stuff go.

    • Marie says:

      Thank you so much for saying this. I will never understand why people that like Meghan even bother with the DM. They will never change.

    • minx says:

      Absolutely agree. Don’t give the DM the clicks! Just don’t do it!

    • Becks1 says:

      I don’t go to the DM (well, that’s a lie, I go once in a great while bc they often have pictures that other places don’t have, at least not that I see) and I never read the comments – but I have had to be mindful of this on twitter. Its so easy to fall down the rabbit hole of hate on there, especially when its in response to a fairly benign tweet/update and I don’t expect to see the hateful responses. I’m trying to be better about not reading them.

      I do wish the Sussexes monitored their comments on IG though.

      • Guest says:

        I read an interesting theory on the twitter last night (I know, I know)…that perhaps they leave those horrendous comments up to use as evidence for how the DM riles up the masses with their articles.

      • Becks1 says:

        @guest – that is interesting. KP is pretty quick to delete negative comments and Royal Family will block people for bringing up Andrew etc, so I was surprised that SR just lets it all stay there. But it would make sense if it was part of their lawsuit.

      • notasugarhere says:

        KP hasn’t deleted negative comments about Meghan, nor do they delete blatant racist/white nationalist comments about the ‘purity’ of the ‘real heirs’.

    • Agree. We all need to stop obsessing over the constant haters BS. If we can’t move on or ignore it, how in the world are we expecting Harry & Meghan to move on from these sorts of stories!? I’ve mentioned before that I sometimes see DM headlines pop up in my news feed and I glance at headlines (and how they can change even within a few hours, ie., Meghan hiring full time domestic changed to Windsor Castle job opening for housekeeper….) but I no longer bother with articles and I certainly don’t bother with comments. I hope the Sussexes have had a wonderful, healing break and go forward stronger in living their best lives. I prefer to focus on the positive.

  13. Valiantly Varnished says:

    I love this story. It just highlights what a naturally kind sweet person Meghan is.

  14. joanne says:

    Horth Hill park is where they were originally sighted. They went back and still weren’t bothered by people. Canadians value the privacy of others. Everyone in Victoria and Sidney knows where they are and no one is stalking them. Best wished to the Duke and Duchess and Archie.

    • casey says:

      Canadians value the privacy of others
      ————————————————————————————————
      Maybe some do, but not this couple who just outed them to the media. 5 minutes of fame, now move on and let them enjoy their vacation without running to the press every time there’s a sighting.

      • Dilettante says:

        +1

      • joanne says:

        The media already knows they are here. I meant there are not people stalking them in the North Saanich area. Horth Hill is a popular hiking spot and isn’t being overrun with people trying to find the royal couple. This couple didn’t seek them out, it was a spontaneous meeting. I don’t think they should have notified the press either.

      • Samsara says:

        ^ This ^

        I was reading one local guys account of how once everyone figured out where they were staying, suddenly loads of people were walking their dogs up and down that street, when usually it’s empty. Each country is as bad as the next but I guess it’s just human nature.

      • Jaded says:

        It’s a lovely story and one worth sharing, not “outing them to the media”. Each country is NOT as bad as the next and to compare Vancouver Island with the UK or US is simply ridiculous. There are ALWAYS loads of people walking their dogs here, it’s a dog-lover’s and hikers’ paradise. I happen to live in Victoria and know the surrounding areas well. Horth Hill is a lovely, popular hiking area and the few times they were seen there they were pretty much LEFT ALONE.

        Unless you live here I wouldn’t make such rash and baseless comments.

    • joanne says:

      Jaded,I live close to the area and there is a walking path by our house. It has a steady stream of dog walkers all day long. People don’t’ realize how rural that area is. There are no crowds of people but there are a lot of dog walkers.

      • Jaded says:

        Hello neighbour! Yes, it’s funny how people who don’t live here are suddenly so knowledgeable about a rural hiking/dog-walking trail that, until M&H showed up, they knew nothing about. Nice to meet you!

  15. TheOriginalMia says:

    Cute story. I would have been star struck as well. I’d totally forgotten about Guy and the other dog. I love that Archie is going to grow up with two companions. I bet that is a fun house.

  16. Bookworm says:

    That’s nice that they were with Abigail Spencer. I still remember how I loved her dress at their wedding.

  17. Marie says:

    I love that Meghan was able to spend time with her friends. The British press seem to hate that Meghan has a life outside of the royal family. I hope they continue to visit Canada and take some away when they need it. I feel like this trip was just what they needed and they will come back stronger.

    • Everyone in the royal family has a life outside the family — just like every human has a life that is bigger than just their family — but it seems only the Sussexes are trolled for it.

    • Kebbie says:

      I think she really needed this time to get back with friends and family and re-charge after the last couple of years. It’s great that Harry understands that, supports it, and I’m guessing even encourages it. He seems like such a loving and supportive husband.

      It’s disgusting how the British tabloids and some royal watchers just want her to “stiff upper lip” it as they relentlessly claw at her. They tear her down then can’t believe she’s affected by it.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Judging by the haters on tumblr, they want to know she is affected by it. They revel in it.

  18. flowerday says:

    People names the dogs as Guy and the new puppy.

  19. Amelie says:

    Aw this is such a nice story. I think Harry probably stands out with his red hair but if he’s got a hat on I probably wouldn’t recognize him. Meghan can definitely fly under the radar if she’s all bundled up for the Canadian winter weather. But this just goes to show that Harry and Meghan are decent people who like to walk around in nature with their dogs like a lot of people.

    I actually recently saw Jake Gyllenhaal in NYC at REI right before Christmas. I was out Christmas shopping with my sister and I passed by him several times not realizing who it was because his back was turned to me. I DID notice his giant German Shepherd however and kept thinking “Who the hell would bring their giant dog into the store during the Christmas shopping holiday rush? Who does this idiot think he is?” lol turns out it was Jake. My sister realized who it was when she overheard the store associate saying he really liked his work so she figured it was either an artist (she works at a museum) or an actor. She waited around to see his face and then pulled me aside awkwardly to tell me in French (we speak French fluently) that it was him. Turned around and since he was dressed up like an REI employee lumberjack style with a beanie obscuring most of his head, there was no way I would have recognized him unless I really had looked. He was with his girlfriend who seemed pretty plain to me but looked her up later–turns out she is a French model so she would have understood me and my sister had she overheard my sister whispering to me she saw Jake Gyllenhaal.

  20. sandra says:

    I have spent a little time in this area of the pacific northwest, it is truly beautiful. Archie is so cute! Those boots!

  21. Lummy dee says:

    Im very curious about this story.
    first, the husband, Kanyowrikz says they initially didn’t recognize the Sussexes. I find it strange that he, a tv news producer who was Ben Mulroney’s (Meghan’s best friends husband) colleague and who also was a volunteer at the same charity organisation where meghan was an ambassador didn’t recognize meghan.
    I also find it curious that the same narrative was given by a woman on Facebook about Hillary Clinton. The woman said she saw Hillary Clinton hiking with two dogs and she didn’t recognize her initially when Hillary came up and hugged her and they took a pic together. This happened before meghan and Harry married so I don’t know if its a coincidence that the same thing that happened to Hillary while Sara Latham was working with her where she went hiking with two dogs and took a picture with someone who didn’t recognize her is almost the same storyline we are getting about the Sussexes now that Sara Latham is working for them. I may be wrong but the story is too much of a coincidence as the storyline is almost exactly the same thing.

    • Becks1 says:

      People are definitely reading too much into this story. This is really different from the HRC hiking story – which involved the Hillary supporter posting the pic on her IG after she bumped into Hillary a few days after election day 2016.

      I suppose its possible both stories were entirely fabricated but I don’t really see why – especially this story, which gives specifics about where Harry and Meghan are spending their time.

      • MsIam says:

        The female is actually the producer, not the male. And it said they did not recognize them at first from a distance. The woman said she thought she recognized Meghan’s friend from Suits. Which is perfectly reasonable because we don’t know how they were dressed. With hats, heavy coats, etc. Unless they had on name tags with “Meghan” and “Harry” on them, they probably were not recognizable right away. So sorry to burst your conspiracy bubble.

    • notasugarhere says:

      tumblr misses you.

      • Glozilla says:

        Come on, why dismiss this with “Tumblr misses you”

      • Beach Dreams says:

        Because Lummy dee (and a handful of other commenters here) is always making Tumblr/Twitter-type comments. You want to spew nonsense theories like the megxit types do? Then be prepared to be dismissed by those of us with some actual sense.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Thank you, Beach Dreams. CB is experiencing another influx of the tumblr crowd. It is cyclical, and once they learn it doesn’t fly here, they leave soon enough. Might as well call them out on it to hurry their departure.

    • lucia says:

      You should take the tin foil off your head.

    • Cynthia says:

      okay, okay, okay, we get it…Meghan is a terrible person and this never happened./s
      I bet you don’t spend nearly as much time deciphering the hundreds of negative stories about Meghan though. One positive story and suddenly you think you’re Sherlock.

  22. S808 says:

    Glad they’re largely being left alone. If they decide to set up a second base I have no doubt they’d choose Canada.

  23. L4frimaire says:

    It’s a nice anecdote and chance encounter, but don’t see the need for a whole story around it. Guess it confirms where they are and that they brought their pets with them. As for who these people are and talking to the press, whatever. People are starving for Sussex news, even the haters, so will build it up way more than needs to be.

  24. megan says:

    1 – that baby is adorable!!!

    2 – who cares about the selfie? non story

  25. HeyThere! says:

    Archie is a beautiful blend of both his parents.

  26. flaviaoctavia says:

    This should have appeared as an answer to post 19

    @ Rhys – totally agree, it is hardly worth getting excited about.

    @ BabsORIG – bet you don’t get upset at all the negative commentaries about Kate – plenty of haters click on those. The hypocrisy is so blatant – they do the same to Kate as people on here are accused of doing to Meghan.

  27. blunt talker says:

    I feel one poster hit the nail on the head about comments on their ig and the dailymail.
    what better proof to have these comments to show how dangerous some of these people are and if they decide to base somewhere else it would be understandable. These stupid and vile individuals are making the case for Harry and Meghan to rebase somewhere else. Very smart to leave these comments up to show the world what they have been going through these past 3 years. I thought the Brits were smarter than this-NOT! You don’t hand your opponents ammunition.

    • flaviaoctavia says:

      @ blunt talker – the VAST majority of the Brits don’t read the Daily Mail, or believe what is written in it. They ARE smarter than that. They think the same of it as you do about that rag. And, to risk assuming you are from the USA, I would say a larger proportion of Americans voted for Trump than Brits a. read/comment in the DF or b. have much interest in the RF including H& M.

      Which is the most dangerous?

      • Bettyrose says:

        Britain & the U.S. have some parallel issues. Both nations have an economic under class who embraces racism to claim some social status on the sole point of being white, a mentality fueled by crappy schools that are designed to produce a constant supply of unskilled labor for the upper classes, not to mention a population of uninformed easily manipulated voters. Intelligence rises above those conditions occasionally.

  28. yinyang says:

    Harry looks so peaceful in these pictures, I wish they didn’t have to leave here.

    • Bettyrose says:

      IKR? I’m in California but the Washington/BC region really appeals to me, and I love the idea of H & M getting to enjoy life here in the beautiful, diverse, and generally open minded West Coast (of both countries).

  29. Godwina says:

    If I had to stan any of the royals, it would be H n M (they are the prettiest and put up the kindest front), but what’s to love about any of these people? I am here for the moaning and schadenfreud for sure, but the hero-worship of rich bubble people freaks me out.

    • bettyrose says:

      ITA on rich bubble people, but to me the RF is like discussing storybook characters. They don’t seem real (especially Wk who really aren’t living in reality). M & H are sort of cool because they’re like a crossover between a fictional world and a real world I sort of know.

  30. Rogue says:

    I’ve come to realisation that lots of Brits DO believe what they read in tabloids. Years of anti EU press& definitely feel this was a factor in Brexit. Apparently a study showed in Liverpool where the Sun is largely banned, there was a much more positive view of the EU.

    Years of anti Muslim press and at the most recent election out of 2000 conservative voters, 60% said Islam did threaten UK way of life. Yes it’s a small sample but wouldn’t be surprised if these views aren’t shared widely.

    In relation to Meghan news, even those who will dismiss the tabloids seem to believe stories they push. I’ve known non royal watchers who really believe she was breaking ‘protocol’ for crossing her legs or not being at Sandringham for Christmas. So these stories do have an impact

    Plus you can avoid buying/clicking on the Fail, Sun etc but their BS is aggregated by other more respectable outlets in the U.K and abroad who don’t seem to verify. Tabloid BS is also given legitimacy because these papers are discussed on news shows with their paper reviews so essentially are treated as mainstream unlike say the National Enquirer, and on debate or breakfast shows.

    And I’ve said before that even more respectable media like the BBC, the Times, Telegraph etc haven’t been much better with their Meghan coverage so negativity is pretty hard to avoid

  31. Earthbound says:

    I’m seeing Archie’s African ancestry now too, ain’t he something! Especially in the all- bundled-up picture with Harry. Little cutie!

  32. boobra says:

    he is such an adorable child, such beautiful eyes 🙂