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Anyone reading THAT book?

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merlotgran Wed 12-Aug-20 10:13:17

Me neither! grin

It's been nigh on impossible to avoid comments and opinions in the media but I do agree that if Harry and Meghan have not colluded with the authors why aren't they suing the pants off them?

Callistemon Sat 22-Aug-20 10:43:53

It's like a tied cottage, Grany
Goes with the job. ??

merlotgran Sat 22-Aug-20 10:54:29

Prince Charles seems to be subtly moving the focus of his interests away from Gloucestershire as he edges nearer to the throne.

Despite his well known love of Highgrove he now seems to favour Birkhall as a retreat and he has given up the tenancy on the nearby organic farm in favour of the Sandringham estate.

This all makes sense as he will have to consolidate his interests when he becomes King but I wonder what will happen to Highgrove and its beautiful garden.

Anniebach Sat 22-Aug-20 11:01:42

I hope he can still spend time in Highgrove when he is king,

He has always loved Birkhall, he stayed there from childhood
with the Queen Mother,

The family love Scotland, exception being Meg. Diana hated it
too.

Kalu Sat 22-Aug-20 11:04:01

Funding the upkeep of Highgrove to open up to the public may be a better investment for PC as opposed to funding M&H?

Anniebach Sat 22-Aug-20 11:06:18

No way should they open up their private homes to the public.

Kalu Sat 22-Aug-20 11:06:41

What Diana hated was sharing a rural holiday with the RF. Not Scotland!

Anniebach Sat 22-Aug-20 11:09:08

Diana didn’t like country, she loved town

merlotgran Sat 22-Aug-20 11:12:33

Meghan doesn't like to be anywhere, town or country, where she's not the centre of attention.

I think she must lead the most boring life imaginable.

Grany Sat 22-Aug-20 11:25:14

Charles gets given 20 odd million from the Duchy so has plenty money

Kalu Sat 22-Aug-20 11:28:52

The ignorance of some people will always show through. ??‍♀️

Anniebach Sat 22-Aug-20 11:44:36

Always one who turns a discussion into personal attacks

Grany Sat 22-Aug-20 11:46:30

Yes would be good But the RF don't fund anything and where does Charles get money for M&H He gets 22 million given from the state owned Duchy so can more than afford to.

Anniebach Sat 22-Aug-20 11:47:17

merlot perhaps Meg should have a tent pitched on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame

Callistemon Sat 22-Aug-20 11:53:23

But the RF don't fund anything

Except their private lifestyle.

Did you fund your employer?
I didn't.

Grany Sat 22-Aug-20 12:05:44

They don't fund their private lifestyle they use transport helicopters for their own private use spend public money as if it's their open MPs etc can't do this, how do they get away with it. Because nothing is ever scrutinised. RF get freebi holidays too.

Grany Sat 22-Aug-20 12:06:46

Spend public money as if it's their own

Lucca Sat 22-Aug-20 12:10:39

Anniebach

Diana didn’t like country, she loved town

Is that a crime ? I like to visit the country but I’m a townie through and through.

Anniebach Sat 22-Aug-20 12:11:05

Buck House is a very, very large office and hotel for visiting
Heads of State

Calendargirl Sat 22-Aug-20 12:19:24

Big colour picture of H&M in today’s Telegraph, page 3, handing out school supplies for a L.A. charity.

First engagement in person for the Sussexes since the LA lockdown, and they took a personal photographer to record the “hands- on event”

Heads down, low profile (not).

Even with masks on, fortunately we could recognise who they were.

merlotgran Sat 22-Aug-20 12:34:31

Apparently the Baby2Baby charity event is a big deal and this one in LA is 'celebrity loaded.'

So are there any pictures of the other celebs or, unlike H&M, did they prefer to keep their contribution private?

Kalu Sat 22-Aug-20 13:28:34

I so agree with you Annie

maddyone Sat 22-Aug-20 22:35:19

I haven’t seen any pictures except one of H+M, but if it’s a celebrity loaded event, then Meghan would certainly want to be there, and if they took their own photographers then that tells us all we need to know about Meghan.

But we knew it already didn’t we?

Calendargirl Sun 23-Aug-20 07:52:35

Watched a repeat of a documentary about Sean Connery last night. He founded a charity to help young Scots in some way, can’t remember the details, but he donated his $1,000,000 fee from I think Diamonds Are Forever to kick it off.

One of the programme’s contributors made the point that Sean was one of those celebrities who quietly helped charities without fuss and fanfare.

If only H&M did likewise!

Msbond Sun 23-Aug-20 23:29:20

Yes ive read it. It obvious they have coluded in some way either directly or indirectly and good for them. Never belived what the daily mail publishes any way.

maddyone Sun 23-Aug-20 23:33:16

If it’s obvious that they’ve colluded in some way with the author of the book, then it’s not ‘good for them’ because it means they are bare faced liars because they have steadfastly maintained that there has been no collusion! Lying to the entire world is not a very attractive quality in my opinion.