Harry laying a wreath.

If he had laid a wreath at the cenotaph he couldn’t have taken
her to hold his hand.

Might I suggest that an announcement could have been made saying that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex marked Remembrance Day in the UK by laying a wreath and flowers at XX cemetery. Discrete, inoffensive and poignant. Of course, it might not have made the headlines like photographs did, but eminently appropriate for a couple who wanted less intrusion into their lives.

Anniebach

I am not bashing, I am disgusted they used graves for a photo
shoot.

Reading this thread is not compulsory

But is allowed

Anniebach

If he had laid a wreath at the cenotaph he couldn’t have taken
her to hold his hand.

Hmmm. Nice comment.

Lexisgranny

Might I suggest that an announcement could have been made saying that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex marked Remembrance Day in the UK by laying a wreath and flowers at XX cemetery. Discrete, inoffensive and poignant. Of course, it might not have made the headlines like photographs did, but eminently appropriate for a couple who wanted less intrusion into their lives.

Absolutely-tootly.??

They ‘don’t do’ discreet ,

lemongrove

Lexisgranny

Might I suggest that an announcement could have been made saying that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex marked Remembrance Day in the UK by laying a wreath and flowers at XX cemetery. Discrete, inoffensive and poignant. Of course, it might not have made the headlines like photographs did, but eminently appropriate for a couple who wanted less intrusion into their lives.

Absolutely-tootly.??

Quite agree. Nice and dignified.

The service of Remembrance yesterday was stark and sombre, and possibly more moving because of the lack of crowds.
H&M have trivialised it by first playing the victim:' Harry wanted a representative to lay a wreath but he wasn't invited', and then by posing for and publishing this photograph.
Cheap.
He at least should know better.

Oh dear. Poor Harry. He must regret his decision on such occasions. I think the review is in March but how can he change his mind? I can't see Meghan agreeing to come back. The only way Harry can come back is if he leaves M in America with his son and I doubt he would wish to do that. No, he's stuffed, I reckon. Such a shame. Should have listened to his brother.

It is just possible he loves her to bits NotTooold.
I guess only time will tell.

Lexisgran, that is exactly what I was going to suggest. All those photos just seem distasteful to me, just wrong. If he had gone privately and laid a wreath, and then made a short announcement afterwards, that would have been so much more respectful.

At the risk of causing more disturbance I thought they'd taken flowers from their garden. Did they actually lay a wreath or were they really just sort-of marking the day? Is that their wreath?

I'm sure there was a proper wreath somewhere.

NotSpaghetti. Yes, there are so many photographs of this occasion, but several newspapers are carrying one of Harry actually laying the wreath, or rather adding it to the stand.

They laid 2 bunches of flowers, one to commemorate the Australian dead and one to commemorate the Canadian dead .

To use graves for photo shoots shows how low they can sink

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Aah, ok, I didn't see this Ellianne.
Wonder why there weren't any other wreaths there, if the date is remembered in America too?

OK, so I'm bored and it's a wet day .........
I just did a bit of investigating (yes, I did work for the international police once!)

Harry and Meghan chose to live in Montecito a small town of Santa Barbara, so they could "integrate into the community while having some distance and privacy that is hard to come by in the Los Angeles area. They had never intended to stay in Los Angeles."
Montecito has its own cemetery with a more modest veterans' section than the LA cemetery. The LA cemetery is an hour and a half away from their home by car. So why didn't they quietly lay their flowers and wreath in their own community cemetery rather than travelling to a grander, showier venue for photographs?
Just a thought!
As someone said earlier on here, "hypocrisy".

NotSpaghetti. I think in the USA they celebrate Veterans’ Day on November 11th , so I would imagine that their wreath laying would be on that day. When they turn up H’s wreath will have beaten them to it!

It is bashing!

It is harsh and critical, but not abusive. Otherwise GN would have to delete the entire thread.

I think it’s utterly shameful to use Remembrance as an excuse to bash M and H. Those of you doing so should hang your hypocritical heads in shame. I bet you’re all sporting your poppies though as badges of honour. As others have said, he’d have been damned if he did and damned if he didn’t as she would if she was with him or not? Sometimes GN is just awful .

Yes, suziewoozie but it works both ways . H&M were using Remembrance as yet another photo opportunity. They could have just put out a modest press release saying they had been to lay flowers but no, we had to have the whole "me, me, me " shebang again.

tidyskatemum

Yes, suziewoozie but it works both ways . H&M were using Remembrance as yet another photo opportunity. They could have just put out a modest press release saying they had been to lay flowers but no, we had to have the whole "me, me, me " shebang again.

If that’s true it’s still no excuse to sink to that level is it and do the usual pathetic pile on. Or do you think other people’s alleged poor behaviour justifies your own ?

Thank you for your input suziewoozie. I am wearing my poppy with pride as a member of a Services Family both past and present.
We have already acknowledged the fact in this thread that we don't really know what the appropriate answer should have been.