Meghan’s April Fool?

Yes Lathyrus

Grandma70s how to cook pasta, and who cooks with raspberries without eating one or two or more

Anniebach

Would he had been happy just being ‘one of the troupes ’

I expect he would have been happy 'as one of the troops', but as it was, he was an officer, a helucopter pilot and seems to have been liked and respected by those he commanded.

He would probably have gone up a few more ranks, full or half colonel, possibly, even a brigadier, but I doubt he would have gone further. But I think he would have had a happier life, valued for what he did and not who he was.

He was certainly valued by the public, by charities, and he loves the camera, could he have been content without, I doubt it, he is angry about his brother being heir and he being the spare as he choose to call himself. Even his brother had the bigger bedroom

Harry was referred to the 'spare' from the moment he was born. Diana had done her duty producing 'an heir and a spare'. It's hardly surprising if he has a bit of a complex about that. Imagine spending your life knowing that you were little more than a spare part...

Yes, all second in line had to accept it. He was not treated with less interest by the public, he chose to leave but still wanted the
attention

Yes, that's very true.

Harry’s life has always been, Harry loved his mother, Harry is a grieving child, a grieving teenager, a grieving young man, a grieving approaching middle age man , so it goes on, he really plays the victim card. He will gather sympathy over Sentebale ,
it works every time for him

I'm not sure he'll get any sympathy over Sentebale Annie if there's any truth in the accusations unless simply being Harry is a 'get out of jail free card'.

Smileless it has always been his ‘get out of jail card’ which I why I spoke of it earlier. Since he resigned the. news channels
Have all said how devastated he must be because it was formed in memory of his mother. He didn’t visit there for six years due to his engagement etc I really don’t want to be unkind but I do
dislike his dramas.

If Harry had had the slightest interest in his family history he would have known that George V1, his great grandfather, was born Prince Albert and a spare, until Edward V111 abdicated. He very reluctantly become King and did the job extremely well without any preparation, but he had a very happy marriage to support him.
Harry has not the slightest idea about duty.

True eazybee Princess Anne wasn’t even the spare no matter second born. Dukes of Kent and Gloucester have done much supporting the late Queen, one uncle and one a cousin, Edward
the same. Harry wants to be centre of the universe

Even his brother had the bigger bedroom The older child getting the bigger bedroom, may be less common now, but it was certainly very common until recently. As an older child I benefitted from this at times.

M0nica

^Even his brother had the bigger bedroom^ The older child getting the bigger bedroom, may be less common now, but it was certainly very common until recently. As an older child I benefitted from this at times.

A younger sister had the bigger bedroom in this house.
We do like to challenge the norm 😁

In my extended family a two child family of a boy and a girl, the girl got the bigger bedroom (which benefitted me ). In families with two same sex children the eldest got the bigger bedroom. In my house the two oldest shared a bedroom, likewise the two youngest. Perhaps that's why they've all always been good about sharing anything.

Yes, Harry has always been the ‘spare’, but is that so dreadful?

All the privileges, but not the responsibilities.

And being the ‘baby’, often indulged more than the first child.

How often in ‘Spare’ did we read about Charles addressing him as ‘darling boy’ whenever he spoke to him? I bet William wasn’t called that.

H&M could have led a very privileged, interesting, worthwhile life over here if they had not ‘flounced’, and would probably have ended up as very popular members of the RF.

And thereby hangs a tale….

The smaller bedroom was probably about 20ft x20ft anyway.

We’re not talking three bed semi here😬

On bedrooms:
oh goodness, I didn’t know there were rules! In our family it has been much more pot luck. In one house DS had the biggest bedroom in the house, DD had a room in the attic and then took over the spare room too so she had two rooms. When guests stayed everyone moved around of course.

On jam jars: I noticed that Meghan’s chosen jars are those ones with the annoying corners that hold on to the last scraps of any jam/spread/pickle. Prefer round jars myself.
I might steal her idea of numbering the jars though like art prints! I wonder if there will be competition to get 1/10.

This review of Meghan’s jam is from the DM’s ‘Femail’ section:

It was difficult to eat the spread with the toast, as it was so thin that it dribbled

After trying it by the spoonful, which left us grimacing from the sweetness, we spread some on a toasted piece of sourdough, which is where things began to take a turn for the worse.

It was difficult to eat the spread with the toast, as it was so thin that it dribbled everywhere and made a mess. Our once nicely toasted piece of bread became a sopping wet disaster after just a few minutes.

Definitely not jam then and doesn’t sound like much of a spread either.

She probably needs to reboil the jam, to thicken it up.

And add some lemon juice, to help it set and to counteract the sickly sweetness.

How many jars will that involve?

😂

So the spread didn’t spread, it didn’t elevate

Maybe rebrand as a ‘sauce’ for ice cream? Or should that be a coulis?

On jam jars: I noticed that Meghan’s chosen jars are those ones with the annoying corners that hold on to the last scraps of any jam/spread/pickle. Prefer round jars myself.
lixy yes, the ten jars I bought were shaped like thst, they are annoying. I was relieved to see Wilkos had changed them for round ones the next time I bought some.

Dribbly jam - I bought some very tasty jam which a friend had made to sell for charity with fruit from her trees and it was runny. It obviously hadn't reached setting point. It did get mould on the top very quickly after opening but, being a child of the 40s, I scraped it off then kept the jam in the fridge!

On jam jars: I noticed that Meghan’s chosen jars are those ones with the annoying corners that hold on to the last scraps of any jam/spread/pickle. Prefer round jars myself.

lixyyes, the ten jars I bought were shaped like thst, they are annoying. I was relieved to see Wilkos had changed them for round ones the next time I bought some.

Use your fingers! 😆

escaped

^On jam jars: I noticed that Meghan’s chosen jars are those ones with the annoying corners that hold on to the last scraps of any jam/spread/pickle. Prefer round jars myself.^

lixyyes, the ten jars I bought were shaped like thst, they are annoying. I was relieved to see Wilkos had changed them for round ones the next time I bought some.

Use your fingers! 😆

I might, as long as DD1 isn't there to tell me off as being a bad example to DGC 😂

😆
My GDC wouldn't be beyond licking out the last bits of the nutella jar. We've got through 2 jars in a few days last week!