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Are you sure, Harry?

(337 Posts)
merlotgran Thu 16-Apr-20 16:27:56

Not about your decision to cut and run from your country and family.
Not about bleating that you feel guilty about isolating in a multi-million pound mansion in LA during Lockdown.
Not about suggesting to frazzled parents that they should celebrate the moment, rolling around the floor in hysterics. confused

But....When you made that call asking for money generated by your wedding to be used for feeding children during the pandemic, are you really sure it was the Archbishop of Canterbury who picked up the phone?? grin

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8224495/Prince-Harrys-family-time-LA-home-lockdown.html

Jabberwok Thu 23-Apr-20 18:07:59

Nobody hates anybody! These two are extremely unpopular for good reason and if you approve of conning the tax payer footing the bill for the renovations of a house that will never be used, a lavish wedding, security running into millions, disrespecting elderly grandparents, upstaging your family at every opportunity, calling them toxic, the British public who cheered you and wished you so much love and happiness at your wedding are now racist, then of course you must approve of them and presumably their privacy in tinsel town! Most of us don't and just wish that they'd shut up lecturing us over climate change and giving their pathetic opinions about this country when they have made it clear that the idea of living here is repugnant to them.

coggie Thu 23-Apr-20 18:07:48

Knitting? yes like under a guillotine perhaps? Ant patterns available?
I don't want to be productive all the time, but thanks for the tip.

trisher Thu 23-Apr-20 17:53:42

coggie the hatred expressed on this thread (and others before it) is quite extraordinary. No doubt some one will at some point use it for a PhD thesis. It has made me realise why public executions and floggings were once so well attended. You can tell who would have gone.

Chewbacca Thu 23-Apr-20 17:48:40

Knitting might be more productive.

coggie Thu 23-Apr-20 17:37:48

passes the time and I like to see if anybody has the balls to stand up to the obsessive hatred of 2 people they don't know.

Oh and the mother of one of them.

Jabberwok Thu 23-Apr-20 17:33:30

H&M have been unbelievably horrible and disrespectful to their families and this country particularly to the Queen, so little digs here and there bearing in mind their desire for privacy, are inevitable and understandable!

Chewbacca Thu 23-Apr-20 17:30:56

If you find it so "horrible" coggi, why do you keep nipping back in to tell everyone how horrible it is? Is it some kind of self flagellation?

coggie Thu 23-Apr-20 17:15:08

Unbelievably horrible, still if it makes you feel good, enjoy!

merlotgran Thu 23-Apr-20 16:11:12

I expect the next time Archie appears in a photo he'll have a pixelated face.

SueDonim Thu 23-Apr-20 16:07:38

The photo of Prince Charles cuddling Prince Louis made me cry. I’m not prone to crying but it really touched a nerve as to what so many GP’s are going through right now. It must have been taken last summer or autumn as they’re outside in short sleeves.

I agree that Charlotte looks just like the queen, very determined. The two boys look like Michael Middleton and yes, Archie is a mini-Thomas Markle!

Anniebach Thu 23-Apr-20 14:32:44

merlot ?

Chestnut, is it tomorrow their fight against the Mail starts ?

Chestnut Thu 23-Apr-20 14:26:19

Still nothing from H&M today. Maybe they missed a beat here, and are having a duvet day by mistake!

merlotgran Thu 23-Apr-20 13:03:33

I think it was the journalist Jan Moir who said she could understand Meghan relating to elephants as both have large heads and small brains. grin

Anniebach Thu 23-Apr-20 12:57:57

Meg understands elephants, she has had hands on experience
with them in their natural habitat! ! ! !

JenniferEccles Thu 23-Apr-20 12:49:48

What a gorgeous little boy!
He looks quite grown up for a little chap only just two.

He has inherited his mum’s lovely thick hair.

I also wonder what the Sussexes will post. Some virtue signalling nonsense no doubt.

coggie Thu 23-Apr-20 12:24:36

Louis looks adorable.

sodapop Thu 23-Apr-20 12:19:35

Yes waiting with bated breath MawB they really can't help themselves.

maddyone Thu 23-Apr-20 11:43:37

Chewbacca
But do they really want quiet privacy? It would be so easy to achieve if they do.

Beautiful photos of little Louis today. I hope he has a very happy birthday.

Blinko Thu 23-Apr-20 11:27:27

I too thought the photos of Prince Louis were adorable. Very like his mother in the looks department.

As for H&M, at first I was a fan, I thought they would bring a breath of fresh air to the RF. Now, meh!

Jabberwok Thu 23-Apr-20 11:26:00

So say all (most) of us!

Chewbacca Thu 23-Apr-20 11:12:32

This is an extract from a piece in the Guardian today. Whilst most of the article is both supportive and understanding as to why M & H have taken their decision, I think the final paragraph is succinct and illustrates how many of us feel about them:

They could have continued in self-isolation, far away in LA. But in the time of Covid-19 their actions look both petty and grandiose. Some much vaunted emotional intelligence would be appropriate from the couple now. The privacy they desire would be more achievable if they undertook a period of extended silence.

MawB Thu 23-Apr-20 11:09:36

Wondering cynically what H&M will be publishing today to (try to) outshine the lovely pics of little Louis ???

Anniebach Thu 23-Apr-20 11:05:51

I think George is shy, unlike his sister , it was the same with
Charles and Anne

Jabberwok Thu 23-Apr-20 10:20:24

Oh Yes! Happy birthday to Prince Louis! Gorgeous photos of this little boy. Charlotte certainly does look like the Queen! It's almost spooky! I think Prince George looks slightly anxious sometimes!! Bit like P.C!! As well he might though, almost as if he knows what lies ahead for him, poor little boy!
Archie, looking like Thomas Markle?!!! I don't think that comparison would go down very well in a certain quarter!!!!

Sparklefizz Thu 23-Apr-20 10:01:33

Lovely natural photos of Louis this morning. They brought a smile to my face.