Monday - will you watch....and why?

Umm, under a year. I don't remember exactly. He had quite delayed speech, but not comprehension.

tickingbird

If it’s on Youtube it must be genuine!!

What do you mean ?

How old was your grandson Gagajo?

If it’s on Youtube it must be genuine!!

Why would it be sickening Polarbear? M's friends have been giving their opinions based on what they've been told, not what they've seen before they saw the interview.

My grandsons first word was dinosaur. It didn't sound like dinosaur, but we knew what it was. We have an adorable video of him 'reading' a book and pointing and using the word repeatedly.

Have you seen this? Makes for interesting (or sickening) viewing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_j35t3GCsk
It’s an interview with 4 royal experts filmed before they had seen the video but still giving their opinions on something they hadn’t even seen. It’s class.

Why should I need to make an educated guess Gagajo? You seem to be more than happy to make one yourself but I'm not.

Making allegations that are unsubstantiated and cannot be verified or defended because the person or people who are supposed to have done or said these things have not been named, are nothing but hot air.

If you read my post you'll see that my annoyance was that M 'put it out there' that Kate had made her cry, and then said it wouldn't be fair to go into details as Kate had apologised to her. So, why mention it at all?

If there's any truth in these allegations then names should be made public as well. Let those who have been accused have the same rights as the rest of us, the right to defend themselves if they so wish.

We're now expected to believe after being told that Archie's first word was crocodile that he also says hydrate. Strange that this first word had 3 syllables.

There are people tweeting that Diana is "speaking through Archie" because he says "drive safe". You just couldn't make it up and why would you want too.

Probably not, whatever she says, I just think "actress"!! Haver seen so much this morning and tomorrow will be full of post mortems why waster time watching it again?

My real opinion about it all is that Meghan and Harry have a fairly limited shelf life, and that they are probably aware of that. Right now, they are of interest to big money organisations in the US. They are in need of garnering their own wealth, to enable them to live the way Harry is used to and she aspires to. So they are taking advantage of their notoriety.

Let's face it. In 5 years, no one would be interested enough in them to do an interview like this.

They are making hay while they can. She is building a life for them. Because, frankly, while I like Harry, he isn't used to the cut and thrust of the world of work / business / selling himself. Getting them where they need to be, to be wealthy Americans, needs drive and it needs to be done while people are interested in them.

If you compare them to Fergie and how she tried to infiltrate America, they ARE doing it better.

I will wait to see if I think they have burned any relationship bridges until after I watch the interview, although as some have said, I don't think I will be able to stand watching it all in one go. It isn't the sort of thing I EVER watch, so it will have to be in small chunks. And as I'm not in the UK, it won't be anytime soon that I get to watch it, either.

Oh sorry if that came across as ranty, NellG. It wasn't meant to and certainly wasn't intended to be directed at you! Apologies.

lemsip

GagaJo Really? (You can't take an educated guess? He says stuff like that in public,)

your educated guess is wrong.

Ah sorry lemsip. Didn't realise you had a hotline to the palace.

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I’m not a royalist but I will watch it because I’m nosey and I want to see what they are whinging about

GagaJo

No NellG. I have opinions, as we all do, but to be honest, they are not either for or against the royal family. I think they are all a waste of money. As individuals, I prefer some of them to others (the Queen and Anne, for example).

What I really can't stand is this hatred, dressed up as 'impartial' discussion.

It wasn't an accusation, I just never thought it ever was an impartial discussion, how can it be? I'm certainly not impartial, though it is possible to see 'both sides' and what led up to this. However I do think it's a discussion people should be allowed to have. I can only speak for myself but I don't owe M&H anything, I don't believe that I hate them but I deeply dislike the game they appear to be playing.

It's interesting that some dislike the behaviour in the discussion because it causes discomfort and others dislike the couple's behaviour because it is causing discomfort.

Daft thing is we pretty much all want exactly the same thing, for them to 'do one' and go and live quietly and happily out of our realm of attention.

Unless there is some call for people like me to embrace them in some way?

Calendargirl 'not much of a hoo ha'?
Don't you believe it!
We ain't seen nothing yet!

GagaJo Really? (You can't take an educated guess? He says stuff like that in public,)

your educated guess is wrong.

Calendargirl

^Diana’s Granddaughter^

She already has a granddaughter, Charlotte, so not as if she will be the first GD in the family.

Another first, the Royals don’t usually divulge the sex of an unborn baby. I don’t imagine there will be quite so much of a hoo ha about where this one will be born, home or hospital.

Ah, I'm well aware of that re Charlotte.
But I'm seeing it from a US perspective. Hardly any of them knew who Harry was, let alone Charlotte.
H&M s daughter will be a true American Princess. Think the new Camelot, cross between the Obamas and the Kennedys.
Do you remember that M&H wrote

I am my mother's son'
And I am my son's mother'

Harry sees himself as the keeper of his mother's memory and the little girl will be Diana's true legacy.

Furthermore, there isn't a whisper of Spencer about Charlotte, shes pure Windsor and Middleton.

Poor Archie won't have a look in when this girl is born.

Editors will be working overtime, no change there.

oprah just provided the staged platform of course and wasn't there to interview them.

I doubt I will watch the interview.

However, press intrusion and speculation is something I have witnessed first hand and so I completely understand the urge to be heard when misinformation has been published. It’s a ‘no win’ situation though because the press can, and always does, control the narrative.

Serves them both right for drawing attention to themselves---they need something to do !
" Idleness is the root of mischief "------Chaucer 1386.

GagaJo

As with the comments before about Meghan. Why is it OK to do it to her, but the minute it happens with a member of the RF, it is unacceptable.

Double standards.

I’ve not given any opinion of Harry or Meghan, on here or elsewhere on social media, so please do not accuse me of double standards.

I think we all could put a list together of those likely to have made that sort of comment.

Just as well M&H asked for The Crown to finish before their story. Given their influence over Netflix, it would be totally one sided.

Where did it all go wrong? William, Kate, Harry and Meghan were hailed as the Fab Four in the early days. They were promoting mental health awareness and everything in the royal garden appeared rosy.

Now sadly we hear that Meghan’s mental health was such that she felt suicidal and had no help from the Royal family. Surely Harry should have stepped up to the plate and sought medical help for his wife. He didn’t need permission from his extended family to do so and had the wealth to facilitate it. She could have been seen in the privacy of their own home.

But instead, on the evening that she disclosed her suicidal feelings to her husband, he paraded her in front of the paparazzi to attend an event at the Albert hall. Meghan said she went to the event as she didn’t feel safe to be left home alone and wept when the lights dimmed in the hall.

Gagajo One of the royal correspondents has said he has been informed the comment regarding the colour of Archie’s skin was definitely not made by either the Queen or the DoE.