“Recollections may vary”. Harry and Meghan (again - I know!)

Grany

Farrer & Co considers itself a "full-service" firm for the British elite and "HNW" (high net worth) crowd, offering financial, legal, public relations and other services. One of those services provided for RF & Prince Andrew this week was this: Lawyers acting for the queen wrote to major British newspapers warning them against taking or publishing pictures of the royals at Balmoral the same day that Andrew arrived there.

Leah McGrath Goodman
Interestingly, Farrer & Co's Julian Pike is listed on a trust with Prince Andrew, Duke of York As a journalist, I would like to ask, how many others at Farrer & Co have financial ties to the
@RoyalFamily
even as Farrer & Co does PR for the Queen and her kids?

I don’t get the relevance of this , but don’t bother to explain it to me, I’d rather stay blissfully ignorant

I am puzzled by ‘one of services provided for RF & Prince Andrew’

When was Andrew adopted ?

Alegrias1

Afghanistan is collapsing.
Haiti has had their president assassinated, they suffered an earthquake and a tropical storm.
We are trying to get over the worst pandemic in 100 years.
Climate change is accelerating and we won't act to stop it.
We are governed by possibly the worst government in our living memory.

But the fastest growing thread in "News and Politics" is whether an entitled pair have upset their entitled granny. Light relief I suppose.

Alegreas So very true and sad. Does seem as if people are trying desperately, to avoid such issues as they are all so extremely disturbing - and find solace in discussing some other family's problems.

"Light relief" for me. I tend to discuss more serious world events with Mr. S. and family and friends rather than here on GN.

I don't agree that the interest shown in this thread is "sad", we're free to discuss what we choose and shouldn't be judged for choosing lighter topics.

Well world events are not worrying Harry too much either. Yesterday he apparently used a friend’s private plane to fly to and from a polo match which was a two hour flight away.
Shall we discuss climate change maybe?

maddyone

Well world events are not worrying Harry too much either. Yesterday he apparently used a friend’s private plane to fly to and from a polo match which was a two hour flight away.
Shall we discuss climate change maybe?

Takes after his dad.

www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/prince-of-hypocrisy-charles-racks-up-private-flight-miles-co2-emissions

Yet another republican link

It is the sheer hypocrisy which sticks in the craw.
Fair enough, play polo if you have nothing better to spend your millions on, but stop pretending it is some sort of “charity work” and don’t lecture us, the poor bloody infantry about “saving the planet” from your private jet.
(Equally applicable to all celebs with similar tendencies! )

How about this one then?

www.itv.com/news/2020-02-02/why-is-prince-charles-accused-of-hypocrisy-over-his-helicopter-travel-plans

Or this one?

www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1231957/Prince-Charles-news-Davos-2020-speech-Greta-Thunberg-climate-change-private-jet-royal

Or this one? The famously Republican Daily Mail?

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9184437/Prince-Charles-atrociously-hypocritical-entitled-says-royal-biographer.html

Smileless
i tend to discuss more serious world events with (?) and family and friends rather than here on GN
I think that’s the case for most posters ?

wise words meryl and smileless and franbern
'and find solace in discussing some other family's problems'

its strangely comforting to know that other families have their black sheep or rogues

i think if you say you have the perfect offspring you are either very fortunate or lying

i may have called my tribe a few names to friends in rl but would never criticise them on gn so maybe harry and meg fill that little gap

Alegrias1

maddyone

Well world events are not worrying Harry too much either. Yesterday he apparently used a friend’s private plane to fly to and from a polo match which was a two hour flight away.
Shall we discuss climate change maybe?

Takes after his dad.

www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/prince-of-hypocrisy-charles-racks-up-private-flight-miles-co2-emissions

yes this is far more important maddyone

1. the use of the private jet for a fancy flight

2. harry still yearning for elitist royal past times like playing polo

but hang on he doesnt like being royal

The same old - his age

well said mawbe

These private flights really irritate me, especially when the fliers, royal or not, pontificate about climate change.
I’m glad I’m not famous, but that’s why I will never admit to flying off on holiday given the chance, and regularly driving from one end of the country to the other just to see family and friends or booking a helicopter flight for my poorly sister’s bucket list present.
They’d do better to keep schtum and risk them inventing what he might have said.

I saw the photograph of the polo match and it answered my very silly question-- do they play polo in the USA?
How could I not know, I have watched Pretty Woman dozens of times.
.

i think polo is quite big in the states
as it is in argentina and australia

wasnt fergies mother married to some kind of polo player or manager

Franbern

Alegrias1

Afghanistan is collapsing.
Haiti has had their president assassinated, they suffered an earthquake and a tropical storm.
We are trying to get over the worst pandemic in 100 years.
Climate change is accelerating and we won't act to stop it.
We are governed by possibly the worst government in our living memory.

But the fastest growing thread in "News and Politics" is whether an entitled pair have upset their entitled granny. Light relief I suppose.

Alegreas So very true and sad. Does seem as if people are trying desperately, to avoid such issues as they are all so extremely disturbing - and find solace in discussing some other family's problems.

My capacity for discussion is not limited.
We've also discussed many other issues this week in our family.

There are some issues I can help with, do something about, others are beyond the scope of my ability to change.

I have, in the main, avoided threads about Afghanistan on here - why would want to discuss such a very emotive subject people I don't know?

Back to H and M.
I think Harry needs rescuing. Can't we send in the SAS or something?

Lillie

i think polo is quite big in the states
as it is in argentina and australia

wasnt fergies mother married to some kind of polo player or manager

Yes, she married an Argentinan polo player, Hector Barrantes if my memory serves me correctly. She left the family for him, the girls stayed with Dad, Ron.

The fact he was Argentinian raised a few eyebrows when Fergie married Andrew as it was not too long after the Falklands war.

No sign of Meghan or the children at the polo match.

NotTooOld

Back to H and M.
I think Harry needs rescuing. Can't we send in the SAS or something?

To relocate him to a remote part of the world? Easter Island?

Lemon. ????

There's a space on the end