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Meghan Markle Faced 'Disgusting and Very Real' Threats in the U.K., Former Counterterrorism Head Says

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GagaJo Tue 29-Nov-22 20:02:25

So possibly NOT figments of fevered imaginations.

In a new interview with Channel 4 News, the former head of counterterrorism for the Metropolitan Police said that there were genuine threats to the Duchess of Sussex's life while she lived in the U.K.

Neil Basu opened up about the alarming allegations amid his resignation as Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations for the Met Police in an interview released Tuesday. Basu, 54, is leaving the force after 30 years, during which he earned the Queen's Police Medal for distinguished service and served as the senior-most officer for the counterterrorism unit of the Met Police starting in March 2018 — two months before Meghan and Prince Harry's royal wedding.

"You were in charge of royal protection. How would you characterize the threats that Meghan and Harry received?" journalist Cathy Newman asked in a quick clip shared on Twitter.

"Well, disgusting and very real," Basu replied, calling extreme right-wing terrorism the "fast-growing threat" to the country.

uk.news.yahoo.com/meghan-markle-faced-disgusting-very-194441457.html

Smileless2012 Mon 05-Dec-22 17:26:26

Looks as if they do Joseanne. The three of them must miss those times especially as so much has changedsad.

VioletSky Mon 05-Dec-22 17:17:21

If you can imagine it, it probably exists

I bring you "Woman throwing spaghetti in a forest"

Did we not know the Internet us weird? I mean, I'm on it lol

OK going now before I get told off again

VioletSky Mon 05-Dec-22 17:13:34

Proof

VioletSky Mon 05-Dec-22 17:12:57

There is a stock available for literally everything.

You need a picture of a man in a suit in the bath with a rubber duck on his head?

Stock photos have you covered.

for a small fee to remove the logo

Joseanne Mon 05-Dec-22 17:10:22

Here
So they all love Harry Potter.

Joseanne Mon 05-Dec-22 17:07:55

Smileless2012

*Sparklefizz*grin

Yes weren't there photos of William Catherine and Harry acting out Harry Potter?

Joseanne Mon 05-Dec-22 17:06:49

You do have a point that stock images are often used these days icanhandthemback.
I did ask someone this afternoon who has a bit of knowledge of celebrities advertising their films and plays etc. Apparently 40 or so years ago, before the Internet took off, "A list" actors were very demanding about their advertising material and would closely monitor and scrutinise it for truths or errors. Less was more.
Today there are so so many A to Z list celebrities, and so many "famous" people, or people who think they are famous, that the important thing is to get stuff out there quickly without a lot of attention to detail. And the more photos they can find to pack their trailers the better, even if these are not always genuine.
Maybe it's the American way too. Not necessarily slapdash, but more concerned with the drama and overembellishment.

Smileless2012 Mon 05-Dec-22 16:56:35

Sparklefizzgrin

Sparklefizz Mon 05-Dec-22 16:53:56

imaround My point was, neither you nor I have any idea of what context those photos are being used, because we have not seen the documentary.

Maybe that paparazzi photo taken at the Harry Potter premier was to indicate how much H&M love Harry Potter then. grin

Lucca Mon 05-Dec-22 16:42:40

Oreo

Two things about this thread.
The first is that Netflix using a Harry Potter premiere to demonstrate the paparazzi hounding H and M , when at that point they hadn’t even met, is showing that Netflix are happy to include lies if it sells films and by association so are H and M.
The second’s this thread’s becoming The VioletSky thread.It seems to happen a lot.

That’s really rude to VS. Ive seen threads where you post a lot including telling people to stop posting ! I can’t honestly be bothered to check this to see how many times various posters have contributed.

icanhandthemback Mon 05-Dec-22 16:32:47

The press and paparazzi have hounded Harry and his girlfriends since he came of age. The waiting press in the photo was just symbolic of that; it was a Stock Photo which are often used on all sorts of adverts. It doesn't make the message any weaker. I think it just probably demonstrates that Harry and Meghan didn't release all the images for the programme and can hardly be blamed for what Netflix has shown. Film editors can spend hours looking at their films to check for errors and at the first outing, some sharp eyed fan will notice something. IMBD has a section for such errors!

Smileless2012 Mon 05-Dec-22 16:18:22

Trailers are used to wet the appetite of a potential audience. They show snippets of what the film or documentary will be showing, so why have a visual aid which has nothing to do with the subject matter ie H & M?

Why not show a photograph of loads of paparazzi at an event they'd attended?

What truly fascinates me about this couple is the stupidity of their lies and fabrications because as we've seen once again, they're so easily disproved.

VioletSky Mon 05-Dec-22 16:11:52

I literally have no idea what they look like despite my massive fanclub

volver Mon 05-Dec-22 16:09:04

Yes, that's right. hmm. All trailers should just be people sitting behind desks summarising the programs they are promoting.

No visual aids now! People will get confused!!

Smileless2012 Mon 05-Dec-22 16:04:02

Oh of course volver, because without that particular visual aid we'd have no idea what the paparazzi look like, would wegringrin.

volver Mon 05-Dec-22 15:59:06

In what possible context could a photograph of the press with their cameras attending a film premier have anything whatsoever to do with H & M? Neither of them were there and they hadn't even met!!!

To demonstrate what paparazzi look like.

Just as the man in a bearskin who wasn't Harry demonstrated what a Guardsman looks like and the papers being printed and packed demonstrated what a pile of papers look like.

Smileless2012 Mon 05-Dec-22 15:56:02

In what possible context could a photograph of the press with their cameras attending a film premier have anything whatsoever to do with H & M? Neither of them were there and they hadn't even met!!!

We don't know do we Summerlove, and to post that for all we know H may have been told that would be the case but minds were changed when his future bride was met, is another example of an unsubstantiated slur of racism.

VioletSky Mon 05-Dec-22 15:50:36

Probably everyone who lives between two properties should be housing the homeless, or at least not driving up the housing market

Allsorts Mon 05-Dec-22 15:47:14

I take it that this paranoid couple are not thinking of coming back to the uk in the future. The house they have here should be used for housing the homeless, they surely would not want a big property like that staffed and unused for years. This would show the world how generous they are as they already have a mansion in America.. Any privileges they have, including titles should be removed this would give them the true anonymity they so desperately seek. If I were Charles I would write him out of my will, H clearly despises him and his Royal Family.

imaround Mon 05-Dec-22 15:44:22

Sparklefizz

imaround So no, not everyone thinks he is tricking us with thay Chelsey Davy image.

The still of press photographers has been identified as taken at a Harry Potter premiere - nothing to do with Chelsey Davy and long before Harry met Meghan, so nothing to do with them either, although for some reason it has been used as if it is.

My point was, neither you nor I have any idea of what context those photos are being used, because we have not seen the documentary.

You are assuming the worst, I am waiting until I see the entire thing to form an opinion.

Joseanne Mon 05-Dec-22 15:28:33

I'm not disputing the racist attacks, nor the threats, but the other 20 or so whinges should never have been made public because they concern private family matters. The useless parenting of Charles as a father and indirectly that of the late Queen and DofE, the apparent dislike of Camilla the wicked stepmother, the disparaging of Catherine, the laughable comment about losing handouts from his dad, the moans about grandma taking away his charities, the strops and teddy throwing and plenty more stuff which to my mind should have remained private. What we have now is a soap opera of the highest order with the dopey protagonist revealing himself to be a bit of a wet blanket, (despite his admirable time in the army and his previously lovable sense of humour).

Sparklefizz Mon 05-Dec-22 15:04:00

imaround So no, not everyone thinks he is tricking us with thay Chelsey Davy image.

The still of press photographers has been identified as taken at a Harry Potter premiere - nothing to do with Chelsey Davy and long before Harry met Meghan, so nothing to do with them either, although for some reason it has been used as if it is.

imaround Mon 05-Dec-22 14:27:28

There are multiple images of each of them as children and young adults, before they even met. So no, not everyone thinks he is tricking us with thay Chelsey Davy image.

We do not know why the press still or the Chelsey Davy is there or how it relates to the story, because no one has seen the documentary. You are all ASSuming it is a lie. When really you have no idea.

Meghans relationship,.or lack thereof, is relevant to this thread because it is used against her as proof of her "evilness". Some people even seem to think that she deserves what she gets in the press because of her choice to estrange her father. And, it seems, the people using it against her do not have all the information.

I have posted at least as much as VS, if not more, and no one is accusing it of being the "imaround" thread. Same with Volver. And a few others.

It is an open forum, anyone can post. If that upsets you, click the X at the top right of the screen and go about your day. It really is that simple.

Sparklefizz Mon 05-Dec-22 14:07:29

But Archie was given a title, which was the Earl of Dumbarton, but Meghan didn't like it because it contained the word "dumb" .

Summerlove Mon 05-Dec-22 14:00:25

GrannyGravy13

It is the visual implications of those stills that say this is part of our story

As for The Duchess’s repeated claims that Archie and Lilibet were not Prince or Princess due to the colour of their skin, perhaps she should do some research on the British Royal Family and who is and who is not entitled to be a Prince or Princess.

It is the accumulation of all the little untruths that add up to a couple who are economical with the truth

The Queen actually did change the law so that ALL of William and Catherine's children would be entitled to the title of Prince/Princess. As before it would have just been the first born, while the Queen was still alive.

There is precedent for law changing in the Royal Family. I can understand why someone might have expected the same for Harrys children. For all we know - he might have been told it would happen, and then they changed their minds when they met his bride.