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Harry and Meghan: The Rise And Fall.

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Calendargirl Sun 18-Aug-24 07:53:31

Who watched this last night on Channel 5?

Second part tonight.

Must admit my eyes closed the last 20 minutes or so, will have to re-watch that bit.

Wish it had been 8.00-9.30 instead of 9.00-10.30.

Thought it seemed reasonably ‘balanced’.

Beechnut Sun 18-Aug-24 09:19:14

I didn’t watch it. Was it a rehash of things we’ve seen before?

David49 Sun 18-Aug-24 09:23:01

I wouldn’t watch it on principle

However they are lapping up the attention they are getting in Columbia currently, really cringeworthy.

merlotgran Sun 18-Aug-24 09:26:35

I was reading so had it on just in case there was some new revelation to make me gasp in outrage and throw my book across the room.

There wasn’t!

Oreo Sun 18-Aug-24 09:35:29

Didn’t see it or want to.I did hope we had seen and heard the last of them when they cleared off.Visiting tinpot countries is the sort of thing they enjoy, all the admiration and attention to their wokery.

eazybee Sun 18-Aug-24 09:43:54

Oh, that explains it. Saw a comment in the newspaper that 'The Crown is investigating Harry and Meghan this weekend' and took it to mean there was to be some in-depth investigation of their visits to suspect regimes by the British monarchy.

Never watched 'The Crown' and never will. Tawdry.

Chestnut Sun 18-Aug-24 10:14:22

eazybee The first 2 series of The Crown with Claire Foy are really good and not tawdry at all. I wouldn't recommend any more though, it gets too intrusive. Of course Netflix know they're onto a good thing and may be doing a prequel.

As for Meghan, I just can't take much more of that fake smile she has plastered across her face all the time. It's like a grinning mask and shows no character or genuine feeling at all.

Shelflife Sun 18-Aug-24 10:20:34

Had no intention of watching two attention seeking people. it is a very sad situation and will never be resolved - gone too far now.

nanna8 Sun 18-Aug-24 10:22:22

Eeww- pass the sick bucket.🤪

Chestnut Sun 18-Aug-24 10:23:15

Just to add, NO I won't be watching anything involving them but it's bad enough seeing 'that smile' plastered across the media.

keepingquiet Sun 18-Aug-24 10:25:33

Why are people obsessed with these two? I really don't get it at all.

Anniebach Sun 18-Aug-24 10:26:22

Why read this thread ?

Chestnut Sun 18-Aug-24 10:26:40

The worst case scenario is that Trump/Vance get in the White House because Vance wants to send H&M back to us because of Harry's drug lies. 😱

eazybee Sun 18-Aug-24 10:37:16

Sorry Chestnut, but at the time the early series of The Crown were made the late Queen and Prince Philip, and many others were alive, and I thought they were intrusive then, and still do.

I had a friend whose father was chairman of a company which was the subject of a long internal investigation; nothing illegal but an emotive subject at the time. A TV documentary/drama was produced with dramatic interpretations of he and his colleagues and the reasons behind their decisions. Used to being in the public eye, and having given full and undisputed accounts during the course of the public investigation they found the dramatic representations to be inaccurate, much information left out, and the production biased towards making a good story rather than presenting the truth.
ps, not The Post Office.

Anniebach Sun 18-Aug-24 11:16:53

They are totally unaware that they are making themselves look
so foolish

Charleygirl5 Sun 18-Aug-24 11:27:20

I believe Charles and William will be discussing next week whether to remove the Duke and Duchess title from that pair. Unfortunately they cannot remove the word Prince but their children will be stripped of their titles. I would like to see them plain Mr. and Mrs. but that will never happen.

I still have not recovered from hearing an outfit costing £17K was purchased for the Colombia trip.

M0nica Sun 18-Aug-24 11:31:33

They are fast slipping down the alphabet of celebrity. No longer A Listers, not yet Z listers.

Tuskanini Sun 18-Aug-24 11:33:44

eazybee

Oh, that explains it. Saw a comment in the newspaper that 'The Crown is investigating Harry and Meghan this weekend' and took it to mean there was to be some in-depth investigation of their visits to suspect regimes by the British monarchy.

Never watched 'The Crown' and never will. Tawdry.

How do you know ‘The Crown’ is tawdry if you’ve never watched it? Are you Mary Whitehouse? It’s actually pretty good, especially the earlier seasons. And pretty kind to HM, if that’s what worries you.

Calendargirl Sun 18-Aug-24 11:34:33

Heard on the News this morning that the King is no longer going to pay for Andrew’s security, has been doing so the last 2 years that he hasn’t been a working royal.

Is he now looking at other issues relating to NWR?

I know H&M no longer have paid security here, unless on occasions such as the late Queen’s funeral.

mabon1 Sun 18-Aug-24 11:36:37

Well join the club, neither have I. The Duke and Duchess are traitors. Centuries ago they would have been taken down the Thames in a boat, taken to the Tower and maybe beheaded.

eazybee Sun 18-Aug-24 11:42:22

Tuskanini, I gave my reasons for not watching it earlier on this thread.

eazybee Sun 18-Aug-24 11:47:37

If they remove the title Duke and Duchess, Meghan will become Princess Harry, which will morph into Princess Meghan. No, no, no!

M0nica Sun 18-Aug-24 11:54:08

I have never watched any of the programmes about the RF. I am really not interested. fact is so much more interesting than fiction.

Caleo Sun 18-Aug-24 12:01:03

Chestnut, referring to your remarking on Meghan's unfaltering smile, I now recall that part of the popularity of successful royalty such as Princess Anne and the late Queen and even Princess Margaret is their ability to look serious and sober.
Is perpetual grinning an American custom?

Caleo Sun 18-Aug-24 12:04:25

David:
"I wouldn’t watch it on principle"

What principle?