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Post by gar on Jan 8, 2023 16:17:12 GMT
Who's going to watch? I'm still undecided.
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Post by joelise on Jan 8, 2023 16:31:54 GMT
Who's going to watch? I'm still undecided. I will watch the interview but I’m not going to buy the book.
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Post by gillyp on Jan 8, 2023 16:33:43 GMT
Who's going to watch? I'm still undecided. I will watch the interview but I’m not going to buy the book. Totally this. I'll get the interview later but I'm not prepared to add to his coffers. There has been so much released anyway, I see little point. I'd decided before the snippets that I wasn't buying it.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Jan 8, 2023 17:08:05 GMT
Reading the NYTimes this morning and ran across the public opinion piece about H&M and why America fell so hard for them. Most Americans I know don't give a flip about them (and never did), but there are those who do. This was obviously written prior to the leaks of Spare. And now I must find a way to use the word 'twitterpated' this next week!
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Post by mom on Jan 8, 2023 17:18:24 GMT
I’ll be interested to see how the interview with his friend Tom Bradbury goes this evening. Yes in a way it's a shame it's Tom because he probably won't be that hard on him or question him too hard but I guess Harry wouldn't have agreed to anyone too 'strong'. I've read (somewhere -- maybe FB so take it with a grain of salt) that Harry had to approve all questions and basically they had a script to go by.
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Post by mom on Jan 8, 2023 17:21:09 GMT
I think it's interesting that Meghan has been completely silent since all the clips + snippets have come out. No real public support that I've seen. No plugging the book. Maybe it will be coming on the actual release day. But I do wonder if she isn't playing the longer game with this - stay silent and be able to use all of this as evidence that she can no longer be married to him. Of course, I am firmly in the camp of they will divorce - its just a matter of when.
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Post by gar on Jan 8, 2023 17:22:30 GMT
Reading the NYTimes this morning and ran across the public opinion piece about H&M and why America fell so hard for them. Most Americans I know don't give a flip about them (and never did), but there are those who do. This was obviously written prior to the leaks of Spare. And now I must find a way to use the word 'twitterpated' this next week! 🤢
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Post by elaine on Jan 8, 2023 17:24:19 GMT
Reading the NYTimes this morning and ran across the public opinion piece about H&M and why America fell so hard for them. Most Americans I know don't give a flip about them (and never did), but there are those who do. This was obviously written prior to the leaks of Spare. And now I must find a way to use the word 'twitterpated' this next week! “Twitterpated” is originally from Bambi. 😀
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Jan 8, 2023 17:28:35 GMT
Anyone think all this will eventually lead to their HRH titles being removed?
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Post by gillyp on Jan 8, 2023 17:39:25 GMT
Anyone think all this will eventually lead to their HRH titles being removed? HRH was relinquished when they left iirc. Harry is a Prince because he was born one. I think it needs an Act of Parliament to take away their Duke and Duchess titles.
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Post by wordfish on Jan 8, 2023 17:51:45 GMT
Well, I like that Harry appears to be taking, and is mostly being given, the brunt of the firestorm he has created by writing this book. That seems appropriate, since it is an autobiography that he wrote with a professional writer.
I'm not thrilled with the Taliban stuff. That seems rather shortsighted. I'm not sure what the deal is with that, but I leave it to his military peers to analyze.
All the personal stuff that he reveals: I try to view this from the lens of the past, where Henry VIII literally had people meeting about what he should do with his wives and his personal business, and all the stuff that survives and is credited to him and other royalty in the past, and also from the lens of the future, where people are going to use this book even hundreds of years from now to explain this period in history. From that standpoint, I guess it's not really all that historically unusual, and in future will probably be helpful in explaining or shedding light on the Windsor period, particularly the years when William is King.
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Post by scrappyesq on Jan 8, 2023 17:53:08 GMT
Someone said upthread that most people don’t give a flip about the royals. I could raise my hand to that until today when I started to read some of the ‘leaked’ portions.
How utterly distasteful. I don’t care if 99% of the things Harry talked about are true. I don’t care if these people were miserable and racist and downright venomous behind closed doors. Why would you put all of this out there? I would say this about any family with any status. Is it cathartic to drag people through the mud? Especially when you have nieces and nephews, heck children of your own who are eventually going to read all of this?
I somewhat liked Harry and Meghan when they first got married. Now? They make me want to vomit in my mouth. I know Meghan has been quiet but as far as I’m concerned they are a package deal and they disgust me.
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Post by peabay on Jan 8, 2023 18:33:05 GMT
Someone said upthread that most people don’t give a flip about the royals. I could raise my hand to that until today when I started to read some of the ‘leaked’ portions. How utterly distasteful. I don’t care if 99% of the things Harry talked about are true. I don’t care if these people were miserable and racist and downright venomous behind closed doors. Why would you put all of this out there? I would say this about any family with any status. Is it cathartic to drag people through the mud? Especially when you have nieces and nephews, heck children of your own who are eventually going to read all of this? I somewhat liked Harry and Meghan when they first got married. Now? They make me want to vomit in my mouth. I know Meghan has been quiet but as far as I’m concerned they are a package deal and they disgust me. I honestly have no opinion about her - but I would've thought she'd be more PR savvy.
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Post by joelise on Jan 8, 2023 18:49:32 GMT
Someone said upthread that most people don’t give a flip about the royals. I could raise my hand to that until today when I started to read some of the ‘leaked’ portions. How utterly distasteful. I don’t care if 99% of the things Harry talked about are true. I don’t care if these people were miserable and racist and downright venomous behind closed doors. Why would you put all of this out there? I would say this about any family with any status. Is it cathartic to drag people through the mud? Especially when you have nieces and nephews, heck children of your own who are eventually going to read all of this? I somewhat liked Harry and Meghan when they first got married. Now? They make me want to vomit in my mouth. I know Meghan has been quiet but as far as I’m concerned they are a package deal and they disgust me. I honestly have no opinion about her - but I would've thought she'd be more PR savvy. I agree. I am surprised that they both seem so unaware of public opinion. This has shocked me more than anything. Are they living in a total bubble! I can’t imagine what they think their future will be. I feel for their children. It’s all so sad.
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Post by mom on Jan 8, 2023 19:42:58 GMT
I honestly have no opinion about her - but I would've thought she'd be more PR savvy. I agree. I am surprised that they both seem so unaware of public opinion. This has shocked me more than anything. Are they living in a total bubble! I can’t imagine what they think their future will be. I feel for their children. It’s all so sad. I feel like she should have more awareness of public opinion because of being an actress. But with Harry, I assume there have always been people cleaning up all the stupid things he said/did that he has never had to actually face consequences and has alway been given a free pass. I was reading yesterday that he wasn't even required to drug test in the military because he was always alerted ahead of time and was always able to have important business at the palace to attend to and would leave base just in time.
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Post by gillyp on Jan 8, 2023 20:13:13 GMT
You are right that people cleared up after him mom. There are quotes from friends in our press today saying they are considering giving their side of things, Including how they cleared up after him.
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Post by gar on Jan 8, 2023 20:37:18 GMT
You are right that people cleared up after him mom. There are quotes from friends in our press today saying they are considering giving their side of things, Including how they cleared up after him. He can’t expect to be the only one to ever speak out, even if it can’t/won’t be William or Charles. I wonder if he’d anticipated that…
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jan 8, 2023 20:53:48 GMT
I honestly have no opinion about her - but I would've thought she'd be more PR savvy. I agree. I am surprised that they both seem so unaware of public opinion. This has shocked me more than anything. Are they living in a total bubble! I can’t imagine what they think their future will be. I feel for their children. It’s all so sad. Can you imagine Archie googling and finding out about how his dad had his ass slapped as he mounted his ride for the first behind a pub, and froze his penis? and wet his pants on a first date?
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Post by librarylady on Jan 8, 2023 21:08:02 GMT
I think that sound you heard was the implosion when Harry began revealing all that has been revealed this past week.
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Post by gillyp on Jan 8, 2023 21:34:11 GMT
] He can’t expect to be the only one to ever speak out, even if it can’t/won’t be William or Charles. I wonder if he’d anticipated that… Judging from the immaturity that has been shown in the narrative, I feel he thinks “this is how it is, no one can dispute it, that’s an end to the matter”. The whole thing is a sorry mess with hurt all round and I can’t see there being any coming back from this.
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Post by wezee on Jan 8, 2023 21:44:06 GMT
Starting to understand why the other Royals are avoiding them! Hey Harry! Just move on!
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Post by gar on Jan 8, 2023 21:53:54 GMT
] He can’t expect to be the only one to ever speak out, even if it can’t/won’t be William or Charles. I wonder if he’d anticipated that… Judging from the immaturity that has been shown in the narrative, I feel he thinks “this is how it is, no one can dispute it, that’s an end to the matter”. The whole thing is a sorry mess with hurt all round and I can’t see there being any coming back from this. Hmmm, that does ring true, you’re right.
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Post by moodyblue on Jan 8, 2023 22:09:46 GMT
I have to admit to reading the news blurbs about the stories in the book. And almost every time I’ve found myself thinking I didn't need to know that!
I have over-shared at times, as I think many people have. But I sure as hell would never share some of the things he has and I really wonder why he feels the need to tell some of these things. Maybe he thinks people only see him as "the spare" or the prince and he doesn’t think people know the real Harry, and thinks exposing himself like this will get people to really see HIM? I don’t know, but I’m sure a ton of armchair therapists will have a field day analyzing the why of this book and all the revelations in it.
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Post by mom on Jan 8, 2023 22:52:41 GMT
Oh this is rich:
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Post by mom on Jan 8, 2023 22:55:29 GMT
Ummmm wasn't this in the Oprah Interview? r am I misremembering?
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Post by gar on Jan 8, 2023 22:57:49 GMT
Indeed.
And he was obviously pointing the finger at Camilla for leaking neg stories about them from what I just caught one reporter saying on the BBC news. That won’t go down well…
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Post by used2scrap on Jan 8, 2023 23:17:14 GMT
I recall they implied Archie wasn’t given a title because of race to Oprah. But recollections do vary.
Jeez. He’s a mess trying to back peddle now!
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Post by gar on Jan 8, 2023 23:20:30 GMT
I recall they implied Archie wasn’t given a title because of race to Oprah. But recollections do vary. Jeez. He’s a mess trying to back peddle now! Yes that’s was another lie she was caught out in.
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Post by smasonnc on Jan 9, 2023 0:07:37 GMT
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jan 9, 2023 0:18:02 GMT
LOL toenails have more capabilty for growth....
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