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Post by Big Blue on Mar 9, 2021 10:17:03 GMT
Come on: if we were all stood in the pub we'd be talking about this shite. Let's have some opinions on the clueless little cow that didn't realise you needed to curtsey to the Queen and the twat that didn't realise that being born into a life of royal privilege meant that duty overcame everything despite seeing his own life's traumas because of failures to understand that same.
His father is no doubt pissed right off as having sacrificed his entire life, married for breeding and never got to the prize giving ceremony before the age of 70 sees one of his sons (maybe) trot off to live his own life. Grandma is not that bothered as they're all way down the line since Kate did her job of popping a few out and Piers Morgan might even leave TV forever (hooray).
We've certainly learned that Americans' view of “Royalty” is what they imagine from Disney movies as opposed to centuries of history and protocol. No American other than a native Indian has a longer heritage as an American than 1776 - they can’t comprehend the bloodline of the UK royals. They also assimilate “wealth and power” with “arrogance”; no such thing as noblesse oblige in the USA so no doubt Meghan was disappointed she wasn't able to lord it over all and sundry and that in fact Royal life is highly structured to the point of horrible that she's probably done the right thing in fucking off.
Harry's too thick to understand that his titles, privileges and payments have been so publicly removed so that when he eventually gets divorced there will be none of those things on the table for Meghan. When Meghan is a single paragraph in a history book the following generations of the Royal family will still be selling news stories based on whatever their current affairs are. |
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Post by michael on Mar 9, 2021 10:27:00 GMT
Harry was upset about being cut-off financially. Harry is 36.
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Post by Tim on Mar 9, 2021 10:27:06 GMT
On the understanding that I've barely read any of the stuff about this ongoing story I agree with all of that.
I was amused to see a sub-headline on the BBC where apparently Harry had said one of the reasons they needed to move was to get away from the racism of the British tabloid press.
So it's pure genius that they chose last year to fuck off to the worlds most racist country. Don't these twats actually read the news, or did they think the riots were actually people fighting to get as close to them as possible?
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Mar 9, 2021 10:27:45 GMT
I haven't seen the whole thing just the odd clip. I'll give her credit for being a far better actress than her performances in Suits demonstrated. I heard her say that they'd actually been married in a quiet "backyard" ceremony, just the 2 of them and the Archbish of Canterbury, very romantic, which meant far more than the performance they'd had to put on for the watching millions. When questioned about this the Archbish said; "What? You mean the rehearsal?"  |
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Post by PetrolEd on Mar 9, 2021 11:07:22 GMT
Its all a mystery to me. How bad must it be that you have to go onto the biggest show on telly to slag of your family in front of 10's of millions.
Do that and theres no going back. If I was the Royal Family I would feel totally let down. Still the guys following his knob and not his brain and lets be honest who hasn't done that.
Seems Meghan is rather good at falling out with families as shes hardly number 1 on the Christmas list with her dad and others so its no suprise shes fallen out with the Royals
The racist thing is also too much. The commonwealth is made up of may countries and races, if they were genuinely bigoted, rather then a one liner from Philip, I'm sure it would have come to a head a long time ago. Again going on telly and telling a story about your immediate family being racist is just madness. And Harry just sits there like a chump.
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Post by PG on Mar 9, 2021 11:21:21 GMT
I didn't watch it as I knew I'd probably throw stuff at the TV after 2 minutes. But from the sadly extensive press coverage, it looked like two self-opinionated, utterly self-absorbed multi-millionaires (who say they hate publicity), air their perceived victimisation and horrible life in public for two hours on prime time television. It's no use calling them hypocrites. They would not understand the concept.
Based on the fact that she has already fallen out in the past with all her family (except her mother) and dropped friends who could no longer be of use, I reckon she'll milk Harry for all she can whilst he is useful and then heaven help him. She's a dangerous manipulative person and he's too stupid (or in lust/love) to see it. He's clearly got some big issues, and she's used them to her advantage.
And on the whole "racist" thing, find one person who didn't at some point think "I wonder what that baby is going to look like (never mind the skin colour, the poor kid could be a frizzy haired ginger)" and you'll find somebody who has tactical amnesia.
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Post by racingteatray on Mar 9, 2021 11:44:28 GMT
I haven't seen the whole thing just the odd clip. I'll give her credit for being a far better actress than her performances in Suits demonstrated. I heard her say that they'd actually been married in a quiet "backyard" ceremony, just the 2 of them and the Archbish of Canterbury, very romantic, which meant far more than the performance they'd had to put on for the watching millions. When questioned about this the Archbish said; "What? You mean the rehearsal?" Is that true? If so, that's absolutely hilarious. |
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Post by LandieMark on Mar 9, 2021 11:53:35 GMT
If I was Harry and really wanted to throw the cat among the pigeons, I would get a DNA test. That would be all bridges burnt even more so than now. 🤣
I didn't watch the interview. Can't stand all the hype. Watching privileged people throwing their dummies out because life is so hard, doesn't appeal.
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Post by alf on Mar 9, 2021 11:56:26 GMT
It is already very annoying, and seems to have led to a lot of hysteria already, with the BBC fawning over some commentators from a BAME background whatever they have to say, justified/pleasant to the other contributors or not, on some content I have seen. It is entirely one side's opinion presently, the other side will never be able to give their account fully, anyone who has been through a messy break up knows how unfair just one side's opinion will be.
Meghan has pulled out two mega-trump cards in racism and mental health, and knows she is effectively bullet proof and free from fair scrutiny having brandished them. I feel for her, mental health issues are horrible for anyone, I'm struggling at this time to understand what the royal family did wrong there. She's a millionaire transatlantic superstar, surely finding a suitable medical specialist(s) was within her remit? The British stiff upper lip is not especially helpful in this area but that's not the Royal's fault and the yanks are normally more open. What did they do wrong exactly?
The racism stuff all seems to boil down to one comment from an un-named person speculating as to how dark their kid's skin might be. That could be racism, it could be a clumsy misinterpreted comment, we are all human after all and do say stupid things. Is racism an issue in the UK? Absolutely. Is it improving massively over time - yes. It feels like lesser of an issue here than in most countries, certainly the US, but they seem to be attacking the UK now like we are as bad. Was it even a racist comment? Speculating about colour is not racist - if the colour being a certain way means negative things to someone then that's racist, I'm not sure we have been presented with anything like proof of that.
Meanwhile she seems to have a serious case to answer in bulling some of her staff, and it feels uncomfortably likely to me that she forced Harry into all this on a "leave your family or I leave you" basis - having grown up around that all his life he would not have wanted to be a part of broken families and his kids across the Atlantic from him. He seems a decent guy but easily led to me.
I'm far from a royalist but I'm on their side of this one at the present time...
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Post by garry on Mar 9, 2021 12:03:58 GMT
I haven't seen the whole thing just the odd clip. I'll give her credit for being a far better actress than her performances in Suits demonstrated. I heard her say that they'd actually been married in a quiet "backyard" ceremony, just the 2 of them and the Archbish of Canterbury, very romantic, which meant far more than the performance they'd had to put on for the watching millions. When questioned about this the Archbish said; "What? You mean the rehearsal?" Is that true? If so, that's absolutely hilarious. A legal marriage must have at least two witnesses . Couples cannot remarry. (whilst being married) You can't just choose to get married anywhere you fancy. I think there's enough evidence to suggest it was a rehearsal. |
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Post by Blarno on Mar 9, 2021 12:15:23 GMT
My indifference towards this can only be measured on a hitherto unknown scale.
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Post by racingteatray on Mar 9, 2021 12:21:14 GMT
Harry was upset about being cut-off financially. Harry is 36. This ^^. Duke of Windsor all over again. |
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Post by Big Blue on Mar 9, 2021 12:23:20 GMT
My indifference towards this can only be measured on a hitherto unknown scale. If you’d posted anything other than this Blarno I’d have had your imposter arrested |
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Post by racingteatray on Mar 9, 2021 12:28:34 GMT
My wife watched it, but I only caught about 10 minutes of the beginning where it was just the Meghan and Oprah show, then got bored and went back to my desk to do some work, which was preferable.
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Post by garry on Mar 9, 2021 12:30:08 GMT
Harry does seem monumentally dim. He was given perhaps the best education in the world and came out with a D in A level geography. That means it cost upteen tens of thousands of pounds to get him to where he could roughly sketch an oxbow lake and point to the pacific ocean on a globe.
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Post by michael on Mar 9, 2021 13:30:16 GMT
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Mar 9, 2021 13:43:26 GMT
My wife watched it, but I only caught about 10 minutes of the beginning where it was just the Meghan and Oprah show, then got bored and went back to my desk to do some work, which was preferable. I popped round to see my mum earlier and she said she’d watched it. Boring and lacking in substance was her opinion as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2021 15:56:03 GMT
I still like this myself :-
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Post by Boxer6 on Mar 9, 2021 19:48:42 GMT
On a (slightly) related note; I have had my tweetering curtailed for 12 hours for calling Prick Moron a c*nt. Several times. Apparently that's offensive .. .. ..
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Post by Alex on Mar 9, 2021 20:15:34 GMT
On a (slightly) related note; I have had my tweetering curtailed for 12 hours for calling Prick Moron a c*nt. Several times. Apparently that's offensive .. .. .. Well he's been forced to quit Good Morning Britain after they had over 40,000 complaints about his comments. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2021 20:30:31 GMT
On a (slightly) related note; I have had my tweetering curtailed for 12 hours for calling Prick Moron a c*nt. Several times. Apparently that's offensive .. .. .. The truth makes certain people nervous, apparently it's not good form and all that. |
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Post by Stuntman on Mar 9, 2021 22:03:24 GMT
Haven't watched the interview but my opinion is that both M and H are behaving like spoilt children. Jeff is spot on - if Meghan didn't realise that she would have to curtsey to the Queen then she's incredibly naive.
Professional offence-takers will take offence about anything and everything. Me? I'd cut M's head off for treason.
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Post by PetrolEd on Mar 10, 2021 9:34:16 GMT
I'm no fan of Piers Morgan he's like that irritating itch you just can't reach. But having to leave morning TV because in his opinion MM was lying is daft. How is it correct that someone can call out the Royals with no evidence and yet you can't say their talking rubbish, its daft. Add to it that Piers Morgan is employed to be controversial but then when you get complaints he has to go.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Mar 10, 2021 9:47:44 GMT
So having seen and read this, the important question; Meghan Markle, would you?
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Post by Big Blue on Mar 10, 2021 9:49:22 GMT
So having seen and read this, the important question; Meghan Markle, would you? So long as you didn't need to wake up next to her for chit-chat. |
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Post by PetrolEd on Mar 10, 2021 9:49:50 GMT
So having seen and read this, the important question; Meghan Markle, would you? Having seen the other video doing the rounds of MM then yes I definitely would |
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Post by michael on Mar 10, 2021 10:40:17 GMT
I'm no fan of Piers Morgan he's like that irritating itch you just can't reach. But having to leave morning TV because in his opinion MM was lying is daft. How is it correct that someone can call out the Royals with no evidence and yet you can't say their talking rubbish, its daft. Add to it that Piers Morgan is employed to be controversial but then when you get complaints he has to go. I agree, he's an odious bastard but he has a right to his point of view. Diversity doesn't seem to extend to diversity of opinion, however. |
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Post by chipbutty on Mar 10, 2021 10:49:34 GMT
As Piers has been Covid Bedwetter in Chief over the last 12 months, I find his odiousness has reached new heights.
However – I agree with his comments regarding Meghan.
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Post by PG on Mar 10, 2021 11:16:12 GMT
I'm no fan of Piers Morgan he's like that irritating itch you just can't reach. But having to leave morning TV because in his opinion MM was lying is daft. How is it correct that someone can call out the Royals with no evidence and yet you can't say their talking rubbish, its daft. Add to it that Piers Morgan is employed to be controversial but then when you get complaints he has to go. I agree, he's an odious bastard but he has a right to his point of view. Diversity doesn't seem to extend to diversity of opinion, however. +1 She played the race card and the mental health card. Which, it seems gives her a free pass, so people can't challenge what she said. In my view that makes her even more odious. She can make unsubstantiated allegations that are potentially libelous and nothing happens. Piers Morgan makes another unsubstantiated claim and gets fired. |
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Post by scouse on Mar 10, 2021 15:13:14 GMT
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