Topic: Harry and Megan Appreciation Thread!

[RedSince86]

The Crown producers rubbing hands in glee for an extra season showing Harry & Megan.

[Wabaloolah]

I know but I bet the person who said it was terrified of that being the case. If you look at pictures of Meghan as a child, she was a lot darker than she is now, that will have shit them right up.

I was thinking about my own family, my surname is 7th century English, we have Irish ancestors and also we have middle eastern (Persian) ancestors and the Persian heritage comes out from time to time..

Me and the missus was just discussing this over lunch and we both said that when we first came across Meghan we both had no idea that she was anything other than an olive skinned woman. From her appearance the last thing anyone would think of is she is black, when diluted with Harry's ginger seed the baby will be even less so.

To be honest I'm not sure who to believe here, M and H are definitely trying to stay relevant and in the public eye through the interview and the Royal Family do have a history of making snide racist remarks.

The answer is probably somewhere in the middle

[west_london_red]

Didn’t Charlie have a friend/military colleague he “affectionately” called Sooty...and he wasn’t called that because he had Matthew Corbett’s hand up his arse.

Harry himself referred to one his of Asian colleagues by the P word. So they’re no stranger to a racial epithet.

And while it’s no excuse I can forgive a man born in the 1920’s who grew up in a time and place where such behaviour was acceptable then someone who in the case of Harry is younger then me.

[Crosby Nick]

So two down how many to go?This is like that Agatha Christie book.

Harry was in the conversation. He should act like an adult and name the culprit. Give them a chance to respond as well.

It’s...Marquess Rebecca Vardy’s account.

[Dave McCoy]

I’m guessing most in the UK didn’t watch the interview or only saw little bites.  The biggest thing for me in watching it isn’t they never said they didn’t want to be part of the Family.  They would have stayed if Megan would have gotten the help she needed.  Harry came off like a good husband and Dad while lamenting that his own father won’t even talk to him now.  Not some petulant kid who lost his trust fund. 

[Nobby Reserve]

I’m guessing most in the UK didn’t watch the interview or only saw little bites.  The biggest thing for me in watching it isn’t they never said they didn’t want to be part of the Family.  They would have stayed if Megan would have gotten the help she needed.  Harry came off like a good husband and Dad while lamenting that his own father won’t even talk to him now.  Not some petulant kid who lost his trust fund.

People in this country have already had their minds up by the print media and Piers Twatface

[rob1966]

I’m guessing most in the UK didn’t watch the interview or only saw little bites.  The biggest thing for me in watching it isn’t they never said they didn’t want to be part of the Family.  They would have stayed if Megan would have gotten the help she needed.  Harry came off like a good husband and Dad while lamenting that his own father won’t even talk to him now.  Not some petulant kid who lost his trust fund. 

I'm going to watch it tonight so I can see what was actually said, certainly won't be basing my opinion on Pierced Organ an his rants on GMB

[Wild Romany Boy]

People in this country have already had their minds up by the print media and Piers Twatface

I think we're such a polarised nation now that, for the most part, people have already made up their minds. Royalists will watch it and see a breaking of tradition and an attack on privilege, and Harry's supporters will see a broken family that didn't need to be.

I'm not sure it had to be them vs us, but it seems to be going that way. Piers Twatface can piss off though; the guy is obsessed.

[Zeb]

Yougov polling. (Obnoxiously large images sorry)

Spoiler

[close]

[Qston]

This also probably stems from Harry's utter contempt and hatred for the British tabloid press. That we can all get on board with. Certainly us Liverpool supporters and with him having lost his own mother at a young age as she was hounded by them. Horrible cabal of scum bags. Although ironically it is them that will benefit from the interview he has given.

[Nobby Reserve]

I think we're such a polarised nation now that, for the most part, people have already made up their minds. Royalists will watch it and see a breaking of tradition and an attack on privilege, and Harry's supporters will see a broken family that didn't need to be.

I'm not sure it had to be them vs us, but it seems to be going that way. Piers Twatface can piss off though; the guy is obsessed.

I mate of mine (very active on SM) was commenting how there seemed to be a correlation between supporting Brexit and piling into H&M.

[Tesco tearaway]

Reminds me of that awful front page the Heil came out with when Meghan gave birth

I can't breathe 
"Kate's areola"
"Nope"

[west_london_red]

I think we're such a polarised nation now that, for the most part, people have already made up their minds. Royalists will watch it and see a breaking of tradition and an attack on privilege, and Harry's supporters will see a broken family that didn't need to be.

I'm not sure it had to be them vs us, but it seems to be going that way. Piers Twatface can piss off though; the guy is obsessed.

The thing that should be remembered here is that this isn’t a Monarchist vs Republican debate, it’s one set of Monarchists against another.

[Jshooters]

I mate of mine (very active on SM) was commenting how there seemed to be a correlation between supporting Brexit and piling into H&M.

[ShakaHislop]

On foreign soil, FBI special agents generally do not have authority to make arrests except in certain cases where, with the consent of the host country, Congress has granted the FBI extraterritorial jurisdiction

https://www.fbi.gov/about/faqs/what-authority-do-fbi-special-agents-have-to-make-arrests-in-the-united-states-its-territories-or-on-foreign-soil

Come on Democrats, do everyone a favour.

[Qston]

I mate of mine (very active on SM) was commenting how there seemed to be a correlation between supporting Brexit and piling into H&M.

Quelle Surprise

[lobsterboy]

I mate of mine (very active on SM) was commenting how there seemed to be a correlation between supporting Brexit and piling into H&M.

Insert Larry David gif here...

[RainbowFlick]

Yougov polling. (Obnoxiously large images sorry)

Spoiler

[close]

YouGov seems to attract a lot of right-wing gammons. It also won't surprise me if there's a fair amount of state-mandated bots running on it too tbf. But overall I'd imagine the majority of this country will just blindly believe whatever The S*n shoves down their mouths.

[west_london_red]

I mate of mine (very active on SM) was commenting how there seemed to be a correlation between supporting Brexit and piling into H&M.

Social media is a shockingly poor barometer on any opinion, with a lot of extreme opinions on either side of any debate and little representation of the middle where most people tend to sit.

[RainbowFlick]

I mate of mine (very active on SM) was commenting how there seemed to be a correlation between supporting Brexit and piling into H&M.

Of course there is. Flag shagging racism disguised as nationalism also means blindly believing the Queen is some superior being.

[ShakaHislop]

Social media is a shockingly poor barometer on any opinion, with a lot of extreme opinions on either side of any debate and little representation of the middle where most people tend to sit.

I'm not sure I agree with this. Yes, the extremes are present but social media has hundreds of millions, if not billions of users. Many of those users will be from the "middle ground"

[So… Howard Philips]

Ten Little ...

Oh, hang on a sec ...

Careful, Ted.

[So… Howard Philips]

I’m guessing most in the UK didn’t watch the interview or only saw little bites.  The biggest thing for me in watching it isn’t they never said they didn’t want to be part of the Family.  They would have stayed if Megan would have gotten the help she needed.  Harry came off like a good husband and Dad while lamenting that his own father won’t even talk to him now.  Not some petulant kid who lost his trust fund.

He hasn't lost his trust fund though, just another source of unearned income from his Dad's fund of unearned income.

And as to obtaininh help it's not like they're short of a bob or two to pay for private healthcare, unlike the rest of us who support them.

[Lad]

is that.... a threat?

Penny Junor. Charles’s biographer and official brown noser

[Zeb]

YouGov seems to attract a lot of right-wing gammons. It also won't surprise me if there's a fair amount of state-mandated bots running on it too tbf. But overall I'd imagine the majority of this country will just blindly believe whatever The S*n shoves down their mouths.

The demand for fairy tales and comforting inventions is at an all time high all round.

[So… Howard Philips]

Penny Junor. Charles’s biographer and official brown noser

No surprise seeing her Dad was Editor in Chief of the Sunday Express and Mail on Sunday.

[Lad]

No surprise seeing her Dad was Editor in Chief of the Sunday Express and Mail on Sunday.

Ah yes...John Junor ! Brown noser extraordinaire.

[Red Beret]

Of course there is. Flag shagging racism disguised as nationalism also means blindly believing the Queen is some superior being.

Leave Trump out of this.

[west_london_red]

I'm not sure I agree with this. Yes, the extremes are present but social media has hundreds of millions, if not billions of users. Many of those users will be from the "middle ground"

In my experience the ones in the middle don’t post, or share or Tweet so much as those at the extreme end of the debate (whatever that debate is).

[jackh]

I mate of mine (very active on SM) was commenting how there seemed to be a correlation between supporting Brexit and piling into H&M.

[Wilmo]

https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1368960774438281226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1368960774438281226%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fuk-news%2Flive%2F2021%2Fmar%2F08%2Fharry-meghan-oprah-interview-duke-duchess-sussex-toxic-environment-live-news


Paul Brand
@PaulBrandITV
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2h
NEW: UK viewers side with the Palace (though the full interview is yet to be aired here on
@ITV
). YouGov poll finds:

- 47% say Harry and Meghan’s interview is inappropriate, 21% say it's appropriate

- Only 29% have sympathy for them, 23% have not very much, 33% have none at all

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I have no idea how to post tweets, sorry.

Couldn't give less of a shit about the royals, but it's fucking mad that 47% are willing to say talking about your lived experience is 'inappropriate'. What a shitty country we inhabit.

[rob1966]

Couldn't give less of a shit about the royals, but it's fucking mad that 47% are willing to say talking about your lived experience is 'inappropriate'. What a shitty country we inhabit.

I suppose you shouldn't air your dirty linen in public, maybe most don't think slagging off your family in public is acceptable?

[Andy82lfc]

I have no idea how to post tweets, sorry.

Couldn't give less of a shit about the royals, but it's fucking mad that 47% are willing to say talking about your lived experience is 'inappropriate'. What a shitty country we inhabit.

I know I am probably one of the more cynical and pessimistic of posters about our public in the UK, but genuinely the culture that has created Brexit, constant Tory flag waving rule and selfishness through covid is absolutely toxic. As RF pointed out above most just swallow what the Sun, Mail and Express tells them which to people with open eyes is almost unbelievable but it's true. Unfortunately I have no clue how it will change or do anything but get even worse. We are completely fucked.

That was a bit more pessimistic than usual tbf 

[Cruiser]

That colour chart

I actually thought that was real until I saw Kate's areola 

[Crosby Nick]

I actually thought that was real until I saw Kate's areola 

Bloody paparazzi.

[ShakaHislop]

https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1368960774438281226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1368960774438281226%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fuk-news%2Flive%2F2021%2Fmar%2F08%2Fharry-meghan-oprah-interview-duke-duchess-sussex-toxic-environment-live-news


Paul Brand
@PaulBrandITV
·
2h
NEW: UK viewers side with the Palace (though the full interview is yet to be aired here on
@ITV
). YouGov poll finds:

- 47% say Harry and Meghan’s interview is inappropriate, 21% say it's appropriate

- Only 29% have sympathy for them, 23% have not very much, 33% have none at all

----------------------------

I have no idea how to post tweets, sorry.

Couldn't give less of a shit about the royals, but it's fucking mad that 47% are willing to say talking about your lived experience is 'inappropriate'. What a shitty country we inhabit.

So 52% of people have at least some sympathy for them.

[mallin9]

I know I am probably one of the more cynical and pessimistic of posters about our public in the UK, but genuinely the culture that has created Brexit, constant Tory flag waving rule and selfishness through covid is absolutely toxic. As RF pointed out above most just swallow what the Sun, Mail and Express tells them which to people with open eyes is almost unbelievable but it's true. Unfortunately I have no clue how it will change or do anything but get even worse. We are completely fucked.

That was a bit more pessimistic than usual tbf 

None of that sounds off nor too specific to the UK, sadly. It is the age of disinformation

[ShakaHislop]

Mind are one of the two charities (alongside Young Minds) supporting ITV's "Britain Get Talking" mental health campaign.



https://twitter.com/MindCharity/status/1369003597103529985

[west_london_red]

I actually thought that was real until I saw Kate's areola 

From what I remember of the pictures Kate’s areola looked pretty real!

[killer-heels]

Some quite obvious lies from Meghan and it’s only 30 minutes in.