She said this in reference to an old article about Will&Kate spending 6 grand on drinks, but that’s not what I’m interested in. “She got it for much less because she got it from a friend – it’s mentioned in articles.” A. Did she just confirm our “tinhat” theories? B. Where are the articles? Point us to them for we need receipts for our tinhatting!
Okay, is part 2 of a longer anon. I’m not posting the first part because I don’t want to post the blogger’s post or name. I don’t like getting into Tumblr spats.
I think the receipts you are asking for are about the engagement dress? Am I right about that? I’m not sure because the post you cite said the dress cost “25k” and the engagement dress cost 56k pounds or $75k.
If you ARE asking about the engagement dress. KP told the DM that the dress was “privately purchased.”
The Sun was the only one who added the “not from official royal funds” and “it is thought they spent nowhere near that figure.” It is unclear whether they got that from their palace “source” (no other outlet got that info), or if they are talking about some other “source.”
A lot of people thought that the dress was sent to Jess as a freebie and then she gifted it to Meghan, thus circumventing the “no freebies” rule, but, as far as I know, there was not confirmation anywhere.
However, People subsequently noted that royals cannot accept clothes for free. They also stated that they “understand” that, at least up to March 2018, Harry and Meghan were playing for her clothes independently.
As you can tell, the sources of the statements get cloudier and cloudier. KP is on the record as saying that the dress was “privately purchased,” but once you start to ask where the funds came from the statements are attributed to “it is thought” and “People understands.”
I think the cloudy sourcing is why people bring Jess into the equation.
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