Good morning Houseplant and Anons. So she wore 2 different dresses in Melbourne? A blue one and a black one? I could have sworn it was the same dress…. And how wrinkled and dirty is that trench coat beginning to look? To me this looks like Megs is on a press junket to promote the Harry&Meghan love story. Instead of following Royal protocol, they are doing it the Hollywood way, hence the excessive PDA. These pictures will be a goldmine for the press when this all goes belly up!

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I know! I went “wait, she changed from a navy dress into an IDENTICAL navy dress????” But it turned out it was black. The macaroni necklace was the best part of that outfit, imo.

This looks very sloppy to me. The clothes are sloppy. The coverage is all fluff. I thought maybe she was dressing sloppily because this was her “I focus on the substance of the tour” trip (those binders!), but that doesn’t seem to be the case. The substantive stops are not highlighted at all (and, as in the case of the aboriginal school, are sometimes shoved out of the way), which is a shame. Part of it is that they have so many events they all kind of blend into anonymous handshaking and cute kid pics, but part of it is that the charity stuff is treated as just background to Harry and Meg’s love story.

She met an after-school rugby program for girls and she doesn’t play rugby. The program is ironically named “Girls Can” and Meghan showed everyone that some girls actually can’t.

https://twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/1052733101489737728

They were supposedly going to clean up a beach (which would have been great for awareness), but then they didn’t get to clean up. This reminds me of the drought-awareness stop in Dubbo which turned into a deluge. Both events became”Meghan and Harry hold hands as they meet with cute kids and eat,” which seems to be the theme of the tour.

https://twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/1052763285974597633

The social cafe visit (they help indigenous kids) turned into a Tig-friendly food tasting with the chef. I don’t think we met any of the indigenous kids.

https://twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/1052757176156975104

https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1052782272229724160

The aboriginal school was embargoed and thus overshadowed by her banana cake. Kudos to Emily Andrews for actually getting interviews from the kids.Yes, it was a rote”she’s a role model” quote, but at least the kids got some visibility.

https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1052417178325135363

https://twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/1052430472675020801

“You’re really speaking my language” is the new “it’s amazing.” She’s saying that to everyone. I really admire how she manages to turn other’s people work into a statement about herself. This takes real talent. 

https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1052776919404437504

https://twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/1052414801375309824

She actually wore a good Australian brand of jeans (the help Cambodian women), but it was, of course, overshadowed by the Serena jacket.

https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1052364835868954625

I don’t think there has been much mention of Invictus, which starts on Saturday.

It really is all about Harry and Meghan being pregnant and in love and meeting kids. That’s the whole tour.