2_there was some backlash to her Vogue pics by DeMarchelier, how she was now 100% celebrity, mastering the art of (fake) accessibility. Her lowest point was right before her death – remember Dodi was a known coke addict and womanizer, and his dad was persona non grata and a rumored arms dealer. She was playing it up. Nobody thought that would end well.
3_Even back then there was a “what is she doing” attitude about her social life, and how futile her pursuit of true love seemed when you really looked at her temperment, expectations, requirements and circumstances. She’d fall in with the Fayad-types (“Eurotrash” for want of a better word) as she did.
4_also, her antics with Tiggy were well known to the public and very unflattering, particularly as to the position it placed her boys. What elevated her in the end was what she did on AIDs, on mines, and her demeanor engaging the public whilst married to Charles, stuck. Markle’s demeanor with the public is opposite to Diana, try as she might to imitate her. Even if Markle died she’d have no chance at St. Di.
Very good points. Di’s imagine would be very different if she hadn’t died because the criticisms were piling up.
Oh, yeah. I’ve seen it before. AHPF has done a good job cataloging it. It’s so ubiquitous that we hardly even notice it now. This here is a good write-up that AHPF did back in January. I know she did some write-ups after the “statement” was released in 2016, but I just don’t have time to find them.
Generally I agree with you, but People participated in the War of the Wales 25 years ago, so yes, they will participate in royal-vs-royal attacks. They’re not printing attacks currently because it doesn’t benefit them in anyway. If they could see a benefit in it, they’d do it.
The US market is the only possible market that Megs could make work for her. She’s not sophisticated or interesting enough for the world market. Also, an American in the British royal family being “popular” feeds American narcissism about being the best, which is also why many in the US don’t second guess Megs being declared “popular” in the UK. It’s just another version of “USA #1″ in the media.
I completely agree with you that post-divorce Diana is her aim, but I do wonder how she’ll get what she wants. If she’s the more guilty party, she’ll be the most unpopular woman in the UK. If Harry’s the more guilty party, no matter what she says he’s done, he’ll get away with being foolish. I don’t think he’ll ever reach the Charles-like “villain” because so many people see him as the boy behind the coffin. We’ve had these people asking Meghan to look after him, like haribo lady.
Would it not be the same in the US? Because if she’s not liked, then the only thing she’ll have is fame/media hounding. So is it just for fame or profitability after the RF? I suppose it doesn’t quite compute in my mind because she might be aiming for Diana, but without that level of popularity wouldn’t it be so easy to fall into post-divorce Fergie?!
I was only about 4 when Diana died, but I know people who have said she only reached this “sainthood” level after she died (I really don’t mean to be offensive, I think it’s quite common for people who die young). So for Meghan to have the Diana life, rather than Fergie, would it just come down to things like photo-ops on the diving board of a yacht?
I think I’m going around in circles here! Sorry about that!
Thanks for sending this in. Diana only reached “People’s Princess” status after her death, but she had a huge post-divorce “princess finally breaks free” pr drive in the US and that’s what Meghan is likely aiming for.
Di sold her old clothes, cut her hair, toned down her makeup, got papped in jeans and gym clothes, ditched her UK charities and began doing more international humanitarian work, etc… She slammed up, got more sexy and wore the “revenge dress.” She started hanging out with celebs more.
The whole thing was spun as finally breaking free from the stifling brf and becoming a superstar on her own. That’s the Di that became popular in the US. That’s the Di Meghan wants to be.
Diana also worked the age difference between her and Charles to her advantage in the press before they were divorced.
Pt 2 ultimately though she can’t maintain public interest – brands look at the numbers and hers suck. She cannot sustain interest especially without Harry. And she does not show clothes well. Too short can’t walk in stilettos and the makeup and mistakes generate too many negatives. Notice Prada did not feature her on their IG when she wore that Prada. She tries but she really is just a zlist celeb. Givenchy took her pic off their IG when she wore the wallpaper dress. But her reps keep try
This is what I got when I did the MM + Givenchy search:
I suspect MM’s engagement on July 5th, and her engagements from July 9 through 11th are make-or-break for her on the fashion front. If she can’t look great, then I doubt she’s going to get anything else after. It’s becoming obvious to too many people that she’s a dud.
I think another anon also mentioned fertility treatments.
Really? If fertility drugs are the cause, then why–as others have noted–does Harry treat her differently? If it were fertility drugs, then wouldn’t he be more understanding since he wants kids. Something doesn’t quite make sense.
Anyway, the side effects for two of the most common drugs for IVF Cetrotide and Lupron can be found here and here.
I’ve noticed. I’ve seen it mentioned over at AHPF quite a bit. I know I’ve reblogged some of it but certainly not all.
Considering how frequently she has articles getting published over nothing, that money is going to run out pretty quick. Celebitchy only does articles if something has previously been published somewhere else. Megs had TWO articles today on that site:
Considering the last one is STAR magazine, she must be running getting low on funds. She couldn’t get People magazine or US Weekly to run it. Not to mention that she doesn’t seem to want to wait until she has another engagement before having articles appear. It’s just constant bombardment. (Not a smart move.)
It may be that the UK tabs will kick in with the narrative they want to run when she can no longer pay for a pr agency to send things to US media. Like, she won’t disappear completely when her money runs out because then Fleet Street will seize their opportunity. She won’t have the funds to combat them and will be at the mercy of what the palace pr decides.
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Hello dear Plant I’m sorry I don’t know how to send multiple pics, I did a research from Italy (there are some privacy laws that modify the Google search so it might be different from the States) of Vogue Paris and Meghan and you can see every time there is a press release it’s stated on the result. So it was very interesting. A lot of press releases about fashion brands, jewelry, makeup. I’ve researched also Kate on Vogue Paris and I found only one press release about her, that was the article of her and Char coordinating outfits. I will send you other pics next so you can see but you can probably do it better.
Thanks for sending these in! I think many of these are press releases from the brands themselves, but the Diana and “psychological pink” ones are coming from Meghan. They don’t really support any brand. But one reason why we are seeing so much Meghan coverage is that all her brands are sending press releases. In this pic alone we have shoe, beauty and clothing brands e-mailing stuff.
Kate does do press releases, but they are usually about family or work stuff. Also, she usually wears established UK brands that don’t scorch the earth like this.
But it’s interesting to see how it works. Thanks for sending this!
He’s buying insurance. When she turns to bite the hand that feeds her he can show receipts of all the money, aides, and royal events that they gave her.
Thanks! Always good to have an on-the-ground perspective. I do think the “celeb vs. royal” debate has been going on for a while in the UK, though. I’ve seen several articles about it. The Spectator has had a couple and Hilary Mantel did some essays and someone else prominent who I can’t remember right now. I even found an Australian one. This is just another slide down a slippery slope, imo.
Well, we don’t know for sure that she’s actually taking Xanax. I’m sure she was self-medicating with something, but we don’t know what it was for sure. But regardless, she’ll have a much harder time doing those engagements–RAF and trip to Republic of Ireland–if she’s on any kind of medication where she can’t talk normally to people.
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I have no clue how they are going to manage the christening, the RAF anniversary and the Irish tour, all in the span of three days. I’m hoping for a real fuck-up this time.
And we’ll probably get a real fuck-up at that time.
Harry has a new beaded bracelet, guys! Oh, and his trip included Botswana. We all know what happens in Botswana, don’t we? This is another possible explanation for Meghan’s Xanax look.
We reported a few weeks ago that some of the more old school members of the Royal household didn’t know what to make of the new Duchess of Sussex, so invented the nickname “Meghan The Menace”.
Their eyebrows have been raised further with Ms Markle’s choice of personal aide. Not a tried and trusted Royal adviser or an experienced aristo to help her navigate the choppy waters of royal etiquette, but someone from the celebrity world, whose biggest previous job was working for Madonna.
Buckingham Palace staff are already dining out on a tale of how Meghan’s new girl was calling up big brands and asking for freebies, as if her boss was in the cast of Love Island rather than married to the Queen’s grandson.
From this week’s Popitch
Whoa! Thank you so much for sending this in.
Here’s the “few weeks ago” item, in case anyone is interested:
House of Brat 