Oh, really?! Brexit is going terribly and is going to affect the entire UK, but Megsy needs to decorate an expensive flat for her mom, who let us remember did not stay longer than a week after the cookbook photo op.
Goat peach dress (second most iconic look based on how much it’s been lampooned)
Carolina Herrera peach dress she wore to Trooping (I think this is her most “iconic look” based on that Modern Family sketch)
Best looks:
Blue Roland Mouret worn at BP
Black Halo dress worn at Commonwealth Meeting reception
Banana yellow dress worn at Commonwealth Youth reception
Black Emilia Wickstead she wore in Ireland
Gray Roland Mouret (sadly spoiled by visible bra) she wore in Ireland
I think a lot of people would add the black/navy Dior she wore to the RAF anniversary to this list, but I think that looked way to dark and fake. Ditto the cream Givenchy she wore to Chester. I think the dress looked good, but couture was the wrong choice for the engagement and the hair just killed the look.
I don’t think Megs has worn much Chanel, has she? Seems like that’s one fashion house steering clear of her. I am curious to see what fug thing she will wear to Eugenie’s wedding since Eugenie probably has friends that can dress really well.
I’m not surprised. Kate has genuine interests beyond getting photographed and having her name in the papers. Megs has just chased money and fame. Neither of those really help you talk to people who aren’t going to kiss your ass and tell you that you’re the most wonderful thing ever.
I’m very amused by the coverage though. The bar is set so low at this point that they praise her for closing the car door. Even I am sitting here typing “well, at least the dress was ironed and the hair was kind of combed.”
I agree. it will be up into a big “will she go or won’t she go” frenzy during the tour and then she’ll show up in Tonga and everyone will be told that “her uterus is no one’s business.”
Pffft, Harry barely gets coverage now. A solo trip to Fiji and Tonga will barely cause a publicity ripple. Heck, if Meghan stays in Australia because she’s pregnant, it may be that most of the press core stays in Sydney hoping to see her attend the Games. The coverage will be all about her pregnancy and Fiji and Tonga will be an afterthought.
Fiji and Tonga have spent tons of money in the hopes of a tourism boost, and it will all have been for naught. Sweden didn’t need the tourism press and they didn’t spend much (if anything) on Will and Kate’s Brexit visit, which, in any case, was only postponed until later (and Kate’s pregnancy gave it even more coverage then). Fiji and Tonga will have thrown a lot of money down the drain.
Actually, it’s even worse. If she skips the islands because of Zika, it will be worldwide news and it will actually HARM their tourism. Can you imagine the headlines? It will be wall-to-wall coverage in Australia, which is probably their main tourism market. The cancellation will cost them tons of tourism money and the effect could very well last years.
Puerto Rico lost $28 million in tourism money due to a Zika scare.
If Ms. “OMG, I love the Commonwealth and all of their pretty flowers and I’m now totes in charge of it” cancels her tour because of freaking Zika, it will have huge negative repercussions. No one thought “oh, I better cancel my fjords cruise because of Kate,” but tons of people will go “oh, I didn’t know Zika was still a problem I better go to Hawaii or Bali instead.” Sweden didn’t lose squat because Kate cancelled. These islands can potentially lose a ton of money.
So I don’t understand why people are being so blasé about this. If Meghan is pregnant, then Fiji and Tonga are royally (literally) screwed. Their choices are “Meghan braves Zika and risks her baby’s health for royal duty” headlines, or “Duchess is heartbroken about having to cancel due to the Zika warning but she can’t possibly put her baby’s health at risk.” Either way THEY ARE TOAST.
This isn’t a small matter. These are millions of dollars in tourism revenue.
If she’s pregnant, the only alternative is to continue the tour and claim that the risk is minimal and she’s dousing herself with bug spray, but then you have royals going around telling people that they can ignore government warnings because the government is a hysterical nanny.
It’s a lose-lose-lose situation for everyone. That’s why I don’t think she’s pregnant.
And political
situations like this are exactly why Kate and the rest of the royal family
dress “conservatively.” Because their job is to be a stable influence and not
be flashy or constantly show off wealth.
If the Brexit
situation doesn’t get better, then I think it’ll be a sure bet that there will
be articles critiquing Meg’s couture wardrobe on the tour. Given the possible
political situation, the articles practically write themselves. It’s basically
a no brainer. If it gets bad enough, then perhaps we would see an aide go
shopping for Megs to buy something cheap and local when they’re in Australia. But I doubt Megsy would
want to do that. She’ll probably want to stick to her guns about whatever Jessica Mulroney has brought over and arranged.
And that leaves an
opening for anyone to explicitly expose whatever is truly going on whether it’s an ex-friend or someone else. It could be that Brexit talks tank even further in mid-to-late October, and then we start reading articles on Megs and/or Harry in November.
I have to admit this is pretty impressive. Most people think of the royal life as one of service and sacrifice, but Meghan has made it all about self-actualization.
When you’re not famous and never have paps following you around, but still manage to only get papped in LA. No stalking in London or at Soho house, shame.
Those were Instagram posts on Meg’s Instagram before she deleted it. I don’t think I’ve reblogged those posts. Could try looking at keepingupwiththebananadrama tumblr. She might have reblogged some screen shots of those things.
You know I just realized. While she’s talking about herself, her dress, her big day, everyone else will be talking about the Queen.
Did they set her up for that?
She could’ve easily talked about her first time meeting the queen, or meeting her corgis, or going on an engagement with her. It’s almost like they know she has nothing substantial to offer about someone she’s seen as much as we’ve seen the two of them together in pictures. They were safer including her and letting her do what she does best, talking about herself.
It’s a big celeb pivot. She’s even using KP twitter to like celeb tweets.
I may start turning the blog into #divorcewatch or something like that because I do not even see the point of applying royal standards to this woman or comparing her to Kate or any of the other royals. Meghan is NOT a royal and is not even slightly interested in living up to any standards.
She half-assed it after the wedding to check off all the royal events and establish her royal “brand,” but that’s it. She’s now gone full celeb, and it’s a bit like following Countess Luanne and her latest boy toy. Yes, Luanne was technically a Countess and very amusing and exciting to follow, but there was nothing even slightly aristocratic about her at all. Meghan is like that. She’s technically a duchess, but it’s just a name. Outside of that she’s just another C-list celeb trying to sell herself as a humanitarian lifestyle maven.
Protocol is one of the many subtle way they signal to the public that they are “different”. If harry (and meg) continue to rebuff the protocol they will contribute to the crumbling facade of the Royal Family and it’s eventual demise. 2/2
Exactly! At this point, how is Meghan any different from Priyanka? She has a title and taxpayer funding and that’s it.
And I think that’s why interest is flagging right now. What makes the royals interesting is precisely the fact that they have to follow all of these rules. It’s clear that Meghan is not subject to anything, so what’s the point.
I have a feeling the American brands will be huge during the Australian tour-Carolina Herrera, Ralph, etc.. Jess was in NYFW doing the rounds. Meghan will likely wear whoever was making a big push during that week. Unfortunately, I don’t follow fashion that much and don’t know who that was.
I’m not surprised. They only have been liking tweets from the royal family Instagram or from charities. Only 3 4 of the likes from the last 5 days have been about William, everything else is Rachel or the pheasant.
I wouldn’t say they would necessarily put up a front. But I do think the reality of the situation will fully sink in. Whatever positive vibe Harry enjoys in private will probably be gone.
10th month of marriage would be March in my book. March 19th would be their 10-month anniversary of marriage.
I don’t think she’s pregnant. She doesn’t look it to me. I don’t see any weight gain, and her boobs look like they haven’t gotten larger. So, I don’t see any reason why they would announce a pregnancy if she’s not pregnant.
Yup. I concur. Megsy doesn’t have anything really special to hold people’s interest. I don’t think it would even have to take Harry remarrying for her to lose status. I think once he is out and about on a regular basis with a girl in public that she would lose her status and disappear.
The fact that she hasn’t been photographed with the Queen speaks volumes. Megsy can have her pr put out article after article saying she’s the Queen’s favorite; however, she hasn’t been pictured with HM The Queen since right after her wedding. (Group appearances don’t count.)
I wonder if Harry & Megs will go to the Polish state visit. I think it might depend on how their big tour down under goes. Or the state of their relationship knowing those two can’t behave properly anyway.
Yeah, I don’t buy a US tour at this point either. If it hasn’t been announced, then there’s no guarantee it’s happening. I would imagine that the Queen and the Foreign Office would want to see how the currently scheduled tour to Australia, Fiji, Tonga, etc., goes before publicly announcing anything else.
Those two are going to be fried after 16 days in public. Whatever charm they start out with will be spent by the time they get to the very end.
I don’t think she’s ever going to get a solo engagement with Charles. Certainly not at this point. And she’ll never get an overseas solo trip. There’s no benefit to the royal family for that.
I don’t think she’ll be able to have a kid either.
Your last line there is key: “the US would ignore all that.”
Exactly.
Asking Americans to care about the difference between Meghan, TheDuchess of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is pointless. They’re not going to care because the important word of distinction to Americans is “duchess.” Americans are not going to care whether or not a definite article is placed before the word “duchess.” The fact that someone is using the word “duchess” in relation to someone is what is worthy of note.
No one in the US is going to stop Megsy going around calling herself Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. That girl will use it until she dies.
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