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I don’t think the BRF cares about what some people think of Meghan. Majority are indifferent. Camilla was far more disliked than Meghan and they’ve stuck with her and Charles. Charles and Camilla are still disliked and they will be the future King and Queen consort. Public opinion changes and the Queen has weathered it all.

Charles and Camilla took their time getting married. They didn’t rush. They gave the British public more than five years to get used to seeing them together before they got married. 

Megs ain’t going to be Queen, so her low public approval scores now are as high as they’re ever going to get. 

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Kate is the definition of white mediocrity. Getting praised for doing absolutely nothing because they would rather hype up the lazy white woman than to recognize the hard work of a biracial woman. It’s a tale as old as time. Non-white people have to be twice as good to get half the recognition and we still don’t get that. You wouldn’t understand though.

Oh, honey. You’re completely mixing up royal watching with every day life. Kate does what she’s supposed to do as someone who is supposed to be queen some day. She’s not supposed to be power lunching every day and holding a regular 9-to-5 job. Part of her job is birthing and raising children who will be in line to the throne. And she seems to be doing that job excellently. 

And don’t come at me with the notion that Megs is hard working. She may work hard at hustling for fame, but that girl has not worked huge amounts of time while on Suits. She was not on set EVERY DAY. She had a few days here and a few days there. That’s how she was able to go on vacation ALL THE DAMN TIME. Kate has done tons more charity work in her time as a royal than Megs has ever done. Meg’s charity work prior to becoming engaged to Harry was a whopping FIVE things.

Meg’s main life activity was looking for guys to buy and pay for her preferred lifestyle. 

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In my humble opinion she said if I’m moving for you giving up my career and life you must marry me, I can’t move for a man without a ring, she pushed him,.. for sure, what was she giving up? Nothing she was 40 and not a star role and not on a main network, she wasn’t making it now, harry is her career, but he didn’t see that, now she has fame, and he is screwed, why he wanted marriage like his brother and nobody else Was willing to give up there actual lives for him, she thinks she got a prize

She’s almost 40. Still got a few more years to go on that one.

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I think the British media dislikes Meghan more than the actual people. With that being said, Camilla is by far one of the most disliked women to ever set foot in the Royal Family- far more than Meghan and they’ve welcomed her. Maybe Prince Charles was stubborn but I see nothing that says the RF cares much about what a segment of the public thinks- they honestly never have. They all seem to like her well enough.

Oh, you seem new to royal watching. I take it you’ve never seen The Queen, for example. Perhaps you should watch it so you can have a small glimpse of what goes on beyond the Meghan Markle fandom.

Charles publicly dated Camilla FOR YEARS before they became married. Charles and Camilla’s first public appearance was in 1999. The didn’t get married until 2005. That’s SIX YEARS between their first public appearance and marriage. And EIGHT YEARS after the death of Diana.

And as for whether or not the British royal family–including Charles–cares about public opinion, they do. Obviously you have not noticed that the title Camilla uses is Duchess of Cornwall instead of Princess of Wales. Camilla has every right to use the Princess of Wales title; however, she doesn’t in deference to public opinion regarding Diana.

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Oy vey Brat… You’ve never seen Amadeus? You, the movie buff? Girl… It’s weirdly iconic (even though it plays around with the facts) and worth the watch and a few chuckles on a rainy day. The 18th c had a love child with the 80s and called it Amadeus :P it’s brilliant! Even made it into a Simpsons episode. Whatever you do, don’t watch a director’s cut version – it’s long enough as it is!

Yeah, it came out when I was a kid. I remember (vaguely) people talking about how long it is when it was released. I’ve just never been motivated to sit down and watch it, possibly because of hearing people say that it was soooo loooong. Maybe I’ll have to give it a try in the next few months.

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The boy is an imbecile. Point blank. The BRF have accepted that, only his dopey fangirls who are old enough to be his mother and concocted cock-eyed excuses haven’t. They need a life. What’s so impressive about that guy other than his make-believe title? 0. I don’t want to be superficial but he’s not even attractive physically. He’s average, going bald and looks like an over-grown kid. I’m not impressed at all. Apart from that, the soldier charming Prince image is dying. pt.1

pt. 2. He went through most of life using his mother’s name to excuse himself (i hope i don’t sound cruel) he’s ran out of that. He can’t stand on his own. He’s egotistical and based his life on pr. Most of what people saw was that: pr. I saw a video on youtube of the dubious pair at the memorial recently. He was JUMPY AS A BOX OF RABBITS. The other needs to be institutionalized. THE WORST ACTRESS I’VE EVER SEEN BAR NONE!

pt. 3. Can’t even PRETEND not be fake. Theresa May looked at both with disdain to me. He looked a bag of nerves I didn’t know if I should have laughed, felt pity or annoyance. The hooker felt unwelcomed can you imagine that.

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Theory: The wedding will be cancelled. But not due to prince philips health, because of lack of preparation. This Pinterest do it yourself wedding is going to be missing one main elements , and they would eventually postpone it. I’m thinking the main element is lack of guests or catering or something else.

Nah. If it was going to be cancelled due to lack of preparation it would already have been rescheduled at this point. The royal family has known since January that this is going to be a shit show. That’s why Charles wanted it known early on that he and his staff had nothing to do with the planning.

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Hey HOB – I did a deep dive into your Tumblr last night and find your commentary pretty sensible and accurate. I’m from Toronto and have followed the Canadian gossip scene for the last 14 years or so and I feel like based on what you’ve written, you’ve got everyone’s number bang on. What are your thoughts on the VF article re: Megs & her friends? Particularly Shinan & Lainey’s comments and M.O going forward, and their relationship with JM? I don’t get the feeling JM is well rec’d by most. Thx!

(Old ask from last week)

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/meghan-markle-is-going-royal-can-her-friends-come-too

AHPF did a write up on it: https://anonymoushouseplantfan.tumblr.com/post/173262403866/meghan-markle-is-going-royalcan-her-friends-come

I’m not as familiar with Shinan’s writings as I
am with Lainey’s. I’ve only read him a few times. Generally, my impression of him is that he’s smarter than Lainey and doesn’t need to fan-girl over a celebrity in order to write about them.

I don’t disagree with much of what AHPF wrote about it except regarding Lainey’s usage of “Harry-era” friends. 

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I’m not convinced Lainey realizes or is going to write about how Megs uses and ditches people. Ever. It seems to me that Lainey is just dividing Megs life into pre-Harry and with-Harry. Lainey isn’t planning on there being a post-Harry at this point because she sure as hell hasn’t written about or alluded to it. All you have to do is go back and look at Lainey’s post from last December on Meghan Markle’s “friend problem.”

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Lainey didn’t write at all about how Megs had no problem ditching her friend of 30 years. Her closing was “What is the friend’s end game?”

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So from the get-go Lainey was out to blame the UK press and not looking deeper for why Meg’s friends wanted to sell her out to the press. I can’t recall seeing that change even now with all the shenanigans her father did with the press to get an invite. Lainey was blaming the “rogue relative” who supposedly doesn’t know anything, yet never discussing that her father was getting papped while having his measurements done outside a building in broad daylight.

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Lainey clearly knows that Megs has a media strategy, but she doesn’t write it out for her readers. AT ALL. I remember listening to one of Lainey’s podcasts shortly after the engagement was announced, and I thought this exchange was interesting. (It starts at the 1:03 mark.)

Lainey: “If she is the strategist that I
think she is, and this week she’s certainly shown us that there is some game
here. That she may not in her role as a celebrity in Hollywood in show business
been able to exercise. She is certainly using that in the full force right now.
The interview was masterfully played. Their first walkabout was excellent….It’s
only been a week, but she’s killed it. She’s shown us that there were so many
sides to her that we didn’t know that we couldn’t have anticipated. Given that,
what you said a few minutes ago, I feel like she would have been laying the
ground work herself too….
Duana: Do you think she wiggled out of her
tweeting & promotional duties for season 7?
Lainey: One hundred percent.

But has Lainey written about how–coincidence or conspiracy–Megs is always releasing more wedding information every time anything remotely damaging is coming out in the UK press these days? Nope. And I don’t expect her to write anything like that until this relationship between Harry and Megs goes belly-up. At that point, Lainey will write some sort of retrospective, but she’s not going to write the details most people will want to know about and can get elsewhere. 

I don’t read Shinan’s column, but he seems much smarter than Lainey in what he said. Megs used her boyfriend to network:

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She used Jessica Mulroney:

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And he noticed that Megs is truly out for herself:

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A lone-ranging shape shifter, eh? Sounds totally trustworthy, right? 

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NEW BLIND ITEM: This actress is trying very hard to fit in with her soon-to-be new family. Maybe a little too hard. She is having her friends spread the rumor that she might be named godmother to [her future brother-in-law’s] new baby. It’s not true. In fact, it’s not even a remote possibility! They hardly know her. However, she hopes that the rumor alone will make the public think that she has already become so close to them that they would consider her.

Thanks! 

Yup. I’ve seen it over at AHPF earlier. Meg’s famewhore ways just don’t disappoint. 

http://blindgossip.com/?p=91376

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Too bad Megs can’t seem to realize that it’s her pr shenanigans and leaks that will always keep her from fitting in. The irony. 

Agree!!!! Finally someone who say the truth!!!! Angelina played the “bad girl pr” for press attention. When she became too old and thr bad girl image would look pathetic she turned out as “mother theresa image”. She looks fak to me. But i give her that she can act very well.

Yup! I know someone who saw AJ live on Conan back in early 2000 when she was on promoting Girl, Interrupted. She said it was glaringly obvious back then she was doing the bad girl act as part of her schtick. But, hey, she got the Oscar she so desperately wanted!

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I’m currently pregnant on my second and I deeply applaud Catherine for being such a goid sport and going out 7 hours after birth. When I had my first one, I am very much uncomfortable the first 10 hours due to the stitching on my vagina. Like, seriously. Is she part Wonderwoman or something? She looked more put together a than Meghan and she had just finished with labour and birthing. Good Lord.

I don’t envy any woman who has to give birth. I know someone who gave birth recently, and she said if you knew what contractions are beforehand that no woman would want to get pregnant EVER.

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AJ making out with her brother was so cringe worthy .Then her and BBT wearing viles of each other blood .talking about how they just had sex in the limo on the red carpet

Yup. I remember that too. Another stunt to get the press’ attention. That’s what she truly cares about though. I remember reading a book that stated the relationship between AJ and BBT was never about love and sex. It was about covering her ass after her psych ward lock down and making out with her brother. Whatever she could do to change the subject from her previous pr fiasco. 

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Happiest wedding photos ever!

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Wasn’t AJ the one who had beef with a big magazine she did an interview and it didn’t make her look good ,and AJ said the person made up those stuff so the magazine was like ✋hold up we have trascrpits.

Yup. She sunk herself with Vanity Fair because she admitted using casting techniques on Cambodian kids that most people thought were exploitive. 

http://dlisted.com/2017/07/27/some-people-are-not-happy-about-angelina-jolies-casting-methods/

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http://dlisted.com/2017/07/31/angelina-jolie-has-something-to-say-about-the-backlash-from-vanity-fair-article/

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http://dlisted.com/2017/08/04/vanity-fair-brought-out-the-receipts/

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What are your thoughts on Angelina Jolie? Do you like her?

OMG. I’m not sure where to start on that one. I used to like her a long time ago. I started getting annoyed when she kept pimping her kids out every time she had a movie or needed to promote something. The final straw was the bullshit manner she conducted her separation from Brad. It was all completely unnecessary. 

Ted Casablanca was totally right about her. I remember him saying that when AJ decided she was going to be done with Brad that she would just dump him cold, which is exactly what she did in the most public manner possible. 

People forget that in 2000–not long after she won her Oscar–AJ actually checked herself into the UCLA hospital psych ward for 72 hours because she was supposedly suicidal over not being able to marry Billy Bob Thornton. I don’t believe she was actually suicidal over BBT. She was probably suicidal because she had pinned herself in a corner by trying to be super edgy during the 1999-2000 awards season by kissing and making out with her brother.

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Remember, she said she was “so in love” with her brother, Jaime, while accepting her Oscar. 

It’s been SO LONG AGO that most people have forgotten this. But her psych hold was one of the reasons why AJ basically had to have a babysitter while filming the first Tomb Raider.

She’s done a good job making people forget about all of this with her UNHCR work and adopting tons of kids. She’s the same drama queen as her father, whom she cut out after her life after he went on national television saying she needed help for her serious psychological issues. Probably a very accurate statement regarding her but that clearly wasn’t the right way to go about it. 

Ted Casablanca had a blind item that most people believed as about Angelina Jolie, Fake à la Ferocity. It basically tells you that AJ never really gave up heroin. Instead she moved on to the pharmaceutical kind of opiates. 

I just can’t with her at this point because she pimps out her kids. None of those kids are going to be able to function as adults. And she is SO skeletal when you see pictures of her. And hardly anyone in the press mentions it.

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At the end of the day it doesn’t matter if they get married or if they don’t get married because they won’t last. As soon as Prince Harry wakes up from his dream about the wonderful Meghan from instagram he’ll find himself next to an experienced user and will blame everybody around for not telling him.

I don’t think Harry will be able to blame those around him though. He might want to, but I’m pretty sure that everyone close to him told him it was too early to get married to Megs. He didn’t want to listen and just bulldozed right ahead.

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Yikes I’ve never quite seen a woman so out of her element. MeAgain looked soooo uncomfortable at the memorial. Also not greeting the PM is not a good look. Even Stevie Wonder can see how she’s unsuitable for the BRF. Has nothing to do w the colour of her skin. It has everything to do with her hubris. She def thought that the Great Actress Meghan Markle can handle this role of a lifetime. But reality tells us otherwise. I see PH growing tired of her clinginess. Sad.

She really doesn’t understand what the job of a royal is. Truly. Attending these events will be her future job if she makes it to the altar, but she thinks they’ll all be red carpet walks. 

Her fashion fail just astounds me. She really doesn’t understand what she’s dressing for.  Can’t wait to see what she wears on Anzac Day at the memorial service. 

I truly thought that they wouldn’t hold hands today because, you know, professionalism, but I was wrong. 

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I take it Lainey doesn’t have children/friends with children? Because she’s been a binch to George since day 1 of Meghan’s involvement with this family. Remember this time last year – Operation Crash Pippa’s Wedding? When Lainey noted Markle wasn’t at the church, she started bitching about George as “a certain sucky faced 3 year old”. I was flabbergasted that an adult would say[write] something like that about a CHILD. She seriously shoud pick on someone her own … I would say size, but… age.

Lainey doesn’t have children. She has friends who have children. She also has a niece and nephew. Lainey is an only child, so she has no sibling rivalry to relate to.

But yeah, I remember what you’re talking about. When she was writing that way back when he was a one- or two-year old, I didn’t mind so much since you can’t reason with them. Now George is almost FIVE and seems very well behaved. It is straight up asinine. 

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From western astrology p.o.v. Saturn’s in retrograde since mid April and will last until mid/late September (I forget when exactly). That’s coloquially a time when “karma” is being dished out. In the sense that whatever you’ve put out there… be prepared for it to come back with some force during this period. Good or bad. It’s like a cosmic Santa. So it seems very probable that something was started during the Mercury retrograde, intensified by moon in Aries and will hit the fan in SaturnR.

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There’s a video on Daily Mail YouTube of them at the service today and after watching it I think there’s something off between them. Heck, I’m not even sure Harry looked Meghan in the eyes, the only pic was her “loving gaze” when he was talking to someone else. And Harry wriggling in his seat when they sat down – he was sooo uncomfortable, maybe even embarrassed? Meghan didn’t even say good morning to PM, May was the one who did it after Harry greeted her.

This one?

Yeah, the part where she didn’t greet PM when she’s right next to her is pretty bad. It really shows she doesn’t have any manners.

After today at the memorial, I’m fairly confident in saying this wedding is happening. I’m not trying to poop on you or Vedic astrology but I’m assuming there are times when it’s wrong or interpreted incorrectly. At this point, I’m just curious to see how long after they marry they’ll last. Any thoughts on how long the marriage will last and how many kids they’ll have?

I still say they’re not going to get married. Thus, they will not have kids.

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Well HoB, Kate’s gone into labour and baby number 3 is on its way. On the same day that Harry & Meghan’s Stephen Lawrence engagement – which was set up, I’m sure, to be Meghan’s u l t i m a t e acting roll throughout this tour; playing HER race card. It’s amazing how literally e v e r y time she’s overshadowed by other news (or heaven forbid, catastrophies). It really is.

You’ve got to wonder at this point what is going to overshadow her on Wednesday morning at the Anzac Day memorial service, aside from her terrible fashion choices and unkempt hair. 

Will it be just the baby’s name announcement or something else also? (I probably won’t find out until Thursday since I’m traveling that day.)

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Methinks George is a bit like Charles – shy and maybe even sensitive. The main difference between them is George was born 65 years after Charles in the world where mental health became a thing you should care about, and to parents who can accept the fact that their firstborn doesn’t have to be mentally strong and they care about raising their children just as normal children, not as heirs, spares and etc.

Yeah, I agree with you. I think other people have noted the similarity between them. I don’t think Charles had the most/best supportive parenting growing up. Last I recall, his grandmother, the Queen Mum did a lot of parenting/mothering for him. 

I think most people would agree the George is a shy and sensitive kid. Except Lainey. I could not believe what she wrote today about George and Charlotte.

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Lainey is such an asshole. She took a sweet gesture of George putting his arm around Charlotte and turned it into sibling rivalry. Ugh.

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