It’s so disappointing. People in the UK might buy it to support the Grenfell victims. People in the US will probably only buy it if they’re Meghan fans. The only person who truly wins is Meghan in this scenario since she has “HRH Duchess of Sussex” in a very, visible font on the cover with her picture.
The real goal should be helping these people get into permanent housing to help their families, not perpetuate their temporary living conditions.
You too? That bothered the hell out of me I thought I was the only one. I dont think her name or title should be anywhere on the front. That’s why people are thinking it’s her damn book.
OMG, she convinced some hapless charity to put together an expensive cookbook, took credit for the whole thing, wrote a THREE PAGE foreword because she thinks she’s Anthony Bourdain, and is now hosting a COOKING SHOW in KP, just like the one she pitched to HGTV with Lindsay.
This is hilarious, I’ve never seen a royal so obviously use a charity as a vanity project. This woman is amazing.
The foreword…OMG.
“Keeping the global spirit of community alive…” LOLOLOLOL. She can’t just sponsor a charity cookbook, she has to have some grandiose mission behind it.
The word salad is EPIC!!! A “Passport on a Plate…” I’m dying.
BTW, that’s the paragraph that allows her to spend half the foreword talking about herself, including laying out her entire resume in one paragraph.
Seriously, six out of fourteen full paragraphs (I’m counting the one-sentence anecdotes separated by asterisks as one paragraph) are about her, and FIVE paragraphs start with “I” – “I was setting in,” “I recently watched,” “I asked,” “I have a lifelong interest,” and “I’ve spent many years.
I haven’t stopped laughing. THIS is why I have a blog following this woman. I wake up on Monday morning already missing my weekend and dreading the first day of the week like Garfield the Cat, and then I see something like this in my notifications. Holy hell. “Passport on a Plate…” LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Legend:PeptoBismolishPeach™ for Meg (y’know, trooping outfit, the Nurse Ratched penchant for colour schemes) and BabyBlue™ for Kate (‘cause girl sure likes her blue).
About: Number of times they’ve mentioned SpecificShit™.
Notes: Please to note that Meg’s Foreword™ consists of roughly 17 paragraphs and 5 pointless bullet points spread over 3 pages. Kate’s was a total of 1 page and 4 paragraphs. So… with that in mind…
I’ll play nice. I may have missed one or two because I did everything in my power not to read that. Her word salad is like watching spongebob, it kills brain cells literally.
I know! We haven’t seen mudslinging like this since the War of the Wales. People are comparing the brf to Scientology!
I see the Meg fans are working themselves into a froth over Kate’s (admittedly modest) patronage track record. They seem to think this is still a competition. That’s adorable.
Yes, there was a chance Meghan would be able to bury the nude pics, sex scenes, ditched boyfriends, etc… under a stellar charity record, but, thanks to her family and her own crap decisions this summer, that is no longer the case. For some bizarre reason she decided to counter her family’s attack with tons of couture fashion ops with the royal family instead of focusing on her charity work. Now she’s going on another huge fashion show down under.
Even if she went on a huge charity spree, she still wouldn’t be able to make up for the huge family drama, million-dollar wardrobe, and lack of UK brands. And, let’s face it, there is no huge charity spree coming up. She could have (and SHOULD HAVE) done that this month, but decided to hype up her tour fashion instead. The only events where she has looked happy have been the ones with royals or celebs. Her trademark look during charity visits is “wtf am I doing here.”
Meghan isn’t interested in the charity part. She built enough of a resume to bamboozle people into giving her this position and now she’s done with it. She’s interested in fashion and celebs and that will be her focus from now on. Yes, she’ll do enough work to meet the minimum requirements, but that’s it. This is what she has done in every single job she has had. That’s why the blog was so freaking half-assed.
She’ll probably step up the charity stuff in a year or so, when she starts getting antsy and looking for an exit.
Oh, I think your’re right, but at the time I was completely taken in by his pr.
If you look at my early posts, I was completely convinced that there had to be some blackmail/fauxmance arrangement going on. I simply could not picture a royal willingly doing such obvious Soho House/NBC/etc… merching. Suits was using the relationship as promo! Meghan was pap-walking two, sometimes THREE, times a week! She was selling “Harry” necklaces and rings! She was doing DM “date” articles for her blog sponsors!
I still can’t believe he did it. This was Instagram model level stuff. Have some pride, dude!
I think you are mostly right. I do, however, believe that she will show up at charity events, at least at the beginning. It’s part of her Diana persona.
so lonely Meghan beat goes on. her fav mouth piece (well after Lainey) Tom Sykes tells us the details of her lonely life. I can’t decide if this is a sympathy ploy or a reason for the divorce prep story but her pr sure is pushing it. What do you think?
I think the hardcore sugars are here to stay, and I expect they will get more and more rabid as Meghan flounders. That has been my experience so far.
I suspect the tour will be meh, but I doubt the media will report that she “needs major help.” Her problem isn’t that she can’t show up and shake hands. Her problem is that the planned tour stops mind-numbingly boring, the clothes are repetitive, monochrome and ill-fitting, and all she does is hold hands with Harry and pose. Yes, there’s always a chance that there will be a major disaster, but I doubt that as they will be surrounded by people whose main job is to keep that from happening. I think their main problem is boredom. Meghan is by far the most repetitive royal I have ever seen, and I used to bitch about Kate’s lace dresses nonstop.
When I think of what made Will and Kate’s first tour (to Canada) amazing, I remember how Kate picked Prince Edward Island based on the Anne of Green Gables books, and how professional she looked in her navy Smythe blazer (Canadian brand!) as they boarded the plane. The Cambridges positively embraced the official events, attending a citizenship ceremony, Canada Day, and the Calgary Stampede. Kate looked amazing in her recycled engagement dress and red maple leaf hat and she rocked the maple leaf brooch like nobody’s business. She wore Canadian Erdem freaking everywhere (tbh, they weren’t that bad back then), posed with Anne of Green Gables, and even dressed up like a Calgary cowboy.
Yes, they had cute couple moments at the helicopter training, the French cooking classes in Quebec, and the sea dragon race, but what I remember most about this tour was that it was a celebration of Canada, including its natural beauty, history, and diversity. LOL, and the “Marilyn moment,” of course.
Kate launched her tour with a bang, with sources telling the DM that she’s personally chosen Prince Edward’s Island because she loved the Anne books. I remember this causing quite a stir at the time and this is still one my favorite parts of their Canada tour.
It’s a stark contrast to the Harkle schedule release, which left people scratching their heads as to why they’d picked some of the stops and why they were skipping out on Invictus. I’ve been wondering why I have such a strong feeling that this tour will be a dud, and I think the underwhelming release of the schedule is part of it. This does not feel like a celebration of Australia, or event the Commonwealth. It feels like a celebration of Meghan and Harry.
If you use the Google link, it leads to an error page. You have to search within the website to get the blind.
And, yes, the blind is pretty much an early draft of the People article. I don’t think Meghan realizes that she just confirmed everything her friends, family, and colleagues have been saying since Day One. I think she truly thinks that it’s touching and relatable that she has finally found “the family she never had.”
It’s already dying down. I know it doesn’t feel that way because I post every little thing that comes up, but this is actually slowly winding down. Here’s how Meghan’s summer went
Interesting, no? The Irish tour barely made a blip. Her birthday was noteworthy because it was the first time she was seen after her Dad did his interview. Her best events other than that were the engagements with HM and Kate. The other big interest event was the hideous Oscar de la Renta gown. Weirdly enough, Hamilton barely gave her more press than the new dog and the Clooneys gave her no press at all!
I obviously follow this compulsively and post everything I see, but don’t let that mislead you. The outside interest in flagging.
This has probably been said many times, but it seems like Harry and Meghan aren’t worried about some of us seeing behind the show curtain because they think the majority of people won’t look that closely. As long as they can get 1 relatively good picture. For example, Harry getting the children to hug Meghan, he knows most people won’t see/look for how he told them to. With Australia, lots of people will only see that they’re meeting young people, many people won’t see the awkward videos/quotes. Similarly with her clothes. I think it’s also the way Meghan chose the picture for her birthday thank you, it looks like she’s having fun, like the people she’s meeting are laughing with her/looking at her almost adoringly! A very different image from some of the videos!
Thanks for sending this in! Yes, the visuals are everything, but, personally, I don’t think these visuals are that good, particularly that thank you note. She’s dressed in black, the people are behind a fence, Harry is obscured. I can see why she chose it, but I think it’s a very off-putting image.
I’m thinking the same thing. I don’t think she clicked with anyone during her “regional tour.” I suspect her first patronage will be joining Harry at the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust.
I don’t know much about Australia, but it seems the expense is a big sticking point down under. They also seem to disclose EVERYTHING in a fairly timely manner, unlike Ireland or Canada. Cost is likely to be be biggest issue in this tour, and I’m not sure that Australia can justify it with a faux tourism boost, like the UK can.
That’s one reason why I’m so confused about the length of the trip and the fact that they are traveling to the boonies instead of sitting their asses down at a low-cost, already-paid-for, super-popular venue like Invictus.
They are not getting THAT much, when you think of it. Meghan is just really, really good at hyping what she gets.
She got a mediocre non-heirloom engagement ring, but hyped it up with some “official Di collection” diamonds. She got a few minor events for her pre-engagement engagements (very minor compared to Kate’s very official lifeboat launch and St. Andrew’s events), but hyped them up as a “regional tour.” She got the generic royal wedding, but hyped it up with security cost leaks and celeb friends. She got a short visit to Ireland, but hyped it up with tons of costume changes. She got an extension on Harry’s Invictus trip and a bunch of youth group and Commonwealth canopy visits and is hyping them up. She got one event with HM and hyped it up with the train sleepover.
The only true “gets” are the Commonwealth events and Harry was going to get them anyway. She just hopped on.
She’s not getting *that* much. It’s just that she’s freaking amazing at hyping shit up. The royal reporters are apparently going to skip a full fledged royal visit with one of the most magnetic royals in the world (Maxima), because they would rather go to Australia to take pics of Meghan pretending to laugh as she watches kids play soccer down under.
Personally, I’d much rather watch Kate and Maxima rocking tiaras.
Tour schedule is out. 16 days and they will only be spending three on Invictus, which takes place from the 20th to the 27th. Looks like they will attend the Opening, one day of events (maaaaybe, if they don’t have anything better to do in Australia), and the Closing. The best part is that they will spend the bulk of Invictus week drawing attention AWAY from the athletes, since all of the media will be covering Meghan’s Down Under fashion show.
LOLOLOLOLOL. Hypocrisy like this doesn’t come around every day. I’m truly amazed at what a tool Harry ended up being.
The baby rumors are now swirling. Can’t wait for the Celebitchy article about how Carole helping with George was psychotic neediness on the part of Kate, but Meghan bringing Doria over is perfectly understandable because reasons.
Yeah she’s gonna be on tours with them and everything. They are letting these two get away with things like they were next up for the throne. Karma is a bitch and she shows no mercy.
Well, it’s not secret if People, BS Weekly, E! and GMA know all about it, is it? I don’t get the sugars who respond to Mio’s post with “Oh, I’m so glad she has discreet friends like Jess who respect her privacy” or “Doria is so discreet.”
Meghan has leaked stories coming out every other week, just like she did when she first appeared on the scene. At first, it was semi-justifiable because she was establishing her image in the public eye, but at this point it’s just exhibitionism.
The UN Speech and Rwanda photoshoot were linked. I thin she also hosted a cocktail fundraiser for Rwanda or something. Same strategy as with the India photoshoot and subsequent essay. She did OneYoungWorld two years and supported Jess’ makeup charity. She also did the ice bucket challenge. I think that Toronto charity was a Suits project.
Those were all projects she took on during her 2014-17 “humanitarian” makeover. I have a post somewhere counting all her charity days and they were like 31 days in three years or something like that.
Her earlier charity projects were a coat drive with her college sorority and visiting a soup kitchen with her Catholic high school class.
It doesn’t take much to be a “humanitarian” nowadays.
They are all horrible people, but he’s out there speaking to the press personally, whereas Meghan is leaking stuff through “friends,” so he looks worse.
Thanks for sending this in! I get a lot of anons asking when I first started disliking Meghan and I keep explaining that the spooning bananas and breakfast of champions IG posts were cringeworthy but the turning point for me was the statement and, particularly, the claims about the break-in.
It takes a special person to accuse people of a fake crime.
Oh, lots of organizations would work with her just for the press. The problem with Meghan is that the press is all about her. You kind of have to create your own press so you get some coverage. The only coverage Meghan will give you is when you say something nice about her. That’s how the famine memorial visit turned into an exhibit on how much Meghan knew about the Irish and the Mandela exhibition turned into a testimonial on what an amazing activist Meghan was. We didn’t even get a quote on what Meghan thought about the man who was honored.
The only organizations that did this right were Reprezent and Social Bite, who are actually media savvy social enterprises. The one who fared the worst was the poor STEMettes who ended up with a huge photo op on how Meghan is inspiring little girls to go to Hollywood and become actresses, which is kind of the opposite of what STEMettes does.
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