What are your views on cutting back announcement? I’m having mixed feelings.. It’s for the baby so obviously we all (haters like myself included) want the best for it. But then again, it’s Meghan, she can do the unexpected for attention.. I’m feeling conflicted, like I want to bitch about her, but can’t coz of the baby (for whom I want the best, irrespective of harkles).

keepingupwiththebananadrama:

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Oh, no one can bitch because the deed is done. She already showed up to the tour preggo and now they have to accommodate her. They can’t make her work and they can’t make her go to the islands. There’s a human life at stake.

It’s genius. Millions in taxpayer money and she tells everyone she’s knocked up THE DAY BEFORE SHE LEAVES FOR THE TOUR. Then she doesn’t even tell her father she’s knocked up, leaving him free to tell his sob story to the DM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOUR.

i’d be angry on behalf of Australia, the FO, and the BRF, but fuck ‘em. They knew what these two clowns were like and they still gave them a huge wedding they could mess up, and a foreign tour they could flush down the toilet. At this point, the enablers are more to blame that the Sussexes.

you had to know this would happen. she has to keep the focus on her and with IG going and a lot of outdoorsy stuff coming up she needed her “look at me” ploy. So when Harry does the Queen’s Canopy all the discussion will be on MeAgain’s absence. They needed a good tour to prove to the family and gov they could be useful. And they are blowing it with the pr stunts.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

It’s just too much drama all around. I did not think Harry would be able to top his mom’s India tour telenovela, but this may do it.

The whole thing with Thomas is sad/annoying but I thought he said he worked late at night, so he would pick her up take her home (her sister having to baby sit) so this whole “taking her to the set” is new, and he was a lighting director at a mid level of having access to “limos” 🙄 I could believe it if he was a producer buuuuuut he wasn’t. Plus, having a kid on set is a no no like any other job. I believe she lived w/ him but not that he could make these calls.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a23925/meghan-markle-interview/

Meghan confirmed it herself–every day after school for 10 years. “Transpo” would be the limos.

Now she is cuttig back? What a fame ho. All planned for headlines im sure. Wow

keepingupwiththebananadrama:

anonymoushouseplantfan:

https://twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/1053811580142579712

Just say this is now a full blown paid for vacation for the woman who couldnt wait until after a tour to get pregnant. So she’s going, but not working. What better excuse to say you need your bff and mom on this vacation stat. Just pull out all the damn way and fly back to London and sit your damn ass down. The pheasant knows who holds his balls.

Lookout after 20th.. I remember your prediction. Dad markle, cutting out of engagements, a few articles on expenses… Guess it has started, although harkles are made of Teflon so it’ll never reach the momentum that it should, but still, this is good enough for now.

As Houseplant noted, Megs always gets worried when her dad starts talking to the press. Oh, to be a fly on the wall in Harry & Meg’s hotel room. Harry is carrying the heavy load of doing duties while Megs surfs the internet and chills away. Like, it’s the perfect resentment building activity to happen while they’re on tour.

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Harry had an undescended testicle at birth which was repaired at age 3 under the guise of a hernia operation. The true cause of the surgery came out yrs later. The result is a low sperm count so this is not a rumor. Do a search and you can find articles about it. That of course does not preclude having children. But combined with the very low fertility of the typical 37 yr old it is pretty surprising she managed it so quickly.

I didn’t realize it happened at age 3. 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/05/10/Prince-Harry-has-hernia-operation/9628579240000/

Well, a 37 year old I don’t think will have drastically decreased fertility, but fertility is decreased at that age. 

Her black and white uniform is god awful though.

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talkingtarot:

BABY SUSSEX TAROT READING – OCTOBER 15/19, 2018

Wanted to do another reading to check up on this since I predicted Meghan would be pregnant from as earliest as July, seen here in my receipts post I did on it and haven’t really looked that deep into the pregnancy really since July. Hope you enjoy the reading. Thanks for all the love and support I’ve been receiving today. It really warms my heart. See ya. – TT

“Show me the outcome of Meghan Markle’s pregnancy right now.”

  • (Empress; Fool Rx; Four of Swords Rx; Five of Swords Rx; Death (Meghan’s birth card); Seven of Pentacles; Ace of Pentacles Rx; Knight of Cups Rx; Moon; Eight of Wands (clarifiers: Page of Swords Rx/Sun/Four of Pentacles Rx/Hermit Rx)
  • World, Three of Cups – top of the deck
  • Nine of Cups, Three of Swords – bottom of the deck

Okay. 

Regarding the pregnancy (Empress), they are making foolish decisions right now regarding it (Fool Rx). I don’t think it’s on purpose though (Fool Rx), they want the pregnancy to go smoothly (Moon/World/Three of Cups/Seven of Pentacles). Their just not being as cautious as I think they should be right now. 

They are getting assistance from a doctor (Seven of Pentacles) and she is indeed pregnant (I know there was some talk it was a surrogate). This is a major change for her (Death), could also signify you know what. 

I think problems will occur with this pregnancy if she overworks herself (Seven of Pentacles/Four of Swords Rx – needing to rest but choosing not too). Period. 

I feel like right now their gambling everything (Five of Swords Rx). It’s not like their even looking over the shoulder being extra – extra careful since this pregnancy already has a bigger risk because of her age. 

I feel like she is or will be very paranoid about this pregnancy (Five of Swords Rx/Knight of Cups Rx) for some reason. 

She’s having a lot of mood swings and like I said before getting very greedy and sort of being a douche because of the hormones (Knight of Cups Rx/Ace of Pentacles Rx). With Three of Swords at the bottom of the deck, idk, there’s some sort of disappointment here. Also still see her cancelling some events still (Knight of Cups Rx). I feel like a once appealing and on the right track, happy pregnancy (Seven of Pentacles) takes an quick turn for the worst (Knight of Cups Rx) in the future if they aren’t careful. I feel like if there is a issue whether that be miscarriage/complications/etc. it has some connection to the tour and/or her working so much. If she takes some rest and time off and spaces out her duties like she should be (Four of Swords Rx), then the pregnancy will be successful (World).

They are still very happy about it though (Moon/Knight of Cups Rx). 

If something goes down, regarding news, watch out for sometime in Winter (Ace of Pentacles Rx), maybe even next month at the earliest since Ace is a one card.

As of right nowit will go full-term. Only if she takes the proper care (Seven of Pentacles) and doesn’t continue to make careless/foolish decisions (Fool Rx). 

I keep getting the same message over and over again. She needs to slow down on these engagements for her health. If she overworks herself on this tour and other engagements, in particular maybe traveling too much or just too much activity in general it will backfire on her.

“Boy or girl/When?”

  • (Moon, Cover, House, Clouds, Mice)
  • (Woman, Bouquet, Dog, Scythe, Tree)
  • Ten of Cups, Five of Wands, Hierophant, Empress, Judgment, Five of Swords, Page of Wands – Bottom of the Deck

I’d say boy. Chance there is more than one (Clouds/Mice) but I see one boy

I think it will be a boy (Wands/Swords) and it will be born in May since all these fives are showing up (Hierophant/Five of Wands/Five of Swords/Tree).

I’m getting like first or second week of May or even end of April. Somewhere between 5th-18th. I’ll check again farther into the pregnancy. 

“How does Harry feel about the baby?”

  • (Ten of Wands Rx; Nine of Swords; Two of Pentacles Rx (Sun, Two of Cups Rx, Five of Swords); Page of Cups Rx; World Rx; Nine of Wands Rx; Seven of Pentacles Rx (Ten of Pentacles Rx, Two of Wands Rx, Six of Wands); Knight of Pentacles Rx; Page of Wands Rx; Page of Swords)
  • Devil, Lovers, Knight of Swords – Top of the Deck
  • Knight of Wands Rx, Four of Swords Rx, Queen of Pentacles Rx,, King of Cups Rx – Bottom of the Deck

Harry is happy (Lovers) but at the same time scared out of his mind (Nine of Swords). 

Not like he wants to bolt type of way, he definitely wants to be here and wants this pregnancy to go through (Devil/Lovers/Knight of Swords). 

Harry’s anxiety is through the roof though (Nine of Wands Rx/Nine of Swords). 

He feels like his world is flipped upside down (World Rx), meaning he feels like his whole life is changing so quickly (Page of Swords/Knight of Swords) and he doesn’t know how to handle it (Two of Pentacles Rx). 

He’s in the stage like, “Oh my gosh, am I ready to be a father?” (King of Cups Rx). 

It’s easy for him to shake kids hands at Invictus and play that role in public but in private he’s much more awkward and uncomfortable than he puts on (Knight of Pentacles Rx/Nine of Wands Rx). 

He’s worried he’s not going to be able to maintain and balance his relationship with Meghan (Two of Cups Rx/Sun) and feels like the child will bring sort of an imbalance to their relationship. More than the imbalance already present in their relationship if you ask me. 

He has anxiety about having to take over all the engagements and take on that workload and his family felt this wasn’t planned as thoroughly as it should have been (Two of Wands Rx/Ten of Pentacles Rx/ Six of Wands) They wanted him to wait to announce.

This pregnancy sort of through Harry off his normal schedule (Knight of Pentacles Rx). Guys, Harry’s an earth sign, despite how impulsive he is, when major things like this happen, he will always even if it’s deep down want it to go slow. That’s just how us earth signs work folks. 

Even though he’s worried and stress, he’s still excited for this child (Page of Swords). I think it’s a matter of talking all this about wanting kids and then finally having to deal with it and not knowing how to handle it that’s getting to Harry. 

Also, I don’t think William and Kate are that estatic either. They both (KOC + QOP) came up at the bottom reveresed.

“How does Meghan feel about the pregnancy?”

  • (Crossroads, Fish, Fox, Anchor, Key, Man, Woman, Star, Rider)
  • Mice/Snake – Top of the Deck
  • Bouquet/Ring – Bottom of the Deck

Meghan is very happy (Star/Fish). She’s ready for this baby to be born (Rider) and feels like she had everything she would want in the world right now (Key/Star/Fish). She sees this as her dreams moving forward (Star/Rider). She’s very emotionally attached to Harry and vice-versa right now (Woman/Man/Lovers/Devil) because of this pregnancy. 

It wasn’t easy getting pregnant (Crossroads/Anchor). Her heart was set on getting pregnant though (Anchor/Woman). She was very determined to get knocked up it seems, looks like a long term goal of hers in this marriage. 

She’s trying to stay mainly positive about the pregnancy right now (Anchor/Key). Feels like she secured the bag, for real (Ring/Bouquet). Still seeing difficulties with this pregnancy though (Mice/Snake). She really needs to be careful with her health, like seriously or this will all crash and burn. 

She wants to rely on Harry now and is much more dependent on him than before (Key/Man). I think that relates generally and financially because she is worried about finances, still (Fish/Key). I do see Harry taking a break and going somewhere alone to settle his thoughts though and process this in the future (Fox/Man/Rider). 

This was an unexpected pregnancy as I’ve seen in previous readings (Wheel/Crossroads/Fish). This was made on a gut level. This wasn’t planned to like “you’ll get pregnant then and then we’ll announce”, it was like “Hey, I want and not much thought was put into this as with other royal pregnancies I believe. 

Ultimately though I do think Meghan will get her wish of having this child (Star/Rider). 

“How does HM feel about it?”

  • (Key, Lily, Heart, Clover, Fish, Birds, House, Dog, Bouquet, Sun, Man, Child, Moon, Tree, Rider)

Overall positive (Clover/Fish). 

She’s wanted Harry to have a child of his own (Man/Child/Moon) and thinks it will be good for him (Sun). She hopes it brings stability and loyalty to his life (House/Dog) and hopes this settles him down for good (Dog/Tree). She’s aware this is what Harry has wanted for a long time (Child/Moon). 

What does she think about Meghan?

  • (Rider, Child, Scythe, Mountain, Cross, Stork, Ship, Lily, Dog)

She tolerates her (Cross). Now that the baby is in the picture (Child), she feels like it’s her duty to be kind and move forward (Lily/Stork). She’s kind of cold to her (Lily), like accepts it for what it is because of the child and her grandson but not ecstatic by no means.

She’s hoping this baby will make her more loyal to the firm and this marriage as well (Stork/Dog).

They’ve had lots of issues in the past (Mountains) regarding her commitment and transitioning into becoming a royal instead of a celebrity (Mountain/Cross/Stork). Hoping this trip and this announcement will change that (Ship/Lily/Dog/Stork).

Feels like pregnancy is too fast and they should have waited as well (Child/Scythe).

“How did majority of the BRF find out?”

  • (Three of Pentacles Rx, Five of Pentacles Rx, Lovers/Judgement, Ten of Wands Rx, Nine of Wands/Eight of Pentacles Rx/KOP, QOS, Five of Swords, Nine of Swords/KOS/Five of Cups, Three of Swords Rx, Ace of Pentacles)
  • QOW, Empress, Star Rx, Justice – Top of the Deck

I think they truly did announce it Eugenie’s wedding (Lovers/Judgement).

They felt that they needed to get something off there chest (Ten of Wands Rx). Meghan was the ringleader of it all though (QOW/QOS).

I don’t think she collaborated with any other members of the BRF or gave them aheads up or anything (Three of Pentacles Rx) and kind of just made the decision on her own (QOS).

Because of the way she did it, she was perceived badly (Eight of Pentacles Rx) and seen as too overbearing/dominate (Nine of Wands Rx/KOP).

It made the environment between them hostile and brought major tension (Five of Swords). They got perceived as smug and gloating about it because of the way they did it to the BRF.

Because of this annoucement (KOS),it made H&M isolated (Nine of Swords/Five of Cups) but they wanted to do it anyway (Ace of Pentacles).

I think the only person who had a clue was the Queen (Empress) and that’s it.

“Finally, how does Charles feel?”

  • (Dog, Stork, Snake Rx, Rider, Tree)

He still doesn’t really care for her (Snake Rx). He’s basically just trying to move past since it’s his grandchild, but otherwise is out.

Thanks for the support guys. Sorry this post is so up late. I apologize. See you tommorow. -TT

Ohemgee! Brat, that’s funny “park your ass” and yes, MM should and should have. I can’t believe she’s literally sticking her stomach out! and 2nd didn’t you say something about Harry and the how the public views him? By or on the 22nd. I think the plaque was good “start”, if you will, or that was it? Either way he didn’t look too happy. And sorry, but OZ isn’t such a “fan” either.

Oh, I kind of wish I could see Harry’s face when he unveiled that plaque. 

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He doesn’t exactly look happy. I mean, “grandson of the Queen”…at that point why even mention it? It’s like he was never there.

I bet we’re going to get many more shots of Meg’s belly cupping once they move away from Invictus. I bet she’ll be looking forward to it every opportunity.

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It’ll be anything for attention. Even Lainey said today she thought this tour already felt long. They’re not doing a good job highlighting the charities or activities since they’ve focused the press on their PDA, love story, and pregnancy. So everyone is over it already. I’m sure Harry will perk up a little bit being around Invictus for a few days, but then it’s off to Zika Land–okay, Tonga and Fiji–via a 3 or 4-hour plane ride. 

It’s only October 20th in Australia now, so that means they have another ELEVEN days of this tour. These two will be beyond melted cheese at that point. I think it’s inevitable that the stress of this tour is going to start showing, probably after or on the 22nd.

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Do you genuinely believe that she is only with him for the title? Or do you think she does love him and just based on her past behavior, she will eventually be bored, tired of the restrictions, whatever the excuse and will leave? I am actually curious, bc I am just not sure myself.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I think she’s with him for the press and the self-actualization aspects of this. She finally gets to be famous and admired, like she has always wanted.

When she’s getting that self-actualization (Nottingham, the wedding, now), she’s happy with him and looks “in love.” When she’s not getting it (her family messing things up and whatever happened when her mom visited her) she’s angry and is no longer “in love.” He’s a conduit to her self-actualization.

“2) if she is inspiring biracial girls, that’s WONDERFUL” To do what??? 1) Marry a prince and spend £2 million of someone else’s money on clothes in one year. 2) Hire a PR company to create a fauxmanitarian image and get you a UN gig as a feminist. 3) Dump everyone from your past who no longer serves a purpose. 4) Take credit for other people’s hard work. She is inspiring only in her ability to be a successful fraud.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yep, that’s part of the problem, as illustrated by the Stemettes engagement. She’s inspiring bi-racial girls to audition for Deal or No Deal.

P1: The suggestion that MM did IVF to get pregnant is slightly irritating. Especially as someone who struggled to get pregnant. Not to mention it has me invisioning PH sperm being carted around by a secret service agent while fertilization, etc is being done in a lab (I mean, would the royal family even allow that?).

anonymoushouseplantfan:

P2: My main issue is most people have to try to conceive for 6m to a year before extra steps are taken. Usually clomid comes next. Then there’s the fact that if for whatever reason MM already knew her chances were decreased, she’d have to go through egg retrieval and if she really does have fertility issues she’d more than likely have to go through multiple retrieval processes. After that they’d have to see how many eggs are actually viable.

P3: Then she’d have to go through treatments which usually take 6-8 weeks. So unless they started this process way before the wedding, I’m calling bs. If this is a PR stunt to make her seem more relatable or add to her damsel story, it’s a really crappy thing to do. Oh, and if she were having twins as small as she is she’d be way bigger at 4 months. Unless she’s not really that far along.


Maybe, but according to the blinds she’d already been told she’d have trouble conceiving. In that case, trying for six months would not have made sense. 

Also, if the rumors are true that Harry’s fertility is impaired, then they would likely go to IVF since male factor infertility is one of the reasons people use IVF, even when the mom’s fertility is fine.

It’s amazing that you can be on a Commonwealth tour as youth embassador without mentioning both any time. They are just visiting girls schools to look established programs. Than they do walkabouts. It’s all for mm’s empowerment nonsense and her merching. It’s so obvious that it’s planned for her. That’s not a royal tour. No history, no military, no cultural exchange, no business just presentation of mm. And she is really bad doing it.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

It’s ALL self-promo about Meg’s biography and her cooking and yoga hobbies. It’s the Tig Tour, complete with recipes! It’s the one royal tour that makes me grateful that there’s a huge time difference and I can sleep through most of it.

keepingupwiththebananadrama:

keepingupwiththebananadrama:

Wait she’s paying someone to put a tiny knot on the back of her head?

@ladyworered

I thought she flew in a hairdresser with her? What happened to the person?

That’s my thoughts exactly.

Where is this dude? Who’s hair is he really doing? Are they trolling her AGAIN? How much is he getting paid? Did he get white girl wasted with Henry and rushed this job?

This is literally a free trip + comedy

With the pregnancy that will go through we have not left for spring 2020 for divorce filings. HRH has just published.

Um. She didn’t say that. 

https://hrhroyaltarot.tumblr.com/post/179212123870/phmm-and-baby-sussex

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Megsy shouldn’t be going to Fiji and Tonga. She should just park her ass at the Invictus Games for a week and cheer the Invictus competitors on the entire time. Every day. It would probably be less stressful on her body. 

She doesn’t want to do that of course. She probably wants to show off whatever dresses she’s already procured for those visits. So instead, she’ll shove her body off into different time zones and several thousand miles of travel so her body has to adjust to a completely different environment. And then do it again when traveling back to Sydney. 

As far as I’m concerned, she’s put her baby in the danger zone for all of November and into early December. And that’s because of the drinking, the travel, the possible Zika complications–which include pesticides used to combat Zika–and the probably not following other doctor’s orders such as taking it easy, aka rest. 

If she can make it to Christmas without major complications, then perhaps Harry and Megs’ crotch fruit will live to see the light of day. But I’m not going to hold my breath on that one. 

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Meghan is in wedges! Celebitchy and the cult would go crazy. They bashed Kate so much for wearing wedges and look their savior is doing the same. So funny how all the things they bashed Kate with, Megs is doing the same.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

The buttons, the sausage curls, the identical pieces of clothing, the faces, the mom moving in, getting security and cars and even attending events, friends using them for promo, the two homes, even MOAR wiglets, embarrassing family members… The list goes on and on. I’m very amused by how Meghan does EVERYTHING that they hated in Kate a thousand times worse than Kate and yet they keep claiming that “it’s different for Meghan because reasons.”

Re: pregnancy and jet lag. No. I and most women are tired during the first trimester (naps were obligatory for me) but once the 2nd tri hits the energy comes back. The 3rd tri is when you start to yearn for end of this and need to keep close to toilets LOL. Her manic energy which is on display here is pretty weird for a 1st trimester pregnant woman.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

In any case, it doesn’t sound like she’s feeling well. I’m still kind of baffled as to why she’s doing this. She pulls ranks on stuff like airplanes, security details, pictures and crap like that, but doesn’t avail herself of the privileges of the position when important stuff like pets and kids is concerned. It’s bizarre.

Nooo…

wempresstarot:

-Nooo!

I just learned that the Harkles visited the #FLYINGDOCTORS (RFDS) yesterday?  THE FLYING FREAKING DOCS! They are genuinely #iconic.

How in the name of all things wholly unholy did they manage to make it so mind-numbingly dull, uninspired and allowing it to fall so completely by the wayside of their personal #inanepdatour? Can’t understand how you can just stand there and nod like a zoned out zombie with an engagement like that.  -How?

Don’t they advise women that do IVF to take it easy the first few months of pregnancy? add that this is a geriatric pregnancy and the chances that something could go wrong are even higher. She had to have been advised to stay at home by doctors. Why in the world would she take that chance and decide to add more stress to her life with this tour… is she trying to prove something or is she just that obsessed with attention, i wonder…

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I KNOW!!!!!!

My guess is that she didn’t realize how the pregnancy would affect her, so she told them that of course she would go to Australia and handle a packed schedule and a Zika tour leg. 

I’d throw in a complete lack of humility for the root of her problem. If she had more humility, she wouldn’t be engaging in such arrogant, dumb behavior. 

It’s ironic that they talk about fast fashion and waste when she wears essentially disposable, couture clothing to every event. Hardly any of these outfits are classic, stand the test of time clothing choices. She’s doing fast fashion on a million dollar budget. And poor Charles is still recycling shoes from the 70s, just keeps re-soling them.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Thank you for sending this. I was trying to formulate the same argument but it was coming out all garbled.

It’s worrying how tarot readers were predicting that something may go wrong with the pregnancy and here she is pushing it to the limit and being care free about Zika and everything else.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Apparently the cards indicated that they would be irresponsible. I really hope they are wrong about the outcome.

Well, this is beginning to look like a Greek tragedy. Not that I’m surprised about that at this point.

I can’t,I just can’t LOLOLOLOLOL, I’m watching the videos on them on the ‘anti bad vibe circle’,they are holding hands and MM is burping Harry LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL And on DM article about today engagement ”Meghan is pictured placing her hand on her tiny baby bump as she arrived in Bondi ” OMG the Photo,they are holding hands and MM places the engagement ring hand on her ‘tiny baby bump’ LOLOLOLOLOLOL

anonymoushouseplantfan:

OMG, the dress is BROWN?????? 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6292545/Royal-tour-Meghan-Markle-stuns-Martin-Grant-dress-Bondi-beach.html

So again fast tracking all this crap was the WORST idea ever. They think its making them look like hard workers but in reality, it looks messy, unplanned & chaotic. Its the same boring crap over & over again. Atleast W&K actually do something during their engagements & not just walk, shake hands & leave. I mean for goodness sake Pips baby arrival trumped Meghans prego articles within hours. Not to mention Meghan cant stick w/ projects for long & as a royal, these are patronages for life.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Meghan reminds me of a mentee I once had. Lovely girl and very eager, but she continuously overburdened herself and nothing ever got done right. Every single review she got noted that she had to pick her projects and make sure she had enough time to do things properly.  

A month ago on an Irish show Piers said Meghan ghosted him and it hurt. He said her coworkers were told to ghost him and one apologised and admitted it after the wedding. He said he and M had drinks and then she went to a party where she met Harry, which was a pointed “they lied about the blind date meeting” comment. He then called her a “slight social climber.” We all know he has dirt on her. He should come out and say it. I wonder if they slept together. He’s acting like they did.

Yeah. I remember.

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This is the most tragic situation i have ever seen. If she goes to Tonga and Fiji and delivers a healthy baby, she might encourage not to listen the doctors and to become reckess. These cautions are here for a reason. If she goes and (god forbid) anything happens to the baby, Tonga and Fiji’s tourism will finish. If she does not go, Tonga and Fiji’s tourism will finished. How they can not see that? Are they really that attetion skeaker?

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yes, they are.

All we are getting on this tour is the two teenagers walking around holding hands and talking to people. They never do anything. They were supposed to clean the beach. They didn’t. No nice clothes to look at. W and K gave us gorgeous vistas not these two. 16 days of looking at her non existent baby bump and his bald spot?

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yep, I’m seriously wondering what all their pr people are doing. Is it a vacation for them? KP usually has three paragraphs in their press releases detailing (i) the charity, (ii) what they do and how, (iii) a short comments from the charity leader and one of the participants talking about the effectiveness of the charity, and (iv) something linking the charity with the royals’ interests. That stuff then ends up on all the articles. Yes, it usually ends up at the bottom of the articles after all the clothing and cute pic/anecdote info, but it’s usually there. This time the charities barely get a mention. 

https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-make-outfit-change-for-beach-cleanup/

I’ve given up trying to figure out what the Formula 1 kids were doing (some kind of after school program?). It looked interesting and I wanted to know more, but there was no info anywhere.

This is what they put out about the beach cleanup (I’m using People Mag because Simon Perry is the king of copy-paste)

No beach cleanup happened, and the anecdote with the participant was all about how awesome Harry was.

Like you say, there wasn’t even a nice beach pic.

This is it, this is the tour.

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.

I didn’t follow Will and Kate’s Australian Tour, do Meghan and Harry have bigger crowds or is that just the imagination of some crazy stans because I saw some people on twitter saying Harry and Meghan’s crowd in Melbourne is much bigger than Will and Kate’s? And are the crowds really that huge?

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Kate’s crowds were bigger. Someone had comparison pics up. 

They still got a lot of people. One thing I noticed is that a ton of kids were pulled from schools. Several were interviewed, and if you look at Kate’s photos, you will notice that there was a higher proportion of grown-ups in their pics.

I hate that tours are royals “jobs”. There’s no work involved. It’s a vacation to working class people. Like, all they do is have their hair and makeup done, walk around, talk to people and take photos. That’s it. Must be nice.

I wouldn’t say there’s no work involved. It’s different work from a regular 40-hour per week day job. All the normal “work” happens behind the scenes. Tour is regular pr work, and I’m sure there are a lot of publicists who could tell you that they do “work” even if it’s not work similar to your own.

Harry and Megs aren’t doing a good job of that work though. They’re supposed to be highlighting Australia and charities and the good work of other people. But they’re just making it all about them.

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Instead of elevating her social status to aristocracy with the BRF, she’s downgrading the BRF to blogging status. She’s turning gold into turd. It’s amazing.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Exactly.

But I have to admit, I AM hoping Jess shows up to an engagement in her skin-tight spandex and trout lips. The brf is safe in Will’s hands and these two baby-sex-cake baking idiots are hella entertaining. It’s like a Keeping Up with the Kardashians spin-off.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Seeing that Meghan wore a new pair of nude stilettos yesterday in Australia, I had to sit down and count how many (and how expensive) pairs of nude and black stilettos she’s bought since engagement announcement because it totally looks like she buys a new pair for every outing. I thought I’d share it with you, guys, because when I tallied up the total, my jaw landed on the floor and it still lays there.

Starting with nude because she seems to wear only nude pumps now (black in spring/summer, nude in fall/winter, definitely not merching next season clothing)

  1. $395 – Nude Tamara Mellon worn once in Australia
  2. $375 – Nude Stuart Weitzman worn twice – in Sussex and Australia
  3. $750 – Nude Aquazzura worn once, at Sentebale polo match
  4. $655 – Nude Dior worn once, at Mandela museum
  5. The same pair of nude Dior stilettos but in suede and bespoke, previous one was leather, worn once at RAF service.
  6. Nude Paul Andrew, not available yet, worn once, in Ireland
  7. $625 – Nude Manolo Blahnik worn twice – at Stephen Lawrence memorial and Commonwealth Youth reception
  8. $450 – Nude Tamara Mellon worn once, at BP garden party
  9. $695 – Nude Aquazzura worn once, at engagement announcement

It’s circa $4,7k with estimated prices of bespoke Dior and two pairs of Paul Andrew stilettos (they retail for around $600-$700). I was being generous and I didn’t count in the Stuart Weitzman pairs because she supposedly owned them before and worn them at IG 2017 opening and closing ceremonies. I’ve also counted down the Aquazzura engagement pair because she owned them for quite a while before the announcement.

Now black:

  1. $395 – Black Sarah Flint worn thrice – at Anzac dawn service, cookbook launch and on arrival to Australia
  2. $750 – Black Aquazzura worn twice – at WellChild and CoachCore
  3. $590 – Black Aquazzura worn four times (a record!) – in Ireland, at solo engagement, at engagement with Queen and Harry and at van Straubenzee wedding.
  4. Black Paul Andrew, not available yet, worn once, in Ireland
  5. Black Paul Andrew – same as previous ones but different fabric – worn once, at Hamilton
  6. $355 – Black Sarah flint worn once, at engagement with Queen
  7. $650 – Black Givenchy worn once, at Ascot
  8. $625 – Black Manolo Blahnik worn four times (it’s a tie!) – at Endeavour Awards, Invictus engagement with Prime Minister of Australia, Anzac Day service at WA and to the STEM event in Birmingham 
  9. $750 – Black Aquazzura, worn once, at Commonwealth reception
  10. $475 – Black Tamara Mellon, worn once, at Commonwealth reception
  11. $750 – Black Aquazzura, worn once, at Royal Foundation Forum

It’s $6,5k for black stilettos, once again with estimated costs of Paul Andrew stilettos. 

So, Meghan has spend (or was given) $11k for 20 pairs of only nude and black 4inch stilettos in the last 11 months. I don’t even want to think what one can buy for this amount of money but it is ridiculous. The highest number of recycles is 4! Kate has worn those horrible L.K. Bennett Sledge for 3 or 4 years. I would really like to know what she’s doing with those shoes, are the dogs playing with them? Remember when we thought she’ll leave NC with bags full of Cartier? She’d rather prefer her stilettos


Thanks for sending this in!

She’s wearing another sleeveless navy dress. At least it’s an Australian designer, but, holy guacamole, she must be buying a new sleeveless navy dress every month.

It is up to KP press people to assure in their releases and briefings that the tour is tied to the charity and the issues. So either they have given up trying or what we see is MM’s pr overriding anything else. Actually it doesn’t look to me that they are getting too much bang out of this. In AUS maybe but not outside of there.

motherofbulldogs:

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I think they usually send out press releases to that effect. Harry and Meghan’s press releases are just different.

It appears to me that Meaghan is changing how the KP press officers that work for Harry and Meaghan perform their PR. PR for W&K is still typically work focused in a traditional royal manner. However, Meaghan and Harry’s PR seems to be taking a turn towards typical celebrity PR tricks.

Even Rhiannon Mills, Sky News’ royal correspondent, commented on Monday that the royals typically did not make such announcements before major events or tours in order to not detract from their work. In other words, the baby announcement on Monday was not normal for the BRF.

royal-confessions:

“Why couldn’t Harry and Meghan just wait one more day to share the good news with the entire family? Why steal the thunder of Eugenie on her big day? Honestly, they will always have a lot of attention than Eugenie, don’t try to take even that away from her on her one big day.” – Submitted by Anonymous

“I think it’s incredibly tacky and rude to announce to the family that you’re pregnant at someone else’s wedding. That’s akin to proposing to your girlfriend after the couple said their vows. There’s a time and place for that. Congratulations, I guess.” – Submitted by Anonymous

“I understand that it’s exciting news, but it was rude of Harry and Meghan to let family know she was pregnant at Eugenie’s wedding, They should have let her have her moment rather than trying to take away from her and Jack.” – Submitted by Anonymous

“I wish that Meghan and Harry had actually waited for the dust settle regarding all the hype around Eugenie’s wedding day before announcing they were expecting. It’s rude not to let Eugenie at least have her moment.” – Submitted by Anonymous

“It was downright rude of Meghan to announce her pregnancy on Eugenie’s wedding day. Talk about trying to steal the bride’s thunder by making it all about you.” – Submitted by Anonymous

“I absolutely hate that not even a full day had passed after Eugenie and Jack’s wedding before Harry and Meghan’s pregnancy announcement. They really screwed them over. Could they not have scheduled the Australia tour even a little bit After Eugenie’s wedding to allow her HER time in the spotlight.” – Submitted by Anonymous

“Meghan and Harry shouldn’t have announced the pregnancy at the wedding. Just let Eugenie have her day! She already came under enough scrutiny from the press.” – Submitted by Anonymous