This might be one of the best things I’ve read this morning. (Sorry, I have a couple stressful days ahead.)
But what you’re saying explains a lot of things. She’s still merching. I just CANNOT understand what any luxury brand sees in her though. I mean, do you know? She looks terrible in all of her recent outfits. Like that blue disaster she wore to the Spencer wedding…😳
But you’re definitely right in that she doesn’t have much time. She probably has two weeks–MAYBE three weeks max–as I see it before things get even crazier.
The summer of fire is here, and July ain’t going to be pretty for a lot of people (and much of August too). Like, if you’re in the US and live in an area that could be hit by a hurricane, start preparing now. If you know people who are having tough emotional times, keep in contact with them and let them you know you care and that they’re not alone.
Shit is already crazy, and I guarantee you it’s going to get even crazier.
They used the same rationale for Kate’s expenses, but this is about 10 times what Kate spent. Kate is the future Queen. There is no reason why Meghan should be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars more than Kate.
Interesting. I suspected as much with her crappy sample looks.
I expect Fleet Street–and I’m including Piers as part of that–to dump a LOT on her this summer. There is no reason for them to wait. She’s done all the possible big stuff, and the press will need something to publish this summer.
If she could have learned to keep her mouth shut and stop baiting the press for good coverage every two seconds, she might have had more of a chance. But since she doesn’t know how to live without constant press coverage, well, constant press coverage will be what she gets.
Hello Plant, I found these prices and items on Meghan’s Mirror. I didn’t calculate evry item and some items where sold out or bespoke. I didn’t repeat the items she did recycle a little. Engagement interview (?) Parosh dress
Engagement pics 75000
Nottingham 400 skirt + 600 purse + 250 boots
Sandrigham 798 boots + 1400 purse + (?) hat + 1300 coat
Brixton (?) pants + 725 ring + (?) M&S jumper
Wales 1500 coat+ 825 boots+ 375 purse+ 200 pants + 495 jacket + 1495 Birks ring + various earrings
Endeavour Awards 280 shirt + 1500 blazer + 600 pants + 2000 clutch
Scotland 2400 coat + 560 bag + 395 pants + Birks jewelry for 12000
Fab Four Royal forum 700 shoes + 2000 dress + 90 earrings
NI 445 skirt + 350 bag + 625 pumps
Invictus rehearsals 2400 jewelry + 498 boots + 200 coat
Young women Birmingham 210 coat + 1350 bag + cross bracelet 650 + 950 rose du matin bracelet
Commonwealth service 675 dress + 1100 jacket + (?) hat + 625 shoes + 625 purse
Commonwealth CHOGM empowerment 400 dress + 750 shoes
Commonwealth youth forum 550 jacket + 1700 dress + 475 shoes + 300 bag
Invictus Reception dress 600 + 12500 earrings Cartier + 1000 Natalie Marie Ring + Roland Mouret Purse 900
Queens Birthday dress aprox 2000 + 1490 clutch + 625 shoes + set of esrrings and two bracelets Shaun Lean 8700
Stephen Lawrence Memorial dress 595 + clutch 350 + shoes 625
Anzac Memorial Smythe coat 750+ 395 shoes + 900 Gucci clutch
Anzac Service Jimmy Choo clutch 950 + 1050 hat + EW Bespoke dress 2000 (?)
Wedding 200000 dollars Givenchy + 100000 Stella + 68000 Cartier earrings + 155000 bracelet + 800 (?) shoes
PC birthday 5300 (as on MMirror)
Trooping 1100 hat + 5000 dress (?) + Carolina Herrera clutch
Chester 1050 bag+ 350 pumps+ 2000 bespoke dress and cape (?) +
Spencer Wedding 5000
Thanks for submitting this. You are amazing!!!!
I would take off the wedding dresses and the shoes, just to be fair. That’s a special occasion and I would expect those prices to be through the roof.
However, that’s still close to 400,000 dollars ($390k according to my math and we are still missing several items like the VB sweater and some stuff that doesn’t have prices).
To put that in context, Kate’s most expensive fashion year ever was 2017. She spent $160k.
She spent about 105k pounds in her first year as a royal (roughly, Liz Jones’ calculations cover June 2011-2012). Her most expensive piece of jewelry was an Asprey necklace that cost 3k pounds.
LOL, I remember thinking that was absolutely ridiculous, but Meghan has spent FOUR TIMES the amount in six months. Heck, I think Kate’s entire first year clothing allowance barely covers ONE of Meghan’s Cartier bracelets.
This is absolutely insane.
Thank you so much for doing this. I owe you big time.
Can someone explain to me how the wife of the sixth in line to the throne outspent the wife of the second in line to the throne in a mere six months and also where is the same uproar that was levelled at the latter k thanks bye
There’s no uproar because if you dare to call her out then her sugars will label you as a racist cat lady. Also like the sugar in your notes say “she had her own money” which is funny because many of the pieces Rachel had before dating harry were from the suits set or loaners, the only ones that weren’t were the creepy stalk your mother watch addressed to herself and the thin bend rings.
By the way can someone riddle me this, if she had her own money before hand why didn’t she at least pay for her own wedding dresses?
Why did she not own a damn thing while living in Canada? Not even half the clothes on her back? No investments? No charities? Not a damn thing.
Oh by the way the only Cartier she owned was the stalk your mother watch with a note from herself to herself, oh and one of those nail rings (which we’ve only seen her in once or twice).
Oh, no, people freaked. There was no way of tallying because almost all her clothes were custom made, but there was a lot of controversy at first. People were used to royals who wore very uniform-looking clothes and reused things over and over again and here was Di with designer this and that, and hardly ever recycling anything. Eventually, she started re-using and altering clothes.
But Di spent tons of money. And there were no discounts back then. Charles paid for everything. The amounts didn’t really come out until after the divorce, though. This is from Diana, The Last Word.
I don’t think that’s 10X what Kate spends, though. I think it comes out to about the same when you do all the conversions.
OMG, I just pulled the old articles from Kate’s first year when people were freaking out that she spent $54k in six months. That’s less money than a pair of Meghan’s earrings!!!!
I found a historical UK inflation calculator. Basically, £1 in 1994 equals £1.94 in 2018. So, Diana’s £160,000 in 1994 would be the equivalent of £310,400 today.
Or the money of your father-in-law! She doesn’t have 5 million in the bank. People who say that have no idea what her expenses are for being an actor–management, agent, etc. Plus there are her living expenses, taxes, etc.
She’s richer than the average person in the US, but she is not 5 million in the bank rich.
What this wedding shows is that the royal family is open for business, but not in a great way. It’s widely known that it’s difficult to get access to the BRF, whether you’re a British designer or a celeb hoping to mix with them at an event. I use to work in the celeb branding/events industry in London and there’s no way any kind of money would’ve got you into W & K’s wedding.
Large charity donations by a mega celeb + repositioning M & H’s brand as international, well connected humanitarians = win win for both parties. I love a good wedding, but this wedding reeks of tack and vulgarity. I thought that the fake floral arch was actually quite beautiful but couldn’t help thinking that it was there as a ‘step and repeat’ backdrop for celeb arrivals!
This is not modernising the monarchy. Mark my words, there’ll be plenty of pay-to-play scandals to come.
THIS.
A lot of people suspected that money could buy you access, but it had to be A LOT OF MONEY and it provided very little access and you had to be super discreet about it.
Now they are merching cupcakes and private clubs and cars and middle-market Canadian jewelry and it’s A LOT more obvious. They did a freaking Jaguar ad!!!! Plus the guest list and seating placement, of course.
And, yes, it was deliciously vulgar. The whole point of the BRF is that they are supposed to be above tacky product placements and celebrity back-scratching. Harry and Meghan, however, are definitely not above any of that crap.
I don’t disagree with you that a figure like that might come up in a google search. However, those celebrity net worth figures tend to be highly speculative and generally based on gross – instead of net – income. Honestly, I’d be surprised if she were worth more than $1M on paper before marrying Harry. She always lived in a modest rented home in Toronto, which, to me, is evidence against her having a seven-figure net worth.
Around $40 million (american dollars), that’s what is said everywhere, although, it is estimated ‘for real’ in $30 million. (Dollar lost a little value to pound. For you to buy £1,00 with dollars, you need $1,3470).
Harry can’t sign a pre-nuptial agreement because all of his assets are in trusts, which means that Megs can’t be required to sign one either. She apparently had to sign a non-disclosure agreement though. Also, as a member of the royal family, they keep their financial information private so that it can’t be lost under litigation. Megs will never get half of Harry’s fortune. If Megs is planning on getting millions from Harry based on what Diana got, then she is sorely wrong. Megs is never going to be the mother of a child who will ascend to the throne. She will never have the popularity that Diana did. She has nothing to negotiate with to force the BRF to give her truckloads of money.
I said brought my biglips. She brought to london. It can be a gift from her and husband, it can be a wedding gift from Birks and it can also be a HarryNoPants’s gift. 😘
It’s amazing to me that despite all the facts, there remain people in the public too stupid or gullible or starry-eyed to take in some of the concrete information around Media Meg and her family full of misfits and users.
How is she getting PH to buy her stuff? -> emotional intelligence. He received the rest of Diana’s heritage when he turned 30. Maybe he created a trust, maybe he didn’t. These type of information cannot be shared, even if I knew. Not me. See previous answer. No. They signed a NDA. The royals cannot sign a prenunp or they will expose all their money and that can be trouble. They cannot sign a contract, with parts, object and finality. Why? Because it will expose their fortune. That’s why they sign a NDA. Get it? 😘
Meghan will have to tell the US taxman if she receives anything more than $100,000 (£71,600) from her fiancé or his family in the form of a royal allowance to cover expenses.
Nottingham Cottage – the grace and favor property in the grounds of London’s Kensington Palace where Meghan lives with Harry – may be taxed by the US if Markle’s presence in it is seen as a substitute for income before her marriage.
Meghan also has to give the US taxman full details of her finances if she and her husband-to-be have joint assets, bank accounts or offshore trusts in excess of $200,000 (£143,100).
The diamond engagement ring Prince Harry gave Meghan has been valued at over $100,000 (£71,600) by royal watchers. Because it is classified as a gift ‘from a foreign person’, Meghan would have to declare it to the IRS on a Form 3520 or suffer a $10,000 (£7,160) penalty.
I have a really hard time believing some of this, particularly the insinuation that the IRS is going to go after an engagement ring. Because that would mean that plenty of other rich Americans married to foreigners would have to be paying taxes on gifts from their spouse, and I sincerely doubt they are.
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