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Meghan Markle feels 'excluded' from coronation plans, sources claim

Meghan Markle feels 'excluded' from the King's Coronation meaning she and Prince Harry may not attend as a result, sources claim. The Markles are both said to be 'weighing up' whether or not to fly over for the ceremony on May 6, according to The Spectator

Well, Lady Markle, the coronation is not about you.

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by Anonymousreply 103February 23, 2023 7:47 PM

She’s not a working royal because she quit, along with her husband. The coronation is state occasion, not a family one. They have no role, so of course they’re not included. Get over it.

by Anonymousreply 1February 22, 2023 5:36 AM

Ms. Markle, may I offer you a candle?

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by Anonymousreply 2February 22, 2023 5:38 AM

WAAAGH

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by Anonymousreply 3February 22, 2023 5:39 AM

The never-ending obsession with this woman’s every (rumored) thought and utterance is truly astonishing

by Anonymousreply 4February 22, 2023 5:40 AM

Sources claim.

Sources claim?

Bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 5February 22, 2023 5:43 AM

Of course the coronation is not ABOUT her, but when you have access to a person of such taste and insight, it’s just criminal not to run everything by her.

by Anonymousreply 6February 22, 2023 5:44 AM

R4. Well then, perhaps you shouldn't stop by threads that don't appeal to you.

by Anonymousreply 7February 22, 2023 5:45 AM

She is so real.

by Anonymousreply 8February 22, 2023 5:49 AM

Oh ffs enough already. Start a thread about your mussy, or your nephew, or men with huge cocks. Or anything other than the shitty Daily Mail’s constant fiction about Harry and Megan.

by Anonymousreply 9February 22, 2023 5:52 AM

Wait! Did OP successfully link to The Daily Mail? How can this be?

by Anonymousreply 10February 22, 2023 5:53 AM

The Dailymail post is a tweet; that’s prob why it worked.

by Anonymousreply 11February 22, 2023 5:58 AM

What Coronation plans does she feel she ought to be made part of? Why does she think she would be part of the planning at all (even if she hadn't spent the last few years shitting on the family and the country as a whole)? Does she think that someone like Sophie, for example, is helping to plan it?

Their delusion of grandeur seemingly knows no bounds. And it's hilarious, so I am definitely here for it.

by Anonymousreply 12February 22, 2023 6:04 AM

They were hilariously roasted on Gutfeld earlier tonight. Piers Morgan was on too, but it was actually the others doing the roasting.

by Anonymousreply 13February 22, 2023 6:04 AM

Completely believable to nitwits

by Anonymousreply 14February 22, 2023 6:08 AM

I am hoping the DO attend. The entertainment value of watching them get booed while walking in will be immense.

by Anonymousreply 15February 22, 2023 6:12 AM

Markle should have no hand or voice in planning anything to do with the coronation. What doesn't the lying grifter understand? It's not about her or her arsehole partner.

by Anonymousreply 16February 22, 2023 6:18 AM

Face it.

She wound up with the ginger dick of your decades old fantasies.

That's your real problem with her.

That's your only problem with her.

You know, aside from your racism.

by Anonymousreply 17February 22, 2023 6:18 AM

That is a comment so packed with intense levels of delusion that it could have been written by Meghan herself. That you, Meghan?

No, honey, no one in the entire world wants Harold. Not even golddigger you. All you actually want is the title, the fame and the money, not him. The entire world can see it and is laughing at both of you for it.

by Anonymousreply 18February 22, 2023 6:23 AM

Oh Meghan, we haven't seen you in a while...

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by Anonymousreply 19February 22, 2023 6:23 AM

R17. Disliking the Markles or her in particular has nothing to do with racism. She's a lying grifting snake.

by Anonymousreply 20February 22, 2023 6:25 AM

When I hate discussing a topic, I make sure to always click on threads about said topic.

by Anonymousreply 21February 22, 2023 6:27 AM

I’m indifferent to the BRF - but this seems like such fake news to me, something to rile up the masses.

by Anonymousreply 22February 22, 2023 6:33 AM

"When I hate discussing a topic, I make sure to always click on threads about said topic."

Is it because you're addicted to hate?

by Anonymousreply 23February 22, 2023 6:34 AM

Bingo, r21. The Sewage Squad seems incapable of comprehending the simple concept of "scroll on by".

by Anonymousreply 24February 22, 2023 6:35 AM

So, r24, it's more of a "let me hate in peace" thing?

Because you own this thread for some reason?

by Anonymousreply 25February 22, 2023 6:48 AM

Fuck off back down to your Sewer, Squaddie at r25.

by Anonymousreply 26February 22, 2023 7:01 AM

Datalounge is my sewer. Yours too.

Squaddie? Is that that toilet thing?

The royal rhinestone version, perhaps?

by Anonymousreply 27February 22, 2023 7:15 AM

Sources claim in tabloid speak means the tabloid are legally in the shit if they post the article as fact. Any tabloid that uses Sources claim in their article heading is doing it because they can't verify with proof that what they are stating is fact. It is an opinion or a lie. It's a fictional story. If you peruse today's dailymail 4 stories about the Sussex have Sources claim in the article. So stop angsting over fiction.

by Anonymousreply 28February 22, 2023 7:25 AM

Can you imagine the coronation that Meghan would plan? The King would be crowned by Oprah. Meghan would have her own crown. William and Kate would be hidden behind candles. Beyonce would provide the music. And everyone would be badly dressed because they've been styled by Meghan.

by Anonymousreply 29February 22, 2023 8:05 AM

r29 You forgot the wailing nigger holy man and negro spiritual chorus

by Anonymousreply 30February 22, 2023 8:13 AM

Herry, when I married you I was under the impression I would be crowned Queen when your grandmother died, I'm suing you for breach of contract.

by Anonymousreply 31February 22, 2023 8:15 AM

Nah, she won't sue him. She'll send her wedding ring back (not the expensive engagement ring) in the post, and then tell the world how abusive he was, and she is - in fact - an even bigger victim than originally claimed.

by Anonymousreply 32February 22, 2023 8:22 AM

Just name her to the nonexistent post of Director of U.S. TV Home Watch Parties, give her $50 and be done with it.

Duties and responsibilities for this position are so involved that it will require her to stay in California.

It’ll be up to them to determine how they monetize it.

by Anonymousreply 33February 22, 2023 9:01 AM

This sounds like a story that's been made up. She can't be clueless enough to say something like this.

by Anonymousreply 34February 22, 2023 9:12 AM

Look at her track record, r34. She does ridiculous thing after ridiculous thing and you think THIS sounds too ridiculous to be real?

by Anonymousreply 35February 22, 2023 10:08 AM

Has nobody bothered to ask her how she is?

by Anonymousreply 36February 22, 2023 10:15 AM

[quote]Meghan Markle feels 'excluded' from coronation plans, sources claim

It's incredible the stuff you people believe. This doesn't even make any sense. Weren't you guys yesterday talking at length and in depth about the lawsuit she had already filed against South Park, which turned out to be fake, too?

If you can't handle Dataloungers telling you to that you're a bunch of idiots and morons, then take your threads somewhere else. You elderly straight ladies don't get to commandeer a gay board for yourselves and then tell the gays to go away.

by Anonymousreply 37February 22, 2023 10:24 AM

Sure is a coincidence that there's always at least one person in these threads who drops the n-word.

by Anonymousreply 38February 22, 2023 10:28 AM

This couple say a lot bullshit, r37. No need at all to take then at their word. Remember when they insisted the never helped with Finding Freedom, only to have whole text and email chains to the contrary coming out in court?

It is consistent with their characters, statements and track record to want to sue. I am CERTAIN the first thing they did after the show aired was to call the lawyers. Who promptly told them that in America, they have no case. Hence the new statement denying they would ever countenance suing South Park. Hogwash.

Thay are famously litigious and Herry said part of his "life's work" will be to censor the media and social media. Of course they want to sue. They know, however that they can't win.

by Anonymousreply 39February 22, 2023 10:29 AM

[quote]They were hilariously roasted on Gutfeld earlier tonight.

You are all right wingers, I forgot about that, so I guess it's not really a surprise at all that you people love the n-word so much.

by Anonymousreply 40February 22, 2023 10:30 AM

[quote]Thay are famously litigious and Herry

Herry? Thay? You're such stupid people.

by Anonymousreply 41February 22, 2023 10:31 AM

r38, Sussex fans come here, drop the n word, and then try to get the thread shut down. In every thread about them, you'll find at least one, if not ten. Been going on for years now.

Nowhere else on the DL do you see that word used, EVER. It only ever appears in the Sussex threads. It's a tactic to try to censor the thread.

by Anonymousreply 42February 22, 2023 10:31 AM

People say "n*gger" all the time on here in the "black crime" threads and the Jada and Will Smith threads. Those threads are still up, no one at Datalounge deletes a thread because someone posted the n-word. Besides those of us who use ignore dar can tell that guy is one of yours, he hates Meghan just like you do. Don't try to gaslight us, you're all a bunch of RWNJ racists who troll DL about a bunch of stuff, not just this.

by Anonymousreply 43February 22, 2023 10:42 AM

Is Harry going to show up to his Dad's special day in his Nazi uniform to get attention or will his wife pick him out an ill-fitting suit?

by Anonymousreply 44February 22, 2023 10:44 AM

R42 IS the person who used the n-word. No wonder they were giving us that lame excuse about how it's really Meghan fans who use racist slurs.

R42 is also r39, who spelled Harry as "Herry."

R30 who used the n-word is also R31, who also spelled it "Herry."

They've got to be the same person and are using two DL logins, there's no way that's a coincidence.

by Anonymousreply 45February 22, 2023 10:48 AM

r45 is a bald-faced LIAR and I can prove it. I invite everyone to trolldar me to see that r45 is a typical lying Sussex squad moron.

Why do you Sewage Squaddies alway, always lie? Doesn't it bother you that lying is the only way you can find to "defend" you heroine Meghan?

by Anonymousreply 46February 22, 2023 10:51 AM

R35, yes she's done and said a lot of ridiculous things. To me though, it sounds like a concocted story. That's all I'm saying.

by Anonymousreply 47February 22, 2023 11:05 AM

GUTFELD??? Who are you?

by Anonymousreply 48February 22, 2023 11:11 AM

Many of the "ridiculous things" she's done were really just stories like this planted by tabloids with fake "sources," and bolstered by trolls, like the incredible disappearing Herry Troll who ran off as soon as r45 pegged them for what they were.

I would wager that easily 90% of the ridiculous things that Meghan has supposedly done come from tabloid articles or so-called royal reporters who, if you read closely, were simply "theorizing" what might happen, but which never came true.

How many times have we been told that they are going to sue someone, and it never happened? Dozens, at this point.

by Anonymousreply 49February 22, 2023 11:12 AM

Are you fucking high, r49? The newspapers didn't force her to have that ridiculous party in NYC. The newspapers didn't force her to chuck an entire section of Wimbledon tickeholders out of their seats for a champion match just because she wanted to watch in isolation with her friends - when there was a Royal box at her disposal the whole time. The newspapers didn't force her to tell fact-checkible lies on Oprah. Hell, did the newspapers force her to plunge her hands into her crotch in order to cradle her bump in the most disgusting manner imaginable every time she was on walkabout being photographed.

The list could go on and on. She does very little EXCEPT ridiculous things. And none of it is down to reporters. All down to her and her moron husband.

by Anonymousreply 50February 22, 2023 11:19 AM

Yes, I agree ^^. However, she lied in that Oprah interview, and she and Harry aren't savvy enough to finesse people. They aren't believable.

by Anonymousreply 51February 22, 2023 11:20 AM

[quote]Hell, did the newspapers force her to plunge her hands into her crotch in order to cradle her bump in the most disgusting manner imaginable every time she was on walkabout being photographed.

Leave it to you psychobiddies to claim she was basically masturbating in public to get attention.

Your little list is cute, but let's be real: You're not on Datalounge making comments like that and calling blacks the n-word just because you think she was acting like a snob at Wimbledon, or because Angela Levin told you "Meghan told 50 lies to Oprah." Your unhinged obsession and screaming rage are because you have a serious personality disorder. No one sane reacts the way you do over a goofy, awkward celebrity.

by Anonymousreply 52February 22, 2023 11:32 AM

[quote]I invite everyone to trolldar me to see that r45 is a typical lying Sussex squad moron.

I did. They're right, you ARE r41, and you and r30 both spelled "Harry" as "Herry."

Anyone can believe what they want to about that, but I agree that it's not likely that two separate people misspelled "Harry," one of the simplest names in the English language, while they were both on this thread at the same time.

by Anonymousreply 53February 22, 2023 11:36 AM

Im not r41 or r30. Again, I invite EVERYONE to trolldar me in otder to see that r52 r53. r45 is a LIAR. I never ever use language like that. Never have, and never will. I am British. That word isn't even in our lexicon.

Why do you lie, r52 / r53? Why is telling the truth so foreign to you? Everything you say is an easily verifiable lie. Doesn't that make you fear for whatever is left of your mental stability? Constant lying is a sign of a serious mental disorder, of which it seem you have a severe case. Blocked.

by Anonymousreply 54February 22, 2023 11:39 AM

[quote] Well then, perhaps you shouldn't stop by threads that don't appeal to you.

Thanks for the advice, insane troll at r7, but whether I “stop by” your hatefest threads or not doesn’t change my opinion.

by Anonymousreply 55February 22, 2023 12:18 PM

So, I take it you must be insanely busy, r55. 90% of the world hates your heroine. Everyone from Britain and Europe to America and Canada to Australia to Asia to even African have condemned their behaviour. Everyone loathes them, so the idea that there is even such a thing as a "hate thread" within that context is ludicrous.

If I were you I'd go to somewhere that likes them. So much less time consuming for you, dear. Let's see... hmm. Well there's two: Celebitchy and a few positive threads on LSA. You'll fit right in!

by Anonymousreply 56February 22, 2023 12:28 PM

R4, dear, it's a gay site with lots of gossip. Any time someone - especially a dishonest, self-obsessed, conniving cunt/asshole plays its insanity out in public, it is a moral obligation to comment, riff and shade.

You may play "high ground," but your stinky ass is here. And your "astonishment" neither is believable nor evidence of sanity itself.

by Anonymousreply 57February 22, 2023 12:30 PM

Let's not pretend like the trolls who start these threads are simply engaging in normal, everyday celebrity gossip, r57.

by Anonymousreply 58February 22, 2023 12:32 PM

Thanks king of false opposition at r56. Because your mentally ill obsession with a woman you have never met and never will, and has no impact on your life, is creepy and ultra-cringe, and I’ve lamented that truly weird behavior of yours, doesn’t make her my “heroine.”

I know little and care less about her.

Why do you?

Why do you freight all of your anger and resentment on the shoulders of a stranger? Get help. It’ll make you happier, and less annoying to others.

by Anonymousreply 59February 22, 2023 12:34 PM

[quote] especially a dishonest, self-obsessed, conniving cunt/asshole plays its insanity out in public

Ironyproof

by Anonymousreply 60February 22, 2023 12:35 PM

I love the Harkles. They are the greatest gossip story to come along in DECADES, and the car crash just keeps rolling on and on. Endlessly fascinating and hilarious.

This is a gossip board, r59. That's why I'm here. To gossip.

Why are YOU here, r59?

by Anonymousreply 61February 22, 2023 12:38 PM

Spewing an endless stream of literally insane hatred =/= “gossip.”

As you well know, you sad obsessed creature.

by Anonymousreply 62February 22, 2023 12:41 PM

Answer the question, r59 / r62.

WHY are you HERE?

by Anonymousreply 63February 22, 2023 12:42 PM

"Of course the coronation is not ABOUT her, but when you have access to a person of such taste and insight, it’s just criminal not to run everything by her."

With Meghan as a consultant she'll make sure every woman's gown is tailored to accentuate the back fat.

by Anonymousreply 64February 22, 2023 12:43 PM

Those two would be wise to stay out of the spotlight for a while. Don't they have kids to raise or charities to run? Something? Anything?

by Anonymousreply 65February 22, 2023 12:45 PM

R59. Come on. It’s not hate. It’s just a matter that they are two of the most mockable celebrities in ages. Since they are unpleasant people and are constantly begging for attention,.nobody feels guilty about mocking them. You can point to other celebrities that share some of their faults, but almost no one else embodies all their faults.

by Anonymousreply 66February 22, 2023 12:45 PM

R63: “you must also hate Meghan Markle and endlessly post about it or else WHY ARE YOU HERE?!?!?”

Travis Bickle =/= Liz Smith. Move it along, toots.

by Anonymousreply 67February 22, 2023 12:46 PM

"Worldwide Privacy Tour" is an instant classic because it is so spot-on.

by Anonymousreply 68February 22, 2023 12:46 PM

R58, let's not (you silly cunt) pretend that you know shit about the OP's motives, given your reflexive racism, and let's also "admit" that Markle is as offensive to the sensibilities you parade as was Wallis Simpson. More so, actually, because Wallis did not base her "race" and marriage on a game of power, money, influence and worship.

Let's not tolerate your false high ground. Because your head is disappearing under that mud.

by Anonymousreply 69February 22, 2023 12:47 PM

My racism? What the fuck are you talking about, r69?

by Anonymousreply 70February 22, 2023 12:49 PM

Isn’t this what she wanted - royal association with none of the responsibilities?

Maybe the article is a hoax after all.

It seems that being included and snapped for showing up is all she really wants, and this event fits the bill.

by Anonymousreply 71February 22, 2023 1:04 PM

The couple needed a way to fund their lifestyles after getting cut off. And honestly, they’re doing a pretty good job at staying in the public eye and staying paid, which was obviously the plan all along. It’s scummy, but I can’t say I hate them more any more than billionaire CEOs.

by Anonymousreply 72February 22, 2023 1:09 PM

R72. Billionaire CEOs run companies and were usually chosen for their positions because they are viewed as the best person for the job.

The Sussexes are making money by corrupt use of titles granted on the understanding that they would perform public service and not profiteer off them. They are more like Jared Kushner than successful CEOs

Also, let’s check back in ten years on how much money they are making.

by Anonymousreply 73February 22, 2023 1:19 PM

[quote]Billionaire CEOs run companies and were usually chosen for their positions because they are viewed as the best person for the job.

This is so true!

by Anonymousreply 74February 22, 2023 1:28 PM

[quote] Come on. It’s not hate

Cringe statement of the day

by Anonymousreply 75February 22, 2023 1:29 PM

R75. Brilliant post. Devastating point-by-point takedown of an argument. Post more often! Datalounge needs more of your brilliance!

by Anonymousreply 76February 22, 2023 1:44 PM

They are Comedy Central in flesh & blood, without meaning to be funny. One example is her squatting like a shitting homeless woman on Ellen..The list goes on & on. Comedy Gold.

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by Anonymousreply 77February 22, 2023 1:50 PM

[quote] Brilliant post. Devastating point-by-point takedown of an argument. Post more often!

What a loser

by Anonymousreply 78February 22, 2023 1:56 PM

H&M need to do exactly what King Charles told Prince Andrew to do. Go have a great life. Do your thing. Forget about "the firm" because you're not going to be part of it. Then then they all need to just shut the fuck up about it.

by Anonymousreply 79February 22, 2023 2:22 PM

But talking about the firm still makes them lots of money.

by Anonymousreply 80February 22, 2023 2:34 PM

[quote]Meghan Markle feels 'excluded' from the King's Coronation

That’s because you are dear. You are excluded. May 6th was chosen intentionally.

by Anonymousreply 81February 22, 2023 2:39 PM

"Maybe the article is a hoax after all."

R71 - This article came from the Daily Mail so it definitely is a hoax!

by Anonymousreply 82February 22, 2023 2:55 PM

This is the woman who said she was an only child, didn't cooperate in the writing of Finding Freedom(aka Finding the Gravy Ladle, the Archbishop married us in private..the list goes on & on..

No stupidity would surprise anyone.

Best bit from SP take down.And it sums her up perfectly... The Prince at the end yellowing into the Trash can Princess & it is hollow, as is she

So, now no idiotic remark would ever shock me. And i started out thinking she would be a breathe of fresh air for the RF & supporting her to the max..

by Anonymousreply 83February 22, 2023 3:03 PM

R50, no, newspapers didn’t invent the OTT baby shower or the Wimbledon drama (I think she was wearing trendy ripped jeans? not permitted in the Royal Box) but this, “Meghan feels excluded” is just the DM shit-stirring. Of course tabloids make up stuff all the time especially now that Megs is lying low except for her lunch dates with Gordon Getty. “Meghan is going to run for the Senate”. I mean, there’s narcissistic delusion and there’s complete bonkers.

by Anonymousreply 84February 22, 2023 3:15 PM

Meghan makes a lot of money for Lord Rothermere (Daily Mail owner) and Murdoch the man who literally owns Gutfeld, Fox, Piers, The SUN, Talk TV. Shes world most bankable woman for tabloids. The obsession is real.

by Anonymousreply 85February 22, 2023 3:27 PM

[quote]newspapers didn’t invent the OTT baby shower or the Wimbledon drama (I think she was wearing trendy ripped jeans? not permitted in the Royal Box)

They did, though, at least about Wimbledon. I don't know what the baby shower or NY party comments are about, but the Wimbledon thing I just looked up, and the tabloids absolutely made up a lot about it that wasn't true.

She came in a hat and jeans and those are not allowed in the royal box, but she was never intending to sit there. She even brought two friends with her that could not have been in the royal box with her, so obviously she wasn't going to sit there. She was sitting in the area for friends and relatives of competitors, and even though the tabs said she insisted all the seats around her be empty, there are people clearly sitting right behind her and right in front of her.

You can dislike her asking people to not take photos of her all you want, that obviously happened, but the tabloids weren't satisfied with that and made other stuff up. That's the problem with this Meghan hate and all these stupid threads, it's that so much of it is made up. People have gotten so irrational about it that they're not content with what REALLY happened, that's not enough, there has to be more, and the more outlandish and implausible the better.

by Anonymousreply 86February 22, 2023 3:52 PM

R86. All the empty seats around her simply had no takers? Very odd.

by Anonymousreply 87February 22, 2023 4:00 PM

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by Anonymousreply 88February 22, 2023 4:22 PM

R96 - The men seated behind her are clearly RPOs and the people in front are in a different section altogether.

Remember also the Princess of Canada had the RPOs confront a man who was taking pictures of the match with his phone because she thought he was snapping her. She couldn't bring her "DON'T LOOK AT ME" sign into the grounds to hold aloft during the match, apparently.

by Anonymousreply 89February 22, 2023 4:30 PM

Do Oprah and Gayle still take her calls? Me thinks they are gonna give her a lot of distance.

by Anonymousreply 90February 22, 2023 4:48 PM

If you recall, her worldly experience as a D-List actress gave her unique insights into how to run a royal household, which is why she was forced to bully staff who were not doing their jobs to her high standards. It just makes sense that she would be consulted on how to plan and execute a Coronation. She knows best about everything.

by Anonymousreply 91February 22, 2023 9:27 PM

< Sources claim that Meghan, “is annoyed by South Park but refuses to watch it all.” But for Meghan, this couldn’t have come at a worse time. The duchess is said to be “obsessed with her half-sister’s litigation.”

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by Anonymousreply 92February 23, 2023 1:15 PM

Ok r86, I hadn’t known about not intending to sit in the royal box but I remember reading that she didn’t give any notice to the organizers that she was coming and also that her protection officer asked people to move out of that section. Not sure if people are allowed to decline to move.

by Anonymousreply 93February 23, 2023 1:54 PM

R93, I know people were saying that the people directly behind her were security, but there's a photo of her security guy asking a guy to not take photos and it's not the same guy as the one behind her. Others in the audience are wearing lanyards so I don't think that them having a lanyard means they're security, necessarily.

Also, the guy who was taking a photo of her is the guy you can see two rows ahead of her, and they didn't ask him to move, he and his family were already sitting in that row when she arrived.

There aren't that many people in that section anyway, it just doesn't observably look like she forcibly removed a bunch of people.

I can see people griping that she asked that guy to not take a photo, or that she dressed casually and went with Americans to see her American friends compete and that irritated British people, that's all understandable. The rest of it about her being forced out of the royal box, or cordoning off the entire area for herself, seems either wrong or at the least exaggerated.

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by Anonymousreply 94February 23, 2023 2:05 PM

[QUOTE]The duchess is said to be “obsessed with her half-sister’s litigation.”

She should be. She and Harry have been ordered to provide testimony in Samantha's defamation case in the discovery phase. This will mean hours looong depositions where they'll be repeatedly questioned by a hostile attorney for the petitioner -- an experience that Harry, at least, has never had to face. He's only started being questioned by the press and the public these last few years and it's driven him into an unholy tizzy. Imagine a smart attorney holding his feet to the fire.

I'm sure Meghan has faced hostile environments in her climb up to the C list, but she's always been able to rely on her skills for mendacity. And who "fact checks" in Hollywood anyway? They'll be under oath. I'm not sure if the 5th amendment can be invoked in a civil case.

Also, I've read that Jason Knauf has been asked to provide testimony. Remember, he was the conduit to Omid Scobie for Finding Freedom. It came out in the DM case that Meghan communicated to him to make sure Scobie knew that Samantha had had children by different men. If that isn't an attempt to smear or slut shame, I dunno what is. (Ironically, slut-shaming was one of the topics of her Archetypes podcast). He'd be key to providing evidence of Meghan's history and willingness to attempt defamation.

Finally, (sorry about the tl;dr) IIRC, Samantha is asking for a small sum. I don't think it was over $50K. JFC, if true, the Sussexes could have protected their Love, Kindness, Unicorns, and Doritos brand by just settling with no admission of responsibility (unless Samantha refused?) Now, their grandiosity and arrogance is leading them down the path of humiliation. I suspect Gordon Getty's people have their ears to the ground.

by Anonymousreply 95February 23, 2023 4:47 PM

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by Anonymousreply 96February 23, 2023 4:48 PM

R95, regarding Mrs Harry testifying in the deposition, that Youtuber who posts about Mrs Harry's narcissism has said in the past that court cases, where other witnesses testimony might disagree with the narcissist's is one place where a narcissist is exposed. I seem to remember that he said they cry in court when that happens.

Will the deposition become public record and available for viewing?

by Anonymousreply 97February 23, 2023 6:14 PM

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's popularity has slumped to an all-time low in the US, where they are now less popular than the disgraced Prince Andrew, a shock poll has found. Since December last year, Harry has sunk 48 points and Meghan 40, giving them net approval ratings of -10 and -17 respectively, according to a survey by Redfield & Wilton for Newsweek, conducted on February 19. While Andrew is still viewed negatively following his New York civil trial against his sex accuser Virginia Roberts, his net approval rating sits at -2, with 26 per cent of Americans saying they like him compared to 28 per cent who do not. The Sussexes' nosediving popularity across the pond comes just days after they were royally mocked by South Park - a satirical cartoon famed for having its finger on the pulse of American culture. The couple were lampooned in an episode aired on February 15, which was entitled The Worldwide Privacy Tour and depicted them embarking on a publicity blitz to promote the Prince's new book, Waaagh.

by Anonymousreply 98February 23, 2023 6:20 PM

Funny r97, Alex Murdaugh’s on the stand blubbering in his own defense in court as I type this.

I don't know if this can become public. Documents from other civil cases have.

by Anonymousreply 99February 23, 2023 6:24 PM

What's so wonderful about the plummeting likeability and approval ratings is that they really can't even attempt to blame Buckingham Palace leaks and the British press as the cause because there haven't been any.

Their ratings were just fine after the Oprah interview even though they were caught in a number of lies. BP sources have been awfully quiet this last year and a half or so, but Harry and Meghan can't refrain from talking, and talking, and talking. Boring UN speech, pedantic and boring podcast, calling Senators announcing herself as the Duchess of Sussex, keeping Gayle King in the loop and trying to imply the Queen didn't have the right people around her, the disastrous Cut interview, a really looong docuseries including mocking a curtsey to the Queen, and finally Harry's tell all and talk show appearances demanding apologies.

But of course they won't shoulder any responsibility themselves. Who's left to blame? Sunshine Sachs, J.R. Moehriger, Penguin editors and legal department, their own legal team, their new PR?

by Anonymousreply 100February 23, 2023 7:12 PM

They benefited from the fact that they weren’t really known in the US. That is also probably why Andrew is not as unpopular as they are now. He’s not really covered regularly in America.

by Anonymousreply 101February 23, 2023 7:31 PM

Maybe they already have a plan to retire as rich celebrity “villains”

by Anonymousreply 102February 23, 2023 7:40 PM

^^Yes, you can invoke the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination in any formal court proceeding.

Whether deposition testimony becomes public is a matter for the Court to determine on an ad hoc basis. Clearly Smegs will move to have any such testimony kept under seal, and the Judge would have to make a decision. A competent attorney would make CERTAIN to take the depositions of the Harkle-Markles on video, rather than as simple text transcriptions; to be able to get them out to the press, as needed, the goal being to capture La Harkle on film, lying, raging, and screaming under oath, if possible.

by Anonymousreply 103February 23, 2023 7:47 PM
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