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Post by elle on Apr 7, 2021 0:33:24 GMT -6
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Post by adelbert on Apr 7, 2021 1:20:40 GMT -6
The picture with the 4 people, are they his parents? The engaged couple is awkwardly far apart, compared to how close they are standing next to the other people. They’re his parents, who are one of the richest families in Luxembourg. So he had a messy divorce from Tessy. They got pregnant as teenagers and he denounced the throne to marry her. After like 15 years together they separated a few years ago due to “his behavior”. Tessy asked for 1.5£ million settlement to buy a house for their 2 sons and he claimed to not have that money because he is fully supported by his parents 😒 Somehow a judge ruled that he owes her just 75£/month per kid because he himself has no money and it’s not the kids grandparents job to support them. They're all trash.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 1:21:01 GMT -6
Serious Cinderella vibes from Mette-Marit here 🤩
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Post by jaidit on Apr 7, 2021 4:41:15 GMT -6
Letizia today
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Post by mathlete on Apr 7, 2021 5:22:08 GMT -6
Well, that settles that. I'm not surprised, yet I still can't believe it.
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Post by crunch on Apr 7, 2021 5:34:14 GMT -6
So it’s true. They continue to be trash.
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Post by meowmaps on Apr 7, 2021 5:40:50 GMT -6
Letizia’s outfit looks like something from Chico’s to me (neither a compliment nor a dig, just an observation). My mom used to buy everything from Chico’s. That stopped when she retired. They’re a little pricey but probably not for a queen!
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Post by ArielMermaid on Apr 7, 2021 6:50:35 GMT -6
Well, that settles that. I'm not surprised, yet I still can't believe it. I would have been shocked if they did comment on it.
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Post by claudia on Apr 7, 2021 6:54:05 GMT -6
Wow if PM made this up and double wow if it’s true. I doubt he would make up something that could be proven/disproven fairly easily, and I also think even as dumb as they are, the senior royals are too smart to text Piers. So I would guess someone who is like 79th in line to the throne texted him, and they're technically royals so he's not lying, but they aren't "known." Now, if he had said aides to any of the senior royals, I would absolutely believe him. Which I would hate believing him, but even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Apr 7, 2021 7:04:39 GMT -6
Wow if PM made this up and double wow if it’s true. I doubt he would make up something that could be proven/disproven fairly easily, and I also think even as dumb as they are, the senior royals are too smart to text Piers. So I would guess someone who is like 79th in line to the throne texted him, and they're technically royals so he's not lying, but they aren't "known." Now, if he had said aides to any of the senior royals, I would absolutely believe him. Which I would hate believing him, but even a broken clock is right twice a day. Definitely. It was some Lord or Lady nobody who is “technically” a royal and has probably never met Meghan. If the palace commented either way it just gives him more attention and that’s what he wants.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Apr 7, 2021 7:04:45 GMT -6
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Post by coffeecake on Apr 7, 2021 7:15:40 GMT -6
Letizia’s outfit looks like something from Chico’s to me (neither a compliment nor a dig, just an observation). My mom used to buy everything from Chico’s. That stopped when she retired. They’re a little pricey but probably not for a queen! Yes, I remember Chico’s being the “cool” place for moms to shop😆 I don’t love the pattern on her jacket, but I love the overall shape and style of everything. It looks great on her.
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Post by icedcoffee on Apr 7, 2021 7:39:49 GMT -6
I like Letizia's outfit but she still looks really sad
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Post by claudia on Apr 7, 2021 8:08:07 GMT -6
I like Letizia's outfit but she still looks really sad I think she's had enough Botox/work that she can't smize. And then the mask covers her smile, so it contributes to the sad look.
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Post by Bookshelves on Apr 7, 2021 8:16:54 GMT -6
I like Letizia's outfit but she still looks really sad I think she's had enough Botox/work that she can't smize. And then the mask covers her smile, so it contributes to the sad look. Agreed, I watched a video a couple weeks ago that was like behind the scenes “a day in the life” of her and the family, filmed pre-covid so no masks, and she was very animated and cute. Although she was also the only one who seemed at all relaxed. It must have been her media training. Felipe seemed so awkward.
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Post by Skewball on Apr 7, 2021 8:45:51 GMT -6
I had never heard about him before but prince Louis of Luxemburg sounds like a real winner.
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Post by ouijabored on Apr 7, 2021 8:56:53 GMT -6
She flat out said Kate is a “good person,” she was just disappointed in the narrative. It’s “funny” how the media is still like “what could the issue BE?!” She just told you? For ME it isn’t just the narrative it’s what is behind the narrative not being changed. Everyone says Kate can’t speak up and that’s fine she doesn’t have to but FOR ME I will look at you different and you forever will be on my I see you list no matter how nice you are for not saying something or standing up to the racism and gaining from it as well. As for the media yes I agree with you m So I guess everyone agrees that she can’t/doesn’t speak to the press. But she apparently does do other things to get her voice heard, like going to Sarah Everard’s vigil and sending her parents a condolence letter. If she wanted the world to know she and Meghan were good in the months after “tights gate” she could have made it happened. She could have made sure they were papped walking in the grounds of KP, for example, or out shopping together etc.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 10:50:12 GMT -6
For ME it isn’t just the narrative it’s what is behind the narrative not being changed. Everyone says Kate can’t speak up and that’s fine she doesn’t have to but FOR ME I will look at you different and you forever will be on my I see you list no matter how nice you are for not saying something or standing up to the racism and gaining from it as well. As for the media yes I agree with you m So I guess everyone agrees that she can’t/doesn’t speak to the press. But she apparently does do other things to get her voice heard, like going to Sarah Everard’s vigil and sending her parents a condolence letter. If she wanted the world to know she and Meghan were good in the months after “tights gate” she could have made it happened. She could have made sure they were papped walking in the grounds of KP, for example, or out shopping together etc. You mean like going to Wimbledon together?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 11:24:45 GMT -6
m So I guess everyone agrees that she can’t/doesn’t speak to the press. But she apparently does do other things to get her voice heard, like going to Sarah Everard’s vigil and sending her parents a condolence letter. If she wanted the world to know she and Meghan were good in the months after “tights gate” she could have made it happened. She could have made sure they were papped walking in the grounds of KP, for example, or out shopping together etc. You mean like going to Wimbledon together? Lol. Hey, you. What’s up?
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Post by angelashly on Apr 7, 2021 11:55:01 GMT -6
m So I guess everyone agrees that she can’t/doesn’t speak to the press. But she apparently does do other things to get her voice heard, like going to Sarah Everard’s vigil and sending her parents a condolence letter. If she wanted the world to know she and Meghan were good in the months after “tights gate” she could have made it happened. She could have made sure they were papped walking in the grounds of KP, for example, or out shopping together etc. You mean like going to Wimbledon together? For work sure
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 12:09:34 GMT -6
You mean like going to Wimbledon together? Lol. Hey, you. What’s up? I tennis way more than I Royal. But for sure Kate and Meg attended Wimbledon matches together in 2018 and 2019.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 13:55:11 GMT -6
Lol. Hey, you. What’s up? I tennis way more than I Royal. But for sure Kate and Meg attended Wimbledon matches together in 2018 and 2019. Yes, I remember.
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Post by Ls2012 on Apr 7, 2021 13:58:23 GMT -6
Lol. Hey, you. What’s up? I tennis way more than I Royal. But for sure Kate and Meg attended Wimbledon matches together in 2018 and 2019. I think this would qualify as an example of Kate doing the least and getting a pass.
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Post by claudia on Apr 7, 2021 14:15:27 GMT -6
To me, the fact that Jason Knauf who so clearly has an axe to grind against Meghan is proof that Kate might be a pleasant person, but she shouldn’t get a pass. Unless she is 100% powerless (since now he is employed by their foundation and not by any of the palaces), if she or Will were good people, he would be gone. The level of leaks he sent out should disqualify him from ever working for them.
If she is a good person, then she is 100% powerless, in which case they need to tone down the “top CEO” “power behind the throne” rhetoric. It’s one of those things we’re I don’t think both can be true- you can’t be a good person and not take the most basic steps to protect a family member being mistreated.
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Post by ouijabored on Apr 7, 2021 17:47:31 GMT -6
m So I guess everyone agrees that she can’t/doesn’t speak to the press. But she apparently does do other things to get her voice heard, like going to Sarah Everard’s vigil and sending her parents a condolence letter. If she wanted the world to know she and Meghan were good in the months after “tights gate” she could have made it happened. She could have made sure they were papped walking in the grounds of KP, for example, or out shopping together etc. You mean like going to Wimbledon together? Wasn’t that before all the rumors of the bad blood between the brothers and the couples started coming out? When I was writing my post, I was actually thinking more about the polo match they were at together which I remember thinking was weird at the time because there were no pics of them looking chummy together or even interacting really. You’d think there’d be photos of Kate holding Archie or cooing over him in Meghan’s arms and pics of Meghan talking to the Cambridge kids or helping Kate entertain a toddler Louis but there was nothing like that. Kate had much more normal interactions like this with Zara and Autumn and their children. Now that we know Meghan had been hoping to befriend her, it’s kind of weird.
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Post by ouijabored on Apr 7, 2021 17:51:35 GMT -6
To me, the fact that Jason Knauf who so clearly has an axe to grind against Meghan is proof that Kate might be a pleasant person, but she shouldn’t get a pass. Unless she is 100% powerless (since now he is employed by their foundation and not by any of the palaces), if she or Will were good people, he would be gone. The level of leaks he sent out should disqualify him from ever working for them. If she is a good person, then she is 100% powerless, in which case they need to tone down the “top CEO” “power behind the throne” rhetoric. It’s one of those things we’re I don’t think both can be true- you can’t be a good person and not take the most basic steps to protect a family member being mistreated. Remember the way Kate gave her the cold shoulder at their last official event? Even if she is 100% powerless, she could have smiled and mouthed hello when Meghan attempted to say hi instead of totally ignoring her. I think at that point, the brothers had completely fallen out over Harry’s announcement and Kate obviously took William’s side. But she could have kept the peace more by being polite and civil in public 🤷♀️ The video is really awkward and you can see the bafflement on Meghan’s face clear as day.
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Post by oreobitsy on Apr 7, 2021 18:02:59 GMT -6
To me, the fact that Jason Knauf who so clearly has an axe to grind against Meghan is proof that Kate might be a pleasant person, but she shouldn’t get a pass. Unless she is 100% powerless (since now he is employed by their foundation and not by any of the palaces), if she or Will were good people, he would be gone. The level of leaks he sent out should disqualify him from ever working for them. If she is a good person, then she is 100% powerless, in which case they need to tone down the “top CEO” “power behind the throne” rhetoric. It’s one of those things we’re I don’t think both can be true- you can’t be a good person and not take the most basic steps to protect a family member being mistreated. I think the problem with the BRF is that they think they can have their cake and eat it too. Meghan gave Kate an out by saying she was a good person and then that weird article about her being the new rebel was published. You can’t be a rebel if you can’t even speak up for people in your family who need help.
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Post by ouijabored on Apr 7, 2021 18:07:50 GMT -6
Wasn’t that before all the rumors of the bad blood between the brothers and the couples started coming out? When I was writing my post, I was actually thinking more about the polo match they were at together which I remember thinking was weird at the time because there were no pics of them looking chummy together or even interacting really. You’d think there’d be photos of Kate holding Archie or cooing over him in Meghan’s arms and pics of Meghan talking to the Cambridge kids or helping Kate entertain a toddler Louis but there was nothing like that. Kate had much more normal interactions like this with Zara and Autumn and their children. Now that we know Meghan had been hoping to befriend her, it’s kind of weird. I think it’s possible that, boiling it down to personalities only, that they just don’t mesh. Maybe Meghan didn’t have a bond with the toddler Cambridges. And by the time Archie was born they were already clearly on the outs. I get that everything is a photo op, but I think Kate had more normal interactions with Zara and Autumn and those kids because she has more normal relationships with them. Which is, of course, not to excuse anything perpetrated against Meghan. Yeah I think this is true and I’m not one of those people who think all women need to be BFFs just because they married into the same family. I wasn’t BFFs with my SIL but when we met up at family events, I could carry on a pleasant conversation with her and make small talk about whatever. And it’s not like they had nothing at all in common. Meghan had just had a baby. It’s really easy and mindless to compare notes about baby products and issues like childcare, sleep, feeding, etc. Or just gush over the children and use them as a helpful distraction if conversation feels too awkward. So it’s interesting to me that they hardly interacted at all and kept their distance. In the context of what was going on at the time though, with Meghan and the press, I think the point is that Kate could have helped her there with these types of events and photos, had she wanted to. Although she doesn’t speak to the press, she could have tried to convey a warmer relationship with Meghan when she knew they would be photographed together. They did it at Christmas that one time but then it stopped. Maybe William told her not to and to keep her distance, who knows. But the thing is, even if you don’t quite click with someone personality wise, it’s still possible to see that they are getting a raw deal and to feel bad about that and to want to help them out if you can. I don’t believe for a second that Kate wasn’t aware at the time that he public was scrutinizing rumors about their relationship to the detriment of Meghan and Harry.
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Post by claudia on Apr 7, 2021 19:27:27 GMT -6
There were leaks that said Meghan and Mate got into it when Archie was - newborn. To some degree, I think there was just too much bad blood by then. But the story was that Kate and Will visited and Kate gave some unsolicited advice and Meghan didn’t appreciate it. Of course, the leak was likely from a Cambridge source since it was spun as “Kate the experienced mother just wanted to help the hapless Meghan and Meghan was unappreciative.”
It could just be completely made up on the other hand.
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Post by emma on Apr 7, 2021 19:34:51 GMT -6
Maybe Kate and Meghan have very different parenting styles and had no interest in discussing it with each other. I could see Meghan being very crunchy attachement and Kate being very old school
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