The Duchess of Sussex: Family and Background

[Cocoasneeze]

Originally Posted by Dalriada

They do tend to ask sensitive if not awkward questions like towards Diana and Charles on previous visits to Australia. The children there don’t seem to be as inhibited or shy than English school children. Aussies are more natural and forthcoming like their former prime minister Keating towards HM Queen.

My wild guess is, that the children just might not even know about the markles to ask about them. But they could also ask about nazi costumes, skinny dipping, if Harry and Meghan need to be aware of possible difficult questions from children.

[Dman]

Originally Posted by MARG

Well, why fix what ain't broken? 'Never complain, never explain' is working well for them.

The only people complaining are Palmer et al. And they are just too lazy to go find an actual 'story' when all they have to do is pay the Markles.

Something is broken though. This has been a train wreck since the very beginning. There’s glass all over the floor and the KP PR team just swept the glass under the carpet leading up to the wedding. The broken glass is still under the carpet, but the shards are poking through carpet.

Sussex’s and KP, clean this mess up!

[Dalriada]

Originally Posted by Cocoasneeze

My wild guess is, that the children just might not even know about the markles to ask about them. But they could also ask about nazi costumes, skinny dipping, if Harry and Meghan need to be aware of possible difficult questions from children.

You might be right about Aussie children but English children are confronted on a daily basis with headlines in newspapers when popping in to every newsagents to buy sweeties not to mention the Breakfast TV diet of Markle mania.

[Stargazer]

Originally Posted by Dman

Something is broken though. This has been a train wreck since the very beginning. There’s glass all over the floor and the KP PR team just swept the glass under the carpet leading up to the wedding. The broken glass is still under the carpet, but the shards are poking through carpet.

Sussex’s and KP, clean this mess up!

They did all they could do in the beginning by asking him to not talk to the press and offering him help and he did what he wanted to do. Now they are expected to give in to the demands of someone acting like a small child. At this point since everyone is so insistent that it is on H &M to do something about this the only thing that will possibly work is to give the Markles and the media what they ultimately want and that is them to be divorced and her to be gone!

[Cocoasneeze]

Originally Posted by Dman

I don’t know, but I know they better brainstorm and address the issue or this stuff will continue to be a dark cloud over Meghan and Harry’s heads and it all can get worse. They don’t deserve this, but this is a major KP PR disaster indeed.

We’re talking about Meghan’s father here. No one can tell me that Kensington Palace’s PR team can’t get a grip on this problem and end the ongoing episode of the As The Markle Turns.

Meghan's father is an actual human being with his own wants. He has an unhealthy size of ego, he's clearly very self centred. He's also emotionally abusing Meghan. It's easy to say, that he has to be dealt with, without giving actual solutions.

As for children asking questions. I HIGHLY doubt any children know anything about markles and would be interested enough to ask any questions about them.

[Kataryn]

Originally Posted by M. Payton

What is KP suppose to do? This is something that Meghan has to deal with and she is doing the right thing by not accepting abusive behavior from her father or anyone else in her life>...would anyone here accept this type of behavior in their life? I do not think so.

Mental health is very important to everyone to grow and become a strong compassionate kind caring person.........nobody gives into BULLIES who are hell bent on destroying a person. Bullying someone takes away their self-esteem and self-confidence, So please tell me how to deal with BULLIES? I have dealt with them before and believe me I never acknowledge their behavior or accept it in my life and I am so much better for it. Eventually they find someone else to bully and leave me alone as they know they can not get to me ever.....NEVER GIVE INTO BULLIES EVER...... it can and does destroy a person's life and that I do not want to happen to Meghan or to any other woman out there......we have a hard enough time being women as it is!

I just hope that Harry learned from his mother's obsession with what the papers write about her and doesn't include Tabloids in the morning press - AFAIK no serious paper like the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, NYTimes etc. has detailed writings abou the Markles.

Plus even if Meghan is curious about what is written about her, Harry can tell her that engaging with this kind of media is really a bad thing for her health.

So I just think that she doesn't even know what BS her relatives sproud and has much more fun reading up on the charities she might want to help or the places she will be in Australia. And then go for a jog with Harry....
I heard it often say that Diana in a very unhappy, dangerous way was fascinated by the rubbish the tabloids were writing about her. There is no way her son will not work hard that his own spouse is not going down that way.

[M. Payton]

Originally Posted by Dman

Something is broken though. This has been a train wreck since the very beginning. There’s glass all over the floor and the KP PR team just swept the glass under the carpet leading up to the wedding. The broken glass is still under the carpet, but the shards are poking through carpet.

Sussex’s and KP, clean this mess up!

Why? It is not anyone's problem here, and surely Meghan and Harry and KP are intelligent enough to do what has to be done with out any one here complaining that things need to be *fixed now*. And why give into BULLIES, where it that coming from? I am sure that the royal family knows all about BULLIES and is doing what needs to be done......who wants to be subjected to BULLIES the rest of their life? No one gives into being BLACKMAILED and that is just what Sr and this kids are doing.......being aggressive and threatening is not the way to deal with this and that is just what the *Moaning Markles* are doing.....how is that acceptable?

[Kataryn]

Originally Posted by Dman

Something is broken though. This has been a train wreck since the very beginning. There’s glass all over the floor and the KP PR team just swept the glass under the carpet leading up to the wedding. The broken glass is still under the carpet, but the shards are poking through carpet.

Sussex’s and KP, clean this mess up!

Just what do you think they should do? Send out HM's Secret service with a killing order or ask Trump to put them away in prison? it's the papers who have to stop giving them a platform. If I am angry about my son, noone but me (and hopefully him) cares about that. it's just not news and what the Markles say is just not news either.

[Missjersey]

JMO—Something has definitely been broken for a long time prior to us watching the antics will be/won’t be at the wedding play out.

That this keeps escalating is part of the narcissist’s game to create havoc, control and attention in any way possible. It’s a no win situation for the Duchess. Her silence is golden. No contact.

[Osipi]

The minute KP says anything else besides "no comment" to any of the Markle moanings, they're bringing themselves to the front lines of the war and by firing back, they breathe new life into the Markle strategy. If KP recognizes, in any way, that the Markles are anything more than full of ego and blowing smoke and incoherent ramblings, there are then three in the mix. The Markles, the tabloid press and KP.

Right now I see KP as the big guy in the cartoon that is standing there holding off Tom, Sr. with one big hand while Tom keeps swinging and swinging and unable to to land a punch. Its a fact that its KP or Meghan doing absolutely nothing in regards to this e(strange)d family that is frustrating them and making them all the more determined to get a rise out of somebody at least. The Markles are losing ground in the press. The Markles are losing ground where the people are concerned and the more they fight to hold their ground, their rantings get more and more delusional and they're becoming a situation comedy.

As far as a potential clothing line for Bad Dad. I do see it getting some success. On one day of the year. Halloween. But then what child even gives a fig about any Markle? Children know better. Its adults and the tabloid press that continue to give any Markle credit enough to actually affect anything because they choose to buy into this crap storm and fall right into the tabloid trap that its actually a problem.

I like discussing the whole thing. Its entertaining and each day seems to bring another episode of "How Low Can They Go?" I'm laughing my head off at these delusional people being prime examples of gross self entitlement and ego stroking and thinking they're actually being listened to and believed. The tabloids egg them on like sheeple to the slaughter. I do agree that the worse is yet to come but it won't be that the Markles have actually scored a hit on anybody. It'll be a rampage of anger, self righteousness and "let me set the story straight" as it turns into the sequel of "Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates Me, Guess I'll Eat Some Worms".

The Markles are going to crash and burn. Mark my words on it.

[Tarlita]

The Palace Is dealing with the Markle debacle. In a tried and trusted manner that has worked for them over manner decades with far worse scandals than this. Total Silence! That's it. No response whatsoever.
That is how the Palace has always dealt with things.
Only when one of them steps over the line badly enough will they get a formal warning.
The most appalling things were said during the Wales's war in the media (a lot of it untrue)and the palace kept quiet until Her Majesty intervened.
The BRF have endured much worse than this in the past.

Total Silence is the best option. Never lower your own standards down to the abusers level.

With luck Markle will put his name to xxxlarge range of clothing and ride happily off into the Mexican desert, counting his peso's.

[Dman]

Although I don’t agree that this is just as bad as Di’s passing. That’s a stupid comment from The Sun.

[MARG]

The only thing Snr wants is Meghan's public abasement and admission that everything is her and Harry's fault and their promise of being at their beck and call with unlimited generosity

Snr originally said that M & H forgave his photos and wanted to visit him after the wedding and HE said no. Now Harry is accused of haranguing him while he was in recovery in hospital. Most normal people have a retention span of more than three months.

As to action? I think HM and Charles and their offices are all in the mix. Somehow I don't think throwing the Sussexes under the bus is their preferred option.

[Missjersey]

Good jiminy cricket, I just thought of the clothing line...even that’s bad marketing advice—I would’ve recommended starting with soap. Couldn’t help it!

[Osipi]

I'm not going to denigrate Mr. Markle because of his size or his choice in clothing but I really don't seriously believe that there's anyone on the planet that would actively want to copy his fashion sense. Mr. Markle looks like any man that is of a large girth in his attire. Its not smart, its not marketable and its really not even worth mentioning.

People recognize Tyler Perry when he plays Madea but there'll never be a Madea line of clothing. Its unique to that character. Madea cracks me up.

[O-H Anglophile]

Originally Posted by Dman

I don’t know, but I know they better brainstorm and address the issue or this stuff will continue to be a dark cloud over Meghan and Harry’s heads and it all can get worse. They don’t deserve this, but this is a major KP PR disaster indeed.

We’re talking about Meghan’s father here. No one can tell me that Kensington Palace’s PR team can’t get a grip on this problem and end the ongoing episode of the As The Markle Turns.

Give us a practical solution--what can KP really do? It does no good to say they should or must do something.
As I see it, the only end to it is if Tom Sr shuts up or the tabloids stop giving him ink or airtime.

[Zonk]

I am of the opinion that Kensington Palace should keep doing what its' doing. Say Nothing. Do not confirm and/or deny anything. And you certainly do not negotiate with bullies because that's what the Markle's are doing. This is builling by social media and the press is helping the Markle's by constantly writing article after article with no investigative journalism involved AT ALL.

I mean, the inconsistencies that the Markle's spout. How do they keep up with them all. Thomas Sr., says Harry and Meghan offered to meet with him several times and than he says they didn't? Thomas Jr., says the father wasn't invited to the wedding and than it shows up he was but Thomas Jr., isn't in the know and doesn't know anything. How can the press even take them seriously.

• How come know no one is discussing the fact that Samantha has no relationship with her brother, mother or any of her children?
  
• Why is Thomas Jr. estranged from both his parents, his sister and his kids?
  
• How come the siblings can't produce any updated photots of Meghan? That leads me to believe that the estrangement is longer than discussed.
  
• Doesn't look like Thomas Sr., went to Meghan's wedding to Trevor? Did Samantha go or was she invited? This was, presumably before they stopped talking to each other.
  
• Thomas Sr., is desperate for a relationship with his Meghan's potential grandchildren. Does he have a relationship with any of his other grandchildren?
  
• If Meghan is ashamed of Samantha's MS (as alleged by Samantha), how did Meghan express this? In person or was this via social media? I imagine if she had this electronically, she would have released this.
  
• What caused the estrangement between Sam and Meghan? Why does Sam dislike Doria so?
  
  The list goes on and on. And know, I don't expect any answers but like someone previously said...this family was dysfunctional even before Harry married Meghan.
  

And if, this men's fashion line is true. Good grief! And there is one unknown contestant for Big Brother, it is Sam. I think the gloves will be off and people will see this ruckus for what it is. A darn shame.

[Tarlita]

I do apologize for mentioning clothing size.
However, if Markle could focus his thoughts and energy on other things that would benefit him and not hurt anyone's feelings all the better for everyone around him.

[O-H Anglophile]

Originally Posted by Dman

Something is broken though. This has been a train wreck since the very beginning. There’s glass all over the floor and the KP PR team just swept the glass under the carpet leading up to the wedding. The broken glass is still under the carpet, but the shards are poking through carpet.

Sussex’s and KP, clean this mess up!

You can choose your friends but you can't choose your relatives. Meghan is stuck with them as relatives, but she doesn't have to acknowledge them since they are being horrid to and about her. Dignified silence is the best route to follow.

[Madame Verseau]

Check me for never complain never explain. I wonder how Piers and company are taking Dad's clothing line. To start a business it has to funded somehow; the tabloid money may some something to do with it. Watch these pundits twist themselves in knots to spin this, trying to blame Meghan forcing Dad to get a job. As they spin on one hand they wipe the egg of their faces with the other.

Oh, Daddio just burned all three of his kids, allegedly

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mir...d-13087694.amp

Early payback for the clothing line announcement?