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Harry and Meghan need better PR people.
Harry and Meghan need better PR people.
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I agree wholeheartedly.
Yes. Harry and Meghan need better PR people.
The sad thing about all of this when I was watching the promo for the interview was that what if this is all PR. Meghan is an actress and they have heavy hitting spin doctors on their team now. I don't know if anyone remembers an interview about how Diana manipulated the press by looking under her eyes and the using her body language.
They don't need better PR people - they need to stop all the spinning. You cannot control the media - you can not control social media. You develop thicker skin.
Spinning or not, nobody can honestly believe that tearing up in front of the camera, using emotional body language or complaining/self pity will change anything for the better. Not when at the same time lots of other actions don't add up. Not sure who or if anyone is advising them, but to use a best buddy to do a sentimental documentary during a royal tour that will totally deflect from the original aim of that tour is one of the worst ideas somebody could come up with.
they need to stop all the spinning. You cannot control the media - you can not control social media. You develop thicker skin.
Spinning or not, nobody can honestly believe that tearing up in front of the camera, using emotional body language or complaining/self pity will change anything for the better. Not when at the same time lots of other actions don't add up. Not sure who or if anyone is advising them, but to use a best buddy to do a sentimental documentary during a royal tour that will totally deflect from the original aim of that tour is one of the worst ideas somebody could come up with.
This is painfully true... and its tragic that Diana's Son [of all casualties] cannot see it..
Also, who are we to judge a woman for being emotional in front of a camera because she has endured a massive amount of bullying for being biracial, American, a former actress and whos family issues have been weaponized against her? Who are we to say she’s not entitled to some hurt feelings? I mean, really?
I don't know the solution to their negative press problem, but moving to Africa certainly won't help in my humble opinion.
As Rudolph said, although South Africa is a Commonwealth country, it has been a republic since 1961 (?) and the British Royal Family has no legal or official standing there. Whatever project Harry may be engaged in while living in Africa will most likely be a private project then, unless he is based there as an official representative of a British government agency/department, which would violate the neutrality of the Crown in my opinion. Living on the other hand in Africa as a private citizen, but supported financially by the Sovereign Grant or some other kind of public funding, would not fly well in the UK.
I am not overly concerned though because I doubt Harry's desire to move to Africa is being given serious consideration by the Royal House.
There are plenty of conservation issues in Australia and Canada too, just to name two Commonwealth countries where the Queen actually happens to be the Head of State. So why an exclusive focus on Africa ?
Yes, Harry's connection to Africa is not as a hunter. But he certainly mingled with the white South African elite having dated Chelsy Davy and having his uncle and cousins living there for a while. And he is close to the tribal royal families like in Lesotho, who are not so clean. There is nothing wrong about any of those relations per se, but it is a more multifaceted relationship than the way you are painting it.
I’m getting ready to watch the documentary because I can’t deal with some folks who are downplaying and sugarcoating the seriousness of this massive smear campaign.
I hope no one of these forums and elsewhere will be subjected to this kind of abuse that Meghan is going through. No one.
#WeLoveYouMeghan
[...] leaving the BRF is rIdiculous. It would be letting these bullies win and they certainly won't lay off if they did leave. They will try to turn them into the Duke and Duchess of Windsor 2.0.
If they are spending Thanksgiving with Doria they are blessed with one family member in their corner. Christmas at Sandringham is going to be ... who knows? The press will be out with body language experts.
Perhaps you can point to specific articles that discuss her mixed race in a derogatory manner? Or is it a perception that any criticism is due to her mixed race? I keep hearing about it for her avid supporters, but have yet to see it in print.
I think the bigger eissue is that she is American and a Hollywood actress which means she has a lot to overcome to prove she is worthy of the position she now holds. So far, it’s not going well due their own PR mistakes. They have chosen to ignore her family’s toxic and embarrassing behavior which is now completely out of hand. The media wouldn’t have that letter if Meghan had picked up the phone rather than putting her feelings down on paper and giving her father yet another thing to use to embarrass her.
I haven’t seen anything they have done that is helping them. It’s as if they are in their own little world separate from TRF. It’s not working for them.
I think the question Duke of Marmalade is asking is not whether or not Meghan has endured some horrific bullying but whether or not Meghan is playing up her hurt for the cameras. It isn't inherently wrong, nor is it bullying, to point out that she was a successful actress when questioning whether or not this documentary is part of a larger spin operation. That falls in the same category as questioning the timing and the selection of Bradby to conduct the interviews.
As to the larger point of whether or not H&M will eventually just chuck it all in and quit the BRF... I think Harry would kidding himself to think that giving up the HRH status will make the intrusive tabloid press go away. They are always and forever going to be interested in him, his life, and his family. It is what it is. Moving to the US or Africa is not going to change the vultures from surrounding them.
I may change my tune after the documentary has screened, but for now, my sympathies are with Harry and Meghan. The only problem is, the issue goes beyond traditional press. For example, there will be an article in the Daily Mail about an event, and nothing negative is said in the article. But the comments section will be full of vitriol. Then there are the message boards that are much less polite than this one, and Tumblrs, Instagrams and Twitter pages that are set up specifically to dump on Harry & Meghan. It creates a narrative that the couple is disliked, which then can become fodder for actual news stories or opinion pieces in the press. There's no way to control those social media pages, except for newspapers possibly moderating or eliminating their comment sections.
I have not finished watching it yet, but its alarming to, in real time, see Chris Ship spinning every word on Twitter. Reading in things that Meghan never said. How disappointing.
What I've seen so far to me tells a very different story then the "they are overwrought and mentally unwell/hysterical" story the press was pushing. They seem concerned, but focused.
Whatever else (and I'm not brushing it aside I'm just not going there with media etc) that headline is bad for the monarchy and I think shows that H&M are operating to some degree outside of the main RF / BP team.
Chris Ship is the royal correspondent for the network carrying the documentary.
Yes, and? What does that have to do with anything I said? He is still taking things wildly out of context. An MP just called him out for it.