Harry and Meghan - OP updated with Threadbanned Users 4/5/21

Well I for one am very glad that Harry and Meghan have finally figured out how to contact people, as indicated by Harry emailing the twitter boss, and Meghan writing to US politicians.

It's just a shame that they didn't have those crucial skills when Meghan was pregnant and suicidal and urgently needed a therapist.

That's the thing about the tabloids. They know all the dirt and if you screw with them, they'll find a way to dish it, allude to it or leak it. Royals know this and that's why they have a reluctant reciprocal understanding of scratching each others backs.

Remember when Burrell was in legal trouble for alleged theft of items belonging to Diana? He squawked a bit and then all of a sudden after all the months of silence with him being accused in the media of thieving leading up to the trial, the Queen suddenly 'remembered' that she had been told he was keeping them for safekeeping, and the whole scandal melted away instantly. He would have been compelled under oath to answer any questions which would have superseded his obligation to his NDA employment agreement.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/nov/01/monarchy

So smarter royals than H&M know which side their bread is buttered on and know that staff know very private and probably very damaging things but can't say anything but they also are smart enough to know this also means the tabloids know but sit on most of it until they need leverage or fancy burning their bridges.

Their former personal secretary giving evidence for the Mail in this appeal tells us that he's got the tacit nod from the Palace - and therefore the Queen to do so. It's may also be a warning shot that the bullying investigation won't necessarily melt away conveniently for them either.

But the thing is, that all she did was push the boundaries on what the RF and their PR already do - they already scrutinise everything they do, say or wear. They will always look to manage their image. They all do it. I'm sure that you'd see emails or texts from dressers to the Queen, or Catherine telling them to wear a certain colour or brooch to a specific outing to connect with the event or the cause. Certainly, I'm sure that you would find emails discussing usage of certain wording - any speech or statement is very carefully worded. So she was just doing what they all do at the time. She had no reason to think that they would expose her down the line for doing what they all do to some extent.

She (and it has to be noted, with the full backing of her husband) wanted to monetise her connections and so went further and further into the realms of self-serving behaviour - but nothing different to any other non-royal celebrity would be expected to do as part of their career. But failing to realise (or care) that by going too far that way, it reflects really badly on the institution as a whole and that, could jeopardise the lot of them. And that's what is causing the tea to get spilled here.

There's little appetite in Britain these days for rich selfish folk living funding their lives off taxpayers - especially with many people on or below the poverty line, and with Brexit things look almost certainly set to become even more grim- so the only saving grace is that the royals have is that their brand promotes them to the public as a leading life of charity, duty and public service with the occasional fancy tiara or designer frock.

To survive, the Royals need to tone down the excess and entitlement, streamline and do a lot more charity work. They need to take Easyjet flights instead of Eltons jet, do staycations in Cornwall instead of exotic private islands. Recycle designer clothes. Gad about in wellies feeding chickens and pretend that they are just like us, but with a few more gaffs and a funny bowing routine. It's no coincidence that all of the photos of the Cambridge kids are dressed like they came straight out of the fifties an Enid Blyton book most of the time when out in public. You are supposed to see them as quintessentially British part of the national fabric of the nation and therefore integral and indispensable.

Meghan was going to fcuk that all up for them. She was always going to try to endorse products or services for a price, do deals with big conglomerates like netflix and aim for Oprah's sofa and the life of a glitzy celebrity with yachts, jets and red carpets. That's her job and her lifelong career goal. And from her point of view, she gets her biggest career break when Harry took an interest in her, sees untapped potential with her new wife status for catapulting her into the A+++ list, up there with the Hollywood elite and even being top of that elite pile. She'd be crazy not to go for the big prize - especially when the alternative was staying in Britain with it's sh!t weather, hostile press, having to bow and scrape to the in-laws and have rules about what shoes, tights and nail varnish she wasn't allowed to wear.

So the royals need to distance themselves as far away from H&M as they can right now. Letting this appeal play out in public is a master strategy when you think about it. Jason Knauff testifying for ANL is probably the last thing H&M expected because the royals always circle protect their own. (see: Andrew) Unless you write a book or do an interview that paints the royals in a bad light (see: Diana). It puts H&M firmly outside the family so when their do their next clunker of a pr disaster it's distant enough it wont impact the Firm but it also puts the press in the position of owing a substantial favour to the Firm, which which may come in handy for the near future when they need a sympathetic narrative or distraction from pending legal woes of a certain tosspot of a royal.