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

I saw that tweet and only ‘got it’ now. Very good.

TBF I had not yet seen those rumours.

Bots and Balmpots on the cesspit that Twitter has become.

It’s a Twitter hashtag trend, a social media “clap back”. Here is the background. There have been rumours for a few years that Prince William had an affair with a friend named Rose Hanbury. An heir to the British throne having an affair is nothing new but still quite newsworthy however this was never picked up in any mainstream news. Pesky things like fact checkers coming up empty and the actual originator of the rumour, a journalist, saying he made it up was irrelevant. The rumour was latched onto by the so called Sussex Squad. No prizes for guessing who their symapthies and bias aligns with. Critical thinking and facts seem to be irrelevant to this squad of militant “sugars”. The rumour was damaging to Prince Williams reputation and since he is the antagonist in their War of the Windsors it was eagerly accepted post-truth style i.e. if you believe it is true, then facts be damned, it is true. Twitter is one of the platforms used by such people and they have persistently tried to make “fetch” happen i.e. between an army of Bot accounts and the most devoted of Sugars they swarm Twitter in order to get hashtags trending e.g. #WilliamCheated. This then shows up on peoples Twitter per the algorithim. The intent being that for indifferent people they will see this and, assuming, they are gullible and lack common sense will do a deep dive and believe the affair rumour. This tactic typically coincides with the Sussexes experiencing poor public relations via legitimate news outlets. It served as a counter offensive and is, ironically, the exact type of social media disinformation and misinformation that the Sussexes state is a humanitarian issue.

Someone, likely with a Sussex supporting agenda (i.e. a Sugar), seemingly scoured the internet. They found an anonymous account on Tumblr from 2015 suggesting that Prince William engaged in pegging while at University in the early 00’s. Again, this is a rumour but that’s irrelevant. It was sufficient to exploit it in order to embarrass Prince William in a Twitter campaign. Given how the Hanbury affair never gained significant traction then like any form of abuse there needed to be escalation. It is no coincidence that the Sussexes, a focus of a best selling and unflattering biography, have been experiencing bad PR recently. Twitter #hashtag trends such as #MeghanBulliedCharlotte or #MeghanMarkleisaLiar have been trending. It is the same tactic employed by the Sussex Squad but, importantly, it is predicated on something tangible and verifiable (i.e. a biography in the public domain). With that in mind then it was a case of engaging in a Twitter war. The Hanbury affair was now compounded by the idea that William still engages in pegging but Kate is reluctant so perhaps this is done with Rose Hanbury. It is nudge, nudge, wink, wink type gossip.The hashtag #PrinceofPegging thus gains traction via an extensive network of Bot accounts and the Sussex Squad subsequently, in their echo chambers, enjoy the schadenfreude this invented humilation brings to their antagonist. In their delusions they then actually think that because something is made up, which is not addressed directly by William then this serves as their proof that it must be true and that it idiotically lends credence to random stuff posted anonymously on the internet. The originator of the comment on Tumblr could come out and, like the journalist making up the affair, say they made it all up but that, disturbingly, would be completely irrelevant. To their mind it damages Williams reputation and that’s all that really matters. It is easy to pour scorn and laugh at the delusions but we’re living in a post-truth world where the factual truth is now completely subjective and where personal feelings trump pesky things like facts.

The poor guy. That is shocking. Maybe I'm working off a national stereotype, but I would have thought the Dutch would be above sniggering at people's sexual proclivities. How could that content even be deemed as newsworthy? Absolutely awful way to be treated.

Why? Why? Why?

One has to assume that he he actually thinks he is entitlted to protection and is fighting tooth and nail to assert that entitlement. Or he is so completely under her thumb that she is pushing him into this. I dislike the narrative that she is directing him as he seems entirely capable of acting a complete tool on his own but blimey this seems ill judged. If he loses - which I think he will - this is humiliating and re enforces that they are un important and not internationally protected people. If they win the british tax payer will hate them as it will be forever paid for protection and will seem totally out of whack as William gets closer to the throne and his kids get older - and they dont even live in the UK.

Are they running out of money? He will inherit tens of millions in the next 15 years when his granny and dad pass away. Its never enough for them. Every time they do something I think this is the end......yet on they roll.

I am actually thinking the powers that be should remove their titles. They will sink into oblivion with out those titles to merch. I used to think - who cares, Duke and Dutchess of Whatever - but it is literally the singular thing that gives them any credence or caché.

I read an interesting article a couple of years ago (sorry I dont have the link), on how money inherited by the british royal family go into trusts. Thus avoiding 40% inheritence tax. These trusts are like an investment fund. Over the years as the fund makes profit, they pay tax on the profits and reap the rewards. They original inherited money stays in the fund to keep making money. Willaim and Harry's £20 million inheritence was put into a trust 25 years ago. The article writer, an economist, predicted it had at least doubled in that time, if not more.

Note, the monarch doesnt pay tax, eg the Queen didnt pay tax on inheritance from the Queen mother, Charles wont pay tax when he inherits private estates and money. Also, some titles are excempt from inheritance tax, the duke of westminister, inherited some thing like £50 billion worth of property a couple of years ago, tax bill was Zero.

Some would argue we could all do that, and yes, we could. Put the €100k granny left you into a trust, to avoid paying 33% inheritance tax on the value above the current threshold (you can inherit approx 50k from non-parent before you pay tax).

But the royals have a fleet of financial investment experts working for the Crown who can advice, set up, appoint trustees and manage these trusts. The royals just sign some documents and get on with it, the trustees and fund investors look after the rest for the life of that royal.

Harry inherited money from his mother & the Queen mother which went into trusts in the UK for his future needs.

His decision on becoming a US citizen will hinder on tax reliability in the US, I would think. As a US citizen, you have to pay tax in the US on earning abroad, even if you live abroad.

If he becomes a US resident or citizen, he may not be able to move inheritence from Prince Philip (and will do in the future from Queen and Prince Charles) into funds, like you can in Britain. This I don't know, I,m not a tax expert.

Harry is finding out that life outside the Royal crown organization is harder than expected. Paying his own security is only the start, paying for transport (cars, private jets as opposed to courtesy police Range Rovers in the UK and paid 1st class flights or government jets for ifficial duties), managing future funds on his own (with private advisors and investors, who will want a big % of any profit), paying his own taxes in the US (by hiring his own accouting firm who charge $$$), running a household with the house staff & child minders, and a team of PR people, PA's, etc.

Problem for Harry is that will be near impossible to come crawling back to the UK if life in Cali goes tits up and they go broke from living the high life, high taxes and no income. I can see them selling up in less than 10 years to move to a more tax friendly country with a more affordable lifestyle, eg. a Caribeen Island.

An old post, I know but still funny 😄.

Bout time they introduced some new lines, innit?