Anyone going to watch the Megan and Harry interview tonight?

[mcppalmbeach]

Mar 7, 2021 20:47:26 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Mar 7, 2021 20:35:49 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Oh shit, I just caught up and heard that. WOW

So it was someone in the family who talked to Harry- it had to have been Charles, right? Or William?

My first thought was William then I thought Charles. Certainly someone in the family.

[isabel]

Mar 7, 2021 20:24:58 GMT -5 thelurkylulu said:

I’m watching. I don’t believe for a minute she didn’t google Harry. Like literally everyone googles their dates in this day and age.

Unrelated, but I will never not laugh at Doug's reaction to Kamala saying that she googled him before their first date.

[felicity]

Mar 7, 2021 20:47:26 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Mar 7, 2021 20:35:49 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Oh shit, I just caught up and heard that. WOW

So it was someone in the family who talked to Harry- it had to have been Charles, right? Or William?

I wish she would have dropped names. Who cares if it would be damaging for their character! They deserve it! 

[thelurkylulu]

Mar 7, 2021 20:47:26 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Mar 7, 2021 20:35:49 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Oh shit, I just caught up and heard that. WOW

So it was someone in the family who talked to Harry- it had to have been Charles, right? Or William?

My money is on Charles or Philip. I’m leaning towards Charles.

I believe there has been talk for years that Charles wants to scale back the Royal Family. It would make sense he was the one discussing Archie not having a title and having the conversation. She’s speaking fondly of the Queen. I don’t believe she would do so had it been coming from her.

[suzubell]

Mar 7, 2021 20:47:26 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Mar 7, 2021 20:35:49 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Oh shit, I just caught up and heard that. WOW

So it was someone in the family who talked to Harry- it had to have been Charles, right? Or William?

Or the Queen? Less likely, but possible.

[fivechickens]

Mar 7, 2021 20:24:58 GMT -5 thelurkylulu said:

I’m watching. I don’t believe for a minute she didn’t google Harry. Like literally everyone googles their dates in this day and age.

I can kind of see it, She lives in that kind of world where tabloids spread false rumors all the time so maybe she was afraid of reading things and not knowing if she they were true or false.

My BFF wouldn’t google anyone he was dating regardless of their social status (I would google the shit out them for him). I don’t think my H would google either.

[mcppalmbeach]

Mar 7, 2021 20:55:12 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Mar 7, 2021 20:24:58 GMT -5 thelurkylulu said:

I’m watching. I don’t believe for a minute she didn’t google Harry. Like literally everyone googles their dates in this day and age.

I can kind of see it, She lives in that kind of world where she tabloids spread false rumors all the time so maybe she was afraid of reading things and not knowing if she they were true or false.

My BFF wouldn’t google anyone he was dating regardless of their social status (I would google the shit out them for him). I don’t think my H would google either.

I can see it in her social circle, but totally not relatable for me haha. If I was dating today, I would know everything available online about a person down to their shoe size lol!! Totally a character flaw on my part.

[HRH Queen Dick I]

I'm not a Queen hater. But she's the one who calls the shots. She could have put a stop to this at any time. She may have been directly nice to Meghan but her people were the bad guys as instructed.

[dontlook]

Mar 7, 2021 20:55:12 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Mar 7, 2021 20:24:58 GMT -5 thelurkylulu said:

I’m watching. I don’t believe for a minute she didn’t google Harry. Like literally everyone googles their dates in this day and age.

I can kind of see it, She lives in that kind of world where tabloids spread false rumors all the time so maybe she was afraid of reading things and not knowing if she they were true or false.

My BFF wouldn’t google anyone he was dating regardless of their social status (I would google the shit out them for him). I don’t think my H would google either.

What would you get out of googling Harry? I’m not a Royal fanatic but I feel like I know enough about him to skip google. Now once things got serious I might look up some royal protocol but it sounds like once it got out they were dating his people immediately started coaching her.

[HRH Queen Dick I]

Anybody who has read a fairy tale or watched a princess movie knows you need to curtsy to the Queen.

[icedcoffee]

Did she do something to her eyes? Or are they always like that? Colored contacts? They seem extra shiny today. LOL

[felicity]

I wonder if the supposed Harry and William feud was because it was William who was the one asking the questions about skin color.

[icedcoffee]

I want her to name names.

[fivechickens]

Mar 7, 2021 21:02:07 GMT -5 dontlook said:

Mar 7, 2021 20:55:12 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

I can kind of see it, She lives in that kind of world where tabloids spread false rumors all the time so maybe she was afraid of reading things and not knowing if she they were true or false.

My BFF wouldn’t google anyone he was dating regardless of their social status (I would google the shit out them for him). I don’t think my H would google either.

What would you get out of googling Harry? I’m not a Royal fanatic but I feel like I know enough about him to skip google. Now once things got serious I might look up some royal protocol but it sounds like once it got out they were dating his people immediately started coaching her.

Well there was that Halloween costume in 2004. Not a good look at all.

[felicity]

A baby girl!

[dontlook]

Mar 7, 2021 21:05:18 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:02:07 GMT -5 dontlook said:

What would you get out of googling Harry? I’m not a Royal fanatic but I feel like I know enough about him to skip google. Now once things got serious I might look up some royal protocol but it sounds like once it got out they were dating his people immediately started coaching her.

Well, she said she didn’t know she needed to curtsy to the queen, you’d think he would have discussed that with her well in advance. 

I think he and his people failed her. Like I said, I would have gotten on google once it was serious. “How to curtesy” would have been top of the list lol.

[dontlook]

Mar 7, 2021 21:09:02 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:02:07 GMT -5 dontlook said:

What would you get out of googling Harry? I’m not a Royal fanatic but I feel like I know enough about him to skip google. Now once things got serious I might look up some royal protocol but it sounds like once it got out they were dating his people immediately started coaching her.

Well there was that Halloween costume in 2004. Not a good look at all.

I knew that without google and would have passed on a first date.

[isabel]

Mar 7, 2021 21:05:18 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:02:07 GMT -5 dontlook said:

What would you get out of googling Harry? I’m not a Royal fanatic but I feel like I know enough about him to skip google. Now once things got serious I might look up some royal protocol but it sounds like once it got out they were dating his people immediately started coaching her.

Well, she said she didn’t know she needed to curtsy to the queen, you’d think he would have discussed that with her well in advance. 

I'm an hour behind because it just started in mountain time zone, but I just don't find that part all that strange. She wouldn't have gotten anything from google on him and I can imagine that as they were casually dating, he might not have necessarily felt the need to educate her on the inner workings of the family. And, like she said, she thought that was stuff people did for show, not actually in private. I can see how he would be in his head enough to think that was just commonplace up until the point of realizing that she's about to meet his grandmother and "oh, shit, there are formalities here that you need to know about..."

[klee23]

Mar 7, 2021 21:16:19 GMT -5 isabel said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:05:18 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Well, she said she didn’t know she needed to curtsy to the queen, you’d think he would have discussed that with her well in advance. 

I'm an hour behind because it just started in mountain time zone, but I just don't find that part all that strange. She wouldn't have gotten anything from google on him and I can imagine that as they were casually dating, he might not have necessarily felt the need to educate her on the inner workings of the family. And, like she said, she thought that was stuff people did for show, not actually in private. I can see how he would be in his head enough to think that was just commonplace up until the point of realizing that she's about to meet his grandmother and "oh, shit, there are formalities here that you need to know about..."

Until I watched The Crown I thought it was something in public only as well, not daily living. 🤷‍♀️

[isabel]

Omg. Talking about the headlines of her vs. Kate, I so badly want her answer to be "I'm Black!" Like, there is nothing more to it than that. How fucking infuriating to see those side by side.

[mcppalmbeach]

Mar 7, 2021 21:14:07 GMT -5 dontlook said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:09:02 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Well there was that Halloween costume in 2004. Not a good look at all.

I knew that without google and would have passed on a first date.

Did not know this until just now. And this is why you Google 😳

[isabel]

Mar 7, 2021 21:20:16 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:16:19 GMT -5 isabel said:

I'm an hour behind because it just started in mountain time zone, but I just don't find that part all that strange. She wouldn't have gotten anything from google on him and I can imagine that as they were casually dating, he might not have necessarily felt the need to educate her on the inner workings of the family. And, like she said, she thought that was stuff people did for show, not actually in private. I can see how he would be in his head enough to think that was just commonplace up until the point of realizing that she's about to meet his grandmother and "oh, shit, there are formalities here that you need to know about..."

I think he could have done better if she truly didn’t know, generally speaking, about the inner workings of the royal family.

I mean, should he have done better, absolutely. But also... men as a general rule are not great about things like this. It's not surprising. (I'm not letting him off the hook, just commenting on what one could reasonably expect.)

[fivechickens]

Whoa, is shit getting real? Chuck is not talking to Harry!

[sent]

Mar 7, 2021 21:30:27 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:24:19 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Whoa, is shit getting real? Chuck is not talking to Harry!

I’ve stopped watching b/c my H was ruining it by blurting out obnoxious things, he knows nothing about the royals. I will watch it alone!! Lol

My husband was doing the same, trying to start a side discussion about "What do William and Harry even do? What is the Commonwealth?" He finally shut up because I don't have time to rewatch. 

[icedcoffee]

I kicked my H out of the room. 👏🏻

[namasteak]

Mar 7, 2021 20:50:22 GMT -5 thelurkylulu said:

Mar 7, 2021 20:47:26 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

So it was someone in the family who talked to Harry- it had to have been Charles, right? Or William?

My money is on Charles or Philip. I’m leaning towards Charles.

I believe there has been talk for years that Charles wants to scale back the Royal Family. It would make sense he was the one discussing Archie not having a title and having the conversation. She’s speaking fondly of the Queen. I don’t believe she would do so had it been coming from her.

Aren’t the Queen and Harry are quite close? Perhaps Meghan is speaking fondly of her because she was also kind to Meghan?

I’m wondering if he did the 1 year trial because he thought if she thought he was serious about leaving the Queen would finally call out the racism from the firm and shitty press coverage . But alas, she is still firmly “duty to the monarchy before anything else”.

[mcppalmbeach]

Mar 7, 2021 21:26:57 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:23:48 GMT -5 isabel said:

I mean, should he have done better, absolutely. But also... men as a general rule are not great about things like this. It's not surprising. (I'm not letting him off the hook, just commenting on what one could reasonably expect.)

For normal people, sure. I guess I feel like if you’re seriously dating a prince there would be *someone* to help here.

I mean this is isn’t his first rodeo with friends/girlfriends/colleagues meeting the family. I’m sure many of them were British and maybe more tuned in, but I think you can lay some blame there lol. I mean as a layperson I can’t imagine dating a prince and at least jokingly asking if I was to curtsy upon greeting the Queen or whatever other crazy protocols exist. But I am not a beautiful self assured actress who probably gracefully handles tons of different social situations so I can see why she wouldn’t ask.

[namasteak]

Mar 7, 2021 21:13:28 GMT -5 dontlook said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:05:18 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Well, she said she didn’t know she needed to curtsy to the queen, you’d think he would have discussed that with her well in advance. 

I think he and his people failed her. Like I said, I would have gotten on google once it was serious. “How to curtesy” would have been top of the list lol.

100%

I believe she was rushed into life as a royal and was not prepared for all the protocols/duties/other stuff that came along with it.

[mcppalmbeach]

I’m over here still disgusted by Harry’s Halloween costume from year’s past 😡

Regardless of both brother’s failings, I hope they find their way back to each other when William gets his head out of his ass. As a mom, I can’t imagine my kids living through this shared tragedy and experience and have their relationship irrevocably fractured.

[cleo29]

Mar 7, 2021 21:44:09 GMT -5 namasteak said:

Mar 7, 2021 21:13:28 GMT -5 dontlook said:

I think he and his people failed her. Like I said, I would have gotten on google once it was serious. “How to curtesy” would have been top of the list lol.

100%

I believe she was rushed into life as a royal and was not prepared for all the protocols/duties/other stuff that came along with it.

And even people who grew up far more in that world had an incredibly hard time (Diana and Fergie). I think they are just not very welcoming to outsiders, period. I think Will and Kate do what they do because they know how real the throne is for them.  

I did read that Queen does have a good relationship with both of them.