I’m fond of saying that Prince William is the Tory Party’s useful idiot, and that it’s pretty clear (to me) that William is something of a “special project” for the arch-conservative political class in the UK. They’re grooming him to be the king they need. It helps that I genuinely believe William shares a lot of those conservative politics. In the UK, as in America, there’s also a close alignment between the right-wing political machine and Russia. Western neo-fascists love Vladimir Putin and the oligarchs, they love Russian money and half of them are probably being blackmailed by Russian kompromat. Speaking of, here are some years-old photos of Prince William and Russian oligarch Evgeny Lebedev, aka Lord Lebedev, the owner of the The Independent and the Evening Standard. Lord Lebedev has close ties to Queen Camilla, King Charles and William. Lebedev is far from the only significant tie between the Windsors and Putin’s oligarchs.
Speaking of, William will appear at the BAFTAs tonight, for the first time since 2020. He is the honorary president of BAFTA, although he rarely shows up and often uses his position to bully the BAFTAs. At this year’s BAFTAs, one of the Best Documentary nominees is Navalny, a film about the Russian plot to assassinate Russian dissident/Putin critic Alexei Navalny. One of the investigative journalists involved in the documentary has been banned from the BAFTAs:
An investigative journalist who helped to reveal the plot to kill Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has claimed he and his family have been “banned” by police from attending the ceremony on Sunday in London due to “a public security risk”.
Christo Grozev features in the 2022 film Navalny, which is nominated in the best documentary category. The film explores the story of Russian opposition leader Navalny and events related to his poisoning in 2020. Grozev is filmed explaining how he and fellow investigative journalist Maria Pevchikh revealed the details of the poisoning plot that indicated Russia’s involvement.
Grozev wrote on Twitter on Friday: “I was surprised to discover that my whole family and I have all been banned by British police from attending this weekend’s Bafta awards where the documentary #Navalny is nominated. The reason stated: we ‘represent a public security risk’. I understand the need to keep the public safe (although I don’t understand how my son or teenage daughter constitute risk to the public). But moments like this show the growing dangers to independent journalists around the world. These dangers don’t stem just from murderous dictators, but also from having journalists’ voices hushed – instead of amplified – by the civilised world they are trying to serve.”
In response to Grozev’s online remarks, the Metropolitan police said that police forces generally “do not and cannot” ban individuals from attending events and that decisions about attendance were down to organisers. The force said it could not comment on the safety of an individual or advice given to them, but that it was “absolutely concerned” with the “hostile intentions of foreign states” on UK soil.
The Met police issued a statement saying, in essence, that they were not the ones banning anyone, and that it was a call being made by BAFTA organizers working closely with security. After that story came out, activist Peter Tatchell and the anti-monarchy group Republic both announced that they had received tips from sources that Prince William was the one who requested that Christo Grozev be banned from the ceremony. Is it possible that this is just a false rumor? For sure. But I wouldn’t doubt these stories at all.
BREAKING NEWS: I've received a tip off that Prince William's office pressured the #BAFTA's to disinvite journalist Christo #Grozev who exposed the plot to kill Alexei #Navalny. Source is insiderhttps://t.co/xew2aw4eO9@RepublicStaff @GrahamSmith_ @nomoremonarchs @Billbrowder
— Peter Tatchell (@PeterTatchell) February 18, 2023
We have received same information from a credible source. https://t.co/GG9ABf8094
— Republic (@RepublicStaff) February 18, 2023
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Good. Keep exposing the B[a]RF for what they really are – corrupt, grifting criminals
Willy’s always in the bed with someone, that’s not Khate.
Does NOT surprise me – Peggy is ass deep in Russia and at some point an enterprising journo outside of the UK will expose him. Or at least I pray that they do – William is far more compromised than his father and Uncle. The press, family and gov know it hence why all this effort to protect him. Whenever I look at him all i see is the Duke of Windsor 2.0.
But where are all of these outside the UK journalists and what are they waiting for?! I wish they’d spill the information on what they know.
Turn it around. It’s actually Russia that is ass deep in Peggy. But yeah William is compromised.
I’m really hoping the dominion lawsuit bankrupts the Murdoch propaganda empire and we finally see it fall. Then I think we will see real journalism again in the states, and hopefully the rest of the world.
As for Peggy, he wants to be a true monarch I think that much has been clear for awhile. He wants the dictator/Monarch role and with everything going on in Britain now and him being virtually untouchable it wouldn’t surprise me to see it happen. He is greedy, petty and insecure enough that it will be a nightmare for the British subjects. I hope something changes but he doesn’t leave me with a good feeling for the future there.
A nightmare, yes. I can’t see him as a benevolent ruler at all.
If the Dominion lawsuit doesn’t end it for Murdoch, I’m hoping that the findings regarding how they loudly and enthusiastically promoted lies to their audience while secretly sharing the truth among themselves will result in a class action suit from the Jan. 6 insurrectionists or other groups who subsequently caused harm or were damaged as a result.
I’d just like to remark that he is a Bulgarian investigative journalist, not Russian.
He is actively involved in uncovering Russian secret service agents and documenting war crimes in Ukraine, so he could be a target.
The idea that Grozev and his family may be in danger by going to the BAFTA’s makes compete sense. So why, I’m wondering, was the information cryptically worded, the police said “public security risk,” as though Grazev is the risk, instead of saying he may be a target. And now I’m thinking about Russia having so many conservatives in its pocket.
It’s ironic that Harry keeps getting compared to King Edward VIII due to Eddies abdication to “marry the divorced woman he loves” when the media should be comparing King Edward VIII, aka Nazi supporter with William, aka Putin supporter.
Edward was forced off the throne because of his Nazi support. Are the Grey Men going to force William to quit supporting Putin?
Also let’s not forget that Churchill had documents relating the Edward destroyed – its speculated that those documents proved Eddie committed treason by giving Allied/British secrets to the Nazis.
Digital Unicorn, exactly! There’s circumstantial evidence to support that conclusion, IMO. NO ONE should be using Edward in comparison to Harry. If William is as compromised as we think he is, someone in the intelligence agencies in the UK should be doing something about that.
What’s really ironic is that the rota rats keep comparing Harry’s marriage to King Edward VIII when King Charles and his divorcee bride are right there!
Charles was bribed into taking Saudi and Qatari millions.
William was was bribed into taking Russian millions.
Father and son are conniving con artists. That’s my contention.
@ Sugarhere, there were no bribes. They gleefully accept those bags of millions for the pure reason of having it. Chuckles wanted that money so he took it, period. KCIII was simply expected to hand out titles.
@ Kaiser, I a hate to contradict your theory but the Tory’s are not creating Peggy to be who they want need to be king but who they will demand to act on behalf of the Tory’s. I am willing to bet that if Peggy goes rogue they will simply supply the rope for him to destroy his reign.
Peggy doesn’t care to be an effective diplomat nor the right path for Britain and the CW which is unfortunately an advantage for the Tory’s as well.
@Bothsidesnow: To my understanding, Chuck and Bully took the money in exchange for a very specific type of service, namely giving the filthy rich access to the British aristocratic circles and connections.
That’s how the Al Fayeds first came into contact with the Royals. People with money miss not being born into nobility.
Putin and right-wingers/authoritarians the world over believe the same things. They like the idea of dictatorship. They like “might makes right.” They hate women. They’re misogynistic, racist, antisemitic, homophobic etc. ad infinitum. And they like hurting people.
Sounds like William’s kind of people, doesn’t it?
@Emily_C – Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering why the Republicans and Fox news were so pro-Russian. Sounds like they are both the the party of toxic masculinity. The Chinese are all those things as well, why aren’t they all pro-China? Trump sure took their money.
Trump called Xi his “old friend” until trade/economic ties became strained and then COVID hit. Xi and Putin are BFFs so they basically take turns putting a good word in for each other when war or disaster strikes.
Also the CCP, though thoroughly corrupt, like to present a face of austerity, humility and benevolence. Putin is just a showboating dictator riding topless atop a horse; he’s definitely what Fox n Friends aspire to. Plus, he’s white.
Mitt Romney famously said we need to worry about Russia back during the 2012 election and everyone laughed at him. The Fox News repubs are a bubble unto themselves and definitely compromised, and/or view Russia as an enemy of my enemy sort of thing.
So is the thinking that someone in the government called William and told him to ban this journalist because Russia hates him? Or that William just decided on his own for the same reason?
I’m glad the journalist spoke out and I’m “glad” we are hearing it was William. I feel like a year ago we might not have heard about his involvement n
Or his friend Lebedev asked him for a favor. In exchange for past favors he’s done for William.
JAIS, THIS ☝️
What’s the pointing of the ban if the film was already made? It’s too late. Also, why say it was the police that banned him when that makes no sense. Only the baftas could ban or invite. Personally, I’m shocked everyone involved in the film is alive.
This journalist wouldn’t be banned if it wasn’t for William’s security team doing an assessment of high risk people, similar to what the secret service does. Since this journalist is a high level target for Russian retaliation, he is a risk for William’s security if they are in the same room.
If William wasn’t supposed to attend the ceremony this journalist would be allowed to go because no one else in that crowd screens attendees for security risks.
Of course William’s links to Ledbedev don’t help, but this is more because the journalist is not safe in the UK and William being near him exposes William to a potential attack.
Let’s not forget how bad the UK is at protecting people who have criticized the Russian government and got poisoned while living in the UK.
I think you are very wrong. However, let’s assume for a moment you are correct. This is the solution? Banning anyone Putin or any other violent dictator has problems with, in case they hurt other people too? It means doing exactly what Putin wants, whatever the reason. What’s the point of a “free” country if it’s beholden to some dictator in another country?
It might be Williams security team assessing the high risk but the attempt to pass it as the Met making that call to disinvite the journalist makes it appear more than a security issue. With the statement from the Met police and the BAFTA’s attempt to lie and blame them only makes it even clearer that either William doesn’t want the journalist there due to Will’s alleged Russian ties or because they don’t care for the security of the public, because genuine concern for the public could have easily been tge BAFTA’s reason for disinviting him. This then brings up the fact that William, who rarely goes to this event, would then choose this one time to attend, when his presence there is the potential reason for someone who actually did the work to be there, now being disinvited? William could have easily done the gracious thing and allowed the people who have done the work to be honored, but just like Earthsh*t, he chose to make it about himself and screw those who deserve the recognition.
William should not be attending if his team is saying this guy is a security risk. I’m not excusing him for this nonsense. But the way the Met Police have tossed this on to BAFTA and then someone from bafta behind the scenes saying it’s William’s office basically confirms it his security team that excluded the journalist.
This happens to Americans and other potential attendees to presidential visits as well. But normally there is a purpose to the presidential visit and not an exercice in self aggrandizement as what is happening here.
William’s team doesn’t care about the security of the public. Only William and then Kate. This is how they work. They would sacrifice the public to protect him.
If anything Spare has shown us is that Harry can be set aside and he was until George right after William, the rest of us matter even less.
@ Emily_C, yup!! Bulliam simply wanting to banish the reporter who is being disinvited simply due to Bulliam giving in to his Russian counterparts. As for BAFTA blaming the Met and they in turn have denounced this sniveling, arrogant, useless heir is an another example of Bulliam throwing anyone under the bus, including the Met.
@ Nic919, I agree that Bulliam doesn’t care about anyone’s security except his own as even Keen doesn’t register with Bulliams regards to her wellbeing.
So the BAFTA’s had him banned and told him it was the police? There’s no rational security reason to ban him. By that logic, William himself should be banned. The location and everyone in it can be secured as many high profile events are these days. So there’s something shady going on here. William is a toxic waste dump.
100% agree with this. Bulliam is the one with round the clock taxpayer funded security – he’s the biggest target there is. Toxic waste dump is too kind!
I used the secret service as an example in other posts and there as well there are some events a president does not attend if only because the extreme security makes it inconvenient for others. And Obama has mentioned certain things he avoided because of the security he had while in office.
But William is too selfish to care. If his presence means a nominee can’t attend, then William should stay home.
I don’t get how the monarchy works. Why does William have to be part of the Baftas, fútbol or rugby teams? If he really is not involved in the arts or sports then he should not be a part of them just because he is a prince. I know people complain about their lack of work but I’d rather them wave and smile and get lost rather than ruin the arts and sporting events.
If it was about security then it would make sense for William to not attend. It’s not like William is nominated. If the film was already made then they should just invite everyone involved in the film. It’s already out there. When someone in particular gets banned then it starts to get fishy.
*dons John Oliver’s glasses*
HO-LEEEEEEEEE SHEEEEEEEEEET.
Harry is co-producing documentaries about international activists, while William is allegedly interfering with the BAFTAS on behalf of the Russians.
Cool Cool Cool Cool.
Imagine blocking a filmmaker and his teenage son who was prob excited to go. I hope they can somehow go anyways. The patron of BAFTA blocking a creative from attending? That’s not a patron but an egomaniac dictator. Shady shady shady .
@ Jais, your comments on this thread are simply amazingly accurate with regards to Bulliam. Bulliam is simply acting on behalf of Lebedev, nothing more. Just finalized a “favor” for a Putin Puppet.
So Willie’s Russian besties really didn’t want to sit in the same theater or be at the same afterparty as Grozov tonight. VERY interesting that an inside source ratted out William’s “office.” Guess the film industry isn’t as protective of the heir to the throne as the rest of the establishment sycophants are.
Amanda Barry is no longer there to cover his ass.
They are probably very pissed that one of the nominees in a documentary about fighting for democracy has been banned because of an unelected heir to monarchy.
William doesn’t even attend every year and should skip this one out. It’s his security team causing this problem.
I’m REALLY hopeing that people are starting to see BULLYAM for who he is. A bully of the highest order. It’s him and his team who have called for this. William has tried to distance himself from this so he doesn’t upset to many of his Russian friends, but the film industry is calling them out. Because HIS sticky fingers are all over this
Glad Willy Windsor is being exposed for the ass he is. Glad this wasn’t covered up.
I think BAFTA didn’t want a Russian winning an award with William in the audience so they banned Grozev from attending. This is 2022 Wimbledon all over again.
BAFTA confirmed that the film’s producers are all still attending. It’s just Grozev and his family who were disinvited by William’s “office.”
William’s team has access to all the security chatter so they probably know this journalist and his family are being directly targeted by Putin.
Not realizing that a guy who fearlessly made an anti-Putin documentary might also have the balls to share with the whole world that he’d suddenly, inexplicably been banned, thus making his absence far more conspicuous than his attendance (and probably his film itself) would’ve been in the first place?
Well, it certainly SOUNDS like the sort of incompetence, spitefulness, and stupidity we’ve come to expect from both the Kremlin and the BRF.
I LOVE this comment Miranda. And too true, I’m very sorry about the disrespect and disappointment for Grozev and his kids but I’m hoping his name trending will put the spotlight exactly where William and his Tory cronies don’t want it! Such a cowardly asshole move.
The chances William has seen any nominated documentary is very slim.
The smart play would be to say he was unaware this guy was excluded and he will stay home so that the nominee can attend.
Doubt this will happen.
Not bloody likely! Not the guy who threw himself a party in another country but failed to invite award recipients.
Agreed. They created controversy by disinviting a real artist/writer/whistleblower who very much deserves to be applauded and celebrated for his bravery. All for what? An artless patron who only bothers to show up every three years? If I were a BAFTA attendee I would boycott as soon as this came to light.
Grozev wrote that he was disinvited on Friday…TWO days before the event? This whole time he was ready to attend with his family. That honestly, is the least respectful thing a host/organization can do for such a huge event. I bet they planned to rescind his invite all along, but did it with such short notice so other actors COULDN’T boycott.
Lux, now we should ask Mr Grozevg to do a full investigative documentary on bullyams Earthsht, on how many so called recipients of this “prize” have actually seen any of the money and who votes for the winners? And maybe WHO chose the people that act as judges, now THAT would also be well worth watching!!
It’s believable for Willy to act like that. We’ve seen his actions with BBC, and some journos too.
Also I agree – William is very well protected. Like North Korea or Putin’s Russia kind of protection. He sometimes is dragged on social media for his shortcomings but never in mainstream press or tabloids.
Gina w, we all saw THE REAL William when he said he could “no longer be friends with, or interviewed by Tom Bradby because he was still friends with Harry, (yep I know, typical playground sulky sulk, but we saw it even more, when he bullied the media into taking down a video of him screaming at members of the public who dared to video him. Bit of a pity that he couldn’t get the picture of him snogging the woman in the nightclub though he tried to!
This is what the UK press should be covering if they really “report” about the royals without any fear or fervor, but they’re obsessing over SP and the Sussex’s popularity in America. 🙄
I hope the bafta’s flop. Apple News have them on their news spotlight as to why the bafta film awards matter (I didn’t click) no thank you, I will certainly not be tuning in.
This doesn’t make sense. The problem for the Russian government is the documentary itself, which is already out there. Banning the journalist doesn’t accomplish anything except to bring more publicity to the documentary. If BAFTA/William are Russian tools, then why not work it so the film isn’t nominated at all?
The issue is more that the journalist is considered a security risk for retaliation because of his work and William’s security team think it’s too risky for him to be in the same room as William. The producers are likely British citizens and therefore not as much of a risk.
In short William is the one who should be staying home. He did the last few years anyway.
If the Russians want to retaliate, they can do it whenever they want and in secret, which has always been their basic MO. There’s no way they’re going to assassinate a journalist at a major ceremony that includes a nominated film about how they assassinated somebody.
And isn’t there a limit to how many tickets they give out for each film? There are 5 producers and a director – and this journalist also wants to come with his family?
Putin’s favorite assassination techniques are defenestration and poison. All Grozev has to do is stay away from windows and avoid eating and drinking during the ceremony.
The journalist is likely not as much if a risk as the RPOs think he is. Which again makes William going overkill for an awards show.
Meanwhile Harry has documented threats against him and they are unwilling to provide him with the same level of security.
The documentary is out there so they can’t do anything about that. The idea is to intimidate journalists, especially independent investigative journalists, so no more documentaries like this are made in the future. Without Grozev there would be no NAVALNY.
When has anything associated to William made sense? The ban was only for this man while no one else associated with the documentary was banned, which makes it seem like more of a vendetta towards him because he helped to bring light to the scandal. Without the journalist there really is no story to document. The mistake is that they weren’t expecting the journalist to expose that he had been banned. There would be no real focus on the documentary at the BAFTAs if he had stayed silent.
If we are to believe what the journalist says, “public security risk” means that there’s a risk that he will be assassinated and others around him will be hurt. So, why would he be bitching about not going to the ceremony and why would he want to expose his children to that danger? It’s a weird reaction.
What makes sense to me is that all of this is a lie. That there’s no way one documentary can get tickets for all of its producers, director, the journalist, their families, etc. Somebody had to be cut and they cut the guy who’s been a pain in the ass for the Russians.
So you think the journalist is lying over sour grapes at not being invited? Idk. Couldn’t he just then tweet something like “man, it’s messed up that the journalist at the heart of the doc didn’t get an invite!” Why lie over something that could easily be disproven? If he was never truly invited, you would think there’d be receipts of that.
@Jais – I think the lie is that there’s a Russian threat to public safety and I think both sides are using the lie. I think BAFTA may have banned/uninvited/never invited the journalist for some particular reason and used security as an excuse. And I think the journalist knows it’s an excuse, because otherwise he’d be actually worried about his family’s safety instead of making speeches about journalistic independence.
Ahh got it@ Eurydice. The plot thickens. So what is the particular reason then? And does it involve William or a Russian friend of William’s? Or something else entirely? Also, just saw that the doc won 👀
William’s Russian bestie’s father is allegedly an ex KGB spy. Don’t tell me MI5 (or is it MI6) is not worried there is a national security risk here. Billy is one heartbeat away from being head of state, head of nation, and head of the UK’s armed forces. Granted those are ceremonial roles, but those are the sames roles Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor held when he was too cozy with Hitler.
Yikes when you put it that way. So is mi6 just letting william do these things for now?
William made an unannounced visit to MI6 hours before Russia invaded Ukraine. It was covered here.
Is he bringing keen. The media can then try.to distract by talking about keen s wardrobe.
Or wiglets?
And the winners are…. gloves & earrings.
Am sure it will be covered in depth tomorrow but OMG her outfit – its bad!!!!
And a lot of botox.
What the fluff is she wearing? A toga? This is one of the worst looks I’ve seen. Can’t wait for CB’s coverage tomorrow.
I actually liked the dress…
*runs to bed..*
@Jaded, same. There will definitely be a post tomorrow about that atrocity. She managed to ruin the one dress that most people liked on her. It is one of the worst ensembles I’ve ever seen her wear.
JOJO, even there Khate is copying Megan!! Remember megs gloves at the Queen’s funeral, the pictures show Megan’s long black gloves!!!!
So that’s why new Prince Andrew speculation is on UK front pages and trending last night & today. I did wonder.
Anyway, by tomorrow it will all be Meghan’s fault somehow. Sources or friends of friends of friends will say that she somehow got the journalist disinvited. (Sarcasm).
As for the awards: I’m just waiting for some planted sycophant tonight to make a ‘H or M’ bad joke or dig to suck up to WanK in the front row. I’ve a bad feeling that it’s inevitable.
A South park reference for sure because why not
So this hypocrites have audacity to show film about man who in prison for fighting corruption while they cozy w those causing corruption not to mention mass murder, genocide?!
Is tom cruise attending. He can flatter the keen s.
What happened to “the Royals don’t get political”?? Oh that’s right. That was another made up rule to keep Harry and Meg from having too much power. Except none of the things they were doing are political; this most definitely is.
Excellent point @ M!!!
It’s almost always more just one thing, but a web of connections. I remember discussions here last year about a relationship with a Russian lawyer, maybe one associated with an EarthShorts prize winner. One association noted last year:
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Cairidh says: (Celebitchy – November 11, 2022)
Svetlana Ignatieva, chief operating officer of flora and fauna international which William is patron.
https://www.celebitchy.com/792494/prince_william_went_solo_to_a_charity_event_at_a_private_club_in_london_hm/#comment-17460084
There’s been a lot of commentary on Ms. Ignatieva’s relationship with William — she’s not a lawyer though so not sure if this particular rumour holds water. I think the tabloids know EXACTLY who the Russian lawyer is and they’re holding onto the Kompromat to make William play nice.
Thanks for the clarification. It wouldn’t be a huge surprise if there’s a second Russian woman in the mix. Although like others here, I think this is about more than extramarital affairs.
well, the whole point of the affairs is to obtain the kompromat.
William doesn’t seem to be terribly bright, so he’s a prime target.
Is this based on facts ?
I do not know, but the leading stories of the day from certain tabloids can and will indicate if this allegation is plausible.
I assume that it is in fact, true.
If rumors about William’s sexual proclivities and violent tendencies are true, the Russians probably have a shot ton compromat on him. Add to the fact he’s deeply insecure and has a massive ego that needs to be constantly stroked, he’s SUCH an easy mark. He’s being played like a fiddle by Putin and is too stupid to see it.
I know Harry left for his mental health and to raise his family in peace, but I think he escaped MUCH more than he realized at the time.
Food for thought.
Not to mention the years long rumours of financial mis management at the Royal Foundation – he’s the royal Trump.
There are VERY REAL reasons why Peggy has a super injunction out with the press – a super injunction that not only covers his affairs. I hope investigative journo’s understand that that super injunction only applies to England – we only know about it because of a Scottish based journo.
William is being compared to Jared Kushner and the comparison fits
@DU, maybe something like this will spark enough interest with some journalist who wouldn’t have been inclined to do a deep dive into William (no pun intended) just based on rumors of an affair. This is much more serious and I hope people don’t just let it go.
This really sounds like Willy is in Putin’s pocket. Navalny and this journalist are certainly not saints – it’s not like Navalny disagrees with the annexation of Crimea – but they are Putin’s enemies nonetheless. Glad we have more evidence that Willy is already bought.
It’s not only The Guardian that is reporting this, but also CNN.
And for me here in central Europe it even looks like CNN had the story a few hours earlier on Friday, if I get the time differences right.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/17/europe/christo-grozev-baftas-navalny-documentary-intl/index.html
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So yeah, where’s a will to *peg* something on someone…
Not a good look for the catanonically incandescent Heirforce.
This is being reported by many news outlets, it’s a big deal. Interestingly enough, in 2019 Grozev and his team won the European Press Prize Investigative Reporting Award for “Unmasking the Salisbury Poisoning Suspects: A Four-Part Investigation”, in which they identified the perpetrators of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. They didn’t ban him from that…also, in response to Grozev’s tweets, Tory MP and chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Alicia Kearns tweeted: “I’ve raised this with my ministers – you are not the security risk.”
Things that make you go hmmmmmm…
This is not a good look for Pegs. What’s concerning to me is Peg’s fascism tendencies. Pegs loves having dictatorial control over everyone IMO.
Didn’t Harry once say in an interview that he saw the Windsor business model and wanted nothing to do with it? I believe comrade Willy is in deep . Just the way he likes it.
While I don’t think Harry was privy to all of Charles and William’s dirty deeds, I’m sure he’s seen enough shady shit that made him tap out.
I keep thinking about how he set up Invictus, Endeavor, Sentebale, Travalyst, etc. all OUTSIDE of the Royal Foundation’s control long before Meghan and leaving. I think at MINIMUM he had a problem with how everyone has handled their foundation’s finances and taking money from sketchy individuals. But I don’t think he knew the DEPTHS of it.
Wow. I’ve read the comments on here for years before I got brave enough to comment. I was on the fence in regards to William being used by Putin but this for me leaves no doubt in my mind.
Another fine mess William’s gotten himself into while everyone is pointing the finger of blame at each other and trying to cover up for him. If the Kremlin wanted Grozev dead they would have done it before the Baftas, they would have novichoked him long ago. Yes he’s a member of Bellingcat and all the members are targets, but we’ve seen the way Russia deals with dissidents and it isn’t taking one out at an awards event full of big celebrities and royals. What I’d really like to know is why William and his grey men REALLY did this?
It’s a really bad look because William has round the clock security and this journalist doesn’t but they exclude the man who works to expose the truth and protect the man baby who takes from everyone.
It also isn’t a great show of faith in William’s security team
POP and Keen were already unpopular with the BAFTA attendees in 2020, and that was before the H&M revelations. Combine that with this current scandal and it will be exciting to see what happens at tonight’s event. Can’t wait to read Kaiser’s blog about it tomorrow!
Kate looks like cruella devil tonight. Even the people who normally say positive things about her fashion are having a hard time saying nice things. Maybe that will help distract from kicking out a deserving producer.
Cruella Deville indeed. I hope one of the award-winners speaks to this issue — it’s reprehensible.
hahaha, I love that for her. should be a fun post tomorrow!
WTH was she wearing?! Heavy black gloves with a summery white dress, and those hideous earrings? It’s almost like she got dressed at a home she doesn’t live in and only had a few things still kept there, so had to wear what was available.
Dm b o t s out in force Kate actually touched will. And the usual she is so perfect comments.
I can’t wait for tomorrow’s post!
I went to What Kate Wore to see what she wore since it isn’t up here yet, and I’ve never seen so many negative comments on that site before. Usually they adore everything Kate, but a large majority of the commenters haaaaate it.
This makes me think of the sloppy way Bill managed his earthsh!t awards show. Excluding the actual awards finalists and winners from the event.
Bulliam is truly the epitome of incompetent. How I can be surprised at the depths of his incompetence each time I read an event like this makes my blood boil.
Why the “journalist” in Britain refuse to call out his ignorance and blatant lies is simply baffling to me.
I’m just really angry that this guy didn’t get to attend an award show w his family! That he freaking won, along with everyone else in the project. But he wasn’t there! Bc of William(reportedly)! But he was the investigator! William needs to sit down in one of his many homes and not attend if this is the outcome. And his wife is no Beyoncé with the long gloves. She can sit down too. In a separate house than her husband, of course. Or better yet, make them sit together in the same house!
@Jais I’m loving all of your comments today!
I don’t know how many times they met at public events but there is a photo of Charles, at an event, chatting with Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie, about 11 years after the Fatwa had been issued on Rushdie. Apparently Charles and his security thought that his Royal protection was sufficient while he was in close proximity to Rushdie. That’s why I don’t think this is about any security threat to William and Kate based on a threat to the journalist. Just sayin’ . . . .
Perhaps Kate was afraid the guy’s wife would have a nicer dress on. Let’s face it, it wouldn’t be hard. Cruella Deville vibes are strong. Just saw someone else noticed too.
I doubt William can even spell Navalny. He does what he’s told. I’ve no doubt he was told to do this. This is meant as a criticism, not as a defense. Useful idiot, indeed.
William is the new Prince of Wales, and Charles is the King. The Prince of Wales is the bagman for the institution using the Duchy of Cornwall as cover for massive foreign money exchanges. Charles will do as his mother did for seventy years, precisely what the courtiers tell him to do. The Prince of Wales is the dealmaker, and the King is the puppet for the Conservatives.
William’s level of importance and arrogance is blinding. He knows he’s the man now, but what they don’t
This pointsman needs to be more clever; he’s just about playing the role of King. We’ll have to wait until after the Coronation to see his true colors.
There’s a lot of media manipulation happening as we speak. Camilla has Covid and is not wearing the diamond of India; Kate’s program seems to be on hiatus already because she’s learning how to be a boss; Andy may face eviction; scratch that, KCIII will make sure that doesn’t happen. The Samantha Markle trial is not mustering the attention they hoped for, and tabloids suffer from Sussex withdrawal. In other words, the monarchy is in disarray. God must save the people of the United Kingdom because the Emperor has no clothes.
It’s the Roy Family
Can’t wait for Dad and son to turn on one another.
(Succession)
OMG (did they do that on purpose HBO? You can’t spell royal without roy)?
@Jaded I’m so glad to see that an MP spoke out
I know Harry has said he’d like to reconcile with his dad and brother, but if he’s as smart as I think he is, he and Meghan will wash their hands of the whole sorry bunch.
Christo Grozev is Bulgarian.
Biden is in Ukraine right now and William’s people can’t even keep him safe enough at an internationally-televised British awards ceremony without disinviting a journalist that Putin doesn’t like? PLEASE.
Either the UK’s security systems have deteriorated to such an extent that they can no longer protect their own principals even on British soil (which, according to US intelligence, might be the case), or Will wanted to throw Putin a bone to show he was a loyal puppy.
Actually, it could be both.
Just what the f-ck is William doing with his hair? Hair transplants? What? It’s driving me crazy that he’s working his way to a full head of hair, which he definitely doesn’t deserve (along with everything else). I’d like some investigative journalism here. But crickets!