This week has felt like the British media is working through an incandescent hangover because they were so “shook” by the Invictus Games. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex looked amazing and loved-up, the Invictus cause is worthy and important, high-ranking officials from around the world traveled to Dusseldorf and all of them wanted facetime with Harry and Meghan. The BM tried to ignore all of it, tried to relaunch old smears (Thomas Markle, the cost of Meghan’s clothes) and all of it fell flat. Prince William was trotted out for carefully managed events in New York and they tried to declare victory. Charles and Camilla did a short tour through France and the BM was bored to tears. Please allow Jan Moir at the Daily Mail to explain the weird vibe this week in her column “Since the Queen died, I’ve struggled to see what the point is of the Royal Family any more. Is that wrong?” Oooof.
No magic since QEII died: “Since the Queen died, I’ve struggled to see what the point is of the Royal Family any more. Is that wrong? Once this dignified, dutiful, much-loved matriarch left us for the great palace in the sky, she took the last drop of regal charisma with her, along with my devotion. All we are left with now is the well-meaning but essentially ho-hum next generation, the second tier on the crumbling cake, the monarchical subs’ bench.”
The royals abroad: “If questions are raised about the value of their individual and collective roles within the UK, then the issue of their significance gets even more crucial when they venture abroad.”
The asparagus issue: “There was a fabulous banquet at Versailles, although it was a bit much of King Charles to demand he was not served foie gras nor out-of-season vegetables such as asparagus, particularly as salmon and asparagus fishcakes are still on the menu at the Pavilion Tea Room in Kensington Palace. (I hope you are hungry, Your Majesty, because this piping hot hypocrisy is delicious.)
Charles’s big speech: “There was further embarrassment when, in a historic address to the French parliament, the King called global warming an ‘existential challenge’ and called for a ‘sustainability agreement’ with France. Fine words, but after the British Government U-turned on green targets, Charles must have been feeling very green indeed. And this was more than just unfortunate timing, it perfectly emphasised increasing royal irrelevance.
Let Camilla retire: “And then, of course, there is Queen Camilla. What I am thinking is, do we really have to put the 76-year-old through all this torture? Camilla trundled through Paris like a woman expecting to face a guillotine at the end of every day. She looked terrified most of the time, and when she wasn’t looking terrified she was battling to keep her hat on, fighting to keep her hems down and avoiding being patronised by Madame Macron. The First Lady of France fussed with Camilla’s evening cape on Wednesday and then — unforgivably — made her play ping-pong during a cringeworthy publicity event yesterday. Camilla does her best, of course she does, but she always has the air of someone who ponged her ping a very long time ago. Someone who would always rather be somewhere else: preferably at home, feet up, ciggie lit, dog on lap, stiff gin to hand as she riffles through the latest issue of Horse & Hound.
William’s trip to New York was even worse: “And if all that wasn’t bad enough, Prince William in America was even worse. He was speaking in New York as the finalists were announced for his flagship environmental project, the Earthshot Prize. The Prince appeared in front of an audience that included Bill Gates, UN climate envoy Mike Bloomberg and former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern — or as I like to call them, people with nothing better to do. They certainly must have wished they were on an earthshot the hell outta there when William began speaking. ‘I think if we remark on how pessimistic and doom and gloom everything is, even though there is a healthy dose of that needed… it doesn’t provoke the reaction from us humans that we would like,’ he blithered. Honestly. Who writes this banal guff for him? Then he went to inspect some oyster beds — don’t ask me why.
“Blithered”? Oh my. “People with nothing better to do”? Well well. “It perfectly emphasised increasing royal irrelevance”? Harsh but fair. I actually agree with Moir about Camilla needing to be, um, put out to pasture. Camilla has already made it clear that she doesn’t want to travel or do these tours anymore, and she’s truly not adding anything. No one, anywhere, is clamoring for Camilla. The king seems spry enough, so they just send him out solo and let Camilla have lunch with Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan. But as I said, the royal trips this week have suffered because of the collective media hangover from the Invictus Games. It’s a stark comparison and the Windsors just look… unimportant, irrelevant and silly. I love that for them.
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- Britain’s Queen Camilla attends a state banquet at the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris, on September 20, 2023, on the first day of a British royal state visit to France. Britain’s King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla are on a three-day state visit to France.,Image: 806909769, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: DANIEL LEAL / Avalon
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- Prince William, Prince of Wales, attends the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York Featuring: Prince William, Prince of Wales Where: NEW YORK, New York, United States When: 19 Sep 2023 Credit: Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Prince William, Prince of Wales, attends the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York Featuring: Prince William, Prince of Wales Where: NEW YORK, New York, United States When: 19 Sep 2023 Credit: Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Prince William, Prince of Wales, attends the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York Featuring: Michael Bloomberg, Prince William, Prince of Wales Where: NEW YORK, New York, United States When: 19 Sep 2023 Credit: Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive at Orly Airport, Paris, at the start of the State Visit to France. Featuring: King Charles III and Queen Camilla Where: Paris, France When: 20 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Camilla, King Charles III attending the State Banquet at the Palace of Versailles, Paris, during the State Visit to France. Featuring: Queen Camilla, King Charles III Where: Paris, France When: 20 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Camilla (centre) and Brigitte Macron with President of the French National Library Laurence Engel (right), during a visit to the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BNF) in Paris, for the launch of a new UK-France literary prize, the Entente Litteraire Prize, on day two of the state visit to France. Featuring: Queen Camilla and Brigitte Macron Where: Paris, France When: 21 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- King Charles III, watched by the President of the Senate, Mr Gerard Larcher, and the President of the National Assembly, Mrs Yael Braun-Pivet, signing the visitors book in the Salle des Conference as he arrives to address members of the Senate, at Luxembourg Palace in Paris, on day two of the state visit to France. It is the first time a member of the British Royal Family has spoken from the Senate Chamber. Featuring: King Charles III Where: Paris, France When: 21 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Camilla should not wear that shade of pink. Diana wore this and I was checking photographs and several of her pink suits and dresses were among her most iconic looks. Camilla does not look good in that color and it recalls how well Diana looked in pink. A mint green or blue would have been a better choice for camllla.
I see these senior royals and I suffer. Pics of camilla going down the stairs make me nervous, there’s nothing regal about this. I look at them I wonder if the knees will stand, if the sausage fingers hide an illness… Them not abdicating while the monarchy is still something will hurt their crown. People loved qeii because she accessed the throne as a young sincere beautiful woman. They got zero chance. Ze.ro.
They really might be better off flying commercial so that can deplane at the gate rather than having to negotiate stairs. They make zero concessions to age or ability. Might want to think about that.
As for the rest of Moir’s article, well, yeah, no kidding! She’s only just waking up to this?
It is scary though if they step down the keens will take over. What a mess.
Also we will see Camilla with the most lavish jewelry because what else are we going to talk about. They need to pull the attention off her age, how she’s tired, not regal, so they’re gonna make her wear the greatest bling for historical discussions instead (also why Kate will not be wearing any spectacular jewelry) jewelry is Camilla’s, like Africa is william’s
Every time I see her cosplay Diana I want to tag the official Twitter account with “DianaWoreItBetter”.
Not the Queen of Hearts, for all of Chucky’s scheming.
Rishi is going to get an earful at his next meeting with Charles, and I love that for him.
@Jane – I wouldn’t be so sure. Sevenbins Sunak could just retaliate with negative stories in the MSM about the 47% rise in the SG. There are so many perks Richy could take away from the BRF if he chose to do so. The man is ruthless and could easily make a case for saving the taxpayers money and the media would back him. Even though he wasn’t voted in with a mandate for the British people he could successfully argue the BRF are not elected and have no say in government matters. Make no mistake about it KCIII (and William for that matter) will be reeled back in and tow the party line.
As I said, the media are hanging on by a thread and are losing patience. It’s clear the palace promised them something in regards to the Sussexes either returning humbled and put in their place or William and Kate were supposed to take the Sussex mantle and become carbon copies. They saw Invictus and nothing compared to the star power and charisma of those two. They’ve tried everything to hurt and abuse them and nothing has worked. The papers are bitter, traumatized and shocked because they are stuck with bores and the real superstars are thriving without them.
I wonder if some of the rota are upset they can’t go to Invictus anymore? And feel like they’ve missed out
We know that matt from the sun was there but other than that I don’t think any royal reporters were there.
@chloe. I think a few went like Victoria Ward from the Telegraph. Many rota photographers went. GMB went. The problem for them was that couldn’t bring negativity because the event was for veterans and they all love Harry. Also, I think they are truly in despair because there is nothing to force Harry and Meghan back. That means no view of the children and no access to the money makers. Harry and Meghan are moving on and the papers and palace need that “rift” to keep the money flowing and back door agreements in tact. They know Harry and Meghan are moving on and don’t care. That scares them.
Oh, they are bitterly tasting the fruits of their own labor, that’s for sure!!
They are bitter bc they see the end of the entire gravy train and the ending of the hierarchy in British society. Moir, Morgan, the blob, none of them can ever get jobs in any other country. They’re horrible and lack any form of integrity or talent. White supremacist hierarchical structure of GB is why those fools have anything and they know it’s in the last days and they have 0 options. I love this for them.
They are 100% bitter about the Sussexes. It’s clear no one – the royals or the tabloid press – thought they would leave – but even once they did, they all clearly thought that at least harry would come crawling back and they could use the “prodigal son” narrative for the next 30 years.
They thought he would be criticized for his flying coronation visit, instead pictures of him at the airport were met with approval from a good deal of the world.
They thought they could ruin his Singapore trip by talking about climate change and instead Nacho took control of the narrative with one shopping picture.
and so on.
There is definite remorse and bitterness, the british press is a beast that needs to be fed, and the royal family needs to provide the meat.
Totally, Becks. This coverage and the recent Tominey article are clear regret that they bet on the wrong Horse. And the rest of the Royal family. That bill (and the retribution that comes from a gutter press) are quickly coming due. Can’t wait. They all deserve one another for what they did and what they could have had.
The thing is it’s not like they could have bet on any other horse — it’s the way the system is set up. The heir above all. Really all of this can be laid at the feet of William, Charles, and Elizabeth. If any of them had chosen family over their own selfishness and self-interest, none of this would have happened.
@Brit, you’ve said everything in a nutshell. I think this is the opening salvo of news stories and editorials to come. The royals better buckle up.
I said it once and I will say it again, I love this journey for them….they have been packing the baggage for this trip for a long long time!
Great analysis @brit. The tabs are stuck with diddly squat to draw clicks or build stories with the deeply dull royals. They’re visibly bored and getting restless. It’s so interesting to see this playing out in real time.
It’s fascinating, I can’t look away. Harry looks effortless, even though everything he does now has layers upon layers of planning and requires a massive amount of time, money, people, AND countries to pull off, all while costing taxpayers zilch.
Meanwhile, the Leftovers have no one left with a modicum of Harry and Meghan’s natural ease and compassion, so they just look like relics, bumbling from one place to the next, with no purpose.
Willnot may be able to snap his fingers and arrange a fireside chat at Windsor, but no one gives a shit anymore.
Finally someone is telling the truth re the Windsor House of Cards. There is nothing there not even fluff can help them with their mediocrity. After Harry and Meghan left, they look like left overs from a bygone era
Jan Moir is an old school monarchist who believes royals should be seen not heard. She’s far in the right wing political spectrum and has insulted Meghan and Harry numerous times and probably the worst. So while this article speaks truth, she’s still a garbage human.
@Chloe, I agree. Moir is rabid and toxic about H&M. This must be climate denial payback or something else above my pay grade to work out.
So now Jan gets what she deserves. William and kate are so bad at this. She should have thought of this when she slammed harry and meghan.
That’s what makes this article all the more pointed: if the right wing royalists are saying they’re irrelevant, the BRF is in real trouble.
She is an old school monarchist……which is why an article from her about the irrelevance of the royal family is much more interesting.
she also wrote a SCATHING article about W&K’s caribbean tour last year. I don’t think she has any love for those two.
Is she a monarchist or did she just like the Queen?
Jan Moir hates Harry and Meghan. Hates them. I wouldn’t align myself or agree with her about anything. Maybe that’s just me?
@Steph Sounds like you hit the button. She reads more like QE was it for her.
@Steph @Equality I think we’re finding out how many people weren’t/aren’t “monarchists,” they were just big fans of QEII.
Exactly, Becks, and it really looks like they all said, “we’ll give it a year”, and now the gloves are coming off.
It looks like the media gave the RF their year of probation as the RF purportedly did for Harry and Meghan after they left in the hopes that they (Harry) would return. Now time’s up and it’s time for the royals to pay the piper.
She is particularly nasty to Meghan, tried to write a parody the Bench and I loathe every mean spirited bone in her body. Even when criticizing them she gives the white royals some grace with comments like “she tries her best.” She just has pure venom for Meghan.
The queen helped hold this together. I agree not the same with her things have deteriorated. That said both the queen and Charles should not have enabled Williams lazy ways.
There was the continued indulgence of an inherently lazy man like William all these years which, truth be told, still continues to this day. But this was also combined with the inexcusable and prolonged attacks on other members of the family. How could the Windsors not know that would also weaken their family unit and world image? It’s like damaging one leg of a stool and expecting the stool to still stand solidly and be effective. Either way, the BM can only continue to praise the Windsors without merit for so long, the truth about them still remains. It’s an open secret that they are as dull as dishwater, castles or not.
Shots fired! Loving it 😄
Without a shadow of a doubt this is the Mail retaliating against the BRF’s stance on climate change. The huge U-Turn on green targets by the Prime Minister at same time as KCIII made his speech. Both the King and the heir have unwittingly embarrassed the government and this article is their punishment. Once the ‘fuss’ has died down Moir will be back to making up stories about H&M and normal service will be resumed.
Unless these types of articles make more money than the made up ones on H&M.
LOL
“‘… monarchical subs’ bench.” Amazing. No notes. The leftovers are just subs. This isn’t the A-team, and the bench is shallow. Game is essentially over. Forfeit and go live your over-privileged lives in peace and title free (after having paid reparations to every nation you once empired over, of course).
I can’t tell if the sub bench quote is my favorite or this one “ …she always has the air of someone who ponged her ping a very long time ago.”
Sweet Jesusita. May I never be described that way.
I am making a list of all the times I can work “ponged her last ping a very long time ago” into my conversational repertoire. Can’t wait to use it.
I had to hand it to Moir, that phrase is pure gold.
Moir is a vile hateful person but she does write a clever turn of phrase. Most Rota/tabloid writing is complete indecipherable trash but hers is colorful and on occasion witty.
I can’t believe she said THIS out loud about Horsilla!
“Someone who would always rather be somewhere else: preferably at home, feet up, ciggie lit, dog on lap, stiff gin to hand as she riffles through the latest issue of Horse & Hound.”
Yep. Moir is vile. Like other BM supposed journalists she’s been vile to Meghan without ever having met her in person. I’m hard pressed giving her credit for stating the obvious about the Windsors in England.
That said, the ‘ponged her ping a very long time ago’ made me laugh very loud along with the mention of ciggies, gin and Horse & Hound.
It might just be my laptop. The pic of William & the painting? of QE2, is displaying very long. W is giving me Slender Man vibes.
My god, that ping pong line was funny. I cannot stand Moir, but she was generous with that. Also, “They certainly must have wished they were on an earthshot the hell outta there when William began speaking”. 😀
Ha ha , that was hilarious , my thoughts exactly .
The Royal Family are just corpses walking .
Abolish the monarchy .
Irrelevant and don’t forget doddering. Horsilla needs to stay safe in the stables. Chuckles needs to stop demanding pampering and read the room at home. Peg and Can’t well they are totally useless and need to part ways. That just leaves abolishing the monarchy.
Kingdoms and monarchy were created long ago for various reasons, but you’ve got two ways to be meaningful in those positions: keep power by Force (not necessary in the UK at this point in time) or keep power by Personality. The last bits of Personality and star power died or now live in California. They’ve got nothing left. I’ll give Charles a few points for putting effort into his position, but the rest of them either can’t or won’t even put in the effort.
I’m actually pretty shocked this blatant anti-monarchy article was allowed to be published in the DM, wow. There is even some support for this point of view in the comments on the article. Are the tides turning? I am very interested to see if they continue to persist with their crusade against Meghan and Harry or if they are slowly trying to set up a shift away from the Windsors towards the more interesting couple. Fascinating.
Now you know better than that, @Mei.
Nah, the war against Harry and Meghan will continue. They’re just sad that IG doesn’t give them much to work with as far as bashing them goes. Thus, the return of Thomas markle. Harry and Meghan have sued and are suing most of them so that can’t make them happy. Some of those verdicts should be coming in soon. It’s more like the press is kind of neutered right now.
@Debbie and Jais,
I agree, just me having some fanciful thinking on a Friday. if only we could live in a world where a biracial woman and her wonderful marriage and the incredible force for good they provide isn’t equated with the worst of humanity for daring to thrive.
This is all a manifestation of “You reap what you sew.” They drove H&M away and now are left with the equivalent of raggedy dish rags. Have fun and f!ck off.
Exactly.
“sow” 😉
They sewed themselves into a corner. 😉
And the same ‘reap what you sow’ for Camilla too. She’s spent years plotting, planning and machinating against anyone and everyone to get to be called ‘Queen’. Well she won, May the prize of being a reluctant & much criticised show pony, on public display for the rest of he life, be as uncomfortable for her as is possible.
I hope they both live to be mentally aware 105 year olds and get to experience being periodically wheeled out as drugged up, urine sodden, living corpses like Prince Philip and QEII were.
I hope she suffers her pyrrhic victory for as long as possible before her final journey to, hopefully, Dante’s 9th circle to be forced to gnaw on the napes of other sinners’ necks, as the “backstabber” she was during life.
Don’t know if it comes across but I’m not that keen on Camilla 😂.
We got the message re Camilla. I feel the same way.
It’s really incredible how the RF thought all these appearances would be the perfect counter to the Invictus Games, but it ended up having the opposite effect. We went from a week of fun, jovial good spirit, with the added bonus of a loved-up Meghan and Harry in chic clothes, looking joyous and radiant, to a week of dismal hotel room photo ops, oyster picking to a crowd of zero, ears tucked in a ballcap, messy wigs, and watching Camilla’s skirts fly up. The contrast could not be any more grim.
Right! On the fashion front alone it’s a heckuva contrast! Harry’s dashing glowup in the clothing & accessory department vs. W’s whatever that is (but it will always be blue); Meghan’s seemingly effortless casual chic vs. Camz’ coat dress thingies & stupid little hats. And then there’s Charles the Rumpled.
I said it yesterday in regards to Cams next to Mrs. Macron – but it is also true of the couple as whole. They simply cannot move with the times. They are stuck in the past and fight hard to hold onto the past. It’s not a good look.
I actually thought it was kinda sweet when Brigitte was straightening out Cam’s coat. Like she was unable to do it for herself and Madame Macron didn’t want her to be an embarrassment for the photo shoot. Afterwards Chuck and Manu played buddy buddy for the cameras while Cam just looked like she wanted to gtf out of there.
@Nomades: It was sweet of Brigitte to help Camilla but the British press view the Royal Family as superior to everyone else so anybody deigning to treat them as just human beings is seen as being condescending or disrespectful. We saw it with Meghan telling her story about meeting the Queen. Her making fun of herself and how she curtseyed to the Queen was not seen as a funny story but her insulting the Queen.
I don’t think this is about H&M. There is a coordinated effort by British government to slow down environmental protections and to undermine the goals set by previous tory leaders. People reading the right wing publications are being told that the living cost crisis will be worsened if the government focuses on the climate change. I listened to a few crazy calls to James O’Brien’s LBC show about that. The public is dangerously misinformed. Now, in this climate, both Charles and Will are talking about environment. It is like there is no coordination between palace and government.
@sevenblue was it really a lack of coordination? I don’t have the timeline 100% but it seems like there was time for Charles to change his speech but he deliberately chose not to. It feels like when he made it very clear that the only reason he wasn’t going to that summit (G something) was bc Truss told him not to.
I didn’t mean the incoordination is unintentional. It is possible that Charles did it in spite of pressure from the government, which points out the dysfunction between the government and the head of the state. We have been told that the monarch is just a figurehead, apolitical. In this context, the figurehead openly states his opposite views on a recent matter, going against his job description even if ethically correct. That’s why the government will find a way to punish them. At the end of the day, the right wing press will always choose the tory party, not the monarchy.
@sevenblue
Everyone, even his enemies/tormentors/etc, give chucky credit for being both consistent and persistent in his views about climate change. He was the modern day Cassandra, going back at least 50 years.
So there is no way anyone could have realistically expected him to either say nothing or change his views to suit the uk govt, in his talk on such a topical matter while on this French trip.
It is the uk govt that flips and flops on climate change, depending on: which party is in power/the dictates of their media overlords or other fat cats.
I doubt C & W’s environmental causes are a conflict for the UK government. Why? The Tory government hosted the last big COP 26 summit 3 years ago and had big words, promises, only to back off or has done very little to meet those lofty goals. Hence dirty water ways and now a reversal on climate pledges.
So to W&K making some kind of political statement with their conservation pursuits, the answer is no. Besides W&K’s ridiculous carbon footprints (hello personal Rolls Royce flown to France for C&C big tour) belie their sincerity.
The tabloids are just running schizoid coverage per their usual MO. They stomp right and left with their feet to keep the weeds from growing. That’s it.
If anything the Tories are due to for a drubbing at the poll so they have far bigger sh*t storms to deal with.
It is AMAZING to me the LACK OF TALENT that the Royal Family has around them…Anyone who has a LICK of marketing savvy would know that the ONLY way for W&K + C&C to get CONSISTENT positive PR is to NEVA do a scheduling faceoff with Harry & Meghan…the TRUE ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ALL the way around…All the Royal Family CONSTANTLY do playing THIS game …is highlight how DISCOUNT & INEFFECTIVE they are in a side-by-side comparison …
I ❣️ this for the Royal Family…because now the Royal Rota are going to RUN THEM THROUGH THE RINGER…as they realize they hitched their horses to the WRONG carriage…and it would have been BETTER for THEM if they hadn’t ran H&M out of town😡
@Lala11_7
And the thing is, I believe that H&M, even now, with them solidifying their separateness from their former life, which everyone with sense is seeing more and more clearly, still seem to have consideration for those leftover troglodytes in palaces by not scheduling any major public-facing events while, for example, chucky is on his kingly visit to somewhere.
Because even tho H&M might be taking some time to decompress after the massive planning for IG, followed by a week of games and related activities, plus the travelling and the visits while there and the meetings, etc., its still possible that they could have come out in public for one reason or the other.
But we dont know because they havent allowed themselves to be seen. But if they wanted to show those leftover m0r0ns and their cheerleaders whats what, they could!
I think Jan’s harsh critique of the royals was on behalf of the current Tory government leadership which is against William and Charles’ environment agendas. I do not doubt she remains a royal sycophant. ✅
When the pointlessness of the monarchy is not only showing but glaring, it’s the beginning of the end.
Elizabeth was doddering, too – but at least there was a legacy of goodwill to preserve the myth. Charles and Camilla never built up any good will and William is a cipher. When Will speaks, there’s nothing specific, just vague wishes and platitudes. People yawn and move on.
The thing about Invictus isn’t just that Harry and Meghan have star power – it’s an ongoing and increasingly successful project that meets its goals with efficiency, organization and goodwill. And when Harry makes a speech, the success is right there to back him up. People are attracted to success and want to be associated with it.
Yes. This family is all apperance over substance, and even that cannot be done properly.
“Pinged her pong a long time ago”. LMFAO.
If right, that would make Cammy yet another person who wants the trappings of Royal life (jewels, money, prestige, power) but doesn’t want to to put in the hours or the effort. In other news, water is wet.
I burst out laughing multiple times while reading this. And it’s the Daily Mail! Usually their coverage and commentary on the royals is so reverential I just want to hurl. 🤢. The times they are a’changing.
Jan Moir and the press refuse to admit that Harry and Meghan at the Invictus Games last week only served to highlight how bad and charmless the rest of the Royal Family is. The fact that both William and Charles scheduled trips after the Invictus Games shows how deluded they are. Yesterday when I said Mrs. Macron made Camilla look like a doddering old women people (I guess her fans) were deflecting with Mrs. Macron’s wig. I’m not a fan of Jan Moir but she’s absolutely right about Camilla but I also think the rest of family should be put out to pasture with her.
They’re out to pasture already. That’s why we don’t see them that often. They pop up once in a while as proof of life and then back to one or the other of their palaces.
Please tell me I’m reading this wrong. Charles walked into someone else’s house and made demands in THEIR hospitality?! Are you kidding me?
No one will ever invite him for dinner again.
Camilla overthrew the woman who should have been queen consort and when see finally got the job she falls flat. No one will ever forget she got her royal status dirty.
@aquaruis64: I could help but think of what it would have been like if Diana was there instead of Camilla. She would have been glamourous and charming.
Diana would be singlehandedly saving the monarchy right now if they let her–which they probably wouldn’t.
…. And Charles would hate her for it! How dare she overshadow the King!!! No, a barely lateral Camilla made Charles look sprightly and youthful by comparison.
Man I am really here for the Fall of the House of Windsor with alllllllll the popcorn. BRING. IT. ON. There are some Titanic-scale failures I can’t wait for, like the day when Elon Musk completely tanks what used to be Twitter, and the British royal family to finally be recognized as the utter failure it is (those who didn’t skedaddle to the U.S., that is) and to be abolished.
Why was William making a speech to his board members? A presentation on how he thinks he can move ES forward? Sure. But a speech about the mission statement? Don’t they all know the goals? That’s weird.
For the same reason Bloomberg made an opening speech. It wasn’t just to board members, but to all the participants of the event.
So Moir wasn’t overcome with lust watching William inspect an oyster bed?
LMFAO!
LOL!
😂😂🤣😂 Mr. Darcy indeed. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Except Mr Darcy didn’t need hipwaders. LOL
but she always has the air of someone who ponged her ping a very long time ago.
I hollored.🤣😂🤣
That’s the first I’ve heard of Burger King’s speech at WilliamShot. There was zero coverage of it, so thanks to Moir for the laughs: ‘I think if we remark on how pessimistic and doom and gloom everything is, even though there is a healthy dose of that needed… it doesn’t provoke the reaction from us humans that we would like,’ he blithered.
So in conclusion, the EarthShot upshot is, via William, that everyone needs a healthy dose of doom and gloom. Us humans don’t like it, though. Stomps feet. Grimaces. Laughs inappropriately. I’m convinced Moir’s first draft called William a blithering idiot but the editor took it out.
To be fair French officials had packed that trip so much that even news commentators on tv were like “wow, this is an old lady, this has to be too much.”
And sunak truly kneecapped both charles and willy with his environmental u-turn it’s kind of hilarious.
Ah so the media went out to gather their crop and oh dear, invictus ie Harry and Megan along with the veterans had already mown their lawn. The Royal family are NOTHING without Harry and Megan, NOTHING without their star power, and neither are the media. They had the prk with teeth in the US and dull and duller in France! They make up crap to try and keep them relevant but it’s falling. As I said before, the Royal family died with the Queen, but the skeletons are still dancing! Get your chef to make you a nice BIG humble pie Charlie, mussel your incandescent heir and tell keen to STFU or tea will be spilt. Then, get a nice BIG mouthful of that pie and call the main events, YOUR YOUNGEST SON AND HIS WIFE
I am loving that delicious line, “Camilla ponged her ping”, the shcadenfreude is dripping off this. I am sure that somewhere Diana is loving this for the Rottweiller. Be careful what you wish for….indeed!
Ouch! The Invictus Games were fun and about triumph over adversity, but these trips with Will and Charles seem…stale? Irrelevant? Performative in comparison? At any rate, it’s not essential or helping anyone in any way unlike the Invictus games. Maybe they should have waited a month or two after the games to do these seemingly pointless trips so they wouldn’t be compared to Harry and Meghan’s appearance where they were called the People’s Prince and Princess, Meghan got direct comparisons to Diana with how she exudes love, and her fashion is still talked about in magazines as of yesterday.
…and Cam got Chuckie to declare her his queen, and it wasn’t enough. How do those wet ashes taste, Camzilla? How about you, Willie? You showed no loyalty or love to your little brother, and look what happened. All Harry asked was that you accept his wife, but your small mind and heart said no. You said no, and sealed your own fate, you cold, selfish, man.
Royal sycophant Jan Moir has blown a gasket. She is very very angry 😤 😡
Camilla needs to be hauled around the world for every international tour. That’s what the job entails. She bloody hell schemed her entire adult life to be Queen. Princess Diana paid a high price. Prince Harry paid a high price. Lord knows who else suffered for that woman to get where she is today. Let her work.
Where to next Charles? People should criticize him if he goes on any tours without Camilla. The world needs to remember their conniving betrayals on the tours and see how clumsy they both appear together on these tours.
The last consort didn’t retire until he was well into his nineties and Cam is what? Late seventies. Phil and Liz were still vital and productive (well as productive as pampered poodles can be) at her age. I totally agree that Cam needs to be sent on all the foreign yours and wotnot.
“Pampered poodles”. 🤩💀
Okay yeah I can get behind this. Send her on all the tours. She is the queen after all.
Absolutely Camilla should be forced to do everything her role entails. She wanted it, she got it. She should not be allowed to just “sit out” whatever engagements she pleases, but we all know that Charles will let her do whateverTF she wants.
The Mail even made a point to note Brigitte Macron is 70… Camilla is only 6 years older. The shade!!
That pink outfit is an abomination. She looked like an old piece of pastry, especially next to Madame Macron. And it was hilarious. As we say in America, Cam is in the “finding out” stage of her experience.
Aka- Listening and Learning a la the Wales’?
Waiting for Madame Macron to whip a shoulder pad and lob it at Camilla. This is painful to watch.
This is France, why aren’t they drinking wine. That’s something that Camilla could actually do.
No, mistress is not allowed to retire. She should be put on display as the woman who bullied young Diana like the freak show that she is. She played her cards and cut throats to be where she is, now she is finding out it is not like what it cracks up to be. Mistress gets all the perks. You have to work and travel now, if you can call what the royals do work. No retirement for you Cam! You made your bed lie in it. Karma is not always clear, but working instead of gossiping in the country with her ilks is her punishment. Enjoy!
This is Jan Moir, on behalve of the powers that be (the right-wing media and the Tories), reminding the royals to stick to the current right-wing agenda, which is in fact anti- climate-change.
This is her sticking up (and in her eyes, rightly so) for the government/Sunak’s climate-change U-turn policy. So, this piece was meant to be a punishment for Charles and Willy for continuing to “bang on about the environment and their pet projects” on an unfortunate moment.
The lack of coordination and power struggle between this UK government and the head of state (Charles) and the heir, on the matter, couldn’t be more poignant.
I’m surprised Moir didn’t mention KFC having his own Bentley flown over to France for the ride from the airport. Honestly, that sickened me. The hubris and entitlement of the BaRF really is astonishingly bad. For someone like Moir who has been a fawning sychophant for the royals, this is breaking new ground. Keep it up Jan, but leave the Sussexes out of your rants please.
And preach about sustainability and climate change? WTF!
It’s not that I don’t agree that Camilla is old and feeble, I just find it hypocritical that this article is saying she should retire because she’s 76, but QEII was expected to keep working into her 90s. And she (the Queen) had worked for decades longer than Camilla, earning her rest… Like stop with the fake concern. You don’t care about protecting elders. Just say you don’t like Camilla and don’t want to see her face.
Too late, Camz, your face is on the tea towels now.
Post of the year here.
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The Royal Family isn’t going anywhere. Just read Book of Daniel and Revelation about the 10 Kingdoms that come from the lands of the former Roman Empire. There are exactly 10 hereditary kingdoms in Europe today and the UK is one of them just as the Prophet foretold. The royal family will fall when the rest of the world falls if you believe scripture. Otherwise the Windsors still need reform. C&C need to join AA and get into a wellness and exercise routine. No cigarettes. No booze. Camilla also needs fillers and dental work. The Wales need a strict separation agreement. Settle the issue of Kate being Queen. Kate needs a serious stylist, speech writer and beauty guru Hyena guffaws out. William needs 24/7 intervention. No more pandering to his silly whims. They both need simple but impactful projects that aren’t just performative and focus on these. The Firm must reconcile with the Sussexes and bring them in as part time royals and fully accept Archie and Lilibet. The Sussexes star power can’t be ignored. That means royal visits to Montecito by Charles and the Wales family and the Sussexes attending UK royal events with access to Frogmore. As well as support for Sussexes work.
Guess I don’t believe the scripture then. There’s no reason for this family to part of a hereditary kingdom. At all.
I am.not saying we should believe in monarchies. I don’t. I only believe in one kingdom and that’s the one the Ancient of Days will reestablish. The 10 Kingdoms will fall to the one. However, the Prophets Daniel and John the Revelator did speak of the 10 final hereditory Kingdoms that come out of the territory of the former Roman Empire and the UK is one of them. That’s all I am saying. Daniel got it right.
GDubslady, I think IF a reconciliation happens with Harry and the brf, he and Meghan will not be working part time. I could see them showing up for the big events as family members. I can see them visiting their patronages in the UK and helping them. What I cannot see is H&M EVER giving the bm or the racists in the UK an opportunity to go after either of their children. Nope, I don’t see that happening.
I agree. There is no chance Harry and Meghan are going to put Archie and Lili anywhere in the crossfire between the royal family and the media.
Agreed. If there is a reconciliation the Sussexes should limit their contact. When I say part time royals I’m thinking like Eugenie and Beatrice and other family members. Meghan and Harry need to be on their guard with them at all times. They are still toxic people and dangerous people.
I am replying to this post because coincidentally, I watch podcasts on Youtube that feature historians and scholars including scholars and historians who study early Christianity. Some scholars, even scholars who themselves are Christians term themselves ‘preterists’ meaning the events referred to in Daniels and Revelation refer to certain historical periods in the past (such as Revelation is referring to the actual Roman Empire).
There is a story in the Talmud of Rabbi Hillel (circa first century C.E.) being asked to explain the Torah while standing on one foot. His response was “That which is hateful unto you, do not do unto your friend, the rest [of the Torah] is commentary, go and learn.” You may be more familiar with what Jesus said: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. There have been many over the millennia who have emphasized and obsessed with prediction but I think miss the whole point.
To bring this on topic, Harry and Meghan very much follow the principle “Love one another” as exemplified by Invictus and all their charity endeavors.
There are 12 monarchies in Europe today and the list of the 10 that were considered part of the Roman Empire doesn’t include the UK. The Romans never completely controlled the UK.
KFC should let the Escort stay home and go with another female member of the family. You know that Bea would be good at the social stuff and would present herself well. If he doesn’t want that, there is always Sophie. At least we know that she would do what she’s told and fade into the background.
KFC is really missing the boat with the alternatives here. An article about the Escort’s health is all that’s needed and he can course correct. Of course, I doubt that there is any way for him to stop the ridiculous demand when going somewhere. Fly the Bentley to France? DEMAND the only fresh vegetables be served. Chuck, you need to pretend a little humanness.
I guess an official separation between Wont and Kant would be quite helpful to the bm. It would give them lots to write about.
Honest, fair, and relevant criticism; a scathing review of the Monarchy from the DailyMail no less.
Did Jan Moir suddenly write for Celebitchy? I must admit that was hilarious 😂 pinged her pong?!
Moir is terrible, but LOL that piece was comedy gold. I snort-laughed at: “They certainly must have wished they were on an earthshot the hell outta there when William began speaking.”
LOLOLOLOLOL … finally, someone admitting that Willy is an empty suit with an oversized mouth that doesn’t utter two sensible words in a row. A conversation between William and Kate must sound like marbles being sloshed around a bowl of mashed potatoes.
Also, describing Camilla as someone “who would always rather be somewhere else: preferably at home, feet up, ciggie lit, dog on lap, stiff gin to hand as she riffles through the latest issue of Horse & Hound.”
Jan Moir definitely reads Celebitchy.
The Superstars have moved on. The Leftovers are proving to be increasingly stale and flavorless, completely unseasoned and unappealing.
Enjoy the spoils of your labor, rota rats.
I said the very same thing in another context, before the late Queen’s funeral, that was based on their behaviour,
This item is based on their lack of influence on the world stage, if the king visit can be seen in contingent to the relationship between the two nation states, he’ll be fine just for the diplomatic reasons.
But the media that is responsible for the RF to be parceled and sold as meat for public consumption is now mad that they have passed their ‘sell-by’ date?
The Queen was afforded the right to be seen as sovereign, with no need for co-reign and ‘shadow king’ by a media that respected democracy.
These need to sell nostalgia and dreams to hold on to their power, instead everything has become a muted matte because of their actions in the past seven years…
As to William, that is all one gets from ‘lowered expectations’…..
The adage about the sow’s ear??
Moir did not write this to wound, just to get a rise out of the RF, it seems that the RF is the only beneficiary to the ‘invisible contract’, now that the second golden goose is gone…
It is so apparent, after the successful Invicitus Games…..
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“But for the media that is responsible for the RF: they have to be parceled and sold as meat for public consumption. they are now upset that their ‘royals’ have passed their ‘sell-by’ date?”
LOL my, how quickly the worm turns!
I agree that Charles is getting spanked for having stepped out of (Tory Party) line.
Moir is correct about the disastrous ping pong photo op. You would think that Camilla and her people would have the good sense to say no to doing something like that. Surely she doesn’t have to play ping pong?
OK, I know she’s vile but that WAS hilarious to read. The “pinged her last pong,” the bit about William’s audience wanting to be “earth-shotted” out of there, all of it. I thought signing off with the bit about “oysters……for some reason” was genius. The oyster thing really did seem random AF.
I just wish that when she wrote the brilliant (and accurate) line about Cam wanting to be at home in her overstuffed chair with a stiff drink, she should have added that Queen Sidepiece was reading “Horse And Hound” for style and makeup tips.
So, did Charles really have his own Bentley shipped over for the trip, then insist he not be served out of season vegetables?! Oof. I respect his devotion to organic gardening and all that, but talk about hypocrisy. And like it or not, Chuck, asparagus sales are not going to drop like a stone just because you turned your royal nose up at it. You do you though.
For once Jan Moir IS thinking what I’m thinking and all the shade she throws is well merited. That the RF as a whole is a tiresome (and expensive) anachronism we have no real need for is the truth. The royalists amongst us still hang on to the idea that they represent the Golden Age when we really did rule the waves and who think, now that we’ve broken free from the EU, can do so again. But as Alice once said, “it’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then”. The late Queen ably represented us as we used to be and that’s what many fondly remember and think we can return to. They are, of course, fooling themselves. To quote again, this time from Dr Who himself: “There never was a Golden Age, Mike. It’s all an illusion”.
I agree with others here saying that Cam wanted to be Queen, so she has to fulfill all the duties that go along with the job. No sitting around with her cronies, drinking and smoking and turning up for the odd event. Let her have a full calendar. She wanted to be Queen, so be the Queen.
I must say, she did look nice in that Dior gown and cape, draped in jewels, but should’ve stayed away from the pink outfit. And someone at the BRF hired a new social media manager because the Royal Family posts on Twitter (X, whatever) have been basically clones of favorable coverage of H&M. Which, fine. It’s time they stopped slagging H&M and tried to focus on themselves.
I think they finally know how to use the word irrelevant after reading comments on these blogs.. lol.. have to say it was a very comedic(but well written) article. 😀 As I mentioned before I hardly click on British tabloids these days so most(or all) I get from this forum.
I just saw this morning on Instagram, HMs latest presence at Kevin Costner’s event in Santa Barbara honoring first Responders. And another tik tok bystander getting the exclusive videos/photos and posted on social media. And just like that HM are trending all over the world . While the British Press are again left out of All of this.
My take on all this if I had to predict (guess) what they’re thinking – is their scheming plan for getting back to the path of relevancy. And imo there’s not just bread crumbs being left behind but Easter eggs all over the place. And (America) whether we like it or not just happens to be in the middle.
I do also think that the British reporters may just have had enough of bigging up W&K in the face of effectively having to ignore Invictus.
They (the UK press) must have some sense of fair play, and ignoring Invictus / wounded veterans to enbiggen two lazy and insincere characters like W&K must turn their stomachs. I really believe that.
“The Prince appeared in front of an audience that included Bill Gates, UN climate envoy Mike Bloomberg and former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern — or as I like to call them, people with nothing better to do.”
Hmm, yes except Jacinda has something she could be doing. New Zealand has an election coming up soon and Jacinda could be at home making surprise appearances to support her old party Labour and Chris Hipkins, the current Prime Minister. That’s the guy who had to take over the job when she jumped ship. Was it because she didn’t want to lose? The other main party has had their former leaders out supporting the candidates. But I guess an event in New York is more important?