Time has not been her friend. She a,so feels pretty safe to have her window open.

I guess there was minimal budget for rent-a-fans and shoe polish for Henry’s head.

Interesting perspective regarding the Sussexes' visit to Nottingham today. Senior Editor for the Nottingham Post, Natalie Fahy, gives her opinion on MMandH's visit.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-opinion/worlds-most-famous-private-citizens-11200649

(Archive isn't working for me.)

Highlights (which are really most of the article):

Meghan Markle landed in one of the most deprived parts of the UK on Thursday wearing a £1,400 wool and cashmere coat.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, parachuted into Nottingham on Thursday, and while the small crowd of loyal fans waiting for them were smiling, thousands more will be fuming at the gall of their pseudo-Royal circus.

It stands in stark contrast to their 2017 visit to the city, where hundreds of people lined a narrow city centre street to catch a glimpse of the freshly-engaged couple. It took them a long time to work the crowds that time. You have to question what Harry and Meghan’s fan base looks like now.

But once they’ve jaunted back to their cosseted life - what is left?

There will be a cost to the Nottingham taxpayer, how much exactly we don’t know. City Council Community Protection Officers were diverted from other duties to provide crowd reassurance in St Ann’s outside the Community Recording Studio.

In Sneinton, while the couple visited Epic Partners, an unmarked police car blocked the road. For balance, I should tell you that a plastic chair with a sign saying “no one past this point please” was also used (ineffectively) for crowd control in Sneinton.

None of this is free. So why are we paying for the activities of what Buckingham Palace itself calls ‘private citizens’?

Back to Meghan’s coat. I highlight this because St Ann’s is one of the most deprived areas in the country, let alone Nottingham. Nearly 80 per cent of children live in low-income families.

Buying school uniform is a struggle, never mind stepping out in a coat that costs more than their household brings in every month. Harry’s outfit was probably equally expensive, but it’s harder to identify via a Google search - this is not just a poke at Meghan.

The reaction to their visit in our newsdesk email has been overwhelming. And not in a positive way. We have been reminded at all hours today by people all over the world that the couple are private individuals. One even pointed out: “You may have private citizens lurking around looking for attention so beware.”

One particular encounter summed everything up for me today. In Hyson Green, well-wishers had taken time out of their day to wait for a glimpse of the couple on Gregory Boulevard outside the Himmah Hub community kitchen.

Yet, after the cooking session inside, the Duke and Duchess were quietly escorted out of a rear exit for their next stop. They left a street of waiting fans disappointed - some still clutching flowers they hoped to give them.

For all the talk of community support, when the circus packs up and moves on, the people who actually live here are left standing on the pavement, holding flowers, waiting for a reality that has already driven away.

Something tells me Natalie is not a fan of the Sussexes being private citizens who are acting as royals.

~ As ever.

archive link Prince Harry and Meghan Markle blow as only 100 people in crowd | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

There is video of barriers with a handful of people behind them. Compare the Express article to the Daily Mail showing images that are close up and look like a large crowd, although it does state in the article that around 100 turned up.

Bloody hysterical

This is the non archive link Prince Harry and Meghan Markle blow as only 100 people in crowd | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

Dan Wootton sent his own reporter, Steph, out to Nottingham to dispute the Todger propagandist media.

https://youtu.be/aJ6MIQQdivI

They show the actual crowd (small) which Dan says was “no more than 50 people,” and the clever camera angles the Todgers used to make the crowd look bigger. Steph alleges the majority of attendees were squaddies. Dan claims the school children were “shipped in”, there was a “paid screamer” and “a number of plants” who were “screened.”

That One is shown moving down the greeting line brushing people off and apparently more focused on the photo op. Some people she barely tolerates in conversation, but others get extended time, like when a sycophant wants to hug her - a great pose for the cameras.

Steph accuses the Todgers of planting the kids, placing them closer and paying them more attention so it looks “nicey-nicey” for the cameras.

The first location had most of the media. Steph interviewed a bystander who said, “It’s very weird there’s no people here. There’s more media than fans… they’re not as popular as they used to be.” Subsequent locations had “hardly any media.” She claims they did not greet crowds at any other stops which “left a nasty taste” in her mouth, which Dan says is more proof the first crowd was “clearly screened.”

At the second stop, the same “yelling yodeling woman” was heard again screaming for the Todgers - what are the odds?

Steph interviews a rare genuine fan who brought flowers for the Todger, but was ignored and “disappointed”, which Dan alludes to because she was not pre-screened. Steph claims that at the second stop, some genuine fans showed up but were “lied to” because they were told the Todgers were coming out in 10 minutes but had already left (shades of the alleged Archie’s birth debacle.)

The Todgers had published the day’s schedule weeks earlier, desperately hoping for “crowds of thousands” but they left “humiliated.” P-Dina joins and claims they “were rushing” with “nervous energy” speaking to mostly children to avoid “boos.” She says the “performative” romance is “going through the motions” and they look “pumped up on something” (I believe alleging narc fuel and/or substances?)

Dan shows That One clenching her jaw when the Todger gets attention but not her. P-Dina says when the woman hugged the Todger, That One looked like she “saw Satan” like “how dare you” and licked her lips out of disgust. That One’s disdain toward the Todger “peeked through” despite trying to “put on a show” she “showed her evil” in that moment.

The staff once again is belittled when trying to help That One carry flowers (recall she did the same thing at the late Queen’s walkabout.) Dan says That One “can’t hold it together” in front of crowds because she is so jealous of her husband getting attention she is “snapping” at aides.

P-Dina says the crowds were small because people are “sending this message” they aren’t going to “show up for celebrity” to condone “how they have treated the royal family.” The Todgers allegedly planned the appearance to “deliberately clash” with King Charles appearing in front of the Senate. P-Dina asks why the King allows the Todgers to plan clashing events?

Not quite sure why she has to hunch over like that when she’s only 5ft4. Kinda reminded me of a certain Disney villain!

We need a caption competition for these

Some hard hitting truths from Lee Cohen in GB News

If these charades continue, for its own sake, the Palace should take more robust action, the columnist writes

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, two private citizens, are going to Nottingham today on a visit that reeks of a quasi-royal appearance.

In the process, they are projecting a status they no longer occupy.

Hardly surprising for a couple who crave relevance, whose currency is image.

They will smile, they will pose — and the photographs will convey a message no honest headline could print: that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are royal again.

They are nothing of the sort. They hold no office. They perform no public duties. They represent no one but themselves.

The Palace has said so in writing, on the King's instruction: last month Buckingham Palace spelt it out, as widely reported — private citizens, their work not undertaken on behalf of the Royal Family.

That is the official position, on the record. And because he knows full well the patterns of his son and daughter-in-law, the King felt the need to reiterate it.

Like everything the Sussexes do, this is choreographed stagecraft.

Of all the cities in Britain, they chose Nottingham — the city of their first joint appearance in 2017,

In 2017 the visit was official, backed by the whole apparatus of the Crown.

In 2026, the apparatus is gone and only the scenery remains — same city, same photo opportunities, none of the authority.

Allow me to remind you what they surrendered, because the entire performance depends on you forgetting it.

In January 2020 Queen Elizabeth refused the half-in, half-out arrangement — the status without the duty.

In March 2020 the curtain fell on their official engagements. They set aside the HRH styles. Six years later, the King confirmed it in writing: private citizens, full stop.

Every one of those choices was theirs to make, and they made them — loudly, profitably, on television.

when the crowds swooned and the flags waved.

Their supporters call the parallel a “synergy,” and one should take that word at face value: synergy as strategy.

What they want now is to keep the airs without the consequences and obligations.

Here are the facts. The police operation that attends a genuine royal visit is no longer theirs to command.

Joint appearances will be rare, by their own account — because, again by their own account, Ms Markle’s priorities run to family, then business, then the acting career, with charity fitted in around the edges. Read that list again.

Then read some headlines calling Thursday a “return to public duties,” and ask yourself who is being served: the charity, or the brand.

Ah, the brand. The lifestyle label bound for Britain, the scripts being read, the slow, expensive laundering of a reputation.

None of it is illegal. All of it is commerce. But commerce dressed in the borrowed robes of duty cheats the public, which the headlines invite to take a photocall for an official visit and a marketing schedule for public service.

Since I am American, allow me to suggest a parallel. Picture a former congressman — six years out of office, no committees, no office in the Capitol — renting a hotel ballroom, mounting a dais, banging a gavel, and issuing “findings” while the press takes notes with straight faces. America would laugh him out of the building.

We even have a name for the lesser offence: stolen valour, medals worn but never earned.

Britain needs no new statute for Thursday. It needs only the decree the palace has already published: private citizens.

And if that proves insufficient, then removal of titles and place in the succession and erasure from the Royal Website would be prudent.

“But it is charity,” comes the objection. Very well: let the charity be judged as charity. A private donation needs no crown.

What the charities do not need is to be cast as extras in someone else's rehabilitation drama, their good work converted into backdrop for the brand.

And what the public does not need is to be told that showing up with a camera crew is the same as serving the Crown.

It is the half-in, half-out model with the serial numbers filed off — the arrangement the late Queen forbade and the King has re-forbidden.

Let's not mistake this event for a restoration. It is a theatrical revival of the status the couple resigned, played before an audience they hope has forgotten it. But the public have not, and the Crown has not.

But if these charades continue, for its own sake, the Palace should take more robust action.

Harry and Meghan quit the Crown. Now they want to rent it by the day. The Crown they quit is not theirs to borrow back.

Alison Boshoff has been number crunching sales for As ever.

Claw is usually in beige, white or black...is this another bit of Catherine Cosplay???

Sean says there’s a segment of the press that enjoys the Harkles’ show.

But this bit from The Sun was pure cruelty 😈🤣🤣🤣

PAID PUNTERS/ FLOWERS & MORE FAILURE TO LAUNCH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsY52EbWrz4

Yep, Sean is right: here they are—two unemployed people cosplaying as royalty.

What surprised me is that Sean was right yesterday when he said they were desperately rounding up fans who happened to be in Nottingham. Yes, that’s exactly what happened. I didn’t think the Harkles would stoop to such a level of shamelessness. I guess I’m still a bit naive! 😳😳😳

Well, Sean works near The Park restaurant in London—less than 10 minutes away from Kensington Palace, I believe. Claw was supposedly with George Northwood, his trusted stylist and friend.

I’d like to know: didn’t this George notice anything about his friend and client’s hair? Because Harry’s alopecia has a counterpart in Claw’s hair. Beyond just becoming increasingly sparse, it’s clear that her hair is falling out; it’s in terrible condition—the ends are all split and dry, it’s extremely frizzy, and the length is uneven. That hair screams "tons of stress." I know this because, at one point, I started losing large clumps of my own hair—I even went to get medical tests done because I was terrified it might be the Big C.

The Park restaurant hasn’t been open for very long; the area is quite run-down these days.

Sean was there a while back because he was offered a job, there so that Sean would recommend that restaurant—but he didn’t—and he says it’s an incredibly expensive restaurant. I’ve already learned that someone who buys their books at charity shops isn’t exactly a reliable authority on what counts as "incredibly expensive" 🤣🤣🤣

It doesn’t seem expensive to me. I wouldn’t pay to go there either 😁, but honestly, Claridge struck me as more expensive.

Well, it turns out the man in the foreground is Shawn Sachs, from Sunshine Sachs.

Claw wanted to be seen with him, following what happened with Ari Emanuel.

Yesterday, Sean mentioned that it would be interesting to see which members of the press showed up in Nottingham.

Now, Sean says that some press did attend, but they were second-tier—practically interns. They were there to cover the event, but no top-tier journalists were sent, so as not to make it too obvious that they support the Harkles.

In fact, there were more freelance photographers looking to sell their photos.

Now, around the 5-minute mark, there’s a video from Sky News—they frame things as if there were a great deal of enthusiasm to see the "Harkles," whom they refer to as "members of the royal family."

Now, according to what Sean says, people didn’t arrive with flowers. The Harkles’ organization handed flowers to the people so they could give them to Claw.

Yeah, I totally believe that part of the gossip 😆😆

And then there’s the other matter: the press was expecting a statement saying that the Harkles were happy to be back in the UK. It seems Harry said it once, but Claw didn’t want to say it.

As the day progressed, the "Harkles" sought to overshadow royal events. Yet, it did not bother Harry in the slightest that his father was attending an event today to commemorate the Aberfan disaster. The Aberfan disaster was a tragic collapse of a coal mine waste tip that occurred on October 21, 1966, in the Welsh village of Aberfan. It claimed the lives of 144 people—116 children (most of them pupils aged 7 to 10) and 28 adults.

For Harry, it was more important to head out to Nottingham today because... because... because... well, just because.

Claw, for her part, clearly couldn’t care less. She believes she can do whatever they want—provided they have some form of protection that makes them appear "royal." Yes, British—your money was spent in Nottingham.

Sean is blunt when asked, "How successful was this?"

His answer: it was detrimental.

The impression left is that this was a royal tour. Many people around the world will see it that way—and that’s all that matters to the Harkles: the mere appearance of it. But when you pay attention to the details, things get ugly. Take, for instance, the fact that Harry opens the car door for "Claw." The person who actually holds importance is Harry, not "Claw"—yet she makes him scramble to open the door for a third-rate cable television actress (🗡🔪 🤣🤣🤣). Sean doesn’t use bad language on his show, but man, when he wants to twist the knife, he really drives it all the way in.

People will say that Harry wants to be gentlemanly toward his wife. But Sean says let’s not kid ourselves: that’s Claw making it clear to the world that Harry does whatever she wants.

Now, Harry wanted to show KC3 that he and Claw can do the work that William and Kate don’t want to do: royal tours. In particular, it seems Harry has set his sights on what happened in the Caribbean. In this, Harry is following the same path as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. But it seems Harry doesn’t understand what KC3 told him: NO.

Well, Claw got what she wanted: camera time. And now she’s focused on launching *As Ever* in the UK, thanks to Sunshine Sachs.

WILLIAM NOW CAN'T IGNORE THIS ESCALTING DRAMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf9hIXCYXkY

Sean is neither a Labour supporter nor, by any stretch, "pro-woke."

If there’s one thing that seems to bother him, it’s vegans—in one video, he compares them to the "Harkles" [Harry and Meghan], describing them as the kind of annoying people you shouldn’t invite—and, of course, the TV personalities who go around giving speeches.

Laura Tobin from ITV talks about the weather, but she constantly brings up climate change—which wouldn't be a bad thing, if not for the fact that her co-presenter, Andy Peters, travels all over the world, and she says nothing about it. In other words, there’s an inconsistency in her narrative.

Just like in the Cate Blanchett case.

Because it’s true—there are many people fed up with those lectures from individuals who pollute more than all of us combined.

But the situation involving Cate Blanchett has escalated a bit, because a member of parliament, Nick Timothy, is criticizing her online.

Personally, I couldn’t care less, since these politicians are just the type to jump on any bandwagon.

But, unfortunately for Cate, it turns out that this representative is pushing a bill called the "Cate Act."

And it’s unfortunate for her because it’s a bill that many people would actually support.

Celebrities like Cate Blanchett want us to take more illegal immigrants.

She lives far away from places like Piddington and Barnham.

So here's a modest proposal: Cate's Law.

Put illegal immigrants in the homes of celebrities and tax people like Cate to fund it.

https://www.facebook.com/nick.timothy.official/posts/celebrities-like-cate-blanchett-want-us-to-take-more-illegal-immigrantsshe-lives/122237966066046997/

I’m not saying this will go anywhere—and this isn’t an endorsement of the congressman; I actually think the "woke" crowd and politicians are cut from the same cloth—but Sean has a point: many people are fed up with celebrities and their contradictory political opinions, where they’re always telling us what to do, while never applying those same standards to themselves.

Sean says he learned that Cate Blanchett is indeed concerned about how this has escalated; she isn’t making any statements and doesn’t want to cause any harm to William. It’s not that actors and actresses don’t have opinions—it’s just that, why is it that their opinions always end up pointing to something *we* have to do?

And just now, with William’s trip to Mumbai, India, coming up in November 2026—specifically for the Earthshot Prize—we’re seeing people who aren’t just giving speeches, but who are actually out there getting things done.

DUMPED YET MARKLE HAPPY TO USE & ABUSE AGAIN - LATEST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTiXoDfJN8

I didn’t comment on the previous video for political reasons. Sean posted one regarding the issue of Harry being "banned" in London—Harry Potter, that is—due to J.K. Rowling’s opinions. I’m mentioning this so you know it’s about that topic, not about Harry.

However, I shared the previous video (a summarized version) because William has to deal with many situations and with people who are extremely complex—the "Harkles" among them.

October 22nd is approaching. There will be a hearing to determine how much the Harkles will have to pay. Sean points out that if the Harkles realized what they were doing, they would have kept a low profile all this time. But they haven’t; instead, they even use the very same tabloids for their own self-promotion.

Why does the Daily Mail keep playing along with the Harkles’ games?

Because that’s show business.

But this is, too

Many people grew tired of being sold lies—that there would be no advertising, that quality would be prioritized, and so on. None of that turned out to be true, and now Netflix is ​​facing a crisis.

That is the problem with Hollywood discourses.

Sean might feel sorry for the people losing their jobs, but he feels no pity for Sarandos. I mean, the guy actually believed that Claw could sell anything. She’s a con artist, but she’s incapable of selling a thing.

Now, Claw is no longer focused on Netflix, but rather on Sunshine Sacks—an agency that is back in the picture. Sean confirms that they did have a falling out, and it seems there were indeed issues regarding invoices. But that’s show business: if there’s a deal to be made, they’ll be back working with the Harkles.

Because the whole business with Harry and the Guards was Sunshine Sachs’s idea.

And the trip to Nottingham, too.

Now, Sean says that going to that restaurant, The Park, seems to have been a promotion for the establishment. Since Claw manages to get the press to publish such things, the restaurant ended up getting publicity thanks to Claw.

Claw believes that this might lead that restaurant—or perhaps The Claridge—to take an interest in her jams, given the publicity they’ve received thanks to her.

That is why, as Sean says, Backgrid reappeared. And there is more to it than that.

Do you see it? Sean is right: Claw looks like Casper. Very pale. That’s not what should be played up.

So, all of a sudden, she’s more tan now.

Sean says that Claw suddenly became 43% Nigerian again, thanks to some airbrush touch-ups 🤣🤣🤣🤣

HOW HARRY REALLY FILLS HER DAYS HERE BACK IN. THE UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY6Plfoq_t8

The Australia project was WME’s final undertaking. And it was a failure.

Harry and Claw believe that things will go better for them with Sunshine Sachs.

The problem is that the Harkles returned to the UK without a plan.

And nothing is going well. Starting with the fact that there is no interest in seeing the Harkles. And that’s because it’s not just the British Royal Family that’s fed up with the Harkles; the public is, too.

In Montecito, Harry spent his time playing video games—a detail a staff member shared with Sean. He and Claw could simply ignore each other, as Claw did whatever he pleased in California.

But now, back in the UK, they’ve had to live together again, and they’re finding it very difficult. Harry now spends his time in Soho in Costwolds.

Harry spends hours there—6 to 7 hours. He doesn’t talk to anyone; he just spends his time with his Mac. On the other hand, Hary has been in London looking for his old friends.

And Claw is very bored in the UK. She’s bored because she believes that whenever she goes out, it should be a front-page event—but it isn’t. So, she invents those front-page stories herself. Just like what happened with the Claridge’s affair.

Claw has no life in the UK and doesn’t want to live there. But Harry is facing a problem: he actually *does* want to talk to people—he wants to engage with others—but they don’t want to talk to him. A source from Soho says that Harry tries to strike up conversations with members of that club, but they refuse, fearing what might end up in the press afterward. That is the image they have of Harry.

So now there’s a tug-of-war going on between the Harkles. Claw is getting increasingly bored, while Harry spends his entire day at an exclusive club.

Tom Sykes was in Nottingham, as others have posted. It was mainly photographers and a few passers by. Even the best attended venue hardly drew what would be called a crowd.

It was satisfying to see that even if there was a police presense it was very limited. Same with the barriers - somebody in Nottingham knew NOT to prepare for a huge crowd.

My questions are:

Can anybody name any of the charities, apart from WellChild?

How is this going to benefit the Grifters? Where is the money going to come from?

Where is the list of new "public engagements"? Everything we have seen so far must have been organised before the Grifters came to the UK.

Imho, it was also a one off thing because it was Madam´s first "official" outing. And she has clearly suffered from camera withdrawal, as she has again called the paps on herself.

Will there be any other events?

If so, this is what the Harkles have been known to do for many years now. I am sure that KC and QC and Prince William and Katherine are beyond frustrated.

I’ll save you from all the screenshots but you get the idea. Madam and Harry as pseudo working royals, playing the role they left behind 6 years ago. No one is happy about it.

As the public attendance at their recent joint appearance has shown, the public doesn’t care and aren’t buying what they’re selling.

While the vacuous journalists of their PR machine remain solidly invested. Trying to gaslight the public of a royal feud that isn’t.

We get it. It’s so much easier to not perform real work as a journalist. Why investigate and write about the missing 30 million dollars of Invictus money when you can gush about Madam drenched in burgundy, so happy to be back from your kitchen table laptop when your only 2 glasses into that bottle of wine? It’s great work if you can get it.

Archived article:

https://web.archive.org/web/20261015154301/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-accused-staging-royal-theatre-king-charles-faces-new-dilemma-expert.amp

NOTE TO MODS: In order to stay within the three post limit, I deleted my HAM parody post. Sorry for the messiness, but just like our Saint, it's messy today!

From the Daily Mail:

They were being protected by their private security team during the event - but a number of police community support officers were on the scene. Congrats, British taxpayers: your pounds at work.

Harry was in playful mood and was pictured tickling a man's ginger beard. You sure that's all he was doing?

In Nottingham this afternoon, a row broke out after a well-wisher overheard someone in the crowd And I'm sure that comment was just a coincidence.

The couple were given balloons, including one in the shape of a unicorn. It would be so lovely if they were taken home to the #Ivisikids. Not gonna happen.

I gave her a card, and she folded up and put it in her pocket so she can read it later.' That's not what she's doing with it, but you do you.

One fan, who did not want to give her name, said: 'I love the Royal Family. I was going to come shopping in town, so I thought I would come and try to see them. I want Harry and Meghan to know we still love them. I'm so glad all these people have turned up.' Undoubtedly a Squaddie.

Shani Saviciene, who gave Meghan a healing crystal for 'positivity' said she begged to speak to the duchess.

The 30-year-old told the Press Association: 'Meghan was actually on that side (of the pavement). I don't know if she realised there were fans on this side.

'So then I tapped one of her team members and begged them 'please, please, please can she come to this side?'

'And then she did, and I said to her, 'I love you so much. I've given one of your team, like, a healing crystal for you', and she was really grateful.'

Asked why she gave Meghan a crystal, Ms Saviciene said: 'I just want her to be protected, uplifted, and just have as much positivity around her as possible.' Girl, it's gonna take a boulder to protect her.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAND, the obligatory Diana comparison:

Shaghofta Akhtar, 53, had bought a bunch of flowers to hand to Meghan at the second venue. She described her as the 'Queen of hearts' and compared the Duchess to late the Princess Diana.

'Meghan brought me out here today. I just wanted to come and show her our love, that the people of Nottingham love her. And I don't think she knows if and I think sometimes you just need to hear people tell you this.

'I love her because I think she is an ambassador of peace. I think she stands for democracy. She stands for peace and she is inspirational.'

Asked about the fact she was no longer a royal she said: 'because she is an ambassador for peace, she doesn't need a title. They don't need any titles. I loved princess Di, she touched me, and I think Meghan is going down that road too because she is touching people without needing a title. And she is strong enough to do her own thing.' Damn. I hope this Squaddie got double pay for spouting this nonsense.

But it wasn't all sunshine and healing crystals:

Before the couple arrived, a small row broke out when a well wisher overheard someone say it was not a royal visit.

The woman shouted out: 'She is royal, she will always be royal'. 

First off, Harry & Meghan try to cook with the Community Kitchen ladies. Notice that Meghan does NOT want Harry holding onto that pot:

DAMN, Harry is getting a belly:

See!!! Babies love me too!!!

Gotta show off the dress, y'all:

Once again, the young man's face tells the story:

They were reportedly given sweets, healing crystals, and fridge magnets during the walkabout, according to The Sun.

Seal Clap Time!

Making jewelry with kiddos that she will toss the moment she leaves:

Harry finds someone his mental age that he can talk to:

Come you unwashed one, worship your goddess!

Of course it was all for PR:

As the Duke and Duchess wrapped up their visit to the Himmah Hub, they couple left via a small side door to head to the food bank, leaving fans disappointed at the front of the building.

Some had waited over an hour only to find out they had left to go to a food bank round the corner without stopping to speak to them.

One said: “I’m really disappointed, we’ve been waiting nearly 90 minutes for them. I’m very disappointed. They went straight in waving at people. We thought they’d stop and speak to us when they left, but they didn’t, such a shame.”

Can I write inspiring messages on these?

They love me!!! (NOTE: Meghan posted a clip on her Instagram of the women greeting her. It's absolutely nauseating, which is probably why I can't download it).

GUESS WHAT!!! Meghan tells a child that Lil Betty loves gymnastics? Uh...remind you of Charlotte?

Harry looks SOOOOOOOOOOOO bored.

Oh Dear GAWD! Meghan pokes her head out of the window. But...SECURITY!!!!

Aw, thank you for loving me! I love me too!

Originally published at The Office of Madame LV: https://theofficeofmadamelv.substack.com/p/what-class-are-you-missing-to-be. The archive and my other work live there.

Tom Sykes was on that street half an hour early, filed for The Royalist and The Daily Beast, and streamed the whole thing live. So there are receipts.

His stream is here, and the moment below is at 26:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU8fcImyvLk&t=1600

What he found while waiting:

• "A group of school children was also brought in to join them." On a Thursday. Nottinghamshire's term ran to 16 October and half term did not start until the 19th.
• A press pen holding "somewhere between 80 and 100 photographers, reporters and camera crews, with a drone overhead." A drone. For a private citizen's charity visit.
• Adults from a local disability support centre, whose office is next door, positioned to form a welcoming line. The welcoming line was borrowed from the neighbours.
• Many of the public present were invited guests of the studio.
• The arrival: "around 10 minutes late," against the 10.25am start their own itinerary had carried in the local paper for three days.

Twenty-six minutes and forty seconds into his stream, Beth Herlihy, reported by the Mail in January 2025 as an assistant to the Duke and Duchess, crosses the street. Twenty-five seconds later the children are walked across it, adults in tow, with her at the front.

Then Harry asked them: "What class are you missing to be here?"

He would know.

The Associated Press described the day as "presented with touches of royal style," including an announcement under the titles and "a prearranged media pool chronicling their movements." Archewell, it noted, "is hardly mentioned." Six years of building their own brand, and the invitation went out under the one they were given.

The Express ran the crowd at "less than 100 people," then revised it up to "fewer than 200." A woman walking her dog told Sykes that if it had been William and Catherine, "you wouldn't have got anywhere near."

My read, marked as mine. Children do not assemble themselves at a barrier on a school morning and neither do their neighbours. Somebody decided a lesson was worth missing, somebody published the times to the minute, and somebody told eighty photographers where to stand. In January 2020 they asked to keep doing exactly this without the public funding. Harry's own words on what came back: "Unfortunately, that wasn't possible."

Full piece has every source, including the stream timestamped to the moment.

I use AI and I'm not pretending otherwise. This is the modern world. One person couldn't produce this volume of sourced, dated work alone. The opinions are mine and so is the structure. I pick the subject, decide the argument, work out how the piece is built, and read the judgments and palace statements myself. The AI helps me draft, verify and put the source notes together, and a lot of what ends up on the page started as something I said first. No machine decided what to think or how to lay it out. Their side has a PR firm. I have a research assistant that doesn't sleep. Seems fair.

Sinner Puzzleheaded-Job6031 asked for a post on this Nottingham review by Hilary Rose from the Times. (Emphasis mine.)

"Today our thoughts turn to Nottingham, and we reflect on what a time it is to be alive and assigned the Harry and Meghan beat. For anyone lucky enough to have forgotten, Nottingham is where H&M first went as an engaged couple, and so to Nottingham they now returned for their big back-in-Blighty reveal.

They might as well take out ads saying: "Look how royal we still are!" On the schedule this time, Meghan played to her strengths by taking part in a discussion about self-belief. They also visited a food bank, a children's charity and a community kitchen. Harry joshed about with people at a recording studio and Meghan pasted on her gracious face for the inevitable walkabout in a burgundy Joseph coat. She told one member of the crowd "it's great to be back" and that will no doubt remain true, until it isn't and all of it will no doubt achieve its higher purpose of shifting jam and giving Harry something to do.

In the fullness of time, or 3.15pm to be precise because they issued a detailed schedule just like the real royals, they returned to their top-secret life, in a top-secret location, with their top-secret children, the better to tease it all on Instagram.

"I know it's not technically a royal engagement," one woman in Nottingham told a reporter, "but I wish it was. I wish they would reconcile. I wish they could be royal again."

To recap, it's been a busy few weeks on the H&M beat. A "friend" says they've been "keeping a low profile", and one definition of keeping a low profile, which we will call the Pinocchio definition, is sweeping up to Claridge's in a fleet of Range Rovers and sitting in the foyer with Malala Yousafzai, surrounded by security to keep your uninterested public at bay. To be fair, Meghan's solo back-in-Blighty big reveal was never going to be at Gail's in Summertown with a school mum, was it? What would be the point of that?

The Claridge's stunt was a classic example of the "Look at me! Don't look at me!" playbook. She and Malala talked about the importance of women's education, and what a comfort it must be to the women of Afghanistan that Meghan thinks it's a pity they can't get one. Perhaps she'll send them some jam instead. She is, after all, donating the net proceeds from one day's jam and tea sales to Malala's education charity although, alas, that might only amount to small change.

The Daily Mail's Alison Boshoff discovered that the As Ever sales ledger has big fat zeros next to many of its products, including a $259 pantry basket and $174 Heritage Library Set and, no, I have no idea what a heritage library set is. Do you care?

In a rare flash of self-awareness, Meghan, who is not a working royal, has apparently told the same friend she does not see herself as a working royal.

"Her public appearances will be relatively rare," the friend told the Telegraph, and we note wistfully how much lovelier that sentence would be without the word "relatively". "She is reading a lot of scripts at the moment," the friend continued, "and if she has time left after all of that, she will do some charity work." She sees herself these days as a full-time mum and entrepreneur, and my gratitude is boundless that neither of those things involves listening to her speak."

The Times is being fussy about links so I am unable to include an archive. (I couldn't even view the article).

Imagine twenty years from now?! You don't have to, ​I did it for you! ;)

Let's play spot the difference, or are the images actually the same? ​

Here's my plan: in keeping with the three post per day limit, I will add onto this as Meghan posts. This will be videos only! My other post will be stills from her and Chris Baron Smith's accounts. All images/videos are downloaded so you won't be adding clicks to their social media.

UPDATED with Harry's latest MasterClass blurb (see below). It's ridiculous!!! Worth finding, won't regret it.

Notice the angle they are shooting from, to make the crowd look bigger.

I'm not sure who took the original video!

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Tom was live in Nottingham. I missed a bit because I was in a meeting when it started. Stupid work!

Anyway, as reported here, the crowds were small. Tom says that most of the crowd were groups that prearranged like staff from the facility and schoolchildren. He does a few quick interviews with people on the street and you'll get to hear lovely old Nottingham accents. You can see Harry playing the reporters and photographers for several minutes, which is vile.

At least he wore a suit and not that embarrassing t-shirt. There is no love for Meghan from the people on the street but still affection for Harry. I do think if they divorced, he today still could salvage himself to a degree with some of the public.

Tom wants everyone to be wary of any of the YouTube "commenters" who will pop up later and say there were boos. There were none, it was clear from the audio and I listened live and was on the live when they arrived.

They were greeted warmly by a tiny "crowd" planted by the charities. They were also late.