Do you know what, after all this new intel i’ve been enlightened to since joining you, I read about Skippy’s wedding in Jamaica and the article said Just Harry flew in on a commercial flight, while she (the D list TV actress) flew in by private jet.
Ah yes, well of course Harry could fly commercial in the past but Smeg wouldn't be able to as SHE'S too famous. That's why baby groups with Archie were out of the question too
Here we go, tea for youI want more gossip on when she supposedly threw a hot cup of tea at an aide in Oz! Any links/sources welcome
The chatter about Megz having wealthy backers in her pursuit (stalking) of Hazza came from stuff like this. I seem to remember a Chinese-Canadian real estate multi-millionaire supposedly organised that flight - was that in FF? You'd have to wonder what was in it for them.....Do you know what, after all this new intel i’ve been enlightened to since joining you, I read about Skippy’s wedding in Jamaica and the article said Just Harry flew in on a commercial flight, while she (the D list TV actress) flew in by private jet.
It’s her. She has champaign taste but was on a beer budget. Now she’s met him shes on private jets, wearing £93k Couture like it’s HER birth right.
Big tech - the companies are owned by shareholders - of course they are run for financial gain! How much was he paid by 'big tech' to lecture bare-foot wherever it was where the big swinging dicks flew in by private aircraft or docked their superyachts consuming grillions of trees. He's such a tosser he probably has no idea what his Trust Funds invest in which would not be acceptable to the woke couple. He is a complete idiotic useless cunt. Apologies to the useful ones us women have.Just spotted this in the Telegraph, it went up yesterday.
'Saint' Harry can't blow this chance to show his worth
If the Duke of Sussex is serious about the war he’s declaring, this regal superhero is going to have to knuckle down and show some integrity
CELIA WALDEN25 January 2021 • 7:00pm
In a recent interview, Harry said there's a 'need to remodel the digital world before it’s too late' CREDIT: Samir Hussein/WireImage
I’ve developed a fixation with Prince Harry’s brow. Over the past five years, it has gone from boyish and unfurrowed to Yoda-like: scored with the wisdom lines of someone thrice his age and weighed down by an almost unbearable number of responsibilities.
You’ve got to feel for the Duke of Santa Barbara. Unlike us, this young trouble-fighter must wake up every day, ready for Archewell brand-style “strength and action”. He can’t just slip into some XXL fleece wear, like the rest of us. His daily uniform is a spandex superhero unitard that threatens to cut off his circulation.
Then there are the duties. So many. Not for him the daily plod of homeschooling, juggled with work and an attempt to conjure up something edible out of a tin of tuna, some limp asparagus and the fig chutney that’s probably not even a relic from last Christmas, but the one before.
No. As one half of the biggest philanthropic duo since Bill and Melinda Gates, he must knock back his kale smoothie… and set about saving the world. There’s the funding of food kitchens in disaster zones that was chosen as Archewell’s first big project, the delivering of meals to underprivileged families isolated by Covid, the promoting of his new online mental health service, Peak Fortem – which helps first responders in Australia train their minds “as a muscle”. Then there’s the production of Netflix educational documentaries in the vein of last August’s Rising Phoenix (on the importance of the Paralympic Games), the saving of mental health-hit teens, elephants, women and chai superlatte brands – and the spreading of positivity and love.
Because, as the Duchess of Sussex pointed out in the couple’s first Spotify megabuck podcast last month: “No matter what life throws at you guys, trust us when we say, love wins.”
It’s presumably to that aim that Harry declared war on Silicon Valley on Friday, by way of an interview given to monthly business magazine Fast Company. In a series of lengthy, intense and suspiciously eloquent answers, he spoke about the evils of social media and the “need to remodel the digital world before it’s too late”. If the attack on the US Capitol has taught us anything, he says, it’s that we are experiencing “a crisis of hate, a crisis of health, and a crisis of truth”.
“It takes courage to stand up,” he goes on, “cite where things have gone wrong, and offer proposals and solutions.” A courage he and his wife thankfully possess in spades.
Here’s where the sneering stops. Because there’s a genuine quality to Harry’s Q&A that many of his previous pious poses have lacked. And if you bypass the inevitable victimhood claims in the interview (he says he and Meghan have received the “mothership of all harassment” through social media, and at various points comes perilously close to disappearing down his own navel) and concentrate on the core message, you can hear not just the furrowed brow but the strength of feeling. It’s all too obvious when celebrities pick causes at random – for maximum effect and publicity – and so far Archewell’s buffet of good intentions has come across as charitable flailing, at best. But where there is real conviction, that power can be harnessed for good.
Is this lost-looking-and-sounding prince in exile capable of challenging Big Tech – or, as he calls them, “the incredibly powerful and consolidated gatekeepers”? I believe he could, in so far as that challenge extends to highlighting issues like the “hate, violence, division, and confusion” social media so efficiently stokes – noxious forces that, whatever you may think of him, Harry has at least experienced himself.
He could also lend the weight of his title not to more lucrative brand deals, but the kind of partnerships he has flirted with over the past year. He and his wife did meet with the president of Stanford University back in February, which has strong ties to the tech community. And Archewell has recently teamed up with the Centre for Humane Technology and donated money to the UCLA Centre for Critical Internet Inquiry.
But if Harry is serious about the war he’s declaring, and not just whimsically playing at do-goodery in the way he has since moving to a community where whimsical do-gooders are celebrated despite their lack of either background knowledge or commitment, this regal superhero is going to have to knuckle down and show some integrity. That means learning about his tech adversaries, reading up on the newly unveiled draft laws put into place to create safe and trustworthy platforms, and offering up workable solutions to the giants he has been campaigning against.
It means concentrating on one thing, and understanding that hypocrisy of the kind he once again comes close to in his Fast Company interview, when he urges Big Tech not to be motivated “by financial incentive” and admits that, after all this, he and Meghan “will revisit social media when it feels right for us” will only render this charitable endeavour laughable. Which wouldn’t just be a shame, but a missed opportunity for Harry to prove his worth.
Thanks for sharing!Just spotted this in the Telegraph, it went up yesterday.
'Saint' Harry can't blow this chance to show his worth
If the Duke of Sussex is serious about the war he’s declaring, this regal superhero is going to have to knuckle down and show some integrity
CELIA WALDEN25 January 2021 • 7:00pm
In a recent interview, Harry said there's a 'need to remodel the digital world before it’s too late' CREDIT: Samir Hussein/WireImage
I’ve developed a fixation with Prince Harry’s brow. Over the past five years, it has gone from boyish and unfurrowed to Yoda-like: scored with the wisdom lines of someone thrice his age and weighed down by an almost unbearable number of responsibilities.
You’ve got to feel for the Duke of Santa Barbara. Unlike us, this young trouble-fighter must wake up every day, ready for Archewell brand-style “strength and action”. He can’t just slip into some XXL fleece wear, like the rest of us. His daily uniform is a spandex superhero unitard that threatens to cut off his circulation.
Then there are the duties. So many. Not for him the daily plod of homeschooling, juggled with work and an attempt to conjure up something edible out of a tin of tuna, some limp asparagus and the fig chutney that’s probably not even a relic from last Christmas, but the one before.
No. As one half of the biggest philanthropic duo since Bill and Melinda Gates, he must knock back his kale smoothie… and set about saving the world. There’s the funding of food kitchens in disaster zones that was chosen as Archewell’s first big project, the delivering of meals to underprivileged families isolated by Covid, the promoting of his new online mental health service, Peak Fortem – which helps first responders in Australia train their minds “as a muscle”. Then there’s the production of Netflix educational documentaries in the vein of last August’s Rising Phoenix (on the importance of the Paralympic Games), the saving of mental health-hit teens, elephants, women and chai superlatte brands – and the spreading of positivity and love.
Because, as the Duchess of Sussex pointed out in the couple’s first Spotify megabuck podcast last month: “No matter what life throws at you guys, trust us when we say, love wins.”
It’s presumably to that aim that Harry declared war on Silicon Valley on Friday, by way of an interview given to monthly business magazine Fast Company. In a series of lengthy, intense and suspiciously eloquent answers, he spoke about the evils of social media and the “need to remodel the digital world before it’s too late”. If the attack on the US Capitol has taught us anything, he says, it’s that we are experiencing “a crisis of hate, a crisis of health, and a crisis of truth”.
“It takes courage to stand up,” he goes on, “cite where things have gone wrong, and offer proposals and solutions.” A courage he and his wife thankfully possess in spades.
Here’s where the sneering stops. Because there’s a genuine quality to Harry’s Q&A that many of his previous pious poses have lacked. And if you bypass the inevitable victimhood claims in the interview (he says he and Meghan have received the “mothership of all harassment” through social media, and at various points comes perilously close to disappearing down his own navel) and concentrate on the core message, you can hear not just the furrowed brow but the strength of feeling. It’s all too obvious when celebrities pick causes at random – for maximum effect and publicity – and so far Archewell’s buffet of good intentions has come across as charitable flailing, at best. But where there is real conviction, that power can be harnessed for good.
Is this lost-looking-and-sounding prince in exile capable of challenging Big Tech – or, as he calls them, “the incredibly powerful and consolidated gatekeepers”? I believe he could, in so far as that challenge extends to highlighting issues like the “hate, violence, division, and confusion” social media so efficiently stokes – noxious forces that, whatever you may think of him, Harry has at least experienced himself.
He could also lend the weight of his title not to more lucrative brand deals, but the kind of partnerships he has flirted with over the past year. He and his wife did meet with the president of Stanford University back in February, which has strong ties to the tech community. And Archewell has recently teamed up with the Centre for Humane Technology and donated money to the UCLA Centre for Critical Internet Inquiry.
But if Harry is serious about the war he’s declaring, and not just whimsically playing at do-goodery in the way he has since moving to a community where whimsical do-gooders are celebrated despite their lack of either background knowledge or commitment, this regal superhero is going to have to knuckle down and show some integrity. That means learning about his tech adversaries, reading up on the newly unveiled draft laws put into place to create safe and trustworthy platforms, and offering up workable solutions to the giants he has been campaigning against.
It means concentrating on one thing, and understanding that hypocrisy of the kind he once again comes close to in his Fast Company interview, when he urges Big Tech not to be motivated “by financial incentive” and admits that, after all this, he and Meghan “will revisit social media when it feels right for us” will only render this charitable endeavour laughable. Which wouldn’t just be a shame, but a missed opportunity for Harry to prove his worth.
I somehow feel that if Meagain hadn't ghosted him he would be their best friend. I don't like him at all.
Yes, but this is how she has made ALL of her enemies - by [trying to] charm people to ingratiate herself with them, leech off them, and then toss them aside like they are nothing once she’s got what she needed and on to the next. This sociopathic unscrupulous behaviour is at the very core of why she is so disliked. He is just one of her many victims. She’s racked up quite a few now. They could all fit into one continent.
Yup cat's arse mouth. I have no idea how any woman could fancy him whatsoever. He makes meYes, but this is how she has made ALL of her enemies - by [trying to] charm people to ingratiate herself with them, leech off them, and then toss them aside like they are nothing once she’s got what she needed and on to the next. This sociopathic unscrupulous behaviour is at the very core of why she is so disliked. He is just one of her many victims. She’s racked up quite a few now. They could all fit into one continent.
P.S. I don’t like Piers either. An odious man with a pursed little mouth like a bum hole!
Pardon!
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Another cracker from Daniela Esler for News.com.au She's pointed out Harry bleating about social media is jumping on an existing bandwagon - he's not adding anything to the debate but just trying to gain some personal PR. And then rightly asks why they aren't supporting some less-fashionable but more genuinely deserving causes (hint - like Princess Diana actually did).
Today is a big day in the long and winding annal of Harry and Meghan Duke and Duchess of Sussex, It marks the 300th day of the duo’s ostensible freedom after Megxit officially came into effect.
On April 1 last year, the couple woke in the $23 million mansion they had borrowed from Hollywood titan Tyler Perry as plain ol’ Duke and Duchess, just two regular people who happened to have titles, a small fortune and access to the Queen’s private TikTok.
Gone was their ability to call themselves ‘Sussex Royal’, to use the styling of His/Her Royal Highness and to fulfil any official role as working members of the royal family.
Goodbye palace, hello civvy street!
Now here we are 300 days later, with Harry and Meghan busy establishing their post-royal brand as aspirant entertainment powerhouses, vegan latte moguls, and philanthropists par excellence.
And it is on that last front that I can’t help but feel like they have made a miscalculation so early out of the gate as they work to establish their post-royal philanthropic chops.
Over the weekend, Fast Company published a new interview with Harry, in which he took aim at social media, saying that “time is running out” for reform in this industry.
“Dominant online platforms have contributed to and stoked the conditions for a crisis of hate, a crisis of health and a crisis of truth,” he said.
This princely salvo comes after months of he and wife Meghan engaging with the issue.
In February last year, they visited Stanford University and met with academics before in December announcing a partnership between their new charitable entity Archewell and the Stanford-based Centre for Humane Technology which is “dedicated to radically reimagining our digital infrastructure”.
In June, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess confirmed they were backing the Stop Hate For Profit which was calling for advertisers to boycott Facebook over their lack of action on the proliferation of hate on their platform.
Come August, Harry penned a piece also for Fast Company saying: “We need meaningful digital reform,” and, “The digital landscape is unwell.”
In December, they donated money to the UCLA Centre for Critical Internet Inquiry.
Tackling the digital behemoths also seems to have a personal element for the duo. Last year Meghan told the hosts of podcast Teenager Therapy, “I’m told that in 2019, I was the most trolled person in the entire world, male or female,” while in Harry’s Fast Company interview he said they had faced “the mothership for all of the harassment”.
However, the sticking point here is not the issue (which is an important one) or Harry’s decision to support it (two thumbs up!) but the choice for him to nail his colours to the mast of a cause that doesn’t really need his involvement.
Tackling the social media oligopolies and addressing the growing tide of hate and misinformation spread via Facebook, Twitter et al is a global imperative that already has considerable political momentum and public support.
Facebook is already being sued by the US government for allegedly failing to protect the privacy of users and last year, the PACT Act was introduced in Washington (with bipartisan support) aimed at forcing social media companies to be more transparent about content moderation.
Last year Joe Biden, before taking US presidential office, called the tech titans “little creeps” and slammed the industry for its “overwhelming arrogance”.
Earlier this month and prior to the publication of Harry’s interview, The Washington Post reported: “Facebook, Google and Twitter are staring down the prospect of harsh new regulations in Washington.”
The point is: Social media giants are well and truly already in legislators’ crosshairs.
Which is why Harry’s involvement here feels a bit like Superman turning up to a bank robbery when the baddies are already surrounded by a legion of police; lovely to have him on board and part of the team but not necessary to ensure the good guys prevail.
Yes, there is still considerable work to be done both at a governmental and grassroots level, but this movement does not need the Sussexes’ leadership to gain traction or to build momentum.
Meanwhile, there are a host of other neglected issues in the world where the couple’s involvement would profoundly and seismically change the conversation.
Consider the example of both of Harry’s parents.
In the ’80s, what made Diana, Princess of Wales’ work with the AIDS epidemic and Prince Charles’ environmental advocacy so groundbreaking (and why that work defines their legacies) is that they were using their royal platform to highlight matters that carried deep stigma and shame or were ignored by a blithely uninterested public or were largely viewed as fringe issues.
For Diana and Charles, speaking out on these topics dragged the public and media spotlight onto reprehensibly overlooked causes of the time.
The Wales, in these instances, leveraged their global might in aid of underdog causes and led the way on speaking out about issues that were withering on the margins before their involvement.
Harry and Meghan are two of the most famous people in the world and there is no CEO, politician or celebrity who would not take their call or eagerly listen to them discuss whatever disease, social ill or needy organisation they had decided to throw their sway behind.
So, why not direct that truly phenomenal power towards a charity, cause or issue that is floundering in the shadows?
With one visit to a hospital where she was photographed shaking hands with an AIDS patient, Diana immediately and irrevocably changed public attitudes to the disease. Ditto her public admissions about her struggle with an eating disorder.
Charles, today, is lauded for his decades-long commitment to tackling climate change despite the fact in the early days he was written off as a plant-talking loon.
Princess Diana changed public attitudes when she shook the hand of an AIDS sufferer in 1987. Picture: Anwar Hussein/WireImageSource:Supplied
Prince Charles has long championed environmental causes – something he still does today. Picture: Chris Radburn/AFPSource:AFP
In this vein, wouldn’t Harry’s considerable energies and talent be better focused elsewhere?
He is clearly a man driven by a deep and real desire to help make the world a better place so why not tackle some under-the-radar cause that really needs the attendant public attention, funding and media coverage that comes with the Sussex imprimatur?
For the savvy couple, it seems like something of a missed opportunity.
Still, we are only 300 days in. Let us, just for a moment, allow our imaginations to wander and wonder where the Sussexes might be in 600 or 900 or 3000 days from now. (That would be the year 2029 FYI.) Hosting Good Morning America? Inside the White House? Solving Middle Eastern peace?
Vanquishing some hideous disease alongside Bill Gates?
I wouldn’t bet against any of it.
