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Gigi Hadid - potential juror?? [also Hadid back together with Zayn!!!] https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1216806263243386880

Interesting twitter thread chasing history of leaks, bias against Meghan in press (it's a twitter person who is solidly Team Meghan but the links are interesting) Asserting that William went to Cartel and said - don't report on my affair, you can say anything you want about Meghan. Ouch! I'd split from that team too!!

Yeah, Kate has been working her ass off for 20 years to be the perfect Queen Consort in training and not take one wrong step. I'm sure she's not perfect -we're all human - but I agree she's probably tried the hardest to fit in and do exactly what the Firm wants her to do.....It seemed like in the past couple years, she was relaxing into her role more, too (again, that's just my perception of her public persona.....)

I'd definitely heard the affair rumors (esp as Rose but not her husband? were at the last state dinner w/ our feckless president....) but hadn't heard that's why the brothers have been distant. But I really haven't been reading US tabloids about this so I could definitely be off the grid, info wise......

That is so helpful - thank you for trying to explain to a Yank like me ;-)

Sorry, but yes, I'm a bit obsessed 🙂 Good info from BBC on their finances https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-51047186 Most current expenses paid by Prince of Wales (who does the same for William & Kate). A little from the Sovereign Grant - housing and things like that. [I don't understand this - Sovereign grant is money from the UK government to the Queen/Royal Family, BUT it's funded by profits from the Crown Estate eg the Queen's property.....I don't understand when brits complain it's taxpayer money that funds this. What step/link am I missing?? I know security and other costs do come from government/taxpayer funded....] Then the trust funds from Diana & Elizabeth (the Queen Mother).

I think this is where I am - that utopian middle where truth is? 😉 https://www.laineygossip.com/prince-harry-meghan-markle-attempt-to-clarify-inaccurate-coverage-of-finances-on-new-website/61343

From Lainey's intro today https://www.laineygossip.com/(F(0F4ED215E55B84DF5912EC119F32A170DFFB2A137E774830AC1F8DAA92DBE2ECE7C5B830E68736B3664D35EA73D927AC35B3B24455E9B9A31AF61DE36DE3A2C868044A35F6A5596F67354D2F4ED39092670967FF477471DA3E89E771A73E86B7))/the-queens-former-spokesperson-says-she-is-likely-more-angry-about-prince-harry-meghan-than-she-was-about-prince-andrews-newsnight-interview-and-intro-for-january-9-2020/61339

And because it's different - Zara has lost her license for 6m for speeding - same road her mum was caught speeding on as well. She & her husband were on Top Gear this past season - she does have a lead foot! https://pagesix.com/2020/01/08/zara-tindall-queen-elizabeths-granddaughter-banned-from-driving-for-six-months/

Page Six is having a blast 😉 "Shocked, saddened, and downright furious" https://pagesix.com/2020/01/09/prince-charles-william-incandescent-with-rage-over-harry-and-meghan-exit/

https://pagesix.com/2020/01/09/princess-diana-would-have-been-furious-at-prince-harry-says-former-chef/ Go-to quote (allegedly from Diana) - William is deep like his father; Harry is an airhead like me. 😂 Goes along with post above - narrative is it's Meghan manipulating Harry.....I don't know what to believe and as I've stated above -imagine the "truth" is somewhere in the middle.

Yeah, I saw screenshots of that website on twitter but not the actual url so cannot check it out myself. Is more clear, for sure. Which makes the statement WORSE - if they put that much thought in and had that much clarity, why such a shitty statement? Book recommendation - fiction - The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams - I've been reading a ton of her stuff lately. This one is half about the Duke & Duchess of Windsor's time in the Bahamas at the start of WWII.

Funny tweet I just saw - can't copy properly on my phone 🙂 American Divorcées: 2 House of Windsor: 0

Overall, it's a bad look for them, no matter what they're really like in "real life". I imagine they're somewhere in between the extremes shown by media. I imagine the rest of the family wishes they would go back to Canada and be quiet too 🙂

Charles has supplemented her wardrobe allowance (I believe he has for Kate as well) so they might not have as much as it appears (yes, they'll still be JUST fine.) But wardrobe is part of the job, so like actresses, news anchors and in the past magazine editors - they get an allowance.