CrownsOfBritain

Hello everyone– me again!

So after posting this morning that I would be returning to the blog ‘soon’, I sat and reflected soon after hitting the ‘publish’ button and thought… ‘why not today? I’ve got sod all to do apart from marinating some chicken anyway’, so here I am!

Feeling a bit rusty, I have tried to just cover off a few of the more recent points, so without further ado…

Kate’s return to engagements

On Thursday, following successful completion of her second round of chemotherapy treatment, Catherine, The Princess of Wales visited a community centre in Southport with her husband, The Prince of Wales.

The visit was to meet with the families of the three young girls who were tragically killed during a dance class back on 29th July– Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9.

William and Kate were on-hand to offer their support to the grieving parents wherever they could.

The royal couple also sat with and spoke to the emergency services who responded to the incident on the day, with Catherine telling them “I can’t underestimate how grateful the families all are for the support you provided on the day.”

Prince William urged first responders ‘to take as much time off work’ as possible following the incident and not to ‘rush back’ in the wake of such a terrible tragedy, with his wife echoing this sentiment.

But there were some laughs shared amongst the group, with the Prince and Princess attempting to raise spirits within the families on their visit.

All in all, it was really good to see William and Kate back together again and out on official engagements and I look forward to seeing them again soon.

Meghan attends gala on her own

So sometime last week, Meghan decided to attend the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles gala for some reason or another, which is dedicated to celebrating the services they provide to children in the LA area.

There is a lot to unpack here looking at the photographs, but firstly, I was saddened to see she had brought back that ugly Carolina Herrera gown, but this time with alterations.

For those of you who can’t quite place this ill-fitting and strangely designed dress, she last wore it at the Salute to Freedom gala in 2021– where it previously had a long train attached to it.

I think she was going for more ‘slinky’ with the removal of the train, but that coupled with a plunging neckline, was anyone else wondering just what the fuck she was doing wearing this to an event regarding children?

In addition to this, I can only suspect the hair stylist had a day off, because it legit looks like she crimped her hair with some shitty plastic toy instrument that I had as a kid for my Mary-Kate and Ashley dolls.

But back to the outfit and just what is this woman thinking? The first time she wore it, it was for an event to honour military veterans and this time to an event for poorly children? There’s tone deaf and then there’s Meghan Markle.

It also should be noted that Harry was not present at this event and looking at appearances recently, it seems they are going about their own lives separately on an increasingly frequent basis.

I will visit this more in later sections of this post but I do feel the writing is on the wall now for their marriage; either they have to take it in turns because they can no longer afford a nanny or there’s trouble brewing in paradise. I wonder if they even recognise each other anymore.

Anyway, despite bragging about how the CEO of the CHLA had invited her personally as a special guest or some shit, no one is really sure what she was doing here and I hope next time she researches how to dress appropriately around children– for the sake of her own at least.

Harry turns 40 while him and Meghan drift apart

Ok so I appreciate this was a month ago now, but he’s still 40 years old for another 11 months, so it’s all good.

Yep, Harry turned the big 4-0 on 15th September, with even William and Kate being gracious enough to wish him in an Instagram story. In my opinion, they were far too nice– I’d have opted for something a little sharper.

But just how did the non-royal celebrate? Well, it appears he had a grand old time spending the night away from his wife hiking and camping with his friends.

Realistically speaking, I’m not too sure who these ‘friends’ are anymore, as it seems Meghan has made him sever ties with all of the ones he had in England. I’m assuming they are a couple of Meghan-approved mates in Cali, but even that seems a stretch. Maybe he’s just inviting long lost ones in the hope they’ll show up?

This comes after Harry spent 15 days away from Meghan undertaking ‘engagements’ in New York, London and Lesotho in Africa on his own; but it appears he couldn’t wait to fuck off again promptly after touching down on Californian soil.

But while there were whisperings about how odd it was for Harry to spend a milestone birthday away from his wife, the PR machine very quickly went into overdrive, with ‘friends’ (that word again) of Harry’s insisting that Meghan was the one who had booked the camping trip.

For some reason I just can’t imagine Meghan booking him on a trip without her for the night– something she would’ve probably point blank refused to do a few years ago, instead insisting she crash the boys trip and sit all night around the fire with her claws superglued to his arm.

So either he went against her wishes and seriously pissed her off or their marriage really is on the rocks, they can’t stand the sight of each other and she sent him away so she didn’t have to deal with him.

So while it could just be that Harry simply wanted a night away with friends to sit around a fire, sink a few beers and shoot some pigeons or whatever it is posh royal blokes do on a hiking trip, there are now grumblings of whether or not he and Meghan are set to split soon.

With reports circulating that the two have spent much of this year apart and that Meghan has spent an increasing amount of time away from their Montecito home, could it be that the Sussex ‘fairy-tale’ is over?

In all honesty, while she would dodge London for obvious reasons, I just cannot imagine Meghan would have passed up the opportunity to be in front of the cameras in Lesotho and New York, so something must be afoot.

There are separate reports that Harry and Meghan have apparently ‘clashed’ over how to raise their kids; while Harry wants to keep them out of the public eye and away from photographers, Meghan reportedly wants them to ‘at least attend small events’.

I do wonder if the penny is starting to drop for Harry that his wife never had ‘privacy’ and a ‘quiet life’ on her agenda and that she simply had an ulterior motive all this time. Seriously, has he not worked it out yet that this woman’s sole aim in life is to be on the front page of every magazine? Jesus dude, the bloody Netflix documentary that filmed you all in your family home should have been the lightning bolt moment.

Maybe turning 40 will give him some clarity and allow him to lose the fame-hungry wife and build bridges with his family back here in England– although only time will tell if they’re willing to forgive him.

Anyway, let’s see how this one plays out…

Meghan is one of the most bullied people in the world

So in yet another visit that no one asked for, Meghan descended on Girls Inc in Santa Barbara, where she met with some teenagers and sat and talked about their experience growing up in the digital age. Only it was less about their experiences and more about Meghan’s after she turned everything right back to herself.

Seriously, when I read how she hijacked this session and what she actually said to those poor young girls, I was gobsmacked. A charity founder who was there on the day said of Meghan:

We did an activity where we talked through a bunch of scenarios, and Meghan talked about being one of the most bullied people in the world. 

The narcissism is so strong with this one, it actually knocks me sideways.

Firstly, imagine thinking you have the monopoly on having struggled the most out of anyone… on the planet… ever.

This is such a ridiculous sweeping statement; do you see Kate going out on an engagement to Cancer Research and telling fellow survivors that she ‘had it worse’ than all of them? No, you don’t. And why not? Because she’s not a tone deaf fucking idiot intent on playing the victim all the time.

And it got worse as even the charity pressed ahead with allowing Markle to turn it into The Meghan Show, with allowing the 43-year-old to give ‘scenarios’ in which she was so badly bullied in Britain and asking the young girls to ‘hold up emojis’ to demonstrate how they would feel if they were in the same situation.

Seriously, is this woman for real? The whole point of these engagements is to highlight causes that are important and hear people’s stories– it’s not to put the spotlight on yourself because you’re a raging narcissist and can’t handle anything not being about you.

Those poor kids must have been so bloody confused.

I honestly despair, but at least she was wearing more appropriate clothing in front of kids this time, so that’s one silver lining at least.

OK– as an intro back after so long, I think that will do it for now– although I will be keeping an eye out for anything else that happens this week and with Kate back at work now, this means Meghan is ramping up her appearances in a desperate bid not to be outdone… should be entertaining.

Until next time, have a great week and I’ll see you all again shortly!