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GoldHeart 02-07-2021 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11068046)
kate is a very good photographer as witness

markle has never written a book

what dont you get?

Meghan never claimed to be an expert in poetry or book writing,what don't YOU get ??.

This is a project she decided to do and she's achieved that.

GoldHeart 02-07-2021 06:38 PM

It's also funny how Kate takes a few photos and she's suddenly Annie Leibovitz :joker: .

Crimson Dynamo 02-07-2021 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11068050)
Meghan never claimed to be an expert in poetry or book writing,what don't YOU get ??.

This is a project she decided to do and she's achieved that.

she didnt a pubisher did

Crimson Dynamo 02-07-2021 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11068051)
It's also funny how Kate takes a few photos and she's suddenly Annie Leibovitz :joker: .

she has been taking images for years

not having the relevant information is hardly funny?

AnnieK 02-07-2021 07:11 PM

Let's be fair, both books only did as well as they did because of the names affiliated with them. Had someone else put Hold Still out with the same images and stories and still for the charity it wouldn't have sold as well as it did with Kate's name attached.

Meghan has to earn money, Kate does not as she is handsomely paid by the UK tax payer and the various Duchy grants for the work she does.

It doesn't need to be a pissing contest, both are in a position of privilege that us mere commoners will never know.

I haven't bought either book and won't but at the end of they day, both have set out to achieve what they wanted with their respective publications

GoldHeart 02-07-2021 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 11068068)
Let's be fair, both books only did as well as they did because of the names affiliated with them. Had someone else put Hold Still out with the same images and stories and still for the charity it wouldn't have sold as well as it did with Kate's name attached.

Meghan has to earn money, Kate does not as she is handsomely paid by the UK tax payer and the various Duchy grants for the work she does.

It doesn't need to be a pissing contest, both are in a position of privilege that us mere commoners will never know.

I haven't bought either book and won't but at the end of they day, both have set out to achieve what they wanted with their respective publications

Very well said :clap1:

Crimson Dynamo 02-07-2021 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 11068068)
Let's be fair, both books only did as well as they did because of the names affiliated with them. Had someone else put Hold Still out with the same images and stories and still for the charity it wouldn't have sold as well as it did with Kate's name attached.

Meghan has to earn money, Kate does not as she is handsomely paid by the UK tax payer and the various Duchy grants for the work she does.

It doesn't need to be a pissing contest, both are in a position of privilege that us mere commoners will never know.

I haven't bought either book and won't but at the end of they day, both have set out to achieve what they wanted with their respective publications

one is a book based on talent

one is a hungry publisher whoring out fame

take your pick

AnnieK 02-07-2021 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11068072)
one is a book based on talent

one is a hungry publisher whoring out fame

take your pick

Its not Kate's talent though LT....they are not her photographs :shrug:

Amy Jade 02-07-2021 07:22 PM

https://i.ibb.co/M6rRg4W/20210702-202012.jpg

Crimson Dynamo 02-07-2021 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 11068075)
Its not Kate's talent though LT....they are not her photographs :shrug:

INCORRECT

https://www.insider.com/kate-middlet...-photos-2018-5

AnnieK 02-07-2021 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11068077)

No you are INCORRECT

the topic is about the book, Kate's photographs DO NOT feature. She helped to choose the pictures featured taken by other people.

I'll await your apology

GoldHeart 02-07-2021 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11068065)
she has been taking images for years

not having the relevant information is hardly funny?

So basically
Kate = Best professional photographer in the world ?

Meghan = Worst writer in history?

Got it !

Niamh. 02-07-2021 07:40 PM

The constant comparing of two women is such a boring sexist trope

user104658 02-07-2021 07:42 PM

Meghan Markle's 'The Bench' becomes #1 New York Times bestseller
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jet (Post 11068035)
A professional photographer describes Kate's pics as 'incredible'.
Professional writers describes Meghan's verses as 'semi - literate'.

They’re not “incredible” though are they… they’re not terrible either… They’re decently taken amateur family hobby-snaps of her kids.

Meghan book isn’t incredible either… but nor is it semi-literate… it’s an amateur attempt at hobby-writing a children’s book.

And yet the press for Kate has some professional photographer gushing that she’s some sort of genius behind the camera and Meghan has literature reviewers acting like her book is the worst thing they’ve ever read.

This illustrates the entire issue whether you realise it or not.

The people on this thread trying to claim that Kate is putting out professional-quality photography when it’s the stuff you’ll see on the Instagram pages of pretty much any mum of young kids… it’s just a bit silly isn’t it?

And do you know what makes it doubly-stupid? I would bet good money that Meghan/Kate wouldn’t for one second pretend that they are a professional writer/photographer. Neither of them!

The Slim Reaper 02-07-2021 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11068083)
The constant comparing of two women is such a boring sexist trope

https://image.shutterstock.com/image...-394817971.jpg

Ammi 02-07-2021 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11068083)
The constant comparing of two women is such a boring sexist trope

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 11068086)

…this exactly is what I was about to say, these two women are constantly compared in their achievements, accomplishments, their styling and even with their motherhood and it’s extremely sexist…

Crimson Dynamo 02-07-2021 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11068082)
So basically
Kate = Best professional photographer in the world ?

Meghan = Worst writer in history?

Got it !

well if you wish to exaggerate and tell fibs to make a point i guess you got there

:facepalm:

Crimson Dynamo 02-07-2021 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11068083)
The constant comparing of two women is such a boring sexist trope

and using the word trope is such a tired forum shutdown

Niamh. 02-07-2021 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11068104)
and using the word trope is such a tired forum shutdown

How about Cliché? just to mix it up a bit

Glenn. 02-07-2021 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Amy Jade (Post 11068076)

Yass Queen!

AnnieK 02-07-2021 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 11068081)
No you are INCORRECT

the topic is about the book, Kate's photographs DO NOT feature. She helped to choose the pictures featured taken by other people.

I'll await your apology

Still waiting LT :whistle:

GoldHeart 02-07-2021 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11068103)
well if you wish to exaggerate and tell fibs to make a point i guess you got there

:facepalm:

It's literally what you're saying though >>>

'Kate is another Annie Leibovitz'

'And Meghan is some illiterate hobo '

:notimpressed:

jet 02-07-2021 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 11068084)
They’re not “incredible” though are they… they’re not terrible either… They’re decently taken amateur family hobby-snaps of her kids.

Meghan book isn’t incredible either… but nor is it semi-literate… it’s an amateur attempt at hobby-writing a children’s book.


That's just your opinion though, mine is that Kate's photo's are brilliant....and Meghan's verses are awful.
I didn't bring Kate into the thread in the first place, that was Goldheart, making comparisons.

GoldHeart 02-07-2021 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jet (Post 11068111)
That's just your opinion though, mine is that Kate's photo's are brilliant....and Meghan's verses are awful.
I didn't bring Kate into the thread in the first place, that was Goldheart, making comparisons.

Oh really ? Ha
I don't remember bashing ,and berating Meghan's writing & poetry skills whilst gushing over Kate being a "professional photographer" , but okayyy :whistle: .

jet 02-07-2021 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11068114)
Oh really ? Ha
I don't remember bashing ,and berating Meghan's writing & poetry skills whilst gushing over Kate being a "professional photographer" , but okayyy :whistle: .

Nobody called Kate a professional photographer and nobody mentioned her until you did....(post 144).
That led to people giving opinions on their respective publications, which you brought up in the first place.


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