[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

So do you think she would donate it if she needed the money? ....I mean lets get this into context.

She doesn’t need the money. She was wealthy before she met Harry.

You’re talking about a hypothetical. The facts are she is donating the money. That is a fact not some imagined scenario.

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

What is amazing in all of this is that even though the haters have been crying out for them to lose their titles, here you all are a till tearing them apart over it. I’m sure they knew it would happen and STILL went ahead and did what was best for them.

I dont think we are 'tearing them apart'....They have chosen to leave the job...so they should surrender everything that came with it....simple really.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

I dont think we are 'tearing them apart'....They have chosen to leave the job...so they should surrender everything that came with it....simple really.

No one has they shouldn’t?

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

No one has they shouldn’t?

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

She doesn’t need the money. She was wealthy before she met Harry.

You’re talking about a hypothetical. The facts are she is donating the money. That is a fact not some imagined scenario.

I know she doesnt need the money....thats why she is giving her fee to charity. However you call her family scum for telling their story for money...but its ok for Meghan to tell hers because she is financially able and can give her fee to charity...that makes it all ok does it???

[jet]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

‘It was reported’

Most of the newspapers mentioned the story. What is your point?

[Ammi]

...is this for the Oprah interview..?...there is no donation being made to any of their charities, as well as no fee being given...it was posted earlier in the thread...




"A spokeswoman for the Oprah Winfrey Network confirmed that the couple won’t be collecting a paycheck and said that no donations are being made to their charity."

While there were news outlets that would probably have paid millions for this exclusive insight into Meghan and Harry's lives and minds, it seems that's not what it's about. And if that is the case, it's not particularly surprising.


Meghan Markle has long been the target of unwarranted invasion into her life. She faced regular harsh and unnecessary criticism after joining the royal family, and ultimately ended up suing a newspaper (and winning) after they published parts of a private letter written to her father following her May 2018 wedding.

Naysayers might argue that giving an interview goes against Meghan's desire for privacy, but I think it does the exact opposite. It allows her to tell her story in her own words; something she was unable to do in her position as a working member of the British royal family.

For the Sussexes, setting the record straight is clearly important to them, and without sounding too much like the Mastercard advert... that's priceless.

[jet]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

What is amazing in all of this is that even though the haters have been crying out for them to lose their titles, here you all are a till tearing them apart over it. I’m sure they knew it would happen and STILL went ahead and did what was best for them.

They haven't lost their titles, they have lost their patronages.

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...is this for the Oprah interview..?...there is no donation being made to any of their charities, as well as no fee being given...it was posted earlier in the thread...




"A spokeswoman for the Oprah Winfrey Network confirmed that the couple won’t be collecting a paycheck and said that no donations are being made to their charity."

While there were news outlets that would probably have paid millions for this exclusive insight into Meghan and Harry's lives and minds, it seems that's not what it's about. And if that is the case, it's not particularly surprising.


Meghan Markle has long been the target of unwarranted invasion into her life. She faced regular harsh and unnecessary criticism after joining the royal family, and ultimately ended up suing a newspaper (and winning) after they published parts of a private letter written to her father following her May 2018 wedding.

Naysayers might argue that giving an interview goes against Meghan's desire for privacy, but I think it does the exact opposite. It allows her to tell her story in her own words; something she was unable to do in her position as a working member of the British royal family.

For the Sussexes, setting the record straight is clearly important to them, and without sounding too much like the Mastercard advert... that's priceless.

That's fair I see no issue with it. This is their control rather than media twisting stuff.

I would get the OTT stuff if they were going on Oprah then Ellen and then Late night with James Corden and more TV interviews but this is just a 1 off TV interview

It's soo easy to understand what privacy Meghan and Harry wants because every celebrity wants the same thing but they do way more media stuff than Harry and Meghan. No one is that naive to think they can magically disappear just like that. Like you said before they need to go to mars to do that or maybe prison themselves. They never said they don't want to not be famous anymore.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...is this for the Oprah interview..?...there is no donation being made to any of their charities, as well as no fee being given...it was posted earlier in the thread...




"A spokeswoman for the Oprah Winfrey Network confirmed that the couple won’t be collecting a paycheck and said that no donations are being made to their charity."

While there were news outlets that would probably have paid millions for this exclusive insight into Meghan and Harry's lives and minds, it seems that's not what it's about. And if that is the case, it's not particularly surprising.


Meghan Markle has long been the target of unwarranted invasion into her life. She faced regular harsh and unnecessary criticism after joining the royal family, and ultimately ended up suing a newspaper (and winning) after they published parts of a private letter written to her father following her May 2018 wedding.

Naysayers might argue that giving an interview goes against Meghan's desire for privacy, but I think it does the exact opposite. It allows her to tell her story in her own words; something she was unable to do in her position as a working member of the British royal family.

For the Sussexes, setting the record straight is clearly important to them, and without sounding too much like the Mastercard advert... that's priceless.

Wow so they’re not even being paid?

We can stop with the hypotheticals about selling stories because of money and go back to her family being unethical scums of the Earth.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

I know she doesnt need the money....thats why she is giving her fee to charity. However you call her family scum for telling their story for money...but its ok for Meghan to tell hers because she is financially able and can give her fee to charity...that makes it all ok does it???

Clearly if you think it’s acceptable to sell stories about your own family, then that’s an issue with morals and decency and all that jazz. You can spin whatever tale to make Meghan the bad guy because that’s what you’re used to doing. She’s always going to be the bad guy because people can’t see past their hatred for her.

Her family clearly don’t care about her the way everyone paints them to and something must have happened between them for Meghan to shun them the way she has and given the evidence of their behaviour since she married it’s clear to see why.

[jet]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Considering that the first impulse her family seemed to have was to make money off of her, it's no wonder why she chose to not invite most of them. She's known them for longer than any of us, after all, if they weren't invited to either of her weddings, then there's a reason.

Turning your back on toxic family members is not a bad thing, and her family have shown themselves to be incredibly toxic and opportunistic. If any of us were in her position, we'd be lying if we said we wouldn't do the same.

Finally, if that whole side of her family is toxic as seems to be the case with her sister and father then that's not on her, they are toxic because they are toxic and it's just ignorant to place the blame for their behaviour on anyone other then themselves. I do not think you would hold the same views if we were talking about anyone other than Meghan Markle.

You haven’t read my posts properly because I said they WERE invited to her first wedding, but not her wedding to Harry. She froze most of her family on both sides out once she found a bit of fame. The hurt assumption from her family and friends was that she was moving in higher circles, had got uppity and was too good for them.

"Considering that the first impulse her family seemed to have was to make money off of her"

You are putting the cart before the horse here. It wasn’t their first impulse. At the time of the engagement she point blank refused the Palaces’ offer to send Aides to help her father, who was being hounded relentlessly by paparazzi. She told Harry she had no family - he said during a radio interview that ‘His family was going to be the family she never had’. This made the Markle family very angry indeed. It seemed she didn’t want Harry to meet him or talk to him, at least until the wedding was done and dusted.

Her father had worked his butt off to give her a great education in all the best LA schools where she mixed with the kids of famous celebs, supported her all through uni and bought her an apartment. There are many accounts of that info, including from Meghan herself in her TIG blog.

Her father and half sister in particular were being maligned and misrepresented and started speaking out.
Whatever payment they received, its mere buttons compared to the big bucks Meghan has sold herself for, not on merit, but via the Royal titles, which are supposed to be used for public service, not personal gain.
The wrecking ball all started with Meghan, not anyone else, and its continuing with their disrespect and bitter spats with the Queen, who was particularly welcoming and warm to her. Meghan is the toxic common denominator in all this.

[Glenn.]

Her father wasn’t ‘hounded’ by press. He had a deal and was photographed posing with books about Britain.

[jet]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Wow so they’re not even being paid?

We can stop with the hypotheticals about selling stories because of money and go back to her family being unethical scums of the Earth.

There were newspapers who said Mr.Markle was 'not being paid for this interview' too, but nobody believed it. I wouldn't take 'they are not being paid' as gospel.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by jet

There were newspapers who said Mr.Markle was 'not being paid for this interview' too, but nobody believed it. I wouldn't take 'they are not being paid' as gospel.

Of course you wouldn’t jet because you jump to the immediate negative in everything they do.

[jet]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Her father wasn’t ‘hounded’ by press. He had a deal and was photographed posing with books about Britain.

Correct. After he was hounded for weeks and photographs of him looking his worst and ducking and dodging were being splashed all over, with Meghan refusing him help. He agreed a deal that if he gave them staged pics, they would leave him alone. They didn't however.

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Wow so they’re not even being paid?

We can stop with the hypotheticals about selling stories because of money and go back to her family being unethical scums of the Earth.

I will repeat myself from my earlier post....REGARDLESS of money involved or not... the FACT remains that you call her family SCUM for telling THEIR story but its OK for Meghan to tell hers....

[jet]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Of course you wouldn’t jet because you jump to the immediate negative in everything they do.

Like you do with her family.

[Crimson Dynamo]

talkRADIO poll on youtube

Should Harry and Meghan lose their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex?

6.2K votes

Yes -90%


No - 10%

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Her father wasn’t ‘hounded’ by press. He had a deal and was photographed posing with books about Britain.

How do you know he wasnt hounded?

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

talkRADIO poll on youtube

Should Harry and Meghan lose their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex?

6.2K votes

Yes -90%


No - 10%

Too right...

[jet]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

talkRADIO poll on youtube

Should Harry and Meghan lose their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex?

6.2K votes

Yes -90%


No - 10%

But the public love them!

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by jet

But the public love them!

...well 10% do.

[jet]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

I will repeat myself from my earlier post....REGARDLESS of money involved or not... the FACT remains that you call her family SCUM for telling THEIR story but its OK for Meghan to tell hers....

That Scummy Meghan....

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

I will repeat myself from my earlier post....REGARDLESS of money involved or not... the FACT remains that you call her family SCUM for telling THEIR story but its OK for Meghan to tell hers....

Stories they SOLD for MoNEY...

Meghan hasn’t made a dime from her story nor will she because she is classy.

You can’t ignore the FACT they SOLD stories for MONEY. They’re sole aim of SELLING the stories.