Especially the security angle if that’s correct that the flight arrangements were changed late on. That’s a red flag for security. I am not saying they were in danger on this occasion but last minute change to transport would surely be a security issue.
You are correct Curryong there is no suggestion that the couple were aware of the background, possibly a learning point for them to be on top of all these things and do their own vetting.
As we know from all these situations with various royals/ politicians etc that the optics are everything.
I am not up to speed on the ways of finance etc but I thought the problem was the missing payment/ cheque that nobody appeared to have noticed had not been cashed because it had been lost in the post. I assume the payment has now been sorted out as well.
Drama over then.
There is a new update from their team saying that the cheque was received but not cashed. But they are sending a replacement. As somebody said previously why did nobody pick up that the cheque was not cashed.
Even if this has been a misunderstanding, it demonstrates poor governance.
On hand it says everything was filed correctly including payment by tracked mail and was received. Then they say the cheque was not received. It cannot be both.
It is not my intention to divert the thread and by all means delete if not appropriate.
I think I am correct in saying the couple have spoken about film production, surely you need to be savvy with regards finance, organisation, timescales, communication.
This current situation even if...
If they do not move on to the next venture in a professional manner they will not receive the backing they want/ need. People will stand back.
There is a website with nothing to buy, pots of jam that are out in the ether somewhere, it does not bode well.
Even if they have decided to change direction, surely they would have closed things down correctly. I did not expect Harry and Meghan to be sitting at a desk dealing with sending cheques and submitting reports, but do they not have staff that deal with all that on their behalf and advise them...
I know he promotes Invictus but he does not run it, or actually do anything other than photo opportunities. Possibly that encourages donations, I am not sure.