General News about the Sussex Family, Part One: May 2019 - March 2020

[Lumutqueen]

General News about the Sussex Family, Part One: May 2019 -

Did I miss something? Why do we think it's Eugenie's house?

Because it’s confirmed in several articles that it’s her house.

Wouldn't that be quite abusive ? Like "I don't want people to see the inside of my house, so let me borrow yours so that the audience will see it instead".

I would never ask my cousin (or even my brother) anything like that, no matter how close we were . But maybe you misinterpreted the circumstances of the event.

I think abusive is the wrong word. Henry has hardly barged into Eugenies house and demanded to use it. He’s either asked or it has been offered to them.


Here’s the full video:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1182189939045408773

Eugenie is not in the video at all, so for me it’s quite clear it’s about privacy and Eugenie offered her house as a place to film the sequence.

 

[muriel]

The part I don’t get is why would Harry be welcoming Ed Shreeran into Eugenie’s house? Harry answered the door like it’s his place.

Make what you will of this, but I think H&M would not like their privacy invaded by letting cameras into Frogmore Cottage.

 

[ACO]

You wouldn't have even known it was Eugenie's house if not for eagle eyed people really looking into a blurry background image behind Harry as he opened the door. They really could have been anywhere as they were sitting at a table. But I think that goes to show the level of interest in seeing Frogmore Cottage.

If Eugenie has an issue then she wouldn't have agreed. And we saw nothing anyways. I would bet they were all there watching and probably hung out afterwards.

Very cute video. Nice to see them teaming up for such a great cause. "Gingers Unite."

 

[Fijiro]

You wouldn't have even known it was Eugenie's house if not for eagle eyed people really looking into a blurry background image behind Harry as he opened the door. They really could have been anywhere as they were sitting at a table. But I think that goes to show the level of interest in seeing Frogmore Cottage.

If Eugenie has an issue then she wouldn't have agreed. And we saw nothing anyways. I would bet they were all there watching and probably hung out afterwards.

Very cute video. Nice to see them teaming up for such a great cause. "Gingers Unite."

I do not believe that this is Eugenie's house. Like Harry and Ed couldn't get a place to film this video, really? As for the blurry background image behind Harry as he opened the door, there is no way of telling what or who's picture/painting that is. It was people guessing that it is Eugenie's wedding picture and everybody else ran with it.

The doorbell chime is a hoot; I want that doorbell.

 

[Osipi]

One good reason I can think of that they'd use Ivy Cottage at KP is the location. Maybe it was quite a bit easier for the filming crew to film everything they needed to film in and around London instead of hauling out to Windsor to film at Frogmore Cottage. Perhaps Eugenie and Jack weren't even going to be home that day and offered the use. Who knows?

@Fijiro: I love that doorbell too and as I see you live in NY, it could also be construed as having a very patriotic doorbell as well.

 

[Fijiro]

I still do not think it is Eugenie's house. I do not see them using Eugenie's house like that.

 

[muriel]

I still do not think it is Eugenie's house. I do not see them using Eugenie's house like that.

I am not sure I particularly care about where it is. To me, the issue is that H&M appear to be so concerned about their privacy that they are unwilling to even have a small video like this filmed at home.

 

[ACO]

I am not sure I particularly care about where it is. To me, the issue is that H&M appear to be so concerned about their privacy that they are unwilling to even have a small video like this filmed at home.

I can't really say I blame them. Look at the conversation going on whether it is Eugenie's home or not. Imagine it if were the Sussex home? There would be 2554 articles out by now. Probably was for the best. The location is not important and yet that is most the discussion.

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Other news:

At today's engagement it was revealed that Meghan has been writing letters for the past 2 years with a student recovering from a brain tumor.

"He was later gifted a toy dog for his young son Archie by 14-year-old pupil Aleyna Genc, who has spent the past two years exchanging letters with the Duchess of Sussex while undergoing several operations to remove a brain tumour."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-50001335

 

[Curryong]

I don't think it had anything to do with privacy issues. As others have said, it was much quicker and more convenient to film in central London than to haul everything and everybody down to Windsor.

And do we see lots of the interiors of Royal homes? I don't believe I've ever seen inside Anne's home or the Wessexes, or Anmer, or, except for a magazine photoshoot for the York sisters a few months ago, Royal Lodge.

 

[Osipi]

Whose home this video was filmed in actually, to me, is making a mountain out of the beginning stages of a molehill. What matters most is the content of the video. Other than the blurry photos when Harry answered the door, the background was pretty antiseptic with not much "personality" to read into it.

Now, on the other hand, the "reveal" today about Meghan corresponding with a young girl for *two years* as she went through what probably was a most traumatic and debilitating period of her life battling a brain tumor is the kind of stuff that makes me really warm up to Meghan. It was something they shared privately for so long without fanfare and publicity and was probably the brightest beam of sunlight into that young girl's life for that time period.

I would bet my last glass of the season's apple cider that the little dog that was gifted for Archie is one prominently in Archie's toy box. Some gifts just have an extra special meaning to them. ?

@Curryong: I've seen, I think, one picture of the interior of Anne's home at Gatcombe Park. Its in a beautiful book I have showing Anne's dogs.

 

[Gawin]

Coverage from the local Nottingham News newspaper:
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/teen-recovering-brain-tumour-meets-3414111


And Hello Magazine:
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2019101078938/meghan-markle-voicemail-teenager-nottingham/

It will be interesting to see if the tabloids pick this story up.

 

[BaiSoSo]

Whose home this video was filmed in actually, to me, is making a mountain out of the beginning stages of a molehill. What matters most is the content of the video. Other than the blurry photos when Harry answered the door, the background was pretty antiseptic with not much "personality" to read into it.

Now, on the other hand, the "reveal" today about Meghan corresponding with a young girl for *two years* as she went through what probably was a most traumatic and debilitating period of her life battling a brain tumor is the kind of stuff that makes me really warm up to Meghan. It was something they shared privately for so long without fanfare and publicity and was probably the brightest beam of sunlight into that young girl's life for that time period.

I would bet my last glass of the season's apple cider that the little dog that was gifted for Archie is one prominently in Archie's toy box. Some gifts just have an extra special meaning to them. ?

@Curryong: I've seen, I think, one picture of the interior of Anne's home at Gatcombe Park. Its in a beautiful book I have showing Anne's dogs.

Exactly.... I don't understand this need to make everything about the Sussex negative. There is so much more to take away from the video than the location. Harry and Ed working together to encourage those with mental health struggles to seek help should be the biggest takeaway. This is a good thing.

Then to learn that Meghan has been communicating with and encouraging a young girl going through difficult health problems and surgeries should be highlighted and an example as a way we can all reach out and help someone.

At the end of the day if it's in the public or behind the scenes they (the Sussexes) care about people.

 

[muriel]

I can't really say I blame them. Look at the conversation going on whether it is Eugenie's home or not. Imagine it if were the Sussex home? There would be 2554 articles out by now. Probably was for the best. The location is not important and yet that is most the discussion.

Any press chatter will die down in a day or so, IMO. However what you now have is the perception that H&M's concern about an intrusion of their privacy from such a film shoot is perhaps greater than it ought to be.

Does it really matter either way if the porch of the house / a nondescript room at FC was filmed? I appreciate it is not necessarily the answer, but a number of more senior royals do not seem to have a problem: the Queen, Charles (at Highgrove and Clarence House), William,Andrew or Edward to name a few have all been filmed or photographed at home at various points in time.

 

[ACO]

I mean we know privacy is important to them I doubt it is even that deep. This was a filmed in London. So location seems to be the the more realistic thing here. No need to go out to to go out to Windsor when it was likely easier for Ed's people. I mean It just seems to me people want to see their home and finding reasons to wonder why we have not.

 

[Rudolph]

We got pretty good photos on the interior of Apartment 1a when the Cambridges hosted the Obamas at KP.

 

[BaiSoSo]

I mean we know privacy is important to them I doubt it is even that deep. This was a filmed in London. So location seems to be the the more realistic thing here. No need to go out to to go out to Windsor when it was likely easier for Ed's people. I mean It just seems to me people want to see their home and finding reasons to wonder why we have not.

Most likely for safety reasons....it has been less than a year since the tabloids violated their privacy by sending a helicopter to take pictures of the inside of their private home. There were also people trying to send drones over FC. Let's also not forget there are people in jail for making threats towards Harry and a whole volatile group with a hashtag against Meghan out there.

We got pretty good photos on the interior of Apartment 1a when the Cambridges hosted the Obamas at KP.

Apt 1A is much larger than FC and can afford to show a room of what 20 or so that won't impact the security of the family. We most likely saw an area that the family doesn't spend much time in, just when they are hosting important guests.

 

[Duchessblack]

The fact that this is World Mental Health day and Prince Harry and Ed Sheeran did a video to bring attention to a problem that is huge right now and the main conversation is if it was filmed at Eugenie's place instead of his and why....says a lot.

 

[Cocoasneeze]

The video is brilliant. Funny, engaging, and then touches well in the reason why it was released.

 

[Dman]

The Duchess of Sussex posted a video speaking about #InternationalDayoftheGirl and a nice clip of her at 11 years old.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1182609183029518336

 

[DuchessMia]

The Duchess of Sussex posted a video speaking about #InternationalDayoftheGirl and a nice clip of her at 11 years old.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1182609183029518336

What a lovely video and message! #Girlpower

 

[Rudolph]

The head of state is a women, two former prime ministers are women, the first minister of Scotland is a women, the head of the metropolitan police is a women.

‘Girl power’ has been alive and kicking for sometime.

 

[Dman]

The head of state is a women, two former prime ministers are women, the first minister of Scotland is a women, the head of the metropolitan police is a women.

‘Girl power’ has been alive and kicking for sometime.

Yup, that what’s being celebrated.

 

[ACO]

The head of state is a women, two former prime ministers are women, the first minister of Scotland is a women, the head of the metropolitan police is a women.

‘Girl power’ has been alive and kicking for sometime.

And yet women all over are still looked down on and treated badly. Celebrate women in positions of power and not. That is the message. And a lovely one at that.

Day of the Girl, indeed.

 

[DuchessMia]

The head of state is a women, two former prime ministers are women, the first minister of Scotland is a women, the head of the metropolitan police is a women.

‘Girl power’ has been alive and kicking for sometime.

I don’t mean to be blunt, but what are you talking about? The hashtag was in reference to the day, not Meghan specifically.

 

[Gawin]

The head of state is a women, two former prime ministers are women, the first minister of Scotland is a women, the head of the metropolitan police is a women.

‘Girl power’ has been alive and kicking for sometime.

Now trying counting all the men who have filled those positions with one hand.

 

[Rudolph]

Now trying counting all the men who have filled those positions with one hand.

But that was then, this is now. Every office and position in the land open to women.

What we need to realise though is not every woman wants to be a CEO or an electrical engineer. Some still want to be nurses or stay at home moms. I think that’s what some feminists have a difficult time getting their heads around.

 

[Gawin]

But that was then, this is now. Every office and position in the land open to women.

What we need to realise though is not every woman wants to be a CEO or an electrical engineer. Some still want to be nurses or stay at home moms. I think that’s what some feminists have a difficult time getting their heads around.

The UK isn't the only country in the world.

Not every woman in every country has the opportunity to become a nurse or choose to be a stay at home mom.

That's why it's called *International* Day of the Girl.

"The 38-year-old duchess of Sussex posted a video Friday on Instagram to mark the occasion, a United Nations-led observance day seeking to bring awareness to gender inequality and support opportunities for girls worldwide.

[emphasis mine]

 

[ACO]

But that was then, this is now. Every office and position in the land open to women.

What we need to realise though is not every woman wants to be a CEO or an electrical engineer. Some still want to be nurses or stay at home moms. I think that’s what some feminists have a difficult time getting their heads around.

Not every office in every land.

Not sure why you are twisting the point of today. Meanwhile many girls can't even go to school. That is what people are fighting to change. They deserve the choice. Do what is best for you and fight for others to have the chance to do it too.

 

[Osipi]

Can I please just jump in here and state that what is needed is #Humanpower. Doesn't matter if that human is male or female or any other descriptive label we can put on a human being.

Equality will be realized when we no longer have to call attention to it.

Things have vastly changed since I was a kid and I'm hoping they'll continue towards the goal *I'd* like.

 

[caethi]

But that was then, this is now. Every office and position in the land open to women.

What we need to realise though is not every woman wants to be a CEO or an electrical engineer. Some still want to be nurses or stay at home moms. I think that’s what some feminists have a difficult time getting their heads around.

While nursing is a traditional role for women, it is a profession. Both women and men are nurses. It's not a matter of "still want to be..." it's a matter of aspiring to be a member of a great profession.

Feminism has many different schools of thought, but most feminists would support women and men who want to engage in caring work, like the profession of nursing, or being a "stay at home" parent.