From The Times.
https://archive.is/N1OMS#selection-839.0-839.91
https://archive.is/N1OMS#selection-839.0-839.91
They lack real direction or purpose.
I decided to check out the Archewell website.
H&M set up Archewell championing good works and on the front page of their website it states: "leading the way with compassion"[.....]
Then I ventured into the page called "AWF Marks Earth Day 2023" which contains a short piece about said Earth Day and has a link to allow you to find out ways to get involved with it. I was expecting to go to another page on their website with a list of things we can all do to save the planet (I didn't expect to see "don't use private jets" on the list I have to admit ) but all it does is redirect you to the Earthday website. So anyone who wants to save the planet can find a wealth of valuable information on how to do so without visiting H&M's website.
Next I looked in the news section and picked an article called "An In Depth Look at The Fight to Save the Okavango Delta". This "in depth" article actually contains very little and the real information is provided by links to Rolling Stone Magazine and a page on a site called Re:wild.
I then went to the page "About Archwell", saw the words: "At Archewell, we unleash the power of compassion to drive systemic cultural change." and I just fell about laughing. To misquote John McEnroe: They cannot be serious! At that point I thought, enough! and left the website for the sake of my sanity
To summarise, H&M's website seems rather superfluous. It's like they've squeezed (or gatecrashed) their way into a party; a room that's already very well populated with people who for a very long time have been discussing and indeed acting upon the issues H&M are latching on to.
My honest opinion? They've jumped onto the bandwagon of environment/poverty/mental health where they're really not needed, to do as little real work as possible yet present themselves as "humanitarians". It's not working.......
What does he want? He goes on about wanting privacy, but gives interviews and publishes books which include very intimate details of his life. And attends a high profile awards event in New York City and then complains about being photographed. As one of the commenters on the NYT article said, much bigger celebrities than the Sussexes, and heads of state visiting the UN, seem to manage perfectly well without any of this drama.
I respectfully disagree. If you were to read the Current Events and News threads of the various royals, in particular those who are their nation's Heads of State, their daily calendars are do not resemble anything that can be related to celebrity life and self-promotion. It's meetings with government ministers, signing legislation, welcoming ambassadors, reading reports, and honoring those who represent the best of their nations.
It's traveling your nation on a domestic tour to go to a factory opening, touring a cancer ward on a hospital, comforting those affected by a natural or human disaster. Much of it is not glamorous and I can imagine it can be very difficult at times to keep your emotions in check.
Then it's traveling the globe as your nation's top representative which can include nations where you might have personal conflicts and concerns about the leaders whom you will be required to interact with.
From The Times.
https://archive.is/N1OMS#selection-839.0-839.91
I think on the basic he want to be like every average joe on the street. Who name we don’t know and is not Famous. They are going through life trying to make a simple living, the person has no one following them or anyone trying get pictures, etc,.
The problem is Harry doesn’t understand that he is not a normal person, never has been and never will be. There is always going to be interest in him and paparazzi lurking.
The fact they have spent so much time paranoid and obsessed over the press and tabloids intrusion, going after the press and criticizing them at every opportunity and go on and on about privacy and security only make it worse and make them (paparazzi, tabloids, press) gravitate even more for photos and info, which etc. but then he send mix signals but inviting them when want attention to suit him.
He want (or more strictly want his father) to control the press at all cost and dictate every story they write about him. Which is nothing bad and everything positively glowingly and lovingly about him.
I used to like Harry pre Meghan (and even a little after) but now he one of my least favorite besides Andrew and Meghan. He made some mistakes before but he was young . However he has shown his true colors over the last 3 or 4 years. Can’t stand and now I really dislike him him a lot.
You are describing the vast majority of the work of all royals.
Sadly I have to agree with the author, Camilla Long.
Over all, I agree with her too regarding the Sussexes. She does a good job of listing many, and amazingly not even all, of the litany of possible missteps the Sussexes have made over the years, culminating in this mess, that she believes may mark a turning point.
It is rather astounding. They made their ride home for the evening unnecessarily difficult imo. We’re talking about pictures, not terrorists, bottom line. This certainly wasn’t comparable to Princess Anne’s near kidnapping, which did result in injuries. Or Diana’s tragic death. Had they proceeded with a different plan, execution, or even a better change in plan, nothing would have happened.
That they even decided to release a statement is astounding imo, given that no one knew anything happened. That’s how minor the whole thing was. Then, not only did they decide to release a statement, they released an exaggerated one.
When people started saying “recollections may vary” about this too, they decided to issue an idiotic demand to Backgrid that they absolutely knew they didn’t need to comply with, culminating in a deservedly funny, snarky response. That only made them look worse.
It’s amazing. I thought she made a lot of good points: I didn’t watch the Netflix series, but she made the point that they seem to “egg each other on until they forget how to behave normally.” I’ve thought this, in general, my self, but she says it in regards to the paps and how the Sussexes respond to them. This was also well said, sadly, “The truth is, the taxi chase is Harry and Meghan. It is their mind set, their paranoia, their chaos, their attempt to label themselves as victims again.”
She may well be correct that this may be the thing they can’t bounce back from. After so many public missteps. This was a very sad statement “They’re now in a lunatic downward spiral of fiction and fantasy.” Ouch. And then this: Meghan and Harry are “…a pair of wayward hangers on with unhealthy egos.”
They have been told to not use their HRHs when making money but they ae still HRHs for all other situations
Could you please kindly explain what the first legal challenge is and how it differs from the second one which has just been rejected?
Wondering how much private security the cost of all these lawsuits would buy….