u/Mickleborough

…(because Meghan doesn’t mention Christmas in her A sewer promotions).

Headline in the Daily Mail unarchived (apologies, archiving isn’t working for me right now).

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The article’s big on filler and low on information - salient paragraphs extracted.

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Is this a pre-emptive strike by Sussexes to avoid the possible shameful news that they haven’t been invited to the King’s Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace, for the wider Windsor family such as the Earl of Snowdon (Princess Margaret’s son) and James Ogilvy (Princess Alexandra of Kent’s son) (going by 2025’s guest list) -never mind the more intimate gathering at Sandringham, where the Royal Family attend St Mary Magdalene Church on Christmas Day (does anyone remember scarfgate?).

Or do they really want to spend Christmas at Olive Garden Montecito? The article speculates that they could spend time with Doria or other friends.

So much for Harry wanting his children to meet their cousins.

Saw an article in the Telegraph (sorry, I can’t provide a link as it defaults automatically to an app).

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It all sounds like it’s going to be very June Cleaver.

So the children had to leave their friends and surroundings (assuming they weren’t homeschooled).

What sort of clubs do 7 and 5 year olds join?

It’s still perplexing that the Sussexes are in the U.K., seemingly for their children’s education - yet they don’t know how long they’ll stay.

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Some of Diana’s most endearing photographs are her interacting with her two sons - she shows so much genuine pleasure.

So it occurred to me - will we be exposed to images such as these?

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But the children mustn’t reveal their faces.

As they say in emergencies: ‘Brace, brace, brace.’

Daily Mail archived / unarchived

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Some extracts below - not the complete article, which provides some background to how this story came about.

The article opens with this:

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Naturally Meghan retains deniability.

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This, in my opinion, supports the view that she really wants this talked about, or just to be in the news, instead of killing the story

Some people in this world are very cynical

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Industry experts say:

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Go West End, not so young woman

I personally find this rather perplexing:

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Amongst film actors, there seem to be bragging rights for appearing on stage. Also it could be lucrative - Google AI says they can command between £10,000 / $13,600 - £30,000 / $40,900 per week (or more, of course).

But it’s demanding: 6 evening shows and 2 matinees per week, generally. Not sure if Hollywood actors perform less, but it’s still a grind.

My impression’s that Meghan hasn‘t got what it takes to perform on stage, in terms of discipline and stamina. On the plus side, her understudy probably would get lots of exposure.

News of the Sussexes’ return to the racist country from which they had to take a freedom flight to escape has been taking up newspaper space.

14 March 2020, when Sussexes left Canada for the US.ý

Since that announcement 5 days ago, on 19 August 2026, there’s been a spate of articles in the Telegraph - possibly the only UK national daily on the Sussexes’ WhatsApp fauxyal fauxta - supporting the return.

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And although the Daily Mail’s the enemy - here’s a piece from sycophant extraordinare Bryony Gordon, whose nose must be brown because it’s so far up Harry’s posterior.

https://preview.redd.it/cau47z96selh1.jpg?width=2360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=082ea36c756a86bc677a64d28e2bda97f7def751

This raises some interesting questions - apologies if this has been covered by other posts.

What?

1. This was not discussed with the King. It may have been planned, or decided on the spur of the moment. We know the Sussexes are incapable of thinking this through.
2. There’s no indication that the move will be permanent. It may be for an extended period only.

Why? (ostensibly)

3. The children’s education. This argues a long-term stay, for the duration of at least a school year. Unless the intention’s to chop and change schools, which makes no sense.

4. Being closer to the charities that Harry supports. All 2 of them: Invictus and WellChild. Or is it 3, with Scotty’s Little Soldiers? These are like what, annual appearances?

5. Meghan was offered a role in the Guy Ritchie Netflix series The Gentlemen, for an uncommissioned 3rd season. That seems to have been debunked very quickly (the ’offer’ (sure, Jan) apparently has been withdrawn). In any event, a permanent move for an 8-episode series makes no sense.

6. Dissatisfaction with the current US administration. The Sussexes voluntarily entered the US when Trump was President. And stayed when he was re-elected.

Why? (really)

7. The beginning of the end, viz the marriage. Harry’s statements about returning to the UK seem to have a ring of joyfulness, almost as if he were escaping something. Don’t forget his previous statements from a year or so ago about the unlikeliness of his returning to the UK in the near future, or how he couldn’t bring his family back. And yet here we are.

This also would explain:

(a) The children’s education rationale - which has got to be long-term.

(b) The articles proclaiming Harry’s virtues.

And now for something completely different

A couple of cartoons from one of the Telegraph’s cartoonists, Matt.

The context is that the British PM wants to house refugees and asylum seekers in middle-class parts of the country.

The government used an emergency alert (sounding on mobile phones) to warn of bushfires generally, rather than for imminent danger.

The Telegraph app had a list of news stories, some accompanied by pictures.

*

(The article’s about Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s decision to include ‘killers, rapists, and child sex offenders’ in a prisoner early release scheme, due to lack of space.)

* Oh all right, this was the headline above the photo:

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The article was from yesterday, 21 August. Didn’t last long.

EDIT: Headline in the Daily Mail today, 22 August:

This reports the Tina Brown piece which a vigilant Sinner posted very recently. You may thank them, DM!

A headline in the Daily Mail today informed tout le monde about the 18th wedding anniversary of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi on 16 August.

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Naturally their friends offered congratulations.

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However, there seems to be nothing from Meghan. Which is surprising, given this in 2023.

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Then I wondered: Does Meghan use Instagram to reach out to people?

I could be wrong, but Meghan doesn’t seem to use Instagram to communicate with people. Or maybe it’s hidden somewhere - I don’t know, as I’m unfamiliar with Instagram. From what I can see, Meghan’s Instagram are 99% photos of Meghan.

Or maybe Meghan hasn’t fully forgiven Ellen for this, from Ellen’s 2021 so-called Farewell Season, following low ratings and revelations of sexual misconduct amongst her producers and a toxic work environment. Or something about new challenges and it was always going to be the last, depending on whom you believe.

‘…and this is what I did in the woods in Botswana.’

Here’s a sample of recent headlines about Harry’s future plans.

From Hola! magazine

Amanda Platell writes in the Daily Mail archived (behind a paywall). (NB Extracts below aren’t exhaustive; there’s more in the article.)

Why’s Harry planning this?

Objective possible reason 1

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Objective possible reason 2

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vs

Harry’s reasons 1 and 2

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What family?

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What patronages?

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Deductive reasoning

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Last post from me about Meghan at David Foster’s galah in Victoria. That was over a week ago!

Whilst idly watching Meghan’s video of herself (it played automatically), her gown caught my attention. The skirt seemed to have quite unusual draping. Knowing that Meghan believes herself to be fauxshion fauxward, it seemed worth examining.

It’s a bird, it’s plain, it’s Meghan!

And then…

Fashion - turn to the left

Look ma - both hands!

Who on earth carries the train of their evening gown in their hands?

After all, Meghan did let it trail on the ground, as is normal.

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Talk to me - don’t talk to me

Why did Meghan feel compelled to carry her train?

(1) When you need to walk on parking lot concrete to reach carpet?

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No wonder Meghan hates Kate. The Princess of Wales doesn’t have to put up with this crap.

22 November 2022: at the King’s first state banquet, for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

(2) When loans have to be returned in good condition?

Meghan was wearing the ‘Oseph’ gown from Canadian designer Greta Constantine:

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It’s great that Meghan’s now secure enough to wear an ‘accessible’ luxury line, after the Oscar de la Renta, Givenchy, and Dior she had to put up with.

Although the ‘Oseph’ wasn’t, comparatively, very expensive (£1,300 / $1,645), perhaps it was merely lent, in exchange for this blurb on the Greta Constantine site:

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(Note that the ‘Oseph’ gown doesn’t have appear to have a train - so perhaps there was an element of customisation, as the Princess of Wales does with some of her gowns?)

It’s loud and it’s tasteless

Meghan and ‘My husband loves bagpipes’ Harry (and other guests) were piped in to dinner. Actually, they weren’t - the musicians in Scottish garb were merely lined up, not playing music, as they entered.

Got to feel a bit sorry for Harry, who’s gone from this:

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To this:

The chair backs are kinda embarassing.

Afterword

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That would be these.

‘Diamond and sapphire’ earrings sounds so much grander than ‘butterfly earrings’. WhIch look more suited for daytime wear. Plus sapphires set like this don’t go with black.

If you look at the pictures of the Princess of Wales above, she’s wearing the South Sea Pearl and Diamond Drop Earrings (Diana’s, passed on to Prince William) and the Cambridge Lover’s Knot Tiara (the Royal Collection’s, often worn by Diana).

Extracts are from the Telegraph, to which I can‘t provide links, apologies. The extracts are selective; article does contain more gumpf.

Diversion of donation

This is the headline.

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This is the most normal reaction Harry’s had in a long time.

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Some background on the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund

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The diminishing returns of the Diana fund

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Elephants can remember…

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…Planes can’t

Back in 2020:

https://preview.redd.it/o20avc2e9kjh1.jpg?width=1299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ab527822ed554a61196689214ea4a936c893e3c

This is part of the above article:

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The fire-fighting plane then was named after Marie Bashir, a former governor of New South Wales.

Service is universal

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Curious as to how Chanel jewellery is regarded in the world of jewellery - how does the branding compare to, say, Cartier or Van Cleef?

Chanel is most known for fashion, and its design and fashion accessories are highly covetable.

But what about the jewellery? Apparently Coco Chanel had a jewellery line from 1932. A trashy novel described them (from memory) as witty pieces, but with small stones and not worth much (the heroine had to sell jewels from her deceased lover in order to survive).

From the Karl Lagerfeld period.

Given what the Chanel brand stands for, the quality and workmanship doubtless are good. But are they popular with the general jewellery-buying public (ie not Chanel aficionados)?

Chanel jewellery almost seems analogous to Cartier handbags.

In a very recent post, sinner wenfot featured a short clip of (presumably) Meghan - going by the Cartier Love bracelet and the Tank Française watch (though not confirmed by her engagement ring) - demonstrating to the great unwashed how to arrange cheese and fruit on a wooden platter. To be fair, maybe her target audience the Sussex Squad do need to be shown these things.

Knife out

Did anyone notice this piece of hardware?

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Googling informs that this is a Narrow Plane Knife, aka Thin Knife or Flat Knife. (At least, that’s what it looks like to me.)

https://preview.redd.it/y54mze9cyejh1.jpg?width=1640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=498b43546c76bbac6ce33e6e95f59d99ac9e6dbb

Knife going, A sewer!

Note the logo on the Narrow Plane Knife. In case you need a reminder:

https://preview.redd.it/57036yg8yejh1.jpg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4323f19657733525172f611fd18199dd634ffe7c

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer?

What does a Narrow Plane Knife do?

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Do you need one? as it looks rather specialised.

https://preview.redd.it/kt4ew9zfyejh1.jpg?width=1640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2cd21572e4a585bbaa2ded9f0e5e1b15a3613a3f

I‘m no cheese expert, but query whether a Narrow Plane Knife technically was required for the cheese that Meghan served.

Can we look forward to branded special purpose cutlery from A sewer? Personally I’d buy such knives from specialist makers such as Laguiole. But then again, some buy A sewer mucus, I mean spread, over jam.

Also, how did Meghan cut such comparatively long slices with such a short knife? Did she saw the cheese?

I snub, you snubs, David doesn’t snub.

David Foster now denies snubbing Meghan: Daily Mail archived / unarchived. (The salient bits are extracted below. NB There’s a video clip, which can’t be viewed in the archived link.)

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The clapback

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The visual evidence

Do you believe Mr Foster? Here’s a series of stills taken from the video link:

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He’s not even looking at Meghan.

Once he walks past Meghan, his wife Katherine McPhee appears at Meghan’s side; his aim seems to be to walk past them and make a U-turn to appear beside McPhee, when all 4 show teeth to photographers.

Here are a couple of close ups.

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What do you think?

Regardless of circumstance or intent, it seems like a very strange thing to do, to walk past one’s ‘dear friend’ without expressing any pleasure. Foster looks like he’s on his way to do something unpleasant, like change his baby son’s nappy after a No 2.

Having to clap back, I mean clarify misunderstandings, after inviting Meghan seems to be becoming a pattern.

Remember this?

https://preview.redd.it/xp94ayby57jh1.png?width=1598&format=png&auto=webp&s=3148a0a3b9f624bd8e1d295ae81af3c4823427c7

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It must be so exhausting inviting the Sussexes.

The extract below is from the comments section of the Telegraph, for an article about Meghan and the documentary that could’ve died a quiet death.

This is the title (and accompanying photograph) of the article:

https://preview.redd.it/3mgaibag62jh1.png?width=1640&format=png&auto=webp&s=9fb966787ca1f3e7f79ead7975f66e8399810a9a

Apologies for being unable to link the Telegraph article (which doesn‘t have new information) - the Telegraph’s web issue defaults to an app.

Thought y’all might be interested in the following comment. It could be made up, but it also could be true:

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As an aside: Does anyone think that Meghan’s promoting Cookie Queens - more than any behind-the-scenes executive producer would - to get more media exposure, like in the above photo? (So strange to see a picture of Meghan not credited to pay-a-pap Backgrid!) (Of course she doubtless also has a cut of the profits.)

Posting for AfterDinnerSherry.

It occurs to me that the H & M invites are by very savvy people who need to bring drama where there is none, for PR looks and clicks. The Foster event absolutely suggests this; no one heard of his foundation prior to the disaster duo showing up, acting literally like children, grabbing the stage, behaving as if theybwere hosts instead of guests - and it got clicks and even into the mainstream press.

I would say it's a gamble that consistently pays off because of the useful idiots involved. For the cost of airfare and a free place to stay - and we can clearly see glam squads and stylists are not involved - it's speedier and way more bang for the buck than hiring an expensive PR firm and building a marketing strategy.

I say the invites will continue as long as they remain so reliable to stir the doo doo and then never let the bone go. Click click.

Was the ‘Mystery‘ made solely - or (very) predominantly - in the US / for the US market?

Asking this only because pretty much all of the ones available are marked LeCoultre.

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Posting on behalf of chompy283, who’s come across an interesting piece (unarchived) in CharityWatch, a nonprofit set up to provide information about the ‘financial efficiency, accountability, governance, and fundraising’ of charities.

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Below are some extracts - most (but not all) of the piece is set out below.

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Chanced upon a synopsis for one of the later Sophie Hannah Poirots, and it appears that his Scotland Yard mate isn’t Japp.

It’s a comparatively lowly inspector rejoicing in the name Edward Catchpool.

Out of mild curiosity - does anyone know why? What’s with the Catchpool? It’s not like the James Bond franchise, where the character Blofeld was created by someone other than Ian Fleming, and the filmmakers had to deal with copyright issues.

Also - are regulars Hastings and Miss Lemon around?

Not sufficiently interested to read Hannah’s works to find out - you have just 1 chance to make a first impression; her 1st book didn’t do it for me.

Idly scrolling the Daily Mail (note to self: must get life) and found this piece: archived / unarchived

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Now read on…

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The ‘royal butler’ is one Julius Smith. Can’t find any evidence that he’s worked for the Royal Family, but he does appear to have gone to butler school (eat your heart out, Carson!) and to have served the late Queen Elizabeth II. As an etiquette expert, that’ll do me.

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To remind us, here are pictures of Meghan turning 45.

To the haters who said that Meghan would never wear a tiara again.

Pool party! Where’s everyone? Is it a party if it’s only person?

Mean Mr Smith said only positive things about others’ parties, including Victoria Beckham’s. Must be racism…oh wait, he also mentioned Emma Thynn’s.

(I rather like the sound of shipping family Eugenie Niarchos’s 40th - on a Greek island, ’centred on people rather than presentation’, ‘most of whom met at boarding school’. The utter wealth and privilege of it all…)

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A couple of very recent posts - namely, about What Martha Said at the Lotusland gala, and Harry (allegedly) at the David Foster Foundation gala celebrations in Victoria, Canada - made me wonder:

Have Harry and Meghan ever headlined an event, in their own right?

That is - where they’re the draw, the star, the one people pay to see.

- They’ve appeared as guest panellists, but always as part of a larger group. These seem mainly to be industry events (Harry and his BetterUp conferences, Meghan at the 2024 SXSW Conference on International Women’s Day (segment funded by Archewell).

- Meghan has been the sole guest at studio discussions, eg DealBook in 2021. Both have done podcasts. However tickets aren’t sold for these.

The only ones which come to mind are Meghan‘s appearances:

- ‘The Power of Women: An Evening with Meghan‘, put on by The Women’s Fund of Central Indiana, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, in 2022

- ‘Her Best Life’ event featuring her, aka Megstock, at the InterContinental Poogee Beach, where she appeared for 2 hours, earlier this year in April 2026

Otherwise, it’s Kevin Costner’s fundraiser, or Kris Jenner’s birthday, or Beyoncé’s concert (with over 43,000 other people).

I don’t recall the Waleses doing this. They are the headline event.

Meghan indeed was at the Lotusland gala. She’s at the centre of this photo, as the Mama palm tree (remember them?).

TRIGGER WARNING: Revealing photos of Meghan follow. Cover your eyes, children!

Recently I’ve had occasion to look up this picture of Meghan taken on the Sussexes’ first overseas tour, to parts of the Antipodes.

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This was on the last day of the tour, 31 October 2018, in Rotorua, New Zealand.

The outfit in question was a separate top and skirt, both bespoke Givenchy.

It led me to wonder whether this fauxshion faux pas was an error or intentional.

To bear or not to bear

To what can be this wardrobe malfunction be attributed?

1. A slip up

The skirt looks like it’s made from a knitted fabric.

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Perhaps everyone - including Givenchy - assumed that, as is the general nature of knits, this knit was opaque. Therefore it wasn’t lined. Nor was it suggested that a slip should be worn.

If so, it’s understandable why Clare Waight Keller’s contract wasn’t renewed (a fairly uncommon event). It’s pretty obvious that the looser knits connecting the solid coloured panels are see-through.

2. A slip off

It may be that Meghan elected not to wear a slip. If so - why not?

It was too Mrs Cleaver

Meghan’s a modern girl, I mean woman. If she doesn’t wear stockings, she wouldn’t wear slips. Being a woman of today, she could go commando and show her beaver if she wanted to.

It was too hot to handle

Perhaps a combination of knitted fabric and the weather made it too warm to wear a slip.

Here’s the temperature in Rotorua that day:

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18-19 C / 64.4-66.2 F - spring in New Zealand - doesn’t seem unduly warm. But we’ve seen that Meghan often doesn’t dress for the weather. Maybe she was boiling.

3. Look ma, no slip

Alternatively Meghan deliberately chose to reveal fleisch. This is supported by factors including the following:

- The material clearly was see-through - there literally were spaces in the knitting, as opposed to this being a fine fabric.

- She wore something

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As Hugh Grant would say, ‘absolutely enormous pants’. Was it maybe to preserve some decorum? Besides, it’s not as if she was going to be crossing her legs anyway.

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- What Diana did, Meghan could do.

Back in September 1980, shortly after news of the romance between Charles and Diana broke, the 19-year-old was tricked by photographers into posing with sunlight behind her sheer skirt, leading her to moan to the then Prince of Wales: ‘I don’t want to be known as the girlfriend with no petticoat.’

Clapbacks, here comes Meghan

Naturally the bear legs made the news. Just as quickly came the clapbacks.

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What do you think?

A common excuse was that this was a ‘relatable’ error. Does that ring true? Do women make this error? Or did Meghan just want attention (as ever)?

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