Here we go again, a new Diana

?Oldwoman70

Why don't we just leave her alone and give her a chance to settle in.

But does it even matter,? I mean this seriously no matter what we Old biddies think,if the people of Grenfel are ok with it that’s a good thing isn’t it . ? If any wants to criticise the Royal family & wishes that we were a Republican Country ,why not just say so, instead of backbiting about a visit that had good intentions

As she is followed everywhere she goes and is photographed at every opportunity I don't think it would have been necessary for anyone to announce her visit. As Bridgeit asked has there been any criticism from the people she visited?

Posters seem to forget that this is a woman who didn't come from a privileged background, who worked to make her own money, who has campaigned for charities before she met Harry. I would wager that there are no posters who have actually met her yet feel they can make sneering remarks about her. Let's give the poor girl a chance.

You can settle for what ever you wish, if you choose to believe all those newspapers received the story on the same day by coincidence then your choice. If others believe it was KP PR machine at work their choice.

It was bound to get into the press at some stage thats how they make their money!
Surely it is those people who were visited to have their wishes respected.
Has their been any criticism from them.? Perhaps if not we should all shut up!

Shall we settle for the fact that there was no official announcement to the media that MM was visiting!

Anniebach Who announced it to the press? I haven't heard that. It was probably discreet rather than secret. Our press isn't known for it's subtlety when it comes to language.
Is there anything that she could do that would be right in your eyes?

Then why not keep it a secret not announce it to the press

Good post Eloethan,, it was probably kept a secret because they knew damn well the hysteria that would ensue ,they can’t do right for doing wrong can they.
I can just imagine what sort of comments some of you ‘ladies ‘ would have made .

According to the newspapers it was to give comfort

If the point of the visits is to raise awareness or get more practical help for the families - as many Royal excursions are said to do - then it is hard to know why they would be secret. More useful, as someone else points out here, would be an investigation into why some of the families have not received the help or money they were promised. I still don't think someone who spends £50,000 on a designer ball gown for a photoshoot in a grassy park should be promoted as a champion of the poor until she has had a few years to get used to her new role which involves living a very luxurious and privileged lifestyle, but comes at a cost in terms of freedom, critical scruitiny and pressure.

Diana did. have some kind of eating disorder before thee wedding, caused by stress. I remember she lost an awful lot of weight and they had to keep altering her wedding dress. I felt so sorry for her. She must have had her doubts - her sister told her she couldn't back out as her face was on all the tea towels. She was young and inexperienced, maybe she knew Charles didn't love her.
It's completely different for Megan, she has confidence, maturity and Hatty loves her. No comparison whatsoever. Now leave them alone for goodness sake.

Thank you Jayh for acknowledging my comments have been misinterpreted, I feel deliberately so though.

Is the word 'Spiteful' just been invented? It's been so overused on this thread I'm beginning to think it must be.

I am a republican who feels that the monarchy as an institution should have had its day by now. However, I feel some of the remarks about Diana, her children and Meghan Markle are spiteful.

I think most people accept that Diana was an emotionally damaged person with many issues - hence her eating disorder. Whether she had that eating disorder before marriage I don't know, but I certainly don't think being part of the royal family was likely to be the best environment for someone who so obviously needed security and affection.

Now her son Harry is getting it in the neck - and his fiancee. Perhaps she is just playing to a public audience but she may also be quite genuine in her concern for people - why not give her the benefit of the doubt for the time being?

Well, I think MM will do just fine. I like seeing them on tv and will look forward to having a glimpse at the wedding . ?? ?

I am not. Responsible for how others choose to interprete things is their choice. Strange why my posts are getting all the criticism, I can guess

Oh Annie. What Jane posted is fact not opinion and your defence of it rings of the old denial of "it wisnae me. A big boy did it and ran away."
Can you not see why your comments are being misinterpreted?

The word secret was used of two people not one and I repeated what was said in the press review and in the papers.

As for your problem with my exclmation mark, have just said this is done by posters who want to be unpleasant. You have confirmed it which is a pity

Megan Markle has been making secret visits to comfort the survivors of Grenfel Towers , just like Diana use to make secret visits !

Yes, Jane that is so, but if you look at the OP, it’s the repetition (used for emphasis) of the word secret and the use of the exclamation mark which actually turns what could be a ‘simple statment’ into something more.

Had the points you raised above never been made then I could accept the original post was made in ignorance of the implications, but taken as a totality I cannot accept it was made in all innocence.

.janeainworth,

1. Does Harry want to turn her into his mother ? A question .

2. Diana stabbed fergie in the back, if the squidgy tapes still exist perhaps listen and hear her comments on fergie,

3. Related to the papers comparing Megan was like Diana

4. Diana had an eating disorder before she married a Windsor. True and I assure you as someone with an eating disorder this was not unkind, what was unkind was to blame it on her husband.

5. Harry loves the camera, his brother dislikes it

And this was venting spleen? Try my punctuation or spelling, posters like you get better luck with those when they want to be unpleasant

annie your OP was a simple statement.
But you followed it up in subsequent posts with
1. A suggestion that Prince Harry wanted to turn Meghan into his mother.
2. A suggestion that Diana had ‘stabbed Fergie in the back’.
3. A suggestion that Kate might do the same to Meghan.
4. A reference to Diana’s eating disorder.
5. A statement that Harry has learned to ‘play to the camera’.
I find these suggestions not only unpleasant, but quite bizarre, so you shouldn’t be surprised if other posters are accusing you of unkindness and venting your spleen.

OldMeg, your accusation that I started this thread to vent my spleen wasn't either barbed or unkind ? It was your opinion , perhaps a question as to why it was posted would have related to the post not the poster

Do you really think men want to marry someone who resembles their mother, in character, (not looks).?
Who on here thinks they resemble their mum in law? Does Camilla resemble the Queen? Does Kate resemble Diana?
Let Megan be Megan. Give the girl a chance! She is nothing like Diana; she is mature and confident and she will be loved by her husband, unlike Diana.