Celebrity Meghan Markle / Rachel Meghan Markle / Meghan, Duchess of Sussex / Meghan Sussex / The Alliterate One - Markle Snarkle

[Stupid Lisa Garbageface]

they are utterly riveting to people in a way they're just... not.

I gotta confess they are riveting to me, just not in the way they'd prefer.

 

[obsdj]

I gotta confess they are riveting to me, just not in the way they'd prefer.

Unfortunately for us, they can still make money that way.

 

[Stupid Lisa Garbageface]

Unfortunately for us, they can still make money that way.

Them and millions of other scumbags. If they want to turn their lives into a sideshow, there's gonna be yokels like me gawking at 'em.

To contribute to the thread and the discussion of Harry, I had this on in the background this weekend while I was doing chores. Does a very good job of explaining how Harry's had some kind of meltdown brewing for a long time, Meghan was just the perfect accelerant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fgraH96AHc

 

[John Andrews Stan]

The brother of Sentebale’s co-founder is dragging Harry and Meghan for filth.

Chief Khoabane Theko, Prince Seeiso’s brother, said he was “perturbed” when the Duke and Duchess took holidays in Africa but failed to visit Lesotho.

Speaking to The Telegraph a few minutes’ drive from Sentebale’s Mamohato Children’s Centre in Thaba Bosiu, the chief suggested the Duke of Sussex could have visited “more often”.

He said: “When [Sentebale] was launched, I remember his words quite vividly, because he was very strong in saying ‘my mother, this place, her passion about Africa’ and all that.”

The chief, who was not aware Prince Harry had visited Lesotho twice since his marriage, said: “He’s a loved figure because of his openness, but his loss of interest has totally killed the spirit of the Sentebale’s survival.”

He added: “I haven’t seen him [Prince Harry] since he got himself married.”

Also, one of the new trustees has already quit due to the furore over Harry and the others quitting. The Sussex Squad has been harassing everyone still connected with Sentebale, with not one word from H and M urging them to stand down or leave anyone alone.

 

[duckling]

Unfortunately for us, they can still make money that way.

I don’t have a problem with that. I want to laugh at Meghan and she will continue to live above her means and be forced to debase herself further for our amusement. From royal family to flogging affiliate links on Instagram - where she is so detested she has to keep comments locked permanently - would be mortifying to any reasonable person.

 

[Adrenochrome Dreams]

I posted a couple pages back about how the media coverage really wasn't that bad when they were dating/ before the wedding, compared to how they both talk about it. 99% of it was incredibly tepid, lukewarm interest, and yet Harry felt the need to sport constantly about it in the media.

Meghan was actually given one hell of a lot of grace by the media and general public, considering she was basically Wallis Simpson 2.

Probably because of her race.

But she did initially have the media and the goodwill and open mindedness of the public on her side. Unlike some royal girlfriends, especially Queen Camilla, who was vilified and hated. She was described as the most hated woman in Britain at one point, yet she doesn’t complain. Meghan actually had very easy.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

Meghan was actually given one hell of a lot of grace by the media and general public, considering she was basically Wallis Simpson 2.

Yes, and multiple people have pointed that out ITT. It makes you wonder if literally anyone in their lives ever pushes back on the revisionist history. Their shameless dishonesty goes hand in hand with daring anyone to contradict their fabrications. Just absolute wickedness.

Speaking of wickedness, Harry and Meghan are using People — their favorite mouthpiece post-Scoble — to claim H never fell out with Eugenie over her partying with and hugging vocal Meghan critic Piers Morgan.

I don’t buy it. In Spare, Harry describes nearly ruining a (free) holiday at Elton John’s house in the south of France by berating him for letting the Daily Mail serialize his autobiography. By his own account of how he handled it, H is an absolutely ungracious, presumptuous and insufferable scold. So perhaps they haven’t permanently fallen out, but I’d bet good money he did read Euge the riot act for associating with someone who criticizes his Meggot.

Also: I’ll be interested to see what the Harkles pull to upstage the BRF this Sunday. It should be the Wales’s first Easter walk to church since 2023 (they skipped last year due to Catherine’s ongoing treatment). I’m expecting a stupid IG Reel from Montecito at the very least. Poor @duckling is doing a great service by archiving it all.

 

[duckling]

Are Meghan and Harry living above their means?

This is a completely futile and possibly entirely retarded effortpost but I was just kinda mulling this over today. I don't think any of us could possibly even begin to guess what their income or expenses are. But I just want to illustrate that I think they're pretty fucked.

First of all, lets look at the net worth of their famous neighbors; Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry combined $350M; Oprah Winfrey $3B; Gwyneth Paltrow $200M; Ellen Degeneres $370M. All of these celebrities are also still likely collecting residual checks from their past projects, which Meghan and Harry do not have. Now, of course, not everybody in Montecito is a fabulous hundred-millionaire or billionaire. However, I believe that these are the wealthy who Meghan is aspiring to blend in with.

I guessed the other day that Meghan and Harry were worth about $50M and according to the internet they are worth $60M so lets just run with that. Their assets are taken into consideration when evaluating their net worth, so that includes their mansion which is now allegedly worth $27M according to Zillow. Let's be generous and pretend after we consider everything else that contributes to their net worth, and whatever cash they have rotting on hand, that they have $30M to invest in various whatevers. Let us pretend they have very good investing skills and get a 10% return on their investments every year - that is, they take home 3 million and don't reinvest it. And, what the hell, let's pretend that they don't pay taxes on it. And finally, lets pretend they don't have a mortgage. This is some incredibly forgiving math, IMO, but still gets my point across easily.

Security - $2M - according to page 6 in 2023, Harry and Meghan pay $2M per year in security. I absolutely believe this - security is way, way more expensive than many people think it is. https://pagesix.com/2023/05/17/prince-harry-meghan-spent-millions-on-security-before-pap-chase/

Property taxes - $150k - based on the initial sale value on the home and Santa Barbara property taxes

Nannies - $180k - Let's just guess they pay $30/hr which is the market rate for nannies in my affluent area in LA. I suspect they probably pay more but that hardly matters. How many nannies do you think they have and do you think it is round the clock? Let's guess they have 3 nannies doing 8 hr shifts, or maybe they do 2/1/no overnight except when they're both on vacation which is near constantly. Anyhow, 3 fulltime nannies per year would be minimum 180k. Don't forget the slip - when she's away from home "whoever is with them, er, papa..." - she was actually thinking about one of her team of nannies. https://www.instagram.com/harry_meghan_archie_lilibet/reel/DG03HC7I-d5/

Home insurance - 20k (???) - is anybody even able to guess this? a home in the low millions in CA that carries both homeowners and california earthquake authority runs 10k or more annually for the two combined; in addition many insurers are hiking rates or fleeing CA entirely. Lets just peg it at an utterly farcical $20k. This isn't even considering life insurance or an umbrella policy.

One full time groundskeeper and housekeeper at $25/hr each - $100k

Full time chef - 100k - Meghan clearly doesn't know how to do fuckall in the kitchen so lets assume a good full-time chef does all of her cooking planning shopping and meal prep, and lets assume they're a decent one - 100k

Meghan and Harry desperately need a stream of income to keep up with their lifestyle; this is just the dumb boring shit a normie like me could come up with on the fly and we've already crossed over 2.5 million per year in expenses. I strongly suspect Harry was not taught any budgeting skills whatsoever - why would he? It was expected he'd live on a grace-and-favour estate his entire life. I believe Meghan can't budget worth a damn either, and would rather fling money at the wall to look expensive than to genuinely enjoy the trappings of a comfortable, guaranteed idle life. We aren't even considering the upkeep of Meghan, herself. What else do you think they spend money on? I'm going to guess Meghan gets hare-brained ideas and invests in them only to go absolutely nowhere pretty constantly. Archie also goes to (private?) school now but we can offset that with the speculated nanny costs. All of their travel is going to add up too.

 

[obsdj]

All of these celebrities are also still likely collecting residual checks from their past projects, which Meghan and Harry do not have.

Meghan does have seven seasons worth of "Suits" under her belt, which of course is likely not much (or enough to live in Montecito on, absent other income), but it's not nothing. Harry also has the sales of his book. I doubt he genuinely donated ALL of the proceeds to charity after his initial announcement. He did get a $20 million advance, and again after that the proceeds are probably not much, but not nothing.

Getting paid in advance for promised content seems to be the way they've survived these last few years. Definitely not sustainable long-term. I suppose it's possible they could have snagged a brilliant personal financial advisor to help them make some quiet, lucrative investments, or buy up some real estate somewhere that's guaranteed to appreciate, or something.

 

[Savoie]

There's also costs like publicists, agents, stylists (lmao), legal fees, HOA fees, social media coordinators, personal assistants, nutritionists/personal trainers, skincare/injectables/plastic surgery, private physicians, etc etc. I'd be very surprised if they didn't have all of these. I doubt there's less than 25 people on their payroll at any given moment.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

which of course is likely not much (or enough to live in Montecito on, absent other income), but it's not nothing

they could easily afford 1 person for security, but they want head of state level security, meaning multiple cars and a half dozen people surrounding them every time they go anywhere.

according to page 6 in 2023, Harry and Meghan pay $2M per year in security

thats insane, especially for where they are, they wouldn't be recognized. Harry might be recognized more for his accent than being a prince. while they might be paying that much it seems like the obvious thing to cut, its not like Meghan is tabloid fodder.

they're easily living completely outside of their means. i remember Robert Pattinson at his height, didn't even have a publicist or security, and this was during the last movie of twilight fame.

You'd be surprised how cheap a celeb can live, Ovechkin doesn't even have an agent.

 

[JambledUpWords]

With just their property upkeep, I’m definitely sure they’re living beyond their means. Otherwise, Harry and Meghan wouldn’t need to keep pushing content on Netflix, starting new brands, releasing books, and doing podcasts all within the span of less than five years. If either of them had any major success in any of these endeavors, they’d likely be able to coast on that longer before having to do another project. Though, neither Harry nor Meghan have been super successful yet (at least what they need to make to continue the lifestyle), which is why you see them throwing everything against a wall to see what sticks.

Also, royalties checks don’t pay like they used to with streaming being the norm, which is why you see actors and musicians these days having to develop their own brands to maintain the income and lifestyle they want. It’s why I don’t see it as out of place for Meghan to have a brand, but the main problem with As Ever is that the products don’t embody who she actually is. It would be more on brand for her to develop cocktail mixes than to sell jams, because the With Love, Meghan show demonstrated she’ll have alcohol all day with any type of food, and for any activity.

 

[duckling]

With just their property upkeep, I’m definitely sure they’re living beyond their means. Otherwise, Harry and Meghan wouldn’t need to keep pushing content on Netflix, starting new brands, releasing books, and doing podcasts all within the span of less than five years. If either of them had any major success in any of these endeavors, they’d likely be able to coast on that longer before having to do another project. Though, neither Harry nor Meghan have been super successful yet (at least what they need to make to continue the lifestyle), which is why you see them throwing everything against a wall to see what sticks.

I have a personal wild theory that Meghan encouraged Harry to move to Montecito, promising she would be the star in 1 or 2 silver screen hits and they could live off of the millions from that. Hollywood wants nothing to do with her, however, and that makes her affiliated links on Instagram even funnier.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

Are Meghan and Harry living above their means?

No question whatsoever.

I also suspect they’re doing a massive amount of creative accounting to offset their costs of living, including Meghan’s luxury shopping addiction. I fully expect an IRS audit of both the Archewell Foundation and their personal taxes sooner or later. Cluster B personalities think the rules don’t apply to them and also think they’re slick and will never get caught. Too often they are right about the latter. But they’re drawing too much attention to themselves and it will come back to bite them.

Unrelated but since I mentioned it above: The Waleses have reportedly agreed with the king that they will hunker down at Amber Hall in Norfolk on Sunday rather than go to Windsor for Easter. I still expect kid-exploiting IG posts from M.

 

[Adrenochrome Dreams]

If Harry is so worried about security, then why did he gloat (or lie) about killing 25 Talbian in his book? He put a massive target on his own back.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

If Harry is so worried about security, then why did he gloat (or lie) about killing 25 Talbian in his book? He put a massive target on his own back.

Yes. This was covered previously in this very thread (I think you’d enjoy reading it). Opinion is split on whether he was actively trying to escalate the security risk to himself and his children or if he’s just that fucking stupid. Both are likely.

Along the same lines, Harry’s confidantes are now telling the Daily Telegraph (one of the rare UK outlets the Harkles will cooperate with) that Harry is dedicating himself to fighting for the rights of highly privileged people to have taxpayer-funded security. A specific threat was made about how he might just write another book spilling all the dirty secrets His Majesty’s government wants to keep forever protected.

Harry seems to be ratcheting up his battle with his family to the point of open hostility not seen since the Oprah interview and Spare media tour. He went to Ukraine specifically to thumb his nose at William, who was not allowed to get that close for security reasons and had to settle for Estonia, and at his father who was on a high-profile state visit to Italy at the same time. I am sure Meggot blows smoke up H’s ass about how brave and wonderful he is, but I think he’s simply doing what he’s always wanted. (Remember in *Spare how he wrote of doing fighter jet exercises near his father’s home and getting within meters of Charles’s vehicle?)

This won’t end well.

*In Spare, Prince Harry recounts a training exercise during his military preparation for deployment to Afghanistan, where he simulated an airstrike on his father King Charles III’s car. While stationed near RAF Marham in Norfolk, Harry was practicing calling in air support. After a visit from his father, who departed in a gray Audi, Harry instructed a nearby Typhoon fighter jet to track the vehicle. The jet performed a low pass over the car, nearly shattering its windows, before diverting to destroy a nearby barn instead. Harry described this as a mock attack, emphasizing that he “spared” his father on his orders.

 

[multiverse]

Harry described this as a mock attack, emphasizing that he “spared” his father on his orders.

Such delusions of grandeur, as if he was the top military brass and absolutely no one would stop him from killing the (at the time) heir apparent to the Kingdom. And then he and Madame Markle directed their ghost writer to type this up thinking, "gosh, the peasants will truly see our struggle now, and LOVE us for it!"

 

[Coo Coo Bird]

I think you're confused. Red/black currants are entirely different plants than the dried currants used in baking, which literally are just raisins from a small grape variety. It's not some bullshit American substitute because the same kind of small raisin is called a currant in the UK too.

It's probably a corruption of the Corinth grapes used to make them:

Currants​

Currants, also known as “Zante currants,” are tiny, dried grapes. These are not to be confused with berries like Ribes sativium and Ribes nigrum that are also called “currants” ().
Despite their name, Zante currants are actually made by drying a variety of small, seedless grapes called “Black Corinth” and “Carina.”
Currants are dried for up to three weeks.
Due to their small size, they have a sweet, tangy and intense flavor and add texture and sweetness to both sweet and savory dishes.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/raisins-sultanas-currants#zante-currants

 

[Innocent Bystander]

First: great job, OP! This was an amazing read, thank you for that!
Second: I know this is late and gay, but I can't wrap my head around her "cooking". She could invite real chefs and actually LISTEN to them instead of thinking she knows best. She could even ask them for tips and tricks to make a fancy dinner with normal ingredients, since she wants to be soooo relatable to the common folk. I don't know, man, a beurre noisette, maybe, to "elevate" an otherwise simple dish? It's not expensive and it's not hard to make. A pizza dough from scratch? There are so many fascinating things you can do in the kitchen that don't involve just... Badly mixing flour, milk and eggs. It's just sad.
Sorry for sperging, but I just can't understand how she believes anybody is interested in watching her bake a clumpy cake batter, then icing it using freaking ziplock bags.

 

[Mimitchi]

Sorry for sperging, but I just can't understand how she believes anybody is interested in watching her bake a clumpy cake batter, then icing it using freaking ziplock bags.

But it isn't just any clumpy cake! It's a clumpy cake with rabbit food I mean "flower sprinkles" on top. So fetch.