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Post by UnseenI on Jan 5, 2023 19:02:48 GMT
Harry Windsor and the Half-Price Memoirs
It is a while since we had any Harry Potter allusions. This advertisement has inspired one:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 6, 2023 8:23:41 GMT
Harry Potter and the spares
Are there any messages or predictions in this quotation?
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 6, 2023 19:40:43 GMT
Bench for dog bowls
First the Sussexes gave us bananas, chickens, benches and hot sauce; now we have dog bowls and necklaces to add to the items of interest. A bench like this would have saved Harry's dog bowl from being broken:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 7, 2023 8:43:45 GMT
“Throw him to the floor”
The dog bowl story has reminded me of a scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 8, 2023 19:00:56 GMT
More inspirational material
Many people owe a huge debt to the Sussexes for all that they have done to inspire content and provide entertainment. I thought at first that the leaked extracts were someone's joke, rather like the Hitler diaries; I now think that they might be genuine. Now is a good time to look for new connections with people and TV programmes that were featured a while back. “He broke my necklace, but I got another one”:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 9, 2023 19:35:18 GMT
Lifting Harold
Prince William allegedly called Harry 'Harold' and threw him to the floor. This company seems very relevant:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 10, 2023 20:03:20 GMT
Today's the day Spare is now officially on sale. I don't think that it will be a sell-out. I saw a token stand of the books in a supermarket today; people were walking past without even noticing them. He is trying hard to push his book;
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 11, 2023 20:46:20 GMT
Red Heir
It is an interesting coincidence that one of the authors of this fantasy book in which people try to rescue a lost prince is called Lisa Henry:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 12, 2023 20:04:04 GMT
The Sussexes need a friend in high places
The Sussexes may have burned their bridges with the UK and cut off any financial support they may be getting. They have probably lost any chance they might have had of attending the coronation – and selling their story about it to Netflix etc. – unless someone can be induced to speak on their behalf. Someone on the level of the Archbishop of Canterbury perhaps... “Please, Justin I'm begging you. Just say that you won't officiate unless we are invited.”
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 13, 2023 20:10:00 GMT
No big promotional splash for the memoirs now!
I saw only a few copies of Spare on display in the window of a Waterstones bookshop in central London today. There was no big advertising splash; there were not even any posters. This is similar to the modest display that I saw:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 16, 2023 20:10:32 GMT
Sausage envy!
According to Princess Diana's former butler, Prince Harry used to be resentful because Prince William got more sausages with his breakfast than he did! Making up for lost time and wearing a sausage necklace as revenge:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 17, 2023 20:12:25 GMT
Sausage banana
Did Prince William give his extra sausage to Harry after all? This could be a leaked extract from the second volume of the memoirs:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 20, 2023 19:50:50 GMT
Sausages for a prince
Maybe someone should send Prince Harry a few packs of sausages to make up for the ones didn't get as a boy. Some have relevant names: one brand is called Tunt Skinn Prins i.e. thin-skinned Prince!
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 23, 2023 9:07:05 GMT
Harold, Duke of Sausage!
The sausage story is very inspiring. Prince Harry says that William calls him 'Harold'!
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 24, 2023 20:29:34 GMT
Hot and spicy Royal Sausages!
These sausages are very suitable for the Sussexes:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 25, 2023 20:05:33 GMT
Willy the Sausage Prince
Willy the Sausage Prince is a character in an episode of the US TV series Lucifer titled It Never Ends Well for the Chicken. He is rather a hybrid or composite character: he is an heir but he behaves like a certain spare. This is a description of his personality: “...more money than sense, not particularly bright...He is arrogant, spoiled, and self important, when caught, he expects to be bailed out."
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 28, 2023 9:10:16 GMT
The Sussexes and the great escape
This amusing cartoon is by the Dutch artist Hajo de Reijger:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 29, 2023 9:07:19 GMT
Meghan and the clockwork prince
This carton by Bart van Leeuwen depicts the way that many people see the relationship between the Sussexes:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 30, 2023 9:08:47 GMT
Under the Sussexes' spell?
Things are getting surreal now. There are reports that King Charles is really keen for Prince Harry to attend the coronation, so he is asking reconciliation expert Archbishop Justin Welby to broker a deal with Harry. Welby is said to be under Harry and Meghan's spell. Does this mean that he will try to get the best possible terms for the Sussexes? It would be very interesting to hear the conversations they have! “We will only come if he lets us wear our special coronation outfits!” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11687851/Archbishop-Canterbury-Justin-Welby-fallen-spell-Harry-Meghan-say-Palace-sources.html
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 31, 2023 8:24:40 GMT
Three days before the official ceremony
Meghan said something about being married privately by Archbishop Justin Welby three days before the big public wedding at Windsor. Maybe they will do something similar on May 3rd. They could stage a private coronation, with Justin Welby playing a key role in an attempt to get them to attend the big ceremony. “You look great, Justin!”
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 2, 2023 9:05:57 GMT
Saint Justin the Reconciler?
Will Archbishop Welby go to the US to negotiate with the Sussexes in person? If so, he might need the patience of a saint. Keeping both sides happy will not be easy.
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 3, 2023 9:15:05 GMT
Spare makes a splash
I wonder how many royals have read Prince Harry's memoirs, and what their reactions were. This is another of Bart van Leeuwen's clever cartoons:
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 4, 2023 9:11:29 GMT
Reading Spare
Another depiction of the reaction to the material in the memoirs:
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 6, 2023 8:32:16 GMT
Redbeard the sausage
We had a banana with a red beard; now we have a red-bearded sausage:
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 7, 2023 9:27:59 GMT
Beard, brothers, sausages and beef
This pack of sausages ticks a few topical boxes - Harry does have a beef with his brother William:
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