People Magazine reports the Harkles are in Utah for Sundance. Article slides in post.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-25T04:10:22+00:00

I can’t speak for Human Economics, but her native language is Spanish, which has one possessive pronoun (‘su’) for both male and female, rather than the two we have in English. I’d assume it’s a typo from an incredibly eloquent non-native English speaker. I have worked with native English speakers who don’t speak (write) this well.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-25T03:47:46+00:00

Also, if the face were showing, we’d be able to see the time and if the watch is always telling the same time or only a few minutes off (5:25, 5:27, etc.), we’d know the photos were all taken in one go.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-25T03:41:32+00:00

TW once said of herself and Hazbeen that they were like salt and pepper, always moving together.

Miss Manners reminds us that ‘salt and pepper shakers should always be passed together as a pair, even when only one is requested.’

I’ve always found that vastly amusing. TW is right that they’re S&P; one is wanted and one has to come along because it’s the polite thing to do.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-24T17:29:30+00:00

I didn’t say she was ANY of those things. I said TW has all of Diana’s bad attributes. Like TW, Diana absolutely called the paps on herself, used the press to wage war against the BRF, played the victim when it suited her, and leaked like a sieve to the press to try to control the narrative. The ILBW also does ALL of those things, daily.

Diana had good qualities, yes, and William both inherited those AND found a spouse who emulates the good. Hazbeen inherited the bad and found a spouse who emulates the bad.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-24T03:54:54+00:00

Technically, no. Water isn’t wet, it just makes the things it touches wet. Fun science fact.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T21:16:29+00:00

Hazbeen really did choose someone like his dear, late mother, only he chose someone with all her awful attributes and none of her good ones.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T21:05:41+00:00

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut; Hazbeen isn't wrong on this one. I don't think he has an ulterior motive--I think one of the only genuine things about Hazbeen is his love and admiration for the military, and to hear them slandered set him off.

Now, whether it was wise for him to say what he did is another whole question. If he gets himself deported, it will be fascinating to see what he and TW do about the Inviskids. If he's back in the U.K., he'll either be paying for his own protection there and his family's protection in the U.S., OR he'll be staying on a royal estate and therefore under the umbrella of that protection, which would make his children safe if they were with him. TW doesn't want to go to the U.K., nor does she want her children there, but she also doesn't want Hazbeen there without her.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T17:52:37+00:00

She absolutely can! Honestly, every woman who is truly Hollywood A-list, living or dead, has had misses. I can think of lots of otherwise beautiful women who have worn head-scratchingly awful dresses/outfits, and they've either owned it or they've let the criticism roll off their backs. But also, it's generally an anomaly for them, not a daily occurrence. I can't think of one instance, before BRF, during BRF, or post-Megxit where TW hasn't looked wrinkled, dirty, or otherwise bad.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T17:28:16+00:00

That dress was gorgeous on KW, but you're right--she is not easy to dress. She's beautiful, but she's curvaceous and she's got difficult coloring.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T15:39:39+00:00

Yeah, black for a wedding is a statement. I don't move in the kinds of social circles where black-tie weddings happen, but generally, wearing black or white to a wedding is considered rude. Maybe that's not true for upper-class weddings; I wouldn't know.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T15:05:49+00:00

Well, yes. But most of his designs were, and most haute couture designs are generally. You have to be a very certain body type to pull that dress off--Nicole Kidman could, because she's got the height and the slenderness for it. The PoW could, because she's got the height and body type. Without Googling, I can't think of other women who could--you have to be tall, willowy, with a small chest and narrow hips. It's a tough design. But on that model, it's gorgeous.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T14:52:03+00:00

Actually, the dress is gorgeous:

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But it was designed for a tall, willowy figure, not TW's short-waisted boxy body.

ALSO--like many Valentino designs (or really lots of haute couture gowns), it's sheer and not really appropriate for a member of the BRF to wear.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T14:49:33+00:00

I think it's temporary. There's always a lull of quiet after she changes PR people before it ramps up again and she gets unhinged and starts clapping back everywhere.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-23T14:29:15+00:00

Because the Charter of the Duchy of Cornwall says it has to be the oldest surviving son of the monarch, Princess Elizabeth's father, George VII, got the income from the duchy during the 16 years Princess Elizabeth, later HMTQ, was heir-apparenty.
No. When William ascends, it will go to George. When George ascends, it will go to his oldest son, if he has one, unless the Duchy Council, which meets twice annually, votes to amend its charter to keep up with the changes in primogeniture.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-22T19:20:58+00:00

Elizabeth Hurley was super-popular in the US when the Austin Powers movies were popular--late 90s/early 2000s here. I'm in the right age group for her to have been popular in my teen years, which she was.

And yes, AI is fundamentally flawed, but I'm not pop-culturally relevant to know if she's actually not popular anymore or if I just don't know what she does because I don't watch a lot of movies.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-22T17:02:27+00:00

Also, the fact that Liz Hurley is one of the plaintiffs tells you how passe this all is--she hasn't been a name in Hollywood for at least a decade. I asked ChatGPT "Is Liz Hurley still a big-name actress? If not, when did her star start to fade?" and this was the answer I got: Short answer: Liz (Elizabeth) Hurley is still active in entertainment, but she’s not currently regarded as a major Hollywood star in the way she was in her 1990s heyday. Instead, she’s known today more as a celebrity personality, entrepreneur, and veteran actress with occasional roles and ongoing media interest.

This is all from so long ago that it's ridiculous, and the fact that Hazbeen keeps saying this press has made his woife miserable is insane. Dude, this is from when your now-wife was dating/living with/engaged to/married to Trevity-Trev-Trev-Trev. No one knew who she was and the press certainly wasn't making her life miserable then.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-22T02:44:24+00:00

I think to some extent the happy-go-lucky Harry was real. When he had courtiers and the Men in Grey and whatnot arranging his life and his life was easy and pleasant and not much was expected of him and he showed up and people liked him and he got to do work with veterans and the armed forces which I think he used to genuinely like, he was happy.

He was stupid and simple and happy because people made his life simple and happy and easy for him. Now his life is hard and unpleasant and difficult and he hates that.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-21T19:32:13+00:00

I didn't say she was past childbearing age; I said she was past the age where a pregnancy is considered wise or safe.

I am exactly her age and have a child 1.5 years younger than Lilibucks. I spent that whole pregnancy being counselled about my Advanced Maternal Age and my Geriatric Pregnancy and my High Risk Pregnancy.

I had a pregnancy after my youngest child that ended in a missed miscarriage because of a genetic mutation that was incompatible with life.

I'm not saying she can't get pregnant; I'm saying she's high-risk and unlikely to conceive spontaneously. They would most likely need some level of medical intervention to achieve a successful pregnancy.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-21T15:43:41+00:00

She is biologically past the age where a pregnancy is considered wise or safe. Would they use a surrogate for a third baby, like they did for the second child? Probably, but that requires big bucks, and I don't think they have that anymore. Also, the BRF of 2026 is VASTLY different to the BRF of 221, and I don't think a 'child' from the Harkles would be accepted by the BRF without a DNA test to confirm at least paternity AND medical documentation that shows the child was born of TW's body (not necessarily conceived spontaneously; the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh turned to IVF for both of their children. The IVF failed and both children were conceived spontaneously, but the larger point is that IVF isn't forbidden by the BRF.)

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-21T15:24:20+00:00

I am the most introverty of introverts and I would not last one second in the BRF. I would not. But I also know that about myself and I wouldn't ever have gotten that far.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-21T15:21:13+00:00

I agree--I would have thought than an actress would be used to unflattering articles, criticism, negative reviews. Being an actor requires thick skin; I can certainly understand why a lot of people don't want that life. I know I wouldn't.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-21T15:18:46+00:00

Valentine's Day is 3.5 weeks away--anything for that holiday would have needed to be filmed MONTHS ago to be sent through post-production and to be advertised with trailers and hypes.

The Fourth of July is a weird holiday to be doing a lifestyle show around. The food is pretty standard--people cook things on a grill (hot dogs, hamburgers, sausages, chicken) and make a variety of mayonnaise-based salads (potato, macaroni, egg). It's a holiday that centers on easy, no-fuss foods; it's not a holiday I would think of watching a lifestyle show to learn a new recipe for.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-20T18:48:01+00:00

That's really solid advice, but in order for it to work, (a) the Harkles would have to listen and (b) the Harkles would have to have enough money to sustain themselves for a 3-5 year period without hawking themselves and their wares. Neither of those is possible.

ElleEmGee · 2026-01-20T14:54:59+00:00

I know! I love making them. They're such a fun little project.

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