In 2018, Simon Case was brought into Kensington Palace to be one of Prince William’s many Tory handlers. William is an oaf and an empty suit – the Tories have been “running” him for years now. The problem was that Case quickly learned that the heir’s heir was being consistently overshadowed by his brother Prince Harry. Case spent two years spearheading the character assassination of the Sussexes, so much so that they left the UK. Case was reportedly the one who authored the Sussexit deal, although Harry believed that QEII’s private secretary was a bigger player in what went down. As a reward for all of the royal melodramas, Case was removed from running a dull, lazy egg and moved over to Boris Johnson’s government in August 2020. For years, Case was up to his ass in Tory shenanigans but he kept failing up.

In Spare, Prince Harry referred to Case as The Fly and wrote: “The Fly had spent much of his career adjacent to and, indeed drawn to, sh-t. The offal of government and media and wormy entrails, he loved it, grew fat on it, rubbed his hands in glee over it, though he pretended otherwise.” That’s exactly what happened in the Johnson, Truss and Sunak governments too – he kept orchestrating more and more Tory drama and dysfunction. Well, now that Keir Starmer is prime minister, Simon Case finds himself on the way out of Whitehall. The cover story is that Case is standing down on “health grounds.” The real story is probably that PM Starmer knows Case is a piece of sh-t. Case’s exit from civil service has brought up an interesting idea, courtesy of the Mail’s Ephraim Hardcastle column:

Couldn’t soon to depart Cabinet Secretary Simon Case greatly enrich his retirement by writing a tell-all book about the disintegration of Harry and Meghan’s relationship with the Royal Family?

He was previously Prince William’s private secretary, from July 2018 – just after Harry wed Meghan – and had a ringside seat as the Sussexes fell out of love with the family firm. While bullying allegations were levelled by – and against – Meghan, he was entrusted with very confidential information.

If he signed a non-disclosure agreement it may have applied only to working with William – giving him leeway to write about the Sussexes.

While all courtiers are expected to be sphinx-like, Case could succumb to the pot of literary gold at the end of the royal rainbow.

Case leaves at the end of the year as the only Cabinet Secretary not to have a K while in office. His predecessor Mark Sedwill achieved the much-coveted civil service triple of CMG, KCMG and GCMG before retiring to the Lords. Will his bete noire Sue Gray, who controls the honours sweetie box deny Case the customary retirement peerage?

[From The Daily Mail]

“The only Cabinet Secretary not to have a K while in office.” As in, a knighthood? Boris Johnson was passing out honors to all of his cronies, but somehow Case got left out? Interesting. Anyway, I suspect that’s what the Mail is suggesting – that Case needs a knighthood or else he’ll write a book. The thing is, I would imagine Case’s book – if he writes one – would simply be another attack on the Sussexes. Which the Windsors would approve of. Then again, there’s always the possibility that Case would go rogue and actually write about the real sh-t that went down (and that he orchestrated) during his time at Kensington Palace. Nah. I doubt any of that will happen – Case will get a CBE or KBE and he’ll probably get some high-paying media job.

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From CB: Prime Day is next week and we plan to have a post for that on Wednesday! I got the Essence eyebrow gel mascara and it’s fabulous! It really fills in my eyebrows quickly and looks so nice. I also recently ordered Elf triangle lipliner/filler in mauve. It was only $4 and it makes my lips look pretty and natural. Here are some sales and some more things Rosie and I are looking at on Amazon.

Sales and Deals
30% off Aquaphor Healing Ointment Advanced Therapy Skin Protectant – $13.99
41% off Ninja CM401 Coffee Maker 50 ounces, hot or iced – $99.99
42% off Women’s Striped Sweatshirt Long Sleeve Shirts Crewneck – $17.99+
20% off Levoit Air Purifier for Home Allergies Pets – $79.98
35% off Crest 3D Whitestrips, Professional Effects, Teeth Whitening Strip Kit – $29.99
27% off Genius Mushroom Supplement – Lions Mane, Cordyceps, Reishi– $17.55
31% off Non-Scratch Scrub Sponge-24Count, Sponges for Dishes, Kitchen, Cleaning – $8.99
41% off Leg Massager for Circulation and Pain Relief, Air Compression – $47.49
40% off Solar Pathway Lights Outdoor 6 Pack, Dual-head Larger Solar Lights – $29.99
39% off Ninja Air Fryer, Roast, Bake, Air Fry, Roast, Broil – $79.94
30% off Ice Makers Countertop, 9 Cubes in 6 Mins – $69.95
37% off TushGuard Seat Cushion – Memory Foam Cushion for Office Chair – $16.95
15% off Large Desk Mat, Office Desk Pad, Computer Desk Mat – $24.64

From CB: I use Elf holy hydration daily cleanser and it’s excellent but I really have to scrub to get off my eyeliner. Elf’s holy hydration makeup remover can remove waterproof mascara and eye makeup. You can use it all over your face too. This listing has over 3,300 ratings, 4.7 stars and a B on Fakespot. Reviewers say this removes eye makeup, is non irritating and leaves your skin feeling soft and clean. “I only wear long-wear and waterproof mascaras. I’ve tried so many cleansing balms and oils that just genuinely struggle to get the mascara off and even if they do, i’m left with a burning or stinging sensation for 10-15 mins after because I have to rub to get it off. This melts mascara off so easily, I just hold a reusable cotton round on my eye for 5-10 seconds and everything is completely melted off!” “I bought this because I needed a good waterproof make up remover. I usually use Garnier Micellar water and it would take me so many swipes to get rid of my waterproof mascara. This make up remover only took 2 swipes. I am very happy with this product.”

43% off a collagen anti-aging retinol cream with hyaluronic acid

From CB: SimplyVital collagen retinol cream is formulated with collagen, retinol and hyaluronic acid. You get 1.7 ounces for under $23 on sale. This listing has over 13,500 reviews, 4.3 stars and a B on Fakespot. Reviewers say this cream is moisturizing and that it makes their skin look softer and fuller. Some people use it on their neck and hands too. “I saw results on day 2. Applicator pushes out the perfect amount to generously cover face and neck. I am 52 and have really started to notice the effects of aging. I researched a lot of products before buying this one. Price is great and the results are even greater. My face and neck are soft, smooth and so much firmer after using this product.” “My face has never felt so smooth. I’m using it on my neck too, and hands, for ‘crepe’ aging signs. Idk how well it works there, we’ll see, but I do love it for my face. I’ve never been into skin care or makeup but I’m 41 now and trying to do better. Ha. No smell, one pump gets my whole face.”

$40 off the bestselling vibration plate on Amazon

From CB: My friend has one of these vibration plates in her office and I’ve been thinking about getting one so I can fit in gentle exercise during my downtime. This Lifepro vibration plate is the number one bestseller on Amazon. It has 4.6 stars, over 24,500 ratings and an A on Fakespot. It comes with resistance bands and a remote control. People say that it really helps with muscle recovery, with reducing edema and with overall wellness and that it’s similar to higher end vibration plates they use at physical therapy. It’s also said to be easy to set up and operate. (As with all exercise, please check with your doctor if you are just starting or recovering.) “I started using this for 15 minutes at night. First, I just stood on it until I was comfortable doing more. Now, I do some squats and leg lifts. I have only been using this for 3 weeks now, I feel a difference in my balance and flexibility. I have also lost weight!” “I am a 62 yo female I bought this to help with leg pain. My entire life my legs will randomly hurt. Started using this and it has helped tremendously. I use the pre set workouts (20 minutes) and if you follow the guide sheet included you get a whole body workout.” “This is my first week using this vibration platform and I am already experiencing results! Started out with 3 minutes 3 times a day and am up to 7 minutes 3 times. My very aching left knee is doing so much better already. Cannot wait to find out all this little machine is going to do for me!!”

An automatic pet feeder with a timer and portion control

From Rosie: I picked this up back in July before we left for a weeklong vacation. I programmed it to feed our cat at 7am and 7pm and it’s awesome. It’s also great that my cat doesn’t wake any of us up super early begging for food anymore. Portions are small, so she gets two and it’s the equivalent of one scoop. It has a 4.5 star rating, more than 1,200 reviews, and an A on Fakespot. People love that it takes the pressure off of being home to feed their cats on time. “Definitely worth the money, easy to set up…My cat has had no issues with it and we love not having to rush home from anything to feed our fat boy” “I bought this feeder because I frequently go out of town and don’t want to have to rely on others to feed my cat…It keeps my dogs out of the cat food and the cat from overeating.” “Every morning, our cat would meow at the bedside or paw at the door until we would get up and feed her. This has been life-changing! I actually got to sleep in.”

A hand crank radio with a charger to keep you well-informed during an emergency

From Rosie: Until the events of the past week, it never occurred to me that losing cell service in a natural disaster could fully cut us off from the “real” world. This NOAA emergency hand crank radio runs on battery or solar power. It’s National Weather Service-certified and will alert you to severe weather and other emergencies in your area. It also has a flashlight, compass, and USB port. It comes in four different colors, each under $36. It has a 4.5 star rating, more than 8,200 reviews, and a B on Fakespot. Reviewers love that it functions as a radio, flashlight, and device charger. “I just went through Hurricane Beryl, and what was shocking was that the power went out for such an extended amount of time…10/10, would definitely recommend to anyone who camps, or lives in an area with a lot of storms or power outages.” “After many thunderstorms and power outages, this radio is a wonder. Can charge phone, use it as a flashlight, listen for weather advisories – the works. Runs on batteries too.” “I got this because we had a very bad storm, and I had know why of what was happing around me. Was out of power for a couple of days. I can now listen to my local radio station if this should happen again”

An electric balloon pump to make decorating so much easier

From Rosie: I like to decorate my kids’ chairs and what not with balloons for their birthdays, but hate blowing up balloons. This electric balloon pump does the hard work for you. (It is not a helium machine.) Right now, four of its five color variants are on sale for $16. It has a 4.7 star rating, more than 59,200 reviews, and an A on Fakespot. Users say this pump has made life so much easier. “The convenience of this is perfect! Saves plenty of time from blowing them up yourself and saves money from buying them! The air flow is great and it gives power for a small thing.” “This is one of the best purchases I’ve had. Made blowing of balloons SO easy and pretty fast! You can do two at a time so it really makes the process quicker!” “Have made numerous balloon arches using this pump and it makes life so much easier.”

A magic gel hot or cold brace for pain relief

From Rosie: As much as I love a good heating pad, I’ve learned over the last few years that icing back and leg pain works much better for me. This lightweight gel hot or cold pack is adjustable and provides “hands free” relief from pain. You stick it in the freezer for a few hours and it stays cold for a long time. You can also put it in the microwave to warm it up. There are six different sizes, from a smaller one to fit around your wrist to an XL one that covers your full back. It has a 4.5 star rating, more than 33,100 reviews, and an A on Fakespot. People love how “comfortably cold” the pack stays and say it works even better than professional ones. “I got this because I have lower back issues and wanted cold and hot therapy where I can switch quickly and still be able to use my hands and move around. This is literally perfect.” “I have professional back braces with gel cooler/warmers from the doctor, I like this one a lot better. It fits better, the gel packs stay cold longer and it is light weight/easy to put on and wear.” “Use this at night for a pinched nerve in my lower back. Helps me to sleep.”

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Remember these grotesquely iconic photos? These pics are from January 6th, 2021. Donald Trump addressing his cult members, who had been bused into DC. Trump addressed them, inciting them to stage an insurrection just minutes after he left the stage. All of those dumbf–k traitors marched, staggered, ambled and ran to the Capitol, where things quickly turned violent and dangerous. Reportedly, Trump wanted to join his cult at the Capitol, and when his Secret Service detail tried to get him out of the scene of his crime, he assaulted at least one of them. Trump eventually returned to the White House, and he spent the rest of the day watching the insurrection unfold on television. When various officials and staffers begged him to calm the situation or tell his people to stand down, he refused.

Currently, federal prosecutor Jack Smith is trying to take Trump to trial for all of the crimes he committed on and around January 6th. Smith is being blocked at every turn, mostly by the judge assigned to the case, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. The Supreme Court has also made it clear that they’re on Team Insurrection, probably because Clarence Thomas’s wife Ginny is the C-U-Next-Tuesday who helped organize the Stop the Steal rally on the day. SCOTUS tried to give Trump blanket immunity – under “presidential immunity” – for the crimes he committed. Chutkan has also put up several roadblocks and delays as the case is being slow-walked to trial. Now Judge Chutkan has unsealed Jack Smith’s legal brief for the prosecution’s theory/narrative of Trump’s “private” crimes.

In a sprawling legal brief partly unsealed on Wednesday, the special counsel, Jack Smith, laid out his case for why former President Donald J. Trump is not immune from prosecution on federal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. The redacted brief, made public by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington, adds new details to the already extensive public record of how Mr. Trump lost the race but attempted nonetheless to cling to power.

Part of the brief focuses, for example, on a social media post that Mr. Trump sent on the afternoon of the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, telling supporters that Vice President Mike Pence had let them all down. Mr. Smith laid out extensive arguments for why that post on Twitter should be considered an unofficial act of a desperate losing candidate, rather than the official act of a president that would be considered immune from prosecution under a landmark Supreme Court ruling this summer.

After Mr. Trump’s Twitter post focused the enraged mob’s attention on harming Mr. Pence and the Secret Service took the vice president to a secure location, an aide rushed into the dining room off the Oval Office where Mr. Trump was watching television. The aide alerted him to the developing situation, in the hope that Mr. Trump would then take action to ensure Mr. Pence’s safety. Instead, Mr. Trump looked at the aide and said only, “So what?” according to grand jury testimony newly disclosed in the brief.

Much earlier, the brief says, one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers gave him an “honest assessment” that his false claims that the election had been marred by widespread fraud would not hold up in court. But Mr. Trump seemed not to care.

“The details don’t matter,” the brief quotes Mr. Trump as saying.

Around the same time, the brief says, Mr. Pence also sought to convince Mr. Trump he had lost the election. During a private lunch in mid-November 2020, for example, Mr. Pence suggested to Mr. Trump that he accept defeat and run again in the next presidential race, but Mr. Trump did not want to hear about it. “I don’t know,” the brief quotes him as saying, “2024 is so far-off.”

[From The NY Times]

“So what?” Yeah. I mean, Trump sent his cult to hang his vice president and they were attempting to do just that. One thing I sort of wish Jack Smith’s brief or prosecution would get into is how and why Pence didn’t want to get in the car with the Secret Service. Didn’t Pence say something like “I’m not getting in the f–king car?” A story for another day. Apparently, Trump campaign officials in Michigan desperately tried to convince Trumpers to stage a riot in Detroit (“make them riot” was the order). Jack Smith’s brief also emphasizes the lunacy of the SCOTUS presidential immunity decision, stating plainly that Trump’s actions were never that of a president, but as a private individual who was “scheming” to overturn the election and pathetically cling to power.

Photos courtesy of Backgrid.

Jennifer Aniston has always been a great dog momma and rescue advocate. Her first pup was Norman, whom she famously rescued after he had a bit part on Friends (the boy couldn’t act, but he could love!). Norman has sadly left us, as did Jen’s dog Dolly. But she still has in her pack Lord Chesterfield and Clyde. In 2021 Jen turned Clyde’s illustrated alter-ego Clydeo into a children’s book, and this month she just released a fourth in the series: Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life. She also just launched The Clydeo Fund, which aims to help out shelters that take care of our pups on their way to finding forever homes. Jen spoke with People Mag to tout both projects, and she talked about how she keeps posting dogs on her Instagram so they can be rescued, even if it’s tough to constantly be faced with their hopeful, longing mugs.

Jennifer Aniston had made it her mission to help rescue as many animals as possible.

Along with her new children’s book, Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life, and The Clydeo Fund, which supports animal shelters, the actress, producer, and entrepreneur, 55, also uses her Instagram account to share stories of rescue dogs in need.

“It’s so hard, but it helps; they get seen and rescued,” she tells PEOPLE. “It’s almost impossible to keep up with it. But I’m constantly updated that so-and-so got rescued. So all I keep thinking is if one gets out, that’s all I care about.”

The Morning Show star and executive producer wrote her new picture book, illustrated by Bruno Jacob and inspired by one of her rescue dogs, Clyde, to help motivate kids to explore their interests. “They’re so focused on these phones and just disappear into this void of scrolling,” she says. “They don’t really spend time being stimulated by the world and figuring out what they want to do.”

First introduced as an animated dog on Aniston’s Instagram account in 2021, Clydeo now has a four-book children’s series. “When they came to me with the idea, it was like, ‘Obviously, I’ll make it about something that I fully love and adore, which is my rescue animals,’” she says.

The actress also wanted to “create a fund where we can donate to these animals all over the world and inspire people to just throw in a dollar. It all adds up,” she says. “We can get awareness out and help the shelters that are in desperate need.”

With every dollar donated, The Clydeo Fund will help organizations rescue, rehabilitate, and find forever homes for animals. “We can help these animals, and we can get awareness out, and help the shelters that are in desperate need of upkeep because they’re falling apart,” explains the former Friends star. “They can’t keep up. And all you see is that we’re euthanizing innocent, beautiful, perfectly, perfectly fine two-year-old dogs, or a puppy, or a litter. I can’t. It’s too much. It’s too many.”

[From People]

Oh, I feel you Jen! Seeing all those faces, you just want to scoop up and rescue all the floofs! Like Molly Shannon in Year of the Dog. While I usually side eye when yet another celebrity comes out with a children’s book, I have no problem making an exception here. I love that Jen is helping out the shelters — they deserve all the funding and support we can give them! I just went through all this with My Guy, and the shelter that picked him up took such great care of him. He was three-years-old when he came to them and sick, un-chipped, and not neutered. After making sure he recovered from his illness, they got him microchipped, neutered, and up-to-date on all his vaccines. Maybe that’s pretty standard now, but it wasn’t when I rescued My Girl over a decade ago, so I greatly appreciated it! Here’s to Jen in her very best Doris Day Dog Advocate Era!

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Last year, Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi got engaged. They were and are very young, but they seem to adore each other and people were really rooting for them. Back in May of this year, they announced that they had gotten secretly married. Now both Millie and Jake have posted photos of their May wedding in Italy! They did a destination wedding at Villa Cetinale in Italy, and the photos are gorgeous. The bride wore a custom Galia Lahav gown to the ceremony, which looks like a classier, more elegant version of a Dolce & Gabbana gown. MBB also wore vintage Valentino, Vivienne Westwood and de la Renta to the reception and parties.

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi are sharing a glimpse into their dreamy wedding day! After secretly marrying in May, the couple posted photos on Instagram on Wednesday, Oct. 2, from their celebration at Villa Cetinale in Italy with family and friends.

“Forever and always, your wife,” the actress captioned the carousel, which features photos from their nuptials and Brown’s two stunning bridal gowns.

For the ceremony, Brown wore a custom Galia Lahav gown with intricate lace details. She paired the dress with a sheer veil from Monvieve with the same lace detail, and kept her jewelry and makeup minimal. Later in the evening, she changed into a satin off-the-shoulder gown.

In a press release, Galia Lahav’s head designer Sharon Sever shares that creating Brown’s custom dress was a “true honor.”

“Millie Bobby brought depth & complexity to her iconic role in Stranger Things, and now she brings grace & beauty to her special day in another iconic way,” Sever says. “I can’t wait to see her shine as she steps into a new chapter of her life and wish her and Jake only happiness, love & health for their future together.”

[From People]

The photos are really beautiful, and Jake really does look like his father, my god. I think Millie is probably too young to understand that Jake reminds everyone of Jon. Anyway, I love that they were able to keep their wedding photos private for so long and that they’re showing them now, on their own terms. She was a beautiful bride!

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No joke, the Babygirl trailer is really good. Nicole Kidman & Harris Dickinson star in what was a film-festival favorite. [OMG Blog]
John Amos passed away at the age of 84. So sad – I loved him on The West Wing, Good Times was before my time though. [Just Jared]
I love Tilda Swinton’s Chanel top but the skirt is bad. [RCFA]
Josh O’Connor is too cute. [Socialite Life]
Analysis of Offset’s “u my bm i won” comment. [LaineyGossip]
Why do streaming services struggle with the horror genre? [Pajiba]
Comme des Garcon’s latest bonkers collection. [Go Fug Yourself]
There’s going to be another 9-1-1 spinoff. [Seriously OMG]
Wait, Derrick Dillard is a district attorney?? [Starcasm]
Rest in peace, Frank Fritz. [Hollywood Life]
Live-tweeting the VP debate. [Buzzfeed]

Prince Harry had already arrived in Lesotho by mid-day on Tuesday, which makes me wonder if Harry really did leave England just hours after the WellChild Awards on Monday night. It’s a long flight from Heathrow to Lesotho – he could have taken the red eye and been in southern Africa by mid-morning. We know he was in Lesotho in time for lunch because Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho posted a photo with Harry, with the message of: “Had the pleasure of hosting the Duke of Sussex today for lunch.” Did Harry even spend 24 hours in the UK? I don’t think he did. I bring this up because the lunatics over there are still humping their padded cells and chanting “Harry wants to come back to us, he wants to come back to royal work!” All of this has been deliberately obfuscated: the royalists truly believe that “someone doing high-profile charity work” is somehow “someone doing pseudo-royal work.” They do not believe service is universal. They believe only royals can “serve” in any way. This comes up in the Telegraph’s latest, “Where’s Meghan? Why Harry is going it alone: Royal observers say there is a new strategy to remind people of the Prince ‘they loved’.” Some lowlights:

WellChild was the seventh event for solo Harry: Unusually, though, the event was the seventh solo engagement the Duke of Sussex had undertaken in seven days. The Duchess and their children did not travel to London, or to New York where the Prince gave five high profile speeches last week and appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show. Nor was the Duchess accompanying Harry when he arrived in Lesotho on Tuesday for what became his eighth solo appearance in as many days.

Where’s Meghan?? Particularly given the couple’s previous joint trips to Nigeria and Colombia in recent months, the Duke’s solo appearances have raised, perhaps inevitably, the question: Where’s Meghan? For a couple who have described themselves as “salt and pepper” because they “always move together”, and bought their Montecito house because two “connected” palm trees were reminiscent of their relationship, their professional separation is new…The question of the Duchess’s whereabouts is easy to answer in technical terms: she is at home, with her two young children, while her husband travels. She is also working on plans for American Riviera Orchard, including a range of jams which have been distributed to influential friends.

Harry’s solo events mean he wants to come back to royal work, obviously: [Harry’s solo] schedule has prompted speculation among royal observers that he is hankering for his royal life. With the exception of a televised haunted house skit with Jimmy Kimmel, the US comedian, and a private hour spent in a tattoo parlour, the programme could have been plucked from any week of his former role as a working royal.

Mark Borkwski is always in need a paycheck: “There has been a separation [of their work] for a while,” notes PR strategist Mark Borkowski, who has followed coverage of the Sussexes closely. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to think there’s something going on. She has been doing the jam thing, the Martha Stewart play. He seems to be going back to basics.” The “star power” they were expected to have together when they first left Britain, he says, “didn’t work” as hoped. “They had to change the narrative. They need a venture that deflects from the failures. The charity aspect impresses upon everybody that he [Harry] does have value beyond the controversial stuff. It has the effect of separating them from the bad press and the failed content ideas.”

A return to royal duties: Royal commentators have observed something of a return to royal-style duties after a long period of controversy. Ingrid Seward, editor in chief of Majesty magazine and author of royal biographies including the recent My Mother & I, says: “Prince Harry has finally realised – or been advised – that dissing his own family did him no favours. The golden ticket is for him to remind us why we loved him: For his Diana-like ability with children, the disabled and the disadvantaged. He might have finally appreciated he is far more powerful on his own without the distraction of Meghan as Diana was without Charles.”

Harry is Meghan’s spare: Phil Dampier, a royal correspondent of nearly 40 years and author of Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan in their own words, describes the Prince’s recent reputation as “starting to lose ground”, “looking like a bolt-on accessory” to the Duchess “rather than the Prince that he is”. “It’s fairly obvious that on these trips to Nigeria and Colombia, Meghan was the dominant partner and Harry looked and possibly felt a bit like a spare part,” he said. “This looks like a definite attempt by him to strike out on his own and carve out a niche for himself that isn’t Invictus. I think we’re going to see him do more of this, him travelling and doing things on his own, restoring some kind of prestige.”

[From The Telegraph]

While it’s possible some of this stuff is coming from Buckingham Palace and/or the fantasist royalists, the conversation about “royal-style duties” and “plucked from any week of his former role as a working royal” sounds a lot like the near-constant briefings from Kensington Palace. For years now, Prince William has been utterly bewildered by the fact that Harry would still want to do good and be involved in charity work and humanitarian work. To William, those are “royal duties” to be avoided like the plague. That kind of work is William’s heavy burden and he avoids it at all cost. William is the one who can’t comprehend Harry’s moves, and believes that Harry doing WellChild or Travalyst or HALO Trust events *must* mean that Harry wants to come back and “be royal,” because why else would Harry do all of that? Add in the fact that Meghan is just being in yet another undercover era, and basically, William is in some kind of hairy, eggy frenzy of confusion right now.

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I wasn’t looking forward to last night’s VP debate. I like Gov. Tim Walz a lot – he’s smart, he comes across as a tremendously decent man, and he has a happy-warrior vibe. But JD Vance is a slick creep who lies constantly and he’s “good” at debating, if no one cares about all of the lies and sudden flip-flops. Well, Walz did much better than I expected, but so did Vance. Vance dialed down his creepiness as much as he could – it came spilling out a few times – while Walz at times looked befuddled by all of the lies Vance was telling.

There was very little fact-checking, although there was one moment where Vance was fact-checked in real time about his blatant racist lies about Haitian immigrants in Ohio (his state) and moderator Margaret Brennan stated, “And just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status.” Vance threw a tantrum about that, spitting: “Margaret, the rules were that you were not going to fact check and since you’re fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on.” Seconds later, the moderators cut both Vance and Walz’s mics.

My favorite part of the debate was Gov. Walz’s whole answer on abortion rights and how women should be trusted to make their own reproductive decisions and people should mind their own business. Vance once again lied and flip-flopped about where he stands on abortion, suddenly backing away from his repeated statements about how there should be a federal abortion ban.

Another great moment for Walz happened towards the end of the debate, during the conversation about January 6th and whether both candidates would accept the results of the election. Vance tried to hem and haw and talk around the fact that Trump is still spreading lies about the 2020 election, and that Trump still cannot admit that he lost. Walz looked at Vance and said: “He is still saying he didn’t lose the election. Did he lose the 2020 election?” Vance replied greasily: “Tim, I’m focused on the future.” Walz: “That is a damning non-answer.” Walz also brought up why Mike Pence isn’t Trump’s running mate, and then said: “America, I think you’ve got a really clear choice… of who’s going to honor that democracy and who’s going to honor Donald Trump.”

The one bad moment for Walz was when he was caught out on a lie/tall-tale about being in China in 1989 during Tiananmen Square. Walz should have just said, “I misspoke, I was in China that summer, but not at the same time.” He had a hard time diffusing that or admitting that.

On January 6, Mike Pence had the integrity to do his constitutional duty. That’s why he’s not on this stage tonight. pic.twitter.com/rjzql2tVaQ

— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) October 2, 2024

Gov. @Tim_Walz on abortion: “This is about health care. In Minnesota we are ranked first in health care for a reason. We trust women. We trust doctors.” pic.twitter.com/3YZpr6jrbz

— CSPAN (@cspan) October 2, 2024

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I missed this yesterday – after Prince William did the (bizarre) helicopter event with David Beckham, William went solo to an Earthshot event. He and his gross beard visited an eco-tire start-up called ENSO. ENSO was on Earthshot’s shortlist last year. Per usual, William thinks his job is going somewhere and doing a little skit, so he made a big show of “changing a tire.” He needed help, which I’m not going to judge – I don’t know how to change a tire either, even if the car is already jacked. But it’s funny that ENSO people dutifully told the media that William changed the tire like a pro. It’s very Trumpian – I’m sure the ENSO people had tears in their eyes as they said that no one has ever changed a tire better than Huevo.

Meanwhile, people are obviously still focused on Prince Harry. That includes Harry’s brother. The press is constantly trying to remind both King Charles and William that they cannot let this Harry issue fester indefinitely, but Charles and William are not listening. The latest is a random claim that Zara Tindall might get involved, with an admission that Harry is “missed.”

Zara Tindall is “trying to broker peace” between Prince William and Prince Harry amid their bitter royal feud, insiders have claimed. A source claimed that Zara, 43, has tried to act as a peacemaker between the duo so that relations between Harry and other senior members of the Royal Family can be improved.

They suggested: “Zara figures there couldn’t be a better time for her to try and broker peace. Zara feels she’s the only one who can get through to both of them.”

The insider added that despite Harry’s revelations in his memoir Spare and various interviews since departing the Royal Family, William’s younger brother is “missed” by the Firm.

They continued to tell Woman’s Day: “No one likes to admit it, but for all his mistakes, everyone misses Harry.”

[From GB News]

“Everyone misses Harry” – true or false? Does William have moments when he genuinely misses his brother and wishes Harry was around to scapegoat and do William’s work? William has been reminded for years that no one thinks he’s capable of being king on his own, without his “wingman.” William is the one who needs to listen to sense and reason. Too bad he can’t. He’s too busy trying and failing to grow a beard to copy Harry.

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