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Hi Meghan, I came across this in today's papers and I thought it might be of interest to you😉

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media_lush

Attention.

As a spoiled brat, greyrocking is tearing him apart (not fast enough, mind you). 

He used to get immediate attention, all bills paid, all dirt covered, all speeches written by pros, and he got to pretend that he was #1 most important person.

Now he has none of that.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

zombie-game-girl

This is about money.  A few weeks ago, he. basically accused his father, the reset of the RF, and the British government of wanting him dead.

Similar-Barber-3519

I would bet serious money that meggy called the paps. The call is coming from inside the house! I 100% do not believe the leak is from the palace. I mean, seriously people. This is Meghan markle. This is par for the course for her. She does stupid attention seeking crap then plays dumb. She does it all the time.

MuffPiece

If any of them really wanted this so-called meeting to be discreet, then none of them should've gone parading themselves out publicly on a balcony for all and sundry to see. It's not that bloody hard to be discreet if being discreet really mattered to any of them. Go to a hotel. Jeez, there are plenty in London. Go inside to the bar. Stay in the bar.There's bloody air conditioning in there so no need to sit outside on a balcony. Or go to private room in the hotel premises. It ain't that flipping difficult.  Someone wanted to leak this nonsense. 

Good grief, this story is so unbelievably dumb.🙄

strangealienworld

I love that KC and the rest of the royal family is still not communicating with them.  The only way they can get any information is by talking to a communications person.  Which I am sure is well trained in not giving anything up.  Maybe they just listened to what they wanted and reported back to another non-royal whatever BS they wanted.  

There is no reconciliation, there is no money, there is no allowing kids to use HRH, or titles, or those two as well.  Will is giving them ZERO, Charles is giving them ZERO, and this is mostly just for show.

Since no one is still talking to them, they get someone from staff to sit there and listen.  That is all.  Let them finally fall and see where it leads to, which I would guess is the Thing looking elsewhere for a sugar daddy.  Best thing to happen to H.  However, I would still give him the silent treatment.  He's a puke

Quirky_Butterfly_946

26washburn

&gt;Sussexes 'frustrated by peace summit pictures'

Sussexes frustrated by the consequences of their actions. FIFY.

ApprehensiveSea4747

He wants the crown, by any means he and his ruthless wife can get their greedy mitts on it. That is THE ONLY thing the second-born in every royal family since the begginning of time wants. If allowed back in, he can cause all sorts of problems from the inside. He will have access to meetings, flight schedules, school drop offs, dinners, inside palace security and floorplans. It is very unwise to allow Harry back in. For the safety and security of William and the heirs, this cannot be allowed to happen.

Rescheduled1

Glover's still banging the dented drum about how Charles was at fault for being unfaithful to "doomed" Diana, without acknowledging Diana's own admission (after it had been the UK's worst-kept secret for years) that she cheated early and cheated often.  It's time Harry (and Glover) acknowledged that Diana was a deeply disturbed and morally ambiguous woman whose emotional abuse and infidelity drove her husband into the arms of a woman who loved him for himself rather than his title.  Diana has been dead for almost 28 years, but the damage she caused with her false, self-serving accusations lives on.  I don't think even she would have wanted that.

Otherwise-engaged

His motive is money and perhaps a way back into the royal fold. He has a taste of what the real world is like. He picked the wrong place to enter the real world and that is Hollywood. The most vapid, fake, money and fame hungry place in the entire planet.

eelaii19850214

LOL does this Meredith lady dress in Meghans old clothes? MWAHAHAH how embarrasing

and_the_wully_wully

$ussex $uccess wa$ non-exi$tent. £gads! Hi$motiv£???

LuceWoman

My take? They’re broke. The sudden interest in “reconciliation” is nothing more than a strategic move because without that royal connection, they’re dead in the water. I’d bet they were told something along the lines of: fine, the King will speak, but only with his son. Or, they’d need to issue a public apology, admit they lied, and declare full support for the King. No money, no public appearances, no favors, just humility and loyalty. However it went down, one thing’s clear: it didn’t go her way… or it went too well for him, and she made sure to sabotage it.

Xystal

It’s tiresome that Charles still takes the blame for resuming his relationship with Camilla.  Diana had cheated on Charles first with several men, even calling into question Harry’s paternity.  She made him a cuckold, who can blame him for wanting to be with someone who loved him.

Oreoeclipsekitties

IMO, Maines may have been the leaker. She was the only one of the three not looking directly towards (or even remotely towards) the camera. The two blokes look kinda pissy about it.

nudibee

I wonder if that Harkle PR lady will be fired over this?

Casshew111

Their new PR person is all about grabbing headlines, (i.e., the twerking video,) Meghan is all about upstaging Catherine, and Hazno is too thick to understand what's going on. I don't think Harry orchestrated this, but as usual, enabled it. I think it was a set up by Maines, possibly to crudely "supercharge" their inane reconciliation narrative? The work of a really ruthless operator, maybe. But she has no notion of how the RF operates, and completely misjudges the level of disdain the public has for them. Or she's off-the-charts incompetent.

No_Writing2805

Infuriating on every level. 

In that photograph, Maines sits there looking straight forward, not at the camera, because she’s well aware that it’s there.

Don’t get me started on the article’s unsinkable cheerfulness about burying hatchets and getting all “the cousins” together. Bleah.

These developments have reminded me of how I always loathed the story of the Prodigal Son, even as a child — and a generally bratty child at that. I don’t care about the allegorical level about God rejoicing in last-minute repentant sinners. It’s the story level, about the father welcoming back the wastrel son (who spent his entire inheritance on riotous living and harlots) with an OTT fatted-calf celebration and all, while having never once celebrated the son who has been good and dutiful for years, that made the five-year-old me protest, “That’s not fair!”

And the Prodigal Son at least had the decency to repent, admit wrongdoing, apologize and ask merely to be taken on as one of his father’s servants!

MentalAnnual5577

I’m betting money, money, money a la Markle!

Prior-Scholar779

He should give his father,  his stepmother,  his brother, and his sister in law a public apology. Then, perhaps things could move forward. Or perhaps not.

Photobuff42

“Sources close to Prince Harry insisted the Sussexes were not responsible for passing details of the meeting onto the newspaper”

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ClarenceTheBear49

**there sooo many theories of what the "PR" people were actually discussing with Charles's top man.**

**I'll throw (one of) mine into the ring: that the divorce has been finalised and the Markle's PR is being instructed on how to release the news.**



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So when the men clocked the photographer, harkles pr woman ignored him. No need to look, she knew where he was.   
As ever, the harkles have paps ready to ‘catch’ them being authentic.

Harry-Ripey

My money is on Harkles begging Charles to make an appearance at Invictus in 2027. That’s a topic that would make sense to have PR people talk about. From there my guess is that Dutchess Twerkle engineered the pictures and leak of reconciliation talk. But, all just guesses.

allorache

Sussex’s are frustrated their stunt didn’t work on getting a reconciliation/money.

It fits their MO to a T

justbrowzingthru

I think Meghan has something she has threatened to use against them if they don’t agree to this faux reconciliation so she can leverage it to line her pockets - a mended rift would be more valuable to them then to the RF.

Honest_Lab4829

just realised that Trump pic was a mistake (supposed to be posted elsewhere)... unfortunately I cannot delete it without deleting the whole post. this is what I wanted to post

 

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The meeting was just another way to keep their names in the papers. Plus, harry needed to assert himself since Meghan usually gets most of the attention.

Big-Piglet-677

If any  of this is true, then I feel badly for the Brits. Because, you will first be supporting a man who says he isn’t safe in your country, then you will be supporting Meghan and their kids. They will live in houses you pay for, clothes you buy, the best food, jewelry, etc etc. But mostly, you will be expected to bow and curtsy to this couple that have made it clear time and time again, the British people are racists and violent. Good luck with that. You have your King, who once again, will walk all over you. You remember, he made a promise that the woman he married after a long time affair, would not be Queen. How’s that going for you? I have nothing against Camilla, she seems like someone I would love to know. But I realized when she was crowned Queen Consort, Charles broke his promise to everyone. And if you can’t trust your king to keep a promise, then the prodigal son will return and you will be expected to adore him and support him.

GrannyMine

I fear H is going to use this opportunity to try another lawsuit (because he’s an idiot) or demand/blackmail that he’s not safe in the UK (to get more $ from KC). I hope it all fails. But I’m so tired of H’s manipulations.

VaulltGirl

Sufficient-Dinner-27

Motives?
1. Money
2. Material security 
3. Relevance
4. Line of succession 
5. Keeping Rachel Meghan Markle in silks

Should the King pass on, Prince William will  assume the throne, however Prince George who is the rightful Prince of Wales to be, is to still quite young of age.  

Most likely Hateful desperate Harry feels he has a look in when it comes to being able to weasel himself and Rachel Meghan Markle by association back into the working royal structure, to support the incoming Prince of Wales.

However, it hopefully will not happen, because Prince Edward, and the incoming Queen are there to support...Andrew and Harry are out for good.

Virtual-Feedback-638

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Secret? What secret? One cannot keep hands off the phone; the other cannot stay away from the very press that is blamed for everything. The whole thing was bound to be leaked, but the kicker is that it was not what they are selling it to be... There is no simple stroll back into being a working royal for Harry and Rachel; nope, not at all.

I've come across some 11-year-old The ***Globe's*** and ***National Enquirer's*** I'll get round to posting all the relevant guff sometime in the future....*The Globe* really is clueless and that nasty editor's obviously been there for a long time!

 

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his real motives? no mystery. it’s this. being in the news again, with people writing about what his motives are.

Sadlyonlyonehere

Interesting-Hat8607

Money. He won’t get any from William, and he “doesn’t know how long my father has”.
Scumbag.

cebjmb

So this can go 2 ways, either China stops buying from Ruzzia or goes full bezorg and helps russia...

Mapey

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Actually some good news. This will starve Russia's war machine more or less and force their hand. 


I imagine the EU didn't do this yet cuz this is technically an escalation, but, Russia showed that they don't care about law and order for way too long

BlackwingF91

This headline is massively misleading.

* The EU is in the process of renewing its sanctions package against Russia. It must be renewed every six months to remain in effect. This would be the 17th round. The sanctions require unanimous approval from all 27 member nations.

* Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) has proposed a sanction package on Russia, along with 60+ co-sponsors. However, while Graham claims to have broad support in the Senate, it is not at all clear that he has support from the President or the House of Representatives. Currently, the legislation is only in draft form, so it is not even a bill yet.

* French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has spoken with Sen. Lindsay Graham and expressed a wish to coordinate sanctions: "We Europeans will accompany this American initiative with a 17th package of sanctions and I committed yesterday to Lindsey Graham that we would try to coordinate both the substance and the timing of these two packages of sanctions."

As of now, the EU sanctions have not yet been renewed, the U.S. sanctions is only a draft Senate bill with uncertain support, and the "joint development" claim is based on the view of French Foreign Minister Barrot.

Sources:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/graham-says-he-has-broad-senate-support-for-new-russia-sanctions?embedded-checkout=true

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/lindsey-graham-russia-sanctions-tariffs-bill-2b3922ee

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250502-european-union-prepares-new-sanctions-on-russia-over-ukraine-war-jean-noel-barrot

**tl;dr: There is no official sanctions proposal from the U.S. and there is no joint effort between the EU and the U.S. to impose sanctions on Russia.**

FblthpLives

This is not official US policy. This is a senate initiative:

&gt;“We Europeans will accompany this American initiative with a 17th package of sanctions and I committed yesterday to Lindsey Graham that we would try to coordinate both the substance and the timing of these two packages of sanctions,” Barrot said. 

&gt;Graham, a close Senate ally of US President Donald Trump, told reporters on Wednesday that he has the support of 72 colleagues to pass a “bone-crushing” sanctions package on Russia, including tariffs on third countries purchasing its oil, gas and other key commodities. 

He might have 72 senators behind this now, but how many will still support it if Trump orders them not to?

kaspar42

Considering Russia is already balancing precariously I expect this would end the war in about 2 months

YsoL8

I'm not getting my hopes up.  This just feels like posturing to try to scare putin to the table.  Putin will say something about negotiating and the US will back out of the plan.

AdhesivenessFun2060

As strong of an intrument that would be, I can't see Orban and Fico agreeing to this, considering both of them along with a couple of other European nations still purchase oil and LNG from Russia.

Karash770

araujoms

Wait.. but we still buy russian oi/ gas in the EU .. are we tariffing ourselves?

Neony_Dota

How is this part going to play out?

&gt;the proposed penalties would include a 500% tariff on imports from countries that purchase Russian oil, petroleum products, natural gas, or uranium

Does that literally mean that the U.S. will impose 500% tariffs on all imports from European countries that import gas from Russia?

anders_hansson

Doesn’t Europe currently buy a lot of Russian oil? Also redirected with trans shipment Russian oil via India and places?

antilittlepink

If I had a penny every time I heard about bone crushing, jaw dropping, mind blowing sanctions I could buy an egg in USA by now.

gamnoed556

So EU countries will stop buying Russian gas/oil right?


Right?

DearBenito

Meanwhile, 50% of exported Russian LNG was sold to the EU, making the EU the fourth largest importer of Russian fossil fuels. These numbers are from [March this year. ](https://energyandcleanair.org/march-2025-monthly-analysis-of-russian-fossil-fuel-exports-and-sanctions/)

Are we gonna start sanctioning this import as well, or is the EU gonna keep financing Putlers bloodshed in Ukraine?

Hypocrisy...

AssaultUnicorn

pantrokator-bezsens

What makes this more "bone-crushing" as opposed to the previous sanctions?

Mrstrawberry209

Wickedlwitch

Are they going to do that to Hungary, as well? Hungary gets both nuclear and fossil fuel from Russia. 

The sanctions will never get through because of Hungary, Orban will just veto them.

Icy-Tour8480

I think the west can misunderstand Russia in this case. They think that Russia wants to be an European state so they can turn it over against china if they feel too much threat of becoming china's colony and never becoming a European state. In fact the Russian government wants absolute power over their people, nuclear weapons to blackmail small countries and "infinite" money for their oligarchy. So as long as china won't pose a threat to these government priorities Russia doesn't care about becoming their colony and any sanctions won't work. It won't hurt to impose them though so killing innocent people won't come for them as easily as it could be.

PanMlody

India and China feeling the heat if true.

Bitedamnn

I hope EU really stops purchasing all kind of oil and gas from Russia. But to be really efficient, secondary tariffs should be out in place to avoir importing products produced from russian raw material produced elsewhere.

schnecke12

Markovelli_

Pretty major if it happens. It would be a huge risk to both India and China to potentially cut access to both European and US markets by buying Russian oil.

yubnubster

After the war ends, Putin and his enablers must answer for what they've done. A 21st century nuremberg trials.

How about ZERO trade with Russia in any capacity?

MrVaporDK

SugarInvestigator

Who would have thought you could get Trump to sanction Russia if you just made it about tariffs?

-The_Blazer-

How would this even work. India loves cheap Russian oil and US just cut a deal with India.

darisma

Poor choice of words. Bone crushers were literally Nazi machines grinding victims to hide the crimes. A surviving example is at the Rodina Mat WW2 Museum in Kiev. 

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/photo/bone-crushing-machine-in-janowska

So what took them so long to do this? They could have done it a year ago and it would’ve had a much bigger impact.

djazzie

First useful example for a tariff, unfortunately that's why it probably won't happen

Methwurstmann

I’ll never forgive Trump for cutting off intelligence to Ukraine and trying to force them into a bogus peace deal. Ukrainian lives were lost over that. 

Maybe I’m wrong but I think Trump has an admiration for dictators like Putin, (obvious I know) and was willing to take their side because of that. He could even be an asset. Ultimately, I don’t think he cared about the outcome of the war, he wanted a quick win and genuinely thought Ukraine had no chance to continue resisting. 

Though now that’s it’s clear Trump can’t get a “quick win” by ending the war, he’s just lifting objections to tougher sanctions on Russia, and allowing those who support Ukraine to do what they always wanted to do. I would wager Ukraine will need to “walk on eggshells” though because this manchild changes his mind so much this could change tomorrow. 

He’s ruining our country, the least he could do is not spread his damn misery around the world as much…

Nicholas3412

wachusett-guy

That would mean that the EU enters a tarrif war with China. So thanks but no.

Stabile_Feldmaus

So India and China. Isn't Apple moving their factories to India?

Lorry_Al

Kagrenac8

So apple will have to shift iphone production again?

SquareJealous9388

It's very good to see the Trump admin u-turn on appeasing Puting. It's very bad that they did what they did at all, though

But doesn't eu still buy repackaged Russian gas from India or somewhere else ?

Small_Delivery_7540

Pff. As soon as Laura Loomer makes another visit to the Oval Office, this deal is toast.

Harbinger2001

China shares a border with Russia. If they continue to secretly trade is roubles/ yuan how world Europe/US know?

Nevermind_kaola

You think the US is going to stick with any of this? Lmao they'll reverse their position by next week and start threatening to sanction the eu. 

PricklyPierre

the title is misleading, the article only says that one us senator has that plan for 500% tariff, and uses the fact that sanctions must be renewed every 6 months to somehow stitch these two as a "joint" sanction on Russia. It's disingenuous, nothing the article says makes the link between the proposed tariff and the european sanctions, and it doesn't provide any evidence that the EU would apply the same sanctions as the USA.

FuriousAqSheep

China will help and by doing so will make them their bitch

smolBoiBigBrain

sooo EU countries that still for some reason buy russian LNG will get sanctioned(?)

Shliopanec

Soo, we will be paying a lot mor for stuff from China, damn, computer prephirales will skyrocket in price.

It is absolutely worth it though to get rid of Putte the Warmongerer.

MidnightAdmin

Unless Trump shuts it down by posting on Truth social on a Friday evening.  
Any promises and agreements coming from US are to be taken with a large crystal of salt.

dustofdeath

Really??????  Are you sure this isn't from a Russian bot????

GrannyFlash7373

VisualMod

Just checked OP’s post history. OP casually gaining 1.5m on SPY 0dte

Interesting_Way_2474

miromar65

I’m going to buy calls for Jan 17th 25 in Thursday. Can’t miss this long term play. Thank you OP

Androcles_InTheSky

Lmfao some idiot bought a single share at 19.58 on RH

ReginaldHibbert

With that DD imma quit my job and work for you.

eagle_putts

This is by far the best post on PAA here. I was thinking about posting a longer analysis on the play since the original post caught on so well but then I thought that someone will eventually come and do it far better than I could've and this is it lol. PAA hype has been growing a lot but this post will likely add fuel to the flames. Thank you for your contribution. Nice to see someone with real money with us.

PuzzleheadedTear5969

I got out of PAA today for simple profit are you telling me to get back in?

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