I connected Harry's job announcement with Zara & Mike Tindall's new baby as stealing thunder. The Sun has written an article where they aimed at taking away the spotlight from Eugenie. Whose birthday was on the same day as the job announcement.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/14473776/meghan-harry-clashing/
It's an interesting list (and much longer than I remembered) where H&M announced something at very interesting points in time.
- Oct 18, pregnancy announcement at Eugenie's wedding.
- May 19, release extra wedding pictures on the day of Kate's big gardening project.
- Jan 20, announce Megxit the day before Kate's birthday
- Jan 20, Meghan promoting herself in Canada on the same day as William & Kate's first engagement of the year.
- Apr 20, announce Archewell on the same day as the historic Queen's pandemic speech.
- Jun 20, Meghan & Harry helping veteran's in LA coincided with William's birthday.
- Aug 20, Kate's babybank initiative gets a big press tour, the following day Harry's 'social media is evil' piece is published.
- Dec 20, William and Kate go to support key workers, Harry & Meghan announce their Spotify deal.
- Mar 21, Oprah interview coincides with Commonwealth day
- Mar 21, Harry's job announcement on the day of Eugenie's birthday.
There was also another time that's not in the list, but I do remember that one. As I googled the specifics, I came across another list, where there are more incidents where Harry or Meghan upstaged the senior royals.
- Apr 19, on Louis' 1st birthday Harry & Meghan released promo pictures of themselves in nature.
- Jul 19, Meghan meeting Beyonce at the Lion King premiere overshadowed Kate's role at Wimbledon.
- Oct 19, the ITV interview ("Not many people ask me if I am okay) aired right after William & Kate's political tour in Pakistan.
- Jan 20, Meghan posts pictures of her at a dog shelter on the same day as Kate is doing a tour to promote her children's work.
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For the ones before Megxit was announced, I do wonder how this all happened, for the ones after, as they were still in their trial year for most of the time, I assume they still had access to, or got informed about the calendars of the other royals.
To be fair, I do think the Lion King premiere was a coincidence, and I am not sure how much Harry & Meghan could influence the timing of certain interviews, like ITV, and the 'social media is evil' publication. I do think could influence the charities and I do think the Oprah interview did premiere on Commonwealth day for a reason.
Not everything in this list was on the same day or the day after. Also one can wonder how much time Harry & Meghan (whether in or out Royal Family) should have to wait between certain engagements and events, although, there must be protocol for that as well. However, there are moments, where H&M could have waited, like why release extra wedding pictures or a cute Instagram post at a dog shelter to coincide with important initiatives by Kate, and why release promo pictures of yourself on Louis' first birthday?
(And announcing you are pregnant at someone else's wedding is always poor taste. No, it doesn't matter that it's a good time because all the family is together and you only have to tell it once)
(They say they don‘t read things but they obviously do.) It does seem a little cray-cray ie their compulsive need to show everyone they’re more popular than the others.
