The James Hewitt STING... Revealed! Piers Morgan & The DUCHESS Monthly Meetups!

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  • @thevintageread
    @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +14

    If you wish to watch PART 1 it is here! Piers Morgan: The Insider! DINNER With A Duchess & The Fake FOOTMAN Part 1
    th-cam.com/video/FX4aIQmh91Y/w-d-xo.html

  • @juliebasford1976
    @juliebasford1976 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Shauna I just love your perceptive comments and your easy manner, it's like dropping in and having a chat with a good friend . Love it, keep them coming x

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you! It’s easy in this community…so many lovely people 😊🤗

    • @CaterinaChapman
      @CaterinaChapman ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And the beautiful accent! Love it!

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, that's it exactly. Like having a cuppa and a chat with an old friend. 😊

  • @fairyprincess911
    @fairyprincess911 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    The story of planting microphones in plants to record Hewitt is a good characterization of Morgan’s overall ethic.

    • @Cooksongrl
      @Cooksongrl ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very true but you also have to know when you go to an interview with people like that it's happening so you should avoid them altogether or be prepared.

  • @kathybutterfield2760
    @kathybutterfield2760 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good for you! We need ethics and morals these days more than ever! Respectfully, KB

  • @abbatrouble
    @abbatrouble ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Piers should have done a book about Diana's numerous love affairs. Everyone in Diana's circle knew that she was a serial cheater but the public was unaware and still thought she was a saint.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes well it is all out there now! 😂 He does detail a lot of it! It is a fun and shocking book to read!

    • @VKing-di9lo
      @VKing-di9lo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      On the other hand, Diana was faithful until after Harry’s birth when she decided that since Charles was still seeing his old girl friend since before they were married, she would seek love elsewhere.

    • @edronc2007
      @edronc2007 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@VKing-di9loCharles wasn't. He had cut all ties with Mrs. Parker Bowles when he became engaged to Diana.

    • @jayniekinser7029
      @jayniekinser7029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He gave Camilla a bracelet and she gave him cuff links with CC.

  • @googlamonster5086
    @googlamonster5086 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    As far as James Hewitt, I have to say that he did have his side of the story. I'm not anti-Diana, but I think her part in it has been glossed over. His life was really destroyed whether he told his side of the story or not. I remember reading his book when it came out, and I don't recall his having said anything bad about her. Their relationship had already been exposed. He would have been better off not having met her.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I haven’t read his book yet! I think a lot of normal people get damaged when they get entwined with Royalty…He well may be one of them…out of his depth!

    • @purpurina5663
      @purpurina5663 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Agree -and what about the fiancée, selling the love letters! Perhaps it's true there's a kind of curse in improper involvements with RF members.

    • @googlamonster5086
      @googlamonster5086 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@thevintageread Well said, and he was way out of his depth with Diana for sure.

    • @abbatrouble
      @abbatrouble ปีที่แล้ว +21

      King Charles would have been better off not having met Diana. She is STILL causing problems after all these years. Camila is a lovely warm lady but Diana's lies almost destroyed her!

  • @Kooka506
    @Kooka506 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    My son is a journalist and he's worked for all different local newspapers, government run newspapers and has been asked to operate outside the morals and ethics he was taught at uni (as well as in our home) He's now working for a radio station running their digital department and is much happier. You have to be a certain type of person. Thankyou for your reviews. They are very interesting. 12:34

  • @avm9647
    @avm9647 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I always believed that Diana persuaded Fergie to divorce Andrew. Either way they were two very immature ‘girls’

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Interesting. I can see Diana doing that, knowing how manipulative she could be. She had come to see Fergie as a rival and a threat to her status as the most popular royal wife. She definitely would have removed that threat if she saw the chance. However, I thought that Sarah had no choice after the topless, toe Buckingham photo scandal. I know that Phillip was furious and effectively exiled her from any of the RF's gatherings.

  • @janemacdonald3732
    @janemacdonald3732 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The British Press in the late 80s and all through the 90s was 1 huge cespit thanks to Bob Maxwel And Rupert Murdoch. They started a war between tabloids and as press titles came up for sale they snapped them up, promising the readership they're would be no change in editorial policy.
    This led to the feeding frenzy on celebrities and royals. It also led to newspaper editors bullying anyone and everyone to get whatever stories they wanted.
    We as a family gave up reading any news papers, as did many others. But Maxwell and Murdock still carried on slugging it out to control the press. Then they moved into TV new that's how we now have wall to wall celebrity gossip instead of actual news

  • @ppm4eva
    @ppm4eva ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Roughly 12 - 15 years ago Andrew Denton interviewed Dame Elisabeth Murdoch on his TV program, `Elders'. Apart from her being as sharp as a tack (no mean feat for someone pushing the 100 mark) I remember Andrew carefully asking her about Rupert. Her answer, while carefully delivered, was rather telling. It went something like: "I don't always agree with everything Rupert does or says, but what I usually say when asked this question is that he's a wonderful father, and a very good son."
    For me, there is so much there that she wasn't prepared to articulate in a public interview.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I saw that too! What a wonderful lady she was, I loved her in that interview 💗

  • @purpurina5663
    @purpurina5663 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I had a better opinion of Piers _before_ this book! His tactics seem awful to me. Although who goes to a meeting with an editor thinking it's just an innocent lunch...
    Point aside, the real casualty of all these recent books is Diana, or rather Diana's saintly image. As more comes out, we see how she must have been quite difficult to deal with (Fergie being outright impossible).

    • @lisap9936
      @lisap9936 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes my opinion of Piers has suffered too! 😥🤨🥹

    • @Lazydaisy646
      @Lazydaisy646 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We know Diana wasn't saintly but she did do a lot of good in the world .

  • @justsayin8893
    @justsayin8893 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Thank you again for a gob-smacking video. I did not realize what a CAD Piers Morgan actually is, not much better than MM IMHO! Kudos to you for being sensitive enough to not want to sacrifice another person for your own gain/popularity, a rare character quality indeed. Cheers!

  • @emahu
    @emahu ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Piers must have the best stories! He’s sassy and a little mischevious… 😂 I’m sure he’ll keep some for respect to HMTQEII ❤

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is a weasel and has low integrity.

  • @alanbettesworth2785
    @alanbettesworth2785 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Another terrific video! It is a real joy watching you. Morally, I think that I would agree with Kant's first moral imperative which is that people must always be seen as an end and not a means.

  • @linrob1312
    @linrob1312 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Funny how it was okay for Diana to out Charles and yet its called betrayal that Hewitt did it to her. He had a right to expose Diana's 5 year old affair...

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Powerful point you make there!

    • @abbatrouble
      @abbatrouble ปีที่แล้ว +17

      BUT Diana's version was not truthful. She was vengeful and determined to hurt Charles even if she had to lie to do it!

    • @van7242
      @van7242 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Completely agree! I'm fond of Hewitt. 😊

    • @traceybeagle9934
      @traceybeagle9934 ปีที่แล้ว

      Totally agree with you. Diana was no saint!!

    • @jasminetyana2426
      @jasminetyana2426 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@abbatrouble Are you on Camilla's payroll????

  • @eve_in_paris
    @eve_in_paris ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You are the proof that one can have good ethics and still be entertaining. I don’t want to be entertained when somebody is paying a high personal price. There’s a limit and you said it clearly 👏

  • @arlenejoan6209
    @arlenejoan6209 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This really was mesmerizing. All kinds of thoughts, coincidences, and comparisons were spinning in my head. I was dehydrated from just thinking. Fascinating work, Shauna.

  • @ohdear4133
    @ohdear4133 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thank you for your integrity. Piers will get his, at least I hope he does. Time have a way of catching up with people like him, call it karma, what you sew is what you reap whatever name that you put on it, at some point and time Piers will not out run it. You don't behave like that in your journalistic career and make money out of people's pain and discomfort and get off Scott free. He should have a talk with Martin Bashir. I put Piers Morgan in the same category. I wouldn't even want to hear his take on the betrayer of his family and his wife.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It does catch up doesn’t it!

    • @ohdear4133
      @ohdear4133 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @thevintageread I strongly believe it does, journalist have a long successful career without stopping so low and getting in the gutter for a scoop.

  • @MissWishes
    @MissWishes ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Shauna I love your delicious stories.
    Thank you❣️

  • @jennifer5130
    @jennifer5130 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Piers Morgan and Sarah's monthlies. Can't seem to get past that.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I can’t! I think it is truly significant.

    • @Maureen-cc3pl
      @Maureen-cc3pl ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Being the cynic that I am I find it hard to believe that monthlies with Sarah were because he thought she was a wonderful woman. Sarah was frequently cash strapped so I do find it significant.

    • @notbill08
      @notbill08 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Monthlies 🩸😬

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@notbill08 Yeah, I thought the same thing. Only one thing comes to mind when I hear that phrase.

  • @ApoloniaJones1976
    @ApoloniaJones1976 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Listening to you describe Diana not speaking to Sarah for a year because she disclosed that Diana had plantar warts, I suddenly understand where Harry gets his stubbornness. There were many wonderful things about Diana, but that was absolutely no reason to stop speaking to Sarah. I can understand being cross, but in a way that lasts a day or two, not a year.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think it was a feeling she was playing both sides more than the warts 😂 But I could be wrong!

    • @tricianilsson6870
      @tricianilsson6870 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe if you realize that it hurts to have a supposed friend take shots at you? Even if it was true about the shoes, why would you tell the world about it. Sarah is no friend to anyone.

    • @ApoloniaJones1976
      @ApoloniaJones1976 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tricianilsson6870 Why does anyone say anything? Sarah probably thought it was quite harmless. There’s no reason to be embarrassed about plantar warts. They happen. The point of my remark is that a year is a ridiculous amount of time to avoid speaking to someone over something like that. Especially given how short life is, which, if she could speak about it now, I’m sure Diana would understand in hindsight.

    • @ApoloniaJones1976
      @ApoloniaJones1976 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thevintageread Very possible. I was just sad to hear that something had prevented two people from speaking for a full year, given how short life ultimately is ❤️

    • @a24-45
      @a24-45 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Diana is said to have ditched numerous old friends and associates in her final years, on the grounds of "betrayal". Diana was also not on speaking terms with her own mother at the time of Diana's death. Yet she and Diana had formerly been very close. Surprisingly, Diana in her final year became friends with her previously loathed stepmother Raine Spencer (whom Diana admitted to pushing down a flight of stairs as recently as 1990, when Diana was already almost 30 years old.)

  • @mistianna17
    @mistianna17 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Wouldn’t this book written by Piers Morgan himself be the kind of “evidence” that Prince Harry and his lawyers should have presented in their court case?

    • @notbill08
      @notbill08 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Unless it's stated in the book he hacked into Harry's phones or put recording devices in his residence, I don't think so.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well newspapers have been paying huge settlements to victims from this time… it is no secret. But they prefer settlement rather than risk court judgements that could open the floodgates on further claims!

  • @alicat1958
    @alicat1958 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Shauna, I look forward to every episode. You are such a delight AND I love every blouse you wear!! You're just lovely. Thanks for insightful and entertaining content!!

  • @sallyl5041
    @sallyl5041 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Shauna I really enjoy your channel!! Loved your ghost story!!

  • @PattyfmPhilly
    @PattyfmPhilly ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hi Shauna ~ Thanks for this one! Rupert Murdoch is still at it!! He owns Fox. We’ve a Fox cable news channel. The last time I watched it was in the ‘90s. It was dreadful then and it’s dreadful now. So much for the 4th Estate. It’s teetering on death. Like you, I enjoy a bit of gossip but not the malicious type. I’m glad you don’t share every eye popping story you unearth. I think your content is just splendid. Thanks for all the reading you do!! Patty fm Philly.
    🇺🇸🇺🇸We’re celebrating our Independence Day, today.🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Happy 4th of July x💗💗💗

    • @annbannister1118
      @annbannister1118 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      HAPPY 4TH JULY TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL ALLIES IN AMERICA 🇺🇸 ❤️ 😀

    • @christinechildress5021
      @christinechildress5021 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ll tell what’s dreadful, mainstream media here in America! That’s why I’m on you tube and other stations! Mainstream media is so far up the left’s a** it’s not funny! Fox is better but not by much! I studied journalism and broadcasting in college and am disgusted at the lack of morals we have in our government and media! I’m truly afraid for the following generations.

  • @ginah.6243
    @ginah.6243 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Please make longer videos. I really enjoy them. Thank you.

  • @Sew_Learning
    @Sew_Learning ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m with you on this. They say that everyone has a price, though I don’t agree with that. We are the ones that have to live with our conscience (for us that have one). Life is hard enough without making it harder for others. And money doesn’t bring happiness. I think honesty and integrity are virtues that will leave a good legacy.

    • @pameladigaetano8119
      @pameladigaetano8119 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Shauna! You and I must have encountered a similar experience. If someone runs across information that they KNOW is something NOT for them to share, you don't. It is called integrity. That is why some jobs can only go to people with no conscience. I would have to answer to myself, and God.

  • @mtdr2561
    @mtdr2561 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love your channel! Intelligent, classy and wonderfully entertaining. Thank you x

  • @notbill08
    @notbill08 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Obviously, Kensington Palace wanted to return the letters hoping they would go public. Princess Diana was already starting to get Martyr/Sainthood status even before she died!

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh! I didn’t even think of that! 😳

  • @marycahill546
    @marycahill546 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The trouble with writing a book about yourself is the stories involve other people, and often one violates their privacy in telling your story. Discretion is the better part of valor indeed -- and is in short supply! As for James Hewitt, yes he is a cad. He was willing to cuckold the heir to the throne, cooperated with an indiscreet book about Diana, and was willing to sell Diana's private love letters to him for the right price/ conditions. The tabloids don't come out of this smelling of roses either, but one must own one's own part.

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's not as if he forced himself on Diana. Clearly she put the moves on him and many a man succumbed to those blue eyes and her lonely, innocent act.
      But also, no one would have known had she no t thrown him to the wolves by bringing him up and referring to him by name in her interview with Martin Bashir. She was very manipulative and vindictive if you crossed her or if she perceived you as some kind of a threat, like she did with Fergie.

  • @tresbien9141
    @tresbien9141 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I agree I would not be comfortable working for any business not interested in the truth. unfortunately the truth doesn’t sell as many papers.

  • @kimballthurlow577
    @kimballthurlow577 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was interested in your statement regarding Princess Diana’s’ love letters belonging to the recipient James Hewitt. I agree and have always believed (on the best authority) that mail belongs to the recipient as soon as it is in the Royal Mail posting box.
    Now I am asking why Meghan Markle has claimed and was supported by a Crown court, that letters she sent to her father belong to her? It is bizarre!

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Physical ownership is distinct from copyright ownership...Meghan's case was based on the latter I believe! 😀

  • @ladymary22
    @ladymary22 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I don't tolerate betrayal That is the lowest rung of Hell

  • @zenaslarosa5930
    @zenaslarosa5930 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am glad that the Press in the UK are generally more decent now after that horrible decade in the eighties. Calling out shenanigans and misdemeanors is so much better than covert acts and cover ups.

  • @jessicaalbright7429
    @jessicaalbright7429 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    True journalism is almost dead, isn’t it? (Thanks to Murdoch) Really sad stuff. I’ve always thought Piers was terrible and without ethics, seems as if I was right. I will admit to watching him when he takes on Megain…because no one rips apart her baloney better. Now, I’m questioning my own ethics for doing so. Lol. He shouldn’t get the ratings. Oh well.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think EVERYBODY enjoyed his views on the Harry and Meghan! They thought they had treated their families badly so I think your ethics are sound! 😉💗

    • @jayniekinser7029
      @jayniekinser7029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I enjoyed Pierces views about Harry and Meghan. He was saying what we were thinking. I like your videos and ethics. Good for James Hewitt writing his own book. His wife selling Diana’s letters though? I applaud the palace for sending the letters to James Hewitt. Like the blouse.

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      *Piers* not "Pierce".@@jayniekinser7029

  • @gerrymarmee3054
    @gerrymarmee3054 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The information you share is what is already published. But interesting insight!

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes of course! it is an example of the type of story you can expect if you purchase Piers Morgan’s book. It is of interest because it was published in the early 2000s and reflects the questionable antics of the press at the time.

  • @sheilawallen
    @sheilawallen ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I am confused about "the recipient of a letter is the legal owner". How did the five friends of MM get away with revealing the contents of Thomas Markles letter to people magazine, or even know of its content, if it was his personal property? Why was MM able to claim ownership of it, if it was not legally hers? She should pay back her £1 compensation to the courts.😂

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well copyright is different from physical ownership. The owner was James Hewitt however the copyright belongs to the writer I believe.

    • @isabellevince5174
      @isabellevince5174 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I heard the same. Copyright and ownership are not the same.

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@thevintageread I don't understand that at all. I still can't see how that Judge ruled in MM's favor. Why didn't the Mail appeal that verdict? Especially since she lied under oath and the defense never got a chance to present certain evidence or testimony. It was almost as though the judge had made his mind up, even before the case was presented in court. I never understood why they didn't appeal

  • @eleanoraquitaine2966
    @eleanoraquitaine2966 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Piers Morgan is a cad to put it nicely.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He is a very complex character!

    • @eleanoraquitaine2966
      @eleanoraquitaine2966 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@thevintageread I'm a retired journalist with no respect for his tactics or Rupert Murdoch's. It's not ethical and not how real journalism is done.

    • @SarahGreen523
      @SarahGreen523 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@eleanoraquitaine2966 I miss those golden days of journalism. It used to be such a respected profession.

    • @eleanoraquitaine2966
      @eleanoraquitaine2966 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SarahGreen523 Murdoch destroyed it.

    • @Maureen-cc3pl
      @Maureen-cc3pl ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thevintagereadYou do have a lovely way with words.

  • @lbc517
    @lbc517 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always love your story telling and commentary.

  • @pauper177
    @pauper177 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank-you Shauna for all your videos , such a great variety for everyone . I really enjoy your background , all the old books, magazines, and vinyl records, do you sell them or is it your personal collection?

  • @kathrynjames3584
    @kathrynjames3584 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hope this helps the Christmas break

  • @gerrylbucci292
    @gerrylbucci292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shauna ,You are Extremely articulate &eloquent with a lovely voice !⭐️⭐️🥰⭐️

  • @prof.cecilycogsworth3204
    @prof.cecilycogsworth3204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent videos on PM.
    Thanks!

  • @ronnie7075
    @ronnie7075 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The media landscape in the 1980s and 1990s was certainly as you say the Wild West. I also remember when James Hewitt was public enemy number 1, as the media said he was shopping around the love letters via his girlfriend.
    I also remember the photo's of Prss Diana getting into Richard Kays car for a nice long chat. She would unload all her miseries onto him. I've always thought Piers operates below the belt.
    Thanks for a good video Shauna.

  • @TheMagdalenaBB
    @TheMagdalenaBB 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I thought Piers was a vindictive jerk, but doxxing Hewitt is beyond low.

  • @waterloosunset4559
    @waterloosunset4559 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hi Shauna, I’m glad you are seeing Morgan’s moral character for what it is. However, on the opinions he has it is easy to agree with him on most things, but he is no better than Markle for jumping on the latest bandwagon and feeling the latest zeitgeist. He is very entertaining, and knows a lot of famous people, but he’s a hypocrite. Publishing fake photos of our soldiers - despite his own brother being a veteran. Knowing about a murdered girl’s phone being hacked (he was the editor of course he did) giving her poor parents false hope. He says he was friends with Diana, but she invited him to KP once for lunch to meet William to get him to stop publishing articles about her and the Princes. They had one lunch or trust me that would have been in his diaries, monthly meetings with the Princess. To those who say there are many photos of them together, these would be functions, not tete a tetes. Like Markle he knows where the cameras are. Look what he said about Trump. Compared his response to the pandemic to Markle’s saying hers was more heartfelt. Trump gave him a job when he was unemployable over here due to the fake photos and hacking scandals. he put him on the apprentice thus leading the way to him getting the late night talk show where he told Americans to surrender their arms. He’s a snake, and just as bad as Markle, in my opinion.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I agree only only lunch with Diana…monthly with Fergie 😉

  • @GurjitKaur-q1g
    @GurjitKaur-q1g ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I don't know about Piers ethics, from back in the day as a newspaper editor. But going by what I see on screen now, and not always agreeing with him. He seems measured, not afraid to give his opinion, even when unpopular, or against the grain, has even owned on TV, when wrong, and stands corrected on issues. When he has guests on, to contribute to a topic, has people from every extreme of view, e.g Harry and Meghan, from a die hard fan, to not. Let's not forget, if he hadn't voiced his opinion on Harry and Meghan, to extent he did, he was enemy number one, labelled the biggest racist, lost his job. And hasn't he been proven write, to point people can openly call them out, without an onslaught of abuse now.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is very true. He is a very complex character! All the stories I have told were detailed by him so I don’t think he would mind them being shared. The whole book is very honest and confronting!

    • @GurjitKaur-q1g
      @GurjitKaur-q1g ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thevintageread I think I will leave the expertise of reviewing, in your very balanced, entertaining way, that you do, to you on these books. Plus some of the torturous one's, you've endured (Spare), I could spare myself from. I have not subscribed to any other person, and I'm not a social media person. I find your approach, very informative, interesting, thoroughly researched. Your like a real life, Miss Marple. You should be an investigative journalist, or sleuth writer (the fictional Jessica Fletcher comes to mind 😂). I find your breaking off mid sentence, to tell us, a cockatoo is making a noise outside, or something, enlightening. Something we do not have in the UK, our equivalent, is pigeons outside. It kind of transportes us to your country for a second in imagery. Thank you.

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ahem! It's "Proven *right* as in correct. Not *write* as in putting your thoughts on paper.
      Seriously?

    • @GurjitKaur-q1g
      @GurjitKaur-q1g 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @Rumkitty2000 Wow! Your correcting my 'write' to 'right', a year after that comment was added. Well I hope my command of the English language, vocabulary, and punctuation, isn't that terrible, that your finding it hard to interpret, the point I was trying to convey.

  • @jm162
    @jm162 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PM is a grub...I bet you felt mentally grubby after reading his book even if bits of it amused!!! As for Fergie - she's always in it for herself...
    Keep up the entertaining videos Shauna and I applaud your circumspection in not using things discovered that could be harmful 👏👏😎

  • @annbannister1118
    @annbannister1118 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good day shauna and all ❤Happy 4th july to all you Americans on here 😀 ❤, Shauna you are creeping up to 30k subs ,,wonderful 👏👏❤

  • @mflow6485
    @mflow6485 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't imagine lending my shoes to Fergie: "No really, just keep them. Or burn them."

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂😂😂😂 I'd be pissed, too, if I were Diana and my friend told the world that I gave her warts. I'd just want to crawl under my blankets and stay there for a month until the story died down. Some things you keep to yourself.

  • @JLR1957
    @JLR1957 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love Dianna, however, I believe she was complicite in what was revealed to the media. She played them as the maestro she had learned to become. Meghan is, or has been, trying to emulate this.

    • @jasminetyana2426
      @jasminetyana2426 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She was in an environment where it is sink or swim. She chose to swim. Diana had a very different life to Camilla. Diana had to fight to survive, unlike Camilla who had and has Charles to protect her and Kate has William.

  • @spiritcreek9813
    @spiritcreek9813 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    IMO they all used Diana, the proverbial cash cow. Her family, the press, authors, friends, lovers, and employees. They are still using her to this day. Granted she was as flawed as we all are, and not a saint. Every generation throws up a false god to worship.

  • @alicat1958
    @alicat1958 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Piers is fierce! I wouldn't trust him when he's looking for a scoop. That's pretty low down his revenge on Hewitt.

  • @adelerobertson3843
    @adelerobertson3843 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are my favorite royal report because you don't make outlandish accusations but instead pose intriguing questions, state verified facts, and give us something to think about. You are an excellent sleuth, and no, you would not be a very good Rupert Murdoch employee but perhaps Scotland Yard? I totally agree with @juliebasford1976 your posts are like having tea with a close friend.

  • @kellyburgess671
    @kellyburgess671 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you for living out your morals and ethics...it makes you more credible...i, too, would never want to do anything that benefited myself if it harmed others...

  • @SusanDwyer-mp6yv
    @SusanDwyer-mp6yv ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Who doesn't use Di's memory alive and dead, she is still used to this day, time to let her rest,let meg talk to her lol,James is just one of many, Fergie is a Frienermy to di and royals

    • @anne-no2ic
      @anne-no2ic ปีที่แล้ว

      and relieving herself on Dianas grave... black magic.

  • @SarahGreen523
    @SarahGreen523 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Piers is entertaining. He certainly knows how to excite or exacerbate a situation. He only has ethics when it pertains to himself. His integrity is questionable, as is his honor. He sure can be a catty, petty little b at times. I imagine he acts as a spoiled brat in private relationships.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He is incredibly complex… this book has amazed me!

    • @SarahGreen523
      @SarahGreen523 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thevintageread You keep saying that. I'm half convinced.

  • @carolbythesea
    @carolbythesea ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To answer your question, Shauna, about moral goalpost: My bar is high, mainly because I have self respect. I want to like the person I see in the mirror. Also, Karma can be a bitch.

  • @leandabee
    @leandabee ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I never liked Piers back then, terrible behaviour, but recently I've been watching him since he left main stream media and I quite like him now.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes many people do 😊

    • @leandabee
      @leandabee ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thevintageread I should say, I just agree with some of his views. I still think he has a lot to answer for though.

    • @laurielovett8849
      @laurielovett8849 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I actually recall Fergie saying that herself and Dianna agreed to divorce at the same time, Fergie went ahead and jumped ,Dianna didnt ,which Fergie felt Di had set her up then let her down, if true it was a dreadful thing to do, I always thought Fergie far more likeable than Di, she didn't seem to use people then blame them, took responsibility for her own actions. Di seemed to have a trait of falling out with people and not speaking to them when it suited her.Dropped James Hewitt completely because he went to Afghanistan with his soldiers,rather than renaging on his mates and duties and stay at home loving her, even Dodie said that Di demanded to be adored ,life doesn't work that way. Harry seems to be a needy ,demanding person as well. perhaps that's why so many of Dianna's relationships ended.

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I disliked him for a long time, but when he started talking about Harry and Meghan, I couldn't remember why! Thanks to you, Shauna and @thevintageread
      , I now remember why. I thought he was a real jerk on The Apprentice

  • @allyanderson6755
    @allyanderson6755 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Revisiting this re Piers...man i hope karma visits him now. He disappointed us over our Princess Catherine 😢. Why couldn't he stay focused on Rachel....

  • @sandrawhitmore6810
    @sandrawhitmore6810 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am like you in that I enjoy a good gossip without malice and I do watch Piers Morgan on occasion for the tyrannical drama. Something I have noticed is that presenters, like Piers, become very comfortable in the persona that they want us to see that they actually relax and facets of their true character begin to show. Sometimes I go Uh Oh so there you are when I spot those slips but what really happens is that over time an accumulation of hints of true character either verbally or in their body language occur so that instead of revelatory moments there is more a shift in how I feel about them. In Piers Morgan’s case I started out, earlier , in a fairly neutral frame of mind and even began to enjoy his verbal attacks and style but now I find him distasteful and the nuances in language and his body language, mostly facial, give me an uncomfortable feeling about him. I have learned to trust in my long life my instincts formed from my life experiences so I give him more misses than views now and I feel more comfortable myself because I do.
    Your presentations are so enjoyable because I feel that what I see & hear is what I get. Open, honest and entertaining. Thank you.
    Aussie Old Lady

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! I really appreciate your interesting comment!

  • @kimcovarrubias2613
    @kimcovarrubias2613 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's ironic that Diana totally cut off Fergie for that, imagine her reaction to Harry and Meghan.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think Diana felt she couldn't really trust her! I actually think it was a wise move...but that's just my opinion!

    • @laurielovett8849
      @laurielovett8849 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dianna adored Harry for his awful treatment of others,she would be very pleased with her son and daughter in law for doungher dirty work for her.

    • @laurielovett8849
      @laurielovett8849 ปีที่แล้ว

      * for doing her

    • @jackieporter5323
      @jackieporter5323 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@laurielovett8849. I think you have that absolutely right, Diana was the arch manipulator hiding behind that nauseating under the lashes look which she perfected. She was rapacious.

  • @jenwratt9976
    @jenwratt9976 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With you on that Shauna.

  •  ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that sheet music on your shelves? Love it!

  • @LowejaDogs
    @LowejaDogs ปีที่แล้ว

    Its called Morals and Ethics and you have both Shauna, dont ever change. You make me laugh and the seriousness of some of your comments are true to form.
    Keep on keeping on, there isnt many people in the media that have set their standards at a level where pointing things out can hurt others for whatever reason. You could be offered millions of dollars but IMO I can see you would live in a shed before taking money in such a immoral way because that would mean guilt would probably eat you up.
    Congratulations, keep doing what you're doing. You'll be loved by more people than you realise. And dont forget either, OPINIONS are just that, OPINIONS and we are all entitled to them because we have that right to state them or not.💜❤

  • @renekirebornrenekireborn4777
    @renekirebornrenekireborn4777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds like the press was like the wild west back in then!

  • @TheSofres
    @TheSofres ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched the lost tapes of Diana and how she talks about her affairs. How her mother walked away from the family. How people thought she was a real bore at the beginning and took all those lessons to become a better public speaker. It’s really interesting because it’s her speaking. She’s telling her stories.
    She also learned to use the media to her advantage instead of working against them.
    Piers may be a narcissist but he also calls out Prince Williams brothers wife. He still is respected to the monarchy.
    I wonder how much the palace had to give to media over the years because of the behaviour of their members?? Better to get it straight from the source than it going through the rumour train

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, it really is a fascinating book...worth a read!

  • @partlycloudy3519
    @partlycloudy3519 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Goodmoring from 🇺🇸

  • @dawntripp1974
    @dawntripp1974 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow, all the players in this story are slimy!

  • @kimberlyanne434
    @kimberlyanne434 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No wonder, Harry and William hate Piers.

  • @fairyprincess911
    @fairyprincess911 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🥳👏🏽🤗

  • @anniebee9038
    @anniebee9038 ปีที่แล้ว

    As usual , very entertaining !
    In my youth , I was appaled by the american
    politics , of digging dirt on the candidates... Something that never happened
    in canada in those days, we respected their private lives...
    Not so sure now.... Still, it is a shame...

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      *Appalled* is spelled with two "Ls". Also, country names and nationalities are proper nouns, and as such should be capitalized. It's Canada, not canada, and American, not american. How can you reach adulthood and not know these things?

  • @jackiegould1569
    @jackiegould1569 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well all I can say is I am glad Im not a person of interest! Regarding morals - the papers are there to make money and they wouldnt print it if people stopped reading it so everyone is a fault really!

  • @robellins3906
    @robellins3906 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well after hearing that about piers Morgan my respect for him has dropped that's a crule nasty thing to do really to Diana and her family

  • @SusanHowman
    @SusanHowman ปีที่แล้ว

    The only decent thing Murdoch has ever done in his lifetime, was to renounce his Australian citizenship when our govt at the time would not permit him to behave in the way he has behaved elsewhere. Thanks, Murdoch, for Fox and Trump. Murdoch and Piers Morgan are both (insert many cuss words here).

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We don’t want him back in OZ! 😂

  • @oliver0liver
    @oliver0liver ปีที่แล้ว

    Just to back you up, the York girls were just at lunch with Piers a few weeks ago and they are all clearly friends and i doubt they would be doing that if Fergie wasnt his friend who did lunches with him.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! Also I don’t think Piers would lie about that in his own book! 😂💗

  • @patriciagraham222
    @patriciagraham222 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God is watching......

  • @sayitlikeitis9879
    @sayitlikeitis9879 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like father like son indeed. You know who!
    🥴🥴🥴

    • @Rumkitty2000
      @Rumkitty2000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "Like father, like son indeed."
      To whom are you referring?

  • @carolbythesea
    @carolbythesea ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m confused. Piers Morgan is disclosing what an awful person he is in HIS book? Why would anyone portray themselves like that and admit to so many dishonest deeds?

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think he just thinks that is what the job entailed… also I think he wanted to tell before anybody else did!

    • @carolbythesea
      @carolbythesea ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thevintageread that makes sense, thanks

  • @0dulesduds
    @0dulesduds ปีที่แล้ว +1

    listening to this its giving me high pressure they wont say it was gossip and the poppers that made Diana loose control and die. This is sick.

  • @silva7493
    @silva7493 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, no. I wouldn't .. make that COULDN'T work for a Rupert Murdoch, or a Rupert Murdoch wannabe in any form. I'm proud of you, sister !!!

  • @dv7361
    @dv7361 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Many of us dislike Meghan for her character, lies and treatment of her husband’s family. Piers, I think, hates her because she’s like him. I bet she frustrated him a lot with her antics which were things Piers himself would do, albeit much more discreetly

  • @dianemacfie-loucks6392
    @dianemacfie-loucks6392 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s a cut throat world. I must admit I like Piece, except when the talks way to loud over people he’s interviewing.

  • @anniketimmermans1900
    @anniketimmermans1900 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such dirty tricks by these media people. Everything for a story that probably isn't true or partially true at most....

  • @zenaslarosa5930
    @zenaslarosa5930 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pierce may have learned his lessons. Nobody is perfect. I am willing to give Pierce a chance.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Of course! He published this book because he wanted to document it himself.

  • @pi1986
    @pi1986 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was reading comments on dreadful Piers, and I can't help feelimg we forget everything, everyone, all of us were different decades ago. Think how beating a wife could almost be a domestic issue, and for some a private affair.
    I tend to think he now is a person of this time, just like the rest.

  • @fuferito
    @fuferito ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stephen Fry's brilliant pun that "English countryside is the murder of Pierce Morgan"
    Fits well with the story.

  • @kimberleygirl7533
    @kimberleygirl7533 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have to say I don’t think the media are much better now. If I was honest I think they are worse.

  • @deannenorris4214
    @deannenorris4214 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about the chickens??? Who's taking care of the chickens?????

  • @valerieforbes8096
    @valerieforbes8096 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All the people involved are nasty people.

  • @user-fyv9y79wv
    @user-fyv9y79wv ปีที่แล้ว

    Agree toxic pit for those 3. Rebecca Brooks seriously corrupt

  • @LAllan-ls5er
    @LAllan-ls5er ปีที่แล้ว

    Right off topic , Shauna - but Lady C ‘S
    latest video has an excellent comment
    600 or 700 ‘ likes ‘
    Re MM channeling Princess Diana .
    Her follower says it all so succinctly
    Worth a read .
    Further off topic -
    Tom Bower trying to be sensational again?
    Tom Bower feeds on gossip and can be a nasty
    smirking smart aleck, IMO
    Remember old fashioned SNAP card game ?
    He reminds me of The Old Maid .

  • @dc2london
    @dc2london ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you; another enjoyable video. To answer your moral goalposts question, I believe that you "reap what you sow". Most of us will work a situation to our advantage, and that will often be "at a cost" to someone else - how else do YOU get the job and S/HE does not, that sort of thing. But to abuse a situation to solely benefit yourself to the detriment of someone else or to take an action solely for the purpose of harming someone else, well, karma's a b*tch and she hurts a lot more when she's had time to work up speed. And to what end behaving that way? Because rarely does a negative/abusive action result in a "clean getaway", even if it is "only" your own conscience eating away at your soul.

    • @purpurina5663
      @purpurina5663 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In my opinion and experience, the best moral shortcut is never lie. Lies (whether by action or by omission) just indicate something is wrong. And if you think a lie may spare someone's feelings, think that the other person has a right to the truth.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes that is a realistic view! I think I tend to take a romantic view of things sometimes! 😂

  • @maryh4650
    @maryh4650 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am with you, I haven't even read James Hewitts book, live by the sword, die by the sword, doesn't have to be taken literally.

  • @dibryan5061
    @dibryan5061 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another fascinating video🌻. Rupert Murdoch is a ruthless man and has no moral compass IMO. Loathe to see the many bodies he has stepped over in his many decades of being a media mogul. As for the way he treats women ugh!

  • @Lazydaisy646
    @Lazydaisy646 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw a TV interview with JH and I found him absolutely creepy..sitting in a bubble bath smoking a pipe and skiting about the size of his todger. He came across as a very unlikeable person who was very spoilt. I wanted to like him but , nope

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh! I'll have to look that one up!

    • @laurielovett8849
      @laurielovett8849 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't tell me he was obsessed with his todger too, I thought that was only an obsession of his son. Father and Son ( The Two Todgers)sounds like a double tap dancing act

  • @charmainepriestman915
    @charmainepriestman915 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like Piers Morgan cad or not 😂

  • @maryl8753
    @maryl8753 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah Shauna " to thine own self be yrue" etc etc. I think You have to be able to look yourself in the eye in the mirror and not cringe at what you see.

  • @jeannemara1600
    @jeannemara1600 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rupert Murdoch is the worst form of...

  • @lfc286
    @lfc286 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did James Hewitt end up marrying that woman who sold his letters? Piers Morgan is an interesting character with questionable morals.

    • @thevintageread
      @thevintageread  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very interesting! Just don’t get too close! 😂 No he didn’t marry Anna!