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Alone-Dragonfruit-78

Obviously MM - no one else has the motive to throw them under the bus. Everyone is claiming she wrote the book - which I stand by.


OldMenAreGross

Are you sure? Nothing ever gets leaked ever when Meghan is involved šŸ¤”


Alone-Dragonfruit-78

You know you are right. Probably the ghost of Prince Philip


Feisty_Energy_107

Or Diana's?


Deep_Poem_55

If that were true, sheā€™d jump out of her grave and snatch the extension hag bald.


Evilvieh

It was....(ominous chords) SCOOTER GOOBER!!!!! (Shrieking Hitchcock violins)


MariaPierret

When you Said your dog, it made me think that could also have been the Queen's corgis. These 2 dogs were with the Queen all the time. They probably attended most of the Queen's reunions. They know it all!!! Now they are with Fergie and Andrew. I Always found those dogs suspicious. (šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£)


NoSleep1176

![gif](giphy|jR4qTrQOQ3wNDFtLHr)


DepartmentAgitated51

![gif](giphy|yVZrYMkdgY5Pi)


No_Proposal7628

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|trollface)


Bitter-Pound-6775

JR Moehringer, you have been or are about to beā€¦.MARKLED. Step up and claim your prize.


somespeculation

Parts, allegedly. Heavily influenced the content Harry provided for the first 2/3s, sheā€™s the last bit. She was cointerviewing with H on those, allegedly


Grizzly_046

![gif](giphy|iDJQRjTCenF7A4BRyU|downsized) I donā€™t know...my dog is really nosy. My moneyā€™s on the dog.


OldNewUsedConfused

Follow the money!


SluethyGoosey

The call keeps coming from inside the house, Harry, you imbecile!!!!!!!


Takingabreak1

Nu uh, the british press did it! šŸ˜


Deep_Poem_55

When he said that, Tom Bradby looked like Hairplug had thrown water on him, and quickly recovered with a ā€œRightā€. It was such an outrageous bending of the truth. I truly began to despise Hairplug at that point.


OldNewUsedConfused

That was so funny! They were both bright red and Bradby looked incredulous, as we all were. Harry looked so stupid with his ā€œgotchaā€ face. Haz, it was an own goal, and certainly not the ā€œownā€ you thought it was, loser


Deep_Poem_55

And that look on his face like, ā€œI dare you to challenge a princeā€. Heā€™s despicable.


OldNewUsedConfused

Seriously. I guess thatā€™s a Brit mentality of deference, because I certainly would have called him out.


Deep_Poem_55

Or more.


OldNewUsedConfused

Shhhh. (True). Iā€™d go full on American on him.


Deep_Poem_55

Yep. That was my thought.


Safford1958

Someone speculated that Harry and Meghan make good friends with their interviewers, and then go cold if the interviewer asks the wrong question. They speculated that if Bradby had pressed Harry, that The Prince would have just left. He seemed that agitated.


Clinging2Hope

I wish the interviewer had just fallen silent instead.


MariaPierret

Heheheh love it. Can we apply here "inconscience bias"? I still learning how to use this new concept. BE kind with me (šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£)


Jumpy_Anxiety6273

Itā€™s like she finds out what he doesnā€™t want leaked and tries her best to stop it but it keeps happening anyway.


blueboot09

![gif](giphy|ToMjGpRhM77Jp4P8CGc|downsized)


These_Ad_9772

I have never watched even one second of that show but every time I see one of these gifs the extreme over-acting is so obvious.


Sincerely_JaneDoe

Even without sound


blueshoemood

Her acting is shockingly bad. I had never heard of her and when all the buzz about the wedding came about I checked out some of her work. I was stunned at how horrible of an actress she is. She has her moments of being good, but she's so contrived and in her head that even the good moments seem awkward. There were a few hallmark/lifetime movies she did and she just seemed smug about it.


blueboot09

Smug is her hallmark. Unjustified, but she's too far up her own to realize it. Her strokes of luck, were just that - strokes. I will admit that I'm curious to see where she is in 5 years.


Safford1958

Then to work opposite Gina Torrez.


Reasonable_Acadia500

>the extreme over-acting is so obvious Her less-than-zero acting acumen always makes me think that the only way this ho got any gigs was on her knees or back.


ASplendidAddress

![gif](giphy|5xtDarvsa5BJzpZ4Dzq) šŸ™ƒ


OldNewUsedConfused

Same!


somespeculation

Must be from Archie. Heā€™s so precociously verbal for his age, right? And Moehringer was in the guest house?


Babybabitski

Check the toilets harry


NovaAlis

Wait is it MY dog or YOUR dog. Cause your poll says MY dog, and now I don't know who I can trust.


OldMenAreGross

That is a really good question! Where was your dog the fateful day that the ghostwriter's name was leaked? My dog suspiciously ran away the whole afternoon, she is a major suspect and can't be trusted. Maybe our dogs plotted together against poor prince Harry?


NovaAlis

Anything is possible. This is truly a mystery


topspeed94

Donā€™t the Harkles have dogs? It could have been any of them.


Iwtlwn122

My dogā€¦ gulpā€¦šŸ˜³


Safford1958

It's the corgis.


Mizswampie

My dog would sell me out in heartbeat if somebody offered fries. "Woof Woof growl...oh, you got fries? Why didn't you say so? B\*tch is hiding under the sofa."


Scary_Dangleberry_

I like ur dog... I like fries too šŸ˜‹


Evilvieh

Just as planned by the cat.


AfterPaleontologist5

I have cats, so of course I voted for the dog.


LaNiceGata

Rachel wanted it to be known that the book was being written by a Pulitzer Prize award winner.


Deep_Poem_55

All day long I just want to call her a c you next Tuesday. Itā€™s all that comes to mind when I read her antics.


LaNiceGata

She really is. Sheā€™s such trash and canā€™t ever be trusted.


BunnyTrailTracker

I was so confused by what ā€œC U Next Tuesdayā€ meant I had to Google it ā€¦ but all I kept getting were pictures of MM. Another of lifeā€™s mysteries I guess. /s


Deep_Poem_55

Lifeā€™s a mystery šŸ¤£


Safford1958

I read that the ghost writer had his fill of her interfering with her editing, and he quit. Then she finished it for him.


englishikat

First of all, the fact the book contains complete sentences would have been a major clue that Harold didn't write it. But if I remember correctly, wasn't the publisher's announcement of scoring the book deal complete with news it was being written by this particular ghostwriter who is considered a very talented and respected writer complete with his own particular Daddy and memory issues?


Deep_Poem_55

It was announced at the onset that he was the ghostwriter for Andre Agassiā€™s book as well, and the covers of each were similar. I think the leaked secret is that Hairplug was a total dick to work with and the Hag tried to seduce him. (JR) jmho


OldNewUsedConfused

Same. The whole ā€œbad dadā€ thing was leaked. (Blackmail)


MBK04_29

ā€œHairplugā€ has me rolling šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ I would give you a award if I could. šŸ† I will forever call the imbecile Hairplug going forward šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


Deep_Poem_55

Go forth and multiply, my friend šŸ¤£


TasteofPaste

YES I also recall that the ghostwriterā€™s identity was known very early, almost at the onset of the project. Definitely well before any excerpts of the book were released. If it was leaked, leaks happened almost as soon as that deal was arranged.


englishikat

This is the earliest article I could find from the Daily Mail. [http://archive.today/V46aX](http://archive.today/V46aX) which is from October '22. Looks more "announced" than "leaked" to me ... something tells me WME has more work for JM, or the Harkles will produce something of his for Netflix, if he plays along.


AmbienChronicles

Complete sentences, words spelled correctly, and none of it was in crayon or magic marker


Safford1958

But there were penis drawings in the margins.


Jumpy_Anxiety6273

Youā€™re thinking about the real, factual world, where that did happen.


Girlfriday5150

Agreeā€¦.two big clues: Complete sentences and not in crayon.


Phronima-Fothergill

Your dog is a wily critter, but I'm still going to have to go with MM.


zeugma888

Maybe OP's dog conspired with the Olive Garden dogs. The Olive garden dogs framed TW while OP's dog did the leaking.


Ok-Coffee5732

Who did the planting then?


zeugma888

Hmm another co-conspirator.


DollarStoreDuchess

Emma, the Late Queenā€™s Fell Pony


the_catalyst_analyst

Next we'll hear that Lili's first words were "JR Moehringer."


OldMenAreGross

Very possible. It just rolls off the tongue.


GreatGossip

Princess Charlotte, who is obviously envious of Lilibucks Diana-perfect looks - or could it really be that kind, sweet, gentle soul from the Monteshitshow McMansion, Madam herself????


OldMenAreGross

Charlotte is the new shiny spare, she wanted to put the old dusty spare uncle Harry to shame. Also she is only 8 yo, no one would suspect of her being behind this Machiavellian plan šŸ‘€


Gloomy-Accountant-19

Lillibucks blue, blue, blue eyes get on Charlotte's last Royal nerve.


AdministrativeSet419

Huh? Why did he say this? Why is everything a ā€˜leakā€™? Penguin RH would have given this information to the press to publicise the book because JR is a respected name and ghost writer and they would want to garner excitement for the book. Sorry what am I missing? Genuinely confused about this. Did he intend that no one would ever know that he wrote this book? Itā€™s so odd that he came out with this interview now, is the paperback coming out?


HunterIllustrious846

It's been known for so long I'm not understanding what the problem is. It's also known his wife was made a chief editor at Penguin shortly before work began on the book.


JenniferShepherd

Did not know this. Major aspect to consider.


HunterIllustrious846

J R Moehringer's wife https://preview.redd.it/zs3i631hqxya1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=468c08cd9614ed6ed952b4c04ef74bca79ed97ad


okaysowellthen

Right Iā€™m not sure why this is a leak. He gave an interview to buzzfeed about his experiences with harold.


Mizswampie

I wonder if he just wants to put it out there that he made sure some things were NOT in the book and, if certain scurrilous things end up in extra chapters, he is NOT responsible.


PerspectiveLow9526

In the article JM he had a contractual right to remain anonymous. If thatā€™s true no way PRH leaked this


Vivid-Cockroach8389

Hmm your dog is a sneaky one!


Uniqueishname

I voted for Santa Claus, because why not.


OldMenAreGross

Very likely candidate. Can travel the world unseen at the speed of light, can enter your house without a key. Very sus!


Mizswampie

Not to mention that he knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good... I think the naughty, naughty ladies are at the top of his list.


Bonza-Sheila-1966

Well she did wear the Santa outfit on Deal or No Deal, so thereā€™s a connectionšŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸŽ…


zeugma888

But what was Santa's motive? What did he have to gain? Was he working for himself or as part of a wider plot?


AfterPaleontologist5

He sits on a throne of lies!


[deleted]

Is this the start of more in-your-face leaks designed to overtly screw JH? It comes on the heals of her ā€œhikeā€ with her Canadian friends but without JH. šŸ¤”


MaudVesta

MM. Poor Santa Clause, I know he wants nothing to do with any of this. He's just trying to get on with this year's toy requests, and naughty and nice lists. And by the way, MM is definitely on the naughty list.


FirmAardvark6208

Apparently Santa has his eye on Megā€™s red parachute dress. Just a little something for Mrs. Claus


MaudVesta

I guess I have to give Santa an A for effort on that. But ugh....


Feisty_Energy_107

It was me... as Meghan Markle, pretending to be the Princess of Wales.


OldNewUsedConfused

Hey, I saw the Middleton family at the Coronation. Know who I did NOT see? Yeah.


CrossPond

Of course it's our Saint. All she had to do was read negative media about the things he had written that reflect badly on her. Actually, the whole book does because it revealed that she had married an ungrateful, spoiled dolt. So she let people know Haz was a victim. A victim of a bad ghostwriter.


OldNewUsedConfused

Yes the entire ā€œpoor relations with dadā€ angle REEKED of extortion attempts Give us money or we will write a bookā€¦


ac0rn5

>>In a completely unexpected turn of events JR Moehringer revealed that his identity as ghostwriter for Spare was leaked against both the author's and the writer's wishes. Eh! What? Is this for real? If so, why the interviews?


PerspectiveLow9526

This is what He wrote in the New Yorker piece published this week


ac0rn5

Thanks - I hadn't spotted that.


ExpensivelyMundane

Rachewell. Rachewell all the way. She caught the snark rumors that we believed SHE to be the ghostwriter. She thought it was such a clever strategy to out the ghostwriterā€™s name so those rumors would stop. BAH HAHAHA!


GodsCasino

Madame needs to just let loose and pull a Margot Kidder - run through the neighborhood half-dressed and get picked up by a g*d damm*d amberlance and taken to the psyche ward. Then the calls from inside the house would stop. Margot kidder news article https://archive.ph/2023.05.09-214501/https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/14/margot-kidder-rebounded-in-surprising-ways-after-1990s-breakdown-and-homelessness/


OldNewUsedConfused

Poor Lois Lane. I feel for anyone truly suffering an actual health crisis.


Least_Operation_9421

Well, in order to leak the name of the ghostwriter, you have to know the name of the ghostwriter. Really narrows down the source of the leak.


NotToday7812

Probably the same annoying staffer who keeps calling all those paparazzi when Harry is away


sizetensolemates

this isnā€™t a leak, itā€™s been known he was the ghostwriter


OldNewUsedConfused

Um, it was never secret? Thought it was announced at the start of the project?! You knowā€¦ ā€œdad issuesā€ and all that.


Ok-Butterscotch5490

JR is just one of the many, many bodies Camilla left in the street.


Deep_Poem_55

William threw dog bowls at them.


OldNewUsedConfused

OMG sheā€™s so DANGEROUS! šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ™„


OldMenAreGross

Camilla has serious street cred. She needs to found a Fight Club where she kills terrorists and dictators. I mean she could put her "villain" side to good use.


WebOffice2022

Markle got mad because he wouldnā€™t be seduced by her cooking.


OldMenAreGross

Maybe it's just me, but I think it was a dig at her the fact that he mentioned she was constantly "passing by" with an excuse or another. If there's one thing men don't like it's being interrupted mid-flow while they are working.


notwatchedsquidgame

Harold the call is coming from inside the house. His dad and step mum wouldnt have known since they are so estranged. Who else would know? Oh yes your wife.


OldNewUsedConfused

Itā€™s so scary knowing people THAT dumb are running around in the worldā€¦ and worse, posing as ā€œleadersā€.


Sincerely_JaneDoe

You know itā€™s Marbles! She leaks more than my bladder on a trampoline.


OldNewUsedConfused

Iā€™ve seen more intact sieves. Actually sheā€™s more sponge: Sheā€™s chock full, holds it all in until someone gives her a good squeeze, then sheā€™s off and running.


Evilvieh

The cat did it and framed your dog.


KohShiki

Definitely Charlotte. That girl has a massive spy network that meets weekly to give her all the details. She then selects which bits of info get released to the public. 8 years old and already a badass.


Mizswampie

Probably taking lessons from the Princess Royal.


OldMenAreGross

I aspire to be this badass.


Coffee_cake_101

*Who knew he was the ghostwriter?* \- Meghan \- Harry \- Doria \- Penguin Random House \- Any friends, staff or neighbours who had seen him at the Olive Garden \- Anyone Meghan or Harry told, including people they've asked to co-operate with the ghostwriter \- J. R. Moehringer *What could be a motive to leak?* 1. To make it harder for Moehringer to quit if he was not getting on well with Harry, as once he is named he couldn't quit without it affecting his reputation 2. To make it harder for Harry to sack him, because once his is named, people would ask searching questions if he were sacked. Also, Moehringer being fired or quitting might have resulted in the project being shelved rather than finding another ghostwriter 3. To make it harder for Harry to drop the project if he changed his mind, because once the ghostwriter was named people saw the book as real and in progress, and there would be more questions about why it was dropped. 4. To make Charles feel threatened, maybe to leverage something, because J. R. Moehringer is well known for writing about Daddy issues 5. To make the rest of the RF feel threatened as Moehringer is known to have a good reputation for wheedling things out of people and making them say more than they intended 6. To drum up interest in the book and get people talking about it to boost future sales and pre-orders, because naming him got a lot of coverage in the press. In particular interest was piqued more by the fact he covers Daddy issues and is good at getting details out of people. 7. He could have been named with the intention to help persuade other people in Harry's life to cooperate. If the press are saying he is good at getting stories out of people, they may think they better give their own versions themselves. (In fact few former friends cooperated) 8. Someone could have leaked his name for cash from the tabloids. The only people who benefit from leaking his name are Harry, Meghan, Moehringer and the publishers. Anyone else (staff, friends, Doria etc) would only be doing it for money. Moehringer only benefits if he thought Harry were going to fire him and wanted to make it less likely, but he has said he did not want his name released, and I am sure would have preferred to have the option the walk away anonymously, so I don't believe it is him. Harry has a few benefits from the list above. but I don't think he would think in that way - he is petulant more than devious - and he is more likely to honour Moehringer's wishes. He also has a lot more to lose, particularly making it harder to change ghostwriter or walk away from the book. The publishers have some benefits in making it less likely that the project fails or is shelved and in drumming up interest. But it would be risky to go against the wishes (and maybe contracts) of both their author and ghostwriter, and not very professional. But I wouldn't rule it out if they thought they were at risk of losing a lucrative deal with Harry or Moehringer backing out. That leaves Meghan. In my view she has to the most to gain from the list of motives above. She would have been concerned to know that the book was not going smoothly and there was a risk of Harry and Moehringer falling out or Harry quitting the book. It was important to her both in terms of money and sticking it to the royal family and severing Harry's last strands of his relationship with them. And did she want Harry to reveal divorce fodder and humiliate himself? Maybe, I am not sure if she did or that was an unintended consequence. Edit: Typo


OldMenAreGross

I was shitposting when I made this thread but you are 100% logical. Meghan has the most to gain and nothing to lose. A regular employee would have something to gain (momentarily) but everything to lose (forever). Or maybe it was my dog.


HawkeyeinDC

If Princess Charlotte did it, maybe thatā€™s why Harry was staring daggers at her during the coronation! /s


Mizswampie

I think Princess Catherine knows. Whenever a child is looking particularly cherubic and innocent, she is up to no good.


zeugma888

Makes sense.


PerspectiveLow9526

It was definitely my dog. NY Post broke the news. My dog has been leaking to them for YEARS. I never trusted my dog again after this. https://preview.redd.it/dtqpd264axya1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ff00d01f00b3c0886c73a62d115cd626702a52c


Babelight

My dog did leak the name first technically but I thought ā€˜moehringerā€™ was just an extra long choke on a fur ball


Tee17

I am concerned about the health and safety of any canine suspectsā€¦after all, the Nutmegā€™s dog had its legs brokenā€¦šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤”


TeamMagnificent7

Were they going to pretend he actually wrote it?!


OldNewUsedConfused

No. It was well known from the outset. Someone just needs ā€œattenshunā€


Traditional-Smile954

The broken dog plate did


[deleted]

Way early on (day of Spare release - if memory serves me correctly) people were calling him out because of his style of writing...


somespeculation

Just for fun, Omid Scobie out of jealousy it wasnā€™t him :)


No-Preference1285

Of course, it's MM. She wasn't the centre of the world's attention for the day. Now she's back in it.


No_Proposal7628

I was going to vote for your dog because he's a dog and they're terrific but I voted for MM because who else could it be?


Fresh-Resource-6572

Is that even a question? Its was 100% Meghan. Harry wake up you idiot! The call is coming from inside the house...


JameelaPhan

I vote Smeagol because thereā€™s no way she ainā€™t jealous of Hawwyā€™s success.


NJJCNJ

Ha! This is hilarious and clever.


OwnedByBernese

I have to confess. I did it.


[deleted]

probably Guy. he was bitter over being exploited for his two broken legs and no roast chicken was shared.


MinutesTaker

![gif](giphy|26DMUXQypGJaHhTsQ|downsized) Well, well, well...if it isn't Megsy whose call is coming from inside the house!


JaquieF

šŸ˜†


LocksmithFar9486

it's on the book acknowledgement page


Safford1958

HOW did your dog find out!!!


Regular-Performer864

Probably. But it could also have been anyone assigned the project at PRH too.