Catherine Smith

@KensingtonRoyal @implmaterial Another awful post from the RF. They are making it obvious that they do not care what happened to so many girls in the UK.

Strengthening action against the illegal wildlife trade with global business and technology leaders in London

@BlueKnows83 @Robbie_Reasons @RoyalFamily @london_climate William will be no better.

@Robbie_Reasons @RoyalFamily @london_climate Should have done the honourable thing and abdicated after the passing of The Queen.

“We cannot be anything less than courageous and revolutionary in our approach to tackling climate change.” As the international climate community gathers @london_climate to work towards solutions to climate change, we look back on some of His Majesty’s key speeches on the subject. 📽️ from Amazon’s ‘Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision’. #LCAW2026

@KensingtonRoyal Another clueless post from the RF. How about minding the childhood spirit of all those girls r*ped by invaders?

“It is vital to preserve the spirit of childhood alongside healthy development. Childhood is foundational in developing a healthy balance between mind, body and spirit. But children are not simply learners of information. They don’t analyse joy but live it; they don’t intellectualise connection, but embody it. They experience the world through feeling – through love.” 🔗 Read the full essay by The Princess of Wales on the Centre for Early Childhood's website: centreforearlychildhood.org/news-insights/…

@AngelinaReagan7 Any comment the RF would offer at this point is too late for me.

The monarchy posting vanity pictures when the reports of 250,000 r*pes is really out of touch and disgusting. I used to be a fan of the fashion and traditions now I’m sickened.

@RoyalFamily I cannot believe you posted this, given what has happened to girls in your own country. So tone deaf and heartless.

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict — a moment to reflect on the devastating impact of conflict around the world, with women and girls often most at risk of harm. The Duchess of Edinburgh has long been a passionate advocate for the vital role that women play in peacebuilding and drawing attention to the issue of conflict-related sexual violence that continues to be perpetrated around the world. Her Royal Highness has met survivors, peacebuilders, medical professionals and changemakers across the globe — from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Kosovo, South Sudan, Lebanon, Chad and beyond. Through listening, learning and lending her voice, The Duchess continues to shine a light on the courage of survivors and the urgent need for global action.

@MoonshadowLorr1 @KensingtonRoyal They could speak up about the crimes against 250,000 UK girls.

@KensingtonRoyal Sadly they have to keep up the front who knows what they are thinking or would like to say but are not allowed they don’t Rule Britain .

A wonderful day at Royal Ascot. W & C

@TheBritLad I see you from USA

I think my account is withheld in USA. Each time I attempt to reply to a post about US politics it says “Please try again”. Americans if you can see me from the US please comment 👋

@libsoftiktok She’s not panicking

Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar just REFUSED to show up for a Minnesota fraud hearing to answer questions about her involvement in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme. She’s PANICKING

@BillAckman @X I agree with your approach. I am sorry you and your family are going through this.

I am reaching out to the @X community for advice with the likely risk of sharing TMI. I have been sufficiently upset about the whole matter that I have lost sleep thinking about it and I am hoping that this post will enable me to get this matter off my chest. By way of background, I started a family office called TABLE about 15 years ago and hired a friend who had previously managed a family office, and years earlier, had been my personal accountant. She is someone that I trusted implicitly and consider to be a good person. The office started small, but over the last decade, the number of personnel and the cost of the office grew massively. The growth was entirely on the operational side as the investment team has remained tiny. While my investment portfolio grew substantially, the investments I had made were almost entirely passive and TABLE simply needed to account for them and meet capital calls as they came in. While TABLE purchased additional software and other systems that were supposed to improve productivity, the team kept increasing in size at a rapid rate, and the expenses continued to grow even faster. While I would periodically question the growing expenses and high staff turnover, I stayed uninvolved with the office other than a once-a-year meeting when I briefly reviewed the operations and the financials and determined bonus compensation for the President and the CFO. I spent no time with any of the other employees or the operations. The whole idea behind TABLE was that it would handle everything other than my day job so that I would have more time for my job and my family. Over the last six years, expenses ballooned even further, employee turnover accelerated, and I became concerned that all was not well at TABLE. It was time for me to take a look at what was going on. Nearly four years ago, I recruited my nephew who had recently graduated from Harvard and put him to work at Bremont, a British watchmaker, one of my only active personal investments to figure out the issues at the company and ultimately assist in executing a turnaround. He did a superb job. When he returned from the UK late last year after a few years at Bremont, I asked him to help me figure out what was going on with TABLE. When I explained to TABLE’s president what he would be doing, she became incredibly defensive, which naturally made me more concerned. My nephew went to work by first meeting with each employee to understand their roles at the company and to learn from them what ideas they had on how things could be improved. He got an earful. Our first step in helping to turn around TABLE was a reduction in force including the president and about a third of the team, retaining excellent talent that had been desperate for new leadership. Now here is where I need your advice. All but one of the employees who were terminated acted professionally and were gracious on the way out (excluding the president who had a notice period in her contract, is currently still being paid, and with whom I have not yet had a discussion). The highest compensated terminated employee other than the president, an in-house lawyer (let’s call her Ronda), told us that three months of severance was not enough and demanded two years’ severance despite having worked at the company for only two and one half years. When I learned of Ronda's request for severance, I offered to speak with her to understand what she was thinking, but she refused to do so. A few days ago, we received a threatening letter from a Silicon Valley law firm. In the letter, Ronda’s counsel suggests that her termination is part of longstanding issues of ‘harassment and gender discrimination’ – an interesting claim in light of the fact that Ronda was in charge of workplace compliance – and that her termination was due to: “unlawful, retaliatory, and harmful conduct directed towards her. Both [Ronda] and I [Ronda’s lawyer] have spoken with you about [Ronda’s] view of what a reasonable resolution would include given the circumstances. Thus far, TABLE has refused to provide any substantive response. This letter provides the last opportunity to reach a satisfactory agreement. If we cannot do so, [Ronda] will seek all appropriate relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.” The letter goes on to explain the basis for the “unsafe work environment” claim at TABLE: “In early 2026, Pershing Square’s founder Bill Ackman installed his nephew in an unidentified role at TABLE, Ackman’s family office. [His nephew]—whose only work experience had been for TABLE where he was seconded abroad for the last four years to a UK watch company held by Ackman—began appearing at TABLE’s offices and conducting interviews of employees without a clear explanation of his role or the purposes of these interviews. During this period, he made a series of inappropriate and genderbased [sic] comments to multiple employees that created an unsafe work environment. Among other things, [his nephew] made remarks about female employees’ ages (“Tell me you are nowhere near 40”), physical appearance (“Your body does not look like you have kids”), as well as intrusive questions about family planning and sexual orientation (“Who carried your son? Who will carry your next child?”). These incidents were reported to senior leadership at TABLE and Pershing Square. Rather than being addressed appropriately, the response from senior management reflected, at best, willful blindness to the inappropriateness of [his nephew]’s remarks and, at worst, tacit endorsement.” The above allegations about my nephew had previously been brought to my attention by TABLE’s president when they occurred. When I learned of them, I told the president that I would speak to him directly and encouraged her to arrange for him to get workplace sensitivity training. The president assured me that she would do so. When I spoke to my nephew, he explained what he actually had said and how his actual remarks had been received, not at all as alleged in the legal letter from Ronda’s counsel. I have also spoken to others at the lunch table who confirmed his description of the facts. In any case, he meant no harm, was simply trying to build rapport with other employees, and no one, as far as I understand, was offended. Ironically, Ronda claims in her legal letter that TABLE didn’t take HR compliance seriously, yet Ronda was in charge of HR compliance at TABLE and the person who gave my nephew his workplace sensitivity training after the alleged incidents. In any case, Ronda, as head of compliance, should have kept a record or raised an alarm if indeed there was pervasive harassment or other such problems at the company, and there is no evidence whatsoever that this is true. So why does Ronda believe she can get me to pay her nearly $2 million, i.e., two years of severance, nearly one year of severance for each of her years at the company? Well, here is where some more background would be helpful. Over the last two months, I have been consumed with a major family medical issue – one of my older daughters had a massive brain hemorrhage on February 5th and has since been making progress on her recovery – and I am in the midst of a major transaction for my company which I am executing from a hospital room office next to her . While the latter business matter is publicly known, the details of my daughter’s situation are only known to Ronda because of her role at our family office. Now, let’s get back to the subject at hand. Unfortunately, while New York and many other states have employment-at-will, there has emerged an industry of lawyers who make a living from bringing fake gender, race, LGBTQ and other discrimination employment claims in order to extract larger severance payments for terminated employees, and it needs to stop. The fake claim system succeeds because it costs little to have a lawyer send a threatening letter and nearly all of the lawyers in this field work on contingency so there is no or minimal cash cost to bring a claim. And inevitably, nearly 100% of these claims are settled because the public relations and legal costs of defending them exceed the dollar cost of the settlement. The claims are nearly always settled with a confidentiality agreement where the employee who asserts the fake claims remains anonymous and as a result, there is no reputational cost to bringing false claims. The consequences of this sleazy system (let’s call it ‘the System’) are the increased costs of doing business which is a tax on the economy and society. There are other more serious problems due to the System. Unfortunately, the existence of an industry of plaintiff firms and terminated employees willing to make these claims makes it riskier for companies to hire employees from a protected class, i.e., LGBTQ, seniors, women, people of color etc. because it is that much more reputationally damaging and expensive to be accused of racism, sexism, and/or intolerance for sexual diversity than for firing a white male as juries generally have less sympathy for white males. The System therefore increases the risk of discrimination rather than reducing it, and the people bringing these fake claims are thereby causing enormous harm to the other members of these protected classes. So what happened here? Ronda was vastly overpaid and overqualified for the job that she did at TABLE. She was paid $1.05 million plus benefits last year for her work which was largely comprised of filling out subscription agreements and overseeing an outside law firm on closing passive investments in funds and in private and venture stage companies, some compliance work, and managing the office move from one office to another. She had a very good gig as she was highly paid, only had to go into the office three days a week, and could work from anywhere during the summer. Once my nephew showed up and started to investigate what was going on, she likely concluded that there was a reasonable possibility she would be terminated, as her job was in the too-easy-and-to-good-to-be-true category. The problem was that she was not in a protected class due to her race, age or sexual identity so she had to construct the basis for a claim. While she is female and could in theory bring a gender-based discrimination claim, she reported to the president who is female and to whom she is very close, which makes it difficult for her to bring a harassment claim against her former boss. When my nephew complimented a TABLE employee at lunch about how young she looked – in response to saying she was going to her 40-year-old sister’s birthday party, he said ‘she must be your older sister’ – Ronda immediately reported it to our external HR lawyer. She thereby began building her case. The other problem for Ronda bringing a claim is that she was terminated alongside 30% of other TABLE employees as part of a restructuring so it is very difficult for her to say that she was targeted in her termination or was retaliated against. TABLE is now hiring an external fractional general counsel as that is all the company needs to process the relatively limited amount of legal work we do internally. In short, Ronda was eminently qualified and capable and did her job. She was just too much horsepower for what is largely an administrative legal role so she had to come up with something else to bring a claim. Now Ronda knew I was a good target and it was a good time to bring a claim against me. She also knew that I was under a lot of pressure because on March 4th when Ronda was terminated, my daughter had not yet emerged from consciousness, she was not yet breathing on her own, and my daughter and we were fighting for her life. I was and remain deeply engaged in her recovery while at the same time I was working on finishing the closing for the private placement round for my upcoming IPO. Ronda also knew that publicity about supposed gender discrimination and a “hostile and unsafe work environment” are not things that a CEO of a company about to go public wants to have released into the media. And she may have thought that the nearly $2 million she was asking for would be considered small in the context of the reputational damage a lawsuit could cause, regardless of the fact that two years of severance was an absurd amount for an employee who had only worked at TABLE for 30 months. She also likely considered that I wouldn’t want to embarrass my nephew by dragging him into the klieg lights when her claims emerged publicly. So, in summary, game theory would say that I would certainly settle this case, for why would I risk negative publicity at a time when I was preparing our company to go public and also risk embarrassing my nephew. Notably, she hired a Silicon Valley law firm, rather than a typical NY employment firm. This struck me as interesting as her husband works for one of the most prominent Silicon Valley venture firms whose CEO, I am sure, has no tolerance for these kinds of fake claims that sadly many venture-backed companies also have to deal with. I mention this as I suspect her husband likely has been working with her on the strategy for squeezing me as, in addition to being a computer scientist, he is a game theorist. My only advice for him is to understand more about your opponent before you launch your first move. All of the above said, gender, race, LGBTQ and other such discrimination is a real thing. Many people have been harmed and deserve compensation for this discrimination, and these companies and individuals should be punished for engaging in such behavior. Which brings me to the advice I am seeking from the X community. I am not planning to follow the typical path and settle this ‘claim.’ Rather, I am going to fight this nonsense to the end of the earth in the hope that it inspires other CEOs to do the same so we shut down this despicable behavior that is a large tax on society, employment, and the economy and contributes to workplace discrimination rather than reducing it. Do you agree or disagree that this is the right approach?

@dhelms1454 @koshercockney @DouglasKMurray Is prince William any different from his father?

@koshercockney @DouglasKMurray Yeah, and tell me, why isn’t your king giving an Easter address when he’s the head of the Church of England, but he does give a Ramadan address??? How about someone with balls ask Prince William to do it because his dad won’t???

This is a must listen and a must share. Seriously. The BBC at its very worst. And this isn’t even @DouglasKMurray at his very best, yet he’s utterly brilliant.

@jammierooroo @GSGB01 @northpoint56 I do not share your optimism about William.

Yes. And I’m an ardent royalist who believes in the succession. But I think Charles is weak, always has been, and is captured by a left wing ideology, as well as an Islamic ideology. He was never going to be a great King. William on the other hand reads the mood of the nation, loves us and will go about getting the work done. And with the beautiful Catherine by his side, he is unstoppable!

🚨BREAKING: British citizens are calling upon King Charles to ABDICATE amid huge backlash following the announcement that he will not be giving an Easter message this year. Should Charles hand over the throne?

@NiallHarbison Thank you for your honesty. Among other things, it’s a reminder to me to be kinder, one never knows what people are dealing with.

My confidence and self worth haven’t been great lately and I just wanted to say thats ok so other people who suffer with depression or anxiety know that it’s ok to feel like that. I’m CEO of Happy Doggo and most people in positions like mine have to hide stuff like this. Most people in all positions In life do actually. It’s really hard to admit you don’t feel the best about yourself. That’s why I just write it down as I feel because maybe it’ll help someone. Between our team, partners and everything wrapped up in what I do there are probably 100+ people who rely on me. Add in social media, donors and everything else and that’s a massive happy facade to keep up. I’ve learnt though that it’s ok to say you are not ok. At the moment I’m going through the motions. Still working hard and trying my best but I feel a bit worthless. No self worth at all. I also have imposter syndrome. I know I can jus read the comments here or look at the dogs saved and I should be happy but it doesn’t bring me anything. I look in the mirror at the moment and can’t even really look at myself. No particular reason or spark for this. As people who suffer know it just comes in a dark wave like a fog. I could easily share some happy dog photos and smile and pretend I felt amazing. But I’d rather be honest and try to help others. I have untold amounts of support and good luck that many of you dont. So if you're feeling down or a little rough right now, that's okay because so am I, and it's absolutely fine to say that. Have a lovely weekend and be kind to each other ❤️

@DublinTaxiDave Ireland has a very foolish President.

There is no such thing as a "global citizen". I can't go over to Somalia or Afghanistan and demand a free house and free welfare from those countries. The "international obligations" bullshit only seems to work one way. #IrelandisFull #NotMyPresident

@EmployRightsIE @AislingAon Ireland must exit the EU to change the current disastrous direction of the country.

I do not believe there was ever some secret meeting where politicians sat around a table and decided to replace the Irish people. That is not how this happened. What happened is almost worse in its own way. Ireland is now treated by its political class like some regional office of a giant EU corporation, where the population is managed like headcount on a spreadsheet. They think in targets, percentages and growth, not in people, place, identity or consequences. When that is how you govern, you stop asking who is actually coming in, what scale it is happening at, and what it is doing to the character, culture and social fabric of the country. You just keep driving the numbers higher because the numbers are all that matter to you. And they are doing it at such speed that Ireland is being changed permanently in front of our eyes. Unless the Irish people put a stop to it, the country we hand on will not be the one we inherited.

@ohiobear0009 @Cernovich A priest at my church recently (during Mass, as part of his homily on charity during Lent) suggested donating to Catholic Charities.

@Cernovich Catholics don’t have “services”. We have mass. Priests don’t typically have homilies on immigration.

When is the last time a Catholic service scolded illegal immigrants for using tax payer services and told them to not commit welfare fraud? We all know how these lectures go. It’s all how we are supposed to welcome the stranger. Never that the stranger shouldn’t rob us.

@mattvanswol Well deserved!

HOLY CRAP!!!!! I JUST GOT INVITED TO THE FREAKING STATE OF THE UNION!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT ON EARTH DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS??????!!!!!!!!

@KimberA777 @CoffindafferFBI Who says no forced entry?

@CoffindafferFBI Agree, preplanned, no forced entry, crime had most likely already been committed by the time suspect #2 arrived. Nancy's purse/wallet with cash and credit cards untouched. House was not ransacked, though there was a "crime, crime scene and significant amount of DNA present "

Nancy Guthrie Was this your garden variety burglary that just went wrong? I don't think so. Why? *No one goes to burglarize a house with a full backpack. *No one picks a house set way off the street with an unusual entry and a camera when other houses don't have cameras. *Most burglaries occur during the day, not in the witching hour. *Porch Guy was way too casual. Not a care in the World. More burglars are swift. In and out. No lollygagging. ***Burglars don't steal 84 YO Grandmas. They steal things and Porch Guy didn't do that here. Day 20. Still No Nancy. #NancyGuthrie #NancyGuthrieCase

@greg_price11 @joelpollak Same for the Republican gubernatorial candidate.

The Democratic Party posted about Ramadan and the Lunar New Year yesterday. But they did not post a single thing about Ash Wednesday today.

@NannyGreenThumb @BasilTheGreat I do not expect much better from his son William. I hope I am wrong.

@BasilTheGreat I wouldn’t say the whole of the RF , KC has always delved into other religions but he needs to remember as King he is head of the Church of England the Christian faith, as such he should not promote Ramadan completely ignoring Lent , the late Queen would never have done it 😡😡

🚨ROYAL FAMILY PROMOTE RAMADAN OVER SHROVE TUESDAY A post for the Islamic holiday☪️ But not the Christian one ✝️ Charles is not fit to be King He is no defender of the faith

@Remington13132 @itslinklauren Maybe they have but we are not being told.

@itslinklauren I don't understand why the family has not done lie detector..especially sister and husband who were the last to see her...makes no sense

It’s been over a week since Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. I can’t imagine what the family is going through living in limbo. I’ve spoken to former FBI agents and security experts over the last few days. Here’s my full unfiltered take on the matter: