Buckle up. There's a lot of tea.
I'm going to preface this by saying if you don't believe this, I really don't care. You're welcome to take it or leave it. All of this comes from @satelliteloooveeee's former source, and all I've left out is what they asked me not to share publicly.
No good news, really. Zoe is running this now. Either with his people, or she's got something on them she's holding over them.
Apparently, "they" (not sure if it's her team, his team, or both) wanted some big outing with his family, and his family pushed back and said no. Then...there was the whole scene in London that led up to this engagement crap. [They're referring to the rumored fight and the kiss at the car.
They think he didn't know the engagement was part of the plan that day. So either she and/or his team blindsided him with it. That day was allegedly supposed to be him getting some peace from her and sending her off because he didn't want her around for his rehearsals. So it seems this ring thing was a way to stay in control while back in NY, and then she pulled the Met Gala bs. It does seem like his family fought off any interaction as long as they could. But Anne showing up in Amsterdam and playing besties was likely a concession.
It's possible he was told Zoe wouldn't be in Amsterdam, but there could have been some last-minute negotiation, and she "won." If he wasn't expecting her to be brought in until the London shows, he was blindsided when she showed up, and all this pomp and circumstance and staged photos came out of it.
As far as the crisis management thing goes, I think [redacted] got trolled by [redacted] and possibly Zoe was also involved. The info came to [redacted] from an odd source. They said most people wouldn't know [redacted] unless they've done previous business before or been in contact before. But they have had past communications with [redacted – person mentioned above], which is why it might be them.
In other words, they think Zoe/her team, possibly along with another person, set someone up to leak the hiring of crisis management as a way to get fans excited and feeling like things were turning around, all the while Zoe knew she would be showing up in Amsterdam. As this source said before, she loves trolling our fandom and basically is getting off on having power over everyone.
This last bit is about another person they know:
They've been pretty protective of him for a lot of years. They think Louis is embroiled in his own controlled environment as well, and he could easily be part of the bargaining table for Harry. So, if you ever had any doubts whether they're still connected in some way... doubt no more.
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