I hope some clarification eventually comes out. Something just doesn’t sound right to me…
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Harry has said in the interviews/docudrama that William had told him to slow down the relationship with Meghan and think before he leaped into marriage. To me it sounds like the physical fight was part of this, that William told him several times to slow down and this was one of those times, perhaps with W saying negative things about Meghan. W is not just the big brother but will someday be King, and maybe W thought the Queen and Charles were being too lax about Harry rushing into things.
W also probably saw Meghan more than Charles and the Queen, knew more of the friends of Harry who knew Meghan. Maybe he overstepped and gave too much of an opinion, but he also knew Harry best. Perhaps he saw H acting like a besotted idiot or acting like he had in other relationships that had ended poorly. It doesn’t sound like Harry was interested in anyone’s negative opinions of Meghan, even if they were honest opinions.
The only approval he needed was the Queen’s, and he should have just stopped with her approval. Not sure if William will forgive him. The Queen had compassion for her son Andrew and included him but Charles isn’t so generous and pushes Andrew out at every opportunity. I can see Charles forgiving (and including) his son Harry but William not forgiving his brother.
Sad.
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Is it possible therapy for Harry was through military since he is a veteran?
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Remember, Charles included Andrew and Fergie at Christmas. Although Charles is adamantly against Andrew having a public role in the monarchy, Andrew was still considered a part of the family. Prince Phillip would never have allowed Fergie to be invited to anything.
H & M were invited to Christmas but declined.
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Will be interesting to see what else is in Harry’s book, but I don’t believe he is looking to build/repair the relationship with his brother at all (as H has said several times) since he wrote about their physical altercation. Certainly not the way to heal, move on, repair things.
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Just more examples of stories not matching up and just a lot of holes everywhere.
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The alleged physical assault apparently happened in 2019, AFTER they were married and when they still lived in Nottingham Cottage (on the grounds of Kensington Palace), before they moved to Frogmore. They moved to Frogmore about April 2019, a month before Archie was born.
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I think it is unlikely he was receiving Veterans’ treatment; more likely private.
Going back 100 years, the current RF has an apparent history of engaging psychotherapists / psychiatrists.
Prince Charles was seeing a psycho/psch. for fourteen years, starting with his marriage to Diana.
Princess Margaret had severe bouts of depression, was under the care of a psychiatrist, and at one point was allegedly hospitalized in a private treatment facility.
The present Princess of Wales (Catherine) has engaged in therapy, as has William.
Harry began his journey into self discovery at around the age of 25 (ish) with the HELP of William.
Prince Andrew spoke of his mental heath (not sure if he underwent treatment).
Sara Ferguson (his former wife) has spoken about her mental health and she has been in treatment for over 25 years.
Anecdotally, Princess Alice (Prince Philip’s mother) sought treatment from two different psychiatrists, before eventually being treated by Sigmund Freud, and being hospitalized by him against her will.
Finally, The Queen’s father, George V!, was under the care of a psychiatrist, before he sought the help of a speech therapist, in order to overcome his stutter.
And again finally …Catherine (Princess of Wales) supported her brother James through years of struggling with clinical depression; it is acknowledged that James struggles were Catherine & William’s the prime motivator to jointly FOUND the mental health charity - Heads Together, along with Harry.
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That makes it bizarre that somehow Meagan wouldn’t be allowed.
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Diana also claimed, in an interview, that she wasn’t allowed.
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Bizarre, isn’t it? Maybe because Diana and Meagan being in therapy has more obvious causes that point to their treatment by others, but when family is in therapy it isn’t as obvious why? I mean I am grasping at potential explanations.
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Even more bizarre given the existence of their Heads Together charity.
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There’s no equivalent to the Veterans Administration in the UK and certainly not a network of dedicated medical facilities for ex-service personnel.
The timing of the revelation makes me suspicious. He has a vested financial interest in saying lurid details which may or may not be accurate. It will certainly sell more books.
Had he said it 3 years ago, or 3 years from now, I might believe him. But now? He will say anything to sell books.
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He has managed to infuriate both the British Army command and the Taliban by his description of his service time.
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I don’t care one bit about Harry’s stupid book.
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People who are upset by the book and claim it is an assault on the monarchy must have very, very short memories. Both Charles and Diana wrote tell-all memoirs in the wake of their disastrous marriage - including multiple interviews with sympathetic members of the press (I believe Charles referenced a cold childhood, distant mother etc) – some at the time called for Charles to lose his title etc. That’s why I don’t get all the hysteria and find the pearl clutching incredibly hypocritical.
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No they didn’t. It’s semantics for some, but giving one’s blessing to an author and writing a book are not synonymous.
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I don’t know if it will blow over, but it seems Harry held nothing back and says bad things about everyone. Kate encouraged him to wear the Nazi uniform. Camilla turned his room into a closet. He and W told Charles not to marry the wicked Camilla. The Queen put Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson in a bad place in the Frogmore cemetery (one last blow to Edward VIII and his American wife).
The clips I saw of the press reviews (and I think this is mostly press who doesn’t like Meghan) say the book if full of hate. Harry is one unhappy person.
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I misspoke - I should have said “contributed to” or “gave blessing to”.
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