I don’t perceive anyone here defending the royal family per se, nor implying that they should be above criticism, either as individuals or an institution.
It’s rather that some of us feel a certain amount of discomfort that Harry is trashing his OWN family so publicly. That discomfort also applies to what both of his parents did, and in fact any famous person who feels the need to tell the world all the faults and failings of their parents and/or relatives.
They certainly have a right to do so. But that doesn’t stop some of us from considering it…icky. And that icky feeling applies even when we already have a negative view of the one(s) being trashed.
Harry has made a point of saying he is trying to counter the negative narratives in the press, particularly the British tabloid press. But it occurs to me he must have spent a lot of time reading those very tabloids. This brings to mind what I’ve heard some famous performers say about reading reviews: don’t get overly upset by the negative press, and don’t get overly happy about the positive ones.
A better analogy would be if you kicked them out as VPs of the multi-million dollar family business because they wanted to switch from being full time to part time, and cut them out of your will.
If they later became “influencers” paid by the number of viewers and then talked about getting kicked out of the family business, I think that was probably a foreseeable consequence.
“I don’t know. Everyone has a family. I have arguments in my family. Am I going to put that out there for the whole world to see?” Lemon said. “I just don’t understand why on Earth he would want to put that out there. I know he’s selling a book but to me, it’s just not done.”
“It’s gauche to me. That’s the word,” Lemon added later in the segment.
Well, I definitely intend to read the book, especially after hearing Anderson Cooper reflect on his interview with Harry and his take on the book, which he read before the interview.
He says the book is really about heartbreak and loss and how one event - the death of Diana - redirected Harry’s life and altered it.
I agree. They are still a family, they are still human beings. I can’t imagine how hurtful it would be to see my brother trash myself and my dad (my mother has also passed). Why would it be any less hurtful for them? Not to add if my brother was doing it for money, which my brother also has plenty of. I just don’t know how H & M thought this would be a good idea. Take it up with the British Press if you must. The personal digs at his brother (look how much balder he is than me-- doesn’t look like mom anymore ha ha) is just so incredibly low.
Some of it does seem low, jealous, petty, and immature. Some of it may hopefully be more balanced. I am number 7 on hold to pick it up from the library but I might have already read and heard enough. But, maybe not!
I’m not a big fan or airing private grievances publicly. But it has been done.
What I think would help all parties moving forward would be for them to all spend some time together – and just talk everything through. Get mad, cry, apologize, forgive. And then, since the press will be salivating to report the results of the summit, stand together in front of the microphones and present a unified front, with a unified message of forgiveness and familial harmony. That is how, I think, they could put this behind them.
I still don’t get it. Media pounced at Meaghan for having upset Kate. I mean how dare she made the amazing Kate cry. They were at it for a long time. Kate knew this story was not true and yet let it stand and watched how the press tore down Meagan without setting the record straight. Where is outrage at her for having been that sort of person, a person who watches somebody being vilified unjustly and can help but won’t. Instead Harry is apparently the one trashing the family by setting the record straight? I really don’t get it.
Would the palace have allowed Kate to correct it? The whole thing was so overblown as usual. Who cares if one made the other cry? Big deal. And the palace hasn’t commented on a single revelation, accusation or detail H or M have made during the Netflix extravaganza or H’s self indulgent memoir. Why would they have corrected that story?
Yes, the whole dress thing seems very overblown. Stressed bride, stressed mom who had just given birth weeks earlier to her third child. Not sure how holding grudges over perceived slights/disagreements from years ago is going to help with any reconciliation.
Again context matters. She was being slammed from everything from avocados to baby bump touching to Kate to just name it. Any refutation, any support would have helped. Why wouldn’t palace allow for a simple statement that it isn’t true? I have seen them correct other stuff. If they wouldn’t allow than even more reason for Harry to speak out on behalf of himself and his wife.
His hair comes from the Spencer side; one of Diana’s sisters and her brother are both redheads. But he also has a resemblance to his grandfather when Philip was younger
I am still trying to figure out why one would disclose to the public the frost bitten state of a sexual organ. What “truth” is that supposed to tell? TMI
At least that only is about him. His using Elizabeth Arden cream on the frostbite is likely info that the cosmetics company didn’t want to hear. And William is likely not ecstatic that the book reveals details on his penis that the world did not need to know about.
