Anybody that doesn’t have some trauma in their family history or might have some axe to grind somewhere is indeed lucky. Parent, sibling difficulty and issues in childhood can be real , but hopefully it doesn’t keep you from a better relationship as adults.
Harry has children now. Hopefully, they will be easy on he and Meghan down the road .
I think he was well regarded as head of the Invictus games. He had interests in Africa and the charities he was doing there.
Diana was about the same age as Harry when she started making her own life, choosing her own charities and work. All the other Spares found things to do. Anne made a career of cutting ribbons and giving 10 minute speeches, which left a lot of time for the things she really liked such as her horses. Beatrice and Eugenie found a balance between royal duties and careers (and now families)
I just watched the CBS interview. It’s pretty clear Harry blames the press for everything. He wants to control the press, wants the family to control the press. NEVER going to happen. The press is needed to keep government in control, to keep the public informed, and to keep the monarchy ‘out there.’
The press liked Meghan, then didn’t. It is a game to the press to keep selling papers. Harry can’t accept that the press doesn’t like his wife. It’s quicksand - the more he fights, the deeper he sinks.
You’re right, I fell into the trap of using absolutes in my wording, which just invites trouble .
Frankly, I didn’t pay much attention to them until this thread, and the publicity around the Netflix doc and especially his book, which of course is the media focus right now. So I’m both sick of it and unable to stop myself at the same time. (I honestly don’t know why I got caught up in this story; it’s not typical for me.)
I hope the media focus will return to their charitable endeavors when this dies down, but alas by that point I will again have no interest in them.
Press isn’t tabloid press. He has a problem with tabloid press and the lies and viciousness from them, not BBC and the likes. I sure hope tabloid press isn’t needed for the proper running of government.
I read that King Charles sent Prince Harry a care package every week when he was deployed to A. He apparently took a lot of time to really think about the things Harry liked and included them in the care package. Yet those special things that the King did to show his love for his son, Prince Harry never included in his book.
Would you mind sharing exactly where you read that? Many of these kinds of stories have originated in British tabloids and have been fed to them directly from “palace sources”.
I also think it is ironic how they keep talking about security issues and yet he provided specifics in his book about his family homes layouts, where the wine is kept, where expensive gifts are stored, etc. layouts of family homes and palaces seem to breach security and confidentiality. It seems he only cares about his and his wife’s security but for the rest of the family - he doesn’t care one bit.
I’m honestly surprised the Palace is even considering reconciliation. I’d take Harry at face value, say “have a nice life with your wife and family” and cut off any further communication. What is the benefit to the Royal family? He’s shown himself time and again to be an immature, vindictive, obsessive man-child who is making a living selling his and his family’s dirty laundry to the highest bidder. Who would ever trust bringing him back into the fold and interacting with him?
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I think in many ways it is. It was the National Enquirer that outed John Edwards. If Harry thinks the BBC is okay, then he should get his news from its sources and ignore the others.
Well, who else is going to tell the press about them except a “friend of the King”? But I’m curious that you seem to believe that the palace and press would conspire to lie about a verifiable fact like care packages. This is not a “She made me cry! No, SHE made ME cry” argument that is open to rival interpretations. Either the care packages existed or they didn’t. Harry knows if he received them and would presumably deny it if he didn’t.
Anyway, it’s in the Times too (paywalled), which is likely where the Daily Beast got it:
“But a friend of the King wonders why Harry hasn’t mentioned the weekly care packages he sent to his warrior son at war. “He used to delight in sending Harry care packages to Afghanistan. He would send a weekly package, injected with humour and his favourite things. He thought long and hard about them,” says the friend. “Why does Harry not want the world to see that side of his father?””
Ijust read a really interesting take on Harry’s book from Anna Donaldson whose 12 year old son died in a flash flood several years ago leaving a sibling. Anna also lost her mother when Anna was still a teenager.
Anna writes a blog called “An inch of gray”
Here are Anna’s words I wasn’t planning on reading this because I found the Oprah interview cringe-worthy, and avoided the Netflix documentary altogether.
But my book club picked it this month, and I dove in.
As the child of a mother who died young, I can really relate to both the huge hole in Harry’s life, and to the stoic and damaging way everyone in his circle moved on without talking about it.
And, as the mother of a grieving child whose great pain led to fear, anger, and magical thinking, I can see my family’s story in Harry’s.
I haven’t gotten to anything about Meghan or leaving royal service yet, but what I have read so far is a poignant, beautifully written memoir on the wreckage of grief. The silence. The disorientation. The lack of mutual understanding.
I’m afraid this book is a line in the sand that will forever separate Harry from his family of origin. That makes me so sad. But I think it can really shine a light on what grievers need versus what they get g
He didn’t address the issue, he just made a self centered comparison while complaining about loss of security service. Everything is seen through the mirror of what he deserves and wants.
If anyone to address Andrew’s issue, shouldn’t it be from the Firm? However, it is neither here or there.
I’ve read this whole thread. To me, it is far more fascinating to read about people’s thoughts and opinions here about H&M vs the Firm than the stories about H&M themselves.