Isn't this getting a bit boring now?
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Neither have I set out to watch or read anything about it, N, but the issue is that our TV and radio is saturated with it, even to it being the lead story on the news. It sure isn't entertainment or even very newsworthy in my view.
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Not only himself and his family; seems to me he has given the taliban, and others, the perfect excuse for targeting our armed forces, diplomats and, in fact, any British citizens working for relief agencies in Afghanistan. Very revealing how many of the armed forces spokespersons have come out against him.
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I think it is just disgusting that he gives away family stories in order to get publicity and thereby funding for his lifestyle. Also it is just his recollection of events, it could be all true or not at all or somewhere in-between, as the other members of the RF are not getting involved (righly in my view) it is all one sided.
Also not only publicity but trying to get all this 'sympathy' which really gets me. I had fights with my brothers, shouting matches with my dad, as I assume many other families did but it's nothing special (is it?)
He made the choice to walk away from what many might see as his duty and/or his family. I've no problem with that, seen it done on a smaller scale many times before and that's fine as everyone must choose what is best for themselves but then don't start attacking them? Actually I've seen that done before too but it's just he has a larger audience and attacking something that a lot of people love and respect.
I've not read, or will read the book, I didn't watch the Netflix show and just get what's on the BBC. But I did recall how someone said the opening parts of the show showing the press going mad were from other celebrities and not them.
It's been the talking point of many this week I've met and even the 'non-royals' don't like what he's doing, one even said how he had a photographer there ready for all the important moments he talked about and all too staged?
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It’s possible Peter Morgan might be masquerading as his “therapist”🤔
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Some of the things I've seen on my news feed are making me so angry, do we really need to read about how he got frost nip on his private parts 😱 or the fact that he actively sort out the sex scenes his then girl friend was in while an actress. These types of revelations say a lot about him as a person. As to his claims of Taliban kills it beggers belief that he could be so stupidly niave to have written that. Then you have to ask why was that even allowed to go to print. We can only hope that we do not see any repercussions for his stupidity.
For someone wanting to get away from public life and the press he has got a funny way of going about it. I hope the rest of the RF cast him out totally.
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Agree absolutely TG - I too am appalled by the whole saga. I doubt that any private security firm will go anywhere near him now - both he and they are going to be sitting ducks. He has shown the mentality and foresight of a five year old.
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Funnily enough we just watched WILTY from last night and did Lee Mack once pose in a caravan brochure?
But back on topic when he does end up on that show - I flew Apache attack helicopters in a war but got so upset when my brother broke my necklace.
Also he tries to makes out the most normal thing into something horrible. I read on his first day at Eton William told him: "You don't know me Harold. And I don't know you"
This is perfectly normal!
If I had a pound for every time I saw siblings do this sort of thing or heard about it direct when asking how how their youngest was getting on, or seen siblings completely ignore each other in the corridors I'd certainly have enough for more than a few nights on a club site!
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I’ve never seen The Crown😁 Game of Moans would be a good episode title though.
Its not funny though, for anyone concerned, including anyone connected with Armed Forces. He’s allowing himself to be exploited, and certainly not getting any good advice. ☹️
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Not something I get overly excited about. There is always sibling rivalry, didn't William the Conqueror have the same issue with his sons, at least hunting in the New Forest seems to have sorted that out! Here we have a youngster who tragically lost his mother in the glare of publicity at a very formative age. This has clearly carried over into adulthood. He marries an American actor, it was never going to be easy to fit in with the "Palace". Even if it had he would always be playing second fiddle to his older brother. Elements of the British press have been exceptionally down on them, as they probably were with his mother. All this current publicity will die down and lets face it he can really only write one book on the subject and then I imagine he will disappear into obscurity as people will soon lose interest, if they haven't already! It is important as we have a Constitutional Monarchy, if that is destroyed we just open another, far, far bigger, can of worms?
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For 17 million plus I'd be quite happy to tell the world about my sister breaking my treasured budgerigar ornament (although I'd probably tell her first so we could share the windfall. ) PS I have got over it now so there is hope for Royals too...
Sadly there is a parental track record here of "tell all" books mixed in with living unusually separate lives without the normal sensitive family channels to sort problems out in private.
One day the person concerned will mature and change and hopefully all this will be "history."
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Not sure that he will ever mature and change Brue, but we can live in hope. Undoubtedly they were both affected by their Mother’s untimely death and having to live through most of it in public. But sadly many youngsters loose parents when they are young, and they and their parents often then have financial struggles to deal with as well as a bereavement.
I think the rot started when they formed a plan together to work part time as royals and use social media to boost their income at the same time. How did they ever think this could happen. And they would still have been in the limelight that they say they didn’t want. When firmly given a refusal to this by the Royals the dummy was really spat out.
They said they wanted to be financially independent, (didn’t Charles help them a lot though) but that seems to mean that we all have to watch their life on Netflix or buy his book to support them. As you say sooner or later this will run out as people get even more bored, well let’s hope so anyway.
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Where's "Lauren Cooper" aka Catherine Tate when we need her?
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Until their money runs out and they are guests on Caravaner of the year
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I believe quite a few fighter pilots did in WW2. For infantry it’s almost certainly much more difficult, even if they wanted to. However, in the case in question the Apaches gun cameras, replayed during debriefs, make it more obvious, even if he wasn’t counting.
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It is nothing to do with being unpopular but remarks like that may aid what is termed as radicalisation of people already here and growing up in living the UK to make attacks on home soil. It has happened.
His remarks could taint everyone in the UK and beyond. After he is a Prince of the realm as those remarks could then be viewed as being said or held by of all of us.
It is literally a textbook method on how to recruit such people here at home, it has been done like this already, as been said by various people it puts all of us at possible further risk.
All school, college...staff (including support and anyone having contact with students, cooks even) are required by law to have Prevent training to address this issue.
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This is a very serious issue and shouldn’t be trivialised. It was an extremely irresponsible comment by Harry who we would expect to know better.
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He’s doing what he does, saying what he says for money. Millions of pounds of money. He’s trading with the the people he has despised and hated for decades. A Faustian pact indeed, very sad for all those around him.
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He seems incredibly naive, not perhaps fully understanding the implications of that “25 kills” statement for his children, wife, other family members, wider military family in what are still very high levels of terrorism threats. It isn’t the first time it’s been mentioned about his active military service, but he has much greater personal responsibilities in his life now, and a lot of the focus on him stepping away from Royal duties has centred around his security. This is hardly going to help the situation.
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Not only naive, but vulnerable and gullible all his life it seems maybe due to a flawed character caused by circumstance, privilege and the subordinate position forced upon him. However, at the heart of the tragedy is the greed and attitude of the press and the media who rub their hands in glee as seemingly countess willing folk show a morbid interest in the antics of the main protagonists in this story. They part with their money in order to gain the next tidbit of sordid gossip and so the saga goes on.
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