Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

BunnyLake · 26/08/2024 09:32

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines - previously banned poster.

How many times has the man had to listen to that darn washing up liquid story, a heck of a lot more than us and that’s a million times too many. 😯

notprincehamlet · 26/08/2024 07:27

Isn't that Joey's smell-the-fart acting face?

Mummyoflittledragon · 26/08/2024 07:11

Nadeed · 26/08/2024 01:48

@Mummyoflittledragon They did not meet because Charles did not have space in his diary.

Yes, Harry didn’t give enough notice to ensure enough space could be allocated. Had they been under the same roof, there would have been space simply by being in proximity of one another. Both need to eat for example and they could have chatted whenever his father wasn’t tied up with appointments or over a meal. Buckingham Palace is the office so naturally the King would have spent some of his time there whilst Harry was in London and perhaps he would have stayed as well so the two could have met for breakfast etc. Harry being the one with a less busy schedule and able to stay in the uk longer had he so chosen needed to fit in with his father, not the other way round.

teatimeplease · 26/08/2024 02:09

What an embarrassment thread for both the OP and the people buying in to it and writing massive replies

Nadeed · 26/08/2024 01:48

@Mummyoflittledragon They did not meet because Charles did not have space in his diary.

LucasNorth1 · 26/08/2024 01:41

the body language can all be coached, they have the best qualified people etc, this is all strategized at a guess, as to the bigger plan, at a guess only the security services know that and or his closest people

BeachParty · 26/08/2024 01:16

SelMarin · 25/08/2024 21:16

The right wing British press are so weird.

Most true comment I've read all day today!

WinnieTheW0rm · 25/08/2024 21:35

I'm sure any reporter/editor can find a suitable shot that reinforces the line they're taking at any particular point.

My opinion of Harry is based far more on what he has actually said or written (or endorsed from his ghost writer)

I wonder when the polo documentary will air on Netflix? He needs a success there, and soon, to stop the swirling rumours (deal expires in autumn 2025, and successes now might lead to renewal)

SelMarin · 25/08/2024 21:16

The right wing British press are so weird.

Lms63738 · 25/08/2024 21:15

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines - previously banned poster.

Lms63738 · 25/08/2024 21:13

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines - previously banned poster.

abracadabra1980 · 25/08/2024 21:12

So does the guy to the right of Meghan. Just a normal spilt second photo shot.
I'd be more worried about being concerned about someone I have no emotional bond with whatsoever.

CandidHedgehog · 25/08/2024 18:29

You are vv unreasonable to post this in AIBU rather than on the RF board.

IBlameTheDog · 25/08/2024 18:02

He looks to me like he's wondering what to have for his tea.

thebestinterest · 25/08/2024 17:32

Dearg · 25/08/2024 08:26

I have no clue as to Harry’s state of mind, but I think, on occasion, he looks out of his depth.
He is not the sharpest tack, his lifestyle has changed dramatically, the US culture is very different from what he is used to. He is a bit clueless about ‘winging it’

But, he looks like he adores his wife, and speaks warmly of his children, so that’s a good foundation.

This 100%

Boomer55 · 25/08/2024 16:58

They all look bland. They’re mainly bored. Frankly, I couldn’t care less about any of them. 🤷‍♀️

Mummyoflittledragon · 25/08/2024 16:58

Dery · 25/08/2024 09:21

“Noras · Today 08:48
I’m not into this whole Harry bashing thing. However he did seem to be marginalised at the odd lunch - the other 3 were on one table he was separated by a table leg and focused on his pudding.

He has changed and he does not look happy compared to how he looked before marriage. It’s not a few choice snap shots - it’s lengthy videos where his natural demeanor is melancholic and then he brightens up a bit eg when talking to kids - before looking sad again.

Also the DOS does seem to constantly hold his hand or grab him. She also seems to do all the talking. It’s actually quite humiliating for him inles he prefers it that way.

I think that by leaving the UK it was the final nail in any dynamics of him being equal in that relationship. He is the lap dog walking behind.

As they age and it begins to show they will lose any relevance whereas part of the RF he would always be relevant. At the moment the whole show trades on his royal status and her ‘glamour’s It’s all very sad and sad that it did not work out here in the UK. Like many I was excited by the marriage but now it seems disastrous like trying to push a round peg into a square hole.

If I were them I would find some truly worthy thing that they fill inspired about - Invictus is all they really have. These faux royal tours seem contradictory if H want more privacy and also I’m
not sure of the purpose.

H dad might love him but looking beyond that William might never want him back.
Perhaps H now realises that there will be no more Windsor Castle Balmoral and even Highgrove. He will never properly represent the UK on the world stage. His kids will never have any cousins to play with. He will never mix so freely with true celebrities . Door will be permanently closed to him that were previously wide open. He won’t attend another coronation. He is to all extents exiled and other than brief flying visits can’t risk lengthy stays here for a multitude of reasons eg M simply won’t come anyway. A celebrities won’t want to offend the Crown as many like mixing here with royalty etc

His future life is mixing with B or C celebrities. I hope that he finds and has some decent friends to spend time with but he needs a proper job.

Actually I don’t wish him anything but good but it seems that Meghan wanted a type of life and was determined to gain that. If they had tried to make it work for 5 or more years fine but she bolted pretty swiftly taking H with her.

The excitement of the interviews, book and Netflix series have all died down. Now he is looking at a scene of utter devastation. His kids won’t even get to know their regal grandfather and cousins and will have no gloss of royalty. People will only be interested in them as the kids that were hidden away but no more.

He will also be getting to that stage in marriage where the novelty has died down and it depends on a stable relationship.

He and M need to work out a way forward as the current movement is one of declining status. I mean what next? A trip to North Korea?

What has he done?”

@Noras - I’m completely with you on this and you’ve expressed it really well.

I did feel there was racism in the way some parts of the media treated Meghan and the Royal Family seems to have completely failed to provide any proper support. Their response to the comment that no media training was provided was that she had been provided with something to read.

The Royal Family seems to have been happy to let H and M flounder. M was rather quick to dash back to the States but I think the Royal Family could have prevented that if they’d stepped up. H showed proper loyalty to his wife (very much unlike his father) and followed her. Celebrities do seem to feel they need to choose between the Royal Family and H and M which in itself seems to be a damning indictment of family relationships within the Royal Family. And how could Prince Charles not make time for Harry when he visited recently? There seems to be such a wilful refusal to show understanding towards him from his own family, such unkindness.

I don’t think there should be sides in all this. The fact is King Charles (he’s no longer a prince) invited Harry to stay at Buckingham Palace on his recent visit to give them time to meet. He can’t just clear his diary at a moment’s notice because he’s the head of state. Harry refused citing security risks. What unkindness was there from Charles?

I’m only seeing unkindness from Harry, who insinuated on the world stage that his father didn’t have time for him when he himself made it impossible for his father to see him by only coming for an incredibly short period of time with little planning and warning and refusing to stay in one of the royal residences.

InsolentNoise · 25/08/2024 16:56

Who gives a fuck? I mean, really?

BunnyLake · 25/08/2024 16:52

I’m not concerned. He’s made his bed just like the rest of us. The seating was very weird though, like it was at the kids table rather than with the grown ups. He kept looking and playing with his food as he had nothing else to do.

Romeiswheretheheartis · 25/08/2024 16:50

I'm currently having a lovely holiday - but if you zoomed into the expression in my eyes on every photo of me I look either bored/worried/just weird! Photos tell us nothing.

Zandert · 25/08/2024 16:50

Jifmicroliquid · 25/08/2024 08:22

It’s a moment in time. Snapshot every moment of a day of a persons face and there’ll be the odd one that they look like a mass murderer.

Nailed it!

PuttingOnTheKitsch · 25/08/2024 16:41

GoldenCactus · 25/08/2024 08:33

Hmmm

I am so glad you posted this. It is one of my favourite things on social media, ever.

Beautiful3 · 25/08/2024 16:22

Think he looks fine. He's probably realised that he'll never be the star. He's always in the background, in some element. Think he's probably bored and wondering what to do next with out his old team behind him.

Lampzade · 25/08/2024 16:11

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

This

Ghostgirl77 · 25/08/2024 16:05

YABU to project so massively based on one photo of a complete stranger.