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To think that not speaking to your own son is not a good look for the King ?

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Marmaladelover · 02/05/2025 21:08

Don’t get me wrong I think Harry has been a bit of an entitled burk but even so I was shocked that there has not been a reconciliation between Harry and Megan and the King and Queen at least to be civil to each other .
Refusing to even speak just seems like sulking to me !
That said I don’t think Harry telling the world and washing yet more dirty laundry in public is going to help matters .

Maybe some folk will think this comment belongs in the Royal Family thread rather than AIBU but it’s more about mumsnet standards ( sulking is not good ) and whether they should apply to those in high office .

Even JFK and Krushev had a hotline after the Cuban Crisis !

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Hepzibar · 02/05/2025 22:12

He just can’t accept he made his bed and now has to lie in it. He made the decision in 2020 and is now clearly regretting it. They now can’t trust a word he says, he’s deluded. Cake and eating?

Crazyworldmum · 02/05/2025 22:11

Harry’s atitude strand from his bad relationship with his dad . He was and is a bad father .
The more I see of all this the more I think Harry and Meghan moving away was the right thing .

slashlover · 02/05/2025 22:11

BownnTown · 02/05/2025 21:44

When Harry said there are still truths that have not yet been told and “they’re out there already if you bother to look” I think he was on about his real parentage

He's Philip's double.

Judiezones · 02/05/2025 22:11

I would like to hear Charles' side first because I don't think Harry can be trusted to tell the truth

Createausername1970 · 02/05/2025 22:09

JudgeJ · 02/05/2025 22:06

But if he could prove he's not Charles' biological son then he loses everything, he's not Prince Harry and his Mrs wouldn't be too pleased. In fact he's the image of a bearded Prince Philip at a similar age, google Paris Match for the comparison.

Facially, if you concentrate on the eyes, Charles and Harry are very similar.

JudgeJ · 02/05/2025 22:09

MrsCravensworth · 02/05/2025 21:56

Good. I hope she blows the lid on the lot of them.

Then maybe we can get some truth about her and her family's sordid past.

jan2310 · 02/05/2025 22:09

Im watching now on the BBC news and he’s a disgrace. How dare he demand that I and other taxpayers pay for security for what he does in his private life.
if he comes to see the king he will automatically be given security. This is all a red herring and it’s dreadful.
i didn’t like him much before. Now I’m truly disgusted.

Happyher · 02/05/2025 22:09

They won’t talk to him in case it ends up in another book or Tv show

Missey85 · 02/05/2025 22:09

If I was Charles I wouldn't want to speak to Harry either all his done is bitch and moan since he left I mean if your child wrote a book like he did would you?

JenniferAnistonForReals · 02/05/2025 22:08

Imagine if the late queen wrote an AIBU.

I put work before my family always and choose spouses for my children based on how well they will fit in with and carry on my work. AIBU?

This is in no way a normal family,

Justkeepingplatesspinning · 02/05/2025 22:08

I suspect Charles has refused to talk about an ongoing court case rather than going non-contact but it suits Hs narrative to not give the detail. Better headlines and makes 'the other side' look bad? Again?

Highfivemum · 02/05/2025 22:08

considering Harry hates the press he spends a lot of time talking to them. Why would Harry want to be part of a family if all he said was true. And why would Charles want to speak to him if it will be in the news the next day. ? Charles is fighting cancer. He has enough on his plate without all Harry’s drama. He made his bed he needs to lie in it .

LovelySG · 02/05/2025 22:07

If KC or PW say anything to him he will be rushing to whine about it in the next interview or book - quick as a flash. He’s constantly trying to breathe new life into a situation that’s over because his link to the royal family is the only thing he can monetise.

Theunamedcat · 02/05/2025 22:07

ThedaBara · 02/05/2025 21:57

At the end of the interview Harry says that there are 'some who want history to repeat itself' in reference to Diana. It's absolutely awful, it just comes across as though there is nothing he won't say. Is he employing that there are people in his family who want him or his wife dead?? He comes across as completely deluded, and I'm not surprised that his father and brother who are supporting eachother through their cancer journeys don't have any energy for a chat about the weather with him.

His mother was hounded everywhere she went remember kate when she was dating William? The pursuit the abusive taunts to get a reaction them going for upskirt shots? Never happens with Harry and meghan they are fine the closest they get is a blurry shot of Harry and a child at a carnival? But chasing them about? Doesn't happen

Figgygal · 02/05/2025 22:06

Harry was the one who flame throwered all known bridges

Even his interview was full of insinuations of a really nasty nature.

He made his bed

JudgeJ · 02/05/2025 22:06

BownnTown · 02/05/2025 21:44

When Harry said there are still truths that have not yet been told and “they’re out there already if you bother to look” I think he was on about his real parentage

But if he could prove he's not Charles' biological son then he loses everything, he's not Prince Harry and his Mrs wouldn't be too pleased. In fact he's the image of a bearded Prince Philip at a similar age, google Paris Match for the comparison.

Createausername1970 · 02/05/2025 22:05

He is just on the BBC, bleating about it.

I used to really like Harry, had a lot of time for him. But if he can't see that going on TV and airing your family's dirty laundry in public is going to be difficult to get past, then he is incredibly dim.

He has been spouting off for about 7 years now. He needs to shut up for the next 7 years and maybe there might be a private reconciliation.

Lacoutine · 02/05/2025 22:05

Does anyone else think that it looks as if Harry threatened the king/the Firm with a tell all interview if the case didn’t go his way, and is now following through?
The judgment went against you, Harry - and you/your family WOULD get protection if you gave notice and stayed on the royal estate, so why can they never come back to the UK? It is ridiculous, and though I don’t blame the king for not wanting to speak to Harry and have it all on Good Morning America the next day, I’m not sure I believe that he isn’t open to a reconciliation at all. It just won’t be on terms that Harry likes (maybe an apology for a start).

TheOriginalEmu · 02/05/2025 22:05

ThedaBara · 02/05/2025 21:57

At the end of the interview Harry says that there are 'some who want history to repeat itself' in reference to Diana. It's absolutely awful, it just comes across as though there is nothing he won't say. Is he employing that there are people in his family who want him or his wife dead?? He comes across as completely deluded, and I'm not surprised that his father and brother who are supporting eachother through their cancer journeys don't have any energy for a chat about the weather with him.

or maybe he knows his family better than you do, and it might well be true they’d like to see her gone like Diana? Why are they immune to suspicion that they might be awful people? Because they’re rich and in the public eye?

CandyflossKing · 02/05/2025 22:04

It's his words and perspective. Anyone can say anything but it doesn't make it true. He's fishing for attention and sympathy. In any event, I wouldn't want to talk to someone who you can't trust not to go running to the press etc.

Lonelycrab · 02/05/2025 22:04

King Charles has barely a slither of his mothers grace, charm and wit.

I wouldn’t take too much notice of the DMs presentation of this, which is, let’s face it 99% of what opinion on this site is based on.

bluesinthenight · 02/05/2025 22:03

My mother always told me that there was nothing I could do that would stop her loving me and being involved with me. I suppose poor people just have different values. Perhaps Charles is money rich and heart poor.

tinkyandtonk · 02/05/2025 22:03

Oh leave them alone, we don't know everything.

JudgeJ · 02/05/2025 22:03

NonComm · 02/05/2025 21:40

@HRTQueen
@MrsCravensworth
Agreed.
Charles also wrote a book criticising his parents and yet they didn’t ‘grey rock’ or go NC with him.
Charles cheated on Diana.
Charles married the mistress.
Charles allowed the press to bully H&M
Charles is the parent and should fix it with his son if he has any decency left in him.
Also, a retired senior Met officer (who will be better informed than any of us) confirmed that H & M’s lives were in danger.
H&M will never get fair treatment in this country.

We really do need that bollocks button!

Theunamedcat · 02/05/2025 22:01

The government of the day demanded the children be trotted out

Charles and Diana's marriage was a mess but they were visibly getting along before her death

Harry was given mental health support as a child as an adult as well as more support than any of us would be given on the NHS

Charles tried he wasn't given a very supportive upbringing wrote a book about it he is a very emotional man his father was critical of him because of this it's not a secret

Charles has been open publicly to reconciliation with his son and Harry has denied him now the tables have turned Harry wants his dad back and his dad is saying no

Remember his dash to London when it was announced the king had cancer? The following day Harry is on good morning America (I think) nattering about what was said how is that building trust?

Harry isnt used to being told no it shows