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Why do people see Prince Harry as 'young'?

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00100001 · 15/12/2022 22:05

So many people say that about him all the time.

He's nearly 40? I don't know anyone who would consider that a "young man".

Do people have an image of him of early 20s or something in their head do you think?

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PromisesMeanNothingSue · 15/12/2022 22:06

‘Cos he’s an immature prat?

HundredMilesAnHour · 15/12/2022 22:07

Because he's immature, naive and seems to lack both IQ and EQ.

Newwardrobe · 15/12/2022 22:07

PromisesMeanNothingSue · 15/12/2022 22:06

‘Cos he’s an immature prat?

Lol

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Bikechic · 15/12/2022 23:26

Because he’s younger than me.

Theunamedcat · 15/12/2022 23:28

He has always come across as immature he appeared at his most mature in the forces he appears to have regressed since then 🤔

WeDontNeedToTalkAboutJamie · 15/12/2022 23:28

Because hes the same age as me and i refuse to accept that we are getting older.

UsingChangeofName · 15/12/2022 23:31

He's nearly 40? I don't know anyone who would consider that a "young man".

Really ?
Do you only mix with very young people ?

Valhalla17 · 15/12/2022 23:32

I think it's because we've all watched him grow up havent we, so in our minds he's younger and like a child we know etc..its weird though as I'm not much older than him at all!

TheCallOfTheMild · 15/12/2022 23:32

Because he's infantile.

RunDownRita · 15/12/2022 23:33

The image of him when his mum died is hard to shake.

Bien22 · 16/12/2022 05:16

Armchair psychologist here 😅, I beg to differ on the infantile comments etc… but of course respect your opinion. I think he is a product of his upbringing inc. trauma.
He seemed better in the army as he was doing something useful. He has been lost since then. He is not helping himself by his actions now ie horrendous publicity-seeking and navel gazing.
The role of spare seems problematic for him but there are loads of other roles he could have taken on if he had chosen to.
He has a young spirit, I think. Also, for my generation, he’s kind of fixed at the age when his mother died. Despite the riches, he needs help.

KaleAtYale · 16/12/2022 05:22

I don’t hear people calling him young. Who are all these people describing him that way? But late 30s isn’t old. 🤷🏻‍♀️

The real question is why does this bother you if It does happen? More weirdness from the obsessives.

loislovesstewie · 16/12/2022 07:13

Because it excuses bad behaviour. 'Oh, he's still young, he'll get over it/mature /grow up. ' So he never faces up to things, and we make excuses for it.

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 16/12/2022 07:25

he’s kind of fixed at the age when his mother died

I think it's this. In the collective conscious of the nation, he is the little boy behind the coffin.

It as the same way we (as a nation) have a tendency to think of old people as "having fought in the war" when you'd have to be 100 ish now to have seen service in WW2. An 85 year old now would have been born in 1937, so not likely to have been storming the beaches at Normandy! And yet the perception is so fixed.

Also the fact that he is the younger sibling is a huge part of his identity in the way it isn't for normal people.

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00100001 · 16/12/2022 07:35

Bikechic · 15/12/2022 23:26

Because he’s younger than me.

He's younger than me, but I don't think of him as young. Because he's not.

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mondaytosunday · 16/12/2022 07:36

Wow I just googled his age and I'm shocked he's 38! I think of him being about 30, not a 'young man' but didn't think he was nearing middle age! I suppose as I'm just a year younger than Diana and have teenage kids I just think of her kids as younger than they are.

panko · 16/12/2022 07:36

Are you saying 40 is old?

PortiasBiscuit · 16/12/2022 07:39

Because he has married his surrogate mother.
i think of her as a bit of a Mother Gothel figure to his Rapunzel.

SheWoreYellow · 16/12/2022 07:39

He’s the in youngest adult generation of royals. Maybe that’s it.

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00100001 · 16/12/2022 07:39

UsingChangeofName · 15/12/2022 23:31

He's nearly 40? I don't know anyone who would consider that a "young man".

Really ?
Do you only mix with very young people ?

Literally no-one would look at a 39 year old in real life and remark 'thats a young man"

They might say he looks young for his age, bit that's not the same as being young.

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Fleabigg · 16/12/2022 07:40

I’ve seen references to them both as a “young” couple, they’re practically middle aged. It’s because he’s the younger brother, same thing happens with my little brother, everyone in the family seems to think of him as being perpetually about 25.

Beezknees · 16/12/2022 07:42

He's older than me but he comes across as younger, I think because he's so totally naive and sheltered.

Butitsnotfunnyisititsserious · 16/12/2022 07:42

If people still view him as young, it shows how immature and childish he comes across.

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00100001 · 16/12/2022 07:44

SheWoreYellow · 16/12/2022 07:39

He’s the in youngest adult generation of royals. Maybe that’s it.

Pfffft. But he's 39, his closest aged adults around him are 40 (William) and 41 (Zara). No-one think's they're young.

Beatrice and Eugenie are 32 and 34, no-one is calling them young.

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Ifailed · 16/12/2022 07:44

As a wealthy, white male his life expectancy is around 80, so he's clearly middle-aged.