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How does this make Brits feel about Prince Harry?

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kmo0416 · 03/08/2025 04:18

Does it melt the hearts of the British when they recall Prince Harry's 'Mummy' letter at Diana's funeral?
Does this make them think twice about treating him and Meghan without more sympathy?

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Roseblooms7 · 03/08/2025 07:12

Wish they would both just fuck off to be fair. I think they are absolutely pathetic and utterly boring.

Kumquatzest · 03/08/2025 07:13

As if everyone who holds British citizenship belongs to some kind of hive mind.

Nobody is going to remember a letter from thirty years ago except maybe royal super fans.

If Harry wants to move on from the royal family and live in America then I couldn't really care less as long as he doesn't expect the British taxpayer to foot the bill.

Lindy2 · 03/08/2025 07:15

I don't remember the letter.

Any child loosing a parent at age 12 is tragic.

His behaviour as an adult is unforgivable.

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reluctantbrit · 03/08/2025 07:16

The only thing I feel about it that the Royal Family hasn't learned from the Andrew disaster and ensured that the spare has the opportunity for his own life.

We are miles away from the times where the spares leading the life of a trust-fund baby and appearing for ribbon cutting and it's no wonder that he has no real purpose and behaves like a toddler.

I do hope W&C have better plans for their children. They should look at the other European countries and see how they deal with supsequent children.

outofdate · 03/08/2025 07:20

That you Meghan?👋

Mildorado · 03/08/2025 07:22

reluctantbrit · 03/08/2025 07:16

The only thing I feel about it that the Royal Family hasn't learned from the Andrew disaster and ensured that the spare has the opportunity for his own life.

We are miles away from the times where the spares leading the life of a trust-fund baby and appearing for ribbon cutting and it's no wonder that he has no real purpose and behaves like a toddler.

I do hope W&C have better plans for their children. They should look at the other European countries and see how they deal with supsequent children.

Anne has been a spare all her life. She's managed to have a sporting career and find positive projects and charities to become involved with.
Harry's made his own choices.

StrawberryCranberry · 03/08/2025 07:26

I like Harry. I rarely think about him (or any of the royals) though.

reluctantbrit · 03/08/2025 07:33

Mildorado · 03/08/2025 07:22

Anne has been a spare all her life. She's managed to have a sporting career and find positive projects and charities to become involved with.
Harry's made his own choices.

I agree to a certain extent. I think her being a woman did help as nothing was really expected from her.

But why not letting Harry continue with the military, he clearly thrived there. Putting him from active duty to a shallow role of ribbon cutting while William got his family and he clearly makes his own visions known for how he plans to be king one day.

Mildorado · 03/08/2025 07:36

reluctantbrit · 03/08/2025 07:33

I agree to a certain extent. I think her being a woman did help as nothing was really expected from her.

But why not letting Harry continue with the military, he clearly thrived there. Putting him from active duty to a shallow role of ribbon cutting while William got his family and he clearly makes his own visions known for how he plans to be king one day.

He was given Invictus by the Royal Foundation. He was young, wealthy and privileged. He could have developed all sorts of projects, not just ribbon cutting. It's not ended well, but Sentebele was a good choice.

taxidriver · 03/08/2025 07:37

i dont think moving to America helped, i think it was the beginning of his downfall

CaptainFuture · 03/08/2025 07:39

chunkybear · 03/08/2025 05:11

Harry, outside of the cloaking device of The Firm has truly shown the world his childish, highly entitled demeanour. He’s a spoilt entitled little brat and I’m ashamed he’s representing anything to do with Britain, mostly self imposed on the world …. I can’t stand him personally

This, and sad to say letter was likely written by said Firm...

Dontcallmescarface · 03/08/2025 07:40

Well if you're using that as an excuse for him, what is the reason for Billyboy and Kat's whiny entitled behaviour? For all his faults at least Harry has remained faithful to his wife.

CaptainFuture · 03/08/2025 07:47

Dontcallmescarface · 03/08/2025 07:40

Well if you're using that as an excuse for him, what is the reason for Billyboy and Kat's whiny entitled behaviour? For all his faults at least Harry has remained faithful to his wife.

How do you allegedly seem to have indepth knowledge of this?

Theunamedcat · 03/08/2025 07:50

Dontcallmescarface · 03/08/2025 07:40

Well if you're using that as an excuse for him, what is the reason for Billyboy and Kat's whiny entitled behaviour? For all his faults at least Harry has remained faithful to his wife.

Sure sure the whole "William is a cheat" nonsense that gets trotted out every single time there is a hint of criticism even if he had his wife forgave him move on there is literally nothing to see here

SparklyGlitterballs · 03/08/2025 07:50

BugsyMaroon · 03/08/2025 06:16

Yes this. And I judge hard based on the sheer nastiness he displayed in Spare. The mocking of his matron who had scoliosis - with no sense of regret or awareness of just how nasty that was- tells me everything about who he is as a person. And it's not nice.

I've just finished reading 'Revenge' by Tom Bower. It has a lot of detail about Meghan's life growing up, how she was indulged, all the lies she's told and the manipulation she's used to get what she wants and where she wants to be, regardless of the cost. It goes right up to the pair getting married, moving to the US and creating deals with Netflix. Despicable pair of humans and no, I don't feel an ounce of sympathy towards Harry. I don't deny he had a difficult upbringing emotionally, but that doesn't excuse some of the things he's done as an adolescent into adulthood.

DonewhatIcando · 03/08/2025 07:51

I don't think most people give H a 2nd thought.
We're too busy trying to survive life than worry about an entitled, spoilt brat of a man child and his actress wife.
Its the media that cares, article after article about Netflix, Grifters, Spare, Jam etc.
I've read a couple of articles, more out of boredom.
I also watched the Oprah interview, that did for me, he went from cheeky chappie Harry to an entitled spoilt brat.
I do wonder why they just couldn't go and live their new lives quietly but I suppose trashing his family and making money off of their titles is their only source of income, it's sad really.
Oh, btw, I was always a bit of a royalist. I loved the Queen, Elizabeth, not the new one!
I also wonder if H gets his personality from his DF, another spoilt, entitled man child.
I've also realised that I know far too much about H and the royal family to pretend I'm not interested 😂

CurlewKate · 03/08/2025 07:52

As I remember it and I do remember the Mummy wreath, I felt simultaneously heartbroken for the boys, having to deal with the loss of their mother so very publicly, and manipulated by the RF who were fighting for their lives and used that public grief as a chess piece in the game of survival.

As I remember it as well, H was pulled out of active service because the Press revealed where he was deployed, and that would have made him a target that put his colleagues at risk.

None of this excuses his later behaviour. But it might help to explain some of it?

Theunamedcat · 03/08/2025 07:53

No it doesn't melt my heart about the letter originally we were told both children penned a letter to their mother which was visible on the coffin then harry claimed it was just from him and of course William cannot respond to that allegation

Personally I think its all a bit too personal and none of our business to begin with

Andbegin · 03/08/2025 07:55

chunkybear · 03/08/2025 05:11

Harry, outside of the cloaking device of The Firm has truly shown the world his childish, highly entitled demeanour. He’s a spoilt entitled little brat and I’m ashamed he’s representing anything to do with Britain, mostly self imposed on the world …. I can’t stand him personally

Absolutely. Cloaking device is spot on.
He always came across as the handsome, helicopter flying, free to have fun, royal.
Turns out he is actually just a whinney, rich boy with a bad attitude. And that is reflected in his looks now.

Discombobble · 03/08/2025 07:58

I have never met Prince Harry, or his wife ( I imagine most of us haven’t). Therefore I have no particular opinion on him. What he says or does has no relevance to my daily life. I do not understand the ongoing obsession

DappledThings · 03/08/2025 07:58

Does it melt the hearts of the British when they recall Prince Harry's 'Mummy' letter at Diana's funeral?
As a British person rather than the ridiculous concept of the entire nation being one mind then no. I don't recall it anyway. I spent far more of that time astounded about hundreds of thousands of the general public were losing their minds
Does this make them think twice about treating him and Meghan without more sympathy?
Also no because I think neither particularly badly or particularly well of them anyway.

NewAgeNewMe · 03/08/2025 07:58

He needs to grow up. Accept his enormous privilege.

Sad as it is to lose your parent so young, it doesn’t excuse his behaviour. Diana had two sons and the other hasn’t behaved like Harry.

They are not the first to lose a parent at a young age or the last.

goodmorningits701 · 03/08/2025 08:02

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about him or any the royals but when I do I tend to think they’re all super entitled annd totally out of touch with the UK and the royal family should be ditched. The sycophantic parts of some of the UK press is quite something and I can’t believe people fall for the shit they put out about William and Kate (and other royals to be fair).

Superhansrantowindsor · 03/08/2025 08:05

My granny always said - don’t wash your dirty linen in public. Harry has done exactly that. He has written and spoke about his family very negatively and knowing their position means they can’t reply or get in a public slanging match.

I read Spare. I was given a copy. He complains about having the smallest bedroom at Christmas when most people who visit family end up on an airbed in the lounge.
He brings up arguments he had with people from over 20 years ago. He is a spoilt brat and yet a grown man.

PestoHoliday · 03/08/2025 08:09

I don't give him a thought. Nor any of his family, really.