How does this make Brits feel about Prince Harry?

[kmo0416]

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?

I will always wish for the best for W & H because of the shocking tragedy they suffered. I don’t need to think about the note to feel that way.

I think a lot of British folk my age (53) + probably feel the same way because we remember them being born and all that followed so well.

The Queen (the film) and The Crown (the series) have a lot to answer for.

Don’t be daft, the RF probably just ignore it as so many people have their own ideas about what a shit Harry has been

Yep! He is so entitled that he expects everyone to bow down to him and his goLd digger wife, but no, they’re empty vessels, full of hot air and lies … shame that can’t say ‘don you want fries with that’ and they may be employable

Yes I think so fiction being mistaken for facts or truth.

He doesn’t need to be employed; he has enough money to live in reasonable comfort if he cut his cloth to fit his clothes. Which means first class flights not private jets. But they have set their sights on the mega wealthy Hollywood celebrities’ lifestyle they can’t afford.

From what I’ve seen of him as an adult, Oprah interview, extracts from ‘Spare’ and his most recent BBC interview, I dislike him. The positive is that he is no longer sponging off the public purse.

That ink-pen moment, when he threw his teddy out the pram because it wouldn't work when he was signing the official documents at his Coronation, plus taking it out on the poor footman, was quite a defining moment wasn't it. I remember thinking at the time, bring back Queen Elizabeth, she was so dignified and patient and never let the side down.

Have you ever lost a parent? The week my Dad died, I had trouble showering without sobbing. If anyone had expected me to travel the length of the country signing charters I would have thrown a wobbler that could be heard in space.

With the eyes of the world on him, judging (like you), cameras in his face, having just lost his mother, at one of the defining moments of his life and they couldn't have given the poor bloke a pen that worked? I think he had every right to be a bit miffed.

Quite honestly, I feel absolutely nothing at all. I had a lot of respect for QEII, and maybe I'll yet see Charles grow to offer the same constitutional and diplomatic value as his mother did. The rest of them? I'm sure some of them work hard but they're not worth the money we spend on them. They are relics of a past age that should be consigned to the history books.

You sound unhinged

No.

It was from both boys, not just him. I know William looked a lot older than Harry but there is only 27 months between them and William had and still has far more pressure on him.

I don't think many think about him at all - but when they do it's more modern stuff he's done thanks to his book, interviews and press briefings and I don't persoanlly think he comes across well in those.

Of course he had a right to be miffed. But part of his job, that he had been practicing for for 70 years, is to rise above such things.

I agree actually. Self control in that situation would not have been a big ask. I would expect someone to get it in the neck later but he will have to deal with far more challenging situations than a leaky pen in the course of his reign.

The letter was an envelope on top of her coffin saying mummy on it. No one found out what was in the letter and it was the media who said it was from Harry. For all we know it could have been from both kids. That did pull at my heart during the service but now he's an adult I completely agree with everything you said about him

I remember the funeral and the bouquet with the envelope. I'm around William's age group and had lost my dad suddenly at around Harry's age so the event emotionally resonated with me quite strongly.

Grief isn't top trumps, but to so suddenly, in particularly traumatic circumstances to lose a parent and to have your grief so public and your lost parent constantly in the public eye is a particularly difficult combination of circumstances. Wealth and privilage don't buffer everything.

If he'd left the royal family to live a low-key, private life, that would have been understandable, but he hasn't. He's very publicly aired his criticism of them on several occasions since then and simply comes over as a hypocritical, untrustworthy idiot.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of whatever various royals have done, I wouldn't trust Harry to make a truce and not splurge the relationship all over the media in the future.

I can feel sympathy for his experiences as a child but still think he's a petty, vengeful, spoilt adult that has little concept of reality beyond himself.

OK, you believe that humans can "practice" not being emotional after a bereavement. I think that is an immature thought from someone who has not felt that kind of loss.

I believe that humans can control their emotions when it’s appropriate to do so.

Some choose not to.

We live in a self indulgent age, sadly.

The majority of "Brits" don't give a flying fuck about him or any of the rest of them. The only place that care one way or another is on MN, and even the founder thinks that her posters are insane on the subject.

My only surprise is that so many MN posters are shocked that Harry is entitled and dysfunctional - his entire family are entitled and dysfunctional, and have been for generation upon generation. How else would you expect him to turn out? It would be something to discuss if anyone in the family turned out normal.

It would be something to discuss if anyone in the family turned out normal.

Define normal. Your idea of normal and mine might be quite different.

Anne’s family seem fairly normal.

Though given the content of so many (non-royal) posts on MN, I am not sure the rest aren’t normal either. Take away the wealth and royal trimmings and there are thousands of posts about similarly dysfunctional families…

As someone who was an adult when Diana died, I believe Tony Blair went to Balmoral, where the Queen was with William, Harry and of other family members. He advised the Queen that she needed to come to London (her sensible idea was to comfort and look after William and Harry and keep them out of public view while they came to terms with the tragedy and grieved). However, the public were largely collectively in the grip of hysteria and baying for the Queen to return to London and hoist the Royal Standard over Buckingham Palace to half mast, etc (it was not flying as she was not in residence but they frothed with anger and decided it was disrespectful). I got the idea that the princes coming too and being in the funeral procession was T Blair's idea, as he was in his element, organising everything and constantly appearing on telly to update the public on his activities. I later read that the princes were asked if they wanted to walk behind the coffin with Prince Philip or not - it was entirely optional, as it was felt they might not. They both decided to do so.

I later read that the princes were asked if they wanted to walk behind the coffin with Prince Philip or not - it was entirely optional, as it was felt they might not. They both decided to do so.

There are times when adults should make decisions for children to protect them. That was one of those occasions.