How does this make Brits feel about Prince Harry?

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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 have a lot of sympathy for Harry and William re the loss of their mother and the fact that they were so in the public eye. Doesn’t mean I don’t also think Harry’s made some poor choices, but I don’t feel strongly about him either way. I find people who are rabidly for or against him are generally using him as a proxy for other things. I also think that any story about him in the Murdoch press should be taken with a barrelful of salt.

My lovely step children lost their mother when they were young and do not use it as a tool later in life as adults to play the victim or use it to manipulate anyone.

Harry can afford the best mental health care to help overcome the sadness and loss but has instead chosen to use the sad demise of his mother as a means to profit from.

He and his ghastly wife shut down any criticism by playing the victim card.

I used to. I think he’s a very troubled, confused and misled young man who undoubtedly regrets what he’s done but very unfortunately he’s gone too far. Being a military man he should have heeded the old adage that you never go to war without an army. He went to war with his own family backed by the woman he chose to marry who happens to be extremely unlikeable.

I think he’s a very troubled, confused and misled young man

Hardly young!

I think way too much is made of William and Harry processing behind the coffin. It was a ritual that others have done before them and will again. That they had to do it under the world’s gaze is tragic, but I don’t remember anyone saying it shouldn’t happen at the time.

In fact people were greedy for any sighting of the boys. So much so they were dragged back from the safety of Balmoral and brought out to meet and console sobbing mourners massed at the gates of KP whilst processing their own loss. I find that much more distasteful, and Harry has spoken of it himself as being something he found difficult to handle.

Well he’s younger than me and he’s not middle aged is he.

Isn't he? I started to think of myself as middle-aged once I was in my 40s.

Well I didn’t, maybe previous generations did. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19622330?app-referrer=deep-link

Halfway to being 110 years old is a bit past the middle of someone's life 😁

He's not a 'young man', no one has misled him.

WTF when do people start living to 110????
im 60 if I live till 120 it will be a miracle!

I'm 46 now. I'm 100% middle-aged. I don't have any stigma I attach to it

He was a young kid when his mom died, that because was normal.

He is a super privileged man and behaving like he does now can only gives the creeps to most people.

Unfortunately, there are thousands of kids whose parents die when they're young, even much younger than him, grow without money or privileges and still manage to be respectful members of society who actually work to make a living and are happy adults.

It seems that he thrives reliving the trauma of his mom's passing, he wants to live as a professional victim that believes that everyone has it for him. And now with Meghan, she seems the same, they love the attention and professional whining. He seems paranoid and should get help instead of giving any more interviews.

I got the idea that the princes coming too and being in the funeral procession was T Blair's idea,

I think that's the narrative that's come from films and TV shows - but I heard Alastair Campbell say wasn't right at all on one of his pod casts.

But -then extracts form his diaris are in press
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jan/17/alastair-campbell-diaries-diana-funeral

He suggests it was the staff round Prince Charles and Earl Spencer and not them at all how reliable that is who knows.

He is 40 he is a fully grown man with a wife and children. He was ignorant to believe that life would "fall into place" when he moved away it didn't so he is objecting.

@Mistyglade my post looks a bit aggressive it wasn't my intention.

He's not a young man, it makes me laugh when people describe him as this. A young man is between the ages of 18-28. He's early 40s.

He was a bit of a loveable rogue before he met Meghan. From that moment on it all went downhill. I think Meghan thought she was far more important than she actually was, but she married the "spare" so she was way down the pecking order. The Oprah interview was a catastrophe and so embarrassing, and Harry's whinging about just being the "spare" , well he has known that since he could talk, I dont know why he whinged so much about it, he will have far more freedom to live his life as he wishes, unlike William, whose life was mapped out as he took his first breath.
They could have been great as the "Fab Four" but the bottom line is that Meghan was jealous of Kate and wanted to be her IMHO

Indeed! I feel middle aged at 47 but I think millennials hitting 40 very much still feel young and have decided they don’t yet belong in the middle aged bracket which is fair enough considering today’s knowledge around nutrition and health. I must admit I didn’t realise he was 40, perhaps I ought to have checked before causing such outrage at calling him young!!

Perhaps you ought to to start a new thread to discuss what constitutes age brackets in 2025.
AI tell us:
In the UK, the perception of age brackets for young, middle, and old age varies, but generally, youth is considered to end around 30, middle age begins around 48, and old age around 70, according to a YouGov survey. However, these are just averages, and individual perceptions can vary, with younger people tending to define these brackets earlier than older individuals, according to YouGov.

Do I empathise with someone who's parent died at a very young age - yes of course

Can I understand how painful it was and still is for him to have his mother trashed in the press, the hurt and anger felt towards the press given the circumstances of his mothers death and the on going often underhand racist treatment towards his wife - yes of course

Can I understand his pain and confusion that his father did not protect him as a grieving child and he was packed off to boarding school after carrying out his royal duties at his own others funeral to please the public - I think you have to be extremely cold to not understand how negatively this has impacted him

Do I understand his anger and hurt towards how the royal family and those that ride on their coat tails - absolutely they have the best pr constantly informing the press of his mothers so called wrongdoings and now his wife and himself

Do I think he has always handled it the best way, probably not but I do not think anyone comes out involved looking good

Ooohh AI told you this, it must be true😏🙄

I suggested you start a new thread to discuss demographics as you have deviated from the original thread and clearly have strong opinions on the matter. I provided you with AI data to help you.

Not so sure it's a new thing - my IL now mid 70s were refusing to consider themsleves middle age in their 50s - took till their early 60s when they started to say they were middle aged.

Old is still older than them - there starting to get old - old age in 80+.

It's actually not the worst midset TBH they kept doing things much longer than my parents who thought of themsleves as middle aged and old decades before and stopped doing things in reponse to that.

It does feel odd Harry and his wife are often referred to as young - even if you avoid the middle age tag - they are well into adulthood and have two kids - they're not young and carefree by most people's standards.

Thanks I don't help from AI. 40 is not a young man.

I’m in agreement as per my original comment. Trying to appease the outrage that followed was my mistake as well as not checking M&Hs ages, I thought they were still 30 something (possibly owing to their lack of maturity and judgement) which I regard as youngish. Age and references to generational trends does seem to get Mumsnet one angry poster riled! I won’t bother next time!