Prince Harry

[emeraldgirl1]

AIBU to find it impossible NOT to have a sneaky crush?

Like pretty much every grown woman in America, apparently...



Only a few years ago I was openly mocking a friend for her minor obsession with him.

And oh god I have just realised my mum fancies him too...

[rambososcar]

"I'm sure he's fine as a pilot and did well on the exams.
Would he have got in to the Army based on his school exams and experience in the first place?"

Ahem.

[LtEveDallas]

Would he have got in to the Army based on his school exams and experience in the first place?

Yes. As long as he passed Pre-RCB and RCB (which he did). We have Officers joining now with no qualifications at all. They are better able to be judged on RCB than they are on academic achievements, that may be completely irrelevant to the Branch, Trade or Arm they wish to join.

[seeker]

"Ahh yes, because it's too easy just to think the worst of someone, without any actual knowledge of them."

So he didn't say the "our little Paki friend" thing? I apologise profusely to him if he didn't.

[squoosh]

I don't see the Philip resemblance.

[DontmindifIdo]

Seeker - depends if he actually did any work - normally Eton will throw out boys however bright if they don't make any effort, but I can't see them doing that to the Queen's DGS who's mum's had died so publicly just before he started at the school. Once he found something he actually wanted to do - ie. his military exams, he seems to have done very well - not something you can just blag your way though. I'd say "posh, bright but lazy" probably covers it until he found something he thought mattered.

Mind you, the threads on here with parents tearing their hair out trying to motivate their teenagers to study is a bit of an eye opener to me as I was a goody two shoes very keen to do well. Can you imagine trying to motivate Prince Harry? He's got £10m in the bank already from his mother's estate so threatening with cutting him off won't work, his entire life choices are "Army, Navy or Airforce?", and the press had labelled him from a young age as "the thick one". If he wasn't interested, I can't imagine how you'd get him to think GCSEs or A levels mattered...

[rambososcar]

The resemblance between Harry and Philip is surely in the tact and diplomacy department, not the looks one?

[ClartyCarol]

Neither do I. Post some of Harry and James Hewitt side by side .

[Sidge]

Didn't he admit on a recent interview that he didn't like school and isn't academic at all? But he loved flying/soldiering so made an effort and aced his assessments.

I think he said playing the X-Box for hours gave him an advantage!

[EldritchCleavage]

Seriously, LtEve, are you suggesting using language like Paki is fine because one individual (of inferior rank if I remember rightly and hardly able to kick up a huge stink given Harry's privilege) hasn't objected?

[Sallystyle]

I don't understand how people find him attractive.

If he walked down the street I doubt most people would look twice, so it's the whole Prince thing, I think.

[LtEveDallas]

That's not what I said (or asked) Seeker, as well you know. Don't lets be disengenious now.

The quote was taken out of context and used as a stick to batter him with. But no-one bothered to check the relationship between that group of lads, and the names they all called each other (which were all pretty horrible TBH). It made the news because it was Prince Harry, no-one gave a toss about what else was said - Do you even remember the names of the others involved?

[andubelievedthat]

yeah like he really has to bother getting great grades ,cos he really needs a great job to say ,pay the mortgage? I bet he really worries re his naff grades,in between being shagable ,young ,loaded,cute, sought after. its his >shrug of shoulders,couldn"t really care less look< which is an attraction(imo)orf with their heads !(knickers)

[NorthernLurker]

Why would a died in the wool racist spend time and trouble on children in Lesotho?

[lottieandmia]

He looks like Charles - same closely set eyes and wide mouth.

[seeker]

He is in a privileged position. The fact that "little Paki friend", and "rag head" are terms that would get past his mental filter says everything I need to know about him.

[QuintessentialOHara]

I think all the faults and thoughtless stunts, from Nazi costumes to naked philandering in hotel rooms makes him very normal in certain parts of the population.

Not royal or even polite or well-mannered behaviour for sure.

I somehow expect more from the royals. Something more streamlined, something to look up to. Like, a role model. Harry is not that. He is like a rough and thoughtless Boris Johnson.

[QuintessentialOHara]

I did not mean to insult Boris Johnson there. Sorry Boris, I love you and your hair!

[seeker]

"So unlike the home life of our own dear Queen"

[lottieandmia]

Lt - why do you care if people don't like him? I judge anyone I meet who makes racist gestures and comments as not being all that nice.

I doubt he cares what people think of him anyway, otherwise he would be careful not to reveal that side of himself publicly.

[EldritchCleavage]

I'm not being disingenuous-asked because I didn't know.

And I'm not saying Prince Harry is racist necessarily, only that he used racist language.

[Bossybritches22]

Oh leave the lad alone, he's not academic, but he's always been "the spare" so he can't do right for doing wrong. A lot of young men aren't good at school but find their talents elsewhere. I know his Dame (housemistress) from Eton & he was "a bit of a handful" even then, but aways very polite and a popular lad, he was probably bored stiff with formal studies & played up.

LtEveDallas I'm sure will correct me if I'm wrong but the impression I got from Forces friends is that his skills in an Apache are pretty good,he got there on his own merit, it's not an easy beast to handle and he is not one for throwing his weight around when with the troops.

Sure he likes a drink & a party, FFS he is young free & single & not short of a bob or two so why not.

Unlike his Uncle Andrew who seems universally disliked and is a pompous git.

So YANBU emerald if you have to have a crush on anyone you could do worse!