To wonder why Prince Harry got annoyed with Sky News reporter?

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It seems very out of character for Harry? I wonder if he misinterpreted and thought she was asking about the lawsuit...

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Think of the House of Commons v the House of Lords.

The peerage aren't "commoners".

Commoners are people who aren't aristocracy or Royalty or landed gentry. Or are landed gentry the same thing as aristocrats?

I thought that peers of the realm were specific titles (all male?) & that anyone else was a "commoner".

Just noticed the Sussex Instagram has a post on community, with neighbour spelt neighbor. Call me pedantic but it bloody annoys me. Maybe it's okay to use Americanised spelling on a British Instagram account purporting to represent the RF, but it annoys me all the same.

How can a Lady be a commoner?

"How can a Lady be a commoner?"

Because they're not a peer.

@RoseQuartzGlow Have a read of Harry's speech at the launch of Travalyst.
"Often times" is one of the phrases that jarred with me.

Oh God, how I hate that bloody word.

We know who wrote the speech then. We already know who writes the Instagram posts.

Yes, the phrases "paradigm shift" and "human-caused challenges" don't sound like the Harry we are used to.

When C&D argued Diana used to dig at him that her family put his on the throne. It’s true, they were part of the Whig aristocracy which was responsible for the process of passing over lots of Catholics to offer the throne to George I.

She viewed her family as older, more aristocratic and more influential than the Windsors, and quite a lot of aristos would have thought the same.

I really don’t know why Harry can’t write his own speeches. Does he not even want to change the wording to his own phrases?

Oh dear-.the thread was looking quite sane for a while....../

just listened to the mental health speech. In our area it takes months to be seen, so this may just make things worse not better if there is no funding to support it.

Did Harry say ''oftentimes'' [face palm]

It’s embarrassing. If you're going to engage a speechwriter, at least choose someone competent

If Meghan is writing their Instagram, why should she use British spelling? Should she have elocution lessons to change her accent too?

We know who wrote the speech then. We already know who writes the Instagram posts.

I'm sure they have a social media person, I don't think the royals compose every IG or twitter post themselves. The spelling issue could just be an autocorrect error that wasn't picked up when posting.

Or it could be an American person using American spelling. I honestly can’t see what’s so awful about that.....

Agree @BertrandRussell, it's not the hill I'll die on!

But it does illustrate a bit what MM has to contend with, if people are so outraged by a missing “u”.....

Come on, Bert, you've been around long enough to know how well the Pedants' Corner threads go!

There’s a bit of ‘how dare you infect our British institution with your brazen Americanness’ about it. Which clearly isn’t just about language.

Yes, I know about Pedant’s Corner. The people who inhabit it are either briefly amusing themselves in a self deprecating way or judgemental arseholes.....

This, on Twitter today, did make me laugh.