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To feel really sorry for Prince Harry breaking down

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AviationLifystyle · 16/10/2019 09:56

At the awards show. I have been a little skeptical about him recently but my heart really went out to him when I saw the footage.

I have a feeling that having a child has triggered a huge amount of unresolved grief and anxiety. Now he has this dear little boy who is at the mercy of the tabloid press, as is his wife and there is little he can do to protect him.

It's time the press laid off. This is a human being breaking in front of us.

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/prince-harry-wellchild-awards-speech-emotional-meghan-pregnant-tears-a9157751.html

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Thighsofregret · 18/10/2019 18:15

I have much more pity for the little boy photographed eating on the pavement. His life deserves to be changed.

There is a taxonomy of deprivation, including emotional deprivation,and in my opinion no one with the title HRH qualifies for inclusion. Diana was not a saint but a person with a diagnosed borderline personality disorder who was capable of damaging those close to her. Quite frankly the humanitarians Harry and Meghan style themselves as would do better to renounce their ( his really) Royal status and live as private, and privately funded,individuals. Let’s see the humanitarian work they would then do.
These people are over privileged, over exposed, over indulged and - like charity - redundant in modern times.

HarryDaylight · 18/10/2019 18:15

I thought they wanted privacy? What a bizarre set up. It's almost laughable.

HarryDaylight · 18/10/2019 18:23

And yes Thighsofregret , with people struggling to feed their children, and the NHS unable to cope and almost bankrupt, it's difficult to empathise with them.

Anniegetyourgun · 18/10/2019 18:26

Last couple of pages have been full of an absolute anti-M (especially) pile-on. Looks like the whistle went out.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 18/10/2019 18:29

What's Harry's excuse then?

I don't know the answer to that, but no doubt he feels he's created a jolly good persona for himself, and that any fault around how he's perceived lies with the critics (see many others examples amomng the RF)

Like PPs, what baffles me is what their advisers are playing at; is it that they've chosen lousy ones, or are they good but ignored? I'd say "why doesn't the Queen step in?" - after all they're representing her - but I can't work that out either. Is it another example of her renowned "ostriching", or does she just not care any more?

Beats the heck out of me ...

Mummy195 · 18/10/2019 18:33

Disgusted with K&W though.

Throwing his brother and wife to the dogs so they look good.

Not a smidgen of support.

He must have known or asked about the private jet and Harry would have explained - not that he needed to, that we have a pfb we will need to fly for hours to SA, so checking if we can actually take him direct or we have to cut the journey into segments (my baby cried himself to sleep from cabin pressure years ago). It coincides with MM birthday, and she's been home since giving birth, I would like to do something special for her and the baby. Elton, also your friend that you invited to your wedding has offered and is paying for a forest to be built on the back of it (Leo DiCaprio has been building forests to jet all over the place to see his models, while preaching and no one said nowt). And then there was the recent Neo nazis and really don't feel like having anthrax blown on MM and baby - or any of the the staff or public in the way for that matter.
What does William do? Well takes a plane to make himself look good though it still has to fly empty first.

He has been so close to Harry for years, he could have shown a united front.

Kate meantime knows there are stories of a rift, yet does not even talk to Meghan most of the time, or even cuddle Archie for a few seconds and say MM, can you just check on my kids for a minute while I hold your baby. Nothing.

ChardonnaysDistantCousin · 18/10/2019 18:39

Mummy195 so William should have taken a few private jet flights to make H&M look and feel better?

Kate meantime knows there are stories of a rift, yet does not even talk to Meghan most of the time, or even cuddle Archie for a few seconds and say MM, can you just check on my kids for a minute while I hold your baby. Nothing.

How do you know that? Maybe she did, but forgot to tell you?

Mummy195 · 18/10/2019 18:42

I work in charities in London and abroad.
Without meaning to reveal myself.
I have actually seen MM in one of our London charities, she was nothing but friendly. Not stand offish at all. She greeted everyone and showed an interest in individuals. Yes she spent most of the time with the heads of the charities as they showed her around, but that is normal for everyone.
I have also seen KM, not in that capacity. We were in Hyde park, she was with her kids and her security kept telling everyone to stop taking pictures, I saw nothing wrong with this as he was doing his job.

So I just see the hypocrisy glaringly.

Mummy195 · 18/10/2019 18:44

Maybe he should have been a bit more low profile about how he is travelling, he has done it lots of times before.

Then how come we never saw her cuddle the baby, she had plenty of opportunity at the polo match and would have shown the finger to the press in the process

ChardonnaysDistantCousin · 18/10/2019 18:48

If she'd done it at the polo people might be saying she only did it to show Meghan that she's not doing it right.

Also, how do you know she doesn't? You don't live with them, presumably.

HarryDaylight · 18/10/2019 18:52

Mummy195 I'm confused, who should have shown the finger to the press at the polo match?

Mummy195 · 18/10/2019 18:53

My point is that she should show it publicly, so to show the press is full of shit, they are actually in good terms. MM is the new one, with the new baby, KM should be the one showing she is welcome here, you don't know what your talking about to the press.

HarryDaylight · 18/10/2019 18:54

Oh I see, yes, good point.

CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 18/10/2019 20:16

I have just seen a clip of Meghan speaking to Thomas Bradbury. That poor woman

I just saw itHmm

Once again. Who, exactly is meant to be dispensing PR advice? The situation is becoming desperate.

Headlesschic · 18/10/2019 20:23

He wasn't crying - he started laughing, put his head down to hide the fact, snorted then had to make out he was emotional.

HarryDaylight · 18/10/2019 20:25

It had shadows of Diana's ill fated interview in 1995.
Their PR team is playing a dangerous game.

Horehound · 18/10/2019 20:26

He wasn't crying - he started laughing, put his head down to hide the fact, snorted then had to make out he was emotional

No. He was actually just emotional. But that's a nice story...

HarryDaylight · 18/10/2019 20:29

Headlesschic It's a classic reaction to forgetting one's lines.

wondering7777 · 18/10/2019 20:31

Oh dear - I feel for Meghan but I’m not sure this kind of interview is a good idea.

bluebells100 · 18/10/2019 20:38

He wasn't crying - he started laughing, put his head down to hide the fact, snorted then had to make out he was emotional.

Totally agree, there’s no way he was crying. He had to pretend to cry, wonder what he found funny.

Horehound · 18/10/2019 20:39

Oh god all the conspiracy idiots are out in force tonight

imalloutofideas · 18/10/2019 20:42

It had shadows of Diana's ill fated interview in 1995.

Oh god didn't it just!! Just what I thought. I wasn't a fan but princess Di did it MUCH better.
I think MM has studied her - there is SO much mention of Harry's mum/press intrusion. MM isn't in the same league as Diana but lord is she trying!

areyoubeingserviced · 18/10/2019 20:47

MM has ‘studied ‘ Princess Diana.
Are you trying to imply that she is trying to emulate Diana?
FFS this has to be one of the most ridiculous things that I have read in ages
Poor Meghan.

BertrandRussell · 18/10/2019 20:50

I do think, whatever your opinion of him, that the idea that Harry was laughing at a room full of disabled children is in some ways even more bizarre than the suggestion that Meghan has a false arse......
Maybe it’s because he’s a shape shifting child eating alien and he has just realised how easy some of them would be to catch......

Cockervin · 18/10/2019 21:17

I think MM has studied and does wish to emulate Diana. Much of her behaviour suggests this. She is neither vulnerable nor naive but a hard nosed survivor of Hollywood and or a dysfunctional family. Take your picks. Both points of the latter view have been strenuous argued right here.