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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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AviationLifystyle · 16/10/2019 10:33

I did think back to him as a boy walking behind the coffin, no surprises really he is so protective of his wife and child in the press given what has happened to him.

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AloeVeraLynn · 16/10/2019 10:34

🙄 oh shocker, Bertrand being superior again. No dear. I was referring to OPs comment about him not being able to protect his family from the media. He engages in both negative and positive interactions with them regularly. That is his choice.

whymewhyme · 16/10/2019 10:36

Aww bless him

LittlePaintBox · 16/10/2019 10:36

I have such a soft spot for Harry. He will always be that little boy walking behind his mum's coffin, in my eyes.

Same here.

Pitterpatterpettysteps · 16/10/2019 10:39

Him and his wife seem determined to make everything about them, it was undignified. Can you imagine the queen behaving like that?

He's a whiny attention seeker IMO

TheVanguardSix · 16/10/2019 10:41

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areyoubeingserviced · 16/10/2019 10:43

I think that having a child has definitely triggered the emotions he felt as a child.
Not only did he lose his mother, he had to endure the constant speculation about how she died. He believes that the press contributed to the death of his mother
He is now a husband and father and is obviously excited about this. However, he is probably concerned about the wellbeing of Archie and Meghan.
I have said all along, that , I believe that he will eventually relocate to the states when his grandmother is no more.
Harry has made mistakes in his life( haven’t we all) and has sometime exhibited some hypocrisy ( the private plane issue) . However, to me, he has always come across as a decent and good man who truly wants to do what he can to help others
He has found a great wife in Meghan and I wish them the best

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Genevieva · 16/10/2019 10:45

He is clearly unwell. The trouble is, he lives in a goldfish bowl. I can't imagine anything worse than dealing with mental illness whilst in the public eye. The media are truly awful, but I do think the public are generally understanding. A relative of mine, who died recently at the age of 92, suffered hugely when he lost his mother at the same age that Harry lost his. I would go so far as to say that he emotional development stopped the day she died. He never got over it and his last words were about her. I truly believe that he felt that he would finally be reunited with her.

Joerev · 16/10/2019 10:45

We were told that they thought my daughter had cancer. We spent 5 days in unspeakable agony. I take my hat off to parents who have incredibly poorly and dying children every day. I saw it the times we were in and out. I can assure you my husband cried like he’d never cried before when we were told that news. He shed a few tears when our eldest was born. But this. We were both wrecks.

We were one of the lucky ones. I thank god each day that my child didn’t have that. But some are not so lucky

Once your a parent and you see what some parents do have to go through. The challenges that you know some children will face. It’s devastating. Heart breaking and soul destroying.

Most of us would do anything to not let our children get sick. And it changes once you become a parent.

EntropyRising · 16/10/2019 10:47

If Dim and Dimmer move the the USA I will happily give them a lift to the airport.

Snort.

areyoubeingserviced · 16/10/2019 10:48

I think it is a bit disingenuous to suggest that it was contrived.
Harry has always been very emotional and at the moment has a lot going on.
I truly don’t believe that he cried on cue to garner sympathy.

AutumnRose1 · 16/10/2019 10:49

I just watched it, but on a tiny screen

It does look like he snorts with laughter Confused

I can understand nervous laughter before a speech though. Or during!

LaurieMarlow · 16/10/2019 10:49

Not sure why anyone's trying to label Meghan as 'dim'.

By the standards of the RF she's really fucking smart.

derxa · 16/10/2019 10:52

these awards are just an excuse for "stars" to cry over vulnerable people. I hate all these kinds of things. (including the awful one on IT with carol whatsit) Exactly

QueenOfTheAndals · 16/10/2019 10:53

A new father (who lost his mother at a young age) got emotional at an event for sick kids. I don't think it was any more or any less than that.

SpinneyHill · 16/10/2019 10:54

He's able to get tearful when thinking about his own kid having a shitty time at an event that is about other peoples kids actually having a shitty time....what am I missing?

DarlingNikita · 16/10/2019 10:55

God, I always think of myself as at the republican end of things and I definitely have a working-class chip on my shoulder about privilege. But I'm Hmm at comments about how he has all the resources he could want, that it's all calculated for sympathy etc.

Like others, I have never forgotten that image of him, what his face looked like as he walked behind his mum's coffin. Give the guy a break, for heaven's sake.

TheFairyCaravan · 16/10/2019 10:56

Harry has been going to those awards for a decade. He was recalling being there last year when Megan was in the very early stages of pregnancy and got emotional. Hundreds of thousands of men, including my DH, would have done the same. Now he's getting hate for it.

I feel sorry for him, because atm, he can't do anything right.

BertrandRussell · 16/10/2019 10:56

If you look at the WellChild pictures it looks as if it was a lot of fun and H&M took an enthusiastic part in it- they’d been talking to a lot of the children before the awards thingy. I would have been in floods long before my speech.

The Queen has been seen shedding a tear on film, by the way. When she said goodbye to the Royal Yacht! Grin

Woollycardi · 16/10/2019 10:57

He's not breaking infront of us, he's a man in tears because he's full of emotion. Go Harry!

LaurieMarlow · 16/10/2019 10:57

The Queen has been seen shedding a tear on film, by the way. When she said goodbye to the Royal Yacht!

It's amazing how people forget about that Grin

BertrandRussell · 16/10/2019 10:57

“ He's able to get tearful when thinking about his own kid having a shitty time at an event that is about other peoples kids actually having a shitty time....what am I missing?”
Humanity? Empathy?

SpinneyHill · 16/10/2019 11:04

@BertrandRussell Humanity and Empathy are normal responses to sick children, even if you are Royalty.

Again what am I missing? was nobody else upset? was anyone actually upset about any of the children or have they been eclipsed by Harry being sad

contrary13 · 16/10/2019 11:05

"Him and his wife seem determined to make everything about them"

Was the awards ceremony held before Princess Eugenie's wedding, last year, then? Because it's common knowledge that's when the news concerning the pregnancy leaked... to the press. After they seemingly chose to inform "close family members" of the fact that the loose dress/swinging coat/could she have been any more obvious was "hiding" (or highlighting) that Ms Markle was pregnant at the wedding (who does that sort of a thing?).

I have always liked Prince Harry. Like many others, I remember watching him and Prince William walking behind their mother's coffin - and I can completely understand why they both have such a blatant disregard for the press. But why court attention via them, then? Why stunts like this one? What does it achieve? Ms Markle wore her engagement dress and the same coat she wore to her first Sandringham Christmas... why? Is it mere coincidence that this coincided with the trip to Pakistan that Prince William and Kate Middleton made? To replace their newspaper/TV coverage with "Oh, look at Meghan's dress/coat combo!" and "Oh, Prince Harry wells up on stage at awards ceremony!".

No, the Queen wouldn't behave like her grandsons are. Neither would Prince Charles or, actually Prince William. So why is Prince Harry being encouraged to court publicity/attention from an outlet that he claims to despise so very much? And, more to the point, why has he only started to court celebrity since marrying a former actress/Z lister American celebrity?

Also, Archie is very cute, and I don't think his mother needed to announce that he's a redhead. As, y'know, after the photos of him in South Africa actually gave that snippet of information about him away...