To feel really sorry for Prince Harry breaking down

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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

I've just seen this on television. I think he just felt empathy and since having his own child, he is more sensitive than before. Bless him, poor chap can't win but it all seemed perfectly natural to me - certainly no stunt, that's a cynical view.

Renouncing his place in the succession is not something he can do on a whim. He's got to be on standby until Prince George is of age because if anything happens to William before George is 18 then he'd probably be regent. It's a very slim chance but it's how the monarchy do things. Much like how the old Duke of Gloucester, as the Queen's most senior male relative, had to be on hand until Prince Charles came of age. If Harry renounced his place in line then that would leave Andrew as the most senior male relative!

I also felt it was in bad taste. Surrounded by very sick children, he is crying at the memory of becoming a father, to a healthy child. It was greatly lacking in self awareness. If his child was sick he would have every resource to help him. He should have focused on the children there last night.

Anyone commenting can only do so based on what he says and does publically.

Based on that he is a man child really, his public utterances confirm that. William seems more grounded and less fragile , albeit quite petulant.

He cant have a 'normal' life but he really does need to have one where is less at odds with the press.

@joyfullittlehippo While at an awards ceremony for sick children last night, Harry got a bit emotional during his speech. I think any parent who had to listen to what these kids have been through would get emotional.

While I'm quite happy to condemn Harry for his talk about the environment while taking private jets, this is not something I can get worked up about. Who, upon hearing a sad story about some child, hasn't briefly got a lump in their throat and thought "there but for the grace of god" etc?

I think he’s awful........spoilt, over privileged, hypocritical, and cruel. The way he treats those polo ponies is shameful. I’m just sick of the whole family, why do we give them such reverence, they are no better than us.

I do think the speech was poorly done. I think a line or two about becoming a father would have been appropriate but it was too focused on him, his wife and his (hopefully) healthy baby.

If Harry renounced his place in line then that would leave Andrew as the most senior male relative!

That would certainly be one way to hasten the end of the monarchy!

What on earth does Harry do to polo ponies? That's a new one on me.
His brief show of emotion at the award ceremony seemed quite natural, he is hardly full of guile.

“ I haven’t seen whatever video this thread refers to but I bet anything in a few hours this thread will be 20 pages ranting about how Meghan wore jeans once. ”

You are SO far behind the times! The latest enormity is that Meghan mentioned last night that Archie has red hair......

His reaction made me wonder if they'd had problems during the pregnancy or even if their little one has some sort of extra health needs........they are human and aren't immune from the stresses everyone else faces.

I'm not a massive fan of the royals but can't deny the way a pregnant woman was treated by the media was absolutely abhorrent.

I just think it shows he is human.
He is right, you can't empathise in that way til you've had a child of your own, even then you have no comparison to how anyone else feels when the worst happens. He is sharing their experience and acknowledging the anxiety that 99% of people feel before they have a healthy baby safely delivered in their arms, and that it must be 1000x harder when there is something wrong. It is normal to be emotional when you see what some children and parents go through on the daily.
For all that I don't like about the royal family, some of them do contribute to some great causes as much as they can I don't think we can fault him for this.

Yes- the RF’s record on animal welfare does not bear close inspection. But fortunately for them it never is inspected. What with all the more important stuff about jeans and baby showers and moon bumps to focus on....

Wtf she wore a coat and dress more than once????? What an unreasonable cunt!!!
And as for some of these assertions people on here sound quite mental

I can't believe people clapped him when he cried. I can't believe the woman went to touch him..isn't that a big no,no? I mean I know wage was trying to be kind but he kind of looked at her like "get off me".
I too think he was just a bit emotional now he can relate to what it's like being a parent and how it would feel if there was a problem with your baby.

Will and Kate are the ones who constantly redecorate their multiple properties and relatives’ properties at public expense. The tennis court thing, the two new kitchens, repainting twice in a row thing, Middleton house new driveway, etc. etc

Harry and Meghan had essential work done on a formerly uninhabited cottage (work that had been earmarked and planned before Meghan entered the picture)

£2.4 million is a ridiculously extravagant amount to spend on renovations. Why should the fact it was going to be spent on it anyway justify it. Why are the royals immune to the cut backs that the rest of the country have to suffer.......and the question should arise, if this money was earmarked for this cottage well before Meghan came on the scene....... WHY? Just why should it have been. Why was it bloody necessary. And the fact that more money gets spent on William and Kates house........so that makes it ok then? It’s all wrong, if there was a thread about W and Ks extravagances, would we downplay it to the queens, because Buck house gets more? It’s madness. I think it’s disgusting how much we throw at this one over privileged family, whilst so many are suffering from poverty.

I’m sure he will be fine and get all the support he needs... maybe they could redecorate again - that could cheer him up. We should pay.'

Well it's one benefit of crying in public I guess. Warms the hearts of the masses, raises their sentiments and stirs misty recollections of a young bereft boy walking behind a carriage. Then they can overlook all the subsequent adulting and the spending.

I think I'll try it soon. House hasn't been decorated in yonks.

I think that's the point the PP was making @morningcoffee22. They ALL do this but it seems like it's only Harry who gets criticised for it these days. Get rid of them all I reckon but in the meantime a bit of balance would be good.

I believe that he will eventually relocate to the states when his grandmother is no more.

As long as the UK taxpayer isnt expected to pay for any security etc.

Yes but imagine if Carol Vorderman was clutching her hanky when presenting Pride Of Britain awards? Or if the presenters of Children In Need were all sobbing?

Sorry but am I missing something? Harry got a bit emotional during a speech for a few seconds, tops. If he'd continued to sob his way through the rest of it then you might have a point!