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AIBU to think that Prince Harry is coming across as the most tone deaf and hypocritical member of the RF right now?

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ChocolateSantaisthebestkind · 26/02/2021 09:54

Yes the guy lost his mother in a tragic way at a young age. (So have many) Yes he was forced out into the public eye in the middle of grief (which was horrific at the time and worse on reflection) BUT he is now an adult man with a family and access to life of extreme privilege yet he cannot seem to realise that him publically complaining about his lot in life and telling the rest of us how to behave is distasteful. Also, the petulant way he seems to communicate with the media is just undelining his immaturity and lack of awareness. By which I mean, the potshots in statements and rapping with James Corden and his pathetic man of the people schtick. If you want to be Hazzer give up your title and STFU!

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TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet · 26/02/2021 14:36

Does anyone else think it’s hilarious that he said he doesn’t mind “The Crown” now he’s working with Netflix, but he previously said it was awful and he was going to get it stopped before they included anything about him in it?

minou123 · 26/02/2021 14:36

cyclingmad
Since they've moved away, there has been a sharp drop in nasty articles in the British media has put out. Thank god though, because that wasn't journalism just people behaving like bullies.

I 100% agree

Roussette · 26/02/2021 14:37

Also, once again your 'but Prince Andrew!' derail is irrelevant as not person defends or supports him. It is possible to be critical of both Harry and Andrew y'see

Every time I see something levelled at M&H that Andrew gets away with, without scrutiny, I will highlight it. That is where the unfairness and injustice comes from

Roussette · 26/02/2021 14:38

I think it would have been reasonable to want to carry on with some charity work
They are.
I can provide links if you want them

slashlover · 26/02/2021 14:39

Which is also fine. My point was that even while avoiding public life generally, I think it would have been reasonable to want to carry on with some charity work. But it's also fine if they don't.

twitter.com/WCKitchen/status/1364666348543090691

www.instagram.com/p/CHhPginAMhn/?igshid=l3ea6tu1ao8r

twitter.com/GenesisShelter/status/1363671538134700034

GetOffYourHighHorse · 26/02/2021 14:42

'What book? What chatshow? They haven't done one yet. He has not created a toxic environment, he has left one.'

He's just been on Corden didn't you know? that's what his thread is about Confused. Also they sanctioned trashy Finding Freedom it was confirmed in the court case. Anyone with a shred of dignity would not have been behind that book. Whilst people may not have read it it was widely reported in the media as being a derogatory whine about the RF.

Again, go and be free just stop hanging on to the coat tails of the RF whilst simultaneously criticising them.

FuzzyTurquoise · 26/02/2021 14:43

I am not going to watch it. I’m not a fan of Harry’s but find James Corden really irritating.

I don’t blame Harry for leaving the royal family but I do struggle with understanding why he isn’t continuing to with his role as a full time senior working royal, yet is still in the line of succession. If it’s not a job he wants to do (fair enough) then I think he should completely step down from it. As for Andrew, he shouldn’t be in the line of succession either.

Oh to be a republic and not have any succession that counts!

Roussette · 26/02/2021 14:51

Yes, I saw the double decker bus the whole thing GetOff . I didn't class that footage as 'a chat show', that's why.

Armi · 26/02/2021 14:56

I think it must be lovely for him to skip off to LA with his glamorous wife (always so ably and promptly defended on MN by Rousette the very moment she is mentioned) and have that lovely house and all that lovely money and be able to slop about looking a right mess as he so wishes. However, I do feel sorry for his family, particularly William. The RF, contrary to what is thought by some, have a lot to do and Harry and Meghan skipping off to America means there are fewer royals to go around (their patronage of charities does generate considerable revenue and publicity) especially now Harry’s repulsive uncle is (thankfully) no longer involved in representing the RF. Harry would also, I imagine, have been a support to his brother in the years to come. A quick Zoom call, as we all know from this last year, is not the same as spending actual time together, talking with family. I feel for the Queen, too; she must be saddened that he is so far away and taking every opportunity to complain about the terrible life he had in the UK, when she has, by all accounts, always gone out of her way to make him feel loved and supported. It must be upsetting for Prince Charles, too - his father very old and ill and his son behaving like he is, making a spectacle of himself on the international stage. I genuinely feel very sorry for them.

bathsh3ba · 26/02/2021 14:59

I think it's for the best he's fled to America. They speak his language better there....

Roussette · 26/02/2021 15:02

(always so ably and promptly defended on MN by Rousette the very moment she is mentioned)

Not sure what to say to this - just grateful you appreciate my support of them. Thanks!

BagnoldSummer · 26/02/2021 15:02

Pyewackect
He doesn’t want the responsibility of being an active member of the RF but he wants to exploit the RF for financial gain. And I mean to the tune of $millions. There must be a word for that.

$ervice?

SmokedDuck · 26/02/2021 15:02

@Roussette

I think it would have been reasonable to want to carry on with some charity work They are. I can provide links if you want them
Oh, for goodness sake, please read the post. I was not criticising them around charity work. I was saying that even if they actually wanted a quiet life, some charity work would be an understandable thing as they might feel that they should participate in that. If they don't it's fine too.

The point was that they are clearly not actually wanting to live a quiet life.

SmokedDuck · 26/02/2021 15:03

[quote slashlover]Which is also fine. My point was that even while avoiding public life generally, I think it would have been reasonable to want to carry on with some charity work. But it's also fine if they don't.

twitter.com/WCKitchen/status/1364666348543090691

www.instagram.com/p/CHhPginAMhn/?igshid=l3ea6tu1ao8r

twitter.com/GenesisShelter/status/1363671538134700034[/quote]
Do you read the posts you respond to?

Roussette · 26/02/2021 15:04

Why are you being so snippy? Someone else replied to you too, with links to their charity work. It was hard to understand what you meant.

DeeCeeCherry · 26/02/2021 15:04

The James Corden thing was funny. Nice to see Harry looking happy and relaxed. I guess that's what's enraged the whingers and toxic gutter UK press, who'd be happy if he & wife had a breakdown. Thankfully online bullying wishing ill doesn't seem to be having the hoped for impact. They did the best thing by leaving the UK behind.

Yes the guy lost his mother in a tragic way at a young age. (So have many) Yes he was forced out into the public eye in the middle of grief (which was horrific at the time and worse on reflection)

Aka yeah but no but so what tho

Loopyloututu2 · 26/02/2021 15:06

I’ve banned dh from talking about them! I wish them no ill will, I just don’t want to know anything about them - I’ve no interest and felt the same about Diana. I can’t stand attention seekers in real life either.

SmokedDuck · 26/02/2021 15:08

@Roussette

Why are you being so snippy? Someone else replied to you too, with links to their charity work. It was hard to understand what you meant.
Yes, they replied to a post that said:

"Which is also fine. My point was that even while avoiding public life generally, I think it would have been reasonable to want to carry on with some charity work. But it's also fine if they don't."

MessagesKeepGettingClearer · 26/02/2021 15:10

YABU. He's still facing intense criticism just for wanting a "normal" life away from constant scrutiny. Of course he's not going to life a pauper life. But that doesn't mean he has it easy.

Give him a break, everyone deserves the right to say they're not being treated well, even if they are rich or royalty.

eddiemairswife · 26/02/2021 15:16

Why was he on an open-topped bus talking to James Corden?

Roussette · 26/02/2021 15:19

Why not?

Maybe the same reason as Michelle Obama did carpool karaoke. A bit of fun.

PetraRabbit · 26/02/2021 15:21

He's saying "stepping back" instead of "stepping down" because his expensive PR people have told him to use that phrase. Stepping down is honest but would mean he no longer has royal prestige to cash in on. They don't want that! Stepping back makes him sound like a hounded victim. Much better for Oprah! Cha ching!

BigWolfLittleWolf · 26/02/2021 15:21

Prince Andrew is a paedophile but no one is really all that bothered.
Harry married, gasp, a black woman and OMG he is clearly the worst man in the world Hmm
Racist backward Britain at its finest.

slashlover · 26/02/2021 15:24

Yes, they replied to a post that said:

"Which is also fine. My point was that even while avoiding public life generally, I think it would have been reasonable to want to carry on with some charity work. But it's also fine if they don't."

If two different people misunderstood your post then maybe it wasn't as clear as you think it is. I took it to mean that even if they wanted to avoid public life then they should still carry on with some charity work.

OldRailer · 26/02/2021 15:25

Everyone agrees about Andrew.

You need a slight difference if opinion for a thread to get going.

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