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To think Prince Harry should now do whatever it takes to cancel his book contract?

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FromageRouge · 16/09/2022 22:13

And withdraw his book?

A rapprochement looks possible if he meets the RF halfway.

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Andouillette · 16/09/2022 23:21

Apologies, my last post was a reply to FarmerRefuted.

Charlize43 · 16/09/2022 23:23

I really wish the Queen had cut them loose and stripped them of their titles when they chose to leave the RF. I can't see Charles doing that.

I think Harry has a lot of anger and baggage over what happened to his mother. It's very telling that he picked a wife that seems quite narcissistic & obsessed with her image. Marrying an TV soap actress was a really bad choice.

It will all end in tears. The only one who'll come out of it better off with be Meagain, certainly a lot richer!

PipinwasAuntieMabelsdog · 16/09/2022 23:23

MM comes across as inconsistent and fake to me. Nothing to do with colour, all to do with the contradictions.

Engagement interview - used to working on high profile public causes, eager to hit the ground running, excited to be a CW Ambassador

SA Interview -* *No idea what she was getting into, what was expected, no one asked if she's OK, is supposedly a champion of the experiences of disadvantaged women -- whilst complaining about the hardship of her life after visiting a women's self defense course and the site of a young woman's murder.

During time as a working royal - Visited a school and received letters re BH month (Pictures of the replies)

In California Zoom - Did not know UK had BH month

Racism is awful - Never acknowledges her DH's racist behaviour in the past.

Feminist - Continues to cling to using a title that is status bestowed entirely because of the man she married.

ThickCutSteakChips · 16/09/2022 23:24

I don't know at what point they are going to realise they are on a hiding to nothing with all this. They aren't going to change people's minds now, they will probably just make things worse for themselves.

I think Harry is still massively hurting over what happened to his Mum, and Meghan is enabling this public lashing out at his family. Its only going to create more hurt in the long run, it isn't going to make everything better.

They need to do what they apparently set out to do and live their lives out of the spotlight. At the moment (and obviously im not including very current events in this), they don't seem to be doing this and seem to be inserting themselves into the limelight time and time again.

Applesonthelawn · 16/09/2022 23:24

I'm sure everyone wished them well when they left and all they had to do was not mention the royal family ever, and live their lives. Surely that was easy to do and everyone would have been happy? Instead they have actively sought conflict and stoked the flames regularly. Of course he should cancel the book but I'm afraid he won't, just based on everything else they have done since leaving. The actions tell us who they are.

oakleaffy · 16/09/2022 23:24

StartupRepair · 16/09/2022 22:33

He knew the Queen's age when he signed up to write it. She was either going to be alive and hurt by the content or have just died. He wasn't bothered obviously by either of those scenarios.
.Harry does not seem like someone who thinks ahead much.

Sadly Harry seems to be an incredibly weak man who is easily influenced by people around him who want to mould him to their will, for their own gain.

Harry needs to wake up and smell the coffee...Selling stories about his family is pretty low.
He probably has to do as he's told, though.

AngelinaFibres · 16/09/2022 23:24

Grandeur · 16/09/2022 22:16

YABU. I doubt a rapprochement is possible because I don't think Meghan will ever be accepted into that family, and that's what the problem has always been.

Meghan will never accept that your place in the Royal family is not based on the number of column inches you fill and how popular you seem to be The queen, and now king, matter. Everyone else is there to serve that. You are not an individual , you are part of a team. She married the spare. She might gave coped better if she had married the heir. He wasn't available.

Fullupdowntown1a1 · 16/09/2022 23:25

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@Watapalava I think the fact that she comes across as a “bitch” is part of what people see as racially motivated bias against her. Half of journalists surveyed for the press gazette said that they felt the coverage of her was racist 50% say coverage of Meghan has been racist and there was a buzz feed article that went viral comparing how the press treated Kate versus Meghan. It’s always hard to prove racist intentions, but whatever the motivator, they did give her a very hard time in the press compared to Kate. Also, it does sound like they got racist comments from the family behind closed doors.

Here’s that buzz feed article, have to say it does look pretty bad, and you have to wonder if someone in the RF was briefing the press against her Royal double standards Kate v Meghan

carefullycourageous · 16/09/2022 23:25

FromageRouge · 16/09/2022 22:28

The book will be like petrol on a barbecue. He cannot win a PR war. I don’t think there is much peace of mind to be had that way, either, TBH.

I don't think he wants to win a PR war. I think he wants to say what he wants.

StClare101 · 16/09/2022 23:25

StartupRepair · 16/09/2022 22:33

He knew the Queen's age when he signed up to write it. She was either going to be alive and hurt by the content or have just died. He wasn't bothered obviously by either of those scenarios.
.Harry does not seem like someone who thinks ahead much.

Agreed. He knew his grandmother’s age. He knew the hurt it would cause. He’s also a bit thick.

FromageRouge · 16/09/2022 23:26

@Watapalava the point is that, once some people realised she was mixed racist, there was a section of the press and the public who started in with the racism. The daily Mail examples about Compton arc have been shared a lot. Danny Baker lost his job for his pathetic effort. It did happen. It obviously upset both Harry and Meghan a lot.

Nevertheless, being at war with his own dad and brother, neither of whom have been accused of racism, isn’t going to help their mental health.

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kateandme · 16/09/2022 23:26

IrisVersicolor · 16/09/2022 23:09

Snap!

“It’s not racist. There’s just something about her”🙄
i don’t see her colour🙄
I don’t eee racist comments,I don’t see any of the views against her mention her colour🙄
theres no one being racist. She’s just…🙄
and it continues
people really depress me.

FromageRouge · 16/09/2022 23:27

Mixed RACE^^ (ffs, I don’t know if that was autocorrect or my subconscious.)

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Changechangychange · 16/09/2022 23:31

Watapalava · 16/09/2022 22:49

They’re both a disgrace

I never want to hear their names, I’m so angry at they lack of respect

he has let his mother down big time

His mother who also wrote a tell-all book dishing the dirt on her marriage? The one who almost brought the monarchy down in the 90s?

mumboss1984 · 16/09/2022 23:33

I saw this today on social media.

To think Prince Harry should now do whatever it takes to cancel his book contract?
been and done it. · 16/09/2022 23:35

mumboss1984 · 16/09/2022 23:02

@Watapalava You don’t have to look very far to find evidence. The last few days alone.

Genuine question where,?

mumboss1984 · 16/09/2022 23:36

@been and done it. A previous poster put various examples on this thread recently.

derxa · 16/09/2022 23:37

Let him publish his horrid book. Publish and be damned!

LooneyToon · 16/09/2022 23:38

Fullupdowntown1a1 · 16/09/2022 22:27

@FromageRouge I can see where you’re coming from on this, but I don’t think it’s reasonable. He went through a lot (from his perspective) and he has a right to tell his side of things. I thought he might drop it as well but then I saw this clip and I reckon he probably won’t go quietly

Oh all I see is pure manipulation of Harry.. she is a smart woman and knows how to get what she wants

Novum · 16/09/2022 23:38

If we now get a round of interviews where they moan about how they were treated at this time, they'll probably be disinvited from the coronation.

BMW6 · 16/09/2022 23:40

This is getting really tiresome. I'll break it down.

  1. Are all black people good?
  2. Are all white people bad?

If the answer go each question an obvious "No" then you really have to stop accusing people of bias when there are other perfectly valid reasons for their dislike.

lemmein · 16/09/2022 23:40

I think Harry should do whatever is best for Harry.

Lavenderflower · 16/09/2022 23:40

Harry probably needs the money. Harry is following his parents footsteps. They both shared stories with the tabloid. I think even Charles has shared how difficult his upbringing is. - I think there Royal should give them an Olive branch bury the Hatchett.

onlylarkin · 16/09/2022 23:42

I cant believe that anyone could watch that video clip and think anything other than Harry made the decision to leave. Or that Meghan did not face racism in the UK media.

Why would he cancel his book? He wants people to know what it was like for him, growing up in the way he did. We all want to see that as a fairy tale, but it isn't.

He is never going back to the Royal family in an official capacity.

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