I think it's typical that the clip linked to a list above is titled: ' The Me You Can't...'
It's always him. I find it utterly distasteful, when the Royals are there to shine a light on ordinary people who volunteer and act as good citizens, that he focuses on himself. He is just so self-indulgent.
He's got two kids, an actress wife. There are people out there who are struggling to have kids, or to put food on the table: he is just so unbelievably lucky. And given his own choice about where to live, as a free man, released from royal duty, he chooses a whopping great multi-million pound mansion, with all the furnishings and trappings of wealth. What is the point of all that? Why does he need so much status and self-aggrandisement?.
It never used to be typical of the Harry we saw, who was just a good time boy, not taking himself or duty too seriously. Why is he saddling himself and everybody else with costly security problems, each time he keeps up the cycle of drawing so much attention to himself? He's not working on behalf of a nation, so can't access a police or security budget. A security risk might mean some poor unfortunate person doing something stupid because they have some mental health problems, or it might mean somebody else's safety being compromised. Why doesn't he let his profile slip down to suit his non-working royal status. He's got nothing knowledgeable to say about the world that we need to hear, so why doesn't he just find a low profile method of rendering the service he says he still believes in giving?
I find it genuinely disgusting. His self-pity is nauseating. If he'd chosen a discreet cottage and just lived a simple life working at a wildlife project, or something else which tapped into his interests, he could have been the person, he says he wants to be - whenever he visits Africa and says how much he likes the natural scene there and open spaces. That's the other thing which mystifies me..why isn't he being the thing, he has always said he wants to be and doing the things that he has always said he wants to do? He is living like an alien version of himself, popping up to comment on things which he knows little about.
All the anecdotes posted on another thread about meeting him in real life, over the years, are from posters who observed him having fun, going to the pub, larking about merrily with his chums, being surrounded by help and support. He is just so privileged and so fortunate. Clearly, he sees the RF as an asset to be milked for a bit more mileage for his career as a commentator, , but those who seek to market him for PR advantage - his advisors and press's people - are just turning him into a grievance merchant .
I can't imagine many families who would respond to being dissed on prime time TV with as much equanimity and genuine kindness as the Royals have shown towards Harry - especially in the words the new King has spoken about him .
It's generally nor thought to be a loyal or appreciative thing to do to go around slagging off your upbringing and your closest relations, and I'm amazed that some posters seem to think it is natural and acceptable. All it does is to take the spotlight off the ordinary people the RF are there to put a spotlight on, and instead swing the spotlight back on the individuals who make up the ranks of royalty. This is not what a modern day monarchy is supposed to be about.
We've had days of coverage of the queue, the ordinary stories of ordinary people, coming with their friends, their sandwiches, maybe momentos which matter to them, enjoying the communal feeling... and soon Harry will swing the the spotlight back on him. For someone who lives on a giant estate behind iron gates, he probably has little to do with community, but he could at least recognize it gloriously doing its thing in the country he left behind....and decide on a course of not dissing his upbringing.