Would it really be so impossible for Harry to get a job?

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Seriously, He has had an Eton and University education, He must have an incredible contacts file Could he really not have found some suitable employment to help fund his family without resorting to reality tv? I'm thinking maybe Bonhams/Southerbys as an art expert sort of gig (with training obvs) Give himself a pupose in life?, a reason to get up in morning? No more need for dads money?

A few of them do seem to have jobs, so why not him?

Charles didn’t exactly have a job did he? I suppose Anne was at least an Olympic rider! Not quite sure what Andres did (posh Del Boy?) and Edward tried making tv shows...

Andres... Andrew.

P Charles was in the Navy for a time, the same and P Andrew. P Edward failed to get into the Marines.

Not sure if P Anne served in the military but she did complete in the Olympics.

Charles and Anne are both still doing 100s of Royal engagements every year, maybe less in the last year due to covid.
Charles has had the longest apprenticeship on record.

I've just looked up who Lord Snowdon was, he was Queens BIL, position a bit like Meghan, yes he did do photography and continued to work for the RF even after divorce. I don't think MM will follow in his footsteps.

@RubyViolet i watched the james corden interview and he really came to life on the assault course. He wasnt like an x royal carefully watching what he said.

Did you always think he is not smart or decided he isn’t because of his choice of wife? Is John Lennon not so bright too? People complained his wife is a relationship breaking as well.

@Blueberries0112

Did you always think he is not smart or decided he isn’t because of his choice of wife? Is John Lennon not so bright too? People complained his wife is a relationship breaking as well.

I think the whole country clocked Harry's IQ at 16. Despite having a very expensive private school education his exam results were shocking. Cause he could have a Sen issue we don't know about. However he then went on to do a whole heap of dumb arse and scandalous things. That earned him a very unpleasant nickname. So his general lack of intelligence and common sense is well documented in the media from 16 upwards.

@Blueberries0112 I always thought he was not that academic , I dont think William is particularly either , but then neither are their parents . Prince Charles got a 2:2 from Cambridge AFAIK but he didn’t get in on the merits of his A levels , and Diana was not exactly brain of Britain . Harry got exactly the sort of wife he was looking for because the bottom line is he wants to be some sort of playboy celebrity living the life in Las Vegas or some such place .

I don't think he is stupid. But he does stuff without fully thinking it through.
Yes that seems a great idea, let's do it - boom!

It was documented years ago he is dyslexic which could affect his academic results. Richard Branson also dyslexic and hopeless at school, but you'd never call him thick.

For a while he seemed to grow up and calm down, think things through, before acting. But just now he's doing stuff without really thinking it through. I bet he's really regretting that interview.

Maybe his previous partners were a more positive influence because they wanted a low profile and kept his profile low. Made him think things through.

MM is the opposite wants a high profile doesn't care how she gets it.

I suspect the Palace staff thought things through for him. He had a mentor who he was close to who left his employ just before he married. He needs guidance from someone sensible who knows him well. I think HM is trying to do that but she’s an elderly woman now with her own burdens.

Both Harry and William were pretty hobbled from the start in the academic stakes by their genes tbh.

Charles at least got sent to Uni, although only scraped a pretty mediocre degree, but Diana failed her O levels twice and gave up on school altogether at 16.

Having said that there are plenty of ways for not-very-academic but well-connected people to make money. The producing thing may work out well for them as long as they don't piss too many (more) people off along the way.

I wouldn't say Harry lacks intelligence. He might not have 'book-learning' intelligence but he did learn to fly a helicopter and, at least in the past, has demonstrated some interpersonal intelligence.

I think he's suffering more from being a fish out of water in LA. People can look less competent if the environment isn't the one in which they function optimally.

@GoLightlyontheEarth

I suspect the Palace staff thought things through for him. He had a mentor who he was close to who left his employ just before he married. He needs guidance from someone sensible who knows him well. I think HM is trying to do that but she’s an elderly woman now with her own burdens.

I wonder why his mentor left?

HM is a very clever and wise lady.

He really does need to listen and talk to someone who he fully trusts to have his best interests at heart.

I do think he is in a difficult position not made any easier by some of his own choices.

I wonder how much he will be left when The Queen and Prince Philip eventually pass away. Maybe he has borrowed for the house against his future funds ?
I’m sure he will be well looked after and will inherit again when his Father passes.
In fact if he spends wisely he shouldn’t have to work ever again.

The architect Duke of Gloucester is the Queen's cousin once removed -i.e. his father was the queen's cousin being a son of George V. Harry is in the same position as the late Princess Margaret;Princess Anne;Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Looking at them and earlier generations of siblings of the heir to the throne, it doesn't seem realistic for them to actually earn a living except in farming or selling their royal memoirs. I think you have to go back to George III's sons before finding any that genuinely made a life long career in the armed forces.

Oh Meghan is a social climber. I'm sure she won't sit about now she has what she want for now.

I think she will struggle with the money side of things as that kind of lifestyle is expensive and 23mil won't go far now they have to pay for it all. The Clooney's and others out there are worth a lot more. They are ' poor' in comparison. It won't be easy for them but you never know. Paying the Brits back for their wedding she didn't really want might be a good idea too. Start billing them , pay it back by installments!

@occa

Both Harry and William were pretty hobbled from the start in the academic stakes by their genes tbh.

Charles at least got sent to Uni, although only scraped a pretty mediocre degree, but Diana failed her O levels twice and gave up on school altogether at 16.

Having said that there are plenty of ways for not-very-academic but well-connected people to make money. The producing thing may work out well for them as long as they don't piss too many (more) people off along the way.

Yes and everyone who ever worked for Diana said she may not have been academically bright, but she had native instinctive intelligence, natural empathy, and masses of energy. And she single handedly changed the focus of royal visits from the rather stuffy opening of public buildings to rather more relevant causes such as aids and homelessness.

All the bumph about her being an airhead who rushed around on roller skates listening to disco music was allegedly put about by a certain nameless PR company employed by her ex or soon to be ex husband, well known for their strategy of boosting their own client's profiles by dashing those of others. Diana was a reasonably competent piano player and favoured listening to classical music.

Didn't she go clubbing with Freddy Mercury? Now that only raised her in my esteem (even through she nearly knocked me over flying out of the back of Kensington Palace in her wee sports car...)

@the80sweregreat, Meghan and her desire to keep up with the Jones's is probably the reason why PC and HMQ are refusing to give them cash or pay stuff for them.

Let them sink or swim!

He could also do a ceremonial stint in the trenches of investment banking to prove his worth

This really, really made me laugh.

Do you think that Harry could ever describe how derivatives work, let alone deal with them professionally? Even if it were explained to him fifty times by those notoriously patient investment bankers?

No, Harry needs physical work I would imagine not anything to do with banking.
Diana wanted to live in the states I read once. I bet she might have done eventually.

Dyslexia (sp?) doesn’t mean anything to me I am not sure what it has to do with his intelligence

If they had genuinely wanted to live a private life the best thing for Harry would have been to take up farming or estates management, or to work for a conservation charity - either in the UK or somewhere else - most likely Southern Africa.

But as they still want to be high profile global humanitarians, without the backup of a massive institution or lots of money behind them, media is their only option to support that kind of lifestyle.

@HerewardTheWoke

If they had genuinely wanted to live a private life the best thing for Harry would have been to take up farming or estates management, or to work for a conservation charity - either in the UK or somewhere else - most likely Southern Africa.

But as they still want to be high profile global humanitarians, without the backup of a massive institution or lots of money behind them, media is their only option to support that kind of lifestyle.

www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a35773234/meghan-markle-oprah-privacy-tabloids-exclusive-clip/

The thing is I doubt v much they have to actually pay for much. Designers and retailers will be falling over themselves to offer wardrobes of fabulous creations; her skincare and hair are will be taken care of by salons or individuals who just want it known that she uses them. Same with furnishings and holidays and almost everything

@RubyViolet

I wonder how much he will be left when The Queen and Prince Philip eventually pass away. Maybe he has borrowed for the house against his future funds ? I’m sure he will be well looked after and will inherit again when his Father passes. In fact if he spends wisely he shouldn’t have to work ever again.

I would guess that’s why they are singing HM’s praises. They know which side their bread is buttered.