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?

I do think he should have been encouraged to stay in the army in a desk /training job

I understood at the time that he'd been encouraged to do this but refused as he wanted the action stuff or nothing. No idea if this is true.

He might have been suited to a training job though probably not to a desk job.

@BlackCatShadow oh gosh the voiceover plug!!

As awful as it is to say, I also can't see them lasting. They seem to have absolutely nothing in common. I do wish them the best though. I hope they can find their place.

With the lifestyle they choose to lead, a paid desk job in the army is not going to make them enough money.
Really, they didnt do their sums properly when they chose to leave the rf. Or else they, perhaps wrongly, assumed they would be at least partially financed by the rf, or his dad, forever and a day.

As someone who studied art and works in the cultural sector which is full of over privileged people and very hard to get into your op is offensive.

It completely de values this knowledge and work. As if you'd dare suggest he should just become a doctor or something. Get a grip

And reply to poster above. No he's not the spare now. But growing up he was. He didn't have his life mapped out for him the same way as William. He has the same risks and responsibilities but there would always become the time he wasn't needed. Not easy for anyone.

Actually the Monarch still needs some support. There would always have been a role for Harry.

Currently the Queen has 7 full-time support, 3 of her kids and 2 spouses, plus William & Kate all full-time working Royals.

Before William and Edward were full-time, the Queen had Prince Philip, the Queen Mother, and can't remember if Princess Margaret ever did much in the way of Royal engagements.

It was as the Queen and Phillip were aging that William and Harry were asked to become full-time.

It will be a long time before William's kids will be asked to become full-time Royals. William enjoyed his years doing normal jobs inc the Air Ambulance he'll want his kids to have that same time.

So in say 10 years time if Charles is King, his siblings will all be in their 70s and 80s. William and Kate still working but their kids will still very young, in their teens.

There is definitely a role for Harry. But he doesn't seem to want to do Royal engagements.

Publix would be a nice place to work. Do they do a staff discount? Their ice cream and bakery section alone is well worth working there.

That’s assuming H&M aren’t gluten free of course!

@squarespecs

I do think he should have been encouraged to stay in the army in a desk /training job

I understood at the time that he'd been encouraged to do this but refused as he wanted the action stuff or nothing. No idea if this is true.

He might have been suited to a training job though probably not to a desk job.

I think he had to make a choice at that point between FT Royal/FT army.

And yes, continuing in the army would have meant less/no action, certainly for a time & desk/studying/exams?

I don't see how they can build an extravagent future on the back of production deals/partnerships using her industry experience. She wasn't a very good actress. D list at best. Are we saying that she's been hiding her true skills under a bushel all these years, that she has always been a super producer ninja, like Hong Kong Phooey? And just didn't know it?

Hmmmm.

I think connections will only get you so far.

Dealing with others in the industry who are talented and have grafted hard to get where they are, when you have basically rocked up saying ‘oh I like to look of what you do...gimme a go and I don’t want an entry level spot either...’ is going to wear your goodwill pretty thin pretty fast.

Being a “producer” covers a multitude of sins. It’s not necessarily hands on, it’s just a nod to having provided (or arranged) funding in many cases.

Just think when you watch a film/tv programme there is a whole slew of “in association with...” credits at the front - often loads of production companies’ logos roll on the screen.

Therefore Harry requires no expertise to get a “producer” credit; he just needs to do a bit of glad-handing and attend dinners with Meghan behind the scenes - practical input not necessary at all.

@Lockdownbear

And reply to poster above. No he's not the spare now. But growing up he was. He didn't have his life mapped out for him the same way as William. He has the same risks and responsibilities but there would always become the time he wasn't needed. Not easy for anyone.

Actually the Monarch still needs some support. There would always have been a role for Harry.

Currently the Queen has 7 full-time support, 3 of her kids and 2 spouses, plus William & Kate all full-time working Royals.

Before William and Edward were full-time, the Queen had Prince Philip, the Queen Mother, and can't remember if Princess Margaret ever did much in the way of Royal engagements.

It was as the Queen and Phillip were aging that William and Harry were asked to become full-time.

It will be a long time before William's kids will be asked to become full-time Royals. William enjoyed his years doing normal jobs inc the Air Ambulance he'll want his kids to have that same time.

So in say 10 years time if Charles is King, his siblings will all be in their 70s and 80s. William and Kate still working but their kids will still very young, in their teens.

There is definitely a role for Harry. But he doesn't seem to want to do Royal engagements.

Exactly. He doesn't want a job in the family business. That's his choice.

My issue is with people who believe he should and to turn it down was whiny and pathetic.

His reasons for,p not engaging a job in the family business wasn't - by his description - because he didn't like the job role. But because his working conditions within the business were not equal to others.
In this case the equality issue wasn't pay or holidays but protection from outside sources producing public untruths about you and a right to a life of choosing outside of your employment.

Take away the RF part of the business and you have someone fighting for equal workplace rights.

I just cannot blame him for wanting this.

@SuperSange

I don't see how they can build an extravagent future on the back of production deals/partnerships using her industry experience. She wasn't a very good actress. D list at best. Are we saying that she's been hiding her true skills under a bushel all these years, that she has always been a super producer ninja, like Hong Kong Phooey? And just didn't know it?

Hmmmm.

How dare you 😂😂😂

Military Fitness instructor?

I agree, I don’t think C gave them the money for the house either. It’s not in Hs name is it? So how are they making the mortgage payments I wonder? I don’t have much sympathy if they’ve overreached themselves. They don’t need a massive mansion for three people.

I do remember there was hand wringing when he was a teen about his mother's wealth he inherited, that no young Royal had been independent financially before, unless they married money, and it was used as a way to force them to behave, but threats to cut him off wouldn't work when he was worth £20+m already. That the money was in trust for a few years, so there was some control, but he couldn't be pushed in the way Andrew and Edward could be, because they had little access to money beyond the civil list hand outs.

Its probably a good thing he's married a woman who's running away is to LA where £20m doesn't go very far. If he'd settle with a lass from many parts of Europe outside of capital cities, he would be completely freed from having to earn money.

I don't understand why people think he CAN get a normal job.

If it's income he wants then he should just invest his mother's inheritance and live off the interest.£12million at 4% would yield nearly half a million a year. More than most of us will ever see in 5 years!

But it seems he wants to live the extravagant financially unlimited life he's been accustomed to, not cut his cloth accordingly, and get attention at the same time. Heaven forbid he ever lowers himself to living in a 5 bed house rather than a mansion

I don't think he'd be able to get a normal job either. Being so close to the throne he will always be a terrorist target even when the paparazzi are no longer interested. But I don't think this business venture is going to work either, as others have said you can only trade on connections so far.

Unfortunately I don't see good times ahead for Harry. I think he'll end up divoreced and bankrupt. Then come crawling back to Buckingham Palace, maybe being a full-time Royal isn't such a bad thing.

Security is crazily expensive. I read around 2-3 million dollars a year for them.

There's an article in the mail about how their house has rocketed in value, so maybe they can just flip houses or something.

@JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows

I don't understand why people think he CAN get a normal job.

If it's income he wants then he should just invest his mother's inheritance and live off the interest.£12million at 4% would yield nearly half a million a year. More than most of us will ever see in 5 years!

But it seems he wants to live the extravagant financially unlimited life he's been accustomed to, not cut his cloth accordingly, and get attention at the same time. Heaven forbid he ever lowers himself to living in a 5 bed house rather than a mansion

I don't think that's what he wants. I think it's what she wants. He was reportedly quite happy in Nottingham Cottage, and always said he didn't want servants like his brother.

If he had taken a royal role, wouldn't he have been needed less & less as William's kids got older, and his children needed not at all?

Some of them have to be able to work & earn!

If they weren't so keen on getting attention (That is Meghan really. I agree with earlier poster he would be happy out of the spot light) then eventually he would be like Edward or Ann. So security costs would be much lower and probably only for certain occasions.

Yes he would have become like Edward and Anne. Their children are insignificant but they themselves are still providing a supporting role to the Queen.

It will be another 20-25 years before Williams kids will be asked to step up to Royal duties. Based on William and Harry being about 30 before stepping up.

But between now and then Charles, Edward and Anne will be looking to slow down a bit. Charles and Anne are both in their 70s Edward pushing 60.