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

[thebabessavedme]

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?

@Lockdownbear

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.

True which is why he was supposed to be a working royal. However he decided to step away. Which means if he keeps his head down then attention and danger would soon fade back a lot. The queens uncle managed to live a life outside of the royal family and he was the actual heir once.

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

He'd be like Anne and Edward, supporting, full time role, being Williams wing man, and I honestly think he could have carved out a nice niche role for himself. He had such a lot of goodwill behind him. Real shame.

@StillGoingToWork

Military Fitness instructor?

Something like this was my thought too. He seems more suited to physical jobs, as per his army role. He's not intellectual and that's fine because not everyone is or has to be, but it does rule out all the jobs on a company board of directors and so on. He knows nothing about media production and the Netflix deal is purely because he's royal. I think there would be a lot of interest in attending fitness classes run by Prince Harry, and it would be using his actual skills, so I don't see why this would be a less dignified choice than signing up to do a job he knows nothing about. Except of course that only a big bucks salary will do. He does only have £10 million left in the bank, after all.

He had a good job. He was a working Royal. He was well liked by the public and although the press had a downer on Meghan, I think both she and Harry were popular with the British public. Everyone I knew either liked them or was indifferent.

If only they had felt able to ignore the press sniping, the papers would've got bored by now and left them alone.

There is literally no career either of them can do now except reality TV/netflix style insights into their lives and opinions. I don't think anyone in the UK would really be that interested in their musings given the criticism they have faced for this interview but obviously I can't speak for the US market.

The Queen Mother must be spinning in her grave.

It couldn’t have come as a surprise that he was expected to be a professional royal and do all the things expected of them as a professional royal. It’s all he has known his entire life.

If they decided that they really didn’t want to do the whole royal thing, this could have been handled so much better, stepping back further and further, and they could have slipped away.

Giving the finger with one hand and extending the other for a handout from daddy (he’s pushing 40 for goodness sake) is hardly the behaviour of a grown up.

@IrmaFayLear

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.

Really? And they’ll be paid millions for this? Utterly sickening.

To be Honest, I think it a real shame they have left the Royal Family.
Although I do not particularly like Meghan, I was very enthusiastic at first, and defended her against other family members.
She did receive a lot of negative publicity, but a lot of that was below the line, rather than the article itself.
However, there was definitely a lot of public goodwill at first, but that seemed to have changed, and I fully understand why she decided she had had enough.
The real problem is that Harry is not very bright. He does not have enough intelligence to work at anything else, and these production things with netflix, etc, it will be Meghan in the driving seat.
So the question is, what kind of 'job' could he have had, away from the Royal Family.
My perception is that there is a conflict.
He hates the press, and wants less publicity, but on the otherhand, wants more publicity - going on Oprah Winfrey shows, etc,
Also, the perception is, that Meghan did not like being 'second' to William and Kate, thought they were MORE popular, etc which I think they were, at first.
So the conflict, is private versus public. If they want privacy, then do not give 2 hours plus interviews to Oprah Winfrey.
In fact, they really want publicity, but only their publicity, which is essential as they trade off the Royal Name for their Netflix productions, etc

Harry is perfectly suited/qualified for a job which involves championing certain causes, particularly military ones, and meeting lots of people and putting them at ease. Oh wait, that would be a working royal...

Some very interesting stuff said about emails and texts messages in the media this week. Eventually they will be made public I am sure.

Though some papers have already spoken to ex staff. Evidence of the palace taking at least two court orders to stop bad press for Harry and Meghan when they were in the UK is available.

@Truelymadlydeeplysomeonesmum

Some very interesting stuff said about emails and texts messages in the media this week. Eventually they will be made public I am sure.

Though some papers have already spoken to ex staff. Evidence of the palace taking at least two court orders to stop bad press for Harry and Meghan when they were in the UK is available.

Sorry wrong thread

@Tuliptulip

Harry is perfectly suited/qualified for a job which involves championing certain causes, particularly military ones, and meeting lots of people and putting them at ease. Oh wait, that would be a working royal...

Yes but head already said that he did the whole ‘meet and greet the plebs’ through gritted teeth...

He used to look like he enjoyed all his charity work too

Never my favourite but still so sad. People he met and worked with must be gutted

I think Harry and Meghan could have got just as good a financial arrangement, or a better one, for themselves from the Royals if they had been muted about the faults of the family. Better to say that Meghan was homesick and missing her Mom, who was very settled in California, and that both Harry and Meghan wanted to live near her for Archie's earliest years.

The royal family have their own private funds and could have been more amenable to shelling out if they hadn't been bad-mouthed.

@OutwiththeOutCrowd

I think Harry and Meghan could have got just as good a financial arrangement, or a better one, for themselves from the Royals if they had been muted about the faults of the family. Better to say that Meghan was homesick and missing her Mom, who was very settled in California, and that both Harry and Meghan wanted to live near her for Archie's earliest years.

The royal family have their own private funds and could have been more amenable to shelling out if they hadn't been bad-mouthed.

Exactly , how much must you hate your family to actually do what he’s done .

He chose the wrong wife. Although I'm sure he loves her to bits, her desire to be 'top dog' was always going to be a problem. I always tell my kids that love is one thing, but it's just as important to have shared values and ambition.

I think they thought they had shared values and ambition because she told him what he wanted to hear. There is no way she was ever interested in Africa the way he is. I think with another woman he would have been happy with a simpler life, visiting Africa and supporting his charities in his own way. She wants fame and fortune and big bucks.

I remember an old expression I once read in a book - ‘a bird may fall in love with a fish, but where would they build a home?’

I do think a military career was never going to be much of a goer. He is just too high profile, imagine the taliban et al getting him as a POW?

He didn't have to go to the front line though - it's not my world, but even I know there are plenty of other jobs in the forces which would have kept him out of harm's way

But maybe he didn't want one of those ...

The current Dutch king managed a part time job on the side for a while apparently incognito so I don't see why not:

www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/17/dutch-king-willem-alexander-admits-to-working-part-time-as-an-airline-pilot

it's not my world, but even I know there are plenty of other jobs in the forces which would have kept him out of harm's way

I think it's got harder and harder over the years for anybody in the Forces to avoid being deployed on occasions to hot and sandy places where even those in the rear echelons can be under treat...

Interesting about the Dutch King. I can see how pilot would work. Airlines / airports have lots of security anyway. I guess it's similar to William and Air ambulance.

But would it give Harry enough income to keep Meghan happy ?

I predict the marriage won't last a long time. From what is said here what has he got to offer in terms of interesting and successful experience outside of RF. then he'll just be an international play boy type ageing disgracefully. No job as such.

Prince Andrew could hire Harry as a diversionary antics provider.

Maybe he already has.

Prince Andrew, he's been pensioner off, never to darken the door again.
Will be interesting to see if he pops up at any of the major state occasions over the next few years, 100th birthday, Jubilee, funerals, coronation etc.

Before it all came out about him and basically using young women. I thought he was going to end up remarrying Fergie, can't see that happening now.

@Lockdownbear

Interesting about the Dutch King. I can see how pilot would work. Airlines / airports have lots of security anyway. I guess it's similar to William and Air ambulance.

But would it give Harry enough income to keep Meghan happy ?

Short answer - no...

Long answer - even a senior captain with decades of service at one of the American "majors" such as United Airlines or American Airlines won't be earning enough cash to run a palatial residence with staff within easy reach of Hollywood...