Harry appointed senior exec at $1bn startup

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Just seen that Harry has been appointed Chief Impact Officer at a billion dollar valued Silicon Valley startup.
This feels so unfair. I know people who have worked for years first qualifying then gaining experience in their field, without a hope of a job like this. Harry of the 2 A levels and zero formal work experience outside of the army. He can bleat about the hardships of privilege all he wants but he’d never get near a job like this as a private “normal” citizen.

@Bluegrass

Some people seem to reacting almost as if Harry is an ex boyfriend who dumped them.

Not so long ago he was the superstar royal, more charismatic and more popular than William. Now people are writing bitter diatribes about how he’s always been awful, just jealous of William, yadda yadda...

It seems obvious that they’ve taken it all really personally and are now overcompensating. By the looks of some of these posters, given half a chance they’d be in his wardrobe cutting up his suits.

Oh yes agree completely Don't understand all the spite about a person people haven't met

Considering he now realises how much he hated being in the Royal family, he sure is finding it useful that he is a Prince to get a job. Does he really think he would of gotten the job otherwise, he couldn't even get help for his wife when she needed it. Privileged and spoilt.

Sounds like they employed him to use his contacts to leverage sales. He's like an MLM 'boss babe'

@Bluegrass

Some people seem to reacting almost as if Harry is an ex boyfriend who dumped them.

Not so long ago he was the superstar royal, more charismatic and more popular than William. Now people are writing bitter diatribes about how he’s always been awful, just jealous of William, yadda yadda...

It seems obvious that they’ve taken it all really personally and are now overcompensating. By the looks of some of these posters, given half a chance they’d be in his wardrobe cutting up his suits.

Yes! I just don't get all the hate.

Strikes me as that he is a normal wounded human being trying, imperfectly as all of us do, to stumble towards a decent life for himself, in highly abnormal circumstances (which are not of his making, he was born into abnormality).

@Scoobydoobywho

Considering he now realises how much he hated being in the Royal family, he sure is finding it useful that he is a Prince to get a job. Does he really think he would of gotten the job otherwise, he couldn't even get help for his wife when she needed it. Privileged and spoilt.

This is ridiculous. Hands up who chooses NOT to use the only asset they have to get a new job?

Don't understand all the spite about a person people haven't met

I don’t think it’s surprising - the whole system is deeply odd.

H&M aren’t perfect, but who is? The standards that they are supposed to meet are not possible for any human being.

However most human beings don’t have fairytale weddings that are supposed to say something about modern Britain.

Harry might be spouting guff, but the family business is distribution of platitudes. It’s no more nonsense that the Telegraph claiming that the Duchess of Cambridge is sending a healing message by wearing pink.

Strikes me as that he is a normal wounded human being trying, imperfectly as all of us do, to stumble towards a decent life for himself, in highly abnormal circumstances (which are not of his making, he was born into abnormality

Totally agree with this. He wants to protect his wife and child against horrendously negative media that started the minute he met MM. The RF didn't. It was slow and insidious at first, drip drip, but building up into a complete hate campaign by our tabloids, dozens and dozens of press articles a day on her, or her and him. Who can cope with that.

Posters will say... but Charles walked her up the aisle, but we all loved her and were excited blah blah.
No. Just seeing the threads disparaging her on here before they were even married says it all.

Well done him for getting out and making a new life for himself and his family.

Well good luck to him. If they're happy and he's happy, fair enough.

I say good luck to him too.

But...... garnering publicity for the companies by doing the family trashing Oprah interview - seems like he had to pay a price for those jobs.

He wants to protect his wife and child against horrendously negative media that started the minute he met MM. The RF didn't.

Not true. Total bs in fact.

It's window dressing, and if that's what he wants to be, then good luck to him. It's a similar job to the royals anyway

Which bit Impatiens
No negative media?
Or the RF didn't protect them@

being racist anymore so they have to try something else - but just end up sounding like ranting loons. LOL!!!

Hate to break it to you, but Harry and Meghan aren't the ones sounding like ranting loons.😂 As @Bluegrass said, some posters are sounding like the angry Ex. Over 2 people they've never met and don't know.😂😂😂

@Scoobydoobywho

Considering he now realises how much he hated being in the Royal family, he sure is finding it useful that he is a Prince to get a job. Does he really think he would of gotten the job otherwise, he couldn't even get help for his wife when she needed it. Privileged and spoilt.

You want him to go in a disguise or what? He got a job and you cranks are still complaining.

@MarleytheDog You are way way behind the times here. The british taxpayer hasn't been paying for it since they moved to the US.
However, do feel free to get angry about Andrew (he's a non working royal) his security, £3million a year. Where's the outrage for him

Well yes of course they have been paying their own security bill since moving to America. Nobody else will pay it - despite Meghan Markle’s dissatisfaction that the RF no longer give them handouts to pay for their security. They are multi millionaires! As I said good luck to them. They can pay their own security costs with or without a “job”. There is no need for Britain or America to pay it for them.

Where’s the outrage for Andrew? This thread isn’t about Andrew 🤔

You want him to go in a disguise or what? He got a job and you cranks are still complaining.

If I were a Duke and I wanted a normal life, the first thing I’d do is stop calling myself “Ricki, Duke of Tarr”.

If I was American, I wouldn’t want to use his pincer British title either.

Everyone will still know who he is if he switches to Harry Wales, which is a name he used for years at school, Sandhurst, Army and so on. It must feel like him.

You sound even weirder than he does though, for considering it the domain of “cranks” to shoot the breeze about this stuff.

yes the ex - so leave the titles behind - you don’t need them from racist institution and country (according to Harry) the known racist Harry should know. When is the misinformation going to be discussed - someone saying they’re happy for Harry to call them p**i - what kind of misinformation is that Harry?

Once he drops the Duke we will take him seriously ie completely ignore him as will be a non event. Stop using royal titles - you’ve left.

I think this will be good for Harry. It should enable him to meet new people as he is cut off from a lot of his friends and it will give him a focus.

@RickiTarr

You want him to go in a disguise or what? He got a job and you cranks are still complaining.

If I were a Duke and I wanted a normal life, the first thing I’d do is stop calling myself “Ricki, Duke of Tarr”.

If I was American, I wouldn’t want to use his pincer British title either.

Everyone will still know who he is if he switches to Harry Wales, which is a name he used for years at school, Sandhurst, Army and so on. It must feel like him.

You sound even weirder than he does though, for considering it the domain of “cranks” to shoot the breeze about this stuff.

Why even care? So what? It's like being estranged from my family- so I now need to change my name? He can call himself what he likes, and I doubt he shakes hands and introduces himself as "the duke of Sussex". It'll just be Harry.

As I said, you people are absolutely frothing at the mouth waiting for him to do anything so you can whine that you don't like it. There's real problems in the world and your whining about two people just living their life

@Roussette

Which bit Impatiens No negative media? Or the RF didn't protect them@

Both. There wasn't negative media 'the minute they met', there was a lot of really gushing stuff about what a glamourous couple and how smitten they looked etc

The RF made a point of saying how happy they were for the couple and including Meghan. When the press became more hostile towards M they spoke out in her defence.

I “care” @bushhbb because I’m a republican and o find it slightly interesting. I think that’s legal, isn’t it? Not unethical either.

We only know the details because they keep putting out press releases. So they want us to know. Nobody’s privacy is being invaded.

I am a bit bemused that his new job got more media coverage than Zara giving birth on her bathroom floor, though. We can’t stop the newspapers from obsessively covering all things royal, but I think they’ve missed a trick there, human-interest wise.

@DioneTheDiabolist

being racist anymore so they have to try something else - but just end up sounding like ranting loons. LOL!!!

Hate to break it to you, but Harry and Meghan aren't the ones sounding like ranting loons.😂 As @Bluegrass said, some posters are sounding like the angry Ex. Over 2 people they've never met and don't know.😂😂😂

Yes, it's a laughy laugh laugh. By the way you've cut off my quote.

Certain posters, such as @cyclingmad were clearly losing it yesterday ranting on about 'disgusting' and 'vile' and 'pathetic' etc etc because other people dare to have different opinions.

I haven't seen anything like the equivalent of that type of ranting from the other side. I don't feel at all hurt or angry-ex about them, I just feel pissed off at the hypocrisy and manipulations of them and their defenders.

Ricki, Duke of Tarr

Sounds like a dodgy character..

Why even care? So what? It's like being estranged from my family- so I now need to change my name? He can call himself what he likes, and I doubt he shakes hands and introduces himself as "the duke of Sussex". It'll just be Harry.

Well one of the more interesting aspects of this is the US/UK culture gap and we’ve always been told that titles aren’t recognised or used in the States, so it’s interesting that in this case they are. In the long run, I think he’d garner more kudos for dropping it than continuing to use it and if I was advising him, I would tell him to drop it, but it’s his choice. Maybe it’s actually his new employers who are more bothered about the title. But unamerican of them, but maybe they consider it good marketing.

As I said, you people are absolutely frothing at the mouth waiting for him to do anything so you can whine that you don't like it. There's real problems in the world and your whining about two people just living their life

Who’s frothing?

Don’t you ever chat about current events? Visit the pub for a chinwag? Hold a dinner party?

There are a lot of “who you know not what you know” jobs.

He’s probably garnered whatever they are paying them back already, if you tot up what the media coverage would have cost if bought at commercial rates.

It is hideous/unfair etc. Welcome to monarchy and capitalism.

To be honest, at least the clients have that company have a choice over whether they buy services or not. An individual person here has no say over whether they fund the Royal Family or not. Bit like Netflix vs the BBC.