To be shocked at some RF members turning their back?

[fiheka]

It has been reported that some Royal Family members literally turned their back on Prince Harry at Prince Philip's funeral and refused to even acknowledge him.
I have had extended family members behave badly and are in no hurry to be friendly. But I think this is appalling behaviour. I would never do that and especially not at a funeral.
It reminds me of that video being shared where William and Kate totally snub and ignore Harry and Meghan.
It is just so rude and awful.

Just because Kate and William don't paw at each other constantly and wang on about writing each other poems or doesn't mean they're not in love.

What I think is clear is that they're a couple of 20 years and 3 children, past the mushy gushy stages and in a comfortable place where they are part of the other person.

I personally believe they have fantastic chemistry and have a deep love and respect for each other

@fiheka

Frankly the whole Royal Family are dysfunctional. Charles is not a popular member of the family and the hope seems to be resting on the anodyne Kate and William who clearly are not in love, but will stick together because they must.

Is that you Meghan? What a load of shite.

Its obvious that W&K have a very strong loving bond, unlike H&M's transactional 'relationship'.

I do applaud the campaign for vaccine equity - it's a very important issue of out times, and I'm glad Meghan and Harry are getting behind it.

I think it's time to find a role now, to cut the apron strings with royalty, and to follow their own star. But research what you're doing, eg with vaccines, first. There are dangers in meddling in matters which you doubt know a lot about, so find out how vaccines get to patients and then facilitate. A good initiative.

"Frankly the whole Royal Family are dysfunctional. Charles is not a popular member of the family and the hope seems to be resting on the anodyne Kate and William who clearly are not in love, but will stick together because they must"

@fiheka*, you have just written a lot of wholly unsubstantiated tittle tattle.Do you really believe of this? If you do I feel really sorry for you.

Good point @Diverseopinions - and without experienced advisers on hand to tell them what is and isn't a good cause they'll need to be careful about what they choose to support.

Yes, yes they support a good cause now and then, all credit to them for that. Still I doubt that makes the RF feel much better about it all.

[quote fiheka]@HoldontoOneMoreDay I really can not imagine physically turning my back on a family member and pretending they do not exist. I also can not imagine a father allowing his son to be treated in that way by other family members.
I would also expect someone treated that way to want nothing to do with their family from then on.
It is so harsh and horrible.
And it is not the first time they were blanked. William and Kate have done this before.
It is just ignorant.[/quote]
Perhaps I'd Harry had shown even an inkling of awareness of the hurt he caused it would've helped?

If my nephew went on TV and did what Harry did while my father was dying in hospital, yeah I think I’d be giving him a frosty reception too. I think Anne and Edward have every right to be pissed off with him and owe him no courtesy whatsoever.

sorry i probably wouldnt talk to him either-the whole oprah thing was unnecessary

MM was well within her rights to cut of her sister and her dad. The RF would be well within their right to do the same to H&M. T

If it did happen it was only some members of the family, so clearly not "policy".

Families eh?

I think this is Meghan.

Like her I’m going to give birth soon. I’m tired and emotional at times and I’ve got some time on my hands as I rest... I’m spending more time on mumsnet than usual. I think she’s the same... I think this is her. Stuck in her ivory tower. If so, she needs to read some of the comments.
Harry and Meghan have no concept of the hurt they have caused their family and would be wise to keep out of the press for a while.

Well said Little Tiger, and if you include the tremendous stress she's been under for the last few years it's not unreasonable to suggest she might be blaming the wrong people or taking things the wrong way.

Though what Harry's reasons for going along with it are is anyone's guess?

Though what Harry's reasons for going along with it are is anyone's guess?

I don't think he has much of a choice.

People have feelings and they need time to process things. It was too raw - sorry I think you are being unreasonable to judge a family in grief.

William and Kate might be fun and intelligent if you meet them in real life. Personally, I doubt William is intelligent, none of them appears to be. But their public image is very anodyne and frankly boring.
They do very little good. The number of public engagements is low. They do not champion anything where they seem to make a real difference.
Their one plus seems to be that they do not make any waves. Is that really worth getting so much money from the public purse? It seems very poor value to me.

@fiheka

Well if my family turned their back on me at my grandfathers funeral and refused to acknowledge me, I would be off afterwards and would not look back.

OP like you already have until it suits you to haul in the media to fund your new lifestyle 'outside of the media'? hysterical, sad and just a tad boring

But physically turning your back and ignoring a family member is very harsh.

Yet going on TV, world wide viewing, and trashing your nearest and dearest while the male head of the family is seriously ill and likely near the end of life is fine? After that you expect people to want to have a nice little chat. No way.

Yes but they're very understated, aren't hypocritical and haven't been on telly trashing anyone as far as I know.

I'm not sure that thing about them not doing many public engagements is true anymore, they've been doing a lot more over the last 5 years or so.

I think this is Meghan agree or someone who worries me with the obsessive defensiveness of M&H and all the seemingly insider knowledge of deeds, thoughts and intent of the members of the RF!

Mike Tindall said that after they funeral they were all told to get in their cars and leave so other than the walk where Harry was talking to Kate then William, when exactly would the snub have taken place. It would have been really weird if they all tried to talk to him on the walk from the church to the castle.

However, families are complex and what he and Meghan said would have seriously pissed off a number of the their family - how could you not be hurt by such a public and personal slating?

If my family had slagged me off in front of the world I’d have done more than turned my back on them.

You can't really compare anyone in the RF to H&Ms position. None of them are perfect but H&Ms situation is a unique one. You can say but so an so did XXX, well maybe they did and maybe that was wrong but it's not really relevant and certainly not an argument in defence of M&H.

Under Covid rules, you were technically supposed to be Socially Distanced to anyone who is not in your household.
Hence, even walking back towards the castle after the funeral, they should have been spaced out, although we actually saw Kate, William and Harry walking together and talking.
There was no 'refreshments' afterwards, and they were all then expected to depart.

@amusedtodeath1 The number of working days both William and Kate do is still low.
I am amused at getting slagged off for posting about the royal family on the royal family topic. Why are you here if you think no one should talk about them?