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Harry’s podcast

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smilesy · 13/05/2021 21:27

Carrying on the discussion about Harry’s podcast.

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BlackCatShadow · 14/05/2021 06:15

@MoChridhe

My favourite part of the podcast was Harry saying he doesn't give a fuck anymore what the press write about him anymore. He has confronted that fear and he will not be told what to say or do by the press. So all your pearl clutching does not bother him. He realises that whatever he does, it is the same people who don't approve anyway. He was promoting his new TV show about mental Health, so that's what he talked about.

I think this is part of the problem. They obviously do care deeply about what is written in the press about them and they seem to follow the press very closely. They also do seem very bitter and angry about their experiences and perhaps justifiably so, but I think the public senses this disconnect between what they say and how they act and I think that is a large part of the reason many in the public struggle to empathise with them as there is that lack of sincerity. I actually do think they would benefit a lot from stepping back from the public eye for a time.
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chaosrabbitland · 14/05/2021 06:15

im pretty sure i read that after they did their tell all interview with oprah that would be their final word on this sort of thing , sadly not , here he is again , trashing his family under the guise of his fathers crap parenting , its truly painful to read , has there ever been such an entitled whining priviaged human being moaning away about what a crap life hes had thus far ,whilst refusing to aknowledge that that crap life had given him all the status and money hes got now ? hes pitiful and to be fair i feel sorry for archie , hes the one thats got to grow up with a petulant man child for a father

i just wonder when hes finally going to stf up about his family and realise hes not doing himself any favours ,surely even in america they can eventually see through such blatent self pity and the iv had such a hard time in the royal family isnt going to sell their brand anymore , whatever the fuck their brand may be

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chaosrabbitland · 14/05/2021 06:24

@RoseRedRoseBlue

Harry and Meghan are utterly shameless and have no idea how this comes across. The Royal connection is all they have to trade, and God, they are going to milk it to the very end.

the end cant come soon enough for me rose , i honestly get wound up listining to this idiot moaning about his tough life whilst sitting in a huge mansion in california earning millions for doing sweet fuck all except working his mouth , but has not a clue about the terrible childhoods and hard lifes some of us in the real world actually may have had , the kids with alcoholic parents , sexual abuse , growing up in poverty . getting beaten , hes just that ignorant its unreal , hes incapable of opening his eyes and seeing the real suffering and hardship of people , its just something he and his wife pay lip service to , helps sell them as a pair of caring humanatarians , im never going to buy that they give a shit about kids in africa or anywhere else ,
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OverByYer · 14/05/2021 06:37

I thought the OW was going to be their ‘ last word ‘ as well. No such luck. The pity party rumbles on.
Meanwhile I shall carry in my work with victims of abuse in the actual real world, knowing that I’m making far more of a difference than this pair of navel gazers

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SueSaid · 14/05/2021 06:42

Just awful. Self indulgent, self pitying twaddle.

I do wish he'd display some dignity.

How can he wang on about mental health without any consideration for what his media blabbing is doing to his own family. He makes Thomas Markle look a model of restraint in comparison.

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AbsolutelyPatsy · 14/05/2021 06:42

this is not good for Charles at all.
the queen will Not live for ever and Charles is next in line

william has said in the past about not wanting the top job but he carries on regardless
if harry wants therapy, have therapy, but no need to wash your dirty laundry like this. no one cares harry. Prince Philip has just died fgs

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Gladimnotcampinginthisweather · 14/05/2021 06:45

Just wait for Archie's tell all interviews in 30 years time.🙄

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derxa · 14/05/2021 06:52

Trashing his family for money basically

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APinchOfLOL · 14/05/2021 06:54

Post counselling- he’s realised he has had an unhappy upbringing which he wouldn’t inflict on his own children

This is 180 degree turnabout in a very short timescale - how can that be !


Because MM has divided and conquered.

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JamieLeeCurtains · 14/05/2021 06:55

I think when Harry talks about his mental health problems, we should believe him.

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Crackoflightning · 14/05/2021 06:57

This couple apparently want privacy, I don't see much privacy happening

This is always quoted. It's not what they said. HTH

Hasn't he just said exactly that, namely that his life is like living The Truman Show and being an animal in a zoo?

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OverByYer · 14/05/2021 06:58

Archie in 2071 - ‘the only momento I have of my royal life is the waffle maker that the queen sent me for my first Christmas.’

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PicsInRed · 14/05/2021 06:59

@DeeCeeCherry

Lovely podcast.

Harry sounded relaxed and happy, which I guess must be galling for the coven who spitefully want he and his wife to crash and burn in the nastiest way possible.

He & his wife got up and made changes to their lives, instead of staying in the UK and putting up with petty gossip and racism. Good for them.

The gnashing of teeth will go on for some years yet as toxics assume their target will remain in situ for vitriol. Leaving the table drives them mad.

The twisted armchair psychology is off the scale, it reads as a form of delusional magical thinking. As if some really do believe they're privy to private conversations of the royal family, and are repeating what they've actually heard.

1000s of miles away from UK is the best place for them.

Well said.
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Blinkingbotheration · 14/05/2021 06:59

Urgh🙈 - will they ever stop their self pitying, they truly seem to live in LaLa land. Perhaps they’d like to swap places with a couple in Gaza or Syria....

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Gladimnotcampinginthisweather · 14/05/2021 07:05

Harry is still young He's 38, which is not young for ordinary people.

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Whenwillitmakesense · 14/05/2021 07:07

Why is it that people like H&M go on and on about their mental health and do so in public - without a care for the people they are trashing mental health?

Also, many people have had a way worse childhood but work through it like adults and don’t go round blaming everyone else. He had money, privileges and access to the best help. Other people have to struggle on with no help at all.

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JamieLeeCurtains · 14/05/2021 07:09

I think people find the therapists they're looking for.

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Crackoflightning · 14/05/2021 07:11

He & his wife got up and made changes to their lives, instead of staying in the UK and putting up with petty gossip and racism. Good for them

If only they hadn't insisted on a very expensive taxpayer-funded public wedding first, before they left, and the keeping of their titles at all costs, they would be viewed very differently indeed.

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CovidCorvid · 14/05/2021 07:11

So he could access counselling/a therapist but she wasn’t allowed to? That’s very peculiar.

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DarkMutterings · 14/05/2021 07:12

Absolutely this
Why is it that people like H&M go on and on about their mental health and do so in public - without a care for the people they are trashing mental health?

Surely if they are so scarred by their experience they wouldn't wish it on others?
They'd avoid speculating or putting family members into the headlines in a negative way?

Nope, it's all about the money - how much of their souls can they sell to make dollars. They are basically the new Kardashian's. Now fair play they'll probably get rich doing it but at what cost to other people, as well as the 'institution'

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SueSaid · 14/05/2021 07:13

'think when Harry talks about his mental health problems, we should believe him.'

I do believe him, but what about his family's mh?

The Sussexes rightly don't want unfair, one sided scrutiny yet he is subjecting his family to just that. Leave, do your own thing great. He needs to talk about his family privately though and afford them the same courtesy he wants for himself. He has a massive axe to grind.

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skodadoda · 14/05/2021 07:16

@SakuraEdenSwan1

I think he is probably right about the way the family dynamic continues on, good on him for wanting to bring his children up without all the protocols the Royal Family have preventing him doing normal family things that we all take for granted. The Royal Family needs to reinvent itself to stay modern and relevant because they all live in a complete different world to the people they represent. After the Queen passes I think it should be the end, they are not relatable and Harry has realised this.

One of his claims is that he never rode a bike with his parents, but there are pictures of him doing just that. So how accurate are his claims? If nothing else he’s being very unkind. Isn’t ‘be kind’ their mantra?

www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/gallery/20210311108679/prince-harry-riding-bicycle-prince-charles-childhood-photos/2/
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artquejtion · 14/05/2021 07:18

He must have had a horrible childhood really, his parents marriage was a sham, his father is probably emotionally stunted from what appeared to be a very formal and cold upbringing. His mother was very young and had serious mental health issues. Then his mothers death in horrible circumstances, he really must have suffered terribly, so therapy is hopefully a very positive journey for him

If he wants to make money on the side from talking about how this affected him, then he is not the first person to do it.

I do wonder if this will open the floodgates now on the people who have been incredibly loyal and discreet, the likes of Kelsey Davies and her family, the Middleton family, his long standing group of best friends. I am sure they all signed NDA's, but has he negated those by being so public about his life? I am sure all of them could name their price for an interview about their experiences of their time with Harry.

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SueSaid · 14/05/2021 07:18

'If nothing else he’s being very unkind. Isn’t ‘be kind’ their mantra?'

Very selectively it seems.

'Love always wins'. Except it doesn't eh Haz?

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