Prince Harry not attending Philips memorial

[FlyingGeeseAgain]

It has been confirmed that Prince Harry will not be attending P Philips memorial service. What are people’s thoughts about this? Is the whole security issue a smoke screen for the fact he can’t face his family?

@notanotheroneagain

Stop embarrassing yourself now, everyone here has been talking about Harry's visit to Wellchild.

He's only been to the UK twice (that we know of) and one of those times was for the funeral. He obviously wants to do more visits.

Why does he obviously want to do more visits?

< sigh> H alleged he had been chased by paparazzi when he left a charity event during one of his visits in 2021. There is no evidence of this . Only footage others ( and I) have seen us if his car driving normally through London Streets .
Ok ?

@notanotheroneagain

Stop embarrassing yourself now, everyone here has been talking about Harry's visit to Wellchild.

He's only been to the UK twice (that we know of) and one of those times was for the funeral. He obviously wants to do more visits.

There are no 'obvious' conclusions to be drawn from a single visit taken in the course of two trips.

I'm not sure if photographers followed him or not, but even if they did that's not something you need armed police and MI5 intelligence for! The PPOs when they have them are there to protect the RF from physical harm, not photos. I doubt MI5 even have intel on where all the paparazzi are!

So what? I didn't go to my late DF's cremation. I didn't want to. Doesn't mean I didn't care but I'd dealt with everything up until that point.
Why do people care so much about what the royal family do, out of interest?

This rumour about the paparazzi has spread like wildfire. I am guessing that the Fail started it and everyone picked up on it, and report it as fact.

Nothing in Harry's statement refers to paparazzi at all. Not even in court, there is no mention of paparazzi.
I am not saying it is or not, but Harry does not speak about it.

www.geo.tv/latest/393604-prince-harrys-security-in-uk-full-text-of-statement-from-his-legal-representative

Something took place on his way from the charity event, but no one has any idea what it was exactly, but it obviously got him shook.

but it obviously got him shook

Strange really, you'd have thought he'd have been used to a few photographers being around.

And before anyone says it - his mother was very sadly killed by a drunk driver.

Once more, he has not said he is afraid of the paparazzi .

Something took place on his way from the charity event, but no one has any idea what it was exactly, but it obviously got him shook.

If something serious had taken place, then it would have been very difficult to avoid it having been reported on at the time. Somebody would have seen it. Also if something serious had happened, he would be offered security next time he comes here as per what was said by the HO representative at the hearing. There were paps trying to take his photo on the way to the airport but they were not chasing him. I agree he is not “afraid” of the paps in that he does not think they are out to physically harm him, but he doesn’t like having any publicity he is not in control of. Bizarrely, he only seems to think this is a problem in the UK.

They obviously did not see it.
Someone on here even refers to a video that was taken of the car passing them without a paparazzi mob. They were not there for every move he made.

Bizarrely, he only seems to think this is a problem in the UK.
The problems have clearly been in the UK then. I never heard of neo-nazi threats to them in the US or anywhere else, only in the UK.

I do wonder how much of his fear is just paranoia. If there were genuine threats I am sure he would have enhanced protection. Also , anyone who genuinely wanted to threaten him could do so from the US. He doesn't seem to have any problem promoting himself in the US .

@notanotheroneagain

By the look of these threads, it seems posters cannot differentiate the household, institution and family. Parroting "they disrespected the family" etc. Family members were criticised 3 times in the interview. The family member who showed concern for Archie's skin tone, the one who told Meghan to be less and stay at home and Charles ofcourse.

On here, this is seen as them 'despising' the family.

I would gather that making up the institution, there is more household that family, in terms of numbers.

The criticism was on the institution and how they run things. For a lot of people what the interview demonstrated was that a certain culture at the institution, hence why some members are acting the way they do.

Ah! That's OK then. He only decided to trash a couple of his family members on international TV. Admirable behaviour.

Are you paid to act as some sort of internet janitor for the Sussex?

@CathyorClaire

You can only laugh at the irony of someone who's spent hours obsessively defending the Sussex online, apparently with a suite of links ready to support their points, telling someone else not to embarrass themselves

They obviously did not see it.

If it was as serious as you are suggesting, there is no way it would not have come to someone’s attention. And would the police have not been involved? What sort of incident do you imagine it could have been that was so serious yet so discreet that it went completely unnoticed by everyone else?

[quote PinaColada123456]@Imjkrowling (ironic name you chose, given the bullying of JK and how lots of us spend lots of time defending her, so you knocking Meghan when this topic is about Harry shows you're misogynistic), you are soooo unoriginal with that comment. I suppose all us who defend JK Rowling are her, too....[/quote]
My quote was hardly knocking Meghan. It was more knocking the poster who is weirdly over invested. So many posts, so defensive. Far too over invested in a stranger.

I can’t personally imagine his car being chased leaving Kew Gardens. The traffic round there going over Kew Bridge is always . Cars can barely get above 5 mph on a “light” traffic day!
His irritation is probably more that he has to actually sit in the traffic like the rest of us commoners - no police outrider to speed up his getaway

And to suggest any paparazzi conflict involving Harry’s car wouldn’t have been watched, videoed and photographed by about 2000 people walking, driving and generally hanging around that area is a bit to me. There’s always about 100 workmen in that area too constantly digging up the road adding to the road related mayhem.

I know three ex SAS guys, they're not asking for protection, Harry wasn't that type of soldier, there's no price on his head, silly boy

I think Harry's fear of being booed at is much worse than his fear of being chased by the paps.

@SoyMarina

I think Harry's fear of being booed at is much worse than his fear of being chased by the paps.

You have a point there. He can’t cope with disapproval, having always been the cheeky chappie who everyone made allowances for.

Something took place on his way from the charity event, but no one has any idea what it was exactly, but it obviously got him shook.

But why has nobody got "any idea what it was exactly"?

This alleged 'incident' didn't happen in the middle of nowhere. It happened in broad daylight, in central London, a city with more CCTV cameras than any other in the Western world. If there really were a serious 'incident', it's impossible to believe that nobody took a video of it on their phones, at the very least.

Also, did he report the alleged 'incident' to the police? Is there any record of that? Were any arrests made? If it 'got him shook', and if he was going to use it as evidence for round the clock police protection, then surely he did?

Are you paid to act as some sort of internet janitor for the Sussex?

Are you paid to act as some kind of Internet troll against the Sussexes ?

Receipts are readily available on SM.

What is weird is following someone you can't stand and starting and going on threads about them. Attacking those who disagree with you.
Hell, I know there is a large following for Britney, Taylor, Harry Styles etc. I think they are ok, but not god's gift. Would I go around criticising those who think they are great or good? No, not really. That is just bizarre.

Btw, could someone link him and his car being followed all the way from him exiting the charity, till he gets on the plane.

So far, I saw someone show a few seconds of a car in the middle of a trip and claiming this was Harry not being harassed with no incident.

The students protest in the West end was grim for Camilla, did she retreat, nope, Harry is a pathetic figure as was Mr Wallis Simpson aka the king for a short time

Details on protest

I suspect Harry is worried about how his family will react to him as he seems to be briefing against them.

I also suspect that he is concerned about how the UK public will react to him now that boos from the crowd seem as likely as cheers.

He probably can't express these fears so is putting forward other fears that he does feel able to express eg security. I'm confident that the Queen and his father would not be ok with him having inadequate security so I assume they feel that the proposed security arrangements are perfectly adequate.