I'm feeling a bit sorry for Harry

[ssd]

I feel like he needs his mum more than ever. To put an arm round him and say "enough son".

He needs guidance, he's never had maternal guidance. Its well documented that Williams life has been really enhanced by Kates parents. Harry has never had that and i feel sorry for him.

If I’m ever tempted to buy one in a charity shop I won’t be able to resist drawing on his face and renaming the book (so many funny options to choose from) before handing it back, oh and some of my ‘thoughts’ on the pages. 😁

I looked at Willy, really looked at him, maybe for the first time since we were boys. I took it all in: his familiar scowl, which had always been his default in dealings with me; his alarming baldness, more advanced than my own; his famous resemblance to Mummy, which was fading with time. With age.

In some ways he was my mirror, in some ways he was my opposite. My beloved brother, my arch nemesis, how had that happened?

I felt massively tired. I wanted to go home, and I realized what a complicated concept home had become. Or maybe always was.

I gestured at the gardens, the city beyond, the nation, and said: Willy, this was supposed to be our home. We were going to live here the rest of our lives.

You left, Harold.

Yeah—and you know why.

(Spare, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex)

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What a nasty petulant thing to include Williams baldness in his book.

No I don't feel sorry for him.Not one bit.He has two adorable young children. A gorgeous home.Someone who professes to be so happy doesn't make it his mission to spend so much time picking scabs, making others unhappy which is ultimately what he's doing.And now the psycho babble excuses as to why so many things in the book aren't factually correct.No excuse.If you're going to fling accusations around prove yourself as reliable as a witness to events.All events.Especially those documented.And the snide comments about baldness and the matron at Ludgrove. What a charmer.

I’m no fan of Harry but losing his mother was hardly self inflicted, although I agree the recent stuff is. Losing your mother at such a young age is a horrendous adverse childhood experience. I speak from experience.

William suffered the loss of his mother at a young age too.

but everyone seems to focus on how awful it was for Harry and conveniently forget that it was just as bad for him. There is only two years between William and Harry

But William never speaks out, we don't know the effect on him or how he coped with her death, we do know more about Harry. Harry is more of a people person so he reaches out more, I think he thrives on connecting with others, probably why he loved the army so much.

I do feel for W too, because I think he's rather stunted and emotionally repressed. He's definitely a result of his upbringing and the weight of his destiny. But at the same time his life is 'sorted', so he doesn't HAVE to do or say anything out of the ordinary anyway. He knows where he will be in 50 years time or so. It doesn't make him relatable in any way.

I don't think Harry was under pressure to prove anything or do anything significant until he suddenly decided that he had a longstanding problem with the hereditary system after he got married. It never seemed to bother him at all up until that point.

Maybe William doesn't want to share his feelings with people he doesn't know. Not everyone wants to share their innermost feelings. I think that many people in this social media age see not sharing every intimate part of your life with random strangers as a character defect.

Each to their own.

I think he behaved very well. Turned up for his father. Kept a low profile, polite to everyone and was with the cousins he was close to. Went home to his lovely boy's party. Job done.

He's a 38 year old married father. Why do people like @ssd insist on talking about him like a baby?

Good that he turned up .Good that he left promptly to go back to his family.But sorry for him after writing that book and Oprah.No.

plus when he puts cream on his penis he senses her too...

as you are - believing stories which have come out in the media ?

its not that a feel sorry for Harry but it is Harry that has openly said he wants reconciliation and today was the bare minimum from both sides (which I don’t blame the Royal Family) but for Harry and his children maybe one of a few opportunities he will get in Charles lifetimes and I don’t think that was Harry’s end game.

I feel today was a complete example of you reap what you sow for Harry.

Agree. This is the smaller role he wanted, he came and left and that’s fine for everyone. Nothing strange about it.

Seeing how Andrew was allowed to dress up today. made me think Harry did the right thing leaving.

Agree.

I looked out for him and saw him sitting next to Eugenie's husband. He did his duty and kept a low profile. I hope he's got his flight back home okay - back to his family.

Agree.

He did recite what he was meant to at the right time and the BBC commentator made a point of specifically pointing him out in the third row while he was doing it. He never did anything to disrupt the ceremony, he almost seemed normal again.
Sometimes, people bring out the worse in each other when they are together.

I thought he was quite relaxed and happy, it was lovely he was there for support his dad

I agree that Kate and the stability of The Middletons are the best thing that could’ve happened to William.