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I'm feeling a bit sorry for Harry

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ssd · 06/01/2023 12:21

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.

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Lollipop999 · 06/01/2023 14:26

Bugeyedowl · 06/01/2023 13:45

I feel sorry for him too. I think through therapy he's unravelled decades of conditioning and gaslighting in his upbringing and he's found his own voice, which is a good thing. But perhaps he's revealing TOO much and doesn't know when to stop. We don't need to know when or how he lost his virginity. He has every right to be open though, but who knows how this is going to affect him in the future.

At the end of the day, imo ALL of this is the RF's fault. If only from the start they'd publicly called the press out on their racist commentary of Meghan and told them to stop, and helped Meghan through her MH crisis, it would have made the pair feel more supported and then they perhaps wouldn't have left.

Support is not just a thing you do for "show" (ie C walking her down the aisle) but needs real, genuine, behind-the-scenes warmth, and I don't think they're capable of that.

They lost an opportunity with Meghan, she's very intelligent and an excellent public speaker, she could have made them look so good. But they're a bunch of backward stuffed shirts and couldn't see it or didn't want to/were jealous/racist. What kind of family leaks stories against their own relatives - brothers/fathers etc - trying to make each other look bad? I wouldn't want to be part of that either.

He’s not a great advert for therapy though is he?!!

And perhaps it would have been better for him not to have found his voice at all. He seemed much happier in the past and carefree before he met Meghan. I am not sure I’d describe it as a good thing he found it!

We don’t know how much support was requested, offered and/or provided by the RF. We only have one side of the story, the answer is probably slightly different. It does sound that Meghan was difficult to get along with and abrasive, and liked to do things her way, so this may have had some bearing. Basically we can only surmise as none of us were there.

ily0 · 06/01/2023 14:28

He’s not a great advert for therapy though is he?!!

Yep, when I look at people like him and Matthew Perry (who says he’s had it for thirty years) it just seems like a giant racket to make money. Going over all the bad things that have ever happened to you again and again doesn’t seem very healing to me.

browlow · 06/01/2023 14:29

@Bugeyedowl i think , IMHO, that this chat about Meghan being very intelligent is baseless. She must be not very bright to let it get this far, and let Harry detonate himself like this so publicly.
This is not the actions of a clever person. She may have a university degree but she can still lack intelligence

Aarohi · 06/01/2023 14:30

According to Twitter, Harry's book also reveals that Diana DID return from the Great Beyond. But rather than advising Harry about his current situation, she was more focused on complaining about how rude everyone is in 2023.

She has a point.

BethJ62 · 06/01/2023 14:31

JoyPeaceHealth · 06/01/2023 12:35

And although he's made a lot of money, that house of his costs 15 million a year to run! I think I remember reading that. I'd love to see him move to a much smaller house that was much cheaper to run so that he didn't need to make so much money. He could set up a bootcamp in Montecito. As an ex army type who has been very fit in his past that is something that rings true and wouldn't be hard to buy. I think that could work. Even if their ambitions are for politics in the future, I think 20 years of leading simpler more hardworking lives would serve that agenda well.

They are both far too thin skinned to consider a future in politics.

Mrsjayy · 06/01/2023 14:35

ily0 · 06/01/2023 14:28

He’s not a great advert for therapy though is he?!!

Yep, when I look at people like him and Matthew Perry (who says he’s had it for thirty years) it just seems like a giant racket to make money. Going over all the bad things that have ever happened to you again and again doesn’t seem very healing to me.

I listened to part of mathew perry's book my god what a whingefest" therapy "clearly Is just whining to anybody who will listen and not actually fixing anything

OldFan · 06/01/2023 14:38

Lol no

Mañanarama · 06/01/2023 14:41

greennavy · 06/01/2023 14:23

I wonder what advice she would
Have given 😅

Moooove the doggg boooowl 👻

Ireallycantthinkofagoodone · 06/01/2023 14:45

I don’t really understand why he is bothered about being the ‘spare’. He clearly wouldn’t have wanted to be king. So he has (or could have had) all of the privileges without much responsibility at all.
He is clearly very frustrated that the RF are not responding. I think he absolutely wants them to reply to his accusations, but because they are not doing so, he just keeps prodding and poking, trying to get a reaction.
Charles, William et al are doing the right thing by not rising to the bait, and probably just hoping that everyone will tire of this circus.

Choobyscoopy · 06/01/2023 14:46

I felt sorry for him before, but no more. He's clearly not too aware of anything outside his privileged bubble, because who in their right mind would go and publicly claim to have killed members of Taliban?! Talk about earning yourself loads of very dangerous enemies. Hope he can afford top level security. He needs it now more than ever.

Bugeyedowl · 06/01/2023 14:46

browlow · 06/01/2023 14:29

@Bugeyedowl i think , IMHO, that this chat about Meghan being very intelligent is baseless. She must be not very bright to let it get this far, and let Harry detonate himself like this so publicly.
This is not the actions of a clever person. She may have a university degree but she can still lack intelligence

Hmm so it's her fault? She "let" Harry do this. OK.

Or perhaps Harry is just a bull-headed person and doesn't listen? Certainly seems the type.

2bazookas · 06/01/2023 14:47

He needs guidance, he's never had maternal guidance.

Unfortunately, he has. His mother set an example of public revenge and humiliation of his father and the RF. Harry's done the same, is suffering the same consequences, playing the same tragic victim card, and it would not be in the least surprising if the Taliban catch up with him in his car.

He had the hardest lesson, learned absolutely nothing and his own poor children will suffer. History repeating itself.

lovemyflipflops · 06/01/2023 14:47

I think Diana, has been painted in a saintly light after her death, and had her own mental health issues - yes due to how she was treated by the RF - saying that I doubt he would have gone for a bride like Megan who obviously has her own agenda for joining the RF ( ££££s). I feel his comments on how many men he killed whilst in Afghanistan are a BIG mistake - I fear for his future now - he will be a marked man.

browlow · 06/01/2023 14:53

@Bugeyedowl I think she did let him do it. I would have proof read the book and asked my husband to rephrase in his best interests.
I cannot believe if she proof read and gave some suggestions of intelligent retweaking PH wouldn't have listened.

I think she seems unitelligent in many things she says - the curtsying conversation and lack of being able to understand the nuances between cultures is an example . She is great at word salad but her lack of higher brain power is clear

lovemyflipflops · 06/01/2023 14:53

Also - Archie and Lilibet will see this book one day - M and H look like great parents - time to stand back shut up and be a family in private.

lovemyflipflops · 06/01/2023 14:56

2bazookas · 06/01/2023 14:47

He needs guidance, he's never had maternal guidance.

Unfortunately, he has. His mother set an example of public revenge and humiliation of his father and the RF. Harry's done the same, is suffering the same consequences, playing the same tragic victim card, and it would not be in the least surprising if the Taliban catch up with him in his car.

He had the hardest lesson, learned absolutely nothing and his own poor children will suffer. History repeating itself.

Yes - nailed it. We forget how Diana (RIP) did the same.

mixedrecycling · 06/01/2023 14:56

Mañanarama · 06/01/2023 14:41

Moooove the doggg boooowl 👻

😂😂😂

BellePeppa · 06/01/2023 15:00

His wife should be doing that. She needs to say enough now Harry we need to move on, all this anger, resentment and bitterness is just poisoning you from the inside. He keeps saying his wife is like Diana (🤮) but Diana would have intervened by now. I think the fact M is not helping him speaks volumes about her. The best thing would be if this book ends up being his ‘rock bottom’ and he gets real help and rebuilds his life away from the silly, shallow Californian celebrity lifestyle.

Wonnle · 06/01/2023 15:01

Well whoever wrote this book has made Harry look like a total Grade A Knob Head , mind you he didn't need much help on that front now did he !

PrincessW11 · 06/01/2023 15:02

Isn't Megs gonna release her own book soon? Wonder what's left to sayGrin

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 06/01/2023 15:02

Mañanarama · 06/01/2023 14:41

Moooove the doggg boooowl 👻

Wins the internet today 😅

Ryder68 · 06/01/2023 15:04

I wonder if that's why William and Catherine had a third child? To offset any future 'heir and spare' jealousy and rivalry issues?

LavenderHillMob · 06/01/2023 15:06

I agree. Kate didn't have easy pregnancies, so it would explain why they went for a third.

Grantanow · 06/01/2023 15:06

Over-entitled timewaster. Try feeling sorry for all those dying and in pain in the NHS crisis. A palliative care doctor explains today in the Guardian how the Tories' political decisions mean more deaths and pain than necessary.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/06/patients-dying-nhs-hospital-corridors-avoidable-deaths?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

worstusernameeverx2 · 06/01/2023 15:07

ShirleyPhallus · 06/01/2023 12:26

I absolutely believe him and Meghan on what they’re saying

I just am not sure they should be saying it

Me too!

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