Why are interviewers not calling Harry out on his "version" of events?

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The interviewers are very soft on him. Is he hand picking who interviews him & are they getting a list of off limit questions. Eg the Queen mother story

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11620265/Pictures-place-Prince-Harry-Switzerland-Queen-Mother-died-NOT-Eton-recalls.html

Why isn't he challenged?

Yes, especially as they have tried to use 'their truth' in court previously and they were rumbled! Bet there is some rubbing of hands going on right now.

Oh sorry for the multiple posts, not sure what's going on there

The site’s very glitchy today!

When it says it hasn't been posted.
Don't believe it.

tbf, that's not new. Friends of Charles and Camilla have been telling this version for years - ever since Diana's 'three in the marriage' claim. The marriage had broken down, Charles was so miserable that his friends begged Camilla to go and 'cheer him up' - it wasn't her idea. I don't entirely believe it. Why would you ask an ex-girlfriend from years ago to go and cheer somebody up if they hadn't seen each other for years? But it's all rather besides the point ...

Straight out of the Trump score. Would like to see an interview with Emily Maitlis or Andrew Neil conducting an interview. Or Justin Webb or Mishal Husain.

I thought that in the paragraph where he talked about receiving the xbox (now shown to be factually wrong) he explained quite well how his memory was messed up and things were all out of sequence. I felt for him. I didn't think he was saying "I got an xbox on xyz date", I thought he was using it as an example of how confused he was.

Indeed, in the Xbox example I think he specifically says it has been reported as fact in many books and articles about him that he received this as a present, but he cannot remember. I am listening on audio though, so ‘recollections may vary’

This is hilarious🤣🤣

A memoir is a non chronological, can focus only on certain events (and leave out other events and perspectives) and is based on emotional recollections of experiences and is told as a narrative (story).

That may be true but there is still an expectation that a memoir will be truthful with the facts. Personally I don't think this book reads like a memoir at all- it's a chronological account of his life with a lot of emphasis on events. A memoir is also always written by the person it's about- this book isn't.

I noticed the ghost writer has been posting a lot about how this is a memoir and a story as told by Harry and not an autobiography of his life.

The problem for the writer of the book is that if Harry doesn't believe objective facts exists it would have been impossible to verify things. I think that's what he means by calling it a memoir.

That quote about how his memory is just as true as objective fact is quite chilling

Predictable though, wouldn't you say? Especially when the alternative is to actually take responsibility for something, which is clearly off the table

Very obviously Harry couldn't risk being interviewed by one of the few proper journalists left, so now it's just puff pieces and vehicles for his stupidity and cruelty - and still there are people who'll try to defend this crap

Actually no there’s not one “truth’, it’s always the truth as we remember it. And memories change. That’s why police can have such trouble proving things. 10 people can witness the same thing and all tell different versions of what happened. The further they get from what happened the more their memories diverge. All sorts of things effect memory. Things that happened in the past can affect memories made today. And if in a relatively Constant state of stress or anxiety, days and places can merge in our memories.

One thing of interest, old people are often great subjects for Oral History - their long term memory sharpens while their short term memory dulls. They can suddenly remember things that they had not remembered before.

I don’t know a lot about memory but I know enough to know two people are unlikely to have the exact same memory of an incident.

Actually no there’s not one “truth’, it’s always the truth as we remember it.

Really not so. There are facts that are simply facts, not just different versions of people's memory. If I were to say that I clearly remember climbing Mount Everest when I visited Norfolk, that would not be "a" truth about the whereabouts of Mount Everest and it wouldn't change the fact that Mount Everest is not in Norfolk.

There most definitely is such a thing as objective fact.

Well then he should just keep his mouth shut. Its better than to keep your mouth shut & be thought a fool than open it & prove it!

Surely you are not denying Harry's truth that Eton is in Switzerland @Patineur

'Actually no there’s not one “truth’, it’s always the truth as we remember it. And memories change.'

Sure, but when you're using your hazy truth to slag off your family and stir the shit, it's not great.

There are passages in the book where Harry speaks of his Dad doing stuff like coming up to say goodnight every night, leaving the landing light on and the bedroom door open because Harry didn't like the dark. These aren't the actions of an awful father, they're the actions of a loving, sensitive father. So perhaps Harry's unreliable memory has forgotten many other instances of kind, loving parenting, hugs etc.

His memory being as true as objective fact is bollocks. 'His truth' vs 'the truth'. He's an unreliable narrator, the issue being that he's an unreliable narrator slagging off his family and the constitutional monarchy.

Absolutely he was skiing in Switzerland when the Queen mother died... but his memory tells him he was in Eton recieving a call from a staff member whose name he can't remember!

So funny as he keeps banging on about the truth being told 🙄

I know that no one has to believe it, and his disclaimer does seem to say 'This may or may not be a load of baloney, my memory is shit'. But unfortunately some people do believe him. There's a discussion about Charles not hugging the boys when breaking the news of Diana's death, patting their knee instead. Why believe that? Just because Harry said so?

Your imagination is as vivid as Harold’s.

Did he say this with a straight face?

He's completely lost the plot and if I was M I'd be whisking him away and getting him some long over due help. Poor blokes not well.

That aside, unwell gives you no right to behave as he has.

What a bloody mess

@hoooops yes! Or Thomas Markles story, as that is Thomas's truth.
Yes to the staff members story.

But H&M think only their stories, versions of events & demands are important & honest. No one else matters.

This is a family that has sold lots of lies about Diana (her mh etc.).

And this is a poster who can’t see the irony of her own increasingly speculative, delusional and desperate claims with zero evidence about other people.

It’s excruciating to watch your fantastical efforts when your hero’s have revealed who they are and all the world can see it. Most of your crew have called it a day now and given up - but you remain making up drivel about BJs !!!