Things Harry has never done

[BarryStyles]

So Hazza laments that he “almost never carried money, never owned a car, never carried a house key, never once ordered anything online, never received a single box from Amazon, almost never travelled on the Underground” etc etc

Which got me to wondering what other everyday pleasures he’s missed out on - off the top of my head the list could include:

• lost an afternoon on hold to a call centre
• attempted to give stuff away on Freecycle/FB
• tracked down the doorstep in the photo where your parcel’s been delivered
• been on a rail replacement bus service
• tried to cancel a gym membership

Any more? (lighthearted, of course)

They'll just set up blanket permissions.

There was interesting evidence in the Mendy case from someone employed by the club to take care of footballers. They do everything from get their car cleaned to arrange DC's schools. The woman said "these boys don't do anything for themselves". If it's done for footballers, I'm sure it will be for a prince.

-Struggled to pay an unexpected bill

He has done this one, to be fair, according to the book - when "the Palace" pulled his security while he was living on Vancouver Island and blamed it on the Government. Of course, his solution - move into Tyler Perry's house - isn't one that's an option for most people either.

I thought he said in the Oprah interview that Charles carried on funding him til end of June and Tyler Perry took over paying for their security when they moved into his house.
So I'm not sure how he struggled to pay for anything because he didn't pay for anything.

Driven into a carpark and then straight out again because he realised he'd forgotten his 'trolley pound'.

As I said, "according to the book" (Spare).

It's detailed in Section 3, Chapters 77-82, starting with when they received the news from their chief bodyguard in Feb 2020 that he'd been told to remove his team immediately. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't finished reading yet!

Washed his hair with Alberto Balsam. In the sink.

Had his wife get a bit stroppy because she spent ages getting limescale off the toilet and he hardly ever does it, but being able to counter with the fact that he was on his hands and knees that morning picking huge manky clumps of her hair out of the shower trap thingy and then cleaning all the leftover slimy mank off it.

His children a a bit young for it but I bet he will never have to acknowledge that it's his turn to take the older one to a birthday party and gained bonus points for taking the wee one off his wife's hands as well, then tried to amuse the small one whilst eating leftover cold chicken nuggets at plastic tables and leaning his ear uncomfortably close to the mouth of a parent he doesn't know as the two of them try to make awkward conversation in a big echoey warehouse of a softplay full of screaming kids hopped up on sugar.

Relating to the posh pursuits:

Taken his share of the bag home and hung the birds in the garage where the next door neighbour's cat can't get them, then plucked and gutted them all and kept some to eat and given the rest away.

Trained his own gundog to a decent standard.

Got halfway to the gun shop to buy shotgun cartridges, then had to turn around halfway when he realises that he's forgotten to bring his gun licence.

Sat in a ski hire shop struggling to put a pair of boots on then joined the queue for skis, got the gear and queued for the shuttle bus and have wasted about two hours' worth of good skiing time.
Missed the last shuttle bus and trudged a mile and a half in ski boots along the side of the road to get back to the self catering accomodation.

Filled water buckets at the kitchen sink and carried them across an icy yard to the horses because all the outside pipes are frozen.
Brushed mud off his polo ponies, tacked them up , put headcollars on over their bridles and loaded them onto the lorry and driven the lorry to the polo ground himself.
(Less light hearted) held a pony for the vet while it is put down.

“Isle of Dreams!”
Aldi donut dog beds are superb !

Cleaned muddy tack.
Settled a tired horse after a long day.

I went to spearmint rhino with Harry in 2007 so whilst I won't be reading his book, I would take his words with a pinch of salt.

Taken any responsibility for his own words and actions.

I spent the afternoon washing my bike and fixing a puncture, I bet he's not done that.

Good thread!

Waited for the 111 GP to call back
Accepted an offer on ebay
Then queued up at the Post Office to send the item
Had to rake the pellets in the store for the biomass boiler because you can't afford to pay 2.5 times what you paid a year ago for a refill (OK, that's a bit esoteric)

Done a tax return

Had to decide between eating or heating

Had to work a NMW job

Put his child into childcare and go back to work (when he really didn't want to)

Had to beg for flexible hours to pick child up from nursery

It seems he never cooked a meal either. He seems to have spent his life eating takeaways over the sink or receiving vacuum packed meals from his father's chef. Why didn't he ever cook for himself like a normal person?

To stand in a queue for a free food hamper from the local church.

Have to walk the long way round because you're scared to walk through the alleyway at night.

Descaled a kettle
Placed an Ocado order (TBF, nor has DH)
Booked an online train ticket

Been anything but a self-absorbed, tone deaf spoilt brat.

anything he has purported to champion to do with the homeless, the disables, MH, ex armed forces

This should show us that they’re all fur coat and no knickers. Royalty, time to go.

-take responsibility
-admit hypocrasy
-meet his father in law

Wiped his own bum

Got his dodgy friend Andy to flip the gas meter upside down so the usage runs backwards.

Used 'The Wire', a short, black wire that you pushed into the electricity meter that bypassed the reading so you got free electricity.

Pulled an electric cigarette lighter apart and pushed the wire bit into the electric meter keyhole so the spark would trip the reading and add a few pence to your prepayment meter.

Can't do any of that now with smart meters.

Scrubbed the loo. Nipped to SPAR for milk. Been to Benidorm. Lost his parking ticket, so had to pay for the whole day.

Bagged a sunbed before breakfast on holiday.
Bought a dayrider ticket on the bus.
Taken up his trousers with wonderweb.

Made an excuse to get out of a social event because he couldn’t afford to go.

Done a tax return, returned items of clothing, bought yellow stickered items in the supermarket, gone overdrawn, counted out the last pennies, emptied the bins, cleaned the toilet, cleaned the shower drain, been sexually harassed at work, got the night bus, cleaned up cat sick, been invisible, had to carry a weeks worth of food shopping home, had a card declined at checkout, clean up after himself, do his homework, change nappies, do the nightfeed, do DIY, hoover the stairs, change the clocks, clean mould off the washing machine seal, darn socks, sew name tags, call the GP at 8.50 precisely for an on the day phone appointment, grovel for an overdraft extension, been pissed about by a conveyancing solicitor, made a packed lunch, run out of money, been the office skivvy, been pushed out of the way, experienced bad service, been told no, made the best of the situation and respected women he doesn't fancy.