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Harry just protecting the other "spares"

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Magnoliasunrise · 14/01/2023 06:52

Shocked to see in this mornings Telegraph that Harry is concerned for the other "spares" He just wants to break the bad parenting pattern and stop it happening to Charlotte or George. If I was W&K I would be absolutely LIVID by now. What does anyone else think?

www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/prince-harry-interview-bryony-gordon-spare-book/

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Getamoveon36 · 14/01/2023 06:56

I think he is most concerned about not being able to trade the tacky Sussexroyal brand for cash. Hence why they have a dreadful
monogrammed doormat, pictured here with pet journo Gordon. Presume by there’s a warehouse full of this godawful tat somewhere.

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Magnoliasunrise · 14/01/2023 06:58

Maybe the warehouse full of godawful tat soon to be on "sale" in TK Maxx

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Fluffycloudland77 · 14/01/2023 07:14

It’s below the belt to try and parent your brothers kids.

He comes across as thick as mince.

MarshaMelrose · 14/01/2023 07:16

He has no awareness of boundaries. At all. What a pillock.

fortheloveofflowers · 14/01/2023 07:17

I’m sure his brother and SIL had kids because they wanted them, wanted siblings for their children etc and not to have ‘spares’.

He is now coming across as very jealous and bitter all for something William had no control over. You can’t help what order you were born ffs!

Ohgodthepain · 14/01/2023 07:19

I can't see that there's any coming back from this . How insulting to W&K that he thinks he can protect their children better than they can . H has delusions of grandeur to think that he can save the Monachy from themselves. He's so bitter and hell bent on revenge it's turned him into a fanatic.

Thesealsknowsheismagic · 14/01/2023 07:19

I imagine he would be really fucked off if anyone suggested his kids need saving from the parenting they are receiving and need saving.

OntarioBagnet · 14/01/2023 07:20

I agree, I’d be steaming if I was Will or Kate. Louis and Charlotte will read this shit when they’re older and their parents probably don’t want any seeds of doubt of such rubbish planted in their heads. Harry is basically disparaging their parenting and intentions to their kids.

Lucylock · 14/01/2023 07:21

He needs to belt up now.

Ohgodthepain · 14/01/2023 07:21

It also smacks of blackmail.

Mummyoflittledragon · 14/01/2023 07:25

I can’t read that. Does anyone know how to without paying? It’s terribly threatening. I feel for the Prince and Princess of Wales

Butitsnotfunnyisititsserious · 14/01/2023 07:25

If anyones kids need help, it's Harry's. A father that delusional and bitter, I feel sorry for his kids.

clyspa · 14/01/2023 07:27

I think it's legitimate to give perspective on being the 'spare' if intended to help positively.

I do wonder however how much his experience or even that of Margaret are impacted by factors that were specific to them that therefore wouldn't apply to the wales children?

  1. The time they lived in as a spare - different expectations, media coverage etc. I don't think anyone would bay an eye if Charlotte decided to I don't know work in fashion or be an architect
  1. The Queen and Margaret not being born heir and spare
  1. Harry losing his mum young
  1. There being only 2 of them (Queen/Margaret and William/Harry) while Charlotte has Louis

I don't think it's often noted that actually Harry hasn't been the spare for a decade ( come George's birthday) now ...

He is their uncle so of course he is concerned for their wellbeing perhaps he phrased it in a way that suggested William hadn't thought about it or didn't feel there would be any issues.

Harry does need of course to concentrate on his own kids - what are they going to do and how will it feel watching their cousins?

DownNative · 14/01/2023 07:28

More emotional deflection rubbish designed to make his behaviour more "palatable", especially to himself. 🙄🤥

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AlecTrevelyan006 · 14/01/2023 07:30

Protecting them from what exactly? I still don’t even understand what is gripe is. Pretty much everything he seems annoyed about exists in most families.

Mummyoflittledragon · 14/01/2023 07:31

Harry thought he could tell hi dad not to marry Camilla and then objected when his family asked him to think carefully and put the brake a bit to allow for Meghan to cope with the pressure. I can only imagine how he’d react if KC or PW did this. Charles… being the legal guardian of royal grandchildren.

Eweknowwhat · 14/01/2023 07:33

IMO the more he talks the more deluded he sounds.

Didn't he once say words to the effect that "he wanted to protect the Queen and make sure she was surrounded by the right people" ?!

I would say that his grip on reality is rather tenuous and it will all end in tears...😦

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Magnoliasunrise · 14/01/2023 07:34

Mummyoflittledragon · 14/01/2023 07:25

I can’t read that. Does anyone know how to without paying? It’s terribly threatening. I feel for the Prince and Princess of Wales

From the Bryony Gordon interview -

He tells me that he is “someone who likes to fix things”. “If I see wrongdoing and a pattern of behaviour that is harming people, I will do everything I can to try and change it.” He worries about the other “spares” in the family. “As I know full well, within my family, if it’s not us,” and at this he points at his chest, “it’s going to be someone else. And though William and I have talked about it once or twice, and he has made it very clear to me that his kids are not my responsibility, I still feel a responsibility knowing that out of those three children, at least one will end up like me, the spare. And that hurts, that worries me.”

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TruffleShuffles · 14/01/2023 07:37

For someone so terribly bitter about being the ‘spare’ why is being so publicly desperate to pin that title on one his nieces/nephews?

Thesealsknowsheismagic · 14/01/2023 07:45

I think Harry forgets, that being the Spare was also advantageous to him him as well.

instead of looking at his life and think about the advantages and disadvantages of his whole life, he looks at what he sees as a disadvantage and focuses on that.

Harry forgets that not everyone thinks like him. Charlotte and Louis maybe very happy with their position and focus on the immense privileges they have and benefits of their position rather than dwelling on ‘poor me, big brother gets to king’.

Mummyoflittledragon · 14/01/2023 07:45

Thanks for that info @Magnoliasunrise I do think he could have a role in telling the heir what it is like for him. But he is threatening. He is also finding patterns where there are none.

UpToonGirl · 14/01/2023 07:46

Tbh I feel more sorry for the heirs than the spares. They have so much placed upon them.

It's not for Harry to mention the actual children, can you imagine if William talked about Harry's kids? What if he said he was worried about them growing up and going to school in America, Harry would hit the roof. Kids, especially ones you aren't close to, are off limits for discussion.

Thesealsknowsheismagic · 14/01/2023 07:46

Eweknowwhat · 14/01/2023 07:33

IMO the more he talks the more deluded he sounds.

Didn't he once say words to the effect that "he wanted to protect the Queen and make sure she was surrounded by the right people" ?!

I would say that his grip on reality is rather tenuous and it will all end in tears...😦

Yes he did. Whilst living outside the country, visiting her for a very short time (maybe an hour) and then leaving pretty soon after.

He is like those relatives who never help care for their elderly relative, then turns up every so often and tells the ones doing the caring how they are doing everything wrong.

AutumnCrow · 14/01/2023 07:46

He comes across as deeply unpleasant, self-important and delusional.

His mind sounds addled.

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Magnoliasunrise · 14/01/2023 07:47

Its almost like Harry will be disappointed if Charlotte and Louis do just get on with their own happy well adjusted lives which I am sure they will

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