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Why would Harry need a mortgage?

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IwasToldThereWouldBeCake · 25/01/2023 21:23

The Spare (unusual bits) thread is closed.... But I just wanted to add:

Harry claims to have successfully procured a mortgage. Is this feasible given he wasn't working at the time. Would he need one, given his inheritance from Diana and the deals he was brokering with Netflix and his book.

I thought this must be a farce..... Trying to get down with the average man with usual responsibilities.... I just don't think its true.

I laughed out loud a lot while reading the book, but I also thought Harry s recollections reminded me of the skewed life views a lot of heavy weed smokers seem to have. The angry, resentful, hostile shut downs of anyone that doesn't agree with their world view. The preference for projecting messages from animals and from hearing messages from the universe, rather than accepting feedback from humans seems self indulgent.

The endless projection and victim hood and benchmarking, are all traits I ve come across from spoilt, weed smoking, angry man babies.

I thought the book was written with a popularity checklist in mind; the average family have to pay mortgages, let's pretend I do too. People like Friends, so do I, I'm a regular guy. I m down with the peeps with my drug dabbling and heavy drinking.... I occasionally pee myself, and goof around with the young and old.

I do hope that Harry s life becomes happier and healthier. I hope he will be invited to the coronation and that he can grow from all of the honest reviews of the book. It's finally time for him to grow up.

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AuroraCake · 25/01/2023 21:38

Yeah the house is mortaged to the hilt. It is pubically available material. Whether Daddy stood guaranter I don't know. Or maybe on bank account records or work contracts. The got a mortage tough.

IwasToldThereWouldBeCake · 25/01/2023 21:42

One last observation:

There are repeated references to Diana s fatal crash, which of course was devastating for all the family. However Harry never acknowledges that had Diana worn her seat belt she would have survived, there is no recognition of the lack of personal accountability.

Diana walked through active landmines shortly before her death, (highlighting the dangers of undetonated Road mines) , it's never recognised that she actively put her own life at risk, and jeopardised her sons need for their mother. Diana s choice to put her cause before her own welfare and her parenting responsibilities and future responsibilities is not recognised. The pedestal is damaging.

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IwasToldThereWouldBeCake · 25/01/2023 21:45

I stand corrected about the mortgage. Thanks 🙂

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Samcro · 25/01/2023 21:45

Good god how low will the hater’s go
now ripping apart a long dead woman

IwasToldThereWouldBeCake · 25/01/2023 21:46

I m not ripping her apart, just recognising the pedestal is damaging.

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AreOttersJustWetCats · 25/01/2023 21:48

Yeah, what a shit he is for not publicly blaming his mother for her own death. Stone him! 🙄

hamstersarse · 25/01/2023 21:49

Given you don’t seem like his biggest fan, I’m surprised you bought the book 🤷‍♀️

ConkerBonkers · 25/01/2023 21:51

Iwastoldtherewouldbecake. You're not wrong.

onlylarkin · 25/01/2023 22:00

He said, at one point, that he always wears his seat belt because both his mom and his best friend died because they weren't wearing seatbelts. Maybe that was in an interview.

But he has acknowledged it.

Fruityfloral34 · 25/01/2023 22:20

Is their house really mortgaged to the hilt?

So they have lots of debt despite the inheritance and Megan's earnings and the book advance?
Where is their money going does anyone know?

Security??

Fruityfloral34 · 25/01/2023 22:21

Sorry not sure why mumsnet is giving me such large gaps between paragraphs atm!

highfidelity · 25/01/2023 22:25

It's quite normal in the US to have a mortgage, many celebrities do, even Adele and Beyonce.

AlwaysGinPlease · 25/01/2023 22:28

He addresses the seat belt issue. Always wore one afterwards.

Spectre8 · 25/01/2023 22:32

If his and her money are invested correctly it would be earning them more than the interest on a mortgage. So it would make sense to take a mortgage out.

If you go on any mortgage overpayment clauclsyor right now they now have a section saying if you put that overpayment into a savings account you'd be better off then paying off the mortgage for x yrs.

So of course why wouldn't you do that, its what I'm doing now. Rather than pay down my mortgage its earning me more money and in 3yrs ill pay off a lump sum and still be quids in.

IwasToldThereWouldBeCake · 25/01/2023 22:35

Ah! So the mortgage is a sensible choice.

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comrad · 25/01/2023 22:35

Yeahy I was missing the strange parts thread!

coodawoodashooda · 25/01/2023 22:38

He's got a mortgage. Ong I've heard it all now.

SpaceRaiders · 25/01/2023 22:39

You never pay off your mortgage because it’s not financially prudent to do so. Especially when you’re trying to aggressively build your net worth as I’m sure they would be with two young children and no RF to fall back on.

Abasnada · 25/01/2023 22:42

Why on earth do you care if he has a mortgage?!

Fruityfloral34 · 25/01/2023 22:56

We know so much more about Harry these days, why not find out what he owes on his mortgage?!

Ponderingwindow · 25/01/2023 23:04

The interest rate on my u.s mortgage is just over 2%. It was originally a 30 year fixed but at one point we renegotiated with the bank and got that lowered to 25 instead of getting the interest rate lowered even further. We would be insane to pay off our mortgage early.

Having a mortgage here is not a big deal at all as long as you don’t overextend yourself.

Cantstandbullshitanymore · 25/01/2023 23:16

IwasToldThereWouldBeCake · 25/01/2023 21:42

One last observation:

There are repeated references to Diana s fatal crash, which of course was devastating for all the family. However Harry never acknowledges that had Diana worn her seat belt she would have survived, there is no recognition of the lack of personal accountability.

Diana walked through active landmines shortly before her death, (highlighting the dangers of undetonated Road mines) , it's never recognised that she actively put her own life at risk, and jeopardised her sons need for their mother. Diana s choice to put her cause before her own welfare and her parenting responsibilities and future responsibilities is not recognised. The pedestal is damaging.

Jeez give it a freaking break.

Her not wearing her seat belt is no justification to be hounded and chased by the press so by your logic if the press were not trying to get stupid photos the driver would not have had to drive so far to evade and she would be alone today right?

LakeTiticaca · 25/01/2023 23:22

These mansions in california don't come cheap you know!!

Remagirl · 25/01/2023 23:30

He says in the book that his inheritance from his mother is for his children's future.

Businessflake · 25/01/2023 23:39

SpaceRaiders · 25/01/2023 22:39

You never pay off your mortgage because it’s not financially prudent to do so. Especially when you’re trying to aggressively build your net worth as I’m sure they would be with two young children and no RF to fall back on.

What a crock of shit. I’m pretty happy to be sitting in a house worth £1.5m that I own outright with no mortgage.