@Whaeanui
I saw that!! There is a fantastic thread on Twitter at the moment with all the inconsistencies in other accounts versus what Harry wrote. I found most striking that Robert Jobson, who has been one of the greatest critics of Harry writing how many Taliban insurgents he killed (25) is the same person who, in his own book HARRY'S WAR, revealed that Harry had killed 30 insurgents. I kid you not.
Where was the outrage then? And why the outrage now about Harry telling his own story and correcting the record?
A poster further up said Harry's misdemeanours can be forgiven but Meghan can't.
I wonder why that is.
Looking through the papers today, filled with "How Dare She Snub the King" outrage from the same people who have been saying for weeks that Meghan should stay away from the Coronation is quite something.
My favourite is Ingrid Seward who came up with this gem for The Sun:
Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty Magazine, said: “It is a double insult to her father-in-law because he walked her down the aisle in her hour of need and to not attend his Coronation would be considered as rude.
“I don’t think Meghan wanted to risk being sat in the hinterland at the Abbey. Turning the invite down is rude and unnecessary.
“If she had any courage she would have attended with head held high.”
Think about that for a minute.
In other words, she should have come and expected to be treated like shit, and iced out and ignored, as they kept crowing for weeks. That she did not come means she is rude and has no courage.
I wonder how many in the press and on here, realise they are sounding like abusive men left by their female partners. Take the abuse, bitch, take it and love it and if you can't take it, it says something about you.
And interestingly, after the spin yesterday that Charles was pleased she wasn't coming and Kate was relieved, the story has changed to how Charles is disappointed not to see her and the kids.
It's all so dysfunctional.
Why they can't just be transparent and make a clear public statement instead of different courtiers briefing contradictory things will always astound me. I was ambivalent before, but I am really, really glad for her. She clearly has strong boundaries, and that is good for her.
But how terrible for the royal family that the only person who has declined the invitation is the mixed race mother of the King's children, the only children in the WORLD with the exceptional heritage of both being the descendants of African-American slaves though their mother and grandmother, and more than 40 monarchs through their father. Some of the same monarchs, incidentally, who benefitted from the very slave trade that brought their mother's African ancestors to America as enslaved people.
What a missed opportunity this whole mess is. How very very shortsighted not to see that embracing this family would have meant, before and beyond the Coronation.
But that's one for the history books. For now, I am glad Meghan has chosen not to go into a situation where she would be ripped and picked apart, and Harry has chosen to go, if only for the ceremony, because it matters that he pay his respects to his father, and his King.
Despite the sadness, an elegant solution.