Double amputee war hero who inspired Prince Harry to start Invictus 'disagrees' with Duke's claim British press did not cover stories of wounded in Afghanistan as Colonel says his popularity is dwindling with veterans

[MamoruHisaishi]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12466191/Afghanistan-war-hero-prince-harry-british-soldiers.html

I've seen several news item's about Andrew on my news feed today .

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/the_royal_family/4768735-prince-andrew-back-in-the-royal-fold
Here you go, @keffie12

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/the_royal_family/4879746-andrew-his-ps3m-per-year-security-and-priti-patel
another

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/the_royal_family/4797410-prince-andrew-documentary?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share
and another

I think control is a pertinent question when it comes to this but that Harry wants to control the media being the main one.

as for 1. Little evidence of the family doing a thing. 2. People giving out about it all the time. But he wasn’t found guilty and he is entitled to be with his family

This one.

Interesting, @jeffgoldblum - I've seen lots of articles vilifying Andrew. Quite rightly

apple.news/AIK21n8KcQY61VnE7MKsARw
This one.

Apologies I had more screenshots but mn app not letting me select!!!

Here we are!

Last one I hope!

Technology lets me down often! 🤣🤣

For what it's worth, I googled 'Invictus impact studies' and a host of suggested links appeared to a relatively recent study. One of the concerns is the 'post-games blues' experienced by participating veterans once the games are finished.

A conclusion is that: 'Psychoeducation programmes should be introduced pre-Games to better prepare military veterans for their post-Games experience.'

I have looked at the Invictus website - and Help for Heroes - including the pages on grants, preparation, impact and research, but cannot see if the recommendation was accepted and the suggestion implemented.

There is no doubt that having money makes it easier to access mental health services especially when our NHS is in such mess

However, you need to be able to identify there is a problem, you need to have some understanding of what is happening to you and have the inner resources to reach out for help and money can't buy you any of that

My DH was in the armed forces years ago, not Afghanistan but NI, they had to carry guns everywhere and always been on their guard, when he left he took up every dangerous sport there was , basically he had become an adrenaline junkie. It was only because of my training ( social worker) that I was able to see that something wasn't right and persuaded him to see someone

Once again - H did not take m to “ a place of safety “ . They flounced off because the late Queen would not agree to their demands .
There are threads about Andrew currently .

@Iwantcakeeveryday

It's apparently okay on Mumsnet to call Meghan the very othering "non-white", because only you and I are appalled by it.

I wonder though what would happen if I called Kate Middleton or any other white woman poster here a "Karen".

Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

He's a very good presenter. I wish he'd get the chance to do more mainstream shows.

You aren't the only ones, your comments were accurate

Thank you @JamieFrasersfurrysporran

Where were the non white comments?

On the thread (and page) you have posted on.

I've just gone through again and can't see it?

I'm appalled. And I'm a white woman. Really awful on here for that sort of term. Shocking in fact

@Roussette thank you for that. I may just start referring to posters as non-black, centering myself in their identity, and see how that goes down.

No worries I saw it too and the people co-signing the poster because, of course, they were eloquent and polite. I also heard the dog whistles and saw the micro aggressions. But in the same telling on this very thread - the people objecting are the problem. Just same old same old for Mumsnet.