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Harry wants to come back and ‘help’

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Gottseidank · 16/02/2024 22:55

Harry “is willing to return to a temporary royal role in support of his father during his illness, sources have revealed. In an attempt to help heal the rift in the family, the King and Prince Harry are said to have had several “warm ­exchanges” since Charles ­received his cancer diagnosis.
The duke is now understood to have told friends that he would step into a royal role while his father is unwell.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-harry-return-royal-role-king-charles-cancer-dn8tcm8nd

Revealed: Prince Harry ‘seeks royal return to heal rift with King Charles’

Duke said to have had warm exchanges with King after his father’s cancer diagnosis

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-harry-return-royal-role-king-charles-cancer-dn8tcm8nd

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upinaballoon · 21/02/2024 14:25

Lampslights · 20/02/2024 22:36

Who cares if it’s by Easter, after Easter, or 3 weeks later, she will resume work when she’s ready, the world won’t stop operating, she’s not the pm. It makes absolutely no difference if it is Easter or 3 weeks later.

Well, it doesn't look as if You will make a big deal of it if she doesn't appear on March 31st, because you're applying reason, but some folk will have the 'Easter' stuck in their heads and have all sorts of lurid implications to make if she doesn't.

Lampslights · 21/02/2024 14:32

Spectre8 · 21/02/2024 13:30

Well neither can meghan or Harry

All part and parcel of being a royal eh. Can never win

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Megan and Harry are not working royals, what are you on about? They court the media, they could easily have lived a private life, raised their kids in the wealth they have, discreetly done charitable works, dropped 0ut of the public eye. There is no comparison between a working royal and they publicity they garner, and harry and Megan as private individuals grubbbily courting the press.

FuzzyManul · 21/02/2024 14:33

MaturingCheeseball · 21/02/2024 14:08

@spectre - then Harry and Meghan could have avoided it by staying true to their stepping back.

re. the Face of Annoyance - see the red carpet Woman of Achievement thing when M’s assistant was asked to move her on and M was annoyed, and then quickly flashed a smile. The assistant was kaput in no time.

I remember that. Meghan did not want to give up the prime spot and she made that very clear. I also remember the other incidents previous posters mentioned.

Runnerinthenight · 21/02/2024 14:35

She comes across as very controlling, and a massive holder of grudges.

What I can't wrap my head around is her huge sense of entitlement? She was plucked from well-nigh obscurity and elevated to a position way beyond her wildest dreams - but it's not enough; she wants more. Who the hell does she think she is?!

The pair of them are jealous as hell of William and Kate. It's not a good look. They got what they wanted - a life independent of the Royal Family - and that's still not enough. They want to have their cake and eat it.

I think it's terrible that those children know only one family member on either side, Doria. Kept away from their grandads. Missing out on fun with their cousins. I wonder how they will feel about it when they are older. And then Harry has the effrontery to announce publicly that he "loves [his] family"? Well it doesn't look like it from where I'm sitting.

Lampslights · 21/02/2024 14:37

upinaballoon · 21/02/2024 14:25

Well, it doesn't look as if You will make a big deal of it if she doesn't appear on March 31st, because you're applying reason, but some folk will have the 'Easter' stuck in their heads and have all sorts of lurid implications to make if she doesn't.

Yes that’s true, it’s awful isn’t it.

there was a thread on here when she was first hospitalised and some posters basically said she should be made to make a public statement so people could have a look at her. And others said William should make a statement and explain exactly what medical procedure she had done. And many people speculating about what she had done and focusing on her bowels for no good reason.

it’s utterly appalling, that people feel such entitlement over another human being, and salivate over what could be wrong

Lampslights · 21/02/2024 14:42

MaturingCheeseball · 21/02/2024 14:08

@spectre - then Harry and Meghan could have avoided it by staying true to their stepping back.

re. the Face of Annoyance - see the red carpet Woman of Achievement thing when M’s assistant was asked to move her on and M was annoyed, and then quickly flashed a smile. The assistant was kaput in no time.

The assistant is still with them, she was pictured at rhe Marley premiere. I remember as I recognised her and wondered if Megan and Harry were capable of doing anything alone.

it’s very unusual we start to recognise peoples pa’s, but that poor woman is literally by their side guiding them. They can’t even walk a red carpet without her walking with them,

Runnerinthenight · 21/02/2024 14:43

Plenty of other staff have moved on quickly though! Would be interesting to hear about their experiences...

Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar · 21/02/2024 14:56

Lampslights · 21/02/2024 14:42

The assistant is still with them, she was pictured at rhe Marley premiere. I remember as I recognised her and wondered if Megan and Harry were capable of doing anything alone.

it’s very unusual we start to recognise peoples pa’s, but that poor woman is literally by their side guiding them. They can’t even walk a red carpet without her walking with them,

Was it the same assistant? I thought she was a different assistant to the one at Vanity Fair. There was a very mysterious appearance and disappearance of a Times article about the departure of Ashley Hansen. The woman in Jamaica looked quite different to Ashley and much younger. (Unless there were more than one assistants there.)

Samcro · 21/02/2024 15:07

Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar · 21/02/2024 11:53

Catherine won't be able to win when she re-appears, let's just be real about that. If she looks too well, she'll be accused of having cosmetic surgery and/or having an extended 4 month pamper party/ lie in, courtesy of the public purse. If she looks tired/ill/stressed/thin, she's being abused by her husband/has mental health issues/has an eating disorder/ is hiding an illness and the public demands to know what. The nasty bastards will have their knives out regardless, and I bet they can't wait to get stuck in.

i hope she is left alone. surely most people just want her to be well.
maybe that is why she is having so long off, I imagine she will have to mentally prepare for it.
awful that snidey people are actually blaming Meghan for the illness(which we have no idea what it is) how low some people go.

LipstickLil · 21/02/2024 15:13

Vespanest · 20/02/2024 22:03

If Harry found sausages and bedrooms difficult it would be extremely hard to accept his new child and future children are Beatrice and Eugenie of the family and not the William and Harry. Harry nor Meghan had much time to adjust to such big changes. I have sympathy as that must be a bitter pill to swallow but it dries up as its just awful that it ended up being played out internationally.

Just to go back to this. From M&H's point of view surely it's even more galling that they're not Charles and Diana (despite Harry's continual efforts to cast Meghan as Diana 2.0), but Andy and Fergie 😱

MaturingCheeseball · 21/02/2024 15:45

Yes, I think Ashley Hansen definitely “departed”.

Lampslights · 21/02/2024 15:51

Ashley has departed but she wasn’t the one who was hurrying Megan on at the awards.

MaturingCheeseball · 21/02/2024 16:06

Why does she have an assistant with her all the time? There was one at the Invictus Whistler thing.

LipstickLil · 21/02/2024 16:44

MaturingCheeseball · 21/02/2024 16:06

Why does she have an assistant with her all the time? There was one at the Invictus Whistler thing.

Because she's alienated all her family and friends? Just a thought.

Vespanest · 21/02/2024 16:55

Members of the royal family tend to not have many friends for fear of betrayal, especially those deemed senior royals, they tend to rely on family, it was something else Harry didn’t really consider.

Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar · 21/02/2024 17:10

Samcro · 21/02/2024 15:07

i hope she is left alone. surely most people just want her to be well.
maybe that is why she is having so long off, I imagine she will have to mentally prepare for it.
awful that snidey people are actually blaming Meghan for the illness(which we have no idea what it is) how low some people go.

People are saying that stress can add considerably to one's state of wellbeing and have a detrimental affect on one's physical health. This isn't controversial. I am sure if your once much loved relative turned on you, made you out, in a best selling memoir, to be a stuck up cow in a loveless marriage, and latterly did nothing to correct a statement by your preferred journalist that you are a racist, you'd feel a bit under the weather over it all.

wildernesssw · 21/02/2024 17:14

mrsmingleton · 21/02/2024 17:03

. The pushing in this video - it happens all the time.

It's odd isn't it?

I mean, plenty to get confused about - in 'royal' terms he takes precedence (I think?) but the usual convention is for the woman to take precedence.

But wouldn't the normal thing be for both to take a step back and have a (slightly awkward 😀) dance of 'you first' 'no, you first'...? Not for one to steam ahead?

mrsmingleton · 21/02/2024 17:18

@Samcro it is a well known and documented fact. There are endless papers out there. The gut and the brain are so linked that stress exacerbates these conditions. Can you imagine what Kate has been through the last few years- accused of this and that by Meghan and has been unable to respond. She has had to turn up at all the events and be personable and look good. The poor woman. Meghan is a .

mrsmingleton · 21/02/2024 17:19

wildernesssw · 21/02/2024 17:14

It's odd isn't it?

I mean, plenty to get confused about - in 'royal' terms he takes precedence (I think?) but the usual convention is for the woman to take precedence.

But wouldn't the normal thing be for both to take a step back and have a (slightly awkward 😀) dance of 'you first' 'no, you first'...? Not for one to steam ahead?

She is always manoeuvring herself to be in position - there are endless reels of this : walking ahead of others of the RF including the Queen.

wildernesssw · 21/02/2024 17:19

Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar · 21/02/2024 17:10

People are saying that stress can add considerably to one's state of wellbeing and have a detrimental affect on one's physical health. This isn't controversial. I am sure if your once much loved relative turned on you, made you out, in a best selling memoir, to be a stuck up cow in a loveless marriage, and latterly did nothing to correct a statement by your preferred journalist that you are a racist, you'd feel a bit under the weather over it all.

Yes, I have friends with chronic physical health conditions that know only too well that stress has a significant physical impact. They are pro-active about protecting their mental health, because if they don't then they become very physically unwell.

I don't go for the 'too much stress causes cancer' unsubstantiated claims. It isn't as straightforward as that.

But I think there is plenty of evidence that mental and physical health are inter-connected, and that stress (especially factors out of your control) does have a negative impact on physical health.

And insidious, faux-naive accusations are incredibly difficult, because ANY response ends up playing the accusers game. Nasty and manipulative stuff, because no-one can give an honest rebuttal, and facts are irrelevant.

JSMill · 21/02/2024 17:24

CoffeeCantata · 21/02/2024 13:02

And I can well believe it - it was reported at the time that both Kate and the Queen had had to have words with Meghan about the way she spoke to members of staff working in the royal households. So if she spoke to their staff in a peremptory fashion, just imagine how she spoke to her own staff.

There's the well-known incident at the walkabout with W and C, where an aide approached Meghan - as they have to do - to take the flowers from her. They always do this for security reasons, as well as to relieve the royal personage of too many bouquets because theoretically there could be anything in as bouquet!

Meghan turns on this guy in a really agressive way and basically snaps at the poor man who's just doing his job. When she remembers the cameras...she quickly flashes a smile at him, but the passive-aggression and impatience is clear. I'm sorry - I've met people just like her, and I have no problem believing she can be a piece of work when things aren't going her way.

One thing that is consistent throughout everything she does and says is the almost pathological need to control everything. And she clearly will not accept advice or help, because she just knows best.

Before anyone asks how I know this - I can see it actually happening on film and she has written and spoken about her need for control many, many times.

I thought the exchange with the aide was very revealing. She was initially clearly annoyed but then became over the top nice when she remembered the cameras were on her.

IndieNo · 21/02/2024 17:32

mrsmingleton · 21/02/2024 17:03

. The pushing in this video - it happens all the time.

Cripes, I hadn’t seen this. Harry has precedence! They weren’t even married at the time.

Samcro · 21/02/2024 17:53

mrsmingleton · 21/02/2024 17:18

@Samcro it is a well known and documented fact. There are endless papers out there. The gut and the brain are so linked that stress exacerbates these conditions. Can you imagine what Kate has been through the last few years- accused of this and that by Meghan and has been unable to respond. She has had to turn up at all the events and be personable and look good. The poor woman. Meghan is a .

Pmsl
you have zero idea what is wrong with Kate, yet it’s got to be Meghan fault!!!
it would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic, but does show that Meghan will get the blame for anything.

Devastatedandblindsided · 21/02/2024 17:54

JSMill · 21/02/2024 17:24

I thought the exchange with the aide was very revealing. She was initially clearly annoyed but then became over the top nice when she remembered the cameras were on her.

The thing is she surely knew perfectly well what the protocol is for walkabouts and flowers? She had done it enough times.

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