If you were William, how would you handle the Diana Legacy Awards from now on?

[Prydddan]

Would you distance yourself from it, on the grounds that it provides an opportunity for your estranged brother to take a poke at you?

Carry on, grey rocking the antics from Montecito?

Something else I can't think of?

(And before anyone rocks up to tell me to get a life, find something to do, take up a hobby - I'm having a quiet day today where I'll do what I fancy, so go take your own advice.)

I don't agree that William is saying that everything Diana said in the interview is to be disbelieved. I think the that interview, at that time, by that 'journalist' is tarnished because of the manipulation that happened in its creation. Without that manipulation, Diana may well have still thought - I want to proceed - we'll never know - but she may equally have thought 'I have the right to tell my story but the time/manner/journalist is not right for me' - again, we'll never know.
Also, I think part of William's desire for the interview to be shelved is in response to the BBC's shoddiness in investigating. There were flags raised but nothing happened - it was his view, that if the BBC had been more curious/transparent then perhaps the manipulation might have been revealed. That the BBC didn't act responsibly is, in my mind, a driver for William's desire for the interview to be removed from viewing.

Absolutely. William is only being vilified because some people think it props up Harry. Harry gets support because some people think he’s anti-monarchy.

In my opinion, it’s not really about Harry or Meghan. They just kind get used by people for their own purposes.

Just my opinion.

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Harry was actually skiing in Aspen, he wasn't in California. And yes, he could have cut his skiing short to attend the event at a reasonable UK time.

I haven’t read the full thread - just posts here and there- and my response is the same as yours. Thank you for expressing it so well.

Have wondered the same thing OP. Perhaps it's not William's place to decide what approach he takes unilaterally, but perhaps work it out together with Harry, or leave it to the organisers to decide what is best. I agree with a previous poster that handing it over to Diana's sisters would be best.

I've said on another thread that I believe that Royal Family really need to completely distance themselves from Harry and Meghan's causes and appearances, because Harry and Meghan no longer represent the Monarchy. That means no overt support for anything that H&M might champion. But the Diana Legacy Awards aren't really Royal, more private and (being charitable) I'd like to believe that both brothers have equal interest in their mother's legacy. (Which makes Harry's midnight video call disappointing). With all the ongoing emotion and tension between them, I can understand why William would not want to appear alongside his brother, and perhaps Harry feels similarly. If William were present while Harry did the video call, attention would be on the brothers' reactions to each other and not on the award recipients.

Maybe next year Harry can do the in person awards, and William can make a video call, and they can alternate each year. I would hope Willia
wouldn't wait 3 hours like Harry did though!

It would be better to just do alternate years in person. And if Harry can't be arsed to drag himself off a ski slope to hop on a private jet to be there in person well that's on him. The world can judge.

Hopefully William wasn't too put out by their antics. He was the main event. The video call was a sideshow.

Yes wtf was Harold actually doing why couldn't he have shown some respect for attendees and pitched up on time. Was he too busy making jam and smoking weed?

William should carry on exactly as he has been doing, behaving with dignity and not giving his ridiculous flouncing brother the attention he so desperately craves.

Harry was busy skiing with a fellow Kardashian hanger on.

why?because its true?
the same posters who are so upset that Kate is getting a hard time are the ones who are all over the meghan bashing ones.
(IMO neither should be bashed)

Kate has been off sick and has photoshopped a family snap. It does not compare to the 7yrs of snipes, reality shows, chat shows, books etc mudslinging and moaning about the rf.

Harry and his wife deserve the absolutely justified criticism. The Princess of Wales doesn't. Hope that helps.

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@Samcro If you think either should be bashed, then don’t bring Meghan’s name onto a thread that has nothing to do with her - because you know full well that the reason her name was brought up in the way that it was in that post was to pit the two women against each other.

Can’t we all put aside our TeamMeghan or TeamKate alliances and hate the embarrassing concept of the monarchy altogether

if you read my post you would see neither should be bashed.
i mentioned Meghan on this thread to call out the hypocrisy of posters that happily rip one woman apart (and say one deserves it) yet say another (who is a working royal) should be left alone.

I believe it was the founding meeting of the Chook Club.

I'll try again@Samcro, since apparently people can say what they like to some of us posters, and call us hypocrites, but it doesn't work both ways. There are constant complaints on this board that Meghan is brought into the conversation when it is not necessary. None of the posters on this thread that you are "calling out for hypocrisy" (your words, not mine) has talked about her on this thread. Everyone else is talking about Diana and her sons; and Catherine's name hasn't even been mentioned, just a brief and passing remark about a woman going through an ordeal at the moment, which was understated but clear in meaning and not part of a discussion involving Meghan. Nobody else was saying anything that involved Meghan other than the poster who erroneously brought her name into it and now you. Calling out hypocrisy works both ways.

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Missed the deleted post but this post here is absolutely spot on.

Seconded.

There is no benefit to waffling on about William supposedly trashing his mother.

We don’t know him and we don’t know her (although it wouldn’t surprise me to have someone trot along in a moment saying their childhood friend’s second cousin’s mother’s aunt four times removed knew someone who knew her very well). He did. And can speak about his mother and what she endured as he pleases.

As can Harry. Although I’m sure we could have done without his frozen appendage association with her.

As is usual on these threads and with some posters, some are intent on reading things that are not there and twisting meanings to words that areused to bolster their own agenda.

Twisting the night (and days) away more than Sam Cooke.

Completely off topic !!!
I love absolutely love Sam Cooke!!!
Chain gang and only sixteen are my favourite songs though!

Sorry as you were!!😳

I've been to award thing where VIP sweeps in does awards and then meal after it's more people on ground as it were - never felt disrespectful.

I don't think if I was an attendee Meghan or even Harry announcing other stuff at same time would have affected me either.

I'd would be bloody annoyed to wait round hours then at midnight have to have a video call from someone( even more so if I found out later they were on a skying trip) keeping me up to 1.am. Good chance I'd be traveling early next day back for kids or work or if not want to be up early to sight see make most of trip there.

I'm not sure OP - though maybe have better scheduling between Princes especially if one is just a video call would be better in future.