WeAreInvictus - X

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A fitting endorsement from Fred Hargreaves OBE who on X wrote, “As ever, a genuine and heart-felt speech from the Duke of Sussex - the driving force and passion behind the #InvictusGames. So good to see this Award, and share the stage with Elizabeth, Kirsty and Israel.”

From the Royal Website, how the ‘driving force’ - Harry - brought Invictus into being:

https://www.royal.uk/invictus-games

Positive Harry posts have been flooding X. Haters were out too. Some negatively posting in a quasi-forensic manner. No ‘gotcha’ revelations, however, nor tens of thousands of likes which the repost of Harry’s speech on ESPN by the knowledgeable Robert Griffin III now has. In less than 2 days 51+K likes and still rising.

I also checked out some (too many) #Sussexsquad posters. It revealed teachers, veterans, different nationalities, colours, creeds, nurses, retired folk etc etc. Thus I formed a completely different understanding about the use of the hashtag to support the Sussex family. There were also very strange users of the hashtag too. The hashtag was additionally utilised to send the message out on X to put the anti-Harry and Meghan posters or ‘derangers’, as they are often called, on mute and not to engage. Quite a restrained and civil position to promote and many did just that. Invictus awareness was successfully brought to those who had never heard of the international fraternity of veterans with disabilities and injuries by this hashtag alone.

Watching the videos on X I saw Harry speak with sincerity and humility under pressure. His words, “The truth is, I stand here not as Prince Harry, Pat Tillman Award recipient, but rather a voice on behalf of the Invictus Games Foundation and the thousands of veterans and service personnel from over 20 nations who have made the Invictus Games a reality. This award belongs to them. Not to me.”

Harry has now been awarded, by a very diverse online presence, a new respect. And I do believe he’s also a jolly good fellow…and so say many, many, many of us. 😊💙

I am so glad I went on my very new X twitter account for I was disgusted with the Daily Mail’s use of Pat Tillman’s mother to denigrate Prince Harry as it was totally uncalled for. Call it for what it was - a hit piece of journalism designed to create a mini storm online. We know nothing about the context of how they obtained words supposedly said by Pat’s mother about Harrry. I was aghast too at how Pat’s widow has also been treated by some online posters. Her foundation may not be perfect but she does more than anyone to honour him. Pat’s mother also did not go on any mainstream American media either where her complaints would have been listened to and would have provided the much needed context for the hate motivated article by a newspaper under the spotlight for its nefarious journalism and click bait articles about Harry.

Harry’s response was beautiful. The way Harry acknowledged Pat’s mother went further than him being a royal. It was a standout out moment of what being human is all about. I do believe he’s also a jolly good fellow…and so say many, many, many of us. 😊💙

How so?

I suspect one doesn't have to be Jacques de Vaucanson to disprove that absurd reasoning.

Unless you've been under a stone for the last few years, you surely must be aware of the gradual debunking of so much of what H & M asserted in their OW interview, and in the documentary? And Harry is currently trying to tell us that we shouldn't take what he wrote in Spare as gospel truth either.

I thought everyone knew this stuff off by heart now (so sorry for repetition, but it seems it's necessary):

RF were racist - H & M have since claimed they never accused the RF of racism - that was the press, apparently.

Getting married before they got married: Meghan's crazy claim that the Archbish married them secretly before the wedding arranged for the peasants' spectacle. Quite what she was thinking when she came out with this, I cannot imagine.

Meghan imprisoned, with her passport etc confiscated and locked away. Er - she was travelling around on holiday during the period she indicated, including to a NY baby shower.

The RF refused to help her while she suffered a breakdown: so what was Harry doiing, then? Surely her husband/fiance would be the first port of call in this situation - especially when he himself was using a number of therapists?

Either they've come out and admitted they were telling porkies about so many, or their allegations can be easily (so easily!) disproved - see the Archbishop of Canterbury...as if! They say whatever suits their objectives. And objective truth seems to be an alien concept to them.

So, how can you keep asserting that they haven't lied? And I'm not even including the NY car-chase caper and similar post-departure stuff.

No offence, but what are all these Harry and Meghan threads for? The topics seem so tenuous.

They've left now, they really aren't relevant to the RF anymore.

Perhaps they should be discussed elsewhere - SlebTwaddle? All these threads are cluttering up the RF board and are only of interest to their fan base - who don't tend to be the same people who are interested in the working royals, from what I can see here.

Talk to the poster who started the poll. That was quite childish. Reminds me of notes passed around by fifth grade bullies.

popthepopcorns · Today 14:47

But they are having an impact on many things that ARE important. There are concerns about the Invictus Games, H & M interfering in 'foreign affairs' under the pretence of PR tours, the slurs agains the RF (most of which have been retracted or debunked) and the vile campaigns orchestrated by their fanatical supporters against William and Catherine in particular.

H & M might be a pair of numpties, but they are doing damaging things still. I think everyone on here, supporter or not, wishes they'd just go and live that private life they said they craved. Stop with the tours, the speechifying, the sniping and undermining of the RF and enjoy the Californian sunshine.

They have also had a massive impact on how racism is perceived/dealt with.

Unconscious bias is being thrown about as a ‘thing’ when in fact it is just plain old racism.

Instead of being dealt with properly, it is now being used as a learning/re-education experience. It isn’t.

People who experience racism know what that is.

I do not look for racism in my day to day life and appreciate that some comments are really not meant to be disparaging or hurtful.

But some really are and are as far away from unconscious bias as we are from the sun.

That is on them and their allegations and assertions. Followed by a racist male telling us what racism constitutes.

I think that the most damaging thing that happened to Harry and Meghan was leaving just before the lockdown hit. The pandemic derailed their plans and I'm not sure they have really recovered in terms of focus and direction. That is no one fault, it's bad luck.

a racist male telling us what racism constitutes that's what I find extraordinary.
A man at the very apex of white privilege, lecturing the rest of us.
What a hypocrite.

Wouldn’t bother Milkshake. It’s just more blah blah blah 😂

True. Just playing fair though. The original reply was a swipe at me, given my “follower’s” little missive to me on Saturday. It appears that it’s only ok to have a memory of things others have posted when it applies to one side.

Yes I know it was a swipe at you. I just meant they were not worth bothering with 😆

typo

Save your breath, @CoffeeCantata; anyone who's been on here for a while - namechangers included - will have seen the many lies rehashed again and again and know all the details, but some seem to operate on the basis that if something's claimed often enough it'll become true or at least broadly accepted

It didn't work at the start and doesn't work now - even less so now Harry's been good enough to share his views on how his curated memory relates to "so called objective truth"

Fair dos. I’ll go the Michelle Obama route 😇

It will be interesting to see if they re surface again 😂

They're rather like seagulls, I think. I won't spell out the analogy!

I'm sure a second, in-depth book would do very well

I think PRH may well have got their fingers burned with Spare. Number crunchers calculated the sales wouldn't have covered Harold's advance:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1847669/prince-harry-book-spare-sales

And while it was touted as the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time and their sales figures rose by 7% which must be at least a partial reflection of this, their overall annual profits took a dip on the year before:

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/prh-saw-7-sales-rise-in-2023-but-profits-were-flat

Not holding my breath for a sequel unless another publisher is feeling brave.

They've left now

All the time they're costing us money propping up the costs of vexatious litigation, coughing for blue-light cavalcades on lightening visits and spunking millions on coaxing Harold's vanity project to our shores they're fair game.

I have so many questions.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/23/prince-harry-hails-birminghams-winning-bid-to-host-invictus-games

1. Where's the money coming from?

Birmingham as a city is skint, btw.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/how-birmingham-city-council-ended-up-in-financial-crisis-a-timeline#:~:text=September%202023%20%E2%80%93%20The%20council's%20chief,reason%20for%20issuing%20the%20notice.

Q2. Why is the Guardian falling for the old crap that Harry 'set up the games' blah blah? This is how the article ends:

'Harry, who served on the frontline in Afghanistan, was inspired to set up the global tournament after attending the Warrior Games in Colorado in 2013 and seeing how injured US military personnel thrived on the challenge of taking part in competitive sports that aided their recovery.'

Q3. What has become of Johnny Mercer, ex MP?

Q4. Why isn't departing CEO Dominic Reid mentioned?

Q5. Is Invictus seriously planning to host the Israeli IDF military team in Birmingham, a city that has recently seen some of the largest and most volatile protests regarding the situation in Gaza (and the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem), including during the general election period?

I'd like to see the (costed) risk assessments on that.

No offence, but what are all these Harry and Meghan threads for? The topics seem so tenuous.

All these threads are cluttering up the RF board and are only of interest to their fan base - who don't tend to be the same people who are interested in the working royals, from what I can see here.

No offence taken - at least on my part.

Meghan and Harry aren’t only interesting to their fan base. This board is evidence of that fact.

More questions arise about the ‘delivery model’ but I suppose FOI requests can be put in to the city council at least.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckdg9wgzeyko