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. 😊💙

Maybe she thinks that she can help them because of all the drink and drugs?

Maybe? I know little about Serena but she does seem very kind. Venus however, I think is a bit more wary of them.

Serena does seem lovely, and genuine. She possibly sees two people who have taken a very wrong direction and made mistakes and wants to help. You're probably right about the drink and drugs, though, @AliceOlive . It's no way to live.

Doesn’t look like she’s come to play.

No, and Venus is a very sharp woman.

Harry looks stoic in that photo also.

Venus is bloody gorgeous. And has always come across as utterly delightful. I believe she was sat next to her two other sisters who also did not stand or clap. Something is afoot there.

If you look at the stills, a number of the audience around them are not standing, smiling or clapping and they all have their eyes turned upwards towards the screens - checking to see if the director has panned to them.

The exit scene is embarrassing. That the Sussexes and their ridiculously ostentatious entourage walked out before the end; that the crowd seemed hostile; and that a woman cries out what sounds like, “She’s no Princess of Wales!”

🙌🏼 👏🏼 to your username! 💗

Some people need reminding….
(from 2014).

The previous posters babbling on about Harry being the anointed one are giving me the urge to donate to the Heritage Foundation. It's sill Bastille Day here in the US . Vive le revolution!

I thought the same. Very nervy, wired, near frantic when preventing the vets from leaving the stage.

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I was answering the post saying she takes 'personal responsibility' for herself.

Her home was a gift and her lifestyle is funded by inheritances (?) and big bro. She's never been expected to take personal responsibility in any meaningful sense for anything. Never will be.

unaware of Harry’s pedigree

Maybe Meghan's dog biscuits were a sweet nod in that direction 🤓

Personal responsibility isn’t just about money. It’s about your behaviour, your choices in the life you have been handed by fate and the way you treat others. That’s more meaningful for the world around you than any amount of money.

Really? A world class equestrian? An Olympian? Active in many charitable activities and foundations, with genuine involvement, not just set up for her by her brother?
A little bit better than making money from invading people's privacy, monetising victimhood, spreading unpleasant rumours about her family, or just dressing up and making jam.
I would say that Anne has had a productive life, considering the kind of "lifestyle" favoured by some.

I used to work in the music dept of a school, and we always politely reminded parents that they should stay for the whole of a concert and not just leave after their child had performed in order to support the other children. You would imagine, wouldn't you, that this was both common sense and common courtesy, but we were always amazed at the rudeness of half the audience leaving just as another act was beginning.

I don't know what kind of emergency caused H & M's party (and it was quite the delegation, wasn't it?) to up and go with so much fuss and bother at this event. Perhaps there was a very good, unavoidable reason. But I guess we'd have heard about it?? To me it seemed appallingly rude and entitled, and they didn't just duck down and quietly slip out eiither, did they? They all stood up, blocking the view for others, fussing and kissing and hugging and even chatting while I could clearly hear the event still going on. What kind of people do that? And Venus, as well as others, were NOT impressed - she was looking daggers at them - and I don't blame her.

Any explanations or excuses, Sussex supporters? Genuine question.

He looks a shell of his former self that's for sure and certainly doesn't appear to be living his best life.

However, he is an adult who has been free from the 'shackles' of his royal work (and family) for a few years now. His decisions and choices have been his own to make, in this case he chose to accept the award, he chose to attend and he chose to leave early.

He has access to the best therapists and therapy money can buy, (something that most people struggling greatly with their own mental health can only dream of) but if he is coming at it from a viewpoint of perpetual victim/everybody else's fault and unable to self-reflect then it's not going to be very successful .

Either that or his access to therapy, for whatever reason, is being restricted. That I would find very sad.

Yes, @CoffeeCantata , parents always seem to manage the basic courtesy of staying until the end of a school event, even if their child has already performed.
No exiting with an entourage.

It is the behaviour of self absorbed cunts. No more. No less.

And to try and compare that professional victim with his aunt? Give me a break.

The reasons @DelectableMe posted are quite enough.

Harry is not worthy of preening her feather.

She has class that Harry and his spouse can only dream of having.

Any class they might have had was left behind on their seats at that ceremony when they fucked off early.

Good points, @StormzyinaTCup . He has to eventually take responsibility for his life and his choices.

I care not that he looks like a shell. Or is unhappy. Or is feeling the nip of his actions.

I don’t believe he is feeling a smidge of the hurt he caused his family.

I really can’t imagine that any other members of the RF would be so rude as to leave an event early unless it was indeed for some emergency. You would think Harry would know better with his upbringing 🤷‍♀️

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AliceOlive · Today 00:24
King Arthur couldn’t juggle?

I am actually worried about Harry. I know most people think he doesn’t deserve it, but he reminds me of someone I know and his mental health looked tenuous at the awards ceremony.

I've heard rumours that he had a serious meltdown just before the event due to worries that he'd be booed. I'm not claiming to know this is true, but it does ring true, looking at his expression and behaviour on the videos.

If so, then clearly the criticism had got to him - but surely he'd have been better advised to graciously decline the award beforehand, with modest remarks about the people who make Invictus happen, rather than putting himself through this? I wonder how much pressure was put on him by Meghan to be seen accepting yet another award, in the blaze of publicity?

Just rumour like so much else, but it does fit the optics to me.

Conjecture, but with a strong hint of probability, @CoffeeCantata

Did Harry stay to listen to it, do you know?

Yes - Harry was there.