Harry's new interview

[Viviennemary]

Harry has just given an interview quite a long one. I only heard a snippet and i'm totally incensed. Harry has said he doesn't know how long Charles has left. Who says that on TV for the whole nation to hear. What is the matter with the man. He is an absolute disgrace.

I judge him the same way I judge everyone else - by his actions. If my brother was constantly gossiping about me and our family to a huge audience I would grey rock him to the very end. Dead to me.

All he has to do is give thirty day's notice for security. What he actually wants is to have the same level as heads of state, i.e. it personally won't cost him money here or abroad.

Excellent point and the focus should be on abroad. Individuals with this level of protection are afforded the same security when abroad on business or for pleasure. From day one he spoke about being “a protected person” and it’s because he doesn’t want to pay for his own security in the US.

It has nothing to do with giving a month’s notice to arrive for vacation in Balmoral or to attend his mate’s wedding.

I hope Starmer tell Harry exactly where to go

I don’t entirely understand. I’ve just read that Harry has offered to pay for the UK security he wants himself, so it wouldn’t come out of taxpayers’ pockets. Is that not a good solution? And if not, please could someone more knowledgeable explain why?

Because then that means security would be available to whoever wanted to pay for it, not who they actually felt there was sufficient threat level for and the UK security isn't up for hire like that. If they accepted Harry's offer to pay, then what's to stop him, or likewise anyone else, walking round the streets on a jolly to see mates accompanied by armed security just because he can pay, that's not what it's for.

It’s like offering to pay for NHS treatment - it’s an easy offer because actually it’s impossible.

Can you imagine Charles doing an interview when his mother had bone cancer asking how long she had left?
Absolutely going against her dignity.
The King has done well to acknowledge his health battle without going into the finer details. We all have a right to health privacy.
That gentleman walked MM down the aisle and paid towards that bloody huge wedding. If he doesn’t want to talk to his son now, why?
I loved Diana, but I do wonder what would have happened to her as she got older. Some of her behaviours were erratic and I think Harry is similar.
That interview had echoes of the Panorama one, which has not aged well.
There are two fathers here both supportive when their children got married. One has no power or social standing - ditched. The other has ultimate power, and he’s used it. His wife has been insulted.
I hope that William displays a firm hand when his time comes.
This week, it’s become clear that H & M have nobody decent advising them. He’s almost in tears, and she’s skipping through the daisies. What’s the truth?

I don’t get why England is so much unsafer than Cali? Why does he need so much protection here but not there?

Because apparently we have lunatics here he want to kill him.
However, after writing about his Taliban kill count, that’s not a problem?

Probably it's not exactly uncommon we had trafficked ladies in a village near us locked in a caravan the police were called in but missed them no-one took it seriously enough

At the moment, no. PA has a legally valid lease on his home, arranged by the late Queen to provide for her middle son. There is nothing the crown can do about it until he breaches the terms of the lease.

However, he is responsible for the upkeep of the building and there is a question over whether he can afford that.

So there is a negotiating point - PA could move to a smaller property on the crown estate, in return for smaller maintenance charges.

The less said the better. He should keep quiet in public.

I totally agree and have said this before. Makes his message at the Cancer event much more hypocritical. I don't think anything that Harry has said is worth cutting him off for. This dragged out saga just destroys the institution they all long so much. Instead of a BP Charles should be picking the phone to call his hurting son.
Not sure if he has forgiven Andrew. I suspect Prince Abuser forces his way to family events like the Easter celebrations.

I see he also doubled down with a statement, which positively dripped with paranoia and the self-pitying rage of a toddler refused a second ice cream.

The Beeb interview was a bit odd. Harry looks unwell (could be from the long flight, tbf - I also bloat up on flights home from the West Coast - never quite sure why this is and not the other way) and was stuttering over his words. Some sentences weren't fully coherent.

I'm presuming he had the sit-down interview lined up before the judgement. Anyway, he was ill-advised to do it. "When in a hole, keep digging, and moreover toss some clods of mud at the mysterious men in grey" is...not a good PR strategy.

State security is not up for sale. Soon Jeff Bezos, Kate Perry, Kanye Waste of space, Josh Rogan (or is Rogan Josh) would be asking for state security saying they'll pay. It would be the latest celebrity accessory (I get same security as Royals and Presidents posted on tiktok.
But may bea special arrangement can be made for Harry. Just give him everything he wants and see what happens 😍

I agree Harry offering to pay for security here in the UK was an empty gesture as it's not possible. Anyone would be able to walk into a police station, chuck your credit card over the counter and 'buy' a police officer for the day. How would the rota work ? Would there be a group of officers on call 24/7 waiting to see if Harry needed them ,

I suspect it's more that they can't trust him, imagine spending time with someone or even having a quick phone call and spending every second wondering if they're recording this, if they're going to do an interview about it or write about it. Even if you say the most bland things it's not a nice way to have to be. Harry's made his bed, he's probably not used to having to stand by the consequences.

It’s interesting to watch a man in his 40s learn that life involves compromises. You can’t have it all.

Never really liked Harry after I heard the 24 yo grown MAN use the P word. As a half Indian woman I could never really get over that.

he mentioned the home secretary Yvette Cooper

I'm vaguely Royalist I suppose, I watched 10 mins of the coronation and normally watch a couple of minutes of each royal wedding. I like to see UK plc putting on a show for the world.

I don't hate Harry but I do think he whines a lot and has zero family loyalty. If I had a brother who monetised our family's dirty laundry like H&M do, I'd go NC too.

I'm fairly normal for a home counties middle aged woman but I'm definitely not keen on him. His behaviour is distasteful and embarrassing.

Yes, I mean this is why he (both of them actually) need good PR counsel. The lack of self-awareness in grandly proclaiming that he's forgiven his family and the sheer entitlement in demanding the attention of the Prime Minister, who has far more pressing matters to attend to, both come off really badly.

Plus, the Sussexes are supposed to have a JOINT brand. There's no need for them as individuals; their public interest lies purely in the romantic story of their uniquely powerful love, their brave escape from the Evil Colonialist RF, and their renewed dedication to a 'life of service'. But this week we've been treated to the sight of a petulant, dishevelled prince spouting Russell Brand-esque conspiracy theories whilst his wife giggles and squeals in dopamine-fuelled joy as an unknown podcaster tells her how wonderful she is.

Oh yes, and he basically told the world that Charles probably doesn't have long left - something that anyone who thinks carefully about these things would doubtless have realised, but still, not something that's been publicly acknowledged.

If I was living with an incurable cancer in my dotage, and one of my DC did that to me, that'd be it, as far as taking their calls was concerned.

It's not though. Charles has cancer. Harry will know far more about the type and prognosis. When someone says "i don't know how long they have left" that implies that the end is near or nearing. To say that about the King in public is terrible. And apparently Charles had been in communication with him, but had been advised not to whilst the court case was pending. Again, Harry implies that he has been totally cut off by him.

I doubt he has been told. I wouldn’t trust him not to selling any info in an interview.

But Haz has travelled to Ukraine, Colombia, Nigeria etc. Surely he can bring his family into the UK and remain somewhat under the radar (ie don’t ring up the press) whilst paying for a security guard or two. And stay on some well protected Royal
estate.

The court case doesn’t seem worth the animosity it has created between Charles and Harry.

Harry was once the most popular member of the royal family, now he's ahead of only his wife and Andrew in the race to the bottom - it's quite astonishing. He will blame everything and anything except his wife's influence. He wants the rule book on royal obligation ripped up and rewritten just for him, all of this is one big strop over being prevented from using his privilege outside of the royal family.
When you consider how he was in interviews from 10 or so years ago, to this latest interview, it's like two entirely different people.
I used to really like Harry, so it's quite sad to see him like this - his interviews are increasingly uncomfortable to watch.