Best advice for Harry going forward?

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I have all the same initial reactions as many others on MN regarding Harry i.e. whiner, grifter, stupid, entitled etc and it's easy to dole out the criticism.

However while I wouldn't say I have sympathy for him, as so much of his situation is of his own making, I actually do have some underlying feelings of concern for him and his future (and children).

He reminds me an awful lot of a relative of mine who is neurodiverse with a mild learning disability and a tendency to be self-absorbed with an overdeveloped victim complex - always lashing out, blaming others, seeing conspiracy where there is none etc.

Harry is clearly a damaged man, with childhood trauma and issues which continue to plague his mental health.
As with my relative, he has grown up with a support network which has probably quietly managed and enabled his passage through life, but when big outbursts happen (as have happened in our family too) everyone backs off and 'grey rocks' him until he has calmed down. Some people just give up, too exhausted by the constant drama of it all.

She does that cuddle up pose with everyone though

True enough, @Thedom, but it's the camera-hungry eyes which spoil it for me

Those being hugged often manage to look like reasonably normal people smiling for the camera, but IMO there's an almost manic lust for attention from Meghan which appears to have very little to do with who she's actually with and renders them a mere prop

See also so many intervieews where she's failed to engage except in what promotes herself

There's probably a link to the hat on her flog my tat.

It's just again so random 🤷‍♀️ an accumulation of stuff. It actually reminds me of a friend of mine who insisted on her husband having a framed photo of her on his work desk to remind him of what he was working for 😬

I thought this was an interesting angle on his recent interview, and gives some good advice along the way.

Though it is quite funny how he starts off being careful to use neutral language, but slips as he goes along... 😂

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It reminds me also a bit of Elvis - give him some drugs to keep him walking and entertaining .

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It's Dr Raj Persaud on youtube, talking about how we do (or don't) cope with loss, using Harry's latest interview as an example

It's not a cowboy hat though . He looks like he's wandered him from the Australian bush.

William has lucked out with the bone-structure (Diana? Prince Philip?) and despite losing his thatch, still looks dashing.

William always looks well scrubbed, and as if there's a hint of a pleasant aftershave or cologne about him. Harry often looks as if he could do with a long walk in the fresh air.

Dr Raj Persuad that well known psychiatrist convicted of plagiarism?

Harry looks like Rory McGrath. His brother looks like he smells of soap and freshly laundered cotton. Harry looks like he smells like an old sock.

I think her game plan is that if it all goes tits up , she can claim how she tried so hard etc etc while a single tear falls from her eye .

Maybe he could be used to draw the midges away from the general populace.

If he's ripped off another presenter please do.post the link to the original video. Thanks!

Good shout actually, those midges like freckly red-heads.

That said, they are not a huge deal on the east side of Scotland.

But I am with @Mylovelygreendress , we really don’t want him here.

He absolutely does! He’s a puffy faced sweaty mess.
in fairness Meghan looks great on those photos, she really must think wtf sometimes when she looks at H.

Diana died at 36. Of course, there is no reference point for W at ages after she died! IMHO, as a fair skinned blonde who smoked and tanned, aging would not have been kind to Diana.

And with regard to grooming, Katie Couric (US TV host) mentioned that H showed up to an interview reeking of cigarettes and alcohol. And this was while he was still under palace supervision. So, H should not throw stones while in a glass house.

Harry ’oozed alcohol from every pore’

Meghan writing the kids' names in Harry's hat reminded me of that scene in Only Fools and Horses where Rodney meets Cassandra and is naturally trying to impress her, only to be comprehensively cock blocked when it turns out that Del's written his name in the collar of his new raincoat, "just in case you lose it, Rodders!"

Same vibe from Meghan putting the names in Harry's hat. And how telling that she doesn't write his ACTUAL name in there. Just "My Love". Because that's all Harry is now. Meghan's love. Nothing more.

Her face has been filtered and brushed a bit, his hasn't.

I think she makes a mistake in always doing her most electric, "I'm practically ecstatic with joy!!" smile for every single photo op. In life, normal humans don't always smile that wide. You might do a small smile, a lip twitch, a wonky grin, whatever as the mood and context grabs you. Meghan has the same "It's the 1990s and I'm in a Colgate commercial!!" ear to ear blindingly white grin for every single occasion, whether she's in the top bowl at a Beyonce concert or merely contemplating some sprigs of dried foliage on a pancake. It's slightly manic in its effect. She should experiment and find some other facial expressions which suit her, too, and swap 'em around sometimes.

@GiveMeSpanakopita Is this writing things on a hat story actually true then, I.e. she said that she does this during an interview?
I assumed that posters were joking around!

If true, that’s quite odd IMHO. Why on earth would anyone do that for a 40-year-old man? It sounds like something you’d do for a child.

@GiveMeSpanakopita that's so funny!

I actually thought that Meghan put "my love" on there as a reference to herself, not Harry. I.e. this hat represents everything my husband loves, including me. And because she'd referred to "my love" as being his pet name for her in the Jamie KL podcast and now has "proven" that he actually uses it.

I'm pretty sure in the early days M called H "my love" Has this switched or they call each other that now.

I lose track 😂

Yes I think you are right @BasiliskStare I'm sure she's called Harry that in one of their Netflix vehicles. But certainly in the Jamie podcast, she said that stuff about missing her kids when they leave the room and she sits scrolling through photos of them on her phone. And Harry tells her, "My love, go do some exercise or tale a bath". People were critical of her referencing herself as "my love".

At some point Harry stopped being "my love" and became "this one".

I remember a while ago seeing a video of Zara and Mike calling each other my love’. It was quite obvious they were taking the piss but now I suspect they were making fun of H and M!

Bloody hell, they don't half over share.