Well done Harry

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https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/833354/prince-harry-leaves-charity-gobsmacked-significant-donation/?viewas=amp

Great to see that he is still supporting grass roots charities like this. And that he and Meghan haven’t forgotten the connections they made on their official visit to Nottingham.

I know someone connected to this charity and they are truly ecstatic about the financial gift itself and the publicity and recognition that it has brought to their work.

Strange that there don’t seem to be any threads about it as it happened a fortnight or so ago and I think it’s great news!

Given one of Harry's complaints about the RF was that they wouldn't call out abuse - remember 'silence is complicity'? - it is a tad hypocritical when he stays silent.

When it suits

Oh well he is a hypocrite the rf are hypocrites...and?

Not really. The RF always stay silent. They didn’t accuse Harry of anything. Harry said the RF’s silence is complicity. He is now staying silent in the face of abuse towards his (royal) family. That is why he is being
hypocritical but the RF are not in this case (because they have not said one thing then done another)

That explains where Mrs Sussex sent the money, but doesn't explain why she actually had access to any of the profits from a cookbook which was produced by a different charity group. Or why any of the profits went into The Royal Foundation. Wouldn't all the profits go to the original charity that actually produced the cookbook?

So you think its okay for the rf to stay silent about abuse cos its what they have always done....right okay good to know that's your belief

They did speak out in support of Meghan in 2016, it was unprecedented. It was also unprecedented that Meghan got security and support far earlier than any other girlfriend.

Funny how that's always forgotten.

Prince William Issues Statement in Support of Prince Harry and Meghan | Vanity Fair www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/prince-william-statement-support-prince-harry-meghan-markle

Their comms line has always been not to bother responding to random personal attacks - which seems sensible given how many there are, and that responding can give the attack more airtime. Other people have different opinions i am sure, but it seems a valid position to me. Though they did speak out in support of Meghan in 2016.

Harry disagreed, and claimed that they should speak.out more because 'silence is complicity '. So, by his own stated opinion he is either 'complicit' with the attacks on William and Kate, or a hypocrite.

The rest of the RF (on the whole) don't claim silence is complicity, and don't respond to personal attacks in general, so there's no reason for them to speak.out in favour of H&M.

But I suspect you understand all of this!

I can sort of understand peoples' frustration at Harry having a done A Good Thing and little praise. He has done a good thing & I'm glad the charity has got some publicity out of it.

I do think though that the "cynical" responses do show how far H has fallen in goodwill terms and if this is a PR stunt (which I think it is at least partly ) it's going to take a lot more to turn a lot of opinions.

No. I think it’s pointless getting in to a slanging match with randoms on the internet. If the abuse crosses the line then I’m sure they will involve the police if necessary. I don’t think they gain anything by making a personal comment every time. I don’t think that the Sussexes should comment either, but given that they want the RF to comment on any negative comments toward them,
it’s hypocritical of them to stay silent when negative comments flow the other way. Which is what I said in the first place 😊

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Documentary on channel 5 this weekend

I have watched a couple of their documentaries- Kate v Meghan and The Sandringham Summit - and thought them quite balanced.

So you think its okay for the rf to stay silent about abuse cos its what they have always done....right okay good to know that's your belief

I don’t hear any of Harry and meghans fans complaining that the findings of the report regarding Meghans bullying in the work place were never disclosed.

I don’t even hear Harry and Meghan insisting the findings should be released to prove she was innocent all along. It’s says a lot about what they know to be in the findings.

'So you think its okay for the rf to stay silent about abuse cos its what they have always done....right okay good to know that's your belief'

I think the rf have learned, over many years, that responding to vitriol and abuse does nothing to stop it from happening, and ultimately adds fuel to the vitriol and abuse. The old adage 'least said, soonest mended' fits the bill nicely.

Posters suggest Harry and Meghan are hypocrites on this matter - they have repeatedly bumped their gums about the horrors of the press and social media, have complained bitterly at their own treatment by the press and social media, but the correlation between their pronouncements and their own attacks on family members, and attacks by their supporters on rf members appear to go unnoticed. They abhor the silence with which the rf combat abuse, but are silent themselves when it suits them.

Strange argument!

MS was in the fold of the RF then, so I assume it was all handled by the men in grey suits so I should take it up with them if you are interested. I don’t know what you are implying but I doubt the funds from the cook book would have been paid directly in to Meghan’s bank account fhs! Or is this yet another attempt to find yet another imaginary stick to beat her with?

No, I am just curious why profits from The Hubb cookbook didn't go to The Hubb. Meghan's participation in the content of the cookbook was to write the foreword: do people who write a book's foreword for a charity generally get any of the profits to distribute to other charities? I don't live in the UK but have always assumed that for charitable endeavours the person writing the foreword was lending their name and support for something of which they approve. Writing a foreword can't really be considered providing to the actual content of the book. It's really just a well know person raising the book's profile.

Why would the "men in grey" have had anything to do with the profits from a book by an independent charity? And I'm not implying anything. I have already asked why the money went to the Royal Foundation. I don't think that I implied anything went into anybody's private accounts. I am merely querying a process that I don'd understand and would like clarified.

Sentebale closed its comments section due to a sustained social media trolling campaign by the Sussex Squad.

For those whose links don't work:

Prince Harry’s former charity has made a major announcement after experiencing harassment online. Sentebale, which was founded by Harry and Prince Seesio of Lethoso in 2006 to help improve the lives of young people affected by HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and southern Africa, has had to disable Instagram comments after "targeted online harassment."

Prince Harry's former charity makes major announcement after 'targeted harassment'