"Prince Harry" : I didn't air any dirty laundry in public

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“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”

I didn't air any dirty laundry in public - my conscience is clear, says Prince Harry during visit to Ukraine: Duke reveals he wants to spend more time in the UK in the next year as 'the focus really has to be on my dad' | Daily Mail Online

Charles has cancer with what appears to be weekly treatment. His son should bring the children to see him. He won’t of course because his wife won’t allow it.

I think the Trump visit has been pivotal. It also shows the strength of the monarchy and it's role in soft diplomacy. Kate looked absolutely stunning, and all of them have appropriately socialised with the Trumps and other guests.
Compare that to a Trad Wife selling pancake mix and an immature man making jokes about mouth braces.

I think the Trump visit has been pivotal. It also shows the strength of the monarchy and it's role in soft diplomacy. Kate looked absolutely stunning, and all of them have appropriately socialised with the Trumps and other guests.
Compare that to a Trad Wife selling pancake mix and an immature man making jokes about mouth braces.

Sorry, not sure why it posted twice!

How tragic, though. No compassion.

That’s her MO - no compassion - her own father in hospital with heart failure - cuts him off.

PP in hospital on end of life care launches the brutal OW bombshell interview whilst his family are grieving around his death bed.

QE2 very poorly MM in the country can’t be arsed to visit but happy to launch a few barns in her snarky interview in The Cut days before her death - but then demands a ring aside seat at her deathbed and live tweets it all via Scoby.

Pretty short-sighted POV though. It's all about the long term with The Crown - Harry is on the wrong side.

The Crown will always win. W&C are always going to win the war.

Some of the media may currently be on side for Harry - but that is only just a temporary holding pattern. He'll age out of the drama within the next decade (if he even gets that long).

H&M are well off the ball when it comes to family pictures with KC3. The Wales' will always have an ongoing future supply, because he's the heir.

And any photos of Charles with the Sussex children will never have that relaxed, natural interaction that's currently always visible with the Wales children and him.

Goodness is that pic of PL and KC3 from the Jubillee? It is shocking how much his illness has aged him.

The Crown will always win. W&C are always going to win the war.

This is so true as the crown has the state behind it as it's part of it - the monarch place is part of the UK consitution - it's the one bit of RF actually needed and rest of RF are supposed to support it.

William will get that job - and if he doesn't his kids will - Harry will only move down succession and his kids get less and less important.

There are hundreds of people involved in the current state visit - RF are playing their role in international diplomancy - how can any private individuals hope to compete with that.

The RF is in a differnet sphere to them there is no competition and they need to find their own roles where they can.

I think media may enjoy playing cousins of one another in furture - so do feel for the kids there but soon enough girl and boy firends will come along for Wales kids and that will be the interest and focus.

Yes, it's taken it's toll.

Do we know that M won't allow the children to visit the UK or is it guesswork? My understanding was that H has backed the rest of his family into a corner with his ranting and raving about security and I don't see how he can backtrack/save face and say now that it's actually OK for the children (with or without M) to meet their rellies here.

No, they cannot.

There is no government in the world where KC3 can meet H&M that would "sell" security resources due to the precedent it would create. Not to mention the absolute mess it would create for KC3 domestically.

Just like you can't buy RPO resources, you can't, for example, buy Secret Service resources. As a Head of State, the second KC3 sets foot on US soil there will be dedicated security resources paid for by the US taxpayer as per statutory protection laws.

The parallel is unfolding right now in London where there are dedicated RPO resources currently assisting the Secret Service to keep President Trump and his entourage safe...at a significant daily cost to UK taxpayers.

Also it puts PW in a difficult position if the king is photographed with the Sussex children and not the Wales children.

Then perhaps if KC3 meets his Sussex GC it should not be photographed?

But the general consensus is that Harry is winning the PR battle at the moment and may have slightly blindsided the RF PR

I think if he’s winning a PR battle it must be one for the person you’d be wrong to trust. Have the RF been blindsided? Absolutely not. They’re playing a very classy game and demonstrating that silence is golden and the only thing empty vessels do is make more noise.

It’s something we could all do well to remember at times - that just because a person doesn’t say anything or respond it doesn’t mean they’ve been silenced or put in their place. On the contrary, It can and usually does mean they’re wise enough to know the value of silence.

No matter what KC3 prognosis is, at 77 life is short and he may take the risk that after meeting his DGC his DS and DIL will attempt to monetise it to flog pancakes and he might well think at this stage it’s worth it

This is what concerns me, @Everyonesawher, especially given that Charles's judgement has frequently been shown to be extremely poor. For those who want the monarchy to endure I'd have thought it's the ongoing damage that would be the worrying part, if and when Harry goes off on one again and William's left to deal with it because of a passing whim of his father's

And yes, the media may appear to "back" Harry at various times, but only because they want the ongoing clicks ... I do hope nobody thinks they give a toss beyond that?

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Maybe. But on a personal level I’ve found I can go quite a good amount of years looking good for my years only to wake up one morning and find I’ve aged overnight. Maybe the King is the same.

Ha ha, I always wash mine in private, like you Harry.

I recently looked in the mirror and saw my 80+ mother looking Back at me. It wasn’t a great feeling as much as I love her.

That was mentioned as an option on the podcast, and would be a very good move for the palace in my opinion - all the 'family' benefits of the meeting without any of the downsides of being seen to support H&M's commercial enterprises.

Like I say, Charles is a Head of State who also happens to be receiving regular treatment in London.

He can't just tack on a few days to an official trip like a holidaymaker extending their stay on the Costa.

What on earth is stopping Harry and Meghan bringing their children to England? Why 'neutral ground'? This isn't a war!

I'm also not sure the public really care about Harry's children. They've spent their entire lives out of the public eye, which is fine, but you can't expect people to take an interest in them at this stage.

No, that's not what happens when a Head of State visits another country!

These things are coordinated in advance with the host country, at the highest level. Even on a private visit.

Let Harry and Meghan visit Britain if they want their children to have a relationship with Charles. They're both basically unemployed and can travel any time they choose. The same is not true for the King.

In terms of the PR battle, i was listening to the When it hits the Fan podcast the other day and they couldn't agree on who is winning. I don't think it is clear cut at this stage and Harry's problem is that to be successful he needs to keep going what he did for the four day visit (minus chatting about his Dad). But so far he hasn't shown he can do that consistently. Bursts of charity work here and there, seeing his Dad for an hour here and there, isn't going to win against the ongoing diary of working royals.

And if he really wanted his children to spend time with his father then why on earth didn't he bring them to Balmoral? It's a well established part of the King's year, in a secure estate.

So you are saying that no monarch has ever taken a holiday abroad because it triggers costs to the tax payers of that country?

I never knew that.

I don't think Harry is winning. The media writes puff pieces about him, but the comments are negative. Their PR people are very obvious.

I think the puff pieces are inadvertently rage-bait.