now is the best chance they have had in 60 years. QEII was loved (i’m far from a monarchist but being out front of buckingham palace the night she died - even i shed a tear).
Charles however is not in the same ballpark as his mum. I’m hoping with the depature of Fitzsimons from the Australian Republic Movement and Craig Foster taking over, along with the feds having a minister for the republic it might at least make a referendum happen.
the next bit when a referendum happens (and i see it happening) is getting the right model (ie, will it be direct election of the president or parliamentary election) and dispelling the stupid myths that went around during the last referendum such as becoming a republic would stop us competing in the comm games (but they might be dead soon anyway)
I had empathy for Harry earlier and believed that his emotional pain and anger were real due to the events in his youth (his mother’s death being the prominent influence).
However this all just screams a bitter piece of garbage trying to reach some sort of relevancy. If this is the kind of stuff Harry (and Meghan) are resorting to to win attention and sympathy from the public then they should get stuffed. Fancy writing stuff about William when he has no evidence of that and add that to the fact that he has a grudge against his brother.
I don’t think that’s a bro code thing. It often happens and between a lot of famous brothers too. Gallagher brothers from Oasis immediately come to mind.
At this stage, I think most of the world is over it. Most really couldn’t give a shit about the revelations any more. Was watching Sunrise this morning where they spent time talking about the revelations, then rehashing them when they talked to a royal commentator and then were promoting that they had detalils of the ITV coming up after the break. FFS. Talk about overkill. I just switched off.
Do you have a brother? Of course there are examples like the Gallaghers but between 99% of brothers it’s just not done. It doesn’t matter if you’re fighting like cats and dogs, you still don’t throw them under the bus publicly. That goes for families in general.
is it really that often? the Gallagher brothers are the only major example. considering how common it is in real life, and how many celebs have the opportunity to pull this shit in their books. I think its fair to say going public is just not done.
There are a lot of royal brother feuds in history but in those cases it involved fighting for the crown, often involving treachery.
It is true that most siblings rivalries weren’t made public or discussed in the past but we are living in a different era now. We seem to know everything and anything now.
I’m unsure whether Harry is a vindictive little shit or has some serious, unresolved mental issues. With his upbringing I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the latter, but surely he has help available if he needs it?
What concerns me the most is Harry’s claim that he took his family to US to ‘keep them safe’. By doing this he removed them from the UK where there was specially trained security 24/7. It’s common knowledge that the Taliban would class him as key target, something made 100 times worse by him telling the world how many of the Taliban he’d killed.
For the sake of his mental health, I really think Harry needs to take his family (and his cheque for $150m) and go away and live a quiet life out of the public eye, even if it’s just for a few years. He needs to sort himself out and hopefully any communication with his family can be done behind closed doors.
He had admitted that he does have mental issues resulting from his upbringing and is in therapy for them.
How would you feel if your father often made jokes about your paternity to denigrate your mother? How would you feel about knowing your mother was in a loveless marriage which was forced upon his father after he wasn’t allowed to marry the woman he wanted? How would you feel about constantly being referred to as the “spare” to the “heir” and then being abandoned when there were new heirs?
That said, it’s only his version of events and I’d hope that the paternity comments are fiction rather than fact.
Re spare/heir, he has also mentioned in the past that there was benefit in being the ‘spare’ in that he was able to live a much more normal life than William due to him being heir to the throne.
Yes the heir/spare thing is completely overblown, especially by Harry himself. It’s a common joke that is used in non-Royal families too. I’m a second son myself and it’s normal family banter that I’ve also heard first hand myself. It’s just a joke fo god sake.
I actually think Harry’s biggest problem, possibly stemming from mental illness, is his inability to properly put things in perspective. The great majority of his grievances seem greatly exaggerated and seem to me like very normal family dysfunction. I wonder if he realises that all families have a lot of these conflicts.
You could just as easily spin that around and ask how would you feel if a jealous and vindictive family member started on a war path to expose all your private and intimate family stories for money?
There are worse things in life than being a spare to the throne. princess anne never needed to resort to this behaviour.
Exactly. It’s the lack of perspective that gets me the most. Can he really complain about his lot in life as the spare to the throne when hundreds of millions are born into abject poverty, abuse and all manner of horrible situations. He claims to care about the underprivileged while complaining about all sorts of trivial rubbish.
So Kate didn’t go to Balmoral either? I don’t see any news articles about that. There seems to be about 10 articles per news site over the last few days. In which they can all be made into 2 or 3 articles.
I agree that Harry has been a little spoilt. Once the book comes out officially tomorrow, there’ll be more hysteria. Should hopefully die down this time next week.
