Harry laying a wreath.

25Avalon

It didn’t need a photographer and would have been better if done in private but then Americans on the whole aren’t renown for being discrete and Meghan loves the limelight. Harry could have sent a donation to the British Legion Poppy Appeal. How do we know he didn’t? I did. He certainly couldn’t come in person.

If there were no photos somebody would have said why didn’t harry do anything.
Yes I know I’m repeating myself

It didn’t need a photographer and would have been better if done in private but then Americans on the whole aren’t renown for being discrete and Meghan loves the limelight. Harry could have sent a donation to the British Legion Poppy Appeal. How do we know he didn’t? I did. He certainly couldn’t come in person.

Smileless2012

Do you think was right then Lucca for them to engage a photographer to ensure that as many people as possible would know that a wreath had been laid?

I honestly don’t care that much, I’m just trying to point out that quite literally anything they do is slammed. If there had been no photos people would have said “why didn’t they mark the occasion”
If he’d been alone the criticism would have been “Meghan can’t be bothered ...”
What do you think is the answer ?

How many people are actually interested in what Prince Harry and his wife?

He is in his mid-30s, an age when one assumes he has the maturity to consider his decisions and not rush into them without thought. If he did got railroaded into them by anyone on either side, well, tough. It has always been clear that over this whole sad debacle, he was a man that wanted to have his cake and eat it.

NotSpaghetti

I suppose all photographers in LA will be celebrity photographers.
I'm sorry if by posting a link to an article about the one they've chosen it's been interpreted as "Megan and Harry bashing".

That certainly wasn't my intention.

Don't feel upset Notspaghetti. The link was interesting for many reasons, one being I actually love the art of photgraphy and how there is often a meaning projected in print which pulls the viewer in.

Criticising their behaviour isn't bashing them NotSpaghetti. If that were the case, everyone we disagree with could be misconstrued as bashing.

No doubt the majority, if not all LA photographers do take photo's of celebrities, but this photo wasn't taken by chance, it was arranged before hand.

I suppose all photographers in LA will be celebrity photographers.
I'm sorry if by posting a link to an article about the one they've chosen it's been interpreted as "Megan and Harry bashing".

That certainly wasn't my intention.

Lexisgranny your last sentence made me smile.

Do you think was right then Lucca for them to engage a photographer to ensure that as many people as possible would know that a wreath had been laid?

I agree Elliane or at least one pic only of the two of them.
They took a photographer with them, it was a calculated move, as all their moves are.
If they just accepted their lives as royals are over ( since it was what they chose) and lived as normal citizens they ( and everybody else) would be happier.Yes, they would be snapped by the paparazzi at times of course, but that’s different to arranging the presence of a photographer.

The right thing would have been to lay a wreath or do whatever was felt appropriate to mark the day in private.

I really don't understand how they, or anyone else for that matter, can consider it was appropriate to hire a 'fashion and celebrity' photographer to take a photo, and then make it available to the media.

If this isn't an example of distasteful publicity seeking then what is?

As I predicted.

Diana was welcomed into the royal family when they got engaged. Meg was even invited to spend Christmas with the
royal family , she accompanied the queen on several public
engagements.

As for the panorama interview, if Jennie Bond was taken into
Diana’s confidence as she claims , she remains silent now
Earle Spencer has raised complaints about the falsehoods made to get Diana to make that disastrous interview.

What I take away from this particular thread today, and the GNs who have posted, is a general feeling of sadness. I really don't know what the right thing should have been, maybe just one public photo of Harry alone in the cemetery, not a half an album with Meghan in them.

How is this not an H&M bashing thread when people say how she is manipulating him? We don't know that.

Don't know if anyone saw Jennie Bond talking about the Diana Panorama interview. I was struck by the parallels between how she was treated when they got engaged, and MM. It may be the Queen, it may be the courtiers, but the RF don't seem to be a very welcoming bunch. It's 2020, not 1920

I never cease to be amazes by the informed insider knowledge of the Sussex's marriage, relationship,reasons for actions etc displayed predictably by some (thankfully not all) on these threads. Whenever there is an appearance or mention of Harry/ Meghan in the media it's obvious what the inevitable responses will be here.
Keeps the internet busy I suppose and offers a distraction from all the bad news.

Ok so what would have been the right thing ? Leave his wife at home ? Then she would have been criticised for ignoring the occasion ? Not had a photo taken ? Then people would have shouted about him not doing anything.

As for this thread not being about harry bashing....everything has been dragged up again about him being manipulated etc etc. Any minute now there’ll be a go at Diana.

He's made his choice. Only time will tell if it was the right one. I only know that I felt sad that he wasn't laying a wreath at the ceremony in London yesterday. I really missed him.

Peace on earth

H made his bed.......he must lay on it! He was manipulated by M from the outset! There seems to be nothing that he can do alone without her hanging onto him! IMO he had no place in the Remembrance Service in London yesterday either by representative or in person.
The dynamic between William & Kate and that between Harry & Megan is completely different; makes you wonder just how insecure Megan must be.

Veteran’s Day in the USA is a Federal holiday on 11th Nov.

Criticising hypocrisy is not ‘bashing’ .

He certainly recovered from the terror he experienced when a
camera clicked.

let's bash Harry threads
You're wrong there Iam64, if you read carefully this is not such a thread.

Pity he didn’t lay flowers for Napal and India, when he was in the army he had his own personal guard , Gurkhas

Where has anybody dismissed Harry's work with the Invictus Games as publicity seeking?

When I asked upthread if there were any remembrance services/parades on the same day I was wondering why they didn't just attend a local one rather than set up a photo opportunity.

I find attention seeking behaviour distasteful on this occasion.