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bloody whinging royals

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paddyann Fri 18-Oct-19 22:45:32

we had Harry all over the "news" earlier now his wife has joined in with the whinging about how hard their life is!! Honestly ..they should have to live the lives of millions in this country and then they would know how HARD life can get .Why is it NEWS anyway? If its so hard they can always walk away .

Calendargirl Mon 21-Oct-19 10:56:29

Harry’s mental health does not seem to have improved since his marriage. I know it’s not good to bottle things up, but one wonders if Meghan’s way of dealing with it has somehow made it worse. Her support appears to have ended up with him more or less wallowing in it, instead of helping him move on.

Alexa Mon 21-Oct-19 11:04:52

Harry's grief about the death of his mother is not 'poor mental health'. That he sometimes feels sad is not even poor emotional health it's good emotional health.

Anniebach Mon 21-Oct-19 11:06:02

Last week, Sophie Wessex was in Kosovo to attend a meeting
with survivors of sexual violence and then opened a meeting on Trauma Research regarding post traumatic stress in children and four more appointments the same day .

We never hear of the work this family carry out .

Gonegirl Mon 21-Oct-19 11:06:27

Maybe trotting it out so often in mid life is a sign of poor mental health?

Scentia Mon 21-Oct-19 11:18:52

Alexa
The poor mental health comes from his lack of ability to cope with that sadness and grief when it appears.

Sparklefizz Mon 21-Oct-19 11:19:03

It would be like the queen sitting down for her Christmas message and talking about how no one realises how tiring the job is at her age, and how much she misses Philip by her side, blah blah.

Lol grin Ellianne

Unfortunately I think Harry is not very well, and it seems that neither is very happy. I don't think they bring out the best in each other. Sigh.

Alexa Mon 21-Oct-19 11:36:17

Harry seems to me to cope very well with grief.People are even allowed to unexpectedly burst into tears years and years after the bad event whatever it was.That is not poor mental health or 'not coping' it's the reaction of a healthy brain .

onlyruth Mon 21-Oct-19 12:24:57

Absolutely with you @oldwoman

I'm not remotely royalist, but the plain nastiness on this subject horrifies me. I cannot understand the mindset of people who are so vindictive.

Of course, if the couple's work wasn't filmed and put out there, people would say that they're not working hard enough(because obviously if we can't see it, it doesn't exist)

Sparklefizz Mon 21-Oct-19 12:33:16

onlyruth* What has been said on this thread that is vindictive and nasty? I have only read people's opinions.

Sparklefizz Mon 21-Oct-19 12:34:38

Most people, including myself, seem to be concerned that Harry is not very well.

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 12:37:00

Harry tells himself that the "Press" killed his mum....but she made her death happen by not wearing seatbelt and having a very drunk driver against her bodyguards advice. I think he cannot face that her actions caused her own death.....because then he would have to feel angry with her.
So his mental health is not ok because he is deluding himself and he cannot find any peace.

When he says he is afraid it will happen to his wife then choosing a woman who has lived for public attention is a weird choice.
Meghan saying she doesn't know how to handle attention but won't take advice from the experts.....

her open eyed "look I am so innocent " look on the photos makes me feel very odd. I think she is very manipulative and canny.
She clearly has Harry by the whatsits

I normally ignore all RF news but have been hooked in by these two people......

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 12:38:18

sparklefizz I agree Harry is not well.

onlyruth Mon 21-Oct-19 12:38:35

Interesting that people are blaming Meghan for being too much in the public eye. When she went to ground after the baby was born, people were whinging about that.

Let's face it, she can't win.

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 12:41:10

Meghan is not supporting Harry she is exploiting him...he is weak she is strong.

But she may have bitten off more than she can chew because he really does not seem to be well mentally.

Bottling things up is not healthy but I cannot believe that the RF cannot fund a really top therapist to help Harry.
Meghan is toxic. This will end badly for Harry if he keeps going along with her.

moggie57 Mon 21-Oct-19 12:46:03

well harry feels 2nd best .and he is looking for attention. but in the wrong way...and meghan this is not usa/canada. our culture is very different...maybe they need to see an adviser and not one provided by the royal family.not sure harry should have married meghan after one year romance .but maybe someone in the uk. not saying she not a nice person but she needs guidance on how to be a royal family member..

Anniebach Mon 21-Oct-19 12:56:37

Pinkquartz I so agree with you. You post reminded me of my daughter who was 7 when her father died in a car crash whilst on duty in the police . She grieved then life went on for us, when she was about 12 she suddenly got angry with her father for leaving us, she poured out her anger to me which was a good thing, we could talk it through.

I agree , I don’t think Harry can accept the true cause of his mothers car crash because he would have to accept it was her choice to leave the Ritz that night for no logical reason, to go against the advice of her security, and she had refused security provided by this country for the royal family, her death could have been avoided .

Anniebach Mon 21-Oct-19 12:58:42

And if Harry refuses therapy there is not a thing his family can do.

whywhywhy Mon 21-Oct-19 13:03:00

I totally agree Oldwoman70.

She has had to make so many dramatic life changes and she maybe has post natal depression. I still have it!!! and my kids are older than Harry!!!! Show some empathy besides they are human and she is a woman with feelings.

Anniebach Mon 21-Oct-19 13:29:42

Post natal depression for over 35 years ? Have you not had treatment?

boodymum67 Mon 21-Oct-19 13:36:27

damned if they do and damned if they don't...an open forum like this entitles everyone to have their say

leave harry and Meghan alone.....

boodymum67 Mon 21-Oct-19 13:37:33

they were out to get her, because she dared to speak out.....

Anniebach Mon 21-Oct-19 13:40:58

Dared to speak out about what ? And who was out to ‘get her’?

MawB Mon 21-Oct-19 13:45:58

Spoke out about what?
Like Anniebach I must have missed whatever you say she has “spoken out about “ confused

merlotgran Mon 21-Oct-19 13:47:11

She is speaking out against a family who welcomed her, even though some of them had reservations. She is speaking out against the Queen by saying nobody has asked how she is when we know they turned down an invitation to Balmoral saying Archie was too young and then Meghan jetted off to watch Serena Williams play tennis!!

She is speaking out against a country where many people support and admire the monarchy. She is also speaking out against the press who supported her in her early days.

I'm surprised her half-sister, who we all criticised for trying to spoil Meghan's big day, hasn't popped up and said,

'Told you so!'

Lisagran Mon 21-Oct-19 13:59:14

boodymum67 - H and M were in Africa to publicise and raise awareness of the plight of many in that country - including girls who are regularly raped. A TV programme was being made about the visit - excellent news, so we could see the needs of the people there. But, H and M chose to use this programme to highlight their own difficulties. For me, it was the context of their comments - a war-torn, impoverished country of inequalities. They could have made their own feelings about their lives known in a separate programme - perhaps about mental health.