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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 .

MissAdventure Mon 21-Oct-19 21:57:06

Well, in the course of this thread he's been mentally ill, perfectly normal, grieving normally, needs to pull himself together...

jo1book Mon 21-Oct-19 21:40:13

I do wonder if it is an American characteristic of hating being disliked that is eating MM? Apparently, Nasties in the Movies are played by Brits. Harry isn't mentally ill; just teriified of losing his wife to American Chat shows - My Hell as a Royal complains Duchess.

MawB Mon 21-Oct-19 20:55:02

Well yeah the immature laddish rogue isnt so endeering (sic) when a middle aged man is still acting out

Harry is hardly a “middle aged man” !
I would say I found him quite endearing up to very recently - remember how he was telling us about Archie’s birth?
Something has changed and whether it is Meghan’s influence or his sleb friends like the Clooneys, he cuts a sad figure these days. I am convinced he is badly advised and wonder if his choice of advisers has been rethought to suit an LA actress rather than a British Royal.

notanan2 Mon 21-Oct-19 19:29:26

Its just all so unnecessary!

Don't like it? Don't do it then!

He is NOT in Will's & Charles' positions. H is now quite a peripheral Royal. It would have been fine for then to not "take the job". They could still walk away from it.

So the martyrdom is hard to swallow when they in one breath tell us how much they hate it, and in the next tell is how vital it is that they use their platform (as if we all have SOO much to learn from them hmm )

merlotgran Mon 21-Oct-19 19:20:20

I'm not out to 'get' anyone but I do think their behaviour is worth commenting on.

I've made loads of nice comments about Meghan.

I only started to get a bit irritated when we had all the malarkey surrounding Archie's birth but I didn't think things would get worse

notanan2 Mon 21-Oct-19 19:17:48

Of course he never got criticised when he was younger, did he?

Well yeah the immature laddish rogue isnt so endeering when a middle aged man is still acting out

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 19:17:12

I usually ignore anything about the RF. I think there time should be over any time soon.

But I do remember that when young H dressed as an SS guard for "fun"
Made my stomach turn especially as the Duke of Windsor was a Nazi sympathizer.

notanan2 Mon 21-Oct-19 19:16:22

Why is everybody out to get everyone else in this little country of ours?

H&M are "throwing the first punches" (left right and centre)

Gonegirl Mon 21-Oct-19 19:14:55

Why is everybody out to get everyone else in this little country of ours?

Gonegirl Mon 21-Oct-19 19:13:19

a shadow of the gorgeous fun chap he used to be

Oh that's the problem is it?! He's grown up.

Of course he never got criticised when he was younger, did he?

merlotgran Mon 21-Oct-19 19:10:50

It was me, Maw. This morning, 10:21.

The acting connection has turned me into a conspiracy theorist. grin

Urmstongran Mon 21-Oct-19 19:09:41

I think Harry is lost and vulnerable. I honestly think he has mental health issues. He also has anger management issues and lashes out (press, his brother) where he perceives criticism.

He needs professional help. And his brother is worried about him.

notanan2 Mon 21-Oct-19 19:04:58

It is bonkers!

As if the press has been flattering to the other Royals!

Its not fair! hmm

They are so far dowm this Rabbit hole that they are like the boy in the Snow Queen with the glass in his eye who only sees ugliness. They have lashed out at media outlets which have been supportive of them too. Theres a lot of anger..

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 19:02:50

?You couldn’t make it up could you, ??oh yes they can !

notanan2 Mon 21-Oct-19 19:02:27

Yup. There are no tabliods in America and the press is fair there.

Britain has been unfair to her. And it is unhealthy to act British.

Charming.

maddyone Mon 21-Oct-19 19:01:18

A good and happy marriage should have made both of them happy. But both of them are whining and whinging, it’s ridiculous, as Paddyann says, there are so many other people in this country who have to tolerate far more than they do. It is absolutely certain that the persona we see of Harry now is completely different from that which we saw before his marriage. Of course we only see what is reported, but they have chosen to present a victim mentality to the world for us all to see. Pathetic! Paddyann is right.

merlotgran Mon 21-Oct-19 18:58:56

Well I'm proper confused now confused

From what Meghan said I got the impression that US tabloids were superior to ours so I googled as Bridgeit suggested.

All I could find was:

'Why I had to kill Diana' - Prince Charles in The Globe.

Barak Obama smokes a Cuban cigar. New York Post

Pregnant Kate in Brain Tumor Drama - Globe again.

Zip Me Up Before You GoGo - American Sun

Hilary Only Has Two Months to Live - National Enquirer

and...The Queen is Dying. Globe.

Definitely a cut about ours. grin

notanan2 Mon 21-Oct-19 18:57:25

Sometimes people set things up to fail just so they can point and say "look how awful it is! I told you it was awful!"

I feel like this is what H is doing by chosing to be a working Royal. Setting himself up to fail and be criticised to "prove" how awful it all is.

MawB Mon 21-Oct-19 18:52:25

Who was it suggested it was like reverse coercive control ?
I have skimmed through the thread but can’t find the suggestion that somehow Harry’s confidence has been leached away until he is a shadow of the gorgeous fun chap he used to be. Is this too much conspiracy theory but how else could being with Meghan have been to his detriment when being happily married should have made him “complete” instead of changing his personality. Perhaps that is why he and William have parted company?

maddyone Mon 21-Oct-19 18:42:43

I’m afraid I agree with the OP from Paddyann, ever since Meghan arrived on the scene, we’ve had one drama after another, well she is an actress after all! We had the drama over her father, the drama over who was going to walk her down the aisle, the ridiculous drama over the messages on bananas to prostitutes, the drama over the fall out with William, the drama over how much she spent on clothes in one year (over one million pounds apparently, far more than Catherine or Camilla) the ridiculous drama over the baby’s birth and the even more ridiculous drama over the godparents, and so it goes on. Prior to Meghan’s arrival Harry was genuinely liked by most people, now he’s turned into a whinging, sorry for himself, self indulgent person with a victim mentality. As Paddyann says they should have a try living the life of millions in this country who have genuine problems and difficulties, including sometimes real poverty.

Harry suffered the loss of his mother at a very young age, so did William. William is not crying to the press about his problems, he’s got on and made a successful life for himself with his lovely and dignified wife. Everyone felt for those young boys as they walked behind their mother’s coffin, but in the end, everyone who loses a parent when they’re very young has to get on with the rest of their lives, remembering that beloved parent but not letting the loss destroy them. Harry needs to remember this and whilst keeping Diana close in his heart, he needs to live the rest of his very privileged life.

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 18:31:11

Merlotgran , you can look up online about the difference between us & the United States re Tabloids & newspapers generally

annep1 Mon 21-Oct-19 18:25:38

So that's ok then Beckett Edward iii worked hard to buy the Duchy.
This country should belong to the people

duchyofcornwall.org/history-of-the-duchy.html

merlotgran Mon 21-Oct-19 18:23:20

Why did Meghan say they don't have tabloids in the US?

Bridgeit Mon 21-Oct-19 18:18:57

She doesn’t put them there .

pinkquartz Mon 21-Oct-19 18:09:56

Yes I wondered why her family are being so quiet.

I do mean it about her face is everywhere......Online newspapers usually