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Interesting article - Harry the trauma exhibitionist.

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RosesandLilac Mon 04-Sept-23 08:29:16

meron152.substack.com/p/prince-harry-the-trauma-exhibitionist
I came across this article posted on MN.
It strikes me as very perceptive as Harry yet again drags up his mother’s death at the Invictus Games.
It’s so inappropriate and disrespectful to those thousands of injured servicemen and their relatives that an over-privileged, extremely wealthy individual constantly turns the subject to himself.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 12:12:49

I don't understand your point. I'm on a discussion board and I'm answering people who have brought her name up.

Mollygo Sun 10-Sept-23 12:14:29

WR
She just doesn't want come back to the UK

Is anyone complaining about that?

Anniebach Sun 10-Sept-23 12:19:44

Who wants her back

Glorianny Sun 10-Sept-23 12:22:20

Anniebach

Jaberwok thank you, very comfortable and happy x

Catherine and Sophie walk with their husbands unless in a greeting line up, then like Anne’s husband they come second ,
Megan pushes Harry aside

Good for her! Girl power!!

Callistemon21 Sun 10-Sept-23 12:23:19

Mollygo

WR
She just doesn't want come back to the UK

Is anyone complaining about that?

😁
Why would she?

America is such a tolerant country, especially with Trump threatening to run for Presidency again!

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 12:23:38

Mollygo

WR
She just doesn't want come back to the UK

Is anyone complaining about that?

Did i say that anyone was complaining?

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 12:27:32

Callistemon21. There's no such thing as the perfect country but its her home, she has her mum, her kids, her husband, better weather so its up to her whete sge feels comfortable

Rosie51 Sun 10-Sept-23 12:28:05

Glorianny

Anniebach

Jaberwok thank you, very comfortable and happy x

Catherine and Sophie walk with their husbands unless in a greeting line up, then like Anne’s husband they come second ,
Megan pushes Harry aside

Good for her! Girl power!!

But not enough girl power to refuse to be defined by her husband's status, loves using Duchess of Sussex, and definitely wanted her children styled prince and princess. Rejects the Royal family and the UK but wants the titles.......how shallow!

Aldom Sun 10-Sept-23 12:29:58

On several occasions I have seen the lovely family photograph of the the Queen soon after the birth of Princess Anne. True she was not standing outside on any steps.
She was actually sitting up in bed.
Princess Anne in her arms, Prince Charles sitting beside them on the bed.

Anniebach Sun 10-Sept-23 12:33:29

Quote Rosie51 Sun 10-Sep-23 12:28:05
Glorianny
Anniebach
Jaberwok thank you, very comfortable and happy x

Catherine and Sophie walk with their husbands unless in a greeting line up, then like Anne’s husband they come second ,
Megan pushes Harry aside
Good for her! Girl power!!
But not enough girl power to refuse to be defined by her husband's status, loves using Duchess of Sussex, and definitely wanted her children styled prince and princess. Rejects the Royal family and the UK but wants the titles.......how shallow!

Very shallow

Glorianny Sun 10-Sept-23 13:09:21

Rosie51

Glorianny

Anniebach

Jaberwok thank you, very comfortable and happy x

Catherine and Sophie walk with their husbands unless in a greeting line up, then like Anne’s husband they come second ,
Megan pushes Harry aside

Good for her! Girl power!!

But not enough girl power to refuse to be defined by her husband's status, loves using Duchess of Sussex, and definitely wanted her children styled prince and princess. Rejects the Royal family and the UK but wants the titles.......how shallow!

I believe the reason for accepting the children's titles is so that they can decide for themselves what they want when they are old enough.Excellent reason. I'm surprised you don't like it. Isn't one of the complaints that Meghan has rejected the RF? Yet here she is acknowledging the children's family history whilst giving them the right to decide.

Anniebach Sun 10-Sept-23 13:18:53

Megan has not rejected the royal family, she kept the h.r.h. snd
Duchess of Sussex, they could be Harry and Megan Windsor or Megan Markle and Henry Windsor

Rosie51 Sun 10-Sept-23 13:26:35

I believe the reason for accepting the children's titles is so that they can decide for themselves what they want when they are old enough oh come on, they didn't just "accept" the titles they campaigned for them! Anyway the titles could have been claimed when the children are adults no need for them now.
Meghan has rejected the Royal family, just not the bonuses the titles can bring. What do you suppose is the reason for using the title Duchess of Sussex if not to exploit the Royal Family connection?

Anniebach Sun 10-Sept-23 13:32:35

The children of Sophie and Edward have the same titles but not used, they can choose to do so when adults.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 14:42:21

The titles are not deserved by anyone. You get them through birth right or you marry someone who has that birth right Prince Andrew is still Prince Andrew even though he's a sleazebag. Sarah Ferguson is still called the Duchess of York even though she's divorced from said sleazebag and his daughters are Princesses. Lady Colin Campbell was only married for a short time and still uses her husband's name.

If we give.out titles at birth then we have to accept they have the right to keep them or use them. Archie and Lillibet have that birth right. They may decide to come back to the UK as adults. No matter how much you dislike Meghan, the children will become their own people.

It sounds like people have taken personally

Using y

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 14:43:12

Rosie51

^I believe the reason for accepting the children's titles is so that they can decide for themselves what they want when they are old enough^ oh come on, they didn't just "accept" the titles they campaigned for them! Anyway the titles could have been claimed when the children are adults no need for them now.
Meghan has rejected the Royal family, just not the bonuses the titles can bring. What do you suppose is the reason for using the title Duchess of Sussex if not to exploit the Royal Family connection?

How did they campaign for them?

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 14:54:55

It's also funny when people use the words rejected the UK. It sounds like it's personal. It's not, you decide where you want to live. It doesn't cause the British people any suffering.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 14:59:43

I'm fact the press are always moaning there are too many people. Imagine how much space a member of the RoyAl family takes up. Andrew's hass 30 bedrooms. How many homeless families could live there?

Rosie51 Sun 10-Sept-23 15:04:43

WellsRose

Rosie51

I believe the reason for accepting the children's titles is so that they can decide for themselves what they want when they are old enough oh come on, they didn't just "accept" the titles they campaigned for them! Anyway the titles could have been claimed when the children are adults no need for them now.
Meghan has rejected the Royal family, just not the bonuses the titles can bring. What do you suppose is the reason for using the title Duchess of Sussex if not to exploit the Royal Family connection?

How did they campaign for them?

In the Oprah interview Meghan indicated Archie wasn't a prince because of being mixed race. An out and out lie, he wasn't entitled to be a prince at that time, he and Lilibet became entitled on the death of the Queen. They made a point (more than once) of saying their children should have the titles, they didn't sit back and wait for the Palace to "offer" the titles.

Princess Anne's children don't have titles, she rejected offers to give them ones, they're quite happy just having ordinary status. As non working Royals they don't get the police protection Harry feels entitled to, even though he is a non-working Royal.

You appear to be criticising Sarah Duchess of York for keeping her title, I'd suggest she's done that at least in part for the bonuses it brings, but she's never rejected the RF and to be fair I don't think I've ever seen any criticism of them from her. Why do you think Meghan likes to style herself Duchess of Sussex, despite rejecting the RF and feeling free to criticise them publicly?

Anniebach Sun 10-Sept-23 15:15:49

Megan has mocked the Queen who gave the title she needs the title to make Money, she uses people

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 10-Sept-23 15:22:34

WellsRose

I'm fact the press are always moaning there are too many people. Imagine how much space a member of the RoyAl family takes up. Andrew's hass 30 bedrooms. How many homeless families could live there?

What is the relevance of that to this thread?

Norah Sun 10-Sept-23 15:24:34

Gracious, you've lost the plot!

Norah Sun 10-Sept-23 15:28:28

WellsRose

It's also funny when people use the words rejected the UK. It sounds like it's personal. It's not, you decide where you want to live. It doesn't cause the British people any suffering.

Here is where you truly lost the plot.

Sorry, didn't quote correctly in prior post.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 16:03:04

I don't think any of them should have titles full stop. What has Chalotte or Lillibet done to deserve the title Princess? I actually think it's funny that's there's a couple of children growing up in the States that have the birth right to use Prince and Princess to cause Royalist to frot (don't think most people care). You can start a campaign to have them removed but Charles won't be happy as once that sets a precedent that we can remove titles from any of them.

Yes Poor Edward's children having to be just Lady Louise and the Earl of Lichfield. So common.

Peter Philip's used his Royal Connections when he organised the Queen 's 90th using his own company. It was never put out to tender.

Princess Margaret allegedly once wrote a letter to Sarah saying she was the biggest embarrassment the family had ever had. Yep it came from Margaret who wasn't always squeaky clean herself. Sarah has written a couple of books about her time in the family. No idea if she was critical as I've never read them. She once described herself as the most persecuted woman in Britain

Are you saying that she shouldn't criticise The Royal Family, does she not have freedom of speech?; What did they to help her when she was being picked apart by the press?

merlotgran Sun 10-Sept-23 16:04:49

WellsRose

I'm fact the press are always moaning there are too many people. Imagine how much space a member of the RoyAl family takes up. Andrew's hass 30 bedrooms. How many homeless families could live there?

Royal lodge has seven bedrooms.