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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.

Jaberwok Mon 04-Sept-23 18:15:58

Charles is as has been said head of the C of E, the Anglican Church. I think most of us know quite well that this Church was created in the back of adultery, divorce, murder and remarriage. George 1st had been divorced for some years before his coronation in 1714. Edward V11th even asked certain mistresses to his coronation! He became an extremely popular king despite his colourful love life. So to comment disapprovingly on Charles being head of the Church, well this Church itself is not squeaky clean!!

WellsRose Mon 04-Sept-23 18:26:20

@callistemom21. Which posts are you referring to?

WellsRose Mon 04-Sept-23 18:37:54

I don't think any religion is squeaky clean. It was in response to a comment about Paul McCartney not being squeaky clean because he's been married 3 times.

M0nica Mon 04-Sept-23 19:37:30

Atthe heart of Christianity is hating the sin but loving the sinner. 'Let which of you is without sin cast the first stone'

Perhaps some of the people on here could do with a short course on basic Christianity to understand the core of its beliefs

WellsRose Mon 04-Sept-23 19:49:29

A lot of people throwing stones at Harry on this thread so I'm guessing not many Christians.

Iam64 Mon 04-Sept-23 20:03:33

BlueBelle

silverlining I so agree with your post childhood trauma lasts a lifetime and all the unnecessary vitriol thrown at this young couple is beyond my belief
Why ?
If you don’t like them move on I m no fan of the royal family but blimey it’s really nasty to keep hearing it over and over

This

I apologise I only read the first couple of pages. Im with BlueBelle and Silverling. Childhood trauma is damaging, Harry’s age and personality left him particularly vulnerable. The vitriol thrown at him and his wife says much more about those making unkind dismissive comments, than it does about H and M

Curtaintwitcher Mon 04-Sept-23 20:13:53

I think he is severely depressed, and paranoid. He needs proper counselling, someone who will help him come to terms with the past and put it behind him. The question is, is that what he wants or does he actually enjoy wallowing in self-pity?
I suggest the media and the public completely ignore him for a while, because we are feeding his obsessions.

absent Mon 04-Sept-23 20:28:26

Nitpicking here, but King Charles is Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Head of the Church is officially Jesus Christ.

Mollygo Mon 04-Sept-23 20:46:40

WellsRose

A lot of people throwing stones at Harry on this thread so I'm guessing not many Christians.

I don’t think anyone on here has claimed to be perfect. Presumably, since you are throwing stones at other posters, you aren’t Christian. John 8:7

Freya5 Mon 04-Sept-23 20:53:23

H is opening only about himself and what he experienced. As my DS in L, experienced two tours in Afghanistan, who on entering the gym saw H ,good morning sir, no reply. My family suffered along with him, as did all the country for their loved ones and brave men and women, of whom they knew only from the press they had died or were injured, some appallingly so. Headley Court, my daughters friend working with these seriously injured personnel, some with there whole lives ahead of them, the injuries they suffered, terrible. So no, I have no time for H, pushing his own agenda as usual. Who makes money out of suffering.

WellsRose Mon 04-Sept-23 21:20:18

@Millygo.
I'm not a Christian

Oreo Mon 04-Sept-23 22:20:43

Freya5, I get what you’re saying 👏🏻👏🏻

Harry is obsessed with himself a walking ego.
He should have had my childhood, then he really would have something to whine about.

Mollygo Mon 04-Sept-23 22:50:45

WellsRose

@Millygo.
I'm not a Christian

So why drag religion into it.
Nobody claimed to be speaking from a Christian standpoint.

Joseann Tue 05-Sept-23 07:01:00

I'm in two minds about Harry, not that it affects my life one little bit!
Whilst I fully support Harry's quest for a fairer and truer style of reporting by the press, and whilst I admire his commitment to the Invictus Games, he seems hell-bent on defining himself through his whingeing and whining.
I don’t understand his belief that the terrible wrongs caused by his family can magically be righted. He is delusional and bitter, and if he carries that way of thinking and behaving to the grave, then what a waste of a life.

Allsorts Tue 05-Sept-23 07:04:02

He’s loopy, he is insulting to the armed forces he should be helping.
Very sad about his mother, but it happens to loads of children, that do not have his support system, it’s the same feeling, however much money you have, your mom is dead. You can’t act the victim for ever, we all have tragedy and losses and have to deal with them, what makes him the centre if the universe.

WellsRose Tue 05-Sept-23 07:16:57

@Mollygo. It was in response to Paul McCartney being married three times and talking about drugs so not a paragon of virtue.

Mollygo Tue 05-Sept-23 07:17:32

A fairer and truer style of reporting by the press would benefit not just Harry, but many other people.
It isn’t going to happen.

The press know three things
- What they are told . . .
- What they can dig out . . .
- How they can print it to get the biggest audience, which may not reflect what the person giving the interview intended.

His courting publicity about his perception of the terrible wrongs he has suffered does not help his cause.
Putting his memories (which may vary) and accusations, and facts (that have proven to be at best inaccurate and at worst outright untruths), into print has made it difficult for any sort of trust between him and his family in the UK.

Leavingnormal Tue 05-Sept-23 07:40:49

Glorianny

I suspect many will still find his acknowledgement valuable. Perhaps not if you are of the "just suck it up and get on with things" persuasion, but many of the people he is speaking to will have had their own battles with trauma and survival, and recognising that there is an alternative, that you don't have to do the traditional stiff upper lip, even if your family don't support you, will be meaningful for them. Maybe Harry knows his audience better than most do.

Yes Glorianny, There was another article today - one of the people who worked on the documentary series saying that Harry was treated the same as any other Veteran, and that his sharing his experience of his trauma was all part of bonding between the Vets.

I watched the entire series and it was very good. Must admit I started to watch it because it’s associated with Harry, but it was the Veterans and their stories that kept me watching.

Also, the documentarians are Oscar winners. It’s very high quality documentary.

WellsRose Tue 05-Sept-23 07:42:25

Does he want to have trust with his dad's side of the family?. He still seems close to his mum's side, Doris, Bea and Eugenie so it's not like he doesn't have family. He wouldn't be the first person to cut ties with family that he doesn't have time for. I'm closer to friends than some family members.

Joseann Tue 05-Sept-23 07:45:03

Sorry, but who is Doris?
Boris?

WellsRose Tue 05-Sept-23 07:48:56

Joseann

Sorry, but who is Doris?
Boris?

Doria. Sorry autocorrect.

Sparklefizz Tue 05-Sept-23 08:35:27

Doria is not on Harry's mother's side of the family.
Doria is Meghan's mother, Harry's mother-in-law.
The Spencers are Diana's side of the family.
Beatrice and Eugenie are his cousins.

Anniebach Tue 05-Sept-23 09:01:09

Terrible wrongs caused by his family ?

Glorianny Tue 05-Sept-23 09:35:45

I was thinking that 2022 must have brought back memories of his mother for him. Watching Camilla being crowned he must have thought how convenient his mother's death was. Would Camilla be queen if Diana had lived? He must have been thinking about what might have been.

Anniebach Tue 05-Sept-23 09:46:15

I doubt she would still be single in 2022