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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.

Glorianny Sun 10-Sept-23 11:39:38

Joseann

^I don't suppose she ever imagined the reality, having been fed beforehand the myth of family presented to the public.^
I'm not sure Meghan came to the family with any preconceived images of life within the institution because by her own admission she says she knew nothing about them. Like, "Harry, who is he?" 🤣
Pull the other one.

Of course she is clever (isn't that typically British to regard it as some sort of criticism)
But clever doesn't mean you don't take people at their surface value. And I am absolutely sure that all the RF have perfect manners when you meet them and say "please" and "thank you" all the time.
It would take time to realise it is actually just a sham, and they support the insupportable, not necessarily openly but in the way they live their private lives, the way they behave to others and the people they mix with.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 11:19:03

Joseann

Even I would know that joining the RF isn't all about wearing Alexander McQueen pieces and eating caviar every day. If that's what Meghan thought from the media hype, then she is thicker than I thought. ( I think she is actually rather clever!)

I must admit I didn't know you would have to courtesy to more senior royals and I didn't know that the Prince's spouse had to walk behind them. I also didn-t realise that she would get threats from far right groups because Harry had tainted the Royal Blood. I bet she didn't know her precious baby would be compared to a chimp. I bet she didn't know Harry's Uncle was friends with a convicted sex offender even after his arrest.

Jaberwok Sun 10-Sept-23 11:16:03

Yes Josseann, I'm afraid that's my lot in life!!! All that garden produce cannot be allowed to go to waste! Oysters eh? Bon Ape`tit indeed ! Sorry about the accent, can't get it to work properly!

Joseann Sun 10-Sept-23 11:06:14

That was in reply to * Jaberwok* who is peeling the apples!

Joseann Sun 10-Sept-23 11:05:24

Ironically, I'm lunching in a minute at a hotel called George V, so royalty follows you everywhere.
Eating like a king for a day, inclyding oysters! Bon appétit!

Joseann Sun 10-Sept-23 10:58:13

Even I would know that joining the RF isn't all about wearing Alexander McQueen pieces and eating caviar every day. If that's what Meghan thought from the media hype, then she is thicker than I thought. ( I think she is actually rather clever!)

Jaberwok Sun 10-Sept-23 10:55:58

This thread has become completely ridiculous and just going round in circles. I've got cooking apples to freeze and lunch to cook, so as they say, I'm out of here! Annie, I hope all is well with you, and that where you are living is comfortable. flowers

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 10:52:26

Anniebach

*Glorianny*. She was 37 and an intelligent woman , you may believe her tale about dating Harry - ‘I didn’t know anything about him, I asked my friend ‘is he nice’.

To her mother - I’ve got a date with Prince Harry

Got to be honest i could meet someone from another Royal Family and not know who they were. Ive been to the Dutch and Danish Royal Residences.

Joseann Sun 10-Sept-23 10:51:37

Oops X post with Anniebach
Sorry, catching up here from across the channel.

Glorianny Sun 10-Sept-23 10:50:35

Anniebach

*Glorianny*. She was 37 and an intelligent woman , you may believe her tale about dating Harry - ‘I didn’t know anything about him, I asked my friend ‘is he nice’.

To her mother - I’ve got a date with Prince Harry

I didn't say she didn't know anything I said she probably believed the hype which is put out (and which a lot of GNers seem to believe as well). That the royal family is just a happy ordinary loving family, and then reality struck.

Joseann Sun 10-Sept-23 10:50:28

I don't suppose she ever imagined the reality, having been fed beforehand the myth of family presented to the public.
I'm not sure Meghan came to the family with any preconceived images of life within the institution because by her own admission she says she knew nothing about them. Like, "Harry, who is he?" 🤣
Pull the other one.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 10:43:47

Anniebach

If in a show called Diana would one talk about Daphne

Who's Daphne?

Anniebach Sun 10-Sept-23 10:43:22

Glorianny. She was 37 and an intelligent woman , you may believe her tale about dating Harry - ‘I didn’t know anything about him, I asked my friend ‘is he nice’.

To her mother - I’ve got a date with Prince Harry

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 10:42:41

Providing facts does not make you obsessed. I remember watching the Diana programme with William and Harry presenting although I did have to look up the date.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 10:35:36

Good point Glorianny. Also after Savile's death, it came out that lots of people. John Lydon was interviewed in the late 1970s. He knew it was happening but the interview was never released. You would think that if a lowly Sex Pistol was aware that the Palace would be aware and advise Charles. It's so strange that so many powerful men got away with serious sex crimes and it only after they died.

Anniebach Sun 10-Sept-23 10:32:43

If in a show called Diana would one talk about Daphne

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 10-Sept-23 10:30:28

WellsRose

Anniebach

Yes, he didn’t speak of his mothers death or the alleged neglect of his family, a speech which wasn’t ‘all about Harry’

He talked about his mum in 2017 in a show called Diana.

You must be obsessed with him, recalling this show from 2017 and always leaping in to defend him on GN.

Glorianny Sun 10-Sept-23 10:28:44

Anniebach

I feel so sorry for Charles, the number of people he knows through his charity work and people he met because he was prince of Wales,

I had a friendship with a man for several years, my young daughters attended a youth club he ran , a lovely person and good friend. I was so upset when I learned a few years after he left the town where I was living and where he once lived he was charged with offences involving illegal sexual acts.

I assume Annie that you did not pursue the friendship once the accusations emerged? You did not visit him (like Andrew and Epstein) or write letters to him saying you hoped the accuser would disappear (like Charles did to Peter Ball).
It isn't a question of meeting people and being deceived by them, it's a question of continuing to support the wrong people and being part of a group of people who believe their rights surpass any other person's, and so using and abusing others is OK.
When you think about it is absolutely obvious that someone like Meghan raised in a completely different culture, writing about bias against women in adverts as a teenager, isn't going to fit into that world. I don't suppose she ever imagined the reality, having been fed beforehand the myth of family presented to the public. No wonder she wanted out.

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 10-Sept-23 10:28:43

You brought up the allegations of corruption WR.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 10:13:52

Edward and Wallis are dead as well but they have also been brought up.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 10:11:34

Germanshepherdsmum

You are indeed muck raking WR. This thread is about Harry, not the people (some dead) you have chosen to bring into it.

H is the son of a woman who lied and has married a woman who lies.

Haha plenty of people have brought up in Diana who is also dead. Why is this different? The hypocrisy is so obvious.

I repeat I was asked about the corruption in the Royal family and I answered.

WellsRose Sun 10-Sept-23 10:06:25

Anniebach

Yes, he didn’t speak of his mothers death or the alleged neglect of his family, a speech which wasn’t ‘all about Harry’

He talked about his mum in 2017 in a show called Diana.

Anniebach Sun 10-Sept-23 09:57:13

Yes, he didn’t speak of his mothers death or the alleged neglect of his family, a speech which wasn’t ‘all about Harry’

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 10-Sept-23 09:52:42

You are indeed muck raking WR. This thread is about Harry, not the people (some dead) you have chosen to bring into it.

H is the son of a woman who lied and has married a woman who lies.

eazybee Sun 10-Sept-23 09:49:44

Harry has opened the Invictus Games in Germany and made speeches focusing on the competitors without any reference to his personal traumas.
Perhaps the muck-raking , which has nothing to do with Harry , could stop?