well, here it is, Harry interview itv 9pm

You really don't understand "spare" do you

Of course we all do!! 😄
It's been a term used for centuries, it's so well-known that there can be few people who've never heard of it.

Someone making a joke about the term doesn't mean they don't understand it.

Germanshepherdsmum

H and M could have played important roles in the new slimmed down monarchy. I don’t think playing second fiddle was M’s thing though, having been the starring actress.

But she wasn’t was she? She was hardly A list.
I lay all of this at Harry’s feet.
It was inevitable. No wonder Chelsy and Cressida called it a day.
Until the past couple of days,
I had no idea that the late Caroline Flack was his girlfriend.
This is causing so much trouble.

FannyCornforth

Joseanne I know that you will take this as it’s intended - your post at 18.02 was the most upper middle class thing that I’ve seen on here!

We're plebs but I think my DD may have been in Switzerland at that time too
Snowboarding 🙂

I'd never get DH to go to the ballet, though.

No wonder Chelsy and Cressida called it a day.

Sensible young women.

However, all this may not have happened had he gone to live in Africa with Chelsy.

Germanshepherdsmum

That’s such an unnecessary revelation. Even the poor little baby is brought into it. Some things are deeply personal and should remain private. I expect burial in consecrated ground would have been possible; both are apparently Christian.

I don’t think burials are carried out at all for early miscarriages, and I find it strange that a hospital would give the bereaved parents the foetus to take away.

Daddima

Germanshepherdsmum

That’s such an unnecessary revelation. Even the poor little baby is brought into it. Some things are deeply personal and should remain private. I expect burial in consecrated ground would have been possible; both are apparently Christian.

I don’t think burials are carried out at all for early miscarriages, and I find it strange that a hospital would give the bereaved parents the foetus to take away.

It depends. Yes, they may do that.
But it is such a private and sensitive subject, I'm quite astonished that he made it public.

Looking at burial registers (family history), it’s clear that the CofE has, historically, been willing to bury unbaptised foetuses in consecrated ground - and if PH had asked would he have been refused? Fortunately I have no idea of current practice but this was a living creature known unto God, surely?

FannyCornforth

Joseanne I know that you will take this as it’s intended - your post at 18.02 was the most upper middle class thing that I’ve seen on here!

In what way is going to the ballet upper middle class? Ditto with skiing trip…

Some of the comments on this site are hilarious!

Daddima

Germanshepherdsmum

That’s such an unnecessary revelation. Even the poor little baby is brought into it. Some things are deeply personal and should remain private. I expect burial in consecrated ground would have been possible; both are apparently Christian.

I don’t think burials are carried out at all for early miscarriages, and I find it strange that a hospital would give the bereaved parents the foetus to take away.

They don't. I doubt that it would even be legal in California where they have strict laws about the burial of human remains.
There was a similar story that Diana told about burying a close friends miscarried baby in secret in the grounds of Kensington palace.
I'm going to file this story under the same heading as the " we got married 3 days earlier" one.

Germanshepherdsmum

Looking at burial registers (family history), it’s clear that the CofE has, historically, been willing to bury unbaptised foetuses in consecrated ground - and if PH had asked would he have been refused? Fortunately I have no idea of current practice but this was a living creature known unto God, surely?

Current C of E practice is most definitely to bury babies, at whatever age they died.

They may not do this in the UK but they do in other countries.

I'm no fan of M & H these days but I hope the floods will pass them by. Flooding is a terrible thing and I believe H is (or was) in New York. I hope M & children had help if they had to evacuate. Also animals to be thought about.
My son and family live in Northern California and we worry about wildfires each summer. They always have a 'grab bag' ready with important documents just in case.

That’s good to know, Ailidh. Thank you.

Current C of E practice is most definitely to bury babies, at whatever age they died.

Since when has this been the practice? My friend’s daughter lost a baby at 16 weeks and wasn’t given the choice of burial or any other means of disposal. It wasn’t offered.

I think this is another of Harry’s lies. If he was given the foetus, which I doubt, he would have had to bury it very deep because of wild animals. Not a nice thought.

FannyCornforth

Joseanne I know that you will take this as it’s intended - your post at 18.02 was the most upper middle class thing that I’ve seen on here!

Cheers Fanny. I'm happy if people laugh with me, and even at me because it's all sharing stuff after all!
But not any personal details I hasten to add!

tickingbird

^Current C of E practice is most definitely to bury babies, at whatever age they died.^

Since when has this been the practice? My friend’s daughter lost a baby at 16 weeks and wasn’t given the choice of burial or any other means of disposal. It wasn’t offered.

I don't know. I remember conducting a service for a very early miscarried baby some 20 years or so ago.

What I don't know is how the parents were informed that they could ask for this.

Somewhere in the last day or so, no idea where, I read a piece written by an American, which said that it would not be physically possible to use one’s hands to dig under a banyan tree because of the complicated root system. I have no idea whether this is true, perhaps a USA Gran could enlighten.

I wonder where they will be in a year's time when the dust has settled and there is nothing left to say. Will anyone have the slightest interest in them? Will they be outcasts in California? It will be interesting to see the longer term outcome.

Dear God, apparently Harry has shared an intimate piece of information about having sex with Meghan. He said he wants privacy, never mind him wanting privacy, I want him to want his privacy and to STOP relating all this twaddle about his supposed to be private life.

ENOUGH! STOP!

maddyone from what I can see if it will turn a brass farthing Harry will sell his and any other's souls to the devil! Enjoy NZ and your family, and give thanks you're not in the UK at the moment

Chestnut

I think it's the revelation of all this personal stuff I find so dreadful, but more so when it's someone else's deeply personal stuff, your brother and your father. That is just unforgiveable. They must be so hurt. It's just not done to reveal such private family moments to outsiders, but to reveal it to the whole world? Just disgusting. I would be utterly broken by such betrayal. 😢😢

I agree.

All these years they must be concerned courtiers or the press will reveal private things to the world, and instead it turns out to be your own son/brother/brother in law/step son in law.

he is now blaming the press for saying he killed 25 taliban when we heard it coming out of his own mouth.

tickingbird

^Current C of E practice is most definitely to bury babies, at whatever age they died.^

Since when has this been the practice? My friend’s daughter lost a baby at 16 weeks and wasn’t given the choice of burial or any other means of disposal. It wasn’t offered.

My DiL miscarried 5 times, my darling sister 8 times neither were offered a burial for their babies, even the late term ones.

He sat knocking back tequilas on The Late Show, lapping up the limelight and yet again, blaming everyone else for everything. The media, his family, blah, blah, blah. How anyone can feel sorry for him is beyond me, he's enjoying this, he knows what he's doing. Poor me, my awful life, he needs to wise up.