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Anonymous wrote:If H wanted a family, why not embrace M's? Oh wait, she's on the outs (or paying them). How is this different?

As far as leaks, M was leaking so much she couldn't hold water. But no one else can leak? GMAF

These two deserve what they get.

Well it does seem he might be close to her mom?

Who walked out on Megan as a child and seemed to be absent from a big part of her life. Who also appears to be where Megan got the whole grifting lifestyle she embraces. Doria is being paid to be family at this point and if the money train stops, so will she.

Wow, your family should be careful around you.

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Anonymous wrote:I will be reading a bootlegged copy of his book. Don’t want to give that inbred nazi cuckhold a dollar of my money.

Yet you want to devote multiple hours to reading what he has to say. That’s not principled— just cheap.

And dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:For those who are appalled at how Harry is airing his “family’s” dirty laundry, this isn’t a family. At best this is a dysfunctional business that is desperate to hang into its position. While many of us would operate under different norms when it comes to our own families, those norms have never applied to the BRF.

We all know it’s ugly and unfair. But apparently no one wants to see it in print or hear it said out loud.

See, that's part of the charm of the royal family. It is a family, including family squabbles and family laundry. But still, family laundry doesn't need to be public.

As an American and someone who believes in the importance of family, I don’t find any of it charming. And you’re still applying traditional family norms to them. They are in the public eye and hold their positions because….they were born into a certain group of people who are related by birth whose ancestors acquired wealth and power in questionable ways. Being part of that “family” means nothing if you aren’t the monarch, the direct heir to the throne, or are willing to live your entire life supporting the monarch and the heir.

I guess I'm not sure what you're arguing. That they aren't a family? Or should behave better since they are a family? Or that you just think it's good entertainment and fine for Harry to write a tell-all book about his family and the current and future king and queen of England?

Did you read the first post? To be clear, I think Harry is fully within his rights to tell his story. Those claiming to be appalled that he’d “air his family’s dirty laundry” presume that his family operates as ours do. But it doesn’t. Given everything that the world has learned about the royals over the last 40 years, it’s baffling to me how people honestly can claim he “shouldn’t” be saying these things in public. And for Americans to side with the monarchy and act as though they are the epitome of class and morality - and that Harry is persona non grata for speaking out against them- is even more baffling.

I don’t think the Americans who don’t support H&M are “sid(ing) with the monarchy”, it’s just difficult to support people as tacky as H&M - it’s cringe-inducing.

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Anonymous wrote:For those who are appalled at how Harry is airing his “family’s” dirty laundry, this isn’t a family. At best this is a dysfunctional business that is desperate to hang into its position. While many of us would operate under different norms when it comes to our own families, those norms have never applied to the BRF.

We all know it’s ugly and unfair. But apparently no one wants to see it in print or hear it said out loud.

See, that's part of the charm of the royal family. It is a family, including family squabbles and family laundry. But still, family laundry doesn't need to be public.

As an American and someone who believes in the importance of family, I don’t find any of it charming. And you’re still applying traditional family norms to them. They are in the public eye and hold their positions because….they were born into a certain group of people who are related by birth whose ancestors acquired wealth and power in questionable ways. Being part of that “family” means nothing if you aren’t the monarch, the direct heir to the throne, or are willing to live your entire life supporting the monarch and the heir.

I guess I'm not sure what you're arguing. That they aren't a family? Or should behave better since they are a family? Or that you just think it's good entertainment and fine for Harry to write a tell-all book about his family and the current and future king and queen of England?

Did you read the first post? To be clear, I think Harry is fully within his rights to tell his story. Those claiming to be appalled that he’d “air his family’s dirty laundry” presume that his family operates as ours do. But it doesn’t. Given everything that the world has learned about the royals over the last 40 years, it’s baffling to me how people honestly can claim he “shouldn’t” be saying these things in public. And for Americans to side with the monarchy and act as though they are the epitome of class and morality - and that Harry is persona non grata for speaking out against them- is even more baffling.

I don’t think the Americans who don’t support H&M are “sid(ing) with the monarchy”, it’s just difficult to support people as tacky as H&M - it’s cringe-inducing.

And he is literally persona non grata - strictly by his own doing and choices.

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Anonymous wrote:For those who are appalled at how Harry is airing his “family’s” dirty laundry, this isn’t a family. At best this is a dysfunctional business that is desperate to hang into its position. While many of us would operate under different norms when it comes to our own families, those norms have never applied to the BRF.

We all know it’s ugly and unfair. But apparently no one wants to see it in print or hear it said out loud.

See, that's part of the charm of the royal family. It is a family, including family squabbles and family laundry. But still, family laundry doesn't need to be public.

As an American and someone who believes in the importance of family, I don’t find any of it charming. And you’re still applying traditional family norms to them. They are in the public eye and hold their positions because….they were born into a certain group of people who are related by birth whose ancestors acquired wealth and power in questionable ways. Being part of that “family” means nothing if you aren’t the monarch, the direct heir to the throne, or are willing to live your entire life supporting the monarch and the heir.

I guess I'm not sure what you're arguing. That they aren't a family? Or should behave better since they are a family? Or that you just think it's good entertainment and fine for Harry to write a tell-all book about his family and the current and future king and queen of England?

Did you read the first post? To be clear, I think Harry is fully within his rights to tell his story. Those claiming to be appalled that he’d “air his family’s dirty laundry” presume that his family operates as ours do. But it doesn’t. Given everything that the world has learned about the royals over the last 40 years, it’s baffling to me how people honestly can claim he “shouldn’t” be saying these things in public. And for Americans to side with the monarchy and act as though they are the epitome of class and morality - and that Harry is persona non grata for speaking out against them- is even more baffling.

I don’t think the Americans who don’t support H&M are “sid(ing) with the monarchy”, it’s just difficult to support people as tacky as H&M - it’s cringe-inducing.

And he is literally persona non grata - strictly by his own doing and choices.

He and his wife are all about the money.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll read it - the library copy but that’s true of almost all my reading these days, I only buy books that come highly recommended and aren’t available by inter library loan. Then I usually donate the book with the request that they add it to the collection for others to enjoy.

Many of us have the painful experience of being the less favored child. Some of us have the very painful experience of being the scapegoat in a dysfunctional narcissistic family model. But I can’t imagine the experience of being the spare to the heir of a monarchy. For all the folks who glamorize monarchy, it seems to me to be a terrible life - no room to breathe, to make mistakes, to just be. All the money in the world does not outweigh mental health, and there is little in the way that Royal children are raised that is conducive to positive mental health even before you add in the parental dysfunction and particular tragedies endured by Wills and Harry. I feel sorry for both of them.

Harry used to be the favorite.

+1. Sad that he has taken a back seat to his ambitious wife. Someday she’ll kick him to the curb like everyone else in her life except her mother.

You call having a number one best selling memoir “taking a back seat”? Interesting standards.

That book is already heavily marked down in preorders.

You know that’s absolutely normal, right?

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Anonymous wrote:This whole thing is in such poor taste. I can’t believe the world knows these personal details. I feel like Harry literally didn’t understand the assignment with this memoir and he has removed all doubt that he’s a fool. As they say, discretion is the better part of valor.

Agree. He’s so high on his own supply of victimhood that he doesn’t realize he’s degraded himself and the family. He doesn’t grasp he ceded the high ground.

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Don't understand the admiration towards the BRF. Not long ago they were murdering one another to be the king. They are savages and parasites.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't understand the admiration towards the BRF. Not long ago they were murdering one another to be the king. They are savages and parasites.

Please name one country on this earth that doesn't have a history of wrongdoing to gain power.

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Anonymous wrote:I will be reading a bootlegged copy of his book. Don’t want to give that inbred nazi cuckhold a dollar of my money.

Yet you want to devote multiple hours to reading what he has to say. That’s not principled— just cheap.

And dumb.

Lol. Someone wasting their time posting on DCUM calls someone’s desire to read a bestselling book “dumb”. Let us know when you get awarded that Nobel prize.

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Anonymous wrote:For those who are appalled at how Harry is airing his “family’s” dirty laundry, this isn’t a family. At best this is a dysfunctional business that is desperate to hang into its position. While many of us would operate under different norms when it comes to our own families, those norms have never applied to the BRF.

We all know it’s ugly and unfair. But apparently no one wants to see it in print or hear it said out loud.

See, that's part of the charm of the royal family. It is a family, including family squabbles and family laundry. But still, family laundry doesn't need to be public.

As an American and someone who believes in the importance of family, I don’t find any of it charming. And you’re still applying traditional family norms to them. They are in the public eye and hold their positions because….they were born into a certain group of people who are related by birth whose ancestors acquired wealth and power in questionable ways. Being part of that “family” means nothing if you aren’t the monarch, the direct heir to the throne, or are willing to live your entire life supporting the monarch and the heir.

I guess I'm not sure what you're arguing. That they aren't a family? Or should behave better since they are a family? Or that you just think it's good entertainment and fine for Harry to write a tell-all book about his family and the current and future king and queen of England?

Did you read the first post? To be clear, I think Harry is fully within his rights to tell his story. Those claiming to be appalled that he’d “air his family’s dirty laundry” presume that his family operates as ours do. But it doesn’t. Given everything that the world has learned about the royals over the last 40 years, it’s baffling to me how people honestly can claim he “shouldn’t” be saying these things in public. And for Americans to side with the monarchy and act as though they are the epitome of class and morality - and that Harry is persona non grata for speaking out against them- is even more baffling.

I don’t think the Americans who don’t support H&M are “sid(ing) with the monarchy”, it’s just difficult to support people as tacky as H&M - it’s cringe-inducing.

Most people find the monarchy enjoyable but cringe inducing. Happy to read about them but I wouldn’t want my tax dollars funding inequity. I don’t believe King Charles is worthy of a curtsy from because of his birth.

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Anonymous wrote:Violence is inexcusable. If indeed William laid hands in his brother he has a lot to apologize for.

Inexcusable? I don't know, some brothers still wrestle, even as grown-ups. Should they? Probably not. People do lots of things they probably shouldn't do.

Presumably a friendly tussle is different from shoving your brother forcefully because you disapprove of his choice of wife. 🙄

If a soon to be wife was mocking was mocking is wife, he wasn't wrong.

Of course he was wrong. Adults don’t hit or shove. He’s not 8.

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Anonymous wrote:This whole thing is in such poor taste. I can’t believe the world knows these personal details. I feel like Harry literally didn’t understand the assignment with this memoir and he has removed all doubt that he’s a fool. As they say, discretion is the better part of valor.

Agree. He’s so high on his own supply of victimhood that he doesn’t realize he’s degraded himself and the family. He doesn’t grasp he ceded the high ground.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:I had wondered about the big picture of H (and M) trashing his family and the long term prospect of the BRF. Here's an article that touches on that:

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3784176-the-trouble-with-harry-and-meghan/

Assigning them responsibility for UK national security is a bit much, don't you think? They're well on their way to becoming C-list celebrities. Who really cares abut any of this drivel, beyond the mild entertainment offered by salacious petty gossip.

+1 In fact Britain might be more secure as a true democracy, rather than bowing and curtsying to a bunch of mediocre inbred German descendants.

+2 Referring to Charles's figurehead-only-role as military head is ridiculous.

Which is more ridiculous, having Trump as Commander-in-Chief or Biden?

Neither. Y'all are being ridiculous. We have a head of state. The UK has a head of state. These are important, respected roles.

Oh, FFS with the false equivalence. It’s called a PRIME MINISTER.

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Anonymous wrote:IN an emotional excerpt from Prince Harry's upcoming memoir, Spare, the royal reveals the devastating moment he learnt of Princess Diana's death and claims King Charles "did not hug" him.

In the book, Harry writes he and Prince William were in their room wearing PJs when the then Prince Charles bid them goodnight, telling them to "be good" and not stay up too late.

The pair of young royals proceeded to sneak out, meeting with the Queen's piper, who let them try to play his bagpipes.

Later that evening, Charles sat on the end of Harry's bed and told him "my dear son, mum has had a car accident."

Prince Harry claims his father did not hug him when delivering the life-changing news and that he later "felt like a politician" as he met with mourning Brits.

Ok, so he didn't hug him--pretty sure Charles did not receive much in the way of hugs growing up. It does sound like he conveyed the news as kindly as possible. jfc.

Maybe he could have made the time to read a single parenting book, so he’d know that when you tell your young son his beloved mother is dead, you hold him.