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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every big and small grievance gets aired by this guy so why would anyone not be sure about a incoming backlash if end of lease terms aren't up-to his liking.[/quote]

Actually, Harry has said that the book was heavily edited, and hundreds of pages didn’t make the cut — in part because he didn’t want to publicly reveal certain things about his father and his brother.  I’m sure they have some idea what kinds of things he’s left out. So: No, not every grievance.  It’s tempting to wonder what things would have been like if Charles hadn’t cultivated the press with his biography and a years worth of filming when the kids were quite young. That alone set an interesting precedent for how and why this family attempts to use the press and publicly air their grievances, at some cost to their children’s privacy, among other things.

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Maybe it’s just me, but the book just came across as vindictive. And it’s sad. It’s sad that kids lost their mom so young and it’s sad that the family is so fractured. 
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I don’t think it’s just you by a long shot — but it didn’t seem that way to me at all.  I thought Charles was presented in a very kind and sympathetic light — when, to my mind, he was a quite neglectful parent and kind of an odd duck.  I also think Harry deliberately chose not to say more about William’s behavior and issues — beyond providing contexts for his own story.  I think Camilla, too, could have —accurately— been shown in a much worse light.  I think it IS very sad, and I felt that some of the sadness was accompanied by quite a bit of sympathy for people who were born into roles and relationships that impacted the trajectory of their lives in negative as well as positive ways.

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