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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe he wanted to get in front of bad things and tell his own story since so many false bad things were already in the tabloids - to feel like you have some kind of control over what people know about you.

For a rich aristo kid who was largely unsupervised by any parental figure - the drug use didnt' seem that extreme honestly[/quote]

You probably read in the book about Harry's visit from Mark Dyer who he called "Marko."  Dyer was a Welsh Guard who became an equerry to Prince Charles and who was a mentor to William and Harry during the teen years.  Harry still refers to Dyer as his second father.  You probably also read in "Spare" that Harry and William would  frequently visit their grandparents after classes at nearby Eton College.   They lived with Charles after Diana died, and you probably also ready in "Spare" that William and Harry set up a room at Charles home, Highgrove, that they dubbed "Club H" for Club Highgrove.  They hung out there and had friends over frequently.

Harry might have been a rich aristo kid, but he was not largely unsupervised by any parental figure.  [b]What I find odd is that William -- who was in the same situation -- availed himself of the same therapy resisted by Harry.[/b]  He is under much greater stress, but he did mask his problems with drugs.  Nor does Williams seem to use marijuana for self-medication as Harry said he does his "intimate conversation" with Dr. Gabor Mate last Saturday.[/quote]

I'm still on the library's waitlist, but in an interview, Harry said that for many years, he didn't really believe (or maybe accept?) that his mother was dead. If his coping mechanism was denial for so long, it would make sense to resist therapy. In therapy, he would have been forced to acknowledge the truth, and it sounds like that was too painful for a long.

It also makes sense that Harry would feel this way and not William. They were different ages. There is interesting research on the impact of major events on siblings-- how much it varies based on age and stage of development.

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He was denial throughout his teens but neither of them had therapy then. Harry did later and became a big advocate for it. Not clear of William ever did.[b] He certainly hasn’t opened up about it like Harry.[/b][/quote]

dp And why would William feel the need to open up to you?  He was taught to keep his chin up and his thoughts private.  We aren't owed anything.[/quote]

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