Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 21:47     Subject: Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:He is such a whining attention seeker


I want to hear more about his todger!
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 21:18     Subject: Prince Harry’s book
He is such a whining attention seeker
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 21:10     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s my understanding it’s breaking records with regard to the sales. Obviously people are very interested.

https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-book-sales-2853618b7ca1591d67e870171c3aef99


I’m not surprised. It pulls back the curtain and gives us a person look at certain members of the family. They must be beyond pissed 😂


Easy to attack your family when you know they can't fight back. Cowardly.


Who says they don’t fight back? Camilla had lunch with that nasty Jeremy Clarkson fellow and he wrote an article saying Meghan should be dragged naked through the streets. At least Harry is presenting an actual viewpoint instead of racist hysteria.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 21:09     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s my understanding it’s breaking records with regard to the sales. Obviously people are very interested.

https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-book-sales-2853618b7ca1591d67e870171c3aef99


I’m not surprised. It pulls back the curtain and gives us a person look at certain members of the family. They must be beyond pissed 😂


Easy to attack your family when you know they can't fight back. Cowardly.


Have you actually read the book? A basic premise of the book is that members of the family and their aides have been unnamed sources for quite a lot of what gets published in the tabloids. Harry’s stance is that he is openly using the book to tell his own story.
I find this credible, and it suggests that Harry is the one who’s fighting back, while the “sources close to the family” are the ones that I’d regard as being craven. Not that all readers will agree with this take, but if you haven’t actually read the book — vs excerpts from it in the very press that Harry is criticizing — your perception and conclusions may be inaccurately slanted.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 21:04     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Have any of the other members of the royal family commented on the book?


Hopefully, they will have the class to just ignore this soap opera and continue on with their lives.


Yep. I have a relative who has written emails saying cruel and ugly things to me and she has CC’d other relatives and even some non-relatives. I just ignore the emails. I’m pretty sure the other people getting the emails realize that she is not a terribly stable person.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:57     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a well-written book that offers a nicely detailed perspective on someone who has been featured in —and exploited by — the press since birth. It’s good to hear something of the reality that’s behind the public processions and decades of magazine covers. As an American, I have little sense of the deeper meanings of having a monarchy — let alone being born into one, so that’s of general interest. More to my taste, though, are the reflections of someone with a very strange life, replete with trauma and everything from opulence to neglect — who finds reasons to grow and change. There’s history, glimpses of some of the truths beyond the fairy tale surface, psychological struggles and insights, and exploration of bigger issues such as military service, and, importantly, the powers of a noxious press. Something for almost every reader.

The biggest surprises for me were the powers behind the throne— the grey men who both influence and serve as doorkeepers to the royal family (especially the press); and the realization that Camilla — whose ever-present influences molded what Diana’s marriage and family could become — has been in bed with the press since before Harry was born, and continues to aid and abet quite noxious stuff.

It’s a good read.


This is a great summary. Not sure that I agree that it showed Camilla has been in bed with the press since before Harry was born. She was widely hated for many years and then waged a successful PR campaign in her own favor by throwing Harry and others under the bus.


Oops. You’re right. I worded that poorly. Spare doesn’t suggest that Camilla has been in bed with the press since before Harry was born, although other articles that I’ve read recently — in the wake of the Jeremy Clarkson muck — do strongly support that. My takeaway is that Camilla consorted with members of the press, who released noxious articles about Diana, then, decades later, with even firmer relationships, used the same strategies to attempt to defame Harry and Meghan. I read Spare with this influence in mind, at least as a possibility.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:51     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:Have any of the other members of the royal family commented on the book?


Hopefully, they will have the class to just ignore this soap opera and continue on with their lives.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:48     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s my understanding it’s breaking records with regard to the sales. Obviously people are very interested.

https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-book-sales-2853618b7ca1591d67e870171c3aef99


I’m not surprised. It pulls back the curtain and gives us a person look at certain members of the family. They must be beyond pissed 😂


Easy to attack your family when you know they can't fight back. Cowardly.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:46     Subject: Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:I listened to the audio and loved it.

I have a lot of empathy for his journey. It was easy to listen to and gave you his side of the past 25 years.


Except, would've gone mad if I had to hear him say "Not Cot" one more time! -NP
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:41     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s my understanding it’s breaking records with regard to the sales. Obviously people are very interested.

https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-book-sales-2853618b7ca1591d67e870171c3aef99


I’m not surprised. It pulls back the curtain and gives us a person look at certain members of the family. They must be beyond pissed 😂


It’s also just a really good read!
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:41     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s my understanding it’s breaking records with regard to the sales. Obviously people are very interested.

https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-book-sales-2853618b7ca1591d67e870171c3aef99


They better be smart with the sales - not sure how many more money making opportunities they’re going to have after the burned bridges and the spilled tea.


Aren’t they donating some of the proceeds to his charities?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:40     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Have any of the other members of the royal family commented on the book?


They don’t comment directly. That’s the point of the book. Instead they stories sourced to “Royal insiders”.


In the book did he talk about how he and Meghan were constantly leaking to the press, especially Meghan before they were even engaged?


Nope. Is there any evidence this is the case? He does talk about the conflict between having to do interviews and work with the press (because it was part of his job as a working Royal) and also resenting them for all the lies and mistruths they print.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:30     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:It’s my understanding it’s breaking records with regard to the sales. Obviously people are very interested.

https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-book-sales-2853618b7ca1591d67e870171c3aef99


They better be smart with the sales - not sure how many more money making opportunities they’re going to have after the burned bridges and the spilled tea.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:25     Subject: Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:My take on Camilla is that she just wanted to be with Charles and he with her. Harry is paranoid about her and the press.


Thanks for your input C
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 20:16     Subject: Re:Prince Harry’s book
Anonymous wrote:It’s my understanding it’s breaking records with regard to the sales. Obviously people are very interested.

https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-book-sales-2853618b7ca1591d67e870171c3aef99


I’m not surprised. It pulls back the curtain and gives us a person look at certain members of the family. They must be beyond pissed 😂