Prince Harry hangs around like a bad smell – he’s like Edward VIII, no one wants him

Prince Harry hangs around like a bad smell – he’s like Edward VIII, no one wants him

when he was over uh in February um which I’ve got to commend him to be quite Frank he he knew his father had cancer he wanted to come over and see him the king didn’t really want to see him he was stopped from going to Sandringham is there anything historically comparable to that kind of situation where the where where the king wanted to avoid his son yeah I mean well not his son but I have to know look back on myself after saying you can’t compare him to Edward the it and I will compare him to Edward the um yes so when Edward the the ex King Edward the after he abdicated in 1936 he became dukee of Windsor and when he would come back sometimes for for major events like his brother’s death in 1952 other times for shorter visits his EST strange sister-in-law who became the queen mother made you know sort of said you had to be careful where you hosted him and they would pick places where the Royals had an out that they could leave at a certain point um because otherwise um the queen mother’s concern was that Edward the JN sorry would hang around like a bad smell and inevitably ask for an increase in his Alliance so they well this this feels very similar to when Harry was over to be honest but just my view the word was the phrase was that yeah the AIDS were worried they never get rid of him when he was over well interesting yeah so so that is there is a direct comparison then yeah the queen mother used to say try to pick somewhere where there’s something and not just that there would be another event but that you act the Royal actually had to leave the building that they were in so that there was a a clear and definite end point to the audience I hope this isn’t a curveball but just just generally what what do you think about Harry’s Behavior you taking a step back over over the last four or five years what do you think about his behavior towards his family knowing what we’ve known over the past you know thousand years of raw history that’s a great question um I suppose for me I always am slightly jub of Memoirs and of sitd interviews partly because I think they feel incredibly Cath IC of the time but you then want to move on but you in in the Public’s mind you’re trapped forever like a flying Amber with these interviews and Memoirs and what you’ve said lasts much longer than the feelings that you had when you said them and I don’t ever really see an example in history of someone giving one of these interviews and not just royalty but celebrities and politicians who have not become frustrated by its Legacy and for the sussexes to have done so many so close together I think I don’t think it’s a surprised that we’ve heard the doess of Sussex you know allegedly say that she wants to move on but the public moves on slower than the personalities do that you know the the public were invited into this and I think for him one of the more surprising things that that happened was that this man who you know I always thought of as one of the great champions of of privacy in the United Kingdom and especially his family’s privacy you know then did reveal some very private conversations you know including ones in the immediate after immediate aftermath of his grandfather’s funeral uh and that was very surprising to me that that’s that that’s what he chose to do purely conjectural on my part but I I don’t get the impression that he necessarily thought that the consequences of this would be as severe as they have been or that it would land as badly with the public as it has now it’s important to note there are many people who were very moved by what the ssex has said um in a positive way there were many who were outraged or dismissive or skeptical and I think a lot of people who saw those interviews and read it felt that that he had betrayed his family and some of them felt he’ betrayed the country so that takes a lot longer uh to to to reconcile that and I there’s an old phrase there’s something like if you air your dirty laundry in public it takes a lot longer for it to dry and I think that’s a little bit of what we’re seeing but I also think it’s worth remembering you know he he he was immensely popular before all of this and and I I don’t think anything really last forever so you could see him with that popularity back well I think it’s telling since spare he’s never gone down that route again you know what I mean he’s never gone down to talking about the family again he’s he’s completely he’s completely changed I remember someone at buckinham Palace when when the lake Queen was still alive when when things were put into her mouth so when she had a statement or when she said something they said that these words last forever so they’re carefully crafted like for instance the Recollections may vary yes um that kind that kind of statement or or the Anis herbis they know that when the queen says something it’s going to remain I’d wonder whether Harry when he sat down with his Ghost Writer maybe didn’t didn’t really think about that that’s just me thinking no well he he wouldn’t have been encouraged to see it that way um with you know if you’re going into an editorial or publishing process they’re not going to be looking at this um as something that is carved into you know the granite face of History they’re going to be looking at something that is in a memoir and there you know this is a a market that is used to selling celebrity Memoirs and there will be no one around him I would imagine who would have said this will last forever yeah it’s just a different it’s a different form of communication and I think the difficulty is that that he is someone who has you know a very prominent social position and and actually what he says will have impact Beyond simply a memoir but I hadn’t thought of that you’re right he has kind of pulled it back uh and actually I think there were even interviews that he did uh with Anderson Cooper and um Tom brbe he did them as well where he tried to he kind of tried to pull some of the stuff back and said like we never said they were racist at all um for many it’s too late but let’s see what happens one thing that Harry and Megan have been doing just moving on is Nigeria um loads and loads of pictures we saw Megan in so many outfits I think someone counted up it’s about 100 125,000 worth of outfits I’m not a fashion expert as as you can probably tell but I think you know she was she wanted to be photograph she wanted to be seen it wasn’t a royal tour um is it is it was it a Troublesome trip do you think for the palace was it a successful trip for Harry and Megan what’s your reading of the of this faux Royal tour yeah it is I mean I mean when is a tour not a tour it’s a bit like beaut is in the eye of the beholder isn’t it I mean obviously it’s not an an official Royal tour but it looks and acts like one and there were moments that were that seemed quasi official you had the moment of God Save the King being played at at public dinners and The Jig and Dutchess of susex standing for that I think from their perspective from the sussex’s perspective and particularly from the Dutchess of susex perspective it was a success I mean the headlines were broadly speaking overwhelmingly positive I think there was some a little bit of push back in the Nigerian press but that’s sort of the exception that proves the rule I think most the Nigerian media were were uh very positive about the tour likewise in Britain although again there were some questions asked the palace I wonder would they find it find it troubling I mean I don’t think they would ever want to see an alternative royal family emerging it’s almost it’s almost they’ve set up the um Office of the Duke and duess of Sussex rather than rather than than calling it archwell you know they still called them archwell as the charitable Foundation sort of things but everything from them now is the office of got their own coat of arms and now they’re going on a on a tour we have the potential for we’re talking medieval history or talking back in the past the Ral we’ve got a you know a kind of rival monteo household out yes you do um to all again to all intents and purposes that is a very real possibility um the problem for them for the the sussexes is that once you start doing anything like that people become a lot more critical of what you do outside that so things like commercial Endeavors um or quasi Royal tours people put it under more of a microscope than they would if you were calling it somebody the off you know the office of Harry and Megan uh it’s interesting I wonder is it is it part of an attempt to Pivot from you know really some some harsh headlines they’ve had in the last year or two is it maybe to go in a slightly more socially conservative Direction and have themselves as as as you know CA as as sort of um Royals and exile for want of a better word I I wonder is that then acting on advice that people don’t want to hear another interview or another um criticism of the British royal family so it’s possible

PRINCE Harry hangs around like a bad smell and is similar to Edward VIII, a royal expert has claimed.

The Duke of Sussex’s great-granduncle abdicated after just 325 days as King to wed socialite Wallis Simpson.

And historian Gareth Russell reckons Harry, who left The Firm for California in January 2020 with American wife Meghan Markle, is showing similar signs.

Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show with Matt Wilkinson, Gareth drew comparisons between Edward VIII and Harry’s visit to King Charles following his cancer diagnosis.

Watch the video to hear more about Harry and Edward.

00:00 Intro
01:00 Edward, Duke of Windsor used to ‘hang around like a bad smell’
02:00 Harry and Meghan may want to move on but they’re trapped like a fly in amber
04:00 How Harry could get his popularity back
05:15 No one around Harry would’ve told him his words will ‘last for ever’
07:54 If Harry and Meghan start doing more tours people will be more critical

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