Poor Prince Charles is in a state of despair

[CatWoman]

I'm thinking Diana is in heaven laughing her ass off:

Buckingham Palace has yet to officially respond to the allegations made in the interview, but sources say the Queen, Prince Charles, and Prince William are very concerned by what Harry and Meghan revealed to what could be one of the biggest TV audiences in history. Palace aides had feared the interview would make them look out of touch, but sources say they have been shocked by the severity of the allegations. The various households will be locked in crisis meetings for most of Monday as they work out the next steps.

Both Harry and Meghan referenced Princess Diana repeatedly throughout the interview, and Meghan’s allegations that she was not supported as a new member of the royal family had eerie echoes of Diana’s circumstances; Meghan even said she relied on a friend of Diana’s as someone who would understand her situation. When Diana gave the Panorama interview 25 years ago, she shattered the fairy tale myth around the royal family and her marriage to Prince Charles, famously saying “there were three of us in the marriage so it was a bit crowded.”

The Oprah interview has once again called Charles’s reputation into question, with Harry revealing that his father had stopped taking his calls for a time, and that while they are now on speaking terms, “There’s a lot to work through there. I feel really let down because he’s been through something similar.”

After walking Meghan down the aisle during their wedding, and warmly welcoming her mother Doria Ragland into the royal fold, Charles enjoyed a surge in popularity and was genuinely thrilled to step in at the last minute when Meghan’s own father pulled out of the wedding for health reasons. But Harry became estranged from Charles over the couple’s plans for their future.

As Vanity Fair reported on Sunday, Harry was emailing his father to justify why he and Meghan had done the interview. Charles was said to be “in a state of despair” according to a friend.

“For Prince Harry to say that he felt let down by his father must have been a difficult thing to say and hard for Charles to hear,” Gristwood said. “Now, just at a time when by and large Charles had started to look like a more popular King than one would have guessed, here’s a major blow to his reputation. That his son felt let down by him. It’s hard to know if Harry is aware of the damage this has done. Did he actually intend to cast this damaging light on his father and his family? We don’t know.”

The palace is said to be ready to hit back after the interview, but they will take time to respond—and choose their words carefully.


https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/03/prince-harry-meghan-markle-interview-prince-charles-reaction?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=VF_CH_030821&utm_medium=email&bxid=5c65ae2724c17c67f819d055&cndid=37279594&hasha=234b900c2bbb166051b14a73f2831387&hashb=4ab5949013a6a01361c57ee9da73c567c73c032d&hashc=7bb1ac99b1398e6bc7b95661b48d978ce3a30eead1e85fdea4f6fc8e18e675ca&esrc=newsletteroverlay&mbid=mbid%3DCRMVYF012019&source=EDT_VYF_NEWSLETTER_0_COCKTAIL_HOUR_ZZ&utm_campaign=VF_CH_030821&utm_term=VYF_Cocktail_Hour

[Mike Nelson]

1. Poor thing...

... bless his royal... heart.

[Bev54]

2. I doubt very much if Diana was able to see what is going on,

she would be laughing her ass off. She would be angry and hurting for her child, his wife and her grandchildren.

[Hortensis]

4. Yes, I'm sure she'd be sad for everyone, especially her sons and their father. nt

[CatWoman]

6. oh calm down

my comment was based on a meme I saw on Twitter

[Bev54]

14. Nobody is getting excited, not sure why so defensive

[CatWoman]

29. i see someone has checked her sense of humor at the door

[brush]

3. The family doesn't need to strike back. It needs to try to make amends.

That would be the best PR possible but for some reason, I feel things like that always seems to escape them.

[Miguelito Loveless]

5. The fact that the response

is characterized about how to "strike back", is pretty much the end of the Royals. An argument has been made that the Royals generate way more tourism income than they cost, but that will change if they get nasty. The problem for the UK government is that a LOT of the monarchy's existence is bound by law, so they simply can't toss them out. The "Crown" owns a LOT of property and collects royalties on its land's use.

For example:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/17/offshore-wind-auction-could-raise-millions-for-queen

The Queen’s property managers will this week set out terms for the world’s biggest offshore wind auction in a decade.

Industry experts expect the complex bidding process to raise record sums, which could increase energy bills and hand a windfall to the crown – potentially generating hundreds of millions for the Queen.

The Crown Estate, which manages the monarch’s property portfolio, holds exclusive rights to lease the seabed around the British Isles for wind and wave power. Its profits go to the Treasury, which then sends 25% back to the royal household in the form of the sovereign grant.

[displacedtexan]

12. I remember reading about the queen's personal wealth back in the 80!s or 90's.

She was invested at the top tier of Shell Oil (North Sea drilling), and she was one of the first major investors in MapQuest & other computer based mapping/gps technology.
And the jewels,mproperty, and historical artifacts add up, too.

[smirkymonkey]

8. +1000

Exactly. Just that wording was so unsettling.

[questionseverything]

7. I am not wild over all my in laws but I don't tell people that

And I certainly wouldn’t go on tv trashing them

[brush]

9. But you probably don't have in-laws make you feel like shit...

because you're not lily white either, and don't defend you when media outlets call your new borne a chimp.

[FreeState]

16. So your inlaws are in a monarchy?

This is not apples an oranges unless your family has a “firm” running it. She did not trash the family she trashed the family business - two hugely different things.

[questionseverything]

20. Actually while it's not the millionaire/billionaire business m thought she was getting

I did marry into a small family business, and if i had ever trashed that i would of been seen as ungrateful and dangerous to the survival of the family

If they wanted to leave they have that right, I personally would not of made it all public, but it would be a dull world if we were all the same

[ZonkerHarris]

19. Did your in-laws reject your child based on race?

[questionseverything]

23. The pics i saw looked like he was welcomed

But

Every family has a pecking order and favorites

Long as there here I hope we get a couple percent of those millions with liz’s one time wealth tax

[ZonkerHarris]

35. probably not the same effect if your child doesn't get a title or security detail.

[Treefrog]

36. Of course he would have security, as would Megan when with Harry.

His not being a prince had nothing to do with his color. There are very strict rules on that. I keep seeing Archie described here as a grandson of the Queen. He is a great-grandson.

[ZonkerHarris]

38. So you claim Harry and Meghan are lying? Because they said it. You say it's not true

ooookay

[Treefrog]

39. Feel free to research anything you want. Very easy to find this information. I'm not one to really

keep up with the royals, but after all this hullaballoo I’ve been reading an awful lot about this. I don’t know who is lying, but I’m not inclined to believe anyone involved just at face value.

[ZonkerHarris]

40. You need the research

I don't think you watched the interview or any clips from it.
Your statements seem uninformed to the current event being discussed

[Treefrog]

42. I've watched plenty though you couldn't pay me to watch that whole interview of two privileged

people whining how bad they have it. So I assume you have no idea about royal protocol or you wouldn’t be stooping to personal attacks. Believe what you want. He was never going to be a prince. Have a most lovely day!

[ZonkerHarris]

46. I knew you didn't watch the interview. It was obvious.

[Treefrog]

44. Here is just one article explaining it. There are many of these if you care to look for them.

Nothing whatever to do with his color.

[ZonkerHarris]

45. You did not include any article. So your arrogance is misplaced in this instance.

[Treefrog]

47. Well, let me try again. I'm on a train at this moment so my internet is in and out.

Not sure why you feel the need to keep insulting me. Try BBC, try the Guardian, try the NYTimes. The issue is clearly stated in a letter patent by George V.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/08/why-meghan-harry-son-archie-denied-title-prince-mixed-race

[HipChick]

31. In laws that worried more about the color of an unborn child than their paedophile son?

A child who would only be a quarter black at that?

[roamer65]

10. A King Charles will be the end of the Commonwealth.

If Prince William remains untarnished, he needs to ascend to the throne, bypassing Charles.

[Arazi]

30. He won't be. He's one of the racist sources discussing Archie's skin tone

There's real reasons the brothers have a massive rift

[roamer65]

34. I think you are right.

William is a Windsor, Harry is a Spencer.

[Treefrog]

37. You know this? Good mates with the two of them, are you?

[RicROC]

11. beauty

at least Diana, Harry and Meghan have introduced beauty genes into the royal family.

[liberaltrucker]

13. Liz was quite pretty in her younger days.

nt

[questionseverything]

15. Kate is beautiful

William isn’t bad for a bald guy

And their kids are adorable

[RicROC]

18. yes.

Both the Queen and Kate can take a bow, too. For being in her 90's, the Queen still has the looks.

[HipChick]

32. Kate has always looked hideously aged....

[RicROC]

21. 'Prince' Harry

I wonder how long it will take a careful sleuth to find Harry's DNA, a hair, or whatever to determine that Prince Charles is not really Harry's biological father. That chauffeur of Diana's sure looks like a possibility, even though he denied it. William is bald; Harry is thinning in the back, well maybe he is Charles'.

One would think, though, two parents with recessive genes could create a Ginger. Not sure if Charles has those recessive genes.

[Talitha]

22. Ginger hair runs in Diana's family.

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. Harry takes after Prince Phillip in looks

I saw a side by side comparison photos and the resemblance is uncanny.

[musette_sf]

50. I agree.

Harry looks more and more like Phillip as he grows older.

[milestogo]

26. If that were the case it would have come out a long time ago.

Harry looks like Diana's brother.

[area51]

28. jmho

It looks like Harry has his grandfather's eyes.

[MicaelS]

41. Phllip was a redhead.

Saw a picture of him in his navy days. He had flaming red hair and beard.

[CatWoman]

51. ....

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[MicaelS]

52. YES, YES, YES.

That MATCH pic is the one. Thanks.

[SMC22307]

27. Prince Phillip was quite handsome. I think he's Danish and Greek. (n/t)

[Treefrog]

43. Yes, he was very good looking. William was a real knockout when he was younger.

I think Kate is very nice-looking too, and their children are gorgeous.

[bdamomma]

17. Well

even Royals have their bad days. They will get over this bump in the road, they always have.

[HipChick]

33. Public opinion turned against them after Diana's death...they were forced to an about face...

Same will happen here....Poor Charles may never get to take the throne

[milestogo]

24. He's a dipshit.

A whiny self-important asshole.

Yeah he's got the right attitude on climate change, but so what. He it out of touch with reality.

[Treefrog]

48. Yes, I think you've said that quite well. In some ways I feel sorry for him as he is certainly a pro

product of his environment and family, but I think he should let William take the helm when the time comes. William and his family are very popular in England.

[milestogo]

49. I don't think that's what will happen though.

Charles has always wanted to be king and he is next in line. It's unthinkable that they would skip over him. If Elizabeth dies or steps down, the crown will go to Charles.

And yes, William does seem like someone who could handle it, but that won't happen till Charles passes away or steps down. They don't pass over someone because he's a dipshit.

The whole thing is archaic. If they could modernize the monarchy in the right ways it could survive, but if they don't it will lose even more public support.

The royal family loves horses. The problem is they also approach marriage as if they were breeding horses. Its about getting the right breeding stock, not about love and happiness. People of Color have always been destined to be the subjects of the monarchy and not members of it. I don't think Harry cared or knew how much others would care.