People have said he should stop talking about this in public. That is saying he should shut up. There is no way to stop talking about it without shutting up.
Not only that, but pretty much all of this concern is coming from people who never had anything nice to say about Harry or Meghan before. So it's really just concern trolling. And not even very good concern trolling since it involves a lot of projection and mind-reading.
This happens so often on FSU, when the people who said this are now the people saying that, like it's all so black and white. Is there a spread sheet or something we can access to reference each poster's comments against everything they've posted on this and similar topics? Because I don't think it's like that.
For me at least, I was a fan of Harry, sympathized about what he'd been through because I was also a big fan of Diana, was delighted at the close relationship between him and his brother and then Kate too, such a strong threesome I thought, they will really do amazing things together. I was happy when Harry found love, and I followed every detail of their wedding and birth of their first child. I also watched his brother's wedding and will always click on a link to the latest photos of their kids.
All that being said, I think things are going very, very badly for Harry and Meghan, and I think all the stuff they are saying in the media is of course damaging to his family, but more so to himself and his new family. Didn't many of us say that (we'll have to check the spreadsheet to be sure) when Meghan's father and sister were saying all this stuff in the media, that the only winners in that public war of words were the media?
I don't think he should ever shut up about mental health issues, they are very important and his personal experiences put him in a credible position to help others. So actual help others is what I'm saying - instead of continually complaining and feeding the celebrity trainwreck machine, use your experience, funding, connections and fame to do something positive. What exactly has their foundation actually done for mental health issues? Have the funded any studies or recovery programming? Provided resources for people who need it? Shared what has helped them as an example to others?
I don't think heirs and spares can ever be close. At some point, they have to separate because the heir becomes the spare's boss. If the heir tells the spare "you have to eat shit" the spare has to say yes. You can't ever be close to your boss. The boundaries change too much. And so there's resentment and estrangement. It happened with every heir and spare -- William and Harry, Elizabeth and Margaret, Charles and Andrew, and it's going to happen between George and his siblings too. Just the way things go.
Not necessarily so. Many siblings find ways to work together successfully. Before all this William and Harry pooled their resources in their charity work, Kate joining later. I had imagined that eventually, once on the the throne, Harry would be at his side as his most trusted advisor, leading his own initiatives as well.
After all, when Phil Mickelson won his somewhat miraculous second PGA Championship this weekend, 16 years after his first, it was with the support of his own brother, who caddied him to what many thought was an improbable victory.
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He and William seemed so close.
Some also mention relationships with cousins, etc., to bolster the point. But the reality is, not every extended family is particularly close, and there are various reasons for that. It's all a matter of personal choice, different personalities, geography, life commonalities, etc. It's really none of people's business. Each family is different. There is no requirement or rule for how often grandkids must see their grandparents, cousins, etc.
