Harry – and other problems of the Royals

Prince Harry (38) went on the offensive in front of the camera in the past few days. Just a few hours before the release of his memoirs “Spare” (German: “Reserve”), the 38-year-old unpacked in TV interviews. As already reported, he fired against his own family and against the British press, but at the same time emphasized how important “a relationship” and peace with the royals was to him. The palace is silent on the various allegations and requests.

• Parallels to King Edward VIII: Very few Brits seem to perceive Harry’s allegations as a threat. Most shrug at a Harry spending hours and hours in public to say he wants a private life. “Older people remember that there were more dramatic rifts in the royal family, around 1936 when a real king, Edward VIII, abdicated after the British government and the Church of England disagreed with the choice of his future wife, Wallis Simpson The result was the accession of his brother George VI – father of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September 2022. Edward and his American wife lived in exile with a little less publicity than our current exiles, and the British monarchy thrived in their absence “, analyzes the British historian and “The Crown” consultant Robert Lacey in an interview with the German news magazine “Spiegel”. Like Edward then, Harry could also be forgotten, the royal expert speculates.

• “Party Girl” Princess Margaret: Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth’s younger sister by four years, fought for two years to be allowed to marry the equerry Peter Townsend, a commoner who had been divorced since 1952. Ultimately, she yielded to the will of her sister, the church, and the government, which prevented her from marrying a divorced man. Five years later, she married another commoner, celebrity photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones. Both had extramarital affairs. The marriage ended in divorce in 1978, a scandal at the time. Margaret was also known for parties, affairs and lots of cigarettes. Throughout her life, the second-born was overshadowed by her sister Elizabeth.

• Deep fall of Prince Andrew: While King Charles III. (74) was prepared for the role of heir to the throne early on, his brother Andrew, twelve years his junior, enjoyed more freedom, he was dubbed “Randy Andy”, “party prince”. Prince Andrew’s reputation has plummeted since it was revealed he was involved in a sex abuse scandal. His brother King Charles III. threw the 62-year-old out of Buckingham Palace, according to the British media.

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Barbara Rohrhofer

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b.rohrhofer@nachrichten.at

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