Thursday 25 March 2021

I have empathy but my hackles still rise

Did you watch the Harry and Meghan interview with Oprah? No, me neither. But the press coverage makes it I feel like I did.
From what I have been able to ascertain Meghan had a mental health crisis prior to fleeing the UK for Canada and then the USA.
That is something we should all take seriously and never, ever dismiss out of hand.
Harry, quite naturally, stood by his wife when he felt she was not offered the support she deserved and decided to take his new family out of the limelight.
I have no problem with any of this and, in fact, feel it was a very honourable thing to do.
But my hackles rise when I hear that they appeared to want to give up public duties but not public perks. A case of them wanting their cake and eating it.
None of us will ever know what really went on but we should now let them get on with their celebrity lives, if that’s what they choose, and hope that Harry can repair some of the bridges and re-establish relationships with his family.
Forget, for once, that he is a Royal – he’s simply a son, a brother and a grandson.