Harry and Meghan - OP updated with Threadbanned Users 4/5/21

Going by the title it's going to be even more woe is me whinging about how he, a prince born into unimaginable privilege, is the victim in life. If that's how he sees himself then he has serious issues. I think its obvious over the years that he was never treated as a 'spare' by his family, especially William but I suppose we don't know what went on behind closed doors. They always seemed to have a good bond and with Catherine too. This will be the final nail in the coffin for any reconciliation probably. Then he can whine some more

If you ask me, being the spare is the superior gig anyway. All of the wealth and opportunities without the responsibilities of being monarch one day.

Also the best chance to get to number one as you'd need to sell fewer copies since fewer people are buying in January. Gotta stroke the ego.

Or he could count his blessings at not being first born and thus removed from the strictures of being the heir and free to do what he wanted with his life. It’s not as if his older brother was just getting the house, the land and a seat in the house of commons. His brother will be the King and has to deal with all the crap that comes with that. William either goes through with that or he becomes Duke of Windsor 2.0.

Taking his stated misgivings about the institution and how his father and brother are trapped then I'd imagine Harry is delighted at being the spare. Imagine having the relative freedom to, with access to the best education, advisors and mentors, decide what you wanted to do with your life. He also hasn't been the spare for 9 years now since George was born. In that time he has married, had a family, moved abroad, started his own endeavours. I don’t see how he is living a life of service under his family. He chose to leave after all.

Look at Carl Philip in Sweden. He is the same generation as Harry. He was the heir for about seven months and then a constitutional change meant his older sister took his place. He married a glamour model. His father removed royal titles from his sons. He looked at the positives all of this gave him and his family. Curiously there is no "raw and unflinching" memoir from him. All hereditary families and titles have heirs and spares. It isn't unique to Harry. That he has called the book SPARE tells me perhaps Harry might need to heed the advice of let go or be dragged. I haven’t read it yet but it would have been encouraging, considering his comments about the institution, if the title was a more apt one with SPARED. Remember that this is the guy who said that the phrase Megxit was misogynistic as opposed to being a pun. That tells me that Harry is possibly offended at being labelled a spare instead of seeing it as a quip by a Vanderbilt in the 1890s. I think that may well be a recurring theme in the book i.e. people putting labels on people from all walks of life, people they don't even know. It bleeds into the professional victim sphere along with the Archetypes podcast.

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So now, the death of legendary jeopardy host Alex Trebek, who she didnt know, was all about Meghan. Um..ok, lol.

I'm sure it must a typo that everyone who knew him was texting her condolences. Hopefully anyway!

I don't think the name of the book is particularly inflammatory, I think it's rather tongue in cheek. The book is meant to be about his childhood, his formative years in school and in the army, and then his decision to leave. For most of his life, he was the spare. It's a simple fact. And I imagine there were a number of conversations about that with the Firm, if not with his brother and father, at the time he was hanging out with William and Kate being the third wheel.

I'll be interested to read what he has to say about it all. Yes, he has had a financially privileged upbringing, but beyond money preventing any financial worries, and providing you with the means to travel, it doesn't actually bring any additional happiness. I think he has many reasons to "whine" to be perfectly honest. Your childhood is spent with your parents hating each other, and your grandparents disliking your mother. Then your mother dies in a car accident when you are 12, being chased by the paps that also follow your every move. The public believe they own the grief on your mothers death. You have to work for the family firm, no choice about that, and you are aware that the family firm treated your mother badly for most of her life. And you are never allowed to rebut anything that is said about you publically. Never complain, never explain.

No wonder he got out. He was never going to be King, so what was the point of putting up with all that shite? William puts up with it, because there's a point to it.

Meghan may well be a harridan (I mean, she MUST have known what she was getting herself into) but her ego and arrogance actually gave them both the brass necks to get out. If he'd married a Sloane Ranger, that never ever would have happened. Is Harry's life now perfect? No - I'm sure he thought he could have his cake and eat it, as it were. And Meghan has definitely led him down some woefully misjudged paths. But is he happier than if he had stayed? I think it seems so, even with the rift.

Considering the King and Fake Queen are being pelted in public with eggs, I imagine every single day they confirm to themselves the right decision was made.

The gross opulence of the Queens funeral has pushed the British public over to the thinking that this dysfunctional family are nothing really more than a tourist attraction.

I imagine they can't wait for the Kings Coronation. 🙄