Current Affairs 2023

[Chalgrave4]

I see Harry is being severely slated in the Mail this morning by an X security chief for his alleged remarks about killing the Taliban. And rightly so, the silly man.

He's not doing himself any favours.

Watch yer back Harry, your going to need to.

The Taliban can take their revenge with impunity - They won't be blamed for it.
It will be the "Establishment" security services - as it was for his mother (according to some)

[Mervyn and Trish]

Best he avoids getting in any cars driven by drunks!

[Manoverboard]

Anyone spot that Harry shot a couple of cherished and very expensive hen Harriers out of the sky, while at Sandringham was it ... birds not Taliban of course. A case of ' I'll do what I want cos I can " ?

[oldbluefox]

I buy hard back books but only from charity shops once Stephen has finished with them.

Charity starts at home.

£5 per book

Will it be cheaper if you've actually read it? And I'm not prepared to pay if you've ripped the photos out and sold them to Keefy.

You'd better be quick about it cos no doubt we will be hearing about Meagain's autobiography very shortly.

[Mervyn and Trish]

No point in buying the book. We've been drip fed all the juicy bits.

I fear for Harry now. The Firm won't respond but as with the military response there are plenty of other insiders out there who will now start flogging their Harry and Meghan stories to the press. We'll soon be overwhelmed with stories he can't control and won't like, with probably the same proportion of truth, lies , exaggeration and propaganda as the book.

[Ray B]

In other words Merv, business as normal, nothing has changed for the media.

[Mervyn and Trish]

And nothing ever will. He was advised not to take them on because he couldn't win and ignored the advice. If he'd taken the advice they'd have long ago moved on.

[Stephen]

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[Onelife]

“Prince Harry said he and Meghan had been portrayed as the "new kids on the block" who had threatened to "steal the limelight" from other royals - and that led to problems in those relationships”.

Funny that, I was saying exactly the same a few days ago.

It’s lovely when the truth comes out… don’t you think?

[Mervyn and Trish]

It will be when it does.

Harry also now denies accusing the Royal Family of racism, and yet he accepted an award for exposing structural racism in the Royal Family.

And we heard him do it in the Oprah interview. Hmmm.

[Stephen]

He’s got about as much chance of getting back into the Royal family fold as I have. And if he was taken back in it would never be the same because everyone would be on they’re guard with everything they said and done.

[Stephen]

They are not happy.

https://news.sky.com/story/afghans-call ... n-12782820

[Onelife]

It will be when it does.

Harry also now denies accusing the Royal Family of racism, and yet he accepted an award for exposing structural racism in the Royal Family.

And we heard him do it in the Oprah interview. Hmmm.

There is structural racism in all levels of society including the Royal family so any award that exposes this has got to be good news. My interpretation of what Harry has said about the institution was the attitudes to racism are deep rooted but raises its head when opportunities arise.

[Onelife]

They are not happy.

https://news.sky.com/story/afghans-call ... n-12782820

It was an unfortunate disclosure by Harry but I am willing to let this one go because he was naively trying to paint a picture of the bare truth of war, not in my opinion glorifying it.

[Stephen]

They are not happy.

https://news.sky.com/story/afghans-call ... n-12782820

It was an unfortunate disclosure by Harry but I am willing to let this one go because he was naively trying to paint a picture of the bare truth of war, not in my opinion glorifying it.

Call it what you like. You keep things like that to yourself.

[david63]

It was an unfortunate disclosure by Harry

What was unfortunate about it - he deliberately disclosed it

[Mervyn and Trish]

A quick run through social media shows that OL's noble but misplaced affection for Harry is very much a minority view and everyttime Harry opens his mouth he digs the hole deeper.

[Onelife]

They are not happy.

https://news.sky.com/story/afghans-call ... n-12782820

It was an unfortunate disclosure by Harry but I am willing to let this one go because he was naively trying to paint a picture of the bare truth of war, not in my opinion glorifying it.

Call it what you like. You keep things like that to yourself.

Agreed

[Onelife]

A quick run through social media shows that OL's noble but misplaced affection for Harry is very much a minority view and everyttime Harry opens his mouth he digs the hole deeper.

Unlike you Sir Merv I don’t use misplaced views based on social media reports to form my opinions, I prefer to see things without the prejudice of media hype .

[david63]

I prefer to see things without the prejudice of media hype

Pray tell us where you are seeing these things so that we may all have this unprejudiced view.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I don't use them to form my views OL. My views of H&M are based on things I've heard them say. I merely point out they are doing themselves no good at the court of public opinion.

[Onelife]

I prefer to see things without the prejudice of media hype

Pray tell us where you are seeing these things so that we may all have this unprejudiced view.

Hi David, thank you for asking this question as it’s not something I like to boast about but I have the ability to look into people’s eyes and tell if they are telling porky pies…having honed theses skills over many years I can say without doubt that much of what Harry is saying is true…there are however some indications in his demeanour that would suggest that his recollection of certain things have been overstated, this probably derives from him and his lovely wife Meghan wanting to compound what they believe to be true rather than sticking with what they know to be true.

[Onelife]

I don't use them to form my views OL. My views of H&M are based on things I've heard them say. I merely point out they are doing themselves no good at the court of public opinion.

The court of public opinion are for the most like sheep who follow the leader ‘stories’ without looking to see what is on the other side of the field.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I prefer to see things without the prejudice of media hype

Pray tell us where you are seeing these things so that we may all have this unprejudiced view.

Hi David, thank you for asking this question as it’s not something I like to boast about but I have the ability to look into people’s eyes and tell if they are telling porky pies…having honed theses skills over many years I can say without doubt that much of what Harry is saying is true…there are however some indications in his demeanour that would suggest that his recollection of certain things have been overstated, this probably derives from him and his lovely wife Meghan wanting to compound what they believe to be true rather than sticking with what they know to be true.

In other words they're lying to milk the story and please their publishers.

[Bensham33]

(I would have put more yawns but I can only have 10)

Instead of calling this thread Currant Affairs 2023 could you call it something like 'the most boring thread of the past 12 years thread' something like that, so the majority of members knows to avoid this very boring saga of Harry and Meghan the former members of the Royal Family who most people couldn't give a toss about.

There are only 20 surviving copies of Beano No. 1 in the whole world
So if you find one in your gran's attic, it could be worth £20,000!