Will you read Prince Harry's autobiography / scandal book, "Spare" ?

[Sirona]

I think I will. I mean, we have to do something so that these poor underprivileged people won't lose their 12 million Euro mansion in Santa Barbara. That would really be a tragedy.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I won't read it.

 

[Estro Felino]

Surely.
I am curious...but I wonder why he didn't write that book before getting married with the American actress.

And why he did so many things after that marriage.

 

[Secret Chief]

Who?

 

[Augustus]

I can't imagine anything less interesting than reading the memoir of a dimwitted and self-pitying toff desperate to play the victim to boost his career as a kind of posh Kardashian.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Myself, I'd be more prone to, rather than read the book, take an interest in a news story like this:

Prince Harry ‘should have been denied US residency’ over drug use revealed in memoir

 

[exchemist]

I can't imagine anything less interesting than reading the memoir of a dimwitted and self-pitying toff desperate to play the victim to boost his career as a kind of posh Kardashian.

He certainly seems to have inherited his mother's brains.

The whole thing looks like a monumental exercise in what the Germans don't, but should, call geselfschaft.

 

[Debater Slayer]

The only thing that could remotely interest me about the royal family would be any possibility that they would magically turn into ethical, conscientious people and try to return any of the numerous stolen items they inherited. For example:

Queen’s death prompts calls to return ‘stolen’ diamonds in crown jewels - National | Globalnews.ca

Otherwise I couldn't care less about them or their blood-stained legacy.

 

[Mock Turtle]

I won't be reading it - not having that much of an interest in any of the monarchy - and even though, like many probably, could come down on Harry (and Meghan) like a ton of bricks over what he is doing, and which seems so much more like revenge against the many he deems responsible for his misery, I suspect he has deep pain from his past and of course the way his mother died, and hence I still have some sympathy for how he is going about expressing this. I just wish he had a better ghostwriter (has been named) and better advisors so as not to make such blatant mistakes - like the Afghan death score. It's also a bit cynical to throw all this **** in the air whilst trying to reconcile himself with the rest of his family and the monarchy as a whole. I suspect he has even more misery lying in wait in the future.

 

[Augustus]

return any of the numerous stolen items they inherited. For example:

Queen’s death prompts calls to return ‘stolen’ diamonds in crown jewels - National | Globalnews.ca

Return the Koh-I-Noor to who? An individual? A country?

Basically all its numerous former owners "stole" it one way or another and none of their nations exist any more.

All regimes were founded on violence and "theft" of some kind.

Also, while very debatable, but such historical issues tend not to be nice and straightforward:

India's Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told the country's Supreme Court in New Delhi it was given to Queen Victoria in 1850 by a 19th-century Sikh king.

"It was given voluntarily by Ranjit Singh to the British as compensation for help in the Sikh Wars. The Koh-i-Noor is not a stolen object," he said.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Return the Koh-I-Noor to who? An individual? A country?

Basically all its numerous former owners "stole" it one way or another and none of their nations exist any more.

All regimes were founded on violence and "theft" of some kind.

Also, while very debatable, but such historical issues tend not to be nice and straightforward:

India's Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told the country's Supreme Court in New Delhi it was given to Queen Victoria in 1850 by a 19th-century Sikh king.

"It was given voluntarily by Ranjit Singh to the British as compensation for help in the Sikh Wars. The Koh-i-Noor is not a stolen object," he said.

This is just one example; there are many artifacts and valuable items that the British monarchy gained possession of through colonization, slavery, and violence.

It is true that most countries have a history of theft at one point or another, but this doesn't mean that some of them can't try to give back at least some of the more recently stolen items (Britain colonized Egypt up until 1952, for example, which is quite recent on a historical scale) or make reparations in one way or another. Even Iraq had to pay reparations to Kuwait, and Germany did the same with the Allies. It's not far-fetched to suggest that the monarchy don't completely ignore the circumstances in which some of their possessions and wealth were obtained.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Meghan should probably have had a word with Princess Grace of Monaco, for tips on how to marry into European royalty without turning the whole thing on it’s arse.

Too late now though, probably. Even Edward and Mrs Simpson came away with more dignity intact than this pair, and they flirted with Hitler (mind you, Harry wore a swastika to a party once. Detecting a theme here…)

 

[LuisDantas]

I am certain that I will indeed read it at some point in the future, due to a combination of factors.

First of all, I am fascinated by how many people with such indirect access to the events are often so certain that they should take a side - and by how often that side happens to be that of the hereditary monarchy that Harry and Meghan have fought to be somewhat distanced from.

Second, I happen to have a strong personal interest on the subject matter of accidents of birth and how we all end up being blamed for the part that we never had a chance to control. In some ways Harry and Meghan's circunstances remind me of how artificial and overvalued themes such as nationality and "blood relations" are. That is a sure-fire way of grabbing my interest.

Third, since the first semester of 2019 I developed a taste for British politics, initially in an attempt to make sense of the Leaver movement that begat the Brexit fiasco. It failed, obviously, but I learned to like to watch.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'd pay ransom to not be forced to read it.
Nonetheless, I love reading the headlines about
their family melt-down. Sometimes I'll even peruse
portions of an article...just to see the blood spilt.

 

[RestlessSoul]

I am certain that I will indeed read it at some point in the future, due to a combination of factors.

First of all, I am fascinated by how many people with such indirect access to the events are often so certain that they should take a side - and by how often that side happens to be that of the hereditary monarchy that Harry and Meghan have fought to be somewhat distanced from.

Second, I happen to have a strong personal interest on the subject matter of accidents of birth and how we all end up being blamed for the part that we never had a chance to control. In some ways Harry and Meghan's circunstances remind me of how artificial and overvalued themes such as nationality and "blood relations" are. That is a sure-fire way of grabbing my interest.

Third, since the first semester of 2019 I developed a taste for British politics, initially in an attempt to make sense of the Leaver movement that begat the Brexit fiasco. It failed, obviously, but I learned to like to watch.

Care to make any predictions about the future direction of politics in the U.K.?

There’s no doubt the U.K., like many other countries, is facing a daunting array of crises, some self inflicted and others due to factors way beyond any one country’s control; how do you see these crises resolving themselves over the next decade, say?

 

[Revoltingest]

I'll bet "Prince" Andrew is chortling with glee about
that withering spotlight being diverted from him.
"Daddy, can I move back into the palace now?"

 

[Rival]

No, I prefer non-fiction.

 

[Debater Slayer]

No, I prefer non-fiction.

How did you determine it was false, though? Even if Harry himself isn't a good person, that doesn't necessitate that what he says in the book is untrue.

 

[Rival]

How did you determine it was false, though? Even if Harry himself isn't a good person, that doesn't necessitate that what he says in the book is untrue.

Nearly all of these memoirs are ghost written and if the Netflix show and other such debacles are anything to go by it will be a kernel of truth in a husk of lies.

 

[Estro Felino]

Who?

The freckled super-stud I dream of, all nights.