yep! and privileged people often receive more prejudice than the average Joe...it's all an illusion.

My uncle went to an all-boys private boarding school (in a Commonwealth country, the school was run by the British) and the stories he told me were shocking, profoundly heartbreaking and infuriating. These types of schools need strict and rigorous monitoring to protect students, far more than the day-schools. All-girls boarding schools were not much better.

100% , I personally never trusted anyone with my children,not even family ! I grew up seeing what can happen when no one is paying attention !

Members of family are also abusers. Who would think there mother was sexually abusing their grandchild

And to think Diana did this to him, too. It's just all so awful.

and families

And the female ones especially.

True. You hear people say it is happening more often now. No, we are only hearing about it more often now due to the Internet.

In one ‘s own family as well as in a church environment.

Catholic schools. Evil.

Boarding schools

1. Brits 2. No maternal/paternal instinct 3. Societal pressure to have a child/children

This can also happen when kids have nannies/ go to nurseries.

Their british, once it was important for them to be brutal to run an empire. Now not so much.

​@ainekearney9041 it's more about social class or this was the case once. Nothing to do with being British at all. The vast majority of Brits don't and haven't gone to boarding school. These are norms reserved for the upper class and aristocratic families. I assume they thought boarding school would make "men" out of these boys. Sort of training to be like their fathers and grandfathers. And it would have been the norm simply because their fathers, brothers, uncles had all also gone to boarding school... often the same boarding school. And yes, as someone else commented - there was pressure to have children if you married into one of these families. Women were unprepared to be maternal and it was not allowed. The norm amongst the upper-class was to have a nanny and then boarding school. So even fathers couldn't protect their children. Even if the parents had experienced the same abuse - which was probably common.... It would have been unfortunately a sort of normal that isn't spoken about. As he says they were encouraged not to "tell tales". Men in general, the world over have more historically been encouraged to bottle up emotion and keep secrets to themselves. Anything else would be considered unmanly. And amongst anyone who has suffered abuse, abusers always instill the fear in their victims that they will never be believed.

​@@markentwist Yes, and the increase in revenue from Althorp tours.

@@harshanid3636 yes. They like these other titled families with giant estates to support (and fewer crowds willing to pay high fees to tour) are in need of money. Book and book tour soon. This was the first PR move. I pray the poor man is serious about moving forward toward ACCOUNTABILITY and will not protect the school where this happened.

Like Harry, Charles is speaking his truth.

@@Noelpage9569Harry is spewing his lies

You are so right 😢

But TV, social media is ok for children. ok

Social workers & therapists often push parents to let their kids visit other friends' homes. There, your children are often unsupervised. The price of freedom 😢😢

Don't even trust close relatives

they themselves can be abusers too. God protect all children of the world

Yes.

Yes let’s wrap them in cotton wool and protect them from a breath of wind or we can teach our children that they can stand up to such people, they can talk to their parents about such things, it’s very very wrong that such things happen, unfortunately it happens almost everywhere, people need to keep their eyes open and just talk to their kids, when theres the bond that should be there between kids and parents or grand parents ( be honest not all kids have it, Charles shows that) then we’ve the possibility to protect them

@@expatmooseboarding schools should never have been invented. It’s nothing to do with wrapping them in cotton wool. It’s about looking after your own kids and not give them away to school so you can have a break from them! You choose to have kids so it’s your responsibility to look after them. Not to send them away.

@@startracker5895 I never mentioned that boarding schools are wrapping In Cotton wool, I was referring to the comment of keeping them home, kids have to learn to be independent, we can not take that away but like I mentioned in my comment and I think we both agree that parents are responsible for making their kids strong and alert to protect them from the likes of the those who feel themselves in authority to damage a child, if you put you hand on your heart I bet you could tell me at least 10 times when you ve been out and about in the last 20 years(depending on your age) that you’ve seen parents daddling on the phone instead of paying attention to their child/ren,,,, I’m not saying they should pamper every whim god forbid but some parents need to pay more attention, they may then find out from their children’s behavior if/when somethings wrong,,,, a child should also never ever feel scared to talk to their parents, obviously Charles was,,, that’s wrong imo

Are you aware that MUCH of the time, the abusers ARE in the familiy???? EVIL people can have children!

girls too

Yes they do...and because it is another male in most cases they struggle with their sexuality.... I like your comment ...I was abused ... U can totally tell who was and wasn't by comments... I think he is showing us ...status doesn't matter...peodafiles have no preference with that and I think think Charles is so brave to do this...I admire him for it.... I'm not a Brit so don't really get the social standing on all things British but I do get that abuse is abuse...a child is a child...money can't save or fix anything so it's irrelevant

Eton is a boarding school. Check your facts.

@@bearkiels9032 Charles Spencer was sent to boarding school when he was 8 years old, Prince William was 13. That´s a 5 year difference. And a world of difference between a child and a teenager

Agree.boarding should be illegal!

Churches, schools, inside their own home, by relatives. It is common, unfortunately.

It's demonic and it's everywhere. 😢

We don't need no education😅

I wonder why Earl Spencer didn't title his book "Just another brick in the wall...."

I think so too . 😢😢😢

It would certainly explain a lot.

I thought the same thing

My exact thought. It would explain why Diana had a history of eating disorder . 😢

😢😢😢

These are not public school by any means. They are incredibly expensive private schools.

@@blahblah4129In the UK, for some reason, private schools are called public schools.

@@blahblah4129 Public schools charge fees and state schools are government funded in the UK.

I would guess that children who might have spoken out would not be believed. Or if they WERE believed, the offenders were quickly dismissed and sent out of reach. It does make me wonder how the institutions managed to keep the victims quiet.

* nannies

Having visited Altorp , many years ago ,It gave me an insight into grandour of emptiness, How could their Mother leave at a time when they needed her most. Sadly she put her own needs first,and let her children down...Heartless he didn't have the love and Comfort. Very Honest Man! Now he has found love in the Arms of a Beautiful woman, ❤

That's awful. I'm so sorry 😢

I'm so sad that a child had to experience what you described. Blessings 😢

Sure... he denied his sister a place in his home on her last summer, to enjoy quiet holidays with the boys without the nosy press. He had agreed and at the last moment he said no. She then accepted to go to Dodi's yacht.

Unfortunately that was a lie.

@@helenan7368. Right. I believe they weren’t on speaking terms at the time of her death.

He didn't get on with Diana. FACT.

Absolute rubbish

😢

he said he also vomited like his sister

​@@lynnhubbard844He also said that this was caused by the abuse he was enduring.

Agree. Everyone has a trauma, just a different kind.

The root of this is demonic. They pass from perpetrator to the victim during the act. They latch on to the person and subtly manipulate them in a multitude of ways. Most who do this have had the same experience. Some cry bc they dont want to do it but they can't stop. I watch Alex Rosen who becomes Gordon Flowers and does an amazing job. People need to know that demons exist. This is not normal human behavior.

Dr. GABOR MATE, SPEAKS WORDS OF WISDOM AND INSIGHT INTO THE EFFECTS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, the death of innocence at an early age followed by the abandonment of parents and teachers kills the spirit. God bless the child that's got his own. Protect the children.

Unless Charles accuses those who were to blame, none of this does any good for anyone else.

@@MTknitter22they’re probably all dead now anyway.

I'm sure I saw an interview in which they were named but the monsters are dead. Hopefully more speak up

Why will parents send Thier Children boarding school??why have them in the first place? And give them a miserable life

Perpetrators NOT BEING NAMED, school not being named and so, THEY CONTINUE TO GET AWAY WITH IT. There is no speaking out to help others, etc. without fighting for ACCOUNTABILITY. Spencer not outting who and where and when does NOTHING.

@@MTknitter22 Very true. In his position, it would cause more harm than good and the perps are probably dead and judged. I get your valid point 100% x

Protective Services' oversight of public as well as private institutions has to be the law. This abuse is all too common. Schools, orphanages, and nursing homes come with a gross history of institutional neglect and abuse. It's shocking!

I doubt this happened btw

Anyone born in a country is indigenous

I think its called acceptance rather than healing.

No blaming. It's a lifestyle. Little Prince was just sent away to school while Mama was missing. Affection is for the birds.

This could happen to anyone anywhere. Hospital doctors and nurses, teachers, instructors etc. it happened to a girl here by a karate instructor, I don’t blame the parents it’s just things you never expect. You just always have to teach your child to communicate and know right from wrong

@jules1728 You're joking, right? You're going to compare taking your child to a regular school, the doctor's office, etc to literally sending away your child to a boarding school where you basically have no contact with them, especially back in those days. You are literally handing your child over. Don't compare. That's just stupid.

It's a cold-hearted British culture. These boarding schools also exist in the States, especially common in the north-east.

Most parent do that nearly every day. We leave them with Kindergarten teachers, school teachers, school bus drivers, trainers, coaches, etc.

Also police and clubs with children

And continue to suffer when "victims" keep it to themselves.

Like Diana!

The wounds never heal. They affect the person for a lifetime.

Wouldn’t be surprised as she was so troubled even before she was married. Eating disorders and self harming.

This would explain many of Diana's behavior. The stress brought out many troubles from her past and no one knew why she was acting that way. And then her husband treated her terribly for it.

@@lorimiller4301 I knew! I work with abuse survivors. People didn't "know" because the media and people in POWER didn't want them to know!

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Average years someone from that era... I am one ...born in 72.... We didn't have a choice...it was taboo... It's hard and isolating to live with....omg yes...shocking but true and common

I am sorry for your loss.

I'm sorry about your brother ...I'm a 52 year old woman...I was 10 and not in an institution....but I teared up when I got to the part that your brother took his own life... it is commendable that you are being his voice...sending peace and love ....may your brother r.i.p

This happened in the 70's so there probably all dead. Its too bad he didn't speak up earlier but sadly there is a taboo about talking about SA. My own family has disowned me for speaking about my own abuse by a family member!

Maidwell Hall is an all boys boarding school. Male teachers, male instructors, male staff.

Part of the blame goes to the abomination that is the p..rn industry. Some, not all cases.

Is your keyboard missing the apostrophe? 😩

Did you not see anything odd???

Well done for believing her, so many women choose to believe their partner.

My daughter was abused by her cousin on numerous occasions, and I also believe by her father… my ex husband. It was away from my presence. So I couldn’t protect her. There’s generational CSA within that family. She’s never been right even as an adult.

No running home with paintings for Mummy to stick on the fridge and given a thank you cuddle before tea.

May even be ded by now but should be named.

He did name one of them, he said it was the school headmaster who was a wicked p*d* ​@@silentnight9655

Maybe you should watch the video before commenting. He says it was a woman.

It's a woman i think a lot of people think only men abuse or boys enjoy it when their abused by females not to say thats what you were saying but just to put out men can be victims too

@@Xiroi87 also the headmaster

50 years later.

50 years too late. How many other boys lost their innocence while Charles Spencer kept silent.

no, what was it?

@@katjaxxx7353 His nanny was abusing him which ultimately led to his stutter.

⁠@@MNP208wow! I didn’t know that and I’ve watched plenty documentaries about the royals. Do you have the link please?

​@@Wowwwzaaa Apparently his nanny would pinch the heck out of him right before his parents, George V & Queen Mary, would meet the kids each day cuz she wanted them to be repelled by his constant crying or to show off how he would stop crying when she soothed him [by stopping the pinch.] Lady Colin Campbell wrote about it in great detail in her book about his wife "The Queen Mother" also there's a film about his stuttering called "The King's Speech" which I've not seen and may detail the cause of his stutter.

This has been talked about for decades.