At least Charles was working and very busy in his support of the Queen. Why is Harry absent? He has no real work.

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I bet Charles spent more time with H than H has spent with his children

Yes but it’s not the same when he does it! 😅😅

@@user-fl5jh3zi9d And many fathers around the world are spending less time than they want with their children because they're busy putting food on the table -- and luckily, many aren't resented for that, but cherished. Yes, Charles didn't have to worry about that, but he still, as a future head of state, had a responsibility to the UK and the Commonwealth, too. And from what I've heard, he did his best to be a good father. Was he perfect? No, no father is. But he doesn't strike me as a horrible father who didn't give a damn about the welfare of his sons.

That trait is a distinct form of narcissistic behavior. It's no wonder considering her traumatic childhood...

I’ve just been listening to a podcast on lady C’s book about Dianna in which she comes across as a very problematic, insecure, troubled and paranoid. If she didn’t like you, she would totally ignore you and freeze you out. I think the public was fed a lie about Dianna. I totally believe that she had mental health issues that may be similar to Harry.

@@privatename4786 Exactly how was she supposed to be considering the children trauma she experienced? Our entire adulthood is based on our childhood. Her childhood is out there to learn about. No, it's easier to be a judge. I highly doubt she was even aware of how she was being, she was left to her own devices as a child learning coping skills, defense mechanisms with probably zero trauma counseling. Lady C, give me a break, she's a real valiant judge of character, smdh!

But Anne turned out well. I wonder if gender played a part at the time & how that might affect Charlotte going forward. She's the first female in the LoS now.

Exactly! I also think that personality has a part to play, some people would be perfectly happy to be the second born in a royal family, freedom and all the nice bits without too much of the duty, but you probably have to be secure in your self, a well balanced and happy person, unfortunately, the spare is not those things now clearly.

I saw an interview with William and Harry, and Harry was laughing about all the extra classes in language and history that ‘Wills got.’ Plus ‘private lessons with HMTQ,’ Harry was chuckling about being about being able to play polo while ‘Wills was always about the lessons.’ Yet at the Sandringham Summit, Harry wanted to be ‘Co-king with William but live in America.’ As an American, I could not have resisted making a shot about the Revolutionary War, and there is no such thing as ‘Co-King’. That dude had to be helped to cheat by THE TEACHER to pass Art! He was hustled through Sandhurst. How to tell someone stupid why his plane had no legs to it. Instead they had given in, to ‘poor Harry’ and we have all paid the price since!

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The only reason Harry stuck his tongue out was because the press did that so they would get a reaction. William was told not to fall for it.

Indeed!

is that what they call an emotional vampire ?

@@acommentator4452 yes.

​@@acommentator4452I was just about to say this when I saw your comment!

Diana had serious mental issues that were never really addressed. I feel both of those boys were damaged by her neediness.

Clearly Diana was great with ordinary folk and a real asset to the RF. however I do think she was petulant at times, and had a brittle shell, she knew she was beloved of the people, and definitely played on that. If a famous woman is beautiful, they will always have the upper hand in the public eye, the press love pics of gorgeous young women, men not so much, it’s sad but true. I do think she could easily cut people off as well, she was a Cancer sign, water, KC was Scorpio, water sign, both sensitive, brittle and quite secretive signs. I am not a horoscope believer but do think that birth signs are quite reflective of the people born under them. She definitely needed and loved to be adored, most people would like that though I suppose.

Yep, reckon it does.

Charles always loved those boys. Diana was vindictive and tried to interfere with their relationship with him.

I beg to differ..Mamie and President Dwight D. Eisenhower did famously share a pink bedroom (decorated by Mamie king size bed ) together in the White House. Mamie was credited by her love of pink. Popular in the 50’s Years 1953-1961. He was president following President Truman.

Most aristocrats and upper class people have their own suite of rooms.

@@Missydee-72 are you speaking from experience? I was speaking about the presidents of the USA Gerald Ford was not the first to share a room and bed with his wife in the WH.

We’re not elite by far, my husband snores so I sleep in another room fairly often. Why should I be kept awake. Ha

@@jackiefruge5884 your situation is very common.

I would think you usually give younger children less because they don’t eat as much as older ones. I am sure if he was still hungry he would have gotten more.

My young boys are 3 years apart and the older one often gets one more chicken nugget or fish finger as he is older and generally eats more. I hope my younger son will not be complaining about it.

Have the publicists made their share yet?

The proceeds went to Archewell aka Harry & Meghan’s pockets!

Megs is his charity.

Brainwashed and manipulated by his mother to dislike his father, so bad...

I'm afraid she'll be sealed off air tight with NDAs.

@@DutchJoan yes, I know. To bad

Who wouldn't buy that bookk?

@@happytoday333 everybody Will buy it. Harry and Meghan Will be the the first.☺️

😂 now that is a book I would buy

Children have a degree of love for parental figures. Children are dependent, with no means of escape.

Red headed children can be hard to bond with, could be as simple as that.

Yes I have always held him to account! 😂

I was thinking the same.

I think Harry's behaviour could very well have been a result of William being favoured by staff. The say any attention is better than none and bad behaviour certainly gets you noticed.

@Gaibz That is exactly what happened with Queen Victoria's eldest son. The teacher was vicious with him because he felt that it was his responsibility to prepare the boy for ruling. Prince Charles was also dealt with very, very harshly at his school. Even his protection officers went on record to say it was terrible and cruel, and he had no one. All the other boys treated him cruelly on top of the masters. In fact, the protection officer was his only friend and confidante, I believe. He spoke to Prince Philip and the Queen, but Prince Philip felt that it was required to harden him up. Charles did not send his sons to the same Scottish school.

I am from a Caucasian family, and our brother was the special one, but I'm 48 now, and my girls reckon that I treat my boys better than the girls.

Exactly. He cries about getting a smaller room… guess what? EVERY younger kid gets the smaller room. I was the youngest of five. I had to share a room with a brother I didn’t get along with until I was maybe 10 or so. Do I hold on to a grudge about that? No. It’s just the way all kids are raised. The eldest get the better rooms. Boo hoo.

@@happytoday333me too my brother was the apple of everyone’s eye, even the Aunties who used to give him all the cake me and my older sister 😂 nothing. My brother was such a nice person and none of us were resentful.

You are so right.

Same in Italian families. My big brother received favorite treatment but I think that would be the same no matter the gender for the firstborn. My parents tried not to make it obvious but we’d always tease them about it. That’s just the way life goes.

That's the difference between dealing with it and simpering, which Harry is doing. It isn't nice of the adult (nanny) but it's the choice of the child what to do with it. And yes, Anne turned out magnificently.

I’m the eldest it was vvfor me

Either Lightbody or Goodbody. I believe there was one nanny that was very harsh on him. The queen told her chef to make a certain dessert that she thought Charles would like and the nanny marched into the kitchen and countermanded it. The chef gave in and the queen did not find out until she had asked Charles how he liked it and he said he'd never had it. Nanny did not last much longer....

Totally agree. The Nanny would had influence on the Princes' formative years. Prince Harry getting less sausages than Prince William is not a petty matter to a young child and being told that his brother got more because he is going to be King one day. 🤣 Thats only one recall, how many others were there that made him less worthy? Yes, Prince Harry is a grown man now and he should move on. I think his personality n the people around him during his formative years must have played a part to make him the person he has become.

@@Hanami1498 I think the sausage issue was the difference in stomach size, age and appetite between the two boys. If Harry was still hungry, why didn't he tell them he was hungry and needed three sausages.

Charles’ parents were not wonderful parents, better so with Andrew and Edward who came along quite a lot later. It wasn’t even possible to be good parents to their first children. Elizabeth had already begun her young family when she unexpectedly became Queen and found herself working from morning until late at night. She and Philip also went on many tours and were away from their children for weeks at a time. The new king is a much better father and family man than the Queen and Prince Philip were (through no fault of their own) but having been a good father all the boys’ lives, despite the nonsense Harry spouts, it hasn’t made him a wise king in relation to his youngest. Not that he’s not wise, but in regards to Harry he should have done something about their departure the moment they left, or as soon after as he could. Harry’s defection…err separation…from royal life should have been set out in a legal document spelling out what the new terms of an absentee royal would be. That’s where the issue has arisen. The late Queen also should have done more to legalise things. I hope King Charles will find a way to be both a good father and a good king for the sake of our country.

Qualiity time was spent at Balmoral and Sandringham. Look up old videos. Charles is already a good father and grandfather.

He turned out ok considering his own parents were very young and running the country and had no time for their kids. Diana had a troubled childhood too, probably worst, with a mother who left and a father with a clinical depression who didn't seek help ( very recent info from Charles Spencer's mouth).

@supremacy2040 Great insight! I think that like many children with emotional and learning disabilities, P Harry in fact does not have personal memories of the daily context of his childhood. And I believe the shock of losing his Mother literally wiped out a huge section of his memory as well.

​@@mmatthews3682 Arrested Development at almost 13. I've read that one of the worst times for a child to experience a big change is at 12, or 13.

Yes, it sounds as an evenhanded account from what Shauna has shared. Looking forward to the net one as well.

I absolutely agree and I hope Shauna will share MANY bits, in as many videos as possible, I deeply appreciate her finds! And THIS book seems to be a real gem!

Yes, he did.

@alanwelsby2436 I've always thought so too

After reading about Diana in Lady C’s books I’m thinking that as well

Diana has serious problems no one talks about. I feel she damaged the boys.

I bet if William was asked his side he'd say Harry got to do whatever he wanted and was spoiled rotten. We all see our siblings as getting more than us.

His parents made no mistakes with Charles. Firstly, they had enormous responsibilities and a huge workloads thrust upon them unexpectedly, and secondly, those were very different times. There was nothing at all unusual, amongst royals and aristocrats, in being away from their children for long periods of travel etc.. Charles and Anne had normal upbringings, for their class and time.

But it was her who painted that picture….

Charles never really fought back. He was willing to take all the blame.

I think the nanny & staff gave William more attention bc Harry was cruel & such a horrid little boy.

When I meet several people at a time I've also got an order in which I greet them. I'm partially Asian and it would be normal to greet my father first and then my mother, nothing wrong with that. So why not hug the first born first as long as she hugged Harry too. Harry wasn't denied his basic needs. He wasn't Harry Potter.

Can’t blame her about that

You have so right except, by my humble opinion, that Diana was naive. It's so much calculation , with help of her grandmother, for become princess of Wales, so that is very far away from being naive

She was treated for having a serious mental issue of bulimia or anorexic at one point. She finally was trying to be healthy in mind and body before she passed. I believe her own family upbringing had something to do with her issues. She brought them into the marriage. Privileged instability..it happens…privilege does not equal infallibility. Harold has never admitted he was a lot of his own problems in his youth. Dianna spoiled him..overcompensate the dysfunction in their home at times. He was her last child..her baby. She as he grew older had problems controlling his spoiled behavior. After her death..the RF overlooked and covered things that we will never know about his own behavior over compensation from loss of his Mother. He was basically a brat. Still is..married one ..never works out well. Mean spirits don’t disappear unless you work hard to change.

Diana was very attractive and appeared to have empathy for those in need and did much good however from the very beginning I was ambivalent about her. Totally out of step with the majority as she was adored. Tragic how she died so young and very sad for those who genuinely loved her. 🇦🇺🦘

@@dibryan5061 ya but at some point she was as well very selfish and self concentrated

Diana came from one of Britain’s most aristocratic families. Yes she was young, and certainly inexperienced in living within the RF. But she DID know and understand what her role was, and how she was to behave. She had various neurosis, and undoubtedly psychiatric problems (diagnosed or not), that influenced how she mothered her children. I’ve never believed she was as “hands on” of a mother as has always been said. And obviously the children paid the price.

folie a deux

According to Tom Bower once he was riding with Diana and the boys. Harry was taunting William (Harry at the time was 7, I believe) and he said to William, "You will be king but *I* will get to do whatever I want!" So Harry wasn't as stupid as some people believed he was. He understood perfectly the difference between himself and William who nearly always had to have "best foot forward". And it was in the infamous Oprah interview that Harry made a major reveal, "I didn't know I was unhappy, until she (looks at Meghan) told me I was."

​@@Ciara1594"I will get to do whatever I want" sounds to me like some adult had said that to Harry to comfort him if he had asked why he couldn't be King one day.

​@@Ciara1594apparently "she" has been telling him what to think ever since.

Very good summary!

Sure is! that’s why I’m sharing snippets with you 😊

The Real Diana, by Lady C, gives an even handed insight into her life and personality. She clearly believes Diana had a psychological disorder which manifested in many dysfunctional behaviours. She acknowledges that Diana had some truely admirable qualities and was a complex personality. We need to accept that she was a human being who struggled in a difficult situation.

I don’t blamed Diana alone. They should’ve divorced long time ago . It sad that William and Harry have to put up with their screwed up parents

​@@sharonbennett3318sorry but I actually don't think that Charles could have done anything about it.. And the Queen was dragging her feet... And only when princess Anne was getting a divorce ... She allowed Charles to separate from Diana... After the divorce, Diana suddenly didn't have the power anymore..she said Yes to getting help, and she was actually doing amazing.. when she met Dodi Al Fayed

​​@@JFra127you should read Diana in private.. by lady Colin Campbell as well... The book she wrote, around the same time as Diana the real story.. got out. Basic on interviews with Diana... And find the interview with Lady Colin Campbell.. a podcast Attwood, made around 2 years ago..

So glad!

You’re simply amazing in your ability to transfer the author to the spoken word. We thank you for your talent because it gives us such pleasure..

Friday is the second instalment 😊💕

@@thevintageread Thank you for letting me know.

Wonderful!

Yes, getting older, my eyesight’s not as great as it was and I really appreciate audiobooks more and more.

Shauna?????

what does that comment mean ?@@dawnjohnson5937

Yes I really enjoyed it!

The Queen Mother was £8 million in debt when she died due to her lavish lifestyle,so who coughed up the money?

Next one Friday 😊💗

It was!

Hi Yorkshire girl ,,That is wonderful news , I was wondering how your husband was ,,it will be a long road for him, but I wish him and you nothing but the best , keep the faith ❤️

Hello @yorkshiregal 🙋🏻‍♀️🇳🇱 Nice to meet you here as well. Wonderful news about your husband 🎁. I hope it helps to make the season extra festive. Only 2 weeks to go 🎄🎅🌟

@@annbannister1118 Hi Ann, thank you so much for your good wishes. It was the best news so makes coping with what is to come so much easier. He may have to have another graft but cons hoping it will heal from the inside out🤞🙋‍♀️😘

@@DutchJoan Hello Joan, think it will be a quiet one for us and hubby is still struggling to eat as they re-aligned his jaw too but we have a lot to be thankful for. 🙋‍♀️😘

My pleasure!

Not if you live in Oz. Why are books so darned expensive here, Thank you Shauna, for doing it for us.

Accommodation thrown in

It does sound very low now in 2024, but she had free food, free rent, didn't need to spend on much. After all, she left a teacher position for this post so it somehow made sense to her, so perhaps it wasn't all that low, she could have saved most of it, her son was grown and working as a footman.

I think she opened a can of worms when she went public with her complaints.

I had a long drive back from Ireland after a holiday with my son, we got to the mainland tge next morning and I stopped for girl and something to eat/drink on the front page of all the newspapers was the story of Diana’s death and remember saying ‘sone people will do anything to get in the papers ‘ she played games and manipulated and all those do own cast eye looks like some poor little woman from a Georgian romantic novel drove me crazy. My son who was about 7 wasn’t too pleased as that’s all that was on TV all day 😂

​@@lizroberts1569 I was an adult in the U.S. when she died & all of my coworkers were groaning about the nonstop coverage. At the time, I knew next to nothing about her...or Charles...& didn't care. What a difference 26 years has made.

I've read that Diana treated William like a b est friend, ventedto him about her marriage and later about her "friends".

@@lianecook9437 I've read that too.

That's awesome!

Glad you like them!

And Merry Christmas to you and your family

😊 Merry Christmas to you too ! 🎄🎁

Hard to get however 2nd hand copies are available.