Prince Harry reportedly hated “woke nonsense” before meeting Meghan Markle, a new book has claimed. The Mail has more.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, is said to have not been a fan of “all that politically correct stuff” before he first met then-Suits actress Meghan, 41, and enjoyed sharing jokes that “we are no longer allowed to make”.
The claims from one of Prince Harry’s “Eton contemporaries” are made in a new biography, Gilded Youth by Tom Quinn, Newsweek reports.
Quinn’s book reportedly quotes the classmate of Harry’s, who is not named, as saying: “He was funny, a bit cynical and great company because like the rest of us he made jokes that we are no longer allowed to make.”
The claims come after the Duke of Sussex has been accused of being “woke” as he has championed new causes in recent years.
The former Eton pupil is reported to have accused Harry of turning into a “Guardian-reading tree hugger” after meeting the Duchess of Sussex, and suggests the Duchess herself was the person behind his transformation.
He said: “He rarely, if ever, spoke about global warming. He was a sort of Tim-Nice-but-Dim character who liked getting pissed with his army and Eton friends, did a bit of shooting and fishing and was otherwise undistinguished.”
Since stepping down as a senior member of the royal family Harry has spoken out about several causes and issues on which he previously rarely commented.
His more recent forays into tackling these issues have led to some people branding the Duke as ‘woke’.
Last year, royal expert Angela Levin claimed Harry and Meghan were “trying to create an alternative woke royal family”.
She told Femail: “I’ve thought for a long time that Harry and Meghan are trying to create an alternative woke royal family, the grandeur and the pomp and circumstance that surrounds them.”
In his £100 million Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, the Duke discussed how he has tackled his own unconscious bias in recent years and has since encouraged the royal family to do the same.
In an interview to promote his bombshell memoir Spare in January, Harry told former NFL player Michael Strahan the royal family needed to educate themselves on unconscious bias if the monarchy was to modernise and survive.
Harry said he wanted the royals to survive but that understanding race better would be “hugely beneficial” for them.
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I posted this yesterday from TCW. The credit belongs to Kathy Gyngell.
Do keep up.
I hope that all those who went out to vote hoping that a sea change was coming feel suitably foolish.
The system is rigged in so many ways. The distorted representation of votes in parliament, the media assault on anyone that might be a threat to the establishment, the gaslighting making people think that this freak show we call elections represents their actual views and wishes.
Thing will only actually change in a meaningful way when enough people get tired of being suckered, say enough is enough and refuse to play the rigged game.
Labour 33.8% of the vote share
54% turn out
46.5m eligible to vote out of a population of 67m
69.4% of the population eligible to vote
0.694 x 0.54 x 0.338
Just 12.7% of the population voted for this government.
Time long overdue for PR
There are many varieties of PR, so you do need to specify which you prefer, and why.
For example, party lists only encourage central control, which has caused much dysfunctionality already. Multiple members for each constituency means muddled responsibility.
And, given that European countries have very different means of electing representatives, yet all have had their problems, there is much to be said for some thinking rather than unspecific soundbites.
Well said. Whenever I try to say exactly the same thing I get hammered on the downvotes, but your same point has been well received. An indication of the fluidity, and easily managed, of many?
We see clearly the next task.
Scotland, Wales, London show us what is in store for us all.
The demolition of Labour……we’ll have to get them before they get us……
Two thirds of the country did not vote for this (big majority of seats) government.
Time for PR.
As I already said on this thread, you need to specify which type of PR.
Wales clearly likes socialism as they have booted out the Tories. So let us all look forward the an NHS Welsh style.
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Based on declared seats Reform have the third highest share of the vote. And labour share of the vote is only just above one third.
Noticed that Chris Chope got back in for Christchurch. I think he was one of the good guys. Andrew Bridgen has failed for NW Leicestershire- by a long way as well.
He was one of the few good guys – constantly trying to highlight the plight of the vaccine injured in the HoC.
The people of Leicester NW deserve all the shyte that Kneel and Co can throw at them.
What a vile electorate.
It’s as though Andrew is worse than an inconvenience.
I’m shocked, truly shocked, telI you!
The https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/dermatologys-horrendous-war-against was worth a read, but in the “Benefits of sunlight” section it is silent about one of the fundamental ones. I.e. the way we use Ultra Violet-B to make vitamin D. Perhaps the author has shares in the manufacture of supplements, a cynic might observe!
If the Tories could do this after winning an 80 seat majority last time, just think what Labour will achieve in 5 years with double the majority.
How many extra windmills will Labour manage to plan, build, and put into production before they get found out?
And then there’s the miles of Power Lines, acres of solar panels and Carbon Capture & Storage installations that fail.
I do have a good idea on the number of CC&S successes.
So Reform won 14% of the popular vote, and got 4 seats in Parliament.
LibDems won 12% of the popular vote, and got 63 seats in Parliament.
Errrr, yes, that seems fair…
And the Greens got around half the Reform vote, but the same number of seats.
This election is the first chance that Reform have had to judge where their support lies on national issues. In their next election they will be able to crunch the numbers and build funding to allow then the target resources for best effect.