After making insensitive comments, comparing killing twenty five members of the Taliban on the battlefield to “chess pieces removed from the board,” Harry received backlash from veterans and grieving soldiers. Instead of taking accountability for his sloppy words, Harry blamed the British media for spreading “the dangerous lie” that he was bragging about his experience in Afghanistan.
Furthermore, despite previously claiming that the Royal Family is racist in the Oprah Winfrey interview and in their Netflix documentary, Prince Harry retracted this statement in his more recent interview with Tom Bradby. This is despite the fact that the Sussexes previously said that the Commonwealth was the “Empire 2.0” and that a Royal Family member made inappropriate comments about Archie’s skin color. Harry then spun the story saying that it was the press’s fault as if “there was a hunt for the royal racist.”
It should not be seen as acceptable for a member of the Royal Family to attack and blame the press so frequently.
[It’s what royals have done for decades. It’s the willingness of media celebrities to go along with it that’s changed, especially in their rush to promote the claims of racism in the Royal Family. Everyone in this equation is acting to undermine their own interests, which is what makes it interesting in a trainwreck sort of way. — Ed]
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