Battling Brothers

That 'office' is a prop; no active worker has an office that bare. Second, throughout the past so many years William let the press and some facets of the establishment to disrespect his brother repeatedly and that should NEVER have been allowed to happen. Third, Kate should have been made to keep her filthy hands off of Harry and should have been set straight about her meddling. Fourth, the minute Pippa started up her campaign, Kate should have been made to pay for it.

I know I will never understand it. Harry was left to fend for himself and was repeatedly maltreated by a family that should have been lifting him up. The biggest flaw of royal families is that they tear down the 'spares,' but it is clear that as a blood prince, then a royal duke, then a future Duke of York, that Harry should have been protected and better educated and assisted in developing an impenetrable place in the BRF. He should have been placed in training as a Viceroy of one or even two Commonwealth nations and should have been nurtured and encouraged and told that he was vital to the nation and he should have been treated better by his family. He should have been invested with Councilor of State and he should have been assigned an office under the protection of HM. William was over-coddled and it shows why things are such a mess. Diana was over-coddled and look at where she ended up.

If royal life is going to be relevant and respected, the members, MAINLY the support network, has to be treated with respect and dignity and need to be treated accordingly by the Sovereign and by staff and by even government officials. HM (as usual) messed up by leaving Harry with no guidance or protection and the royals themselves are showing how pointless they are by their own lack of respect for their own kind.

I think I have a view that might be novel:

Once Harry was born, his well being should have been a huge focus for QE and the senior court of the Sovereign. William should have been a focus of his parents and Harry should have been under the protection of the sovereign. As 'spare' and someone who is ostensibly back up for William, Harry should have been better protected and should have been educated and trained in a non-Prussian school setting and should have been protected better. If Harry had been protected from family dysfunction and from being assigned some role by Diana and protected from being fetishist and sexualized by the press that was out of line in describing a fifteen/sixteen/seventeen year old in portraying Harry as a sexual being before he was legally of age. It was sick. Then as he was a young kid, he should have been out of any official public eye being surrounded by a stable situation no matter what. Second, Harry should not have been groomed to let William get love and positive attention first and be expected to wait until Diana was done cooing over William. Harry should have been getting training not to go too far out of his social set and should have been educated according to his nature. After Diana's death, Harry and William should have been raised to bond as much as possible and should have been removed from the public eye until he was fully capable of developing a stable household of his own in his own right. Bringing the princes around the world to meet the Spice Girls and parading them around and letting the press bury those princes in the memory of their mother was wrong.

If I had been Sovereign I would have required them to spend their schooling in the country together and should have been developing a healthy symbiotic relationship. A leader is only as effective and protected as their backup, their reinforcements. I wouldn't have wanted either prince in an aristocratic oriented boarding school since country parties were not in their future way of life. Second, I would have ordered that any communication be vetted by myself and I would have firmly informed Elton John and other celebrities that they were no longer welcome to maintain ties with the princes since their mother was dead and the princes were no longer connected to them. I would have then met with them monthly and would have commanded their presence at holiday gatherings with the appearances at certain public events being pre-decided by the princes and therefore up to them. If they were ready, okay, but if not, no problem. As for interviews, I would make it clear that as a condition, the press is banned from mentioning Diana unless either prince brought her up.

Thing is, that this would have been avoided if William had been raised with more challenges and Harry with less neglect. Harry was surrounded by people who were refusing to adapt their upbringing to a society that was enabling predators to gain access to public figures far more easily. In the 90's and 00's, the courtiers were older men and women who were not capable of the kind of strategizing that this era requires and even political heads of state have younger staffers to help navigate certain areas. The problem with lifelong service is that is prevents adapting and there is a lack of appreciation with those with a traditional adherence, but with good strategies on how to handle predators, genuine predators, not just pushy press. If William had been raised with more consequences than protection, he would have had ot mature. If Harry had been better protected, he would have been healthier and more steady. This was a classic case of stupidity and in the past, the spares were married off to foreign families or were at least heavily educated and far more empowered and protected than neglected.

So after accomplishing something amazing and garnering good press, they kick him into a gutter room instead of being given a suite? The royals really know how to dump on their support network.

Yes, William is definitely out of line. I do not think that "Heir" should be a position in and of itself. Clearly this fits the pattern of behavior of William's.