I’ve always believed that Prince Harry is more like his mother. People always wanted to believe that William was more like Diana, but it’s Harry. Diana was famously NOT book-smart, but she was a hard worker and she always had a great deal of emotional intelligence and she authentically cared about people. Harry is like that. So, there’s a totally random rumor going around and I have no idea why anyone thought it would be a good idea to “float” this idea. Page Six says there are rumors that Harry will enroll at Yale Law School. Um? No.
Star-struck students at Yale University are in a tizzy over the rumor that Prince Harry is coming to New Haven, Conn., to matriculate at Yale Law School.
“Everyone was talking about it around the campus. Big buzz!” one alumnus told me.
But experts on the Windsors were skeptical.
“I doubt it,” royal-watcher Richard Mineards said. “Harry’s not the brightest bulb in the palace chandelier. His entry exam for Eton [boarding school] was delayed because he wasn’t considered up to taking it.”
Another Brit recalled the allegations that “Harry famously got his teacher to do the written element of his A1 Level exam at Eton.”
Harry, who excelled at polo and rugby, graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before becoming a helicopter pilot and serving two tours of duty in Afghanistan. But my source said, “That’s not an academic degree. That just means you can march neatly, follow orders and polish your boots.”
Harry, fifth in line of succession to the throne, might want to come to Yale to find a bride. At 31, having dated a string of nubile maidens, he’s under pressure to settle down, and could be ready to give American women a chance. Sources said former British PM Tony Blair, who briefly lectured at Yale starting in 2008, could smooth the admissions process, as he did in 2006 for his own son, Euan Blair, who even got a $92,000 scholarship.
“Yale would be over the moon to get Harry as a student,” one insider said. “Imagine the kind of fundraising they could do.”
The absolute last thing Harry should do is enroll in some multi-year graduate program in America. I mean, I love Harry and I would love it if he came to America for months or years at a time, just as I would love it if he ended up marrying an American. But it’s not going to happen. Especially this year, when the Queen has made it clear that she’s going to start passing down more work to the younger royals whether they like it or not. As for Harry’s lack of book-smarts… it’s true. Much like his mother, Harry never really took to formal education. But like his mom, he’s got charm and emotional intelligence.
Obviously, Kensington Palace has already said that this rumor is false too. But it is fun to think of Harry with some American co-eds.
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Ugh he is soo hot! 😍😍😍 I actually applied there (waiting to hear April 1st ha), and it would be cool if he was actually going. I’m ready to be the next (actually functional) Kate lol
My response as well. I have nothing to add, just that he’s really sexy.
And good luck on Yale, that’s awesome!
Does he have a Bachelor’s degree? I can’t remember him going to university the way William did.
He doesn’t. After graduating from Eton he took a gap year and then enrolled at RMA Sandhurst.
William had a gap year, attended Edinburgh and then enrolled at Sanhurst, too.
He did geography at St. Andrews.
MTE! How can he go to law school without an undergraduate degree?
It’s Yale. They make exceptions for the rich and noble.
Bonster, I don’t doubt it, but realistically how could Harry handle the academic rigor? I imagine Yale law is pretty hard, even for the most academically prepared.
Betty – Please. They would pass him simply bc of who he is. Yale would tout him being alum until the end of time. I’m sure a similar arrangement has been made for people like members of the Kennedy or Vanderbilt families. This is nothing compared to Yale, but I graduated from LSU where we have a great football program and the better players were always treated like royalty..as long as they sat and technically took the exams and came to a class here and there, they would automatically pass them. I know it’s a different caliber at Yale Law, but Harry would be like the equivalent of our QB..free pass.
Damn I have to unpack now & cancel my plane ticket to Connecticut since it’s false.
But if he wishes to further his education, he’s more than welcome to join me here.
We’d never see or hear from Michael K again if Prince Hot Ginge moved to America!
I love the beard on him! It makes him look so distinguished and handsome!
I think charm and emotional intelligence will go a lot farther than book learning for the Bearded Ginger, even if he’s eventually to sit on the throne in place of his lazy ass brother.
Totally agree. William and Kate both have uni degrees and see how that’s working for them.
I find it annoying when he’s called dumb by the press, it must be really hurtful. Just because he isn’t book-smart doesn’t mean he isn’t intelligent.
He seems to be quite “quick” and witty. He knows how to talk to people, which seems very natural for him.
My father had to drop out of uni and had a stellar career in the private sector and has run his own company for the past 25 years. The other day he remarked he will soon mark his 50th year in the work force (he’s 65).
So yeah, sometimes Uni has nothing do to with how far you go in life, or how good you are at what you do.
He’s much more likable, that’s for sure. Though high intelligence is often accompanied with social awkwardness. Is Prince William known for being intelligent or just in comparison to Harry?
William graduated with a 2:1 degree, which, which means you weren’t at the top of your class but you meet the bare requirements to get into a post-grad program. However, the amount of people getting 2:1’s varies by subject. William’s degree was in Geography (not sure how rigorous that is. My university didn’t have that as a major so I wouldn’t know).
I agree. And when I hear both Harry and William in an interview together, it’s Harry whose comments are deeper and more thought out and based on actual practice, while William seems to prattle just talking points.
As an American with little understanding of why the monarchy still matters to Europeans, I’ll say this:
The ability to get people to like you, share your vision and partner with you in what you want to accomplish go much farther than a Double First when you strive to do great works that impact a lot of people. Harry has passion, drive and a work ethic (work hard, play hard!) and therefore is a better candidate for the throne than William is. His representation makes the UK look better to the rest of the world.
But perhaps I say that because I read Celebitchy…
I don’t see the hot with him, but I appreciate that he’s slightly ( but just slightly) less useless than the rest of them.
@lock lamora I am with you. I keep blinking but can’t see it.
That makes two of us…
Neither use nor ornament, as my old granny used to say.
I have degrees up the wazoo but couldn’t even get a helicopter off the ground. Different smarts for different folks.
Also, Page Six: “nubile maidens?” Straight out of Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
Enormous tracts of land!
And it’s not like training to be a pilot doesn’t require a lot of academic effort – it’s not a video game, I imagine the military won’t let you near one of their precious machines until you’ve spent some time in the classroom studying the mechanics of flight and proving you’ve got the brainpower to handle all the different systems. Then again, Normal Bill is a pilot too, so what do I know.
Dara: a long time ago, a guardian writer named Marina Hyde was commissioned to write nice things about William and Harry’s flying machines and capabilities.
Her take on their capabilities was summed up thus: William’s helicopter is *budgie the helicopter whilst Harry’s Helicopter is **airwolf.
*Budgie the helicopter is the name of a loveable cartoon helicopter book + TV series written by Fergie in the late 90s/early 00s.
**Airwolf is an 80s tv show centred around a high-tech military helicopter and it’s crew undertaking dangerous missions worldwide.
The take away was that whatever you thought of their intelligence, the university educated brother was flying a toy vs the non university educated brother flying a complex war machine!!
Harry’s uptitude has been tested at various points throughout his army career. He’s come top percentile of all army tests and IIRC, top of the programme he undertook with USA military to qualify for the apache helicopter.
Thank you LAK, it was my assumption that Harry had the tougher job which wouldn’t have allowed for any “fudging” of skills or ability, but I was basing that assumption on very little actual fact, so I didn’t want to talk completely out of my a$$ without anything to back it up. I’m all for Bill-bashing, but only when it’s deserved – which is often enough as it is without making things up.
p.s. I loved Airwolf growing up! I had a crush on the mysterious boss with the eye patch but was repelled by the greasy and gross Jan-Michael-Whateverhisnamewas that played the main character. I watched the show in spite of him.
Every time Will and Kate are rightfully criticized there is a hit article on Harry. This seems like a hateful one making fun of his lack of intelligence. Like he has dreams of going to Yale Law school. Ooops (giggles) too bad he is dumb as rocks and doesn’t even have a college degree. This is cruel. You don’t do this to your brother.
So true.
Nasty and says a lot about William.
There’s a phrase I hope NEVER to hear again – “nubile maidens”
VOM
Agreed! They don’t let you fly a multi-million $ helicopter because you “march neatly, and..polish your boots”. It definitely takes a very unique kind of intelligence to be a pilot. Harry has dyslexia. As an educator, it drives me bonkers to hear people say someone is not intelligent just because they have trouble with traditional exams and essays. There are different kinds of intelligence.
I actually don’t think it would be a bad idea for him to sit in on some classes somewhere. He’s really into working with charities so why not go take some classes for the business side of them? He also seems to really like helping veterans maybe do some physical therapy licensing classes. He doesn’t have to complete them, in the get a degree/certified way, but he may be surprised that once he enjoys what he’s learning about he could do very well.
Question: With the access to quality tutors and schooling that they have, is it that they simply aren’t endowed with enough natural smarts as a foundation, or that education isn’t valued enough in The Firm to motivate them to take advantage of their resources, or both?
I think the first would be true.
Inbreeding?
Environment (nurture) is still about half the battle, they could come up a lot further if their educations were taken seriously. I guess none of these wankers (Sixer did I use that right?) feels they have to hustle.
You did! You can have the Sixer Bronze Medal for Beginner Level Britisher swearing. Next time, use “wankpot”. This will get you Intermediate Level (making up silly new swear words from real ones is a national pastime). If you make up one of your own, you’ll be all the way to Advanced Level!
How about “wankhole”? Thank sounds pretty insulting to me.
The more creative, the better. I might need to steal any good ones, since Mr Sixer has just announced he wishes to divorce me and marry Catherine Cawood. Pfft. I said if he does that, I will just visit Tommy Lee Royce in prison and THEN he will be sorry.
That would mean REALLY dim, though. Because like you said, they can hire the best of the best, you know nationally recognized teachers with experience, innovators, etc.
I think his education suffered with his mom’s death because it was said at the time that he was kept back a year after she died. What a difficult thing for a 12 year old boy to go through. And so public too.
The old sideways rumor from Clarkson was Harry is dyslexic. Unlike with Beatrice, I don’t think it has been formally stated by the Palace. It was said the dyslexia wasn’t discovered until his late teens. He always wanted to be in the Army. If you struggle in school and don’t need to attend University to achieve your career goal, why not just go straight into the career?
If he is dyslexic that would explain a lot. My sister’s dyslexia was caught early on thanks to our mother (a psychologist with background in teaching), and she went into treatment at the age of 5. Treatment lasted 7 years! After that, she needed 2 years of therapy in order to rebuild her self esteem and sense of self, and stop thinking of herself as dim. Early treatment changed her life because she went on to college and then to university and had a stellar academic experience, graduating in the top 3 of her class at the age of 22.
Not all teachers, or parents, are able to correctly identify learning problems or disabilities.
I think we all know people who have many different kinds of intelligences. Harry, and Maxima also, have people skills and people smarts and genuine warmth. Look at pics of Maxima and Harry greeting the “peasants,” maxima leans way into people, as does Harry. See Maxima here:
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/danish-crown-princess-mary-and-the-dutch-queen-maxima-visit-news-photo/466698962
Kate and Wills put their arms way out to shake hands and even lean back, so to avoid getting too close. They are noticeably uncomfortable with the “peasants” who support them. And compare how they wave. Harry and Maxima’s arms are held out from the body, Kate and wills give those tight little close-to-the-body waves.
I’m not sure what kind of,intelligence Wills and Kate have. I don’t think either of them are book smart, nor do,they have emotional’intelligence. And if you are going to run “the Firm,” you’d better have people smarts or it’s going yo be a disaster!!
Yes, Beatrice is about 5 yrs. younger (?) than Harry, and I think by the time The Firm caught on, Harry was much further in his academic career and already “hated” school by then because of always feeling dumb and defeated. It’s sad, really. It’s highly likely that his mum had some degree of dyslexia as well, and that’s why she was considered “dumb” by her family and school mates. If you’ve ever seen copies of her written correspondence, she wrote a bit oddly and had some trouble with spelling. But you can tell in her interviews and speeches that she wasn’t “dumb”.
There isn’t an A1 exam. There’s an AS exam and an A2 exam. An A2 is a bit like one of your AP courses but with a larger curriculum size, cos you only do 3 or 4 of them for university entrance.
Since the article can’t even get the UK education system right, I feel it unlikely they’ll call it right on Harry and Yale!
Eh…I went to Yale. They don’t need help with fundraising, and the last thing that place needs is more overseas students with lots of sketchy family money and not much going on academically.
Also, I could imagine him registering for some classes or something through one of the professional schools, or maybe even the college (undergraduate), but Yale Law School doesn’t…really take people who don’t have university degrees. Doesn’t Page Six know any lawyers?
For real. I don’t know why people always think you can get into schools like Yale based only on fame or money. Yale doesn’t need the PR. They have multiple millions in private endowments aside from what they make in tuition. You might be able to buy your way into universities in developing countries, but it just doesn’t happen at Ivy League schools.
My cynical side suspects, just a little, that maybe this is William throwing Harry under the bus again. This story is so over-the-top, it’s instantly unbelievable and everybody knows it. Might as well say Harry wants to apply to MIT and be a quantum physicist. It’s just reminding people that he’s not academically inclined….which might in a subtle way, remind people that it was William who got the academic degree from a university, not Harry and therefore he’s smarter or better. *cough* The purpose might be to taint the opinions of people who think Harry is better than William.
It’s amazing how believable your theory is, Anne. I would say “but it’s in an American publication” but we all know how poor Jason loves the U.S. rags.
I wish someone would catch Willnot putting out a press hit on Harry. Talk about nailing the coffin shut!
Because Jason is American, he may have some very good connections to American media outlets. Huffington Post is American, and that’s to whom Kate did her guest editing ‘job.’ I read some tweets from UK royal media watchers who criticized them for using an American outlet instead of participating with an UK one.
Also, W&K seem to put the UK media on a shorter leash than foreign ones in order to try to make them more compliant, so by hiring an America, W&K have access to other media outlets from which they can use to subvert the UK ones. At least that’s my theory on why they hired Jason.
But…why? This came up in a thread last week, I think, about the BRF, and I am curious. Why are they concerned about getting good press in the U.S.?
I’m in the cynical corner alongside you. This is the second U.S. article recently about Harry that’s had some not-so-subtle shade, the other one was bemoaning the fact that Harry has had only two official engagements so far this year and was aimlessly wandering about without purpose – which feels seriously off, even to someone that doesn’t follow the Windsors all that closely.
How did Blair’s son get $92.000 in scholarships??? Are they kidding me?
He may have emotional charm but he is thick as two short planks. Eton used to have a system where they read out to the whole year level the boys academic rankings from last to first. The very bottom of the tree were categorised “GTF”s – a General Total Failure.
They stopped it the year Harry joined. Guess why?!
I suspect if he opened his mouth more in public the shine would fall off much more quickly.
“I suspect if he opened his mouth more in public the shine would fall off much more quickly.”
That happens all the time. Sarah Palin, Ben Carson, anyone? Beyoncé doesn’t speak on behalf of Beyoncé?
Everyone who doesn’t have traditional print-based intelligence is an idiot to you? The dyslexia wasn’t diagnosed until schooling was basically completed, which likely contributed heavily to him doing poorly in school.
He held his own against President Obama when speaking publicly about Invictus. At least he stuck to the topic instead of rambling about baby parts like William!
Not at all. I just know that Harry is not all that (and that’s not based on always running into him drunk in boujis in the mid 2000s!).
I agree he is good on veterans’ stuff (and long may he continue) and he’s Stephen Bloody Fry compared to William, but he is actually a bit of a dolt.
I don’t think he’s all that, I just don’t think he is stupid because he has a learning disability or didn’t go to University. You can’t be a complete dolt and be best helicopter gunner, which is based on measurable skill not being voted everybody’s favorite. His mother may not have been “book smart” but was incredibly people smart and accomplished a lot with her charity work.
I suppose it depends on your definition of “dolt”. I know a lot of people who are pretty stupid, but really good a physical stuff. It doesn’t make them less stupid, it just makes them agile/strong/well-trained.
He’s actually well-spoken and thoughtful when it comes to his interviews.
All you need is money to be able to go to an Ivy League school…what does brains have to do with it lol?
This
This surprises you? George W. went to Yale. Need I say more?
In this case, it’s total BS. Harry doesn’t even have an undergrad degree. You can’t go straight outta high school (or the British equivalent) and then to grad school.
Don’t forget William wanted to quit St. Andrews. The story is Kate urged him to stay and Charles probably arranged tutors and other help. So in terms of intelligence, it’s my guess Harry isn’t far behind William.
As they were barely acquainted at that point, the “Kate convince William to stay” story is press-and-fan fiction IMO. Charles was the one who convinced him.
I’m curious as to whether William served in an actual war zone compared to Harry who was deployed to Afghanistan? Maybe that made Harry more mature.
It’s hard to say that he’s not book smart without actually knowing him. Perhaps he’s lazy or doesn’t enjoy studying. If he applied himself, for instance, this preception may be different.
I think there are different kinds of smart. Harry is talented at interacting with total strangers. He makes people laugh that he has just met. You need different skill sets for different professions, but as far as being a prince, his ability to work a room is a strong asset. His talent at performing well at a moment’s notice lent itself well to the army. He probably would not be as happy at a desk job, compared to a job where he constantly interacts with people. It would have to be the right type of law; the right specialty.
I am sure this won’t happen, but if it did! As someone who completed three years of law school, and became a lawyer, I think of that one person who would be excluded because Prince Harry attended due to publicity. He would never practice law.
Gosh – I’ve lurked for ages, but never written a post until now.
Only info I have is from someone who knew him via the army and the verdict was – nice person but certainly not the brightest (and I’m putting that politely )
Diana said that Harry was the most like her, that he leads from the heart, not from the head. Mother knows best.
He might want to pick up an undergraduate degree first, just a suggestion.