The Daily Mail is really going to frame every event, every story as “Prince Harry didn’t come to this,” aren’t they? They did the same with King Charles’s Scottish coronation service and, let’s not forget, the Mail and other British outlets spent months solely focused on whether the Sussexes would come to the coronation in London back in May. Harry’s absence from that salty isle will be the framing device from now on. Which is a story in and of itself. Anyway, one of Harry’s good friends got married in Sutton over the weekend, and wouldn’t you know, Harry did not attend.
The Duke of Sussex stood shoulder to shoulder with Jack Mann and his other closest confederates in the ‘band of brothers’ photograph at Windsor Castle on the night of the royal wedding. And, after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials, it was suggested that Mann was not just one of the ushers but was, in fact, his ‘real’ best man, rather than Prince William.
So there was disappointment at the weekend among royal fans that Harry and Meghan were not present at Mann’s own big day. Mann, 40, exchanged vows with osteopath Isabella Clark at St Peter’s church in Stutton where guests included Harry’s friend Thomas van Straubenzee, godfather of Princess Charlotte. Van Straubenzee was accompanied by his wife, Lucy, an assistant head at Charlotte and Prince George’s former school, Thomas’s.
It’s not clear how close Harry remains to Mann, whom he met at Sandhurst where both were commissioned into the Blues and Royals. The Duke admits in his memoirs, Spare, that he fell out with some of his old pals after he attacked the Royal Family on television.
I’m surprised the Mail didn’t calculate the time it would have taken for Harry and Meghan to fly into the UK, detail all of the available flights in the necessary time frame, and itemize the cost of hotels and clothing Harry and Meghan could have worn. That’s actually the level of obsession we’re dealing with. Anyway, I always get the feeling that Harry’s real friends have accepted him and his journey and they don’t expect him to stay frozen in royal amber for the rest of his life. They also don’t expect him to fly twelve hours on a holiday weekend just to attend their wedding.
Photos courtesy of Netflix’s ‘Harry & Meghan’.
It’s this level of scrutiny and hysteria that likely prevent Harry from partaking. He knows he’ll become focus of the story and will hijack the event. So he’s a good friend and stays away.
Exactly. Harry’s an excellent friend. Harry would never want anyone else’s wedding/event to be about him. The UK papers have nothing else to write about because, apparently, nothing gets clicks like the Sussexfuls.
Exactly. The tabloids have made it impossible for Harry to support any of his friends at events such as this for the foreseeable future.
Yep and that’s the reason Meghan didn’t attend Patrick & Troian’s wedding then they tried to spin it like she wasn’t invited or something.
Yeah this.
“I wish we could be there, but If we show up, it will become a f’ing circus. Here’s a lovely gift and an open invitation to visit us in Cali.”
Unfortunately, they will need to repeat this over and over for the next 30 years.
I’m laughing that the “band of brothers” photo doesn’t include, you know, Harry’s actual brother, The Other Brother.
I was thinking the exact same thing. And even if he wanted him in this pic I’m sure by the time it was take pegs and buttons were long gone.
Had the “other brother” been in that photo, he would have been standing in the middle with his coat buttoned up, looking grave and unhappy that the others were having fun. I’m sure they did not miss him.
Omg. They are on roll with the nasty pieces. Well they are always on a roll for that but the pickings are getting slimmer.
@susanCollins, Susan it’s getting more pathetic every bloody day. Harry knew that if he and Megan attended the wedding it would probably have ruined the whole day for the bride and groom because the PRESS would have made it so
Knowing Harry he would have had a long telephone conversation with his friend and said words along the lines of “we would have loved to be with you on your special day, but we don’t want it turning into a 3 ringed circus and being spoilt. We have sent a present and your welcome to spend hour honeymoon with us or a holiday”., one day in a galaxy far, far away the press will just disappear and leave them alone, christ we even had that idiot slime ball Kyle today interviewing an American friend of fergie asking how she was and how she’s managing and he STILL managed to turn it to include Harry and Megan!!
The Duke admits in his memoirs, Spare, that he fell out with some of his old pals after he attacked the Royal Family on television.
Did he? I read Spare awhile back, but I don’t recall this
I don’t think he fell out with anyone over the interview. I think when he started dating Meghan, some of them showed their racist, sexist, xenophobic asses and Harry cut them out of his life.
Certainly this would not be anyone who stood next to him on his wedding day to Meghan though.
Yes that’s what I thought, the misattribution is strange given the context for Spare and the interview were completely different, but I shouldn’t expect a modicum of accuracy from the BM
You’re probably right, @Kirsten, but the BM just HAS to include any and all negative reactions and spins in any Sussex-related article. For example, in the section above, they made sure to include the Oprah interview (even though it’s unrelated to the weekend wedding story) and I’m sure that they included everything but their 15,000 bathrooms.
I don’t remember him talking about falling out with friends in the book. He spoke about losing friendships in the docu-series and I think it was because he was with Meghan not because he spoke about the Royal Family.
I believe what he said was that during the time his phone was being hacked and information posted in newspapers, that he lost friends because he suspected some of them were talking to the media. At that point, he did not know about the media having access to his voice mail. And I think that he mentioned that because it resulted in him distrusting people and losing friends who had not been guilty of spreading personal information.
@Anna, no he didn’t say that in Spare re: the O interview. Page 397 of Spare is where it’s addressed. Harry said he was chastised by some close mates, Tiggy and Emilie (of Hugh & Emilie). He explained, more or less, why not. The BM/BRF/”palace sources had been putting out his story for years. The Sussexes were telling their story not hiding behind anyone.
He did discuss having trust issues with people close to him during the phone hacking time. Even Marko, who it seems like he still has a good relationship with. In Spare’s acknowledgements, Harry thanks some friends. Interesting if you’ve read Harry’s witness statement with the Mirror Group lawsuit, he identifies his relationship status with some.
Tom “Skippy” Inskip is someone he doesn’t have a relationship with anymore. For good reason.
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I’m sure they also understand the absolute nightmare of trying to provide private security….for an entire wedding and reception that is someone else’s and filled with THEIR guests…all while not having access to UK security threat data.
The Fail is pathetic. I think the fact that some of these “pals” were leaking to the press about Meghan is the real reason for the fall out.
“Disappointment among royal fans…” Which fans are those – haven’t the tabloids been saying that everyone hates Harry? It’s annoying that the press for this couple is about whether Harry attended the wedding or not.
And it has nothing to do with the uk tabloids stalking H&M relentlessly. I’m sure the bride and groom thought their wedding should be about them, not the entire cabal of hate for hire using it as a backdrop to stalk and smear H&M.
It’s possible he has just grown apart from many of his friends. It happens every day, especially since he moved so far away.
Omg Prince Harry didn’t come to my daughter’s school recital!!!! I’m going to tell the DM so people can see what a TERRIBLE person he is. Outrageous!!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
And we had a bonfire last night and guess who didn’t show up?!
It was my parents’ 64th wedding anniversary and Harry was nowhere in sight! 😁
I had a 4th of July celebration all day yesterday. Guess who was a no-show…. Selfish git.
My dog was terrified of fireworks yesterday. Did Harry show up to comfort her – heck no. I am absolutely disgusted.
Y’all–😂🤣🤣😈🤣😂
We’ve been weeding and laying down mulch in our gardens the last few days. Did Harry offer to help? Nope. That just proves how lazy he is. /s
“I’m surprised the Mail didn’t calculate the time it would have taken for Harry and Meghan to fly into the UK, detail all of the available flights in the necessary time frame, and itemize the cost of hotels and clothing Harry and Meghan could have worn.”
@Kaiser this will probably be in part two of this riveting article.
I’m waiting for the articles about how Harry preferred to stay in the US to celebrate Independence Day – another Blow To The Monarchy!!!
It’s another slap in the face to King Charles. His face must be hurting from the continual slaps.
The DM didn’t know about that photo until Harry and Meghan included it in their docu-series and I doubt any royal fans know who Jack Mann is. Plus this is first time I’m hearing about Jack Mann being Harry’s real best man, it was Charlie van Straubenzee who was believed to Harry’s real best man. He escorted Doria up the aisle and he’s been the Montecito since Harry and Meghan moved there. But I agree with Kaiser, for the foreseeable future the British press are going to frame every event as Harry not being there.
Yes..
Although the Fail tried unsuccessfully to be disdainful of the docu-series, they are milking it to create their own propaganda based on greed, envy and lack of original ideas.
“Confederates”.
Not even trying to hide the racism anymore.
It’s a weird choice of word given the its historical reference. Richard Eden would say he doesn’t know about that history like when he and colleagues said they didn’t get the reference for Straight Outta Compton.
If this guy is so tight that he’s godfather to Princess Charlotte, why isn’t anyone questioning why Pegs and Buttons weren’t at the wedding?
Guy getting married seems to be friend of Harry, not not William. I assume Godfather of Princess Charlotte is mutual friend of Harry and Groom. I think Tom S. is the one who got mugged at one time and phoned Harry for help.
Interesting they’re admitting Willy might not have actually been best man.
It’s also been revealed that Harry was not actually Willy’s best man either. 🤫
As thoughtful as Harry is, pretty sure there was a mutual agreement on why he would not attend. This is what friends do, they look out for each others best interest. This was the bride and grooms day not Harry and Meghan’s.
I like how he slipped in “godfather of Princess Charlotte” because no one knows who the Sussex tots’ godparents are, besides Tyler Perry for Lili. And I love that we don’t know.
Aside from Tyler Perry, the general public has few clues about Lili’s godparents. OTOH, Archie’s christening took place in England where some of the guests who were known to attend, make guessing who Archie’s godparents are, less difficult. IMO, for Archie: Charlie van Straubenzee, Mark Dyer, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, on Harry’s side. On Meg’s side, Markus Anderson, Genevieve Hillis, and possibly Benita Litt. I would imagine that Abigail Spencer and Janina Gavankar could be additional godparents for Lili.
The Mail just proves, over and over and over again, its obsession with the Sussexes.
And how much they lie or lack reading comprehension skills. Page 339 of SPARE. Charlie (van Straubenzee?) is named. Not Jack Mann.
OR…Harry didn’t go bc if he went it would completely overshadow their wedding and be bombarded in the press? Idk, who knows if they’re close friends still and what the circumstances were and if he was even invited? I could also see the bride and groom talking to Harry about it and mutually deciding it’s not appropriate for Harry to attend. But ya know…let’s speculate the worse.
I’m going to ignore all that DM bullshit and just say that their wedding reception looked like it was a lot of fun.
“there was disappointment at the weekend among royal fans” who are these loser fans?? if it had said some of the attendees were disappointed, or some friends were disappointed, then fair enough. but royal fanss?? get a life! get a job!
The “fans” are the media ghouls who had the wedding staked out in case Harry showed.
@Rnot.
Well stated..
Agreed. You know they had all the airports staked out too, desperate for a photo of Harry with actual luggage, instead of a single hanger. They were no doubt gleeful to shriek on the front pages that it’s a slap in the face to Chuck that Harry spent more than a day in England.
^^ Right! I seriously doubt that any ‘royal fans’ even know who Jack Mann is, much less that he was getting married. Forget about even die-hard Sussex fans knowing him, much less being able to identify him as one of Harry’s groomsmen. I don’t think Mann served as Harry’s best man at the royal wedding, unless Harry identified him as such in his memoir, which I doubt, and do not recall reading.
Oops, didn’t read through everything. This is the passage from SPARE. page 339-William was being difficult.
“I asked myself what was really going on. Was he feeling bad about not being my best man? Was he upset that I’d asked my old mate Charlie?* (The Palace put out the story the Willy was the best man, as they’d done with me when he and Kate married.) Could that be part of it?”.
*Does Charlie secretly go by the name of Jack Mann?
Dare I say it? Harry probably stayed away as to not take attention from the Bride and Groom . Why have a horde of paps and people like the Daily Mail causing chaos at your friends wedding and making it about you? Every day is a slow news day because they have nothing better to do than stalk and talk about people who aren’t paying them any attention.
Harry and Meghan simply didn’t want to be the centre of attention and create a media frenzy and ruin their friends’ special day. I’m sure they both agreed that not going to the wedding was in no way a snub, and the friendship will continue. Again, the scummy tabloids are making a big to-do over nothing.