Jobson: Prince Harry ’caused some disquiet by taking it upon himself’ to visit his dad

Well, King Charles’s biographer has done it, he’s managed to turn “Prince Harry traveled 14 hours to see his cancer-stricken father” into a “this is why Harry is the worst” story. Robert Jobson’s phone line must have burning up with all of the tips he got from Queen Camilla and Buckingham Palace senior staffers, all of whom sound incandescent about Harry’s whirlwind 25-hour trip to London. They are truly begrudging a loving son for his desire to see his father in person in the middle of a serious medical situation. These same “sources” would have been screaming to Jobson about Harry’s rudeness and insensitivity if Harry had not come to see his father too. Anyway, here’s Jobson’s latest in the Mail:

It’s easy to forget that the bond between King Charles and Harry, his ‘darling boy’, was once a source not just of affection but joy – a relationship even warmer than that between Charles and William, perhaps. The distance between them has now grown to the point that their conversations, where there are any conversations, have become mere echoes of the past. We have seen this, poignantly, in the last few days when, learning of his father’s shock cancer diagnosis, Harry jumped on a plane and flew 5,500 miles to see him.

Charles was widely reported to have been ‘touched’ by the gesture. Perhaps he was. Yet I am told that the reality is both more complex and more troubling – that Harry caused some disquiet by ‘taking it upon himself’ to fly over unbidden and at such short notice.

Put bluntly, the King was unhappy about what amounted to a fait accompli served up by an emotional but well-meaning son.

Charles just needs peace and quiet right now and had planned to fly off to the tranquillity of Norfolk with his wife, the Queen, much earlier on Tuesday. Yet thanks to Harry’s intervention, their Majesties were left kicking their heels at Clarence House, their main London home, while they waited for the errant younger son to appear.

It is striking that Harry was not invited to stay at Clarence House or, indeed, at any other royal residence. So last-minute was the decision to fly, that he had to book a hotel room for the night. And if the Prince had expected to spend some ‘quality time’ at Sandringham House talking about the good old days, perhaps, or rebuilding the paternal bond, he will have been disappointed.

What was actually said between them, only His Majesty, the Queen and the Duke of Sussex know, but half an hour (I’m told it was a 30-minute meeting, not even 45) was hardly enough time to rebuild the many bridges reduced to cinders. Not after all that disparagement of the Royal Family, all the misrepresentation pouring out of Montecito for a fist-full of dollars. After barely time for a greetings kiss and perhaps a hug, the King was heading with the Queen to Buckingham Palace to board the monarch’s Sikorsjy S-76C helicopter.

I cannot blame Harry for flying over. Whatever soothing noises might come from Palace courtiers, his father’s diagnosis is a serious matter. However, the Prince should also spend some time reflecting on the stress he has caused the King, not least when he was coping first, with the loss of his own father, Prince Philip and then, of course, his late mother, the Queen. Who could be surprised if Harry were welcomed with something short of open arms?

This impromptu visit, while well-intentioned, has served as a sad reminder of the continuing rift within the family, a burden Charles can ill afford in his current state when all his energy must be focused on the challenge of his health.

[From The Daily Mail]

TL; DR version: Harry was damned if did, damned if he didn’t. Harry visits his father, his father is unspeakably rude to him, and it’s “well, it’s Harry’s fault!” Harry doesn’t visit his father, and it’s “how dare he not come and personally change his father’s bedsheets!” As I said, Harry did what he did for himself, to do the right thing and know that he made the effort and he has a clean conscience. Charles is doing what he does best – bitch and moan about his son interrupting his busy schedule of traveling between palatial estates because Harry dared to take a 14 hour flight just to see him. Harry boxed them in – they look like complete a–holes for the way they’ve treated Harry and then having the audacity to complain about his visit after the fact.

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  1. Tessa says:

    Jobs on is another elderly journalist who should mind his own business. Charles could have said no to the visit.

    • Lawrenceville says:

      Jobson is NOT a journalist, he’s a gossipy busy body old fart, that’s what he is. Harry didn’t need permission to visit with his ailing father who he probably wanted to see alive for the last time. No one, outside of Charles’s very closest circle, really knows what type of or whatever stage Charles’s cancer is. For all we know, Charles maybe just has a few months to live, no one can predict the future. And because Harry knows that, he also knows that he is certain that his father is alive is a day at a time. He therefore couldn’t wait for an invite before he goes to see his dying father, just to please old fart Jobson.
      With that being said, if Harry just took it upon himself to fly to the UK (which he has done multiple times), there wouldn’t have been any police escort to and from Heathrow. His convoy wouldn’t have taken him straight to CH where his father was waiting for him. Once again, these stupid people or RR as they’re usually called are just pulling crap out of thin air and flinging it just to be relevant and to appear like the have any knowledge of the goings on of Charles’ camp but they really don’t know anything.

      • Kingston says:

        @Lawrenceville
        Youre exactly right. Jabba-the-hut doesnt even believe the tripe he pulls from his arse. He’s merely hoping to sway the gullible monarchists who need this kind of sop for their wounded pride-in-britain which the Sussexes’ success outside of the golden cage proves that the golden cage is full of shidt and old farts, living on the toxic fumes of a completely and irretrievably corroded britannia.

        Nothing about this trip was spur-of-the-moment, including the fact that H didnt spend the night on any royal property. H doesnt trust the servant-sycophants and especially not the Machiavellians who would prolly kill him in his sleep.

        Ive said this here before and Ill say it again: H isnt gonna disabuse anyone of their belief that his visit was that of a loving son to an undeserving father. He is indeed a loving son and chucky is indeed an undeserving father. But that was secondary to H’s intent for this visit. I believe strongly that, knowing how the shitmedia operates, H knows he has a duty to Invictus to reduce the nastiness that would be thrown on the organization next week because he and M will be in Canada for the one-year-to-go event. And he knows that his & Meghan’s trip to Canada WILL attract the nasties. So he killed 2 birds with 1 stone: use this visit to chucky on the occasion of chucky’s diagnosis of cancer as cover for his true intent: pre-empt the attacks on him and M, while theyre in Canada for IG, which Shithole Isle was salivating to do.

        Sure, they will spew their bile next week. But it wont land the same or have the same effect.

      • Hawkmoon947 says:

        I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop from Camilla’s camp. You know she had to diminish Harry and his loving gesture. It was rude to not invite him to Sandringham or to allow him to bunk down in any of the HUNDREDS of bedrooms at the King’s disposal.

      • Lawrenceville says:

        Sometimes it’s okay to trust Harry to make his own decisions, the man has agency people. Maybe they didn’t even have the option to offer Harry any rooms anywhere in their palaces. Maybe Harry took all those offers off the table right from the get go and told them he won’t be needing any accommodation for his one night stay in London or wherever he stayed. What makes people think Harry is dying to stay at any of them castles? Or maybe they DID really offer and Harry himself turned them down. We don’t really know what happened or what didn’t.
        I just love the fact that NOBODY except Harry and his camp, knows exactly where Harry stayed for the night, just chef’s kiss.

    • BeanieBean says:

      Charles could have said no & Charles could have said ‘f*ck it, we’re taking the chopper NOW’ & not seen Harry at all. And Jobson got at least one thing wrong: it wasn’t that impromptu, given the police escort Harry got.

      Can you imagine turning a story such as a son flying halfway across the globe to visit his ailing father into something as hateful as this? What kind of black soul or heart or whatever might exist deep in Jobson’s chest does the man have?

      • Nerd says:

        Jobson is the man who thought it was funny to suggest dangling Archie over a balcony like Michael Jackson did with Blanket. Jobson doesn’t have a heart. It’s just total blackness and lard.

      • Christine says:

        I am all the way with you.

        “Put bluntly, the King was unhappy about what amounted to a fait accompli served up by an emotional but well-meaning son.”

        This is the exact same dumbass spin they were using for QEII being livid when Harry and Meghan named their daughter. The.Exact.Same.

    • Lola says:

      🤣 THIS GUY 🤣Of all the Rotas, I believe nothing from this guy, like nada, zero. If he says the earth is round, I will say it’s flat. Smarmy.
      During the Jubilee, he came across as if he was Mr Big Man about Town, lording it over the American journalists and when they pointed out things, like H&M special entrance and what that must mean, oh how he dismissed them, smirked, and acted like they know nothing , he was the only one who really knew the Queen & what was really happening and got all the connections. That day he was cheesing like he couldn’t believe his luck. And now he is no longer on the US Media money train.

      I always see him as living proof of what Dan Hwal said in the KDrama Bulgasal, how monsters reincarnate into humans over time but their monster instincts remains, so their actions are innate. Something about him comes across as really into this hate pushing. Like he loves all this merde.

    • roooth says:

      This one has the stink of Cowmilla all over it. She needed to move quickly to quash any talk of Harry coming back. She’s outlasted Diana, got Harry & Meghan chased out of the country and she’s still working on “obliterating” them through her tabloid mouthpieces. If Willy self-destructs and she outlasts him, then she will have outlasted Diana and her sons, and she will be the one with a crown.

      • Saucy&Sassy says:

        She won’t have the crown, but she could outlast Wont. I think George is still going to be around when she goes.

        Let’s remember that the Escort had lots of help. Wont and KHate helped (and I think KFC did, too) drive the Sussexes out. Unfortunately, the brf never thinks further than their nose, so Harry leaving to was unexpected. It shouldn’t have been. They should have foreseen that possibility/probability.

    • ales says:

      Has anyone noticed how unattractive and ugly most of the vile spewing royal experts and royal gossip writers look. They get attention by being venemous pathological liars, nothing else. Making their living by destroying people really shows in their appearance, yet in the UK they are all given camera time. Creating hate seems to be their only skills, I pity their victims. Imagine one of them going to school career day to discuss their job, “I destroy people with lies” what a thing to aspire to .

  2. JanetDR says:

    Ugh! Jobson needs to learn when to be quiet.

    • Brassy Rebel says:

      They all need to learn when to be quiet. And how to be actual journalists by getting to the bottom of all these strange happenings. 🤔🤷

  3. equality says:

    If it was a matter of PH inviting himself, why was he greeted at the airport and provided security? I visit my parents often, unbidden, I guess I am terrible. I’m beginning to believe the tinfoil theories that something else is being covered up behind all the stupidity. Was Bea “unbidden” also? How dare she visit when C&C were anxious to be elsewhere. And, they had to wait in the discomfort of their own “main home” for Harry? They can’t get comfortable in their own residence?

    • Snuffles says:

      This. They practically rolled out the red carpet giving him a police escort. Charles definitely wanted him there.

    • Dutch says:

      This does smack of men in grey being red-assed that Harry gave them nothing to leak

    • Louise177 says:

      Although Charles is Harry’s father, he’s still a king. You can’t just show up unannounced and uninvited. If Charles thought a visit wasn’t necessary or at another time he would have said so. This is just a stupid way to attack Harry.

    • Nic919 says:

      This is exactly it. Harry is not getting a police escort from the airport if Charles doesn’t want him to visit.
      Charles knew and was fine with it. And of course Harry knew that he wasn’t going to have all day with him. He ran into these issues when he would try to meet the Queen.

      The courtiers are the bitter Betty’s here spinning their bile to people like Jobbo.

    • Mel says:

      Exactly! This entire line of wailing and moaning is ridiculous. Of course they knew he was coming. This is just Will or Cams or some ridiculous jerk stirring things up

    • Louise says:

      These people have a really warped sense of family. How do they think this makes Charles sound like a decent father? Charles is a horrible person for only spending 30 minutes with your son who traveled all those miles to see you. Harry is way better than me. I would write Charles off if the palace doesn’t push against this. I mean, skipping his damn funeral!

    • May says:

      @equality, I think the implication is that Charles did not feel like he was in a position to say No to Harry. Much like the press was indicating that the Queen could not say No to Harry and Meghan’s naming Lilibet after her. They are framing this so that the security Harry was afforded is yet another added imposition, not just on Charles but on the taxpayers as well.

      • equality says:

        And people fall for that? Charles and QE managed to say no to half in. Charles managed to say no to security and to FC. But he can’t say no this time?

  4. Magick Wanda says:

    I don’t believe a word of what Jobson says. Harry spoke to Charles on the phone. If Charles didn’t invite him to come, he was in favor of it at the least. Had Charles not wanted to see Harry, he would not have made time for his son at all as Charles has snubbed him in the past. This is such a stretch, even for Jobson who is such a tool.

    • Jais says:

      I absolutely believe someone gave Jobsen that information to make Harry look bad. A courtier, Edward Young?, Camilla?

      • Becks1 says:

        I know Jobson usually is Charles’ mouthpiece and maybe this is coming from Charles, just as a way to jab at Harry – but I also wonder if this is coming from William/KP. Harry going to visit Charles made Harry look good, and overall, it made Charles and Camilla look good (shortness of the visit aside), like they were both willing to put aside their differences for Charles’ health.

        you know who it did not make look good? William, because it just emphasized that William hasn’t been to seen his father yet, KP hasn’t issued a statement wishing Charles well or anything, etc.

        So I can see William wanting to push the narrative that this was about Harry “forcing” a visit on Charles.

      • Jais says:

        I can see KP doing that. They have to fill their time somehow. But wouldn’t that tick Charles off if Jobsen wrote an article with bogus info from KP that makes him look bad? I’d just assume that Jobsen would prefer to keep Charles sweet but honestly who knows. Maybe he’s going rogue or trying to get more of an in with KP. It’s possible KP and BP are liaising more and this is one result.

      • Becks1 says:

        Just popping back to say – the other post about Charles meeting with Harry alone puts this story into more context. I bet its from Camilla, and she’s ticked she was sidelined for the meeting so is turning it into “harry made us wait for hours in our london mansion.”

      • Nic919 says:

        I agree that Jobbo is likely being fed info from KP. Because if Charles didn’t want him to fly there he would have said so and not arranged a police escort from the airport.

        Who looks worse here? The son who literally flies across half the globe to see his father or the son who lives down the road and can’t be bothered to visit his father at the hospital or in the same city.

      • Christine says:

        Everyone looks bad, except for Harry. They are really earning their Salty Isle moniker this week. JFC, you have all lost your damn minds.

      • May says:

        I think this is absolutely coming from Charles or his camp (including Camilla). Jobson’s only real status as a Royal reporter derives from his proximity to Charles. I don’t think he would risk his status as Charles’ Royal biographer and mouthpiece to relay something from KP that may run counter to what Charles wants out there.

      • Puppy1 says:

        Does anyone else think that maybe it’s William that Charles doesn’t want to meet with?

  5. Merv says:

    Harry attending to his father was even reported in my local news in my smaller town. The anchors were supportive and wished everyone well. It was world news and has been received well. A concerned son checking on a sick father.
    I’m flabbergasted that they really thought this would make Harry look bad? lol huh?!
    They are their own worst enemies and live only for the audience of British tabloids.
    They don’t get it and they never will if even cancer/death can’t wake them up.
    The royals themselves will be the end of the monarchy.

    • SURE says:

      “They” know it makes H look good which is why they’re trying to make it look bad.

      • TigerMcQueen says:

        I’ll bet dollars to donuts they backtrack on this particular line once they realize how effing awful it makes Chuck look. It’s gross, suggesting a child was rude to visit their sick father. These people are dumb.

    • Kay says:

      You should try living in Gb. The media have participated in a vitriolic hate campaign against Harry and Meghan. One journalist actually wished death on Meghan. One guy selling his royal biography dragged hHarrys daughter name through the mud. Many feel Harry should be jailed as a traitor. Now I think Harry is the only normal one in that family. He just wanted to be with the woman he loved and the children to have a good life. I feel so ashamed sometimes that us Brits are behaving like a pack of wolves against a good honorable ex vet like Harry.

      • Shawna says:

        At least wolves hunt sincerely: they’re hungry and want something tasty. The media is attacking H&M as a scapegoat for broader issues (racial equality, meritocracy) and for unrelated ones (hiding rose bushes).

      • ecsmom says:

        As an American that has watch my country have hateful irrational views due to our Murdoch news outlets I can sympathize with you. When the media controls the narrative with no pushback so many can have their opinions manipulated. Having a Free Press is so important to us, but when the wealthy control the press and what is says it is so disparaging.

  6. Brassy Rebel says:

    This is peak Windsor. Loving son’s concern for his cancer stricken father is seen by royalists as a massive breach of protocol. How inconsiderate of Harry to totally inconvenience himself only to be met with rudeness and ingratitude.

  7. Magdalena says:

    Jobson is lying again: early reports said that Harry had been waiting at Clarence House for “1 to 2 hours” before Charles and Camilla arrived. So who kept whom waiting?

    • Jan says:

      Don’t they live at Clarence House? Then why the tabloids waiting outside, say Harry’s visit was 45 minutes?

      • Magdalena says:

        Yes, they do. But it would appear that they arrived from somewhere else. The timeline sketched out on the BBC(?) schematic online shows that Harry arrived first, then Charles and Camilla, who then left for BP 45 minutes after they arrived (so the meeting was clearly shorter than that), then Harry left. A few reports stated that Harry left before Charles and Camilla, but this is doubtful. The interesting thing is that although he arrived with police escort from Heathrow, it was mentioned that he did NOT leave Clarence House with police escorts. Somehow reporters managed to lose track of Prince Harry when he left Clarence House. His security people are clearly top-notch. Am wondering whether the two visits by Beatrice had anything to do with that, if as another poster said, he spent the night with her and Edo at SJP.

        Yes, it is not a real family, so a scheduled meeting time of 30 minutes whith his own son would have been “standard” for Charles and his likeminded staff. However, it does strike me as callous (business as usual?) that they appear to have kept Harry waiting then put it out there that it was the other way around. Given the helicopter’s arrival, it was clear that Charles (and Camilla) had no intention of hanging about.

        I’ll just add that people are saying “The King and Queen boarded a helicopter for Sandringham”, but did anyone see Camilla board the helicopter?

  8. Mcmmom says:

    WOW

  9. Heleen says:

    They really make me sick!

  10. LM says:

    I cannot for the life of me understand why you wouldn’t want your kid around if you’d received such a diagnosis.

    And if Charles needed rest that could only be attained outside London, I’m sure Harry would have met him wherever.

    What a very weird family.

    • Mimi says:

      This really has Wicked Stepmother written all over it. I’m sure Charles was happy to see his son. This sounds like Cowmilla complaining.

      • JanetDR says:

        Maybe just trying to distract from when she was about and about by herself grinning like a hyena just a few days ago. (Makes me wonder about the timeline a bit – was she happy because soon she won’t have to do anything for anybody?)

  11. Took it upon himself. Well Chuckles helped by sending a police escort to get him from airport to Clarence House. Harry is a good son and they can say what they want about him but it will never stick. People have eyes and see what is going on. Harry travelled 14 hours to see his father. Peg lives on salt isle and hasn’t visited his father. Where’s the rage about that?

  12. Maxine Branch says:

    As mentioned, Harry did what any thoughtful son would do for a father who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Agree 100%, he boxed those gutter rats in by getting there so quickly after he was notified of this diagnosis. Kudos to Harry. Now the gutter rats can not say he was insensitive by not acknowledging his father they have switched to complaining about him interrupting his father. Harry owns those clowns over there, a pathetic bunch of rats. Harry took away their spin and looks even more gallant by taking such a long flight across the country to display his concern.

  13. Tina says:

    Imagine the good PR Charles could have gotten by writing stories about benevolent and forgiving father (barf) greets son. They can’t stop sh*tting on Harry long enough to make themselves look good. If Charles’ diagnosis is not good I hope that was Harry’s goodbye. He owes his father nothing more. Manifesting an awesome spring 2024 for Harry and Meghan. You made it to the other side and are free. Let the stale and pale on Salty Island figure it out.

  14. Scout says:

    I don’t ever see any kind of closeness with Harry and his father ever again. And definitely not William. Not after the way they allow the media to encourage so much hate towards Harry and Meghan. If you look at the comments at the Daily Mail….it’s terrifying.

    And Charles and then William are supposed to be heads of the Anglican Church; a Christian faith grounded in love and forgiveness. Pfffttt.

    • ChattyCath says:

      That Church should have been disestablished years ago. Not for nothing is it described as ‘The Tory Party on its knees’. Head of that Church should be beyond reproach not cruel liars thieves and adulterers.

  15. Polo says:

    Jobson was commissioned to write this article and find any negative angle he could. Just like next week someone will have to do the same for Invictus.
    That’s the whole point. Daily Mail is in court with Harry and a host of others for phone hacking,
    It’s their mission to try and make Harry look bad to the general public no matter how stupid the reason. This will keep going for a long time.

  16. Harper says:

    You can’t blame Harry for coming to visit his father even though you just blamed him for making the King twiddle his thumbs in his own home waiting for him. This energy needs to be directed at William who hasn’t gone out of his way to show up for Charles at any point and that’s pre and post surgery and post cancer diagnosis.

  17. Becks1 says:

    They had the pieces ready to go either way – if Harry flew there, and if he didn’t. as it is, this piece is really grasping and I think Jobson knows it.

    Harry’s visit was definitely coordinated with BP so I dont know why all the RRs are acting like it was just him forcing himself on Charles. The security tells us that Charles supported this visit, as does the fact that he was driven immediately to Clarence House – Charles wasn’t hiding out to avoid him like he’s done in the past. What did they talk about for that meeting? I have no idea. but harry seemed happy and unbothered at the airport yesterday to fly home so I guess it was about what he expected.

    • Eurydice says:

      The weird thing here is that Jobson is denying Charles’ feelings here. Perhaps it’s true that Charles was touched by the gesture? Jobson isn’t just negating Harry’s part of the story, but also Charles’. So, who has an interest in blasting any reconciliation possibilities? Not the press, they’ve been dreaming of it. So, Camilla or William?

      • bisynaptic says:

        There are two possibilities, I think: one, the meeting didn’t go well, from Charles’s perspective, and he’s smearing Harry, in retribution; two, Camilla wasn’t allowed in, and she’s smearing Harry, in retribution.

      • Becks1 says:

        I am now thinking this is coming from Camilla – William is too busy with his “i hate harry” narrative and Tom Sykes to be pushing this with Jobson. But I can see camilla calling him to “have a chat” and feeding him some of these lines if she was excluded from the meeting.

      • Saucy&Sassy says:

        Eurydice, the only thing I can think of is that the brf are petty enough that no one wants anyone thinking that KFC might actually have any warm feelings about Harry. These are a group of people who get jealous at a drop of a hat. The Escort or Wont could each have been involved.

        What I find most interesting is that the bm/brf seem to think that having a brf completely devoid of feelings is important.

  18. D says:

    It’s the Lilibet name thing all over again. At first it’s reported as a lovely gesture and then it’s “how dare he push is idea/agenda/whatever on the poor Queen or King. ” Like clockwork. I’d say this isn’t from Charles but the “court” and they were once again pissed that Harry got access in person. I’m sure Charles expected Harry to apologize and ask for forgiveness, which he didn’t do, and everyone was mad again. Predictable but I still became enraged while reading this.

    • Lady D says:

      I don’t read them anymore and I’m much happier for it. The comments have been vile and scary for years and the carnival of clown reporters are deeply damaged people. Having Kaiser recap has been great for my sanity and despair/rage.

  19. Mads says:

    Yeah, Jobson is BP’s mouthpiece so unless Jabba is going rouge (Harry loathes him and Jabba took great offence when that became public during Harry’s court case against the Mirror), this is the narrative BP is now pushing. Not sure if it’s disgruntled courtiers, Camilla or both, with Charles complicit by not ordering total silence on Harry’s visit. Truly awful people.

    • Lara (the other) says:

      I think the RR and/or courtiers are going rouge.
      C-Rex obviously agreed to the visit and was most likely happy about it.
      He wants everything to be about him and what is more center of attention then your son travelling 14h to see you for 45 min.
      I think the RR doesn’t care about protecting the RF anymore, only about punishing Harry, no matter if they destroy the monarchy on the way.

    • Shawna says:

      This. Don’t forget about the litigation! Jonson doesn’t need to be fed an idea like this; he has sufficient motive already.

    • Mimi says:

      *Rogue (sorry to be the spelling police, but rouge is blush)

    • Rnot says:

      Wasn’t there a story about QE sending a “triple-line whip” memo directing the staff to STFU? I think it was post-Oprah. Yet the leaks continued.

  20. Sophie says:

    OMG, so much ungratefulness! Honestly, I can’t with Camzilla, King Sausage Fingers and the RRs! Harry is his son, so if he wants to visit to reassure himself that everything’s fine, you shut up and be grateful, that despite the lies and the constant leaks, he is there. Harry has been quiet for more than a year, he is doing his job and growing as a person, whereas we have the constant besmirching and lies about his family and wife…

  21. DARK says:

    HAHAHAHHAHHA they really can’t help themselves ahh my sides are hurting. THIS is why that trip was absoluteley neccesary. The king was miffed that he had to remain in hos own home for a few hours to then take the transportation that was waiting for him to go to his other home.
    Are there no beds or sofas in clarence house ? Every other time harry has been in the uk over the last years charles has made himself unavailable(by his own design or on the advise from someone else) guess it didn’t work this time and the press just lost all of their bad son spin. They can’t write anything now without looking like fuddy psychopaths.

    • Whyforthelove says:

      100%. Here is the problem Rota and Chuck, when I first saw this headline my reaction was GOOD. Even though I know this isn’t true. This bs is not a good look for the snotty royals.

  22. Miranda says:

    Are all these royal biographers secretly working for Republic and trying to turn people against the monarchy or something? Because every single time they have something to say, it’s like they’re actively trying to make every member of the RF seem like an asshole.

  23. ShazBot says:

    Genuine question – does Jobson hear himself? My god these people.

    • equality says:

      I’ve wondered that myself. Do they believe the drivel they write or do they just think the public is stupid enough to believe it?

      • kirk says:

        Clearly someone is buying the papers or clicking on stories online. If the public wasn’t paying attention, they’d have to change their slant to make money. Even if the only ‘people’ reading / responding to stories are bots bought and paid for by BRFCo that’s enough proof of life to sell advertising.

  24. Shawna says:

    C&C had to WAIT? Harry is sooo evil…. He should have bent the laws of space-time so Pa didn’t have to sit in his palace before being choppered to another palace. ThE wAiTiNg, people! Imagine how they suffer.

    • HuffnPuff says:

      It must have been awful having to wait to go to one of their many vacation homes. We should be thankful that they survived.

  25. nutella toast says:

    I say this as someone who suddenly lost her mother – it’s incredibly gross to keep bringing up the loss of his parents over and over as a way to make Harry look bad. Yes, he lost them, but not last week. I still grieve my Mom 13 years later, but I would never use it justify ignoring one of my kids or even being repelled by their gesture of support. If he’s still exhausted from the loss of his very elderly parents years on, then he shouldn’t be ruling. There would be occasional hard days, but seriously this is such a stretch and is using his deceased parents as his “you can’t say anything about my poor behavior because I lost my parents” card. It’s appalling.

  26. mycatlovestv says:

    I literally said out loud just from the headline, “Oh, for f**ks sake!” In any other family (unless they are a family of sociopaths…hmmm), a son rushing to his sick father’s side would be considered a loving kindness. At least they could have been appreciative at the distance the child had to fly to rush home at a moment’s notice at the news. If I were Harry, if all the other crud weren’t enough, THIS would be it for me.

    I have a dear friend who has tried over the years to be close to his younger sister…even at one point saving her life when she got very ill. But her cruelty knew no bounds. After decades of pain, he sent her a condolence card…he calls it a RIP card at the death of her to him. Sometimes you can’t take being beat down by those you love and are supposed to love you and you END IT. To Harry: America is your home now and you have a beautiful family here. And they adore you…for your own emotional health, you should also RIP to those toxic waste of space people on Salt Island.

    • one of the marys says:

      “he sent her a condolence card…he calls it a RIP card at the death of her to him”
      WOW how was that received. That’s quite the action

  27. Mel says:

    This type of irresponsible and vile reporting has got to stop, English people should be shouting to change the laws on how the press report over there. This and Tom Bower saying Harry and Megan need to be “obliterated” should be taken seriously and charges should be made against this people inciting so much hate.

  28. Em says:

    There’s only so much one can take, Harry needs to completely cut these people off.

  29. Beach Dreams says:

    The media is mad about Harry not staying longer. They were practically breathless with excitement and wishful thinking when he was here, pondering whether reconciliation could happen (for the umpteenth time). I could also buy the palace nudging Jobson to write this, but *which* palace? He’s known as Chuck’s guy, but would bleh really write something that clearly makes his favored royal look bad? Hmm.

  30. Pomski says:

    Hi. Former teacher here.

    “Buckingham Palace senior staffers, all of whom sound incandescent”

    I’ve seen incandescent used quite a few times today (once to describe Williams face) and it behooves me to point out that the word means extremely bright or luminous. It has positive connotations suggesting brilliant, radiant and glowing.

    None of this applies to Wills so I’ll leave it to you to find a more suitable descriptive.

    As for the press and their legion of derangers, I suggest replacing incandescent with incensed.

    • Magdalena says:

      Hi Pomski,

      “Incandescent” in this case is short for the frequently used term “incandescent with rage” which royal reporters frequently use to describe William, and to a lesser extent Charles. But mainly William. So now it’s used to describe courtiers who also fancy themselves to be more royal than the royals. Regardless of the original meaning, there’s nothing positive about it in this context.

      It’s now so commonly used to describe the royals and their hangers on that the “with rage” is understood.

      • Pomski says:

        Hi Magdalena

        I’m familiar with “incandescent with rage” and considered that was the implied meaning regarding the press. But when I saw the comment about Will’s mug, I thought heck no! The last person I heard described as incandescent was Marilyn Monroe during a TCM film festival.

        But thanks for the info. I love learning!!

    • Becks1 says:

      It’s because one of the phrases most used to describe will is “incandescent with rage” (by the RRs who are supposedly pro William, no less) so its become shorthand on here to describe someone in a rage.

      The descriptive is fine in that context.

    • Shawna says:

      The phrase kind of scares me because it makes me think they’re describing William physically when he’s angry. Red face, flashing eyes, etc.

    • JanetDR says:

      Incandescent meanings aren’t all positive though. I’ve been curious about this particular usage for awhile and wondering if it is like “scheme” which has very different meanings depending on which side of the Atlantic you are on. So @Pomski, your post motivated me to look it up. Every source I checked had “incandescent with rage” as an example for the third listing. Except for my big, fat, old dictionary that mostly mentions warmth as well as avarice.

    • Feeshalori says:

      I always think of incandescent lightbulbs in terms of William. They generated more heat when they sold them back in the day, so I always think of him as being extremely heated and “lit up.”

  31. Lulu says:

    After all the fanfare that William would step up and fill in for his father was quashed with well actually he won’t. Will also hasn’t gone to see his father so it’s not surprising the rr are bashing the one son who shows concern for his father. They certainly get clicks for Sussex bashing this is equally covering for William.

  32. Cel2495 says:

    If Harry wasn’t invited he would not have police protection. But of course 💩 family will always be 💩 or the palace insiders did not know that the king invited Harry and started leaking nonsense. The audacity of these people and for them not to be checked is ridiculous. But keep reminding Harry why is best for him to stay away.

  33. Just Jade says:

    That pig (no offense to pigs) needs to STFU. They are angry because they couldn’t track Harry and probably doesn’t know what took place during the meeting between Harry and his father. Charles is being Charles just throw them a bone to deflect or the mistress is talking to her Rat friends about Harry’s visit.

  34. Islandgirl says:

    These PR/BRF…are really supermen. They continue to snatch defeat from the hands of victory.
    Do they live in reality or some delusional bubble where this story somehow casts Britain and the BRF in a good light?

  35. Joantastic says:

    Complaining and crying about a son rushing over to see his father who was just diagnosed with a deadly disease makes them look even WORSE. He and these courtiers may think they are getting over and making Harry look entitled (for seeing his sick father) and just bad in general, but it is more ghoulish that they are protesting that he does such a thing.

  36. JenCF says:

    The King was likely very emotional about this visit-it might be the first time he and Harry had alone time since 2020 or even earlier, without some pressing royal situation at hand. Interesting that Jobson mentioned the Queen as part of the conversation. Camilla, Wm, some of the courtiers and the RR have a lot to reckon with if the King should want to thaw his relationship with Harry-say encourage visits and offer the family a more permanent place to stay. I’m sure Meghan also sent along a kind message for the King. I bet we will see a lot of anti-Harry & fam briefing going on. We’ll see if the King changes his spots. A little Harry love could go a long way towards his recovery.
    Also, we have no idea where he stayed and what he did after the visit. It really is in Harry’s best interest to keep it that way.

    • Caribbean says:

      Other than everything else, (serving the palace etc.), the reporters are very angry that they have not driven H & M to constantly be answering them. The BM have driven others really suicidal before, and they did not care, they just moved on to the next. When M said she was suicidal, they smelled blood and kept going in for the kill, not realizing this Meghan is not in the same place mentally and physically like she was; she is not isolated, with no passport, without control, and in the FIRM. She and H, (mostly her) are probably saying ‘B$tch please’…and the British media see that and is ‘incandescent’ with rage.

  37. Sunday says:

    This isn’t the main point of the article, but they’re getting away with their gradual lies again. It was first reported as “it is thought that Harry may have stayed the night at a luxury hotel” – meaning, complete speculation, these people have no clue where tf Harry stayed so they’re just making it up. And now it becomes “So last-minute was the decision to fly, that he had to book a hotel room for the night” because they’re quoting their own baseless speculation from the first article and now treating it as fact.

    This is a tactic used by the far right all the time. It’s insidious because it’s so subtle. When we accept their inaccurate framing, we unintentionally legitimize it. Instead we must reject the framing wholecloth. Same thing here; it might not seem like a big deal if Harry stayed in a hotel or not, but who knows how they’ll twist that one little inaccuracy down the road.

  38. Ginger says:

    This narrative that the rota are trying to push isn’t going to go their way. A lot of kids visit sick parents. This story makes Charles look like an asshole. The press hate that Harry comes off looking great. The man flew 14 hours to see his dad for 45 minutes. Harry stopped their pre written stories. Love it.

  39. StillDouchesOfCambridge says:

    Pretty stupid report Jobson
    The words that come out of the pie hole when there’s nothing pertinent to say is mindblowing

    And charles… i feel bad but at the same time, his illness isnt making him a greater king: did he say, thanks for coming darling son, i’m touched by the gesture, but you shouldnt have. Ok, Gotta goooooo! Mewwwww said camilla and off they went

  40. Sum says:

    1. Is Charles scared that Harry will try and usurp him? Is camilla, of all people, his bodyguard!

    2. I think the more rational take is Charles said ” oh let’s wait to see the lad” camilla said “that’s wonderful”. Camilla then told someone ” you know were going to be late, how rude”. Next thing you know you got this belittling article.

    Kate AND Camilla are going to get the blame for the rift. Camilla was doing well. This article set her back. Now, it’s her not advocating for peace.

  41. Amy Bee says:

    Harry was given police protection so that indicates the Charles had no objection to him coming to visit him. It may be that Camilla and the courtiers didn’t want him there. However, I suspect that Charles asked Harry to come back to help William and Harry refused thus the meeting was short.

    • Tina says:

      This is sorta what I was thinking. Clearly Harry was invited as he got a police ride to the palace. I think the meeting was always going to be short as thats how Charles rolls. He likely wanted to rest at Sandringham between treatments and was always going to head there on Tuesday (I mean gross he could have stayed at CH for one more night which I’m guessing is very comfortable but anyway). I do think that whatever they discussed Charles was not happy as his team is allowing this negative spin to be released. He could have asked Harry to do something and Harry refused or isn’t going to play along. Otherwise it would be so easy for Charles to get a positive news cycle out of being a loving father. I’ll never understand why the head of the Monarch and the head of the CoE is ok with being seen as petty, mean and vindictive.

  42. Thelma says:

    I don’t how how stupid Jobson is to write such a piece. I can see how mad he is that Harry did the right thing and checked on his father. I guess he’s just mad that the heir had not bothered to do so and it makes William look mad. If Harry can’t get emotional that his Papa has received a cancer diagnosis, then when would he be? This is how normal people react. The Royal rat media should be asking themselves what’s going on with the NOT NORMAL behavior of William!

  43. Amie says:

    I don’t believe this at all. Clearly he spoke to and was most likely invited by Charles, hence the security. But that was about all Charles was willing to give. He’s such a POS father. The way Charles allows people to talk about Harry, Meghan and his grand children without one single statement in their defense is appalling. I don’t care what the relationship is now. No one should allow anyone to be talked about like this Not even an enemy.

  44. Kathleen says:

    Lol, the visit was soooo last minute that in the 14 hours it took Harry to fly, they couldn’t change sheets on a bed in Clarence house for him to sleep in.

    • Couch Potato says:

      Right! No wonder the RF needs such a huge staff, when changing sheets takes them more than 14 hrs.

  45. Laura C says:

    I’m convinced Harry was asked to fly in, he was asked to do so to feed the vultures in the media. I sense a massive coverup is afoot for whatever is truly happening with Kate, Harry flying in lends credence to the King’s story. I don’t like Kate but I’m very worried for her. If the king is being ‘transparent’…it’s for a reason!

  46. Jay says:

    I think this is coming from the men in grey who surround the monarch and are sore every time Harry goes around them. They thrive on access, they resent being thwarted in any way, and they really hate that they can’t control the narrative the way they’re used to because Harry keeps receipts.

    This is the same kind of gatekeeping that surrounded the queen – pretending that she couldn’t see Harry, pretending that there was no printer in the palace, and being continuously caught “off guard” or “bewildered” by events.

  47. bisynaptic says:

    Jobbo the Hutt is seething with envy at the man Harry is.

  48. lanne says:

    These ratchets (hiya ratchets if you’re lurking!) don’t realize that they are scrubbing all of the aspirational shine off the British royals with their idiotic reporting. They all look like a bunch of miserable, decrepit old fools, and they are making the royals, who are youth-deprived as it is, look like miserable old fools.

    These people calling for Harry and Meghan to be obliterated, who diss a baby for having the nerve to be named after her grandmother, call an infant prince a monkey, call for Meghan to be sexually assaulted in public, are the very people whose job is to make the royal family look good!

    It’s no surprise at all the Harry and Meghan are welcomed warmly in Jamaica while the Wales with their colonial cosplay are fired on camera. All the glamour lies with the Sussexes, and increasing, will lie with the young royals on the continent. There’s a new Queen in Denmark who fills the Kate role of pretty modern young royal so much better than Kate ever did.

    These are nasty old people (and they are increasingly old: not the witty and wise old people who share the insight of their years, who represent perseverence and fortititude, but the crotchety old people cemented into their bigotry, letting it stew them into pinched, miserly little weasels forever looking for someone to blame for the cause of their pain and misery) . And these nasty old people are supposed to be shining a light on the royal family , bolstering their reputation all over the world.

    I wouldn’t want a single one of them speaking on my behalf. In fact, they remind me of Charles Dickens’s wonderful description of the London bankers in A Tale of Two Cities: the banks turned young people old–young men acquired a stoop over time, and seemed to grow a mold like a cheese. Their toxic fungus grows over the royal family, robbing them of the aspirational fantasy they need for public acclaim. What irony that the palaces seem like old folks homes even more after the death of Elizabeth. Even the Wales Kensington Palace home with their racist art looks old and musty. I increasingly imagine the three young Wales kids living in their fusty, dry houses like kids in 19th century stories who are sent to live with old aunts and uncles (a la The Secret Garden), where they have to make their own fun and create their own play areas amidst the gloom.

    Their own work makes the Sussexes California life look even brighter, more glamorous, more aspirational, more sunny. I really, really hope that Kate is okay. If she isn’t, it’s just more fuel for the assertion that the royal family is where women go to suffer, and even to die. Not good. Not good at all.

    • bisynaptic says:

      🎯

    • aftershocks says:

      Spot on! 💯 🫡 Thanks @Lanne, for so brilliantly articulating the sad, Dickensian state of affairs on blimey, bloody, gloomy, fusty old ‘salty isle.’ 🥴 Such apt Dickens references! 🤌🏼

      “What irony that the palaces seem like old folks homes even more after the death of [96-year-old] Elizabeth II.”

    • Beverley says:

      Absolutely brilliant 💯🎯

  49. Giddy says:

    The British media remind me of the worst kind of schoolyard bully. They taunt, lie, and scheme to hurt their favorite targets. Truth, honor, and kindness are a foreign language to them.

  50. CrispyBacon says:

    In the end, with this kind of narc family, the only thing Harry can do is do what he thinks is best for himself. If that means visiting his sick father, damn the coverage. It will never be positive no matter what he does. He and Meghan are definitely damned if they do and damned if they don’t. And I think it’s working for them. Once they said their piece in their Oprah interview and in Spare, they gave their side and now are jus living with so much less care about what is said or thought about them. There’s nothing they can do to control how others think and feel; only themselves. And I think you can see that this line of thought is working for them; its; why the royals and the press are frothing so badly. They want to punish the Sussexes; they want them to hurt and cry and lash out so they have more to write about, but they are outwardly unbothered. It’s something I’ve learned when you deal with people who are narcissists or have borderline personality disorder. You do not J.A.D.E.: you do not Justify, Argue, Defend, or Explain.

  51. Nic919 says:

    Is Edward young still working for Charles? If so i can definitely see him putting out info like this to jobbo.

    • Jais says:

      Edward Young was my first thought. Then Camilla. Then William/KP. Now I’m coming back around to Charles. Yeah he gave him security to visit but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t mind getting those digs in at Harry or standing by while others get their digs in. So basically, at this point, it’s a case of who’s holding the revolver in the library with colonel mustard.

      • aftershocks says:

        I believe hapless Edward Young is out. Butt, there’s no end to the useless, incompetent staffers holding the broken pieces of the palaces together with impermanent glue. SMH!

        Mayhap Phil and Betty are rolling over in their graves, on a rotisserie. Or else, they made peace with the crappy nonces and vile nonsense they were leaving behind long before they passed, and are simply elated to be well out of it all! If only the rota would stop bringing up their names in order to bash the Sussexes, and allow the dead to R.I.P. 🙄

  52. Unblinkered says:

    I quickly scanned the article and started off fuming, but it concludes calling on William effectively telling HIM to end it. So it’s not quite what it seems…..

  53. one of the marys says:

    I’m in Canada so are the frequent references to the British media suffering financially true? Are they really losing readership, clicks and losing jobs, houses, retirement income etc?

  54. Over it says:

    The absolute vileness of this article by jobson and the rest in the British media is why hell is saving space for their asses. Harry did what he felt was right for him. Let’s leave the rest of those trash people to god.

  55. Tursitops says:

    In that photo, Chucky Trips has the exact expression of the milquetoast royal that Paul Rubens played on 30 Rock.

  56. Sue says:

    They are really losing the plot. Every single story that has come out by these people in the last few weeks – the “reporters” as well as those dropping books has been intended to either make Harry and Meghan look bad or to make William look like a saint. And every story has bombed. 1, The story about Queen E’s supposed anger over little Lilibet being named for her – which made the late Queen look like a racist bitch and had the author scuttling around doing damage control. 2. The spin that William is taking months off to look after Kate and care for the children, which was supposed to get him nominated for sainthood and instead had a whole nation going “seriously? ” and now probably story, least 5 or 6, Harry visited his sick father and isn’t that awful, But instead of making Harry look bad the focus is on Where Is William.

    The desperation to throw attention onto the Sussexes has been at a fever pitch but there just isn’t any real substance to the shade anymore.

  57. QuiteContrary says:

    “their Majesties were left kicking their heels at Clarence House, their main London home, while they waited for the errant younger son to appear.”

    Oh, the hardship.

    This is definitely a Camilla-sanctioned hit job.

    • Tina says:

      She was probably waiting to go back to Ray Mill and was annoyed she had to stay around at CH to monitor the visit.

  58. SCAR❤️❤️❤️❤️ says:

    So, Harry robbed Charles of peace by flying 11,0000 miles to see him; while Charles had no problem robbing Diana of her peace by marrying her, while he actively had a mistress he had no plans of leaving.

  59. Mary Pester says:

    Jobson is a fking liar. The king asked Harry to come, Harry had papers to sign, and not the sort of papers that could be sent, not even in a diplomatic pouch!! Beatrice was there to collect Harry after the meeting with his father, and the security and police escort should have made Jobson stop and think, “will people realise I’m a liar, or will the believe all my bullsht because it’s about harry.
    He is an odious old twerp who needs a good talking to, because it’s HIM and the British PRESS that is putting stress on the king (no stress on camzilla, she’s glorying in all this), not Harry, not Megan who causes a fleet street melt down by driving a car (by the way, I apologise to my American friends for the British medias lack of American geography) in America! And shock horror, she was drinking a coffee in the US while princess tiptoes was ill in the UK, pathetic, just pathetic

    • lanne says:

      Next time I write about the UK, I shall refer to Manchester as the “suburbs of London” in response!

    • Saucy&Sassy says:

      Mary Pester, I’m sitting back and waiting, because we know that whatever is going on behind the scenes will come out. The question I have, is will all of the obfuscation cause some angry people when they find out what’s really going on.

      Ianne, LOL! Perfect.

  60. MsIam says:

    They are all mad they have to delete those “Shame on Harry for not coming to see his father!” columns. Good for you Harry, score one for Team Sussex. This seems very similar to when the Sussexes did that stealth visit to see the queen before Invictus that year and the court vipers didn’t know about it. And I thought Crocmilla was present so hearing that she wasn’t tells me where all of this hatred is coming from.

  61. Chelsea says:

    What’s funny is that a couple weeks ago Jobson was crying about how Harry was AWOL when his family needed him durinf a health crisis and now he’s out crying about Harry taking a 10+ hr flight to see his dad lmao. If Harry hadn’t gone they’d be yelling about how should’ve gone to visit and it probably would’ve hung like a cloud over H&M’s visit to Canada next week. Instead the UK press is stuck either attacking a son for visiting his only living parent that was just diagnosed with cancer or weirdly gloating about the Firm hating and attempting to snub said son who just found out his dad has cancer. It’s a lose-lose situation for the UK press and the ghouls who brief them either way and i love that for all of them.

  62. LRB says:

    I was hysterical yesterday when the vet told me my dog had cancer… he is very old and has had a great life. My son jumped in his car ( ok not a 14 hour plane ride) and came to give me a hug. It is what adult kids do when their parents need support… we gave them the support when they were young and it is so wonderful to get it returned. WHY… can we not just applaud Harry for being a fantastic son who just wanted to tell his Dad that despite everything he loves him.. the press just make me sick…. And angry. As a father himself now I am sure Harry loves a hug from Archie and Lili after a difficult day.

  63. tamsin says:

    So according to this clown, Charles is irked because he is still coping with being an orphan himself, and therefore has no time to act like a father? Seriously, a king who never grew up. Pathetic.

  64. Feebee says:

    First and only thought really – why is Jobson such a petty bitch all the time?

    • Sue says:

      Among other reasons I would suggest it’s because none of his books have done anywhere remotely nearly as well as Spare did. That’s gotta sting.

      • Deering24 says:

        Yeah, the Rota can’t rely on their books automatically selling like hotcakes any more. (Or becoming–or staying bestsellers.) That is one income stream they probably rely on heavily, and for this cash flow to be diminishing in part because Harry won’t play ball–they have to be seething.

  65. Rnot says:

    It’s just bonkers to portray the monarch this way. Soft diplomacy is supposed to be one of the main functions of the monarchy, even to distasteful people. They hosted the Trumps. They hosted MBS. They hosted Jeffrey Epstein. The idea that the BRF couldn’t muster a guest room for the son of the king is just incredible.

    Short-notice is an inconvenience to regular people. To suggest that the occupant of a dozen homes was unable to provide basic hospitality due to short-notice, is just insulting to the reader. Even if Charles and Camilla had to leave, then why couldn’t Harry stay at Clarence House*? He lived there as a young adult. It’s got 5 bedrooms. There are servants to change the sheets and towels.

    *I’m fairly sure that Harry wouldn’t want to, but that’s not the story here.

  66. Anne Keane says:

    I understand it’s difficult to lose a parent at any age but Charles’ mother and father were both well into their 90s. Death is not unexpected at that age and the focus should really be on gratitude for having had them so long. Charles was in his 70s when they died. My brother was 10 when my father died unexpectedly. William and Harry were very young when they lost their mother. Jobson bringing the death of ER and Philip into the discussion seems unnecessary.

  67. Wisdom45 says:

    Blo jobs thought he was writing a bad romance novel, all that was needed were the hard sweaty abs. This article was a joke. He needs to stop embarrassing himself.

  68. Kasey says:

    Genuine question: does Harry have to bow to Camilla? Or is he more senior since he was born a royal?

  69. Just Jade says:

    These people are so dumb and they are destroying everything on their path just to make Harry look bad. I have never witness anything like this before Harry & Meghan. It’s crazy how angry they get over the smallest things and they can’t control it. One of my friends said to me yesterday “Diana and Karma are working hand in hand to make sure the mistress doesn’t enjoy her stay.”

  70. Sass says:

    “I cannot blame Harry” lol well you sure are trying! What a buffoon.

    This reminds me of my grandfather who is still alive despite being diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2018. His wife (not my grandmother) posted about it on Facebook. I found out while visiting with in laws, who when I came downstairs for breakfast told me they were sorry to hear about my grandfather. I was taken aback and asked what they meant. I thought he had died! Nope my grandfather’s third wife posted about it on Facebook. My own mother wasn’t even informed first (his only child). She found out from me. Same sort of shenanigans here. Gross

  71. The Old Chick says:

    I said yesterday this really takes away from the HARRY WENT TO CANADA BUT DIDN’T BOTHER TO SEE HIS SICK FATHER narrative they really want to spin during Invictus. Harry got them. They’re pissed. This is the result. Harry being ’emotional’ goes along with Harry is weak-minded, easily led, blah blah they always imply. Nope, Harry’s a tactical genius, dumbass.

    • LivingDesert says:

      @The Old Chick: “Tactical genius” all the way. Good son too – but this visit was just… how’s the new expression? Chef’s kiss! 🙂

  72. Reign says:

    The British Royal Rota really can’t figure out how to report on the Sussex family when the Sussex family won’t play their game.
    They want Prince Harry do badly but they can’t control the stories or his family. It’s a shambles for them.
    They didn’t have enough time to create a storyline for his arrival, time in the UK or his departure. They don’t know what was said in a private meeting so they push out that Orince Harry left in despair when it’s clear his visit was coordinated with his dad but not the King’s calendar.
    They are being played and they (and apparently KP) are in the cold.
    Well done Sussex squad.

  73. Me the queen says:

    Bullsh it!