{"id":80962,"date":"2025-05-07T04:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T04:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/80962\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T04:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T04:46:17","slug":"the-third-edit-prince-harry-the-petulant-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/80962\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Edit: Prince Harry, the petulant royal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMay 7, 2025 07:34 IST\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tFirst published on: May 7, 2025 at 07:34 IST\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"tabs-listing\">\n<li class=\"author-tab share-btn\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iconly-regular-outline-send.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"share-btn\" height=\"19\" width=\"19\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"author-tab print-article\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/print.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"prrint-btn\" height=\"19\" width=\"19\"\/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are several reasons \u2014 excuses, really \u2014 that can be used to justify the extended adolescence of 40-year-old Henry Charles Albert David of the House of Windsor. \u201cPrince\u201d Harry, perhaps, does not realise that \u201croyalty\u201d is a carefully constructed fiction, an excuse to be rich and unemployed through decades of political and social reform, common law ideas of equality and redistributive justice, and even the welfare state. And that family drama and personal grievances \u2014 even when they garner national and international attention \u2014 do not entitle you to benefits at the exchequer\u2019s expense any more than the average soap opera or reality TV star. Especially when the prince chooses, as Harry did, to leave the family and what passes as their national responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The latest salvo in Harry\u2019s feud with his father and the rest of the royal family came in an interview with the BBC after a British court ruled that he, <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/hollywood\/who-is-meghan-markle-the-suits-actress-prince-harry-is-set-to-marry-in-2018-4957314\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a> and their children were not entitled to the same level of security as the senior royals who hadn\u2019t quit. The court had to tell Harry what most adults learn before age 40 \u2014 that \u201chis sense of grievance\u201d did not \u201ctranslate into a legal argument\u201d. Harry, petulantly, has questioned the motive behind the downgrade and said he cannot return to England because of security risks. He also said he would like to make up with his family, particularly his ailing and ageing father, King Charles. Cynics might say that the desire to make up with his family comes after many a failed Netflix special, and a career in California that hasn\u2019t exactly taken off.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyloading\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"lazyloading-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/track_1x1.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/track_1x1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" style=\"display:none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The British Crown is part of a curious social contract: They get to keep their wealth and standing, and remain the symbolic sovereign. In return, they live in a gilded cage. Harry wanted to be free of his golden prison. Commendable, perhaps. But then, he can\u2019t keep asking for the gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 7, 2025 07:34 IST First published on: May 7, 2025 at 07:34 IST Share There are several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[15527,39317,39314,8152,1760,1281,38484,447,39316,5105,7710,519,448,39315],"class_list":{"0":"post-80962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royalty","9":"tag-harry-meghan-markle-netflix-deals","10":"tag-harry-royal-family","11":"tag-indian-express","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-meghan-markle","14":"tag-monarchy","15":"tag-prince-harry","16":"tag-prince-harry-security-downgrade","17":"tag-royal","18":"tag-royal-families","19":"tag-royal-family","20":"tag-royals","21":"tag-uk-royal-family-feud"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114464737729680367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}