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Wounded Harry's appeal to his family deserves a magnanimous response
The Observer
|May 04, 2025
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His critics have, so far, been proved wrong. Charles, an activist prince, has tempered such zeal now he's on the throne.
His reign, though, isn't a carbon copy of his mother's. From my perspective, as someone who used to observe the Windsors closely for the BBC, one of the striking changes is their warm embrace of spin, to rival Alastair Campbell in his New Labour prime.
Too many in the media are way too susceptible to such offerings. Buckingham Palace press officers become "sources" and their take, via a WhatsApp group for royal reporters, is often published unquestioningly on news websites.
Most of the time, such "sources" are pushing at an open door. When it comes to Prince Harry, the palace is on to a winner. Harry bad, William good has been the mantra ever since he thought he could be a half in, half out senior member of the royal family.
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