JAN MOIR: If Harry shovels steaming manure onto the family fruit patch, he
should expect a rich crop of raspberries in return
It still seems weird and somehow wrong that news
about the British Royal Family is
discussed first on U.S. outlets such as talk show host Kelly Ripa's
podcast and on the pages and website of People magazine — next to stories about
the Kardashians and actor Will Smith
denying he slept with a man.
However, this is the world the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
live in, this is the prism through which they are now viewed, this is where the
absurd vanilla puffery of their softest-scoop ice cream is peddled in the hope
that it will be swallowed whole.
Reactions may vary, as well as recollections. Some
might even choke on the first mouthful.
Omid Scobie's
new book Endgame is out at the end of this month and an extract has appeared in
People magazine.
American readers might be surprised to learn that, according to this highly partisan account, the death of Queen Elizabeth II was not about the passing of a much-loved monarch and a sombre moment for British people and our shared history — it was all about Prince Harry.
Although Harry and Meghan have indicated they had nothing to do with the book, there is a great deal about who told him what and when about our 96-year-old Queen's final decline.
Also his travel arrangements to Balmoral, his
disappointments about this and that, his sour surprise that not only was his
welcome home far from warm, but that Meghan's presence at the Queen's deathbed
was surplus to requirements, too. God knows what could have caused such family
froideur!
Anyone with any ideas should write them on a
silenced- not-silent postcard and send it to: The Toxic Racist Windsor Rotters,
c/o Broken Dog Bowl Alley,
According to Endgame, Harry was especially peeved
that his brother did not respond to his texts when he was trying to cadge a
lift to
You have to laugh. What did Harry expect? If you
shovel endless steaming manure onto the family fruit patch, surely you must
expect a rich crop of raspberries in return?
Every action has a reaction and every piece of
treachery is another brick in the royal ramparts.
No doubt more Endgame extracts and leaks will be coming
soon, but I am exhausted by it already.
Dear God, surely not more Sussexian victimhood?
When are they ever going to wake up and smell the wellness- focused instant
latte or count their many blessings?
Harry and Meghan now have two beautiful, healthy
children, a gorgeous home in
They have rich and powerful supporters on their
side, including billionaire television producer Tyler Perry.
It was Perry who facilitated their initial entry
into
Perry was on Kelly Ripa's show this week, revealing how Meghan got in touch with him after he sent her a note of support.
They had not long been friends, but that didn't
stop Perry becoming Princess Lilibet's godfather.
Meghan is not the first ambitious mother who
selected a wealthy and well-connected patron to become a godfather to her
children — but the shock is how little it took.
A few phone calls and the loan of a house? Honey, I pimped the kids.
What I am wondering is how much more of this can we
all take? Harry and Meghan have found their freedom, they have made their great
escape — can't they now just enjoy it all instead of endlessly picking at the
royal scab and whining to their proxy, Omid Scobie? Or to their proxy's proxy?
Of course, as a one-dimensional author of limited
scope, Scobie must stoke the fires of grievance and discontent between the
exiled
Even he must be alarmed that the Duke and Duchess
of
Whatever, however, moreover — I think we can all agree that this endless drip of gripe and spite from a prince is the sign of a man who lost his way a long, long time ago.
