The fighting Prince Harry

[G-Man]

Sure, fights between brothers are over when the guilty party has apologised. But when that brother then goes on to fuck with your life, then all bets are off. And if there's a chance to throw the asshole under a bus, well, I can understand it.

Good to know that the future king of England is a domestic bully whose adult behaviour has a way of descending to the level of a 14½-year-old when his will is defied.

[Balderdasha]

One of our friends lives in a very complicated domestic arrangement. He is married to a woman and lives with her and their two children, but they also live with his wife's identical twin sister, her husband and their son. So two families and seven people all living under one roof. It's a largeish house but that's too many relationship dynamics under one roof in my opinion. This is complicated still further by the fact that friend's brother-in-law is dying (unlikely to last another six months) so everyone in the household is extremely stressed. This culminated in friend's sister-in-law punching friend in the face on Christmas Day. I don't know why or what happened in the run up to the event, but it's completely unacceptable. This has not been a sustained campaign of domestic abuse as far as I'm aware but my friend absolutely should not have stayed quiet about it.

I also don't know of any adults of my generation who have engaged in a physical fight with their siblings beyond puberty. It's possible they have and have stayed quiet about it, but I'd hope not.

My dad was relatively violent (he once punched George Best, he broke an aggressive stranger's finger in a pub, he headbutted people in his youth). He slapped my legs three times as a child and once, and only once, I saw him pick up my sister in anger and throw her across a room onto a soft double bed. That was four incidents of domestic violence too many. But as far as I'm aware, post-puberty he never had a physical fight with his brother, despite them falling out massively.

[hobbes]

It's assault. You can wrap it up in whatever sibling bullshit you like, but it's assault. It's one adult assaulting another adult. Their relationship makes it worse, not better.
Since passing the age of maybe 12 my siblings and I have never raised hands to each other. Wouldn't think of doing so.

[Sean of the Shed]

Yeah, it's often best to keep domestic violence under wraps as long as they apologise nicely.

Come on, there's a huge difference between a couple of siblings having a fight and (usually prolonged) violent and aggressive controlling behaviour.

[hobbes]

I've had a few fights ( verbal and physical) with my siblings over the years. One thing I know, if apologies are given and received, you don't drag it up again years later.

Yeah, it's often best to keep domestic violence under wraps as long as they apologise nicely.

[NickSTFU]

Man makes bad choices when young, fights, drinks, takes drugs and has a shit first shag shock.

I think I've talked about Harry and William on here before, when I worked on the same airbase as both of them. So, I won't bore you all again.

And, Sean of the Shed is right. Plenty of ex-military talk about their 'kills' in their books (not all, but some). We've had 'Hooli porn', now we have 'Military porn'.

[Sean of the Shed]

https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1611547489357934594?t=0DNkDyPSmZ8ETi5tqzR0sw&s=19

[elguapo4]

From what I read William apologised to him.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Did he say sorry? I don't think I saw mention of it , though I wasn't reading closely.

[elguapo4]

I've had a few fights ( verbal and physical) with my siblings over the years. One thing I know, if apologies are given and received, you don't drag it up again years later.

[Sean of the Shed]

Though obviously a good number of the people getting all indignant about his claims of killing opposition fighters in a war probably can't get through more than half a dozen pages of an Andy McNab book without having to pause for a wank.

[Sean of the Shed]

It's a bit of a fucker when you manage to make the Taliban appear more humane and compassionate than yourself.

[tee rex]

This tweet is a joke. At least, I'm pretty sure it's a joke. But it's close enough for an awful lot of people to be taken in by it ...

https://twitter.com/westerosies/status/1611168851965939713

[San Bernardhinault]

I want to be sympathetic to H&M because they were treated so poorly and are pissing off all the right people, but they are still very posh and not the sort of people who I would actually want to hang out with.

100% this. The reaction that Hal and Meg get is great. The frothing outrage of the terrible people is an absolute delight. The horrified anger at the non-whiteness of Meghan is brilliant. The eye-bulging anger of the likes of Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson is a wonder to behold.

And yet... every time anything of the two of them gets revealed, they seem desperately light on charm. The fact that Harry has written a "tell all" book with supposedly tantalising scandalous titbits seems to tell me all I need to know about him.

[Hot Pepsi]

After seeing positive comments about it from a few people on Twitter who I have a lot of time for on issues like this, we've been watching Harry & Meghan on Netflix, and it's very good indeed at showing and explaining not only how bad this stuff is but also the manner in which members of Harry's own family not only allowed it to happen but in the case of some stories actively encouraged it. If you can get through a somewhat mawkish first episode it's well worth a watch.

Thanks for that tip. I gave up midway through the first episode. The story of their meeting was like the shittiest Nancy Meyers romantic comedy. "So we agreed to meet at the Soho House..." although she didn't even call it that.

I want to be sympathetic to H&M because they were treated so poorly and are pissing off all the right people, but they are still very posh and not the sort of people who I would actually want to hang out with.

[Jah Womble]

^Ha.

But, every day a better reason to dismantle the monarchy...

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/5goalthriller/status/1611129513181691906?s=20&t=fmXeoYm1LfbxocJjw9SDFQ

[Patrick Thistle]

The thread title seems apt now. Although, did he say he fought back against Wills?

[Gangster Octopus]

Fascinating that it's somone from the colonies who's the most interested...

[tee rex]

Of course I have no interest in the absurd royal soap opera.

So anyway ... his first shag behind a pub, snorting coke, fraternal fist fights, Nazi hilarity, and even everything you didn't need to know about a circumcised royal penis. Blimey.

But I have no interest in the royal soap opera.

[Antepli Ejderha]

After seeing positive comments about it from a few people on Twitter who I have a lot of time for on issues like this, we've been watching Harry & Meghan on Netflix, and it's very good indeed at showing and explaining not only how bad this stuff is but also the manner in which members of Harry's own family not only allowed it to happen but in the case of some stories actively encouraged it. If you can get through a somewhat mawkish first episode it's well worth a watch.

This.

Mrs AE wanted to watch this, me much less so, but I'm glad I did. I feel there's a lot more to come.

[jwdd27]

After seeing positive comments about it from a few people on Twitter who I have a lot of time for on issues like this, we've been watching Harry & Meghan on Netflix, and it's very good indeed at showing and explaining not only how bad this stuff is but also the manner in which members of Harry's own family not only allowed it to happen but in the case of some stories actively encouraged it. If you can get through a somewhat mawkish first episode it's well worth a watch.

Mrs D and I had pre-arranged that she would watch the series while I was at work as she is more interested in the royals, but due to a mis-communication I ended up arriving home at the beginning of an episode, and I echo all the above. It's an extremely convincing portrayal of their side of the argument, and quite eye-opening the extent to which the establishment side have used the tabloids to fight their battles.
And I was struck by their authenticity as a couple and their obvious love for one another.

I still struggle to be entirely sympathetic to the struggles of two very rich people, but it has raised the amount of shits I give above zero.

[Jon]

I haven't seen the series but I have admired their cojones in taking on the British establishment for some time now.

[Sam]

After seeing positive comments about it from a few people on Twitter who I have a lot of time for on issues like this, we've been watching Harry & Meghan on Netflix, and it's very good indeed at showing and explaining not only how bad this stuff is but also the manner in which members of Harry's own family not only allowed it to happen but in the case of some stories actively encouraged it. If you can get through a somewhat mawkish first episode it's well worth a watch.

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/miffythegamer/status/1605188485421404160?t=QesKArke0_Urhx8S8OLYYw&s=19

This is the social mobility Tsar saying that MM brought it all on herself. WTAF?