Reading SPARE…
First I have to say… if you
plan on reading the book by Harry called SPARE…
STOP now and go read it.. then come back and read this.. As I don’t want to sway your opinion one way
or the other. So to be fair.. read the book first.
For those who don’t want to read it, or don’t want to spend the money on it.. (although it is reasonable priced) or if you have made up your mind of what YOU THINK IT IS.. then go ahead and read this… if you don’t even want to give it a go, maybe after this.. you might. Maybe… depending on how single minded you are..
Here goes.. I read the book…
all the way thru.. And it was pretty
much what I thought it was going to be about.. but WAY MORE SO…. I think what
bothered me the most was the lack of compassion from his family.
The only ones I can think of
… in American, that can compare to his story would be John F. Kennedy jr.. And
we know what happen to him.
With his mother.. we saw how
it could get.. and in the end, most
blamed her. The difference of her and
Harry, is she did chose to join the Royal family.. But hers was of naive.
She knew she was going to be
in the limelight.. as she got a taste of it before she married Charles.. It was naïve of her to think it was going to
be less… or not more than the courtship.
Maybe figuring once she was married. It would let up. After all before
she came along, there wasn’t much going on with Charles and the media. Yes, they
trailed him in foreign countries and made fun of him playing polo.. but nothing
like the future would bring Diane. Even
with the cuteness phone calls of toe tapping with each other… Camile and
Charles was nothing like what went on with Diane… And if Diane thought it would
be better if she left the royal family…. She was sadly mistaken.
See, Charles and Camile were
never the focus of the photographs like Diane was…. And then Harry. The steps in front of them. With flashing of
lights constantly going. To walk down a
street was impossible. The jumping out
of alley’s in front of them.. or hanging over walls of the fence around their
houses.. the taking pictures thru their
windows. Charles never had that and
doesn’t know.
Harry and his mother did.
Harry and John Jr. were quite the same.. flashing of cameras every step of the
way.. the what makes them similar is…
NEITHER one of them asked for this… BOTH were born into this mess of
media. Diane and Jackie knew some what was going to
go on… but they too, did not have any idea of how bad it could be.. The four of them … to me got the worse of the
lot of ALL royals.. and ALL Americans.
Yes, there are movie stars and musician’s and singers who get the
treatment.. but not with such a rapped hounding that these 4 individual
got. Jackie did finally get a court
order against a photographer that he had to stay so many feet or yards away
from her.. It didn’t stop him, just
slowed him down some.
And that is what this book is
about.. what it feels like to be hounded
everywhere.. practically as far as in to bathrooms to get that great photo,
that they can sell. It is all about the
money.. If no one bought those pictures it might be a different story.. But
like vicious sharks.. surrounding them night and day… was their life.. And
those born into it.. don’t get a fair chance.
So you think he brought it on
his own… and maybe you think that Diane
brought it on her own… Why do you think
that? Is it because they finally got to the breaking point to start fighting
back? That was just what the leaches
wanted.. a picture of fighting back.
How much can you take of your
privacy being ripped away from you.. To
find your picture in the lastest rag, that you thought was private. To be on yacht with a friends? To go out to
dinner with a friend.. and what about the people you let in the circle.. only
to have them sell you out with pictures of what you thought was a fun time together?
What about a friend, or a
girlfiend.. boy friend … being hounded so badly even when they aren’t around
you… what about your girlfriend, boyfriend .. family being hounded..and
photograph over and over and over.. to
walk out their front door.. to have the leaches there taking more pictures and
yelling at you.? No wonder so many women turn Harry down .. because they
couldn’t take the heat.
Even Megan being an actress
was some what use to media over load..
was blown out of the water, of how much the over the top lack of
privacy.
While American is far from innocent of tracking down stars
of all kinds.. it doesn’t seem to be as
horrible as
What was so totally more sad was the Royal family.. the lack of empathy and the lack of support. Maybe because while the hounds were after Megan and Harry… they were leaving the rest of the Royals alone… But in the book you will learn, that even the Royal family of 2022… meaning more with the Queen gone.. there is those who feed information to the press thru their own people.. to send the wolves away from them to Harry.. and NOW cry poor me, as the book came out. Truth hurts.. and I do believe 99% of what Harry said in the book.. so after you read the book .. ask yourself.. if you were in his shoes… what would you have done? Yes, he rebelled as a teen and even in his lower 20… that is just that generation… look our own American teens and etc.. naively believing things would change if you fight back.
So Harry, this old lady does believe you.. felt so bad for your mom, when you were growing up and the press following her so badly, that she stopped the car and told the reporters.. STOP, JUST STOP.. I HAVE MY CHILDREN IN THIS CAR.. I remember that.
And Harry… you might want to use my saying.. NOT MY
RODEO.. AND NOT MY HORSE TO RIDE… meaning what happens at the palace in
The rest of you…. I hope you
gave the book the time it was intended.. for the reason it was intended.. Harry had hope you would understand what it
was like to be in his shoes.. Sadly for
someone who was born in it, and not asked for it.
At least Jackie and John Jr.
are at peace.. Luckily
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