The Royalist - Why Harry's Not The Only Royal With A Hangover

Why Harry's Not The Only Royal With A Hangover

Written by Joanne Leyland

Friday, 16 June 2006

It would be understandable if Prince Harry feels more than a little aggrieved today.

On Wednesday evening he joined older brother William and his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, at a Kensington nightclub where all three embarked on a marathon drinking session. But guess who's image and name it is that makes today's headlines?

According to today's Daily Mirror, 21-year-old Harry joined William and Kate (who is also pictured looking a little drunk, although this image is much smaller) at an unnamed nightclub in Kensington.

According to the paper the royal party embarked on, in the journalist's words, a "late-night drinking binge".

William, Kate and Harry left the club at 3.30am, despite the fact the two Princes had to be on duty early on Thursday morning in preparation for the thanksgiving service for the Queen at St. Paul's Cathedral which began at 11am.

Not for the first time, Harry comes off worse in terms of the Press coverage, with William managing once again not to be 'caught out' by the photographers. Although he has been pictured leaving nightclubs, at times a little worse for wear, as today it almost always Harry whose image is plastered across the papers with any accompanying 'blame'.

Myself, I do wonder if the "bad boy Harry" stories aren't well and truly sensationalised. Yes, he's had his problems and troubles. We all know that.

However, having watched, as I'm sure many of you did, the recent Ant and Dec interview with the three Princes, my own thought was that it was William, not Harry, who came across as much more confident and outgoing (perhaps even louder). Harry seemed very quiet in comparison to his very exuberant brother.

Even royal correspondents have claimed that Harry has been stuck with the tag of 'rebel Prince' because he, unlike William, doesn't hide his behaviour - i.e. William is wise enough not to get 'caught'.

The older Prince appears to be more canny and perhaps even far more protected by the Palace system thanks to his role as future King.

After all, every royal generation has had the seemingly obligatory 'rebel', such as Margaret and Diana and, going back further, King Edward VIII.

There must be many times, however, when Prince Harry feels he can simply do nothing right.

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Name: William Henry

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I am sick and tired of seeing Princes William and Harry plastered over the media along with their silly antics. Legislation should be put into place that their future partners should be Princesses' or suitable girls from the aristocrary. Kate Middleton stems from the lower classes, and Prince Harry's girlfriend, well, has no class at all. Their bad publicity damages the hard work that other members of the royal family carry out. I Would like to read more articles on Serena Linley, Lady Sarah Chatto, Lady Helen Taylor, Marina Mowatt and other members of the extended family e.g. especially the Harewoods & the Fifes etc. Thank you.

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Name: udyusa	Comment: Right on,as usual Kathy G!!!!! You do seem to be the only one with common sense. Golly, gee. Give this girl a break, people!

Name: Kathy G	Comment: Nobody is talking about Kate. I see her bashed continuously for absolutely nothing...almost on a daily basis. You don't know a thing about this girl....and you don't know she was drinking all day until 3am either. I think people should at least wait until she is a mistress long enough to break up a couple of marriages before we judge her in this manner.

Name: Traciebelle	Comment: William & Harry aren't the only ones drunk here - Kate's loaded too....so much for Princess Perfect ...And it's not the first pic i've seen of Kate drunk but in the others she always tried to hide her face. And she had been drinking ALL day, from The Shop opening until after 3am

Name: Kathy Gebhardt

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jj, your bitterness towards Diana never ceases to amaze me. There is no more harming influence on children than that awful icky

Charles Windsor. He isn't exactly the plethora of morality, and giving Harry the key to the liquor cabinet when he was 13 probably wasn't a good idea either. That comes from years of tending to his mistress while his kids basically became orphans....but that is just another thing you can be in denial about.

Oh, and Rachel, how long are we going to use "oh they are just young"? Until maybe their insides are rotted out with alcohol? William and Harry are making themselves targets for criticism....and if that's the case, I don't want to hear them whining about press intrusion.

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Name: Trudie

Comment:
Apparently both of the Princes have inherited more of the Windsor genes, it is well known the family loves a tipple. It was well known that Diana was not a drinker.

And as for deceitfullness, it seems that since William is in line for the throne the deceit is on the part of the palace since Harry, as third in line, is dispensable, especially once William has children and moves further down the line.

Oh and by the way, Harry has started his own charity. What has William done in comparison?

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Name: Anyacat

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Just because the press always prints pictures of Harry drunk does not mean that Harry is always drunk. When Edward VIII was Prince of Wales, terrible things were printed about his brother George (Albert and Henry bring "boring"). Edward VII, as Prince of Wales, was a scandal onto himself, so there wasn't much to do about that, but, as someone noted, it was Saint Elizabeth and her evil sister Margaret (some of which may have been true)--and then we have or once did have (before the vilification began) the good Charles and the terrible Ann followed by Randy Andy. Now of course we have the awful icky Charles and the saintly William and his bad boy brother Harry. This is how it is. William knows he is a target, and possibly has figured out how to keep the press at bay. Harry, alas, does exactly what a young man his age does but he also has a target on his back and people all ready, willing and able to see every evil in him that they probably see in everything else.

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Name: DF

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William deceitful? If true, the old saying "like Father like Son" comes to mind. I mean..that was William's father carrying photos of his mistress in his diary on his honeymoon, and that was William's father wearing his mistress's cuff links, CC entwined in front of his new bride on his honeymoon wasn't it???? I suggest you attribute the deceitful traits to the appropriate set of genes!

Name: Rachel

Comment:
I think everyone needs to backoff a little. The kid is young and quite frankly, in the states we would call him a rock star for pulling that off. He showed up and did his "duty" with the fam, as did his brother. It's not as if the guy had to get up for brain surgery. All he had to do was be there and smile. It's funny...when they act like normal twentysomething kids do, people ride their hides about not acting royal and when they act royal, people say they need to be more in touch with regular people. You can't win for losing these days. Let them have some fun if they can hang and still show up. It's not as if he banged out sick. They sucked it up and lived with their choices. And by the by, we have all been there making the call to stay out too late when we had stuff we needed to do the next day. We just don't have people lying in wait to capture our misjdugements for print. Instead of giving them crap about it, how about snaps for showing up and holding it together.

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Name: Donovan	Comment: Looks like the genes come straight down from Daddy's side of the family, and of course the ciggy, ginny influence of CPB helped a lot. FYI the princes's mother did not touch alcohol at all

Name: Lisa	Comment: If you look up "deceitful" in the dictionary there is a picture of Charles on his FIRST wedding day. You might even catch the image of CPB in the background in the crowd if you look just right!

Name: Contessa	Comment: Janice...I am confused...it seems to me that drinking buddy and PARTY GIRL gets you the queen-in-waiting position these days.

Name: Karmen Day	Comment: Right on Janice!!! I just wish that the press for once would plaster a drunk image of Kate or wills on their front pages instead of just Harry. Then everyone would finally get a clue as to wether all of the Kate BS is actually just propaganda or actually true. As for timing, what were they thinking?

Name: jj	Comment: I think William will turn out to be as deceitful as his mother could be. Harry is and always has been his own person. What you see is what you get with Harry.

Name: Janice	Comment: You said it, Kathy! And Kate, not the most flattering picture on Page 1, but perhaps more accurate. True colours come through when she forgets to stage manage her 'suitability' to become William's legal wife. "Drinking buddy" yes, "Party Girl" yes - Princess, no, 'good steading influence', No way.

Name: kate	Comment: I think it is time to put the plug in the jug, for these two. Harry is the one who always gets bad press and he should realize he is in a no win situtation.The press will slaughter him... he is leaving himself wide open...Come on Harry! Time to mature a bit here.

Name: Kathy Gebhardt	Comment: no danger of alcoholic pruned up livers here! These guys are heading for trouble if they don't know when to quit now. Showing up at Thanksgiving services for their grandmother with a hangover. Nice....

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