God. I'm sitting here with my morning coffee trying to wrap my head around this Harry situation, and I just can't. The man literally painted a target on his back when he bragged about killing 25 Taliban fighters like they were "chess pieces taken off the board." I nearly spit out my drink when I first read that line in his memoir.
Let's be brutally honest here. Harry wrote his own death warrant with that careless boast.
When Your Words Come Back to Haunt You
The Army was FURIOUS. And rightfully so. I remember talking to a veteran friend about this last year at a dinner party, and he just shook his head in disgust. "We don't count kills like trophies," he told me. Colonel Tim Collins made that crystal clear when he said: "We don't do notches on the rifle butt, we never did."
Now Harry's demanding British taxpayers foot teh bill for his security when he visits the UK. The audacity is breathtaking.
Daddy Can't Fix This One
What strikes me as particularly maddening is how Harry keeps pointing fingers at everyone but himself. He's blaming King Charles – his own father! – for not "stepping in" to solve this mess.
Listen. The King cannot interfere in governmental security decisions. Period.
Back in 2018, I interviewed a former royal protection officer who explained exactly how these decisions get made, and royal influence isn't part of the equation. Harry should know this, but apparently acknowledging his own role in this disaster is too much to ask.
The Ukraine Trip That Makes No Sense
Here's where things get weird.
Harry just visited Ukraine – an actual war zone – to promote his Invictus Games and meet with wounded veterans. A genuinely good deed, I'll give him that.
But am I the only one scratching my head? This man claims he can't safely walk around Mayfair without taxpayer-funded security, yet he's comfortable strolling through Kyiv? Make it make sense!
Following in His Great-Uncle's Footsteps (And Not in a Good Way)
My editor bet me $20 that Harry would eventually see the parallels between himself and the Duke of Windsor. I should've taken that bet – I'd be $20 richer.
The similarities are striking. Both abandoned their royal duties. Both expected special treatment afterward. Both seemed shocked when the institution moved on without them.
The Duke of Windsor once said: "It's very hard to shake off one's past, especially a past as rigid and as fixed as mine." Harry must feel the same way... except he's trying to have it both ways – cashing in on that past while simultaneously rejecting it.
The Painful Truth
I feel almost bad writing this, but someone needs to say it: Harry is acting like a confused man-child taking advice from too many quarters.
His grandfather Prince Philip once told him you can't have "all the advantages and perks without the responsibility and the obligation." Harry wanted the wealth, the beautiful home, the family... without the duty. He claimed he wanted privacy while signing Netflix deals that put him squarely in the public eye.
And now he's surprised he's a potential target?
The British people have no obligation to pay for his security. That was the deal when he walked away from royal duties. Sometimes our choices have consequences that follow us like a ghost at a family reunion – awkward, impossible to ignore, and entirely of our own making.
Harry needs to grow up and own his mistakes. Until then, he'll remain trapped in this cycle of blame and self-pity that he's created for himself.
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