Prince Harry accused of ‘wanting his cake and eating it too’ as he demands The Firm's perks without any duties
LONDON, UK: The British royal family has been in the news lately, and it seems the scrutiny Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been facing since Megxit 2020, is not going to end any time soon. Though the Sussexes were there for their family in the UK when the Queen died, their presence did not appear to gain much approbation from the people.
Now, a royal expert named Hilary Fordwich has called out the prince and told Fox News Digital: “Prince Harry has a penchant for ‘wanting his cake and eating it too. He would like royal protection, access and attendance at royal family events so that he can tattletale. Yet, at the same time, wants ‘his privacy’ all whilst hiring three PR firms? He wanted to wear his military uniform at his beloved [grandmother's] funeral but doesn’t want to work as a royal?”
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Fordwich went on to point out the time when Harry altered one more royal protocol during his wedding to Meghan in 2018. She mentioned, “He wanted the rules broken to wear a beard back at his wedding, despite Army policy regarding beards restricting them only to be grown with the commanding officer's authority. Exceptions usually are only granted on medical or religious grounds or where tradition permits. So he secured a personal dispensation from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, yet it’s never enough.”
The expert also noted how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not get themselves photographed along with their newborn son, Archie, in May 2019. She explained, “Royal protocol is to share the birth with the nation, but Archie’s christening back in July ’19 couldn’t have been more private as it was held with fewer than 25 guests in Windsor Castle’s Private Chapel.”
“That kind of secrecy — sending the message to the public that while we’d like you to listen to our whinging and whining about our mental problems, we don’t want to even so much as share this with you — began the sewing of the seeds, for the public, that the Sussexes were going too far with their hypocritical habits,” Fordwich added.
Another royal expert Shannon Felton Spence reportedly agreed with Fordwich and stated: “Everything they want is part of the benefit package at the job. They quit the job.” Spence then went on to claim that there is nothing wrong in being financially independent but to defame your own family to do so was not ok.
She said: “It’s not such a bad thing for Harry to want to find another way of life for the [fifth] in line for the throne. The monarchy’s survival depends on a more streamlined royal family. If he found a way to truly exit life as a working royal and be financially independent without hurting the institution, that would be a huge win. It would actually benefit Charlotte and Louis in the future by providing a roadmap for what is possible once you are too far down the line of succession. But that’s not what they wanted. They wanted all the freedom and the perks. And that’s not the job. So it’s now more of a mess than ever.”
However, Spence also stated that the royals are not always right. She added, “There is blame to be shared for how it has ended up. It was also in the institution's best interest to find that independent path forward for them and to lay the groundwork for the future generations. But emotions took over, and now everything is underlined with bitterness.”