Mock Turtle
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It’s always really irked me that Charles was always cast as a stand offish, cold father. He grew up (in an age when it was normal) with parents who were a bit like that and he clearly hated it. He would have never inflicted the same on his own kids. They obviously had a lot of fun with him.
But him being warm and caring didn’t fit with the image the papers were all trying sell of him back then. Just like they could happily show Di running in a mum’s race because she was cast as the fun one but it didn’t fit their story to show Charles being fun too. He’s clearly a ridiculously busy man and probably literally had to book time with the boys into his diary everyday but I also think that when he was with them, he was hands on and they got his full attention. That’s far better than most kids get.
I think it’ll be really sad if Hazno’s book is all woe is me, my father was too busy, mean old man, blah blah. Harry seems to be rewriting a lot of his own history to be negative and it’s pretty awful and deeply unfair to those he’s blaming. It still staggers me that one of the most pampered, privileged men in the world is making his ‘living’ whinging about how badly done to he is.
Also, why the hell was William supposed
to be responsible for mentoring his brother?!! He’s only 2 years older! I’m the eldest too but that doesn’t make me some sort of parent mentor figure. My brother is a human disaster careering from one self made mess to another and I’ve helped him whenever he’s asked for it over the years but I have never ever felt it was my job to take responsibility for him!
Saying it was a joint costume pairing by the two of them doesn’t even make sense - how do a Nazi and a lion fit together?!
Sparry is a wound collecting, blame merchant who seems pathologically incapable of taking any responsibility for himself and his decisions in life. It’s utterly pathetic in a middle aged man!
But him being warm and caring didn’t fit with the image the papers were all trying sell of him back then. Just like they could happily show Di running in a mum’s race because she was cast as the fun one but it didn’t fit their story to show Charles being fun too. He’s clearly a ridiculously busy man and probably literally had to book time with the boys into his diary everyday but I also think that when he was with them, he was hands on and they got his full attention. That’s far better than most kids get.
I think it’ll be really sad if Hazno’s book is all woe is me, my father was too busy, mean old man, blah blah. Harry seems to be rewriting a lot of his own history to be negative and it’s pretty awful and deeply unfair to those he’s blaming. It still staggers me that one of the most pampered, privileged men in the world is making his ‘living’ whinging about how badly done to he is.
Also, why the hell was William supposed
to be responsible for mentoring his brother?!! He’s only 2 years older! I’m the eldest too but that doesn’t make me some sort of parent mentor figure. My brother is a human disaster careering from one self made mess to another and I’ve helped him whenever he’s asked for it over the years but I have never ever felt it was my job to take responsibility for him!
Saying it was a joint costume pairing by the two of them doesn’t even make sense - how do a Nazi and a lion fit together?!
Sparry is a wound collecting, blame merchant who seems pathologically incapable of taking any responsibility for himself and his decisions in life. It’s utterly pathetic in a middle aged man!
without my old man ever finding out that she escaped 
we're so relieved.
